things that make me happy

So today i had a "happy moment" i was sitting in my kitchen, in my moo-moo, decorating a cake. i had music playing and the sun was shining on me, life was beautiful and uncomplicated! :o)

I hear that future Amanda is going to be wicked sweet

so on Sunday they talked a lot about conversion, they were saying that the word conversion means to change one thing into another. in the church we hear that word and we think of someone who wasn't Mormon and now is. but the way that they put it on Sunday really struck a cord with me. because conversion is a life long thing, and i am not necessarily talking about religion here now. we are all converting ourselves little by little into that person that we will eventually be. here's the question i had... who are we turning ourselves in to? hummm....
if today we are really miserable and grouchy then i think that we are more likely to be that way later or the next day. but if we want to be a happy person, somethings i think that it is a matter of just changing our minds or converting our minds, and please i don't mean to offend our manically depressed friends. but for a normal person the conversion of who we will be in say 30 years is based on individual decisions today to be happy or sad, a good cook or an accomplished reader, a pessimist or an optimist. all depending on how we spend out time and our decisions now. do we want to have a relationship with God, then we've got to put our time into it. if we want to be an amazing friend then we've got to put that first. I'm not saying that we can only do one thing, I'm just saying that we can't expect ourselves to wake up on day and be what we've always wanted to be, it's going to take time plus a decision to become that. it makes me think where do i put my time? do i really use my time for the things that will help me be who i want to be. but then that bugs the question of who the heck do i want to be... and franky i don't really know yet... but i hear that future Amanda is going to be really "awesome". :o)

20 things to do when you have nothing to do...

this list is still in the making, so if you have any suggestions feel free to note them, and the board with consider them.

1. play the Piano
2. play the guitar
3. sing (if you have a voice)
4. read a good book
5. study the scriptures
6. watch You Tube
7. find info on Jeff Dunhams tour dates (in Detroit Nov. 29th! YEAH!)
8. leave the house with out showering and make fool of self to get a movie
9. rent that movie that everyone said "sucked"
10. torture little animals in your house
11. listen to old records
12. sleep (my personal favorite)
13. write on peoples walls on face book and look at all 124 photos of one particular friend... twice
14. make annoying nosies so that those around you can also be annoyed that you have nothing to do
15. this is gross but it has to be on the list... pop your pimples
16. put oven on "broil" setting and then watch cheese melt (good one!)
17. watch ALL "Indiana Jones" movies plus special features (hate that one part to this day with the bugs!)
18 look at art, then pretend you are an artiest too!
19. eat mini pizzas that come in packs of 4 and heat very well in the microwave... even if you have wheat and dairy intolerance's, that's what makes it fun!

and now the most enjoyable thing to do when you have nothing else to do....

20. call your friends and try and drag the conversation out as long as possible... even if they don't like it...

and if that last one fails review 1- 19 on the list...

When Tragedy Strikes at Ikea...

so, there are two things that i haven't done since my mission that i really like doing, one is go to Ikea, the other is well basically privet. but... yesterday my mother asked me if i wanted to go to Ikea with her, and i was completely overjoyed to end at least one of the "fast". so i get all fancy and headed off with my mother and one of my sisters Britten. we were all in good spirits as we drove there and enjoyed the fact that the trees were starting to change colors. Clearly this was going to be a good trip.
Ikea, let me just tell you was EVERYTHING i hoped it would be and more! gal! i was in heaven, it made me want to re-do my whole house, and that is an accomplishment, because i don't have a house. we ate lunch together, all getting somthing different then eating each others food! (as it should be) i found the most beautiful dinning set in the world there, that i want. the coolest organizer thingy, that i want. a beautiful orange chair, that i want. some beautiful pots and pans, that i want! and so many cool things that i would just cut off my left arm to have! Because i am right handed and don't really need my left anyway. (side note, i KNOW that i don't NEED any of this stuff, or that i shouldn't "seek for riches and Ikea merchandise", I'm just saying that a girl can dream right?) plus, i was just looking anyway because let's face it, i have no money. But the people at the KIA dealership hand been telling me that i should open a few credit cards to build up my credit, so i applied one at my beloved Ikea!! i was so nervous as i filled out the form, thoughts raced through my head like, "will they want me?" or "am i good enough to have a credit card here?" oh the excitement, oh the anticipations...
but that's when tragedy hit....
the results... less then favorably:o(
so i tried again in Spanish, thinking that i might have missed spelled something or that i didn't understand a question, English is really confusing you know. but...
rejected... rejected by the Swedish reduced priced loving jerks!
Si Senor, they denied me in both languages... dangit. i was turned down by the very people that i adore, my own people if you think about it, because i am Swedish! maybe I've eaten one too many tortillas and they knew it! maybe if i switch back to caviar and cheese they'll forgive me at Ikea and take me back. maybe i rejected them first by falling in love with Mexico. but I've never really done anything with Mexico! Sweden will always be my first... hey who am i kidding, i got rejected big. maybe this is why i have such a fear of rejection, I'm always rejected when i really want it. oh... man, this makes me think that i won't have any luck on that second thing either...
but in the end it's all ok, i bought a desk! yes!!! it's my new: i don't need a credit card, i don't need Ikea "desk desk"
it's beautiful, i got it from Ikea!!
So the lesson to be learned is this, always look for the silver lining! and ya know, JCPennys has been look'in real good lately... grrrrr!

thanks Nicole they ARE amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-mqhkuOF7s

random pictures that i liked

i really have to say that I found that this is some good examples of photography at it's best. really some beautiful shoots... please take some time to enjoy them...

http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/09/great-olan-mills-photos.html

I'M SORRY!!!

ok! i feel super bad for making you all say a bad word in your head!! it's not right to manipulate ya'll like that! please don't flag my blog. i'll write another one tomorrow with a bunch of spiritually uplifting experiences in it from Utah! but not now i am to pooped! sorry! you have to forgive me or else the sin will be answered upon your heads! i'm sorry!
good night...

if i could....

Soooo, i if i wasn't trying to be a good person right now, and if i hadn't given up my bad habits of swearing, and if i wasn't willing to shout out loud many a profane word... i would right now!!

#*%@ you computer! i hate you!!!!!

i spent an hour writing about my trip and all the fun stories it had with it, but i accidentally destroyed it... lost it to who knows where! gal i hate it sometimes, i guess you guys shall never know what happened there in Utah, it's a mystery now, but that's ok, it was to long anyway! :o(

and by the way, i just want to note that i didn't really swear, i just used the placement of symbols to get your mind there, and if you choose to swear i really do suggest that you repent. because i can't be blamed for where your mind morally is at... you sinner, you!

SORRY!...

i'm in a bad mood now....

we'll talk about it later....

stupid computer...