Ouch

Everyone has had a charlie horse before, right? Well how about two - ALL the time. One of my new goals for the year, along with many others - work out! It turns out I'm in much worse shape than I had realized. I went to the gym for a whopping two days in a row and the next day could hardly walk. I may have also made it worse by wearing heels to work. Bad choice. I couldn't stand up straight and it seriously felt like I had a charlie horse in both calves that just wouldn't go away. I felt like an old woman. This made me feel better.

Sandhill Sunset

One of my favorite places to go is the sandhill. Why? Because this is what I see when I go. Wouldn't you love it too if you could see this every night? You sit in quiet serenity, watching as the sky glows over the ocean and the moon rises over your other shoulder. You can see, hear, and smell the ocean. Nothing else matters. Life is simple. I love it. My life = Wonderful.

Yes, It's True

I'm back and finally updating my blog. My mom told me she wouldn't be very good at it but I still expected a few posts. Sorry. Oh well, 18 months later, it can be updated again. HELLO WORLD! Weirdest thing when I got home? Introducing myself by my first name. Odd right? Think about how you would feel if all of a sudden one day it became socially unacceptable to call your best friend by his/her first name and you had to get used to the last name. It might take some time, right? Well I'm over it now but felt pretty stupid when I stumbled over my name when meeting people. I don't even want to know the thoughts that were running through their minds.

To sum it up, I had an amazing mission. Yes, I loved the people and I even loved being in Idaho in the cold winters. And yes, I ate a lot of potatoes. I learned a lot, was touched by many people and truly did my best. I've made lasting friends and relationships. I've finished all I was meant to do in Boise and am now moving on toward the next great task the Lord has in store for me. Step one: figure out what that is. It's great to be home with the family and after about 6.5 years, finally have time to relax. da da da da daaa...I'm lovin' it! Merry Christmas everybody!

Ciao

Well, I'm off, in just a couple hours. So what am I doing blogging? I'm just that addicted. I had some pretty good posts for you all but I couldn't find my camera cord - LAME! oh well. My mom should be updating my blog with parts of letters and pictures so you can continue to stalk my life while I'm gone. I know its going to be hard not to have me around for awhile, but you'll be ok. You can always write to me if you're really missing me!

Sister Amanda Ah Sue
Idaho Boise Mission
1111 S Cole Rd.
Boise, ID 83709-1869

Loves!

Single Ladies... Missionay Style??

So one of my goals has been to learn the single ladies dance. Have I accomplished it? No. Jessie went into the MTC and let's be honest, she's really one of the only people who would truly appreciate it. I started learning it but teaching myself in my kitchen wasn't so productive. HOWEVER, Elders Tauta and Holland were OBVIOUSLY more on the ball than I was. Here's a little treat I got at the temple the other day:

Hello Sister Cook!

So maybe I happened to take a walk up to the temple on Sunday and maybe I happened to run into Sister Cook while I was there... and maybe, just maybe I had spam musubi in my purse...

We were sooo excited to run into each other! I don't know who was more excited, Lokahi and I because we got to see Jessie, or Jessie because she actually had contact with the outside world.

Elder Lauta, basically Jessie's long lost brother, REALLY enjoying his spam musubi. I think the discovery went something like this:

Jessie: Elder Lauta, come here... smell this (pointing to my purse)
Elder Lauta: (gives Jessie a look like I don't think so, and then continues to do it, looks up at Jessie and I with a weird look on his face) Why's this smell like spam!? .... musubi??

Everyone enjoying their spam! They told me I'll understand how precious outside food is in a couple weeks.

M...T...C - straight gangsta at the temple

We miss you Jessie!! Just do me a favor and slack on the language so they hold you back about another 10 days, k? Maybe 9.

Pimp My Ride: St. Patty's Style

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! I love this day, everything is green and my parents got married 25 years ago today. Crazy! But, of course, I'm not blogging just because I'm Irish. No, no. I found something really special for you guys! I went to Walmart to buy supplies for spam musubi..... mmmm! Anyway, as I was walking back to my car, I saw this:

Surprised I saw this at Walmart? I sure wasn't. Of all places. It just makes sense and its greatness could really only be expressed through pictures. I wish you were all there to see it person. I still can't get over how ridiculous it was!