Pampered WHAAAAT?!?!

What a week! What a freaking crazy week! I'm so glad it is Saturday! SO this week has been filled with excitement, let downs, and new adventures! So much stuff, I can't really remember Monday and Tuesday! I know I filled out a few part time job apps, but thats about it. Wednesday was the new adventure starter. I went grocery shopping on my lunch break, so worry I store the cold stuff in the fridge at work. But I mostly picked up Food Staples. Rice, Beans, Wheat Flour, etc... I always forget to buy those so when I do I make sure to stock up. So while at work I was talking about Pampered Chef with my co-worker. She said something how she want another apple wedger and I just flat out want it all! So as I'm going home my mom calls me and asks if she told me about a Pampered Chef show at 6:30 that night. So of course I went, knowing I couldn't buy anything really it was fun to be there. The consultant was HILARIOUS! She had everyone cracking up, even my niece Maeve! Well as the lady was doing a demonstration, I kept thinking wow I could do this. I could do it part time, make my own schedule and learn more in the kitchen! As we filled out the small questionnaire cards with our names and emails, I marked Maybe on hosting a show and being a consultant. When she asked me what maybe meant, I said open for ideas. So I booked a show for the 10th, and went home thinking about the gig. I texted my two sisters and asked what they thought and I got a great response from both. Eric was happy about it, one I will love doing it, two brings in some money, and of course he'll benefit from me testing recipes. Well I emailed the Consultant and wrote her a short story of why I want to do it. She called and asked, let me ask you one thing, Do you want to start now and do your own show. uhhh... I don't even know anything.... that's what went through my head. BUT HELLO?!?! I've invited all my friends and family, who better to start off with? Random people won't critique me, but family sure will!! SO I thought about it and said sure Ill do my own party. I told my mom and she was happy for me. I guess I never thought I'd get 100% positive response from everyone. I am so grateful to have a husband and a family who will support me. Makes you feel warm and fuzzy don't it? Wow!
Thursday night was BUNCO!!! wooooo! LOVE bunco! Our group is very diversee but we all get along and most usually have soemthing interesting to say. This month was at Diane Shorts house, she had fall table cloths and fall hershey kisses, ok so they were just wrapped pretty but i love those. She made this super good pasta with salad and garlic bread. and her dessert, oh wow... It was like a giant cookie with peanut butter, caramel, peanuts, and apples. It was Amazing! Well at the end of the night we tally up points and prizes are awarded! Guess who won? ME! I won for most points after losing most buncos to Tiffany, but hey I still won something. I got a cool Cherry Cobbler mix with a Bunco ornament. Diane is so smart! SMRT.
Friday night we went to our friends Kellee and Nicole's for dinner. We had some rad steak, potatoes, corn on the cob, peas, and home made mac n cheese. sooo good. I brought cherries jubilee cheesecake, but i think it took too long to cool so everyone had smores over their fire pit. Those were way good too! I may or may not have had two of them. We have a fun night just hanging out talking and laughing. It's nice to have good friends like that. We both came home and crashed. I woke up about 6:30 and just couldn't sleep, so I lain on our couch with the porch door opened and laid in the cool air. It was nice. I love winter and fall and winter. and sometimes spring.
So this was our crazy week. Monday and Tuesday I know I wasn't home.... but I really don't remember where I went. Isn't that terrible?

Thanks Tiff, Needed it.

8 Things

8 TV Shows
1. The Office

2. Dexter

3. Desperate Housewives

4. Paula Dean's Party

5. Paula Dean's Home Cookin

6. Good Eats

7. Family Guy

8. and... this is hard cause we only get a few channels in... Madtv


8 Restaurants

1. Macayos, a must for every great childhood

2. Chipotle

3. Taco Bell

4. In-n-Out

5. Dal' Italia

6. Fridays

7. Little Caesars... I know...

8. Momma Egbert's Diner


8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Worked

2. Drove

3. Had yet another battle with the co-workers about me not going to lunch with them

4. Pooped

5. Played my Sims

6. Made dinner... Twice this week...

7. Did the dished right after dinner... wow I'm getting good at this dish battle

8. Laid my pretty little head down next to sleeping Eric's. and laid there.


8 Things I'm Looking Forward To

1. Maybe a house

2. Seeing

3. Trip to Arizona

4. Playing my new game tonight

5. Less Debt

6. Losing more weight

7. Eric switching jobs...

8. The Holidays


8 Things on My Wish List

1. House

2. A Wii (right there with ya Tiff!)

3. Gettin my hurr did (getting my hair done)

4. a new jacket cause Eric won't let me wear the 3 year old sleeveless one... well half sleeved one.

5. Being a 10 again

6. Painted walls (comes with new house)

7. Prescription glasses

8. A good amount of money. "one dollar Bob"


8 People I Get to Tag

1. You

2. The person who sat three rows behind me in church

3. That one guys

4. That's what she said

5. Liz

6. Robin

7. Santa

8. Turkey

I can see you!!

Well not yet! So after having insurance once again... I finally set up an eye exam. I was always able to see pretty dang well, but of course as time goes by and I stare more and more into the depths of the screen of my work computer, and ones at home. My vision has become a bit messed up. Doc says it's not too bad, but glasses will be and every day thing. yay? So I had Eric take me this morning. I havent had my eyes dilated in along time so I wasn't about to try and drive with them like that. Smart thinking. let me tell you. Home Doc put the yellow crap in... and it burned, then he put some other crap and more crap! I had about 4 tissues in my hands for wiping. well the yellow crap made my eyes a bit dry and it crusted in the corners... mmmm. Then he sent me into the lobby where it was all windows. a bit bright if you ask me. Then I tried on about 30 pairs of glasses. I found some cute ones.... CONVERSE! Not only can your feet have class, but your eyes too! haha pretty cute huh? The brown ones were too orangey.... and the red ones had pink... and she didn't have a picture of the olive ones. I may have gotten those to match my car and soon beach cruiser... haha. But Eric liked em and I thought they were Neatloaf. So after 670.00 worth of spending... thank goodness for insurance we only paid 90! They handed me these "old people" looking things and said ok bye glasses will be back in a week. As we are going home, Eric finds it mighty hilarious that I can't see. Everything is blurry.. well not the 2.43 gas price at the Chevron! Wowza! He called me Ray (Charles) and Stevie all the way home and even into the house. Punk. Man I am glad Im not THAT blind. That gave me a head ache. So I laid down for a bit and I guess while I did, Eric was jumping balconies and helping neighbors break into houses. haha. What a good guy right? Oh and he also insisted on taking pictures of my eyes. He said they look like sad puppy eyes. I have yet to see the pictures.


So after a fun day of not seeing. I am headed to Cory's hoWse where the party is bumpin. ;) I look forward to playing our new game that we bought weeks ago.


Oh P.S. To those who left comments. I am sorry. I wasn't being rude, I didn't know I had them. I saw them Yesterday (Friday) and I was like oh look... Love! So I played with my settings and I will now be able to get emails telling me whats up. Then I will respond.

Who will it be?

This Last weekend, Eric and I were looking to relax. Hahaha He got a call from Kevin and helped him out with some patio blinds. That is one of the great things about family living so close. Always around and willing to help. I am so glad Eric and Kevin have a good relationship. That was always important to me growing up. I love seeing them run off and try to get into trouble. I think responsibility kicks in before they cause any real damage though. So Eric helped him all day pretty much. I think, I mean I KNOW there was playing too.
I went with my mother to a wedding of an old friend I grew up with. It was a pretty wedding and the dress was amazing! It sprinkled a little but not enough to worry about.

I got home and Eric and I went straight to bed. We set our alarms for 6:45 and I woke up at 6:34 according to Erics clock. Well I laid in bed waiting for the alarm. and at 6:48 (Erics clock) I realized my alarm didn't go off. So I check my phone and what do you know, it's 5:48. SWEET!!! Day light savings!!! I love fall and the extra hour. Pus it is easier to get up in the morning. now if only it could last.
So we got up and got ready at a good steady pace. We went to my brothers ward for his church meeting. He was blessing his baby. IT was fun to have almost the whole family there. We were just missing our Utah residents. Kevin gave a great blessing and Maeve looked so stinkin cute in her blessing dress. After wards we went to the "after party" as my nephew put it and we had lunch at their house and hung out. We planned our cookie exchange and progressive dinner. Sometimes it bothers me to hear people wanting to change how we do traditions. I often wonder if it hurts my mom to hear those suggestions too. Mom loves having her family around and loves having her own family traditions. but... another year was saved. I THINK I am looking forward to cramming 30+ people into my little home. It'll just be long enough to have hot chocolate and scat!
So it's just now 7:10... Election booth are closed.... I'm almost sick to my stomach thinking the worst could happen. I guess we just need to pray for the best and if the worst happens, then Pray for some strength, courage, and patience and keep in mind... 4 more years.

To buy or not to buy?

This is the house we are looking at. Nothing is final and we are in the VERY beginning stages of even thinking about buying. But it's constantly on my mind now and we are praying about it. So if it's meant to be... it will be ours.


The link thingy wasn't working so cut and paste
http://realestate.aol.com/resale-homes/109__Elm_St-Henderson-NV-89015/1.nvglvaor_862946

October has come and gone!

WEW! Can we say freakin busy?! One day I will be able to post sooner than 2 weeks after an event! Haha. Maybe not. Procrastination is something I’m working on. I’ll let you know how it goes when I get around to it. ;)


SO November… Voting day. Hope you all went out and made the RIGHT choice. I went early. If you haven’t done it, get off your butt!!!

October was so much fun. October was so busy. October is over and I am thankful for that!
We started off the month with decorating… or I should say I decorated and Eric threw spiders in the webs. Eric and I had a couple over for dinner. A guy I went to high school with who had just graduated from Metro Academy. So we had him over so Eric could pick his brain. It was nice because he had just gone through it all. At the end I felt more at ease with this idea/move. I believe it will be a good one for Eric, us and our future. Now just finding the time and guts to make that move. *sigh* This was a Friday. Saturday Eric and I got up to go take my brothers family pictures. They got all ready and then it rained. And was windy. We opted for Sonic and Tiffany and I went out to Mohlers to help Sarah with her hair. Honestly I was there for support. A friend had it in her mind that I could really do that… I am sure I could but, lack of confidence. Just another something I am working on. I am sooooo grateful I asked her to go. May have been a mess. So after we headed to Tiffany’s house and the guys had gone shooting with the other brothers and family. We got to their house about the same time. Tiff and I headed out for some shopping and Kohls differs SOOOO much from one side of town to the other. I often spend my lunch in the Kohls near work and usually I just browse. But because of winter and my successful diet, I found and felt I needed some new pants. So at lunch I tried on a pair. Memorized brand and size color and even the cheesy belt they throw in. Well that night with Tiff they had every other size but the one I needed. (Positive thinking… yay I’m average again!) So I talked myself into the darker pair. I was frustrated so I grabbed the size I needed and bought em. Back at Tiffany’s and Kevin’s.. Those suckers were like 3 sizes too small!!! Same brand same size but apparently color affects the size. Haha. So I HAD to wait until Monday I took those to the other Kohls and got my jeans. Now the hard part is trying to get me to take them off to wash them. Kidding.

Well the next day, Sunday, we had a family birthday party. Usually hosted at moms but due to the non existent kitchen we moved to Cory’s. It was a potluck and thanks to Wells Fargo rewards and some extra gift card moolla from the wedding we had bought an air popper from Bed Bath and Beyond. FINALLY!
I love air popped popcorn so much. Well I thought it would be fun to bring that. So we did. It was questioned by some in laws and siblings but oh well I thought it was great and their kids loved it. Plus I have tons of kernels left over and that has become my new snack.


Friday the 18th… THE dinner of the month. I hosted my FIRST actual dinner party with more than one other couple. Infact I had 4 couples all together! Eric and I got up went and bought all our food, came home cleaned and relaxed, set up the table and place settings. And Eric started cooking around 2:30.
He made his grandma’s beef stroganoff , and DAMN it was soooo good. I am proud to say my husband cooks! AND it was only appropriate that we used the dutch oven his grand mother gave us. I’ll admit at first I was scared of the thing, like what if it broke, etc… but since then it’s been used as a common pot. I love it!
I was making Pumpkin soup and my mom had slipped out of town before I got her recipe, and while standing at Costco wondering what to do (Eric was off testing food/eating his pre lunch) These pre made soup things caught my eye. Oh and looky here they had pumpkin Bisque!!! I bought two packs of those and dumped those suckers in my crock pot.
Looks like I made it ALL day and it was so good. Tiffany and Kevin brought cookies, Rachel and Ben brought cup cakes with Black frosting… those were fun to watch others eat, and Kellee and Nicole brought a crap load of food from Nicole’s birthday the night before (which we went to). We ate, talked, carved pumpkins, and made caramel apples. So good!
Once everyone left, we put away food and went to bed! It was a long day for us but worth it! I’m going to see if he’ll make more this month.


On the 26th we did a Zombie Walk. IT was world Zombie day. Basically you dress up like azombie and walk with others like zombies. It's quite hilarious. So we did that and were done sooner than we thought... so we walked Fremont street. IT took us THREE hours from one side to the other and back. It was so much fun though. We messed with people, crept up on them, walked at them as they took pictures. Took pictures of them taking pictures of us... etc... Fun fun!


The 29th was Kevin’s birthday, Eric and I wanted to go to dinner… then so did Sister Shelly. In the end we had 15 people. Kevin only knew about 6 I believe. But he was surprised to see Eric and me sitting at a huge table! It was fun.

Halloween, Originally we were both going to be Zombies again. My face didn't like that idea at all. The make up and fake skin from the Walk made me break out worse than a teen hitting puberty!
It was terrible. So as I lay in bed at 4:30 in the AM on Halloween I ran every piece of clothing through my head and thoguh what could I be..... Rosie the Riveter!! Tiffany was that last year and I thought... how freakin easy. So I grabbed my red bandana and went to walmart. The one by our house didnt have a single pair of overalls. so I called my dad and asked him if he had some. You never realize how tall your dad is until you try to stretch out in his coveralls. Unfortunately I couldn't stretch far enough. So I drover towards work and hit the walmart over there. BINGO! The only pair without a size... and I tried them on and sure nuff they fit. Probably the best costume to work in. Keeps you warm, and its comfy. After work I did Eric's make up and they we headed to mom's for DOUGHNUTS... mmmmm those are my absolute favorite thing about halloween! The family gathered slowly and somewhere through it all we wrote on the walls of the kitchen. Don't worry they will be covered soon. After some Chili and noodle salad and doughnuts of course, Eric and I headed to our friends Kellee and Nicole's for a party. They had more food and were just hanging otu talking. IT was fun. WE stayed until about midnight... and dang... we were tired. Came home, washed out faces and crawled into bed. October was officially over. sad face.

Our first year together!

So the first year of being newly weds is over. I once heard you are a newly wed until you have kids... haha it'll still be a while. This year has been fun, I mean come on shoving two BIG personalities, habits, ticks, short comings, and all around lives into one home, forcing them to "live with it", It's fun. It seems you know a person inside and out and all about them, but then live with them for a year and you realize... you know them only a little. I've had fun getting to know Eric a lot more. I'm sure I've been a party too. ;) I love being with my family and being around them. Sometimes I can't get enough! Not only that but now I have two which is even better than only one! I love going to Arizona. Its like a small vacation each time. Heck going anywhere more than an hour from here is vacation. haha. We've had fun camping and traveling back and fourth to utah, vegas, phoenix, and back again. haha. We are thinking about a Washington trip next year maybe about Feb or march. It's still hard to believe a year has passed and yet its hard to believe it's only been a year.

For our celebration we went to the Melting Pot (of course) It's become tradition. We went there on our almost one year dating before Eric was deployed, and 2 days after our wedding for our pretend honeymoon. Needless to say it was still good. After dinner we went to Madame Tusseaudes Wax museum. It was freaky. I have a fear of masked things coming after me and or things being still and then moving. Im going to guess that the knight at the excalibur when I was 5 scared me too much. Some of the statues were so real looking you had to tap them to make sure. Somewhere towards the end we come across this "SCREAM" area. There is a dude with frizzed hair just standing. I didn't know who it was I figured it was a horror show character. So of course after seeing Eric be up close and nothing happening, I move up to see if I can tell who it is. That effer moved! Scared the shit out of me! Oh man I felt like my heart was going to throw up. It was funny to see other people jump though. As we walked into the next room, I said aloud "if anyone moves, I will punch you" No one moved. I think it was because they were all fake. It was still fun though. So after walking about a mile to get to our car we got in and it was time for bed. I wore some heels and I awarded myself with 4 blisters! (Thanks Christy now I know why you gave them to me for free!)
I can't imagine not having met Eric and missing out on all of the fun time and the bad times, and the akward times. Its been the best. I know right now we are both hoping our lives would move a little faster, but we still live in the moment or moments that we can get. I know one day we will both look back and wish we could lives these moments just one more time.

I will post more pictures tomorrow. I wrote this on our/My new laptop. We are still setting it up so pictures will have to be passed along by a flash drive for now.