Love Others, Love Yourself

I love this quote from Elder Faust:

“The commandment given by the Savior was to love others and yourself. Am I secure enough in my love of myself to laugh at myself, to admit mistakes, to graciously accept a compliment? Am I secure in my love of others to smile and say hello to a perfect stranger?”

To read the full address this came from, clickity click here.

Another good thought from this address...

"All of us are not called to leadership in the kingdom. Yet is there a greater work than that of being a teacher, father, mother? So it is that nobody is a nobody. The seeds of divinity are in all of us. The day will come when we will all have to account to God for what we have done with that portion of divinity that is within us."

Nubby at Hobble Creek

Evidence from The Saturday Golf Freeze Fest at Hobble Creek,

Andy is a rock star for putting up with me.

Who ever knew these could double as nub mittens?

Pedal Powered Water Purification

I seem to be on a pedal power kick lately, what the random. But hey, biking is pretty awesome. Check out the article below. Not only do I think the design of this is rad, but I love it when people actually get on board with the idea of reusable energy. Don't hate me for loving nature.

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Fountainhead Reposited: A Pedal Powered Water Purification Island

by Kevin Gardner, 10/22/09

Synch your workout with a little river detox, then rehydrate with a cup of the fresh water you just filtered. This people-powered water purification island, designed by Jakub Szczesny as part of the Synchronicity architecture and art festival in Warsaw, Poland, hooks up basic exercise machines to kinetically pump polluted water through four filters into overhead tanks that spill into a large drinking fountain at the end of the cycle. This floating platform on the Vistula River aims to empower citizens toward environmental clean-up, and apparently would work on any body of water with enough local bodies willing to pedal for their potables.

source: inhabitat.com

Stationary Sweat-Fest

My roommate has been dragging my lazy butt to a 6AM spinning class this week. Every day.

Does anyone else feel silly in these classes?

Everyone's all in a row, right next to each other, not moving AT ALL...

And you're all still panting, dripping sweat, and about to die.

It makes me laugh every morning.

So ridiculous.

But I still love it. Such a good workout.

SG + LV

{Best Road Trippin' Group Ever}

Car Truth or Dare, Queen, Vanilla Ice,
Utes Game, Sleepless Nights, 3 girls in 1 bed,
pool time, rainforest showers,
Awesome.

hours and hours and hours of fun

Ok fine, so maybe not hours. but this definitely entertains me for about a full class period. or a full night when I really should be studying or doing homework. See how good your eyeballing skills are here.

Pinwheel Love

{Pinwheels}

I'm using these in various sizes, patterns, and shades of grey, white, and yellow to decorate my charcoal wall in the bedroom. Love. I still owe you photos of my room...ahh I'll get on that soon! It's quite modernly feminine.