Dear Thursday,

Dear Thursday,
I love you because you are almost Friday. And I like the way that "Thursday" sounds.

Dear clouds in the sky,
After all of the heat we've been getting lately, you are my new best friend. Oh, and thank you for bringing your raindrops (even if they are few) with you when you came - our lawn needs it desperately.

Dear Lehi water shortage,
Because of you I feel guilty about taking my kitchen garbage can outside to rinse it out. I'm going to have to resort to leaving the garbage can outside and hope that the rain washes the yuckiness away.

Dear train in my backyard,
People ask me all the time if you bother us much. The answer is always "To get the view that I have outside, I'd take a train in my backyard any day." Thank you for being the trade-off so that we could afford to live in this neighborhood with such an amazing view.

Dear empty flowerbeds,
I'm so sorry that you are the only empty flowerbeds on the whole street. We just aren't good at the whole plant/flower thing. But don't worry - we are working on it. Soon you should have some nice boxwood shrubs and maybe even a nice little bench to keep you company.

Dear not-so-empty sink of dishes,
Why does it seem like every time I turn around you get more and more stacks of dirty dishes? I swear, you were clean last night. Why does it look like I haven't done dishes for a week?

Dear giant whiteboard calendar,
I am so excited that you arrived in the mail yesterday. Soon you will be hanging in my kitchen and I can. not. wait.

Dear iPhoto,
Thank you for helping me to organize my pictures so nicely. I love you even more after I learned that I can use you to do simple photo edits (like cropping and red-eye) without having to open the photo in photoshop. Also, forgive me for the 600 photos I upload every week. I like taking pictures.

Dear books that I love to read,
Why do you always have to end? I always feel a little sad when I turn the last page and realize that the story is ending. Let's do something about this, eh?

Dear Lehi Library,
Your book-hold program is awesome. I love that I can put the book I want on hold, then once I get the e-mail notification, come in and pick it up, check myself out, and be on my way within minutes. Whoever came up with the current hold-arrangement/self-checkout idea is brilliant. You should give them a raise.

Dear Mark Gungor,
Although I typically despise the stereotypes portrayed about men and women, your discussion about men's brains vs. women's brains hits the nail on the head when it comes to David and I. In fact, in the first year of our marriage - many conversations were aided by referring to the "nothing box". (Conversations aided meaning: If I asked David what he was thinking and then I didn't believe him when he said nothing, because, really! Who isn't thinking about anything? And then if I kept pressing him about what he was really thinking about until he got frustrated because, really! He was just thinking about nothing. It was all very confusing. After your lecture, David could just say "nothing" and I'd nod to myself and say "He was thinking about his nothing box." And let it go because it was okay for him to be in his nothing box.) We randomly ended up watching the clip again and both started laughing. Yep. It's still true. Thanks for the laughs and the advice!