David & Hannah

Im weird.

2012-02-09T20:32:00.000-08:00

I am so weird. I was thinking about all the funny things I do and say. Like texting random friends "Longer you wait, better the jello". Or singing terribly in the car on purpous to drive my friends or Dave insane. Or blasting disco music while brushing my hair into a huge afro and dancing around wildly before getting in the shower. And mixing foods together that dont match. Like pickles, chocolate and pretzles over ive cream. Or singing every action im doing in the day... I just noticed I sing a lot.
Also, some of my fears are weird. Like, how I can't stand the feeling or smell of cheese. I have never bought a block of cheese because I dont want to touch it. Eww!! And Im afraid of taking a bath because whales or sharks can swim up through the drain. Nevermind the size. Im also terrified going anywhere by myself. And I have a fear of going somewhere where I might know somebody because then Im put on the spot and my mind goes blank. Im also terrified of taking out the trash or getting the mail in the middle of the day because people will see me and I might have to talk to them. Im also afraid of walking around in my house at night because ghosts can appear. Plus at night strange people I can't see peak through the windows to watch my every move. Does anyone else have weird fears, or is it just me?

Ever Learning.

2012-02-09T20:12:00.000-08:00

This week has been very rough on clomid. I hit the peak of drama, melt downs and frustration from about 2.5 weeks to 3.5 weeks into the cycle. Not. Fun. But husband is always so sweet and comforting when the meds are at their finest. I have figured out for myself that reading the Book of Mormon every day and asking help from the Lord and going to church and the temple weekly help me so much. Already I have learned that everyone has different trials and just because some people don't show it, doesn't mean they don't have any. And they are placed upon us to make us stronger and closer to our Heavenly Father and our families. And if we weather through them well, our reward will be greater.

This Weeks Adventures

2012-01-26T10:05:00.000-08:00

This week has already been eventful, and its only half way over. I never get to see my grand parents, so when I do, its a real treat. Sunday night we went to my grandparents house in Pocatello, Id. I told them id make the food since its hard for them to get around. Which they loved. I made sure to make leftovers so they can enjoy my food when were gone. My grandma esecially loved the "chicken goop". In fact, she thought it was so good, she just finished the sauce by its self. Eww!!!.. Im just glad she liked it. Our 3 day visit was full of scrabble, playing my violin with my grandpa for hours, a very difficult puzzle my grandma and I have yet to finish, eating ice cream and talking, hearing war stories, old lady water aerobics, walks with grandpa and the dog, card games and out to a movie. Id say for 2 old people who think they are pretty boring, they are sooo entertaining.
Dave actually has another case next week up there, so we will be able to visit again. Yay!!!

Relax!

2012-01-20T19:55:00.000-08:00

Today seemed to be the most perfect day Dave and I have had in a while. We did a whole lotta nothing. It started with cuddling in bed the first half of the day, followed by a unhealthy lunch of pop corn, followed by a marathon of TBBT and more cuddling (a weeks worth to be exact). It was a great ending to one of those terrible, dramatic, 4 boxes of tissue, nobody around supporting you, loose 8 lbs from not eating kinda week.

New Years Resolutions

2012-01-05T13:51:00.000-08:00

Its a new year and a new me. So here it is... My new year resolution list. I do believe I've done a very good job so far. 1) Become a Dental Assistant. 2) Learn to be happy and live it. (this will be a hard one because I also have to battle the side effects. But no worries, im doing better. Until today when I realized im on so many meds to help us have a baby. Like clomid, estradiol, provera, metformin, and prenatals). 3) Get fit! (this one is coming along nicely, I am going to the gym 4x a week with a lovely ward friend and im on weight watchers). 4) Attend the temple 1x a week. 5) Attend church every sunday. (Dave and I have slacked off a bit on this one. Especially since it was at 9 and we never have morning snuggle time). 6) Pay off some debt. Yup, the debt monster bit us in the butt and we're paying for it. I hope we can all stick to our resolutions this year, especially if they can help you be a better person. Xoxo Hannah

Best Christmas Ever!!

2011-12-27T12:39:00.000-08:00

This year its been hard for me to get into the spirit of CHRISTmas. So I started off with going to the temple the week of. Later that week, my family put together a few baskets filled with presents, a christmas dinner that includes a turkey, potatoes, rolls, vegies, fruit, and dessert. It was so fun and a tear jerker when we dropped those baskets off the the needful families. We know how that feels. We were struggling the past two years before Dave started his career. So its nice to be on the other side of the spectrum. But ill tell you, it is very humbling and I look at christmas much differently now.
This year for christmas eve we stayed at my parents house And played games, watched movies, and started a new tradition, a Jerusalem dinner. It was fun the more we look back at it. It was embarassing at first, all of us dressing like Mary and Joseph. Then we ate meat and fresh fruit and vegetables with our hands, and drank "wine". Then my dad told us the story we all know about sweet baby Jesus and gave us facts about back then and such. It was really a nice evening.
Christmas morning started at 6:30 at the McCashlands house. We opened our presents. Dave got Firefly, sports 2 for kinect, pj's, pants, shirts, a hoodie, socks, gloves, thermal stuff for work, gift cards, deoderant, sheets, and of course nerf guns and an ipad case for the new ipad. I got new jeans, lots of cute shirts, 3 purses, a wonderful day with dave full of shopping and pedicures, gift cards, workout clothes and a gym membership, a season of glee, a dance centfal kinect game, a beautiful ring (il have to post a pic when it comes back from being cleaned), church shoes, and the cutest picture frame and a picture of ali and my dog.
Then we went to daves parents house at 9:30 to open presents (thanks mom and dad for the oil, shampoo, my shirt and a garmin nuvi 1450 LMT gps) and go to church with there family. After we went to one side of daves family where we had lunch and a white elephant game. It was such a blast. The to the other side where we visited then left to make an early night of it. Visiting lots of people is very fun, but also tireding. I hope you all had a fantastic christmas. Love you all, Hannah and David Xoxo

This Christmas Season

2011-12-21T09:14:00.000-08:00

This Christmas season has been different from the past 2 years we've been married. First of, we haven't had to scrounge for money to get presents. With that, Dave has been traveling a lot. So this year feels more lonely than anything for the both of us. Luckily Dave has Christmas off.
The second thing we did different this year is we had a Christmas party. It was sooo much fun. We had some close friends over and had a pot luck dinner, played a white elephant game and played Telestrations. Then some people stayed after the party and had a post party and played the Kinect. It was such a blast we decided we will be having a New Years Eve party too.
When Dave is gone, my friend Chelsee comes that day and stays with me till the day he gets back so I'm not lonely. We have had quite the times.
From making a gingerbread village

to stockings

to buying cute stuff for the foot locker my mom brought me,

to buying mumus, and baking cookies.

And lets just say, When he was getting back from his last case, I thought I'd get him really good and give him an "early christmas present" but was I wrong! This was out on the counter waiting for him

and I was up the stairs hiding watching him read the paper and then I shot him in the back like 10 times then he turned around with a pouty face and FLOWERS!!! What in the name of Sam Hill was I supposed to think?! Haha. so all I could do is stand there in shock. Long story short. Dave won.
And some good news, WERE EXPECTING .. an ipad. Thats right, an ipad. In the mail some time in the next 2 weeks. Dave was so awesome at work, they decided he deserves one. And it couldn't be any more perfect timing, I can use it for school starting in February.
Well, we hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
P.S. This computer sucks, so sorry the pictures with this post are not perfectly together.

What its really like

2011-12-08T16:45:00.000-08:00

If you or your husband want to be a Private Investigator let me tell you about what really goes on for your family. First off, you cant plan anything. For example, we had a planned christmas party for a month and now we have to move it to a date we dont know of. And dates? Well you can forget about them. Plus, your spouse is gone ALL the time. For example, when dave dosnt work were always doing other things so you never get "alone time". When they are home, they are either doing reports, catching up on sleep, or fixing stuff. Seriously, I feel like an army wife. Plus we dont have kids. And if your wondering when we are going to have kids the answer is not for a while because we can never be "relaxed" enough. As for money, you start out meh, okay. You can pay your bills and save a little and keep the rest for hotels when they go away. But hey, at least they have a job to pay for stuff, and at least im fortunate enough to have a best friend that I can have sleepovers with.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-28T19:53:00.000-08:00

This year was the McCashland homes turn. Most of the family was there and it was so much fun to see lots of the family get together. The night before was such a blast with my cousins at our home. I made pizza and salad and mojitos and brownies. We played games and laughed for hours. Im grateful for such a great family, a wonderful hot babe, my knowledge of the gospel, a cozy bed, a beautiful home, Dave's job that makes a great living so I can stay home and go to school, all my talents, and medication. Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving! Love you all.

Recipes

2011-10-27T14:15:00.000-07:00

Mkay, I decided that I want to share my recipes with you guys, so I created a blog for it. You should follow it and try my recipes!!! Ill be adding a few every day. The blog is at hannahsrecipeideas.blogspot.com.

Just our luck!

2011-10-27T09:37:00.000-07:00

When Dave and I were in Idaho, we went to Ramanos Macaroni Grill. We got these tickets that we're not supposed to open, and to take with us next time we go to RMG to have the manager open. Inside both were half off for dinner that night. The manager was shocked along with us, I was thinking like we'd get 5 bucks off. In any case, Dinner tasted that much better. I also tried this really good drink. It had some kind of Italian drink shook up with lime and mint. No, it wasnt a mojito. But what ever it was, it was really good.

Cheers!

Girls nights!

2011-10-27T09:16:00.000-07:00

This week, Dave went to Idaho for work, and I stayed home. I was SO done traveling for a while. My best friend Chelsee (my brother in-laws girlfriend) and I had a blast! She slept over both nights. Some highlights were watching Hocus Pocus, taking a Zumba class, getting ice cream cones at 10:30 at night, egg facials, doing each others hair and nails, sharing secrets, hopes and dreams. It was all so much FUN! But, of course I was so excited to see Dave come home.

TrAveLinG

2011-10-11T08:23:00.000-07:00

Lately, Dave has been traveling a whole lot. He is on his third case in Idaho in a month and a half. I has been so nice to be able to take off with him not knowing where he, or we would be a few days ago. Don't get me wrong, some times its annoying. For example, I had this awesome fun night planned with a bestie this week, and I cant go because I'm in Idaho as we speak. LAME! Also, we cant plan dates or anything like that. We just have to get up and go. Its fun for now, but I'm sure it will wear off soon.
I am also grateful that I have 8 families all over Idaho. Every time we have come up, we have stayed with a different family. It is a blast! I feel that this is all part of Gods plan, I was able to quit my job so I can travel with Dave to keep both of us sane, and with my meds, sometimes insane too. Hahaha!
P.S. Enjoy me laughing about myself, usually it is very unusual for a woman to be on these insane pills and still be happy and bubbly and not grumpy or super bitchy.
Anyways! Light, Love, and Gratitude to you all!

Conference weekend!

2011-10-02T21:05:00.001-07:00

I love conference weekend. As soon as it ends it seems like fall can offially begin, in my book. We switch off gc's with family. This weekend was my familys turn. Too bad dave had to miss Saturdays sessions due to work, they were great! I thought it was so cute that President Monson was late to care for his wife that fell again. My dad said he bumps into the presidencies tech support guy a lot and says President Monson dosnt have a cell phone or a computer or a laptop to comunicate with, so he gets lost at work with a computer. I also wonder how he gets around with out this technology at his house! I guess he wouldnt need it with revelation and all, huh. Anyways! Sundays talks were all very excellent. Was it just me, or did it seem like alot of the talks were about reading our scriptures and missionary work. I also let my mom have a day off from cooking and made corn chowder, and pumpkin cinnamon pull apart bread with rum icing. Which turned out amazing since I have never made it before. Its a new fall favorite.

Lately....

2011-09-29T09:52:00.000-07:00

A lot of things have changed since my last update. Like... I was able to quit my job. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You really have no idea how happy I am. I also put 2 nurses in there place with a few choice words on my way out the door. ahem... Dave started his dream job. Which makes both of us very happy. We could not be any happier right now, I love feeling at peace and knowing all is well and right. There is so much love and harmony in our home.
As of right now in this chapter in our lives, I get up with the hubs early, help get him ready kiss him goodbye. workout. shower. get all spiffed up. eat breakfast and read my scriptures. The days I don't blog or whatever and clean some I go to the temple. have lunch. play with friends/ go window shopping/ run arrons/ craft. make dinner. enjoy my precious couple hours with hubs. get some beauty sleep and repeat.
The programs I want to take for school don't start for a little while, so I am taking time to relax and unwind and find me. I know I'm blessed, so I am enjoying every ounce of it.
I LOVE not having pressure and doing what I want, when I want to do it. It is so nice not having to worry about money any more. Sometimes I even get to travel with hubs to visit if the cases he works on are near family. Like, next week we will be in Idaho Falls. I LOVE that place.
Also, I am on this medication right now and it is very interesting. People said I would go crazy on it. To tell you the truth, I have noticed 2 changes, and I was only crazy once. It was a funny crazy though. It was when My friend, hubs and I went out to dinner and we were cracking jokes, and I don't know if they were really THAT funny, or if it was just me. But it was just HILARIOUS. I was seriously laughing for an hour straight. It was even funnier (is that even a word? lol) when people looked at me funny and started laughing because I was laughing so hard. The 2 changes I very much dont like are 1) HOT FLASHES!!! Booo! It was 69 in the house this morning and i was sweating like a knocked up nun at confession. 2) Nothing sounds good to eat. I can be starving and I wont eat anything because if it dosnt sound good, then it wont taste good. But when something sounds good, hubs will go as fast as he can to get. I love him so much. He is so good to me.
Anyways! Light, love and gratitude to you all!

The Best Day of My Life!!!

2011-09-17T15:25:00.000-07:00

This past Thursday was the last day working at the bottom of the hell hole. Aka, South Davis Community Hospital. I am sooo Happy, I'm pretty sure nobody has ever seen me this happy in a very long time. I haven't quite got it out of my brain yet, so the nights before I was supposed to work I get anxious and stressed, but I'm sure that will clear soon.
The past few days have been so weird not working and knowing that Dave is making more money than we ever have before together times 2 in a single month. I need to re-learn what to do until I start vampire school. So if you have any fun suggestions, let me know!

My Favorite Season: Fall!

2011-09-02T15:56:00.000-07:00

Here are some reasons why fall is my favorite time of the year.

You get to show off your creativity on a pumpkin.

You cannot find a more pretty view of warm colors. I always feel at home with all the different shades of brown, orange, yellow, and red.

You can get away with drinking hot chocolate before its winter.

I love losing my way with the hubs in a corn maze.

My favorite fall treat. Creamy, nutty and soft on the outside. Juicy and crisp on the inside.

I have an awesome excuse to make my famous white chicken chili. No matter how many times I crave it durring the rest of the year, I always save it for the fall. Mmm!

Songs

2011-09-01T13:12:00.000-07:00

This song sums up how Im feeling now with Daves new job.

This is another song that Dave and I love. I guess you could say its our love song. Enjoy!

I did it.

2011-08-17T08:01:00.000-07:00

So the very first night after Dave left was terrible. I thought it would be totally fine. What ended up happening was I was getting ready for bed when I hear this super strange thud. I had no idea what it was. As soon as I realized I was freaking myself out I tried to stop. As I finally got settled in my bed I heared it again. This time I knew it wasnt all in my head. So I jumped out of bed and probably looked like a retard walking all weird and yelling weird things trying to scare something that most likely wasnt in my home out. (But you cant help for thinking someone was, we have had 2 break ins in out neighborhood in a calandar month). So as soon as I ran back upstairs into my room, I saw that my mom was calling me. She was making sure I was okay and It didnt take much to convince me to come sleep over at there house. As I layed in bed. I was thinking that I beed to get over that new fear of sleeping at my house alone. So I decided that last night I was going to do it. And I did it!!! I went to bed at 8:30 while it was still light outside so people could still see my house which means nobody would come take out worthless stuff (hence, The List) or try to kidnap me, and I took a melatonin. Which knocked me out for 12 hours. Hopefully the rest of the times I am home alone at night sleeping will go that smooth. But in any case, I know its a little lame.. but Im so proud of myself!!

Fairytale will come true

2011-08-11T18:33:00.000-07:00

Once apon a time, there was a beautiful princess who married the most handsome prince in the whole world who made her laugh every day. Ever since they were hitched, she worked as a slave to a powerful man named Mr. Mister who owned a castle full of old and sick dragons. She worked there for 2 1/2 years scraping poop off the floor, being showered in urine and vomit and being yelled at for not cleaning up and caring for the old and sick dragons fast enough. One day the princess snapped. She was done coming home crying and not being treated fairly and be tired all the time. So she went to see Mr. Mister that if he wouldnt let her become the new welcoming fairy, that he would loose the best, most prized worker in all the land.
In the mean time, her prince graduated prince finishing school to become a spy to work for foxes. He was so excited to start his new adventure. He told his princess that if she stays a slave and clean up dragon poop until he gets back, she will recieve 300 gold coins all to herself. She decided that it would probably be wise to stay for a couple more weeks to help her family. Even if she didnt get the new position as welcoming fairy.
While the prince was gone, the princess threw a party and invited all her animal friends to come. They had a blast until one day before the prince was to return home and she could clean up all the mess.
Shortly upon his arrival home, she was granted 300 gold coins and had a weeks worth of fun shopping. She also quit her job working for Mr. Mister and got a fun job at a clothing cottage. The End!

"The List"

2011-08-05T20:25:00.000-07:00

As I promised last post, I will share with you "the list". That is what Dave and I call it. Don't worry, we have some unfinished debts to pay off first. Anyways! Here goes...
1) Washer and Dryer. We are seriously looking and have our hearts set on a Frigidaire affinity high efficiency one at RC Willy
2) Computer. My friends boyfriend works at apple and is going to give us this awesome deal for a iMac. Can't wait!!!
3) Desk. (We will buy 2&3 together) I've found a super cute one at Ikea. I LOVE that store.
4) Bed and new bedroom set. When we were married we received a nice used bed, but for the past month we have been grouchy and our necks and backs have been hurting. so were going to get a king size Intellibed.
5) Couches. We own 3 fugly couches. Time to make the world less fugly one couch at a time. :)
6) Kitchen table, preferably square.
7) TV and entertainment center. The options are endless.
8) Cruise number 2. Can you say relax? Ahh.
9) Rugs. I may take this one off the list.
10) Bookshelves for the library.
11) Grill. Nuff said
12) Patio set to enjoy the summer breeze and grilled food with pink lemonade.
13) 3 kitchen stools for the bar.
This concludes our list for now. Let's see what actually happens, eh?

Random!

2011-08-04T18:01:00.000-07:00

So this post is totally random. Oh, btw, if you didnt know, David got the job and is headed off to training in Chicago, Illinois on the 15th of this month for 2 whole weeks, then he gets to drive 20 hours home. But thats okay... 15 dollars an hour drive time is pretty shweet. As soon as he gets all settled in his new career, I will go down to weekends at the hospital. WHOOHOO!!! Oh! btw, when I quit Im throwing this huge party and you're all invited.
My dad not the bishop anymore and it is kind of weird. I always see him now and it throws me for a loop.
I need to get new scrubs that don't stink like hospital. Eww!
One of these days I will post "The List" of big ticket items that we will be purchasing and you all can give me your opinion.
I am so happy my two guy friends are safe home from their missions. It is so fun to have game nights with them.
The chances are 1/10, will we be it??? I hope so.
Do you ever feel like you try and try, but you just aren't good enough to become a favorite? I sure do!
"Why should I apologize for you choosing to be offended? That's your problem. You get to deal with your choosing to have a broken heart".
Cute love quote goes here.
The Doc is going to put me on Clomid starting next month.
I love my husband sooooooo much. I'm so proud that he found his career.
And that wraps up Hannahs random thoughts of the hour. ;)

Summer 2011

2011-07-27T07:36:00.000-07:00

First off, pictures are to come. That is a whole other story.
So many things have happened this summer. Like, since we have moved into our new place, we realzed that yard work isnt always fun and easy. One saturday, we spent all day with my parents at our house pulling weeds, mowing the lawn and babying our peach tree and raspberry bushes. Then a week day later in the week, one of my buddies that just got home from his mission came over to help us pull all the weeds in the garden (aprox. 1/4 of the backyard). Thanks Jordan!! (This is where I would insert before and after pictures. hahaha)
Lets see. What else... Oh! We went to snowbird this past week. It was so nice to get away and relax. We went on a hike and it was very lovely. Lots of green, not a cloud in the sky, pretty flowers and the water was pretty high too.
David also has this new awesome job opportunity to be a investigator for a company called Photofax(he is actually on his last interview/ride along as we speak. he'll be home in about 11 hours. yikes) With this job, he would be traveling about 1/3rd of the month and I would be able to go to 2 weekends a month and go to school full time for now. We are so excited for him and this opportunity. (We'll let you know in the next day or two if he gets it, and im sure we will post about it, so keep your eyes open).
Going back to raspberries, (I just had this memory of when I was like 9, living in Vancover, Washington driving around all morning and afternoon with my mom and my sister with big bowls going to random peoples houses with signs on there porch saying "Fresh ______berries, you pick") we have like 9 bushes and they are so full of the delicioso berries that we have to water and pick like every day. I love them so much that this is quite fun for me. I want to try to make freezer jam this year. I will let you know how that first time experience goes.. Also, I've been giving a lot away, so if you want some, PLEASE COME PICK!!! They are also AMAZING with frozen yogurt. We have had that like every night for the past week and a half. mmm!

post update

2011-06-08T22:21:00.001-07:00

Just to let you all know, I put up a new post on our other blog :)

New blog

2011-05-30T17:02:00.000-07:00

Just thought we'd let you know, I decided on a whim that we will be starting a new blog since this blog account isnt working very well. We want you to stay in touch, our new site is davidandhannahfam.blogspot.com. Please follow us!!

Speechless

2011-05-24T14:41:00.000-07:00

So, David and I went to the doctor yesterday and it looks like we have a false positive on our hands. They took lots of blood to run tests and the doctor says that the pain I've had may be my appendix. So we scheduled another appointment for next month. The doctor says that she really wants to help us, and says everything will be okay and hopefully what they are going to do will help us get pregnant in the next 6 months or so.
It really sucks, and we are very sad. But I guess that's just life. I'm so happy I have 2 such amazing families to be there for Dave and I through it all. When the time is right, everything will work out.
In the midst of that, due to my ahem. fantastic. ahem. work they decided not to give me the weekend off I needed so we can move into our new house. So we are slowly but surely taking a truck load of our stuff about every other day until we can take the big stuff on the 4th of June.

Our Even BIGGER smaller News!

2011-05-09T06:51:00.000-07:00

Yes, we all know you have been waiting for this news ever since we got married... or so my grandma told me. But I thought for those who don't know, we're pregnant! Yay!
We knew for a very long 3 weeks. It was sooo hard not to tell. We were going to share the news on my birthday (May 29th), but that was just too far away.
This is how we let them know for Mothers Day.

We did count all the 224 m&ms, one for each day so our parents and grandparents can count down with us, which means I started my 8th week yesterday. I also made up the poem, turns out I'm more creative than I thought. Looks like we wont be so lonely in that big, new house after all.

Our BIG News

2011-04-10T21:21:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to say... WE'RE MOVING!!! We are so happy to offically move out of our cute little one bedroom apartment in 2-3 months, and into a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom (and unfinished basement) home we will be renting out in Clearfield, UT.
Some things were excited about moving are: a disposal, an actual dishwasher and not a Dave-ISH washer, a walk-in closet and jetted tub, more S P A C E, having it be lighter with natural sunlight inside, a peach tree, some well to do raspberry bushes, a garden and nice green grass to lay on, all on a quiet street, AND the bestest thing ever, out of the nursery we've been in since we have been married. Also, an excuse to buy cute new decor, a washing machine and dryer, a nice kitchen table, couches, and TV. Dont worry, we know it will take a while to buy all of that stuff... unfortunatly :(
Some things we're not excited about moving are: leaving our "wardies" (im sure it dosent matter that they're all under the age of 2, and accept for my cute visiting teaching companion. But she is moving too). Driving a bit further to meet my goal of going to the temple once a week. Also, Dave not being able to walk to and from work (since we're on the same street), plus me being about 5 minutes from the hospital.
All in all, we are so thrilled to be moving in to a bigger better place that's closer to our families.

Letter to the weathetter.

2011-04-05T14:06:00.000-07:00

Dear Utah Weather,
You have been on my nerves. If you needed a miodol, just ask. I have plenty to share. Any ways, just making sure you're not doing this on purpose. But, it gets SO cold then the next day and a half its a nice 75 degree, perfect picknick weather. Then you blink, and its snowing. again. LAME!!! So if you want me to say here and not go any more crazy, or wishing harder that I was going on a cruise or somewhere tropical, please turn into a somewhat enjoyable spring/summer weather.

Love, Nan

PS. I'd be willing to make you cake balls.

Temple= Job

2011-03-31T21:28:00.000-07:00

I will admit, since between last month and when we got married I've/we've only been to the temple only a handful of times. So one day at work I felt inspired to talk to one of my coworkers to see if she'd go with me once a week. She LOVED that idea. So for the past month we've gone once a week. Since then I have seen so many blessings come of it. One I will share with you. Dave was laid off from his job last week due to money issues with the company. We were SO terrified of what would come of it. We decided to keep a good attitude about it and apply to more jobs. Well, tonight (exactly a week, 1 hour and 24 minutes), (but who's counting??) Dave recieved an email from a lady he worked with saying its okay to come back to work again. We are so thrilled that he has his rockin' awesome job back again. If that doesn't tell you blessings do exist, I don't know what will.

Mouths of Babes

2011-03-24T12:38:00.000-07:00

Next time you are on youtube, look up '"Mouths of Babes" Funny LDS Video'. It is SOOO funny. It has cute primary kids hilariously answering questions. I had to watch it twice, and then again when Dave got home from work.

computers

2011-03-22T07:37:00.000-07:00

Recently our computers (mostly mine) has been acting up. So were thinking maybe its time to buy a new laptop. I have hookups at the apple store where I can get a macbook pro for 700 instead of 1000ish. Is this a good deal? Could I get a newer one for cheaper somewhere else? Is there something better than a macbook? Please feel free to leave your advice and opinion, it would be much appreciated. :)

Students

2011-03-02T14:32:00.001-08:00

Since Ive had my zone last week, I have tried looking at things (especially at work) differently. For the most part it has worked. Today was one H-E-double Q of a day. But since I have decided to think more positive It went rather fast and cheerful. Every time in the morning when I get ready for work and I dont think I can make it, or I feel too tired and week to go to work, there are always students that need experience(hence, this morning). Such a blessing! Even if they dont know what they're doing, its half the work I have to do and everything ends up all right in the end.

Shemocyte

2011-02-19T09:57:00.001-08:00

This is my new car window sticker.

I added the "S", to the word Hemocyte (because it makes the word "she", and my car is a girly car).

I decided to name my car Shemocyte because Phagocytes destroy pathogens, and since my car is an economy car, which doesn't use much gas, it cuts down on pollution! hahaha

P.S. For those who didnt know, hemocytes are phagocytes of invertebrates. :)

Pray :)

2011-01-12T17:07:00.000-08:00

"It isnt as bad as you think it is, it all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we put our trust in him. If we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings. He will hear our prayers."
~President Hinckley

I miss that man so much!

The Becoming of Our Fairytale

2011-01-10T20:23:00.000-08:00

Tonight I was listening to my ipod on shuffle on came "What Heaven Sees in You". That song is very special to me.
About 2 and a half years ago, Dave and I were falling in love and had to decide if we should get married. Dave had already had a few hints due to some blessings and such that I was his, but I wasnt sure if it was right. So of course after a long day at work, I go home and find the door locked and then realize that I left my key behind those walls. Well,CRAP! So I went to the next door neighbors to borrow our house key, and of course they arent home. Double CRAP!
I decided that since it was a nice summer afternoon, I should take a drive. So I did. Not knowing where I would be taking myself, I ended up parked on the mountain road over looking the Bountiful Temple and the valley. Then I felt the spirit so strong to pray then read my scriptures, so I did. I flipped open to a paper that I had made in Young Womens about our "future husband" I compared that to Dave and he pretty much summed it up. Then I decided to make a chart about things that would happen if we did get married and it all seemed to fit in and work. I then was feeling so blown out of the water.
A few Sundays later, Dave and I were driving home from church when that very song came on. That is when I felt the spirit the strongest ever in my life. Right then, I KNEW! He was MY prince, and he was to take ME to the castle (temple) and to live happily ever after! So thats what happened, and we are living happily ever after, for time and all eternity.

Bopping Bobas, My New Addiction!

2011-01-07T10:37:00.000-08:00

So there is this semi-new frozen yogurt place in k-town. Almost everytime I go to my parents we wind up there for a few minutes. A few times ago I somehow tried these bopping bobas,(they looked gross, so I tried them with an open mind) and now Im addicted to them!!!!

I get a little bit of yogurt and like half the container of them. Last time I was there I asked the chick behind the counter where they got them (I was thinking of placing an order just for myself. hahaha! No. Serious face) she said somewhere in Taiwan. That threw me for a loop. So now Im trying hard to find them on google in Taiwan. Thats this weeks funnyness from Hannah.

Perfect Grandma!

2011-01-07T10:30:00.000-08:00

The other day at work I was shower aid. It was one of my last showers on my shift. My partner and I was washing her down then I started washing her hair. She told me to scrub really really hard, I thought I was going to hurt her I was scrubbing so hard. Then I asked "Aren't I making your head tender?" She said "Oh no dear, The only place that's tender is my heart." Isn't that the cutest thing EVER?! I declare that patient the cutest rockin' grandma of all time!

Just our luck

2010-12-11T09:54:00.000-08:00

Dave and I have discovered that when we have a "big day" something tragic happens. For example our wedding day, Michael Jackson died (but Dave says that's not all that tragic). Well yesterday, the day Dave graduated, one of our baby bunnies died. I was so sad, I just cant help to think past the point of If I cant keep a baby bunny alive, how will I be able to keep my kids alive?! We think that the mamma sat on the baby :( Im pretty sure we wont sit on our babies, but still I'm so paranoid now. On a good note, the whole Elizabeth Smart thing was wonderful news.

Today will be a better day for Hannah. The baby bunny's death kind made her really sad. We've got fun stuff planned for today, though. Due to conflicting events, we had to schedule my "hooray you graduated" dinner for this afternoon. We'll be eating at the famous Bucca di Beppo in Salt Lake.
We also decided to get a Kinect system for our X-Box. We played a demo model at the store the yesterday and Hannah thought it was fun. I did, too. It's much better than the Wii, I think. Hannah's excited to get some dancing games. Merry Christmas to us!
We'll post graduation pics as soon as we can get them uploaded.

Dennis = Denise

2010-12-05T17:29:00.000-08:00

So...
Dennis is a Denise. Who knew?
Way back when, Hannah decided she needed a little critter to love and take care of when I was at work. We got a little black dwarf bunny and named her Harley. Then Hannah decided that Harley was lonely and needed a friend. We got Dennis and Harley proceeded to beat six different kinds of snot out of poor Dennis. We sold Harley and got Dennis' brother to be a friend.
Everything was going swimmingly. The bunnies were getting along great. A little too great as at times as we'd catch the other bunny, who we named Carl, engaging in what could only be described as bunny prison rape. We didn't think too much of it because we thought they were both males, and one of them was gay.
We were wrong.
This morning, I noticed that the bunnies had thrown a bunch of their bedding out of the cage and bent down to clean it up. I heard squeaking and much to my surprise, I was in time to see the last of four little baby bunnies enter the world.
Well, crap.
Hannah was taking a friend home from visiting our place when she got my call. She immediately turned around and raced home at 85 MPH.
The second thing I did was to separate Carl from Denise and the babies, as he apparently decided that the best way to celebrate fatherhood was to try and make more babies.
After some frantic Googling and texts and calls to people who know about baby bunnies, we got the babies and the mother set up in a warm, cozy box.
Long story short- anyone want a little baby bunny? Please?

Two months, and they're yours. For a small, reasonable fee. Get your orders in now.

Aww... Look how cute. Its like he's saying, "Buy me! I'm cuddly!"

Winter is here

2010-11-28T16:27:00.000-08:00

It offically feels like winter with Christmas on its way! My house is mostly decorated with the appropriate decor and Christmas music playing. I love how its snowy and cold outside and warm and homey on the inside, mostly with comforting aromas like bread, or cookies, or hot chocolate. Mmmm

awesome surprize

2010-11-16T09:15:00.000-08:00

So yesterday I was also at my parents house making dinner. My mom came home from the DI and said she had the coolest thing ever. I was not imagining anything close to a cupcake tin, but it really is the coolest thing ever, and I cant wait to make cup cakes with it. THANKS MA!

P.S. If you ever need super cool cupcakes for anything, I can make you some. Ill only charge you the cost of the ingredients and a small fee. :)

My Good Excuse

2010-11-16T08:39:00.000-08:00

So I really want to put up my Christmas decorations early (as usual), but Dave won't let me for a few more weeks. So I decided to run my brain and come up with a really good excuse yesterday, and this is what I came up with: "Honey, I need to talk to you. I've been thinking about something. Its Thanksgiving time, and you know we show our gratitude for everyone and everything, Right? Well, I am feeling inspired to put up our Christmas decorations up before thanksgiving to show Heavenly Father and Jesus how grateful we are for them." You think it worked, right?! Nope. It didnt. Dave just laughed hard like a bowl full of jelly and told me how cute I am. LAME!

Be Grateful!

2010-11-14T14:22:00.000-08:00

Right now we have one car that works. All though its been quite a burden and a puzzle trying to get Dave and I to where we need to be on time. Its kind of nice just using one car. Less money for gas, more car rides together, and "helping the environment". It has made me stop to think about my life and how blessed I really am. I guess its one of those things that you start to get frustrated over, then realizing that your lucky and blessed to even have a car.
If it wasnt for my friend who has helped me lately about being positive and having a good attitude and about my spirit, I would be so miserable and a grouch monster! :) So thank you friend, for making me a stronger person today, then I would have been by myself. Cheers!

Daves Doctorate in Awesomeness

2010-11-02T20:45:00.000-07:00

I have decided that Dave isn't just graduating in December of this year with a Bachlors Degree in Criminal Justce with a Minor in Phsycology. But also a Doctorate in Awesomeness. He is super excited to be done with school for now. (I hope he'll pick up his masters someday). He is super lucky, I wish I was done. Ive decided to be a Dental Hygeinist. When he finishes POST we will be looking for jobs by schools with my specialty so I can officially start school. Unfortunately there are only 3 places in Utah that have the DH program, and the closest is in Ogden, but so many people go there for DH that its hard to get into. So, most likely we will be moving for my schooling. Were hoping to find somewhere close, I'm thinking outside of the box (Utah, that is) like Washington state, Idaho, or New York. Who knows what time will bring. All I can say is this next chapter of our life will bring a TON of change.

Zones!

2010-10-20T20:51:00.000-07:00

Today, Dave and I went to get a zone from a family friend. It was the most relaxing thing I think I have ever experienced and I cannot tell you how great I feel! I havent felt this happy and light in a very long time. I was able to solve a few things with my body and spirit, and Dave was able to get rid of his heart burn and allergy to cocoa butter. Thank you Teresa! We love you!

FaLL!

2010-10-19T13:36:00.000-07:00

Fall is my favorite time of the year. It is so relaxing and rejuvenating. It feels so magical, and romantic! The fragrant of fall is so strong and bitter sweet. The temperature is perfect outside. Car rides through the canyons are beautiful, and it just makes me that much more thankful for the earth Heavenly Father has created for me. I start thinking more of how grateful I am about everything in my life. It puts me in a better mood, and a better state of mind. I think I play my violin more in the fall, the music seems to be more relaxing, and the perfect genre for autumn. A memory I have when I think of fall takes me back to my grandparents house in Idaho, watching my grandpa make a fire in there fire place, and jumping in a huge pile of leafs my grandma made just for me. I miss them so much. Every year, Dave and I go to a haunted house, I end up hiding behind him with my head buried in his back. Haha. We also love to cuddle on the “luv sac” and watch “You’ve Got Mail” and drink hot chocolate with the window open and only our “fall lights” on. Any ways, just thought I’d share why I love fall!

Hannah's Projectile

2010-10-10T10:25:00.000-07:00

So, Hannah, Ali, and I went out for Chinese food after watching Ali play soccer. The place is called Royal Jade, and as a Chinese food aficionado I have to say it's mediocre. Not the best I've ever had, but worth going back to.
Anyway, whenever we go out to eat the same thing always happens no matter where we go. we all pull the ends off our straw wrappers and blow the wrappers off the straw onto the other person. Good clean restaraunty fun. Until last night when physics played a joke on us. Hannah tore the end off of her straw wrapper, placed the straw to her lips, and she huffed and she puffed and blew the wrapper straight at Ali. Only to have the wrapper catch an updraft, sail right over Ali's head, over the top of the booth, and into the food of the people in the next booth over.
A confused woman's voice was heard to say, "This wrapper just came sailing in out of nowhere."
Ali ducked under the table, and Hannah turned bright red and laughed uncontrollably for about five minutes, trying to be quiet about it and being spectacularly unsuccessful.
The odd thing was, the people who recieved Hannah's little gift never so much as glanced our way. It was as if the truly could not figure out where that could have come from. I guess that's a good thing, because it saved Hannah from having to explain.

David's Birthday!

2010-09-29T21:04:00.000-07:00

Today was so much fun! If you know me, I love giving people presents to open. So I woke up at 3:30, 6 and 8:30 wanting him to open his presents (I cant help it, I was too excited) These are the presents I gave him for his birthday, and I had to buy them the night before. (You know, to make sure I wouldnt tell, or open them myself because I get too excited)

If you cant make out all the presents in the photos, the presents were: Nerds,a Barnes and Noble gift card, an Optimus Prime mask, Star Wars Legos, Kool-Aid shirt,a bag of Snickers, and a pair of Flash briefs (just for fun, who knows, that could very well be a white elephant gift this year. So family beware!)

After getting ready for the "big day", we went to 2 Barnes and Noble bookstores for over 2 hours! Dave was reading comic books, being a nerd and I was reading some organic pharmaceutical book that was quite interesting. Then we went window shopping at Old Slavery (at least that's what Dave called it) and Toys "R" Us. We found this awesome lego fireman just hanging out, so we decided to stop to take some pictures.

Then we made a pit stop at my family's house to say hi, and for Dave to get his new pants (thanks ma) I've wanted to get a picture of my dog Daisy when she smiles, but I always forget. But I promise I will get one to show you that she really truely does smile. Its the cutest thing EVER!!!
After we went out to dinner with Dave's parents to McGrath's for dinner. Dave chooses that place for dinner every year, just for their king crab legs. The boy loves his crab!
We hurried home afterwards to watch a movie and to eat his birthday cake. I make it special once a year for him, because there is about a years worth of chocolate in that cake. I put Hersheys syrup and chocolate chips in with the triple fudge and pudding cake mix, then with chocolate frosting on top. It was a super fun day!

I love You Game

2010-09-08T09:13:00.000-07:00

So! Last night we discovered a new game that we played for about a half an hour before going to sleep. I named it the "I Love You" game, it all started when I said, "I love you", then Dave said, "I love your face!" Then I said, "I love your nose!" Then Dave said, "I love your liver!" and it snowballed from there. We took turns, trying to one-up each other with "I love your (insert scientific body part name here)!" Things like sernum, gastrocnemius, sternocleidomastoid, etc. until we couldn't think of any more(without repeating), that is because we believe we used all of them. You should bone up (get it?) on your human anatomy and give it a shot.

Dear Everyone!

2010-09-06T22:24:00.000-07:00

I have launched a new blog today about cooking and recipes, check it out at, mytastebudbliss.blogspot.com I will add a new recipe once a week. Im super excited to share with everyone!

coolest experience ever!

2010-08-29T15:00:00.000-07:00

Okay! truth is I cant decide if it is cool or creepy. Ill let you decide!
Today I was in a patients room, she has a hard time talking but once you get her going she'll talk your ear off. So I was talking to her for a few minutes since my day was super slow. Ans all of a sudden she started saying things and making noises like another patient did that used to be in her spot before she died about 8 months ago. Once I got her attention back, I asked her why she was doing that. She told me "because the lady right there (and she NAMED her with out EVER meeting her) told me to do it for you. You cant see these people that I can". I was so shocked! Its amazing how thin the veil can be at times at the hospital.

Condos!

2010-08-25T10:03:00.000-07:00

Im excited to say we can start looking at buying a condo/ townhome now, hopefully in the area between Salt Lake and South Ogden. We are so ready to get out of this cute little place were in now and hopefully get into a 2-3 bed 1-2 bath. If you know of any areas or places that are opened up, please let me know!

inspiring quote of the day!

2010-08-23T17:30:00.000-07:00

“Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!” -Pres. Uchtdorf :)

Glee!

2010-08-23T15:45:00.000-07:00

I am officialy starting the Glee count down. So in case you are wondering... 29 days till Glee starts up again! Yay! *Jumping with glee*

My lucky charm!

2010-08-17T19:47:00.000-07:00

Early last week, Dave was let go from his "job". That moment, I started to worry about everything! Like, what shall we sell first, how we would ask our parents for food, wondering if it would be a problem living in our apartment and work off rent, me picking up extra shifts at work (no bueno), etc.
Every day Dave would search for jobs, fill out applications, and pray. 2 days went by and he got a phone call from a place he applied at and told him he had an interview on Monday. 4 days nervously went by and he went in... he was offered the job! so, when he came home to tell me he got it I was so happy! especially about the part where he was only out of a job for 6 days! (thats impressive for these days). I guess the Lord does love us and want us to succeed, we are truly blessed! (He starts Thursday. YAY!)

Date night!

2010-08-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

So last week we went on a date! (Its been quite a while since we have, so it was a treat). We went to go see a movie. If you have not seen Despicable Me we both recommend you do! I haven't laughed so hard since I dont know when. My favorite part was when the 2 minions were playing with the water cooler, and my favorite character is Agnes. She is so cute! After the hilarious movie, we went to the California Pizza Kitchen. Ive never been there before, it was okay... nothing special, just another pizza joint. We had a fun time there too, I can't tell you what else happened there, because it would be embarassing. :) Hope all is well, Happy Sabbath!

Phat!

2010-07-29T18:47:00.000-07:00

I was looking at my friends facebook picture and found a new meaning for PHAT, so I thought id share it with you because it made me laugh, and if you ever hear me use it, you know how ill mean it. lol PHAT: (pretty huge and tator-totterish)

Blessings

2010-07-26T21:50:00.000-07:00

This week has finally gotten a little better, yay! I am settling down, and finding some inner peace. Thank goodness for my wonderful husband to help me along the way! Lately I have taken time to think about things Im grateful for and the blessings I have. If we all took a few minutes to stop and think about all the blessngs we have we would realize how truly blessed we are, the world wouldn't be such a dirty brief.

"Dont you quit. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some dont come until heaven... It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come." ~ Elder Jeffery R. Holland

Bunny sick :(

2010-07-16T18:53:00.001-07:00

Today, I had to give my bunny Harley to one of my coworkers. I wasnt expecting it to be today, so I guess thats why its a little harder on me.
We wanted another one, so we did, and the little one was having a hard time, so we got his brother. Then we decided we dont want babies, so we had to sell Harley. We'll just have to love the brothers just like we did Harley. I really think I might cry, I didnt know I was this attached to her. :( On the bright side, I told her that we'll have to have little family reunions! yay!

sleeplessly depressed

2010-07-13T23:29:00.000-07:00

Dear Alone, Why do you accompany me tonight when I am too depressed to sleep. Something in my life needs to change. Yet, I am scared for the change, and I feel like Im being forced to change instead of wanting to. But if it makes the people around me feel better, I will please them. Am I thinking too hard, or too deeply? Is it all really just in my head? Can people really, truly change? I just dont know any more. Once you've been hurt so much, its hard to trust. I wish I could just shove all of this in a box, burn it, then burn the ashes, and move on with a new chapter in my life. I wish this would all go away, so I can finally enjoy my colorful life again, instead of this blurry dim black and white. I have so much to enjoy, but I just cant let myself have at it. Unfortunatly yours, Sleeplessly Depressed

Meet our newest family member Ruby!

2010-07-13T20:01:00.000-07:00

The song that sides me right now in my phase of life.

2010-07-13T19:52:00.000-07:00

Glitter in the Air
Have you ever fed a lover with just your hands?
Close your eyes and trust it, just trust it
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
Have you ever looked fear in the face
And said I just don't care?

It's only half past the point of no return
The tip of the iceberg, the sun before the burn
The thunder before lightning, the breath before the phrase
Have you ever felt this way?

Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone?
Your whole life waiting on the ring to prove you're not alone
Have you ever been touched so gently you had to cry?
Have you ever invited a stranger to come inside?

It's only half past the point of oblivion
The hourglass on the table, the walk before the run
The breath before the kiss and the fear before the flames
Have you ever felt this way?

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

There you are, sitting in the garden
Clutching my coffee, calling me sugar
You called me sugar

Have you ever wished for an endless night?
Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight
Have you ever held your breath and asked yourself
Will it ever get better than tonight? Tonight

Were moving on...

2010-07-08T16:56:00.000-07:00

Life has definatly moved on since the last blog update. Lately we...
bought a newish car from a coworker of mine almost 3 weeks ago, its a 2004 red Saturn Ion.
We have house sat again 2 more times at both parents houses, very interesting this past time.
We finally got my lovesac into our apartment after a year convincing Dave it would fit. We bought our first vacume!
We had our very first "heated discussion" about something, or rather someone, it was pretty intence, before we got married I knew that was going to be our first major discussion. Thank goodness for aromatherapy in the shower, right? my kinda therapy, which ill be needing more of for the next LONG time.
We had our first anniversary! We went to see the penguin encounter, it was so cool! And had a wonderful dinner at The Garden on Temple Square.
We went to our first basebal game, So much fun, we won, Go Rapters!
Im now making the cutest cupcakes ever! They are so fun! So if you ever need cupcakes, let me know!
Our second holiday together (that nether of us had to work)was the 4th (5th) of july. It was so much fun! We watched my sister play in the all star softball game, we went to the Layton City parade and fireworks, played in the pool, had a bbq, and just enjoyed each others company on a holiday.
Our little or shall I say long bunny is doing well, she is so adorable! sociable as ever, and loves the grass. She has a funny attitude now. She "popcorns" a lot and its the funniet thing youll ever see.
Dave is getting ready to go back to school at WSU for his final semester. Whoo hoo!
Im also headed back for another semester at the LDS Business College, Im majoring in the Medical Assistant program.

Adventures at my parents house!

2010-06-11T20:11:00.000-07:00

This last week Dave and I are at my parents house while they are with my little sister in St. George for her "summer games" state soccer tournament. (Which by the way, they are bringing home the gold tomorrow! whoot whoot!) I has been quite the adventure! Here are some of the big points we've had; getting use to living with my sisters insane dog, daisy. Sleeping in a bed thats WAY to comfortable for our own good and older than both of our ages combined, which is gross if you think about all those nasty skin cells, im trying not to. Dave getting home about a half an hour earlier than normal. People I know coming to the door and having a wonderful conversation with them. Making meals, hoping they have the ingredients I need. Getting a medi pedi with a dear friend thats about to have her baby, yay! And most recently (about 10 minutes ago) figuring out my dumb dog ate 3 of my owl cupcakes!!! (guess they are good, considering I have not ate one yet.) Coming with that, watching her every move to make sure she doesnt get sick, and if she does preparing myself of what to do. :( The bet part of this week is that I didnt have to work and I cant wait till sunday, because were going back to the singles ward to see whats changed and then going back home!!!

Work and Such

2010-06-04T17:52:00.000-07:00

My new work schedule is interesting. Instead of working 3-11pm, I now work 7am-3pm on various days, I love being done by 3 so I can have a "day" after work, but then im so tired I can hardly tell which end is up. Another nice thing about my new work schedule is I get to see Dave a bit more, and I get to make dinner at 5 instead of midnight, I also have a whole week off every other week, but I still work 3 days a week... complicated, but its pretty nice. Working as a CNA you cannot work more than that, you will kill yourself. I about have a time or two, or kidding but not kidding ask my husband to bring me home a case of beer. Of course I have not done anything of the sort, even though it would be nice... like the coffee at work, at times I am so tempted to drink some!
I guess what Im trying to say is Im looking for a new job, because most of the time you are ignored by pretty much everyone in the hospital, no matter how hard you work your butt off, you wont be aknowledged for the service you give. Or hell you have to take and get, and it just goes on and on. More days than not I have come home bawling my eyes out because of what I have to deal with.
On the other hand, Your job can be rewarding at times, when your patient is finally put out of there pain, or they get better and go home, or just those patients that are special spirits that you talk to the extra minute you have and they tell you a really cool life story that makes you want to be a better person.
That is just the begining without going into detail, really, I am not kidding. Well, you now have a tiny look at what I go through at my job as a CNA. Sorry I really had to vent. Yes, I do feel a little bit better. :)

I'm Twenty! ... Im SO old!

2010-05-30T21:41:00.000-07:00

Saturday was an amazing day, it was my birthday! I woke up to a very yummy breakfast in bed made by my cute husband and then we drove up to my parents house in Layton where I was treated to a manicure with my sister and mom and hubby. Then we met my dad at Garcias for lunch. It was sooo good! Its my favorite mexican restaurant and I haven't been there since we have been married, because Dave dosen't like mexican food. Then my hubby and I window shopped at the mall, rented 2 movies and went to Wal Mart and bought a memory foam topper for our bed (since my back hurts a lot from my job),watched a movie, and went to bed. That night(as I always do) I thanked my birth mother in my heart for making that decision to give me a better life than she could have given me. What a wonderful day!

Our dinner guest

2010-05-21T15:28:00.000-07:00

Last night we had a fabulous guest come over, he is Daves old russian mission companion. It was such a blast having him come over, we ate delicious authentic tacos I have never made before and root beer floats. We played a game and talked for hours! I cant wait till one of my best friends comes home from Germany to be set up with him. yay!

Food-gasm!

2010-05-15T07:18:00.000-07:00

That is Dave and Is word for the food is SO good, you can hardly stand it, and on the "making it again" list. While dave was at work last night I made Penne Rustica from Ramonos. It took a long time to make it, and very expencive (mostly for how you had to buy a huge container for about everything and only needed a few tablespoons of it). Now that we have most of the ingredients, so I can make it more often.I also made there rosemary bread too. It was all so good!

Harley

2010-05-12T19:25:00.000-07:00

We are learning so much about our new bunny, she is starting to recognize us and sits by our feet when were on the couch. Now she is jumping onto the couch from the floor. She loves to try and hide in the book cases, hop from thng to thing and run behind the couch when she hears a "scary" noise. Running is one of he favorite things to do! she will be sitting there one minute by your foot, then the next second she is gone because she jets around the ottomans soo fast that she does this hop sideways thing, its rather hilarious. She is such a sweetheart and LOVES to be held, and does not bite. Some of the cutest thing she does is clean her face, does her little puff ball routine, and snuggles up in her blanket in your lap... and lick Daves arm. She is in the midst of potty training, and I cant wait till she gets a little bit bigger so I can take her on walks outside on her harness. She is such a cute little happy bunny, and we love having her around.

Mothers Day!

2010-05-09T16:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers and girl friends and wives! It sure is a beautiful day outside. I am such a lucky woman, to have such a wonderful husband that tells me how wonderful I am and treats me to a massage and flowers.

Introducing!.....

2010-05-01T17:56:00.000-07:00

The newest member of our family, Harley Rexina Cook. She is 4 weeks and 3 days old, and the size of your fist. She is adorable, such a sweetheart and LOVES to snuggle in her blanket and watch movies with you on the couch. We picked her up this morning, and is already potty training! I wish kids were this easy. lol

Cuz I'm a... woman. W-o-m-a-n

2010-04-29T11:03:00.000-07:00

One of the reasons why being a woman is awesome, is when you find a bargan. You feel so happy and warm inside, you scream SCORE! in your mind, and you feel so good knowing that you could have spent that money on the purchase you're about to make, when indead you could have put it towards something else.
I am saying this, because I found my bargan of the week, a cage. We have decided that we are getting a baby dwarf bunny next week. So one thing that women are also good at, is "nesting". I bought the cage on KSL for 35 dollars. After Dave and I went to pick it up, we went to Petsmart and Bird World, we looked at cages to see if we had saved any money. We TOTALLY did, about 100 dollars. Yahoo! now since we have the most vital part of that bunnie's life, I can officially slowly finish the nesting process.
Now, the name part, the hardest part of all. Dave decided the boy name, which will be Tyrannosaurus Rex and we will cal him "Rexie", if it is a girl, I think I have decided on Sweet Pea. When we get it, we wont be able to tell the sex for a few more weeks. so until then we will call it bunny, or it, or something like that.

Attention!

2010-04-21T22:18:00.000-07:00

Hannah's fruit pizza is amazing.
That is all.

Honesty

2010-04-21T09:42:00.000-07:00

Is honesty really the best policy? I submit that it is not. Ever since companies have made the move to computer-controlled hiring programs and surveys, honesty in applicants has become a liability. Gone are the days of an employer “feeling out” a prospective employee through interviews. These days, the interview is a formality. An attempt to rate a person on a human level by another human, but it is the soulless, intuitionless machine that we trust to make decisions.

Am I being too melodramatic? I doubt it. For example, I just completed my “interview” with a major security company. I arrived in a suit and tie a few minutes early as we’re told and taught to. I had previously filled out an application online and completed the questionnaire that goes with it, that list of statements with response choices ranging from “Strongly Agree” to “Strongly Disagree”. The computer passed me through. When I arrived at the designated place, I was greeted by a secretary who sat me in a conference room and handed me yet another “assessment”. I answered every question truthfully and honestly. As this was a security company, the questions were about honesty, integrity, criminal history, drug use, and the like. I have never used any illegal drugs, nor do I have a criminal history. My personal integrity is very important to me. Confident in myself and my answers, I turned in the assessment. I then waited about 15 minutes while a computer scored my assessment. The manager came to collect me for the human part of the interview.

It lasted all of five minutes.

He asked about a couple of my responses, and a general “How much should an employee be allowed to steal before he’s fired” question. Then he sighed, and told me the computer had scored my responses as “not recommended for employment.” When I asked why, he told me that he didn’t know, the computer won’t divulge the reasons behind its decisions. I got the impression that had the decision been up to him, I would have had at least a shot at a real interview. He looked apologetic and told me that his hands were tied. Company policy states that if the computer returns “not recommended”, then that person is right out.

One of the first clichés that we learn is “Honesty is the best policy.” I believe that many of the world’s problems would be solved if people would just be honest. Personal integrity and honor should be important to everyone. Sadly, this is not the case.

We live in a world where greed and dishonesty are the norm. But it goes beyond that. Greed and dishonesty are accepted, expected, and even encouraged. Anything to get ahead, to gain an advantage.

Honest people are at a huge disadvantage in such a world. People work and sweat for years, and invest that hard-earned money to provide for themselves in retirement, and Bernie Madoff takes it for himself. Athletes work and train to give the best performance they can, to excel in the field of human physical achievement, and Barry Bond’s steroids set records.

A truly honest, honorable man tries to feed his family, and the computer rejects him for his honest answers.
What has happened to us?

Worlds best husband right here!

2010-04-06T20:18:00.000-07:00

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! Our very first easter sucked. I worked the 7 to 3 shift, got off at 4 which pissed me off, then I came home, packed a weeks worth of everything and me and dave went to his parents house where we will pretend to live in a big clean house for the next week since his whole family is in the Bahamas. Then we ate frozen burritos and brats. At least that leaves a lot of improvemennt for next year, right? oh, and boo to work for not letting me watch any conference. Thbth. thank goodness there is a Ensign!
I dont know how to bring this on, so ill just say it. My husband is the most wonderful man alive! In a conversation we had, I told him that I didnt agree on the video games he has been playing and I felt like it took away from our "home spirit" and since Ive had the spirit with me so strong at school, which they call a "temple of learning" and the rest of the day, then coming home and it be gone, I also stressed a few other things, then we agreed on no more Halo and thost type of shooting games, but uplifting games like sports, etc. Ever since we have changed those ways the spirit dwells even more in our home and there is a more love feeling in our home. That was a big change for him, and Im so very proud of him for making that choice!

Blog spot is lame... that is all.

2010-04-03T13:05:00.000-07:00

I think blog spots are stupid. Nobody ever reads it, (at least mine). If they do, I cant tell because nobody leaves comments. Because of that, its hard to write knowing that. Really the only fun thing to do is to pick a new style for the damn thing, and what drives me even more crazy is that some people live for there stupid blog spots. It's there whole life and everyone knows how great they are because of there stupid blog. Plus it makes everyone else hopeless because it makes other peoples life feels like theres is more suckish. lol, is that even a word? Well anyways, just thought I'd get that off my chest. Thank you, that is all. :)

Two more weeks!

2010-03-30T16:27:00.000-07:00

This semester has flown by at school. I only have 2 more weeks left. This semester was so much fun at th BC. It wa full of making new friends and brain cakes and LOVING all my teachers and always feeling the spirit and having it guide your life and teach you everything you need to learn and more. My last and latest project for school this semester is these cute little nest easter treats I made today. So cute!

Spring is here!

2010-03-23T10:17:00.000-07:00

I thought this would never happen through that long, miserable winter season. I am super excited! I love seeing the baby animals and the flowers starting to bud then bloom and the new spring air! You can smell the excitement all around, and people smiling more. I believe this is the season to celebrate life!
Easter this year will be quite interesting this year. Daves family will be on a cruise again, down in the bahamas this time. My family will be in Arizona. We will be house sitting at Daves parents house that whole week, starting general conference weekend. Im thinking we will decorate eggs and have ourselves a little easter egg hunt and celebrate Christs resurection and watch general conference of course! Well, if you have any other fun ideas we can do let me know! Happy Spring!

HCG Diet

2010-03-15T13:19:00.000-07:00

I have been looking for some change in my life, and i finally found it! My wonderful cousin Megan inpired me to try this diet. So I decided to try it. 3 days after I orderred it it came in the mail. That was impressive! then I started that day. the first two days it says to binge. so thats what i did. oddly enough i didnt get sick or feel gross.. thanks to the drops, i suppose. The first day i ate... 2 cinnamon rolls, a double quarter pounder with cheese, fries, drink and ice cream, taco soup, nachos, and 2 more cinnamon rolls. Day 2 of the gorging i ate, 2 more cinnamon rolls,yakiniku, mac n cheese, caramel corn, and jello. This morning i weighed myself and if i had normally eaten all that, which never in my mind i would i probably would have gained like 6 pounds. But instead I LOST 5 POUNDS. in 3 DAYS!! I couldnt believe it! what a wonderful feeling that was. I hope i will be seeing this good of results until April 23rd. This portion of the diet im on a 500 calorie intake a day. So far, i feel full suprisingly. which is good. i hope the rest of the time is as easy as today!

The Brain

2010-03-02T21:02:00.000-08:00

Well, if you know me I’m a procrastinator.. so all day today after school I spent eight and a half hours building this brain cake that’s due tomorrow. it was fun and challenging, I’m sure if I made it again, it wouldn’t even take half the time. I’m glad I don’t have kids yet, because I know I wouldn’t have been able to get that whole thing plus a paper done tonight. whew!
The cold bug has officially hit the Cooks home. I haven’t been sick for over a year because I work at a hospital, so I’m immune to almost everything. Lately it seems that everyone is sick.. must just be that time of the year again ... Joy!
Looks like the end of summer/beginning of fall we will be getting ourselves into a real house!! im so excited. Dave will be graduated by then and out of the police academy, or close to it, but he will be paid during.
Well, hope everything is going well with you all!

Life in a nut shell.

2010-02-17T18:27:00.000-08:00

These past few weeks have been nuts, as you all know, dave was in a car accident and the lady is being cheap about it and its making us very unhappy about not getting it fixed and is trying to convince us that we need a new car that costs 500 dollars. we simply wont take it, and I feel a broken record telling her no, to just fix the dang thing. Sigh..
School is good! im making some cool school friends, i LOVE it there. It is a blessing in my life! it makes me stronger, it teaches me a lot more and everything im learning has spirituality to it too. im even getting through Isaiah, an understanding it too! On the other hand, Dave is doing well in school too, all though he wont be graduating this spring like we thought, he is missing credit for just one more class, and he'll take that in the summer. It has set us back a few months, but thats okay. at least he dosn't have a year or more left.
Work is still crazy as H... and hating every minute of it, Im not coming home crying as often as i did for a while, but im looking for another job, so let me know if you come across any! Daves job is driving him crazy too, so he is also looking for a better job he can escape to. At least he has a "bestie" there with him and tell you what, he is worse than any teenager i know .. i how ever dont. which is fine, im there to work then clock out.
when i get a chance to be home, i'll clean the house, look back and there it is dirty again. I swear my husband is a little kid! lol But he sure is cute.. especially when he gets in trouble, or wants something.
Speaking of kids, we are still trying somewhat.. ive given up. I have nursery kids, and thats all the kids I need for now. We are going to see a new doctor though, hopefully this one will do more for us than the last one ever did.
Our first valetines day together was fun! We ate a steak dinner we saved up for we marinated steaks for 3 days they were soo very good. Earlier that weekend we were up at bear lake with the whole Cook side. it was soo much fun and relaxing, the perfect get away! we. or at least I has needed that for a while, it was so beautiful and out of the city and away from the world!
Well, thats whats all been on my mind for the past few weeks.

Random Ramblings

2010-01-23T12:46:00.000-08:00

You ever sit down to your computer to write a blog post and discover that you have no idea what to say? Yeah, us too.

Hannah got a haircut. Its cute, you should see it. She came to visit me at work with some food and surprised me with it. She further surprised me when she told me how much it cost. I had to force it out of her, but she told me. I'm not going to tell you, however, because I doubt you'd believe that she could do such a thing and you'd accuse me of making stuff up. On a completely unrelated note, we won't be able to buy groceries for about a month.
She claims that had she known how much it would have been, she wouldn't have done it.

So life goes on as usual. I'm in the last semester of classes for my Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice. I can't wait to be done. With the exception of the two years of my mission, I've been going to school almost constantly since 1987.
Just typing that made me depressed.
We're hoping Hannah's federal student financial aid comes through soon so she can keep attending the LDSBC. She loves that place more than she loves me, so we're keeping our fingers crossed. If you'd like to donate to the "Keep Hannah in School" fund, we accept cash, checks, and anonymous donations through the LDSBC. :-)

We're both taking our Utah Life Insurance test this coming week. After passing, we'll be licensed to sell life insurance. You should buy from us so we can afford things like food, insurance, rent, haircuts...
We can set you up with a financial plan that'll make you rich! Probably!

Hannah is still baby hungry and getting worse every day. Her goal this year is to have a baby. Nothing so far, but stay tuned. On a completely unrelated note, we're both losing weight.

In keeping with the life insurance thing, we're also hoping to get into a bigger apartment this year. If you'd like to donate to the "Help Hannah and Dave Get Into a Bigger Apartment" fund, we accept cash, checks, and vouchers for free rent.

Another goal we have set is to make enough with our Primerica insurance business (again, buy life insurance from us!) to let Hannah quit her job. It really stresses her out so the sooner she can get out of there, the better.

I'm still working for iRock and FlowRider in Ogden. I know for a fact that anything I say about it will probably make it back to at least a supervisor, so I'm saying nothing beyond that it is a job that I go to. Oh, and I could use a raise.

Its coming up on seven months since Hannah and I were married. It doesn't seem that long, though. We've had some challenges, and we expect to keep having challenges, but we are still very much in love. I don't know what I would do without this wonderful woman beside me. Shrivel up and die, I expect.

In closing, let me just say that if you'd like to donate to the "Give Dave and Hannah Money for No Reason" fund, we accept cash, checks, and large gold bricks.

Christmas, New Years, and blessings

2009-12-26T10:47:00.000-08:00

We have been so blessed this year! Looking back, we have done many amazing things. Both going to school, falling in love even more by the day, getting married, and sharing that wonderful eternal day with our family. Going on a criuse. moving into a new ward, which has blessed us with our first calling (nursery leaders) and we love every second of it! adjusting our schedules to fing time to be together and also learning about each other and how to live with each other, so far that has been a happy experience.
For Christmas Eve , we went out to lunch with Daves' dads' side and went to there home after to play a white elephant game. Then off to my familys' house for a party and we slept there that night.
On Christmas, we opened presents at my house with my family (we got clothes, shampoo, body wash, a couple movies, new tires for my car, a cute bag, a couple games, a body pillow, jewelry, a rice bag, and cute hair pieces). then we went to his familys' house and called daves' brother who is on a mission in Brazil. Then we drove back to my parents house, got ready for the day, ate breakfast, then we packed up and went tohis parents house again, opened presents (yay for our first camra recorder, and a movie and a gift card to applebees). Then we had to leave because i had to work, we were not happy about it at all. Dave played christmas games then ate dinner with his family, i was lucky enough to have him bring me some, and got off work an hour early. Lucky me!!
We have recieved a couple humbling blessings this Chistmas season, and would like to thank who ever it was that did them.
Well, we hope you have had a wonderful Christmas season and a happy New Year.

Thanksgiving dinners

2009-11-30T17:03:00.000-08:00

Everything has flown by, and its almost December. It feels like only yesterday it was June 25th.. Well anyways, Thanksgiving was a blast (and the only holiday we get to see each other this season because I get to work the rest). we stayed over at Daves parents house the night before and ate the first thanksgiving dinner at 1:00 with his mothers side. Dinner was soo good, we were trying not to eat alot because we knew we had another dinner coming, and we also got to play with all his cute cousins. Then we ate the second dinner at 3:00 at my aunts house, by then we were stuffed! then Dave played video games with my cousin Carla, and i played with my cute baby cousins. Oh, and we had the most AMAZING pie in the world that Megan (another cousin) made.
Dave is SO excited that he will start his LAST semester at WSU in January. He is still working as a rock climbing instructor in Ogden, and looking for a much better job.
I am still working as a CNA at South Davis Comunity Hospital and work is kicking my trash than ever before. So thats why i applied at 10 receptionist jobs today and excited for interviewing. I'll start generals in January to become a Dental Hygienist.
We are both still very happy we found each other, and in more love than ever. We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

This past weekend

2009-11-02T08:26:00.000-08:00

Well, as we all know, this past weekend was Halloween. It was intresting this year.. I had to work, and it was kind of nice, i did better that i thought. Their was a cute parade of little kids for about 2 hours at the hospital, and someone brought in candy for us all, that was sure nice., and to top it all off the night went pretty fast, so all was well. Dave also had to work then he went to his parents house for some fun.
I wish we hade some EXCITING NEWS (we all know what that means) like one of my friend has, (and if you dont, well.. wait 9 months..) but we dont yet. sigh.. lol
Im so very excited for Christmas! it all started a few days ago when we bought a wonderful DVD from Deseret Book and we've both watched it about 9 times. Well, by both of us i mean me. But! Dave has been listening to it and i have the music from it stuck in his head. bwahahaha, and I started christmas shopping and its a great thing that i only bought one thing, because i had to give it to him.. No more christmas shopping for me till after Thanksgiving.

ACN and Haunted Houses

2009-10-21T12:14:00.000-07:00

We've just cleaned the house in anticipation of ACN reps coming over. ACN is this telecommunications company that Hannah is gaga over, thinking that it'll make us rich. I have my doubts, but I'm willing to take a look. We went to one of their recruiting meetings last week that was half sales pitch, half religious revival. I'm satisfied that its not a scam, because some big-name companies have partnered with ACN, Donald Trump even endorses ACN. I'm not one of The Donald's biggest fans, but I recognize that he is a phenominally sucessful businessman who wouldn't put his name on just anything. Hannah is just so excited about the whole thing and we'll just see what happens.

On the lighter side, we went with my sister Michelle and some of her friends to Nightmare on 13th. It's a haunted house in Salt Lake that has an undeserved reputation for extreme scariness. By nearly unanimous vote, I had to take point. So I was in front of Hannah and Michelle and 8 other shrieking teenagers. Imagine an 11 person conga line, with each person hiding her face in the person ahead's back and pushing the unfortunate individual (me) along at speeds directly proportional to their fear level.

Impromptu Saturday Brunch

2009-10-10T13:48:00.000-07:00

So we stayed up really really late last night watching "You've Got Mail". I'll go ahead and admit that, for a chick flick, it wasn't terrible. It was a book movie, so that's ok. We were all snuggly on the couch sipping hot chocolate, so it was a romantic evening.
As a result, we got up around 11:45 this morning. Well, I woke up and tickled her nose with a feather to get up. Its Saturday, so its ok to get up late, right? Anywho, we lazed around in bed for a while until we both decided we were hungry. So we got up and Hannah introduced me to the world's greatest pancake syrup while I made awesome omelets.
As for the rest of the day, i stayed home and made dinner early to get it out of the way. I also enjoyed watching i love lucy and doing cross word puzzles and enjoyed baking cookies. Yum!!
Dave went to work and had a wonderful hectic time, because saturdays are the busiest day. He even called me once to see how his beautiful, gorgeous wife was doing.
It was a pretty darn good day, an we hope you enjoyed your saturday as much as we did.

Who needs a blog title?

2009-10-05T18:06:00.000-07:00

Hannah's at work, and I have the blog all to myself. Bwahahahaha.
Blogging's still fun for now. Even if nobody reads it.
Remember that prank fight we got into? Well, we both tried to start it again and failed spectacularly. I found the rubber band and wrapped it around the sprayer, thinking to get Hannah with what she got me. Fiteen minutes later I had forgotten all about it and turned on the water. Hannah got a good laugh. Twenty minutes after that, she did the exact same thing and I was able to return the favor.
We discovered that Grandmother Barber likes Scrabble. We got bored, so we took our game upstairs to see if she wanted to play. Boy, did she! Unfortunately, her eyesight isn't too hot, and she had trouble seeing the tiles. We had fun anyway. Hannah beat the tar out of grandma and I by a good fifty points.

Its Sunday. Again.

2009-10-04T11:39:00.000-07:00

Here's how to tell if Hannah is in a good mood: She rubber-bands the sprayer next to the kitchen faucet so Dave gets wet when he tries to wash something. Then she saran-wraps the toilet. Fortunately, I saw that one in time to avoid a huge mess.
Not one let this kind of thing pass, I scotch-taped the sprayer and Hannah got a facefull. Then I flushed the toilet while she was in the shower (this works wonderfully in our little apartment), and after that I dumped a cupful of flour on her while she was still in the shower, turning her into human paper-mache. Hannah says the prank fight is over. I so won.
This past Friday was a fun, special day. I'll turn the blog over to Hannah to tell all about it.

Well, on Friday morning my wonderful, handsome, smart, witty, beautiful, loving, magnificent husband made me breakfast in bed! It consisted of an omelet with ham and green onions and cheese. There was toast and milk and blackberry jam, too! then we got ready for the day and went to the hospital that I work at and had some nurse poke Dave in the arm with a flu shot... neener neener neener. oh, and he also claims that he has a batman bandaid on his arm. After that wonderful experience, we took front runner up to salt lake, where we went to the LDSBC to get information for me to go back there in January. then we went to the gateway and went window shopping and ate off the dollar menu at McDonalds.. how romantic!! After we got back to Bountiful we went to Smiths and got a thing or two... and went to the movie store and rented a movie and went home and had a wonderful evening. And we even got to go to bed before our regular it seems like 2am.

Dave again. I don't claim to have a Batman bandaid, I have a batman bandaid. I'm looking at it now and it is awesome. Now I'm making spaghetti because its Sunday and spaghetti is the most perfect food ever which is why we have it every Sunday. The world would be a better place if we all ate more spaghetti.

Its Sunday

2009-09-27T14:38:00.000-07:00

So, its Sunday. Day way-too-many of not having any hot water. The water heater's been acting up by going out, and I can't keep the darn thing lit. Grandpa Cook gave me the name and number of an individual that takes care of all he heating and A/C stuff in the building, so he's going to get a call tomorrow. I can't wait until we can stop heating water on the stove to do dishes and taking cold showers.
Wow, isn't that just the most riveting blog entry you've ever read? I know I got goosebumps when I wrote it.
Despite this and other challenges, Hannah and I are still very much in love. Its tough sometimes, not seeing each other all day on those days where I go to school and we both work, but we enjoy and savor the time we do have. We're looking forward to the day when I'll be out of school and working full-time so we can have something of a normal routine. We're also looking forward to the birth of our first child. As soon as Hannah gets pregnant, we'll let you know when that'll be.

The day we met..

2009-09-26T20:09:00.000-07:00

It wasnt exactly love at first sight, it was a love that grew into a beautiful garden that started with seeds of "hello" and "what is your name".
We met on a beautiful, summer day at an ice cream shop, with different dates at the time. His date had been wanting to set us up for a while now, and it was the perfect oppertunity! At first he seemed a little shy until his date cracked a joke, then it hit off from their. We couldnt stop talking, it was the start of two best friends for eternity!