I just found out wasps can BITE in addition to stinging. What kind of sick joke is this?!

Best of Friends

I love my family. Growing up in a family of seven kids isn't always the easiest of rides, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.  I always shared a room with at least 2 of my sisters and looked forward to college when I could finally have my own private space.  We fought over dumb stuff like Barbies and who's music we could listen to and who got to sit in what chair.  There were days when I contemplated what it would be like to be an only child, but more importantly there were days when I had a whole group of friends to play with that all lived with me.  I had older siblings to come up with enough mischief to keep us busy and a younger sister I thought I could boss around.  I always had a confidant when I needed one, a shoulder to cry on. As we've gotten older of course the squabbles over pointless things have died out and our bonds have grown stronger.  I can honestly say my sisters are my best friends, along with  my  mom.  I babysat my sisters kids today and after she got back we sat and talked for about two hours. Not about anything particular, nothing we needed to discuss or plan out-we just talked. I absolutely loved it.  Tonight I called my mom to talk about Fall Break (crazy that school is already starting and I feel summer just started) and that was probably the thing that we talked the least about!  We covered so many other topics: visiting teaching, her new patio table, soccer tournaments of nephews/grandkids, and of course the usual "mom-alies". I love it. I hung up with my mom and just sat for a minute reveling in the awesome-ness that is my family.  Ever since Tyler and I moved I've worried about us making friends in our new neighborhood, making friends together, keeping the friends we had.  I'm very glad I had a reminder of who is really important in my life, who will be there through ups and downs no matter what, who love me despite the awful way I treated them as a child, and whom I will always love talking to no matter the subject.

Awkward 24th

As I've become more familiar with my neighborhood I've become more comfortable running in the mornings (not without a quick text to my mom or someone who'd miss me, telling them the direction I'm headed and time I'll be back!) But I headed out last Thursday morning with the usual mass of bikers and suddenly realized there were an usual amount of joggers and they were heading the opposite way...and wearing yellow number bibs.  I was so confused until I saw the water station and the sign posted marking Mile 17 : I had inadvertently ended up running the wrong direction on the Pioneer Day Marathon course, OOPS!  I felt a little awkward, but I kept my head up and finished my run-with the added encouragement of a little old man in a wheelchair on the side of the street :)

My Life as a Housewife

For the last couple of months I've been a housewife and it's not all spa days and relaxation like it sounds like!  When Tyler and I got married we moved to Salt Lake to be closer to his job, which took me an hour commute away from mine.  I made the long trek for about a month and decided it wasn't worth it.  As a recent college graduate I had my head in the clouds a bit and thought it wouldn't be too much trouble to find a new job quickly- SURPRISE! that hasn't exactly panned out the way I thought.  So here I am, 3 months later playing housewife.  I have to admit somedays I LOVE it, other days I'm dying for someone to talk to.  Another reason I started this blog is because as I run my errands, clean the house, knit hats, scrapbook all over the family room and go through way too many shows on Netflix in the background of these activities, I think a lot.  A whole heck of a lot.  Sometimes I amuse myself, sometimes I just want to pose questions in the universe and see what comes back.  When Tyler comes home at the end of the day he gets barraged with everything I thought about while he was gone, questions, stories, random musings-many of which he really doesn't care about! This summer has been a summer of projects for me because of all the free time I suddenly found myself with. My sister taught me to crochet and I finally tackled my first blanket

I love this blanket! It took way too many hours, I actually started it back in November I think-like I said, way too long ago- and finished it in April right after I quit my job. Since then I've made several different things as well. My mom's ward collects donations for the Homeless shelter every year so I've made a few hats out of leftover yarn, I made my sister-in-law a blanket for her cute baby boy, more than enough dishcloths and kitchen scrubbies-basically I need to get out of the house more!  I love doing all of my projects, but a girls day wouldn't be remiss

So it begins...

So I know blogging has kind of died out from the rampant obsession it was 5 years ago, but I decided to jump back into it.  I'm not really sure what the plan is for the blog-at this point I just really needed a writing outlet.  I graduated in English in December and since then have really missed all the research and writing I was required to do as part of my studies.  I'm not a creative writer, so writing a book isn't really in the cards for me at this point, but I love newspaper column- type writing. Growing up I always wanted to write for a newspaper but, much like blogging I guess (ironic?) those are dying as well  (not that I wouldn't take a job doing that-HIRE ME!)  The mumblings and musings included in this blog will mostly be stories and thoughts about my family, my life and anything that happens to pop into my head. So welcome to the craziness inside my head!