Frog Eyed Salad, Steamed Vegetables & Bike Riding

What do all of these things have in common?

My man likes all of them and so do I!! ...just a small selection of his qualities that have swept me off my feet. Not only does he like Frog Eyed Salad, but he also knows how to make it! (I have yet to experience its goodness!) Steamed Vegies are to die for! mm mm good! And nothing is more refreshing than a good bike ride. ahhh...happiness!

All I Want Is You...

Theme song from Juno. I think it's pretty sweet. :)

If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee.
And if I was a tree growing tall and green
All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves

If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee.
And if I was a tree growing tall and green
All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

If you were a river in the mountains tall,
The rumble of your water would be my call.
If you were the winter, I know I'd be the snow
Just as long as you were with me, when the cold winds blow.

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

If you were a wink, I'd be a nod
If you were a seed, well I'd be a pod.
If you were the floor, I'd wanna be the rug
And if you were a kiss, I know I'd be a hug

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

If you were the wood, I'd be the fire.
If you were the love, I'd be the desire.
If you were a castle, I'd be your moat,
And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float.

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea

By Barry Louis Polisar

The shortest distance between two points is a zigzag line

The month of perfection…

So, this month is the month of perfection in the University 7th Stake. Here’s the list if items that I need to accomplish to be perfect this month, along with my results so far:

1)Daily prayer and scripture study - I’ll start this tonight! ...better late than never!
2)Regular exercise- Lots of walking on campus! Does that count? However, I did make it to the gym yesterday. … Hurray!
3)Register and attend institute
- I did sign-up and go once, but that was last month and now there’s not time for it.
4)A mission experience (extend an invitation)
- I did remind one of my non-Mormon friends about all of the LDS people in Orem, where he is looking at future employment. It wasn’t anything big, but I bet it got him thinking a little about the Mormon church.
5)Everyone ask someone on a date—and GO OUT!
- Does being asked out on a date and going count? If so, check!
6)Attend the Temple
- This will be accomplished hopefully sooner than later…
7)Attend all Church Meetings
- Consider this done. Seriously, I should not make up excuses to make only sacrament!
8)100% Home and Visiting Teaching
- Don’t know whom I teach yet, or I’d be all over this one!

Most likely to inspire us to work on these goals, the sacrament speakers in my ward, a high councilman and his wife, were assigned to speak on the topic of perfection. I don’t recall all of the highlights from the wife’s talk but it was pretty much on different aspects of perfection. The husband, however, put a twist on the topic. His talk was based on a book he read titled: “The shortest distance between two points is a zigzag line.”

This really caught my attention and I made a point to remember more details after that. The author, Sunukjian, describes several situations in which our plan for getting from point A (where we are) to point B (where God wants us to be) is different than God’s. This, I thought, describes my life all too well (no details will be divulged), but I’m sure most of you can relate. The husband gave the analogy of climbing a steep hill with many switch-backs. There may be many switch-backs but the road will eventually lead to the destination. Has your life been one perfect shot towards the finish line or is it like mine, full of twists and turns that give life its ups and downs and good times and bad times?

The moral of the story (from Charlotte’s point of view): While perfection is a noble and respectable goal to reach towards, holding on, learning from, and enjoying each corner of the zigzag path will make the whole trip worth it.

What does your path look like?

We applaud your stamina!

Last week I called a company that administers retirement plans and heard the funniest on-hold message ever! I had called and asked to be transferred to a specific person and while waiting for the person to pickup a message came on that said, "If you've been on hold long, we applaud your stamina." That was it. The person I was waiting for answered shortly after that. When I hung up I must have giggled about it for at least an hour every time I thought about it. I even told the guy in the cube next to me; he probably thought I was stupid, but seriously, most on-hold messages try to convince you that they'll be there shortly so, don't hang up. Or they tell you something about the company or play music, but not this one. They must get a lot of people hanging up or something. Too funny!

Well there you have it. This is what has been entertaining me while I put in long hours at work. :)

Spring!!

Yes...Spring has arrived! I don't think I could have missed that memo last week with so many cute, original remarks about it scattered throughout all of my friends' facebook status updates. In the spirit of Spring, I've updated my blog background to make all of my readers feel springy inside (this includes me). Hope you like it!


Spring is a time of growth and new beginnings. Yes, this is when lots of babies seem to be born, two of which will come from the accounting office where I work. The rumor is that our office seems to have a constant flow of babies produced there and this year is no exception. With this being the case, our conversations (well, at least the women's) often turn to pregnancy topics (or maybe this is just because we're women :)). Being a single, childless female, and working way too much, the idea of having a child seems way to foreign to me at the moment, but I listen anyway and take mental notes while the conversations play out. You never know, maybe one of these centuries my time will come. :) BTW...Congratulations to my sister-in-law for expecting her first in November!

This spring I'm going to celebrate the birth of my new backyard! It's been a seriously long-awaited event! Along with my new backyard, there will be a new large storage shed thanks to some free labor from my soon-to-be retired neighbor (I seriously have the nicest neighbor ever and hope God gives him tons of blessings!). I hope everyone is ready for a few BBQs in my backyard when it's finished. Pictures of the project will soon be posted.