-Woke up at 6:00 A.M.

-Discovered 6:00 A.M. is cold and dark and basically lame

-Put on a teachery outfit!

-went to the wrong school

-got to the RIGHT school

-realized I need to learn "Oh Canada" in French

-talked about adventures in language arts

-consoled children while they got shots

-went to music class!

-was called "Miss Froc"

-took LOTS of notes

-memorized ALL the kids' names

-had super mucho lots of fun

I'm really stoked. :)

 

Win.

 

Elizabeth was caught under the spell of the ticket sellers/salesmen and is now the newest member of "the Herd".

I never get tired of watching Pride and Prejudice. I love the cinematography and the actors and the music and the costumes... I've watched all the bonus features and listened to the commentaries so many times I could probs recite them verbatim. My grad dress was even modeled after one of the dresses in the movie. I understand this is not normal. But hey, at least I'm not addicted to hard drugs right?

Ways Elizabeth Bennet (a.k.a. The raddest female literary character ever) and I are twinners:

1. We both have sisters that people fawn over. AND people love to remind us of how said sisters are cuter than us. Let me tell you, nothing is more irritating to an 8 year-old than that. I'm not bitter... Moving on.

2. We both have brown hair.

3. Our dads both like plants. My dad does landscaping sometimes... Her dad has lots of weird plants in his office... 

4. We both like playing in the rain. There are a LOT of rainy days in this movie. Seriously. But that never stops Lizzy Bennet! She just runs around soggy English countrysides in a full length dress like a boss. I prefer boots or bare feet personally, but to each her own. 

5. We both like to sarcastically mock tease boys. Sometimes to their faces. (*cough* Mr. Collins *cough*) The hard part is to be able to do this, leave them unaware that they have been mocked, and still sound like a lady. Boom.

6. Elizabeth has four siblings, I have four siblings. 

7. We like to go for walks. Long walks. Walks that are so long that people question our sanity.

8. We like dances. We like late night chats. We hate when our siblings are annoying. We pretend not to like men. We both hate Mr. Collins an awful lot. We like travelling. We write letters. 

9. We're fiercely protective of people close to us.

10. Elizabeth has pearls in her hair when she attends the Netherfield ball. Dude. Pearls? Yes, please!

Now if you'll excuse me, I need tea and soup and someone to sing "Soft Kitty" to me. :(

And lastly, here's a picture of a happy pizza I made last Friday with Nicole, Courtney, and Justine!

Have a GREAT day!

So Nicole and I played outside and pretended to be lizards soaking up sunshine. Complete with theme music.

Haha. I love my friends.

He got an email address! Just so he could email me! Yesterday he sent me this one:

 Good golly I love this little boy. Is he not the cutest kid ever?

Also, his nickname is Squishy-Bear because all the kids in our family have nicknames ending in "bear", and he gives the best hugs. Legit.

Humility is not thinking you are nothing. Humility is knowing you are nothing without God.

Now, the book I was reading had absolutely NOTHING to do with humility. Nor have I had any discussions about it lately. So it was kind of a lot random. 

The more I think about it though, that was something I needed to hear. I have always been of the school of thought that being humble means you downplay your strengths and talents, or that you are meek and submissive, or that you brush off compliments. I was brought up in a family that does not easily admit to strengths. I was taught from a young age that saying I was good at something was bragging, and bragging is very, very bad. Needless to say, that did WONDERS for my self-esteem. As I grew up, I naturally thought that if I denied compliments and thought little of myself, then that just meant I was being humble. And humility is a virtue, so it was good.

Except it's not. 

Humility, as I realized this morning, is not refusing to believe you have unique talents. It is not putting yourself down. Humility is not saying "whatever" when someone tells you you're a great friend, or pretending to be dumb so that people will like you, or hating on yourself. In fact, it's the opposite. Humility means that you recognize that you are special and that you come with a set of talents, traits, and abilities that belong solely to you, but that you also recognize Who gave those to you. When you brush off a nice comment from someone, you're saying those things don't matter. And they do matter. Because Heavenly Father specifically intended for you to be the way you are, and when someone compliments you, they're really just complimenting what He created. Remembering that is humility.

Anyways, that was my lightbulb moment for today!

*cough*

Here's a sampling of my day:

Today... is my little brother's birthday! Benton is 14 today and that means he can go to dances now- a thought that both excites and terrifies me. (SPECIAL NOTE: Girls of the young teenage persuasion, this means you are free to pester him at said dances, and in two short years, you can start pestering him for dates!) WOOO! 

Today... I had a job interview! I think it went well. I'll hear back by Monday, so keep yo fingers crossed!

Today... I went grocery shopping with Nicole and they had cheese on sale for 99 cents so I bought four blocks of it.

Today... I have Institute Choir! And THAT is something to be excited about!

Today... I watched a lot of youtube videos. Like this:

The end! Go have a fantastic afternoon! GO. Right now.

The new spot is perfect. It's away from annoying theatre kids and there's WAY more room to build a newspaper fort than in the old spot. 

So I sat down and smiled and thought about how nice it was to have a quiet spot to do homework, when all of the sudden from around the corner....

I ain't even mad.

Yeah, me too. My bad. :(

(P.S. Who got the pop culture reference in the title?!)

When we were little, we didn't know each other, but we were in the same stake (or region) in church. When we were 11, I remember they asked all the 11 year old girls to sing a song for this Christmas program, so she and I were both at rehearsals. We didn't really talk much, because we still didn't know each other. I probs also didn't speak to her because she had an Ever After t-shirt and I was jealous. A lot jealous.

Fast forward a couple years. She had moved to BC, but our paths crossed again at a church camp called Moroni's Quest. Turns out she is the cousin of some of my dear friends, and we were all on the same team for one of the activities. But other than that, we didn't really hang out there either.

Fast forward to this past year. I am living in Lethbridge, and she is in Edmonton. We are facebook friends by now, and occasionally creep on each others pictures and blogs. (By occasionally I mean frequently. At least for me. I'm a creep. Whatevs.) She always leaves nice comments and sends lovely messages once in awhile, and I think, "this girl is really nice. I like her." Then one day, Rachel tells me we are going to have a visitor at our house. And guess who shows up? We spend the entire night finding out we share common loves and we pull an all-nighter watching youtube videos and giggling.

I am, of course, talking about Miss Naomi.

We are like sistas from anotha mista. We like antiques and vintage and blogging and pretty things.
Naomi is gorgeous and smart and funny. She sees the potential in ordinary things, and I ADORE that! She is a talented photographer, and people just love her. And most importantly, she has a beautiful heart.

I just love her.

P.S. You should really check out her blog. It's a must. Legit. 

http://amitaytweeto.com/thequietplace/

Just do what it says. I promise if nothing else, it will make you think.

Guess who's recovered from their famine of blog excitement?! We are back to regular posts folks! (Also, whoever gets the title reference gets a big hypothetical high five!)

Have you ever seen the youtube video "Jessica's Daily Affirmation"? No?! How sad for you! Watch it. RIGHT NOW.

So cute.

Well I'm back in Lethbridge! I'm home! I am so excited to be here. Like, legitly SO excited. It's weird because I haven't felt like that in such a long time, but it's a good kind of weird! Anyway, I'd like to present to you the "Lethbridge Affirmation" going on in my brain right today.

I love the city!

I love my house!

I love the wind!

I love roommates!

I love mail!

I love friends!

I'm excited for school and routine and adventures! 

I can do anything good!

Yeah, yeah, yeah

My whole LIFE is great! I can do anything!

To be frank, my summer sucked. H-core, even. BUT, today I realized, a bad summer doesn't mean this year has to suck! Heavenly Father has got some great things in store and He wants me to be here. And if God says yes, than nobody can do anything to make that a no.  I feel like this is going to be a good year. :)

Have a splendiferous day friends!