The Writings of Lindsey

So much for doing this every day. :P Finals are crazy. Truth. Catch-up time: Going to Ginny's dance recital on Friday night. I think secretly I would love to be a dancer but I'm definitely not the dancer type (I am 6'1" after all... hahaha) Playing with a little girl the dance recital. :) I love kids. Truth.  Going to Crepes with my roommate Shayla Being scared out of my wits when a cat jumped out of a dumpster Having an amazing practice for God So Loved the World Attending a different ward for Fast Sunday and realizing how much I loved my ward Going to the Christmas Devotional up in SLC! Spending time with my brother. I'm going to miss him a lot. Seeing Jessica's play "A Principle of Uncertainty"! She wrote it herself. It was so freaking good. :) Being productive for the most part Making cookies Taking a nap Girl talk with Gina. :) Weird dreams hahaha.

It's snowing right now!!! I'm so happy. :) Today I also drank some Mighty Mango Naked Juice for breakfast. It was like a little piece of SVU. :) It made me happy. Last night I did have Chick-fil-a! I got my chicken sandwich for free and also had an amazing peppermint milkshake. I also found this at Walmart! Turkey butter! Kelli and I may have joked around about the turkey butter for a long time... Long enough that Shayla asked us what we were smoking. :) I got the following text from my mom about her day at work: "And one of the recommended activities for me to better understand 'diversity' is for me to walk around for a day holding hands with a female so that I can understand lesbians." I spent some time thinking about how long I've lived in Provo. The summer feels like it was so long ago sometimes. Other times it feels like it was just yesterday. I love the people here so much. I am also in love with singing and choir in general. Music is amazing

Today is December 1st and that makes me happy. I love Christmas music and I am now officially listening to it every day. Today I turned on my Christmas Pandora Station and it played "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" three times in a row but each song was by a different artist. Pandora fail. Today I also cleaned out my fridge which is always nice to do even though it's really gross most of the time. Kelli is finally actually living with me again. She thought it was cooler to stay at the hotel with her parents. What a fool. But I love her. Tonight I'm hanging out with Gina which I'm pretty dang excited for. We are going to Chick-fil-a!!! I love that place. The advertising unit is done for my Comms 211 class! I am definitely glad I chose the major I chose. I have disliked the public relations and advertising units greatly. Today I also had delicious hot chocolate and starbursts! Thank you Spencer! I also talked to Greg today for a bit on the p

Today I realized I needed more positivity in my life. I also realized I needed to stay in touch with my old friends better. So I decided that each day I am going to post some positive things about my day. So I'll start with today. I'm grateful for deadlines. As much as they bother me because I am always trying to get something done;  I am grateful for the relief that comes after I have met a deadline and then I no longer have to worry about something. My New Testament project is done! I loved reading The Miracle of Forgiveness and learning so much from doing so! I love when the moments when you accidentally send the wrong text to someone. For example, I received one today from someone I am in a group project for English with. "Now?... Dan, the truth is... All I want is you and me. If I have that, I'll be happy. (Insert gushy awwww here) I'm grateful for my roommates. They put up with me even when I get super stressed.  I'm grateful for heat especi

I've often been told that I get excited easily; it doesn't take very much to make me happy. I think that is because I love the little things. I love seeing someone I know on campus. It doesn't matter to me if we just exchange a friendly smile or if we hug. Seeing people makes me happy. I love getting random text messages. I love that moment when everything makes sense. I love knowing that no matter what everything will be okay. I love having absurd, weird dreams that make me laugh. I love how beautiful this world is. I love friends that last through thick and thin. I love when someone is honest with me. I've been really blessed in my life.

I have been trying to write this blog post for forever. I have been trying to explain how wonderful the last month of my life has been but to be honest it is impossible for me to put into words. So, I've made a list of some of the things I've done this summer that have just made me extraordinarily happy. Tubing! Bonfire :) Troping! National Cheesecake Day Watching Despicable Me on Capitol Hill  Going for a run and then jumping in a pool Hammock chats Countless movie nights Going to the Bishop's Storehouse Donating blood Playing croquet Seeing Thor, X-Men, and Montecarlo at the dollar theater Temple trips Spending time on the roof  Giant Slip 'n Slide But in the end, the best part of my summer was just meeting all of the people I've met. I really don't know how I got so lucky to have them in my life. When I think of how to describe my summer to people it's not events or days that come to my mind. It's all about the peo

I don't even know where to start this blog post. I am officially in love with Utah. I didn't think it would happen. I thought that part of my heart would always be in Virginia and I would only be able to like Utah. I'm not saying Virginia has replaced Utah. It never will. My experience there was so great. But there is just something about Utah. There is just something about this place that brings me such joy. Actually, there isn't just something. There are so many things. The Joseph Smith statue I mentioned in a former blog post. So many wonderful things are going on in my life right now. I guess chronologically is the best way to go... so... here we go! Harry Potter Seven Part Two. Oh..my...goodness! This was my favorite Harry Potter movie yet by far. I think that previous Harry Potter movies have just been a lot of fun. But this movie was so much more. I think that this movie had overarching themes. It was just so good.  I absolutely love midnight premi

First of all, I am absolutely stoked to see Harry Potter! I have totally scheduled my midterms around the midnight premiere. Hahaha I took one today, I am taking one tomorrow, and the other one I am taking on Monday.  School is so wonderful. The past four days have been so great. It all started out on Sunday. I started the day out just kind of in a bad mood. I really missed Virginia. I went to church and then took a nap and then my day totally changed.  I went over to my friend Emily's apartment and we played this super fun card game called Bohnanza. Anyone who knows me knows I love games and I seriously think I might have to add this one into my collection. The game basically consists of planting beans, trading beans, and selling beans.  After that we watched Muppets from Space. Can I just say that I am super excited for the new Muppets movie to come out? Oh and I am also really excited to see the Winnie the Pooh movie. :) I love children's movies. They're just the best.

The quote for this blog came from my reading for my Doctrine & Covenants class and I absolutely love it. When I read it I just thought it applied perfectly to my life. Going anywhere new is a hard experience for me. It takes me a while to feel comfortable around people. But, I know in my heart that this is where I am supposed to be. I have prayed about it time and time again and I just know it. But just because I know this is where I am supposed to be doesn't mean it's been easy. I am finally getting to the point though where I am actually starting to like it here. I no longer ache to return to SVU every minute. I am meeting some amazing people here and I have no doubt that I am going to meet more people as time goes on. Apartment picture time!  Everything about my new place is wonderful. :) My roommates are great. It is really close to campus. It is just the perfect place. Bedroom Bathroom Living Room Kitchen I am taking three classes this summer: gener

Wow it's been a long time since I blogged. Pretty much my life has been crazy busy for the past three weeks. While I was still in Colorado I went to the Denver Botanic Gardens with my best friend Kaitlyn. It was such a beautiful place! I absolutely loved it. I also was called as Ward Camp Director. Girl’s Camp was so crazy. I never realized how much work the leaders do. As a youth Girl’s Camp was always the highlight of my summer. This past time it was  a lot of work though still enjoyable. The coolest experience of the week was on Thursday night. Typically up at camp we have done an Iron Rod experience. A rope is tied through various places in the forest and you walk by yourself blindfolded on it until you come to the very end with a picture of the Savior. This year they decided to do something different. What we did was called, “A Walk with the Savior.” The girls were blindfolded. There was a narration and music played and as the music described parts of the Savior’s life

So I have been home for two weeks now. This past week, even though it has had some serious negative aspects, has been absolutely wonderful. I got the stomach flu on Tuesday/Wednesday which was just miserable. In addition to that, my hard drive randomly stopped working. I lost all of my data which stinks. I am now missing all of my pictures between 2009-present that aren't on Facebook.  Thankfully, a lot of the ones from 2010-2011 are on Facebook.  Anyway, despite those two things, my week has been so magnificent! My best friend Marie was home from for a week. Marie goes to college in Minnesota and this summer she has an internship in Wisconsin.  Her parents are also moving to another city in Colorado which is two and a half hours away from me. So it was Marie's only week in Colorado and her only week actually being home. So we had a TON of fun together. Let me give you some background on Marie's and my friendship. Marie and I both have older brothers who are the same