A Lazy Day+Cable=Unusual Results

So Troy and I do not pay for cable, which means that we only get the standard channels. We ended up staying at Troy's parents for few days while they went to California. This meant that we were just being lazy around the house and we could watch all the cable we wanted. This might not sound very exciting to those of you who have cable at your disposal anytime; however, we got to explore shows that we never seen before. Somehow we ended up on Bravo and watched 6 hours---yes 6 hours of Project Runaway in one day. It sure was entertaining and I am not even that into fashion and most of the time think that runaway designs are ridiculous.

I know this was completely a "waste of time", but I do not feel guilty about being so lazy. I was working on a 1000 puzzle as I watched the show so I guess I was doing something little more intellectual at the same time.

We are now off to Finland for 12 days. So excited! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and had a chance to relax and maybe even do something unusually lazy or just different:)

Picture Tag

So I was tagged by Camille to post the 6th picture of the 6th folder on my computer. I only had two pictures in my 6th folder so this is what you guys get.

This picture of Anna and I is from last Christmas. We were about to start another intense game of "Ticket to Ride". Today is Anna's 22nd birthday. We are only year and half apart. I love having Anna so close to my age; I just wish that we could be little closer together geographically.

Things I love about Anna

-her loyalty

-her honesty

-her kindness

-her beauty and she doesn't even realize how beautiful she is

-the fact that she loves food as much as I do

And the list would obviously go on and on. Happy Birthday Anna! I hope you know how much I love you!

I miss Him

I took Troy to the airport yesterday around 4:30 pm then I came home and watched few of my shows that I had recorded. Then I started reading my book and around 7 pm I realized how much I already missed him and how bored I would be while he was gone. This is not a "my husband is the best, most perfect husband in the world" post because that would not be truthful; however, he is the best, most perfect husband for me. I look at the last 4 years that we have been together and I just amazed at how good life can be. It hasn't been perfect; we have lived through almost four semesters of nursing school that tends to make me a monster periodically(though this semester I have been so good if I must say so myself), he was there for me when my mom passed away and still has to comfort me often even though he knows that very few things bring comfort, he drives me crazy with his geek stuff at times and I know he wonders how is it possible to not put the cap on the toothpaste, but no matter what I have always known that my life will always be good(not easy) because I married Troy in the temple little more than three years ago. 

Foreign Language Requirement Fulfilled

In order to graduate next May, I needed to take at least two semesters of foreign language(Second language). Fortunately for me, the university lets you test out of a language. So logically, I should be able to test out of English since it is my second language, but since I graduated from U.S high school, I cannot do that. This leaves me with the option of testing out of Finnish. Yes they want to make sure that I can speak Finnish fluently enough that I can test out of two semesters of a foreign language. So I call the linguistic department and give them all my information and they tell me that it might be a while before they can find someone who can test me. No surprise there since Finnish is not a language that many people know or even have a desire to know.  After three months of waiting, they finally set up a test date for me. So I find my way to the linguistic department building and this how the test goes.

"Hey, I'm professor so and so. I do not speak any Finnish. I want you to tell me how you learned Finnish first in English and then I want you to tell me the same thing in Finnish. I will listen to you and see if it sounds fluent."

"Well I was born and raised in FInland and learned Finnish as my first language. Then my family moved to California and I learned English. I went to school in Finland for 8 years and I talk with my family in Finnish every week"

Then I told my exciting story in Finnish, which was very weird and kind of uncomfortable. 

I also had to translate few sentences from a text book from the 1960s and then she announced that she could tell that I am a native speaker. 

I wish all of my tests were like this...

A weekend recap

We had a great weekend, which is always a fabulous thing after a long week of school and work. Friday night we watched the movie "The Queen"; I would recommend it. It seems like good movies are harder and harder to find so when I actually enjoy a movie, I feel very satisfied.

On Saturday we visited Apple Annie's with our friends Brian and Alia. It was little over an hour drive to get there from Tucson. We have never actually driven that far east from Tucson before so it was unconquered territory for us. We enjoyed some delicious apple pie, a fun corn maze and picked pumpkins for Halloween. I should point out a fun fact about our friendship with Brian and Alia. Brian was with Troy on the night that Troy and I met. Also Brian and Alia came over to Troy's house on their first date to watch a movie with us. We happened to be in the same married ward at BYU and now they live in Tucson. What a small world, but we sure are grateful to have friends like them!

After our afternoon adventure, I was trying to be a good girl and do some homework. I was studying in the kitchen when I happened to look at the floor. There was a scorpion about 3 feet away from my feet. It was Arizona Bark Scorpion, which happens to be the most venomous one. 

On Sunday we enjoyed a fabulous dinner with Kat and Michael. There something wonderful about enjoying good food with fun people.  Many of our friends are not huge fans of Tucson (just like we aren't); however, I am glad that we have them to share our lives with and make the best out of this dirty, I mean desert place.

We also did try out "Zinburger" for the first time this week. Fabulous burgers! I highly recommend!

What a Wonderful Day (Minus 3.5 hours)

Today has been so enjoyable with conference. I feel like there has been so many things that apply to my life and I am very grateful to have the opportunity to listen to our church leadership. This week has been exhausting in many levels so I felt rejuvenated by the reminder about what really matters in life. I also loved the fact that we have more and more international general authorities. Though I did have to pay more attention to the French (at least he sounded French) speaker. Did anyone have any favorite talks so far?? I just love Jeffrey R. Holland's talks; he has a way of touching my heart every time he talks.

The excitement of general conference kind of died as I got home and started to take my literature class exam online. It is my last GE requirement so I have to take it. I have not had time to read 200+ pages of Whitman or Emerson etc as they are not light reading nor are they a genre that I enjoy. This made my test very difficult as it was 16 essay questions...let's just say that I hope she is not a hard grader. I spent more than three hours on that test...what a waste of my precious time. I should have been studying for the psychiatric nursing test that is on Monday. 

My healthy life style is going well so far--1.5 pounds down and few more to go:)

Slight change to Our Plan

Thank you everyone for your words of wisdom! I have to admit that it feels like forever since I started my new way eating. Yesterday as I went for a run, I thought "wow I'm so proud of myself for not eating anything sweet" and then I realize it's only been two days. Those two days were very busy and pretty stressful and usually I would have rewarded myself with something sweet. 

Since most people said that moderation is a good way to go. Troy and I decided that we can have something sweet once a week. When I was a kid (as opposed to being such a mature adult now), Fridays were candy days.We were allowed 5 finnish marks, which is equivalent to a dollar, for candy. So Fridays will be our candy days; of course there will be moderation in how much we can eat that day too.  We also noticed that we had some Skinny Cow ice cream in our fridge and Troy is like "it's not gonna be good in two months". :)

I woke up this morning without any desire to go for a run. Hopefully I can find some before the day is over. This is one of the pit falls of running by yourself;it's too easy to not go and run. I so wish I could find a group to run with.