Awesome.

Laughing so hard your face hurts
A hot shower
Getting mail
Taking a drive on a pretty road
Hearing your favorite song on the radio
Lying in bed listening to the rain outside
Hot towels fresh from the dryer
A chocolate milkshake
Giggling
A good conversation
Finding moneys in your pockets
laughing at yourself - i do this a lot
Late night phone calls
Running through sprinklers
A compliment
Friends
Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you
waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
Playing with a puppy
Having someone play with your hair
Sweet dreams
hot chocolate
Making cookies
Holding hands with someone you care about
running into an old friend
Watching the sunrise
Getting out of bed and starting the day off with a grateful heart
knowing that someone misses you
Hugs
Knowing you have done the right thing no matter what other people think

Things to learn

Things I've Learned
By Megan Bradshaw

1. We are all more alike than we are different.
2. Everyone thinks that they are the weird one
3. The world doesn't generally play fair
4. It's OK to be different
5. Most people really mean well and would never intentionally hurt or offend anyone.
6. Everyone is looking for understanding and friendship
7. You can learn to love anybody
8. First impressions are often misleading. Take another look.
9. Kind words make a huge difference
10. There is always someone else in a more difficult situation
11. If someone is on your mind a lot,  you should call/email/text them.
12. You don't have to hide your ambitions and eccentricities to fit in.
13. You can find happiness anywhere
14. People can change.
15. Sometimes People don't change
16. I wouldn't choose to see my trials in advance. they are so much more palatable without anticipatory anxieties.
17. Life is short!
18. What they say about making assumptions is really true

Ideas and Activites

Use for dates, youth groups, family fun. (they are totally scrambled)

Play Tennis/Volleyball
Food Storage lesson
Mini Mission with sister missionaries
Christmas service project
Print name or quote blocks (rub on words)
Art class
Learn how to frame a picture
Balancing a checkbook
Cooking
Plan a menu and shop for food
Decorate a room (interior decorating basics)
Hike
Family History
Recipe books
Cleaning
Service
Go Fishing, learn how
Read
Visit a museum
Talent show
Make a movie/write a script
Bike Ride
Flower/cake decorating
Culture night
Poetry and a beverage
Dating skills and etiquette
line dancing
Bread baking
Mother/daughter dinner
Beauty parlor
Scrapbook/card making
video scavenger hunt
Organization
Child Care
First Aid
Public Speaking
Crafts (DIY advice)
Put together FHE lessons

yay!

Crafty

This is what I'm making today. In case you were wondering.

Reversible Headbands

Fabric Key chains

and maybe....

A camera strap for my Pentax

who knows? But I also have to help my brother clean his room.... yikes. 

Byeee

Someone once said

Someone once told me (at the BYU-I campus) that we are here to learn and discover new things we hadn't before. We are PAYING for it. So why not put yourself out there and ask a dumb question? You will be benefit so much more than the person snickering at the question asked. These are notes I took from a  little "learning" question and answer during a Child Development course:

Learn, engage, ask questions, jump in, contribute in some way, find your passions. If you focus all your life on one speck, you will die knowing JUST that one speck. We are responsible for our learning. How open are you to new things? You need to be willing to do the work.

Quotes I liked:
"The learning process is endless. We cannot afford to stop learning and growing and progressing." -Gordon B. Hinckley
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking. -Goethe
Everyone should learn something new every day. - Joseph F. Smith
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself - Lloyd Alexander
The beginning of knowledge is the discovering of something we do not understand. - Frank Herbert
The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. -Buddha
Knowledge is created by the learner, not given by the teacher. -Anonymous
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. -Albert Einstein
We are not bound by tradition, nor are we limited to our own understanding, or to the wisdom of men. In short, this is a very unusual university. -Kim B. Clark (BYU-I President)

Did  you Know?
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint. No two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
In ten minutes a hurricane releases more energy than if all the world's nuclear weapons were detonated at once.
Pineapples, oranges, lemons, watermelons, and tomatoes are all berries.
On average, in any given hour there are 61,000 people airborne over the United States.
Robin Williams, Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, and Dr. Seuss were all voted "least likely to succeed" by their classmates.
In the 16th and 17th centuries it was fashionable to wear one's wedding ring on the thumb.

The Simple Things

This is Kevin, the Netherland Dwarf Rabbit. Sometimes I forget to think of how blessed we are to have a world full of animals. I thought this was funny!

This is brought to you by:

More Bell Ringers

cute bunbun

Okay, so I'm almost done going through these papers (ahh they will never end) But I found more bell ringers! Which are questions my teacher asked, and my responses.

Not sure what the question was. 

You have to have something bad happen ( a problem ) to have the story become happy. If not, then a happy story would be a boring story. A conflict makes the story better. 

My teacher commented and said "Right!" But I think this applies to life situations as well. Our trials and challenges make us stronger and our lives better. The tricky part is seeing the bigger picture.