Funeral

I am finally getting around to posting the pictures I took while in Missouri at my Grandma's funeral. It was a quick trip (yet again I learn I hate sitting for 10+ hrs while in a car!) It was great to see the family. I enjoy my aunts and uncles a lot more now that I am older. It was wonderful to see Grandpa. Still don't like seeing him get older, but sure do love him.
I will miss my Grandma, but the image I have of her reuniting with my Mom and her parents/ sisters makes it all ok.




I also got to go to AZ to see my sister and family. It was wonderful to meet Kallin. What a cutie. Love the stage when they just want to cuddle and don't care who is holding them. Took Kailiegh only a minute to remember me and that was so fun. Kinsee-- I will always treasure her hugs. She is just too funny. Kamden, growing up to be such a big boy!! 1. he is tall, 2. he is in pre-k now. CRAZY! Kait-- busy girl with school and the play (Sure wish I could go see it!!!) Kaijsa-- got to take her Sr. pictures and that was a lot of fun! Got some really good shots. I will post a few of my favorites.

Air Show and other things

Last few weeks have been busy in a new way! I went to the single adult conference and actually met someone! His name is David (yes... I know... but he does go by David and not Dave). He is 35, has 3 kids (girl 6, boy 5, girl 2). He works for ThyssenKrupp (elevator people) and has a personal business-- WorldVentures (A discount travel multi-level marketing company). We see each other when we can. With me working until 9 or 10 it is not always the easiest. We did take his kids to the air show this weekend. It was fun. I do love the loud jets. I was caught by surprise just once when the blue angel flew from behind us, low and fast. I loved it the kids started crying!

Work has been pretty slow. I am hoping with HS football winding down and the world series about over (Go RANGERS!) that things will start to pick up. Not sure how going into the holidays will impact things.

I get to go see my newest nephew next week! I am excited to meet Kallen. I will take lots of pictures. Then in a month I get to go to UT and I am super excited for that!

Today I took the Halloween decorations down and put up the Thanksgiving ones. It is a little crazy to me that we are in NOVEMBER!

Creativity

My Dad has been out of the country for the past 2 weeks. He gets home Sat. While he was out I decided to spend his money!!! I am so nice! We have needed a new vacuum for quite some time and I was sick of vacuuming with the hose! I decided on a Dyson ball and got it ordered...and then the consumer report magazine came in the mail and the Dyson did not rank as high as I wanted....and for HALF the price I could get a hoover that was ranked number 2! So I canceled the dyson and got the hoover. I used the hoover today and it was quite nice!
Now, what to do with the other half of that money-- I decided it was time to plant some flowers!

I hope I can help them last a year and then they should be pretty good. This has been a really hard spot of ground to get anything to grow... so we'll see. I will really try to get them to survive!

This week I also got to make a Halloween decoration-- blocks with vinyl lettering that says "Boo!" I like them. It was fun to do.

Work has been pretty steady this week. That is a good thing. And I am getting more "regulars" at least getting people to request me. I had one lady tell me that I do a really good job. That made me feel good.

Got my tickets to Utah!! That is definitely something I am looking forward to.

Here is a shout out to my sis-in-law: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope it is a great day and I mostly look forward to painting with you in December :-)

Not much

Again not a lot going on in my world. No fun work stories..hmmmm a co-worker showed us a picture of him in drag for Halloween... or was it for a night out? (it was Halloween). I worked on a lady that doesn't shave her legs or armpits. That was a little disturbing.... Work has been a little slow lately. Thankfully I can at least pay my bills, but I want to get my plane ticket to UT and start Christmas shopping!

I discovered I have allergies. The riding mower wasn't working the other day so I used the push mower to mow the back "40". I was so miserable for the next few days! Ragweed is NOT my friend! I did get to have one last swim towards the end of Sept. Now the nights are cool. I LOVE having the window open! (ignore allergies here)

A friend showed me how to prune the rose bushes this week. We'll see if Dad notices when he gets home from his Canada trip.

I am almost finished reading the Chronicles of Narnia. I have really enjoyed them. I like the first few the best... I wish the 4 kids were in all of the books. I really like little Lucy.

I have started watching Glee season 1. I like it for the most part. We'll see.

Here is Dad's pet spider: she has 3 egg sacks above her web. Guess we'll have natural decorations this year.

33rd Birthday

I have a new phone. It is the EVO (Sprint version of the iphone). Now that I am constantly connected to email etc.... the birthday was crazy! Facebook greetings kept me going all day long. That was fun. Thursday Dad and I flew to AZ for my sister's sealing. Didn't do much on Thurs. which was nice. Fri. got to go shopping and went to In-N-Out Burgers. I have been there once before and after eating there again I remember why I don't really remember it. It is not that great! Sure it is a top-rated burger place, but to me it wasn't that wonderful. I think I can forgo the desire to go again. Darlene came to town and so with Larry's parents and all of us we went to a Mexican restaurant in Maricopa. It was really good. I even got sung to and got a free fried ice cream! I haven't had fried ice cream in YEARS!!!!! (Ponchos in Mac). I also got to eat homemade oreos. YUM!!!!! Darlene brought me 2 mini bundt cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes SO GOOD!
Saturday we got up and started getting ready at 6:00! Good thing to because we left just in time! With 5 girls hair to curl... it took awhile. Gratefully Darlene knew how to do it and did most all of the work! THANKS DARLENE! The temple was nice. The little ones did such a great job being reverent! Kai cried some, but that is ok. It is so fun to me that the temple has a play room for kids! It was a special moment and so glad I could be there. I took a few pictures and then we went to a nice restaurant after. Good times.
A great weekend.

I finished re-reading Harry Potter. I still love those books and know I will read them all again sometime. Now I am re-reading The Hunger Games. Then, I can find a new series!

Slacker

It is funny... I like to check everyone else's blog and love it when they are updated and if they aren't I am like hurry up already... and it has been forever since I have updated mine. O-well.
Massage Envy is good. I like the people I work with. The clients are usually fun too. I like it when someone comes in with an issue so I have something to work on... The other day a tennis pro. came in. He is a coach now, but his whole right arm, shoulder, and neck were a mess. I felt bad because I didn't quite know enough to be super helpful, but I did what I could. I have taken a pre-natal class and just need to do practicals for it now. I think I will take deep tissue next. There is just so much to learn, I love it!
Because I work nights I have been doing a lot of yard work (and house work). I am really wanting to do some landscaping, before it gets too cold... so I guess I have until Dec. We'll see if Dad lets me.
I decided to sign up for ldssingles.com.... we'll see how it goes. I am not expecting anything, but I hope it is a way for me to maybe meet some people. I am also trying to get to the singles activities...who knows. I just need to do something I figure. No meeting people with what I have been doing (which has been nothing.)
I was at a stop-light the other day... I decided it was time to go without looking in front of me... The black Mercedes had not moved yet! It was a light hit. I think my car has a little scratch on it, but that is all... the other car has some while paint added to it. The worst is that this couple had just gotten it, there were temporary plates on it! So, I figure they will get a new bumper. Sure hope my insurance doesn't go up!
I enjoyed Mockingjay. I am in book 7 of Harry Potter so I think I might re-read the Hunger Games series.... I really need to find a new series!
My goal is to be debt free. I know it will take me forever, but that is my goal. I am trying to adjust to what my new income is, and save and pay more for my car. I think I can... I think I can.. maybe by putting this in writing it will actually keep me motivated.
Looking forward to my birthday weekend in AZ. Sad my brother is missing out on the Sealing of my sister's family... Glad Darlene will make it!
Well, that is me for now!

Travels and such

Ah--- so July has been fun for me! YEAH! I got to go on a REAL vacation!!! I will just post a few pictures but the long short of it is that I went to Florida with my friend Darlene. We went to Ft. Lauderdale, a cruise to the Bahamas, and to Orlando. It was all fun. I love cruises so it was nice to do that. We went snorkeling and I think I got a tiny bit sea sick doing that. (I feel your pain Heather E.)The resort in the Bahamas was fabulous I would so go back there!
I loved the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I hope they can make it bigger as time goes on. Butterbeer needs to be sold everywhere. It really was what I hoped it would be. The only down side was how HOT it was and the lack of shade or water cool off spots. The 20 min. wait to get into a gift shop was a little much too, but that is ok. I knew there would be TONS of people there and there were!
I really liked Animal Kingdom. I just love Disney. I have no idea how my parents took us there as kids. It was SO expensive for everything! And I was SO TIRED after about 6 hours! Good times.

I got to help my sister move to Arizona. I was so glad I could help out. Other than NEVER getting used to the heat I liked it there. The people we met in her ward were so friendly! She will be in good hands.

I passed my massage license test! And I now have my license! I can get a job! that is what I will be doing this week. It will be good to work full time again. (that is what I tell myself anyway!)