Lindsey Land (:

Back in March, I used my birthday money to upgrade my ukulele. And I bought this nice red one. Ha ha! It is a lot better quality than my old one. The good news is that not only did I get an upgrade, but everyone did. Ha ha! Michelle gets my old one and hers is actually at the dump now, but Porter got to play with it while he was here. But it is so good to be home! I've been here about a week and a 1/2 and I am loving it! It is so wonderful to not have any homework to worry about. Last week was pretty crazy with Elise, Porter, and Marc all here. But not that they are gone I've been working on cleaning up the house and running errands for mom. I've already been given a calling in the ward, they sure don't wait long. Ha ha! I will be teaching sunday school again. I get to teach Michelle's class, the 15-18 yr olds. I am really excited, because I loved teaching up in Idaho. Sunday school has always been way boring and I never get much out of it, but when I teach...

This morning as I was cleaning my eyelash curler. During the process I took out the rubber bottom piece and cleaned it off, but when I tried to put it back in I guess I didn't quite get in right. When I next applied the device to my eye lashes, I heard a clean snip. I quickly unclamped my eye lashes to reveal that I had snipped off half of my eye lashes! I looked at the other eye lid that I had done just before to realize that I had taken out a chunk on that eye as well! It took a lot of effort not to scream and burst into tears. Ha ha! You honestly can't really tell unless you are looking for it, but it still crippled my self-esteem a bit. I think I'll be wearing my glasses for the next few weeks. Ha ha! I am just grateful that eye lashes grow back and that eye lash curler is now in the trash. And if I get too desperate, I have a few pairs of fake eye lashes just in case. :)

This is the birthday card Mom sent me. Ha ha! It has a detachable "Perfect Pocket Guy." You can take the guy off the front and carry him in your pocket if you wish. I took him off and put him on the fridge. But the best part is that he talks. Ha ha! When you push the flowers, he has four different things he can say: "Aw forget about the game, lets just talk about us." " I couldn't decide between chocolates or flowers, so I brought you both" "Does somebody need a back rub?" "You lost weight didn't you?" Ha ha ha ha! It is quite funny. He's just a little creepy looking, so I'm thinking about putting a different face on him. But it was definitely one of the more entertaining cards I've ever received. Well, last night Marc invited me over for dinner. I was a little nervous, because he said some things earlier that had me nervous about what was going to happen at his place. But we got over there and all of his ro...

I headed to school this morning at 7:45am. I wasn't sure what the temperature was, but I realized it was in the negatives when I could feel my boogers freezing in my nose. I know it sounds gross, but you literally can feel your nose hairs become stiff as the moisture in your nose begins to freeze. It's quite the sensation. So I have my hood up to keep my ears and face warmer and there is a slight breeze, which makes it even colder! I had only been walking about 3 minutes when I noticed that the ends of my hair to my left was looking really white. As I looked closer, I realized that frost was collecting on my hair! I'm not quite sure why this happened. I had straightened my hair today, so it more dry than wet. The only thing I can think of, is that the moisture from my breath must have been collecting on the ends of my hair closest to my face. By the time I got to class I probably looked like a rendition of the White Witch with my frosted white hair. Oh the joys of Re...

These are three of my five roomates, Caralee Cheney, Karen Wilhelm, and Julianne Law. Both Caralee and Julianne are freshmen and the four of us get along really well. Caralee is basically the mom of the apartment. She is off-track right now, so she has plenty of time to keep the apartment clean and makes sure everyone obeys the honor-code. Ha ha! She is also the one who wants to get married the most. She's always looking at the wedding ring ads we get in the mail sometimes. Ha ha! Julianne is way awesome! She is real funny and nice. I think she and Karen are pretty similar. They both play basketball, the violin, and they both have chill personalities. My other two roomies are real petite girls that are always out every night until midnight. I'll talk about them more if they are ever around for me to catch a picture of them :)

I must admit that I hated it when I first got here. I was sad to leave to comfort and familiarity of Provo. This was the 3rd time I've moved in a year, and each time it is just as sad as the last. I've realized that I am very much a people person. I love interacting with people, working with them, and I also get attached to them. So it is always painful to leave and start over. Now I have have finished my 4th week being here and I am coming to love BYU-Idaho. There is a different spirit here than at Provo. The kids here are so much more grateful to be here than those at Provo. I always took for granted what a wonderful blessing it was to be going to a church school. But the people here have made me realize just how truly blessed I am. I am loving my classes. I think the classes here actually require more from you than some at Provo. In most of my classes in the past, I would just show up in a big class room, take notes, take a test every few weeks, and maybe write ...