Twilight Zone

So flashback to last last Friday...I went to Twilight with the girls (Christy, Cassie, Emily). So...when we walked into the movie there was 2 stands next to the theatre and a lady told us that for that theatre we could take a free soda and popcorn.....(SWEET was my thought process).  And when we got inside, a lady was calling out seat numbers and handing out twilight prizes.  One of Cassie's friends was there and we came to find out that a lady had actually reserved the entire theatre for her friends and family and thats how they got tickets.....so we were thinking there must have been extra tickets so they put them back on the internet.  Well....about 5 min before the movie started Em looks at her ticket and says "Saturday".....ya Emily had bought the tickets and organized the whole thing and accidentally clicked on Saturday at 7:00 rather than Friday at 7:00.  Well...nobody ended up coming to fill the seats we were in so we went ahead and stayed (and no we didn't go back the next day to see it again...if it wasn't for the Utah game...) and watched the movie and all but talk about crashing somebody's party-we looked back and basically everyone knew each other and was jabbering away.  I enjoyed the movie though...it of course had its cheesy parts, but so does the book, and I was pleasantly happy with how the movie turned out.  

Learning Something New

So I'm switching to AP (Accounts Payable) at work. At the present I head all the customer service so.....problems. I deal a lot with FedEx (getting them to pay us when they damage/lose our packages), refund checks, customer's accounts, etc and so on. I even kinda have an assistant. But now I'm switching gears have started training on all things AP. I'm actually pretty excited because it is one of the very few things that I don't already know how to do from all the time that I've worked there. I don't know everything I'll be doing yet, but the jist is cutting all the main checks to vendors/suppliers/freight companies, paying the bills in general, etc. I'll also be dealing a lot more closely with the managers/owner, company credit card statements/reconciling....so basically all the companies money and making sure it is handled correctly and our system is right as far accountingness of the whole thing. I still have A LOT more to learn....and I've been told it's the one thing that takes the longest to train and kind of a pain to get the hang of but I think it will be a good experience and it's a big jump from where I am now so I'm looking forward to it.

Happy Late Celebration!

So this is kinda long overdue....but we didn't exactly get the chance to celebrate Matt's birthday actually on his birthday (back on the 13th, a week from last Thursday) due to school and meetings-we were gone basically all day. We did have time to go out to dinner but that was kinda all. So.....that Saturday I suprised him (well sorta) when he came home from the game that night with a birthday cake and a little banner that saying 'Happy Birthday.' I kinda ruined the cake though ( I thought I would be all cool and wifey and make him a totally homemade chocolate cake)....didn't quite turn out as I planned....we don't exactly have wire racks so when I took them out of their pans to cool on plates-they decided to stick to the plates and then they kinda fell part and so on and so forth....so it was definitely not the prettiest cake ever (in the history of cake making) but it tasted decent....anyways off of my ramblingness....Here's the pics

Bored.....and Nothing Else Even Somewhat Productive To Do

So at the moment, I'm stuck on campus cause Matt has the keys and he's at practice-this is actually the 2nd week IN A ROW that both of us have forgotten. Except last week I walked home (10 blocks) but it's a bit colder today and I don't quite feel like it like I did then. I would be doing homework except for the fact that I didn't bring it cause I was only planning on going to my class an then going to take a midterm. Any who's....
Here's some of the random stuff that has happened in the past few days:

**Saturday** Matt had yet another great game against Air Force and came home with quite a few bumps and bruises that have yet to go away. We finally 'celebrated' his birthday when he got home that night....in a post yet to come once I'm actually at home and can upload the pics...and watched Brian Regan's new stuff-the Epitome of Hyperbole-SO FUNNY! Highly recommend. I realized that we needed a few groceries so that I could make the dessert requested for the dinner we were going to on Sunday...Matt could hardly move so I ran to the only 24 hour store close (it was only 10:30...no worries) and who did I see?? Why my cousins Jacob and Haley Hicks. By the time I got back, Matt was out like a stuffed animal on the couch and I think it took me another half hour to get him in bed

**Sunday** We ate dinner with the fam that lives below us/landlords-lasagna that Jimmy (the head of the house) has been bragging to Matt and I for about a month and a half now about how good it is...but he had a right to brag-it was DELICIOUS....I will admit is probably the best completely homemade lasagna I have ever had.

**We got Preach My Gospel to start doing Family Home Evenings together and so far I love it! Monday was the first time we used it, but it makes doing FHE between just the 2 of us a good spiritual experience and all

**Matt finished Eclipse yesterday and has already started on Breaking Dawn...he's hooked...I'm so proud

**Happy Birthday to my sister, Heather, today!! I apologize if your present from your kids doesn't fit-Billy called me yesterday asking me what size you were....I hope I was right, I atleast thought I was....if not, it's the thought that counts......right?

**Everyone at my work has been all hyped up about the game Saturday and I think I've heard the same conversation atleast 4 times from the different guys I work with:
-Is Matt excited for the game?
-Are you excited?....are you going? (and yes I am going)
-What does he think the game will be like....how close will it be...what are the odds?
-What happens if we win?
-This is his first time actually playing against Utah, right?....ooh how cool
-He's had a great season so far, we cheer really loud for him everytime he's in....57 right?
-You better be feeding him whatever he needs to get him ready for that game....pasta, meat, whatever it takes, whatever he wants.
Anyways, I just find it kinda comical and all.
And after this Saturday, I will actually have a hubby to play with on the weekends and not be bored watching movies and cleaning every Friday night.....yeah!! I think I'm probably one of the few that is excited for football to be over (disclaimer: that's the only reason I'm happy it'll be over....I love going to the games and watching him play)

**For some reason, Matt and I have been anti-grocery shopping for about the last month and a half. Besides a quick run to get the essentials-milk, bread, eggs we haven't been to the store for quite some time. It's not that we're that poor we can't afford food, but we both just haven't wanted to go, so we just make do with what we have and I've been pleasantly surprised with what we have been able to come up with for meals. We're slowly starting to run out of our supply so we may just have to succomb and grocery shopping within the next week.

**I paid $1.83 a gallon to fill up the car yesterday!!! Less than $15 to fill it up half way!! It was probably the highlight of the day.

**Fall would probably be my favorite season if it wasn't for the whole 'lets get colder at the same time.' I think that's why God made the trees so pretty changing colors and all-it's like he's softening the blow of freezingness with prettyness (good grammer, I know).

**So tonight I have to go to ward council with the Stake for the first time...I'm assistant secretary in the Relief Society Presidency. So far my duties are as follows: bring the roll/announcement binders to church and collect them afterwards. Update the announcements weekly before church on Sunday. Set up the chairs at the front of the R.S. room for the presidency before R.S. starts. And I just got put in charge of birthday cards for the sisters. I don't even go to the Presidency meetings. A little strange to anyone else?? Not trying to diss my calling, I'm happy to serve in whatever way they need me to...I just think it's a little odd that's all, especially that I'm going to a meeting with the stake when I don't even go to the regular presidency meetings.  

**Well....that was certainly some good blabbering going on up there....and no I have not heard from Matt yet so who knows what I will contine to do to occupy my time....but we have some good things coming up in the future that I'm sure will make for some good posts: Twilight with girls Friday night, the BYU v. Utah game Saturday, Thanksgiving next week, Company Christmas party, Fall semester almost over, and I'm sure there will be much much more excitement to come from the Putnam couple.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!

23!!! Happy Birthday 'old' man! Wow, I'm married to an old man. I'm a little late in the day getting this up here but I wouldn't go to bed without a big happy birthday broadcast to everyone :) It's basically been a normal day for him, dang it school, football, activities committee. We went out to dinner to the Training Table-thank you dad for the gift certificates!
Matt is a wonderful hubby and I am grateful that I have him to call mine. He's just absolutely great and I can't believe I am so lucky. It's by far the best part of my day when I get to see him and be with him. I don't even really know what to say besides that he is amazing and I am so thankful for him and everything he does for me. Thank you sweetheart, I LOVE YOU and HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Putnam Makes His Mark Again!!

Another great game #57!! Matt played a wonderful game Saturday against San Diego State. He got the 'Geneva Rock Hard Hit of the Game' off of one his tackles on the kickoff. After the game he got to go ring the 'victory bell'. I got to tag along as the wife an it was quite entertaining. We rode up to it on a golf cart (along with Matt Bauman) (they were still in their uniforms too) and we got all sorts of cheers from people in cars and the sidewalks, it was great. At the bell-it's basically those die-hard fans who just love BYU football so much....almost all of them had their faces painted and were so excited to see the 2 Matts. He signed a lot of autographs and got asked about a bajillion times by the little kids if they could have his wristband (but he always told em no cause they were lucky so he couldn't give em away). There was even a girl (atleast high school/college age) who asked me to take a picture of her with 'the players'...a little awkward taking a picture of another girl with MY husband-but good job Matt for not even touching her when she went and stood by him. It was a whole process of about 15 min. but it was a pretty entertaining 15 min if you ask me.

Our ward has also now discovered 'Matt Putnam' so he has become quite famous at church. We remained practically anonymous for 3 months. The elder's quorum president just loves Matt. He always ends up apologizing for how excited he gets whenever he sees Matt and starts talking about the game and how well he did. It's pretty comical to watch when you're not the one being bombarded....sorry Matt...that's what you get for being practically famous.

The Significance of One

I've been thinking. I find it amazing how the world materializes, manufactures, and produces so many things that are duplications. You walk into a store and there is 10 things of the exact same thing lined up in a row and you know they have more in the back. But that's only how a man's world works. Everything about nature and in nature is unique. Anything that is natural has some unique characteristic....sure there are things that are considered to be the 'same' but when carefully examined they aren't completely identical. Take a step back, and consider God's world and man's world. Every tree and leaf is so different. Just look outside, fall is like the personality of nature. The 'same' trees show different personalities-one's leaves are pink, orange, and yellow whereas another's seems to still be holding onto all the green it can with only a few yellow leaves here and there and then you see the ones that must have been happy to be rid of all their leaves cause they are already completely off and the tree is as bare and can be. A single leaf can represent many different things just by looking at it: life, change, death. A single tree brought Adam and Eve to fall. Just ONE. It's not like their was a meadow of knowledge trees-just a single tree. Every snowflake is said to be entirely unique. The symbolism is amazing. If it wasn't important, you would think that God would have made a cookie cutter for all snowflakes. A single tear in someone's eye can represent complete joy or sadness. No storm is the same, no plant, no flower. And look at the importance 'just one' has had on every single one us. If you zoom out of Utah, you may see a lot of houses, parks, roads....but to a family a specific house is their home, their safe place, their little temple. Rock Canyon park may just a park to everyone else, but for me it's where I got engaged-which basically makes it the best park ever made. A person may just be someone they pass on street, but another individual that person may be their special someone-someone life isn't worth living if they aren't with them. Someone that has completely changed their life for their better eternally...my husband. There is ONE book that has changed my life in its entirety and has changed many thousands of others...the Book of Mormon. Look at the power that one book has had on this world. The power ONE man had in making sure this book was brought forth and everything he did. We have ONE prophet. The world has tried to make cookie cutters out of humans with celebrities and models, but it just doesn't work that way. Every person is unique, individual, original. The nature of a human is so powerful, I think most of us just don't grasp our own complexity. That's kind of a bold thing to say but when you think of it in a similar way of nature and trying to see God's perspective, it makes it a little easier. So back to nature, I think it is often something we take for granted or don't really think about cause it is always there. But the fact that it is always there is something to consider. Always a reminder of beauty, uniqueness, and something of worth....like us. The changing fall leaves are like a reminder to show our personalities and let them shine. For atleast one time in the year. Their leaves fall off and you can see the tree for what it is, all the branches, the winding and curving it had to do to make the leaves look so pretty when those branches were full before. Their are certain people that do that for each one of us-but usually only specific people, or maybe just ONE. We so often compare to everyone else, but why? I know that I do it quite a lot and sometimes I wonder why. Take a moment and appreciate what you do have-those little individual things that make you happy. You're favorite chair-there's only ONE of them. You're favorite hairdo, perfume, teddy bear, pillow, color. Can you imagine life without all of those little simple things of just ONE that seem to influence you everyday. There has been just ONE perfect man to ever live this earth, only ONE man who sacrificed his life for every single person that has ever lived and will ever live. ONE man's atonement makes it possible for every one of us to make it back to our Heavenly Father for eternity. Amazing, isn't it? I don't know if I was even able to sort of get my point across but I do need to go to bed.