Suddenly I Feel Overwhelmed...

So I knew that my date to leave was coming soon, 

but I had no idea that it was ... 

18 DAYS AWAY! 

Holy cow! I love cows. I hope I can own a cow someday. Or maybe a few hundred. Good thing I will be in cow country in just over a month...

Anyway, back to the matter at hand. I need so much more time than 18 days! Not that I have that many things to get, but still. I am super excited and I can't wait! 

(even though I've waited for over 20 years...  that's beside the point)

I guess I better start cracking and checkin' off that good-ole-never-ending list.

But I am so ready to be in the MTC and be amongst so many wonderful missionary spirits. 

What's really exciting is that its 40 days away until I'll be in the wonderful state of Oklahoma.

I can't wait to see Oklahoma. The Lord sure knows what He's doing. He knew I always wanted to live in the South. Hopefully I'll pick up an accent while I'm there :)

18 months...that should be enough time to pick up a Southern drawl.

For now, I must get ready for the day.

Then plan a talk for my cousin's baptism tomorrow.

Then pack for a drive up to my Grandma and Grandpa's house in the mountains.

In the snow.

All I brought was a light BYU jacket.

And a rain coat.

Translation: no snow coat.

I'm so sad that BYU lost. There goes my bracket.

Jimmer is an amazing player.

He converted me to college basketball.

Well for this season.

I'm glad I got to see him before I live without sports for 18 months.

Not that its a big deal, because I lived without serious caring for college basketball for the first 20 years of my life.

Oh yeah...I have things to do.

Much love.

Yes, I realize its been over a month...

Why hello keyboard...

We haven't been together for a while.

Its not that I didn't have anything to say. I just didn't realize what I signed up for when I started a blog. I should have thought about my life and if I had time or enough interesting things to share with you.

Today is no different. Nothing interesting to say. Just missing you. So I decided to reconnect and tell you about my developing love.

This love started a long, long time ago.

Recently, I have rediscovered it and its growing stronger every day.

I want to own cowboy boots.

I want to hear cows mooing in the distance and 

watch the sunset and rise over my garden.

I want to own my own property.

I want to see my husband in his cowboy hat 

because it's his "work clothes."

I want to ride in the middle seat of his pickup truck.

I want to have many children to help with the ranch.

I want my children to learn the meaning of work.

I want to hear them say "Yes ma'am" and "Yes sir."

I want to be so dependent on the land that I pray always to the Lord.

Scratch that - I want to be so dependent on the Lord that I am praying to Him always.

It is people like this that give me the encouragement that some day my dreams can come true: 

(not the American Idol dream - the marrying someone like him dream)

And books like this that get me through the wait:

I read the complete 300 pages in 3 days. Little obsessed?

Twilight - Mooooooove Over!

I really hope I can get my head on the right path soon.

I leave in 36 days.