Fifth wheel anyone?

Well. Tonight has revealed a few things to the world.
A) Shannon and Lisha should be stylists,
B) It's hard to find a date last minute
C) Sleeping is hard when dreams keep interrupting,
and I'm sure I could come up with some more if I kept thinking. But it's 11:30 and I prefer slappin some pictures on here instead. So, here it goes!
... P.S these aren't in order.
And I burned my arm doing hair.
And Caitlan's date is really opinionated and I'm losing marbles quickly. It's past midnight. It's the sabbath. Goodnight.

The necessities of life :)

A letter from a missionary, a popsicle and a computer. Yup, that pretty much covers the bases right?

I got a letter back from my cousin Justin today!! (Exclamationitis warning: this statment couldn't stand on two alone. Brace yourselves, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D )
He's such a cute Elder. Dear future wife of Justin, you are one lucky gal! He's basically adorable. He even sent me a pretty leaf from the Toronto autumn tinged trees! (Which is probably to be attributed to my dear Grammie Marilyn, because that's where I learned to save pretty mementos from nature. :p I went riding with my dad Saturday to help move the cows off the range- more about that later- and I saw a pretty rock. It was all i could do to stay in the saddle and restrain myself from pocketing the pebble for my Grammie.)

As for the popsicle... well let's just say with our ice cream kiss deal my apartment got sick of ice cream so we went with a new frozen treat this time. :p

Wasn't conference beautiful? I adore how I'm finally catching on to what's been here all along, and realizing the awe of prayers being answered directly through conference. It really is modern day scripture. One night when I was reading in the BOM it occured to me that when it was abridged a lot must have been cut out. Albeit, a lot of it was repeated lessons and principles through God's foresight, but that means each word is in there for a reason. It's all significant in one way or another. It's the same way with conference. They're inspired in behalf of all of us. And even if it isn't the huge "Oh my gosh they're talking to ME" moment for you, whatever it is they felt inspired to say is generally important to every single person listening. Isn't that wonderful?
Here are some of the 'snippets' that jumped out to me. :)

"God will force no man to Heaven"
"Not my will, but thine"
"To obey is better than sacrifice"
"Observe with exactness, not selective obedience"

"It is our duty to be in the world- not of it"
Elder Edgeley
"The choice of peace is the choice of faith"
"Faith is a verb" :)
"While I don't know everything, I know the important."
"Bridge the gap and move forward."
Elder Duncan
"The only secure road comes from Trusting and obeying the Lord"
"Don't look to the arm of flesh for advice- look to God."
"Our very salvation hangs on following the prophet"

"Lose your life to find it, because the found life through His atonement is the one that will bring us the most joy.

"Take heed, watch and pray... no one of us is immune to the world."
"The road to discipleship is not for the spiritually faint of heart"

"Faith chances every day activities to a symphony of joy"
"We become who we want to be by being what we want to become."
"Righteous Character will endure for eternity" -be patient when God lets you suffer in order to grow.

"Be still, and know that I am God."

"The adversary is jealous of our power to beget life..." Thats why he tries so hard to thwart our worthiness and spirituality in that area. I love how The Family: A Proclamation to the World came out so far in advance though, what a testimony builder eh?

So so many good things! That's not even half of my notes. Well, and keeping in mind that this is just tiny quotes or points that I really loved. Conference was grand!

Wanna know what else is grand? Today's weather! Check it out!





Also on Friday my sisters came through and Brianne got to stay with me... here's some photo documentation of our antics.





P.S you should also know that B spit her shake everywhere, and then I shot some out my nose. We maybe should control ourselves in public.





Also my apartment had a party today. This you've gotta see.



And me and Sam are happy :D

My Blog bores me.

Just thought I'd let you know.

We are... heeeeeeeeeeereeee.... (Said in hungarian 'Take a Chance' voice)

Yeah. My family kidnapped me and now I'm home.
Erin said think Junie B. Thoughts, so here goes.

I drove home with the twins and Brianne, and I tell you. Those giggling bunch of high fivers... it was almost worse than ewie stewie tomatoes. The shoes HAD to stay on, and my window wouldn't roll down... but I'm home. And the stinkin semi's didn't even run the car into a rubble-y mess of nubbin.

(I'm done being Junie B. My brain is on vacation. And just in case you and Marissa were wondering... it's sem-I's. Not sem-E's. :p)

On the first day of Christmas...

Yes. That is entirely irrelevant.

Moving on.

Last night I made the most delicious dinner of the planet. Except for not, but considering the fact that our stomachs were shriveled up in hungry agony, it tasted pretty dang good. It was sort of just mac and cheese on steroids. Which just means I'm a successful college student, right? Creative leeway with the cheap noodle stuff? Yeah. I win. :p



Skillet Chicken Mac and Cheese
Ingredients:
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 (8 ounce) package elbow macaroni
2 ½ cups chicken broth
1 cup chopped zucchini
½ cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 can (14½ ounce) Italian stewed tomatoes
½ cup mild cheddar cheese
Directions:
1. In a large skillet, cook chicken in oil over medium-high heat until no longer pink.
2. Add the macaroni, broth, zucchini, onion and oregano to the chicken in the skillet.
3. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 7 to 8 minutes or until pasta is tender, stirring occasionally.
4. Stir in tomatoes and cheddar cheese.
5. Cook and stir for 3 to 4 minutes or until heated through. Makes 6 servings.


I love cooking! I absolutely love it.

Usually.

But it's my favorite to feel like I'm little mama Shannon, bustling around in our little kitchen making food for everyone. :) It's so fun!

Also, I've decided I need to be stressed out and on edge more often. Yesterday I went on a wild spree. I cleaned EVERYTHING. I scrubbed every inch of my bathroom, I swept the tile and shook out the rugs and scrubbed the shower and the mirror, and I did all my laundry and washed bedding, I cleaned the inside and outside of the sliding glass door... I was like a crazy wild banshee!

So the moral of the story is: If Shannon's stressed- invite her over to your messy apartment and she'll probably lose it and clean stuff. :p

Also, I'm so grateful for good friends and roommates, because they're always so good to make me feel better. I love how my apartment is getting to be so close, and how we talk about everything. (We started a tradition called the "If you kiss a new boy you have to buy everyone ice cream so we can sit around and giggle and talk about it" rule. I basically adore it for two reasons. We get ice cream, and we get to talk about whats going on in our lives and 'bond'. :p And yes, it goes in that order. ;) Hehe) Caitlan McConnell is another one of my blessings here at college. (I'm finding that there are lots of those.) She's in the Relief Society presidency, and she's so incredible! She's one of the strongest, most compassionate women I know here. I love her to death! Last night after she told me exactly what I needed (but didn't want) to hear, she just listened to me rant and rave and vent about some pretty ridiculous stuff. And then when I said I felt like just breaking something she stood up, walked to her closet, brought a box out and dumped a badrillion popsicle sticks onto the floor and let me snap half of them. (Yes. I'm aware that I'm really mature. Don't worry. I'll grow up someday.)She also dumped some chocolate on the floor in front of me. I love that girl!

My mom, the twins, and Brianne are coming through E town today, and I'M SO BLASTED EXCITED!!! I miss my family. There. I admitted it. ;) I love them so so much, but I didn't think I'd miss them this much! Especially those pesky little sisters. ;) (Hehe, love you guys.) We're gonna go "feast" at the Malt Shop, and then Bri gets to spend the day with me while mom and the twins go to the ortho.

Seriously. So excited.

Anywho, I'm gonna go do something productive now. :)

(Thank goodness it's Friday!)

P.S I'm excited to get to stay here and watch conference with Caitlan :) :) Conference is going to be marvelous, don't you think? :)


(P.P.S... I think I have smileyfaceitis. Just sayin.)

The epitome of contradiction. And other such fun. :)

Going to the Temple to write in our journals (even though we sorta kinda missed Institute to do so... trust me. It was just what the Dr. ordered.), Hangin out with Tate, Tate's photography... and other such fun. :p

Girl's night and shopping for ice cream also occured today. Just in case you were wondering. Basically, I love my friends. And the gospel, and Ephraim and prayers.

Love you!
(Yup, even you! ;) )
Goodnight.
(YEah. This is the earliest I've been in bed for a while. Sad. Tragic. Incredibly stupid- but true.)

Life comes at you fast.

Shannon Heap just payed her first fast offering. Holy garbage.