Missing Mongolia

Hi All,
Today I find myself missing a land I love, a people that forever changed my life. I am missing the distant land of Mongolia.
I served an LDS mission there and I love everything about that place. I love the culture, the people and the spirit. I know I have forgotten Mongolian, That is something I promised the people I would never do. So from today on I am going to do 30 minutes of Mongolian language study. 
As I sit here typing, I find myself recalling the funny times and the miss understandings as I was learning Mongolian. I beliee more than once I blessed people's legs rather than their food. 

My dream is to return to the land of blue skies and live. I am ever grateful for my opportunity to serve there. 

I need to be going... 

Thanks for reading! 

30 Things I Have Learned in the Last 30 Years!

Hi all,
So my new adventure has started and who knows where I will end up. Does anyone ever know where they will end up? I am guessing not, it seems we all have ideas of where we would love to end up being or doing and for a few they actually get what they want. For me life has proven to take me all over the board and I am loving the adventure.
So my birthday is coming up and it is a big one. I am turning the dreaded 30! I can not believe it I will be 30. Yikes.
As this birthday has been approaching it has been a rough one for me. cause the ideals I have in my head of where I wanted and saw for myself haven't happened yet and I don't know if they will ever happen. There are a few life lessons I have learned and I would like to shed some of my wisdom with you.
-Life is.....
1-learning to forgive those who have done you wrong. Forgiving others sets you free!
2-Learning to trust in the Lord, his plan for your life is perfect, though at times life may get you down and is rough, just remember it is experience that you needed.
3-Loving others is okay, even when they break your heart.
4-Family is important, cherish your family whoever that maybe, a grandparent, a mom, a sibling, a niece or nephew, your own kids.
5-Be thankful for those who raised you and who were good influences in your life.
6-Be honest with yourself
7-Don't become so obsessed with how you look or how you dress, life gets so stuffy when you do that!
8-Find reasons to laugh each day
9-Look for the miracle each day.
10- It is okay to be happy when you are hurting!
11-Finding solitude and peace in a cruel mean world
12-Being happy when others around you are being mean
13-Learning to love who you are is the most important thing, You are you, a unique individual and have a talent to share, so share it!
14-Learning guys may be mean to you, but the right one will treat you right. I have yet to find my other half, my lid to my pot, my one and only. I have dated quite a few guys, and I will say I just haven't met the right one yet.
15-Learning to trust your instinct. Sometimes you do know what is best for yourself.
16- You only live once, so make the best of it!
17-Life is meant to be lived, so live it
18- Life happens to every single soul and we all have our own personal battles we suffer.
19-Gain wisdom and insight from your grandparents and the older population, they sometimes see life in a better way then what we see it as. Besides they know how it was to date without texting and telephones.
20-Dating advice can be good, but mostly it is a friend thinking he or she knows your heart and is trying to fix a problem they may know just the surface of. So when it comes to it, listen to your friends then trust your heart knows best and be true to yourself!
21-Be a little kid at heart, grumpy, old, stiff people are no fun!
22-Live your dreams! Don't wait for life to happen go out there and make it happen
23-Be positive-to many negative people running around
24-Learning a new langue gives you a new perspective on your own culture.
25- The way you were raised wasn't the best or the correct way, but forgive your parents they did the best they knew how to do!
26-Learn to stand on your own to feet, so when life's tornadoes happen and they will, you will be able to withstand them, a whole lot better! Learn to ask for help when help is needed.
27-Do things that pull you from your comfort zone. Discover what it is you truly are good at and try new things, make new friends.
28-See your own faults and accept them and be willing to improve and correct them.
29-Have friends from all walks, cultures of life. This planet is full of people and the more you stretch yourself to know, the more full your life is.
30-You were born and you spent the first few years learning how to walk and talk. You then figure that all out just as puberty hits and your brain goes wacky and you are a teenager. Just as you get on top of all of those emotions, you are now legal age of 21 and so you get to have fun. Just as you learn how to party correctly you turn 30! and that is where I am at, turning 30. I am hoping as life continues for me I will be able to complete my observation with all of this.
I want to thank all of my readers out there! Thanks for putting up with grammar mistakes and sometimes incorrect spelling with words.
I need to be getting into bed as I have a very full day tomorrow.

Thanks for reading!

Saying Goodbyes and Hello's

Hi all,
My life has been a little crazy and hectic as one chapter is coming to a close and a new one is about to begin. The anticipation and the fear that comes along with starting new things is both fun and terrifying for me. I find the worst part about starting something new is having to say all the good-byes to the people and friends that have cared for you and have built relationships with. It is hard yet I have to keep reminding myself that it is part of life. People move on and life just happens and we end up all over the place.
I am excited for my new adventure that lies in front of me. I am scared that I may not like it. I take a while to commit to an idea and once I am committed there is very little someone can do to change my mind. I am excited to finally be moving forward with life. Yet, I am sad to be saying good-bye to lazy afternoons, and campus life.
I have so much I need to get done today. I need to be off and running.
As Always thanks for reading.

Running

Hi all, 

I know the inconsistent blogger is posting again. 

Today while I was running, I had the worst pain in my shoulder. It is the exact same shoulder that I injured in high school. I played basketball and I will never forget the game. My team was in beaver utah. My team was winning and I as a shot went up that wasn't going to be going in I went up and got the rebound and my shoulder popped out. I had to sit bench due to the level of pain I had. It hurt and since then I still have shoulder problems. 

Well today while I was out running the pain in my shoulder returned and now as I type this my shoulder is being iced down. Yay for injuries. 

Anyways I know this is random and all and I need to get going. 

Thanks for reading. 

Familiar yet so very different

Hi all, 

I know I am the worst blogger, at writing posts lately. Today, I find I am missing yet another man from my past. I have a cousin who is married to a guy that looks like a guy I use to date. 

Yet my cousin's husband, I will call him Steve, is so different. My ex-boy was kind and caring. Took time for me. Yet Steve is all that and more. As I sat there watching Steve, my mind wonder back to the days I dated my ex-boy and memories full of  the laughter and tears came flooding back. 

Where Steve would listen to my cousin, my ex-boy would ignore me. Where Steve helped and laughed and teased. My ex-boy would of but his teasing would be belittling to me. Where Steve calls my cousin beautiful, my ex-boy would tell me how I would need to improve. Where my cousin will call her Steve pet names. My ex-boy would tell me to stop, that he was never good enough for me. 

My ex-boy was way into the outdoors and loved the mountains and Rivers and all things nature. I liked that about him. 

Once all those thoughts ran through my head, and all comparisons made, I had to stop and reflect on my life and I am glad it didn't work out with ex-boy. 

I am happy with who I am now and with who I am dating. 

The more I find things that remind me of the guys I have dated the more and more I come to realize I am right where I need to be. Almost 30, still going to school, having a part time job. Might not sound to glamorous to you, but to me it is just where I need to be. 

I need to be running along the computer I wrote this on, battery is dying. 

Thanks for reading my posts.