I heart Andrew McMahon

Andrew McMahon and his musical genius 
Short work days
Ranch dressing
Friends that text you all day while you're bored at a symposium
The tools I have to help get me through discouraging times

I am insanely tired and still posting.

Dash fitness studio
Pickles
Gel nails 
Babies
My bed

Dia De La Madres

My mom
My Gma
My aunts
My friends moms' who have always been wonderful mothers to me!
My friends that have mothers for being my friends

Much love to all the mothers out there.

Did you notice how nice it was outside today?

Sales at JCrew
Nights in the park
Flowers
Walks in the park
Sleeping in

Day too

College…specifically the University of Utah
My sense of humor
Words with Friends (if you haven’t checked out that app, do it.)
My camelback water bottle
The Temple
 
I was only like 3/5th materialistic today. We are making progress.
 

Grateful-off!

I'm just going to cut to the chase on this one: I have been in an epic funk lately. There have been a lot of changes in my life and I am kind of hating on lots of things right now. Not that any of these changes are terrible, but I just don’t care too much for them and it has put me in a pretty sour mood. I have a fear that if I don’t stop this funk, it could turn me into that bitter, negative girl that people start avoiding because she is constantly in a bad mood. Then I'll stop trying and start gaining weight at rapid speeds and I'll buy 4 cats. I hate cats and I have a phobia of getting fat, so I just can’t allow this. In an attempt to keep my spirits high and my gloominess at bay, I have decided to challenge myself to a grateful-off!
 
Starting today I will be posting 5 things that I am grateful for on a daily basis. They will be in no particular order (obvs) and they will be new every day. I will keep this up until the end of May (or until I give up on my own challenge. I am not a very good goal-finisher. Stop it, Kirsten! You are being positive now!).
 
Today I am grateful for:
 
The sun shining outside
My iPhone
Diet Coke
JCrew Cardigans
My AppleTV
 
 
Okay, so I am starting off pretty shallow. I think we established that I am grumpy so it might take me some time to warm up to the bigger picture. Or maybe I will prove myself to be the most shallow, materialistic girl you’ve ever encountered. We’ll see…
 

Once upon a time I had this Great Grandma that lived in this quaint house on 9th east. She had coloring books under her sofa and fig newtons in her fridge. She also performed Indian rain dances upon occasion. When I was 5ish, the alzheimers got the best of her so we moved her to a home in Canada. She lived up there for another 8ish years and sang dirty limericks up until her death. It was awesome…the limericks, not her death. That was sad. But she also started me on my salt and pepper shaker collection.
 
The current members of the family:
 
 

When she moved from the quaint house on 9th east, she bestowed upon me some ceramic salt and pepper shakers. There were several sets, but the one I remember is a kangaroo and her baby. Kangaroos were and still are my favorite animal so I loved those ones! Obviously a 5 year old is not to be trusted with ceramic things, so who knows what became of them. The problem is, I want the kanga and roo salt and pepper shakers. Bad. If there was a salt and pepper shaker stalker, it would be me. I spend a lot of time online looking for a match. I have found many similar ones, but they do not match the image engraved in my mind’s eye. I once found the exact set, but they were all chipped and kanga was missing an ear. Another time I found a perfect match on etsy and said I’d be back later to buy it. I was too late.
 
Please, help me find these salt and pepper shakers. They are the founding members of my collection and they belong with their family. Your help is appreciated.
 
 
 
On a side note: My friend Ryan told me that my salt and pepper shaker collection might be scaring men off. My other friend Ryan told me my collection "made him sad for me". I am guessing this blog post isn’t going to help either.