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Would you buy me?
Posted on Friday, December 31, 2010
$200 $25
Unknown $700-900
I know I would!
Cats courtesy of KSL classifieds.
2010
Embarrassing Story Of The Day
Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Did any of you have to drive in the blizzard today? Well let me tell you, I sure did.
I arrived at work to find my afternoon haircuts canceled because they didn't know if they could make the drive in the storm. "Storm? What Storm?" I thought. Well I am certainly glad they did cancel because it was quite the storm!
It was raining all afternoon and I looked out the window to see small snowflakes floating down, nothing too serious. Next thing I know it is a blizzard!!! So I left early, and I think the combination of fresh snow on rainy streets made for some extra slick roads. I have never been scared of driving in the snow, so I wasn't worried, but I slid 3 times driving down the hill and only made it 3 blocks from my work before this unfortunate event happened...
a big jeep cut me off, and so it was necessary for me to slam on my brakes, and we all know brake slamming and snow streets don't go well together. So I honked my horn, but apparently a little too hard because my horn wouldn't stop! Luckily a grocery store was right there so I turned/slid into the parking lot and quickly turned off my car to stop the honking.
Turned it back on, still honking!
So I call Jason at work and he tells me to unhook the fuse. Car's have fuse boxes? Whhaaatt?
So I turn on the car again, and this time a nice man shoveling the parking lot comes over to see if I'm ok. Yep, just trying to get my car to stop honking....I am so embarrassed. So I sit there for a while not turning on my car and not knowing where a car's fuse box is located.
Luckily my mom calls me just then because she felt like she needed to make sure I was safe in the snow storm.
No! I am never going to make it home! Seriously! I have never had snow driving problems like this before! This is when I start crying out of frustration because my horn won't stop honking and my car won't stop sliding and my car is getting cold, and I start laughing because I mean really, this is so stupid!
My dad makes me turn on my car again, still honking!
This time a nice grandpa type man salting the parking lot comes over and asks if I need help and he tries to fix the honking horn. So I pop my hood, and a man from the meat market on his break runs inside to save the day with some pliers, and the nice grandpa man removes the fuse and saves my life from freezing to death in this parking lot!
After thanking him profusely realize there is now way my car is making it up capitol hill safely to my apt. So an hour later I arrive at Jason's work and we take the long way up the hill and I am finally safe and warm in my apt.... whew!
and I bet you all thought I was going to say I got in a car crash...
And it was very Merry...
Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Are you as heart broken as I am that Christmas season is over?
As every year passes I grow to appreciate the Christmas season more and focus less importance on Christmas Day.
This Christmas was a different one for both Jason and I, it was our first Christmas together. Jason spent it away form his family, and neither of my brothers were here this year. So Christmas was spent with my parents and my Grandma Dot. I think Christmas day will never lose it's excitement...I woke up at 4:50am to Jason shouting "Merry Christmas!!!" It was hard to get back to sleep after that!
It's funny making a Christmas list as a newlywed because instead of clothes I wanted more homemaker-type things... among 2 sets of sheets, a vitamix, kitchen supplies, anthropologie money, and other things Jason surprised me with this...
The IKEA shelving unit of my dreams! In my dreams, it was white, because I have this obsession with white white white furniture lately, but my dreams have changed to decorating this shelving unit with loads of milk glass and my old books, and I think it is even a better dream come true!
Thanks for busting or budget by so much Jason! Our bank account may not be grateful but I sure am!
I had serious intentions of quitting my laziness and uploading some photos onto this blog as well as video of our Christmas day shooting adventures, but the memory card converter is nowhere to be found...so they will be here soon enough!
A Very Tacky Christmas
Posted on Monday, December 20, 2010
Tacky Glue that is! Because I have been covered in it from making these...
Handmade bows and glittery labels. You know that joke about glitter being the herpes of all craft supplies? Jason has repeated that joke a few times, because it is EVERYWHERE! And impossible to get rid of.
And for your listening enjoyment... some of my favorite christmas tunes! Because I love love, love my christmas music.
Jason hand sewed this ornament. Which now serves as our tree topper, along with a ribbon tied around a rose Jason gave me when we first moved into our apartment.
But you see, these are very special handmade ornaments. My mom made ornaments from this fabric in the 70's for my parent's first Christmas. She found extra fabric and gave it to me to adorn our first christmas tree! So we hand sewed them and stuffed them with cotton balls, (for lack of any other stuffing...)
Isn't Jason such a good sport for sewing these with me!?
And I must tell you about our Christmas Tree!
We took a long time to finally get our Christmas tree. Finally Jason took me to get our tree, which I had been looking forward to doing since Thanksgiving, with a Home Depot wedding gift card. The awesome guy helping us find a tree gave us a tag to the cheapest tree in the lot and told us he would hook us up with a nicer one, and the guy inside gave us $10 off! Talk about Christmas spirit! I think they could sense our poor newlywed-ness.
We came looking for a 3 foot tree and left with a 6 foot tree tied to the top of my little car. The best part was when we had to climb thru our windows as Walmart to buy a tree stand because our doors were tied shut. We felt pretty white-trash, but hey, it's Walmart afterall.
I am so excited Christmas is here!
Elder O
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2010
The past week has been extremely busy for us, but the craziest thing is that
Tyler is a missionary!
We will all miss him a lot the next two years, but I am so happy for him! I can tell he is really ready for this and watching him preparing for a mission, I have already seen him grow a ton. Holidays will be weird without him, but it will be interesting to see how life is when he returns in 2 years from North Carolina, fluent in Spanish :)
As you can see from these pictures, Jason and Tyler have grown a bond of love too.
Tyler went into the MTC on Dec. 15, his birthday! It was funny because we were eating Subway for lunch, (his request), and all the sudden he says, "Oh, I'm 19!" We had all forgot it was his birthday! Even him! I still feel bad, but the attention was most definitely on him, there were bigger things on the mind, and we did celebrate on Sunday! I am sure it will be quite the memorable birthday. I can't wait to hear from him and see how he is doing!
PS...my aunt Sandy sent an email with the link to the article about Provo Tabernacle burning down, it is so sad! However she also sent the link to this painting salvaged from the fire.
Isn't that so neat!? They are calling it a miracle :)
I won!
Posted on Friday, December 3, 2010
The other night I was doing my daily blog readings, which turned out to be even more exciting than usual!
"I won a knife!" I squealed with excitement.
"Shhhhhhh!!!!" Jason hushed me with a glare. He was playing Wii Zelda and my excitement was interrupting him.
"But I won a knife!"
"A what?"
"A knife!"
"...what?"
Jason may not have shared me excitement but its OK because I won a knife! From a giveaway on Off the Wheaten Path! I am really excited because me and Jason have 0 good knifes. Seriously, they all suck. But now I can chop things with ease! Click here to see the post about me winning the knife. "Rachel the Poor Newlywed", she certainly got that right!
This is my new knife!
Thankful
Posted on Monday, November 22, 2010
I can't believe it is thanksgiving week! I feel like November didn't even happen. I am with my mom for another sleepover in this little reclining vinyl armchair, and one thing I have learned about hospitals is that they give you plenty of time to think. I've been thinking about thanksgiving and what our family is going to eat and do this year considering all the craziness happening. I have also been thinking about what I am thankful for. So here is my list!
- Health-I am thankful to be healthy, despite the fairly rare occasion of getting sick, I am lucky to be a pretty healthy girl. I am glad I have no life-affecting allergies (jason) or undiagnosable illnesses (mom).
- Family-Jason and I are so lucky to have such great family!
- Friends-Living in SLC has deprived me of seeing old friends, and I miss you all! Please visit?
- Love-It is great to be married and have someone you love with you 24/7
- The Gospel-It is the source of all things good in my life
- Warmth-I don't want cold weather, although the snow looks beautiful out the window of a warm room. (Utah, can you please not have another winter that lasts through April please? I thank you in advance, I know you will take my request into serious consideration!)
- Provo-I realize that provo is where I consider home to be, and I miss it!
This year I have noticed how seriously thankful I am for the serious things in life. So many things have been happening, or not happening that make me realize all the great things in my life I take for granted.
The pictures we used for our thank you cards, since it is Thanksgiving and I am expressing my thankfulness and all, and pictures without pics aren't as exciting. By the way, I am sorry if you haven't got one yet! I still need some of you addresses and Jason keeps promising he is going to write them to people in OK, but it never seems to get done...
An update on my mom; she is doing better, still feeling sick but better than she has been! And they just might send her home tomorrow morning.
Jason's Dad has been in the hospital this week, so hopefully he is doing better, mention him in your prayers as well!
The Inside Of Hospitals
Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2010
I am writing this from he Alta View Hospital in Sandy. I am having a sleepover with my mom, what fun! My family attended my Grandpa's funeral today, and I stayed behind with my mom while she is in the hospital.
After 2 trips to the ER in three days, my nice uncle Steve admitted her here. We don't exactly know what is wrong, she has been sick since July! My skinny mom is getting even skinnier. She is having a hard time eating anything, or drinking anything for that matter! Have her in your prayers so the doctors can think like House and finally figure out what is wrong. All the test results come back great, and it is weird to hope that one of these times they will come back showing what is wrong.
It sure has been a crazy week!
Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and one thing I am thankful for is my home ward and how kind they have been to my family this past week. Putting up our Christmas Lights, blessings, gifts, visits and phone calls. I know that so many people would be their for my mom if I wasn't able to. Thanks!
On a side note, the 'T' button is being particularly sticky. I have never realized what a common letter it is!
New Salon
Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010
I am really excited to be starting at a new hair salon!
They just moved to a new location in Cotton Wood, and it is going to be a great new and professional salon.
I have been hoping to find something that fits my idea of what a perfect salon should be, and I really think I have found the perfect place!
I would love to have you come get your hair done! It is going to be difficult to rebuild my clientele now that I moved to Salt Lake, so if you know anyone needing their hair done show some love and mention my name!
Click here to visit the MHD's website and learn a bit more about the place.
Moore Hair Design2497 E Fort Union Blvd.
Salt Lake City 84121
Phone:
Salon (801) 277-6362
Grandpa Howard Otteson
Posted on Monday, November 15, 2010
My Grandpa unfortunately passed away last night, it is sad but I know he is in a better place. It is great to have the gospel and know that families can be together forever. He had a big heart and was so caring and generous. He is loved and will be missed!
Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My!
Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Minus the Lions & Bears, (and penguins...)
But Hogle Zoo DID have Owls!!! Two Kinds!
Saturday Jason and went to the zoo! It was such a beautiful fall day, it was great to be outside and see all the animals.
I think we both loved the monkeys, this lady by us had her purse stuffed full of nuts and kept feeding them, so we stuck by her for a while. I don't think I realized that tigers were so big! They were playing with pumpkins and reminded me of real cats, just deadly ones. But I know Kitty would eat me alive if she could. The only difference is that tigers are so much bigger!
On Friday night my parents gave us their extra basketball tickets and we got to go watch the BYU vs. BYUH game, which wasnt much of a game, but we still had a ton of fun. We both miss Provo, it is nice to see familiar faces around. My mom also got us tickets to this next upcoming game, so we are excited for that too!
Halloween
Posted on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
I love Halloween! What isn't there not to love? Fall weather, pumpkin pancakes, spooky stories, and costumes, I love all of it! Unfortunately this year I didn't get to dress up because we didn't have anywhere to go, but we still managed to have fun just the two of us.
Jason got to dress up for work at the Boys & Girls club on Friday. He was electrocuted. It was hilarious! He even had one of those hand buzzers so he would shake the kids hands and "shock" them.
Halloween night we went to dinner at Texas Road House. (Yummiest rolls ever!) Then came home and carved pumpkins from my dad's garden. I lost the pictures of our completed pumpkins, mine was a owl and Jason's was a cool castle.
Notice our onesies, we had to dress up somehow!
And So The Deer Lived
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010
Last weekend Jason got to go camping with my dad, his friend, and my brother Tyler out in Ephraim. Despite the fact it was freezing cold, and wouldn't stop snowing/raining/hailing, he had a blast! Luckily, the bad weather resulting in the deer hiding, and no dead deer. Jason didn't even get to draw a tag this year, so I didn't have to worry about him bringing one home anyways, but I was still glad no one got one. He got a lot of great pictures, here a few of the best. They came home pretty muddy.
Also, I had to add this song....my thoughts exactly!
I went to spend the weekend with my mom. It was a lot of fun spending time together. We did a lot of shopping, which I haven't got to do for a while, and got some great deals.
Including a coffee table! We picked up this coffee table from DI and spray painted it like crazy. It turned out really cute!
I will post pics of it in the apartment soon. Our apartment is starting to look really cute! With a lot of help from my mom, it is finally starting to feel like a home!