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This is Caleb opening his mission call

Hi. It's me, Alice. Do you remember me? You may not because I have been the world's most sporadic blogger lately. Don't worry, you didn't miss much. This week hasn't been too exciting. I went to work, I wrote some of my novel, I slept and then woke up and did it all over again.

Friday was nice. Fridays are always nice. After work, we went out for burgers because it was payday(I was very excited for it to be payday....the funds are a little low with medical bills to pay! Don't feel sorry for me though. I am okay). We did not go to Red Robin this time. I know, shocking, right? We actually went to another one of my favorites, Burgers Supreme. Their burgers are yummy too. I also am a fan of their fries. Yum. We then went to my school's boys' basketball game. It was nice to just sit and watch basketball and not be in charge of anything. I like that! I am not coaching basketball this year due to the fact that we would have to come up with six hundred dollars to play and I would not get paid. I was okay with sitting out because of those things. Last night made me thankful for my decision. They lost the game but it was fun to go.

Thursday, I headed up to Salt Lake because my "little brother from another mother" got his mission call. In my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, men serve for two years as missionaries from the age of 19 to 21. They go to various places all over the world to share our beliefs. The leaders of our church assign each young man to a mission and send them a letter which tells them where they will go and when they will report to their mission. Caleb got his call in the mail on Thursday. About 30 of his friends and family got together to see him open the letter and read it to us. It was so cute he was so emotional as he read where he would serve, which is Fortaleza, Brazil. He will leave on March 17. It was fun to be apart of him opening his call and I am excited to write him letters and hear all about his adventures as a missionary.

Well, that pretty much catches you up on me. I would now like to write a Thankful list to celebrate the fact that this is the month of Thanksgiving. I actually keep a thankful list all year long but don't share it much. It will be fun to share it with you today!

I am thankful for:
1. A wonderful place to live.
2. Heat in my wonderful place to live. (It snowed today!)
3. Plane tickets to Wisconsin for The Christmas Holiday.
4. Great friends who love me.
5. A car that runs.
6. New clothes.
7. My faith that keeps me going because I know everything always works out in the end the way it is supposed to and we always grow through trials! It also keeps me grounded and safe. God truly is marvelous and loves each of us so very much!!
8. Bath and Body Works hand soap.
9. Guitar Hero and playing it with friends!
10. Fresca. Especially when it is on sale!! :)
11. Pandora. It helps me focus when I am writing my novel! Good music!

There is eleven things I am thankful for. There are lots more things but that is the list for today. Thanks for being cool and for reading my blog. I appreciate your support.

So Here I am....

Once again...torn into pieces. The Kelly Clarkson concert is over. This was something I have been looking forward to for months. It is kinda sad to not have it to look forward to. It went too dang fast.

I am dragging at work. It has been hard to go back this week. I need a vacation from my vacation!

The novel is coming along. Sometimes it seems like a lot of work. Other times I love it. I have gotten a little behind but am working on getting back up to a few days ahead!!

The weekend in Vegas was awesome. I sure do love my little "nephews." We have a lot of fun being around each other. Thanks again Morgan and Derek for the fun weekend. I got to eat a lot of the foods I love in Vegas. It was also fun to just chill and relax. I like low key.

Enjoy the pics of the boys. They are so cute. I also was able to go shopping with my friend, Alyssa. She has great fashion sense and we had a blast while getting me new clothes and jewelry. She is nice.

Here are three reasons why I am going to fly Southwest a lot more:
1. The earlier you check in, the better seat you can get because you choose your seat.
2. There is no business class to walk through and be reminded of how you are not rich enough to ride in the fancy seats.
3. Bigger seats. When I sat in the middle one I didn't feel like a blimp.
4. Cheaper tickets!!!!
5. A flight attendant actually said: "Now be careful with your things in the overhead bins. Shift happens!"

I would make a list about why I would never fly delta but that would be depressing right now. I tried to get tickets last night for Christmas and it was a fiasco. Sorry for being stressed on the phone, Mom!

Later all!

You can see Morgan, Lesley and Alice in this video!

Watch this Youtube video. Your life will be changed. At 2:30, be sure to look at the center of the balcony and the jumping black blobs(there are three of us) are us! I have never been on Youtube but here is my moment of glory! This was an amazing concert! Realize that "My Life Would Suck without You!" Enjoy!

Kelly Clarkson Rocks My World for the Third Time this Year!!!

Us at the concert



Kelly's tour bus

We had a blast at the Kelly Clarkson Concert. It was nice to re-connect with Lesley. I think we really embarrassed Derek. It was a blast. I am not sure if I will have a voice tomorrow or not. Silly screamer at concerts. What a blast though. Kelly Clarkson is truly so good live. What a talent!

It was awesome to have a day off today. It was nice to also just have a low-key day. I love being around Morgan and her family. They are very stress-relieving.

I hope you do something fun this weekend as well!

Happy Day Before Kelly Clarkson's Concert to You!

Okay, maybe you are not that excited about the concert but I am very excited. I will do the normal teaching thing today and then bust a move up to the airport right after. It is going to be fabulous. That is right you heard it here first, FABULOUS.

I seem to be consumed by writing a novel these days. It is a lot of work. The cool thing is that, for some reason, this novel is being easy to write. I kinda hesitate to write that because, as soon as I do, I may be plagued with writer's block. Hopefully, that does not happen. It has been an adventure to be writing and it is fun to see ideas just come to me that I never thought would go into the story. Good times.

I hope that life is treating you well! Talk to ya from Vegas! :)