What have we been doing with our time?

I was just thinking about what we do with our time and it made me think, "what have I done since Valentine's Day? lol" Sometimes life goes by so fast that we forget literally what happened during the week. For me it is really easy to just say that last week all that happened was work and school for Blaine, work for me, dinner, clean, go to bed. While that is true, I need to remember that there is way more to life than just the everyday BLAH. Last week I also did things like visiting teaching my wonderful friend, had dinner for the missionaries in our ward, we came back from a trip to Brianhead, I cleaned my house head to toe for 8 hours, I ran errands, I wrote in my journal and caught up on some memories and today we went to Church to hear Church leaders like President Uchtdorf talk about life and missionary work. I gotta remember to make use of my valuable time by reading my scriptures, spending time with Blaine, keeping in touch with family and making time for my friends. At the end of the day, the paycheck doesn't really matter if we just come home and do nothing right?  (p.s......relaxing after work is NOT nothing....in fact it's invaluable time needed)

Friday anyone?

I am DEFINITELY ready for the weekend. I love Thursdays because I know Friday is tomorrow and I will survive the work day haha. I am super excited for this weekend especially because we get to celebrate Valentine's Day on Saturday! Monday is too crazy with work and school so we'll do something at home but this Saturday includes Temple, Olive Garden, Presents.....I am excited! Saturday also means shopping. Blaine and I are not ALLOWED to leave the house on Saturdays haha because when we leave the house on the weekend it means: eating out, Office Max, Target, Home Depot, movies....etc. We wind up spending money somehow! But it's fun nonetheless. I also love Fridays because I get off early at 3 and that means working out and errands. Cant wait :)

When I am daydreaming

I have so many daydreams, when I get a break during my day to just sit there and think about anything that my mind wanders to. Here are some of the things I think about:

wanting to go workout after work (but then get too tired)

eating ice cream

getting a haircut

the vacumn is in the living room, gotta do it

need to fold laundry

I want more office supplies just for fun

taking pretty pictures

It really should be a Friday

Can't wait to get my carpet cleaned

I want to play on my computer all day

Well there you go! Another thing I am thinking about....what in the world is the animal in the picture above?

How annoying

I catch up on news everyday and there are many things that are interesting and shocking: arizona shooting, oscar nominees, State of Our Union address, ways to avoid baby kidnapping in the hospital.....all very interesting and newsworthy. I follow news closely ( I did get a journalism degree....I can't help it) and I look for great articles. You know what is silly news???? JERSEY SHORE....CNN put out this news story and it gets me so annoyed! The entire cast is being thrown at me every day in the news by putting headlines and Snooki's big hair everywhere. I've never seen the show and I don't plan on ever watching it. I saw the situation on DWTS and that was ok but still. Why are these people famous? They are overly tan weirdos who get drunk and get in fights all the time. Reality TV for the most part is dumb and not worth my time. So as I was news reading this morning it just hit me how crazy our generation is these days because people are obsessed with TV and reality TV wannabe celebrities. There are a few reality TV shows like DWTS that I sometimes watch but I just like the dancing. We need better TV.

Odd Weather



courtesy of CNN.com

 I saw this on the news the other day! You can click on the red boxes and see a picture of the snow. In Las Vegas, it was after New Year's ( a few days later I believe) when it snowed. So over a span of like 10 days....there was snow EVERYWHERE! except Florida. ha. I do like the warm weather and today, 60's in temperature is perfect. I do like the snow though so I LOVED that. CNN also reported that it was The Nina that is causing bizzarre weather along with something else in the temperature of the ocean.....ok sure. Anyways, I hope we all enjoy the weather here in Las Vegas because it is so nice! Enjoy the weekend everyone :)

This year, let's be a little less average

Wow....look at this!

It's not so great being average
By LORI BORGMAN- McClatchy-Tribune News Service
December 28, 2010 8:07am EST

It all started with a television show on how soda is made. The program concluded saying the average American drinks 50 gallons of soda a year. I tried to visualize myself lining up 95 2-liters in the garage or pouring it all in a 50-gallon drum and just getting a straw.

And then I began to wonder: Who is this average American?

I did my own research on the research on the average American and if the numbers are to be believed, the average American is a mess.

According to David Zinczenko, author of "Eat This, Not That!," the average American consumes 24 pounds of candy a year. Multiple reports claim that the average American eats 22 teaspoons of sugar a day, or 44 pounds a year.

The Palm Beach Post reported that the average American eats 1.13 cups of vegetables and 0.68 cups of fruit a day. I read that and was stunned - how does one measure 0.68 cups of fruit or 1.13 cups of vegetables? Were the strawberries whole or smashed down in the measuring cup? Were the carrots sliced or shredded?

The average American eats more than 4 pounds of pasta, 13.8 pounds of turkey and 5.2 pounds of sweet potatoes per year. He eats only 8 pounds of berries a year, but 17.9 pounds of bacon, 120 pounds of potatoes, 21 dozen eggs, 200 sandwiches and grabs fast food more than four times a week. The average American is also likely to be overweight. Shocker.

What we don't eat we throw away. Last year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that 25 percent of the food Americans buy goes to waste. This year the figure was 40 percent.
The average American isn't sleeping so well either.

In 1960, the average Joe got eight hours of sleep a night. Today, the National Sleep Foundation reports that most people get by on less than seven hours while USA Today reports that the average American is down to about six hours of sleep a night.
The average American works a 46-hour week. A Microsoft study found that average Americans waste 16 work hours a week, most often attending worthless meetings or surfing the internet
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American spends more than 100 hours commuting to the job (where he works some and dallies some). A Gallup poll says the average American's daily commute is 46 minutes round trip. The average American is probably eating while he drives.
The average American has about 20 hours of leisure time per week. The IRS estimates filling out a complete 1040 form with Schedules A through E will take 44 hours. Say so long to two weeks of leisure time, average American.

Meanwhile the average American teen is busy sending 3,000 text messages a month or about 100 a day. It's a wonder the average American teen has time for school.

When the average American isn't throwing food out of the refrigerator, guzzling soda, unwrapping candy bars, working, sleeping, parked in front of the computer or yelling at his kid to quit texting, he is watching television. Nielsen Co. says the average American watches 35 hours and 34 minutes of television a week. For adults older than 65 those average American numbers go up to 48 hours and 54 minutes per week, which is almost three hours more than the average American's work week.

With the New Year approaching a worthwhile goal might be to be a little less average.

(Lori Borgman is a columnist, author and speaker. Contact her at lori@loriborgman.com.)

Life is awesome

Bah Hah! I just really wanted to post something lol I would just like to say that life is awesome no matter what. No matter where our choices lead us, there's always a way to make things better and keep a happy attitude about it. Life changes, plans change, and life goes on . I need to post pictures soon because it's awesome :) LOVE YOU ALL!

"Nobody likes a (Miss) Sniffles!"

Well the title of my blog is taken from How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. That movie is one of my all time favorites by the way. The point is, I am sick....AGAIN! How does this happen for the second week in a row? I drink juice every day, eat semi-healthy, and my exercise consists of evil BYU stairs. What is wrong with the picture? I just hope that I wont be sick when it comes to going to Idaho next weekend! Carrie Underwood....oh my goodness I am so excited! Something else that I am excited about is going to this etiquette work-shop for business people up in Salt Lake City. To some, it might sound odd or weird, but I've always been deeply interested in good manners. As a journalist, I have many great opportunities and so I am sooooo happy that I cover the business beat hence I get to go to this workshop. There are always big blessings that come from good table manners. :)

Also, I decided that each week I will post a picture and talk about it. I think the pictures that I collect from friends to family are very important and they need to be shared and thought about.

Final thoughts of the day

Ba ha! After i realized this week would be crazy, I decided I should write on here one last time before I forget to write again. There are many things on my mind and I shall let it go:

• I can't believe the timing of life
• sleep is a precious thing but waste of time
• 15 minutes is not enough

So basically everything happens for a reason but it still stinks when it is completely unexpected and you are left thinking..."Seriously? Like seriously, did THAT just happen?" I have come to know that YES, it does happen haha. I would usually protest, but I wont because Heavenly Father knows better...sleep...why does it feel so good? Maybe it's the chance to finally not think, or maybe it's the only opportunity where day dreaming into accidental dreams is available, either way, I know I should be grateful for it but at the same time, I have other things to do. Lastly, speaking to someone on the phone for the first time in MONTHS after not seeing them for YEARS is such a wonderful experience. Why do 15 minutes have to fly by so fast then? All I can say is that missionary work is the most amazing thing out there, and I fully support it :) Ummmm....mother's day was also awesome in general, I am grateful for my beautiful mom who loves me and I also thank the many special women in my life that I look up to as role models and mother figures.