disappear

Sometimes I like to disappear and reappear on this little blog.  It's not the first time...and I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't the last.

Washington D.C. temple in December

Anyway....in my absence, life has happened.  Nothing too exciting, but life is good.
Here's some of my goings-on:

• Lots and lots of school
• ALL business classes this semester
• Some are super boring...so thankfully I have friends to keep me sane
• Some professors are super rad
• I got a promotion at work....not one hundred percent sure what it entails yet, but it should be good!
• I flew to Maryland in December to visit my seester -- super fun and super pretty :)
• MLK weekend = my roommate's cabin at Bear Lake
• The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, Mumford & Sons, and Imagine Dragons have been on constant repeat
• Countless games of Murder in the Dark have been played with Old Farm friends
• I've become addicted to The Walking Dead
• I've also developed an addiction to Wheat Thins
• With all the snow and ice we've had I'm proud to say I've only fallen twice {and only bruised once} 

Sometimes it's nice to have life be semi-slow....it gives you a lot more time to enjoy it :)

beauty

Snow.

In my vocabulary, snow is usually a word letter word {okay....so it is a four letter word}.

Today my roommates and I were unable to drive to a Linger Longer {awesome food + socializing after church} because our roommate with 4-wheel drive went home for the weekend and the roommate with the best tires was unable to make it out of the parking lot.  So we hitched a ride to the church...but this also meant we were left car-less up there.  Instead of mooching a ride back {which I'm sure someone would have gladly given us}, we decided to make the journey home on foot.

And I'm so glad we did.

Beauty surrounds us every day.

Sometimes we don't realize it.  Or choose to complain instead.

• "It's too cold"
• "I hate shoveling"
• "People drive too slow"
• "Can it just be summer already?"
• "I am so tired of the snow!!!"
• And a myriad of other complaints floating around

Normally, I'm quite guilty of this and would have a hatred of snow building inside me too.  This week I'm deciding to

Appreciate More, Complain Less

I do wish sidewalks and roads could shovel and plow themselves though...

I sure do love our pretty little winter wonderland we've been given :)