Killer Bunnies...and the quest for the magic carrot

So I was going to the store the other day to pick up another controller for the Wii so that I could race people in MarioKart and I ran across the game Killer Bunnies. I had seen it before and it always looked pretty interesting, but now I actually had the moneys to buy it! So of course, I did. And it's much more exciting when you open the box and figure out how to play and read the funny cards and such. So basically I'm way excited to play it...though I need more people. Technically you can play it w/ two people, but that seems pretty lame. I need to find a bigger group. On another note, I need to cut my hair. It's getting incredibly long...well, for my current lifestyle anyhow. Haha, this used to be pretty short. But alas, I'm no longer the long haired boy I used to be....missions can do that to you. Oh, and I think more people should follow this blog! Sheri is the only one that is "following" it, so Props to her. Everyone else, get on board! Church at 1 is usually a really nice thing...when I wake up at like noon. But when you wake up at 10, it makes your morning rather boring. Not enough time to really do anything, which is probably why I'm usually sleeping then. Though I think I may start going to the singles ward now that there's more people. Perhaps next week. I need to pay my tithing this week and I don't want to get behind at all. I'm not a fan of paying two paychecks at once, I prefer to pay it every paycheck. So switching now would really throw off my groove. Probably next week. I'm kinda hungry, maybe I should go eat. That's a good use of time before church right? Right. Peace out peeps. Speaking of peeps, I need to do something w/ mine from Easter....

Sheri: This Blog's for You!

So the title is kinda like the old Budweiser slogan, but in blog form and I told Sheri that I would write on my blog tonight. So this is me writing on my blog tonight! In recent news, I Finally got my missionary plaque! You know that cool plaque that they hang up while you're on your mission and such and they give you when you get home? Yeah, after 3 and a half months, I got it! Oh, and I got my honorable release certificate and they spelled my name wrong. Kinda disappointing, but I should be getting another one soon enough. Then I can spend a small fortune getting it framed w/ my name tag thingy and such. Pretty exciting stuff. And taking Elder Bednars advice to heart, I stayed after institute much longer tonight than any other night talking w/ people in person. I think I went done him proud. :) Anyhow, I don't have to work tomorrow so I'm gonna be really super productive...or at least pretend to be. I def. need to clean out my car and a trash can that I'm gonna use as a laundry hamper. But that's really the end of the definite to do list. I MIGHT work on my quilt some more tomorrow. Who knows though. Sometimes I'm just really lazy. Haha. But we'll see. Maybe I'll be productive. One can dream anyhow.

Valentines Ducks.........from Erin?

So I think others will be as shocked as I am, that these ducks came from Erin. She's really good at buying stuff and such and doing stuff for Holidays, so that is no surprise. And it's really no surprise that I got rubber ducks for valentines day. But it's the finer details about the ducks that make it so shocking...to me anyhow. Then again, Erin is married now, so maybe it shouldn't surprise me.

For those of you w/ bad vision, it reads, "Who knows what will happen when bath time is done!"
But wait, it gets better!!!

Again, "Rub-A-Double Fun in the Tub!" ...I think most innocence has left the ducks by now. But the best has been saved for last! Now to find out why these are perhaps the kinkiest ducks in existance.

And for all those holding their breath hoping this would be truly innocent, this poem smashes ALL hope. And I quote:
What to think, with lover ducks in the tub?
Splashing and doing the rub-a-dub-dub
Laughing and Kissing, and having much fun
Who knows what could happen when bathtime is done!

So that's that. It's quite amazing really. And perhaps the most amusing thing I've seen in a LONG time. I thought it was so great that everyone should be able to enjoy it and join in the laughter! Happy Valentines Day! :)

Videos!

For any and all who are interested in seeing some videos from my mission, I've uploaded a few of my favorites on Youtube! It's probably easiest to search by my username...which I believe is littlerubberducky8. So that SHOULD allow you to see the super fun videos and comment on them and such. Oh, and any other videos I've posted...though I don't remember any. I'm not sure how many people actually read this anyhow, but I thought I'd give it a shout out on here anyhow. Have a great day!

Sunday Sunday Sunday Guitar Hero

So I officially suck at Guitar Hero. For all of you who were wondering about that. If you ever need to feel better about yourself, just play Guitar Hero w/ me and you'll feel like a king. That aside, life is pretty good. I went to the temple for the first time since I've been home and it was quite a grand experience. I should really go there more often. It's not like it's even all that far away. I mean, intstitute is a longer drive. And I've seen a lot of blessings in my life in the last few days, which probably have a lot to do w/ temple attendance. It's remarkable how if we do what we're told to do and promised blessings for doing so, that we actually get those blessings! What a novel concept. Guess that's what Faith is all about. Haha, and I've always thought faith was one of my stronger attributes, but apparently not. I have great Faith in a lot of things, but I guess I don't in others, I pick and choose. And that's not really faith, that's convenience. Just happens to be the question in CLA quiz in PMG are things that I have a lot of Faith in, so that test isn't a very good measure. Then again, that test did show me that Charity is what I lack the most. Which really sucks b/c Paul says we can do the most amazing things ever, but if we don't have charity, then we're nothing. So it's def. important and worth giving attention to, at some point. The scriptures say to not procrastinate the day of our repentance, but what about procrastinating the day of our charity? I'm sure that's a bad thing too, but it's the easy way to do things. Laziness is the mother of invention afterall. Though I don't think you can invent your salvation, so laziness probably doesn't serve us to well in that respect. But that's life I guess. Live and learn. Come what may, and Love it.

Is there really No place like Home?

Being home sucks. Having your life planned for two years is amazing. Not knowing what your life has in store for you in the next two years, not so amazing. Things seem to be going so well. I was down to ONE episode every three months. That's super amazing progress for me. It hasn't been that good...since it started. So that's a LONG time. And now it's hard to feel like I've made much progress, b/c I have apparently not made enough. I thought it was enough; I thought it was more than enough. But life had other plans for me. And as much as it sucks, I really just have to accept it and move on. "Come what may, and love it!" Never has such council had such an impact on me. What a marvelous six words, simple as they may be. I keep repeating that to myself every single day...multiple times each day.
So what to do now? What does life have in store for me next? What is the title to the next Chapter in my life? Or am I still in the mission chapter? I really don't know. Sadly, I have to admit that I intially thought of just ending the book all together. Mostly, b/c I just wanted to be out of this world, not have to deal w/ life. But then a wise friend told me that there are many other ways than death to rise above the world, to escape it long enough to make sense of something. Then you just have to take it one day at a time and see what happens. Again, Come what May...what else can we really do about things? Worrying and get all anxious doesn't fix anything. Been there, done that. That's not to say I won't do it, b/c hey, I will. That's life. I'm not perfect in that respect. I'm still working on it. But I think I've made progress. I'm sure I have. Perhaps this is a chapter entitled "Patience." I've never been much good w/ patience. But I'm quickly learning how it truly is a virtue, how it truly is something that we all need in our lives. Again, patience is another life long pursuit that we're all in search of, or should be. Though it def. takes a back seat to most other things in life; as long as life is going as planned. Haha, it's in the drivers seat when your plan doesn't work out. Live and learn, right? Is there really anything else to do? If so, I haven't figured it out.
On another note, I've watched SOOO much TV recently. It's quite ridiculous. Though I am caught up on most things after a week. Haha. At least I keep myself busy...or asleep. I LOVE sleep. I get lots of sleep recently. :) It's rather wonderful. Oh, and we have SNOW! Like enough snow to call it snow! I'm way excited. Sadly, I don't have any clothes good enough to go play in it! All of my snow clothes are in Utah!!! LAME. Maybe I'll just rough it out w/ what I have. Hmmm...only if it's good packing snow. Then I have to make a snowman and nothing is stopping me from doing so. Except perhaps frostbite. I don't want to get that. So it would probably stop me. But other than that, snow man time is about to befall Little Oaks! Mwhahahaha.
Peace out.

I'll split your banana!!!!

I have been rather terrible at writing anything here. I was MUCH better at it when I was out at school, but I've been at home for three or so weeks now and I haven't written anything! Then again, I don't do too much w/ my life so there's not much to say. Last week we bought most of my mission clothes and stuff. That was pretty exciting. I like getting stuff. And I like looking dressed up and fancy. So that basically combined both of those which equals quite the nice experience for me.
I managed to hurt my foot on the second to last day of racquetball class. And now I've been wearing this dumb boot thingy to help stabilize it for a MONTH!!! I'm not really a big fan of it...at all. It makes a lot of things inconvenient to do. But it's better than doing nothing, so the inconvenience can be tolerated; for now. Hopefully I'll get to take it off soon. And ironically enough, I was waiting for my foot to get better so I could go hiking and other such stuff w/ a friend of mine, and now she's sprained her ankle. Talk about bad timing. So I doubt I'll go hiking while I'm home, sad. I do however hope to go disc golfing.
I brought a couple of my discs home and I LOVE the course here. It is far superior to all of the courses in Provo. This one has trees and hills and fun stuff like that. Provo is all open really, so not that exciting. Usually it's too hot to play though. I think one of these days I'll just have to bear the heat and get out and do it! The marginal benefit of playing disc golf is greater than the marginal cost introduced by the heat, so with that logic, I should do it! So I think I will.
On a random note, I have Swedish Fish! Maybe I only post on here when I get Swedish Fish. Last time I had them, I posted. And now I got some, and I posted again. Coincdence?? I think not. Anyhow, there's dessert somewhere w/ MY name on it and I'm going to go it. Actually, I think it really has Kristie's name on it...but that's beside the point, b/c I'm gonna eat those cookies anyways!