Scout

He's just the cutest lil dog ever.  Scout is our border collie/lab mix and he is 2 years old.  Here's just a few things we LOVE about him.

• His paws.  He uses them like a human does haha he hugs us and shakes our hand and swats our hands away when we annoy him.  They're a little too big for him too :P
• The way he prances around!  He's a way fast runner, but when he doesn't have the space to run he seriously just prances around with his oversized feet and floopy ears.  It's the cutest.

• All the cool noises he makes.  I love it when he yawns.  And sometimes when we dish up his food he makes "yum" noises :]
• He's super obedient.  We say sit and he does.  We say stay and he does.  We tell him to come and he does.  It's wonderful.

• As long as he has some friends around he is happy.  He follows us EVERYWHERE (needless to say he's hit his head on our knees numerous times) and doesn't even care to ever be outside as long as we are both with him.
• Scout is really adventurous like most dogs.  But we can tell he just lights up when we all go camping or hiking.
• The way he sits most of the time.  It's awkward lol.

• How we can basically tell what he's thinking.  It's so cute when he sits by the door and looks back at us with a face that says "mommy, daddy, are you coming?  I need to poop."
• When he cuddles up next to us during movies, and automatically thinks he's allowed on the bed in the morning right after I let him out and go back to sleep :]

• How when he's REALLY worn out he'll make sure he's near us before he sleeps.  And then he'll just be happy sleeping in any position haha.
• He not a sissy in the water.  He's such a good lil swimmer.
• Whenever me and Clifton are in separate rooms and he knows we won't be separated for too long, he stays in between us to make sure we're ok.

Saunders 2010 :)

Hair is EVERYWHERE!

That's it.  My body is on strike.  I refuse to shave and pluck.  It's all gonna grow back in 2 days anyways so what's the point.  To look good?  I DON'T CARE!  :P  I think God made a mistake, I shoulda been born a LONG time ago.  Ya know, where people ate with their hands and camped forever and just went all natural.  That must've been awesome :]

The D.I.

I LOVE D.I.!  For those who don't know, D.I. is short Deseret Industries.  Basically people donate all their junk they don't want anymore, and DI charges accordingly.  For example, me and clifton got an awesome leather couch in nice condition for only $40.  I bought 6 books today for $5.  You get the point.  So obviously there are a lot of really questionable looking things.  Not necessarily grody, because the employees sort through everything, clean out stains, fix broken items, and so on before putting them out on the floor.  If they put skidmark boxers up for sale I don't think they'd be quite as popular :P.  When I say questionable I mean "What was THAT person thinking?!" 

Haha which is exactly what makes D.I. adventures outrageously fun--even alone!  I've found it's something that makes me extremely happy.  I mainly stick to the books, but I always browse other areas because you NEVER know what you'll find!  Even for someone like me who can't even afford food D.I. is affordable.  I save up my tip from Blimpie just so that I can buy some "new" books from the glorious Deseret Industries.

Anyways the point is--besides how magnificent D.I. is--that I see now the lessons I'm learning by being flat broke.  I wish everyone had a chance to not be able to buy things (and by things I mean ANYTHING: clothes, movies, food, etc).  It's made me realize my true ambitions in life, it's made me see how beautiful things are, how giving people are, and it's made me learn to be happy without relying on outside entertainment.  I think there was actually a time when I would make a crusty face at the mention of D.I...like I thought I was above it or something.  I thank God now that I can afford little things that keep me sane and happy like my prized books from the Deseret Industries (even though it still has a weird smell lol).

Even if I didn't have my little tip money to purchase the strange items found there I know I'd still be happy going on an adventure to the D.I.  Because it shows me how blessed I am to have what I have :].  It shows me how beautiful "junk" is.  It shows me how beautiful people are for donating their "junk" without a second thought.  It shows me how beautiful my church is for being inspired to create a much needed place for the income-impaired.  And really, it shows me God :).  I just love the D.I.

Kissed by an Angel

I just finished an incredible book!  Actually 3.  I bought this book at Walmart a few months ago and just now started to read it.  Monkee asked me how long it was and I turned to the back and said it was 234 pages; a pretty simple read.  But a few nights ago while I was reading I noticed I was on page 130...and I still had 3/4 of the book to read.  I was super confused haha so I went through the book thoroughly and discovered it was a TRILOGY!!!  All in the same book!!!  Talk about a freaking treat!  I was so stoked.  I still get happy when I think about it hehe :].  I love value buys like that.  Anyways this trilogy is amazing.  Although I wouldn't recommend it if you don't believe in angels.  Even then, it's just fascinating.  It makes me want to be a guardian angel more than anything.  Sure I've wanted to my whole life anyways, but this book just made my desire so strong.  Strong enough that I secretly pray to be a guardian angel when I die.  Sshhh, don't tell ;P.  But read it, you'll like it :).

The ones that matter most.

I don't even care to have friends anymore.
The best ones I had were at Snow.
They never made anyone feel left out.
They were the most beautiful and creative people.
They were actually caring and real and humble!
Oh humility is such a wonderful thing!
I have my siblings and my husband and I feel like that's good enough for now.
Ooh and my new church friends too.
My group of friends is so retarded right now though.
From the 10 original friends it's basically been narrowed down to 4.
They have made everyone else feel extremely unimportant and left out...
It's not like they don't know either because I've said something.
Other people have said something.
So I'm just done.
I'm done trying to work things out with self righteous people who don't think they've done anything wrong.
I'm done with those supposed friends.

From now on I'm going to focus on making new friends from church.  On keeping friendships from college.  And especially my friendship with my family and my husband.  Cause those last two are the most important.  The ones that matter the most.