The Beginning of one Awesome off Track

My life has been so crazy since I left BYU-I last semester! I think i'll get a "break" when I go back to college! : ) So just to catch you up a little:

My best friend Ashley taught me how to knit and she was so patient with me! I love it so much that I taught my mom how to knit! We also Sat in her floor Scrapbooking FOREVER!!! When I say forever...I really mean it! 13 hours one day and 12 the next...we didn't go to bed until 8 am. and I thought my back was going to murder me!!! haha 

Her Man Candy Patrick let me drive his Mustang and she purrs like a kitten!!!! I love it! I love horsepower in general! There's just something about being behind the wheel of a fast car.....it just beckoning for you to slam on the accelerator! : ) 

Ashley's Grandfather passed away and I went over to help her make a scrapbook for him. We were looking up quotes to put on the pages when we came to the sons page.....her dad walked in and we asked him to tell us some advice grandpa used to give him and the boys, so the sons page in the scrapbook says "Don't piss into the Wind"-Dad... : ) Everyone at the funeral home laughed and it made what would've been a sad moment, bittersweet. 

I went to the Mall with Katherine...at least I thought we were going to the mall and we did eventually get there but we ended up at a tattoo/piercings shop....... She was planning on getting her rook pierced and didn't tell me until we were almost there because she knew I would try to talk her out of it....and she was right...so since I couldn't I took as many pictures as possible. : )

I went on a few dates with a friend from the singles ward in Lexington, Matthew. We went Ice Skating one night. I love Ice skating but I was a little sketchy this time because he informed me the last girl he had taken Ice Skating had broken her ankle.... : ) Yay!! lol Apparently it was because she was looking back at him, so I tried to make sure I didn't do that. hahaha 

The next thing I decided would be fun to conquer with him was Skiing! hahahahaha Now that was a memorable trip! For those of you that have been to Perfect North in Indiana...you know that the "snow" there has the consistency of a snow cone and it's just a HUGE sheet of Ice after dark! Well...we had been snowboarding for awhile since he'd never done it and I had just learned at college so I attempted to show him which turned into one big epic fail since I didn't even know how to stop....stopping for me was bailing out before you took out a crowd of people waiting for the ski lift! lol Needless to say that after about 5 runs down the hill doing that we hit the skis. He was a pretty good teacher until I actually got on top of the hill and didn't know how to turn! hahaha.......I went full force in the wrong direction flying under the ski lift and took out a snow boarder! All I could say was "We're gonna CRASH! We're gonna CRASH!" ......and when we did my ski poles went flying and we slid down the hill together! : ) I was laughing so hard! Matthew laughingly  witnessed all of this from the top of the hill and eventually came to the rescue with my poles. 

On another note! I'm the God mother to Ashley's new Hedgehog named Big Pimp Henry! I made a note to self the first day I met him....: Hedgehogs like to burrow and they'll do anything to do it.....(climb down your shirt and scratch tickle you until you cry) : ) 

I finally made some friends in the Lexington Singles Ward. I think they are just finally starting to realize it's my home ward and I'm going to be coming there sometimes. Chicago will always feel like home when it comes to a Singles Ward for me but I know I have to be a member of other fish bowls too. 

The last thing I did before I left for Chicago was take two of my babies to the Humane Society........I wrote their stories of how I came to be their mommy and said two of the most painful goodbyes.... I love you Icie and Red! Thank you Patrick and Ashley for being there...It meant more to me than I could ever fully express. I love you! xoxo