mail…how I love it!!

I know that we are in the day where we enjoy instant gratification.  We text.  We email. We make a phone call.  We get an answer immediately.  I enjoy all of those things.  I love to text.  I love to email and I really love to talk on the phone.  Today I was watching a movie where there were letters being sent back and forth.  It started me thinking about how much I really love “snail mail.”  I love to write letters!  I love making and sending in cards!  I love little handwritten notes!  I love sending special little things in the mail.  With all of that, I love receiving letters, notes, cards and special things in the mail. 

As I sit here tonight, I realized that I love addressing the envelope and putting the stamp on it.  I love taking it to the post office and dropping it in the little slot and imagining the person smiling when they receive the letter or the card or that special something from me.  I hope that it brings warm fuzzies into their lives.  I hope that it brightens their day.  I hope that for a split second (actually, a lot longer than that) that they know that I truly care about them and I was thinking of them. Just a simple act…I hope that they know that they are important. 

I know that when I receive such things even if it is a piece of toilet paper with a simple message on it…it brings those warm fuzzies into my heart because someone thought of me.  AW…warm fuzzies…I just love them!!

Just a thought…send some warm fuzzies to someone you love!

~Michelle

Why do these creep me out?

   I love my car.  Yes, I do!!  I love it especially when it is clean and shiny.  Oh, yes, I do!!  But, to keep it all clean and shiny…I have to wash it.  Ok…so, let me share with you one of my fears.  I do not like car washes.  They scare me.  They creep me out and I get all nervous inside when I enter one of those buildings.  Lots of thoughts go through my mind while I am waiting for the thingy majigs to perform their specific duties.  Some of those thoughts are…

What if the big roller machines break my car windows…what would I do?

What if they stop in the middle of the wash…what would I do? 

What if there is a creepy man hiding out in the car wash and he jumps into my car…what would I do? 

Yes, these are bizarre thoughts but they are real inside my head.  Plus, I dislike watching the rollers go by because I feel like my car is moving…see I just get all creeped out when it comes to those car washing places.  But…hey, it has be done and I have to conquer my fears sometime.  So, as the thingy majigs are washing my car…I decided to focus on taking pictures.   Ha Ha!!!  Guess what?  It didn’t work…I was still creeped out.  What if those giant octopus cleaning things really did attack…who would rescue me?  UGH!!!

Well…at least my car is clean and shiny!!!

Have a great day…snickering!!!

Michelle

Our next hiking adventure…

Thanks for hopping back to my blog for another adventure.  Vieve and I went hiking again on July 7th.  We left right after work and headed up to Sundance.  This was an adventure that was fun, exciting and a tad bit scary.  Never mind…it was not a tad bit scary…IT WAS SCARY!!!  We headed back up to Sundance.  This time we hiked to from Sundance to Stewart Falls and back to Sundance.  So, here is our adventure…   We rode the chair lift to the top of the mountain and began our hike down to the falls.

 It was an amazing view.  Oh, I love the mountains.

  We found a huge tree and played on if for a bit. We are easily entertained. Ha Ha

 We came upon some hikers who warned us that they had just ran into a moose and her calf.  We had to cross a river.

   It was kind of treacherous but we made it through it.We could see the falls…thank goodness…we thought that we were lost. Finally, we made it!!

 OH NO!!  Which way do we go…

 Our hike back to Sundance!!

 It was amazingly beautiful.  I love our mountains!!  Shortly after I took this picture, the hike became SCARY!!  All of a sudden, we heard in the trees behind us, a BIG SCARY NOISE and then, a whole bunch of trees started to move.  We stopped.  My heart was beating so hard.  We saw a HUGE BLURRY BROWN shape.  I was so scared!!!  I grabbed Vieve and moved her in front of me.  She thinks that I was trying to sacrifice her…but, I would NEVER do such a thing.  I was just freaked out.  We waited quietly and listened.  Slowly we started to walk fast down the trail.  The entire way down the trail, we heard from behind us (actually, beside us) trees moving.  We would stop and listen.  Oh, I knew that we were being hunted.  We hurried down the mountain.  It was so scary!! 

 

Finally, we made it to safety!  UGH!!  Do I want to hike again?  Oh, of course, I do!!

Oh, what a great day!

Michelle

Our first hike adventure….

I love to be outside.  I love to be up in the mountains.  I am so grateful that I live in Utah…we have awesome mountains.  So, this summer, my friend, Vieve, and I have decided to go on some adventures.  It has been quite a long time since I have done any hiking.  I was trying to remember when I last went hiking…it has been a long time.  TOO LONG!!  So, a few weeks ago (June 30th), Vieve and I went on our first adventure. I have lived my entire life in Utah and I have never hiked Stewart Falls.  So, we did.  It was awesome!!  Let me share our adventure with you. 

It was the best evening for a hike!!Look how green everything looks! I told Vieve to run out into this meadow so I could take a picture of her…she did.  OOPS!!!  It was a meadow of Stinging Nettle!  Sorry, Vieve!

          Then, we came upon a catepillar! Then, we could hear the falls…and they were right around the corner (ok…several corners)      We were so excited about the falls!!We are almost there!!We made it!!  Incredibly beautiful!!

Side note…Vieve kept telling me that the water from the falls was magical.  Earlier in the day, I collided with my filing cabinet and deeply cut the top of my foot.  I decided to take off my shoe and soak my foot in the water.  BAD MISTAKE.  Infection started forming…this was the only bad part to the adventure.  Vieve…the water from the falls is not magical.

  

On the way back…we came across this interesting scary looking thing. 

Oh…but the flowers that we saw along the way…were absolutely gorgeous!

YEAH!!  We made it back to my car safely.  On the way home, we planned our next hiking adventure…stay tuned!

Happy Hiking!!!

Michelle

aw…a sweet note and treats!

I arrived at work Friday morning to find a cute little surprise setting on my keyboard.  I wasn’t expecting it at all and it truly touched my heart.  SHH!! I love those types of little surprises.  They make me feel loved!  Immediately, I feel all those warm fuzzies going through my body.  I love to do little things for people because I love to see them smile.  But, when I receive them…I get all excited inside.  I love to be remembered and thought of…in a good way.

Well, this sweet little surprise was from my dear friend, Vieve.  She knows when I truly need a little pick-me-up.  She does the sweetest things for people and when it is for me…I get all excited inside.  I am grateful for her friendship and for her thoughtfulness. Although, the cookies were mighty delicious and oh, those cake bites were heavenly…the card…the best.  I love receiving notes from people.

Vieve, thanks for the things that you wrote…I know that what you wrote is sincere and so sweet.  You definitely have perfect timing.  You definitely know when I truly need a pick-me-up and a sweet note.  You are the best!  Thanks for being a wonderful friend!! 

Aw…a sweet note and a treat…what a perfect way to start the day!!!

Michelle

 

just a happy thought…

Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember you can achieve. ~ Mary Kay Ash

 

Believe in yourself!

Michelle

choosing…

I love to sleep. In fact, I love it so much that I would do anything for sleep. Ok…not anything…but you know what I mean. The problem is that I do not get to sleep very often. I suffer from insomnia. I can’t seem to shut my brain off…too many thoughts going all of the time. I guess I just love to think. It would be nice to turn the thoughts off when it is time to go to bed and get more than a few hours a sleep each night. Oh, how would it be to sleep all night long? Aw…what it would be like? Hmmm…maybe someday I will know.

Last night, I went to bed early…yes…early and I was sleeping peacefully when all of a sudden, my eyes open, my mind starts racing in a million different ways and I grab a piece of paper and start writing and writing. In my mind, an event was planned from beginning to end. I knew the direction that I needed to take with this certain event and I could the see the success in it. It was the most incredible experience. After contemplating this experience for a tad bit, I had an impression to check the trunk of my car. I have been missing both pairs of glasses since I returned home from YW camp over a month ago. I have looked everywhere for them and have had no success. I looked inside my trunk…I have my camp tote, chair and a blanket. I stood there looking at the things. I opened my tote and tucked away inside it sat my glasses. My glasses!!! I found my glasses! I have checked that tote a million times for my glasses and they have not been there. Ok, not a million but several times. OH!! I am so grateful that I found them. Yahoo!!! Now if I can get some sleep sometime that would be wonderful too. HA HA

I love these types of experiences and I am so grateful that I have them. I just wish that they would happen more often in the normal hours of the day. Ok…maybe nighttime is normal for me to receive such inspiration. So…if I had to choose between sleep and these types of experiences…I guess…I choose these awesome experiences.

Sleep tight!

Michelle