My Goal for This Christmas

I am SOO EXCITED for Christmas. I have been scanning the radio to and from work for Christmas music....with no luck.

I am also eager to figure out where the decorations will go in the new digs. And the lights on the outside of the house. And I'd like to get into gift shopping... but I want Black Friday deals.

The other thing that I keep thinking about doing this Christmas is that I want to read some Christmas-themed books.

So Obviously, the first on the list is:

Any other ideas of what I can read?

March 2nd is Going to be a Great Day!

This is my awesome mother-in-law and her 3 magnificent sons! She single handedly raised these amazing guys (they unintentionally all wore black in this picture. Natural Johnny Cash's).

I LOVE all three of them. Obviously I love Russ. But from the moment I met my in-laws, I loved them. And I thought they were awesome. Which was weird, because I thought in-laws were these awful monsters that ruined your life.

Well, I am THANKFUL that my in-laws are so cool. Their joys are my joys. Their sorrows are my sorrows. And there is much joy coming this Spring for Brother #2!

Yup, Randy is off the market. All you single ladies out there, you missed out on being part of the coolest family. Go somewhere else to find a Phase-10 master, Mandarin-speaking, computer genius.

And Linda, congrats! 

Welcome to the family.

You were cool before (she's a pastry chef) but you are so much cooler now with this AMAZING family!

Motivation

Planning always motivates me to work hard through finals. So here's what I'm planning to do when I finish finals on April 29th.

April 29th: Feed missionaries

April 30th: Some sort of secret date to celebrate my birthday with Russ

May 1st: Fast Sunday. Church. LAZY SUNDAY.

May 2nd: Float the River. Maybe Kayak. Clean the house. Catch up on the weeks of TV on the DVR.

May 3rd: Float the River. Maybe Kayak. Arcade Fire in the evening.

May 4th: Float the River. Maybe Kayak. Clean out my closet. Shop for a sewing machine. Make Russ dinner.

May 5th: Float the River. Maybe Kayak. Finish my crochet projects. Prepare my Relief Society lesson.

May 6th: Float the River. Maybe Kayak. Start studying for the summer quarter.

May 7th: Float the River. Maybe Kayak. Date night with Russ.

May 8th: Church. LAZY SUNDAY. Cry at 8:00 pm because I have to go back to school. Smile because I don't have to leave until 8:00 the next day.

YAY!!!

This Just In

I ordered my swimsuit for the summer today:

So! Now all I have to do is:

• Study and take 3 major finals to finish off my first year of law school.
• Survive sleeping on an air mattress for the next 12 days.
• Celebrate turning 26 this Saturday by studying for those blasted finals.
• Not go crazy without Russ
• Survive on eating microwave dinners. (blech, I need to learn how to cook)

THEN my friends, it will be SUMMER!

April 30 cannot come fast enough!

I'll write in a future post what my summer plans are. For now, I need to hit the books!