Meet My Obsession

Good  heavens. I am so incredibly far behind. I have quite a few pictures and some events to share. But since I have to be chronologically correct, we're starting here. 

It has been almost 2 years since my obsession with One Direction began. If you are unfamiliar with this band, now is your chance to familiarize yourself. They began their career in 2010 by auditioning for the X-Factor UK as solo candidates. They were all cut along with a big group of boys, and were terribly disappointed. They were each individually called out of this group of boys and were told they would be forming a group. From there, their lives changed forever. 5 random boys from very different places. Who knew they would become as big as they are.

In case you were curious who they are: (L to R)
Louis William Tomlinson: born December 24, 1991
Liam James Payne: born August 29, 1993
Niall James Horan: born September 13, 1993
Harry Edward Styles: born February 1, 1994
Zayn Malik: born January 12, 1993

I first got into them when I was taking down the Christmas tree, and I wanted some music to listen to. I pulled up YouTube and found a song I wanted to listen to. On the side it has other songs that one might be interested in, and one of the videos was, "What Makes You Beautiful." I watched the video and saw how cute and fun thes five boys were and decided to keep looking an listening to their music, I watched, "One Thing," "Kiss You," and "Live While We're Young" over and over that night. That's where it began.

I got Twitter just so I could follow the boys, and started looking them up on Pinterest and reading articles about them online. I learned quite a bit about them. I've seen multiple YouTube videos about them.I became obsessed. I wasn't afraid to let this obsession known, so I posted quite often about it on my blog, facebook, and instagram.

Last year they had a concert in Salt Lake that I would have loved to have gone to, but Greg wouldn't let me. I was in SLC at the same time as them, so that was awesome. I even took a picture.

Anyway, this year they were doing a stadium tour, and weren't going to be going to SLC. I was bummed. I was going to get tickets for sure if they had come here. (I have been saving up my incentives money for a special occasion...actually I usually spend it on scrapbook supplies, but I would have saved if for their concert had they been going to Salt Lake.) I really wanted to fly out to DC to visit my sister-in-law and her family, and then go to the concert back there, but let's face it. We don't make that kind of money. I even considered going o Dallas so we could tour Cowboys stadium. That didn't happen either.

Then I got a text from my mom asking if I'd like to go to a One Direction concert in Phoenix. I talked about it with Greg, and decided that I would be able to go. In hearing more about the trip, I was surprised to find out that my good friend Lindsay was putting this together, and a bunch of my friends had donated some money to help buy the tickets for my mom and I to fly out there and go to the concert. Needless to say, I was pretty excited.

It was one of the sweetest things anyone had ever done for me. I am so blessed to have such great friends who are willing to pitch in and do something nice for me. Thank you all. I don't know everyone who helped out, but please know how grateful I am. It was a great experience, which I will save for my next post.

September Ramblings

September has also just flown by. I've been meaning to blog at least once a week so you don't get bombarded with random pictures and my nonsense thoughts, but that obviously hasn't happened. I feel like I really haven't done a whole lot this month. It's just the same things day after day.

I didn't have work on September 1. We slept in, then ate breakfast, went to Greg's room at the middle school to drop some stuff off, went to Hastings, then we had shrimp tacos for dinner (my new fave!), then we went for a little drive from our house to 10th west, to Arctic Circle where we got huckleberry shakes for the second time this year. So delicious! I love days off!

Of course, we had to go back to work the next day. Back to the daily grind and being an adult.

I am in charge of creating the monthly Relief Society newsletter, which is fine with me since I really enjoy doing stuff like that. I started out creating the regular boring newsletters, but it wasn't doing it for me, so I decided to open photoshop, pinterest, and create something awesome. It took me all dang day, but it turned out super cute.

September 8th was a wonderful day. I woke up to read that One Direction is releasing another album soon, and they were offering one of their songs for free that day only! Of course I had to get it, and I absolutely loved it, I think it's definitely one of my favorite. Take a listen here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L2AaRJrV0E

Since creating that newsletter, my creative juices have started flowing again. I have been meaning to download a trial version of Adobe Illustrator for a while now, so I finally decided to do it. Holy cow, I had no idea what I was doing. I took a class about 7 years ago, but I remember very little of it. I have been slowly learning and teaching myself how to use it and I've had a lot of fun with it. I'm excited to get back into designing, and hope to be able to open an Etsy shop soon.

(By the way, I'm more than willing to create a few free Christmas cards for anyone interested. I'll design it to your liking, and send you the digital file.)

For our September Relief Society Activity, we had a service auction. We got the idea {here}, and it turned out really great. We had a lot of awesome donations, and had a great time bidding against each other and having a good ol' time. This calling can be quite challenging because we never know what to expect when we plan activities. We never know how many will show up, or if they'll even have fun. My board leader is amazing though, and always comes up with the funnest ideas. Please support your RS leaders in the activities. I know that it can seem like just one more thing to do, but the activities board puts a lot of effort into planning and carrying out these activities. Plus, it's a whole lot more fun when more people show up.

My mom and dad were in town Saturday the 13th, and texted me to go to lunch with them. It's always good to see them, and they surprised me with this Samsung Neo 2 watch. Greg and I had talked about getting something like that after my {latest incident}, but figured we would wait until Christmas or until we upgraded our phones, so this was a fun surprise. I can call people and text, plus it tracks my steps, heart rate, and sleeping. It's pretty sweet. It makes me feel better about being alone, just in case I happen to leave my phone in a place I can't reach. Thanks parents!

Last Sunday the Relief Society Presidency were asked to speak on the Relief Society. We were asked the Thursday before, so we really didn't have much time to prepare, but I think it went okay. I wasn't really nervous, though I was sweating something awful. But no one fell asleep during my talk (that I could see), so that's always great. I haven't spoken in church for over 10 years, so it was a fun experience.

I did get to go on a fun trip this last week, which I will post about real soon. I think this is enough for one post!

Running Through My Head

What songs are running through your head today?

Just Give Me A Reason -- Pink featuring Nate Reuss (love this song!)
Rock Me -- One Direction
I Would -- One Direction
Kiss You -- One Direction
That's What Makes you Beautiful -- One Direction
Carry On -- .Fun
Chasing the Sun -- The Wanted (Don't judge me Directioners...when you have read up on the 1D vs The Wanted feud...you can't help but get that awful song stuck in your head. I am ashamed!)
Payphone -- Maroon 5 (Caleb was whistling it at work)

Sounds

List the sounds you are hearing right now.

Niall Horan singing Little Things (along with the rest of the band...it's just his solo...is it sad that I know each of their voices...ooh..Harry's turn...)

Also, ESPN news in the background. I really miss NFL season. NBA and college bball just don't excite me so much.

Now it's Bruno Mars...Pandora kinda rocks. Good mix of music.

(oh, and I only post so many pictures of 1D because I don't have any good ones of my own to share! Sorry if you don't approve)

Last Song

What was the last song you listened to?

Twenty bucks if you can guess the artist. (Lie...you don't get any money!) It was most likely Rock Me, Change My Mind, Cmon Cmon, or I Would by One Direction. I don't remember exactly...but there's an 82.3% chance it was one of those!

and for your viewing pleasure...

you're welcome!

First Thing

What was the first thing you ate or drank today?

The same thing I have every other M-F ... a glass of milk and a small bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats. Breakfast of champions!

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Today started off well. I purchased and downloaded 1D's Take Me Home CD (finally!) and listened to it all morning while getting ready for work. Then there was actually decent music playing on the radio so I could rock out in my car on the way to work. Then came work. The music there kinda sucks. I get that we're associated with the church, but seriously, I need some more upbeat music to work to. Occasionally we'll get some Phillip Phillips and even Coldplay filtered in, but not too often. Needless to say, by noon my enthusiasm dropped quite a bit...wasn't helped by some of the people I was associated with, but what can we do? I did have a lady who comes in about once a week ask me if I'd lost weight. That was nice to hear. She's my new favorite member.

Favorite Song

What is your current favorite song?

I have lots. Here we go:
"Kiss You" One Direction
"One Thing" One Direction
"Little Things" One Direction
"I Would" One Direction
"Irresistable" One Direction
"One Way or Another" One Direction  --  Single released to raise money for Comic Relief (this video will break your heart!)
Basically any songs that One Direction sings

It's been what, a few days since I mentioned these cuties? You had to have seen it coming!

Also:
"Ho Hey" The Lumineers
"Home" Phillip Phillips
"I Will Wait" Mumford & Sons

And a few others I didn't mention.

Going my back to my 1D obsession. I may have watched the Brits the other night. One Direction was performing. How could I NOT watch it? Unfortunately they lost to Mumford & Sons, but one the Global Success award. Luckily, the Brits replayed again later that evening, and I was watching the Big Bang theory with Greg, when I decided to switch over to the Brits to see if the boys had performed or not. Talk about PERFECT timing. They had just announced the award right before 1D performed, so I got to watch it twice. It was awesome.

My Community...

I actually don't want to answer today's question either...mostly because I don't want to offend anyone in my community! (actually because I can't think of 3 things I love about it) So I'm not answering, and am too lazy to find another topic for today.

Today has been a weird day.

I had two work nightmares last night that gave me a weird vibe. Then our work meeting was different. Then the conversation after 1:30 was odd too.

Then a comment someone made kind of upset me...mostly because it's true...but it still bothers me, because it's something I'm working on.

So then I decided to finally take down our Christmas tree. I may or may not have had a meltdown when Greg wanted to take it down Saturday. It went by way too fast. WAY TOO FAST! I hate that we don't have any more fun holidays for a while. I vote that there should be a holiday every single month.

Also, One Direction. Kind of love them at the moment. I'm not usually a fan of guys in skinny jeans, but these boys....I kind of dig it! (And they are all legal, so I can say stuff like that!) Harry's hair kills me. There's just a lot of it...but he's a cute kid and has a killer voice. But I have to say that Zayn is the hottie of the group. I may or may not have watched their music videos a million times tonight.

"I'm Harry!"
"Harry?"
(whole group pops up)
"From One Direction"
(even though now every time I hear that song...I keep hearing Drew Brees singing, "and live while we're young")

Like I said. Weird day.