I Have To Sneeze

Why?

Because we were just informed that the roof of our work building was on fire. So we evacuated.

Then we found out that something in the construction area behind our building was on fire so we came back inside after 3 minutes.

Right now at work, it smells like burning plastic/diesel/brakes/dust/nasty. That's why I have to sneeze...



Who's excited for General Conference?? I am! I can't believe it's so soon. I have been totally slacking on my scripture study lately, so I'm trying to improve that to prepare for conference. I also have other things I'm hoping to get help with/get answers to. And I'm excited to watch and listen to this cute guy:


with this cute guy:

(Although he does have rosy cheeks, he's not really this red! Weird camera-ness..)

We finally got our TV to work so we get to watch it at home.

Other important updates:

Dan got an internship with Boeing! We found out a while ago but were waiting to tell people until it was official-official. And I forgot to post about it. So we will be moving to Auburn, Washington for the summer. I'm pretty excited and hope I can find a summer job up there.

And I'm excited for views like this (thanks Google Maps) :



Click to see my summer town better! Sorry for the crappy collage. I must drive down Harvey Road during the sunset! (PS bottom right picture is funny--they blurred out an entire house!)


Finally....I'm graduating in 4 weeks or so. Crazy.

So Far

Here is what I've accomplished from my list of books to read:

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Spindle's End
Pride and Prejudice
Moby Dick
Lola and the Boy Next Door
1984
The Da Vinci Code
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Cinder
The Book Thief
Jane Eyre <---------checked out from library
Atlas Shrugged
Speak <------------started last night
The Hiding Place
Harry Potter

Not too bad, right?


Lola and the Boy Next Door:
Super cute and spunky. It was a fun story and an easy read. There is a bit of swearing though. Nothing in this book was too deep, just purely entertainment. Good book to read if you just want to get a little lost in romance drama and have a laugh along the way.



The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society:
I loved this book. So much. I don't really know what it was about it--it didn't have a dramatic storyline, there wasn't much suspense, the romance was more of a side theme. But it was amazing!

I think I loved it so much because of the characters. They were so well-developed and I fell in love with each one of them. And the romance that was a part of the story was so cute. It was old-fashioned romance, completely clean, and just twitterpating as my dad would say. I also think it was so good because it's the kind of book that when you're not reading it, you're thinking about it, wishing you were actually part of the story yourself.

One of the authors wrote an afterword and she wrote about how she and her aunt (the other author) never thought this book would take as well as it did...with the whole world. She wrote of how people sent her letters saying things like, "I was so sad when it ended!" or "I wish it didn't have an ending. I wish I could read on forever." I was glad I read the afterword because that is how I felt after finishing the book too! The end was so satisfying but at the same time so unsatisfying, because how could the book really end?

Anyways, I highly recommend it.

Excitement.

Guess who's going to the Ben Kweller concert on April 30??

These kids!

Oh how we love BK! (Not Burger King)