Sunday Confession Session: "Oh right, you're all holy..."

Last night, a coworker invited me to go see Les Mis with him and a few other people today. And instead of saying, "I don't really DO things on Sundays. I'm fine just like spending time with people, but not DOING other things." Which is how I REALLY feel. No, instead I said, "My Mom would murder me if I went out on a Sunday. Seriously? His reply, "Oh right, you're all holy and stuff." And this is a person that grew up in the church and things-- he just doesn't go to church anymore, which is fine. Everyone has their own worship preferences. He had just forgotten that people are still "all holy and stuff" and don't go out on Sundays. This conversation got me pondering on my "holiness". 

Like I've mentioned a few times lately, I haven't been quite as spiritual as I would prefer. And I really need to REFOCUS my efforts and get myself back on track with my future hopes and dreams. Not that I COULDN'T make them happen right now, but, I could be doing so much better. On our Sacrament meeting program, there is always a quote. And we all know how much I love quotes. This weeks was INSANELY relevant to my sitch. 

        "Let us simplify our lives a little. Let us make the changes necessary to refocus our lives on the sublime beauty of the simple, humble path of Christian discipleship-- the path that leads always toward a life of meaning, gladness, and peace."

                         -Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Of things that matter most",                                        .                         General Conference, October 2010

Right? Right? It's time, guys. I gotta just get a grip on my life again. Because this is my LIFE. The Gospel is my life. It's part of every little facet of my life, and I haven't been treating it as such. 

So here's to a New Year, New Beginnings, New Chances, this year and in all the years to come. 

Have a lovely Sunday! 

Cheers!, 

      Reille K. 

Peace and Blessin's...

Remember that one time I bought a car? It was approximately 1 month and four days ago. I named him Albus. Remembering yet? Good. 

Sooooo, I bought him at this place called Granite Peaks, and seriously, not exaggerating, I will ONLY buy cars from there. Ever again. Only place. 

Yesterday, my car had a little bump (not with another car, but with the ground) and Meg said that happens to her all the time and everything would be totally fine. Didn't even THINK to check when I parked. Well, we started driving home and were just discussing if Vaseline is toxic or non-toxic. And I leaned over to check on my little tub I keep in my car (are you surprised?) and we both noticed at the same time that smoke was coming from under my hood and there was a distinct burning smell mixed with my Vanillaroma tree. Naturally, this being my first car and my first major looking issue, I STARTED TO PANIC. Just a little. Not full blown panic, with tears and all (which is VERY surprising, considering I'm on my period). Just a little panic. We made it home and checked things out. Oh hey, my car is leaking green stuff. GREEN STUFF. So, I called my dad (because that's what I do) and he said to call my brother (because that's our next human to contact in car situations) and he said he would come look at it for me (blessin' numero uno, having a brother that knows what all the little parts and junk in basically every kind of engine ever. Mr. Mechanic is VERRRRRYY handy). So he came over and told me to call Granite Peaks and see if it was something that would be covered in this little power train warranty (I have NO CLUE what "power train" equals in a car, what would be covered with that and what wouldn't) I got with the car. Well, Mike (the guy who originally helped me buy my car and everything, love him) said that it's POSSIBLE, but they would have to look at it to be completely sure. So, I took it down there and he took a little look, found the dripping and made sure both myself and my Momma saw where it was coming from. We couldn't tell if it was the gasket or housing of said gasket or the little hose behind it, but, he said he would have their partner mechanic people check it out in the morning and he would call me around 10 AM. I went home and was just, FREAKING OUT inside, and we ate dinner and watched Pitch Perfect. Which helped a bit to relax me. 

Well, I set  my alarm for 9:30AM so I would be at least kind of awake when they called, and just laid there in bed until about 10:20AM when Mike finally called me. GOOD NEWS!!! He said that it was just a worn out O-Ring and it wasn't a big deal, so they just fixed it for me and it would be free for me. (blessin' numero dos. I was freaking out about it costing crazy amounts of money, because I don't have TONS back in savings yet, since I just bought a car, and I had just spent like $65 on clothes and notebooks that I didn't necessarily NEED.) He said that they like taking care of people if not only because they want you to come back and refer your family and friends and co-workers and every person you ever meet to come to them. Which, I do. I highly recommend them. They didn't promise me that it would be free, since it wasn't in my warranty technically. But, they did take care of me. And it's not the snake-y type of nice that you can totally see through that you think of when you think "Car Dealer". You know? 

I just feel so so SO blessed right now. ESPECIALLY because I know that I could definitely be doing better, spiritual wise. And yet, with all my failings and short-comings and sometimes even lack of faith, God takes care of me. He knew that I was stressing and he made it so everything worked out. It definitely feels like those stories that people always tell in Sunday School or Young Women's or Sacrament Meeting or WHEREVER where they paid their tithing instead of say a monthly bill and everything just worked out. I've never thought twice about not paying my tithing, I have always had a really strong testimony of tithing. So, I've always kept up on it and it's never been a big deal for me. And this whole thing just reaffirmed to me that tithing is good, tithing is great, tithing is wonderful. And it tells me too, that I'm not doing as bad as I thought I was. Because I was feeling SERIOUSLY SPIRITUALLY BARREN lately. And it's something I've been working on. And I can't even muster anything NEAR good enough adjectives to express how blessed I feel. It's just... everything is GREAT. 


I hope you all have a glorious weekend, my church starts at 9 AM now. Which will be HARD, but nonetheless, good for me. But anyway, have a lovely day! 

Cheers!
    Reille K. 

A Review and a Retraction

Review of 2012, that is. Since I feel the need to do it, and a lot of others are doing it I feel. It'll just be a baby one though.

2012 was a big year for me. I turned 18, graduated from high school, got my first job, let go of people that weren't healthy, moved on from said letting go, made new friends, and bought a car. Plus all the goods and bads in-between. I grew up A LOT this past year. Mostly because that's what society expected of me, actually. I wasn't really ready to grow up, but I'm so glad I did. It was definitely time. I think that NOT going to college was a big part of that. I feel as though I'm more grown up because I didn't go. Which seems a little backwards, but true. Anywho, 2012 was good to me. I hope it was the same for you!

Now, for the retraction. I've accidentally made New Year's resolutions. I know, I know. I said I wasn't going to. But these are very attainable, and not ones that'll only last for a few weeks.

1) Actually make an effort when I leave the house. I didn't wear jeans for basically all of December it feels like. I wear sweats ALL the time. I mean, it's okay to wear sweats SOMETIMES. But not at all times. It'll be good. Simple, but full of impact.

2) Improve myself. It's always a good idea. Always something that is necessary, I feel.

3) I'm going to try not to be so spastic in my blogging. I feel like an ADD child in a candy store sometimes and I post about 17 different things. I feel like it could be confusing, and I don't want that. If I DO end up doing posts like that still, I'll be sure to disclaim it. :)

4) Work on my spirituality. I feel like I've been in a real slump with that lately because when I go to church, I mostly just play with kids, being in Nursery and all. Not that I dislike Nursery, I don't. But I'm just not getting enough spiritual nourishment right now, so, I'm workin' on that too.

5) Work out my ridiculous sleep habits. They've gotten baaaaaad.

I feel like there could have been another one... but I didn't write them down as they came to me when I was talking about it with my seeeester... So, I guess that's kind of it!

Cheers!
      Reille K.

Panic!

I logged into Blogger just barely and ALL of my followed blogs were gone. It said I was not following ANYONE. And I literally freaked out. In case you missed the message, I'm really dedicated and I love LOVE all the blogs I follow. So, if you're one of them, cheers to you.

Good news is, I logged out and logged back in and everything was fine and dandy and STILL THERE. Oh, my stars, was I happy. Whew!

I'm now one of those people...

who count calories! I got a calorie counting app and everything. Which, if I didn't have that, which basically does all the work for me, it wouldn't happen. Because I'm much too lazy for that... which is why I'm in the sitch where I need to count calories in the first place... Heh!

I won't be eating Costa Vida any time soon either... I looked up how many calories a Sweet Pork Salad is... OVER 1,000! Guys, it's supposed to be a salad! Quite ridiculous in my opinion. But it's alright, it'll save me calories AND monies. Which is always the preferable route to go, I suppose.

Now, don't confuse this for a New Year's Resolution. Because it ain't... [oh my gosh, ISN'T. I tried to do it, but I felt yucky.] Anyway, not a resolution. It's a lifestyle change. And I'm ready. REAAALLY ready.
I'm not doing the whole resolution thing this year. I feel like everyone makes resolutions, but no one ever keeps them. EVER. Sooooo, I just don't see the point. Therefore, no resolutions.

Also, whilst counting calories, I don't do the little nibbles on randoms anymore. Which is probably a really good thing! And since I'm trying to not only eat less calories than before (I think? Or I guess just actually caring what the caloric intake will be if I eat this over this and blah blah blah) I can't even eat all my allotted calories! What the heck?! It's all kinds of weird, guys. Anyway... until next time.

Cheers!
      Reille K.

Heeeeeeere it is! 2013 Room Facelift. :D

So, I'm almost positive that all of you are friends with me on facebook... but just in case you aren't or even just didn't see it... I posted a status a couple days ago (Sunday night, I believe) saying I was prepping for my annual New Year's room facelift. And I know my sister and my bestie for two wanted lots and lots of pictures. Therefore, here they be. :)

Here are some (blurry) panorama's of the before. You can see basically my entire room in these... kind of. 

Here are all the before's of individual things. I cleaned my ENTIRE room today. And I found all my cozy socks! Hallelujah chorus', guys. Anyway...

 You can see that I just had a little baby spot of quotes on my wall to begin with. And my desk is crazy. 

 My dresser is ALSO very MESSY. (You'll probably notice the theme...)

 The floor next to my bed is generally super messy too, because I'm too lazy to get up and put something away, or it just seems like a good spot that on the floor but out of the pathway (which isn't really true).

 My Christmas tree! It's orbs of adorbs, right? It's four feet tall. If you follow me on Insta, you already saw it. :) But, this little baby is part of my inspiration for another project you'll see later on in this post. 

Soooo, my room was really messy. But, it's chill, because I totally cleaned it! 

 Cleaned!

 My Christmas tree got put away today too. Cleaned! 

See? My room is clean! (Don't try to tell me it isn't because I didn't make my bed. I never do that, I find it pointless, because I'm just going to sleep in it again... so what's the point...?)

 My desk is so nice and orderly! :D

I had a picture of my clean dresser too... but somehow it's not there. So you'll just have to see it in the picture of my whole room... 

NOW ON TO THE PROJECTS OF THE DAY!!!

Eeeeeeeeeee! 

First project: Lighting. 

Once upon a time, I really love the ambiance my Christmas tree created. It was bright enough for me to still be able to read while laying in bed, but not so bright as my lamp that it didn't allow my body to start falling asleep. I also saw on Pinterest that people hung Christmas lights above their bed/around it/ etc. Soooo...

 Daytime

Nighttime! 

This also helps me with my bucket list, because I want to do 30 things I find on pinterest, or pinterest inspired projects. Here's one! :)

Second project: Quotes. 

I originally just had quotes kind of immediately around my mirror.

See?

But, I added A LOT. 

 Above my closet...

 Above my door, and connecting the existing ones to it so it all flows. 

And over by my door! I feel like this much is about as much as I can do... but we'll see if it grows again. And there's always changing the quotes too! 

I did some panorama's of this too, so you can see it all together. I took two from different angles, because you couldn't really see the ENTIRE thing in the first one... but the second one is worse quality... so... you get both. :)

Tada! Isn't it just lovely? I'm really happy with how all my projects turned out. It DID take the majority of my day, but that was mostly cleaning. Since my room was AWFUL. Oh, if you cared to know, I did all of this whilst listening to the gorgeous voice of the ginger Brit, Ed Sheeran. He's great! And I think tomorrow I'm going to tackle cleaning my bathroom... but we'll see. I won't blog about that though, it's much more boring and slightly more weird... 

Cheers!

    Reille K. 

Happy New Yeaauhhhh!

So, let's be real. Everyone and their dog is going to or already has posted a New Year post. Which is chill. I find it interesting. 

My bestie texted me last night at midnight, wishing me a happy new year (obviously), since we couldn't be together to watch Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century like we did two years ago. :) Yeah, we're a bit odd. Anyway, he asked if I had any good resolutions. Honestly? I hadn't even stopped to think about it. But I wasn't really planning on any. I made a list a mile long last year, and I broke one not even 5 days later. Not a good sign, right? 

A goal that I never wrote down last year though, and the only one I seemed to accomplish-- Be a better me. I didn't come up with that one until much later in the year, like the summer. It's the only one that stuck. I can see the difference from last new years to this one. It's not exactly a definable thing, but you all know what I mean. I feel different. My situation is better, both spiritually and emotionally. I've surrounded myself with better humans. Well, humans that are better FOR me. I've given myself over to doing things for ME. That make ME happy. It's been great, you guys. GREAT. 

I mentioned my annual new year room facelift... haven't quite gotten around to it yet. But, when I do (which I'm planning on starting right after this) I'll be sure to do a before and after post. :) It's gonna be grand. And it's a tiny step towards doing something on my bucket list. You'll see. Alright, I'm outty. 

Cheers! (and a happy new year to ya), 
           Reille K.