NEW JOB!!!

I put exclamation marks afterwards because I'm trying to psych myself about it. I am a cashier at Performance Chevrolet. I started yesterday morning. I am a wreck. I have cried the past two days. I know you're thinking "yep she's CRAZY!" I was filing yesterday,(because it seems whenever a company gets a new girl they decide they don't know how to file and that somehow since they hate that she will like it.) Anyhow I was filing and I had a very difficult time trying to keep my tears back. As I walked out the door of the office to my car the tears just came, I then spent the ENTIRE time bawling my eyes out. After my break I went back to work and was okay, and kept my emotions in check, but then as soon as I got in the car to head home the waterworks were on again.
I have always had a hard time with "first days" college, jobs, moving away, efy, I'm just no good at them. I don't like the unknown, especially in a job. I'm trying to be brave and stop the crying, but for now I think the best I can do is make sure it happens only when I'm alone :)
I'm not crazy, irrational? Yes, but not crazy. Just having a really hard time adjusting to an overwhelmingly lot of information.

Rat Patooty

I have been in a Disney movie kick. I LOVE Disney movies, they make everything seem so perfect and possible. I wish I had a little mouse living under my hat turning me into a puppet chef. I wish I had mice to clean my house, get me dressed in the morning, and make me extravagant gowns for a ball where I would meet my prince (Nels). I want to steal the moon, and have hundreds of yellow pill shaped minions that don't speak English, but I would be able to understand them anyways. I want wings so I can fly with Peter and the lost boys, and have great adventures. Really though right now I just want a mouse to cook me Ratatouille. Since I don't have a mouse, does someone who doesn't walk on all fours, eats through whatever stands in the way of it's food and poops Everywhere, Do you want to make me some? Everything always tastes better when someone else makes it. Especially a mom, my mom.

If you haven't guessed I'm watching Ratatouille!!! :)

Today I'm having a pity party for ME!!!! Wanna join! Misery loves company. :) We had an awesome vacation away. An entire week with family at the beautiful Bass Lake. Now I'm am trying to get back into my "routine" and I'm realizing, well I've always been very aware, but I'm just now having it thrown back into my face (by my own doing) that my "routine" Sucks! I'm frustrated I can't find a job, but yet that I don't want to look for a job I just want to have one. I'm frustrated that I'm not who I used to be and that I don't really like who I am most of the time. I'm frustrated that it's so hard to make friends that want to do something besides just the few passing words at church. I'm frustrated that they see me as a baby sitter not a friend. It makes me want to be closer to home so that I could at least have a relationship with my sisters. That we could hang out the way we used. I'm just irritated today and so I feel all my insecurities are right in front of me.

Tahoe!

This last weekend we went up to Tahoe for Nels' work party. It was on Saturday so a few of his coworkers and us decided to go up early on Friday to go camping for the night. We haven't been camping since we got married so I was all on board with going. We went up set up camp and then sat by the fire and talked and laughed with everyone. The next morning was the party at Pope beach. Nels and I sat under a tree in the shade and read, ate, and chatted. It was an amazing weekend! It was so relaxing and peaceful. I didn't get any pictures of our campsite unfortunately, but most campgrounds look the same. So imagine Tall pine trees, tents, and dirt. WONDERFUL!!!!

I did however get a good picture of this cute little Cuss!!! I love this baby!

New nightstands!!! We went to Monterey Ca, last weekend to get away from the heat and spend the weekend with one of my Best Friends Lindsay. We went to good will and found this little gem.

I knew that I wanted it to be white with blue tinted or green tinted crystal knobs. I have yet to buy those. (harder to find then I thought) Anthropologie has them, but they are $8 a piece and I need 7! You do the math, not happening especially since I got the nightstand for $6.

I painted my good will nightstand, but then realized that the current one needed to be painted to match. So I painted it. I don't have a before picture but it was just a regular oak color.

I love them! All they need is the knobs and they will be adorable!

I miss

These girls!!! These girls were my freshman roommates, they made my first year of living away from home the greatest!!! I love them so much! Every time I think of them I get a little sad. I love my life now as it is with the husband, but man was this a great year! We had so much fun. We used to laugh at practically anything. I have very memorable times of that year like; shooting Allison in the eye with the milk carton lid, (on accident of course) our quote wall, beauty tips with Bertha, Preference on the Heber Creeper.( My dancing has never been better than dancing on a rocking train) dying each others hair, sharing illnesses, Jen and I both had Bronchitis at the same time and I remember the other four listening to us talk in our high squeaky prepubescent voices. I have not found any other girls that I have gotten along with as well as I did with these 5. They are AMAZING! I miss you all and wish we lived closer together!!!

Seeing Stripes

My new friend who just moved up from southern California had accidentally packed this old ugly chair that was intended for good will. She saw what I did to my kitchen chairs and thought that I would like to recover this chair for my "future kids." And well, she was right.
When I first started ripping the chair to shreds I was sure this was going to be the cutest chair ever, after all how could it be any worse than what it had shown up to be as.
So last night I starting as I said ripping it down to the bare cushions, taking out countless staples, and getting it prepped for the reupholstering I would do to it today.
I went to Joann's today to get some fabric, I knew that I wanted some sort of animal print, but that was as far as my ideas had gone. I spent 2 hours looking, comparing, texting pictures to sisters, and friends trying to get input on what looked best, and what would be gender neutral . I was having a really hard time finding two that went together. I liked the busy fabrics, but I just couldn't find and winner winner chicken dinner type matches. I randomly put these two fabrics together and LOVED it! I bought them, after standing in line at the cut table for FOREVER, came home, and started working.
Total I worked on it for about 7 hours. It has been a great project, I love doing stuff like this. I only wish I had a few more things to do. I had a blast doing it.

What do you think?

Spam

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, spam, I am getting a lot of spam sent to my email lately. It always says something catchy like MICHELLE, ______________(enter crap here). And the thing is I almost believe that it is from someone I know. Then I started getting emails that say I need Larger Breasts, Better Breasts, or Bigger and Better. Or my favorites are from Viagra, but it is then that I realize that these people don't know me, and are not my friends, because as it is obvious to most I have very large boosies, and do not have any....gentleman's stuff.
P.s If you would like either of these type of emails sent to you I am more than willing to forward them on to you.

I have been called out on my lack of blogging. I can't help it that we are boring. Although this last weekend we did go visit one of my besties Lindsay down in Monterey. We had such a good time, we relaxed the entire time. We went for a drive around Carmel. It was gorgeous!!! I want to move there one day, or when we become rich and famous I am going to have a summer home down there. It is absolutely beautiful! The homes are very quaint and cottage like. I loved it. One day I WILL own a home down there, or at least a time share, or...visit for a weekend.
Lindsay and I got to catch up, laugh and just have a good time. I love getting together with old friends and just chat about how it used to be and the silly little things that are going on. I wish that we didn't live so far away from them, and not just them all my friends. I miss that interaction, I miss having people around who know me all to well and we can just get together and laugh hysterically like we never skipped a beat.

Candy really does help a troubled tummy!!! Okay I just made that up, but it does work, my tummy was rumbly and not feeling too hot. I ate some gummy dinosaurs and boom problem solved!!! Or it could be the pepto i guzzled a few minutes before...I'm thinking it was the dinos! Yup the dinos...