Adrienne's Blog

Jeep

2011-12-29T13:43:00.000-08:00

Ok so I need to get better pictures - because everyone who has seen my Jeep knows it is WAY taller and looks WAY cooler. I will get some better when it is warm outside again. I think I will go to the dealership and take a picture right next to a brand new one.

Other than that things are going good in my neighborhood. I am scheduled to get Lasik on Feb 2. Work it going good. A little stressful, but that just means I have some job security. Tara, Ben, and I went to NY over thanksgiving, I still need to post some pictures - I will have to do that as well.

Jeep

2011-12-05T18:50:00.000-08:00

Well, we didn't take pictures during the process, but here are the results.

Before:

After:

Washer/Drier Pedistal

2011-09-25T08:26:00.000-07:00

This is the coolest pedistal. I absolutely love it and it was only 120 bucks. Instead of the 500 they want for the ugly ones that match the washer and drier.
OK
Measure your washer and drier and decide how big you need your pedistal. plus how high you want it off the floor. Buy the supplies - I had Home Depot cut all my wood - they have beter saws and they do it for free.
Next build two boxes - 2x4 and 3/4 inch MDF particle board. I used nice long screws to connect the 2x4s and then shorter 1 1/2 inch to secure the top.
Add the 4x4 legs. The DIY I was following said to attach to the very edge of the box on top of the edge of the 2x4s, but it is way sturdier to do it inside the 2x4 plus it gives it depth as you will see in later pictures.

OK so this picture has several steps. First screw the two sections together. Then I added some nice trim. It didn't come in the exact size to cover the MDF and the 2x4 so I got larger and just ripped the edge to make it the exact size. then I also added some quarter round to the bottom edge of the pillers to make it look cooler.

Lots of wood filler and lots of sanding - make sure you get your screws sunk in well or they will show. - then do more and more sanding until it looks perfect.

Tape and paint.
Buy these, they are chair leg stopper things. I just found some the right size and put a screw in the middle where the leg will rest. That way your sure they won't vibrate off the pedistal. Easiest way to install is to get the washer and drier on the pedistal, close to where you want it located - this thing is heavy, and you will want some MAN power to get the washer up. Then just mark where you want the stoppers and tip the washer and drier and screw the stopper in the exact location. Measureing didn't quite work and we ended up moving them anyway.Move into place and connect all the hoses and plugs. Add baskets - which I will put cute covers on sometime. And your done. We did this in one weekend so its not too bad.

Doll House

2011-08-22T10:52:00.000-07:00

I bet you all thought I had quit working on the doll house - nope - I just finished all the building part. Now comes the fun - painting and making it look cute.

Toxic Toilet Gas

2011-08-02T21:06:00.000-07:00

STOP!!! Watch the Video

OK see weird - toxic gas. So here is the story..... Once upon a time Cindy Lou Who bought a new condo, where everything was suppose to work perfect and have no issues for hopefully 5 long years. Well that's not what happened. The first time she took a shower, the toilets bubbled violently, and did so for the next month. Yes she was a good girl and let the builder know, but it just kept happening. So one day when the toilet would not flush she called the builder's plumber her self, and got the answering machine. Home from a lovely day at work she entered her now not so pleasant smelling condo. YUCKY POO!! Call the builder! Call the builder! Get the emergency number for the plumber. Oh yeah they will be by the next day while she is at work to fix the smell and whatever else it wrong with the toilet. If only I had pictures to show you the carnage. Yep, no one lives below Cindy and no one lives below them. So for how long has Cindy Lou Who's sewage been running down in the condos below, OVER A MONTH!! That's gross. Lucky for Cindy Lou Who she lives on the third floor and her house now smells like a house should smell. And the two units below, well they have no more carpet, no more trim, and are missing some walls. Sorry builder. Good thing Cindy Lou Who has a 1 year builder waranty and doesn't have to pay for it....

For Free!!!!

2011-08-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

So I took a class on couponing from a lady in my complex, and today was the first time I used it for success. It was a small step, but one I wanted to document. Yes I got this for free, actually Walmart payed me 6 cents to buy it. So the Walmart here in Utah county does double coupons which gets you some great deals so say something is 94 cent and you have a 50 cent off coupon, yep you get payed 6 cents to buy it. This only works on amounts up $1.00 per item but it really works on the small stuff, making all the 50 and below coupons worth double. Sweet. I am so proud to be saving a little green.

Moving

2011-06-13T07:43:00.000-07:00

I'm moving, but not to far away. To get good financing for an investment property I have to move into the new condo I am buying and rent out my old on. So yep I'm moving. At least I haven't acquired too much stuff. I will put side by side pictures of my old place and new place when I move

13.1

2011-05-05T21:02:00.000-07:00

I ran a half Marathon, here are the pictures see if you can tell the beginning pictures from the end. www.zazoosh.com/event/403

Puss and Nails

2011-02-12T03:13:00.000-08:00

So I got really excited about working on the doll house and I got a little carried away the first nigh and finished half of it. For the title of this blog let me explain, I was sanding a piece of the doll house and jammed a sliver under my nail, OUCH. I whimpered a little. So I pulled it out. Then my finger just kept hurting for the next week. I was at Ben's last Tuesday night and decided to dig out the little blood clot to see if that would help it not hurt so much. I cut the nail really short and then started to dig around with the nail clippers, I know gross. I pushed on the nail and a bunch of puss started coming out. That's not good so I decided I better clean it out really good. Come to find out what I thought was a little blood clot was a really long sliver. Yep, two days later my finger doesn't hurt anymore.

Doll House

2011-01-18T23:34:00.000-08:00

So I am trying out a new hobby. I am going to see how I like building a doll house, I figure this is something quiet I can do in the middle of the night. Also i can take pictures and document the progress, than maybe you all will see me post on the Blog more often. Ha Ha.

While I'm on here I might as well update on the fun things I did this weekend. Let see the best was going for a spa day. I had been really stressed and busy so I figured I needed some just me quiet time. I went to a nice spa and spent 5 hours getting pampered. Massage, facial (which I don't think I will get another, not worth the money), Manicure, Pedicure, and Deep condition and hair style. So it was pretty nice and fun. I walked around in a plush bathrobe and ate grapes and cheese and crackers. It was really great. But I am sure this a maybe once a year thing. It's pretty pricey. I also took Ben to the Auto Expo - we walked around and I sat in a new Camero. It was fun, definitely worth the $3 I spent (thank you groupon). Anyway good weekend. Tomorrow it is back to work.

Nights

2011-01-05T19:45:00.000-08:00

Oh the joys of night shift. So this is my first night of nights and usually I am really excited for nights , I love when I get to work the same shift as Ben. It makes the weeks so much better.... But this is just not the night for it. I'm in one of those crappy moods where you don't know weather to cry or scream or laugh and then being tired on top of that is just not good. And look I'm taking a break from work and it is only 9pm. This is going to be a long one. Maybe something will break and I will have tons of work to do.

Here we go again

2010-09-22T19:58:00.000-07:00

Lets see - I took my bike for a ride this weekend and guess what???? yep its leaking gas. So next Monday I'm going to call the shop and have them come pick it up and fix it. It will be free because the still haven't fixed the issue. Atleast it is nic clean gas with no rust yet.
Amber and I have started taking a Zumba class and neither of us can dance. but it is fun and I already feel thinner. Well Im off to bed. Good night all

Slacker

2010-07-09T03:01:00.001-07:00

Ok so I'm a slacker on the Blog front. I never get on a update anything. I just feel I don't have time. but I really do. So here we go - I took my motorcycle down to the shop to get the 8,000 mile service done and guess what???? Yep it needs a new gas tank because this one has a 4 pin holes and is leaking gas, it needs new fork seals so oil doesn't leak on the brakes and cause me to crash. and then just the regular service so a brand new tank is like 700 bucks but I found one for 400 but it needs paint so Ben is going to be great and paint it for me. It will be a fun project. Then the rest of the work will be about 600 bucks. so much for a cheap way to get around. Oh well.
Tara was here visiting last week and she and Aaron spent all day Monday hanging out - we all had breakfast together, ( now that I think of if Tara you were suppose to cook not Ben) then we went shooting I got 15/15 shots on the clays, but really bad with the hand gun. Then to the pool, a movie with Heather and Amber and another movie with Tara. It was a fun day. Thanks
Now I'm at work just wishing it would be over.

8.2

2010-03-29T18:04:00.000-07:00

K everyone, I just ran my first 8.2 miles without stopping - thanks to Trevor for keeping me going -now I just have to do 9 this week and the next then 10 and then it will almost marathon time - whoo rah - 8.2 miles - 909 calories burned. I guess I am going to have to start eating more.
I promise I will post pictures of my house just a soon as I get it clean. Lets hope for next week. Then in the summer I will have a BBQ and everyone can bring there family and friends for a good time and fun at the pool too.

Master Bath

2010-01-20T12:33:00.001-08:00

Ok Nicole, here it is. I haven't got the curtain or the bath mat or any accessories, but all the big stuff is done.

Meet Willow Turtle

2010-01-20T12:19:00.000-08:00

i had been looking at turtles at the pet store, but couldn't bring myself to buy one because they were pretty expensive. then on day at work ben told me he had found a turtle, if i wanted it. so now i have one. she came with the name willow, i like to call her turtle. everyone is welcome to bring there kids over to paly with her. we can take her out of the cage and let y our kids watch her.

Yep

2009-12-17T04:22:00.001-08:00

So, I always think that I need to put pictures up every time I post a blog. I have come to the conclusion, if I do this I will never update my blog. So here a some new things with me. First Merry Christmas, Ben bought me an Ipod touch for Christmas the nice 32 G. It is great I use it all the time. It is especially nice at church I no longer have to bring so many books. I still use my regular scriptures but the lesson manuals are all on the Ipod so it is a lot easier to follow along, plus it has the latest conference talks as well - 20 bucks well spent. Other than that things have been pretty normal I spend all my time sleeping and cleaning. I have almost finished my master bath the counter top will be in on Monday. So I just need to do some touch up paint and a few trim pieces - then it is time to start saving for carpet. I do have pictures I am just lazy and have not posted them.
I bought myself a heated blanket the other day when it was really cold. I have never had a queen size before so I did not understand why it had two temp controls. i thought maybe one was to go near you bed and the other close to the outlet so it would be easier to turn on and off. WRONG. they are for the two sides of the bed. All told I left the unused side of my bed turned on for several days until I figured out what was happening. Some times my brain just doesn't work. Lets see things that are coming up.
I am going to Ben's parents house for Christmas and will be back on the following Sunday night. I am also planning a trip to Virgina and Texas. I am going to go visit Andrew and Jeanine either the weekend before or after I go help Nicole and Timothy with the new baby in May Yeah!!!. And that is pretty much my life in a nut shell.

DUI

2009-09-23T01:45:00.001-07:00

No not me.
So here is the story. I went to Ben's and we watched a movie last night. On my way home, I am turning onto 500 West and this gray Ford Taurus cuts me off and almost hits another car come towards state street. At first I was thinking how rude. Then they almost hit a parked car on the side of the street and crossed the yellow line several times so...... I call 911. Reporting a drunk driver. I keep following this car into no mans land and giving the operator updates on on my position. Then the Car figures out I am following them and pulls into a driveway. Of course I can't just stop and watch them so I drive past. and watch them reverse and pull out. I let the 911 operator know I am no longer following the car, she get my info in case they need a statement and I head home. On my way I see 4 for cop cars head for the community I was just driving..................in the next hour I get a call from Officer Carlyle, he asks if I would be willing to come in and give a statement. Yep they locked up two girls for DUI and whoo hoo I got some more stupid people off the road. See tips to the cops do work. I'm just glad they didn't hit me or the other car. So don't be afraid to call the cops on stupid drivers.

The Guest Bath

2009-09-20T00:25:00.000-07:00

Ok finally Iam updating with pictures of my new and much improved guest bath. I forgot to take a before picture so you are going to have to live with what I have.

Ok this is the torn out bathroom.

Finished, when I get the whole house done, after my bonus comes back, I will do a video of each room so those of you not around can see the finished place.

Texas

2009-05-07T02:26:00.000-07:00

Ok I am a horrible Blogger. I never have any pictures to put up because the only time I am on is at work. I guess I will have to try harder when I am back on days. Anyway. Tara and I took a fabulous trip to Texas. It was the best we got to spend the whole week with Nicole and her beautiful kids. She is such a great mom. I will add more and some pictures soon. Just wanted to say how much I loved going there.

Weekend with Dad

2009-02-24T03:03:00.000-08:00

As most of you know Dad and Mom pretty much always stay at my house when the come to visit. Well it was only Dad this time, but it has been great fun. We went snowboarding on Monday with some pretty sweet snow, it was raining at the bottom of the slope and snowing on top, it made it really nice to practice carving. Dad is so sweet, I am really slow but he would ski down a ways and then wait for me to catch up. I don't know if he ever really got worn out, but he was very sweet. Today we are going put up some trim up in my house and the have a sushi lunch, before he leaves. It is such fun having him here.

New Car

2009-01-15T14:12:00.000-08:00

Ok Nicole I know you want to see the new car but I have been too busy to get a picture taken i promise I will get one on here soon. For those of you who don't know I bought my first car and it is a brand spank'n new one. A four door jeep wrangler, red. I will get the picture soon.

Winter wonderland

2008-12-24T09:35:00.000-08:00

Well it is finally here the holiday season. Lucky me I got 2 weeks off of work. That doesn't happen much, most people on my shift will be working on Christmas and New Years. I am spending this season at home in Casper with my parents and siblings, at least the ones that can come. So far it has been tons of fun, we went swimming yesterday and are going to go help Grandma Myrl make divinity. Then we will go sing carols to the neighbors and look at lights tonight. It should be fun. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

No News Is Good News

2008-11-23T13:09:00.000-08:00

Well I still haven't done anything else on my house but I have big plans for this weekend. Hopefully something will get done. I am also thinking of going to the Body Worlds which is showing in SLC. It is the German guy who took real human bodies and made them into art. So that should be cool. I am thinking of Driving up to Casper to see Tara when she gets off the plane I think it would be sad to come home to just your parents so that is my big plan, anyone is welcome to come with me.
Oh is anyone else sad that it there isn't any snow on the ground. I was so happy when it snowed about 2 months ago and then we haven't seen any since then. I guess I will come but I want it now.

The Washer ate your what???

2008-11-11T09:55:00.000-08:00

So I don't' have anymore pictures to post but I said I would get better at Blogging so I am just giving an update. I have put in the sub floor in my bathroom, and have started painting so the corners, ceiling, and around the tub are cut in just the big areas need painted. So I will get to work on then today. I only have a couple of pieces of hard wood left to get in but I have to cut under the door frames first so that might take a few days. Oh here is the good story. I was washing my new or semi-new, blanket the other day, it had just started to smell a little, and I here this noise coming from the laundry room. At first I thought nothing of it, just an unbalanced washer, it will solve itself of shut off, but the noise didn't stop it got worse. I went in to see what was up, and I opened the lid to find my blanket sucked over the edge and being eaten by the washer. So I had to buy a new blanket. Sad. But I really like my new blanket too. Anyway don't buy a GE washer from what mom says they are more likely to eat things than other brands.

2008-11-01T20:17:00.000-07:00

So I am trying to be better and add to my blog more often. So here are the most recent pictures. I have finished the Kitchen. Check. and am now working on the bathroon. Looks great hey.

Laundry Room & Art

2008-10-18T18:29:00.000-07:00

Ok Nicole here are the pictures. The laundry room is done except for the softner.

Here is the Art I made the plaque, the iron piece is from iron works it was half off.

Update on the house

2008-09-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

Ok Before I get to the rest of my pictures here is the one I am most proud of..... My fridge
If I can only have a few clean places in my house this is going to be one of them. As you can see I don't have much in there, but that is because when you are only one things spoil faster. So I buy mostly dry food. OK so lets start with the home project picture update, for those of you who live around here you should just come by, but this is mostly for Nicole who almost everyday asks if I am ever going to update.

The Kitchen table I have been wanting to get a table of my own and I found the perfect one on KSL, I had to drive to Springville to pick it up but it came with 4 stools and 4 chairs so it was worth it.

Here is the lastest picture of the kitchen, I still have some touch up work to do on the edges of the cabinets and I still have to get the rest of the doors painted, then I can work on the bottom. I really like the color it makes my kitchen brighter and looks good with the floors.

Last the laundry room, I have the tile laid out and cut now all I have to do is mix up the thinset and put the tile down, wait 24 hours, seal the tile, wait 24 hours, grout the tile, wait 24 hours, seal the grout, wait 24, then I can put all my stuff back in and get some laundry done, I have to go to the laundry mat this weekend, because I have let it pile up and it would take me 4 days if I only had one washer and dryer.

So there you go Nicole hope you enjoyed it.

The living room

2008-06-08T16:52:00.001-07:00

I have been getting requests from friends and family to post some pictures of my project, for those of you who live around here, you should just come over, for those of you who don't here is the living room.

(the bare floor, white walls)

(let the painting begin)

(The start of the hardwood and the complete paint)

(Is that a finished wall)

(and finally a completed living room)
Yes I know I need to get some art on the walls but most of the hard work is done I just have finishing touches left. Plus look at the new couch it is great, leather but I don't stick to it.

More projects

2008-03-19T19:04:00.000-07:00

I guess when you buy a house you suddenly have more projects to do than you could ever accomplish. I have a ton, I after my little vacation I decided to put in a hardwood floor, no I am not paying someone to do this, unless you count the hugs and kisses I give Ben, I could never do it with out him. And thanks to a healthy tax return. I have also decided to paint while I have all the base boards and flooring up. I will up date pictures when the project is complete, hope you all enjoy.

Day 5

2008-03-08T08:37:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was the last day of my vacation even though I don't have to go back to work until Wednesday, I still call it the end. I spent all morning cleaning my house, it was a mess from moving everything around, then I drove up to Rexburg to visit Jess, she is getting married in April, and to see Paige, and her cute son. Then tomorrow I will be back home. So not a very eventful last day, but the other days were crazy enough for me.

Day 4

2008-03-06T17:36:00.000-08:00

OK these first two pictures show how much work I got done, on my laundry room yesterday and what happened to the progress that I did do. I had one shelf up last night before going to bed and thought yes I can get the other up tomorrow. Then this afternoon I tried to hang up the other shelf and what happened I made about 10 more holes in the wall, I am getting pretty good with the putty, and I lost the other shelf. Yep I put a little weight on it and it came right off the wall, making big holes and everything, again i am getting good with the putty. I guess it is a mans job to put up
shelves because, I sure can't do it. I even bought the hangers that go in the dry wall because I could get the shelves where I wanted if I had to put them in the studs. It is a good thing Ben will be back at the end of the week, he always helps me in the mechanical areas which I lack, so much for the degree it can't even help me put up a shelf!!! Again thank goodness men know how to do this kind of thing. I even broke the bracket off of one of the shelves. AHHH

There is one thing I have learned how to do and that is organize a closet. Doesn't it look nice, putting the ceder chest in there was Ben's idea, what a good one now I have somewhere to sit while trying on my shoes and a place to put my jewelry boxes. Lets see if I can keep it organized for more than a day.

And last the picture you have all been waiting for.... me with straight hair, it only took Amber 5 hours to do and we are going to have to do it again because I still have to use the straightener to get it this straight. The price we pay for beauty and the ability to get out off the pool and not have crazy frizzy hair. What a blessing it is to have sisters that will spend all there free time, or the time their kids are at school and napping to help you achieve perfection. Oh and another thing, the girl on "Clueless" is right never trust a mirror this is the 10th picture I took of myself and I had to go put extra make up on and do a little photo shop to even come close to looking good, I don't think I will ever trust a mirror again. Ok sorry the picture is gone I had too many people telling me it was scary.

Day 3

2008-03-06T07:02:00.000-08:00

OK so there won't be a picture for day 3 because I had a really hard time getting the shelves up in my laundry room and it is now day 4 and hopefully I can get them up today. I spent a good part of the day just moving things around my house. I cleaned out a closet in my office and put my scrap booking things and other projects in there I think that is a better place then the laundry room. I also cleaned out my bedroom closet, I bought hangers for my skirts so they don't get that funny dust line when you don't wear them forever, so they are all hanging straight now. It looks great and everything is color coordinated. I have a lot of red dresses and skirts, I mean that is about all I have except for the black and brown ones. I also took down the stupid wire shelf in the laundry room and tried to hang two while shelves, a very hard thing to do by yourself but I got one up the other didn't want to go and I will have to work on it more today. Hopefully I will have some pictures for day 4

Day 2

2008-03-04T18:39:00.000-08:00

OK you probably noticed that there is not day 1, that is because there are no pictures for day one and I didn't get anything written. Yesterday was the first day of my week of vacation. I spent most of the day snowboarding, for those of you who haven't gone and done something, that you usually do with a group, alone you should it is great. I went alone and meet some cool people and learned a lot about my own snow boarding skills. I meet a man who was wearing jeans on the bunny slope lift, it was his first time seeing snow and his first time skiing he was from Jerusalem and was in Utah for business and took the second half of his day off to learn to ski. What an adventurer, I don't think I would have been that brave if it was my first time with snow. I also meet a girl on my last trip down the hill, who was very afraid of heights, she and I rode the tram down together, where we had to stop twice to move the grease men from one cable tower to the next, what a fun job greasing the bearings for the tram. They get a pretty great ride too sitting on top of the tram car.

OK so now on to today. Day 2, I decided it was time to finish my bathroom, I found the perfect things and I created them myself which makes them even better there are pictures below, I hot glued the marbles and flowers to my existing curtain hooks, stenciled the picture and made the Eiffel Tower picture several years ago but put it in a frame today. So tell me is it cute or what?

Lets talk about snow

2008-02-16T19:31:00.000-08:00

Ok Amber knows this whole story and she knows what an ummmm adventure it was. So Wednesday I this last week was the first of 4 days of work for me. I was a beautiful day, I had heard a rumor and somethings on the radio that we were going to have a really bad storm that night but I didn't think much of it.... until I tried to go to Walmart at 4:30 during my last break at work. yeah I only made it to the guard house at the bottom of the parking lot. So back to work I went. Then out again around 7pm to go home. Yeah 3 1/2 hours later I was back at work and I had picked up a passenger. Ben was in his car 6 blocks from where I was waiting for the road to clear, after a nice man pulled me out of a snow drift, and he was not moving, I said I can get back to work get out and run to my car and I will drive you back to work. At this point I had only gone about 5 blocks from work. So he did he parked his car and ran to mine. So back at work. I did a little bit of work and then found Tim he was stuck there too. Around 1 am we decided to try to get home, we had heard of others success. at 2 am we made it to Tim and Amber's house. Where I got about 2 hours of real sleep on the couch and it was back to work. But not all day. My boss sent me home at about 1:30 in the afternoon. But I didn't have a car, Ben had taken it home after his shift. So I went to find Trevor or Tim to take their car and then bring it back to them later. Well I found Tim and Ben's roommates who had an extra car they had me take home for them. I slept about an hour at Amber's and then went to get Ben and my car and then go get his car. Oh yeah that didn't work. He ended up dropping me back at Amber's where Amber took me to get his car. I took his car to Amber's what a nice sister she let me come over for pizza dinner. Good thing to because Ben's engine compartment was so packed with snow his car was acting funny. To say the least I cried for a good 1/2 hour to mom on the phone and then with out much persuasion Amber and Tim had me sleep on their couch again. So back to work the next day. Don't forget I am still wearing the same clothes I started out in. They are starting to stink. It wasn't a bad day at work and I was pretty happy by the end. but I had to go to the store before going home, when I did get home there was this strange beeping every lets say min. Oh yeah the battery was dead on one of my 5 fire alarms but which one. It took me a while to find it and beat the tar out of it. Or take the battery out and then shower and get in bed. Too much stress I didn't sleep. So now I am home again and it is the weekend. What a joy. Maybe I will lock myself in and not leave for 4 days to make up for the mess I have had.
Hope everyone else loved the storm and Nicole I know you miss the snow but be glad you missed this one.

Blooming

2008-01-27T08:30:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone my Christmas cactus is blooming. Yeah I have had it for a long time and this is the first time is has bloomed, I'll you have to do is neglect it, I didn't water mine for 4 months and left it in a dark room, most of you won't be shocked, but I started crying when I noticed the little flowers. Oh yeah.

San Fransisco

2008-01-27T08:14:00.000-08:00

OK so I finally got the pictures from San Fransisco off of my camera and onto my computer, Remember when we were kids how excited we were to get pictures back from the store. Yeah that doesn't happen anymore. OK back to San Fransisco. I love these two pictures, the first one is of a ship, I have seen this ship in movies that are based in SF. and I don't think that it ever leaves Port, but it is a beautiful ship, I wish I could have seen it with the sails up. The second Picture is of guess what.... yep the Golden Gate bridge, Most of you know my favorite structure, yes I am an engineer, is the suspension bridge and this is a really pretty one. I don't have a favorite bridge yet but when I find one I will post it. Anyway, there was SF it sure was fun.

Everyday Life

2008-01-23T13:47:00.000-08:00

I started this blog thinking I would have a ton of time to work on it and post pictures, just keep in touch with family and friends, but really I can't even find the time to shop for milk and bread. So I will try to be better, I have a ton of projects in the works. Ben wants to make this really cool entry way wood thing, ( you would have to see it to know what it is) it would be really cool but it will have to wait in line. I have decided to put hard wood in my kitchen, living room, and hall way, I am thinking of going with a light bamboo, but I still have to save up the money. I am also planning on doing tile in the laundry room and bathrooms, plus I have a water softener but that hasn't been installed, I did get the equipment to move the washer and dryer to the other wall, but haven't had time to move them. I am also working on scrap booking and have decided to take up painting. So I have a lot of things planned I just haven't started any of them. Plus I am trying to get rock awesome chick abs and body so I want to spend at least an hour at the gym everyday. On work days I get up go to work, head to the gym after work, get home make lunch for the next day, eat something for dinner or eat at Trevor or Amber's houses, and then shower and go to bed, I don't know how people with kids get anything done. You all amaze me.

Shoes

2007-12-13T17:41:00.000-08:00

As many of you know I have been looking for a pair of black dress shoes. They don't have to be high heals but that seems to be what I am into right now. Every time I go to the store I don't find the perfect pair, well I did once but they didn't have my size, so I end up looking all over and not finding black shoes but every other color, I have the cutest red pair, brown pair, and then today a blue pair. Pretty soon I am going to have more shoes than I know what to do with. So to help out if you find any cute black dress shoes that I can wear all winter long. Let me know so I don't keep buying every other shoe I see. In my defence, I haven't payed full price for any of these shoes this blue pair was on clearance. Help!!!!

"Traincation"

2007-12-12T18:31:00.000-08:00

As many of you know, I am in California this week for vendor training at work. At work we call it traincation because you spend maybe 6 hours a day in class and the rest of the time on vacation. That is about how it has been this week. Yesterday we rode BART and the trolley around San Fransisco and ate at Bubba Gump on Pier 39. I have to say the nicest people in the city were the bums and the cool french people that were on holiday, everyone else seemed to just want you to get out of their way. But it was fun. Then today the vendor took us out for Sushi for lunch, this is the second time I have had raw fish, it was pretty good, but it was a little difficult eating the salad with chop sticks. So I have my last day of class tomorrow and then Friday will be a whole day getting better acquainted with San Fransisco. Then I come back to Lehi on Saturday for Amber and Tim's Christmas party.