2018 is going to be a whole lot more exciting that I ever could have hoped. Baby G is arriving this October (approximately.) Sammy and I couldn't be more thrilled. Okay now story time. If you don't like personal details, you should stop reading now. Sammy and I are both fall babies, and I always wanted a fall baby because, well, it's the best time of the year. Plus, you get to be older than all the other kids and do everything first which is fun ;) So I always wanted at least one fall baby. Earlier last year when we were trying to decide what to do with our family, Sammy always said he wanted to have a baby next year. I always replied that it takes almost a year to grow them, so we might as well get started earlier. We knew that Sammy would be graduating in December and hopefully starting a new job. I thought it would be smarter to try for a baby during his last few months of school so that if I was feeling super sick during the first t...
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It's February, so naturally it's time to do a review of my favorite things about 2017. I thought that 2017 was going to be a dumpster fire of a year, so I was actually pleasantly surprised by it. Here are some of my favorite memories of the year, in no particular order. Going to Mexico! It was my first time leaving the country, and such an amazing vacation. Watching all of Anne of Green Gables with Sammy. I loved how much he loved them all, and forgot how much I loved those movies. The library chickens! Seeing Wonder Woman. This movie changed my life and will forever be one of my favorites Going to the Cheyanne Mountain Zoo with Sammy Spending the Fourth of July with our best friends, playing games all day. Making a murder dollhouse with my siblings and all our old toys. Going to Utah, catching up with tons of friends, and checking out this beauty. Bingeing Stranger Things all of October with Sammy. Somet...
Tonight is my final night being twenty-three. If you would have asked me back in January how I felt about this year, I would have told you it was my worst yet. From my birthday, all through the winter, I was a hot mess. I was burnt out, I was anxious, I was sad, I was angry, and I just didn't care. I felt hopeless and spent so many nights crying my eyes would swell up. I told so many people that looking back at who I was the year before, and who I was now, I was so disappointed in myself. I felt that I'd gone backwards. But tonight, I'm so proud of who I've become, what I've accomplished, and the person I am. Twenty-three was not the worst year of my life. It might actually be one of the best. I want to remember the things that I've learned in this past year. Friends- You need them. First off I wouldn't even be writing this post about how this has been a great year without the help of great friends. Back in February when I felt utterly hopeles...
It's been forever since I've written, so I thought I would give a little life update on Sammy and I. Sammy is going to graduate from school in December, and is currently studying for the GRE to go to grad school. He's thinking about getting his MPA, Masters in Public Administration. He's so excited to get his Bachelors since it's been a rough journey. I know he'll do great this last semester and can't wait to go to his graduation! He's finishing up an internship with Congressman Perlmutter on Wednesday. He's learned so much in the office and has loved every minute of it. He was able to take pictures at Veteran memorials, visit farmers to talk about water conservation, visit schools implementing new programs, and take phone calls from constituents. He received some pretty funny phone calls, one man was worried the the world was going to turn into Terminator. Sammy was set apart as the Elder's Quorum president yesterday. I know that...
Here are a few of the great jokes I came up with this week, that were under appreciated by those who had the pleasure of hearing them. I had a job interview for a promotion at work this week and was stressing in the morning about what to wear. I didn't want to stay in my fancy clothes all day long, but it would be weird/time consuming to change into a different outfit halfway through the day. I kept bouncing ideas off of Sammy who said I was fine to wear whatever. To which I said, "Well you're supposed to dress for the job you truly want, so maybe I should wear my Captain Picard jacket." I giggled to myself for a good hour about that. Thankfully some Star Trek fans at work appreciated it. Sammy has a lot of random Philosophy books laying around for finals week papers, and I saw this on the table. Sammy was eating breakfast and it was sitting right next to him. I asked him what Edward said. Sammy was confused, so I asked it again multiple ...
Remember Valentines day? Well I do. I was pretty bummed in advance of Valentines Day because it's one of my favorite holidays, and this was the first year that Sammy and I wouldn't be able to really celebrate it since I had to work all day and couldn't take it off, and Sammy had school. Sammy made it work though. The night before, there were flowers waiting for me. When I woke up in the morning, Sammy gave me a balloon. Then, he presented me with chocolates and chocolate covered cherries. While he was in the shower, I found a little tag on the floor. It said plush on it. I knew what that meant. I went to Sammy in the shower and asked him what that was about. He laughed since he'd been saving that for later in the day, but then Sammy presented me with this lovely panda. I freaking love stuffed animals and even though I have a million, I'm always willing to add another to my collection. I hugged my little friend right when cramps hit. To spend some more time ...
Anyone remember this show? I know I loved it as a kid, but looking at the pictures now is horrifying. Anyways, I'm not talking about this comfy couch, I'm talking about the one in our living room. It's one of my favorite places. The last few months, some of my favorite memories (besides Mexico of course) have been on our couch. For some reason when we're sitting there at night, we get inexplicably giggly. The other day I was lying on the couch and Sammy was eating some grapes. He wanted me to open my mouth so he could throw a grape in. I refused and caught it instead. I asked Sammy if he'd washed them and he said no. So I licked my finger and pretended to shine the grape. We both burst out giggling. Then Sammy told me that one of the weirdest thing he's observed about me in our tutelage together (that word alone had me dying) is how I clean my sunglasses. Instead of rubbing them like a normal person I lick them. We were both laughing so hard we were cryi...