Art Appreciation

Well, today at work we found one of the "misplaced" paintings for our upcoming show in the gallery, and I must say, I've fallen DESPERATELY in love with Gregory Packard's "Lower Lake" or whatever he named it. I know I work in an Art Gallery, but I've never seen ANYTHING to compare to the magnificence of this piece! If artwork wasn't so expensive, I'd probably buy the thing, but I'm poor and need to save up for school, so that will never happen...I was seriously looking at it for at least 30 minutes though, finding more things that I loved about it. The pink in the mountains, the outline of the lake, how the rocks popped right out at you like they were real, how you can see every brush stroke and it doesn't bother you. You can look at it from the same angle several times and see something completely different each time. It's amazing. I know I keep ranting about this painting, but it was amazingly mesmerizing and it just took my breath away. And to tell you the truth, I really didn't like Greg's style of artwork that I'd seen previously, but THIS piece, this piece has truly sucked me into the painting, brought me into my Wonderland, my Oz, my Neverland. How absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!!! Thank you Greg for bringing me out of the dark and into the light!!!!!!!

A Boring Day at Work

I'm sure all of us have had boring days at work, but I've never thought one boring day could bring so much insight! At first, all I could think about was how useless I felt and how much time I was wasting just sitting at the front desk waiting to fall asleep. But, after the day had gone by and I had a chance to ponder the morning, or should I say, the lack thereof of morning, I found that I really got more out of the day in regards to thinking and finding myself, then any other regular day. When you have time, you have time to think! And when you have time to think...well, let's just keep it at that, shall we? lol...on the lines of thinking, I had a fairly good experience this afternoon when I was alone by myself at the front desk for about an hour. Although there could of been many things I could've done, one of which was finish my book that I started weeks ago, instead I decided to think of all the things I'm grateful for. I don't know for what reason, but once I thought of one thing, my mind kept expanding each idea, like the snowball affect each of us is familiar with. After thinking of these things, I found myself better enjoying my day, even with the massive headache I would later receive (until, of course, the pain was too bad to bear and I decided to take a little rest).

What I'm grateful for: My family: They are such wonderful people to be around, even if we all have our bad days! My friends: What would I do without all the people that deal with me and my attitude? The church and the knowledge of the truth: I know that my Savior loves me and that He is willing to forgive me for my sins if I am willing to repent and come unto Him. I know that families will be together forever and that I'll be able to always be with the ones I love! Isn't that just the greatest thing EVER!!!! The blessing of living in America: Although I often look past this aspect of life and think nothing of it, I truly know that I'm blessed to be an American citizen and to live with the free rights that I have! A job: Another thing I think of naught, just because here in Wyoming I haven't seen the worse of this recession and because I don't have to worry too much about it anyways. It's amazing to have a full time job as well as a part time job. It keeps me busy, it lets me ponder the things of my life, and it pays...which is always nice, not gonna lie. These are only a very few number of things that I'm grateful for and I'm glad my eyes were opened to the blessings that Heavenly Father has given me and my family!!!!

SLC

I just got back from a week of leadership training, and I must say. It was awesome!!!!! I wasn't quite sure of what to think of it at the beginning, but I learned SOOOO much from going. I was able to meet new people, some of which turned out to be amazing friends!!!!! luv u guys! I also had the honor of meeting Earl Reum, an amazing leader who inspired me far beyond the capacity of any other person on the face of the earth. If you have a change to meet him, it will be the chance of a lifetime and I highly recommend it! Check him out at earlreum.com. He is truly one of the most amazing persons I have ever met.

Lessons Learned: Don't judge a person by just one thing that they say...and always go into something new with a good attitude and you'll get something good out of it, even if something good didn't happen. :) Smile, even when you're not really that happy. People are always watching, so choose to be good for you so you don't have to worry about doing certain things because people don't 'know you'. DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!

Well!!! First Experience...

Well, these last couple of days have been very interesting. I spent the first part of my day being told of some else's mistake (not a good one) and then spent another part of my day trying to figure out how I was going to get home because a storm had caused flooding in my basement. No, this is not good news...yet. I'm so grateful because nothing was really damaged and we were able to start on the problem ASAP. I ended up learning from my work experience and I was able to continue my life even with the flood. I learned how patient my mother can be in times of need. She continues to inspire me and she is AMAZING, even when I get upset with her and disobey her...poor mom, what have I done to her? lol...I truly know that the Lord knows what's best! And I love the family he chose for me!