It Just Keeps On Coming...

November 19th

• Witty little old women
• No shoe Monday put into action by the man in the office

November 20th

• Naps before 9 AM
• Being able to see Salt Lake Valley (the air is clear today)
• Watching the sunset as I finish my Physics homework
• Knowing that tomorrow is my last day of classes this week

November 21st

• "Warm" fall weather
• Making small-world connections

November 22nd

• Denny's breakfasts
• Simple moments like watching dog competitions with my parents
• Snuggling with my dad
• Paper dishware
• Leftovers

November 23rd

• Not feeling guilty when Christmas music comes into my head.

I'm going to say that this is the end. We're all sick of it, so I'm ending it.

Happy holidays.

Food Coma

I had this discussion with a few friends the other day and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.

If I were on death row, going to die tomorrow, what would I choose to eat for my final meal?
Here's what some real death row inmates chose.

I realize that in real life they only get one last meal, but I'm going to pretend that the prison I was in was really good to me and offered me three giant square meals.

Breakfast:
-Nestlés Chocolate Milk. That cold, thick, chocolatey mouthful of goodness. Or maybe egg nog....
-A breakfast crêpe full of spinach, mushroom, cheese, onion, and egg. Mostly I'm just imagining the one from Crêpes of Brittany. Best crêpe I've ever had. It haunts me. 
-A side of crisp bacon and sausage and teenie weenies and a little bit of syrup for dipping.

Lunch:
-Monte Cristo from Disneyland's Blue Bayou. 
-Fresh green beans that are sautéd with almonds
-Warm dinner rolls with butter
-Crème Brûlée to finish it off.

Dinner:
We are going all out on Barbecue for the final shebang. I don't want the cheap stuff from the freezer section. I want it freshly made and melt in my mouth delicious.
-Pulled pork sandwich
-Burned end sandwich
-Brisket
-Ribs
-Side of coleslaw
-Side of corn bread
-Side of mashed potatoes
-Side of mac and cheese (Stouffers syle)
-Side of baked beans
-That Mexican corn on the cob that they have in Delta during the demolition derby
-Ice cold Horchata to drink

I'll be forgoing dessert with my final meal. I'd rather eat "real" food than dessert. Also, I can bet that my belly would be near bursting point after shoving my face with all that food, so naturally there would be no room left.

The more I think about it, the more food I can think of that I would want to eat. So, here is my Runners-up List:
-Hamburger with all the toppings
-Chicken and Waffles
-Homemade ice cream or Mint n Chip or Salted Caramel Pretzel. Probably all three.
-Portabello mushroom stuffed ravioli

I obvioulsy like my food. Good food at that. Family trips revolve around food and when I feel like grocery shopping/spending money, so does my day.

I feel like I need to go eat all this food now. Just in case...

The Never Ending Story.

Fourteen:

• Posters like this:

Let the beards flourish. And may they look like this.

• That little pinky wave that people give while they are on the phone.
• 7/11 hot chocolate.

Fifteen

• When professors postpone due dates. 
• Sleeping in
• Homemade soups. I'll be a great homemaker some day.
• The button on Pandora that says "No. Do not allow explicit content." I'll be listening to my Pitbull radio a lot more often now.

Sixteen

• UFit and seeing people interact with kids that have disabilities. 

Seventeen

• Spending time with friends
• Checking things off of my bucket list. ie. riding a mechanical bull (my inner thighs kill)
• Full and bright rainbows
• Seeing friends be successful in what they want to be doing

Eighteen

• Sunday naps
• Free dinners with the family
• Phone calls from Mom
• Hoodies and sweats and the quilt grandma made me. If there's one thing (or three) that can improve a day, it's that combination.

It's Still November...

November 9th:

• Watching the snow fall from inside
• A sister that lets me use her car
• A friend willing to let me tag along on a car ride so that I could go home for the weekend
• A mom that feeds me good food

November 10th:

• Grandparents that love me
• Getting lunch with the family
• Seeing friends that I haven't seen for over a year and having things still be the same
• A wood burning stove

November 11th: 

• RM's. They are just full of the Spirit aren't they?
• Adopted families that feed me dinner. They killed their own turkey and cooked it up. Delicious.
• Puppies! Oh puppies. I want a puppy. 

November 12th:

• Jackets and gloves and pants and sweaters and scarves. It was freezing at 7am.
• Twinkle lights used as interior lighting. Holy crap it's magical. It's like I live in a fairy land.

November 13th:

• Ping pong and being a winner.
• Getting a better score on my Physics test than the kid next to me. I feel better now.
• Friends that offer to drive me to class.
• Paper snowflakes.

That's my snowflake in my fairyland living room.

Gracias en Español

Day Cinco:

• Being complimented on my work
• Volleyball and being part of a team again. They call us "The Gamer Babes."
• YouTube videos

Day Seis:

• Getting into all of my classes for Spring semester. Registration day makes me feel more stress in 30 minutes than I do during the whole semester. 
• People coming by to visit
• Sitting out in the warm sun as the leaves fall down
• Institute/General Conference talks

Day Siete

• My Gordon Hayward jersey.
• I know I've said it before, but I'm going to say it again: Volleyball. Good volleyball. The kind of volleyball where you breathe so hard (and yet you aren't tired) but you just want to keep on swinging and digging and diving and setting and "good-gaming." The kind where your team can actually play, so it's worth it to actually try. It makes me feel good and happy, and that is why I am thankful for it.

Day Ocho

• Rice. I'm like a child from a third world country and all I have to eat is 1/4 cup of rice per day. It's keeping me alive till next week when I'll actually go grocery shopping.
• Getting a better score on a test than expected.

Let The Thankfulness.... Begin!

It's November. That means it's the most thankful time of the year. I did this last year, and when I read back through them, it made me happy. So, here it is; day-by-day thankfulness from the life of Kenlynn.

Day one:

• The people on yahoo answers that actually explain step-by-step how they got their answers.
• Still being full from the $2 burrito from Chipotle the night before. It has provided me an extra day of not grocery shopping.

Day two:

• Laughter in the work place. Three of us broke in to song, namely "Tip Toe Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim. It was awesome. 
• Casual Friday. I've never appreciated jeans and flat shoes so much in my life.
• Nice boys that bring me pumpkin bread.
• People that remember my name having only heard it once and a week ago. Kudos to you kid.

Day three:

• Having a temple so close
• An awesome niece
• Getting all the sibs together

Day four:

• A bishop that believes that YSAs should not have marriage lessons shoved down their throats. We're not in a BYU ward any more Toto.