Costa!!!!!

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I hope I win!!!

Tribute

Mother's Day! I have been blessed by 2 amazing mothers in my life. My own mother and my mother-in-law. I love them dearly and I'm so grateful that there is a day just to celebrate mothers. Although I think that mothers need to be celebrated EVERY DAY. These women are both great strengths to me and am honored that they're my mother and mother in law

My Mother~Colette


Isn't she just beautiful!!!

Words just can't describe how I am so grateful that my mom never gave up on me and just how wonderful she is! Being the oldest offspring, I would have to say that I have put my mom through a lot. From choosing some crazy friends, breaking the rules, thinking that I knew everything and that she had no idea how it was to be my age and that she doesn't understand. As I got older, I realized just how much my mom knew and how much I needed her! Now that I've moved out and starting a family of my own, I miss her so much and so thankful for the memories I have and the lessons that she taught me. She's always there when I need her and does everything she can to help Phil and me out.

My mom is the most unselfish person I know. She is always putting the rest of the family, or someone else before herself. She works so hard at work, home, and in her calling that she hardly has enough time for herself. She has worked so hard at making memories for us growing up that made them so special and so much fun that it made it so enjoyable being at home. She is so fun! She is like a 20 year old around us and messes around with us that it has made our relationship grow. I hope I become at least half of the wonderful woman and mother that she is! I love you mom!

My Mother in law~ Marjorie


I'm so grateful that I have such a wonderful mother in law that is a part of our lives. She is just wonderful! She also does everything she can to help Phil and me. I'm grateful to her for raising such a wonderful young man, now my hubby. I'm grateful for her example to me and for the things that she has taught me! I love you Marnie!

Yogie

So, I kinda was sucked into the world of yoga. I never thought I'd be the one to say that! But it's wonderful! I did something to my wrist and my back a while ago and yoga is definitely working my wrist and my back. My back is so much better and I feel so much better! I mean yoga isn't going to stop me from weightlifting and running, but when I need some DEEP relaxation and a nice good stretch, it's nice to just relax, focus on my breathing (which I'm still certain I'm not doing it right) and let go of the hustle and bustle of a busy life! I am not at the point of standing on one leg, on my tippy toes, bent in half, backwards with my arms tangled around my feet...but I am loving the challenge!

And someday, this will be me! That would be awesome

Swimwear giveaway

It's an awesome give away for a $96 giftcard for Hapari's swimwear! I'm supposed to post a link to my favorite page! So here's the link!! http://www.hapari.com/modest-tankinis/

Rules of Young Married Poor Students

I can't wait until Phil and I have a career and for us to put the Young Married Poor Students behind us. I realize that there are certain rules to being Young Married Poor Students:


Rule #1- You can never have too much ramen, and cup o noodles
Rule #2- "Which bill is top priority and which bill is not and won't hurt us if we are behind"
Rule #3- Vehicle gas tanks must ALWAYS be on half tank when you gas up. None of this full tank business.
Rule #4- Date night = Netflix and ice cream (ice cream if only affordable)
Rule #5- Even though cat food costs $7 a bag, you must still feed the cat.
Rule #6- Husband can get haircut for cheap for $6 every 2 or 3 weeks, Wife must wait 2 or 3 years to get a decent haircut that makes her try to look fetchin good.
Rule #7- Clipping coupons for groceries is the highlight of a wife's week...but never used.
Rule #8- Umm yeah I'm still wearing clothes I wore my senior year in high school.
Rule #9- You can look but you can't touch
Rule #10- Use a fleece blanket and push pins to put up as a curtain in your bedroom. No matter if that blanket has basketballs on them, you will be grateful when morning comes around.
Rule #11- Must sell either car or truck to get rid of payments
Rule #12- Remember that looking for a job IS a full time job
Rule #13- An hour trip to donate plasma for $30 is only paying for gas for that trip and it isn't worth it.
Rule #14- Love your husband even if he eats 2 bowls of cereal a day, 2 ramen noodles for dinner, and you have to cook 2 boxes of macaroni and cheese for you to have 1 helping and for him to have 3. You STILL love him like crazy. ( even if he begs for 3 boxes of mac and cheese.)
Rule #15- Student loans are not just for school. If there is leftovers, MUST PAY BILLS AND FOR FOOD.
Rule #16- Last but not least...write down all experiences in this stage of life. These are huge memories in the making and will be of some reassurance down the road that things will get hard, but things will get better. The present is hard but the future will get better.

I don't mean to portray that we have a terrible life and that we live in an old shoe. We love our life and our adventure that we're going through! It's great and I wouldn't trade these for anything. I think it has also brought Phil and I closer together while trying to support each other help each other. It kinda makes me laugh at these rules and gives me something to look very forward to in the future. Plus I am glad that we weren't the only ones.

Give me the simple life

Finally! We have been able to get into the groove of things and getting everything started:

My job with Convergys starts Monday (been bored out of my mind and can't wait)

Phil is just finishing his first week of school and he loves it (relief)

met the ward and we really love it (relief)

This isn't our church building that we go to, but it's an LDS church building that is around main

Then I have been working on my New Years Resolution which has been going really well since I'm not one to make goals and keep them.

We are loving it down here in Cedar. It's a sliver bit warmer than up North, the people here are great, and it's just a small town with 5 grocery stores and tons of eating places. The nearest shopping that is probably worth going to (mall) is in St. George. Which is a nice excuse to get out and go somewhere PLUS it won't tempt me as much to shop and spend money even though my wardrobe needs an upgrade. Ah well, what do you do.

Playin' catch up

So on Friday the 13 I got my wisdom teeth takin out and have been out for a couple of days with a ton of homework to catch up on, a biology test failed and getting back in the flow of things! It's been awesome being able to catch up and not living on the couch for a while. I kinda missed being busy!!...AND...I'm not posting pics up of that event. Nope.


Also, last Saturday PJ and I went down to Cedar City to see if we could find us and our friends a place to set up for probably a couple of years. PJ's friend Logan and his wife Carolyn found us some places to check out since they live in Cali right now. So we were down there and we picked a winner!! We all filled out applications for it over the weekend and we'll probably hear by Tuesday if it's ours! It's a little townhome in the Southern part of Cedar. It's a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom w/fenced backyard. Since both of us couples are trying to move into the townhome, since the other side was available also, we will be paying $575 a month!! I'm kinda depressed now in the place we're living in now after I saw this place. We're merely paying $797 for a 1 bedroom...and that's it. Not to mention for the past 3 months we had to add $150 to our rent to pay for the garage repair (my fault) and that was about $950 for 3 months. Holy crap!


PJ's going to talk to the management today and get us out of our contract! But here's a pic of the outside of the new place. I'm not going to post all the pics until I know for sure that we're out of our crappy contract and when we've found out about the other place! I'm praying so hard that we can get into this place. It would be nice to bring rent down, and PJ can get going in his schooling. It would be a huge blessing.