Really??

Dear Car,
I know you must like attention but is this the way to do it? Yesterday we were good, cruising along 6th Ave and then after we parked you decided to start smoking and leaking tranmision fluid everywhere. I wish you would just work for more then a week at a time.
Sincerly,
Your Owner Julie

Yay for Dads!!

So you know how I bought a car a couple weeks ago?? well after driving it twice it went into the garage for 'simple' surgery or so we thought...turns out we had to replace something that took hours of my dad's time. It literally took him at least 3 or 4 full days to fix it but today I'm happy to say that it is fully operational!!! AND it didn't cost me a fortune because I have dad that can fix cars. I'm grateful that he did that for me and even helped to pay for some of the surgery, it's a good day :)

More Independence

For the past little while my parents and I have had a fun time trying to share two vehicles between the three of us. With my mom in a stake calling and my dad now in a calling that requires him to go to meetings we decided that it was time for me to have my own vehilce. Well guess what? I bought one this week and after a few issues with the insurance company taking their sweet time I am proud to say I am the owner of my very own car :) it's not overly fantastic but it will get the job done. I would also like to mention that I payed for everything myself, so I guess i'm broke again...ohh well it was worth it :P

Getting Closer

Yesterday I finally went to the College and paid my admission fee, that's right I am on my way to attending a post secondary institution!! It's kinda scary but for once in the past year I finally feel like this is where I am suppose to go, why I'm not sure but in time I'm sure I'll find out. All I know is that this is the best I have felt about a university (well I guess it's college but whatever :P) since I've started thinking about the rest of my life. I applied to the Early Childhood Education program so that one day I can either work in a daycare as a level three or teach pre-school :) if I want to teach I actually have to take an additional 2 years at a university but that's fine by me!!

December Recap

Wow time seems to move at a very steady pace, we're already into 2010!! So December was a very busy month and deffinatly did not feel like Christmas time :( I was working two jobs and trying to balance a social life (but it seemed like work took over), I now have a fantastic job at the Day Care close to where I live and it never ceases to be boring. There are some days where I feel like sticking the children in a room and leaving them there but then there are days where I absolutely love them.

When I finally did get a break from work it was Christmas (literally I worked at my other job until 6 on Christmas Eve). After I finshed up work I headed to my aunt and uncle's house where we had a program and that was fun. I love spending time with family :) On Christmas day we headed up to Calgary to spend some time with my dad's side of the family. It was truly amazing to me how every year our family grows and changes, my cousin was even commenting how soon i'll be bringing a new boy into the family...I don't think it will be that soon but you never know. All in all it was a good Christmas filled with family and less arguing then usual.

New Years Eve wasn't all that fantstic, I headed to the YSA dance and it was alright, it was all new to me so I didn't know what to expect from it. It was lame because we barely had a countdown and when the clock struck 12 we had a garbage bag of balloons fall from the roof and that was it...HAPPY NEW YEAR haha, there were some couples who were making the best out of their new year...yup next year I don't think I'll be attending :P

So with that I want to wish everyone a wonderful new year!!

A Great Sunday :)

I love Sundays they are about the only thing that keeps me going durring the long week, I have to say that this particular Sunday was a great one. You see I had to give a talk in church yesterday and normally I leave the preparing until the last minute...haha...but this time I started preparing the night I found out about my assignment. I loved it!! It felt like the topic was for my benefit rather then the people I was speaking to.

My topic was 2 Nephi 32:5 which says " For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter by the way and recieve the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things, which ye should do." It was just what I have been searching for in the last few months!! When I got up to speak I didn't even sound nervous and I said everything that I wanted to, it was perfect. Also it seemed that alot of people enjoyed it because I kept getting comments on it, I even got two notes from the Love Box yesterday :) Also my mom was able to be there for my talk, it just so happened that she was doing visits as part of her calling. I loved having her there!!

To top off my Sunday I went over to Heather's house for a games night, normally I don't go to those type of things because I don't feel confident enough in a group of people I don't know that well. But yesterday I decided that I needed to get out more and I'm so glad I did. I finally feel like I'm getting to know some people.

So that was my Sunday :)

October

October is always a busy month in the O'Brien household, between birthdays, thankgiving and halloween it is always busy around here. Since I wrote an episle about Eric I should probably do the same with Chris. He is my youngest brother and by far the funniest person I've ever met, when I am having a bad day he seems to always make me laugh and it seems that we both go through a transfermation at about 9 or 10 at night...we are a tad bit crazy and that's what I'm going to miss when I move out. He is now 13 and I can't believe that it's been 13 years since I first met him :). I can't wait to spend eternity with him as well.

My birthday is also in October so again we had cake (it's no wonder that my parents complain about having to much sugar). On my birthday I hung out with my friend Julianna and that was fun and then I went home and had a good dinner with my family, I really am going to miss them all when I move out :(.