tallying

five years at BYU
two different student apartments
one dorm room
one wedding
nine and one half months of wedded happiness
fifty dollars spent on graduation robe rental (extortion)
four weeks left in midway
two soon-to-be missionary siblings
one year of law school spouse-hood down (almost!)
one chambray shirt purchased (finally)
two knitting projects on the sticks
zero midterms left, ever!
one punch left to fill my fountain drink refill card
eight weeks without mr. z this summer
three internships for a hard-working husband
one apartment to find and furnish
one hundred forty-two credit hours
two degrees
one job, start date in three weeks

one blessed and happy lady

it's happening

This showed up in my inbox today. I'm feeling pretty excited. Correction: seriously excited. 

grandma's dress

This photo is the Petersen family, circa 1967. My mom is the little girl on the right. Stylish bunch, no? My Grandma, an economical woman, learned to sew her own clothes and made a large portion of her wardrobe. 

As she stood outside the Stapleton airport posing for this picture, she was unaware that her yellow linen dress would someday hang freshly cleaned and hemmed in her youngest daughter's daughter's closet, waiting to be worn on her college graduation day. 

As she raised the family standing around her, Charlotte Jane was unaware of the countless people who would be influenced by her and her posterity. She did not know then how far her example would reach and how deeply her love would touch.

a fall retrospective

The very wintery weather today make a fall season retrospective seem appropriate. 

Fall was wonderful. In between the hours and hours of studying, we made some time to enjoy the season, with 

photo trips to the mountains

family birthdays

a peaceful and surreal weekend in an abandoned lake town

instagram photos of seasonal baking

i now extend a warm welcome to winter. i look forward to several mugs of hot cocoa, time with family (home for thanksgiving in one week!), knitting, knitting, and knitting.

education gap

Two incidents in my accounting ethics class today reaffirmed to me that some accounting students are missing some crucial aspects of academic understanding. 

Professor: "What did Machiavelli write?"

Student: "The Little Prince"

Professor: Talking about Ayn Rand and her philosophical views

Another student: "Didn't she write The Scarlet Letter?"

I suggest the addition of a couple of extra literature courses to the accounting curriculum.