Assumptions

If you acknowledge that it is mine, you are acknowledging that it is not yours. Therefore, by taking it, you are acknowledging your own thievery.

I assumed people could follow college rules and think.. "Well this isn't mine, so I shouldn't eat it." But I learned today that when not at college, you can't make that assumption. It doesn't matter if your name is written on it, or how expensive people know it is.. they will eat it anyway, because it is available.

Which I understand to a certain extent.. because when at home you generally just eat whatever is around the house.. And of course I approve of that. People go to the store and buy things and bring them home and you eat them! But if someone writes their name on something.. that's generally enough for anyone to take the hint that it's not meant to be shared with the family. Guess that doesn't work for everyone though. I'm totally cool with people eating the things I buy for the house, just not the things I specifically write my name on. You can ask for some, or I can offer you some... but you don't just dig in. Right? right.

Result: restoration of a hidden stash in my bedroom.
I hate not being able to trust people though.

Babysitting Weekend

 
  Well hello there all. This weekend was spent in Hillsboro, Tx just outside of Waco. My sister and her husband were attending a finance seminar and needed a babysitter! So for two days I was on baby duty from 6am - 8pm. And today until about 10am as well, when his grandparent's on Josh's (my sister's husband) side took over. And I made it home in time to go to the singles ward session of church!

Babysitting was way fun, and Jason is a perfect little angel. Best kid you could ask for as far as babysitting goes. I've never babysat for a baby for that many hours in a row before.. gives me a new appreciation for how often they eat and sleep!! Being around a baby so much, I've started noticing myself getting tired at all the times he's down for a nap! Even 10am! lol. It also gave me a new appreciation for parents of BOYS, because the perilious thought that every time you change their diaper, they might decide to pee on you in the process, is just a TAD bit frightening. Ha, and yes, I did get to experience that joyous wonder... gah. ha. Its all good though.

Can't say much right now, but there might be more babysitting in my future. But that's all still very up in the air. I'll keep you all posted though, you know I will =)

loves!

My Texas Home

 

Well, I've been bugging my friend Mandy to update her blog, and she finally did... so I figured it was time to update my own blog! Haha, since I haven't updated it at all since leaving Idaho! So here we go!

Last weekend my family celebrated the first ever Capps Family Reunion! Everyone was there but Jeff and his family, and our sister Brenda. And David's not in the above picture because he had to leave before we took said picture, but he was there! My oldest nephew Andrew and I had been planning a not so secret water fight for quite a long time it seems! And so it was rather exciting for it to finally happen =) In actuality, we had several water fights by the time all was said and done! I bought a bunch of water guns, and all of Chad's kids and his two foster children brought their own guns. So nearly every time we went swimming at the pool, waterguns came along with and we had water fights in the pool! And anyone without a gun always had the option of just splashing ;P

Melanie brought her Mary Kay stuff with her, and we had a little Mary Kay party with the girls the second night! And everyone got to learn how to do their make up. It was fun, but everyone sure crashed by the time we were done! The last official activity of the reunion was a water balloon fight! After which we returned to the cabins and had cake and ice cream to celebrate my niece Juli's twelth birthday!

So other than that, our activities were mini-golfing, talking, hanging out, and my personal favorite... changing dirty diapers. Hahahaha.

Since then, life's been pretty simple. Lots of doctor appointments for me this month, but that's not unusual. And more are likely to come. Yesterday Paula and I hung out, and we got our tshirts for our tye-dye project! Hopefully the tshirts come out good when we end up dying them, which probably won't be until next week. I'm spending this weekend in Waco, Texas babysitting for my sister! Little baby Jason! So, lots more dirty diapers to come in my future! But I will be back by Sunday for church, as it turns out, which will be happy. Because otherwise I was only gonna get like 2 sundays with my friend Paula!

Well that's all for now. Next upcoming activities are:
Tye-dying!
Hanging out with Paula!
My friend Colby's wedding in Idaho!

"Blue Birds"

Once a little girl wondered, thought and questioned too
Yes she wondered why, oh why the sky is blue.
Mama looked at her and gave a thoughtful smile
And she gave an answer lacking in all guile.

“Many many blue birds flew away from home,
Wanted just to journey ‘til they filled a tome.
Travelled far and wide they saw so many sights,
Only feared adventure when they saw the nights.

When the morning rose they met and found the sun,
Liked him just so well that friendship had begun.
That’s when they decided they would never part,
Now they never wander, partners in his art.”

Now that little girl knew why the sky was blue:
Blue birds and the sun had a friendship very true.
Night had turned to day and the day had turned to night
Where were all the blue birds when it hit midnight?


Emily

Hoppin Around the Country Time!

Well, in less than 2 Weeks, I will arrive back home in the good old wonderful state of Texas!!! Shortly thereafter, I leave for a little vacation in the form of a FAMILY REUNION!!!! After that, I may go to Tennessee with my sister! ^_^

After that I've got a couple weeks at home, before it's time to fly out to Idaho for one of my dear friends' weddings! I might just be looking at driving all the way down to California from there with her family to go to the second reception! And after that I will of course come back home to my wonderful TEXAS! until such a time in far far away January 2011 when it will be time to return to good old Idaho ^_^

Capps Family TSHIRT!!!!

how tender and exciting is this??! I really like it.

 

Anxiously Waiting for Home!

Of College

Well, at this point, I really really am ready to just go home. My roommate Kelsey got pretty sick this semester and is going home early, THIS WEEK in fact. So after that I'll be all alone in the hostility that is my apartment. My other roommate has decided she hates me and Kelsey. Kelsey thinks that our roommate thinks we stole some book she lost or something... and we also think she may have heard us talking in a different apartment, complaining about things this roommate has been doing lately... sooooo now she has retaliated by blocking us all on Facebook and pulling stupid stunts like hiding the cable cord for the TV so we can't watch cable.

I have seriously evaluated every action I have taken toward this roommate, and while I acknowledge my responses have not always been the best I could have used... I believe that any mistakes I have made are excusable under the circumstances which I won't detail any further... because that would be an extensive description.

I don't like living in such a hostile environment though. Even people who have hated my guts in the past have told me that it was hard to do so because I was a very agreeable person to interact with. So this one sided hatred she has is something very new to me. I feel like I've done nearly all I can though. I've been trying to make sure her pet peeves are taken care of.. things like keeping the kitchen clean, et cetera.. and I've apologized for how I may have reacted to some of her rude comments.. and still no change from her.. so I dunno. I can only change my own actions, and after that, it's out of my hands... which means I can't stress about it! I think knowing that is what makes me able to deal with all of this.

But at any rate... it's almost down to TWO WEEKS before it's time to go HOME to TEXAS!!! ^_^ And I'm really super excited. It seems weird, like this semester has gone faster than the previous... but I will be so happy to be home, and without drama for at least a little while.

Time to start packing this week!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope, an Anchor of the Soul

LDS.org - Ensign Article - Hope, an Anchor of the Soul

Oh random

Oh the randomness of me... and the things I do as I peruse the internet... haha