tagged

I was tagged by my sister laura...so here we go!

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the game the player tags 5 people, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Where were you 10 years ago: Ten years ago I was living at home in good ole Yuba City, anxiously waiting for the next stake dance because that was the only time I could get out of the house with boys. LOL

Five things on my to-do list today:

1)Pay bills
2)Get flowers and card for Meg
3)Play group (although it got cancled due to rain)
4)Tutor
5)???

Five snacks I enjoy:
1: Jerky
2:candy - not really chocolate. - licorice, sweedish fish- chewy candy not gummy though.
3: dried fruit
4: crackers
5:nuts

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire:
1: tithing
2: pay off school
3: Buy a house
4: Buy a new car or two
5: invest - probably realistate, but would definantly do some laddered CD's and other things too.
6: take my family (my parents and sibblings) on a vacation. Maybe a cruise or Hawaii

Four of my bad habits:
1: talking a lot when company is over
2: not doing the dishes
3: not putting the laundry away after i fold it
4: apparently - "walking" out of my pants at night and leaving them inside out on the floor.

Five jobs that I have had:
1: Gymnastics coach
2: newspaper deliverer
3: Dispatcher
4: Waitress and anything else in a restaraunt
5: Car rental agent

( just 5 of the many)

5 things people don't know about me:
1:I hate running
2:I love pasta but HATE spegetti
3: I love school but wish I would have studied something else
4:I have amazing in-laws
5: I HATE HATE HATE talking to people I don't know on the phone

now I am suppost to tag 5 people.....I don't think I know 5 people who blog who haven't already been tagged....sorry.

Nothing much

There isn't a whole lot going on around here. The weather is great, I'm feeling good, we all have been able to (so far) stay clear of the nasty cold going around this winter, and life is pretty same ole same ole. I got some material at Joanns the last couple of days since there flannel has been on sale, so in all my spare time I will also start to make some baby blankets. Austin is getting closer to walking but isn't. He will walk between Devon and I easily but would still rather crawl for everything. I am hoping that by the wedding in March he will be walking. I think it will just make things easier. If not then oh well, what can you do? That is pretty much it around here. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Presidents Day.

Annoyances

Okay, so how about a venting post! Sounds good to me. Feel free to skip it if you want.

I have recently discovered 2 of my biggest pet peves. One is people who NEVER answer their phones. It doesnt' matter what time of day or night, if they are busy or not...they just don't answer them. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY! Why have a phone if you aren't going to answer it. I understand to a point...I've been their when someone calls and I don't want to talk to them - or know that I don't have time to talk to them so I let it go to voicemail but to never answer is just rediculous. To go along with this one also is the lack of returning phone calls. If I leave someone a message and ask them to call me back is it really that hard? Devon does this all the time. Not to me because he knows better but if someone in the ward calls and leaves a message on our home phone, asking him a question and wanting him to call them back he NEVER does. It's just rude.

My second pet peve is lack of communication - once again usually with a cell phone. Today we have so many modern coveninces that allow us to "stay connected" so hello, get a clue people! It just drives me crazy when, let's say...you called someone and they are suppost to be comming over at 5:00, well if they know that they are going to be late, or if things have changed and they aren't going to make it then is it really that hard to give a quick phone call instead of having people wait around for you all afternoon! GRRRRRRRRRRR it just drives me crazy when people think that you have nothing better to do then to wait for them. The most annoying part about it is that usually once I get in contact with them it's like....oh yeah well this and this happened and so blah blah blah - acting like it's no big deal that someone has been waiting on them. Like they think that I can tell they aren't comming and will go about my day as normal. Well guess what, I can't. Usually I have already arranged my schedule, or Austins nap schedule or whatever else to accomidate the first time slot. Whatever, I have to go now so I can't vent any longer but I will probably come back to finish this. :)

crafts and things

These are things I have made with vinyl for a few baby showers I have been too, well not the coat, that picture is for my sister.

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Well, really it was there yesterday and gone today but whose counting. I finally cut my hair. I couldn't handle it any more. I know that I have put in a plug for them before, but if anyone has a Paul Mitchel hair acadamey close to where they live and they don't use it...YOU ARE CRAZY. I know that it is a school and that is scarry for some people but they really have instructors walking around constantly checking and making sure they are doing it right. It is soooo cheap, and so wonderful. I went in on Saturday, got it washed (my favorite! it feels so good) cut (and it took a long time to cut because it was a big change and I have a TON of hair) dryed and styled. I was there like an hour and a half. The grand total came to 10.00! Sweet. I love it because most places you go to get your hair cut they cut it right, but a lot of times they don't take a lot of time because time is money...or if they do take their time then it costs a lot of money so that it's worth it for them. But, since this is a school and they have to be there for credit and hours and such, you get way pampered and it is so cheap. I LOVE IT. Anyway that is enough rambling for now. Hope you like the new do. P.S. For those who don't know or forgot already my hair was down to the middle of my back. P.S.S. Sorry that I look scarry, aparently it was a longer day than I thought. P.S.S.S yes, I am going to cut off the bottom like inch that kind of sticks out. It bothers me.

The Results are in!

Yesterday I went and had my ultra sound and it's official. We're having a girl! I am sure Austin is really excited, as we all are. Everything is normal and healthy. The Doctor said that she was even a little small ( like 4 days, nothing big) which was wonderful news, considering how large Austin was. He was full term at 36 week, by the time he was born (on his due date) he was 9 lbs and 22.5 inches! So I will be thrilled if this one is smaller.

Not much else going on around here. I have done my first couple vinyl cuts, and they took a while but we have already learned a lot about what to do and what not to do. Devon has even talked to his boss about redoing the logos on their trucks for work, I don't think I am ready to do a fleet of truck for a business, but if he wants to undertake it then whatever. It would be good exposure I guess.

Oh, other good news...well news, is that last week we put in our loan application. We are hoping to be able to buy a house in the next couple of months so we are anxiously waiting to see what we qualify for. We weren't expecting to purchase a house this soon, but with the housing market down as low as it is, and with rent being as high as it is we decided that now (in the next 6 months) is the time to do it. Normally the amount of a loan that we would qualify for wouldn't be enough to get us into a 2 bedroom condo down here. Which is to be expected when you are just out of college and decided to move to California, but with the drop in the housing market we have been able to look into some 4 bed 2 bath single family homes with in our budget! So we are getting excited at the prospect of actually getting into a house. If it happens or not - well we'll put that into the Lord's hand - but it will be nice if it does.

I think that is all for now. Hope that everyone has a great week.

Vinyl Lettering

A couple of months ago I bought a vinyl cutter so I could start a little vinyl business. I was planning on taking it slowly, but now that we have it up and running Devon is really pushing me to get my business license and start for real. I am okay with this idea, I enjoy working with the vinyl. My only problem is that I don't have any ideas for the name of the business. Most of the other businesses are called lame and boring things like..Vinyl Letters, Vinyl Words, Thoughts in Vinyl, etc. I want mine to be something fun...not boring. My sister gave the the idea of Stick em Up, but it is already used. If anyone has any other ideas PLEASE let me know. I have no idea what to do.