Chop, Chop!

So I finally did it! I've been talking about cutting my hair for who knows how long. It's so embarrassing how long it had been since I'd cut it that I'm not even going to say. It got to the point where my hair was down for maybe an hour and then it was in a pony tail the rest of the day. I had my friend Ali cut it for me. She was my personal stylist in high school and miss her doing my hair all the time! She's super talented. I had intentions of going a little shorter and still may, but baby steps right? I had to post all of the pictures of my attempt to get a good shot of how long my hair was. Nate had already gone to work and I was running late. I didn't have time to mess with all of the angles in the mirror. I was laughing and getting frustrated at the same time. It took one shot to get the short hair picture with Nate's help.

Just to be fair I thought I'd post a picture of Nate's new hair cut. I did it myself! It's definitely not perfect so don't look too closely but he's not super picky. Plus we figure it saves us at least $150 a year.

And the Madness Begins

I was just wondering if anyone else's TV is stuck on one channel, Channel 2. I believe it started on Thursday and hasn't changed since. I've tried to change the channel but it seems that I have lost control. I must admit I knew exactly what I was getting into before I married Nate - so I'm not complaining really. I'm just worried about his mood if his team doesn't win. After the Jazz lost to the Laker's this week I can only imagine the mood he'll be in if North Carolina loses!

P.S. Happy Easter!

The Longest Day Ever?!?!?

Today felt like the longest day ever! I was subpoenaed to appear in court as a witness. I don't want to go into too much detail, but it has to do some fraud that I caught at work. I had to be at the DA's office at 8:15 am to speak with the prosecuting attourney and he gave me a run down on how things would go down. Then I had to go over to the courthouse to wait for the preliminary hearing to start so that I could testify. One of my co-workers was there as well and we sat and waited and waited.

We were told that the defense attourney had a busy morning and it would be a little while. I brought a book to read but couldn't concentrate because I was so anxious. I was supposed to go into work at 12, but that didn't happen! We sat around and waited for about 4 hours when we were told we could go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat or drink. When we came back up we were told that there was a possibility that the case would be continued on a different day. Luckily the judge decided to just reschedule for 3:00 pm.

So we headed off to get some lunch and waste a couple of hours. When we returned we went right in. It was very nerve wracking. I think the 10 minutes I was on the stand were the longest 10 minutes ever! I've never had any encounter with the court system. It was definitely an interesting experience. The judge decided there was enough evidence to go to trial - so unless the defendant decides to plead guilty we have to do it all over again but this time in front of a jury. Everybody say your prayers that he decides to plead guilty so I can put this mess behind me!

I finally got home around 4:00 pm and haven't been able to stop thinking about the whole thing since. Hopefully writing about it will get it out of my mind so I can sleep well tonight! The best part about the whole thing is that I get paid for my time. I think it's $18.50. Just think of all the things I could buy. :) I guess it's better than nothing!

Florida!!

We recently returned from a much needed vacation to Orlando, Florida. We went with one of my friends from high school Ashlee and her husband Jeff. We had fun checking out Disney World, Kennedy Space Center, the beach, warm weather, and Nate's highlight - a spring training baseball game the Braves vs. the Tigers. We had a blast! It's hard to come back to reality and cold weather. Here are a few pictures of our trip.

Nate touching a moon rock!

Nate and a shrimp guy at a yummy seafood restaraunt Dixie Crossroads.

A Fun Filled Day

So I realized that when people ask what we're up to I usually say nothing much - To prove my point I'm going to fill you all in on my exciting fun filled day...

7:00 am - Wake up. Look at clock. Remember I don't have to go into work. Roll back over and drift back to sleep happily.

8:35 am - Finally decide to wake up and think about getting out of bed.

8:54 am - Kiss Nate goodbye as he is off to work for the day.

8:56 am - Head to the living room. Turn on TV and flip back and forth among the morning news shows. Try to talk myself into being motivated and start on my to do list.

9:31 am - Answer cell phone. It's Nate telling me to take his Jeep into his uncle's shop ASAP.

9:32 am - Frantically throw on some clothes. Brush my hair and teeth. Apply some make up and run out the door and drive to Draper.

10:14 am - Stop at the store to buy a Pepsi to thank Nate's Uncle Perry for working on the Jeep.

10:20 am - Wait while Perry adjusts the brakes on the Jeep so that we can get it to pass the safety inspection.

10:40 am - Arrive at the emissions/inspection place to have them test the brakes on the Jeep for a 3rd time. Prayed that they would pass so it wouldn't end up costing us more money. Held my composure as the inspector guy told me that they brakes needed to be adjusted more. Refrained from yelling at him because I had just come from getting them adjusted! The last thing he decided to tell me was that they did pass.

11:10 am - Stop at the restaurant to tell Nate the good news.

11:25 am - Search the Seagull Book from top to bottom looking for the Primary Partner Singing CD ROM for 2008. They have everything but the one I need.

11:55 am - Stop at the nearby Deseret Book and search for the CD ROM. Can't find it. Ask the lady to see if any of their other stores might have it. She tells me that all of the stores at least 15 minutes away have several copies.

12:20 pm - Decide to stop at the Seagull Book that is sort of on the way to get on the freeway to go to the Sugarhouse Deseret Book where I know they have 5 copies of the CD ROM I'm looking for. Luckily they had what I needed plus they had DownEast Outfitters Basic T-shirts that were 20% off. (I hope my father-in-law doesn't read this or I'll be in trouble for not getting it at Deseret Book, but I really wanted to hurry and grab it.)

12:45 pm - Realize that I haven't eaten anything all day and decide to go home and eat my Texas Roadhouse leftovers from last night. Mmmm, I love their rolls!

1:30 pm - Print off the pictures from the CD ROM so I can teach the kids the song "If the Savior Stood Beside Me" on Sunday. Put in "Sydney White" (my new favorite movie) and color the pictures.

4:00 pm - Throw a load of laundry in the washer and decide to start going through some clothes and start packing for our trip next week. We are headed to Orlando! Yeah for warm weather!

5:00 pm - Nate comes home from work to the messiest apartment ever. My pictures and markers are spread throughout the living room and the bedroom is strewn with all of my summer clothes.

5:30 pm - Finally get a hold of Jenn Dean after literally a month's worth of phone tag. It was fun to talk with her and catch up.

6:30 pm - Nate and I head to Steve and Barry's, my new favorite place to shop. Everything in the store is $8.98. No joke. They have everything from shoes to coats to any t-shirt you could possibly imagine. They carry Amanda Bynes, Jessica Sara Parker, Venus Williams, and Starbury lines. It was Nate's first trip and he loved it! He usually hates when I drag him on shopping trips. I think I actually like there guys line better than there women's. It's great for Nate's work clothes where he gets so dirty and greasy. We also made a pit stop at Super Target to pick up some groceries and look for sunglasses.

8:30 pm - Make dinner. Spaghetti and salad. Not too original but it tasted really good tonight for some reason.

9:00 pm - Nate is off to play basketball but he had to take a detour. His Grandpa Bunting had fallen on some ice and broken his arm. Nate went to the hospital to help his dad give him a blessing. I'm so grateful for a husband that honors his priesthood and will go and give a blessing when I know he would rather go play.

9:15 pm - After straightening up the apartment, put in an old episode of Gilmore Girls and finish coloring my pictures and decide to make a posting on my blog.

It's now 10:45 and I am starting to wonder how late my husband is going to play basketball tonight, because I'm starting to get tired after a long day of doing not a whole lot.

I hope you enjoyed a day in the life of Wendee!

10 Hours a week...

Well I've finally done it. I dropped from 40 hours to 30 hours at work. I've wanted to do so ever since I've started working, but could never really justify it. We finally felt like we were at a point where it wouldn't make a huge difference. I still get benefits, I just don't acrue vacation hours as quickly. It's tough seeing my paycheck lower; however, I take comfort in the fact that I make more at 30 hours than I did when I first started out at 40 hours! Plus it all comes down to the fact that I am in a much better mood about everything. It ends up being an extra day off every week. Take this week for instance... Monday was a paid holiday - Happy President's Day! :), Tuesday (today) is my day off, Wednesday I go in from 12-6, Thursday I go in from 12-6, Friday I work all day (9 1/2 hours), and Saturday I have the day off. That's right I only work 3 out of 6 possible days of work. I love it!! I have something to look forward to insteady of 5 full days of work. I've tried to be more productive around the house. I have a plan to tackle some of the deep cleaning that I never really felt like getting around to do. I figure if I break it down and tackle one thing at a time there's a possibility it might actually get done. I'm also trying to be better about taking care of myself. I also have a few craft projects that I've started that I plan to finish. My biggest challenge is going to be staying away from the stores so I don't spend my time spending more money!

Other than that we have no exciting news in our lives. Thus the lack of exciting posts this month!

Kimmy tagged me and I thought it was kinda fun and different. You answer the questions with images from Google image search and you have to pick a picture from the first page of pictures.

Age I'll be at my next birthday:

Man I'm getting old!!

A place I'd like to see or visit:


New York City. Someday...

One of my favorite places:

My hometown :)

My favorite object:

My Chi flatiron is my favorite object. It is the best straightener I've ever had! I wish I had a pink one - maybe someday. I've had mine for about four years now and it is slowly dying on me I have to hold the cord just right for it to heat up. Thankfully my mom got me a new one for Christmas but I don't want to bust out my new one until the one I have is completely dead!

My favorite food:
My favorite color:

My favorite animal:

I'm not really an animal person. I guess if I had to pick one it would be dogs. I prefer stuffed animals because you don't have to clean up after them! :)

Name of a past pet:

So we never had any pets growing up. Not even a fish. We weren't pet people. My parents always told us we were too busy to have pets and it wouldn't be fair to the animals. We did have a cow in our pasture that we named Bandit. But then the slaughtering guys came and took Bandit away and a couple of weeks later we were eating "Bandit Burgers." Needless to say we never named the cows in our pasture again.

Where I live now:

My middle name:

Marie

My college major:

Finance!

A bad habbit I have:

Me and sugar have this love hate relationship. I love it so much. I hate that I can't stop eating it!

My favorite holiday:

Ok so if anyone else wants to do this tag feel free but I guess I'll tag Alyse and Emily. Have fun!