Hi livejournal. Mom is home. That makes me SO HAPPY. Its like a big sigh of relief. I cant believe the two months have already passed. The only weird thing is that I've never had a relationship with my dad before...and trying to tie that in with real life is just different. She got really tan in Florida. And she brought me back some beautiful ( Read more... )

Since I am the ward church publications representative and I have no idea what that means, I decided the first step I should take towards magnifying that calling is actually reading the church publications. So, this morning I was allotted a few minutes before school (thanks to pop who woke me up too early because his clock was wrong) and decided to ( Read more... )

Look at the cute birthday card Target sent me:

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Heavenly Father gave me a beautiful, sunny day when I needed it most.

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch watching tv (like always) and my dad walked by. Two seconds later he walked by again, only this time sat down next to me to ask me what was wrong! I honestly didn't know my dad could detect emotion. So, I've been telling him some personal things lately.

I dont know why things have been so crappy. Its ironic, ( Read more... )

"You cannot climb uphill by thinking downhill thoughts. If your world is gloomy and hopeless, it is because YOU are gloomy and hopeless. You must change your mind to change your world!"

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i love this so everyone should watch it.

um, why cant i work out for fifteen minutes straight without dying? about ten of those fifteen minutes was warm up too. geeze alyssa, you're fat. you should buy richard simmons tapes. i bet those would actually work.

i am grateful for:
friends who remember me on valentines, especially christopher, sarah, and kristin.
real mail! which i LOVE!
a pop who ( Read more... )

there's this guy in my history class. he's big, black, and from a french speaking country in africa. he doesn't speak very good english. so, one day i decided to be nice to him and talk to him. the next day we had class he asked me for a ride home. i really didn't want to, because he was so intimidating..really. but because i'm a nice pushover i ( Read more... )