Things that One million Dollars could never replace.

I've recently been going through some money issues, it happens as a college student. But sometimes i sit and think, what if somebody offered me a million dollars? I sometimes wonder if I would take it.

But here is a list of things that a million dollars could never replace, and therefore would not be worth it.

the hug your best friend gives you when you haven't seen each other in years.

Being able to call Daddy and say "I'm ENGAGED!"

Mom calling to say "I love you"

The sister conversations you have as you grow up.

Making a big dinner with friends.

Someone to hold you when life gets hard.

searching your room for 85 cents in change so you can go buy an ice cream cone.

the look on your friends face after they've been kissed.

Friends getting engaged.

Friends getting pregnant.

your cousin calling to say "thank you for convincing me to date him" and her then saying that she is engaged.

thanksgiving dinners.

Seeing moms christmas village get bigger over the years.

those quiet moments where you get to sit and tune things out.

Inventing dinner and it tasting good.

learning a new piece of music.

gas station hot chocolate runs.

slurpee runs

watching Ugly Betty with friends.

Having best friends.

These are all things that a million dollars would pale in comparison too. These small moments are the ones I wouldn't rade for the world. The funny thing about a million dollars, yes i would be set the rest of my life and i wouldn't have to worry about paying for school, but money never loves you back. It just kind of sits there. It doesn't make you smile or laugh. In fact its much more likly to make you cry.

I would rather be poor my whole life but have someone to face the challenges with, than to have every material thing i ever wanted but have to do it alone.

Thank you

I know it's cliche, but yes, I am making a thankful list. Thanksgiving was last week and for the first time in my memorable life we didn't start dinner out by going around the table and saying something we were thankful for.

I am thankful for school. It's kicking my butt and I honestly don't know if I'll pass this semester and there are time i am legitimately worried about failing out of college. But despite my grades I really am learning so many things that I could learn anywhere else.

I am thankful for my voice teacher who has the patience of Job with me. And is also one of the nicest people have ever met.

I am thankful for my family, despite how crazy they can make me. I am grateful when we get to spend time together, and for the opportunities to see them.

I am thankful for extended family and all the food and love they provide. ;)

I am so incredibly thankful for my friends. The Lord has blessed me with some of the best friends a person could ever ask for. They listen to me be sad when the guy i like asked out someone else. They listen to me be happy when good news come my way, they keep being stubborn and buying me lunches. I had one friend who gave me a rose over the weekend for no other reason than he thinks that every girl needs to be given a rose every now and then (he came to visit Logan and brought roses for his friend girls up here) They know how to make me laugh when i feel like crying.

I am thankful for LDV. I am so incredibly thankful. I still and constantly in amazement about the wondrous blessing it is to have LDV in my life. My family came to LDV last monday with me, afterwards my mom came over to me and said "I will never again question if this is worth your time." She had been worried considering how close i came to mental break downs at the beginning of semester. There is such a love involved with this group of incredible incredible people.

I am grateful, so very grateful for the Gosple in my life. I know that I am no scriptorian. I can't remember references or stories. But i know without a doubt that my Heavenly Father loves me and is intimately aware of my life. He is in the finest details of it. And i notice that far more than i notice big things. But thats just always kind of the way i've been.

I am thankful that I have never had crazy roommate. (crazy in the sense of we fought and they were just terrible experiences. All of my roommates have been a little crazy) I always seem to get along and I've never had any major blowups. I hope i can make a family life like that someday.

Basically, despite how hard it is right now I am grateful for life. I usually like it that way. I never learn very much from easy things.If its not hard i don't bother noticing it...I don't try to be that way, but i just kind of am. And it's never been to hard that the Lord didn't give me strength to make it just one more day. And sometimes just that one more day is all you need.

thank you.

Britten or Bust!

So, the USU Chamber singers have been joining up with the American Festival Chorus to bring to pass Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem". This is an incredibly difficult undertaking and we've been working on it for an extended period of time. It uses the full choir, an orchestra, a chamber orchestra and a children's choir, Plus three soloists. (we hired professional singers, the AMAZING Stanford Olsen being one of them).
Yesterday we had our final dress rehearsal and our first rehearsal down at the Cathedral of the Madeline. Originally they were suppose to have charter buses for us to take down, but due to a slip up they forgot to put in our order for Thursday. So someone came up with the brilliant idea that they would get four Aggie shuttles to take us down. Well...guess what...they didn't have enough seats for all of us. They were about three seats short.
this ended up being completely fine with us, see my friend Becca has been having a lot of back issues lately and sitting on an Aggie shuttle that long was going to mess up her back. So Me, Becca, Jordan, Josh and Kelton all hop in Keltons car and we drive ourselves down to salt lake. And now we secretly don't want to take the bus this afternoon. the car ride was to much fun. :)
Becca sat up front while i sat in the back between Josh and Jordan (i was the shortest so i had to sit in between to boys...oh darn...) We joked and laughed all the way down. We got to rehearsal long before everyone else and so we didn't have to trip over everyone trying to find our seats.
But the car ride back was great! I was exhausted, as were all of us, and we therefore were really easily entertained. BY about Ogden my back was killing me and I was tired so i look over at Jordan and say "can I turn you into a pillow?" He says "Sure, I'm already turning the roof into a pillow" SO I'm almost asleep on his shoulder and then the rest of the car starts laughing about things and then they are laughing to the war requiem. (we've spent WAY to much time on this piece.) At one point moves back suddenly from laughing, i jerk awake of his shoulder. After a second i fall back onto it and stay there for a few more minutes until Kelton almost ran into a semi and so Becca screams, which makes Jordan scream which jolts me awake and there was really no hope of falling to sleep.
However we were still having the problem of the back seat really starting to hurt my back (rehearsal made it hurt first) so i lean over on josh this time, to try and find a new position to sit it. (Yeah, Jordan is a MUCH more comfortable pillow. I mean Josh was comfortable, but Jordan was more so) But that doesn't last long, so I try leaning forward, and I ask if one of the two guys on either side of me wants to rub my back. Josh does, and it finally started hurting less.
But mostly that car ride made me really excited for our plane ride to China, all of us, on jet lag? The flight attendants are going to wat to kill us, we tend to laugh loud and enjoy every minute of it.
But i wouldn't trade this group of friends for the world. WE laugh and have fun all the time, and I am so grateful to have all of them in my life.