last night:

john:  you know you snore, right?
paige:  what?
john:  you snore.  it's how i can tell you're asleep.
paige:  (giggles)  {okay.... more like uncontrollable, blasting laugh}
john:  not a loud, old-man snore, but like a cute snore.  like you can't breathe with your retainer in.
paige:  and you never thought to tell me this?
john:  uhhhh..... no.
paige:  how long have you known this?
john:  since our honeymoon.
{awesome.}
paige:  too bad you're stuck with me.
john:  yeah, such a burden.

want to know a secret?

as a beloved blog follower (aka the few people that actually enjoy reading this), you are privileged to know all my deep-dark secrets.

for example, 

yesterday, john and i ate leftovers. {shhhhhhh!}

but i made bread sticks, which should redeem me.

also, i got my hair cut.

i have 20/200 vision in my right eye,

but now i feel even more blind.

since my bangs won't stay out of it.

additionally, i cannot wait for thanksgiving.

my nursing classes are killing me.

literally.

i think i have mono.

and this week john will be home by maybe eight every night.  if we are lucky.

and, the dishes are piling up in the sink!

BUT, we put cute wedding pictures up in our house.

and the carpet has been cleaned.

my last day of clinical is tomorrow,

and i just had a bowl of cinnamon life. 

now that you know all my secrets, 

you can see that life -

is really, really good. 

november eighth, two-thousand and ten.

today, i was having kind of a "meh" day.

then i started walking home, and was overcome by the beauty of the world outside me.  

it had been raining, fog was surrounding the mountains - it was breathtaking.

then i had a coke.  

 then john came home.

and suddenly, life was a whole lot better.

rise all loyal cougars

today, john and i went to the byu football game.  it was fun.... for the first half.  then we were killing the other team and i fell asleep.  which was even more fun.

the rest of the day involved homework, laundry, cookie-making, and we went out to dinner with george, ryan, and janessa.  the icing on the cake?  watching lord of the rings {the extended version} into the wee hours of the night.  

i love my life.

things i simply love about the holidays.

1.  drinking hot chocolate until it makes you sick.  proper hot chocolate is 15% water and 85% chocolate.
2.  spending every second of every day with the people you love.
3.  shopping for someone you love - and thinking hard about something that they are dying to get.
4.  nativity sets.  my mom has about twenty and they're all super-cute.
5.  eating turkey and pumpkin pie until you puke.
6.  snowflakes on your eyelashes.
7.  making a fool of yourself on an ice rink.
8.  having your love to keep you warm.
9.  christmas music! particularly the classics:  sinatra, billie holiday, bing crosby, barbra streisand.
10.  picking out the tree/decorating the tree.
11.  treats. treats. treats.
12.  wearing scarves.
13.  having a break from school.
14.  the fact that everyone you see is joyous because it's the most wonderful time of the year.
15.  watching the rugrats open gifts and get super excited about each one.
16.  mistletoe - need i say more?
17.  getting excited about the little things.
18.  snow activities: skiing, sledding, ice-skating.
19.  christmas sweaters that jingle when you walk.
20.  thinking about the Savior.  his humble birth and the eternal sacrifice he made for each one of us.

we are super excited to go to arizona for thanksgiving!  thanks to ashley and seth for having everyone over.  christmas is at my parent's this year, and it will be fun to watch the little goons open presents.  i love the looks on their faces when they get some exciting gift.  that can be #21: the look on monkey's face when he opens up a new DSI game.  this is absolutely, positively the most wonderful time of the year.

halloween

john went to work as buddy holly.  i went to school as a student.

i'm creative, i know.

we were asian for the ward party.  i think it may or may not have worked better

had it not been for our skin-tone.  

and although halloween is fun, i think thanksgiving and christmas are better.

now it's time for yule tide and mistletoe and candy canes and christmas trees and peace on earth.

and since this is our first christmas together, 

i am confident that it will be the best christmas yet.

one month down, eternity to go.

cheesy, but true.

if every month ends up being as magnificent as this one,

 i am well on my way to being 

the happiest woman

who has ever walked 

this earth.