Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Thankful

Things are working out so well for me! All I have left to do the next week and a half is pack up, pass classes, work and move everything.

I've noticed that a lot of people have lists of 50 things they are grateful for. That being said, here are 50 things that I am grateful for!

1. I have the dogs taken care of, both going to really good homes with people I know.

2. School is almost over, I only have 2 papers to write and two final tests and I'll be done.

3. Work is great. I'm so lucky to have my job.

4. Holden is wonderful.

5. I got a new phone that's not broken. For free.

6. Holden's dad fixed the rear view mirror in my car.

7. Kristen is going to come over on Saturday and help me pack my stuff.

8. My parents are going to come to Cedar next weekend and help move my stuff to St. George.

9. I have a pool and a hot tub at my new place :)

10. I paid my ticket from my registration and it's all taken care of now.

11. I took care of putting the electric bill at my condo in my name today.

12. Holden put little price stickers all over me today. I'm worth 29 cents. Haha.

13. I'm drinking orange juice. Mmm.

14. It's spring! And the weather is finally warming up!

15. The gospel is a huge part of my life, and I know my Heavenly parents love me.

16. Even though I work every other Sunday, I get to go to church at work sometimes.

17. My family is great.

18. Holden is taking me shopping on Thursday, heh.

19. The play offs are going on. Yay! And they are playing on nights that I don't have work! Go Jazz!

20. I got enough tickets to the graduation for my parents, my sister and Holden to all come.

21. I am pretty financially stable at the moment. Let's hope it lasts!

22. I won't have to drive nearly as far to and from work after I move.

23. My boss at Tyners Grooming will let me groom whenever I want to still but doesn't demand anything.

24. The girls at work make me laugh so much.

25. I have everything I need in the world and much more.

26. Holden and I are going on vacation the first weekend of June.

27. I am going to see Brian Regan on May 9th. For the 3rd time.

28. My car has been running so good since my dad fixed it.

29. My car gets 33-38 mpg, even on the freeway.

30. Gas prices haven't skyrocketed quite yet.

31. I have the most wonderful family. And so does Holden (even though I have yet to meet a couple of them.)

32. I made it through the 1st half of the second LotR movie without falling asleep.

33. Holden gave such a good talk on Sunday with so little preparation.

34. I love my viper seatbelt belt.

35. Holden and I have been able to set boundaries and keep them.

36. I am not scared of needles anymore.

37. I've been a pretty good kid all my life. I don't have any big regrets.

38. I am in love.

39. President Monson is speaking at the SUU graduation.

40. Tonight is my last night of food production class.

41. I will be living so much closer to the temple.

42. To be getting out of Cedar, even though I will really miss my good friends here.

43. Holden probably doesn't have cancer. Lol.

44. Holden's friends approve of me.

45. Eating junk food all day long doesn't make me sick.

46. I am still wearing a make out bracelet put on almost 4 years ago.

47. I have so much music on my iPod. Even if Holden hates it.

48. We watched "The Wrong Guy" on Saturday and it was so funny.

49. I got to see Holden for 15 minutes before he had work this morning.

50. As soon as I move down to St. George, Holden and I will have so much time to play, and it will be so happy.

The End of that.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Emily's Marriage Rules

I love making lists. I make them often. Here is one of them hahaha. This is a condensed version of my wedding list. Enjoy.

1. Do not get married early in the morning, preferably, we would have a breakfast at 10:00 am instead of a luncheon after. Then have a hair appointment and go to the temple.

2. Serve kid-friendly food, and only food that I like!

3. No high heels unless someone really wants to have them.

4. No country music at the reception.

5. If at all possible, have all the wedding pictures at the temple taken before the wedding.

6. Don't rent a car, it will get trashed. Probably should drive one car to the reception, then afterwards, if it is trashed, go switch to a different car.

7. Leave the reception by 8:00 pm.

8. No chocolate fountains. They are way too messy!

9. We're not going to smear cake in each others faces. I had a bad experience with cake smeared on my face before. We will use fingers to feed each other though!

10. We'll have bright, pretty wedding colors such as: purple, lime green, dark pink and orange.

11. No way am I getting married in the winter months. No way.

12. I don't want two rings that need to be sautered together. I just want one.

13. If there is a train on my dress, make sure that there is a way to pull it up so it doesn't drag.

14. Do the traditional wedding things (dancing, throwing the bouquet, and garter)

15. The groom may not wear a white tux. Pinstripes might be acceptable. No top hats. Shoes may be white and black depending. Tux shoes aren't required as they are uncomfortable.

16. Cake will be some cool flavor. Not plain vanilla. Way too boring!

17. Absolutely no real dishware (plates, cups, silverware). I don't want the mom's doing dishes all day!

18. Probably should have the bridesmaids wear their dresses and groomsmen wear tuxes to the temple to get group pictures right after.

19. Make all appointments ahead of time, and try to have all of them about a week before the wedding. These may include but are not limited to: hair cut, eyebrows, teeth cleaning/whitening,, manicure/pedicure, tanning, facial. Don't get acrylic or gel nails, no matter how cute they are.

20. I will have a honeymoon. For 6-7 days. No work, school, obligations. Nothing. No going on one later. That never happens and it's not the same.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Blog #2


So, I guess it's time to write another blog. This has been a long weekend, with a lot of work involved. Let's see, I worked about 66 hours over the last 3 days. So I didn't get much of an Easter break. And I am finally back home, for the first time since Friday morning. But it's good because I like work. I have a good time there. I even got to go to church on Easter Sunday at work. I feel bad because I missed talking to my mom on her birthday because I was at work for the whole day.

The great thing is that I got to see Holden every day over the weekend. Sometimes not for very long, but it was wonderful all the same. I am so excited to be moving to St. George next month. At the same time I am really stressed about it. I know it will work out though because it is the right thing for me to do. I've been really blessed that everything has worked out thus far, and I already have my own adorable condo!



Reasons that I am stressed: I need to find a new home for my dogs. This is going to be so so sad for me. I need to find them a new home because my crazy work schedule doesn't allow me to take care of them as much as they need me, and because the new condo doesn't allow pets. Reason number 2 is that I am going to have to pack everything and move it to St. George, which will be very hard, especially considering that I have no means by which to move everything. Number 3 is that once I move it, I have no place to put it. I have so much junk that I need to sort through, but I'm still worried that it won't fit in my condo. And finally I am stressed because of school ending at the end of the month, and I have so much stuff to do for that.

But for every stressor in my life, there are numerous blessings which I am so grateful for and I know that it will all work out. I just can't let them get to me. I love my life. And I am so very excited for the next few months coming up. Especially June, when I will get to go on a trip with the one I love. Yay. I still don't really like blogging after this. What's wrong?

Thursday, April 9, 2009

I don't know how to blog.

You may be asking yourselves why I have a blog, well the answer is "I don't know." I really don't. Maybe sometime I can think of something interesting to write on here. For now, I guess I will write about my day, which wasn't too exciting...
I woke up at work (6 am) and finished up there. I got to see the 2-day old baby piggies before I left! They are so cute. They look like little dalmations because they have spots. Then I went to St. George to see my cute little Holden. We made breakfast together, which was fun. Then we had a great time driving my car around topless. The car was topless, we were not. He didn't know how to drive a manual transmission so we had training lesson one. It went well with minimal stalling on his part. He was too scared to drive it on the road though haha. Holden had to go to work and I was sad. On my way out of St. George I got pulled over by a dang motorcycle cop. He ticketed me for not having my current registration, which I was actually ON THE WAY TO GO GET. But he wouldn't listen to me and ticketed me anyways for it. Oh well, I'm not too worried about it. I came back to Cedar and got new tires and re-registered my car. That's about it for today. This is more like a journal entry than a blog. I don't understand the blogging concept. The end.