Hello, Hello!!!

I still do exist. I have been saying I am going to blog for weeks now (as always)but have been waiting because I wanted to put pictures with my post. That doesn't seem to be happening (especially since my computer is in storage at this point in time) so oh well here I go..........

Much has happen since the beginning of the year. Dal and I got a puppy! A Yorkshire terrier named SAMSON. He is the cutest thing ever! He defiantly has been some work with potty training, feedings, scheduling and all that, that goes with taking care of something--your time becomes not yours anymore.

We had to move out because the place where we were staying doesn't allow pets. So we are currently living with Dal's parents while we are working on getting a house--one out of foreclosure hopefully. It has been fun looking online, mapping them out, and going house driving. We are looking forward to having a place of our own that we can fix up and do the way we want to. We are just trying to be patient.......it is hard. I must admit though I am doing extremely well living out of a 12x12 room. Who would of thought with all of my junk. I am slowly learning to simplify and i kind of like it! You wouldn't say that if you saw our storage shed though. Let's just say that we will be doing a lot of de-junking when we move.

As far as work Dal and I are still lucky to have our jobs in this crazy economy. I am still working at SOS Staffing and have just past my 2 year mark--WA-WHO!! The market is slowly picking back up. This week I am actually running the office in Provo. The office manager in Provo, wife just had a baby so I was asked to cover for a week and a half. Kind of nice to know that I can run an office now if I need to or want to--who knows? It is pretty slow in this office, so I keep finding things to keep me busy whether it be auditing, marketing calls, etc. 10 hours of that would drive me crazy though--so I am taking a little blogging break.
Dal is still at American Express and H-A-T-E-S IT as he would say, but is plugging through it. He flew down to Phoenix, AZ. today to spend a couple days with my parents doing taxes. He took some tax classes these past couple months, and is going to learn the tricks of the trade. I think he will be really good at it! It is a good skill to always have under your belt.

That is about it with us. I have taken up quilting since we are living with the master quilter herself--Dal's mom. She has taught me well, and I am really enjoying it. Since Dal works at nights it gives me something to do at nights.

(Although starting on March 30th his shift will be changing and he will be on days until 9:30pm. So we will see how that goes hopefully we will be able to see more of each other. But he does have to work on Saturdays now which kind of is a bummer. I guess it all works out though, because I can judge gymnastics while he is at work. But all in all I think 9:30pm is much better than 1am.)

I have completed one big quilt that I made my Dad for his birthday, and then 3 baby quilts that I have given away at baby showers- since everyone is having babies!!
I have taken pictures of them all, because after I finish them they are so cute that I don't want to give them away--so a picture will have to do. I will post them someday.
Dal's been getting kind of baby hungry lately. Especially after playing with Shannon's baby Eden and our niece Molly. It is really cute and he is so good with them. We both agree that we need to get a bit more established first. Get a house and then we can have a baby--so we will see, time will tell.

We are coming up on our 1 year anniversary here soon. I just can't believe how quickly time has flew by. I love being married, I love my husband, and life is good!

My Closet

Combining 2 peoples lives, things, and spaces into one can sometimes be a little overwhelming.

Well Dal made it easy for me.

He took the walk in closet in our bedroom, and then told me that the second bedroom was now deamed "My Closet" for all my stuff, junk, crap--whatever you would like to think of it as.

Although I must say that I have been doing de-junking little by little, and am getting a bit better. I just have to watch an episode or two of Clean House, and then I am ready to get rid of stuff. If you haven't seen that show--you would be amazed how attached to stuff people get, and how people would do anything for a bargin or deal. It puts things into a good perspective.










Anyways back to my closet.
So Dal got me all set up and organized. I absolutly love it and I know where things are. It saves me so much time getting ready, or not looking for things.

I must admit I have been spoiled and this is the one thing that I was torn about when we decided to move. I am getting over it though.

Dal sure does take care of me, and always puts me before himself. I love him so much!

Where do I start???

So I have been wanting to blog forever. I have so many pictures and things that have been happening in the past few months. Through getting a puppy, deciding to get a house and househunting, working on lots of projects, working, judging, traveling it has been pretty busy.
But today is Christmas Eve day and I am flying solo at work right now, and it is so dead. So i thought what better time to catch up on my blog than now.
So much to say, so I think I will just make lots of different posts. ENJOY, because who knows when this will happen again-- HA! :)

First Furniture Purchase Together

So when we got married we both had furniture to contribute. I had the table, and couch, and Dal had the bed (which I love- so comfy!), and T.V., etc. You get the picture.
So we were excited to make our first furniture purchase together. It was nice that we agreed on something so quickly, and ever better that we got it for $500 less than the original price. If you know me at all, you know I am always down for a good bargin.

Blog Worthy?

So you always hear people saying "oh that is totally blog worthy!" Well I don't know what is considered blog worthy or not? All I know is that if I only blogged when I thought things were blog worthy than I probably never would blog, and then I would hear it from all you bloggers about not blogging.
I used to have this assumption that life had to be fun, and exciting, and go,go, go all the time to be worth while to talk about, but I have learned that there are always adventures in the day to day life that we lead, and sometimes it is those little daily things that mean the most and make us who we are.
I have been married 40 days and going strong. Each day seems to get better, as situations and things become more familiar, and the changes become more of the normal. I look at my life and like where I am at and the promises that the future holds. I realize that each day I live I have a conscious choice to choose my state of being. I make my life what it is.
With my 30Th birthday approaching soon I have reflected back on my past years, and thought about how far I have come and all the things I have learned, and then think about all the things I still want to do and accomplish. And with out trying to become overwhelmed (which I do quite easily)get excited for the years ahead.
Now I did not just get to this point.
I think I finally got to this state of mind the last couple of days, after a month of noticing how much weight I have gained, grey hairs and winkles I have,and thought about all things that I still have not gotten done, etc. I just realized instead of worrying about and wasting my thoughts on that non important stuff, I could be enjoying many great things.

OKAY, OKAY!!!

To all my fellow bloggers. I know I am terrible at this. Because anyone that knows me at all knows I like everything to be perfect and it takes me double time to do somethings trying to get it just right. But not this--I am just going to blog away and not worry about complete sentences , and spelling, or rambling on (as I just went back and re-read this sentence to fix punctionation!) I will do my best--bad habits are hard to break they say. Isn't that what a blog is for anyways-just blurt out you thoughts. So here I go.

So I will have been offically married 2 weeks tomorrow. Crazy! I must say it is alot different this time around. Not so much change all at once is probably a big factor, not to mention a totally understanding, patient husband who truly knows me and loves me just the way I am--craziness and all.

We appreciate everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to share our special day and help us celebrate. And for those whom were not able to attend we totally understand. It was pretty short notice! Only being engaged 3 weeks and all.

I must say we did a pretty dang good job at getting everything put together in that short amount of time that we had. And even did it pretty stress free.

Which none of it would have come together like it did with out the help of Shannon.

Awesome Engagment photos, Invites, Amazing Flowers, and Fabulous pictures. (which are still being corrected--so it will be a while till those will bw able to view.)

Shannon you are amazing! Such a great friend. You have always been there for me whatever the case may be, and I feel lucky and priviledged to have some one so selfless and special to me.

Thank you for all you do from the bottom of my heart.

Dal has started a new job with AMEX (American Express). He is still going through training, but is making it through. He is just ready to start working already. But he says I would love it because they color with scented markers, and play do you know or get to know your neighbor kind of games. And everything is in such detail--I like that! Sounds like fun, not work.

I do like to hear all his fun stories when he comes home each day.

As for adjusting to moving in together. It is going well. Probably because I am not the one having to stress out about moving and getting organized. Most of Dal's things are at his parent's house which is right down the street from where we are staying. So he is just bring things over little by little.

It is kind of nice because we share our bedroom and he gets the walk-in closet as his closet, and the spare bedroom (which was the room I was living in) is my closet. I like that. He doesn't have to deal with all my junk and I still know where all my stuff is. It has worked so far. I do need to dejunk though, maybe this long weekend will give me the chance.

Anyways life is good, and I am happy.

That is all the blogging I can do for now with out feeling guilty about being a totally slacker at work. I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

More to come.............hopfully not a couple months from now.