Conference weekend has been one of mixed feelings for me in the past. It has lately felt as though I always have to work, and my priorities are out of whack. I mean, I know I need to work and support my family. At this point in my life, it seems like my only way to make things work. But I always hate working on Sundays, and especially on conference weekend. My job now, at Walmart, is retail. I thought for sure, I would be working. I have been working Sundays since I began. I was so amazed (I almost cried), when I looked at my schedule and noticed I was off. I would only miss one session, Saturday afternoon. I hadn't asked for it off, it just happened that way. It was such a witness to me that I am in the right job. Finally, in a position I'm suppose to be in.
In the mix of that surprise, I received another blessing while at work on Saturday. I had recently interviewed for a supervisor position, and I was offered that position. This is the position I had ideally wanted was I was hired at the end of January. So, yay! I was so excited. I am so excited.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Wife of a Gamer night
Well, it's happened again. My husband's gamer side is showing through. It actually happens quite often, or has been happening more often lately, or is always happening, or whatever. All of the above. I guess it makes sense that it's happening on a day my scrapbooking girly side decided to show through as well.
Today is National Scrapbooking Day. I've been doing digital scrapbooking for the past few years, so it was a perfect day to work on that. My sister and I went to an all day scrapbooking event. It actually turned out really well, (even if it was a bit stressful when I first looked at my bill... who knew these things got so expensive?) and I was happy to have some time out with the girls.
But like I said, go figure my husband's gamer side came out the second I left. For those who don't know, gamer events are nearly always last minute and rarely end at a decent time. Tonight is no different. My husband invited his friend over, but it took him a while to come. So, by the time he's friend made it, I was just finishing up and headed home. I was thinking that it might be nice to get out just the two of us, you know, like a date night thing... until my husband texted me and asked if he could play games instead.
Most of the time I'm kinda put out by those kinds of things... I mean, would it kill them to plan in advance? Or keep the ending time to a decent hour? Just because you all don't work, (*hint, hint*-- priorities!) doesn't mean I don't! Not to mention that I would REALLY enjoy a date night every now and then. AND, since we just got our state tax refund, I was thinking closer to the "now" rather than "then". But, obviously, Jason was not. Again, go figure.
So, rather than a date night with hubby, I have a date night with "me time". And rather than being put out, I'm enjoying the freedom. I mean, how cool is it that I get to redbox whatever movie I want for once, without the never-ending "compromise" of renting one action movie and one chick flick?? And, a chance to blog. REALLY blog. Like actually write a complete thought rather than just pieces of thoughts. I took myself out to dinner, (it costs less to feed one, whoever knew?) and even got to splurge a bit on dessert. *smile*. It's actually been a great night.
Bottom line? I love my husband. I love that he's a gamer, mostly because it makes him happy. (And sometimes I'm a gamer, too, but don't tell anyone! Shh! And when I'm not,) I'm learning to love the "me time" and accept the weird-o things boys do. Sigh. Success. For the moment, at least.
Today is National Scrapbooking Day. I've been doing digital scrapbooking for the past few years, so it was a perfect day to work on that. My sister and I went to an all day scrapbooking event. It actually turned out really well, (even if it was a bit stressful when I first looked at my bill... who knew these things got so expensive?) and I was happy to have some time out with the girls.
But like I said, go figure my husband's gamer side came out the second I left. For those who don't know, gamer events are nearly always last minute and rarely end at a decent time. Tonight is no different. My husband invited his friend over, but it took him a while to come. So, by the time he's friend made it, I was just finishing up and headed home. I was thinking that it might be nice to get out just the two of us, you know, like a date night thing... until my husband texted me and asked if he could play games instead.
Most of the time I'm kinda put out by those kinds of things... I mean, would it kill them to plan in advance? Or keep the ending time to a decent hour? Just because you all don't work, (*hint, hint*-- priorities!) doesn't mean I don't! Not to mention that I would REALLY enjoy a date night every now and then. AND, since we just got our state tax refund, I was thinking closer to the "now" rather than "then". But, obviously, Jason was not. Again, go figure.
So, rather than a date night with hubby, I have a date night with "me time". And rather than being put out, I'm enjoying the freedom. I mean, how cool is it that I get to redbox whatever movie I want for once, without the never-ending "compromise" of renting one action movie and one chick flick?? And, a chance to blog. REALLY blog. Like actually write a complete thought rather than just pieces of thoughts. I took myself out to dinner, (it costs less to feed one, whoever knew?) and even got to splurge a bit on dessert. *smile*. It's actually been a great night.
Bottom line? I love my husband. I love that he's a gamer, mostly because it makes him happy. (And sometimes I'm a gamer, too, but don't tell anyone! Shh! And when I'm not,) I'm learning to love the "me time" and accept the weird-o things boys do. Sigh. Success. For the moment, at least.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thoughts from a cashier...
I haven't been cashiering very long, but it's not hard to come up with some thoughts after a few rough customers. So, in case you didn't know:
*Don't make us lift YOUR heavy product. (Yes, 24 count boxes of soda count!) You want them, you can haul them. Or better yet, leave them in the cart and let us scan them for you!
*Say hi when we notice you. Just because you like to be ignored doesn't mean we do.
*Get off your phone when you're ready to pay. It's difficult to help you if problems come up and you're talking with someone invisible.
*Control your children. If they want a candy bar (and they all seem to) that's fine, but don't allow them to tear down the display and throw the candy bars across the scanner. Guess who gets to clean THAT up!
*If you have special requests, (like bag the milk, or put certain items separate, just ask us nicely. We're happy to do it your way. Except when we don't know what your way is and you get angry because we couldn't read your mind. Go figure.
*Yes, sometimes the card readers don't work. It happens. Sometimes it's the card, sometimes it's the reader. When we ask if we can run the card for you, don't look at us as if we're trying to steal your money. Honestly people, Walmart pays us plenty. (Okay, maybe not, but still...)
*Bottom lime, we're people too. Be nice.
*Don't make us lift YOUR heavy product. (Yes, 24 count boxes of soda count!) You want them, you can haul them. Or better yet, leave them in the cart and let us scan them for you!
*Say hi when we notice you. Just because you like to be ignored doesn't mean we do.
*Get off your phone when you're ready to pay. It's difficult to help you if problems come up and you're talking with someone invisible.
*Control your children. If they want a candy bar (and they all seem to) that's fine, but don't allow them to tear down the display and throw the candy bars across the scanner. Guess who gets to clean THAT up!
*If you have special requests, (like bag the milk, or put certain items separate, just ask us nicely. We're happy to do it your way. Except when we don't know what your way is and you get angry because we couldn't read your mind. Go figure.
*Yes, sometimes the card readers don't work. It happens. Sometimes it's the card, sometimes it's the reader. When we ask if we can run the card for you, don't look at us as if we're trying to steal your money. Honestly people, Walmart pays us plenty. (Okay, maybe not, but still...)
*Bottom lime, we're people too. Be nice.
Blogging
So I haven't written in here for over a year... crazy. I seriously didn't think it had been that long. But reading others blog posts, makes me kinda miss sharing my own thoughts and experiences. Facebook is cool, sharing pictures and commenting on others posts, but there's not really a way to just write out an entire article or anything. So, here I am, back to blogging. I'll have to play some more with the template and gadgets, to make it look the way I want. But all that will come as I use it, I'm sure... I hope.
Well, a quick baseline report before I get back into serious posts: Jason is unemployed, I work part time as a cashier. We no longer go to school. We have two pets and no plans to have children in the immediate future. We're planning to be sealed in the temple at the end of this year and combining that with a honeymoon trip. And... I think that's it.
For now.
Well, a quick baseline report before I get back into serious posts: Jason is unemployed, I work part time as a cashier. We no longer go to school. We have two pets and no plans to have children in the immediate future. We're planning to be sealed in the temple at the end of this year and combining that with a honeymoon trip. And... I think that's it.
For now.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Ah, January...
with your snow aplenty...
How I wish your sweet flakes of white
would simply disappear overnight.
Ha ha ha... yeah, right. But it was a nice thought.
So in all the dreary January air I decided to do something kind of crazy. I used to feel like everyone else gets to do fun and spontaneous things, but I'm held back. I'm concerned with what everyone will think, if people will approve, yadda yadda. But no more! I have decided that it's okay to do something a little crazy every now and again, and the only person I should really be looking for the approval of is my sweet husband. So I dyed my hair red. I'm talking bright fire engine red highlights. It's so rock star and punky. So fun. Jason actually loved it, which totally shocked me. The next issue was my work, which actually turned out pretty well, too. My manager said it wasn't too bad and she thought it was fun. So, anyway, I'm now crazy awesome!
Other than that, everything is just moving right along. Well, mostly. Jason's weight loss has slowed down, which as been a bit discouraging. He's been stressed about it, which of course doesn't help. But we're just on such a time crunch with our lease ending in a few short months. I've been considering a move to America First collections department, which would pay me more. But I know I wouldn't enjoy it as much. I love working in member service. Jason's against it, but I'm still considering EVERY option. Jason's also applied with DI. We got our recommendation from our bishop and we're just waiting to hear back from them. Hopefully that will buy us some time, even if its just a few months. I've just heard there's a big waiting list to get in. That worries me. What if he can't get in before we need the paychecks? ... We'll just have to keep pressing on. But at least we always have each other, and we're very lucky to have me at America First. Life is still good.
We're looking forward to a wonderful tax return and a wonderful trip to go along with it! In March we're off to see my totally awesome Maid of Honor, Crystal! She's having a baby! (And Jason's hoping that if I spend enough time around her baby, maybe I'll hold off on wanting my own... ha ha ha) It's going to be so fun to drive across the country with Bandit and my parents. It's a 24 hour drive, and we were a bit worried about taking Bandit that far in the car. But after watching him this past week, there's simply no way we could leave him behind. He needs his Mama!! He's such a silly bright spot in our lives. We're so happy and lucky to have him.
Well, I hope everyone out there in cyber land is well. :) Until next time!
How I wish your sweet flakes of white
would simply disappear overnight.
Ha ha ha... yeah, right. But it was a nice thought.
So in all the dreary January air I decided to do something kind of crazy. I used to feel like everyone else gets to do fun and spontaneous things, but I'm held back. I'm concerned with what everyone will think, if people will approve, yadda yadda. But no more! I have decided that it's okay to do something a little crazy every now and again, and the only person I should really be looking for the approval of is my sweet husband. So I dyed my hair red. I'm talking bright fire engine red highlights. It's so rock star and punky. So fun. Jason actually loved it, which totally shocked me. The next issue was my work, which actually turned out pretty well, too. My manager said it wasn't too bad and she thought it was fun. So, anyway, I'm now crazy awesome!
Other than that, everything is just moving right along. Well, mostly. Jason's weight loss has slowed down, which as been a bit discouraging. He's been stressed about it, which of course doesn't help. But we're just on such a time crunch with our lease ending in a few short months. I've been considering a move to America First collections department, which would pay me more. But I know I wouldn't enjoy it as much. I love working in member service. Jason's against it, but I'm still considering EVERY option. Jason's also applied with DI. We got our recommendation from our bishop and we're just waiting to hear back from them. Hopefully that will buy us some time, even if its just a few months. I've just heard there's a big waiting list to get in. That worries me. What if he can't get in before we need the paychecks? ... We'll just have to keep pressing on. But at least we always have each other, and we're very lucky to have me at America First. Life is still good.
We're looking forward to a wonderful tax return and a wonderful trip to go along with it! In March we're off to see my totally awesome Maid of Honor, Crystal! She's having a baby! (And Jason's hoping that if I spend enough time around her baby, maybe I'll hold off on wanting my own... ha ha ha) It's going to be so fun to drive across the country with Bandit and my parents. It's a 24 hour drive, and we were a bit worried about taking Bandit that far in the car. But after watching him this past week, there's simply no way we could leave him behind. He needs his Mama!! He's such a silly bright spot in our lives. We're so happy and lucky to have him.
Well, I hope everyone out there in cyber land is well. :) Until next time!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Kitty kitty kitty...
So, funny thing happened this morning. Jason and I woke up to this annoying "meow, moew, moew, moew, moew...." Jason took Bandit out for a walk and they saw a cat sitting on the sidewalk outside our building. I didn't think much of it, because I was running late and trying to get out the door to work as soon as possible. I was on my way to the car when the cat came right up to me and rubbed against my leg. I said, "Hey kitty, kitty... do you have a coller, baby?" No, of course not. No coller. I said, "Well, good luck, kitty." and headed to my car. The cat followed my every foot step and the second I opened my car door, he (if he WAS a he...)hopped right in. So I thought, well I'll turn on my engine and that will scare him out. I turned the key and before I even had a moment to think the cat jumped down on the floor where my heater was blowing and WOULD NOT move. I figured the poor thing was cold, of course, it's freezing outside. But what to do with the cat in my car? So I called Animal Control. They were closed. They only come out for strays Monday through Friday. Go figure. I ended up bringing him into my apartment and putting him in Bandit's big wired kenel. Jason contacted our apartment office, they don't have a list of pets on property. Again, go figure. You think they'd keep that information somewhere in a decent format... No. So it came down to let him go, or keep him until Monday for Animal Control. Jason and I talked it over, fed him some tuna, and decided that we're not really doing him a favor by keeping him all weekend. Animal Control is just going to put him down once they get him. So we let him sleep for an hour or so, and sent him on is way! Bye Bye kitty! It was such an interesting morning. I was a half hour late for work. Just crazy. Moral of the story-- Never talk to cats.
On another note, Jason and I had our six month anniversary on the 8th. He took me to a fantastic steak dinner at Timbermine. It was so fun to talk about what we remembered from our wedding and how the last six months have gone. It was so romantic. Happy Anniversary, my love!!
On another note, Jason and I had our six month anniversary on the 8th. He took me to a fantastic steak dinner at Timbermine. It was so fun to talk about what we remembered from our wedding and how the last six months have gone. It was so romantic. Happy Anniversary, my love!!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy New Year!!
We made it! 2009 is over! What a fun year it's been. So much as happened... and yet we get to start over with new goals and new memories.
The holidays went so well for our little family. Our first Christmas and New Years together was so wonderful. Christmas morning we stayed home and opened presents just the three of us. Jason and I got some small things from each other, then some amazing things from our families. My parents got us a wii and Jason's parents got us a headboard for our bed that matched our other furniture. We went to visit the families and thank them. After that James and my sister Wendi treated Jason and I to a Christmas movie. The theater was packed, and even though we came a half hour early to get tickets they were sold out. We bought tickets for the next showing and began waiting in line. We were the third group into the theater and got awesome seats right in the center. We saw Sherlock Holmes. Jason and I really enjoyed it, but James and Wendi didn't as much. I guess it ruined the books. I'd never read them, so I thought the movie itself was great. It was a great and busy Christmas.
Then of course New Years was right around the corner. Jason and I went to his family's fondue party on New Years Eve. They always do an awesome meal that's really fun. They have fondue pots that are filled with oil and then you cook your own meat. Then everyone plays games and laughs. We stayed there until I was so tired I couldn't see straight. Then we went to my family to say a quick hello. They had fireworks and silly string all over once midnight hit! It was way fun. Then Jason and I headed home to our little apartment to catch some snoozing until it was time to get up and party some more. This year for New Years Day we decided to do another movie. We invited my Mom and Dad, which turned out really fun. We skipped out on the Layton crowd and went to see Avatar in IMAX 3d at Jordan Commons. We went to the first showing at 11:30am, but it was still completely sold out! Good thing I remembered to pick up tickets the night before! We were on the 2nd row, but it wasn't too bad. I still felt like we had awesome seats. The movie had some awesome graphics and a good story. It was worth seeing. After the movie we went to Chuck a Ramma and ate some lunch. It was fun to eat everything we wanted and talk about the movie. Nice and relaxed kind of holiday.
Jason and I were able to talk about some goals we have and set some new ones for 2010. We decided to read our scriptures and pray every night together. That was one we've worked on since we got married, but it's nice to continue pushing the small things. Next was of course supporting Jason in joining the military. He's decided to sign on to the marines as soon as he can make weight. He's already lost 20-30 pounds, but he needs to continue pressing on. If he keeps loosing as much as he is, he'll be ready to sign on in the first week of April. Our lease ends the end of April, so that's cutting it kinda close. But he's hoping to kick it up (even more) and make weight by the first of March. Lots of work to be done! We've also decided to get out of debt, including the $13000.00 I still owe on my car, and start saving for a house. We've decided to wait to have children until we can be in a more stable living situation- house and income to support it. Jason and I also want to travel a bit before starting up the family. Since he's joining the military that won't be an issue at all! Marines are all based on the coasts. So we couldn't stay here very long, anyway. Other than that, we hope to be able to get our educations back up and running. Jason's still doing a few online classes, but my financial aid was cut until I can pass two classes on my own dollar. Which I can't do at this point. The military has some awesome programs to help pay for education, so hopefully that will help. Lots of goals to be working on. :)
(Megan did this awesome thing on her blog where she listed some things from 2009 that had happened. I thought it was such a good idea I wanted to do one, too!) 2009 was a great year- We had some big things happen including...
* We got married, of course! July 8th. Our 6 month anniversary is this Friday.
* We said farewell to our sweet Lady puppy that passed away July 23. We buried her in Keri's backyard and cried a lot. She will certainly be missed. She was a special member of our family for many years.
* We sent Trenton out on a mission to Cape Verde Africa in January. He's nearly half way through now!
* Tyler went through basic training for the National Guard and made it out alive!
* Dallin hit his one year mark for his mission this year in May. He's serving in Korea. He'll be home in 5 months.
* Jason and I both went through a semester of school at Weber.
* Jason insists that I put that I started to play World of Warcraft on here. Guess it was a big event for him.
* This is the first year since I graduated from high school that I've only worked one place. America First.
* Daddy got a new puppy, Daisi, that certainly keeps us all on our toes.
* I changed jobs from tellering to member service. I also got a pay raise for the move.
* We had Crystal and Jeff visit us for a few weeks in the summer. It was so wonderful to see them!
* We finally got a wii!
Hooray! We're looking forward to a great year in 2010. Thanks to everyone for being such wonderful friends and family! We couldn't have made this past year such a good one without you!
The holidays went so well for our little family. Our first Christmas and New Years together was so wonderful. Christmas morning we stayed home and opened presents just the three of us. Jason and I got some small things from each other, then some amazing things from our families. My parents got us a wii and Jason's parents got us a headboard for our bed that matched our other furniture. We went to visit the families and thank them. After that James and my sister Wendi treated Jason and I to a Christmas movie. The theater was packed, and even though we came a half hour early to get tickets they were sold out. We bought tickets for the next showing and began waiting in line. We were the third group into the theater and got awesome seats right in the center. We saw Sherlock Holmes. Jason and I really enjoyed it, but James and Wendi didn't as much. I guess it ruined the books. I'd never read them, so I thought the movie itself was great. It was a great and busy Christmas.
Then of course New Years was right around the corner. Jason and I went to his family's fondue party on New Years Eve. They always do an awesome meal that's really fun. They have fondue pots that are filled with oil and then you cook your own meat. Then everyone plays games and laughs. We stayed there until I was so tired I couldn't see straight. Then we went to my family to say a quick hello. They had fireworks and silly string all over once midnight hit! It was way fun. Then Jason and I headed home to our little apartment to catch some snoozing until it was time to get up and party some more. This year for New Years Day we decided to do another movie. We invited my Mom and Dad, which turned out really fun. We skipped out on the Layton crowd and went to see Avatar in IMAX 3d at Jordan Commons. We went to the first showing at 11:30am, but it was still completely sold out! Good thing I remembered to pick up tickets the night before! We were on the 2nd row, but it wasn't too bad. I still felt like we had awesome seats. The movie had some awesome graphics and a good story. It was worth seeing. After the movie we went to Chuck a Ramma and ate some lunch. It was fun to eat everything we wanted and talk about the movie. Nice and relaxed kind of holiday.
Jason and I were able to talk about some goals we have and set some new ones for 2010. We decided to read our scriptures and pray every night together. That was one we've worked on since we got married, but it's nice to continue pushing the small things. Next was of course supporting Jason in joining the military. He's decided to sign on to the marines as soon as he can make weight. He's already lost 20-30 pounds, but he needs to continue pressing on. If he keeps loosing as much as he is, he'll be ready to sign on in the first week of April. Our lease ends the end of April, so that's cutting it kinda close. But he's hoping to kick it up (even more) and make weight by the first of March. Lots of work to be done! We've also decided to get out of debt, including the $13000.00 I still owe on my car, and start saving for a house. We've decided to wait to have children until we can be in a more stable living situation- house and income to support it. Jason and I also want to travel a bit before starting up the family. Since he's joining the military that won't be an issue at all! Marines are all based on the coasts. So we couldn't stay here very long, anyway. Other than that, we hope to be able to get our educations back up and running. Jason's still doing a few online classes, but my financial aid was cut until I can pass two classes on my own dollar. Which I can't do at this point. The military has some awesome programs to help pay for education, so hopefully that will help. Lots of goals to be working on. :)
(Megan did this awesome thing on her blog where she listed some things from 2009 that had happened. I thought it was such a good idea I wanted to do one, too!) 2009 was a great year- We had some big things happen including...
* We got married, of course! July 8th. Our 6 month anniversary is this Friday.
* We said farewell to our sweet Lady puppy that passed away July 23. We buried her in Keri's backyard and cried a lot. She will certainly be missed. She was a special member of our family for many years.
* We sent Trenton out on a mission to Cape Verde Africa in January. He's nearly half way through now!
* Tyler went through basic training for the National Guard and made it out alive!
* Dallin hit his one year mark for his mission this year in May. He's serving in Korea. He'll be home in 5 months.
* Jason and I both went through a semester of school at Weber.
* Jason insists that I put that I started to play World of Warcraft on here. Guess it was a big event for him.
* This is the first year since I graduated from high school that I've only worked one place. America First.
* Daddy got a new puppy, Daisi, that certainly keeps us all on our toes.
* I changed jobs from tellering to member service. I also got a pay raise for the move.
* We had Crystal and Jeff visit us for a few weeks in the summer. It was so wonderful to see them!
* We finally got a wii!
Hooray! We're looking forward to a great year in 2010. Thanks to everyone for being such wonderful friends and family! We couldn't have made this past year such a good one without you!
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