If there is one thing {I love} about Christmas......

It's the movies. :)

 I LOVE movies! :) as you all know. But Christmas movies seem to be that much more exciting! :) I see them every year and yet I bust a gut every time I watch them. :) Here are my favorites. I will start with

Number 6: Jingle All the Way.

This isn't the best Christmas movie ever, But i still like it. It has Arnold Schwarzenegger in it, and i still like it. :)

"They sit there and use subliminal messages to suck your children's' minds out! And I know what I'm talking about because I went to junior college for a semester and I studies psychology so I'm right in there, I know what's going on. They make the kids feel like garbage and you, the father, who's working 24/7 delivering mail so you can make an alimony payment to a woman that slept with everybody at the post office, but me! And then when you get the toy, it breaks and you can't fix it because it's little cheap plastic!"

"I'm not a pervert. I'm just looking for a Turbo Man Doll!"

Number 5:The Santa Clause Trilogy. :)
"This thing, you never know where it's been. A thousand malls! Well I hope you're happy, Comet. I hope you're happy, but most importantly, I hope the guy that lives here IS A TAILOR!"

"It is Santa. You Killed him!"

"The Santa Clause: In putting on the suit and entering the sleigh, the wearer waives any and all right to any previous identity, real or implied, and fully accepts the duties and responsibilities of Santa Claus, in perpetuity to which some time the wearer becomes unable to do so, by either accident or design."

"What about Santa's reindeer? Have you ever seen a reindeer fly?"

"Yes"

"Well, I haven't"

"Have you ever seen a million dollars?"
"No"

"Just because you cant see something, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist."

"Down the chimney? You want me to take the toys down the chimney into a strange house, IN MY UNDERWEAR?"

Number 4: The Grinch.
"What's that stench? It's fantastic!"

We're gonna die! We're gonna die! I'm going to throw up, and then I'm gonna die! Mommy, tell it to stop!"

"If you utter so much as one syllable, I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND GUT YOU LIKE A FISH! If you'd like to fax me, press the star key."

"And they'll feast, feast, feast, feast. They'll eat their who-pudding and rare who-roast beast. But that's something I just cannot stand in the least. Oh, no. I'M SPEAKING IN RHYME!"

"The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there- on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. 4:00, Wallow in Self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me-I can't cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing.... I'm booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, i could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear?"

Number 3: Elf.
"This place reminds me of Santa's Workshop! Expect it smells like mushrooms and everyone looks like they want to hurt me."

"Francisco! That's fun to say! Francisco.... Frannnncisco... Franciscooo."

"First we'll make snow angels for two hours, then we'll go ice skating, then we'll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookidough as fast as we can, and then we'll snuggle."

"I'm sorry I ruined your lives, and crammed eleven cookies into the VCR."

"Son of a NUTcracker!"

"I'm a cotton-headed ninnymoggins!"

Number 2: A Christmas Story.

"The snap of a few sparks, a quick whiff of ozone, and the lamp blazed forth in unparalleled glory."

"The heavenly aroma still hung in the house. But it was gone, all gone! No turkey! No turkey sandwiches! No turkey salad! No turkey gravy! Turkey hash! Turkey a la king! Or gallons of turkey soup. Gone, ALL GONE!"

"Oh! The theme I've been waiting for all my life. Listen to this sentence: 'A Red Ryder BB Gun with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time." Poetry, Sheer Poetry, Ralph! an A+!"

"Oh, no! 'You'll shoot your eye out!'"

"Those Icicles have been known to kill people."

and...

Number 1: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

"Every time Catherine revved up the microwave, I'd piss my pants and forget who I was for about half an hour or so."

"Burn some dust here. Eat my rubber."

"We're kicking off our fun old fashion family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select the most important of Christmas Symbols."

"Hey, Kids, I heard on the news that an airline pilot spotted Santa's sleigh on its way in from New York City."

"You serious, Clark?"

"Oh, Eddie... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now."

"Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?"

"And why is the carpet all wet, *TODD*?" "I don't *KNOW*, Margo!"

"Hey Griswold. Where do you think you're gonna put a tree that big?"

"Bend over and I'll show you!"

"Oh, I was just smelling-smiling. I was just blouse-browsing. Well, I guess it just wouldn't be the Christmas shopping season if the store were any less hooter than they, HOTTER than they are."

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays.

Until Next Time..

Peace & Blessings.

{Reflections}

"And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we wrtie according to the prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins."

-2 Nephi 25:26

I'm pretty sure that i already told you this, but this semester I had the privilege of attending an Old Testament Institute class. One of the assignments that Sister Seamons gave us was a "Reflections of Christ Project." I'm not going to lie, initially, I wasn't going to do one. 

Then, one day I went to the Wednesday Devotional at the Institute and the musical number was a beautiful arrangement of "I Know that My Redeemer Lives."

I have always loved this song. Totally one of my favs. 

So then, I decided to do this.

Pretty much, I listed every reason why He lives from the song and put it on once piece of wood. 

Then on the back...

I wrote a scripture and a small testimony on each reason why He lives. 

And as I was doing this project, I realized something. It has always been easy for me to think of Jesus Christ as my Savior. I don't why, it just has. But, as I was doing this project, I realized for the first time, and thought of Him as my brother. 

I think that it is totally incredible, that I have a brother that loves me so much, that He would die for me. And live again to help me make it back to our Father in Heaven. 

I Know that my Redeemer Lives. 

I love Him.

I trust Him.

Until Next time...

Peace & Blessings. 

{No More Sad}

I know that it has been forever and a day since I have posted. For that, I am sorry. I guess you could say that I have been busy. But really, I've been lazy and not really doing anything that I used to do. 

I suppose that I am really far behind on catching you up, but there is not time for that today. Se-lave, right? So I think that I will just keep you updated on what has happened most recently. As you know, I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the most true and perfect thing out there!

As the Bible does, I'll start in the beginning. 

This semester in school, I signed up for an Old Testament class at institute. What was I thinking, right? I loathed the Old Testament. Why on earth would I intentionally sign up for this class? A few weeks into class, I began to ask myself that very question. On Tuesdays, I am at school forever! My first class (which happens to be another institute class) starts at 7:30am, my last class ends at 8:20pm. This Old Testament institute class with Sister Seamons is at 1:30pm. I must admit, I began to sluff this class, which makes no sense. Why not choose the 7:30am class to sluff? Don't even ask because, I honestly don't know. 

But, this is how I felt about that Old Testament!

VERY DANGEROUS!

A very long, and spiritual experience happened that caused me to return back to this class. 

I'm going to tell you a secret. 

I LOVE the Old Testament.

WHAAA???

Yeah, I know. It seems impossible for someones opinion on this book to change as quickly as it did for me. But, it did. The Old Testament is SO incredible. I also find it amazingly fun to read because things will happen where you'll say "WHAT IN THE DEVIL??" Many, many times has that happened in my personal study. But after thinking about it, the stories were amazing. Can you imagine being Jael, and be like "oh, you're lookin' for Sisera? He's in my tent, I nailed him to the ground!" Then there is the whole Ehud story; I could go on and on about these amazing acts of Faith and Trust in the Lord!

But, before I do that (because I could), I want to talk about one woman. Her name is Hannah.   

Yes, I did learn about this in my Institute Class yesterday. But, this is why you take the class, to love and learn the Old Testament. 

The story of Hannah is in the first chapter of 1 Samuel. To sum this story up. Hannah is a "sister wife" who hasn't had any children. Her husband's other wife basically mocks Hannah for not having children. So, Hannah goes to the temple and prays. The descriptive words they use to describe how she feels are incredible. "her adversary also provoked her sore", "she was in bitterness", "wept sore", & "poured out my soul before the Lord."

While she was in the temple Eli saw that her mouth was moving, but couldn't hear her words. So, his first thought, was that she was drunk. After asking her, he found out why she was so upset, and this is his promise to her. "Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him." WOW! He just promised her that her prayer was heard! Now, in the very next verse, is says "So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad."

In class, many were saying, "that is such great faith, because I would have to have ended up pregnant before I was happy." Which is true. This is a great example of faith. 

But here is my thought.

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ aren't afraid to put the words "Joy", "Happy", or "rejoiced" in the scriptures. I know this, because I have read them. But this says, that she was "No more sad".  So I began to think about my own life and the times where I have poured my heart and soul unto the Lord for the sadness that was hovering over me. Most of the time, the answer didn't come immediately after that heartfelt prayer. As a matter a fact, most of them were much later. But I can honestly tell you, that after I prayed to him, asking for help, that I was no longer sad. That isn't to say I was happy. But I was at peace. I was comforted. Because I knew that the Lord had heard my prayer. And that He could help through the rest of the hard days.  I know how hard this is. But I am so grateful that I can trust in the Lord. That I can lay my burdens at His feet and know He will help me stand back up. And that He will make things turn out the way they are supposed to. 

I love this Gospel. And I love the Old Testament.

Until next time..

Peace & Blessings! :)

Fairy Tales

"Didn't you know that all the fairy tales tell a lie? Real love, and real life doesn't have to be perfect."-Sara Evans.

Wow... December. That was an ultimate fail on my part. I've slacked on posting. Guess it's good we aren't all perfect, huh?

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how we perceive life. How we think that it is supposed to go. We all should have friends who are chipmunks and a prince charming waiting on the other side of the door. It's funny though, these fairy tales all lie. Life isn't like that. Life is about learning, growing, and coming closer to God.  Why is it that none of us remember this? Because there isn't a movie about it. We go through life seeing how Hollywood portrays life. False advertising. 

To me, life is like Hills and Valleys. There are times when we are on top of the world, seeing all there is to see. Other times we feel that we are falling down the hill until we are in the pit of a valley. Trying to get out. The amazing part is that we always can. Have you ever thought about that? It doesn't matter how dig we deep, there is always a ladder that is long enough to get us out. It is amazing to me to see how I can bring myself back up, but never alone. I always have help along the way. This unseen force that it pushing me to grab on to the next wrung on the ladder until I finally reach the top. Sometimes the experience is great and the hill plateaus off so that I am on top of the world longer. 

These past couple weeks at work I have been working to bring my attitude back up to where it used to be. This battle has become easier and easier. I hope that all of you will find that desire and ambition to better yourself. It doesn't matter how far down you are. You can always get back up.

:) Food for thought! :)

Until Next time...

PeAcE & bLeSsInGs!!!!