Re-PuRPoSeD DReSSeR!

Its been quite a while since I posted but here is one of the project I have almost completed! It was a bedroom dresser that sanded, striped, and beat the heck out of I then repainted (Green- soon to match my dining room!) then flipped the drawer faces over and glued some cute home decor fabric as the panels. Next I got some 1-1/2" wood sticks and painted all of those. Here is where it got tricky... (only for my dad who only had a verbal description of what I was trying to accomplish!) He took the painted sticks cut them down and nailed them around my fabric panels! (He did a great job!) I still need to glaze the cabinet but for now it looks pretty neat!

THe SuN iS ouT!!!

I am so happy that it is finally warm, I can't wait to go for a walk and not get soggy and wet!

Well the last few months I have been feeling pretty crappy every now and then I get this horrible stomach pain (always in the middle of the night!) So I finally made a doctor appt. to try to figure what in the heck is going on, at first they said nothing was wrong but then they did some other tests and decided that I wasn't crazy or making it up and I needed my gallbladder removed.

So that is what I did last week! I feel so much better now, I can't even tell you! Now I just need to get my muscles and all that back up to par and I will feel like a new person. I had no idea how much you use your stomach muscles till this experience! I was never happier when I could sit up without Dallas' help! So a few more days of being lazy then its back to work. I actually miss being productive!

But that is all and I am so excited to feel the warm sunshine as well...

RaiN, RaiN, Go aWay...

When is the rain going to stop and when will we ever see the sun again? I hope soon, I am sick of being soggy!

STiLL GoiNG...

Well not much has been going on, we are starting to begin the large and overwhelming project that is our back yard! I am way excited but it is also way over my head. So if anybody has any great tips to transform the field that is my backyard I would love to hear them , also if anyone knows anyone who does stuff with landscaping or sprinklers or that stuff I would love references. I really don't want to do it myself!

Also we are coming up on our anniversary!!! I can't believe it has been 8 yrs since we got married. It seams like time has flown! But I am continually reminded that forever is a lot longer! SO that is all for now, I will try to post better in the future! Wish me luck on that one!!!

FiNaLLy PiCTuReS oF ouR HouSe ...

So I finally got around to putting some pictures on... This is my living room from the entry and then my kitchen. The dining area is right next to the kitchen but at this time I still did not have my table! After 9 weeks I now do have a table and we are in the process of finding bar stools. I can't wait to add more decorations now I have plenty of wall space to put them up!

There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, an unfinished basement! And more yard than I know what to do with... the back yard still needs to be finished (but that will come next spring). I will post more pictures as we make more changes (paint, flooring all the little stuff I can get away with before Dallas notices that I am doing it!)

By the way if anyone needs our new address just leave your email and I will forward it on!!! Thanks!

STiLL GeTTiNG SeTTLeD...

We got all moved in but I am still waiting for a kitchen table (a month and a half after I ordered it)... and I have not got everything unboxed... Not enough hours in a day! I have a new purse I am making... (Priorities, a new purse or unpack boxes???) and I am also making some new drapes for Grandma Randall's kitchen, (also I will post pictures when they are done!) So besides work and everything else, that is what I have been up to! I promise pictures are coming!

LiTTLe uPDaTe...

I meant it when I said little... We're Moving! Not far just to a home in Pleasant View... we are so excited and I will post more once we are in our new house! (next week) :)

a ReaLLy LoNG Week...

Since monday Dallas has been in Memphis for work. This is his first work trip and he usually doesn't leave for more than a weekend when he goes somewhere. But this last week made me appreciate how much he does for me. The garbage, the dishes, dinner, taking care of our kitty... and that is just a few... I can't wait for him to get home!!! On a side note... while I have had a little bit of time on my hands I have started a quilt. I am hoping it will be easy enough that I will actually finish it! Pictures to come when I get it done!!! I also have been working on a new purse, (that is my new hobby) instead of buying them I have been making them. Also pictures to come when I get the chance! Leather working is my next adventure, as soon as the how to book gets here!

A LiTTLe SLoW!!!

OK so I am way bad at this... But really not much has happened! Just a little trip to Las Vegas...(Lots of walking)...Thanksgiving... (Lots of great food)... Christmas...(Lots of great gifts)... Dallas Birthday...(the BIG 30!)... New Years Eve... (Food, Friends, and a really late night!)... Starting 2010 off right with my Birthday Week... (lots of shoes! Thanks Dallas!) and that really sums up our adventures for the end of the year. I will work harder this year to keep my blog updated with all of our boring current events... Whatever they may be! Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season! Oh Ya... Go Saints!!!

2009 FiFa WoRLD CuP QuaLiFeR

Dallas & I got to go to the 2009 World Cup Qualifier. It was so much fun!!! We had incredible seats right behind the US goal for the first half, which also was when they scored both goals! We were totally outnumbered by El Salvadorians... I could not believe it... But no matter what it was a ton of fun, I love Rio Tinto's stadium and I can't wait to go again in 4 years!

THe GReeN RiVeR...

The Green River fly fishing experiment... I call it an experiment because I was not positive that I would completely enjoy fly fishing. I knew I would love the Green River because it is water, until Dallas informed me that I would have to wear waders (that would clash with my swim suit) even better there was no swim suit for me!!! Then I get to take it one step further... Picture this ME... in my dad's waders ( I didn't have any so I borrowed his can we say a little large) In size nine boots ( I wear a 7 1/2 in women's shoes) walking first down a very steep incline ( the side of a mountain) to get to the river... walking through the river for like 4 or 5 hours (not exaggerating) then walking (water dredged) in my size 9 boots back up the dumb hill to get to the FJ. That was exciting, I only almost fell like twice down the side of a mountain. Other than that it was a way fun trip that I wish we could have stayed like three more days! I now love fly fishing and I love watching Dallas fly fish ( he actually catches fish) But maybe next time I will get one!

This is Flaming Gorge... on our way to the hotel and where we fish the green...
There is a deer that was just off the side of the river... squint and you can see it better...

FiNaLy SoMe PiCTuReS...

80 DeGReeS HeRe We CoMe!

Well I don't really have much of anything new going on lately! But I always like to see new things on all your blogs so I must follow suit! All we have been doing lately is working, and that is about it... I am still learning how to golf that has been an interesting project for Dallas to try to teach me, I either do really good or I get really mad when I do really bad... I am still working on the in between, but on the upside there are more times that are good now and less bad! I have also started making a quilt... I never realized how much time it takes to just cut out all the pieces but it is still a huge work in progress. Other than that not much else is going on in our lives. Dallas will be skipping softball season this spring...(until his knee is a bit stronger) But he is working really hard to be ready for the fall season... I will miss watching him play this spring, I always enjoy it! But that's it! Oh ya hope everyone is as ready as I am for 80 degree weather next week! I CAN'T WAIT!

Time To Stop & Breath...

Well the last little bit has been kinda crazy... From New Beginning's... Baby Shower... a planned trip... to an unexpected trip... I now have taken a moment to stop and breath! To start at the first... all of my invitations turned out great! Everyone loved them... I then began planing a trip to Alabama with my family to go visit my Grandpa... whose health was not so great... we got the trip all planed my work time was covered and I was gearing up for the baby shower and New Beginning's when I got a phone call from my mom saying that my papa had passed away Thursday night. Suddenly all my plans and everything now changed! So I did the baby shower Saturday morning... went to a birthday party for Dallas' cousin Jackson... began packing for our 12:30ish flight to Birmingham! My dad, mom, sister (Jayme) & her little boy Ryker began our trek! I was way impressed with how good Ryker did on the flight and the whole time. So we got in to Atlanta to discover our 9:00ish flight was canceled! LUCKY US... we ended up on a flight leaving at 10:00ish not to bad... so we found our gate and took a nap! We ended up in Birmingham got to our hotel at around 12:00 on Sunday! I requested a shower... my mom and Jayme headed to Walmart to get Ryker supplies... and my dad got Ryker to take a nap... we then headed to Papa's house to visit all of our family...almost everyone was there! I saw cousins I don't even remember the last time I saw them...(Just from pictures) and we sat around a talked all afternoon and got to spend a lot of good time with my family. Monday was the viewing and funeral... It was such a nice day...On Tuesday we spent a little more time at Papa's helping my Uncle Terry package up Papa's fish for the long ride to Florida. We got to spend some time with our grandma Mary and had a nice peaceful time at the cemetery before we headed back to the airport... It was a rushed trip... but so wonderful because of the time we spent with family and the joy in celebrating Papa. Pictures will soon follow!

aNy iDeaS...

Well as of right now not much is going on like in almost every other post i write... But I need help with ideas!!! I am planning a baby shower for my friend (any good invitation ideas, food anything) Last shower I helped with my mom did, so my mom had all the good ideas!

Next I am helping to get ready for New Beginnings... (we are doing a thing with feet and shoes(Soul... Sole)) get the idea. again any great ideas for invitations, they think i am creative and can come up with anything... Right now I am... I won't say stumped just foggy... hence a sinus infection coupled with a head cold... Lucky me I get to go to work tomorrow... oh well!!! Enjoy the snow! Ya RIGHT!

Another YeaR Older...

I do like that, being another year older... I might not like it for too much longer... I will just post about both mine and dallas birthdays at the same time since I think I neglected his... We will start with his Dec. 26 (I didn't forget this year!) Well Dallas got what ever he wanted for dinner, he wanted my homemade Schnitzel with garlic red potatoes. Lucky Him... He had his knee surgery two days before Christmas so other than dinner he laid on the couch. Yay Him! As for the present he wanted a new fly fishing rod, instead he has now decided to get a new stereo system for the fj. Happy Birthday Dallas!
As for me my birthday week started on Sunday Jan 18, with dinner at the Roberts, we had great food and my parents gave a Wii Fit (which I love). On to my Holiday Birthday (thank you Martin Luther King Jr.) Dallas surprised me with my little zune (in red). And a great dinner at Corbins (the best molten lava cake ever!) My birthday week will end with dinner at the Penrod's on Sunday. Lucky Me! I do love my birthday week!

NoT QuiTe a ReSoLuTioN...

Well I am not one for resolutions... I just end up disappointed when I end up not following through! So I have decided that I am just going to try my hardest... to go to the gym as much as possible and try harder in my church calling, and last but not least try to be nicer to other people that bug me. Not a tough task but something I really struggle with! Wish me good luck! OH ya the other thing... try to take more pictures to post, I always enjoy pictures the most so I will also work on that!

BRiNG oN SPRiNG...

I think that mother nature thinks she is funny... 4-12 inches of snow one day... 45+ degree temp. the next, I guess that is not that warm but the sun is taunting me if nothing else! It screams at me "look at me, look at me, but if you try to come out to bask in my warmth you WILL get frostbite!" I enjoy weather change but how can i appreciate it if I don't complain about it.
Not much new going on the Holiday's were the Holiday's, too much food, lots of family and this year alot of time at home with Dallas! It has been nice but I did enjoy going back to work, I also enjoyed Dallas going back to work too! But that is about it not much else so I hope everyone else will enjoy the sun and frostbite with me! Bring on Spring...

DaLLaS' SeCoND NeW KNee!

Well Dallas had his knee surgery today! It was a long day for both of us... We were at the surgical center at 11:00 (a half hour early... the weather was horrible) they took him back and I waited and waited... made a beanie (new project, Scott Linsley from my work taught me how to crochet them) then they came and got me and took me to recovery... He did way good and it went super well... they fixed the meniscus, cleaned up a bunch of stuff from his first surgery (back when we were dating) and he is now home (we got home around 5:00pm) sleeping on the couch (he can't get up the stairs to the bedroom, plus he thought that it might be too dangerous... i guess i kick!) So now it is my bedtime so I can go to work tomorrow! Hope you all have a great Christmas!

CHRiSTMaS...

Today we had a Christmas type lesson for Young Women class, what our pres. does is a little different. Every year we have a Christmas Breakfast, we go pick up the girls that don't usually come, in pj's or what ever, and this year we had an egg pizza; cinnamon rolls, and juice & fruit. Then we give them there Christmas gifts this year, a bell ornament and a yarn scarf (thanks Lacey) and share a favorite Christmas memory or our favorite Christmas story. I am so thankful for the two young women we have right now. I feel that I am so blessed to have this calling to teach me how to serve others. Our Young Womens program is few in numbers but I think that they have great faith and that helps me to appreciate the job I have to help the ones who are not quite there yet. Well that it my little spill for today! Hope you all have a great Christmas!