Done Forever

For those of you who do not know, I recently finished my VERY last day of my undergraduate career at BYU. It really has not settled in yet that I will not be going back to school next semester. I mean, I've been going to college for 4.5 years (almost) straight. School has always been there in the back of my head somewhere and now, I feel like I should be reading, studying for finals, finishing some homework, writing a paper, etc. but alas, I do not need to because I am done. Wonderful. We had our graduation dinner we last Saturday since we didn't get a real Graduation hoopla. Afterward, Laura and Sarah, hubbies included, came over and we played the best game of Guestures I've played to this day. It was hilariously amazing!! We will definitely be having more of those nights. So glad our husbands are friends now too! Here are some pictures of the wonderful ending. Enjoy!

Us enjoying our last day with SAM, gonna miss that guy!

The Carpool after our very last class on BYU campus. We got a little nostalgic.

Ryan and I at the graduation dinner at Magelby's Grill.

Our side of the table. Ryan, Me, Sarah, & Rob.

The most amazing friends that I made in Nursing School. I wouldn't have made it without them.

What's That I hear?

Oh ya, that must be Ryan singing "Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland" in the bathroom. Is that the sound of Christmas nearing?
For the Gardner home, yes, yes it is.

Thanksgiving

What is Thanksgiving without 80 degree weather? Well we don't really know because our Thanksgiving was filled with sun and heat! I forget how great California is until I go there and enjoy the fantastic weather!!

Our day started early with an hour drive to Dana Point for the Turkey Trot. We all did it except the Bri/Kell family. I was really proud of everyone because we all finished! Even Ryan said he ran the whole thing, so we are totally ready for our half marathon in April! :)

After the run we did a lot of getting ready, cooking, picture taking, watching football, and eating. It was a great Thanksgiving and yes, we have a lot to be grateful for.

Ryan and I before the race

Best Friends

These are my best friends. I feel like I know them better than I know some of my friends in real life. Some might say that is a little sad, but you don't know these girls like I do. They are the epitome of fabulousness. I aspire to be like them in (almost) every way.

Gratitude

We are speaking in Church tomorrow on the above topic. Wish us luck...

What's all the Traffic For?

I was driving today and I could not believe the traffic that there was!!! I was going crazy. It was 11 AM and there were people all over 123rd and the freeway was packed and I could NOT figure out what was going on. On my way home, I realized why... In 'N Out is officially open within walking distance from my house. I am happy that Utah is improving, but not too fond of the people flocking to crowd my streets. Hopefully, it will die down soon and then I can go and get a delicious hamburger animal style with a fantastic chocolate shake! :) Happiness is just down the street!

(note the long line of cars lined up at the drive-through)

*Update: we counted the number of cars at the drive-through on Friday night at approx 9:30 PM and we counted 66 cars. Wow, it was crazy!
And, we did finally break down today. We stood in line for about 35 min before we ordered. We were number 89 and they were on 25! wow! It took about another 30 min to get our food. Was it worth it? Well, I'll have to say yes! It was delicious! We loved it!

13 going on 22?

For those who do not know, my parents came to visit last week and, of course, there was shopping to be accomplished. We went to the infamous Nordies and bought fantastic new jeans. When we were walking out, we saw a sign talking about New Moon movie tickets, so of course we took a second look. We went up to customer service, showed our recipe, and walah!! They hand us 3 tickets to New Moon. Free!! Anyone who knows me knows how much I love FREE! Even better, the tickets are NOT for the midnight showing, but for the premiere 9:30 showing. After talking to my gal pals who might want to attend the night, meaning Becca and Brooke, we had a plan for a fantastic Girl's Night Out. Becca and I kept saying, "The 13 year old girl inside of me is SO excited for this movie!!!" And it really is true. At the movie, I felt like a teenager (ok, no like the annoying teenagers that were actually there, but a teenager nonetheless). We got there about 3 hours early to find only about 6 groups of people in front of us. I was actually expecting a much longer line. However, we and the girl in front of us decided the Nordstrom crowd was a little less crazy than those waiting since 6 AM for the midnight showing. I was glad to not be in the latter group.
All in all, it was fantastic! After a lot of waiting and being cold, they let us in the theater 2 hours early so we could be warm (also a plus of the Nordies group) and before we knew it we were watching New Moon.
This book was actually my favorite (so much emotion... I love it) so I was really excited for this movie, and I was not disappointed. The acting was better (especially by Edward and Bella, not so much for Jacob... sorry) and the quality was definitely better. There were funny parts as well as the sad (not as sad as the book makes it though).
It was a grand night and we all had a blast, feeling like we were special getting to see the movie all early and such. We walked out of the theater at 11:30 to see those who had the midnight tickets and I had to giggle a little bc we had already seen it. It was fun doing a premiere showing. Thanks Becs and Brooke (and baby) for coming with!!!

London & Germany & Paris Oh My!!!

For the last week, my husband has been traveling all over Europe training the Euro-ites how to be a real business man. (Ok, or just training them on Salesforce, but same thing). It is one thing when he goes away for a conference or when he goes to Alabama to do some trainings, but when he goes to Europe, one thing changes: no cell phone usage. That means for a whole week I don't get to hear his voice (except when he cheats and uses his boss's cell phone to call me--thanks for cheating!). No small texts or a call to see how things are going. We have been surviving off of emails explaining our day and what we did and didn't do. Twice we caught eachother online and got to chat, which was fun, but it was like 10 PM his time and 2 PM my time. So, needless to say, it wasn't very long.

All in all, Ryan is doing a great job training the Euro-ites all about business and I am really proud of him. He will (I'm sure) post more about his fabulous traveling when he returns, but for now you only get to hear my side of the story, which is that he hates Europe. He used to love it, back in the day, but now, it does not give him any satisfaction. Mostly because it is dirty there and there is really no depth to life without a woman by his side. So, needless to say, he swears he will never go back without me to show him that Europe really is a great place, as long as I'm there with him.*

Welcome home Ryan (in roughly 22 hours!)

*This was all from emails Ryan sent me... I have the proof if you need it. No, really, I do.

Here's a Little Advice

Here's a little advice... Don't get Hives. They are not fun! I somehow ate a tree nut today (or so it seems) because I had a sudden onset of nausea and vomiting, my heart starting pounding, and I had this fun little rash all over my body. I started getting all itchy and when I looked, I had this rash all on my tummy and my back and then strangely on my wrist (shown below). I took 4 Benadryl (I threw up 2 of them, so I took 2 more) and now I am feeling fine (no hives and all).

The worst part is I became a nurse so I would know what to do in these types of situations, and yet I still went to my mom and said, "What do I do?" Thanks mom for taking care of me!!

oh, and ps. it was much worse than this picture paints it out to be...

The Rest of Halloween

Our actual Halloween day wasn't too eventful. Mostly, I finished cleaning the spare room, which took a long time, but is now not filled with boxes of our random stuff!! We got a call from Jeffrey saying he was in Sandy at Chipotle getting a free burrito because he wore tin foil. Needless to say, we headed there immediately and got a free burrito for wearing a tin foil crown and sailboat hat! It was fantastic! That night we watched The Island with Becca and Jacob and make pizzokies (which were fantastic!). Ryan was upset that we didn't see kids walking around trick or treating so we had to make sure our neighborhood was actually trick or treating before Ryan would be happy again. He says it was not right for kids to not be trick or treating on Halloween night. He was very particular about it! Anyway, we had a great Halloween and it was a great time!

My Crown!

Ryan's sailboat had and tin foil wrapped around his arm...

For our ward party I volunteered to make cupcakes for the cake walk and so Lynne and I made these beauties. (They are spiderwebs, in case you couldn't tell! Haha)

Pumpkins

We had a great Halloween Celebration last weekend with Steph and Michael. They finally found time to come see us up here in no man's land Draper and carve some pumpkins with us!!! This year I caved and bought those cool stencils that you can carve more than just triangle eyes and a jaggedy mouth and we went all out!! It was a fun night... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

This one is mine and Ryan's pumpkin. I choose treat.. anyone else?

Michael and Steph's pumpkin. They went for the scary side and did a monster!

Me and Ryan with our pumpkin

Steph and Michael with their pumpkin

If You Have a Bad Day

I you have a bad day...

Go to Zupas and eat Tomato Basil Soup
Watch Gilmore Girls with your sister (or alone)
Search for good recipes
Do NOT do homework
Take a bubble bath
Take a nap
Chick Flick, Chick Flick, more Chick Flick

Yes, that is what I would do, if I had a bad day.

Please Refer

Please refer to the best story ever here. It's the best!!
Happy Halloween!!

Forever Family

In our new ward I was called to be a Primary Worker -- basically a Primary Teacher. I teach half of the 7 year-olds (there are like 12 of them!) I have 6 cute 7 year-olds and we have a great time!

Today, our lesson was on temples and how families can be together forever. We talked about being sealed in the temple and how that can make us be together after we die. For our activity we made paper chains with each member of our family's name on them and then we each made a chain. While I was showing them how to do it, I did one with my name and Ryan's name on it and made a little chain.

One little girl said, "You don't have any kids?" I said, "Nope." She gave me this strange look like I was insane and said, "Hmm. That's weird." Didn't know I was such an outcast to a 7-year-old! The pressure is starting young!

Pictures

I know there are people out there who just love to look at pictures on blogs. For them, here are some pictures for your enjoyment!

BYU (fake) Graduation Ryan and I

I LOVE these girls! If it weren't for them, I might be crazy from nursing school by now. (Not to say that I am not crazy). But we have had so much fun doing everything but homework or actually listening in class and I really am going to miss them when school is for reals over!

Me and my mom after graduation

The siblings that came to support me in my graduation-ness. Thanks for coming!!!

Me and my Grandma Nancy after graduation! LOVE!!

Me and Grandma/pa Workman after graduation. Thanks for coming to support me in my fake graduation!!!

My beautiful sister Lynne Marie on her wedding day. She is gorgeous!! Love her!

Ryan and I at the Temple after Lynne's wedding. It almost felt like a redo for us with all the pictures and everything. It's very different not being the bride/groom. Refreshing!

Lynne and Dave coming out of the temple. They did surprisingly well with all the center of attention things, although they walked way too fast out of the doors. One second there were there and the next picture I have is of them passing me... This will have to do! :)

This is the Thompson Family Reunion up in Layton, UT. Well, this is up Cottonwood Canyon where we hiked to this really pretty Lake. We will have to do some more exploring around there because it was a very pleasant hike and we had a lot of fun!

RIP Straightner

It all started about 4 years ago when my mom and I visited a beauty supply store looking for a specific straightener. Upon arrival, however, we realized this store did not have the straightener I was seeking for. Who knew that would be the best thing that could have happened to me? Before we left the lady working at the store said, why don't you try this one? It has better ratings and plus it has a 2 year warranty instead of just a 1 year. I was very hesitant but decided to go for it and try out something new. That was the beginning of 4 great years together.

I have absolutely been dreading the day when my straightener would die for many reasons.
1. I have no desire to spend that much money on a new one.
2. I absolutely cannot remember what company made my straightener, making it impossible to replace!
3. It has been the world's best straightener.

But this morning, the morning of September 23, 2009 at approximately 10:25, my beloved straightener died. In the words of Lynne, "RIP Andrea's Straightener. It was the straightener to beat all straighteners"

Don't Pick Your Nose

For my dedicated followers, you remember (and if you don't, let me refresh your mind) when I was trying to decide if I should do my final semester of nursing in Labor and Delivery or the Emergency Room. Well I decided to choose the ED and got it! So I have been working at the IMC hospital in Murray in the Emergency Department and I have been absolutely loving it!! Really, I have never been in an area that I have felt is so much for me. It is the perfect combination of patient involvement, nursing skills, and a team effort. I absolutely LOVE how much trust the doctor's put in you as the nurse, I love starting IV's, giving IV meds, seeing all the crazy things come in, and having a little laugh along the way.

One of the reasons I decided to do the ER (not the most important reason, but it was a reason nonetheless), was for the funny, awesome stories that I would have. I have heard other people's stories, and I knew that it wouldn't be long till I had my own. So here is the best story of the first 3 days of my clincal.

56 year old female. F/O nasal cavity.
Hmm... for those of you wondering what f/o stands for... that would be foreign object. Reading the chart it went like this: "56 y/o female states she had an itch in her nose and began to itch it. After itching it, she noticed her fake fingernail was missing."
Needless to say, my nurse and I were laughing pretty hard. An itch? Ya right... She was totally picking her nose!!! Haha. JK. I'm sure it was embarrasing for her, but it was pretty funny when she came in and no one could actually see the fingernail up there and so the doctor just started to dig around. When we were about to give up and refer her to an ENT Doctor, she blows her nose and out comes the fake nail. Ya, that is funny. Moral of the story: Don't pick your nose!

Harry Potter Series

So this summer I knew I would have a lot of spare time on my hands, seeing as I couldn't find a job to keep my time occupied. So I decided to finally pick up book #1 of Harry Potter. After reading all summer long, I have finished all 7 books and let me just tell you: "This book is FULL of ADVENTURE!!" (that was for you, Lynne and Jeffrey). After I read the book I would then watch the movie and say the inevitable phrase, "the book is so much better." But it was fun reading hte books in order and then watching the movies along with reading them so I could get a visual. I was about half way done with book #7 when I started classes and when the teacher start talking about all the work I'm gonna have to do in such a short amount of time, all I could think was: "I have GOT to finish Harry Potter." haha. So I did, and it was a great summer read! Maybe next I can read Lord of the Rings and watch Sound of Music... hmmm... na!!!

Long Time

Yes, it's been forever since I've posted and that is not because nothing has happened. In fact, it is because everything is happening!!!

First and foremost, meaning the very most important, my wonderful, fabulous, lovely, awesome, etc. sister got married last weekend! The wedding was amazing and it was so great seeing her get married to such a great guy. (Now Ryan and Dave can do the whole sports thing while Lynne and I do the whole shopping thing...) The receptions was beautiful and took me back to my wedding but this time there was no rain and the mini got covered in shaving cream and marshmallows. It was a great day and CONGRATS to Dave and Lynne!!

Secondly, we finally made the move away from Provo, UT. After 4 years there, I think it was time for us to get out and move into the real world without married student wards and where 80% of the ward is pregnant... (well, of the girls, you get the idea.). Our new residence is in Draper, Ut. There are several perks to the move. A. It now takes Ryan 9 minutes to get to work--that means he sleeps in until 9 minutes before he has to be there :) B. Our house is awesome. It has a washer and dryer in it so we can use it whenever we want and it is my favorite thing EVER!! C. There are more, you just have to come see yourself. haha. Basically, we absolutely love living a little up north!

Thirdly, which is 100% related to number one and two, Lynne now lives in Sandy, Ut, which is exactly 8 minutes from my house. This is the first time in I don't even know how long that we have lived in the same state. (What, like 9 years?) It is so fun to have my sister so close. Plus, we decided its great because we now go to the gym every morning together (well, today was the first day, but it WILL still happen)

Fourthly (is that a word?) and probably the least important because of the anticlimax of it all. I graduated... Kind of. Well, I walked for my graduation. I will be done in December and there is no graduation in December, so I opted to walk early with all my friends. It was fun but, obviously didn't feel real since it wasn't... haha. But it was good to see all my family who came out for the big event!!! Hooray for being almost done with school!

Life is good, sorry there are no pictures, I will have to post some later of the new digs and the newly married Lynne Kimball.

I LOVE Winning!!

I don't necessarily think I'm a poor loser (you know, the ones who throw fits or are in a bad mood forever after the loss) but I DO believe that I am a FABULOUSLY GREAT WINNER!!! I am so so so HAPPY after a win and I am completely on a high for a good week!!! The smile rarely leaves my face for the entire week. I mean, for a winner, I have a pretty good attitude about it!!!

So this week we had our Softball intramural games (two of them: Wed night and Thursday night). We won on Wednesday to put us in the Championship game on Thursday (where we actually played the same team from Wednesday). So we played our first game and, let's be honest, played like crap and so we lost. But the second game we brought it BACK!! Oh, it was so awesome!!! We were hitting really well (with the exception of one inning, but its all good!) and our Defense was superb!! Like, really, it was fabulous! So we were the visitor and so the other team had last ups. We went into their last ups being 3 runs up. (meaning we had to get 8 outs for a win!!). Needless to say, we were worried! They put all their girls up first and, since our defense is awesome, we got them out one after another. Then all the boys were up, meaning our outfielding had to be excellent! Ya, it was! The last batter came up and would have had to hit a homerun to win. It was a nerve racking inning but in all WE WON!!! Oh, it was the best feeling EVER!!! I was so happy!!!

For those of you not in the know, my team also one the Division 1 Softball Championship last year! So that makes 2 years, back to back that I have won a championship T-shirt! I love it!! It has been an excellent season and I have enjoyed it so much. This is the one reason I am so sad to graduate this December (because that means no more intramural softball!) Hopefully I can still play somehow. Anywhere, here are some pics after the victory!!

That would be me with my brand new winners shirt! LOVE IT!

The whole winning team!

My best fan... the hubby.

My bro chose me over going to a choir concert. I think he made the right choice!

These are the 4 that won the t-shirts last year too. We were all on the same team last year!

Taking a victory walk off of the field!

THE t-shirt: "The most coveted shirt on campus"

"Thou shalt not covet"

Days with the Girls

I've been spending a lot of my time (most days) with two adorable little girls: Gabs and Maddie. They are adorable. It is such a fun time. The minute I walk int he door Gabs usually asks "come play in my room, An?" and with that face how do you say no. Or sometimes we will "Go to the library" which ends up being the spare bedroom. The conversation usually goes like this:

Me: What are we gonna get at the library?
Gabby: Ice cream. Walks to the bed and pretends to pick up some ice cream from the library and hands it to me.
Me: What kind of ice cream?
Gabs: Snow White.

I'm not sure what kind of library you can rent ice cream from, but Gabby totally has it right!! And perhaps snow white is vanilla? She's got me..

We also go to the park sometimes where Gabby repeatedly would like "underdoggies!" Or sometimes we play with her baby doll, which she talks to in a high-pitch voice, "Hi, baby!!" Hmm.. wonder where she got that from.

It has been so fun to hang out with these fun girlies! Here are some pictures of the girls!

Madeline Mae Trejo on the day she was born. 5 lbs 1 oz. So tiny!!
This picture makes Maddie look like a doll. Gabby was being very soft with her. She is a great big sister!
Gabby with Mad's binky. (I tried to get her to smile but she would only do it for like 1 second. oh well).
Mads does a lot of this lately... She is so adorable!!

Gym Rut

So I realized today that I listen to the exact same songs over and over and over again while I'm at the gym. It's either Marie Digby, Missy Higgins, and if I feel like I need a big push Skillet. (that one is for Rachael, whom I miss very very much!) Today I ventured out and found my one true love, N' Sync and they did the job very well. But I need other songs that will boost my gym moral so that I can keep going! Let me know what gets you in the running mood!

Am I Deaf?

There are so many songs that I think I know the lyrics to. Then out of no where one day I'll be singing along with a friend and I hear them sing completely different words than me! Turns out I've been singing some songs completely wrong my entire life. For example:

Mayberry by Rascall Flatts:
What I sing: "I've been slavin'. Sittin' on the porch drinkin' ice cold cherry coke." Or when I started to think that doesn't make much sense: "Hey Miss Mayberry, sittin' on the porch drinkin' ice cold cherry coke." Turns out I was wrong in both cases.
What they really sing is: "I miss Mayberry. Sittin' on the porch drinkin' ice cold cherry coke." Well, at least I got the last part right.

Another one I have been singing wrong all this time is Arethra Franklin's Respect:

What I sing: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. sing-pa-she-be-tee-sea. (jiberish)" In other words, I had no idea what they were saying there.
What they really sing: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Take care, TCB." Not really sure what that means, but hey... whatever floats Aretha's boat.

What are some songs that you sing wrong... Maybe you can help me stop singing songs wrong! :)

Starburst

Just imagine this:

Hot day
Hot car
Starburst left in your hot car
DELICIOUS!!

If you have ever roasted Starburst and enjoyed it, go stick a pack of Starburst in your car and you will be quite satisfied! There is nothing like that semi-hard outside like the Starburst has been cooked with a great, chewy, soft inside. It's fantastic. You MUST try it!

5 Months

I've heard when you first get married you measure your time being married by weeks. Eventually this gets old and you start measuring by months. At about 2 years I hear you start just saying how many years you have been married. I look forward to getting to that point but right now, I'm still counting by months, so here is to Mine and Ryan's 5 Month Anniversary! Yay for 5 months!

Is that Ken Griffey, Jr. out there?

Background: My whole life (well, maybe like the last year of it) I've heard stories about Andrea playing softball in high school and how she was really good. Her grandparents always say it, but there's one story I hear over and over from Jeff: all about the time Andrea gunned a girl down at home plate from left field. I think it might have been against an undefeated team, or in the state championship, or against the Orioles or something. Well, I think that would've been a wonderful piece of Andrea folklore to witness, since it is Whitaker Legend.

Aside: Now, let me say that we have been having weird weather in Utah. It's seriously rained for almost 3 weeks straight, everyday. And we've had lightning; tons of lightning. It feel a lot more like back home in Illinois than Utah. Basically my point is that strange things are afoot, and tonight the planets aligned and took me back in time so I could see Andrea in her heyday just for a moment.

Story: So as we've all heard a million times (maybe she's only told me a million times) she was a BYU Intramural Softball Champion last year (upper division mind you). And this year she didn't get on a team, until a friend called saying they needed extra players. Tonight was her first game, though it was the team's third of the season. She went and played left field, and in the second inning it was like a Field of Dreams/The Natural moment. She was playing deep and this boy hit a pretty good one to left, but short of Andrea. She runs up on the ball and gloves it on a short hop (which was impressive). The runner on second, who apparently didn't think she would catch it anyway, had already taken off and was rounding third when she got to it. He keeps chugging home thinking there is no way Andrea has the kind of arm to get him out. Big Mistake! Because my Honey has a cannon! She scooped it up and threw a strike to the catcher, gunning the guy down at home plate!!! The throw couldn't have been any more on the money! And I swear I'm not exaggerating, but the catcher didn't even have to move to apply the tag. He was right off the baseline and the ball just dropped into his glove perfectly in time for the runner just to run right into his glove. It was subliminal, glorious, magnanimous.

Happy early birthday, honey, you are the best!

Ps. Also, they won.

Top 5

Sometimes I like to tell Andrea my top 5....whatever. I don't know why, I just like making up Top 5's. The other day Andrea said something and immediately I thought, "That's got to be in my top 5 favorite things she's ever said to me." So I thought I'd post my Top 5 Things Andrea Has Ever Said to Me:

1. "Yes." (as in "Yes, I will marry you")
2. "I love you." (as in she loves me)
3. "Let's watch Lord of the Rings" (I still can't describe my shock and amazement)
And now the one she said the other day, coming in at #4....
4. "Let's watch the second Lord of the Rings" (what's better than one Lord of the Rings? Two obviously...)
and 5. "Michigan? That's OUR team!" (I almost cried).

As you can see, Andrea is the best, and I love her! Feel free to tell us about your Top 5's, or anti-Top 5's, those might be funny too.

What do you mean there's no water?

Today started off pretty regular. Ryan off to work and me contemplating whether or not I was gonna get up and go to the gym. After some coxing from my best friend Steph, I decided I should. So after a good walk/run (I'm working up to the actual running part) and the last 25 minutes of a Pilates class (which kicked my butt!!!!) I come home only wanting to take a shower and go back to bed. So I walk in my apartment still sweating from all the hard work I did at the gym. About 2 minutes later I hear my doorbell ring. (This never happens, so its kinda a big deal for me...) It was the manager of the apartment complex. He says, "Just wanted to tell you that the water is off" and then bolts away while mumbling "it's gonna take a while." I was kinda taken off guard or I would have asked some questions like, "Why?" or "When will it be back on" or "Why?" or "Do you understand that I smell and NEED a shower?" Ya know, those types. Anyway, so just wanting to make sure he is right, I go try to turn on the water and what do you know, he was right, nothing came out. So I am still sitting in my gross work out clothes trying to figure out what to do and decide that I will change into PJs and begin reading Harry Potter #5. The whole time I'm reading I am freezing because my hair is still wet from the sweat and I feel all gross. It was none too good! About 2 hours later I go see if, by chance, the water is working again and what do you know, it is! So I'm so excited!! I run and get my towel and turn on the hot water (which felt soooo good!!) and jumped in finally excited to be clean!! (and the shower wasn't even making the high pitched screechy noise so I was pretty relaxed) Basically, I prepare myself for a wonderful, long, warm shower. Here is where it gets really interesting...I reached for my shampoo and put it in my hair rubbing all the hairspray out and all of the sudden, the shower starts to lose pressure.

My thoughts: That's weird. It isn't as strong. What if the water is gonna turn back off? (slight panic because I have shampoo all over my hair and hands by now.) No, it isn't going to turn off. (going about my business but noticing the shower is losing more and more pressure by the second). Oh my gosh, it's going to turn off!!! What am I gonna do stuck in the shower with shampoo on my head with no running water!! (Following this was the quickest rinse of the hair to attempt getting all the shampoo out of my hair before it turned off. Yes, that means I had my head under a mere trickling of water getting the last bubbles out of my hair before it shut off completely!)

Needless to say, it was a rough afternoon for me... Now I'm just waiting for the water to come back on so I can actually take that fabulous shower. But now I think I'll be pretty suspicious when I do venture back in there...

ps. What would you do if you were stuck in the shower with no running water and a whole bunch of shampoo in your hair? (Ya know, just in case this happens to me any time soon...)

Goal #1

Yes, folks it is actually Friday...

"My goal is to make you forget how to do the dishes." This is what Ryan said to me this week as he was cleaning up the dishes from not only dinner but from my lunch too! He wants to do the dishes so often that I actually forget how to do the dishes myself. Now I understand that this isn't actually going to occur, it's like riding a bike, right?, but nonetheless, it is the goal that makes me melt.

Ryan really is THE BEST HUSBAND EVER!!

Relaxing?

My shower makes this really high pitched screeching sound whenever I turn on the hot water. IT really doesn't make for a very relaxing shower. The only way to make it go away is to turn the hot water down some (so it is barely dripping down) or turn it up some (so it is shooting you in the back so hard it hurts). Either way, not very relaxing...

Wednesday Shopping

Every Wednesday there are two grocery stores in Orem/Provo that have chosen Wednesdays as their produce specials day. So you can guess where I am on those particular days. The ads come on Tues/Wed and I plan what will be best to buy from which store and then I set off.

First is to Sunflower Market. This has the best deals!!! One time I found Gala Apples (the ones i buy anyway) on sale for 33 cents/lb!! Talk about a fantastic deal!! (They are normally $1.50/lb). I normally leave there with more than a weeks worth of produce and haven't spent more than $6!! It is like the best place ever!!!

Secondly, on my way back home, I stop at Buy Low Market for the stuff that I saw was actually cheaper than Sunflower (I know, how could that be possible?!?!). Buy Low is 100% annoying because there are a million people in there with their huge carts blocking every isle and walking sooo slow, but its okay because I can get two pineapples for $1!!! So it's worth it, as long as I don't get a cart and weave in and out of those people who stand and look...

So that is usually what I do on Wednesdays! I just don't know what I ever did without these two stores... Oh ya, paid more...

MHRF

So these are quickly turning into My Husband Rocks Saturdays because Fridays have become a little busy, but I will try to do better.

I am so grateful for Ryan and how much he loves me. I can tell he loves me because he always wants to be with me. He is always content with just sitting with me doing whatever. It is one of our favorite things--to just be together. Ryan always makes time to spend time with me. I love him and am so grateful for him!!

Today I'd Rather be Here

If any of you know me even in the slightest, you know my dream vacation would be to go to Greece. I would absolutely be in heaven if I could go to the islands of Greece, especially Santorini, Greece. Ever since Brian and I tried to go like 2 years ago, I've been obsessed. I've had a calendar of Greece both years and now have about 3 books on Greece. I've researched the places that are the best to go and saved a "My Greece Trip" on my computer. (Ya, I don't think anyone knew it was this bad...) Oh, but it is. You have no idea!

First, I would wake up to this view:

Followed by eating Breakfast here. (Local Fruit, of course!) Maybe next I would take some sort of hike so I could see this. Maybe a little cliff diving and swimming in the fabulous water? (oh, and yes, of course I would have the island all to myself (and my guest) so there aren't any other people around, as you can see by the picture.)

Of course from the wonderful workout of hiking (of which did not make me sweat at all and I still look perfectly put together), I would be a little famished and would like to dine here with some gyros that I got from the local market. Can you say, Yum? Ya, I can!

This would be followed by a nice relaxing time at the beach. (That umbrella is obviously mine as I said I would be the only one on the island--and my guest). The night would end with a romantic eventing watching a fabulous sunset over the white buildings!

Oh, and of course I would want this guy with me... (he would be my guest for sure). But he would have to change into some of those great Greece white flow-y pants to fit into the culture.

Well, a girl can dream, can't she?