Real Life Love

My whole life I've heard songs on the radio about love, falling in love, breakups, love at first sight, etc... I thought that these were all just fiction, and real love was different. Now from some experiences I've had in the last couple of weeks I'm starting to think that a lot of the songs were written from real life experiences. Many have resonated a lot with me lately. My favorite romance movie is Pride and Prejudice--the Kiera Knightly one. Last night I rented it from the library and laughed and cried all by myself. Life has it's ups and downs. Sometimes people love you when you don't love them. Sometimes you love someone who doesn't love you. The quest for me is to find someone who will not only love me, but who I can give my whole heart to.

This brings me to one of my fave youtube vids. Hopefully you've seen P&P or it won't make much sense...



How did you fall in love?

Cards

I decided that I wanted to start selling the cards that I make, so I started a blog about it! Here's the link here. There are photos on there of the cards I've made. Please let me know what you think :D

Discovering Music

After coming home from a mission you realize you've been in a culture bubble. I missed a year and a half worth of movies, music, and entertainment. I'm not sad about that fact, there are some things I'm glad to have missed (such as the really annoying song Friday). One artist that gained momentum and became very famous while I was "away" from the music scene I've rediscovered and absolutely love!

Adele is a British artist similar to my faves: Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, Ingrid Michelson, and Christina Perri. She has a jazzy flair, top notch vocals, and a slight British accent while she sings. She also sings a lot about break ups which I've been thinking quite a bit about lately. My favorite songs that I've discovered are Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You, and the one I've listened to over and over for the past half hour, Set Fire to the Rain. Here's her singing it live


I also love how she sounds just as good live as on CDs, I actually think she's better live!

What are some of your favorite artists? I'm always looking for good music! Please let me know in the comments!

crazy life

I haven't blogged for a while because I haven't wanted to be negative for everyone to read. Since I've been home there has been so much opposition to everything I've wanted to do, and I've had some terrible luck. I'm supposed to go back to school in January, but I still haven't registered for classes and I still don't know how I"m going to pay for it. Thing after thing has slowed down both processes as well. One thing that I had good luck on though, is that I got a job a week after coming home, so I at least have enough money for housing in January. Here's what I'll be going to in 4 weeks:

I'm actually really excited about Rexburg snow, it will remind me of Calgary! and I'll be 10 hours closer to Calgary as well! I didn't realize how much I would miss the cold. SHHH! don't tell anyone! I'm itching to put on my warm boots, coat, and Canada mittens!

I've also lost my mission weight! I think I'm thinner than I was before my mission too! Crazy, but oh so good :D
Also, my amazing companion Erin Riley came to visit me! I absolutely love her! We had a fun time reminiscing about the mission, playing board games, and she saw my homecoming talk. I can't wait to spend time with her sometime in the near future :D

I'll update once I know more about everything!

Home again

I arrived home from my mission last Thursday at 11:08 am. We flew first to Phoenix, Az. My first thought while there was, "Wow this looks alot like Nevada!" We flew over the Grand Canyon. It is huge! And very beautiful. The desert has a beauty all it's own. Especially if you haven't seen it for 18 months!

Then pulling into LAS was so weird. I felt like a tourist. For a bit, I felt like I had left my home in Calgary. I certainly left a bit of my heart there with all the people I love so much (You all know who you are!).

I got to meet my new niece Sara on the way home. She is so adorable. Driving on the I-15, then the 95 was also weird. I guess I forgot what Las Vegas looked like. First we stopped at In-N-Out. A hamburger has never tasted so good in the history of the existence of Hamburgers. Then home. I got to talk to my sister who is hilarious! I've missed her :D Then my brother Zac. I've missed him too, and can't wait to see him at Thanksgiving. Then Jake and his family came. I got to meet Izzy another new niece. What a cute little girl.

Getting released was hard for different reasons than I thought. It wasn't hard to take off my tag, but it was hard to not be out teaching people anymore. Somehow I still feel like a missionary who's only on vacation. Like now I'm pretending that I'm going to go to school in January, but really I'll be back in Calgary.

Then we had cake because it was my birthday. I loved spending my birthday with my family. My family is what is the most important thing to me. I feel like on my mission I just added more and more people to my family.

In short: I'm definitely not normal, and I don't know if I ever will be, but I am enjoying being a normal person again. I just hope that the friendships I've gained on my mission will always be there.

:)

Soo, it has been awhile since I posted on here. Sunday was my farewell. If you want to read what happened go here: nyssassojournincanadaeh.blogspot.com

I have less than 2 weeks til I head out. It's actually closer to one. It still feels like it will never get here.

I love the temple. Absolutely LOVE it. Yesterday I went with a girl in my ward and did sealings for the first time. It was soo very beautiful. I love the feelings I get in the temple.

So, I really don't have much to say except I'm excited to finally go and serve the Lord in Canada. I love telling people about the church and I know that He will help me be a good missionary.

March Grateful List

I've been thinking a lot lately about my life and how blessed I am. Here's what I'm grateful for this month.

the temple
missionary work
windy days (for flying kites)
hot chocolate
my mom
rascal flatts songs
letters from missionaries
family
general conference
music
warm bread with honey
mom's cooking
4 weeks til my mission
the atonement
slippers
spending time with my fam
my job
the plan of salvation
living in America
lotion
emails on Tuesday nights
best friends far away
dessert
love of parents, and their support
my testimony


I could probably go on and on. I love where my life is right now. I am grateful for everything that I have :)