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A picture of myself taken on the first day of the challenge...
with 15 facts about ME :)

1. Today was definitely a glasses day. That's what 1 hour of sleep will do...

2. One of my most favorite things in the world is to look at the stars.

3. I have always secretly wanted to be the singing voice of a Disney princess.

4. My favorite TV shows are The Office, House, Glee, Friends, Gilmore Girls, The Nanny, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson...and most recently my roommate is getting me hooked on Heroes Season 1 :) (Yes, I love TV).

5. I can play the piano, flute, baritone, and guitar.

6. I am LDS and so grateful to be so!

7. I'm studying to be a secondary education history teacher and I absolutely love it. :)

8. I could watch Pride and Prejudice over a thousand times and never get sick of it.

9. If I had a superpower it would be time control...or invisibility...or flying...oh, teleportation! I can't decide.

10. I can do a pretty amazing British accent and I really wish I could just use it everyday.

11. I have a split uvula. Yep, the dangling thing in the back of your throat? Mine looks like an upside-down heart.

12. My dream vacation would be to visit Italy.

13. I am an avid Utah Jazz fan. I also claim the Denver Broncos and the New York Yankees, but I mostly just watch basketball.

14. I've always desperately wanted to go to Hogwarts.

15. I'm a complete sucker for anything Shakespeare :)

(100) Days of Photos

So...randomly I saw that a few of my Facebook friends had started this 100-day photo challenge and I didn't waste any time hopping on that train. I think that is a fantastically creative and awesome endeavor! I'm so excited. Anyway, this is my official announcement that I will (hopefully) be posting a picture every day for the next 100 days! Today is March 3...so that makes June 11 the last day. :D Hurray for photos and let's get this party started!
Love, Megan Kate

I love Sundays

I've spent the past two days basically obsessed with blogging. So, how could I not write a new blog post? I was going to write one yesterday, but I literally spent most of the day changing up the design. As a testament to my personality, I was never really content with all of the different backgrounds I found and could not settle on one. Hmmm...Am I in more of a pink mood? Butterflies? Stripes? Polka dots? Moral of the story, I'm a terrible decision maker. Even down to the things that aren't really significant like a blog design. But eventually I can decide and this is what I've come up with! Let's see how long it lasts.

So, yesterday I got to sleep in, then designed my blog. My friend Edie and I went to get Jamba Juice later and it was definitely great fun. Hey Edie, remember when we left Jamba because we thought it was closed, but when it was open for 2 more hours we couldn't go back in after we walked out? Good times, good times.

So anyway, I went to church this afternoon. It was great, as usual. I really love my ward and all of the people in it. Then I came home and watched somewhere in the ballpark of 10,000 "I'm a Mormon" videos. They are utterly fantastic if you haven't seen them. I'll make it easy.
http://mormon.org/me/2VBH-eng (click me). Then I got reading The NieNie Dialogues and watching Stephanie Nielson speaking. She is so inspiring to me. I know I'm asking a lot of you right now, but check out her blog too! It's well worth it. In fact, this very moment I'm listening to Stephanie and her husband Christian talking on The Mormon Channel's radio show Conversations.

Sunday activities, like listening to Mormon Messages and reading conference talks and just taking a nap, make me so relaxed and happy. That's why Sunday is probably my favorite day of the week. Oh, and reading books too! I don't give my love of reading enough attention sometimes. In fact, I really really want to join a book club. So if you know of one in the Provo area please let me know!

Well, at this point I feel like I'm getting into some serious rambling. So, I'd better stop now. And following my "resolution" to work on my photography more, I'll post some more of my pictures...and my quote for the week. Quotes are my friend. No matter what it is (a letter, a blog post, anything) it ain't over until I include a quote.

"You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it."
~John Updike

Hunky...Dory!

First off, I'd better explain the title. I just found out today that I LOVE the new Google Chrome commercials where you can finish the phrase or saying when they just put up the first half. It's like I get to play a game every time the commercials come on. Usually I hate commercials...but not today.

Other than that randomness, I have just been enjoying doing nothing today which is a shocker since school already started and I should have mountains of homework. But school is becoming fun and surprisingly I actually don't have any homework this weekend. I know, right? I'm taking Exploration of Teaching Social Science which is my new favorite class of all time. I sure hope I'm still saying that next week. We start doing field experience starting on Monday and I get to go to an elementary school all week! Simply put, I am excited. I was sick earlier this week which was a definite bummer. I hate being sick, especially "stomach sick." I would rather have a cold than be sick to my stomach any day. Of course I say that until I have a cold, but I'm sticking to it for now. Anyway, I bring up the fact that I was sick first of all because I'm going to try to do better at documenting my life this year (sort of a New Year's resolution...ish) and second of all because according to my Exploration of Teaching professor, most of our class will get sick going to the schools. Sad. I really hope I don't, but those little buggers really are germ factories. I still love them though and am SO looking forward to actually getting into the schools for some intense learning! haha.

Another one of my New Year's resolutions is taking more pictures and really getting more involved in my photography, so I spent a bunch of time over Christmas break editing pictures I had already taken. I'll post some of them here too, so I can feel a little bit more like I'm working on that resolution. :) Other than that, life is good! Even though January is extremely cold and there is still snow all over the place (boo) I love this time of year...new classes...meeting new people...just life creeping on, but never too fast or too slow. Okay, photo time:

My favorite thinking place...

My Puppy :)

My sometimes-possessed cat...hehe She's still stinkin' cute.
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him."

I went all artsy on ordinary things in my house over Christmas break. Piano = love.

Anyway, that's enough for now. I'm glad I finally posted some though. It took me long enough. And now, as I always have to include...my quote of the week! :)

"Happiness can be found in even the darkest of times, if one only remembers
to turn on the light." ~Albus Dumbledore

Quote of the Week

That ye contend no more against the Holy Ghost, but that ye receive it, and take upon you the name of Christ; that ye humble yourselves even to the dust, and worship God, in whatsoever place ye may be in, in spirit and in truth; and that ye live in thanksgiving daily, for the many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you.

~Alma 34:38

*~Thanks~*

With Thanksgiving only four days away, I thought I would do something I've been meaning to do since the beginning of November. I want to make a list of all the things I'm grateful for...well, not everything because it would take me a VERY long time. Consider this the short version. :) I'm grateful for:

Family. Jesus Christ. Music. Awesome Roommates. The Utah Jazz. Having a Car. Pictures and Photography. Cell Phones. Cocoa Bean Cafe Cupcakes. My Friends. Michael Buble. Books. Temples. Chloe and Sophie (my animals). The Color Blue. My Bed. BYU. Pink Daisies. History. Crossword Puzzles. President Monson (and the Twelve too!). The Scriptures. Electricity. Toilets. America. Water. All of my classes...even the hard ones. Thunderstorms. Great Teachers Over the Years. Grandparents. Heaters. Laughter. Shoes. Showers. Tissues. Libraries. Medicine. Ancestors. Singin' in the Rain. Opportunities to Get an Education. Clothing. My Guitar. Locks on Doors. Dancing. Comic Strips. Nature. Whitman, Van Gogh, Austen, Dickens. My Eyesight. My Ability to Walk. My Ability to Hear. FHE. My Singing Voice. Jeans. My Hands. Pens and Pencils and Paper. Harry Potter. My Winnie the Pooh Bear. Smiles. Love.

Like I said, this is definitely the short version. I actually had to restrain myself from continuing. But, this made me feel so happy. In fact, I'm also grateful for this wonderful holiday coming up that gives us an opportunity to remember what we are grateful for (even though we should do that every day). I love Thanksgiving, and not just because my 10th great grandfather, William Bradford, was at the first Thanksgiving, but just because it is a great opportunity. So, make your own list and enjoy a fantastic turkey...I'm mean Thanksgiving. hehe. :D

Quote of the Week

Don't waste your life in doubts and fears: spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson