Random as usaul

Life is cold here in the great North. With a predicted high of -1 degrees tomorrow and wind chill expected at -20 my heart turns to one thing. Homeless people and how many we will lose to this brutal cold. Having been homeless myself for a period of time they take a special place in my heart. While most are seen as druggies or alcoholics, some just got put there because that was the card's life dealt them. Or more likely because someone, somewhere didn't step up to help them. And in cold winters like this many turn to drugs and alcohol not because they desire it, but because it increases body temperature. Anyways, because of this I am listing some local homeless shelters that could use any donation or time you could give them. Many places don't have a place for homeless people at night, many won't help, and because of that people die in the bitter cold with no one to turn to.
http://www.mysrm.org/
http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/shelter.cgi?shelter=7954
http://ccharitiescs.org/what-we-do/marian-house/
http://www.urbanpeak.org/up_cos.html

Hebrews 13:16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

On a less serious note, Valentines day is coming up, also know as "Single's Awareness Day." Either way you choose to celebrate the holiday it should be celebrated with your best friend! This holiday is an excuse to pig out on chocolate, much like Halloween, but also an excuse to watch cheesy romantic movies and drag your date (if you have one) to that chick flick he doesn't want to watch. Trust me, that action makes it so much more frightening than any other holiday of the year, AWESOME!  Some fun ideas, find a valentine's e-mail generator they have everything from XXX to just friends for these and usually they are hilarious to read here's one i found: http://www.crazyhoroscopes.com/love-letter-generator2.php. You could also buy some cheap glasses at the dollar store, paint them, and fill them up with valentine's candy. Those are just a couple of sweet ideas for anyone important in your life this February 14th.

All poems should be this great

The most interesting thing in the news this week was the official succession of Southern Sudan. Their actual independence wont be declared until this summer, but it's a big step froward and hopefully a step away from the civil war that has killed approximately 2 million people. But as one conflict ends another starts in Egypt, there are many riots going on in the streets. Hopefully this issue is resolved. Other than that the only things reported in the news was a video of a baby eating grapefruit. So exciting haha.

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. ~Patrick Young

Happy New Year!

I am on vacation this week. Oddly I do not want to fix the breaks on the car, go to the doctor, or even make dinner. I just want to sit on my butt all day and play video games. I wish I was this spoiled in highschool when I had the time to sit on my butt! So far what has been accomplished since my last post has been the retrieving of my husband, Christmas, new year, and my cousins wedding! The makings of a great start for 2011! We got an amazing Teflon pots and pans set for Christmas, which resulted in splurging money to make an amazing crab dinner. We bought some cheap champagne for new years, which we popped open...and then we didn't really feel like drinking haha. It went back in the fridge and in the morning we found it spilled all over the floor and in the drawers of our refrigerator. I made homemade pancakes from an online recipe, which weren't that great. Bisquick is better I think. Overall, completely not exciting.

Our fancy crab dinner, it was amazing!

With the New Year I believe in reflecting, not creating new goals for things I can't predict. I've often found goals are made to be broken lol. So some things I have learned:

1. when you live in the country, city drivers are CRAZY. But somehow when you live in the city, country drivers are NUTS!

2. There is a difference between baking soda and baking powder, confusing these can really screw up a recipe...

3. no matter how careful you are, or your age, your legal identity can still be stolen (and it SUCKS!)

4. getting legally married is not near as difficult as everyone makes it out to be, nor does it cost much

5. there are some things worth giving up everything for

6. It is very difficult to find a better feeling than using proper cooking supplies

7. It is very difficult to find something more frightening then the first time you truly tell your parents "no"

8. When you feel like no one was there for you, it is much better to be there for someone else than to seek revenge against lost friends

9. Being homeless makes you really appreciate any home; tent, car, or ghetto apartment; much much more

10. Sometimes you really need to stop caring if you look girly, and cry it out

11. Love can't conquer the bills, or find a home, or even get you food to eat. But it conquers the pain you carry with you, supports you when you fall, and sustains the parts of your spirit that defines who you are.

the year that rocks

The "In's and Out's" for 2011 according to Larisa:

IN

The Color Purple

Evil Vampires

Cooking (this is always "in")

Turtles

Beaches

OUT

Mountains

Family Dollar (where everything is not a dollar)

A Missing Husband

Movie Sequels (and 3rds...and 4ths...and prequels...)

Walls painted White

skinny jean have been (thankfully) declared "out" and I'm all for the leather!

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." ~Miss Piggy

So I haven't really been posting lately. At first it was because My husband and I were SLAMMED with final's project's the last week. But the good news is he not only passed everything, his whole report card is A's and B's! I'm so proud of him! Anyways, on Sunday he took off to his parents for the week and he won't be back until the 26th. So I have been lonely, sulking around my apartment. I never realized how hard it gets to sleep when you are used to someone next to you, and then they are gone! This is the first time we've been apart since we got married, and I am simply pathetic. My boss is worried I'm getting sick because I'm not talking at work. I have maybe slept a whole 10 hours in the last 3 days. And all I've had to eat is a bowl of Trix and 5 chocolate covered cherries from the Christmas snacks our landlord gave us (hey, I couldn't resist the chocolate). My dog, Alfredo, has been doing a wonderful job at cuddling with me every moment of the day to make me cheer up. This is really unusual for my Maltese, as he's really hyper and independent, so usually he ignores me and plays with his toys.

He's so freaking cute!

In other news, My good friend Christine is having her first child today! They have to induce the pregnancy because she wasn't dilating. She has had a really difficult pregnancy the whole way through, so it will be great to be done, and I really can't wait to meet their baby boy! On top of the birth of my friend's child there has also been some deaths in my family. My great grandma Bingham (mom's side) and my great Uncle Nordan (dad's side) have both passed away recently. I wasn't close to either, so it's not a great lose to me, but please pray for my family all the same. My grandma (mom's side) is sad from her mom's death, and my great grandma Young (dad's side) is struggling with Nordan's passing. Then of course there's jordan's family, who lost Shane this year (jordan's uncle), his kids could use some extra prayer this first Christmas without Shane. I could keep going with this into all my friends I have lost this year and the last, but I don't think death is much to mourn anymore. I'd rather rejoice that they finally get to leave this place and go where they will be truly happy.

I bet heaven's sparkly too

At this point I'm trying really hard not to start talking for hours about my religion. So instead I will tell you about this wonderful series of books I finally finished. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is an amazing book series that will keep you in book world fantasy land until you finish all 3. It also makes you really grateful your life ISN'T a fantasy novel, at least not like this one. In The Hunger Games we follow a young teenager named Katniss, her loves, and her family, through the rebellion against the Capitol in a corrupt dictatorship. It all starts when Katniss goes to the hunger games in place of her little sister. The hunger games are a arena designed to have 24 children duel each other to the death, the survivor wins glory and food, and the deaths are to remind the people not to rebel again. Katniss makes one small act of survival at the end of the first book, and this sets off a rebellion from the whole nation. She becomes forced into a role as a rebel leader, both by those who glorify her act of survival as rebellion against the capitol, and by their dictator Snow who sees her as his greatest threat. Read it, NOW, before they make it a movie and ruin it.

These books are beyond awesome

Quote for you: "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'" ~Isaac Asimov