Seriously? Seriously...

Conversation overheard in the check-out line at The Wal-Mart today:

Daughter:(wearing a Class of 2009 t-shirt and a CTR ring) Mom, why do I even have to take the ACT to get into College? It's not like I will need any of those skills to survive in life.
Me: (thinking silently in my head) Yeah, you will never need basic reading, writing, and comprehension skills...
Mom:(wearing a BYU shirt and CTR ring as well) I don't see why they make you take that test. You don't really need to go to college anyways.
Me: (again silently in my head, except for screaming this time) What?! Even the prophet has instructed women to be educated!
Daughter: I know! You and Dad didn't go to college and we are doing just fine.
Mom: Right. Girls don't need a degree to be wives and mothers. You will just get married and your husband will take care of everything that you need.
Me: (silently in my head, trying with all of my might not to scream out loud) Seriously? What's the need to be educated?
Daughter: I know. When I get married, then I can just do what my husband wants me to do and I will be just fine.
Mom: (pulling out the food stamps, no joke, to pay for her food)That's true, now we just need to find you a husband.
Me: (pulling out my phone to make sure that the date says 2009 and not 1950) Wow! I wonder if these people have been frozen in time...

Seriously? Since when did it become okay to just not be educated? There are many ways to educate ourselves without having degrees, and some of the smartest people I know have been quite successful without having one. That's not the point. I just worry with the way that the world is changing that we need to be taking every opportunity to better our lives and be prepared. Seriously. I think that I will write the book that is floating around in my head. It's called, "Making the most of your Singleness". Seriously.

Happy Father's Day to my Favorite Fathers!

I hope that everyone has a great Father's Day this weekend-especially a few of my favorite Dads: I love you all and thanks for being such great Fathers and Friends!

Beautiful Disaster Behind These Hazel Eyes

It has been unusually long since I have blogged, but it is mostly because I have not been feeling very inspired as of late. This could partly be due to the fact that it has been raining for days and days here in Seattle, er...Logan. So, I needed a cure for the blues and fast. Anyone who knows the Barlow girls knows that we love love love Kelly Clarkson! We have been to her concerts any time that she has come near us and even flew home one time to see her play in San Jose. There's nothing like going to a fun concert with your sister (who, by the way could be Kelly's twin) and just having a blast to cure the blahs. So, we packed the rain gear into Lois the Montero and headed to Provo for the outdoor concert because let's be honest-we will always go see Kelly come rain or come shine or under the rainbow:As you can see, neither one of us has Hazel Eyes...but I for sure had some frizzies in the rain:Luckily, it only sprinkled for a few minutes and we stayed pretty warm the whole time. We sang and danced and got pretty close to the stage. It was great!And, I decided that I really love to go to outdoor concerts because it stays pretty cool and my ears don't ring for days and days after the concert...which may or may not have happened after seeing Kelly with Reba in the Energy Solutions Arena in October...anyways, it was fun weekend with Laura and Kelly and I think that the funk may be lifting:)