Everythings Amazing & Nobodys Happy

I love this! Not only is it hilarious, but everything he says is so true! Why can't we just be happy with what we have? We are all so blessed to have everything we do! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

You know it's good when it gives you goose bumps!

I found this on a friends blog and absolutely LOVED it! 

I hope you will too!

Feeling Better

Alright, so it has been 3 weeks in the making, but I really think that my mono has bit the dust. It was kind of interesting because I had been feeling horrible and super tired every day for the past 2 1/2 weeks and then all of a sudden this last Sunday I felt completely normal! I even got up an hour and a half before church (for all of you out there who have church at 9 a.m. you know how hard that is) and got ready! I even wore make up which was something I hadn't done since I had gotten sick (it is amazing what some foundation and mascara can do for you, really).

I was trying to figure out why and how I had experienced such a miracle and got better so quickly, but then Domenic was talking to his family Sunday evening and they told him that they had been praying for me and even FASTED for me that Sunday! Mystery solved. I feel so blessed to part of the gospel. I have been blessed so many times it is super hard to even imagine there not being a Heavenly Father. We are so grateful for the faith of others and the blessings we receive because of them.

It is also really convenient that I got better just in time to take my finals! Thank you Heavenly Father! It also means that I get to help Domenic with his monstrous work load and start being a wife again in stead of a zombie, good news or bad news, I'm still weighing the pros and cons of both :)

To all of you that prayed, fasted, etc. for me, we really really appreciate it all! Thanks a bunch, your prayers have been the best medicine.

Life as of late

I am so so sorry I have been slacking big time on my blogging, especially since I have been harassing my sister to post on her blog more frequently (sorry Keitra). But, I do have a legitimate excuse.

Besides the fact that there is only 2 weeks left in this semester and Domenic is SUPER busy with tons and tons of homework and tests, I happened to be lucky enough to somehow, don't ask how because I have no clue, catch mono, get a bladder infection, have a late visit from the crimson tide, and have an enlarged/ over-active liver that is super painful.

So needless to say, my life has consisted of sleeping and peeing constantly for the past week straight. 

Why do I tell you this? Probably because I am super bored not being able to do anything all day and feel like a zombie, but also because of something Dom said to me while I was feeling the poopiest. He said, "well brit, what do you think we are supposed to learn from this?", and my immediate response was probably not the most kind, but went something like this: "sometimes we don't have to learn from things Dom, things JUST HAPPEN". 

After having too much time to sit in my bed or on the couch and try to think, I really do believe that there is wisdom in what he said. Even if we can't see a reason for things happening the way they do, it is still so important to have faith that our Lord and our Savior know, and we should find comfort in that. Simply believing is enough to pull you through the worst of times, the times when you feel the most helpless, and completely lost. It is a source of optimism and hope that things can, and will be better.

It is time to stand up

For more information and commentary on the recent controversy over HBO's "Big Love" and showing of LDS Temple ceremonies, please visit this link to LDS.org where you can read The Church's stance on this topic.

Blessed

Well, I know that 7 a.m. is not my ususal blogging time, but I had to write this down.

This morning in Rexburg, Idaho is probably the coldest it has ever been (since we have been here, and I hear it does not get much better). It is -19 (as in negative 19) degrees outside, feels like -38 (so the weather.com website says), and barely anyone's cars will start, especially ours. Looks like we need to pull out and plug in that engine warmer after all.

Anyways, so first Domenic goes outside to start the car... nothing. Then, ten minutes later I go out to start it, absolutely nothing. At this time I am praying really hard that the car will start.

It wouldn't normally be a huge deal to walk to school in normal circumstances but considereing that domenic just got diagnosed with bronchitis that has a high risk of phnemonia, I was freaking out about him walking 15 minutes in the snow.

I knocked on our friends door downstairs who are from around this area and in our ward, their car wouldn't budge either. So here I am freaking out about Dom walking, saying what seemed like hundreds of little prayers, and our next door neighbor from our floor pulls into the apt. complex building parking lot having just been from the school dropping her husband off (so I knew her car would start).

Needless to say, I waited for her to come into the building and asked her to take my husband and our friends to school. I explained how Dom was sick, how it was snowing (how it snows in -19 degree weather is still a mystery to me), and despite my morning breath, awesome pajamas, combined with some crazy beadhead I had going on, she was an angel and gladly accepted to take them to school. Needless to say, I am very, very, very grateful for her!

Heavenly Father never lets me down.