I'm moving!!

Yes- my blogging efforts have moved. I have no idea if i'll ever post on this lovely sad pathetic blog again. So here's the link to my new one...and hopefully it will be a little more interesting. :)
Love to you all!!
stevenandlindsey.blogspot.com
Enjoy!!

happiness and joy

It's about time I finally blogged again... :D I am blogging to let the entire world (or the 3 people who read this on occasion) :D know that I am so incredibly lucky! Yep. I'm going to marry my very best friend in the world on March 15th!!

So I know that picture isn't exactly the best quality...But there you go! :D That lovely park is where I became the official future Mrs. Steven Corry. :D Anyway...I just wanted to blog about my happiness at the moment. :) 70 days... :D

Snow and Icicles...

I love snow. And I love icicles. And I am sitting here in my sister's room looking out the window at both. Yes, it snowed last night...a lot. It managed to turn a 45 minute drive from provo to salt lake into more than a 2 hour drive from provo to salt lake. Craziness. But, I love the snow. And I love icicles. My house has always been a perfect icicle house...I remember the year we had one that reached all the way from above the door down to the ground. Right now I'm watching them drip as they melt away. It's rather sad. I wish I had pictures to post up here of my house, and me, and snow, and icicles, but alas...my camera is having issues(...and I left it in Cedar City...) Therefore, you shall just have to make yourself content with these pictures.
Also...I woke up early today (5:45) and sat in my family room with the fireplace on, and the Christmas tree turned on. That is the very essence of happiness. I love the holidays. I hope to be back with more of a cool blog soon. :D But for now...this will have to suffice. Enjoy!
I wish that were me...walking home to a nice comfy couch by a fire with hot chocolate...and peppermint...*sigh*
I do believe that icicles are some of the single coolest things ever. Yep.
I had to add a picture of peppermint...it's my favorite flavor...I adore candy canes, they are a most marvelous representation of Christmas in my mind...yum.

I lose.

Yep. It sure has been far too long since I last wrote a lovely blog for all the world to enjoy! So...here is one for today. Tomorrow is the last day of the semester!! Happiness and joy! That means that I should definitely be working on homework right now, but I'd rather write a note to say hello to everyone. :) So, I'm already getting excited for Christmas! My roomie put up a Christmas tree and lots of decorations, and I made little stockings to hang on the banister for all of my roomies...the Christmas spirit is in the air!! I've been thinking, and I want this Christmas to be different. I've been more homesick than ever this year, so I really am looking forward to spending time with my family. I also want to focus more on Christ. I read something in the Ensign that talked about the idea of reading one chapter of Luke every day until Christmas Eve. I have taken that challenge, and thus far, I have loved it! It's giving me a chance to reflect on the Savior's life, and everything he did for me. I think it is helpful to read that before Christmas, because it helps me to understand why His birth is so important, and why we celebrate it. I've also spent a lot of time thinking about future Christmases, and what kind of traditions I want to start in my own family. I know that growing up, my Christmas was always perfect (:D) But I want to be able to start some traditions of my own. I've never approached the holiday season thinking about things this much! It's kind of weird for me! Usually I welcome the break between semesters as a time to relax and play. This time, I'm thinking about all the things I want to do, and all the marvelous stuff I'm going to have to cram into my 2 weeks home. Maybe I should start thinking of simplifying. Hmmm...you think I would have thought of that sooner...I'm a rather simple person. (Just so you know...I'm starting to ramble on to myself at this point...) Anyway...On to other random things...it needs to snow!! Yes, Cedar has not gotten enough snow for me. There is NOTHING on the ground!! And it kind of makes me want to cry. But I'll live...somehow...
Well- I'm off to spend my last 45 minutes at work doing what I should have been doing the whole time...homework. Enjoy! And an early Merry Christmas to all!!

There was a sense of excitement and anticipation...

Yep. Any of you who are familiar with Michael McLean's Forgotten Carols may recognize the title of my post...or maybe not. It's a quote from Handel's Dream. Because guess what! I'm going to be Handel!! Yep. Every year my Institute choir goes down to St. George and performs as the back up choir for Michael as he does the Forgotten Carols for 3 nights. We also perform a few of the songs on our own in Cedar City, and have students from the institute do the solos. But this year, he got his own traveling choir. So we were out of a job. But Bro. Mac could not let us go without singing the Forgotten Carols! So our institute is going to perform The Forgotten Carols as they were originally performed! And I have the part of Handel! I am so incredible excited, I just wanted to share my joy with you!! That's really all I have to say right now. So if anyone wants to come to Cedar November 30th or December 1st, to see this amazing show, let me know...tickets will definitely go fast!! :D
Yay for the Forgotten Carols!!! :D :D

Sunday Morning...

Can I just say that Sunday Mornings are beautiful! They're so friendly and peaceful, and if I listen hard enough, I can sometimes hear the organ from the chapel next door. The world seems to move a lot more slowly on Sunday mornings.
Last night Steve and I went to "Crazy for George", an SUU opera production in tribute to George Gershwin. It was marvelous! He wrote such fun music! I had never heard many of the songs before, but they all made me want to just get up and dance! Fortunately, after the production, we went to Cedar City's birthday ball, where we danced the night away to music performed by a local big band. Marvelous. And yes, Cedar City does celebrate its birthday. And it's done right! Performances from Ballroom Dance Team, dancing to a local band made up of all these cute little old guys, and for dessert...cobbler. My personal favorite. :D I tried apple for the first time last night. And it was very good. I think it's about scripture time, so I'm off. -till next time!
ps- I did my running 3 days this past week. Let's see how long I can keep that up. :D

Inspiration

Yes...I received some inspiration today to update my blog more often. (Thanks Elizabeth!) So, although I may not think that I have a lot to say, here goes...the random thoughts and rantings of Lindsey. :D
I observed a class at the local High School this morning. It was Marvelous!! I am minoring in ESL, so I sat in on 40 minutes of a high school level ESL class. Why don't they require that in more of my education classes!! In those 40 minutes, I learned more about ESL than I do in weeks of my actual classes. Observing class = spectacular!
I rearranged my room last night. Yes...if you've seen my room you know that it is slightly small...okay it's tiny. It fits my bed, a bookcase, a bedstand, and nothing else. I very much like the new arrangement. Okay...all I did was move the bed a foot and a half away from the microscopic window and move my bedstand to the other side, but it made a huge difference! I love small changes like that. They add just enough variety to make me content. :D
Running = Bliss. I discovered yesterday that running could just be the thing that will keep me sane. I think I have discovered that several times, I just never act on it. So...I promise myself right here and right now that I will run more often. At least 3 days per week. Ha!
As the holidays approach...Thanksgiving is two weeks from yesterday!...I look forward most to the family, traditions, comfort, warmth, and happiness. I look forward to the smell of yummy treats in the kitchen, curling up by the fire with a peppermint stick and a good book, coming in for a cup of hot cocoa after exerting all of my energy to play in the snow, and countless other Holiday treats.
I think that's all for this present moment... It's about time for me to leave the education lab. :) More to follow...

Far too long!!

Oh my oh my!!
Time is flying by! And I am so ridiculously behind on my blogging!! So...this past summer was marvelous! I did orientation, I worked, and I took 2 classes. It was much fun. :) Now, there are only 4 weeks of school before finals! Craziness! I'm still working in the Honors Office, and now I'm also working as a lab assistant in the Education Lab...good times. No more Soda Jerk for me. Yes...slightly sad. :( Yep. Oh, and of course I'm still dating this most amazing guy!! Now...a few pictures for your enjoyment. :DThis is in Sun Valley- my family took a vacation there this summer, and we brought Steve along! He's got some amazing ice skating skills!!And here he is...the Amazing Steve!!! :DAnd here is the lovely pumpkin we carved for Halloween :D Yay for pumpkins!!
I'll try to keep this lovely thing a little more updated...not that many people read it...but if I do have any readers out there, Hello!!! :D and Have a marvelous day!

Updatey!

So...I'm feeling very behind in the blogging world. Therefore...I am updating my blog. :) I am still in Cedar...(actually I'm in slc right now for my sister's graduation, but I'm still living in cedar) and I'm taking some classes this summer. So far I love both classes, and I think they're going to be a lot of fun! I'm still working at Bulloch Drug store as a soda jerk, working for the Honors Program, and I'm going to be an orientation leader when orientation starts in a week and a half. HOPE tour is over, and I absolutely loved every minute of the choir, and of tour! It was so much fun!! I'll have to steal some pictures from someone and then put them up here. :D I'm living in pretty much the coolest house with the coolest roommates ever!! Me, Stacey, Cami, Jentry, and Sara are all living in a house near campus. I love it!! And after some bumps in the road, things are well with the Senor Steve! I sure did miss him. :) Here are a few pictures of my latest adventures- San Francisco with the family over Easter vacation, and a bunch of honors students in Bryce Canyon 2 weeks ago. Enjoy :)

A cool experience...

I would like to share with you all a cool experience I had this morning. I was supposed to go down to St. George with 2 of my roommates to go to the temple. But they both decided not to go yesterday. So I wasn’t going to go either, because gas is ridiculously expensive and it’s 50 miles away. But I felt very strongly that I needed to go. When I woke up this morning something was just pushing me out of bed and I really felt like the temple was where I needed to be today. I think Satan was trying to keep me away though, because not only was gas a problem, but when I looked at my new temple recommend, I discovered that the "date of issue" was blank. After many phone calls and rushing around Cedar City, I got it taken care of and I was finally on my way to the temple! As soon as I got on the freeway, I started crying and I didn’t know why. And I'm not one to cry much at all! After a while, I had the feeling that I was not the only one in my car. It was weird, but very nice. I’ve had a rough month, and I felt like there were people in the car helping to comfort me. Yes...it sounds like one of those stories from the Ensign...but I'm serious! At first I couldn't tell who it was that I felt in the car with me. I think I have an idea on one of them, but it felt like there was more than one. I cried the whole way to the temple. It's a miracle I could still see everything on the road perfectly! I got to the temple and went in to do baptisms. The volunteers were very happy to see me, and asked me how long I had. I replied that I had all day and was in no hurry to get anywhere. The kind lady at the desk said that was great and how would I like to be baptized and confirmed for 22 people? I said I would love to, and it was great! And now I realize that it is no wonder I felt so strongly about going to the temple today. I had 22 “guardian angels” keeping an eye on me and making sure I got here to help them. As weird as it seems, I think that at least one of those women I was baptized for was in the car with me too. I don't know who...but they must have known that I really needed some extra help today. And that is my story for you all. :) I know it sounds weird...especially because nothing even remotely like this has ever happened to me, but it was a very cool experience for me!

Along with my story...I just want to tell all of my friends and family who may happen to read this blog that I love you all LOTS and LOTS!! yep. that's all.