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In a Rut

I need a new show to watch. My good friend Anna told me about FlashForward, which let me tell you is awesome, so I'm watching that. Unfortunately, however, this show is on the same night as ALL of my other shows. Which defeats the purpose. Dan and I are loving Community (thanks Blaire) and I love Grey's Anatomy and Dollhouse, but those are on Thursdays and Fridays. So, out of complete boredom, does anyone have any new cool shows that they watch that I can get in on? My favorites have all been canceled recently, i.e. Pushing Daisies, Chuck, and I am a girl who loves to watch her shows on her computer while doing homework. Help me out if you can!

P.s. This is a little incomplete, I am also OBSESSED with Glee.

Family

We finally got to go home this last weekend. It was so much fun! I spent the whole day on Saturday hanging out with my mom and shopping. For Sunday my mom was asked to think of an experience to share about her mother in Relief Society. She was having a really hard time. Our lesson in RS was amazing and all about families and stuff and it just made me think about mine a little more. Everyone in my family brings something unique to the table and it just would not be the same without them. Also, it got me thinking about my mom and how thankful I am to have her. I couldn't have asked for a better teacher, role-model, and friend. So, because my mom had to think a lot about her mom, I thought a lot about her. She taught me etiquette, how to cook, how to clean, how to treat others, how to study, how to write, how to be loving, and the list goes on. I can't even describe how much love there was in our home growing up because of my mom and for that I will be eternally grateful. She is my best friend and the person I want to be the most like. She is my hero.

Mom- Mediator and Chores giver

Dad- Story reader and dishes-doer


Chris- Protector and Hugger



Jill- Peace maker and Ego booster


Justin- Comedian and Fight defuser


Lianne- Thoughtful and Forgiver of evils (mostly mine)



I am so thankful for my family. I can't believe how blessed I am. I won't even talk about Dan cause that would be WAY too mushy and gross.

Surprise!

So this last weekend was our fall break and General Conference. Needless to say, we were really excited about it. The plan was to go to Wichita and spend our long weekend at home with my parents. We were all REALLY excited about it. However, on Thursday I started feeling even more sick than usual, with a fever and everything, but I tried to blow it off. I felt even worse on Friday so Dan made me go to the doctor to see what was up. Low and behold, I had the swine flu. No joke. So, that sucked. Not only was I terribly sick but we couldn't go see my parents because I didn't want to get them sick. So so sad. Apparently because I have mono, my immune system is shot. Because of this I am more prone to get other viruses and infections. Fun right? My loving doctor told me this after we went in, and then added that it was really just a matter of time before I got the flu. Wow, thank you. That would have been nice to know. lol. Anyways, our weekend was just fine though, minus all the sickieness, because Dan really went out of his way to make it fun for me cause I was so bummed about not going home. He is seriously the best husband or man anyone could ask for. We are going home this weekend instead and I plan on not being sick then. Fingers crossed.

Other than that our life is pretty boring and we love it. Dan has been able to play basketball and soccer a lot the last couple of weeks so he's floating on cloud 9 right now. My brother, Justin, and his wife just had another beautiful baby girl named Camryn that I can't wait to meet! If she's anything like Elliette she'll be the most perfect baby of all time.

Oh, in case you were wondering, Dan is definitely not getting sick. We're pretty sure he's immune to the flu. And all other ailments. He's like superman.

Illnesses and Tests

Well folks, I have mono. It's very sad considering how much I need to get done. Now, I have to cut every day in half and make sure I sleep enough. sheesh.

Dan and I have developed a new, completely unhealthy, obsession with the show Hell's Kitchen. We just HAVE to keep watching! What is going to happen next? Did that seriously just happen? It's intense. For our date last night, we went to our favorite Mexican restaurant and spent the rest of the night cuddled up watching Hell's Kitchen. Oh so much fun.

Unfortunately, because I'm sick, my doctor has me on a strict diet. I'm supposed to be eating light foods like toast and oatmeal, but I cheat as often as I possibly can. When Dan isn't looking, I'll eat a whole pizza cause I'm so hungry, but I'll regret it almost instantly because my stomach gets so upset. Whatever, worth it. So, eating Mexican food wasn't a very good idea, but it was completely worth it. Delicious! A person can only eat so much oatmeal, so sometimes I step out on my "special diet". The really lame thing about having mono is that I'm sick all the time but I don't get out of any school for it! I'm supposed to be getting lots of rest, but how can I when I have to constantly be working. This is my dilemma.

Dan has a test this Friday and then 2 on the following Monday, so he's stressing a little. Vet school tests are really hard, so I hope he does okay. I have a german test on Monday that I'm pretty nervous about and I hope I can do well on that.

We got to go to the temple last Saturday with our good friends Geoff and Jessica. That was a lot of fun. It's kind of a funny story actually. We were supposed to be going to Omaha to the Winter Quarters Temple because that is our closest one, but because we've all been so busy we forgot to call until the day we were going. Whoops. So, we call the temple to set up an appointment and they're closed. Ha! What are the odds? In spite of this, we make an executive decision to go to the Oklahoma City temple instead. This may not seem like a big deal, but it is. Omaha is about 3 hours away, so that is a really long day, but the OKC temple is like 4 1/2 hours away. That was a REALLY long day. We left at 9 in the morning and got back that night at 11. It was fun though and we're really glad we got to go.

Geoff and Jessica at Olive Garden. Yay temple!! I would have put the picture of Dan and I after this, but it was a REALLY bad picture. We were tired.


That's pretty much all that has been going on with us lately. Football season has started so we're watching as many BYU games as we can. Dan might cry if we don't.

People should stop moving

I miss her


and her


Everyone has moved away. How sad. I am now taking applications for new best friends. Any takers?

Update

School just started and we're both pretty sure we're going to die. Yeah.
These last couple of weeks could not have been more stressful and ridiculous. Hopefully our life settles down soon.
We LOVE our new apartment. It is such an improvement from the last one. I even decorated it! Yay!

The thing I keep saying over and over for comfort/ our theme lately:
If it wasn't this, it would be something else.

Love you all!