The Brooklyn Bridge

 SpongeBob the Musical was a joyful celebration of friendship, hope, and goodness. The whole cast and crew put forth beautiful efforts and talents to make a spectacular show. Central to the show's success was the actress playing Sandy Cheeks, Nicole Ortiz. It is clear that Ortiz has innate talent and charisma that must have made her a clear choice in casting. However, the incredible amount of effort this role took to master can only be estimated as immense. With high kicks, impeccable flips, and being the most polished dancer on stage, the physical feat was truly a spectacle to witness. This is not to be overshadowed by her spectacular vocal power. In every song she performed in (so many!!), Ortiz maintained beautiful tone, while masterfully mixing her voice in the right moments to bring the delight expected in a great musical experience. In the trio of Spongebob, Patrick, and Sandy, She was the sensei that held the team and show together throughout. Sandy taught her friends and th...

 Do not be afraid of being fat.  Your body is a gift. Your body reacts to many elements; nutrition, pain, trauma, movement, joy, depression, disappointment, transition, birth, baptism, disease, and so much more. Some is under your control, much is not. Your body is your tool, not your scale of worth or ability. You have so much more control in your mind, and even then, not complete control.  Don't be afraid of these experiences that will inevitably change your body. Experience them, and choose those things that process the bad, and make you absolutely love the good. Choose to spend time with people and activities you love. I'm so much bigger in body than I ever thought I would be. And I still dance, I cycle, I work, I juggle, I see, I make love, and I care for my children with great fulfilment. And more. Taking care of your body and punishing your body are so different. I don't have it all figured out, but I'm so done being disappointed in my body. I'm going to do a...

 Favorite Songs: 1 Levitating by Dua Lipa  2 Real Groove by Kylie Minogue  3 ocean eyes by Billie Eilish  4 not ready yet by basement waves 5 deja Vu by Olivia rodrio  Movies I saw: Black widow (Liked it) West Side Story (really liked it) Challenges: Anxiety, presenting in new and difficult ways  Looking for a house to buy, not quite there yet  Stand up comedy. Amazing, terrifying, unsure if I fit in.   Miracles: Really great therapist  Fully Vaccinated  Got to go to the temple  Healthy family

 Happy Independence Day!  I am grateful, thoroughly, and so emotionally today, for those who have fought bravely for our freedom we enjoy in the United States. Soldiers, speakers, politicians, parents, and citizens who have fought, spoken and worked so hard for the freedom we enjoy and are developing in the United States of America.    Their sacrifice is sacred, and is like into our Savior's. Jesus Christ lived for us, and then gave an ultimate sacrifice, He suffered an Atonement and died for us. More specifically, for our freedom. In the Garden of Gethsemane, He fought every battle you would, to gain empathy for you, and to give you the choice to be delivered unto eternal happiness.    God values freedom so much, He gave His own Son that we might have it. So we could choose! I stand all amazed, and I am grateful for God's guidance in settling this land of the free, that His Gospel might be restored and then taken to the whole world. God love each pers...

 https://youtu.be/6aX0gXExU3s whenever I'm choosing a new place to rent, it's always a very exciting plus to see a working  dishwasher. Here's what I put in there besides food chariots: 1. Phone case: if 2020 has taught us anything, it's that we nasty. if it's not made of bedazzled feathers, throw it in. 2. Sponges: also seems to be an ameoba of threatening germs. Run it through, squeeze it out, and it at least looks  better. 3. Scrubbers: this is the same idea as #2, plus the little dish it sits in.  4. Kids' toys: they are almost all dishwasher-safe plastic and almost all been in the kid's mouth, dog's mouth, floor, and trash today. 5. Beauty Blender: I dunno really, but it looked better after I did it. This blog is free so you get what you pay for.  6. Parts of the stove: I'm so very grateful to have a stove, but it's the worst stove. One of those electric swirly twirly stoves, plus all my burners are tilted about 10° somehow? Well I turned of...

written before the results are in. 2020. "I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America. And to the republic, for which it stands.  one nation.  under God.  Indivisible. With liberty, and  justice  for  all." I'm not sure if it is 100% correct, but that is what I remember from reciting it every day in elementary school, leading each day on the intercom in junior high, and saying it into the school news broadcast camera each Friday in high school. I dunno, I guess I thought I was important and should be constantly talking, ha ha. I always felt the pledge was important and sacred, like a privilege and a duty to recite and uphold. Now, for the past 7 years when I have been doing a very silly magic show at any elementary school, I feel honored if I am there in the morning, at a time when the pledge is said. I tear up absolutely every time, it just hits me so hard. It's beautiful, idyllic, and was written as a prayer for a nation freshly built...