NEVER OVER
Monday, November 14, 2011
Never Over
It's finally here! A year ago Esther and I decided to enter the singles ward talent show. We got our inspiration from a video we had both seen on youtube and decided to modify it a bit. We spent hours practicing and making our costumes (we had to cut out each letter and iron it onto our clothes.) When Trevor saw us perform at the talent show, he asked if he could make a video. Without further adieu, I give you...
Friday, March 11, 2011
I really love people!
People are great. I love people. Sometimes you just never know what people will do to make you smile...or laugh...or want to stick needles in your eye. Fortunately my response is usually to laugh...with or at them...either is fine with me.
Two people stories I love:
I was at the public library checking out some books before I had to run to my next home visit. This tall, older African American man stopped me as I was walking by and this is how our conversation went:
Man: Hey- how tall are you?
Me: 5'11
Man: Wow, you are tall!
Me: You're pretty tall yourself.
Man: Sure am. Whats your name?
Me: Sarah. What's yours?
Man: Rainy. What are you doing here?
Sarah: Oh just checking out some books. You?
Rainy: Well I need to get on the computer but I will look for you when I am done.
That is the basic gist of the conversation. He made me smile and I really would have loved to talk to him more but I had to run. He was so enthusiastic and loved that I was tall. He made me smile! Now that is a great people person!
Story 2:
I occasionally go downtown to pick up food boxes from St. Mary's food bank for some of the families I serve. Now I say this with love...but St. Mary's certainly brings in an interesting crowd of folks coming to pick up a food box. When you are a case worker they push you to the front of the line and let you skip ahead of everyone else. So I was quickly ushered through the lines and was waiting for the next available volunteer (I believe they get a food box themselves if they help for the day) to bring out the food in a shopping cart. As the man pushing the cart came out- he gave me an up and down and I knew the next few minutes of my life would be priceless! Here is our conversation:
Man: "You are really tall!"
Me: (wow if I had a nickel...) "Yep."
Man: "I bet you are really good at volleyball."
Me: (again if I had a nickel...) "You know a lot of people assume that, but don't let the height fool you...I am not very good at volleyball."
Now let me just say that I have been called a lot of things in my life in reference to my height- amazon woman, jolly green giantess, etc., but I must say that this is my new favorite!
Man: "WOW...You must be an Olympic sized couch potato. "
Me: (speechless....seriously!?!)
Man: "So you don't like any sports."
Me: (Wow.....wow.....I can see you will do great things!) "I never said I don't like sports. I'm just not that great at volleyball."
Man: "What sports do you like?"
Me: "Well I really like to snowboard. And..."
Man: "Do you where high heels?"
Me: (ADHD anyone?) "Yes."
Man: " That must make you like 6'6!"
Me: "Um...yeah." (Okay people seriously. Lets do the math here. 6'6 minus 5'11= 7 inch heels!!!!! For crying out loud do they even make heels that tall????)
That was probably one of my favorite candid conversations from the hood! Oh the things people will say!
And yes...I am an Olympic sized couch potato and proud of it!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
It's about time....
I realize that I have been remiss in posting on this blog...and for the 4 people who actually read it I apologize...and salute you. The last time I posted was in September and every month since then there has always been a great holiday associated with it that would have been a great time for a post.
October- Halloween...dressing up like an 80's rocker from Jem and the Holograms. (I owned the barbie Jem for those who remember her.) Participating in my stakes Triathlon...I did the biking portion...which was only 4 miles but it was still fun.
November-Thanksgiving...what's not to love there...great food, gratitude, running a 10k...yeah I know...you must be thinking to yourself, self, now I know that trixy Sarah and she is NOT a runner, let alone a 6.3 mile runner. Well I am here to tell you that I did in fact run that 10k and have the shirt, tag and number to prove it. I also thought I would die but am glad I did it. A shout out to all those who cheered and encouraged me along the path to VICTORY! I finished in an hour and 13 minutes and am quite pleased that I finished. (I know the shock is still probably affecting some of you...now may be a good time to pinch yourself. Yes this is real. I am not fibbing.)
December is always a good time to blog...birthday and Christmas...the two best holidays of the year. A new iPhone was my gift to myself...happy birthday to me! I spent Christmas visiting all my friends from my mission in Georgia. It was so great to back since my last visit 3 years ago. I loved spending time with everyone I saw...especially Lorraine who let me stay with her and let me drive her car and just smothered me with food, fun and a fabulous time! She is my Georgia mama. We went to the GA Aquarium- worlds largest- and I LOVED it. I would highly recommend it the next time any of you visit the ATL.
January- New years resolutions...all of which I broke the first week...probably not worth mentioning now. But much better...my sweet momma flew out to visit for the weekend and we had a grand ole time! I showed her the town, took her to the Phoenix Art Museum and she helped me pick out a duvet cover for my comforter (which is really cute btw!) It was really great to see her and be able to show her what my life is like out here in the wonderfully sunny and WARM state of Arizona...I believe the phrase neener neener comes to mind for all of you who live in colder climates! Too bad she had to go back to COLD Idaho.
February- And of course we all know the big holiday for this month---Feb. 14th........Arizona Statehood Day! That's right folks...its a big day here for us Arizonians and I take pride in my new state and celebrated accordingly! But even better would be the weekend I just spent in Utah with friends and family! Rachel, Tami, Esther and I flew out for the weekend. We got to snowboard for FREE twice! And on top of that it dumped 3 feet over the weekend! The slopes were stellar! My uncle let us stay in this posh 'little' house he built up in Park City for the duration of our stay...AWESOME! Another highlight was being able to attend the temple with family as we watched my sweet cousin Kelsie sealed to her spouse for all of eternity. I am so proud of her! I also got to spend some time with friends...two of which recently returned from missions and it was sooooo great to see them all! Yay for amazing friends that make life swonderful!
I guess that is the happinins of my life up to this point...tune-in in another 4 months and you may get another! haha!
Triathlon team: Mike swimming, Me biking, Wendy running
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