Baby Fever

I want one!! One of my old roommates just had a BEAUTIFUL baby girl, and a few of my other friends are either pregnant or trying to get pregnant. I've had baby fever for a few months now, but unfortunately, Nick and I decided it was best to wait until he graduates for us to add another member to our family... he doesn't graduate for a year and a half!!! It feels like he's been in school forever. They say that patience is a virtue, and if that's the case then I'm not very virtuous.

Ridiculous Christmas and the Primary Program

Okay, so several weeks ago, my MIL (mother-in-law) mentioned that all of the kids might draw names for Christmas this year instead of getting everyone gifts because things are so tight this year. I was all for it. I would much rather get one really great gift than a bunch of crappy gifts, plus it would cut my Christmas costs in half. Well, Friday night she tells me everyone decided against drawing names and that we're all going to get each person a gift (minimum $10, max $20). But get this... I have to buy each person a gift, AND Nick has to get each person a gift. So instead of cutting our costs in half, they doubled our costs. Fabulous. I was having trouble coming up with 1 idea for each person, and now I have to think of 2 ideas for each person!! Geesh. If anyone has any ideas of where I can get cute stuff for cheap, I'm desperate for ideas!!

On a happy note, today was our ward's Primary Program. Nick and I team teach the CTR 8 class, and we've been preparing for today for what feels like forever. It went off without a hitch! Everyone did great, the Sunbeams came through with the comedic relief as usual, and my 8's were so precious when they had to sing their song "When Jesus Christ Was Baptised." I was so proud of myself, I only lost it 3 (okay, maybe 4) times. We sung the song "If The Savior Stood Beside Me" which gets me every time. And then we sung "A Child's Prayer." The kids sung the first part, and all of the teacher's sung the second part, which is the reply to the first verse. The Spirit was so strong that I could hardly sing. Geesh. I don't even have kids and I cried. What am I going to be like when I do have kids in the program. I was so proud of our CTR 8 class. I'll be sad when they leave us at the end of the year. :( Even though I don't get to be around adults and meet new people, I love being in Primary. The children have such a strong Spirit and they teach me so much every Sunday. I can't wait to have my own kids.

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!

OH MY GOSH! OHMYGOSH!!! I FINALLY watched this week's episode of The Biggest Loser that was waiting impatiently for my on my DVR. Here's how it all went down:

-Alison announced that they were going from competing as teams to singles.
-All of the eliminated players were given the chance to compete in a challenge, and the winner got back onto the ranch.
-Heba's husband Ed won the challenge and came back in the game... worst case scenario for my black team. The numbers are now 5 black v.s. 3 blue :(
-Michelle (black team) and Brady (blue team) fall below the yellow line and are up for elimination... we all assume Michelle is going home 4 votes to 2.
-AMY SWITCHES HER VOTE!!!!!! She votes for Brady even though he is on her team!!!!
-The votes are tied 3-3, and when there is a tie, the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss automatically loses.
-BRADY HAD THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF WEIGHT LOSS!!!!!!!!! MICHELLE STAYS AND BRADY GOES HOME!!!!!!!

I am so happy. I started screaming at the top of my lungs and jumping up and down and running around the house like a crazy person. Meanwhile, Bella was sleeping on the couch next to me and is barking her head off because I scared the daylights out of her and she doesn't know what is going on. It was madness.
As you all know, I despise Vicki. She is an evil, conniving, spiteful, vindictive, meannie. What you may not know is that Brady is her husband. The only thing that could have made this better is if it had been Vicki that got sent home.
The only dark spot on this happy news is that Vicki is going to want revenge. I know she is. Things are going to be U-G-L-Y for Amy. Ugly. Amy did the right thing. They're not on teams anymore! They don't have to vote a certain way! They need to vote however is best for them, and Brady is a bigger threat in the game than Michelle! Poor Amy. Not only is Vicki going to be out for blood, but Amy is going to have Heba and Ed on her case too! All episode long they just kept saying "strength in numbers" and "it doesn't matter if one of us falls below because we've got the numbers to keep us here." It was such poetic justice.
I want it to be Amy and Colleen at the finale. They deserve it. They have both worked so hard and they are genuinely good people. I really admire Amy's strength and courage to go against the grain and do what was best for her, even knowing how psychotic Vicki is and that she would seek revenge. I'm glad she had the integrity to stand up and do the right thing.

Where The Sidewalk Ends

Hug O' War

I will not play at tug o'war.

I'd rather play at hug o'war,

Where everyone hugs

Instead of tugs,

Where everyone giggles

And rolls on the rug,

Where everyone kisses,

And everyone grins,

And everyone cuddles,

And everyone wins.

-Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

I wish we all had a little bit more of that for each other. I may not agree with everyone's opinion, but I do respect their opinion and understand that I'm not always going to agree with everyone.
I have a very good friend. Sometimes we are so much alike that we both swear we share a brain. We also have lived nearly parallel lives (seriously, the things we've both gone through are so similar it's scary). We also have the same name. I voted for McCain and yes on prop 8. She voted for Obama and no on prop 8. And yet, we're still friends because we both understand that we're allowed to have different opinions.
We are all different. We all believe different things. Someone HAS to be wrong, but it isn't up to us to decide who that is. I'm very grateful that I don't have to be the one to decide. I might be wrong, but I might not be. Either way, I'm going to stand up for what I believe in, and everyone else can do the same. And know you've found out what it means to me. R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Yay!

The Holidays at Disneyland start November 21st! I'm so excited for it to snow on Main Street again!