I wanna be debt FREE!

Today I am:

PAYING OFF MY CAR!!!!

There is not a better feeling than calling the bank to get the payoff amount for my car and the guy on the phone tells me $3,500 less than I was thinking it was. How did I miss that? Who cares...sometimes LESS IS BETTER!!!

So I'm paying off my car. YIPPEE!!! And that stupid $400.00 payment is now going on top of my monthly mortgage. This makes me so happy too.

FREEDOM FROM DEBT!!!!

I shall scream one more time and kiss my UCCU car payment goodbye!

Thomas Stearns Nielsen

Nielsen family. You are in my prayers and I love you!

Thomas Stearns Nielsen 10/2/88 ~ 10/4/09

Thomas died Sunday at Primary Children's Medial Center, shortly after LDS General Conference. His family was with him. He was born 21 years ago on Conference Sunday, youngest of Dianne and Stevan Nielsen's four sons.Leukemia was diagnosed on Tom's 14th birthday, but he still managed scout adventure camps and 4 years of lacrosse. Tom's senior year he was on the lacrosse all star team. Orem High's class of 2007 selected him most inspirational graduate. Tom was a good student and was offered admission to several universities, including Duke.Thomas received a bone marrow transplant from his brother Jonathan, but relapses kept him close to home and interrupted college. He got in a full semester on campus at BYU and made many close friends. He felt sad as his buddies left without him on missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but also enjoyed being one young man among many young women. We feel sad that Tom has left us behind, but believe he is now a missionary companion with his brother Chris.Thomas enjoyed games and music. He was the 2007 Orem High Guitar Hero champ. He played French horn, piano, and acoustic guitar. He loved his family and friends and they loved him. He suffered greatly from leukemia, but lacrosse, school, and Church friends filled his life with joy. A wish granted by Make-A-Wish brought him hope and fun.Preceded in death by grandparents, Harold & Guenevere Nielsen, uncle, Clifford Nielsen, aunt, Susie Lindley, and just last year, by his oldest brother Christopher. Survived by his parents; brothers, Jonathan & Dane (Alesha); grandparents Douglas & Mildred Lindley; aunts and uncles Annette (Mike) Linney, Kay (John) Merrell, Richard (Barbara) Nielsen, & Anne Nielsen; & 15 cousins.Farewell: 11 AM, Saturday, October 10th, Canyon View Stake Center, 575 E 800 N, Orem. Viewing: 6-8 PM, Friday, October 9th, Walker-Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 E 800 N, Orem, and 9:30 to 10:30 AM at the church before services.Rather than sending flowers, consider donating to Primary Children's Medical Center, Make-A-Wish, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, U of U Medical Center, or Community Nursing Services. They are staffed by angels.Condolences may be sent to the family at: http://www.walkerfamilymortuary.com/.

Oh, come on!

This picture makes me mad. It is 1:30 in the morning and now all I want is Grandma Hope's Taco's.

You can check out the recipe HERE. I think I'll be whipping up a batch just as soon as the Sabbath is over so I can go to the store. It looks like it will make enough for an army, so make sure you have room in your freezer!

What a cute new blog I've found!

General Conference Humor...

If you need a little laugh this morning...jump on over to my friend Jill's blog.

http://jmsmusings.blogspot.com/

The video of her friend Adam at the end of her first post cracked me up!

Meet Laurel...

She liked it.

Warning: Visiting Laurels blog will improve your overall health, make you laugh, teach you traffic laws, encourage you to grow, and bring you closer to the man upstairs. You will love her oh so much.

LYFSGUD

LYFSGUD. Do you agree? If God sent you a text message, is this what it would say? One of my friends thinks so. She even wrote a book about it. You can check it out HERE.

And to my friend, I think you know who you are, I adore you. You make LYFGUD everyday for millions of women.

I made this little necklace for you. SO, please message me your address in facebook so I can get it to you.

I think LYFSGUD too.

Good Luck Runners!!!

Tomorrow is a big Marathon day for a lot of my running friends. I just want to say good luck runners!!!

Jana
Jeff
Angela
Jill
I think Julia?

And I'm sure there are more. So good luck friends!

Sunday Kate

During the Sacrament prayer Kate looked up at me and whispered, "mom, whose voice is that?" It was during the prayer so I shushed her and a few seconds later she leaned into me and whispered..."oh, I know...it's Jesus."

I thought that was pretty cute.

Did You Know

Stole this idea from Hannah who stole it from Amy.

Did you know I went to hair School but my roots are an inch long?
Did you know I have a hair appointment on Monday?
Did you know I would have a baby every year if my body could handle it?
Did you know I have a bad temper?
Did you know I hum a lot?
Did you know I have stuck to my weight training program for three straight weeks?
Did you know I love the ocean and could stare at it for an eternity?
Did you know that I had a crush on Kirk Cameron when I was 13?
Did you know I hate the friction that comes with politics?
Did you know that I forget to brush my kids teeth?
Did you know that I make the beds in my house, but sometimes nothing else gets done?
Did you know that I don’t have any sisters?
Did you know that God blessed me with Sister-in-laws?
Did you know that I never listen to the radio?
Did you know that I love avocados?
Did you know that I miss my friends?

Dreaming complete randomness...

Somewhere between 7:30 am and 8:20 am I had the following dream.

... Casey Nelson and Pete Shumway (both guys I went to school with my whole life) were playing football in some canyon. I was watching them and then became aware of myself hovering over the ground. I could fly. This was fabulous. I yelled to Casey to check me out flying and then I made some stupid joke about playing Quiditch (Harry Potter?) and not needing a broom.

I got a little brave and started flying over the river which was nearby, but then I got nervous and came down with a thud in the river. I looked up to see a HUGE giant Elk right over my head looking very angry. The Elk tried to jump on me and I started running, and my flying powers were gone.

As I ran out of the water I noticed a mountain man looking guy walking into the river and he had goggles on and went under the water. Then I noticed a plastic head pop onto the top of the water. It was a Japanese man mask and was the mountain man's disguise. He was also holding a riffle and as he walked by I noticed that he had a package labeled explosives.

I started running and started yelling to everyone to run. Mass people thought I was crazy and just stood there and I kept running, but I wasn't really able to go anywhere.

And then there was an explosion and it was like the Twin Towers in the news footage. I was running and the entire sky was grey coming towards me.

Then I woke up.

Do you ever dream that you can fly?

Do you ever have guys from high school in your dreams?

Is everything a conspiracy in your dreams?

Can you run fast in your dreams or are you just trying to run but nothing is happening?