"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."

The quote in the title is by Winston Churchill, by the way. I was having a little bit of a blah day and decided that I would blog about something. So I looked up a bunch of quotes and some of them were really great. So this blog is about quotes. Hope you enjoy!

"Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it."
- Dianne Houston

"You can tell a lot about a fellow by his way of eating jellybeans."
- Ronald Reagan

"Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed."
- Storm Jameson

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy."
- Jane Goodall

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."
- Oscar Wilde

"I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed."
- Etty Hillesum

"There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."
- Jawaharlal Nehru

Weekend Fun

Yippee! We are now social again, as evidenced by the goods time had by all this weekend. (Just agree with me, folks). :)

I got a little crazy and set up a couple of things at my house this weekend. On Friday, my good friends Anna and Doug came over to watch a movie. We lured them with promises of popcorn, but ended up feeding them peach crisp. They seemed okay with that bait and switch. :) Doug brought over Adam Sandler's new movie entitled "Bedtime Stories." I won't do a lengthy review a la the "Yes Man" post, but suffice it to say, it was cuter and sweeter than I had anticipated. The movie is definitely geared towards kids, but there was enough funny elements in the movie to make us chuckle pretty much all the way through it.

Saturday we invited my brother Jon, brother-in-law Scott, and friend Claire over to play disc golf. If you remember, Saturday was pretty wet and my broda Jon was going to cancel because he didn't want to play in the cold. (Pansy!) But we lured them over with the promises of board games. We played Nuclear War and EuroRails while watching the Jazz lose. We had a great time, despite the sad basketball score.

Sunday we went to the Palmers and helped them make dinner. Then we pulled out Nuclear War, which they hadn't seen before and their interest in the game was high. We ended up playing that game until 11:30 p.m. That game really is a blast. If anyone knows where I can get my own game, let me know!

Basketball

Anyone who knows me well knows that I love basketball. I really do enjoying watching games. I played for the Junior Jazz when I was in junior high, but I'm not really a good ball player. But I am an enthusiastic supporter of basketball!

So you can imagine that last night's Jazz game against the Lakers was pretty exciting for me. :) I really was on the edge of my seat for the whole game. The Jazz would be way up, then the Lakers would be way up. The fourth quarter was especially exciting as lead changes and ties were frequent. And, of course, I would only be writing about this if the Jazz won. If they lost, it would have been too bitter a disappointment. :)

To anyone who watched that playoff game last night, feel my pain. Brent was really tired last night because he had a long day at work AND he played basketball on his lunch break. He apparently played three games and was quite sore. The long day combined with the late start of the Jazz game worked against him and he couldn't stay awake. He was dozing off in the second quarter. I kept trying to get him to go to bed, but he wanted to stay near me, even if he was sleeping. (You've got to admit it, that is pretty cute.) I kept telling him that we should both go to bed, then, but he kept saying that he knew I wanted to watch the game. And he was absolutely right. :)

Thus, I turned the sound down really low on the television and made no sound whatsoever during the second half of the Jazz game. I did not want to wake my sleeping husband on the couch. But it was so hard! All these exciting things kept happening!! I allowed myself to do mental dances of joy, and mental cheering. That eased the pain somewhat, but I think I prefer to vocalize and act out my emotional state at basketball games. It's just---better that way.

Here's hoping to a win for the Jazz on Saturday!