Wonderful Wednesday!

Ok, I meant to do this last night, but I got distracted and forgot.  Typical.  So...Wednesday it is!  I love Wednesdays anyway, because that means we're already halfway through the week!

1.  I love the Fall.  We don't get it for very long here, but I've always loved this season and I think I say it every year.  I love the changing colors, the crisp air, and the fact that we get to start busting out the sweaters and scarves and cooler weather wear.  I live for Fall fashion!  It's my fave.

2.  Lately I've been feeling like I have a little too much animosity in my heart for certain people/things and I feel like maybe I need to reign it in before I head to the temple, rather than trying to fix it in the temple.  Is that backwards or is that right?  Let's get this straight...it's not that I'm unhappy...I'm very happy.  I just have certain things that I'm struggling with and would prefer they not be such a hard thing for me to deal with.  The worst of it is...I know it's me!  I know I need to get over these couple of things and be a more tolerant, soft-hearted, loving person, but I'm just struggling with it right now!

3.  On to brighter, happier things!  I'm sooooo excited to go to LA this weekend and see one of my fave bands perform - The Civil Wars - and hang out on the beach with a good book and a good hoodie (and good friends, of course).

4.  I'm thinking about taking a couple of classes next semester, just in case I ever decide to embark upon the world of Interior Design.  I'm thinking a CADD class and a drawing class might be useful and fun.

5.  I think I've forgotten how to flirt!  I mean...we all know I'm a little awkward, but I think I've straight forgotten how to show guys I'm interested and be a flirt lately.  Maybe I never even knew how and I'm just realizing it!

6.  I've realized I cry or get teared up when I can see someone's passion in something.  Mostly just tear up.  There's no actual sobbing happening.  It mostly pertains to the arts, but a song, a dance, a painting, a conversation, somebody's love for another...I find myself tearing up often when I can see that someone else is really passionate about something.

7.  I am LOVING Institute right now.  I can't believe I turned my nose up at it for so many years.  My teacher is uber knowledgeable and sometimes makes me feel like I know nothing, but in a good way.  It's inspiring me to actually study my scriptures rather than just reading them.  My question though is how?  What's an effective way?  A topic?  A theme?  Reading straight through, but actually absorbing it somehow?  That's the part I'm trying to figure out.

8.  My favorite part of the day is the nightly routine.  A good face washing, hair brushing, teeth cleaning, ear q-tipping.  Ahhhhhh!

9.  I'd love to be a stay at home wife.  I have so many projects I want to complete, 2 stacks of books next to my bed to read, art ideas that need to be done...wouldn't it be so nice?!  I mean, clearly I know there would be cleaning involved too, but wouldn't it be nice to have a break from the 8-5 routine every day and get to do what you want?  Sigh.  I know it's a bit of a fallacy/dream world...but let a girl dream for a minute!

10.  I wish my insides matched my outsides.  Sometimes doesn't it seem like we spend more time getting the outside right and kind of forget about the inside a little?  I do!  Sometimes I think that's part of what's holding me back from settling down.  I haven't quite matched up the two yet, but I'm working on it!