Just Throw a Brick

The only thing I can say about my relationship with Jeffrey is - wow, that escalated quickly. From his first night home, to his home shattering around him, to his illness, things have gone from bad to worse, and by worse I mean Jeffrey is now in the great fishtank in the sky :( I suppose I did a lot to make his last days on Earth happy ones - all the food he wanted, (even if I never saw him eat it), a cute little tank all to himself, his own plant... It's like I'm running a rest home for fish. Jeffrey was fun while he lasted, I guess. Anyone got happier news to share? Anyone...? (YES I KNOW IT'S JUST A FISH BUT I LOVED HIM OKAY) I'm in kind of a meh mood. A new pregnant couple that just moved into the ward gave talks on Sunday that were full of praise for the ward. I mean, they even said "I think that Midwesterners are the real salt of the earth." What the heck. What does that even mean? And then they were like "Since we've moved in, we've...

It's Friday! I think the only thing that keeps me going throughout the workweek is that Saturdays, we have nothing. It's blissful. We usually meal plan and grocery shop in the mornings, and then do something fun for the rest of the day. Even if "fun" consists of walking around the huge outlet mall near our apartment. Or we'll take a trip to the two-story Target. Last Saturday we hit up the local Petco for a new fishtank for Jeffrey. Speaking of, he's been very listless lately. He barely makes it off his little leaf to say hi to me when I get home. I think it may be near the end for the little guy. :/ Don't die, Jeffrey! You're my only friend out here! And no, I still have never seen him eat. I don't know what's up with that little dude. Happy thoughts that don't include poor sick Jeffrey... Um... I'm getting back on my CBMR kick this week. I got my compensation book yesterday and I read it yesterday. All of it. At one point I looked u...

Been awhile since Happy Crappy and Meh has graced this lovely blog, hasn't it? Let's remedy that. Happy -I got a new fish! Meet Jeffrey: Jeffrey's first few days at home were a little stressful. He was nameless until a couple days ago because nothing really fit. His fishbowl also shattered last Sunday and he spent a couple crazy moments flopping around on the kitchen floor while C tried to scoop him with a net while I frantically found a cup for him. Thankfully he survived that and has just made the transition to his brand-new tank! He seems to like it better than the old one anyway. To this day I still haven't seen him eat. I don't know if/what/when he eats, but he's still alive, so I'm assuming he's a shy eater...? Poor guy. Maybe the whole fishbowl-shattering incident really took a psychological toll. The reason behind the name Jeffrey is two-fold. My mom suggested I call him Jeff Probst (from Survivor) since he survived the fishbowl-shatter...

Well guys, Christmas break was pretty awesome. I needed to get back to Utah, and thankfully we were able to this year. Seeing all my sisters was awesome, and multiple times on this trip I was like "Dang. I'm related to some awesome people." I mean, P got a special solo in her school play, R is freaking almost done with high school, and N is finishing up college! Whaaaaaaaaat! Who said my little sisters could grow up?! Anyway, I'll have to do another post about that some other time. Today is Recap 2015 Day! Ready for this??? Hahahahahahahahahaha me neither. *cries* Onward! January At the beginning of the year, I was working part-time at UVU in the Finance and Business Office while C went to school full-time and worked at BYU Moving part-time. His last semester! I discovered that awesome recipe for Italian herb bread that has become a staple in our house. I was a bridesmaid in M's beautiful winter wedding. We attended C's last band banquet. C took the GRE...

As expected, all social media outlets have exploded with Star Wars. Which is fine, I was expecting it but still. Dang. I haven't seen so many posts regarding something I don't care about since "The Dress". "But why?" You ask, astounded. "Star Wars defined a generation! It made me who I am today! Without Star Wars there is no reason to live!!!" To which I reply, "Meh." I know, I'm lame. I'm extremely lame. I get that. It was a running joke in college that every boyfriend I had was like "YOU NEED TO WATCH THEM" and I would be like "Ehhhhhh", and then we'd break up and we never did...Not that breaking up was correlated to my non Star Wars knowledge (I think?)  And now I'm married and I still haven't seen them. Woo.  I have to admit, for awhile it was fun to pull out the old "I've never seen Star Wars" when playing Never Have I Ever or some other stupid game, and seeing eve...

Man, my Utah friends got hit hard with snow this week. I thought that's what would happen in Chicago but turns out, we've had like 40-55 degree weather this week and I've been wearing skirts without tights. It's been pretty amazing. I figure the weather will suck out here soon enough but I'm loving this weather at the moment. I mean, most of the grass in Chicago is still green. I don't understand it. But it's beautiful. In other news, I have come up with a name for all my blog readers - McBrickers. Yay/nay? To all my McBrickers in school, good luck with finals week! We sent little care packages to all our siblings in college, so that was fun. I hope they all got them by now :S Who knows. Mail can suck sometimes. I ordered something for my dad for Christmas awhile ago from Target but it's not here yet :(  Another point to the negative column - Pandora decided that "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" is suddenly a Christmas Classic. Um ...

All I can say about today is thank goodness for the chocolate fairies that dumped a bunch of Lindt truffles and Hershey's Kisses on my desk this morning. It's just one of those days. This is going to be an entirely random post about entirely random things and you're going to like it, dangit. The chocolate fairies are real! Also note my CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN!!! In other news, trying to get our Christmas card to work has been driving me crazy. I like the idea of designing my own and not paying extra for whatever Walmart comes up with but geez. Free software only gets you so far. It's so frustrating having good ideas and being unable to see them come to fruition because you don't have the tools. Whatever. I'll just send you all an e-Christmas card and you can all ooh and aah over my pathetic design skills. Hahaha *cries* Well, the apartment is looking somewhat festive. Our two trees are up, our Nativity is set up, and I'm in the process (or, I will be thi...