THANKS SISTER PETERSON!!!

...for the birthday card and gift card!! I really like the card, and yes, I AM totally hot, aren't I? 

Tee hee, just kidding. Thanks though! I don't mind that it's not a care package. I know that you care :)

Singing, Stadium Singing, Accepting Compliments, and Wishing

Ever since I practised with the choir last Sunday (first time! I felt so self-conscious), I've had "Lead, Kindly Light" (#97) stuck in my head. Playing it on the piano doesn't help, and singing it makes it worse. Listening to it just makes me want to sing it. The choir is singing it this Sunday, and I half want to sing it with them, but I'd be afraid that I'd mess it up. I don't know if they'd allow me, since I just practised with them this one time. I'd also be self-conscious, singing in front of a whole bunch of people when I don't even think that I sing well. I don't want to embarass  myself.

Last Sunday, at stadium singing, we finally sang "CALLED TO SERVE" (#249). I had requested it via online posting and I wasn't sure if that board was checked. I guess it was though. I got SO excited when they showed the number we were going to sing. "Called To Serve" is my absolute favorite song in the world (but I'm considering putting "Lead, Kindly Light" right up there with it). We sang "Lead, Kindly Light" at stadium singing also, and "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (#246), another song I really like. I LOVE stadium singing SOOOO MUCH!!! I can't even describe how much I love it. It's the thing I look forward to the most. Right after it's over, I want it to be next Sunday. I LOVE STADIUM SINGING!!!!! This last time it was snowing while we sang, and it was cold, and that made it so much better somehow. I LOVE STADIUM SINGING!!!!

ANOTHER  thing I did last Sunday was to teach relief society. It was my first time teaching, and it was mother's day weekend, so the girls were there with their mothers. I think Heavenly Father made it so I wouldn't be nervous, because I wasn't that nervous. Until afterward. But that's okay. I could tell that during my lesson, I was guided by the spirit, and I hope the girls were taught by the spirit. They were all so quiet. And some were whispering to each other. But people did volunteer sometimes, so I'm glad. And I got lots of compliments at the end. But that was probably because I brought treats (those Pillsbury Halloween sugar cookies) and the girls had to pass by me to get a cookie. And because when the teacher brings treats, you have to compliment them on their lesson. That's one of those mormon rules. But in the part of me that carries my small amount self-esteem, I was remembering the compliments, and enjoying them. One mother said to me that she learned a lot about teaching from me. Lots of the girls just said that it was a good lesson and they learned a lot and that I did a really good job and that there were a lot of good insights shared. I wish I knew what they really thought of the lesson and of my teaching, and whether they learned anything. I hope I actually did teach them. I never trust people when they give me compliments, and if I do trust them enough to accept their compliment, I brush it off and assume that they're "just being nice". I really wish I knew. 

Sometimes, XX XXXXXXXX REALLY annoys me. XXXXXXX to XXX XXXXXXXX and  XXXXXXX at me XXXXX I XXX and such. Idiot. 

I really wish I could play the piano.

Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the more you have, the longer you live.

And speaking of birthdays, MINE IS TOMORROW!!!

I'll be a legal adult!

Whaddya think of that?!

That means that tonight is the last night that I am without all my rights. How sad.

I'm gonna wake up tomorrow with gray hair.

Sexy and Seventeen

PARENTAL ADVISORY: This post may contain some scenes of extreme hotness and without-a-butt-ness.

These are pics that Katrina took of me. We found a train yard. It was cool.

I love having an artistic friend!

For Mom to See

These are those flowers we had at the rental house in California. Remember, mom?

Freshman 15

Here at BYU-I, I think that the Freshman 15 happens not because of poor food choices, but because of all the "treats" that come with church activities. Treats in class, treats at training meetings, treats at FHE, treats at Dorm Prayer, treats from neighbors who borrow your stuff...somehow church activities equal high-cal treats. Ice cream socials and such. But vegetables don't really draw a crowd, do they? :D

Cooo-OOORKY Crisp!

Last night (this morning) I was looking at all the types of cereal there are. There are SOO many I want to try. Cereal is my absolute favorite food. My friend needed to go grocery shopping and I went with her and got....

Cookie Crisp and this other new cereal!!!

I've decided that I'm going to live on cereal and soymilk from now on. I just need to finish my other foods (I went grocery shopping on Monday and spent about $120. It may take a while to finish all that food :D). 
I want to buy all the cereals that are similar to each other and sample them to see which are the best. Actually, I just want to buy all the cereals.

Anyway, I tried both of these: Cookie Crunch is chocolatey, but doesn't taste like their cookies (I think); Cookie Crisp is sweeter and more sugary than chocolatey. Out of these two, I like Cookie Crunch more.

While I was looking up cereals, I was reminded of the cereal called Oreo O's. It made me really want some, but....they were discontinued in 2007!!! So I emailed Post and asked if they'd ever have it back. I really, really, REALLY want some now!!!!! (Don't you hate that?!)

And I took a math test today, 29 multiple choice, 4 write-on. I missed 4 of the multiple choice, leaving me with an 86% for that part. It really disappointed me.

Well, goodnight, my utilizers of peristalsis!
Chloe