A good, healthy imagination is worth more than much.

shalom,
u t a h.

equations, etc.

Finals Week @BYU = "What are you e-Phr-a-ta?" shirt day

French Final = done = FINAL(ly) FREE!

Sell-back Books = Collegiately Riche

BYU Bookstore = Christmas Gifts

BYU Bookstore = Mo, Car, Luce et moi (see pic below)

BYU Bookstore x 3= Meeting MR. NIELSON

YES, that REALLY happened! I was just doing my little shopping gig

when i looked up and there was the Mr. Nielson,

whom I've read about many times on the

popular NieNieDialogues Blog.

It was weird how normal it was to see him in real life--

but there we were, in the BYU Bookstore,

me buying a recorder, him probably purchasing some paper products (or something).

It was also weird how I felt like I knew him in some way bc of a blog.

I resisted the initial urge to talk to him, to say "hi! I read your wife's blog. You're amazing." etc.

But then there came a point where I just did talk to him.

To put it in eleven words (it is after all, still finals week...no time for reading blogs, right?),

he was kind, there was a sincere goodness in his eyes.

He asked me where I was from, asked me if I was sticking around for the holidays...

and you know what?

it's about that blessed time to go home.

what a delightful feeling.

me, mo, carli, luce = washingtonian hearts

(serendipitous meeting captured via cell phone camera...)

Family Garzean

I've blogged about them before, though you may not have known [at the beg. of the year, i was trying out some different things...complicated...but i stuck with handstickers, nonetheless].

Anyway, with the end of this Fall semester also comes re-organization in our ward callings. It's been a privilege to spend time with these people, and I will miss our monday night weekly meetings. Though, hey! It's not the end! Go team friendship. Hurrah. Huzzah.

Time to go take a finaaaaaaallllllllllll!

have i told you lately how i love finals week?

because i really, really do.

addendum/my reasons why:-focused feeling on campus-lots of free time around studying-choices of when to wake up and study or not study-christmas shopping-sell-back books-people are always doing crazy activities, throwing ugly sweater parties, etc. etc.-there's a HUGE, delightful break on the horizon! hooray. huzzah!

This Very Season

Love is all a r o u n d.

Christmas time a b o u n d s.

In you, will His works be f o u n d?

...The End.

SNOW

do you think it's possible for one's eyelashes to freeze and break off
whilst spending @least 20 transportation minutes by foot in THESE CONDITIONS?

(i've been wondering...)

Documentation

i didn't tag this kewl foto.

if you know me, you know how hard it was to type those last two words in that last sentence.

but the b-girl sent this to me to kick-start my tgiving break.

Delightful.

Both her and this photo.

These things, I will take with me from my [much needed] Thanksgiving Break:

PUMICE STONE

oh how ye helped me clean that blessed oven.

it sparkles with all its might, thanks to your stubborn surface.

SISTER TIME

non-stop party.

complete with the best cooking in p-town.

+

PUMPKIN PIE making at the garLICK household.

yes, we are related (through our german line).

i've never wanted 10 kids until i met this family.

incroyable.

LES TENDRES MISERICORDES

car/temple/musique/cell phone/journalx2/nosnow/target/clean sheets/fake-live-animal-show

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

@theYoung household, thanksgiving day.

LAVA MONSTER

my new-old favourite game, played post-thanksgiving feast.

lava is real you know.

BYU beats UTAH in OT.

splendid seat [merci, klh].
rachel and christine, two kind girls.
exciting win.

i'm thankful for this break.

it has reminded me that as independent as I can be, and as much as I enjoy my alone-time, i REALLY, REALLY like people. Those relationships with my friends and family are what matter most.

I was eating an In-n-Out burger/fries/choc. shake this day for the 1st time from the new Orem location and it tasted GOOD. I mean, that place is delightful and it only took me 20 minutes to get through (compared to the normal hour or more wait, that was legit). While eating there was a positive experience, it lacked the qualifying element of friend/family member to count it as a truly memorable/meaningful experience. Think about it. What are your most cherished and happy memories from your very life? Why do most people love and look forward with an almost incontainable enthusiasm to the holidays? Strip away the music, lights, shopping, and food [cookies] and what will you find?

RELATIONSHIPS and SERVICE and CHARITY at the core.

We are meant to lift and be with each other.

So, if you haven't gotten my drift, what i'm really saying is that I am most thankful for YOU. The 5 or 6 people who comment on this blog.

okay, just kidding.

i'm talkin bout everyone yo, readers/commenters/non-readers/family/friends ALIKE.

word.

and it's those kind of relationships that bring lasting happiness and meaning to the mundane and even exciting events of life.

Now, everyone build a fort and kiss someone you love. The end.

Also...let the holidays, [and prep for finals week], BEGIN!