Sunday, November 30, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
New Bed
Well we have finally taken the hit to the pocket book and bought ourselves a new bed. We picked up the bed frame on Thursday. Thanks for the help Casey and Eric! We love the frame. It is the first time we have ever had anything other than a cheap metal frame. It really makes a difference in our room; it actually is beginning to look like a complete bedroom. We are really excited.
We bought the mattress and frame from 2 different places so we had the frame 4 days earlier than the mattress so this is what it looked like the first few days.
We bought the mattress and frame from 2 different places so we had the frame 4 days earlier than the mattress so this is what it looked like the first few days.Yesterday our bed was delivered. We both prefer a soft bed...our last bed was a pillow top and we loved it. We tried a few out at many stores over the past year or so and we decided to go with a 3" memory foam top since the full on memory foam beds are too expensive...especially since we went from Queen to King. It is crazy how much more the extra foot and a half costs. So last night was our first night on the new bed...we were not impressed. I am so disappointed. At the store laying down on it I think it was the most comfortable bed in the showroom (at least at a price I was willing to pay…but there were many more that were more expensive that were not as comfortable) I think the problem is I don’t sleep on my back like I laid down at the store, I sleep on my side. We will give it at least a week (or two if our backs can handle it) to see if we adjust to it, but I am not hopeful. They will accept returns or exchanges for a 10% restocking fee and delivery charges. So if we decide that this bed is not for us we are out about $200 and don't have a thing to show for it...except for 2 achy backs :(
We will be spending a third of the remainder of our lives on this bed (or at least until we need to get another one)...I need to be comfortable in it...How much is that worth and can I afford it?
We will be spending a third of the remainder of our lives on this bed (or at least until we need to get another one)...I need to be comfortable in it...How much is that worth and can I afford it?UPDATE - Well today is 12/1 and we seem to be sleeping on the bed just fine. I didn't think we would get used to it, but aparently we did., but I think I will hold on to the receipt for the next 25 days just in case :)
Here is our new bed...someday we will get the nightstands.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Crazy Dream
We had our Primary Program yesterday and I think it went wonderfully, we had at least 90% attendance (of those that attend regularly.) We began working on it back in August and had it planned for Nov 9th, some things came up so it was rescheduled to yesterday. So I have had lots of time to think about it. I don't think I ever stressed about it, I am just a planner so I must admit I would think about it often and think of things I could do to try and make it a little better and easier on the leaders and children.
So since I don't think I ever stressed about it I thought it was strange that I had a weird primary dream last night. (And I only remember my dreams once in a while, but they are always the weird ones). It was not about a primary program so maybe there is no connection there.
I dreamed that I had been called to another primary as 2nd counselor and it was not a pretty sight. It was in my old church building in Katy (This is a recurring setting for many of my dreams...weird!). I had never been in this primary organization so I was not familiar with how they ran everything. I showed up and the only member of the presidency (other than myself I guess) was the 1st counselor. She was up front and we had about 40 kids and maybe 2 teachers. They were not listening at all, some of them had brought food in…it was just all around horrible. I went up to one of them that had something small they were eating (I'm talking bowl and spoon small...others had a lot of food) and I motioned my question of is this ok and I got a yes as long as it is not a lot of food. Next thing I remember we had about 20 minutes left in Primary. This primary room is the kid where it is the big primary room in the middle down at the end of a hall and has the curtains on either side for classes. We always had 2 classes on the left and on the right they primary leaders would keep their stuff and they had the closets and whatever else...so back to the dream...we had AT LEAST 20 minutes left in Primary and I look over and the curtain on the right was open and all of the parents were already to the side waiting for Primary to be over so they could take their kids home. All I could think was shouldn't you all still be in YOUR classes. I was new to the ward so I didn't say anything, just couldn't believe how chaotic and poorly run the organization was in the ward I can been called to.
Good thing it was only a dream.
I think our ward has a great organization and am even happier to serve in it today after that strange dream. I love my calling and all of the wonderful children I get to serve and all of the dedicated leaders and teachers I get to serve with.
So since I don't think I ever stressed about it I thought it was strange that I had a weird primary dream last night. (And I only remember my dreams once in a while, but they are always the weird ones). It was not about a primary program so maybe there is no connection there.
I dreamed that I had been called to another primary as 2nd counselor and it was not a pretty sight. It was in my old church building in Katy (This is a recurring setting for many of my dreams...weird!). I had never been in this primary organization so I was not familiar with how they ran everything. I showed up and the only member of the presidency (other than myself I guess) was the 1st counselor. She was up front and we had about 40 kids and maybe 2 teachers. They were not listening at all, some of them had brought food in…it was just all around horrible. I went up to one of them that had something small they were eating (I'm talking bowl and spoon small...others had a lot of food) and I motioned my question of is this ok and I got a yes as long as it is not a lot of food. Next thing I remember we had about 20 minutes left in Primary. This primary room is the kid where it is the big primary room in the middle down at the end of a hall and has the curtains on either side for classes. We always had 2 classes on the left and on the right they primary leaders would keep their stuff and they had the closets and whatever else...so back to the dream...we had AT LEAST 20 minutes left in Primary and I look over and the curtain on the right was open and all of the parents were already to the side waiting for Primary to be over so they could take their kids home. All I could think was shouldn't you all still be in YOUR classes. I was new to the ward so I didn't say anything, just couldn't believe how chaotic and poorly run the organization was in the ward I can been called to.
Good thing it was only a dream.
I think our ward has a great organization and am even happier to serve in it today after that strange dream. I love my calling and all of the wonderful children I get to serve and all of the dedicated leaders and teachers I get to serve with.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Hair Talk
I have always had long hair...or at least as for as long as I have had any say in the matter (thanks Mom for all of the hair cuts as a child that Billy would tease me about...and for the pictures that will last a lifetime).
Over the past couple of years when it has been long for a while I chop it and then donate it to locks of love. I really do prefer it long, but whether it is long or not as long (I don't think I could ever do short, but time will tell) I really don't "DO" anything with it. I wash and dry it every morning and not too far into the day I usually pull it back or up. I may pull the rubber band out once or twice, but generally my hair is back. If I am eating my hair is definitely pulled back.
So to the reason I am posting this is yesterday I finally decided that my hair is finally growing from when I cut it back in June? and I am excited. Like I said before I prefer it long, but since I have it pulled back all of the time whether it is long or not as long I can still pull it back, so that is why it really isn't an issue for me to chop 10" off and give it away...not to mention there are salons that will do the cut for FREE if you donate the hair.
I think in my entire life I have paid to have my hair cut maybe 5 times. I know it is recommended to cut it like every 3 months, but I have mine cut every year to year and a half. As a child (the lovely hair cuts I mentioned before) my grandmother would cut my hair. Then in Jr high I would have my neighbor cut it. In High School and college I think I may have paid a time or 2 and cut it myself the other times. After I graduated college I did go to the salon once and get a cut and have my hair highlighted. I dropped about $140 on it. Never again. Alex didn't even like it with highlights...and I really don't worry about my hair too much since I never have to look at it and I always have it pulled back :)
The only complaint I have is that I really enjoy it when someone is playing with my hair. At the salon they wash it, and brush it and play with it while they are cutting it. So I don't get to enjoy that very often. I have tried to get Alex to play with it, but he is not interested. I need to have a little girl that likes to play with Mommy's hair. I enjoyed doing that as a little girl, but my Mom didn't so that hasn't worked very well for me during my life.
My memory is not very great from when I was a kid, but I learned at an early age that I like it when someone plays with my hair. I remember one day on the bus ride home after school when I was in 4th or 5th grade one of the little girls on the bus came and played with my hair and I loved it. What a great feeling! I could fall asleep to someone playing with my hair.
One more story for the record. When Alex and I got engaged my hair was really long so in the engagement picture and my bridal portrait it is long, but about a month before the wedding I wanted it cut so I had my sister (18 at the time) cut it for me. I thought the cut was fine...I don't worry if it isn't perfectly straight because I pull it back, but Alex was not excited about it. Not because it was a bad hair cut, because it was fine, but he prefers it long as well and I did it right before the wedding (and let my sister do it :)
Over the past couple of years when it has been long for a while I chop it and then donate it to locks of love. I really do prefer it long, but whether it is long or not as long (I don't think I could ever do short, but time will tell) I really don't "DO" anything with it. I wash and dry it every morning and not too far into the day I usually pull it back or up. I may pull the rubber band out once or twice, but generally my hair is back. If I am eating my hair is definitely pulled back.
So to the reason I am posting this is yesterday I finally decided that my hair is finally growing from when I cut it back in June? and I am excited. Like I said before I prefer it long, but since I have it pulled back all of the time whether it is long or not as long I can still pull it back, so that is why it really isn't an issue for me to chop 10" off and give it away...not to mention there are salons that will do the cut for FREE if you donate the hair.
I think in my entire life I have paid to have my hair cut maybe 5 times. I know it is recommended to cut it like every 3 months, but I have mine cut every year to year and a half. As a child (the lovely hair cuts I mentioned before) my grandmother would cut my hair. Then in Jr high I would have my neighbor cut it. In High School and college I think I may have paid a time or 2 and cut it myself the other times. After I graduated college I did go to the salon once and get a cut and have my hair highlighted. I dropped about $140 on it. Never again. Alex didn't even like it with highlights...and I really don't worry about my hair too much since I never have to look at it and I always have it pulled back :)
The only complaint I have is that I really enjoy it when someone is playing with my hair. At the salon they wash it, and brush it and play with it while they are cutting it. So I don't get to enjoy that very often. I have tried to get Alex to play with it, but he is not interested. I need to have a little girl that likes to play with Mommy's hair. I enjoyed doing that as a little girl, but my Mom didn't so that hasn't worked very well for me during my life.
My memory is not very great from when I was a kid, but I learned at an early age that I like it when someone plays with my hair. I remember one day on the bus ride home after school when I was in 4th or 5th grade one of the little girls on the bus came and played with my hair and I loved it. What a great feeling! I could fall asleep to someone playing with my hair.
One more story for the record. When Alex and I got engaged my hair was really long so in the engagement picture and my bridal portrait it is long, but about a month before the wedding I wanted it cut so I had my sister (18 at the time) cut it for me. I thought the cut was fine...I don't worry if it isn't perfectly straight because I pull it back, but Alex was not excited about it. Not because it was a bad hair cut, because it was fine, but he prefers it long as well and I did it right before the wedding (and let my sister do it :)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Disney Picts
Here are some picts from Disney World.
This is one of my favorite pictures. This was taken Saturday at about 3 PM...We were tired.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Our House is 2!
The house already looks so much different than it did 2 years ago. We put blinds throughout the house, put ceiling fans in all of the rooms, built a deck, a shed, a veggie garden(currently we are growing weeds), painted, built shelves, added crown, framed out our bathroom mirrors, put in some chair rail, bought a didning room set (our first thanksgiving our dining room was the luggage room and for Christmas it was the tree room), expanded our entertainment center, replaced our pantry and front doors...and believe it or not I still have a pretty long list of projects to do. The only bad thing about the 2 year anniversary is that our home warranty has expired :(
2 yrs ago
OK...So the pictures don't look that different, mostly in the back yard and inside, but the bushes have grown, the grass is a little greener and the new front door is up.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Painting Peddler
Last night a guy came knocking on our door trying to sell some paintings. He was probably early 20's maybe mid and very soft-spoken. I got the impression that he was from Europe somewhere. The pictures were gorgeous. He showed me about 15 of them and I was amazed and although I didn't intend on buying one...at least not on the spot like that I asked how much $90-160. They were probably about 24X30. I don't think I can describe how impressed I was by them. Even after hearing the price I was still interested...especially since they were hand painted. Alex was at school so I asked him if he had a card so I could get with him later about the paintings and he said that he didn't. I was a little bummed...especially when I walked into our office and saw a stack of stretched canvases that I plan on painting myself...I just don't know what I want to paint...and know they won't look nearly as gorgeous as the ones he had already done. I guess we both lost out on the deal. If he really wanted to sell them he could have at least asked if I could write down his name and number and get back with him later. Oh well...Life goes on. Who knows how my art pieces will turn out? Hopefully well enough to display, or that was a waste of money.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Rock The Vote
I love where I live and the people around me. It is great to be in a smaller area, in a big city. Everything is within a reasonable drive, but most everything I need is right next to me. Not that it is new to me I grew up in Katy which is just outside of Houston.
The reason I bring this up is I love running into people that I know when I am out and about. I probably wouldn't care as much if it happened all of the time, but when it does happen it makes me smile and feel like I belong in the community. So yesterday Alex and I left work in the afternoon to run to the election polls. Just a minute or 2 after we arrived our friend Erin showed up to vote too :)
It is kind of the same feeling I get when I go to the temple. Almost every time I go I see someone I know. It doesn't happen as much as it did in Houston (that was constant, I always ran into someone there), but give me a little more time and more exposure and I will get to know more people here.
So although not everyone that I voted for was elected, election day 2008 did bring a smile to my face.
The reason I bring this up is I love running into people that I know when I am out and about. I probably wouldn't care as much if it happened all of the time, but when it does happen it makes me smile and feel like I belong in the community. So yesterday Alex and I left work in the afternoon to run to the election polls. Just a minute or 2 after we arrived our friend Erin showed up to vote too :)
It is kind of the same feeling I get when I go to the temple. Almost every time I go I see someone I know. It doesn't happen as much as it did in Houston (that was constant, I always ran into someone there), but give me a little more time and more exposure and I will get to know more people here.
So although not everyone that I voted for was elected, election day 2008 did bring a smile to my face.
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