Saturday, December 8, 2012

Temple square Christmas lights

I cropped these pictures in hopes that that would help them get posted. (I've been trying to post this for a solid week) Last Thursday evening I went to see the lights with Wendy :) we had fun and the weather was way too nice. My camera wasn't working so Wendy let me use her iPhone to take these.

I also got to visit with Ben & Holly again some too. Oh and Wednesday night I got to visit with Will. It was good to see friends and family since I didn't get out of rexburg for thanksgiving.

Ps....can't wait to go to Ohio for Christmas!

I'm not on Facebook anymore...and other things

I don't think its easy to notice for everyone so I just thought I would announce on my blog that I'm no longer using Facebook. I still use the internet plenty. I check my school email and two other emails regularly. I LOVE reading blogs, and I LOVE watching a few different families/couples/singers on Youtube. I have not given up the internet. I even will sometimes get on keek.com or instagram or even twitter. 

While reading one of my favorite blogs I found this little gem of a quote.

You can often tell if the media and technology in your life are having a positive or negative effect on your soul by the quality of the media conversations you are having. We should regularly ask ourselves three questions: First, am I having media conversations, or am I simply consuming media? Second, what conversations am I having about media with my family and those closest to me? Third, what am I doing to improve the conversations around me when I use media to communicate?   -Amy Peterson Jensen 

This wasn't necessarily the reason for my quitting FB. I mean, I didn't find this quote and then realize FB wasn't helping my soul, however, I feel like it fits the situation. 

None of these other places I go to online ever make me feel so defeated and wasted and unproductive and lazy. Facebook did. 

Every blog I go to read is uplifting to me. I have found places that I go to that help me think and are quality. I have conversations about them with people in my life. Just ask anyone who has heard me use the term, "my youtube friends". I still live my life and keep busy doing things I love but the internet is something I am trying to get better at purposefully using. Thank goodness for google when it comes to my cooking needs. I don't have my recipe box with me and searching the internet has helped lots. Oh, and I have even found some blogs that I like through watching people on Youtube. I'm not one of those people who only use Youtube to watch the viral videos that are most times out of control stupidity. I watch it like its TV. Soooo it's not a big deal that I don't watch TV and I'm not better than anyone else for not doing that. And its possible I waste just as much time as the next guy, but I'm choosy with my content intake. 

About one of those other blogs I read. This here has been a good read for me in the last few months. I liked his last post and talking about self perception. It got me thinking about who I am. It can be slightly uncomfortable being me sometimes. I am trying to be better at BEING me and not being who others want me to be. I've got a very different life that most people I know. I do things that don't always make sense. 

Oh I guess this is the perfect time for me to say/announce that I accepted a position with Alaska Coach Tours. I'll be training to get my CDL feb-april, then I'll be moving to Skagway, AK to work until Sept. I'm going to be a tour guide/driver for groups that come on cruise ships. I'm going to defer a semester at BYU-Idaho so that I can go make some money instead of spend for a semester. Then in January 2014 I will be coming back to finish up my medical assisting classes. Hopefully I'll be able to do some massage on the side up there. I will never regret having all that schooling out of the way. It has been nice to be able to work here and there doing massage while I've been in school this semester. 

Maybe this is an abrupt ending, but I have to go take a test, study for a final, pack to drive home, pack to move apartments and then sometime fit in lunch and get ready to go see a play tonight.....oooo and I hope my birthday package comes in the mail today :)