rest in peace abigail.

So, my car broke. My first car lasted a year, almost to the date. Her name was Abigail, and she had character:

The front headlight had to be tapped and lifted in just the right place for it to turn on.

The passenger side pocket thing on the door came out.

She was almost always going 0 mph....her speedometer didn't work.

The left blinker had to be pushed down in just the right way to work.

The key needed to go in only 3/4 of the way in order to open the trunk.

I love my car, but unfortunately she blew a head gasket (i'm pretty sure that's what it's called), and it's probably not going to be worth it to fix. It's like spending a lot of money for a surgery on a 12 year old dog...except I like my car better than I like dogs.

So, I have been surprisingly not upset about this. Walking home tonight I was thinking about the predicament that I'm in...how I'm broke and yet I still owe $900 on a car that I don't have anymore, and a calm sense came over me and I realized, and knew, that I was going to be ok. I felt completely fine knowing that I wasn't going to have all the things that I want, but that everything would be provided so I would have the things that I need.

I really do feel grateful for this peaceful feeling that I know came from the Lord.

Cool Tricks with Richie

So, Philip got a new flip video camera for Christmas, and he hasn't used it ONCE....so I took it upon myself (when he wasn't home) to make sure that it's being used. I figured I would record one or two things, and then it quickly became thirty.

I also posted it on youtube. My first youtube video. Ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LSiLBSXndY

Apparently 18 marshmallows is too much.

scones for life

As I was eating my tortilla chips with melted colby jack cheese on them tonight, after spending more than 10 hours on campus, I realized something important-- I've only made scones twice in my life, and both times have been with significantly amazing people.

Time 1: with Sami and Amber. I consider them both to probably be some of the truest and closest friends that I have/will make while in college. In their basement apartment on Asssspen Avenue (thank you Sami) we microwaved that frozen dough and slapped it on some hot oil.

Time 2: last night with Sallie. I hope the world knows how amazing Sallie Anderson is. I'm not quite sure if anyone can make me laugh quite like her. I'm highly highly disappointed that we won't be working together this summer, because lets face it, we would have been awesome together.

I have decided that 2010 is a great year to start traditions: it's the beginning of a new decade. One of these traditions is to take at least one picture every day and then compile a year in review album. Another one will be to only make scones with people that I regard as completely and entirely amazing. If I ever make scones with you, take it as a compliment.

RANDOM NOTE: why is disappointed not spelled: "dissapointed?" And should the question mark be on the inside or the outside of those quotation marks? Really though, the "s" sound is at the end of the first syllable and at the beginning of the second syllable, while the "p" sound is only at the beginning of the third syllable. I think the word calls for two "s"s and one "p." I mean, you don't say, "dis-ap-point-ed."