A-Win Insurance

Well my dear friends, things have been a little crazy and exciting lately.

Steve has bought his own insurance brokerage! I am very proud of him, and excited for the future. He is enjoying it alot and has started a blog so people like you can go and learn a little bit more about insurance and other things that he blogs about. Its pretty neat! Here is the link. http://awininsurance.blogspot.com
Leave a comment or just tell people about it. If you are looking for insurance he can give you a quote for free!

Gratitude

Things I am grateful for;
Steven
My house
The country that I live in (even tho its so cold!!)
Warm sweaters
Big blankets to keep me warm at night
The job that I have to pay the bills
Food
Books and that I can read
Family
Friends (Thanks to Facebook I found my Best Friend :)Jenny from Grade6/7!!)
lack of sense of smell to Skunks
My eyes and glasses
Warm Showers
toothbrush ( so I can have clean teeth and nice smelling breath)
My car
My Primary class
My nieces and nephews

No I am not dead, I just haven't written in a long time and didn't know what to say if I would have.

Sometimes I wonder if anyone takes me seriously... my family, friends, coworkers... I feel like no one does. I don't have an visible talents to contribute to anyone, no profound knowledge that would inspire anyone. I know so many people who craft, sew, write, paint, sing, play piano... just to list a few. I go to work do what I am told and come home. My house is often messy, no crafty things on the walls. I know that I have gained weight and I want to get rid of it asap. How do I change this funk that I am in?

I love Steven, he does his best to help me out and encourage me. I am starting yoga next week and I bought a few things I want to use in a craft, and I have made dinner ( no eating out or eating just fries and chicken fingers) almost every night for the past month or so. I am going to the temple this weekend. I want out of this funk!!!

PS. This is not to get sympathy or people feeling sorry for me... I just need to get out of this funk.

Thank you for listening to me vent and share some of my secrets.

Summer

This Summer has been super busy,
We had my parents living with us for 2 months. They finally were able to move into their newly built house on July 23. It was very exciting for them! To not have to live with us any more and to be able to unpack all their items they haven't seen in 2 months.
Steve has been making decisions about his career. Details will be divulged at a later date.... oooohhoh the mystery! haha
There was a wedding last weekend for Mark and Kassie Ruzika... It was a beautiful wedding! The ceremony was really good, the paster talked alot about Marriage being a gift from God and how we need to include him in that relationship. This weekend is Harrison and Cheryl's Wedding in Cardston. I am excited to be able to attend the Sealing in the Temple and for Steve to be part of the wedding party. Harrison and Steve have been really good friends for many years.
In all this, we got a Tree, with pink blossoms and grass in our front yard. I am glad that this finally came because I was getting tired of having a mud pit in the front yard... now on to the back yard... soon...
Steve and I decided we would take a vacation this summer. We have planned it all out, first Vegas for a couple days, then off to DISNEYLAND!!! I am sooo excited to act like a little girl and see all the princesses and everything. After that we will head to Hollywood! Hollywood walk of fame, wax museum. and then for a kicker I have convinced Steve to go to Newport beach... does that sound familiar? yes? its where the TV show the OC was filmed!! I am sooo excited for this... haha I am loser I know but I can't wait for this vacation. I am in serious need of a vacation, to get away from life and work!
On another note I have been watching Gilmore Girls alot lately ( I have the series) It is soo great! I love it! Although I am now in Season 6 (no I haven't seen it before this) and they have changed writers.. who I am convinced isn't as good/funny as the previous one. I still love it, but I am sad about how things look like they will turn out...I sure hope they turn out better then I think they will.
Well I sure hope this update was good and entertaining for you blog followers!

Rain Rain go away!!

It has been raining so much lately, its driving me crazy! Thanks goodness the forecast says sunshine this weekend but guess what it says for Monday??? yep you guessed it.... Rain! UGH!
We still have just mud around the house so far, so we are just floating in it! It's hard trying to keep the front and back entrances clean when you have a bratty dog who will not stay still while you dry him off!
Our house is a little fuller these days. Mom and Dad are living with us! They are waiting for their own house to be done. The possession date is now July 23! There are positives and negatives... positives - Cleaner house, Better home cooked dinners, (Thanks Mom!!), Someone else to walk the dog (Thanks Dad!!) and just some other people to talk to and hang out with. Negatives - not as much alone time with Steve (there are only so many places you can hide in our house! haha)
Tomorrow is Steve's Birthday! I have some stuff planned and have already bought his gifts, but he reads this so I can't tell you yet what I got him ;) I Love you Steve!!!
Last weekend I planted some plants into a HUGE planter! My mom let me borrow it for the summer its a big wine barrel! Its fun! I will post pictures of it soon, as the flowers need to bloom a little more. I am proud of my little garden. I never liked gardening growing up but that was because it was chore that I had to do! haha but because of that I now know how to take care of my plants! Thanks mom!

All is well

My eyes fill with tears as I listen to the beautiful testimony born in the video. This girl has given me new hope, motivation, and desire to be a better person. To develop my relationship with God.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mormonmessages?blend=1&ob=4#p/a/u/0/KHDvxPjsm8E

I know Heavenly Father loves me and that He knows me.

Each day I get up and do my routine; get ready, make lunch for Steve and I and go to work. I know that I am working towards something more. To be a better wife, child and friend. To one day be a mother. I love my life, I may not always remember that. But I know I do. I am greatful for Steven.
This weekend is our 2 year anniversary! I am so glad that I have Steven to spend eternity with. I love him......more then words can describe.

Things I have realized this past week

1. I suck at Golf.
2. I need to hang out with my friend Rory more.
3. I like and need more sleep.
4. I need to find a different way to walk to the bus on the way home from work, as there is a hot dog cart along the way and it smells sooo good and I crave hot dogs for dinner...
5. I love GLEE
6. I cry every time I watch the biggest loser...
7. I hate doing laundry.
8. I need to get in shape again so I can run with Powder (our dog) and not be sore the next day.
9. I miss Shelly... and going to miss her even more when she is in Ghana for 2 months and can't text her all the time...
10. I love summer/warm weather!

The Royal We

This was written by Steve.... its pretty funny, and very true!

http://learnnet.mymrc.ca/view/artefact.php?artefact=25083&view=5079

Enjoy!

I'm a big big meany!!

I made a boy cry yesterday, and that made me cry!
So I am the CTR 5 teacher in primary, I love my class. They are a little rowdy and silly at times but really... who isn't when your 5... right?? Well when I first started teaching these guys they were awesome! always reverent and listening. Steve was with me as well so if they did get a little crazy we could tag team. But now Steve has been called to be secretary in the elders Quarm and so I am all alone! eek! well you would think it wouldn't be so bad seeing how there are never more then 6 of them.
I am convinced that the parents feed them pure sugar before they send them off to primary. So the past few weeks I have been trying different things to keep them focused but having fun! I have heard /seen this from a few "I don't like you, the other teacher is better" (the other teacher being someone I grabbed to sit with them for a few moments), "I want to go home", "I am listening!" (as they continue to chatter about what ever goes on in a 5 yr old mind.), taking off shoes and piling them up in the middle of the room, standing up on chairs and seeing ow far they can jump.
So yesterday, after weeks of going home exhausted and on my last straw. They were not listening and being crazy, so I said "You know, you guys a being very rude, and not very nice, I have prepared a lesson, games and activities and even an Easter treat."
I look over a Jayden and he looks at me with a tear in his eye and says " but I was so nice when I came with my mom to your house to drop off that stuff" and by this time he is crying! I looked and him and tried to convince him that He is a nice person, and so is everyone is the class, but they aren't acting very nice by not listening or cooperating... he continued to sit on my lap for the rest of the class giving me lots of a hugs.
I felt bad for calling them mean, but I was getting tired of trying to keep them tamed.
So I am not sure what to do now.. I have tried many different activities, games, stories, etc.
any suggestions?!?!?!

PS. I am sorry Jenny! I love Jayden!

Summer is coming... get out your sunscreen... please!

So as I was surfing the web today I found this very disturbing and eye opening artical.

http://lifestyle.ca.msn.com/health-fitness/health/hearst-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23560427

Growing up I was always told to put on sunscreen, I did when my parents where there to put it on me but now I dont always.. saying.. "I don't burn! I just tan" well I think this summer I will be lathering on the SPF 30 or more!

In this artical is says "Melanoma is the second most frequently reported cancer in women in their 20s, and it's third only to breast and thyroid cancers for women in their 30s, reports the National Cancer Institute. "Melanoma is one of the few forms of cancer that's on the rise," says Dr. Rigel." you still dont hear about it as much. (I think anyways)

People should be educated more on skin cancers and other cancers. every time I hear the word Cancer I cringe... it's a scary word and a scary disease. But it's part of this world and we should educate ourselves.

Lady A

I love music, and even more I love good songs I can sing along to. I was listening to the Radio a while ago and this really good song came on.. I wanted to know who sang it, and why hadn't I heard it before! Well, I finally figured out that I was Lady Antebellum....and I have been in love ever since.

Then Steve and I were watching the AMA's and they were preforming... Steve mentions that Charles looks just like "that guy from N'sync"...I turn to him and say.. you mean Lance?... well now I cant get it out of my mind that they look very similar... Charles is better looking and is a much much better singer!

what do you think?

Gray at 23?

So I turned 23 this year, and to my surprise I found 2 gray hairs!!! I am very upset about this. Steve says there is nothing to worry about. But think about it.... 23 and 2 grays? what will happen next next year? Will I have 2 more? And you would think, aw 2 that's not bad, but jeeze they stick out like a sore thumb. and I have some hair on top that looks blond..... I am not blond... I am brunette... and very dark! so I was talking to Angie ( my friend, and hairstylist.) and she said they could be the next to go gray!?!?! NO way!!!
My mom didn't go Gray until 30! That's 7 years away... no fair!