Coconut Jackpot!

In an effort to fuel my energy for a study-a-thon today, I hit jackpot. There I am scanning the candy stand at 711 when I spot:COCONUT M&M's!!! Can I tell you how awesome they are?! They're almost like the Coconut Cream Hershey's Kisses. Also unbelievably great! So it's probably a good thing that these are both only for "limited time"

Philosophy 2200

A peek of what my Philosophy 2200 class is like:

I {heart} Baby Shoes!

I have a lot of friends and family that are expecting little ones soon. Whenever this happens I go straight for the shoes. I don't know what it is but I can't get enough baby shoes. I think I love them more than my own shoes... Purple baby Keens - Come on! Knighted Fox Robeez - I just sit and giggle! It's a good thing we don't have kids right now. "Nat, we need milk..." (silence) "But she needed the pink patent leather All Stars!"

RE: What the what?!

So I guess I'd better 'splain a little about my previous posting.

I went to purchase some new garms at the distribution center and they are no longer making the carinessa bottoms. I was informed that they've remade them and are now called the carinessa II's. The fabric is a little different, the waist band is thicker, and there's no lace at the bottom to keep them in place. So what they've done is made these exactly like the mens minus the peter hole. Alvin's concerned that he'll accidentally wear mine without thinking. I'm not convinced I love these quite yet. The sweet older brother at the distribution center proceeded to tell me (and demonstrate with hand gestures) that these are made for a more shapely type woman. That I am! Well I guess I can't be too picky but I sure did love the original carinessa bottoms.

What the what?!

Carinessa II's?! But but but...

New Blog

I've started another blog: http://natsscripturejournal.blogspot.com

One of my many goals this year is to read The Book of Mormon in its entirety. I have a testimony of many principles in the gospel of Jesus Christ but to be completely honest, reading The Book of Mormon (from cover to cover) has always been a challenge for me.

To accomplish this goal and to ask in all sincerity of the truthfulness of this book for myself I’ve started this blog.

D&C 88:63
63 Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Crazy Cat Lady Diaries PART 2

So not that anyone cares about our silly cats but this lady is still pretty crazy... here's what happened over New Years:

Hi again...

I live in ______. Wow, you would really bring them here for me to meet them? That sounds perfect. You may not understand this, but I know I'll fall in love when I meet them, so I just need a little time to think and pray about this. I just have to make sure I'm over the loss of Holly to take on this new responsibility.

Do you have someone else that is interested in the girls right now? Am I holding up another possible adoption? I wouldn't want that to happen. But I also am not ready to let them go. Can I contact you in a day or two?

Talk to you very soon,
D.

My response:

Hi D.,
We are actually leaving to go out of town in the morning to West Yellowstone. We'll be back Sunday evening. There isn't any other interested parties but you seem like the perfect fit for these ladies. So maybe take the weekend to think it over and then when we get back we can arrange a visit. Hope you have a happy new year!

Thanks,
Natalie

(I had to restrain myself from saying, "you seem like a purrr-fect fit" lol!)

D.'s response:

Hi Natalie...I'm sorry, but I won't be able to adopt your lovely kitties. It's just not the right time for me. I so hope you find a good home for them soon.

Hope you had a wonderful time in Yellowstone. Have a great new year...

D.


WHAT THE WHAT?! You've gotta be kidding me! After all that... So with no other interested parties and Lissa's new carpet installation scheduled we had to take them back in to the Human Society. Dean was good enough to do this for us on Monday. (Thanks Dean!)

AND THEN this is the email I get this morning:

Hello, Natalie...

I'm back again. Have your kitties been adopted yet? If so, that will be my answer. But I can't stop thinking about them and would like to meet them. I could actually go to Tooele tomorrow, if that would be convenient.

Please let me know if they're still available. My phone # is _________.

Thanks...

D.

I'll repeat: WHAT THE WHAT?! You've gotta be kidding me! After all that... I had to explain that they're no longer available but that she is more than welcome to contact the Humane Society. What an ordeal!!! We'll see what happens I guess. Sorry crazy cat lady.

Peace for 2010

This morning we attended a sacrament meeting in West Yellowstone. I don't think I've ever gone to church in jeans and snow boots before. Anyhow, the Bishop conducting the meeting was so wonderfully simple and profound. One of the things he mentioned that both my mom and I loved was the difference of "happiness" and "peace".

I don't remember his exact words but he talked about how a parent wishes for their children to have "happiness" but that the word "happiness" can be misleading. Happiness implies a kind of euphoric state. He suggested that perhaps a more appropriate wish would be for "peace". The Lord didn't say, "My happiness I give unto you," it was, "My peace I give unto you".

So as I begin 2010, I will pray for peace for myself, my family, you and your family, and the world around us.

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" (John 14:26–27).