SOCKS!! I think they the best invention ever. I just love em.


I'm also thankful that we have our very own SOCK STORE in San Francisco on Pier 39! One of the many reasons I get homesick.

Why limit it to one a day? I'm thankful for DANCING!!










And not just dancing....I'm thankful for JULIA DANCING!!
As you can see, Michelle's not so bad either....

I'm going to copy you, Mom....
Things I'm thankful for. Hopefully I can remember to do one every day.

This first one will probably be a combination of a few things I'm thankful for...it may also end up being a bit of a vent. Right now I'm very thankful that I'm not spoiled. At least I don't feel like I am....

So on that note, I'm thankful for home. My appreciation for home always increases the more I'm away from it. I have been really homesick lately. But I've noticed that I've gotten better at dealing with it over the past few years of being at college, and I've grown a lot from having to get through it. Not having an easy way out...not being able to just jump on a plane or take a spontaneous roadtrip home. I appreciate HOME so much more because I haven't been able to do that just whenever I have bad days. So another thing I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving are those tests of endurance. And that I DO have to ride them out. I've realized that I can actually withstand quite a lot.

I'm thankful for my parents and the way I was raised. I'm thankful that I've never been rich, never had an allowance, and never been able to be too frivolous. I look at some of the people around here and am always surprised at how easily they expect things to come to them. How they expect other people to take care of the messes they make and how they spend their parents money on whatever their hearts desire at the moment. Im thankful that I've had to work. That I've learned about independence and self discipline. I don’t have either of those things down perfectly…but I think I am on my way. I'm thankful that I've had to take responsibility for my actions…out of my own pocket usually.

I'm thankful that my Dad had my sisters and I work hard growing up. He seemed to make sure we did as much work as the Young Men at service projects, for example. Enough that I don’t feel like a pansy puff, as Jared would say. I always try to do what I can, even if it may not be very much. I can’t always lift boxes that are bigger than me...but I’m kind of proud to say that I always try to anyway!

So I am thankful for home and everything that comes with it. Tests of endurance, good relationships, and character building experiences. Thanks Mom and Daddaay!!

This might possibly be the first year of my life that I did not spend Halloween with Julia. WHAT? I know. That just...doesn't happen. EVER. Until now. It was still a good time though. College parties are a far cry from Trunk-or-Treating. The past three years Julia and I have celebrated with Lacey and Michelle. Other people get thrown into the mix occassionally, but we four are the ones who are consistently together for all the holidays we can't go home for. Since everyone usually comes to stay with me in Salt Lake, this year I made my way to Provo to sleepover Lacey and Michelle's. Another thing we usually try to do is a group costume, but this time there was a difference of opinion. Lacey and I wanted to be something scary, but Jenny said she didn't feel like looking dead...and she didn't want to look 'small.' I think she meant that we would end up looking like we were twelve...but what else is new? Either way the costume each person ended up with suited them just fine. Lacey and I were very happy with our decision (even if it made us look young). We ripped some shirts, squirted some blood, put on crazy make up, ratted our hair, and called ourselves zombies. Jenny and Michelle got some pretty white fabric, gold jewelry and were the lovliest Korean Greek goddesses I have ever seen. They both looked beeeeeeautiful...and Lacey and I both looked ugly. We all accomplished what we set out to! Oh and Marianne was a nerd!
It was a parking lot party/dance. It was pretty fun at first...but the later it gets the more creeps come out. The creeps and the slu...uuhhh...skankily clad girls, I mean!
Actually, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure Julia didn't come for Halloween my first year of college. But she was still part of our Korean pop costume. She was one of the Wondergirls with us, so I think it counts.
I think our costumes turned out pretty well this year...seeing as how we came up with them an hour before. Overall it was great fun and I'm kinda sad to be back in Salt Lake already. Oh well. Halloween is over, which means Christmas is coming! Oh yeah and Thanksgiving....