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!

It's a Girl!

My brother Jake and his wife Sylvia just had a baby girl! She was born on Monday, January 28. She weighed 6 lbs 8 oz and is 19.5 inches long. Her name is Tori Rae. I went down to Orem last night to see her. I can't get over how tiny she is. She looks a lot like her daddy.

My amazingly talented father made this little cradle for her to sleep in. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't quite give it justice.

Happy Football New Year!!!

Merry Christmas! I hope that everyone had a good holiday season. I can't believe it has come and gone! Please forgive my lack of Christmas cards being sent out. Believe me, the intentions were there. We had a nice Christmas. It was fun to actually spend time with my husband. December is the busiest month. The week before Christmas was the busiest ever with all of the catering they did. I even put in a couple of late nights to try to help ease their stress and see some of Nate. We spent Christmas Eve with my family and spent the night so we could have breakfast with them and open some presents Christmas Day. Then we spent the rest of Christmas Day with Nate's family. We were both spoiled with lots of nice presents from our families and from each other. It was refreshing to spend time together and not worry about work.

We had a very low key New Year's Eve and I bet you can't guess what we did New Year's Day! I'm not sure how many football games were on, but I'm sure we watched all of them. OK strike that - I'm sure Nate watched all of them. I spent most of the day in and out of consciousness grateful to not be at work for the day!

My New Year's Resolution is to be more faithful to this blog - but I'm not making any promises!

Tag I'm it...

Man how time flies! I feel bad I haven't posted anything for a while. Alyse has "tagged" me so here are 6 things about me, some you may or may not know.



1. I am a licensed Nail Technician. One summer I took a class, learned how to do nails, took a test, and paid some money and now I have a license. I usually only do them sporadically when friends or family have a special occasion that they want their nails done for. However, I do have 2 "clients" that I do on a regular basis. Thanks Karen (sister) and Mom! Here's a picture of my very first set of nails. I like to think I've gotten better since. My favorite is to do acrylic toe nails. I have some fun colored acrylics that you do for the tip and they stay on a lot better than just nail polish. It think the best perk is that I am able to purchase supplies at the beauty supply stores - hair stuff included.










2. I keep buying ornaments for the Christmas tree. I swore that I wasn't going to buy any this year. We have enough and I'm satisfied with how our little tree has turned out. We have gone with a red and silver tree. The first year we were married we found these really fun silver glittery snow flakes. The next year I was out and about and found the exact same snow flakes in red! I was obligated to purchase them. Also that second year I found these fun silver curlicue ornaments. Well this year I was out shopping and found red ones! Once again I was obligated, even though I swore, I just couldn't pass them up. Here's how it's turned out so far. I guess it's a work in progress and may never be complete even when I swear that I won't buy any more ornaments!



3. I enjoy scrapbooking even though I don't think I have officially scrapbooked since we've gotten married and started working full time. I do make cards quite a bit. My new favorite toy is my Cricut machine. I love it! I even got Nate to help me make some Christmas tags for our presents. He admitted that he was a "Scrapbooking Virgin" but I'd have to say that the tags turned out pretty good. He must really love me if he will help me with scrapbooking. He caught on to the spirit of it though. He wanted to save the insides of the cutouts for other projects. Even though he talks sports all of the time he has a soft spot for scrapbooking in his heart. (He's reading over my shoulder threatening to erase this section...)

4. I hate driving in the snow. I know it's not something completely unique. But it's so bad that when I am able - I make Nate drive me to work and come pick me up. It's about a 25 minute drive each way. If he's not able to take me I steal his Jeep and drive it because I feel more comfortable driving with four wheel drive.

5. I am a country girl. I enjoy country music. My favorite group is SheDaisy. I enjoy their harmonies. My favorite part about Christmas is bringing out their Christmas CD. If you haven't heard it I highly recommend it. Also my favorite concert that I've ever been to was the Tim and Faith concert. I've actually been twice - once 7 years ago and once a year ago. They are both awesome performers.

6. I've been to Paris countless times. At least three times this last summer. I love Paris in the springtime. The weather is so beautiful. OK so it's Paris, Idaho not Paris, France. My family has some property there and hopefully someday soon a cabin. It is just 10 minutes north of Bear Lake. We have a lot of fun going up there and relaxing. It does usually include work too. We have been working to clear out dead wood, build a bridge across the river, and make it a better place for all of us to enjoy.

My Rant

So I finally said something to the annoying guy who sits behind us at the football games. His name is Scott. Scott is extremely LOUD (loud, because he has to hear himself talk over his his radio as his listens to the play by play - super annoying!!!) and NEGATIVE (even when the Cougars are winning, he thinks they should score 100 points every game and shut out the other team) and RUDE. Scott thinks he knows everything there is to know about football. He even thinks he should be the head coach - he said so himself. During halftime on Saturday he started yelling at the band and telling them to go sit down and go to their side of the field. This kid that sits in front of us turned around and told him to be quiet and that he was being annoying. Scott thought he was joking and started laughing - but the kid was pretty upset and told him he was serious and that he should shut up. Scott then mumbles under his breath "I bet he played in the band in high school." To which I turned and said "Dude, have some respect. Please!" That shut him up for about 5 minutes. His little comment was uncalled for.

As I replay the situation over and over in my mind I keep thinking of different things I could have/should have said. I should have added a few expletives. It's been 3 years worth of annoying Scott at the games that finally brought me to saying something. I understand that people go to games to yell and have a good time. I get that - but this guy is just plain rude and negative. I've had to hold Nate back from saying things to him before - but this time it was me who said something. I just wish I would have thought to say more.

The good news is that BYU won! Now I have a happy husband and it will be another year before we have to see Scott again. Hopefully he will get his tickets somewhere else so we don't have to sit in front of him next year.