Haupia Pie.

Dear Miss T,

I had a taste of Hawaii yesterday. Did I ever tell you about Haupia pie? Does anyone else know Haupia pie!?!

It is delicious! It's a coconut and chocolate pie and it is to die for. Get this small world story.

There are two Hawaiians in my ward at church. One of them was serving a mission while I was serving in his home ward and I ate Thanksgiving dinner at his house! His family is awesome, and so is he. Figures. Well, those two wonderful Hawaiians invited me for Haupia pie and it was heavenly.


I wish I could share some with you.

Love, KK

GO COUGARS!

KK- 


This week is crazy trying to move.  So all I have to say is "GO COUGARS!" 


We watched BYU basketball beat San Diego State tonight.  Provo is a great place to be right now.  Enjoy it!


Let's hear some love for BYU.


I truly bleed blue.


-Miss T

Speaking of surprises

Hey Miss T

I'm super thrilled about your surprise gift for Big D. I'm proud that you are actually going to surprise him. He will love it. Good job you little secret keeper!

So, this may not be as dramatic or awesome or useful or thoughtful as the gift you're surprising Big D with, but I wanted to throw out an idea to you that you could surprise T-bear with one day. Do you remember something called Pudding Pops?



These are quite possibly the most delightful treat on the planet. Delicious, special, messy, cold, and best when they are a surprise! It's easy folks, just freeze pudding as a popsicle!

I have previously been in such a need for a pudding pop, that one time we just froze the little snack pack puddings that we had stuck nail files into as the handles (don't worry they were unused nail files!). See the above picture. Pudding Pops are just a great surprise and treat. For any age!

I recommend trying it out with T-bear. He will love it, and so will you! :D
Love Aunty Kk

Gift Giving

Hi KK,


Let's be honest.  We are surrounded by very thoughtful, sweet men in our lives.  Our Dad and brothers are very thoughtful in their gifts and actions.  And of course Big D is just like them. 


Being married to someone so thoughtful is wonderful.  He surprises me with great gifts and sweet notes.  I love getting a short and sweet email, telling me how much he loves me and hopes I have a great day. 


The only problem with being married to this kind of person is that I am not as sweet and thoughtful, especially when it comes to gift giving.


I have yet to buy Big D a creative or thoughtful or wonderful gift by complete surprise.  Let me be clear that this is not all my fault.  Big D happens to be VERY picky about EVERYTHING and that can be difficult.  Unless I am going to buy Diet Dr. Pepper, I usually ask him what he would prefer.  


Having said this, I think I have finally come up with the greatest gift ever.  In our relationship, I am in charge of Valentine's Day completely (why? that is a story for another day) and Big D does White Day (like I said, a story for another day).  I think I have a great gift for Valentine's Day that I know Big D will love.  The next problem: keeping it a SECRET!!!


This is when having an "open" marriage doesn't work so well.  We both have access to each other's email accounts, bank accounts, etc...  I am not sure how I am going to keep this top secret, but I must.  If I can pull this off, I will be the most amazing wife ever (at least in my world).  


So wish me luck, maybe I can whisper it to you over the phone someday soon.  But maybe not, because after Big D reads this he will probably bug my cell phone.


Love,
-Miss T

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Anyone know who Jack Welch is?

Hey Miss T,

Have you ever heard of Jack Welch?



Hint 1: He has nothing to do with Welch's 100% grape juice, which is delicious.
Fact: He was a ridiculously successful CEO of GE. Let's leave it at that, though the details of going from a 13 billion dollar company to 400 billion dollar company might help you understand what I mean when I say "ridiculously successful."

I bring up this fellow not because I am interested in becoming a CEO and have thus been researching the endless wikipedia files about CEOs of our day, but because he was the topic of one of my classes today, and I heard something I feel is worth repeating. Jack Welch said, and this is a paraphrase that possibly could be a direct quote but I was writing really fast:

Change is vital. We must learn to relish change. We must see change as opportunity.

You can imagine how much I love this piece of advice, because I am usually what he would label as "resistant to change." I'm a little like T-bear wanting to keep that old wobbly round table of yours. :D Often it is hard to see around change for the value that it really contains.

As I watched this little video about all of the changes Jack Welch caused in his company, and all the changes he inspired through his employees who began to relish change, I found myself getting excited! I could see all the opportunities unfold as GE went from manufacturing microwaves to airplanes to owning NBC. Crazy! But exciting!

I know you have change in your life happening right now. A new location? Now that is a change indeed! I have change happening too. And what I have to say, is I'm seeking to try and see it as opportunity (and leave behind the little girl always loving the past...), and so far I can say I'm becoming excited. I hope you are too.

Any other exciting changes happening? Fill me in.

Love, Kk

Animal Addiction?

KK-

The other day I was watching the news and they talked about a new show on the Animal Planet channel.  It was a reality show about Animal Hoarders.  Across the screen it said:

Animal hoarding is a serious and growing problem.

It affect every community in the United States.

I laughed out loud.  I had never heard of animal hoarding!  Then they interviewed a "recovering animal hoarder."  This woman had over 80 dogs at one point.  They had a therapist there to explain that this woman need to prioritize humans above animals and find balance in her life between animal and human relationships.

Later, on Hulu, they had a commercial for an animal weight loss system.  Again, I laughed.  I thought what is going on today with people and their pets.

Finally, I saw the Octomom on Oprah.  She said she was addicted to having babies and was only trying to "self-medicate" by having more and more babies.

I thought, Wow, the media is weird today.  Then I realized that although animals and babies are not the common things to be addicted to, it is true that we need to find balance in our lives.  There are many things we can become addicted to, which will created unbalance, disharmony and stress in our lives.

Big D says I am addicted to my email, and I probably am.  I am going to try and relax and find more balance and peace in my life.  But you can bet I will never be addicted to animals or birthing babies!

-Miss T