Nice weekend.

Dear Hometown,

Thanks for such a lovely weekend of wonderful weather (sunshine and rain),

lake time,

relaxing with and enjoying the parents,

and all those other little things that I love and enjoy about being home.

I temporarily forgot how wonderful it is to have a neighborhood and a backyard.

Once again you reminded me how incredibly lucky I was to grow up there, in such a beautiful and peaceful place.

Till we meet again in a few weeks-

Sincerely,

Jaimie,
currently wishing she was still there and not in her 98 degree apartment that only drops 3 degrees in 30 mins.

Damn you, Pinterest

Have you heard of this? Most likely, yes. If not, it's a website where you can "pin" things; for example I see something I like on a website, I click the button "Pin it" (after signing up) and wah-la! It's "pinned" onto a digital pin board where you can refer back to.

Well, I had heard of it through several friends, and I decided that it wasn't a good idea for me, because it seemed like something that would just make me more consumer-oriented, and I didn't like that.

Then, I read a blog post from a friend I knew from when I was going to school in Idaho. She talked about she liked it, and how it gave her ideas of things to do for her home, things she wants to see, etc. (something along those lines). I liked her perspective about it, and realized it didn't have to be all about buying and wanting.

So, I gave in, of course. I was soon turned off by the website when I had to be "invited" and had to wait several days to get the show on the road. Really? Come on now, people. Then once I was finally dubbed a proud owner of a Pinterest account there were all sorts of little glitches, and that was annoying too.

Anyway, let's get to the point, shall we?

So now I'm an official Pinterest-er. Still trying to get use to it, but it did exactly what I predicted in the very beginning- made me want and covet things that I don't have money for! Ridiculous.

I got a little carried away today with gazillions of cute dresses I like.

Sigh.

I'm going to try to chill out in the consumer department, and maybe try to find other things like recipes, inspirations for DIY and such.

Someday, I'll have a job and be able to pay for some of these things. Someday...

Happy 4th, America.

Happy 4th everyone! I'm grateful this day to be an American citizen where I have so many freedoms and privileges.

We celebrated last night by going to a Blake Shelton concert! He's so hot. As my late grandmother would say, "He can put his boots under my bed anytime he wants!"

Ok, so he can't. But really, he is attractive.

Bad quality picture, I know. But he's the one at the mic. Obviously.

His concert was followed by a spectacular fireworks show that lasted 30 minutes! Pretty impressive.

Today Wolfgang has to work, {probably because he's not American.... ;) } So there won't be much celebrating this day, but I fantasize {I kinda hate that word, but I'm using it anyway} about big BBQ's today, but I think maybe grabbing a hot dog or hamburger somewhere today will have to suffice.

Mormon Diva

New Dress and Grooming standards for LDS women missionaries.

Out with the frumpy sister, in with the religious diva!

{where can I find the clothing catalog, please?}

Dog Face.

Wolfgang has recently "joined" this website/search engine/whatever called Stumbleupon. I don't know exactly all the details, but basically it just gives you a bunch of random websites for you to waste time on, according to your interests.

And by random, I really do mean random, because THIS website popped up!

Doggelganger!

Sounds like made up German to me.

You give it a picture of yourself, and it matches you to the perfect dog for you. Yes please!

This first picture shows it analyzing me {I'm sorry I suck at this whole picture thing, you'll just have to click on it.}


Then, here's my result!


That's a cute dog, if I don't say so myself. But does that dog slightly look Asian? Not this again.
Also, is it a coincidence that this dog is German? Hm.


Wolfgang did it too, and here's his result:


Awwww, look at those puppy dog eyes! so cute ooo ooo oo...

what a suck up.

I think if I keep on doing things like this, I'll eventually be able to convince Wolfgang we can have a dog...maybe?

Nails.

I never paint my finger nails; I can't even remember the last time I did it, because I never liked to.

This is not to be confused with painting my toenails, because I do that much more often, but I'm the kind of person that doesn't really keep up with them consistently either.

Wow, am I making myself sound like a really sloppy unfeminine person? Maybe.

Anyway, I decided to paint my {finger} nails the other day, and again today. And you know what? I was reminded of why I DON'T do that. It's so incredibly annoying. You have to waste so much time just waiting for it to dry {I know you are all thinking, "she has all the time in the world anyway, right?" Yeah, you're right, thanks.}, put on another coat, and another {the only nail polish I own is really light, so you need a few coats} then that top coat stuff. Then you know what happens?

You smudge them, scrape them, whatever-to-them within 15 minutes or so.

Ugh.

Not to mention, they weren't painted on perfect in the first place.

My polish is probably ancient so that probably doesn't help, but I'm pretty sure I'm never going to paint my nails again. Or...maybe I'll try buying new fresh polish? Probably not for a while.

To be? Or not to be...

Yesterday in church in one of our meetings, the lesson was based on a talk given by a leader by the name of Lynn G. Robbins, entitled, "What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to be?"

During that lesson, we talked about things that we are "To Do" and "To Be." The teacher pointed out that it is easy for us to make "To do" lists for ourselves {or my bucket list??} but do we ever make lists for ourselves that are "To be?"

She went on to say that when New Years Resolutions come around for her, instead of writing things that she wants to do, she writes one word that she wants to BE that year. I thought that was pretty neat and clever. It caused me to think about what words I want to be, and what I need to work on.

The difference between a To Do list and a To Be list, is that the BE list is not something you ever scratch off. It's who you are, and who you want to become, something you will work on for your whole life.

Pretty cool, huh? She said it's important to remember that you just need one word at a time, and take it slowly, don't overwhelm yourself with a whole list of words all at one time.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed that like I did. :)