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- What songs/books from your childhood are the most meaningful to you? Well I know that I LOVED the Little House on the Prarie books. I loved the idea of living out on the plains and having nothing to do but chase prarie dogs. When I was younger though my favorite book for my mom to read to me was The Berenstien Bears and the Spooky old Tree my favorite part was “and one with the shivers!!” Read it and you will know what I am talking about. OH and I also really liked a book called Jamberry I think I think that was what it was called. AND there was another one called Something like Sylvester and the magic pebble. A book about a donkey that found a magic pebble and it granted wishes and somehow something went wrong and the donkey turned into a rock. I think one of the most meaningful to me was Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Anyway, I had a lot of favorite books. I could go on and on. Each book reminds me of another one tha tI loved. I still love childrens books! But I will stop. And songs, well there are WAY too many to talk about. My mom ALWAYS sings. We would sing rounds on car trips and we had a singing club when I was younger where I learned a whole bunch of silly songs. But I guess the song that sticks out to me the most is the song “I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills” I actually dont know the real name of it. But my mom sang that to me a lot. I am sure I will sing it to my kids.
- If you didn’t have the constraints of family, work, and time what would you love to be doing now with your life? I really dont have any constraints… I basically am doing exactly what I want to be doing right now in my life. Maybe, if I wasnt going on a mission, I would be going to school for all the things that I really want to do but can’t because of money and well, timing. Like interior design, culinary arts, cosmotology, floral decorating… things like that. Mostly I love just learning. And all of those things sound fun! Oh and I would LOVE to visit every museum in the world! Well, maybe there are a few that I wouldnt want to see, but mostly all of them.
- Who did you have the biggest crush on in middle school/junior high – celebrity or real life? Celebrities? Harrison Ford. I once had a dream that he and Willow reseued from a swamp monster. But other than that I think I basically liked any boy that liked me… which probably wasn’t many… because I can’t think of any specific crushes.
- What is something you can’t seem to keep yourself from purchasing? Gumballs. I have a really hard time passing a gumball machine and not putting all the quarters that I have in there.
- What, specifically, have you done in your life that you are the most proud of? Wow, I really cant think of anything that would sound good to anyone but myself. Although, I just got a letter from my friend Ron and he said that I inspired him to start flossing. Which is a BIG thing! And I am VERY proud of that! Oh and one time I gave a police man a bloody lip! That’s pretty cool!
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This last week I was a volunteer EFY counselor and oh man!! It was AMAZING! In every sense of that word! I had a group of 8, 16-18 year old girls and then I was teamed up with a guy counselor with 7 boys and another girl counselor with 7 girls. We had so much fun! It was so cool to be able to teach and learn about the gospel all day! Except for at the dances of course. Which were also SO fun! They actually expected counselors to be that way! And really it just came natural to me! AND my co-counselor Clif could dance swing! So I got to dance with him and it made him look REALLY good in front of his guys. They were in awe! As a counselor you can basically act as crazy as you want and the kids still think you are WAY cool! Anyway, I learned a lot about teaching the gospel and ways to invite the spirit and things like that. It just made me not so scared to talk about the things that I know. I just can’t even tell you how good it was for me! I am not so sure how much the girls got out of it, but it was life-changing for me!
Here are some of the things that I did that may prove why I wonder if I was the best counselor. First, I started off the week hitting on a married counselor…. yeah…. Who know that they could be married? Apparently in the area sessions they can be. (Area sessions are when the kids just come for the day and then go home at night. Those are the sessions that you can volunteer for) Then… I told my girls that I kinda thought that nose piercings were kinda cool looking. THEN!!! When we were talking to some of the head counselors and the session director (the man in charge of the whole thing) and everyone was quoting the movie Cool Runnings and I said “How ‘bout I draw a line down your head and make it look like a butt?” -Silence- (There I go again) sigh, I think I kept forgetting that I was an example and not just one of the kids. Oh well. I quite enjoyed the week. And I made a few goals to better my life at EFY and I start this week. It’s going to be great!
So now I am back to real life. I talked to a good friend Smelly on the phone today. Funny thing about her nickname. I really do call her that. Anyway, she inspired me. I just got off the phone feeling so empowered! And ready to do what I know I need to do! Something I have been putting off for too long. (long story) Anyway, I got off the phone with her and finished up 5 missionary letters that I wrote today! yay! I love Sundays. BRING ON THE WEEK!
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I got off work early and I decided to do a few things that I have wanted to do but haven’t had time to do. (go to boarders and just read and listen to music, clean my room, update the blog etc.)
My Uncle who went to England on his mission when he was a lad has been emailing me about my mission and such. He just started this new thing where he gives me a little quiz and as soon as I reply with all the answers he will send me another one. This week’s quiz went something like this:
Define the following terms: Fortnight, Cheerio, Ta, Cars Bonnet, Cars boot
I have figured out most of them. Fortnight– I am not really sure but I think it is 14 days or something Maybe just a week… I dont know. Cheerio–obviously a type of cereal! jk, it’s goodbye. Ta– I have no clue. Car’s bonnet–The hood of a car. Car’s boot–The trunk of a car.
So in my research I have found some other interesting things. Brekkie= Breakfast, Juice= all soft drinks, Tattie= potatoes and toastie= a toasted sandwich. ALSO Sean Connery and J.K. Rowling live in Edinburgh! Maybe I will teach them the gospel!! 
I finally cut my hair! I dontated it to locks of love. And it’s really short. But I am liking it. At first I really wasnt sure how I felt about it and I didnt want anyone to look at me. Now I am realizing that short hair is so much easier and therefore worth it! And I have gotten mostly good feedback. Although my neighbor did tell me that he is now rethinking asking me to be one of his wives… (I took that as POSITIVE feedback)
Work is going well. I had a break from swimming for a month and I am glad to be back! I have 4 classes this time and they are “nice and easy!” I love it! Most of the kids are between 5-7. I can really teel the difference between classes at the begining of the summer and ones at the end. The August classes just seem a lot more used to the water! One of the classes is for the swimming merit badge and so they already know how to swim so basically I just get to play with them! Anyway, I love being busy and it is definitly one of those weeks!
I just got off the phone with my grandmother. She just informed me that there were no huckleberries this year. At least not in the places we usually look! Can you believe it? And I was actually looking forward to picking those tiny little things!
