Eddie.

I had to say goodbye to an old friend of mine last week. We put my car up for sale on KSL on Thursday at 2pm. I didn't plan ahead about doing this, I was just bored out of my mind at work and needed some thing to do. I decided I would post it and see what happened. I didn't even have any pictures to post with it right away, so I figured I wouldn't get any calls, and I didn't really care since I wasn't really trying hard to be rid of it. I posted it, and then decided I should text Aaron to let him know since I used his number as well as mine on the ad. While attempting to text him I got 3 phone calls and text from potential buyers. Apparently I had a hot item on my hands. Before I could get a chance to text him amidst all the mayhem, he text me asking me why I didn't tell him what I was doing before hand. He had several calls and texts in that time as well. So many people called, it was hard to get everyone scheduled a time to look at it. I was completely overwhelmed and shaking. Mostly I think I had a little bit too much Dr. Pepper that day. Mmmmm. By 5pm we had someone who wanted to bring us cash for it right away. We ended up just telling people to come as soon as they could, and the first one to get there with cash gets the car. By 7pm we were enjoying dinner at El Sol with the money we made.Yummy rice and beans!! Saturday we bought a riding lawn mower with the cash, and now have a nicely groomed lawn. 

I will miss that car. It wasn't technically my first car, but it was my first car that lasted for more than a week, so I still think of it as my first car. I bought it with cash I got from getting my real first car totaled in 11th grade. I was so proud of myself for buying my own car and having no debt. His name was Eddie, and we had some real good times together. Our longest trip was to Gilbert, Arizona with Shannon when we were 18 to sleep in a box. Yes, we drove 11 hours one way to sleep in a box. It was for a charity, and it was a blast. He drove me to college and back home numerous times.Although there is no way he could make it through that canyon these days. I even had to live out of him one summer. He was the car I drove during the worst times in my life, and the best. From high school, to college, to marriage, he was my little baby. He never failed me. Except that summer when he let me back in to 2 different people. Not cool Eddie. Oh, and that time when his exhaust pipe wouldn't stay on, and I had to breathe those stinky fumes for years. And all those times when the drivers side door wouldn't open so I had to climb out the passenger side. Yeah, that looked real slick. Or all those oil spots in my driveway now. Or all those times of leaving Aaron's house late at night in the middle of the winter and the heater wouldn't warm up till I was home. Or the fact that you would frost on the inside instead of the outside so I could never see where I was going. Gee that was safe. Good riddance ya piece of junk! Thanks for the ride man. :)  (Don't worry, this post is written with humor and nostalgia, not anger or love. It is just an old car, after all.) Now we only have 4 vehicles instead of 5! Woot! Ha.

Here he is. It's a Trecel. That's a car. Roomy back seat! Ha that's just from my favorite movie, and the last time I'll be able to quote it for this purpose, so I had to do it. I never tried out the roominess of my back seat. Promise. 

See those spots on the tires? Yeah, that's from our wedding when people, who will not be named, trashed my car. They never came off. Oh, and the headlights had boobs from that same day till the day we sold it and FINALLY got it to come off. Yay! :)

Loves for you, not for a car!

The weekend

We had a good weekend. Yes. Now let me explain why.

Friday towards the end of the day, Aaron texts me this picture randomly:

This is our fire pit. I told him right after we bought the house that I wanted to put our extra curved cinder blocks that we have around the pit. He got off work early on Friday and did it without saying a word to me. I was so surprised that I called him and asked if that was our fire pit. The good husband award definitely goes to Aaron! Awesome. He also burned our Christmas tree that has been sitting in here waiting to be taken care of. Three months later, it's finally gone! Yay! Then he pulled out all of the corn stalk stubs and rotten tomato plants the previous owners so kindly left for us. We couldn't do anything about those till now cause since we've lived there the ground has either been frozen, covered in snow, or muddy. I'm happy we are having an actual spring that we don't normally see here Now we can start working on our garden. Yay?
When I got home from work we went to the Home and Garden Show. We had free tickets cause my work did a booth there. It was fun, but cold since it was at the ice center. It made me long for summer time and all the times that there are booths around to check out. That's one of my favorite parts of summer.
Saturday was my future sister-in-laws bridal shower in Ogden. Aaron had to come with cause my brother bought tickets for everyone to go to The Hunger Games after. So he had to entertain himself for 2 hours while we showered and I tried on Bridesmaid dresses.
That all got over at around two, but dinner wasn't till six so we had a lot of time to kill. We went and got some ice cream, then drove out to Antelope Island. I had never been there before, which is kind of funny. I grew up maybe 15 minutes from the island, in Clearfield. My elementary school was named after it. They take the 6th graders on a field trip there every year. I ended up going to a different school for 5th and 6th grade, so I didn't make it to the field trip. It was so nice on the beach there. The weather was absolutely perfect. We had a good time.
Once we left, we decided we needed to have a Krispy Kreme donut (or two), since they were close by. Sadly the beautiful "fresh hot donuts" sign was not lit up. However, they were still melt in your mouth delicious.
After that we headed to dinner at Wingnuts with the fam. We had never eaten there before. Obviously they serve wings. They aren't fried wings though, so it's a little different, but still very tasty and messy.
We then all walked across the street to the movie theater and enjoyed our show. Really. I liked it a lot. Sure, there were a few nit picky things that didn't follow the book that bothered me (such as the color of Katniss' eyes!), and it was rushed, but it's always that way when it's a book made into a movie. They can't fit it all in, though they tried. It was 2 1/2 hours. We didn't know it would be so long! But they really did do a better job then most other books made into movies. It followed the story line very well. The actors were great too. I was so glad they didn't go super cheap and get crappy actors and bad effects like Harry Potter and Twilight.

And that was our weekend. Bet yours wasn't as cool as ours ;)

Have a good week
Loves!

Every other day.

This little girl makes my day every other day. We babysit her a few days a week, and we love it. I look forward to getting to snuggle her. She is such a sweet little girl. Even when she has a blow out, we still love her. Even though she poops every time I hold her, without fail, I still love to hold her. She's such a good little baby, and never cries when we watch her (hope I didn't just jinx that). Happy times. I'm so excited to watch her grow up. She'll be a beautiful woman for sure, just like mama. So that's my little shout out to my niece, Brooke. Love ya!

She's snoring here. So darned cute.

Please take note of the onesie that I may or may
not have (but probably did) buy for her.
I  agree Brooke, I am the best. ;)

On a completely different note, my dog has this addiction to looking outside. I made a bench to put under the bay window for decorations sake, he has claimed this as his lookout bench. This is when our neighbors poodle was outside.

Apparently our blinds also serve as a good chin rest for him. He doesn't mind.
Creeper.

Loves!

Me oh my

Happy Pi Day to one and all!!
Celebrate by going to get yourself a free slice of the good stuff at Village Inn! You get a free slice of pie with any purchase every Wednesday. Your purchase can be something as small as a drink, or a slice of pie for someone you love. How magical is it that Pi Day fell on Free Slice of Pie Day this year? Pretty magical, I think. Although it will be an even more magical day in 2015. 3-14-15. I'll have to have a big pi party or something that day. It's bound to be fantastic. Now, here's a clip to help you get in the holiday spirit. It's not the best quality, but it will do. Enjoy!

Loves for pi!

PS  First person to name this movie gets bonus points!

Tick tock....

I can not put into words the amount of hatred I have for daylight savings. However, I can explain why:  To start off, it drives me absolutely crazy. It takes me so long to get used to it every time. I hate losing that 1 hour every year. Sure, gaining it back is better, but it still messes with my sleep schedule, and my mind. I'm soooo tired today. I feel incredibly drained. Also, this day is going by 10 times slower than normal. I swear it should be over by now. I'm even leaving 2 hours early today. Tick tock, tick tock. I understand why it was started, and that's all fine and dandy. It was a logical thing, once upon a time. It no longer makes sense to continue this ridiculous ritual. If I could stand temperatures of 100+ degrees, (and who in their right mind would want to? Ick.) I MIGHT actually be tempted to move to Arizona just to be rid of it. Just staying there for 2 days was more than enough to keep me away. I do not understand why every time that they try to pass a bill to end this dreadful thing, they say no. What the what? Why? Maybe because it might confuse some people at first. So? They'd get over it. They'd get used to it. Better to have to get used to something different one time, then twice a year. If it was really that disastrous, would it be that difficult to start doing it again? Maybe they are worried people would be confused with what time zone they are in. Well, then maybe every state should do it at the same time. Problem solved. If only I ran the world...... One day..... Haha. 

Loves for every one, except those who keep forcing this evil time change on us....

I can see clearly now!

I can finally wear contacts again. Thank heavens! I haven't been able to wear them in over a year. They would get so uncomfortable and blurry after just a couple hours. I like my glasses, I just don't want to have to wear them every single day. My eyes are my favorite feature. I hope that doesn't sound too cocky, but I just know they are pretty, and bright. I'm okay with being cocky about this one thing. I never get compliments, or any sort of comments about them when I wear my glasses. I get compliments about having cute glasses a lot, but that's all. When I'm not wearing my glasses I get comments on how blue my eyes are constantly. People are always asking, if I have colored contacts. There have been several times when strangers have argued with me about it. Nope, sorry. All natural here. Don't be hatin'. So, really it's not my fault that I'm cocky, or better yet, confident about them. Any way, I finally got some contacts I can wear on Saturday. I don't have eye insurance, so that's why I put it off for so long. Since it's been so long, I am having to get used to them all over again. My eyes feel so tired. But hey, at least they look good again. :)  Well, that's really all I have to say for now. Mostly I am just bored and work and needed something to take up my time. Thank you for being that something. Now if the mail man would get here I  could get back to work....

Till next time blogger world.

As usual, loves for you all!

But why?

Thought ya'll might enjoy this. I was trying to figure out why the printer at work is acting up. Natuarlly I did a Google search. Here's what came up when I started to type my question.

Hey, it's a good question. :)

Loves for this and for you!

Willis

We got new phones. So, when I get a new phone I have to play with all the new features, of course. I usually figure out my camera by taking pictures of my pup. Since I took the pictures, I Thought I may as well put them on here for your enjoyment since there aren't too many of him since he was a tiny little guy. He's grown at least a few inches since then :)  I love my puppy.
So here he is:

He has this addiction to the heating pad. He must be laying on it always. Even if it's not on. If we are laying on it he will try to claw it out from under us, or better yet, snuggle up as close as he can just so he can be touching some small part of it. Crazy dog.

We were both pretty tired.

He loves to cuddle. I think Aaron likes it too ;)

Like a deer looking in the headlights. Except, I think he has bigger ears.
(Becca, yes that is How I Met Your Mother on the TV in the background.)

Short little post. Had to show some love for my Willis dog.

That's all.

Loves!

Love me? Then buy me things.

A day for being spoiled...I mean for love.

Since we both work full time, we did our lovers celebrations on the Saturday before Valentine's. We went to see The Vow, (It was just eh. Cool that it's a true story though. Maybe I would have been more into it if I knew that before the end credits) did some shopping and exploring around town, finally tried out Gaucho Grill, (highly recommend it. Be prepared to spend a lot, eat a lot, and gain a few pounds. Worth it! Insert drool here.) and went to an improv show. Basically, good times were had.

On the actual day of love, I woke up at four, and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up and made breakfast in bed for us. Eggs in a basket. Mmmmmm. Then off to work we went. Aaron had flowers sent to my work, (all together now:  Awwww!) and my boss even gave the office girls some cute little arrangements. I went home at lunch and strung our house up with rope all over. I put a note at the start that said something like "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm lucky to say I'm tied to you. Follow the string, that's your only clue, somewhere at the end a surprise will be waiting for you." Aaron said he almost peed his pants when he got home trying to crawl through the tangled web to get to the bathroom before trying to find the surprise. Apparently he'd been holding it for far too long. Haha TMI? I don't care. It's my blog. :)  He beat me home, so I didn't get to see him struggle (sadly). At the end was a huge bottle of his favorite cologne, (Clinque Happy for Men. I know, delicious right? Mmm) and a Calvin and Hobbes book. When I got home, there was a trail of my favorite goodies, and some super cute balloons throughout the house. Cute! He also got me 17 Miracles, (so very highly recommended!) and a cord for my Kinect so we can use it with our projector. Yay! I've missed my new toy haha. We didn't do much that day cause my back was picking on me, and we had already done our stuff on Saturday. We did go eat at Fredrico's, (yep, you guessed it, recommended. Best ranch dressing ever!) and watched Because I Said So. It was still a great night, because I got to spend it with my best friend.

Well, that's all.

I do apologize for all the parenthesis I used. I have fun commenting on my own comments. Yeah, it does make sense okay! :)

Hope your love day was filled with as much love as mine!

Give me flowers and presents day

I'm not really a fan of the idea of Valentine's Day. That is only needing to be romantic when the calendar tells you so. I do think it is a good excuse to dote on your sweetheart a little more than usual. I also like that (most) everyone is a little more cheery on this day. This year I got an idea from my good friend Becca. She did 14 days of Valentine's for her husband. I didn't know about this idea till it was the 2nd of February. A little to late to do the 14 days. I did end up giving Aaron a week of Valentine's though. I had a lot of fun with it. I wish I could have done the full 14 days, cause I had a lot more ideas I wanted to use. Maybe next year. Of course I didn't take any pictures, as per ush. I'll just tell you what I did for him. It's very cheesy, and kinda funny. Don't laugh at me too much. I started on the 7th, so it's actually 8 days, but that's okay. He's worth the extra day :)

Day one:

Aaron's favorite donuts with a note saying "'Donut' forget how much I love you!" Awwwww

Day two:

A box of those Chewy Quaker granola bars, the chocolate dipped ones. Aaron is always asking to get them, but I usually forget. A note on them saying "I'm no 'dip', if I had to 'chews' again I'd still 'chews' you"

Day three:

His favorite soda, blue Mountain Dew, with a new wrapper on it that said "Love potion number 9" Really looked like potion with the blue color haha. Also a note that said "I really 'Dew' love you"

Day four:

A red 2012 Camero Hot Wheels car with a note that said "You're hot, and I Wheelie love you". He's always saying he wants a Camero. Wish granted. ;)

Day five:

A pack of gum with a couple notes. I couldn't decide which one I liked best, so I used both. :) "We were 'mint' to be together" and "Thanks for 'sticking' with me"

Day six:

A bag of Juju fish (he LOVES them) with a note "I'm offishially asking you to be my Valentine" He said yes, in case you had your doubts. I think he knew he wouldn't get any of the fish if he didn't ;)

Day seven:

I left a Nerf gun and a note saying "'Nerfer' forget, I love you." on the outside and on the inside it said "Hi Husband, 2 things: 1- this is your gun 2- you are under attack starting now. With love, Wife." on the door step, rang the door bell, and hid. As you can guess, we then had an awesome Nerf gun war. I'm pretty sure our new neighbors think we are crazy now, but that's okay, cause we mostly are.

That brings us to today. V-Day:

I'm going to leave you in suspense here, cause I'd rather just do another post for all of our Valentines stuff.....



To be continued.

Lots of love for love day!