Here, we have a tree outside of Freshman 40's Dorm. It is a very nice tree and looks great in all seasons.
Here is GoodLooking and Smalls after her long basketball tournament in which they got a plaque and a very nice ribbon. ::Notice:: There faces did not stick like this::
Here is a cute little one. This was taken Christmas Eve when we all walked Disney Lane. She got to sleep in her stroller covered by a warm blanket while GoodLooking and I walked the whole thing in our shorts. (It is a lot warmer down here and we are just used to it being a lot colder I guess).
(I wrote this post a long time ago then I couldn't get on the internet to post it)
Looking back, I realize I did not mention that Goodlooking started his last year in school. Yippie!!
I, on the other hand, did not start school and am still looking for the next best job I have ever had. That was the plan when we got here and I thought, “Oh, it will be easy to get a new job CAUSE I AM SO AMAZING!!!”. However, now, I am just desperate to relieve my boredom and make any money (not the kind you get doing dishonest or illegal things so do not contact me about such deals). I fill my time looking on craigslist every 20 minutes or so and trying to be the first person to reply to a job opportunity, thinking about what to scrapbook, house work, working out and the other day, I went driving from business to business putting on a pretty smile begging for applications and for them to hire just one more person (that person, obviously, is me because I would be the BEST addition to any team).
On Saturday, Goodlooking, Freshman 40, and I went to SLC to pick up Small Parcel from the airport then up to Idaho for some FUN!
That night, we watched the football game and shot off some AWESOME fireworks. We brought the last of our poppers (which turned out to be duds probably because they were old and had been to the sauna of the south) and half of the supply we had bought on our way to the sauna. My favorite was the pyramid one that spun really fast and went up higher than the rockets.
On Sunday, we went to church and had a fabulous Thanksgiving(esque) dinner after which we all sat around and talked for a long time and Goodlooking convinced the ARM to change his major to what he is doing (Because it is the BEST). Then we went over to the other house and played NERTS (someone says that you don’t really get to know me till you play NERTS with me… that is KIND OF a quote and is pretty true) till late and talked for 2 hours later (laughed more than talked).
On Monday, we took Small Parcel to BYUI. She waited in line to get her key while Goodlooking broke in and we got her and her roommate moved in. We drove back to grandma’s house and roasted wieners (which apparently is a very Mormon thing to do, according to someone that Small Parcel met on the plane (Berry*)). And we were sent home with a smorgasbord of vegetables and a raspberry plant (which I am VERY excited about).
Which brings me to SPUD. Spud was a very good plant. He lasted through the cold winter but just couldn’t make it through the summer with someone else living here, so goodbye SPUD. The new plant doesn’t have a name yet but if anyone has any good ideas, I think I am open to anything good.
*Name not changed to protect privacy
:::BYTHEWAY:::
The new fish are getting names and the old ones finally have one too. They all have their own little personalities and work hard to be the best little swimmer.
Frog = Frogie
red neon=Lightning (kacha)
two green neon= Calvin and Hobbes
orange neon=little”O”
colorful goldfish= Pepperidge
big goldfish= Nabisco
Algae eater= Creepy
Today, I worked out at the gym here in Provo for the second time. I have had a membership to Curves before and a gym in Mississippi before but this is a real Gym that has a commercial and thousands of locations worldwide. The first time I went, I hopped on an elliptical and that worked out well except that 20 minutes into it, the darned thing started to scream every time I lifted my left foot up to go around.
This time I got in the pool to do laps. On Sunday, I got a blister on my ankle from walking to church in my newer black heals so on the way home, the only thing I could do was go barefoot. By the time I got home, my feet we the nastiest shade of black they have ever been and I had HUGE blisters on the balls of my feet too and it is only two blocks, hence the need to swim and not run.
I got into it and was going real good for the fist 30 minutes. I had my own lane then a lady comes in and says that she needs the first two lanes (one of which I was in) for her class so I moved over and it was me and some guy. He was faster than me and I felt sort of bad for him cause he was doing breaststroke and I was just floating and kicking my feet cause I didn’t have any goggles.
Back to the lady. I asked her how much of the pool she would need and she said the rule is, if there are 10 or more people, she gets the whole thing and that she probably wouldn’t have that many. I kept swimming and 10 minutes later I had to get out.
Over all, it was a good workout.
HOW ROMANTIC
"I wrote to Moor House and to Cambridge immediately, to say what I had done: fully explaining also why I had thus acted. Diana and Mary approved the step unreservedly. Diana announced that she would just give me time to get over the honeymoon, and then she would come and see me.
"She had better not wait till then, Jane," said Mr. Rochester, when I read her letter to him; "if she does, she will be too late, for our honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine.""
---from Jane Eyre Read it.
Today, we drove to Alabama and visited the USS Alabama. It was pretty cool (for those who don’t know, it is a huge battleship). Actually, to be more accurate, it was flippen HOT! We went maybe three or four levels down and checked everything out it is amazing to see the kitchen that fed over 2000 people that lived on the ship. We also saw all the medical areas and they were pretty primitive. For example, the dental office still had the old spit bowl ( I wonder when the dental vacuum was invented…). After that, we checked out the air museum and there was a huge jet that Jack really liked and it can go faster than a bullet. It said that if a bullet could go across the US, that jet would beat it by seven (7) minutes. Hows that for fast?!
We then headed down to the hotel we are staying at (just a cheap place to stay), and we found a Tanger outlet. It was HUGE!! We thought “there are a few things that we need so we will look around.” He went through MAYBE 1/3 and it took 4 hours. We didn’t stay more than 20 minutes in one store but it still took forever. We got in the car to go and I asked Goodlooking “were you done shopping?. Like you couldn’t do it anymore?” and he said, “No.” My husband can outshop me!!! I have a headache and my feet hurt really bad. I think it’s cause he grew up with girls. I’m not saying that as a bad thing because that means he can easily do all the school shopping when we have kids and when they get to that age. I bought a DRESS. I have never chosen to own a dress that was not for a specific event. It is pretty cute polka dots, knee length, and silky. I also got a backpack for school. It will carry my computer and books and it was pretty cheap from Jansport.
We went to the beach after the sun went down and it was WONDERFUL! It was real and better than the dirty pond we went to. Though the pond was a fun trip, it didn't have waves or the smell.
EXCITED FOR TOMORROW!!!
Your home exudes a predominantly masculine feel, but is nonetheless comfortable, with an air of maturity. You enjoy the good things in life, and that includes the furniture and furnishings you like to have around you. What could look quite conservative is, in fact, seriously sleek.
You're in retro heaven in your bedroom. Sleep is fundamentally important to our well being. Clean, fresh air can truly aid sleep, but so, too, does a well-made bed and the best mattress you can afford. Touch is an important issue in the bedroom, from crisp, linen sheets to wool or even sheepskin underfoot. You show a quirky sense of style in your bedroom, using light, bright colours to create a refreshing retreat that's easy on the eye.
At home, cool, sleek, masculine lines and colours give your dining area that slick, 'stealth wealth' feel. You can avoid it all becoming too clinical through careful use of colour and texture. Avoid harsh primary colours and opt instead for linen napkins in subtle, muted colours, say, or dine by candlelight to add a touch of glamour to evening meals. When it comes to entertaining, you like quite simple (some might say 'peasant') food with big, robust flavours.
You have a place for everything and everything has its place. These days, almost all of us have a home office: a desk and a chair in one corner of the living room with adjustable task lighting and adequate filing is all it takes. The modernist adage that form should follow function is nowhere better demonstrated than in the home office: keep things simple and add your own sense of style by using a splash of colour or a single, well-chosen decorative piece.
While we were there, we took a gander at the lake right on the border and we stopped by at the visitor center. It was pretty cool and I say someone from Tucson, Az. I liked it for the most part. We drove through York (I think) and I really liked it. The architecture was amazing with the wrap around porch and columns BUT we only saw 3 white people plus one family in the 5 minutes we were driving around. 
First attempt at the coin operated laundry downstairs from our apartment failed. It didn’t just fail, it failed miserably. I went down there, read the instructions, put the soap in, then the clothes, then the quarters, but the quarters didn’t go in. I pushed and pushed with all my might but I got no positive results. I went out into the hallway because there are always people walking around but found only a doctor who was just walking around but did not live here (weird, I know). So I tried again and decided to go back to my apartment and call the owner. Again, no positive results. So I knocked on the neighbors door, nothing. Another neighbor, she answered and went downstairs with me (one good thing I have found about living here is everyone is so nice…. Except for the girls who served us at pizza hut). She tried to push the quarters in and got nothing so she looked around for those people who are always lingering and just my luck…… They are nowhere to be seen. She made some phone calls and the only things I found out was 1) Vallory, like every apartment owner, is hard to get a hold of 2) the laundry costs $2 a load (that stinks) 3)we have really nice neighbors and one of them (the one who helped me) is getting married and moving down the hall to a bigger apartment.
So I decided to get my things and go home defeated and I had put soap in both machines to see if maybe the first one was just broken (obviously, they are both broken). So I am out two loads of soap and 45 minutes, I don’t know what to do today, I don’t have a car (Good looking took it to work), AND worse of all, IT IS HOT AND HUMID……. AGAIN (shocker).
