Nine More Days...

... means nine more things I'm grateful for!

please don't judge me for the poor image quality on this, I took it on my computer during my office hours

9. A husband who encourages me to buy yellow tights, and then thinks they are the cutest thing ever.

8. The Internet. Even though it distracts me...a lot...I like it. And like seeing new things and being connected with the big world out there.

7. Google Maps -- I would be sooooo lost all the time without this!

6. Bobby pins

5. Spearmint Chapstick

4. The fact I don't have to go to my Torture Class of Doom tonight -- yeah baby!

3. The fact that instead I'm going up to the University of Utah pharmacy school to tour and meet with some students!

2. Another fact -- I finally mailed off the last of my pharmacy school application business yesterday -- DONE! (for realz this time)

1. Different cultures and different places around the world. Someday I hope to experience many of them!

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Also, I just love everything about this girl's look. From Paris, of course. 

10 Days!

Only ten more days until Thanksgiving -- WOOHOO! I can't wait! I seriously need a break, mostly just to catch up on everything! I can't believe I've gone this whole month without falling into the cliché of blogging about things I am grateful for -- what am I thinking? Well it's time to catch up on this seasonal gratitude, so since there are 10 more days until Thanksgiving, I'm going to share with you 10 things I am grateful for!

10. The lunches my husband makes for me

9. Debit cards and online banking

8. Christmas music! Especially Michael Bublé's new album (except for his rant on Kim K - unnecessary)

7. Boots!

6. Lovely fall leaves

5. $5 movies at Target -- we got Hitch last night, love that movie!

4. This unseasonably warm weather -- thank you!!!!

3. It's already Tuesday

2. Gmail chat

1. The smell of waffle cones

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do people actually do these?

yeah, i have messy handwriting...

I never really thought that people actually made these little sun/flow/bubble/whatever-you-call-em charts, and in school I always thought they were pointless because I would always end up writing practically my whole entire essay in just my outline. But today, I brought back my fifth-grade training and actually gave it a try on my tissue bio research paper (death blech ew).

And surprise--it was actually helpful!

Ms. Marr, I guess you knew what you were talking about. And thank you. I feel like I actually made some significant progress and understand more about how brown adipose tissue regulates metabolic activity now.

And so, to reward myself, I am going to...

Grade papers. Wheee!

I'm just too darn nice to myself.

in review

Wow. That is a lot of pictures of myself.

Looking back, I definitely think that there are a lot of things that I have learned from this 30 for 30.

I like to think that I have gotten a teensy bit better at posing, though we all know the standard hand-on-the-hip is probably a habit I will never give up.

I learned that I can be pretty creative and come up with some unique color and outfit combinations if I really put my mind to it. It turns out that 30 pieces of clothing can actually be quite a few! I still have some combinations that I can think up that I wasn't able to include.

And I guess that is the real goal of this whole affair. Not to show off and pose and look cute in front of a camera, but to learn to work with what you've got. And I think I have been able to do that, and look forward to remixing in the future. Which is good, because heaven knows I could spend less on clothes and more on saving for vacations...I mean, grad school.

So, all in all, success I would say!

And now I've got to figure out something else to blog about...

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I'm grateful for Owen who put up with me through this whole 30 for 30 thing and took my picture (practically) every day. And I think his photo skills have gotten better too, looking back :) He is so great, he even asked me if I wanted him to take my picture today. Of course, I am wearing yoga pants and a tie-dye tee, so I graciously declined. 

100th Post!

Man I am just so proud of myself for so many different things today! I went swimming today, I am eating blueberries instead of peanut M&Ms, I've only been on the Gossip Girl website once since school has started, and today is my 100th post! Woo! I am so awesome!

Unfortunately, I don't have anything super exciting to blog about. It is kind of fun to see what has changed though since starting this blog. Obviously I am now a married woman and am loving being married to the COOLEST AND MOST WONDERFUL MAN EVER! Sorry all of you other ladies out there, I snagged the most awesome husband right before your eyes. Don't worry, I am sure there are others out there, but I am sure glad to be with this guy:

It is also fun to think about the future of my blog. This has been my first attempt at blogging, and I have to admit: I love it! I am totally addicted. I want to expand the range of my blog, and am trying to decide what areas I want to venture into. I admit that my favorite types of blogs to stalk and the ones that have been the most inspirational to me are personal style blogs. I don't know if I have enough personal style, and I wouldn't want my blog to only ever be outfit posts (esp. since my everyday looks aren't always that great!), but I think that Sydney over at The Daybook does a pretty good job balancing. I would need to have a better camera, and maybe in the meantime borrow someone's since mine is officially screwed up (hint hint Devynne...;) ). I think the 30 for 30 Challenge from Kendi Everyday could be a fun way to start, but I want some people to join me! If you are interested in taking the 30 for 30 challenge, let me know--you have until January 28th to sign up :) I tried to convince Owen to do it with me, but he said that "a) I don't want to think that much about getting dressed every morning and b) If I post about style, people will question me" Maybe next time...

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Today I am oh-so-thankful for the super soft bathrobe that I bought Owen for Christmas and for the fact that he lets me borrow it all the time without saying anything.

New Year, New Attitude

So I admit that this was more than two months ago, but our home teacher challenged us to come up with a unique way to show our gratitude. And I've been thinking and thinking about a way I could do this (that admittedly, wasn't too hard...) and then I came across a new blog that gave me a great idea! Sydney from The Daybook writes something she is grateful for every day at the end of her post. While I don't always post every single day, I think this is a wonderful idea that I am going to try to implement for 2011. That way I can finally tell my home teacher that I've completed his challenge! Yay! Even though it was most definitely Thanksgiving time when he first brought it up....

Also, good news! For Owen's "Computers in Society" class, he has to keep a regular blog! Yes! He said that he can't post to our blog because the teacher is going to be grading it and he has to write about "boring computer things," but I will definitely make him repost any fun and interesting posts here for you all to read!

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Today, I am thankful for shiny black heels and pink lipstick and all of the other little things that can instantly make you feel fabulous.