Floral Arrangement plus a hair cut

I have informed everyone of my choosing to take the floral design class, I believe, and this is my first bouquet that I have ever made. The teacher is great and the class is really interesting. Everytime I go to that class or my Anthropology class, I think that my mom would love to take these classes, which is kind of funny. Anyway, my teacher was telling us that what we would be making that day would be worth about $30 or so. Pretty cool huh? And all I paid was tuition, the price of the book, and a $90 lab fee. And I get to keep the flowers. All I have to say is that it's fun.

I also got a hair cut which Ryan loves and it's really cute. I went to Command Performance again, and the girl had been married about a month as well who cut my hair. Except the week she got married, it was Christmas, her grandmother died, there was a funeral and her wedding. The good this is that she's a lot like me and she didn't want a ton of attention on herself anyway, so it all turned out for the best. Yesterday as I was looking at myself in the mirror, I was just reminded of my mom a lot for some reason. I know perfectly well that I am turning into my mom, so I might as well embrace it.

Have a nice Sabbath folks, and make good choices!

Getting to know him all over again

My brother Jon is coming home from his mission in Carlsbad, California on the 31st of this month. Which means that since today is the 26th, he will be home in about four days. How exciting! I wish he were stopping in Provo to say hi to the siblings, but I don't think that's going to happen. I really hope that he gets to come to school here in the spring because then we would actually have a chance to get to know him all over again.

We didn't get along really at all before he went on his mission. I love him very much, of course, but I thought he was immature and so was I. Looking back, we were both punks, to say the least. We have both grown a lot and it will be interesting to get to know each other as new people. He has never met Ryan and will get to talk to him on the phone and to see a ton of pictures of us at home in Chicago, I'm sure. He'll have to catch up on all of the latest music and movies, as well as adjust to the cold. He can check out girls without guilt, start playing the euphonium again, and make money. He'll have to see how disappointing it is to observe what his high school friends have made out of their lives, and to see how important the gospel is.

I know this because I have had two other brothers serve their missions, and when they get back it's really exciting but it's like talking to a stranger that you know is your friend and that you're related to. I got to bond with Joe through the Simpsons when he would get back from work at 10 o'clock at night, and Compulsive Indecision with weekly Devotionals and the occasional lunches/dinners. I don't know how Jon and I are going to have that kind of relationship, sad as that is to say. Maybe I'll just have to hook him up with some of my old roommates. They're all cute and one of them has this thing for guys named John/Jon/Jonathan, though she's got a missionary out named Phil.

I think part of this is that I feel that I have nothing to offer him as a person. He has grown a ton spiritually and maybe filled out a little bit physically as well. I have a tv and movies, but so does Una Tontaria. I have a computer but so do my other siblings. I guess I don't have anything that can draw him into my life so I feel like I won't have a chance to get to know him, especially since I'll be moving to Arizona later this year.

I want to be the one to introduce him to campus, to get him a cell phone, to help him find a campus job, to help him find housing, but I don't think that I am necessarily the best one to help him, since most of the stuff I had interest in or appreciated he thought was gay. But that was two years ago. And now I've got a truck. Ha. Beat that.

Anyway, those are my impeding thoughts on the subject regarding Jon. I love him dearly and I hope he figures out what he wants to do in life. It's taken me long enough to find my own path and I wish him luck on his.

School and Life and Ryan

Another year has started, another season of 24 has begun as well. This indicates the start of a new school semester. I have five classes thus far, Russian Choir (of course), Biology (oh how I have been dreading this course), Doctrine and Covenants, LDS Marriage and Family, and Floral Design. I just added Floral Design, which my roomate last semester took and really liked it. I have heard good things about it so I looked online yesterday and found that they had a few openings for the time slot I desired. I emailed the professor and she told me all the information for the Add card. However, since she didn't have any classes on Friday or Monday, she just told me to sign it with her name. I have yet to meet this teacher. But I think the flowers will make a welcome change to my basement apartment. They'll be nice to have when Ryan's gone so that I have something to brighten my day.

Ryan and I are doing well. It's fun to do things together, like go to the store, or watch a movie, or eat dinner. He even comes with me to my evening LDS Marriage and Family class. I love him every day. Especially when he does such nice things for me, like the laundry or cook me dinner. Who wouldn't love the person doing those things anyway?

The sixth season of veinte y cuatro is underway. We like to watch it at Una Tontaria's home with their projector and with a group of people. It's exciting so far. I think it's interesting how far Jack Bauer's character has come and to notice the changes in his personality from season to season.

Date night's coming up. I asked Ryan if I could plan the date and he said to tell him what it is first so that he doesn't have to do something gay. So here's what we had in mind. He said that he could get coupons for Doc's Pizza Buffet at work, so I think we'll do that and then if there's anything good at the friendly neighborhood dollar theater, then I think that we'll catch that. Seriously. And maybe even good times will be had by all.

Anyway, so that's what's been going on lately with the Que Sera family. There are challenges, but if you take them a day at a time, a challenge at a time, then all will be well. At least that's what I have learned thus far. And pray always. And make good choices. And it's now optional to be nice to dogs. The end. I love you guys. At least whoever is reading this. Yup.

Happy Old Year!

I think it's funny that no one ever celebrates or evaluates the old year that just passed. Instead they just pretend to have tons of new goals since they haven't messed up the new year yet. That's all I've got to say about that folks.

This is my seventieth post since I began being bloggolicious. It's all good fun for all. I think. I start work again tomorrow, which I am not really looking forward to. It's a monotonous job but the money is kind of nice. And I know that I'll be bored out of my mind and actually doing a small percentage of productive work. Usually they had us cleaning things during last year that we had just cleaned or whatever. Again, not very productive. I'd much rather be spending time with my husband. I could've taken all of break off but I felt bad because no one was going to be there to work. It's also nice because I can pick up a few extra hours.

Ryan and I are almost all moved into our apartment. Just a few more boxes to sort through and then organize. We've got a storage area furnace room which is great for boxes and luggage. So we kind of have shoved a lot of empty boxes in there. I'm a bit hesitant to throw them away since we'll be moving to Arizona sometime this new year and it would be nice to have the box it came in to store it in during the move. At least that's my logic.

And here's a picture of me and my new hubby on our wedding day. Good times.

Ryan and I are also extremely addicted to 24. We got the first season from Ryan's sister, Wendy, and have been watching between one and four episodes a day. It's pretty bad how addicted we are.

So that's the gist of that. During 2006, I have gone on my first date, gotten my first kiss, my first boyfriend, my second boyfriend, my first break-up, and lots of other firsts. I've seen the ocean, gone to Las Vegas, and have grown a ton as a person. And now I'm married. Whoo hoo! D'oh. Anyway, that's a very short summary of my life this year. If you want more details, there's something called a blog archive that will lead you back to my past escapades. So overall, it's been a very fulfilling year. The end.