Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday. We've been talking a lot being grateful lately and I've been thinking about all of the wonderful blessings in my life.
Things have not been easy for the past little while. We seem to have a little roller coaster going on, but I realized that I learn gratitude when I have to go without. I am grateful for canned food. It's cheap and filling. It might not have the best nutritional content, but I can make a meal of it that has a showing from most of the major food groups. :) I also appreciate fresh foods so much more after a stint on food storage.
I am grateful for my husband. We're not perfect but we suit each other. We can make each other laugh and we can cry together too. It's nice not to be alone.
I am grateful for animals. They always seem to know when we need them. Even strangers' pets can tell when you need an extra cuddle from them. I firmly believe God gave us animals in our lives to give companionship and love. (I wish we could have one in our apartment!)
I am grateful to good neighbors. They're mostly quiet but are willing to stop and chat for a bit when we all have time. They don't ignore us. In fact they smile when they see us. It's good to feel welcome.
I am grateful for my family. I have very kind and generous parents. They talk with us and they also know to let us struggle along as long as we can manage by ourselves. They also know when to tell us we're being dumb and they're going to help us whether we want it or not. :) They also feed us. It's been nice to have food that is different from what we've been eating...which I'm still grateful for.
There's also camaraderie to be had with our siblings. We can go to their homes and play games. We can talk. We can ask them for advice without being judged for it. I appreciate it.
I'm grateful when my husband gets a job offer. It's a relief knowing I wont have to be the sole provider. That has been quite stressful. I am grateful that my husband, though discouraged, never gave up looking for a job. It's not fun filling out applications with little result. (He just got a job last night and starts Monday btw. We're excited!)
I'm grateful for my religion. It makes sense. It brings me peace, joy, and hope. I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to share it with others in France and Switzerland five years ago. I am grateful that I learned a beautiful language in doing so and made many wonderful friends along the way. I hope I never forget them.
I am grateful for all my blessings. And I know I should be grateful for the trials I have too, but I'm not perfect and I really don't care for them, even if I know I grow from them. ;)
Life is Wonderful.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Halloween Approaches
Banzai was good. It was a relief to not have to worry about costumes, but at the same time it felt odd not to participate in cosplay with everyone else. We'll start planning early for next year's Banzai! Now we only have to decide what we want to do.
One more thing to love about my job, we get to dress up for Halloween! They allow face paint and masks! I've never had a job do that before. I'm excited.
We just put up some Halloween decorations, a little late, but better late than never. We didn't do my Jack Skelington door as we have in the past couple of years. I decided that since we have a west-facing front door it wouldn't be wise to decorate it and have the decorations get sun bleached. When we move somewhere else, maybe we'll get a porch and then we can decorate it?? On vera.
One more thing to love about my job, we get to dress up for Halloween! They allow face paint and masks! I've never had a job do that before. I'm excited.
We just put up some Halloween decorations, a little late, but better late than never. We didn't do my Jack Skelington door as we have in the past couple of years. I decided that since we have a west-facing front door it wouldn't be wise to decorate it and have the decorations get sun bleached. When we move somewhere else, maybe we'll get a porch and then we can decorate it?? On vera.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Where did this month go?!
Well lets see, my high school reunion went well. My hubby and I mostly hung out around my bf and her hubby. We did see a couple other friends too but most of the people there were never good friends, just people i knew by name. I did see one friend and she had her guy friend whom I worked with in Salt Lake. Small world. The new high school is so huge too. It didn't feel like I was going back to my high school. It was just weird.
Then the next Friday I went to my twin brother's wedding. It was a lot of fun. Though I don't normal hang out around so many intoxicated people. It's interesting what people will do and say under the influence. The food was yummy, especially the cake! Red velvet!
My hubby lost his job. I am really unhappy with his employers about it because they were too harsh. He only worked twice a week and on the third week they told him that he had made too many mistakes and they could either let him go then or give him a grace period to try to earn their trust. The grace period was another week (or two more days). At the end of which they simply let him go. There were no warnings or anything. Truthfully how can any employer expect an employee not to make any mistakes in their first 6 days of working there? It's no wonder that few of their employees had been there for more than a few months. Now I have a disappointed husband who blames himself and feels discouraged trying to find another job after the school year has already started. At least this time I'm not going to school and I'm working full-time at a place I really enjoy.
I'm just hoping that being near a larger city will provide him with more job opportunities than Logan did. I really don't want a repeat of last year. It was too stressful.
Well lets see, my high school reunion went well. My hubby and I mostly hung out around my bf and her hubby. We did see a couple other friends too but most of the people there were never good friends, just people i knew by name. I did see one friend and she had her guy friend whom I worked with in Salt Lake. Small world. The new high school is so huge too. It didn't feel like I was going back to my high school. It was just weird.
Then the next Friday I went to my twin brother's wedding. It was a lot of fun. Though I don't normal hang out around so many intoxicated people. It's interesting what people will do and say under the influence. The food was yummy, especially the cake! Red velvet!
My hubby lost his job. I am really unhappy with his employers about it because they were too harsh. He only worked twice a week and on the third week they told him that he had made too many mistakes and they could either let him go then or give him a grace period to try to earn their trust. The grace period was another week (or two more days). At the end of which they simply let him go. There were no warnings or anything. Truthfully how can any employer expect an employee not to make any mistakes in their first 6 days of working there? It's no wonder that few of their employees had been there for more than a few months. Now I have a disappointed husband who blames himself and feels discouraged trying to find another job after the school year has already started. At least this time I'm not going to school and I'm working full-time at a place I really enjoy.
I'm just hoping that being near a larger city will provide him with more job opportunities than Logan did. I really don't want a repeat of last year. It was too stressful.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
School
Yesterday I went to my soon-to-be sister-in-law's bridal shower. My two older sisters were talking to me about school. They asked what I was going into and what I planned on doing with it. I said that I didn't really want to do anything with it, just be a mom. They then asked me why I was still going to school if I wasn't really planning to use it. I admitted that one reason was to defer paying my student loans. One sister said, "You don't have to go to school to defer your loans." Well that was news to me. They told me that I can fill out a deferment form for financial hardship (which my older sister has been doing for years at a much higher income than ours.)
When I picked up my husband on my way home (he was spending some extra time with his family while I was at the bridal shower) I talked it over with him. Truly, I am tired of going to school. It's a lot of stress and I felt guilty over accruing more debt to do so. I do find it interesting to learn new things, but the papers and other homework really do stress me out. My hubby pointed out that I'm a lot happier when I don't have to stress over school.
We also looked at it financially. I have about 4 semesters of school left before getting a 2nd bachelor's degree. Or two more school years. In students loans it could save us $11,000 if I stopped going to school. Not to mention books and other supplies.
Now I just need to talk to financial aid and figure out how to do a complete withdrawal from school. Where school doesn't start til tomorrow I shouldn't have any penalties or anything to worry about. I just hope I'm doing the right thing. I think I am, but will I regret it? Hmm. I think only time will tell.
When I picked up my husband on my way home (he was spending some extra time with his family while I was at the bridal shower) I talked it over with him. Truly, I am tired of going to school. It's a lot of stress and I felt guilty over accruing more debt to do so. I do find it interesting to learn new things, but the papers and other homework really do stress me out. My hubby pointed out that I'm a lot happier when I don't have to stress over school.
We also looked at it financially. I have about 4 semesters of school left before getting a 2nd bachelor's degree. Or two more school years. In students loans it could save us $11,000 if I stopped going to school. Not to mention books and other supplies.
Now I just need to talk to financial aid and figure out how to do a complete withdrawal from school. Where school doesn't start til tomorrow I shouldn't have any penalties or anything to worry about. I just hope I'm doing the right thing. I think I am, but will I regret it? Hmm. I think only time will tell.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
New Semester
I have a little more than a week until the next semester starts. I'm slightly nervous. I don't know what to expect with Weber. I have two night classes and two online classes. I'm actually more nervous about my online classes than the other two. I've taken a few online classes over the years and they always end up being harder than regular classes.
Also, my schedule and my hubby's schedule don't line up so well. He has classes during the day and works in the evenings. I have work during the day and have most of my evenings free. The only time we'll really have together are Tuesday nights and the weekends. It's going to be weird not seeing him. I feel like I barely spend time with him as it is and now we're reducing that time majorly. We'll need to plan it better for the spring semester.
We paid for our Anime Banzai registration! I'm so excited for it. Though we aren't really planning on wearing any costumes this year. I couldn't think of anything to do. The theme is mecha, as in large robots with human pilots. I've watched a few shows that meet the criteria, but none of them really make me want to cosplay one of their characters. I guess we don't have to dress up, right?
Well I need to get to sleep. We've not been getting enough sleep of late and it's really starting to wear me out. No bueno. ttfn!
Also, my schedule and my hubby's schedule don't line up so well. He has classes during the day and works in the evenings. I have work during the day and have most of my evenings free. The only time we'll really have together are Tuesday nights and the weekends. It's going to be weird not seeing him. I feel like I barely spend time with him as it is and now we're reducing that time majorly. We'll need to plan it better for the spring semester.
We paid for our Anime Banzai registration! I'm so excited for it. Though we aren't really planning on wearing any costumes this year. I couldn't think of anything to do. The theme is mecha, as in large robots with human pilots. I've watched a few shows that meet the criteria, but none of them really make me want to cosplay one of their characters. I guess we don't have to dress up, right?
Well I need to get to sleep. We've not been getting enough sleep of late and it's really starting to wear me out. No bueno. ttfn!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
New Apartment
Sorry for the long delay in posts. We only just recently got internet installed at our new apartment. :) So we moved in at the beginning of July and felt very overwhelmed with all the boxes we needed to unpack. But luckily we had a small vacation to take our minds off of it.
Washington D.C. over the 4th of July was awesome! We watched the fireworks at the National Mall (which is a large green area in between the Smithsonians and most all the major monuments.) I've never seen such a spectacle. It was brilliant. We hope to take my in-laws sometime to relive the experience. (A few years down the road.) We went to several of the museums and also attended the wedding of one of my mission companions. It was a lot of fun. Though the mosquitos in the area are not nice. I still have remnants of the bruises they gave me.
We came home wishing for a longer vacation and went back to work. The garden is growing nicely. We've had a lot of tomatoes and zucchini already. The watermelons are about 6 inches long. We're excited for those! Green River watermelons!
Ian and I also made our first batch of freezer jam, thanks to mom Allred, it turned out really good. We need to make our apricot puree into jam sometime too. (apricot pineapple) We have some black caps too. I'm not sure if I'll turn them into jam or what. Maybe I'll try to make syrup? That would be good.
School starts in a little less than a month. I'm not sure how it's going to go. It makes me a little nervous transferring to a new school.
Washington D.C. over the 4th of July was awesome! We watched the fireworks at the National Mall (which is a large green area in between the Smithsonians and most all the major monuments.) I've never seen such a spectacle. It was brilliant. We hope to take my in-laws sometime to relive the experience. (A few years down the road.) We went to several of the museums and also attended the wedding of one of my mission companions. It was a lot of fun. Though the mosquitos in the area are not nice. I still have remnants of the bruises they gave me.
We came home wishing for a longer vacation and went back to work. The garden is growing nicely. We've had a lot of tomatoes and zucchini already. The watermelons are about 6 inches long. We're excited for those! Green River watermelons!
Ian and I also made our first batch of freezer jam, thanks to mom Allred, it turned out really good. We need to make our apricot puree into jam sometime too. (apricot pineapple) We have some black caps too. I'm not sure if I'll turn them into jam or what. Maybe I'll try to make syrup? That would be good.
School starts in a little less than a month. I'm not sure how it's going to go. It makes me a little nervous transferring to a new school.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
11 Days to DC!!
So, I don't know if I mentioned this before or not, but one of my favorite mission companions-an person in general- is getting married this July. I'm super excited for her she totally deserves to have happiness in her life. I think it's also cute that she met her fiance in New York doing clean up after hurricane/super storm Sandy.
Anyway, Ian and I are flying out July 3rd for the wedding that weekend. We're excited for the wedding and also to see the fireworks on the 4th of July!! They should be absolutely amazing in the nation's capital. We were told that we should try to be at the Washington Monument to watch them. We'll have to see how late the buses run and if we can do that.
We're also planning on spending time at the Smithsonian Museums, the Holocaust Museum, and wandering all over the place. We really want to visit the Washington D.C. temple too. I hope we can!
As for an update - we are currently staying with my parents in an itty bitty apartment in Perry while we wait for our apartment to be vacated. (They're actually moving out this coming week!) Truthfully, it hasn't been bad living with my parents. Both Ian and I are at work most of the day so we really only see them in the evenings. By then we just eat dinner and get ready for bed. Weekends have been fun. We've been helping in the garden. It's a large garden plot and I'm super excited for late summer and fall when we get to harvest!!
Our new ward is good. It's a little too big though. The primary is huge! I'm not used to being in such a noisy sacrament meeting. Ian and I got to substitute in primary for my mom. She teaches the 4 year-olds. We had 8 little kids to take care of. It was chaos but a lot of fun too. Ian had never taught primary before. I was surprised.
Anyway, Ian and I are flying out July 3rd for the wedding that weekend. We're excited for the wedding and also to see the fireworks on the 4th of July!! They should be absolutely amazing in the nation's capital. We were told that we should try to be at the Washington Monument to watch them. We'll have to see how late the buses run and if we can do that.
We're also planning on spending time at the Smithsonian Museums, the Holocaust Museum, and wandering all over the place. We really want to visit the Washington D.C. temple too. I hope we can!
As for an update - we are currently staying with my parents in an itty bitty apartment in Perry while we wait for our apartment to be vacated. (They're actually moving out this coming week!) Truthfully, it hasn't been bad living with my parents. Both Ian and I are at work most of the day so we really only see them in the evenings. By then we just eat dinner and get ready for bed. Weekends have been fun. We've been helping in the garden. It's a large garden plot and I'm super excited for late summer and fall when we get to harvest!!
Our new ward is good. It's a little too big though. The primary is huge! I'm not used to being in such a noisy sacrament meeting. Ian and I got to substitute in primary for my mom. She teaches the 4 year-olds. We had 8 little kids to take care of. It was chaos but a lot of fun too. Ian had never taught primary before. I was surprised.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
It's Moving Time!
For those who don't already know, we're moving to Perry. 30 whole minutes away.
Ian and I will be transferring down to Weber State this fall, so we felt we should move closer to school and Ian's job. We're excited he has gotten a job at last! Also, Ogden seems to have better job opportunities in general. We'll have to wait and see how Weber is. We've heard that it's more medically based, so that will be good for Ian. I'm hoping to be able to finish my 2nd degree in a few semesters too. We know we have at least two years for Ian to finish his bachelor's degree then another three years at a physical therapy school somewhere. So we still have school in our life for at least the next five years.
I've got a little over one week to have my apartment packed and cleaned for the move. I hope I have enough time! Ian is going to stay with his parents for a little bit while he starts his job. It's not going to be fun to be away from him during the week. We're planning on him coming to Perry on the weekends. We have to wait for our apartment to become available. :( C'est la vie. At least it isn't as bad as our next door neighbors. The wife is going to Washington (state) for the summer and the husband is going to Virginia. I think we can handle being apart for the week days.
Goodbye April!
Ian and I will be transferring down to Weber State this fall, so we felt we should move closer to school and Ian's job. We're excited he has gotten a job at last! Also, Ogden seems to have better job opportunities in general. We'll have to wait and see how Weber is. We've heard that it's more medically based, so that will be good for Ian. I'm hoping to be able to finish my 2nd degree in a few semesters too. We know we have at least two years for Ian to finish his bachelor's degree then another three years at a physical therapy school somewhere. So we still have school in our life for at least the next five years.
I've got a little over one week to have my apartment packed and cleaned for the move. I hope I have enough time! Ian is going to stay with his parents for a little bit while he starts his job. It's not going to be fun to be away from him during the week. We're planning on him coming to Perry on the weekends. We have to wait for our apartment to become available. :( C'est la vie. At least it isn't as bad as our next door neighbors. The wife is going to Washington (state) for the summer and the husband is going to Virginia. I think we can handle being apart for the week days.
Goodbye April!
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Beginnings and Ends
Life is full of beginnings and endings. We begin school as a timid 6 year old and graduate some time later as an adult. We begin books full of curiosity and end them with either satisfaction or frustration. We begin life as small fragile babies and end as small fragile adults.
Today I'll be attending a funeral for a life that was truly great. I'm at peace to know that he was released from much pain and didn't have to suffer for too long. For the past couple of months Ian has been visiting every week and we've seen his health declining and knew it was coming. What's beautiful to know is near the end he said he could see the light. He is in a better place.
We love and miss you Grandfather Allred!
Today I'll be attending a funeral for a life that was truly great. I'm at peace to know that he was released from much pain and didn't have to suffer for too long. For the past couple of months Ian has been visiting every week and we've seen his health declining and knew it was coming. What's beautiful to know is near the end he said he could see the light. He is in a better place.
We love and miss you Grandfather Allred!
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Happy Easter!!
So my sister Heidi is moving to Missouri. I'm not too happy about it because she's doing it for her Facebook boyfriend. I can only hope he is good to her. She's had a run of crappy guys in her life. Granted, she isn't the easiest person to live with.
I hope I have time today to go say goodbye.
Back to Happy Easter! I bought some awesome chocolate online. I found these way good Milka eggs. Ian liked them a lot last time I bought them. The come with four to a carton and you eat them with a little spoon. They are milk chocolate with a while milk chocolate mousse inside. Way yummy!
We also got Ghirardelli mini eggs and Lindt mini bunnies. I forgot jelly beans. (I like the Starburst ones.) Oh well, chocolate is good enough, right? I also put a new book in our basket. We love new books!
I hope you all have a great Easter!
I hope I have time today to go say goodbye.
Back to Happy Easter! I bought some awesome chocolate online. I found these way good Milka eggs. Ian liked them a lot last time I bought them. The come with four to a carton and you eat them with a little spoon. They are milk chocolate with a while milk chocolate mousse inside. Way yummy!
We also got Ghirardelli mini eggs and Lindt mini bunnies. I forgot jelly beans. (I like the Starburst ones.) Oh well, chocolate is good enough, right? I also put a new book in our basket. We love new books!
I hope you all have a great Easter!
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Curly
So, as you can see with these 3 before pics, my hair is way super poofy and curly.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
My Awesome Hair!
So I got my hair dyed today. I figured I needed to go back to something a little more normal looking. I started out with my very faded red with my blonde roots growing in. Now I have red with blonde highlights streaked throughout. It looks great! My hair stylist is a genius! I wasn't sure if she was going to be able to get me back to blonde or not, she did such an awesome job!
My hubby is out of town working with my step dad. So he wont get to see it til I go pick him up. I'm pretty sure he'll like it. I also get to show my parents at the same time. Triple score! :D
I'm trying to decide if I should continue to add blonde to my hair, let it grow out, or what...hmm. I also really like adding colors to it though. It's been a lot of fun to add more color to my life. Blonde seems so boring to me now.
We shall have to wait and see.
My hubby is out of town working with my step dad. So he wont get to see it til I go pick him up. I'm pretty sure he'll like it. I also get to show my parents at the same time. Triple score! :D
I'm trying to decide if I should continue to add blonde to my hair, let it grow out, or what...hmm. I also really like adding colors to it though. It's been a lot of fun to add more color to my life. Blonde seems so boring to me now.
We shall have to wait and see.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Goodbye February, Hello March!
Wow. Those 28 days flew past!
I had a great Birthday. I'm now 28. Still weird to think it. I don't feel that old. Hmm. Maybe I'll be used to it in time for my next birthday?
Ian got me 2 books. Cinder and its sequel Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. A lot of his family have already read the first book, but the second just came out on Feb. 5th. So I might be the first one to read it. (As soon as I finish what I'm reading now that is.)
I re-read the first book in the Wheel of Time series and will start the second after reading 2-3 other novels first. It took me three weeks to finish the first. They are long.
Speaking of the WOT books, I got to see my brother and his kids: Rand, Lan, and Nynaeve. Yes, I'm completely serious. He's a huge WOT fan. I got to go lunch with his family, my husband, my twin with his fiancee, my mom, and my grandma. We had five of us there with February birthdays, so it was convenient. :)
School is stressful this semester. I have big papers due in all three classes. It's ridiculous how many projects overlap. I think my husband is extremely patient to deal with this big stress ball! That's also why my blogs have been slacking of late. (I was doing so well too!)
I'm looking forward to March. Mostly I'm looking forward to warmer weather! Spring break is the week after next. It will be nice to have a small break from the regular hum drum of school life. You know, I think I'm finally getting tire of being a college student. I love learning, but I'm so tired of writing papers and taking tests.
Not too much longer though and I'll be done with my second bachelor's degree. Then I can be done!
We're going to be moving down to the Ogden area (probably not directly in Ogden) this summer. I'm getting anxious about the move and finding a new place to live. I just hope we find something good. Well, enough for tonight. Oops, looks like I started out on the 1st and ended on the second. Oh well.
I had a great Birthday. I'm now 28. Still weird to think it. I don't feel that old. Hmm. Maybe I'll be used to it in time for my next birthday?
Ian got me 2 books. Cinder and its sequel Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. A lot of his family have already read the first book, but the second just came out on Feb. 5th. So I might be the first one to read it. (As soon as I finish what I'm reading now that is.)
I re-read the first book in the Wheel of Time series and will start the second after reading 2-3 other novels first. It took me three weeks to finish the first. They are long.
Speaking of the WOT books, I got to see my brother and his kids: Rand, Lan, and Nynaeve. Yes, I'm completely serious. He's a huge WOT fan. I got to go lunch with his family, my husband, my twin with his fiancee, my mom, and my grandma. We had five of us there with February birthdays, so it was convenient. :)
School is stressful this semester. I have big papers due in all three classes. It's ridiculous how many projects overlap. I think my husband is extremely patient to deal with this big stress ball! That's also why my blogs have been slacking of late. (I was doing so well too!)
I'm looking forward to March. Mostly I'm looking forward to warmer weather! Spring break is the week after next. It will be nice to have a small break from the regular hum drum of school life. You know, I think I'm finally getting tire of being a college student. I love learning, but I'm so tired of writing papers and taking tests.
Not too much longer though and I'll be done with my second bachelor's degree. Then I can be done!
We're going to be moving down to the Ogden area (probably not directly in Ogden) this summer. I'm getting anxious about the move and finding a new place to live. I just hope we find something good. Well, enough for tonight. Oops, looks like I started out on the 1st and ended on the second. Oh well.
Monday, February 18, 2013
LTUE
So every year for the past five years I have been going to a writing conference in Provo entitled Life The Universe & Everything or LTUE for short. Just for an idea of the awesomeness each of these conferences include, these are each year's keynote speaker(s):
2009 - Tracy Hickman
- Laura Hickman
2010 - Brandon Sanderson
- Marty Brenneis
- Nathan Hale
2011 - James Dashner
- Steve Keele
2012 - James A. Owen
2013 - Megan Whalen Turner
What I find interesting is that I hadn't noticed til my mother-in-law pointed this out, there have been multiple keynote speakers in years past. I feel jipped! Why didn't they do multiple for the pas two years? Just kidding. I bet they realized they need to wait for more blooming authors to develop so they can't use up all the ones they have now and have to spread them out a bit.
I must say that as a reader, not a writer, I enjoy going and listening to these authors talk about their craft. They make it sound so easy! I can never seem to get the words on the paper to match the imagery in my head. I'm just glad that so many other people can. I love to read!
2009 - Tracy Hickman
- Laura Hickman
2010 - Brandon Sanderson
- Marty Brenneis
- Nathan Hale
2011 - James Dashner
- Steve Keele
2012 - James A. Owen
2013 - Megan Whalen Turner
What I find interesting is that I hadn't noticed til my mother-in-law pointed this out, there have been multiple keynote speakers in years past. I feel jipped! Why didn't they do multiple for the pas two years? Just kidding. I bet they realized they need to wait for more blooming authors to develop so they can't use up all the ones they have now and have to spread them out a bit.
I must say that as a reader, not a writer, I enjoy going and listening to these authors talk about their craft. They make it sound so easy! I can never seem to get the words on the paper to match the imagery in my head. I'm just glad that so many other people can. I love to read!
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Flats
So apparently it gets cold enough here in Logan to make your tires go flat. Fun stuff let me tell you. Last Monday our front passenger side tire went completely flat. Luckily we have AAA and they have a dude up here in Logan. He came out and put our spare on and we then headed over and bought 2 new tires. They were going out anyway.
Then today after church, we went to move our car for snow removal and discovered one of our back tires was going flat. Many thanks to our neighbors who let us use their mini air compressor to fill it back up. (I'm hoping it was just the cold that mad the back tire deflate a bit and it wont happen again. I hope!
We're looking at getting 2 things for our trunk - a jack (because we don't have one) and a mini compressor. Maybe we wont need them again, but I'd prefer to get them just in case.
Then today after church, we went to move our car for snow removal and discovered one of our back tires was going flat. Many thanks to our neighbors who let us use their mini air compressor to fill it back up. (I'm hoping it was just the cold that mad the back tire deflate a bit and it wont happen again. I hope!
We're looking at getting 2 things for our trunk - a jack (because we don't have one) and a mini compressor. Maybe we wont need them again, but I'd prefer to get them just in case.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Working Out
So Ian and I have started an exercise regime. He has Dynamic fitness lab (a PE class) 3 days/week and then he exercises with me the other two days of the week. And I exercise by myself the days he has class.
We figured that we pay student fees in order to have access to the field house, we might as well use it. So we started this week. We bought access to lockers (another incentive to actually go work out.) I went Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I figure my muscles need a day to rebuild so Wednesday and Saturday are my days off. (and Sunday of course.) It's been nice so far.
I used to hate going to the gym to work out. I felt super self-conscious because I'm usually the only significantly overweight person there. It's hard not to think that people are judging you, hypocritically, for being there. But No one has been rude or given me bad looks or anything. I also decided that everyone else there is probably feeling insecure too. So I just go and do my own thing and ignore everyone else. It's been nice actually. I feel pretty good. :)
I hope that this continues to motivate me to go. I need it. I'm tired of being at such an unhealthy weight and my husband is too. We're getting healthy together.
We figured that we pay student fees in order to have access to the field house, we might as well use it. So we started this week. We bought access to lockers (another incentive to actually go work out.) I went Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I figure my muscles need a day to rebuild so Wednesday and Saturday are my days off. (and Sunday of course.) It's been nice so far.
I used to hate going to the gym to work out. I felt super self-conscious because I'm usually the only significantly overweight person there. It's hard not to think that people are judging you, hypocritically, for being there. But No one has been rude or given me bad looks or anything. I also decided that everyone else there is probably feeling insecure too. So I just go and do my own thing and ignore everyone else. It's been nice actually. I feel pretty good. :)
I hope that this continues to motivate me to go. I need it. I'm tired of being at such an unhealthy weight and my husband is too. We're getting healthy together.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Year!
I'm looking forward to a year with less trials. Ha ha. If only it would be so easy.
We spent the night at my brother-in-law's house in Brigham last night. It was an enjoyable evening. Although I was feeling tense and a bit anti-social at the beginning of the evening. I knew my hubby wanted to go spend some time with his older brother, so I took one for the team. We stayed up til 2:15. :( It was a long night too. I'm sure I'll be sleeping soundly tonight. In fact I might take some Tylenol Simply Sleep to make sure I do.
The new job is going well. So far I've been doing some data checking. It's relaxing really. I think that the others don't really like doing it because it can be tedious, but I get to relax and listen to iTunes while i do it, so I'm good. Yesterday I was told they'd be locking the front door at 5:45 and if we left after that we'd need to use the stairs by the break room to get out. at 6:00 a guy came up to me and told me he was about to turn the lights off. ??? I wasn't told we had to leave by 6! So i quickly closed out of the applications I was in and shut down my PC, but he turned the lights off before I was done and I ended up having to use my cell phone light to find the break room and the subsequent exit. I was a little bugged.
Oh well. Just one of those misunderstandings where I am completely lost. I'll get over it.
Happy New Year! I hope everyone has a great year and many wonderful experiences. :D
We spent the night at my brother-in-law's house in Brigham last night. It was an enjoyable evening. Although I was feeling tense and a bit anti-social at the beginning of the evening. I knew my hubby wanted to go spend some time with his older brother, so I took one for the team. We stayed up til 2:15. :( It was a long night too. I'm sure I'll be sleeping soundly tonight. In fact I might take some Tylenol Simply Sleep to make sure I do.
The new job is going well. So far I've been doing some data checking. It's relaxing really. I think that the others don't really like doing it because it can be tedious, but I get to relax and listen to iTunes while i do it, so I'm good. Yesterday I was told they'd be locking the front door at 5:45 and if we left after that we'd need to use the stairs by the break room to get out. at 6:00 a guy came up to me and told me he was about to turn the lights off. ??? I wasn't told we had to leave by 6! So i quickly closed out of the applications I was in and shut down my PC, but he turned the lights off before I was done and I ended up having to use my cell phone light to find the break room and the subsequent exit. I was a little bugged.
Oh well. Just one of those misunderstandings where I am completely lost. I'll get over it.
Happy New Year! I hope everyone has a great year and many wonderful experiences. :D
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