mind babblings

It's "Happy Day" in the office. Which means: wear yellow and feel good all day. It's been wonderful.

I have some news....

Against all rational reasoning, I have a crush on a boy.

Yes. It's true. Sometimes I wonder why on earth I still like them. Afterall, most of my experiences in the past have been negative and any reasoning lends me to make the conclusion that I don't need them. Nope. But then somehow I end up liking them again...and well, it's hopeless.

It's nothing big, don't freak out. In fact, there is a 99.999999999% chance that it won't go anywhere. It probably won't. But, it's still entertaining to like him.

Are you thinking, "Wow, isn't Lindsey 24, almost 25, almost a QUARTER OF A CENTURY!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" (that's a subject for another post entirely) Why is she acting like a teenie-bopper?

Sorry. I'll be rational and mature.

I've been insanely busy these days. It seems that somehow every minute of everyday is eaten up by some task or job I have to do - and I have little time to do stuff that I like to do, like go running up in the mountains of Ptown, or drink chocolate soy milk, or just sit there and do nothing. All of which have been sucked into the black hole of homework and school. Black. Hole.

Anyway. Right now I have a few minutes to relax - and update you all (since you've been checking my blog anxiously wondering why on earth I haven't posted anything). These past few weeks I've had the occasional freak-out sessions of "OH MY GOSH I'm not married" (a product of this culture, not me, I swear) and the more occasional freak-out sessions of "OH MY GOSH what am I going to do with my Liiiiiiiiffeeee!??" but it's been good overall. I ran into He-who-cannot-be-named yesterday and talked to him for the first time in 5 months (Kevin). We talked about what he was doing in his future and what I'm doing in mine (I faked it and acted like I knew the answer to that, I'm getting better at that, fyi). The conversation was simple and superficial and may or may not have led me to re-hash our relationship mentally but now. Now. I have realized that I have forgiven him. I have moved on mentally and emotionally. And I think I'm pretty proud of myself. Although I'm pretty sure that it has a lot to do with my study of the Atonement in the topical guide for the past month and a little to do with the passing of time.

Time. That's a token of hope.

I'm taking a ceramics class and I am doing a project, a "reliquary" as my hippie teacher calls it. A box where I put something uber-important to me. Because she wanted me to dig deeper than just a "box" I decided to make a box where I put all of life's tokens of hope inside. For the past year or so, this has been a big theme. The idea of hope. The idea that there are tokens of hope in life everywhere no matter how bad you think things are - growth, spring, change, a child's laughter, a stranger's smile, repentance, the Atonement.

What are some tokens of hope in your life?
(response is not obligatory)

Just one of my many realistic attainable new years resolutions

Since one of my new years resolutions for the year 2011 was to get married and have kids, I decided I should start doing what I can to further those goals. Which includes a list of pleasant names for my future children. Just kidding. Sort of. But I did have a few names pop into my head so I thought I should write them down so that I can remember them when I need them (which will probably be later this year. kidding, again).
ANYWAY here they are. And you better not steal them. (I know they're so good you'll want to. Cough cough)

Madison
Addison (obviously not both of these)
Suzette
Lucy

Harrison
Gideon
Hyrum

Are you one of the priceless few?

ARE YOU ONE OF THE PRICELESS FEW?
William H. Danforth

I am on a voyage of discovery. I search for those of you who will go on a great adventure. I am looking for you, one of the audacious few, who will face life courageously, ready to strike straight at the heart of anything that is keeping you from your best; you intrepid ones behind whom the world moves forward. To you, I am going to unfold a secret power that but few know how to use—the secret power of daring and sharing which carries with it tremendous responsibilities. Once you have it, you can never be the same again. Once it is yours, you can never rest until you have given it to others. And the more you give away the greater becomes your capacity to give.

Deep down in the very fibre of your being you must light an urge that can never be put out. It will catch this side of your life, then that side. It will widen your horizon. It will light up unknown reserves and discover new capacities for living and growing. It will become, if you don't look out, a mighty conflagration that will consume your every waking hour. And to its blazing glory a thousand other lives will come for light and warmth and power.

It is going to take courage to let this urge possess you. My life in business and my contacts with young people have convinced me that the world is full of unused talents and latent ability. The reason these talents lie buried is that the individual hasn't the courage to dig them up and use them. Everybody should be doing better than he is, but only a few dare. Prospectors for gold tell us that gold is where they find it. It may be in the bed of a river or on the mountain top. And prospectors for courage tell us the same thing. The one who dares may be found in a cottage or in a castle. But wherever you live, whoever you are, whatever you have or have not—if you dare, you are challenged to enlist in a great cause.

H. G. Wells tells how every human being can determine whether he has really succeeded in life. He says: "Wealth, notoriety, place, and power are no measure of success whatever. The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the thing we have made of ourselves on the other."

I want you to start a crusade in your life—to dare to be your best. I maintain that you are a better, more capable person than you have demonstrated so far. The only reason you are not the person you should be is you don't dare to be. Once you dare, once you stop drifting with the crowd and face life courageously, life takes on a new significance. New forces take shape within you. New powers harness themselves for your service.

Who wants to do unimportant and uninteresting things? Who even wants to gratify an ambition that has grown into a passion for fame and fortune? To desire something permanent in life, to develop your gifts to the largest possible use—that's your dare. You have a wealth of possibilities, but maybe up to this time you have lacked a definite aim. You have a gun and plenty of ammunition. Now I dare you to aim at something worthy of the best that is in you.

A Hatch New Years - Epic.

New Years complete with bean dip, whoop!
Curtis and Cathy
Lindsey & Jami



The Rucus.
Can you feel the love tonight?
Allyson and mom dancing
Dad and I
Cathy and Curtis making TLC (Tres Leches Cake)
I consumed this entire bottle of Pringles...and maybe half of the other one. Don't judge, it's new years!
Our walk at Duke!

MAE: Miscellaneous Activites of Enjoyment

We went on walks...
Made snowmen...
Took awesome pregnancy pics...
Danced...
"worked out"...
Had the Classic Yogurt Parfaits...
Ate at Mediterranean Grill on Franklin St (YUM)...

We went to El Templo...
That is what a good Christmas break.

SNOW in North Crack??

One time it snowed in Durham, North Carolina. The whole city shut down and all of Parkwood neighborhood was out walking on Revere Rd. The Hatch family was a little discombobulated and resorted to makeshift snow gear, courtesy of Food Lion grocer's. Allyson was a little thrown off, too and decided that snow is best enjoyed while being pushed around in a stroller with an umbrella to keep the snow out of your eyes. All in all it was what some would call a Christmas miracle...

Deck the Halls