What I've Been Up To!!

So you're prolly thinking "What's that crazy Melissa been up to these days?" well here's your answer: A LOT!! So as you may know my New Year's resolutions consisted of becoming a runner, reading 5 books with my own eyes & working on my family history. I'm happy to report that none of those resolutions have been broken yet! Go me!!

I have been running my fat face off these last few months. Sometimes I love it & sometimes I loathe it! But I'm doing it! And with these running efforts I have managed to shed all the emotion weight I put on last year which to me is a great accomplishment! Next Saturday I am running in a 5K race with some of my pals. Don't worry I'll have pics & a full write up of said race. I'm hoping that my desire to not look like a flabby wimp will outweigh my body's desire to stop running. Wish me luck!

Did you know that there's this building downtown where they let you borrow books & then return them when you're done and get other books?! For free! It's this crazy place called the Library (or Libary as some would call it!) and I have been a frequent visitor of said building. Me & Savanna go pretty much every week. So far I've read (with my own eyes) this book called "Silent In The Grave" that I got from my friend Chalise. It took me awhile to read it cuz I've got a pretty short attention span but I made it through & it was an enjoyable book. Murder, mystery, corsets & sexual tension-delicious! Right now I'm reading this book called The Glass Lake. So far I'm having a hard time getting into it but I wanna finish it. I'll report back when I've done so. I'm also really into listening to books on CD which, truth be told, is my preferred way of "reading" books. So far I've "read" "The Boleyn Inheritance" (those Tudors were crazy!!), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (some Sherlock Holmes nonsense), "The Virgin's Lover" (again with the Tudors & their nonsense! this one got a little racy which I'll have none of. Tone it down you guys!) & my favorite so far "A Thousand Splendid Suns" which is by the same author as the Kite Runner. I LOVE this book! It's seriously haunting me cuz it's so tragic! You need to read it. More book reports to come.

And finally my family history: I have been saving souls all over the place! I have gotten so much done and not to be all whatever but I have single handedly gotten the city of Idaho Falls back to the Temple! I'll hand these Temple cards to anyone who's breathing. People we've got souls to save! I love that their all my own family. It's such a great experience taking all their names to the Temple & getting their work done. I'm now grateful for all those boring family reunions Grandmother & Grandfather made us go to & the countless headstones they made us take pictures by cuz as I go through all my cards I totally recognize their names. There's still a lot to do but I've made a huge dent in it.

So there's a quick update. Stay tuned for a lot of events to be happening in the month of May!!