It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

If you all wanted to know, I DID make the menu planner that I linked to below! And with super strong magnets it is sticking firmly to my fridge. :)

Thanksgiving is coming so fast! This month has literally passed me by. Tomorrow we fly out to Chicago, which hopefully the airport will not be a harrowing experience. Even my mom had a bad security check-in experience this past weekend, so hopefully we will avoid that!

Chicago will be GREAT, I just wish we could stay longer. All of trips this days are too short, but at least we get to go! It will be fun to see family we haven't seen for a while, and to experience the windy city a little more. We will have some FABULOUS tour guides!

All-in-all, I am grateful for the holidays, even if they aren't how they used to be. Every year I try to capture the same holiday feeling I had while growing up, but it never seems the same. I'll be honest-- it's a little disappointing. But what should I expect? I have another person's traditions to take on, and things just aren't how they used to be. My Grandma's house isn't the way it used to be, especially now that my Grandad is gone. I'm kind of glad the holiday season has snuck up on me-- I have a casual attitude, and not as many expectations leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm just going to enjoy the moments and the family time. And enjoy spending time with Josh! He works so much, I hardly see him. So Chi-Town will be a welcome vacation!

And so, to properly ring in the holidays, here's a brief list of what I'm thankful for:
*MUSIC
*Glee :)
*Temples
*Jesus Christ (and my BYU New Testament classes that really helped me learn more about Him)
*Late night runs to Rancheritos
*Fried Zucchini (namely from Nick's Burgers & the Cheesecake Factory)
*Disneyland
*Inspiring Stories
*My love of reading
*Moving on & letting go
*A crazy/fun job
*Beautiful friends
*Poppies
*Puppies
*My kitties!
*Open minds & open hearts

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

SHARING!

I just found a free template for a menu planner, and it's pretty cool and cute!

Go here: http://blog.ollibird.com/2009/04/20/menu-planner/

The site gives all the directions, but me and fridge have big plans for this menu planner! :)

HAPPY NOVEMBER! <3

Getting Better All the Time...

As you probably know, I LOVE One Tree Hill, and so of course I have to follow my homegirl, Bethany Joy Galeotti's (AKA Haley James Scott) blog. She posted something really great today. I think it's very well written and very thought provoking. It is in response to the recent suicides brought on by bullying/gossip.

http://www.bjgofficial.com/2010/10/american-gossip-epidemic.html

I have to be honest, I check people.com everyday. It provides a quick escape and usually a fun update on some of my favorite people, who I don't really know. :) But I wonder, maybe I can be finding better escapes, better uses of my time? One of the talks from LDS General Conference today mentioned: "Character is a measure of how well you are spending your time on Earth. What you get is what you pay for!" That in and of itself made think about how much time I spend doing absolutely nothing! I know some relaxing is warranted (and necessary for my mental sanity!), but I think I could be enriching my life more. Balance, right?! I definitely think I give in to my gossip sites & guilty pleasure tv more than I seek to spiritually uplift myself and enhance my personal knowledge. So, here's to better living and making better choices!

Happy Saturday!

Megz

Makes Me Wonder

I love being crafty and making fun things for myself. Back in the day of Young Women's, I always wanted to do wood crafts. :) Lately I have been very crafty, in a good way! We've been revamping our closet storage and I modge podged (actually I just used white school glue!) cute paper on cardboard boxes to cover them up to use as "drawers" in our little wire shelf thing. I even got cute, sparkle-y black buttons to use as accents on them. AND Josh even complemented them! Win win! :)

And thanks to Holla Holly I have some new crafty plans! The cute and easy to make necklace below! I think you could do some cute Halloween-y necklaces, among all the other great combos you could do! (Click on the pic to find out how to make these!)

And this awesome floating vase! I have big plans-- I think you could also modge podge paper onto the board for a fun wallpaper feel. CUTE! I think these would also make great gifts, so hopefully I didn't spoil a future surprise for anybody. :D (Click on the pic to find out to make this!)

I also bought a cupcake tree with a 50% off coupon I had at Michael's. All of my party planning dreams have come true! I might just keep it on display at the house for kicks and giggles!

The Maroon 5 CD is supposed to come out on Tuesday, but I already have it! Sometimes CDs are released earlier in Europe, which is the case with this one, and I can download it from my favorite website: http://www.gomusicnow.com/. I have never had a problem with the site, it always makes me happy! And the most expensive songs are $0.15 each-- holla! And the Maroon 5 surprise was a pleasant one, to be sure!