Thursday, December 31, 2013

The price for the Frozen soundtrack went down to $6.99 on iTunes today! 

Life is beautiful, especially when you are looking for the beautiful things that happen every day. 

Oh, and Happy New Year!

Monday, December 30, 2013

A few months ago, I went to a Thai restaurant and had some yellow curry. That was one of the most amazing things I've ever tasted, and since then I've been dying to make it myself. I read lots of recipes before deciding that the easiest way to make it must be to use curry paste. I looked for it in grocery stores, but couldn't find it. I accepted the fact that I had to order it from the interwebs. Amazon had the one I wanted, but it was an add-on item. I finally made a big enough purchase a few weeks ago so I could actually buy it! And tonight, I made my own yellow curry! Oh. Yum. It was certainly not as good as what I ate at the restaurant, but it was delightful!

Life is beautiful, especially when you are looking for the beautiful things that happen every day. 

Saturday, December 28, 2013

I watched Pete's Dragon this evening with Littlest Sister and Curly. I remember watching this movie when I was little. I remember that we had a very large pine tree by our house that had an open area underneath that was a perfect play space for little kids. My older sister called it Nora's house, and I'm 76.2% positive she got that from the movie Pete's Dragon. It was fun to share the movie with Littlest Sister. I think she liked it. 

Life is beautiful, especially when you are looking for the beautiful things that happen every day. 

Friday, December 27, 2013

I made this awesome salsa! Curly and I sat around the table eating it just before bed. We went downstairs to get ready for bed, and all of a sudden, the power went out! Curly grabbed a flashlight and we sat  in littlest sister's room until it came back on. Then we watched a funny movie together. 

Life is beautiful, especially when you are looking for the beautiful things that happen every day. 

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Curly, Littlest Sister, and I went to see Frozen this afternoon. It was really good! Littlest Sister was so excited about going, she was counting down the minutes all morning.



Life is beautiful, especially when you are looking for the beautiful things that happen every day.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas! I've been looking forward to today for quite a while, just because my family got to Skype with Loveduck today. I was surprised at how much time she had to talk with us, but very ok with it! We Skyped for an hour and a half, then she called me and the two of us just talked for another two hours! (Missionaries for the LDS church are not allowed to call home, except on Christmas Day and Mother's Day.) She told lots of stories about being a missionary and the things she's been up to. I loved that she and I could still talk for hours like we used to before she left on her mission. It's like nothing's changed! Sort of. 

You'd think that on Christmas Day, of all days, I'd have taken at least one picture. But I didn't.

Life is beautiful, especially when you are looking for the beautiful things that happen every day. 

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

I drove to my parents' home this evening for Christmas. I'm really excited to be home and spend some time with my family. 

Every year, my siblings and I draw names for Christmas gifts. We open them on Christmas Eve. Curly got my name this year. She gave me this awesome vegetable peeler! It's shaped like a carrot!

Life is beautiful, especially when you are looking for the beautiful things that happen every day.