Surviving the break up

December 8, 2013 — 3 Comments

Whether you broke up with him, he broke up with you, or it was a mutual decision, break ups are kinda the worst. But never fear! I have a method of coping with break ups that you might enjoy. Everybody copes a little differently, but here are some of my fool-proof solutions to weather the storm.

1. Put your phone away. You will be tempted to text and confide in lots of people, or call/text him and try to figure it out. Just put it away for a little while!
2. Good friends are a must. Don’t drown your sorrows to them, just tell them you’re going through this rough thing and even if you only get to talk for a minute, they’ll remind you to keep your chin up!
3. Chocolate. This is probably the most important part. If chocolate isn’t your junk food of choice, that’s ok! Just pick something. For most people, the comfort food that works the best is chocolate. Eat it and enjoy.

4. Let yourself be a little sad. The best thing to do is not try and keep your emotions in. Go somewhere alone and let it out. Be angry or sad or whatever.
5. A good chick flick. For me usually a funny show is the best, but sometimes a dramatic, sad movie is more what you need. Either way, a movie or a TV show will let you think about someone else’s problems instead of yours.

6. The next day, get ready. You’ll be so tempted to wake up and then stay in bed. The night before was the time to be sad and wear sweats. Today, you get ready!
7. Within the first three days, you go out and do something fun with your friends. Go to a dance, go to dinner, get all dolled up and GET OUT there! You may not feel like it, but I promise it’ll be a good thing.
8. Don’t text him. Don’t call him. If the break up is for real, don’t make it worse by begging to be taken back or something. Just be strong! You are fine, life is good and it’ll only get better.
9. Try not to rebound. I’m guilty of this…and I promise it ends up not being good. Just flirt with everyone and go on dates but try not to randomly kiss the first guy you see. It’s a bad decision!
10. Be happy! So maybe this isn’t the most ideal situation, but you’re ok. You are special and wonderful and good things are coming. It’s ok to be mad or upset, as long as most of the time you try to be happy!

Don’t worry kids, my life is good. This post is merely to help my fellow women!

Happy Sunday everyone:)

My favorite Thanksgiving dish

December 5, 2013 — Leave a comment

So I thought I would be less busy, but then I got all my final project assignments and papers and realized that I have tests coming up. Soooo my serenity is gone. I’m going a little crazy but honestly I’m still loving it.

As promised, here is my favorite dish from Thanksgiving. It may sound odd, but I promise you’ll want to make it and eat it and never eat anything else. Most families don’t do this, and I love that this has been a part of my Thanksgiving ever since I can remember!

Onion Rice

Ingredients:
1 cup long cooking rice
1 medium onion
1 cup water
¼ cup margarine
1 can Campbell’s French Onion soup.

Preparation:
Chop onion and sauté in margarine. Stir in rice, coating well. Pour soup and water over rice. Pour into casserole dish and bake for 40 minutes at 350°F. Serves six.

What were you up to?

December 2, 2013 — 3 Comments

Here’s the explanation of my Thanksgiving, and a look at what I was wearing that day:)

So my weekend started after work on Wednesday! We headed back to my house for family, pie (we can never wait until Thanksgiving to eat pie. We aren’t a patient family,) games and movies.

Thanksgiving came way too early, but we made the best of it by heading to the park to play steal the flag and Frisbee and football! We won, by the way. Then it was putting the finishing touches on all the food and heading over to Grandma’s! I ate WAY too much (recipes are still coming, never fear friends,) and played games and took five or six naps I think, and over all just had way too much fun. Thursday night was games and movies and more food than I should’ve ever eaten, more games and laughing and talking, etc. etc.

Friday was MORE food (I know, right?), Catching Fire (it was incredible. If you haven’t seen it I would highly recommend it!) and SHOPPING. Drew and I were incredibly productive and got lots of things on our shopping lists crossed off. Which was wonderful:) Friday night I got to go with my family to see Ballet West’s The Nutcracker. IT WAS AMAZING. I seriously almost died. They were so technically amazing and elegant and beautiful. It made me miss dancing a lot but it was SO wonderful.

Saturday we ate MORE FOOD. And my cousin Michael got baptized so that was awesome, I got to see some of my best friends from high school during a quick hot chocolate run, and then it was more games with the family until they headed to a concert, and Drew and I went to the USU/BYU basketball game in SLC. It was SUCH a good game, so close until BYU pulled ahead in the end. The fans were CRAZY and it was really fun to be there. Then it was home sweet home after a crazy fun weekend. It was a much needed holiday and I really don’t think it was long enough. But that’s ok, Christmas is soon right?