FYI

Oh by the way, sorry to those who are interested and actually read this blog every now and then, my laptop is still at the shop (I hope...) so this posting does not mean I am back for full yet... Hopefully I'll be getting it back soon though, and then.... there will be updates and pictures!

YAY!!!

SPRING

HAS

FINALLY

SPRUNG!!!!

And it's about time...

The city finally has little green "lungs", and though it's been a bit wet lately, I think we are all mostly happy about the weather...

FYI

My computer has been troublesome and temperamental this past week, and now I have to send it off to get the "motherboard" replaced.... so all the fun updates and posts I've been planning and wanting will have to wait... Sorry, but I will come back I promise!
*giggle*
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Easter

The fam. went to Acapulco, Mexico this week, which meant I had the apartement all to myself and it has been GREAT!!!! :)

I invited my friend Alicia over, and we've had a great few days with shopping, good food and just hanging out. Monday we went to Central Park since the weather was finally nice. It has been really cold this easter, in fact it was warmer at christmas than it has been this past week. Anywho, I digress, I will post some pics from the latest little while tonight or tomorrow. On Thursday morning I get to go on a Stake Youth Conference trip to Palmyra. I really look forward to that. And will blogg about it when I get back! I am going to take my camera too, so hopefully I'll have lots to document.
Anywho, that's it from me. For now.

FAO Swartz is a big Toy Store here in the City, with Toys from all over the world and things one almost can't even imagine, it's a dream come true for any child, big or small...

Remember the movie Big? Tom Hanks dancing on a huge piano?? Here it is...

an update

It's been long... too long, I know.. Thanks for the warm "fuzzies" and nice uplifting proddings to bring me back....(I am, I hope, back...)

General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints commenced this weekend. I had forgotten about the replacement of an apostle, so I was pleasantly surprised to read about the addition. I didn't see it happen, because I was out shopping Sat. Morning with a friend (Alicia), and in the afternoon I was babysitting Max. However, I was able to watch all of Sundays' Sessions... it's amazing how uplifting it was... like moisturizing-cream on dry skin... I felt a burden lifted and a brighter outlook on the future.

Saturday Evening, my friend Gayle had a few of us "gals" over for a movie night, we watched Twilight, eat yummy treats (among other things there were a plethora of fruits and veggies... yay) and just talked and hung out. It was nice to be doing something fun with adults for a change. And it was interesting to get others views on Twilight the movie vs. Twilight the book... A few of us had read the books AND seen the movie, one gal had seen the movie only, and two had not read or seen anything before. It was great to get their "side" and input.

One thing I am pondering these days are about the "what-if's" in life... "what if I didn't have a chemical imbalance", "what if I move", "what if the "right guy" isn't coming any time soon", "what if I could see the future road for me the next six months".... and along with the "what if's" come the "might have been"'s but hindsight is 20/20 and it does no good to wallow in the past...

Well, that's it for me tonight.
Thank you again Anette og Toril! Good to know someone's interested...
HUGS to all my PEEPS out there!
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The Bucket List Tag

Again, I haven't really had anything to blog about lately.. I've been tagged on facebook several times with this "25 random things about you" list, but since I don't have 25 interesting or otherwise things about me to tell, I haven't responded... then I got tagged with this one, and I didn't think it was too bad. Now this is not MY Bucket List by any means, but for fun, I'll play along.... so here it is.....

Things you have done during your lifetime:
( ) Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
( ) Walked on the National Mall in DC
(X) Swam in the ocean (Both the pacific AND the atlantic!)
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke

(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't. (I've held a snake... yuck...)
(X) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Danced in the rain-naked
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone special
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies by yourself

( ) Been deep sea fishing
(/) Driven across the United States, this I haven't done but I've taken the train from Utah to New York... that's almost across the country... it was AWESOME!!!
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
(X) Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of the Grand Canyon
( ) Seen the Statue of Liberty, NOT YET.... but I am going to... very soon, when my friend Emily comes to see me for a week, we are going to the Statue of Liberty among other places...
(X) Gone to the top of the Space Needle, I did this when I was in Seattle a year and a half ago... (yikes I can't believe it's been that long ago...)
( ) Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding, not for very long though, and it was in a corral...so not so "romantic" as it sounds...

( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
(X) Been to Disneyland
( ) Been to Disney World
(X) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
(X) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on a camel
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
( ) Been water-skiing
(X) Been snow-skiing

( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Snorkeled in the Great Barrier Reef
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
( ) Been to a National Football League game