So there was a big storm last night, and I didn't think I was gonna get out of Salt Lake until like 3 in the morning, but luckily, I was able to get on an earlier flight and made into Denver around 10:30 and then got to Bryan's parent's house right before 12. I was SO glad that I was able to get in and didn't get stuck in Salt Lake with the homeless guys again.

I'm here for the next few hours and then in the mornin, Me, Carolyn, Bryan and Benjamin all head to TEXAS.

John's Graduation

On Thursday John GRADUATED from the Utah College of Massage Therapy. Megan and I were able to get off work to be there for the big event. It was really exciting to watch him get his diploma, I know he worked really hard and it meant a lot to him.

John and Elaine after he received him diploma.

After the graduation, we went down to Springville and had dinner with John and Elaine as well as some of her family. It was really fun. We made nice with Elaine's three little neices and nephews who were really cute and sweet.

I don't even know.....

Mostly, I'm just really proud of John and excited for him that he's finished with his school. And I'm really really glad that I was able to be there and to see him graduate. Congratulations Big Brother, we're all proud of you.

Coolest Christmas Lights EVER

On our way back from the Christmas party on Friday, we passed the COOLEST Christmas decorations. The house was completely decked out and it had this sign in the front yard that said to tune the radio to a particular station. We pulled over and turned the radio on and the Christmas lights were completely coordinated with the song playing on the radio. It was pretty amazing I have to say. I recorded a bit of it in hopes that one day when their fancy new house is completed, mom and dad could learn how to do this and they could have the coolest decorations ever.

This past weekend was really fun. On Friday, Megan and I went and got our nails done, finished up some Christmas shopping, and then went to see the movies "Couples Retreat." Now I slept through the majority of that movie, but it was at the cheap theater, so I didn't really care. It was really fun though to just hang out just the two of us and to chill with the Spawks.

On Saturday, We went to another ugly sweater party at our friend Brittney's ward. IT was a karaoke party and really fun. Brittney didn't have a good sweater, and since I apparently have a bunch, she borrowed my green Santa's Workshop sweater. Megan wore my award winning sweater that I wore last weekend, and I wore a combination of my friend Renae's candy-cane turtleneck with a lovely Christmas-floral scrub top that Megan found at DI. And of course, we both had to wear really stylish Christmas earrings. We looked pretty fantastic. It was really fun though and I'm so glad that we went.

Brittney singing Karaoke.

Cold Showers

Last night Me and Megan got home from doing some shopping, and our roommate Tiffany informed us that there was NO HOT WATER!!!!! We are thinking that the pilot light must have gone out because everything is up to date. But this was really a stinker because coincidentally, last night also saw the lowest overnight lows that we have had all winter. Awesome.

Well, I was completely against the idea of showering in ice cold water, so at about 10:30 last night, I started boiling water on every burner that we had in our apartment and put it into the bathtub. Sadly, 4 pots of water barely even covered the bottom of the bathtub. I had to do 3 trips, which was 12 pots of boiling water in all. It was really funny, but it worked like a charm!! It definitely took a lot longer than if I had just bit it and showered in the cold, but to me it was sooooo worth it. I figure it was just like the olden days when people had to carry in their own bath water.

AT&T bought me a new camera!!!!!

So last year when I was trying to get a cell phone, the nice people at AT&T didn't want to give me one because of my rocking awesome inability to get any credit (There is a whole different story for another day). Anyways, the only way they would let me get an account with them is if I made a 500 dollar deposit. They said that if I went an entire year without missing a payment, they would refund the deposit. The best day ever was last week when that deposit came in the mail!! Such a nice little surprise.

Well the past little while, I've been wanting to get a NEW CAMERA, but I just never did. There was always other things that I wanted instead.. like rent and gas. But then, I decided I would just use my AT&T money to buy me a camera. I knew if I didn't just do it now that I probably never would cause there is just always something that I want more.

This was just the greatest impulse buy since my new computer and the best early Christmas present ever!! Luckily when you only get Christmas for yourself, you can open it early!! Anyway, I just really love my camera and I'm so excited that I have it in time for Christmas and the reunion.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN

Sunday was Megan's Birthday. To Celebrate we went to dinner and a movie on Saturday night. We had dinner at Jonny Carino's and then went to see The Blind Side. That is the BEST movie. Really, it was fantastic and I'm so glad Megg-ee-poo wanted to see it for her birthday. Maybe the best part was after we went to dinner, I was certain that the theater where we bought our tickets was a few miles away, so we entered it into the Garmin and took off. After about 20 minutes when we got to the theater Megan was like, "This is definitely not right!" So, we pulled over, called my roommate for the address and realized that it was just about a block away from the restaurant where we had dinner. So we made our way back over there and after probably an hour of driving ended up right back where we started. It was really funny. Finally we made it though and it was so worth it after we saw that movie.

On Sunday, we had chicken parmesean for her Birthday Dinner. We pretty much have that for every important occasion cause it is our favorite. Then, we also had a pinata and we had cheesecake for her birthday.

All in all, it was a really fun weekend and I hope Chowda-Mc-Spawks-Spawks had the greatest birthday ever.

Ugly Sweater Party

On Friday night, our ward had an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party. It was so much fun!!! It was just really fun to dress silly and hang out with my friends.

First we had dinner, then we played big group games with the whole ward. There was speed pictionary (which my team totally dominated by the way), then a game where you tie balloons to your feet and run around trying to pop everybody else's balloons, then a game with presents that you roll dice trying to win. All in all it really was a blast. After all the games were over they gave out prizes for the ugliest sweaters and I am proud to say that I won second place for the girls. In all seriousness, what I was wearing was really terrible, so I was pretty excited about that. I won a movie package. It had the movie Elf and then a bunch of popcorn, candy and snacks inside. It was really fun.

After the party, my roommates and a couple of friends came back to my house and we just all hung out and talked and laughed till the wee hours of the morning. It really was the funnest night.

Random Laughs

So Yesterday was my nephew Davey's birthday. So in the morning while I was waiting for church to start, me and Megan were texting him to wish him a happy birthday. While I was texting him, I remembered that we had a visiting teaching workshop that night and I was wondering if my roommate was going to be home in time to make it. So i sent the text...

"Hey are you gonna be back in time for the visiting teaching thing tonight?"

About 2 seconds later, Davey replied,

"What thing?"

I was so embarrassed. Obviously he wouldn't be able to make that meeting considering he lives in Texas.. and he's a boy and all. Anyways, it was just really really funny to me that I had sent it to the wrong person. Probably because it was the latest in a long line of me sending the wrong messages to the wrong people. Always makes for a funny moment.

Welcome to the world BENJAMIN (no middle name yet) TURNAGE!!!!!

So tired....

So I used to be a grandma and would go to sleep every night at 10:30. And my life was great.

Then, we started all the stoopin' and now I never want to go to bed because all my friends are having fun without me. So for about the past 6 nights in a row, I've gone to bed in the wee hours of the morning. Last night was especially good when I went to bed a little after 2. When my alarm went off at 7 this morning, I was SUPER DOOPER sad. I am always so tired now.

Maybe I should go back to being a grandma.. I think it was a better time for me.

Jake Day

The stages of Jake Day... in the Words of Jake....

Stage 1: You took me away from my mother and I will kill you.

Stage 2: I will allow you to hold me as long as you continue to feed me this sucker.

Stage 3: Please get rid of the chicken noodle gerber dinner and bring back my sucker.

Stage 4: It is slightly better to be outside with the crazy girls that inside with the crazy girls.

Stage 5: Somehow this monster is funner to be with than Maggie.

Stage 6: Maybe if I take a nap, I'll wake up and realize being snatched away from my mother was all just a bad dream.

Stage 7: I woke up and realized it wasn't a nightmare, it was reality. I can't even bare to look at them.

Stage 8: First kidnapping, now she covers me with these giant glasses. Where's CPS when you need them?

Stage 9: Please let me out, Please let me out!!
Stage 10: This girl is so dumb. I learned that if I smile at her, she will spend about an hour trying to get 5 drops of water out of the very bottom of a water-bottle using nothing but a straw.

Stage 11: If they won't let me go, I'll drive myself. Momma, I'm coming home!!!

In all seriousness, Jake was really good all day. And although it was a little chilly between us at the beginning, he warmed up quickly and we had a ton of fun. I'm so glad I got to play hookie for the day and spend it with baby Jake. He is just the cutest and the funnest and I wished I could play with him more often. Thanks for letting me keep him Cathy!!!

I will be kidnapping this baby all day tomorrow!! I'm so excited for JAKE DAY!!!

Karyn the Bellydancer

So yesterday My roommate Karyn and I were texting Megan and decided to mess around with her a little. See, it was this boy Alex's birthday yesterday, and we told Megan that Karyn was doing a belly-dance in full costume as his present. And I didn't think she would, but Megan completely believed us. So we kept it going for a while and it just kept getting funnier and funnier. We started telling Megan stupid things like, "Karyn was doing a turn and some beads fell off of her costume." And everytime I texted ehr something dumber than the last time, I was just sure she was going to realize it wasn't true. But every single time she believed me.

So as this went on, I knew that Megan would call me when she got out of her class, cause she always does. So I told Karyn it would be funny if we had some Indian music playing in the background when Megan called me. Of course Karyn jumps up and goes, "Hey, I have some music that would be perfect!!" So right as we found the song and played it, Megan called. As soon as she heard the music she just believed everything I had told her. She told me to make sure that Karyn danced for a few more songs so that she could drive home and see. I was dying laughing.

As Karyn and I waited for Megan to come home, this boy Alex showed up at my apartment. So obviously, I told him everything that I had told Megan. So when Megan got home, he totally played into and made Megan believe everything we had told her for the longest time. Finally I was laughing so hard that I finally had to tell her that it was all a lie and we just randomly made it up.

So anyway, that was my random fun for yesterday... Maybe today I'll play a little trick on Liz.....

I'm spending the weekend in Logan with Megan, Liz, Christine, Ray and Brittany!

It should be a blast!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINE!!!!

The birthdays just keep a coming this week!! Today is CHRISTINE'S BIRTHDAY.... and she decided to come out to Utah for her birthday this year so we get to play with her this weekend, which totally makes me happy.

I freaking love Christine and she is the greatest sister. I especially love her because she let me crash at her pad for a few months after I finished school, for which I am very grateful. And she made me the most beautiful purse cake right before I moved to Utah. I don't know very many people who could just whip out a purse cake.

I hope you have the greatest birthday and I wish I was as talented as you that I could make you a purse cake for your birthday, but I'm afraid you're going to have to settle to a big smooch on the cheek when I see you in Logan!!!

It has finally returned

Tonight is the premier of GREY'S ANATOMY!!

I love love love this show and have been waiting since May for it to come back! I'm so excited!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLYN

Once when I was probably about 10 or 11, I wanted to wear make-up, but wasn't allowed to. I kept stealing my sister Carolyn's make up and then I would lie about it and say it wasn't hers. Then, one day, she caught me using it and she came up behind me and kicked me and called me "you little crap." This was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

Today is Poopie's birthday and she is just the funnist girl and always has the best stories. She keeps me company while we are both bored at work, and she is going to let me stay at her house for both Thanksgiving and Christmas... so basically I love her a lot right now.

Once last summer, me and her randomly started climbing these fountains in downtown Denver.

Happy Birthday Carolyn.. I hope you have a great day!!!

We Love Ice Cream

Me and Megan and our fun new roommate Karyn have started eating ICE CREAM CONES all the time. They are so delicious. When we were eating them the other day, Megan goes...

ICE CREAM IS THE BEST ENDING TO EVERYDAY

I couldn't agree more! So last night we went and got some new flavors to make our cones with. This little habit can't last for too long or else I am going to blow up like a balloon. But boy they are good.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BROTHER

This is a crazy week of birthdays in my family and it all gets started today with Michael.

Michael is the coolest big brother. I remember when I was younger I thought he was so funny cause he would lay on the floor and watch tv and make a pillow out of anything... like the bottom of my rocking horse, or he would turn a VHS on its side and put it under his head. Neither of those could have been comfortable. And he would also pay me quarters to scratch his back when I was younger, and he would pay me quarters to get him stuff out of the fridge (probably while he was laying on the floor watching tv with a video stuck under his neck.) I just thought he was the greatest.

I just love Mike and I'm so proud of him for going to fight the bad guys and I'm so glad that he married the coolest girl in the world Jill. And had the cutest kids on the planet. And I'm so glad that he said he wanted us all to get together this New Year's for the reunion and I can't to see him.

Michael, I hope you have a great day!!!!

Maggie and Liz's Day of Fun!!!!

On Saturday, me and Liz both didn't have plans, so we decided to hang out in Salt Lake. So I drove up there and we went to lunch at Olive Garden with a couple of her roommates. It was really good, and for whatever reason, we ended up staying there for like 3 hours. And I'm pretty sure I made our waiter mad and her probably spit in all of our food. But it was really good and really fun and I could eat their breadsticks everyday.

After Olive Garden, Me and Liz went to Gateway Mall in Salt Lake. Her sunglasses had broken so we both got new sunglasses at this place that had them on sale and then we looked like models in our new sunglasses. We also got ice cream at the Ben & Jerry's store. I decided I wanted Chunky Monkey in a waffle cone cause I love that flavor, and Liz just had to copy me cause it looked so good. They made the waffle cone while we were there so it was super fresh, but it melted our ice cream SUPER fast. Before you could get to the bottom, all of the ice cream had melted and made a jumbo-sized mess all over us. But it was so good!!!

Here's us with our new sunglasses and huge ice cream cones.

Later that night, after some more shopping and hanging out, I remembered this thing that Christine made for me once where you put pie filling inside giant won-ton wrappers and then fry them and make these little empanada desserts. They are so delicious. So we made them late that night before I went home. Liz had an apple one and I had a cherry one and they were just so delicious!!! Unfortunately, I ate so much junk that day that I am pretty sure I made myself sick. I'm not sure if it was worth it or not.

It was a long day and we packed a lot of stuff in it, but it was so much fun and I'm so glad that I went up to Salt Lake to change with Liz cause it was a blast!

Weekend Recap

This past Labor Day weekend was really fun. It was so nice to have a long weekend where I didn't have any trips or any big plans, but could just enjoy it and have fun. SO...

Saturday was busy... In the morning, I did some shopping for Matt's birthday package that Megan and I are sending him. Found him some good stuff I think. His card is really funny and goes as follows..

HAPPINESS IS LIKE PEEING IN YOUR PANTS,

EVERYONE CAN SEE IT,

BUT ONLY YOU CAN FEEL ITS WARMTH!!

IT'S YOUR BIRHTDAY,

LET YOUR HAPPINESS SHOW!

I thought it was really funny and perfect for Matt, so I was excited. Plus, the card is BRIGHT PINK and I know that Matthew loves pink.. so I thought it would fit him just right.

Then, Megan and I both got haircuts... mine got cut a little shorter than I would have liked, but its nice to have all the dead ends cut off so that my hair feels healthy again. That night, we went to Salt Lake and had dinner with Megan's friend Allison at TGI Friday's. After dinner, we went to Gateway mall and walked around for a while in the shops before seeing All About Steve. It wasn't at all what I was expecting from that movie, but it was super random and super funny.

On Labor Day Monday, we had a ward activity. It was real fun. We had a barbeque and then after played water kickball. It's just regular kickball, but all of the bases are kiddie pools and then you have to slide into home on a slip-n-slide. We didn't play, but we watched and cheered and it was super funny. All these 20-something year old guys just throwing themselves onto a slip-n-slide to avoid getting out. Really it was hilarious. I told Megan, I wished that our family reunion coming up was going to be during the summer because it would be really fun to play that with our family, but I guess we'll have to wait for the next one.

All in all, it was a really fun weekend, and it was SOOOO nice to have an extra day off of work. But alas, I had to come back and resume bringing home the bacon.

PS... for those of you who have heard me complain about the girl at my work.. Well Thursday turned out being her last day. My boss told me that she only was on the payroll for 11 days, she was gone for 4 of those and only on time twice. So they let her go last week and my boss was going to interview people yesterday and hopefully have someone start today. Hopefully whoever this new girl is will be better than the previous chick. Wish me luck while I'm training today, I don't love doing that!!!

Visit from Alisa

So my friend Alisa that I lived with my freshman year just moved to West Jordan with her husband Jason. We have been trying to get together for a while now and were finally able to see each other last night. It was so fun.

She came down to Provo and we just talked and chatted for a while and went to Cafe Rio for dinner. It was so nice to just catch up with her and chat and laugh. I haven't seen in her in about 2 years or so, so it was so good to see her. After dinner we went back to my apartment and played Racko for a while before she had to head home. It was just a short little visit, but so fun!!

XPRESS PRINTING

So today I started my new job at X Press Printing. This really nice girl named Megan trained me on all of the things that I'll do like you know.. answering the phones and all those important things. All the people were nice to me on my first day and then I got busy to work checking my e-mail and posting on my blog! I feel like I could be happy here. But honestly, I'm just excited to be working more hours... which equals more money... which equals more fun!!!!

Moving Day

Today Megan and I are moving downstairs to the show apartment. It'll be super nice once we are in there because the apartment is decorated so that people can come and see it.

Well today, we woke up early so that we could finish packing and cleaning and be ready to move at 8. However, things didn't work out that way. We ended up just sitting in our living room, staring at each other, surrounded by all of our material belongings for a couple of hours. Talk about fun!

We took everything out of our rooms and put it in the living room so that it would be faster to move when we finally get into our new apartment. Hopefully that works out the way we planned!!

Living it up in the ghetto!!!

Elizabeth moved into her new apartment over the weekend. She is living in Midvale, UT for the next few months while shes does her student teaching in West Valley City. Her apartment is super nice and I wish I had a pad like that!!!

On Saturday, Me LIz and mom went to Chase bank to set up an account for her. While we were there, Mom started asking the banker about the area. He goes well... there are nicer places. And then he started getting into it. He said "Our branch is the only one in the area with bullet-proof glass!! We used to be the number-one robbed chase bank, but since we got the bullet-proof class, we haven't been robbed. But you can still see the fresh paint from our last shooting!" I was dying laughing. I thought mom was going to have a coronary and die next to me. The more he talked the funnier it got to me.

After the bank, we took mom to the airport so that she could go back home to Texas and be reunited with her one true love. After the airport, me and Liz went shopping to get her set-up. This was the best part. We went to a Wal-Mart in West Valley (Where Liz will be teaching) and the area is just super ghetto. Everything the banker was saying was true and you could see it. We finally found the Wal-mart and there was a big cement wall surrounding it. I had never seen such a thing. Cracked us both up. Needless to say, once we saw that, We chose to drive a little farther to a nicer town where we could shop. We were able to get her at least part of the way set-up and in her new place.

I hope she ends up liking her new set-up, and I'm so glad to have more family close-by! This is going to be fun!!!

Megan is a Big Girl Now

This past Thursday, Megan walked at her graduation from BYU. I'm so happy that all of my peeps are finishing up school so that they can be lazy non-students just like me!!! Anyways, all of the Settles were in town for the event, and my mom and Liz made an appearance as well.

Her graduation was on Thursday and Friday, and then we went to dinner both nights with the family. So FUN!!!! We also all stayed at a hotel in Lehi with the fam, which was a blast. We swam and ate lots of junk food.. and one night Me, Megan, Liz, Christine and Mom all went shopping late at night, which I thought was a blast. It was so fun to have family in town for a few days and to celebrate Meg's graduation.

SHE'S HOME!!!!!

Kelsie returned from her mission to Chile on August 6. Since she has been back, she has already enrolled in classes and started looking into going back to BYU-Idaho. She doesn't waste anytime!! I finally got to talk to her on the phone today and she doesn't sound ANYTHING like she used to, but it was so fun to finally catch up with her. I'm so proud of her for serving her mission and I can't wait to see her at the family reunion. She is one of my favorite people and I'm so glad she's back!!!

Michael is BACK IN THE USA!!!!!

Big brother came home from his third trip to Afghanistan at the end of July. I was so excited to hear that he made it home safely. I am so proud of him for everythig that he has done!!! I can't wait to see him in December and hopefully he will get to stay with us state-side for a while longer!!

Time to play catch up!

WOW!! So its only been forever since I've done this.. and for once in my life, stuff is actually going on. And even though some of this happened many moons ago, I feel as if I should put it all on here!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMA!!!!!!!

It is my mom's birthday and I know she loves me the most out of all her kids cause she is making it a point to be in Utah for her birthday and to spend it with me! Mom and dad are driving up from Colorado today and will spend the next couple of days here with me and Megan. I am so excited to be able to spend my mom's birthday with her. She is the coolest lady I know and I hope she has a great day! (Of course, how could she not when she is spending it with her favorite daughter?)



She is always so happy and always has "kind-soft-comforting" words to say! I love you momma, you're the best!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYDNEY!!!!

Little Sydney turns 5 today. I was in Nampa the day that she was born.. and I have been having blast with her ever since. I love it when she calls people Chowda, and when she walks up my legs and then does a flip, and when makes a nest out of a blanket on my leg and styas there until my legs are SUPER sore. She is just the most fun little girl and i can't believe shes 5 today!!!

Wednesday Adventure

So my dad has been trying to get ahold of my brother John for the past couple of days with no success. He made it sound pretty urgent so I offered to drive down to Springville and talk to John for him.

After I got off of work, Megan and I drove down there, but couldn't find the address where he was supposed to live. So we then drove to Spanish Fork and looked for the house where he used to live with Elaine's sister. We found the house (Megan has a fantastic memory) but it appeared to be basically abandoned.

After we busted out in Spanish Fork, we went back to Springville and got dinner, thinking we would give John a little bit more time to get home. We ate pizza and returned to the address that we had, but the man who lived there told us that he had never heard of John. So we returned home without ever finding John. Hopefully where-ever he is, things are going well!!!

Happy Birthday USA

Had the funnest weekend in Idaho with the girls. Me and Megan went up Thursday night so spend the Fourth of July weekend with Liz. Then Friday, we all went to the Lake for a bit.. until it started raining on us. Then that night we ate pizza and watched movies like Connie and Carla. One of my all-time favorites!!

Saturday was amazing. The parade in Idaho Falls was excellent. We had so much fun and it really was worlds better than the little dinky parades I had previously attended. Then we ate lunch at McDonalds and headed to the park where we spent the next 10 hours.

We played games, listened to music and ate lots of puppy chow while we were waiting for the fireworks that night. Then, I made a couple of large walks. One to Arctic Circle to use the restroom... that was probably five blocks. And then the big one was when we thought it was going to start raining, I offered to walk to Wal-Mart and get umbrellas for me and Liz. That was about 6 blocks and it started raining as I was walking there. By the time I made it there and back, the rain had stopped and I had developed blisters between my toes from the flip flops I was wearing. That was fun... NOT.

But it was all worth it that night when the fireworks started. They really were fantastic. And the people next to us had a radio that was playing some "American" songs that i had been waiting all day to hear. It was outstanding.

By the time we got home on Sunday, I was exhausted, but I had so much fun and I'm so glad that we decided to go spend the weekend with Liz rather than spending it here in boring Provo by ourselves!

I'M GOING HOME!!!!!!!!!

Last night I got my tickets to go to Texas for the family reunion this New Years. I will be going to Denver on the 23rd, after I get off of work and will spend Christmas Eve with Carolyn and Bryan and most importantly... their brand new baby!!

Then we will all go together to Texas on Christmas morning. I will spend about 10 days in Texas with the family I am so stinking excited for this reunion. The last one was so much fun, I can't wait for all of us to get together again. Then, I will come on on the 4th and get back to being a working girl.

I'm so glad that I found tickets to go and I seriously can't wait to see the family. They are the greatest!!!!

Post Camping Woes

So remember a few days ago how I was so super excited to go camping?? Well, we went and it was super fun. Definitely the most social I've been with my ward by a while since I've lived here. I'm so glad I went and I had a really good time....

BUT............

I got eaten alive.. and that is not an exaggeration. Megan and I went early to help set up tents and while we were kind of out in the brush putting tents up, I got so many mosquito bites. I got 11 on one arm 8 on the other, 4 on my legs, one on my neck and one on my forehead. It was horrid. I thought I was going to die. I have been itchy for the past 2 days and I am just ready for these stupid bites to go away and stop bothering me. It is so miserable!!!

Stay posted... I'm pretty cure I got west nile.

Camping!!!!

So my ward is having a camp-out tonight and I'm so excited!! I haven't been camping since last summer and that was SO fun. Hopefully tonight is as good as that one was!!!

Surprise visit

I don't think I've ever blogged twice in one day, but I was so excited about this.. I had to share. Today when I left work and checked my phone, I had a text from my old roommate Rachel saying that one of our other roommates was getting married today in Provo and I should come over to the reception.

So I made a little appearance at the reception and got to spend about an hour with my favorite red-head. I absolutely adore that girl and I'm so glad that I got to see her tonight.

Baby Bird Flying Solo

So I was supposed to have the girl who trained me stay with me all week so that I would be really comfortable at my job. But for whatever reason, they decided that apparently two days was just as good. So I worked alone today. I feel like it went fairly well, considering I knew absolutely nothing 2 days ago. Watch out real-estate world... I'm a natural!!!

New Computer

So last night I was watching Lost on my laptop, like i do everynight. Well, last night, I had a pretty bad headache and when I laid down to watch the episode, I fell asleep a lot faster than I expected. About 30 minutes into the episode I was awakened by a pretty loud bang. Much to my shock and dismay, I had accidentally knocked my computer off the bed in my sleep and it had fallen to its death. It would still turn on and everything, but the screen would not turn on.

So when I woke up this morning and realized that this did in fact happen, and was not just a nightmare (as i was hoping was the case), I decided this was a sign from the heavens that I wanted to purchase a new computer. It had been something that I had wanted to buy for a while, but could never really justify it. Since mine was now dead, I figured I had a pretty good excuse.

So I went to BestBuy and looked around for a while and narrowed it down to 2. Then, I went to work and mulled over the decision for a while, and after work I just went to the store and got it. I LOVE IT!!! It is kind of the Sony version of a Mac and I think it is beautiful.

It was a little bit of an impulse buy and probably more than I should have spent on a computer right this second, but I absolutely love it and am so glad that I have it.

First Day of Work

Let the life of employment begin.

Today was my first day of work.  It was a little overwhelming at first seeing as how a homeless guy knows more about realty than I do, but by the end, I was catching on and feeling better about it.

Hopefully day 2 goes as well as day 1.

So my mom is in Denver this week helping Carolyn.  I just wish she would come visit me!!!  

The sweet taste of employment

I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!

After about a month of looking for a job in Utah, I finally got a bite today.  I have been asked to work at Affiliated Realty Group in Orem.  It is an independent realty office with about 4 guys who went into business together and have really taken off.  I will be working as their Receptionist in their office.

The position is only 20 hours a week, but luckily, its so dirt cheap here in Utah that I should still be able to support myself only working part time.  Plus, with things are the way they are, beggars can't be choosers.  I'm just so happy and so relieved and so grateful that I was able to find something so relatively quickly.  I mean, it took me a month longer to find anything in Colorado, and I hated that job.  So I am feeling pretty good about this right now!!  

Best Weekend Ever

So Megan and I went to Idaho this past weekend and it was so much fun.  On Thursday, we went to Rexburg and had dinner with Jessica and Liz.  Then afterwards, I caught up with 2 of my favorite girls... Rachel and Anastasia.  It was a blast.  We got our favorite Snoasis and then just talked and laughed for a while.  Those girls are the best.  

On Friday, we all drove to Nampa and spent the rest of the Weekend with the Brysons.  I was just the family fix that I needed.  I got to play with my favorite Spawky and kiss Jake's big cheeks all weekend.  It was the best.  It was a weekend full of games, laughs and tons of good food.  All my favorite things about our family.

He is too cute.  And I taught him how to count in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Sign Language.  He is a genius in the making!!

Weekend Getaway

Megan and I are headed to Idaho for the Weekend.  We are spending Thursday night and Friday in Rexburg and then are going to Nampa to spend Memorial day weekend with the Brysons.  I am so stinking excited to see everyone.  

And my little love Jake Walker is sick.  I hope he feels better soon cause it makes me so sad that he is miserable.  Get better soon Jake!!!!!

Bored Bored Bored

So I have been in Utah for a little over two weeks now.  Much to my dismay, I have not yet been able to find a job.  At first it was nice cause I had all of this time to myself and was able to just relax and sort of hang out.  However, we have moved from alone time to being completely bored out of my skull.  I am trying to remain positive and remember that things like this take time, however I could really use a place to go during the day.  

It took me a little over 2 months to find my job in Colorado, and I know that these things take time.  Although, I have to be honest, another two months of this and I will probably kill myself.  Hopefully I find something soon for the sake of my sanity.

Days in the Sun

So there is this park own the street where we live and I am completely addicted to it right now for some reason.  It has this big field of grass away from where the kids play and I have spent the past two days just hanging out in the park.  Soaking up the sun, reading, listening to music and hiding some of the whiteness that I have been blessed with thanks to the Great State of Colorado.  I don't know why I'm in this big park kick, but its been so nice to just get outside of the apartment everyday and appreciate the GORGEOUS weather that we have been experiencing in Utah the past week.  Hopefully it stays this beautiful for a while, because I am loving it!

Job Interview

I had my first job interview in Utah today.  I interviewed to be a medical receptionist for an Ears, Nose and Throat surgeon that works here in Provo.  I guess he just opened a second clinic in Lehi and he works in that clinic twice a week.  So for the other three days I would just be there alone doing stuff for the physician.  It could get lonely, but at least I wouldn't have to worry about co-workers that I don't get along with.  

Anyways, the interview went good i think, and the guy said that he would let me know by Friday.  Everyone keep a prayer that he liked me.  I could really go for something to do other than sitting on my duff getting fat.

Old Lady

Well, I've been in Utah for about a week and a half, and everything is moved in.  I haven't started working out yet, so my day basically consists of sleeping in, going to work out, taking my good old time getting ready and then watching One Tree Hill while I cross-stitch.  I'm sorry, could I be any more of a grandma?  The best is that Megan does it do.  Man, we are a couple of bag ladies.  Sitting on the couch all the live long day cross-stitching.  I never thought that is how we would spend our time when we moved in together.  But I love it!!!!!

I made it to Utah!!  I now live in Provo.. well at least sort of.  I can't technically move into my apartment until Monday, so I have a few more days living in suitcases until I become official.  Unfortunately, I keep thinking of things that I need out of my car that I can't get to because my trunk is packed to the heavens.   I'll be grateful when these last 3 days are over and I can finally have a place of my own.

MOVING DAY

I'm moving to Utah today!!!   

Who knows what this move will bring??  I really have no plans for once I get there, but I guess I will just see where the wind blows me!!  

Wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!

Empty Nesters

So we took the little bit of furniture that I had purchased to the storage unit tonight.  Now literally everything I know is packed.  It makes it very empty and lonely here.  I think we're all ready to head on out of here.

My new car

So today was my first official day of being home since I left my job. The day after I quit, we took a road-trip to Utah for a wedding, so this is the first day that I've had to just sleep in and be the lazy enemployed slob that I am really hoping to be for just a couple weeks. So after I woke up (late of course), I was flipping through the channels with no idea of what comes on at this time of day. Lukily, I was able to find something to watch. CMT Cribs!!!!! The episode that I watched was of Elvis's house Graceland. It was actually pretty cool.

So on there, they went through each room of the house nad then at the end went through his car collection. And then I found the cutest car. Apparently he drove this car on the movie Blue Hawaii. Now I have never seen that movie, but I'm sure my mother just loved it when she was in high school. Anyway, I just thought the car was so cute.

So lately me and Megan have been looking at cars that we would like to buy. And one day, when I'm more employed and a little more settled, I would really like to buy a Nissan Murano.. or so I thought. But I think this morning, I really did find the perfect car for me. I just need to get my hair dyed blonde, and poof it really big (Megan could help me with that), and then get some kind of floral scarf to put around it, and get some really big sunglasses and maybe some red lipstick. Then I would look perfect to get in this sexy car and go up and down the coast of California!!!!!

Purse Cake

So a while ago, my sister Christine got this cake book. The front cover had a picture of a cake that looked like a purse, and she said that she would make me that cake for my birthday. Since I am not going to be here for my birthday, she offered to make it for my last day of work. Boym she had now idea what she was getting herself into!!!

Now I thought the cake was going to be just a little thing, but much to my amazement, it was ginormous!!! It took 3 cake mixes, each one cut in half so that it was six layers tall. I was totally amazed that it was as big as it was. I never expected that.


So after all of the layers were stacked together, Christine carved it into the shape of the purse. She had never carved before, so she just kind of took a glance at a picture and then started going into the cake with a knife. I was pretty impressed.

After it was carved, we covered it with frosting. Now a little history on this frosting.. it was a recipe that Christine had never used before. It tasted like home-made vanilla ice-cream, and was basically a liquid. She would try and try to get it to cooperate, and it would basically just mush around. It was pretty funny.
Then came the fondant. As I like to say, this is when crap hit the fan!!! For some reason, while Christine was making the fondant, she added the chocolate and it all started crumbling. She was trying to knead it to make it smooth to roll, and it just kept getting worse and worse. Whatever she added to it did not seem to help and it kept crumbling. She was really upset, and I felt horrible. Here she is making this huge cake for me and it turned into this big mess. After a lot of stress, she ended up mixing the bad fondant with a new batch of good fondant and got it all to work together somehow. Then me and my Niece Alyssa had to help her carry it over to the cake because there it was too big!! I was so glad that it worked out though!!!


Once we got the fondant to roll, it was pretty much a home-stretch from there. All of the decorations that she had made went on without a glitch and it was perfect... and big.... and amazingly cute!!! I can't believe she just up and made this purse cake for me. I have the coolest little-big-sister on the face of the planet!!!