Letterboxing: My New Hobby.

Fort Utah.
Fort Utah stamp in my letterboxing notebook and my personal stamp.

Sometimes I think to myself: "I have a lot of free time." I usually fill this time with mind numbing TV watching or Guitar Hero playing. Sometimes this makes me feel like a slacker and a loser, so I decided I should do more with my creativity. (Remind me to tell you about my novel writing that is coming up next month)

A wonderful friend of mine, Elizabeth, took her kids on a letterboxing adventure a few weeks back and I decided that it was way cool and I was going to try it. Basically, letterboxing is similar to geo caching but different. You are given clues in order to find a box. Inside the box, is a notebook and a stamp. The whole idea is to find a box and then leave your stamp (which you create) in the notebook that is in the box. You also take the letterbox stamp and put it in your own little notebook to keep track of what boxes you have found. You can find out more about letter boxing at this site.

I found my first letter box today at Fort Utah. It was very fun. Enjoy the pictures from the adventure. I included a pic of my own stamp. I am very fond and proud of it. You should be too.

Must sleep. Parent teacher conferences tomorrow.....LONG.DAY.

I am adding to my negative list...

The University Inn located in Logan in my favorite place to stay when I go up for the pumpkin walk. There are no rooms for this friday! BOO. Super 8 here I come and I AM NOT happy about it!

Testing SUCKS!!!

This is the week of crankiness for various reasons:
1. I don't feel very well. (my stomach has been weird.)
2. I am constantly tired. I think it is because I don't feel well.
3. There is state testing at our school this week. I am an administrator of testing. This is pretty much the real reason it is the week of crankiness but I didn't want to put it at the top of the test because that may send a bad message to all of the people who read my blog who think state testing is wonderful.
4. The economy stinks.
5. Nobody has made me a pie in a while.
6. Kids who ask to go to the bathroom in the middle of a test and then everybody all of the sudden feels like they also need to go!
7. I have run out of reasons and am going to make up one: my dog died.

Positivity is contagious. So would you be positive already people? I have tried so hard to be positive these days but this week is really trying me. I think I need a vacation. Of course, I just had a vacation. So what do I do now?

I realized that I sound pathetic right now. I will quite complaining and tighten my bootstraps. Oh wait I do not have boots or bootstraps. I am screwed.

Tonight, I get to have dinner with two of my favorite people on the planet. There is a positive for you. I also get to go to Logan this weekend and hang out with another one of my favorite people on the planet. Take that negativity.

I need to add a countdown to the concert sidebar. That would make me happy. I will now go and do that. You go and be positive would you...and then breathe on me or send it out into the universe for me. I will catch it...I am positive!

Manila, Utah

Fall Break is over. Where does my life go? I went away with the Bills to see Sarah up in Manila. It was a blast. We did a whole lot of nothing followed by eating and talking. We watched a movie and then played the Wii. Josh and I also did some major 4-Wheelin'. It was a blast. The video is of Sarah's crazy cat. Josh and I thought he was hilarious. Maybe you will too!

Back to the grind tomorrow and I don't wanna. Sigh! Oh well. Before I know it, I will be heading to Vegas for the KC concert.

Fall Break

Sleeping in the past two days has been glorious. I woke up at 8 on Thursday but decided to sleep for another hour. Yeah, that was one long hour and I ended up not waking up until 11. Nice. I did feel a little guilty because I did have a lot of things that I wanted to do. Here is a list of those things(lists are my thing lately):
1. Find a letter box. See letterboxing.org. I have decided letterboxing is going to be one of my new hobbies.
2. Finish scrapbook for MBC, who came back from Europe today.
3. Put my name on the ballot for Provo City Mayor.
4. Frisbee golf.
5. Buy hand soap.
6. Grocery shop.
7. Spray for spiders(I have killed three in two days in my house; I hate spiders!)
8. Solve the world's problems.
9. Buy a capo for my guitar and also some picks.
10. Learn a Kelly Clarkson song on said guitar.
11. Get lost because of construction on I-15 on way to airport.
12. Celebrate payday with a Red Robin burger.
13. Meet the guy I am to marry.

You will have to guess which ones I did not get to.

Now,I am tired and must sleep. Off to Manila in the morning!