S is for Spring...

... It's spring in Salem, Oregon! Which means:

• Alma's on spring break - and he's in a wonderful mood all the time!
• The trees are in full blossom and the flowers are in bloom!
• Daylight savings time switched, so it's light when I come home from work!
• I can run outside again!
• First year of law school is almost over!
• My winter weight should start to come off soon ... hopefully!
• The Salem Farmer's Market will start back up soon!
• It's not raining quite as much as it did during the winter!
• I'm blogging again! Yay!

Wow, that was a lot of exclamation points. I just really like spring!

T is for Turkey...

... Happy Thanksgiving!

The wireless internet we were bootlegging at our apartment disappeared, so I haven't had real internet access for a while - thus the blog silence.

I hope everyone has a fantabulous turkey day. Wish me luck with roasting my first turkey. I bought the smallest turkey I could find - 10 lbs. This dinner will be good practice for when I have family over for Thanksgiving (next year, hint, hint).

Cheers!

T is for Tickle...

... I feel a little tickle in the back of my throat tonight, and my ears are inching. I sure hope I'm not coming down with something! Mostly because Alma can't really afford to get sick right now since finals are right around the corner. And I happen to be medically uninsured at the moment, so let's hope this is just a passing fancy!

Y is for Yankees ...

... I don't normally cheer for the Yankees, but I sure am glad they won the World Series and got the games over with. I was tired of my favorite TV shows being replaced by baseball games, and SYTYCD judges kicking the wrong people off.

N is for Netflix...

... Alma and I just got Netflix, and we love it! Way better than Redbox. I never have to go to the store to get the movies - they just come right to my mailbox! And they always have the new releases I want - they're never out. They have a huge selection - tons of old classics I want to see. And no late fees. Awesome. You should all try it. Seriously. Just thought I'd let you know. :)

S is for Story ...

... So I've been waiting to tell you all this story until I felt the appropriate amount of time had gone past. I don't know if it has, but this is too hilarious to hold in any longer.

So the first Sunday that I was here in church in Keizer, we had a Sunday School lesson about the principal of eternal marriage. Unfortunately, the teacher brought up plural marriage. A discussion ensued about whether there would be plural marriage in heaven. At this point, an older woman in our ward piped up.

She said that when she was investigating the gospel, polygamy was one of the hardest things for her to get over and understand. But after she went to the Temple, her eyes were opened and she understood why it was necessary. This is what she said:

"I realized that of course we needed to have plural marriage in the celestial kingdom because we're suppose to have unlimited progression. If we didn't have polygamy, men would become limited in their progression. Because women only have a certain number of eggs and possible children they can have, and men are unlimited in how many children (i.e. sperm) they can have, if a man was only with one woman forever, he would be limited."

Crazy, right! Guys, she really said eggs in sunday school. The teacher just kind of moved on when she was done talking. Alma wasn't paying attention, and he couldn't believe it when I told him afterward. I've heard a lot of reasoning on why we had/will have plural marriage, but this one is new to me.

Disclaimer: For those of you who aren't LDS, this definitely is not doctrine and is not something that the Church teaches. Just FYI.

C is for Callings ...

... I've decided to continue blogging because my mom told me so. Some things never change. :) Also, Whitney pointed out that when I get pregnant, I'm gonna need the blog to show everyone pictures of my tummy and eventually the baby. Also a good point.

Alma and I got callings today in church. We were set-apart and everything. The callings are ... (drum roll please):

Mia Maid Adviser (Alexis)
Elders Quorum Presidency 2nd Counselor (Alma)

Awesome, right? I'm excited to be working with the young women. Except that they seem to think that I'm their age. Seriously - the Laurel president asked if I was a visiting young woman today. They could not believe that I'm 23. I didn't think I looked THAT young.

Alma's a little stressed about having more time commitments, but other than that, he's happy too.

M is for Maybe...

... Maybe I haven't posted on my blog in almost a month.
Maybe I don't feel like there's anything of interest to post.
Maybe I've lost all interest in spending more time than necessary on the internet.
Maybe I just can't seem to find the energy to do so.
Maybe it's because I'm lazy.
Maybe it's because there are other, more worthwhile things to be doing.
Maybe it's because I've been writing in my journal more and so don't feel the need to blog about the same thing.
Maybe I've lost whatever small audience of readers I had at one time.
Maybe it's time to call it quits to the blog.

What do you think?

E is for Employed...

... To mine and Alma's surprise, I was offered a job Friday, which I accepted. I start work on Monday morning. I'll be working at the Law Office of Eden Rose Brown. It's Monday through Thursday, 8-5 (awesome!).

The only down side is that I'll now have to be at work at about the same time I have been waking up for the past month. I already miss my days of sloth and indulgence!

M is for McDonald's...

... Friday night, Alma suggested we go on a date. I was excited to go out to dinner and then to a movie, since we haven't really gone out since law school started. But by the time dinner rolled around, we were both feeling a little tired.

We ended up going to McDonald's and renting from Redbox. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible. Who can really hate diet coke, fries, and a big mac - the quintessential American fast food? And, most importantly, it made the hubby happy.

Sometimes, Mickey D's to go and a $1 movie can make for a perfect Friday night date.