February=Love: the 8th-a musical love

February 8th: a musical love

Let Adele help you find

February love

21

to be released in the US

February 22nd

listen and enjoy

February=Love: the 8th-bonus material

February 8th: bonus material

Goodness in the world!

I know I've already listed what I love for the day, but I could not resist sharing this.

I am so sad I do not have a photo, but I couldn't get a good one with my phone while driving.

As I was driving home from the grocery store this morning I pulled behind a car.

A four door sedan of some sort, white, nondescript...

...EXCEPT...

for the

FIVE.

ADORABLE.

little old ladies

(the were truly little)

riding in the car.

No Driving Miss Daisy for these broads...

two up front...

three in the back.

It just made me smile to see that.

but then...

yes...

it gets better...

The pulled into the salon!

Five adorable little old ladies going to get their hair done together.

What could be better than salon day with your friends!?

I just laughed out and grinned at the goodness in the world that exists...

EVEN IN FEBRUARY!

I know that regardless of what happens today I have that gem to sustain me.

Not too mention the sun is shinning, the sky is blue and I drove to work with my sunroof open!

February=Love: the 8th

February 8th:

I love my winter hats.
I love my scarves.
I love my Converse.
I love my flip flops.
I love my Sanuks

I don't hate winter, but I don't love winter.
However...
I do love winter hats.
So I will take winter.
I love scarves too.
But you can wear scarves pretty much year round...depending on the material they are made out of.

I DO love warm weather.
And beaches.
And pedicures.
And what better way to enjoy both of those than with flops.
I've been known to wear flops in the winter.
When there is snow on the ground.
When there is snow falling to the ground...
although I have grown out of that phase
and will only wear flops when the snow has been shoveled.

My new favorite winter outfit consists of...
khaki shorts with thermals underneath
flops or Converse or Sanuks.
a t-shirt.
a long sleeve t-shirt under the t-shirt.
a sweatshirt over the t-shirt.
a scarf...
(if it is windy or below 20 degrees...and my hair is short)
and of course...
a hat.

Here are some of my favorites.

you can't see it, but the blue converse have my name stitched on the side.
And the scarf has a pocket.
And the flops on the left are Pyramids...you can buy them in Haleiwa, Hawaii.
(or online)
They are for walking in the sand.
 

I KNOW you want to be seen with me in public!

February=Love

(I meant to actually start this on the 1st of this month.)

It is February.

A lot people do not like February.

Words and phrases I've heard used to describe people's feelings towards February:

loathe

hate

drives me insane

dank and dreary

depressing

cold and sad

lonely
worst.month.ever.
horrible
lame
not a real month
(since it doesn't even have 30 days when it's leap year)

I think you get the picture.

Well I don't hate February...

though I am not a lover of the winter days with their serious lack of sunshine.

So in an effort to combat the February blues...

here is a list of 28 persons, places or things that I love and the reasons why...
well 7 on this post and one to follow, ideally, everyday during the great month of February

(What should have been) February 1st:

my sunroof on my Honda.

As you may or may not know The Champ
(my Honda Accord)
was stolen about two months after I purchased it.

(It's quite a funny story).

I was SOOOOOOO, SOOOOOOO happy to get her back because of the sunroof.

It makes me happy in the summer.

It makes me happy in the winter.

In fact I think I might actually enjoy it a bit more in the winter.

Cold and sunny winter days driving to work with the heater on and the sunroof open blasting Celine, Miley (don't judge. go listen to Party in the USA with the windows down), P!nk, Katy, Britney, Lights, BEP's, Mike, Gaga, AF, Dolly and Kenny...

I really could go on and on, but I think you get the picture.

Anyway...
love the Champ's sunroof.

(What should have been) February 2nd:

Millie.

This explains it all.

She really is like my child.
I know, I'm single.

(What should have been) February 3rd:
If you have not yet discovered Mumford & Sons, listen to the next three clips and then go download the album Sigh No More and any other singles you can find.

This:

This:

and This:

Seriously...
stop reading.
go buy their album.
and singles.

And then come back and finish reading because there are some more goodies below.

(What should have been) February 4th:

Carl. Bloch.

There is an exhibit of his work in Provo at BYU.

I know, I know, but it's worth braving Utah County road construction...
AND crazy Provo/Orem drivers.

I promise.

It's free.

But pay the 3 bucks for the iPad with added info about Carl and his paintings.

Totally worth it.

The Doubting Thomas

...who perhaps is not so doubting as we think.

Rent the iPad.

See the exhibit.

See what I mean.

(What should have been) February 5th:

I don't have her permission to do this, but hopefully she won't get upset.

My cousin Amy.

As you may or may not know, I really love my family...including my extended family.

Amy is my 2nd cousin somethingorother removed?

I don't really know how that works...

but we're related.

Recently she has reminded me why I love my family so much.

And she has been a very good and patient friend.

She is funny.

Her husband Toby is funny too.

And they like my cooking.

Well, what they've tasted.

They're having a baby soon.

They are going to be hilarious and awesome parents.

(What should have been) February 6th:

him and him and him:

I don't know what my life would be like without any of them and all they have done.

And I'm still counting this as part of the 6th...

this place changed my life...

or rather...

made it what it is:

(What is) February 7th:

My journals.

I have quite a few more (understatement) but as most of my stuff is in boxes these will have to suffice.

I've been writing in my journals quite religiously since I was in junior high...

...even before then, but those journals were thrown out.

(We do not speak of the atrocity.)

What I love the most about them is that they are a life saver when I need an outlet...

but more importantly...

they have taught me so much as I've gone back to read

and reread

and rereread

and rerereread

and...you get the picture.

Well that brings us current for the month of February.

Tune in tomorrow for a new February=Love.

"Direction is initially more important than speed." - Neal A. Maxwell

I've always been a "saunterer"  When I was in college my roommates would tease me and tell me to leave a few minutes before them when we walked to class because they knew they would catch up with me...and joke or no joke...it was true...they always caught up to me.  I guess I could lengthen my stride...but it feels awkward.  I walk at a pace that fits me...I always have...and I imagine I always will.  And despite my somewhat slower pace...I still manage to get where I need to go

And so it is with my life...I don't seem to do things in the "right" order or in the way that will lead me to "success".  But whose definitions of right and success am I supposed to live by?  Well that is for me and God to figure out.  Not anyone else.  How fast I get to where ever it is I'm going...it is in my Father's time...but as long as I'm heading that way...I'm golden.  Some days my best is like an Olympic marathon runner...and some days...well...it is more like I'm limping across a desert...while I'm thirsty and exhausted. But such is life...we just keep going...no matter what...however fast or slow.

Below is my favorite talk from LDS General Conference.
I feel like it ties very well into Elder Maxwell's statement and it has been a great touchstone for me and how I try to live my life from the first time I heard it.

I know it is three clips long, but I PROMISE it is worth it.
(it's only about ten minutes long)

Elder Lawrence E Corbridge

"The Way"

(If you don't want to watch it, download it free from iTunes.  I know you can read it, but you NEED to HEAR this man say these words.  The conviction and faith in his voice is something to be heard).