Singin' in the rain...

So every so often I get these strokes of genius...
an event will be going on, and all of a sudden a cheesy thought will pop into my head.
These very thoughts are what I like to call...
Words of Wisdom by Sydney Tittle.
good title, eyh?...
I thought so.

The other day, my friends and I realized just how obsessed we were with that old-time movie "singin in the rain.."
We, as the classy ladies decided that we would watch it together.
So we did.
aaaaaannnnnd we liked it.



Now the next day... to our lovely surprise and excitement...
It rained...
and while other students griped and grumbled about the weather and having to walk home, or ride their bike home in the down pour...
we decided that we would make like Gene Kelly
and SING in the RAIN!

Well then... I had a stroke of genius.
So here on this day... you get to witness..
Words of wisdom by Sydney Tittle

"At times the clouds my roll in and cold and heavy down pour may fall on you... What are you going to do? You can't change the weather... so you MIGHT as well just sing in the rain."

Brilliant!

I love my life.
Hows yours?

Love,
ME

My Thoughts on Today

Hello my dear friends.
My thoughts on today....
...well there are many, as usual.
But here for a second I will just allow my brain to be opened up and dumped onto this page...

Man, when I say that, a terrible picture pops into my head of some sort of landfill
that at the end of the day gets crushed,
compacted
and completely mushed into this big mass of complete trash.

...Boy, I hope my words aren't just that for you.
I hope when you read these words,
that instead of a big, stinky -and quite smelly- mass of landfill,
you picture a freshly opened bucket of rainbow-colored paint
A bucket of paint that I have slightly stirred and then SPLATTERED all over a beautiful while canvas for you to observe and enjoy.

I hope that when you read my words... you take time to sit and ponder and get something out of it that has personal importance and meaning.

Now, for my REAL thoughts on today.
Thoughts of which might have no meaning to you whatsoever...
but just humor me.

SOOOO...

I walked into my first class today, sat down and learned how to listen.
Listening has always been a difficult thing for me.
why you ask?
welllll I am VERY easily distracted.
I have what doctors call a LITTLE bit of an ADD problem.
haha... you think I'm joking.

Now after I focused reallly really hard and attempted listening to my teacher tell us how to listen I got my things and went to a wonderful devotional.

Devotionals at my school are every Tuesday, and they are always so wonderful. Well, at least they were until this year. This year I have to sit on the stand....

You know, I shouldn't complain. But an hour of sitting on the stand in front of a whole bunch of students isn't exactly all that it cracked up to be. I went into it thinking... ohhhh yeahhhh... I am coooool, I get to sit on the stand...
ha ha well, let me tell you something....... SOOO not as cool as I thought it'd be.

We get up there, sometimes looking good, and other times- like today- looking like we just rolled out of bed.
LOVELY.
So there we sit, and I'm trying to look all classy... trying to sit like a princess (the way they teach it on princess diaries) and really, I probably just look like I am about to fall out of my chair.

and THEN... oh then.... here come the cameras...
Yep. Right on your face. and you can see yourself in the TV straight ahead of you, and you try dodging behind the other student council members to get your hideous face off the camera.. but no... there you have to sit... for an hour... classily falling out of your chair. being stared down by a recording of yourself. aaannnd 200 other students as well.... Great.

ANNNYWAYS...
Aside of the awkwardness of being on the stand.. devotional was wonderful. The spirit is an amazing thing that can touch your heart if you let it.

Love you all!
-S

P Family Photoshoot

check the photo blog to see the full shoot!

http://sydneytthephotography.blogspot.com/

Bada BOOM Bada BING!

I'm a classy Salt Lake City Girl ONCE again!

Get Ready for the next chapter of my LOVELY Blog!!

CITY LOVE.

Over and OUT Classy People, OVER and out!

Sydney

M & E Shoot

A new shoot of these beautiful girls is featured on my lovely PHOTOBLOG!!!

Here's just a preview!

Love,

ME

come fly with me...lets fly, lets fly away...

Hello fellow blogtorians (yes I just made that up, what's it to ya?)

I'd like to brag for a moment about this lovely day I am living.

Here I am-once again- visiting the lovely city that I will be a resident of in approximately six days.

(am I excited?..... ummmm Yeah. yeah I am.)

and I must say...

that you might want to be jealous for just a moment about the position I am in.

Here I sit

Inside a lovely air conditioned school

being inspired (as usual)

By the sweet crooning of Frankie

as I look out the window to a perfect view of my favorite temple..

that is

the MAGESTIC Salt Lake Temple.

sydneytthephotography.blogspot.com

 Incredible.

and while I have an irritating feeling of stress that is constantly nagging me from within concerning the quick approaching school year and the responsibilities that will come with Student Council...

I feel at peace

I know that I can do hard things,

ANYTHING actually 

with the Lord as my guide.

So can you.

Now, my friends... get excited for this fall.

Why you might ask?

well because a new chapter of my blog will begin.

Lyla Mae & Lucy Lou

CITY Love: My life and my Loves

So stay tuned... Follow me through my journey as I document with word and with picture this last school year in the Great...GREAT Salt Lake!

Be seeing you soon,

ST

Little brother Mac and I taking a stroll on the lovely campus

The Beatles, Eating, Praying and Loving of LIFE

Perhaps they (The lovely band named Beatles) WERE on drugs a lot of the time...
Perhaps it was even ALL the time.
but these words here bring me happiness.
These words here speak to me.

There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game It's easy.
There's nothing you can make that can't be made. No one you can save that can't be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time - It's easy.



This has been a big adventure for me lately.. that is- the journey to find myself.
And if I am to be completely honest...
the fact of the matter is..
I will never COMPLETELY "find myself"
Each day of my life I come closer and closer... because each day,
I learn something new as I take life one step at a time.
So here I am today... working on finding that love and zeal for life that I once had.
Here I am today, getting back on my feet and keep trying to be a better person.
And let me tell you something.
I couldn't feel more content with the path my feet are headed down.

As I sat in the movie "Eat Pray Love" with Sweet Hailey Jo
(the best friend of mine who I adore completely)
I was deeply inspired.
So today as I step forward I will do those three things. Now for "Liz" in the movie..
each thing meant one thing.
I am sure that everyone in the world can feel completely different inspirational things
about those three simple words....
But
This is what they mean to me.

Eat:

"To take time to smell the roses
to watch a child's eyes as they close
To smell the earth and every good thing
to enjoy the small things the Lord-to us brings.
to taste new flavors and close your eyes.
and listen carefully to the old and wise.
today I will and forever more
eat up and enjoy this life I adore.
-Says ME"

(Yes, I DID just make that up... I was feeling very poetic at that very moment)
Pray:
Liz in the movie took time everyday to Meditate and "find" her "Inner Smile"...
How lovely that thought was to me.
To take time every day to twist my legs up in a pretzel-like form...
to the "ok" sign with my hands and rest them softly on my knees, close my eyes...
and smile.
This idea sounded so lovely in fact that I rolled out of bed this morning and tried it.
hahaha
I felt completely Silly.

And I realized that my time for meditation and my way of finding my inner smile is similar
but different at the same time.
I will take the time every morning to pray, ponder and read my scriptures before I do anything else.
I cant think of a better way for me to find peace.
I can't think of a better way to find my inner smile every day.
Love:
Love, oh love. It really is such a wonderful thing.
But let me explain to you what I learned.
First of all...
Going to school at LDS Business College is a wonderful thing.
There are people from all over the world who I get to attend classes with
BEAUTIFUL people who are very different from me.
There are some language barriers and sometimes that can make things a little bit uncomfortable.
But as I sat and watched that movie... I thought of every beautiful child of God from my
school that I have the blessing to know.
I get to meet new people and learn all about their culture.
I get to Love them and can truly begin to love ALL of Gods children as I find that inner peace
within myself.
Starting today I will look at people and love them because I KNOW who they are.
Starting today I will LOVE as Jesus did.
Good, Good day my friends. I recommend seeing this movie... but if you do... Open your heart and
think of the positive way it can be applied to you.

Love,
Lou