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This was early this morning....


And this is now!


Two seasons in one day!

Spring Break

I'm sad that's it over. But I feel much better after having a week off! We didn't do much. We mostly just enjoyed being at home not having much to do, well, at least I did. I swear work and homework never end for Chase. But we did get to do some fun things.

Last Saturday we went and saw Sherlock Holmes. I loved the actors, they were pretty funny, but the actual story-line? Really dark and not that great. I did see Leap Year with my family on Thursday and it was great! Classic chic-flick, clean, and funny. I really liked it!

Chase and I went on a drive up the canyon a little ways last Sunday. It felt good to get out and see the sun!

We also got more movies from the North Logan Library. For a library, they have a really good selection! And they're free! The Logan Library is fairly good too.

We went down to see my family for my sister's birthday. She's 20, that seems weird. I remember when I turned 20. I got to go to Tai Pan with the girls and my nephews and got some daisies to make our apartment feel like spring.

I was seriously craving a taco for dinner on Saturday night so Chase was nice to take me to get one. That was weird since I usually crave shakes and Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers, not tacos, but man it was so good!

Both our families came for church and dinner yesterday since we spoke in church. it was a lot of fun to see them all!

Well, that's pretty much what we did all week! Bring on the last 6 weeks of school!

Get your FREE lip gloss!

I found THIS today! I love free stuff! :) You do have to buy something to get it, but they have gift bags and nail files for a dollar so that's much better than paying $7.50 for the lip gloss!
I tend to lose my chapstick wherever I go, so this was great.

I could save your life and one step closer!

I am now CPR and First Aid certified after just getting back from a 7 hour long training session. Last major road block before graduation! Yay!

Forgotten Pictures

I was cleaning up my flash drive today and came across these that we gave to Chase's parents for Christmas. Chase's sister posed us all and took them. I think they turned out really good!







Someday I would love to learn how to take really awesome pictures.
Thanks to my sister for letting us borrow their camera to take them!

Sometimes I wish I didn't enjoy eating so much

I've currently been reading this book for my nutrition class.



It's really interesting but it makes me not want to eat anything in a box from the store ever again. Pretty much the gist of the book is about how the Western diet is killing us. We were never meant to eat the kind of "food" that is available to us in supermarkets today. The author talks about this age of "nutritionism" where society is more focused on nutrients rather than foods as a whole. Makes sense especially when you see fortified cereals, bread and new products sporting health claims for vitamins, fiber and stuff.

Pollan also talks about how we are going through a "lipophobic" stage where fat is bad for us. We have all these low-fat foods but yet Americans are increasingly becoming more and more obese. It was funny how the invention of margarine was made to replace butter without having saturated fat. Well, what happened is they made margarine with trans fat which happens to me more unhealthy and deadly than the saturated fat it was meant to replace. Oops.

Basically what I am getting from this book is that packaged food and re-engineered "food" is NOT good to eat. The more basic, home-made from scratch you can get, the better. But we should eat all kinds of food, including fat (hooray for brownies and ice cream!), along with lots of fruit and vegetables.

I thought his mantra was funny: Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

I'm thinking that pretty much we've already had that advice for a long time now; can we say Doctorine and Covenants 89? Word of Wisdom all the way with moderation in all things. Being a public health major it's been a little frustrating with all these health claims saying you should eat this, can't eat that. But, I have come to the conclusion that ANYTHING can kill you in large amounts. So enjoy eating anything, just moderately!

Why I Sometimes Love Walmart

Because I can find really cute sweaters for $3!

Who doesn't love a cute, cheap sweater?!