my dream come true...

its been a while.

my life has changed and i am appreciating the moments that i have been blessed with. as soon as i got licensed to do hair i had a desire to one day own a salon i could call my OWN! i never in a million years thought i would fulfill that dream.

it was kind of like my "i want to be a princess when i grow up" dream. i didn't dream of being a princess. i dreamt of success and family and happiness-though to this day my day still calls me his little princess.

my dream came true.

i had been so blessed to get the job working at Wells Fargo here in Laramie. i had a pit in my stomach everytime i would leave the building. i knew it wasn't right and wouldn't work out. so i woke up on friday sept 16 and walked into what would be the hardest 3 weeks thus far in my life and also the greatest learning & growing experience with my husband, jordan. we finalized contracts on sept 28 and haven't stopped working since.

we spent many LONG days that turned into nights that turned into mornings-cleaning, renovating, and changing "citrus" into salon220. missing much of what is happening in politics, baseball, football, and even college football... we are just catching up on sleep now and still waking up physically exhausted and mentally drained. my dad has told me since day one "you will only get out of the salon what you put in it". putting in lots of hours and lots of hard work i feel i have earned self respect and respect of the talents of my husband. not to mention a few "i told you so..." feelings to the fed-ex guy who joked again today "you actually did it...(laughing)...i didn't believe you and laughed when i left". it feels awesome to have accomplished such a great thing in a short amount of time. i guess the name is fitting. salon220. the "220" has a background story...
   when bryan and bryce were younger, and still to this day, my dad (or themselves) would write in marker/pen whatever, W.I.N. which stood for "whats important now" and also 220 which stood for "second to none". i never realized a simple reminder of being the best we could be or a simple example to never forget whats important right now and not of tomorrow or yesterday, would stick with me and remind me who my parents taught us to be. I'm beyond thankful for who i am because of the things my parents taught me. the impact that these 2 simple "slogans" (reminders) have had on me and now those whom hear the story-know who i am by what my dad and mom have taught us. also its a reminder to me to never do any work that isn't the best that i can make it.

i am proud to say i am open and have had several clients this week. i feel like though its not 100 clients in a week or ever 8 a day-its a blessing to see people come in get there hair done and be so excited about it as they leave...

my best friend said it best "success is a journey not a destination". this journey has made me feel successful. its also shown me that it took a lot of courage to open a business. Facebook friends made me realize that it does take courage (combined with faith of course) and that as much as i put into my business i will get it back (I'm sure its part of the good karma thing).

Thanks to everyone who helped & supported us in our decision to fulfill my dream- my husband first and foremost for all his hard work, my brother bryce, my momma for her support and legal help, my dad for encouraging me, my brother bryan for keeping me sane and making me laugh, kyle (my brother in law) for all his help/hard work, derik (jordans friend) for all his help, devin (my cousin in law) for the things he did, kayla & shawn for ALWAYS telling us that we can do it and that it WILL get done, and the rest of our family and friends for always checking in and making sure we were good.

hopefully my success will continue. hopefully you will follow your dreams!

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Thankful Thursday

So I was informed by a dear family friend [chucksters] that I haven't blogged in a month! Crazy! We don't have Internet. Thats been way hard. So I thought that I would come back being thankful...

I'm thankful for...
...the blessing of answered and unanswered prayers. I got a job which I declined due to a great blessing that fell on my lap. More about that will come soon. [hopefully]
...my husband. I told Jordan something a few days ago that was really upsetting me. We talked about it and came to a conclusion together. I'm grateful he listens and loves me enough to understand!
...my momma she does so much for me, my dad, and brothers. People really dont understand how much she does! Shes the best and too sweet!
...for yummy new recipes! I found a soup recipe that was so good!
...pinterest! Oh goodness I am not happy I found but it really does pass the time when you have tons on your mind! Plus there are great ideas!
...Halloween. I am so excited about the fall! I love it! I am in the mood to decorate and I'm starting tomorrow! I have some great ideas. [thanks to pinterest] yay!
...and last, date night! Jordan and I are having fun trying new places! We have stumbled upon a few and friday is date night!

Hopefully I'll be able to blog a lot more here soon if my "BIG SURPRISE" gets finalized so I can talk about it! Sheesh! I am so excited!

Have a great day

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Update!

So I'm still undecided on the job. Yesterday was a break down day. I was stressed, anxious, sad, blah blah blah. Today I woke up to Jordan telling me my breath smelt. So I woke up laughing. Thanks to my oh so honest husband!

My car had a check engine light that was on and I have been super worried about it. You know mechanics make $100 p/hour (holy hell! So expensive!) and we were stressed to take it in. I wanted to take it in before it turned into a worse problem. I took it in and now I'm waiting for it to be fix. It's a leak in my evaporative system. Pray for under an hour!! Haha...

Since I'm sitting here-I thought I would update our first week in our new ward....it was BEYOND AWESOME! The people went above and beyond making us feel welcome. (anyone heard of almost dead or newlywed wards? Jordan told me about it... We left an almost dead ward for a newlywed one full of little ones!) We met the bishop within the first few minutes of walking into sacrament and everyone sitting around us introduced themselves and apologized if we had been there before. It was so nice. People were willing to go out of there way to say hi. We actually got taught some great lessons in all our classes. All in all we are so excited for this ward.

After church we were able to have nick, devin, Jake, and of course Kyle over for Sunday dinner. We had spaghetti for dinner and homemade apple pie cheesecake for dessert!


This is our yummy sauce! Thanks mom for always making me help you with the spaghetti!! :) We had fun having the guys over. I love making lots of dinner... Makes me feel like I am home!

It was a great weekend then Jordan got all the classes he needed yesterday so it started as a pretty good week! Now lets hope that my car doesn't take too long! :)

Have a great week!

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Drive to Fort Collins...or Loveland?

Friday night our bearded dragon...




This cute little mad guy ran out of food (crickets) and he was in need of some more. He will eat other things but hates vegis because he's spoiled. (stubborn)

Jordan and I decided to go to Fort Collins to get him food and buy us a dang bed...a tempurpedic bed to be exact. We drove down and it took 45 minutes. Yeah impressive! So we were driving-Jordan got mad at me and in return I was pissed at him; on the freeway as we were about to get off jordan says "P.F. Chang's 1/2 mile that way and points to the left" I looked at him thinking he was lying and joking he responds to my pissy face with... "no I'm serious that's what the sign said". I freaked out and knew where we were going to lunch! 45 minutes away I have chipotle, chick-fil-a, and now P.F. Chang's!! So excited!

We got off the freeway (in loveland) and I had to get some hair supplies... Next to the hair supply store was a mattress store. We went in there because we wanted to try out the cloud beds by tempurpedic.... We had every intention of buying it online but we got two free pillows and a mattress protector at this place. So excited! We bought it!!! It will be here within two weeks! That means we have a place for people to visit now! So excited! After our big purchase we went and got P.F. Chang's... We were so excited! The dumplings were delish ad so was the Dan Dan noodles-the chang's chicken, wasnt the best but it was still yummy! Hit the spot! I was way excited also because of this fortune cookie...





My question for mr. fortune guy... When is it not??

After our yummy lunch and exciting purchase we hurried and got the crickets to head on home. The sunset was amazing on the drive home! I know I'm going to love it here... I just need to adventure out of my bubble. I'm still not sure about this job offer... so I am going to tour salons on Tuesday and see what this town has-I know I can make more doing hair and eyelashes, it will just be harder (more fun work). I need to figure out if it's a bad feeling about the bank or change... Wish me luck!

Today we start in our new ward-I need to go shower. We are very excited for it! I'll let y'all know how it goes!

I hope everyone has a great Sunday! Love you all!

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Well. Well. Well... I have been gone far too long!

Moving sucks... Unpacking sucks... New schools suck!

So I have been super-duper busy! We have no internet & all I have had time for anyways is unpacking and cleaning. I have one more box of miscellaneous bathroom stuff that im not sure what to do with and also need to organize the 2nd room. I have wanted to blog.... Really badly! But every time I tried I got an itch to clean.

Since the last time I blogged...
-We got into it with the reality company again. They told me we would be reimbursed for all the "work" we did on the apartment. Then said we wouldn't. Then I said they would. Then they said they wouldn't-so I told them we will take all the stuff we've done with us and it will all be broken. They told me that I'll go to prison for vandalizing if it's all broken and I should have waited. It's going to end in a civil lawsuit-guaranteed. Oh joy!
-Jordan still hasn't gotten any official word on any classes. He's still in limbo with that and found out today that he can't be in one of the classes yet. He's really happy about that. (sike!)
-We got gym memberships and have been active gym goers and dieters for 1 week now. I have lost 3 pounds. Yeah. I don't know where or how but I feel good and that's all that matters! Right?
-I got a job offer. Yay! So exciting. Kind of. I have this problem with it. When I'm there I feel way good about it, when I'm home and sitting pondering and thinking about it-I get stressed, sick to my stomach, and have this feeling that I am going to miss out on a better opportunity if I accept. Jordan keeps telling me it's because I don't like change but I was way excited about the job-until the bad feelings came. I hate it.
-My brother Bryan got a car! A nice one. An all black everything Acura! So nice!
-We finally got cable back. We were so bored and realized how boring we really are! I was disgustingly way excited for jersey shore! (judge me if you want) I think that trashy show is so hilarious and last night Ronnie kicked the crap out of mike-classic!
-I got the check engine light checked on my car... Finally! It needs to go in the shop, its a leak in one of my central lines. :) at least we know what it is now!
-I got finger printed for the first time ever today! It was awkward-but really cool!

... And I think that's it! I found some new recipes on my m.i.a. blogging week. I will post if they are delish! I hope everyone is doing great and has a great weekend! I hope to get Internet next week so I can really blog! Pictures of the apartment and all!


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made it "home"

We've arrived!!! We are finally in Laramie. No Internet, no bed, no couch... Just cuddling up on a mattress pad, a quilt I made, and our old comforter-in the living room. Were super cool. Jordan is asleep. He is pretty amazing. Yes I worked hard getting the boxes packed and everything [for the most part] ready to go. Last night, we had a breakdown moment. For the past few days [since I started my new not ready for children remedy] I have gone back to my panic attack ways. It's bee rough. So I have been exhausted but not sleeping. Jordan has tried his best to help me be ok. Yesterday was the worst and it was day one of moving. I had 5 panic attacks but couldn't stop working so I buckled down and kept moving. We had an issue. It made us turn on each other-though it wasn't about either of us. We were mad and even after apologizes still were this morning. We loaded a van and 4 cars until 11pm last night. Then got up at 7am to pack a UHaul truck.... On 4 hours of sleep. Then we drove 6 hours to Laramie. We are here. The apartment was filthy! I was kind of bugged by it but tomorrow we will start the cleaning and finish unloading the UHaul.... When our family gets here to help of course. We are excited to have them come help. I am so thankful we got here safely and that we had no car troubles or other issues. I am also VERY thankful we have family that is willing to come and help us! We are so blessed! Let me tell you-I am excited for this new chapter! (oh today is thankful Thursday!) Well today I am thankful for Jordans parents helping us with the UHaul truck, great family that's willing to help, and Jordan working his butt off so that I can keep myself calm.... I am also thankful for this new and EXCITING chapter. We are beyond blessed and know how blessed we've been. Before Jordan so exhaustingly fell asleep he made me realize how great this new adventure will be. I love him so much for his support and his concern.

Sad part of my night-my youngest brother was injured during the 8th inning of his baseball game tonight. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers that he may heal quickly! I hate seeing him in pain or anyone I love for that matter. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your weekend! Here are a few photos from the move.

Out with the old:







In with the new(ish) needs to be cleaned:















[total 70s/80s countertops-BRIGHT ORANGE! My new baby blue table will match so well in here-it will look like the Florida gators vomited in my kitchen! GO COCKS!!]

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in a weird place...

moving on thursday is starting to be sad to me. i am trying to see the light that i once saw but its getting harder.

yesterday i had a breakdown.... a sad and long drawn out crying one. where i was sad about kids growing up. sad that we didnt ever get to know anyone in the ward. sad that i was away from my parents. sad i cant watch my brothers play baseball everyday like i did. sad that i cant figure out whether to be upset or over certain things. sad that tom was in town. the whole nine.

jordan and i are excited to be moving. me especially. i am hoping this new ward has more people my age and that we will be able to get to know more people than the 2 or 3 from the last one. officially we never met with the bishop once. so odd. we got a calling and it was the 2 counselors that called us. dont get me wrong-i loved the kids, the calling was great, but i never had an opportunity to meet anyone. the parents didnt communicate at all and when they did communicate it was about there kid acting up. im kind of sad by our first ward as newlyweds. so moving we are hoping we will be in a better ward, maybe bigger?

i will miss the time with jordans family. we were standing in the bathroom brushing our teeth. our bathroom is small. VERY small. its bare now-no towels, no shower curtain, no rug. he turns to me and says "things will be different now, huh?". i shrugged my shoulders and said "i dont know what you mean?". [trying not to cry about how sad our apartment currently looks]  i get what he means now. we wont have family right here next to us. granted we do have kyle and devin living in laramie but i mean like cresta and ray. we had family dinners every sunday with them. it will be way different. cooking every sunday, not seeing them, not hanging out and playing cards. so many things are going to change. when we visit it will be visiting home-not coming home. i told jordan a few days before, its kind of sad were leaving. we made this little apartment home and we are just up and leaving it. were going to make the next place home and leave it again. we have a lot of changes coming in the next few years and no this wont be the same and yes things will be way different now. honestly, im kind of excited to start on our own. i love ray and cresta-but being married is an adjustment and im ready to adjust just us two. grow as one. [if that makes sense] im grateful for the time i have had here but im ready to be on our own and see what its like to just be by ourselves.

i am excited to have a 2 bedroom apartment. we dont have a bed for the second room yet but we will soon. [hopefully] we are taking donations if you'd like to support our new apartment you can send me  check. [kidding-maybe] haha. no but i am excited to have it so people can come visit. im hoping my parents will come and stay with us soon. that would be fun. plus steph & reese can come play with us-we always have fun with them. and ray and cresta can come anytime. [especially since cresta will miss her boys, i know, and will need to visit them!] it will be so fun. plus the bathroom is double the size we have now anddd it has a washer & dryer... and the dishwasher in the kitchen. im pretty excited about dishes not sitting in the sink. [biggest pet peev] oh and 4 loads of laundry that will be done when they are ready not all on sundays.... JOY! im hoping to get a job soon. i have one interview on friday. hopefully it goes well. im so ready to work... get out of the house. maybe jordan will get a part-time job and we wont have any worries on bills. im stressing because we will be paying double what i am paying here in powell plus electric. sheesh! life is so expensive.

i am excited. just nervous. there are a lot of changes to come. i just got over the changes mad 10 months ago, got comfortable, just in time to leave again.... its nice. i wish i was like my brothers and could up and move and be ok. they are such great examples of strength in change. they are studs....

well back to cleaning & packing...

ill post pictures of our mess, boxes, emptiness.... then the emptiness, boxes, mess, and home after.... i may be incognito for a  while.... happy blogging!