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25 activities that make me happy. :)

So I bought a book at the University Book Store a few weeks ago, and its called "Happiness 101" by Gregory R. Wille. It is the best book I have read. ever. I seriously live by it. It is 18 lessons for Latter-day Saints on how to live a happier life! The one thing that I need to do is implement the things that it tells me to do, and not just read it. So the first principle that it talks about is finding activities that make me happy and center those things in my life. So I decided to do that. Here is my list of 25 things that make me happy or give me happiness. Not in particular order...
1. playing volleyball
2. Running
3. Playing games- ex. cards, active, board, and fun games
4. reading a good book
5. watching a good movie
6. Taking naps
7. Playing with hair
8. Cleaning
9. Listening to my music
10. Texting
11. Eating good food
12. Going on walks
13. Observing flowers
14. Camping
15. Boating, waterskiing, swimming, soaking up the sun, etc.
16. Shopping alone
17. Working in the yard/garden
18. Seeing new places, having new experiences
19. Attending the temple
20. Dancing
21. Taking a hot shower or bath
22. Reading my scriptures
23. Praying to my Heavenly Father
24. Blogging/writing for me
25. Doing crafts

So there's the list. Then after making the list, they say make a detailed plan on how I will implement all of those things in my daily life. So then I made a detailed plan for every one of those activities, and what can I do to make it a part of my life. For instance, I am going to make a game night on Thursday nights that I will invite all my friends to come to. I'm excited. So for each one, I planned and made goals and expectations for my life. It is good. I have done really well on it the last two days.
Just to talk through the rest of the book, that I have read so far, I will list the next four principles that I have read about.

Principle #1 : Find activities that make me happy and make them the center of my life.
Principle #2 : Simplify my life
Principle #3 : Understand the relationship between money and happiness
Principle #4 : Avoid excessive debt
Principle #5 : Enjoy the blessings of work

With my money management class, where I have to set up a budget and implement all of those things, and then reading this book, I have become really frugal and money smart. I thought I was before, but I am doing really well with my money so far this month. I have only bought things once so far and it was to buy my necessary groceries. It's been good to know that I can control my spending habits.
Anyways, the next part of the book, Part 3 is focusing on a happier life through greater physical well-being. I love this book! When I am done, if anyone wants to read it, you are more than welcome to. I did mark it up, but I wish everyone could read it, so feel free.
Hope everyone had a great Halloween weekend, I had a blast. I will be posting some great pictures soon. Have a great weekend!

Vanessa Came To Visit Me!

I had the great opportunity to have my best friend come up and visit me. We did a lot and it was great fun. We hung out Friday night and I got to meet Vanessa's friend from high school, Annie. We went out to eat and then hung out at Lindsay's house and just had fun. We played a few rounds of Wackee Six as well. ( I got my own box of Wackee Six for my half-birthday from Vanessa!) It was fun. On Saturday we went to the craft fair in Rexburg and it was fun, but I finally learned the simple way of not spending money on all my wants: don't have cash in my wallet, and don't bring mh wallet/"forget" my wallet. But it was fun to go do something that I enjoy, finally. We then went to Porter's (Rexburg's huge craft store) because they were having their huge holiday sale! It was fun to hang out with Lindsay and Vanessa, but once again I didn't spend one penny. It was a great feeling. I then went to my JV game and played some really really good volleyball. We finally won a game. It was a great game that we played and it was a great feeling. And it was awesome to have Vanessa there cheering me on. Then I had a little break, and then played on my Varsity team and we played a really tough team. They are undefeated, and had great hitters. But we did really well. We gave them a fight. We played 4 games and we were both in the 20's everytime. But we did loose. Oh well. So I enjoyed my first meal of the day, at about 3 in the afternoon. And I will admit it, I ate a whole foot long from Subway in one sitting. It was a great feeling haha. anyways, then we chilled for a little at my appt. then Vanessa gave Lindsay and Jared massages. Jared gave me some herbal sleep tea and I slept for a good hour. I needed it. If felt so good. Then we went to my enrichment activity that I was somewhat in charge of. (my calling is enrichment assistant) We had a little bonfire and testimony meeting with about 20 girls from my relief society. It was needed. I love my relief society. Then Vanessa and I enjoyed a great spaghetti dinner made by Lindsay and Jared. They are great hosts. Then we just chilled the rest of the night at Lindsay's talked and talked and watched a real funny video of Brian Reagan. hahahaha. Then we went to bed. Sunday, we went to sacrament. Took pictures at the temple, and chilled for hours at Linday's. Once again Lindsay and Jared are the best. They always let us just crash at their place and offer us food and entertainment. Thank-you guys!! And I'll just say it now, congrats on knowing that you have a BOY!! :) you guys will be great parents and can't wait to come over and hold that sweetie. If you ever need anything Lindsay, I am here to help. I know I don't have a car, but if you just need to me to clean the house or help you out with dinner, I can. Lindsay also took me to the store Monday night. She is a sweetheart. Its good to know I have real friends up here now and you are the best. I owe you a lot. Especially because she also slipped in Nate's mission address to me. ;) anyways, back to my weekend. It was great to have Vanessa there and to just have someone to hug. I've missed that the most. I don't ever get hugs, and I am such a touchy person it was so nice. I am so glad you came up Vanessa. You sacrificed so much to come see me and that means a lot to me. I could go on and on about all you helped me with. Thank you thank you thank you. I love you.
So I know I have a lot to blog about. Me and my roommates are pretty good about taking pictures of a lot of things we do. So I have a lot to write and post about, but figured I would take it one at a time. So here's about the last weekend. Enjoy the pictures.

I'm alive!!

Skinnlee is getting married. :)


oh good times. :)

going to the dance together. what a night!! :)

going for a walk together. haha. krazy kollege kids!!
this is Lil Bridge, chels, and Skinnlee (Mckenzie)


this is Skinnlee, Savs (Savannah) , and Lil Bridge
we went a little crazy when Chels left. haha

good times friends.

I have to POOP!!! :)

America's next top models. you know it.

Oh my favorite.


Can you guess who we are? it started out with a night trying to dress up like Chels. haha. oh we love you.
just don't ask what time it was. we were way tired.

our long hike up to church. had to take a break and take a cute picture.
Skinlee, B , Chels, Heidi, Savs, missing Bethany.


I know most of you are thinking, "Is Bridget still alive?" Did the crazy Rexburg snow get the best of her. Well here's your answer. I'M STILL ALIVE!!! Lets start with pictures. I need to have them up on here more often. crazy huh? its a great place to be. Thats all i can say.

And here are some pictures of my bedroom when I first moved in. There is more stuff now. but you get the gist. I love my bedroom! :)





and here are some pictures of me and my 2nd last day with my family. We stayed in Idaho. It was a great experience.





oh i miss you guys so much!!!!! :(


I'm going there someday. :)

and here are just a FEW of many pictures of my last day with my best friend. :(


of course we had to fit in our Sunday walks in.


and laughing our heads off.

and finding things that make Vanessa scream and me laugh and take a picture. ;)

oh vanessa. I miss YOU!!!!!!

and I miss our talks on your roof. with the full moon.

well thats about it folks. I woke up at 9 this morning and am still on this stikin computer on my bed. its 2:00 right now. oh well. what else do I have to do? lol I will try to be better at keep this updated. I know I didn't talk much, but figured pictures talk louder than words sometimes. I will get on another time and keep you updated. The only thing I'm gunna say is that I am on a realy competitive team and I love it so much. Its so much fun and its such a good feeling to be happy again. :) love my team and stuff. even though my practice is at 6 in the morning. its worth it. I am falling in love with Owl City lately too. until next time, I LOVE YOU!!! <3

BYU-IDAHO!

I know its been way too long since I have made a post. But I decided I needed to start with something small and do it every day or so and maybe i'll get everyone caught up. I only have a little bit because I'm at the library on campus and I really need to get home and do MORE homework and get some food in my stomach.
I am really enjoying this place. It is totally the place for me. I love love love it. The thing that blows me away the most is the fact that I can feel the spirit of Christ that you would feel in the middle of sacrament just on my way to classes. The campus is full of people that are striving to become like Christ as I am. I don't feeel left out. I don't feel stupid for dressing modest everyday. I don't feel stupid carrying my scriptures to class. I don't feel stupid in my apartment reading my scriptures at the dinner table or praying in the living room. Its just a perfect place for me and my testimony to dwell. I love it. The classes are always started with a prayer at least and sometimes a hymn. How wonderful is that? I have a class that is about Pakistan and the Global Hotspot over there. For me, that's not a subject that makes me happy or even excited to learn about. But because we start with a prayer. It helps me stay focused. I feel like I learn things better and easier and I never thought I would. I could go on and on and on about all the wonderful things about this university. Its for me.
The other thing that has helped me to love this experience is my wonderful roomates. I get along with them so well. I knew two of them from my high school. But its nice to have roomates because I really don't know many people here. So when we are bored and want to go do something I can always count on hanging out with them. We all get along so well. It is such a blessing. We haven't had any conflicts yet or any hard times. I'm sure they will come eventually but i'm not too worried. I'm a very easy going person so if there is something I don't really agree with or want to do, I'll do it anyways because its not worth the trouble. Its nice to have a room to go to sometimes and just do homework though. They are huge on having music on and always dancing and singing. Which i absolutely adore. I have learned to let loose a little and just have fun. They are so much fun and I love them. Savannah Argyle shares my room with me and she is so awesome. She is always to happy and positive towards life. So carefree and fun. I just love her. The other night both of us were talking about boys and things that happen with them and we were just not having a good day. But we realized that we don't need to worry. Both of our patriarchal blessings talk about us getting married and having kids. We're both very rightoeous women and if we stay that way we need to stop worrying about boys. Things will happen. So then she shared a quote with me and it blew my mind away how perfect it was for me to hear that at this moment in my life. It was, "Faith in God includes faith in his timing." and we both just loved that quote and wanted to be reminded of it everyday. So we put tons of computer paper together and wrote it out with crayons and put it up on our wall. So when I walk into my bedroom I see it. I LOVE IT!! Anyways. tons to talk about and not enough time. But i'll try to keep this up. I love it here and I'm so glad I'm here. I have received confirmation that this is the place for me and I will gain so much here. In so many different aspects.
I have to talk about my wonderful classes real quick and then I need to go. First of all, I have to let everyone know that I officially changed my major and minor. It may change again, but so far I LOVE IT!!! My major is Child Development and my minor is Home and Family Studies. I know thats so funny. but i'll admit it. I love it and I think i'm gunna stick with it. I have a Money Management class that I think may be one of my favorites. Its a very easy going not stressful class but I have learned the most in there than anyother class that I have. The teacher is great. She is teaching in a more practical, applicable way then the technical, stupid way. haha. I just love her. She is great. I have to make a budget the whole semester and write down everything that I spend and earn. I have learned so much on food storage, disasters, needs vs. wants, and the LDS philosophy of money. It is so much fun. But whats so funny about my class... about 25 girls and 2 guys. :) The two guys are married and about 20 of the girls are married. hahaha. oh BYU-I!! :) its hilarious. anyways. love the class. very useful information. Then I have a Volleyball Theory class. Its about coaching volleyball. Its a different spin on my life. I'm so used to being the one coached and now I have to be the one coaching and thinking about the players. Its weird but i love it so much. My teacher is a little crazy, but its okay. We have a great book that we're reading and its so useful. one thing that i like about my teacher is that she teaches all the ways to coach things and tells us that we get to decide what we like best. there isn't one way to coach something so she teaches all the most successful ways and we decide what we want. great class. Then I have Global Hotspot. YUCK!! but its a class I HAD to take to whatever. I mean its interesting because i know absolutely nothing about pakistan and stuff. But its a weird class. Lots of reading and preparing for lessons and alot to do. But luckily my roomate, Savannah is in my same class. and my other roomate Mckenzie, is the same class just a different time. So we help out each other. Then I have Book of Mormon and I love that class too. Its so much fun. Its so much better than seminary and its a real enjoyment. My teacher reminds me alot of my old seminary teacher, Brother Hamilton, and I loved him and his teaching style so its worked out great. He has a great sense of humor and that always helps in class. There are some amazing people in my class and I am really enjoying it. It gives me enough of a challenge but not too much. and I have a friend, Karlie Passey, in my class too. Its sweet. Then I have beg. French. Way to easy for me, but she goes really fast so its good. And its good for me to be refreshed on my beginning french language. I love the fact that we're learning how to sing hymns in french and I know how to say a prayer in french. Its the best. Its a great class. Its everyday but Friday and its about 15-20 minutes walk away from my apt. and its all uphill. So its tough that i go everyday, but its a good workout. :) I then have a Walleyball class and I absolutely love it. It took me about two days to get used to the fact that it comes off the wall not off the persons hand, if that makes sense. I had to learn all new angles that the ball will come to me and stuff. But its been fun to play volleyball and have a little bit of a challenge in learning new things about it. I have almost mastered the "impossible to touch" serve. Its awesome. In real volleyball all serves are basically able, if you're good enough to at least touch and get up. Well in Walleyball because of the boucing off of the walls, there will be times that it will hit the wall lightly enough that it won't come off and just skid across the wall. You can't get it that way. Or I can serve it so short and fast that you can't get it. Anyways, its been fun to learn new things about my game. My coach is really impressed with my volleyball skills, especially my defense. Its finally time that my coach notices my skill. This class has NO classroom time. Its all court time. We play for 2 hours. Thats it. Nothing but playing. thats why i love it so much. They are played in Raquetball courts so it gets really hot, but at least I know I won't gain the freshman 20 this way. :) Its also nice because the coach of this class also teaches my Volleyball Theory class. Well those are my classes. great aren't they? I recently went to one of my advisors and she looked at my classes and transcript and stuff and I am on a fast track to graduating!! :) because I had 28 credits that transfered almost directly from NNU to BYU-I. I don't have to take alot of my generals. Only 3 more science instead of 6. no more math, if i pass the test. only 1 more humanities. and so on. I can soon dive right into my classes for my major and minor which i am SO EXCITED for. Sewing classes, home decor, family studies, fashion design, and it goes on. how fun is that?
anyways. enough for today. Sorry it was long. But hopefully it was enough for you to get caught up in the life of Bridget Nielson, student at BYU-Idaho. Miss everyone and love you all. Keep up your blogs because I read them often. I'll try to do my share as well.