I love this so much.
To: Me
From: Grandma
I'm not a newspaper reader, nor do I get one in the mail or anything. So sometimes my grandma will cut out articles she thinks I should read. For example, I used to go running a lot (more often than I do now) so she casually handed me an article once about a certain running trail in Provo where many girls had been attacked and raped. Umm... thank you Grandma! She'll cut out random articles about the Boys & Girls Club or sometimes even job postings, even though I'm not looking for a job. :) It's all well-meaning though and I usually just take the article and may or may not even read it.
Last week I mowed my grandma's lawn and while I was still out mowing, she brought the article (shown above) outside and waved it around so I could see it. I asked her to leave it on the bench and I'd get it when I left. Well you can imagine my reaction when I opened this big one. I laughed. Smiled. Chuckled. Oh grandma. You're adorable.
But you know what I did this time? I actually read it! I took it to work with me-- mostly to show the teens what my Grandma had carefully selected for me. But I surprisingly really enjoyed this article. It's based off the advice of a woman who has become a national best-seller for her book and now travels all over the place as a motivational speaker and dating coach.
Her name is Tamara Duricka Johnson and she used to be a writer for Good Morning America. She was in her 30's, single, and decided to try an experiment of her own: Go on 31 dates in 31 days and see what came of the adventure. Doesn't it sound like one of those cheesy chick-flick movies we love? Well, I would love it. You know... "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"... "He's Just Not That Into You"... "27 Dresses"... and so on. Turns out, she went on all the dates and ended up marrying one of those guys... who just so happened to be a student at BYU Hawaii. *yay* Yep, Tamara is LDS so that made me all the more interested in this thing. You can see the website here where she has a blog and other pages about her experience:
In conclusion, I was delighted to discover this story and immediately ordered copies of the book for me AND Cassity. Haha. :) Consider me a groupie. The books should arrive any day now and I am actually quite excited to read about her dating adventures with 31 men. Imagine that. All of those "first dates!" That is non-stop stress if you ask me, but whatev! That's why she's the dating pro, and I'm still single. :)
Ha! Oh gotta love Grandma's news articles! :) Nathan got a lot of articles about anything happening in Africa or Ukraine/ Russia. So cute! It reminds me of something my grandpa once said to me when I was like 21 and still single to his dismay: "Maybe you should put on some rouge and do some Glamor Shots?" Lol Oh if only we really could just take cute pictures and hand them out as business cards to eligible beauxs :) If only!!! I'm excited to hear how you like the book! :)
ReplyDeletei've heard of several people doing this, and i wonder how in the world they pulled that off. can't weird to hear your reactions to the book.
ReplyDeleteHaha I'm still laughing at Allison's grandpa's comment- too funny! Yes- you gotta love grandparents....I'm becoming just like that. In fact, I was about to send an article about Russia to Nathan.... =)
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