Well we have been having a wonderful vacation! We have been making the most of it and we have desperately needed this. We have been having a blast! I will try to do a little rundown. Let's see...
We left June 22 and got here that night. I was starting to finally feel better the day we left. I still couldn't talk, but I was starting to get my voice back on the 23rd, so that was excellent. When you walked out the front door, it smelled like pine. I was in total heaven--I still am!
On the 24th Maryl drove Spencer and me to Portland and we spent most of the week with his aunt and uncle that live there. My Advanced Floral Design class was from the 25th-29th. I LOVED the class. There were only three of us in the class, so we really got to know each other and the instructors. And we got lots of attention, so it was great. I learned so much in my class. I feel so much more optimistic about my designing abilities. The greatest thing I learned is that there are no limits to what you can do. The only limits are your own creativity. If you can think it up then you can do it! Oh I absolutely LOVED it!
Spencer came and spent Wednesday in downtown Portland with me. He walked around Portland while I was in class and came and spent my breaks with me. We had such a fun day and it really made us want to have more time in Portland together. So Wednesday we decided that we wanted to get a hotel for Thursday night. I decided to take an extra class Wednesday night since we were in the area. So I took a Hydrangea Class at the school I was going to. It was really fun. It was just a two hour class all about hydrangea and how to make them last a little better and how to use them. It was so good for me to take that class. When we got back to Spencer's aunt and uncle's house that night we got online and started looking for a hotel for Thursday night. We found a good one that wasn't too expensive and we ended up loving it!
So Thursday Spencer went to my class with me and he walked around again while I was in class. That afternoon he checked into our hotel and then met me to help me walk there after my class was over for the day. We got to the hotel and dropped off our stuff and just relaxed for a little while. THEN we went on a huge walk around Portland because Spencer wanted to show me Washington Park. It was about a 2.5 mile walk from our hotel up to the park, and it was SO worth it. I was exclaiming every few seconds how beautiful it was. I was in absolute heaven. We kept walking up through the park and came to the entrance of the Rose Garden. Oh. My. Goodness! It was so beautiful! So many colors of roses. So vibrant and just breathtaking. We ended up spending hours up in the park/garden. Afterward we ate at a great Pizza place and then made the walk back to our hotel. It was such a fun evening. Spencer and I had such a wonderful night together. It was a great way to celebrate our anniversary (a few days early, but that's okay!).
On our anniversary we spent most of the day at his grandparent's house. He made pizza for dinner so we were able to get away for a little bit to spend some time together so we could run to town and get a few ingredients. The next AMAZING day was the 4th of July. We woke up early and drove to Portland to meet my brother and sister-in-law, Josh and Gail, and their kids. We haven't seen them since we got married, so it had been two years and two days exactly! I was SO excited! We met them at the Rose Garden in Portland and I was ecstatic. We went to the Japanese Garden which was awesome. Since Spencer spent almost eight years in Japan we REALLY wanted to see the Japanese Garden. It was really neat. We took so many pictures. It was gorgeous. After that we walked around the Rose Garden and Washington Park and walked down to eat lunch together. We had such a wonderful time with my family. It was so good to spend time with them. I wanted to cry when we had to say goodbye. I missed them as soon as we left. We had such a fun day with them, I was just so sad to leave them! We drove back to Silverton from Portland and enjoyed the time alone for the drive.
We have just had so much fun up here. We do NOT want to come back to Utah. We are just absolutely loving it here. The next fun day was Thursday when we went to Silver Falls. But I am tired and this is already a super long post, so that will have to wait. So still to come, Thursday, Silver Falls, Saturday, Washington (visiting where Spencer served part of his mission), and Monday (July 9th), New Port, Tillamook, and Astoria. Oh so much fun!!!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
What a month!
Well it has been awhile since I last posted. And a LOT has happened. May was just not a very fun month, gonna be honest. Work was crazy because we had Mother's Day and then Memorial Day back to back. We were crazy busy. And then right before my birthday my Grandma had a mini stroke, and then on my birthday she had another mini stroke. Thankfully she is doing better now, but she won't be able to live on her own anymore, really. So they are trying to get her on medicaid or medicare (I always get them mixed up), so that she can get into assisted living. I was able to see her briefly last weekend and it was really good to see her. My Grandma is great. She didn't miss any of my plays, choir concerts, or pageants while I was in high school. She was always so supportive, so I'm grateful I was able to see her so she knows I support her too.
Anyway. My Birthday was wonderful! Spencer went to very great lengths to make it an amazing day for me. I was very tired because I'd been working so much, so Spencer woke up and got our bountiful basket by himself Saturday morning so that I could sleep in. It was very sweet. We just hung out and had a wonderful day together. We went to Tucanos for lunch. I LOVE Tucanos! They have the most amazing passion fruit, mango, pudding cake. It is to die for. I definitely got it for my birthday! haha. When we got back home I was completely surprised. Spencer was throwing me a surprise party! I opened the door and about had a heart attack when I saw someone sitting on the couch. I realized it was our friends, Brian and Julia, and I calmed down. It was a very nice little surprise and we had a really good time. Spencer made a wonderful dinner, Thai Fried Rice--my favorite!! And he made coconut rice and we had it with mangos. He also made homemade ice-cream. Mint chocolate chip and also coconut. SUPER yummy!!
The other thing that hit really hard the past few weeks is my mom was diagnosed with cancer. So far all the tests have been coming back very well and things are looking good, for which we all are SO grateful! She is still waiting to get the results from a few more tests and we will know more after that. So still just a waiting game. The waiting is the hardest part, really. But my mom is a wonderful, very strong woman. She has a lot of people in her life that love her very much and we are all supporting her. Our family has already been pulled closer because of this and we will do anything we can to help our dear Mother. :) There has been lots of support outside of our family as well, which we are all so grateful for. Many prayers have been and will continue to be offered up for mom and the whole family. That's all anyone can really ask for right now.
It's really been quite the little while for my family. Daddy cut the tip of his middle finger (right hand) off. Thankfully it was his right hand since he is left handed! The same day he did that was the same day I passed out in the bathroom. I will back up a few days, though. Last weekend we went to my parent's house for a visit. All of my siblings except for Josh :( were there. We had so much fun! It was such a wonderful weekend. There was a lot less fighting and we all just had a really good time together. I love spending time with my family--especially my adorable little nieces and nephews! So that weekend was wonderful! But Sunday night when Spencer and I were driving home we were really tired, so we pulled over to take a nap. When I woke up I felt really sick but just got started driving anyway. I ended up having to pull over to the side of the road and I vomited. Throwing up is an awful experience, but this was probably one of the worst experiences I had ever had. There was so much stomach acid that it just burned my throat. I stayed up from work on Monday because I still felt so sick. My chest was even hurting. Tuesday I was feeling a bit better and got to work. And then Wednesday morning things went way downhill.
I woke up to start getting ready for work and I had a really bad pain in my right side. I went to the bathroom because I always have to pee when I wake up. The pain in my side was so awful I started to get really light headed. I put my head in my hands and the next thing I remember was hearing a loud crack and waking up on the ground. I was so stunned I just stayed there for a minute. I finally flipped over and leaned against the wall and called for Spencer. If you know Spencer very well you know that it can be quite a feat trying to get him to wake up in the morning. But thankfully he got up after I called him a few times. He came in and asked if I was ok. I touched my head (I knew I had a bump) and asked him to bring me some ice. He looked at my head and was like, oh my gosh! He got me a frozen bag of corn and helped me up and got me to the couch. We are both amazed that my head didn't split open. I had an indentation of the tile in my forehead and a huge goose egg. Anyway, needless to say I didn't go to work that day. I felt awful. My head hurt SO bad and I was so tired. I was so out of it. We were going to go to an urgent care just to make sure nothing was wrong, but they had different hours so we ended up going to the ER later that night. After a few hours there and lots of tests, they found out that nothing was wrong. So a very large bill later, all I had was a hospital bracelet and some pain medication in my system that would last for eight hours. That night I realized something I hadn't noticed earlier. My head was hurting so bad that I didn't even notice that my right side was sore. I must have hit very hard because my face on the right side all the way down my neck and shoulder was super sensitive and very sore. My shoulder and neck are still a little sore, but much better. My goose egg has definitely gone down in size, and I am naughty and picked the scab off of my forehead, but it actually looks a lot better than it did!
Thursday my head was still really hurting, and my throat was starting to hurt really bad. Friday it got really bad. I don't know if I have strep, but my throat was hurting so bad I could barely talk. Swallowing at all is very painful. My glands are very swollen on the left side (all of this stuff is on my left side), to the point where touching them even very gently hurts really bad. My jaw is also in pain and I don't know if it's cause my glands are so swollen that it is irritating my jaw... I dunno. All I know is I have been miserable since Wednesday (more so since Friday), and I just want to get better! But we can't afford for me to go to a doctor. So I have been struggling the past week. I am trying to stay optimistic, but it's really hard when you feel like death. I hate not being able to talk. Spencer is getting pretty good at figuring out my attempts at sign language. And speaking of Spencer. He has been absolutely amazing! He has been so helpful and wonderful this past week. He is so caring and loving. I am so lucky and so grateful to have him.
Anyway. On a happier note (I hope!). We are leaving for Oregon on Friday! I am getting really excited. We desperately need a break like this. I just hope and pray that I start feeling a lot better soon. I am so excited for my floral design class in Portland. We are really just so happy to be getting away from Utah for awhile. It is going to be a burden financially, but we need it so desperately that I can't bring myself to stress about that too much. It is going to be wonderful to spend a good amount of time with Spencer's family. We are just so happy!!! Well this has been long enough, I think. And plenty of complaining from me. I feel like crap, but I am desperately hoping and praying that I start feeling better soon. And we are getting out of Utah for almost four weeks. I get to spend most of that time with my amazing husband and his family. What could be better!?
Anyway. My Birthday was wonderful! Spencer went to very great lengths to make it an amazing day for me. I was very tired because I'd been working so much, so Spencer woke up and got our bountiful basket by himself Saturday morning so that I could sleep in. It was very sweet. We just hung out and had a wonderful day together. We went to Tucanos for lunch. I LOVE Tucanos! They have the most amazing passion fruit, mango, pudding cake. It is to die for. I definitely got it for my birthday! haha. When we got back home I was completely surprised. Spencer was throwing me a surprise party! I opened the door and about had a heart attack when I saw someone sitting on the couch. I realized it was our friends, Brian and Julia, and I calmed down. It was a very nice little surprise and we had a really good time. Spencer made a wonderful dinner, Thai Fried Rice--my favorite!! And he made coconut rice and we had it with mangos. He also made homemade ice-cream. Mint chocolate chip and also coconut. SUPER yummy!!
The other thing that hit really hard the past few weeks is my mom was diagnosed with cancer. So far all the tests have been coming back very well and things are looking good, for which we all are SO grateful! She is still waiting to get the results from a few more tests and we will know more after that. So still just a waiting game. The waiting is the hardest part, really. But my mom is a wonderful, very strong woman. She has a lot of people in her life that love her very much and we are all supporting her. Our family has already been pulled closer because of this and we will do anything we can to help our dear Mother. :) There has been lots of support outside of our family as well, which we are all so grateful for. Many prayers have been and will continue to be offered up for mom and the whole family. That's all anyone can really ask for right now.
It's really been quite the little while for my family. Daddy cut the tip of his middle finger (right hand) off. Thankfully it was his right hand since he is left handed! The same day he did that was the same day I passed out in the bathroom. I will back up a few days, though. Last weekend we went to my parent's house for a visit. All of my siblings except for Josh :( were there. We had so much fun! It was such a wonderful weekend. There was a lot less fighting and we all just had a really good time together. I love spending time with my family--especially my adorable little nieces and nephews! So that weekend was wonderful! But Sunday night when Spencer and I were driving home we were really tired, so we pulled over to take a nap. When I woke up I felt really sick but just got started driving anyway. I ended up having to pull over to the side of the road and I vomited. Throwing up is an awful experience, but this was probably one of the worst experiences I had ever had. There was so much stomach acid that it just burned my throat. I stayed up from work on Monday because I still felt so sick. My chest was even hurting. Tuesday I was feeling a bit better and got to work. And then Wednesday morning things went way downhill.
I woke up to start getting ready for work and I had a really bad pain in my right side. I went to the bathroom because I always have to pee when I wake up. The pain in my side was so awful I started to get really light headed. I put my head in my hands and the next thing I remember was hearing a loud crack and waking up on the ground. I was so stunned I just stayed there for a minute. I finally flipped over and leaned against the wall and called for Spencer. If you know Spencer very well you know that it can be quite a feat trying to get him to wake up in the morning. But thankfully he got up after I called him a few times. He came in and asked if I was ok. I touched my head (I knew I had a bump) and asked him to bring me some ice. He looked at my head and was like, oh my gosh! He got me a frozen bag of corn and helped me up and got me to the couch. We are both amazed that my head didn't split open. I had an indentation of the tile in my forehead and a huge goose egg. Anyway, needless to say I didn't go to work that day. I felt awful. My head hurt SO bad and I was so tired. I was so out of it. We were going to go to an urgent care just to make sure nothing was wrong, but they had different hours so we ended up going to the ER later that night. After a few hours there and lots of tests, they found out that nothing was wrong. So a very large bill later, all I had was a hospital bracelet and some pain medication in my system that would last for eight hours. That night I realized something I hadn't noticed earlier. My head was hurting so bad that I didn't even notice that my right side was sore. I must have hit very hard because my face on the right side all the way down my neck and shoulder was super sensitive and very sore. My shoulder and neck are still a little sore, but much better. My goose egg has definitely gone down in size, and I am naughty and picked the scab off of my forehead, but it actually looks a lot better than it did!
Thursday my head was still really hurting, and my throat was starting to hurt really bad. Friday it got really bad. I don't know if I have strep, but my throat was hurting so bad I could barely talk. Swallowing at all is very painful. My glands are very swollen on the left side (all of this stuff is on my left side), to the point where touching them even very gently hurts really bad. My jaw is also in pain and I don't know if it's cause my glands are so swollen that it is irritating my jaw... I dunno. All I know is I have been miserable since Wednesday (more so since Friday), and I just want to get better! But we can't afford for me to go to a doctor. So I have been struggling the past week. I am trying to stay optimistic, but it's really hard when you feel like death. I hate not being able to talk. Spencer is getting pretty good at figuring out my attempts at sign language. And speaking of Spencer. He has been absolutely amazing! He has been so helpful and wonderful this past week. He is so caring and loving. I am so lucky and so grateful to have him.
Anyway. On a happier note (I hope!). We are leaving for Oregon on Friday! I am getting really excited. We desperately need a break like this. I just hope and pray that I start feeling a lot better soon. I am so excited for my floral design class in Portland. We are really just so happy to be getting away from Utah for awhile. It is going to be a burden financially, but we need it so desperately that I can't bring myself to stress about that too much. It is going to be wonderful to spend a good amount of time with Spencer's family. We are just so happy!!! Well this has been long enough, I think. And plenty of complaining from me. I feel like crap, but I am desperately hoping and praying that I start feeling better soon. And we are getting out of Utah for almost four weeks. I get to spend most of that time with my amazing husband and his family. What could be better!?
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Floral Design School
Okay, so I have really been wanting to go to Floral Design School. There is one in Portland, the Floral Design Institute. Well, I am actually doing it!! I was at the bank and asked about alternative loans that they offer, and when I told the lady what it was for, she looked some stuff up and found a credit card that I could get that has zero percent interest for the first 12 months, so even better than an alternative loan! An alternative loan would immediately start accruing interest. And we plan to pay it all off within a year anyway, so when she told me that I started getting super excited. I came home and talked to Spencer about it and he said to go for it, so I am! I will get started on the Basic Floral Design class in the next few weeks, hopefully. I am doing the distance learning program for the basic design class because it is cheaper and I don't mind doing that from home. But the Advanced Design class I want to be in the classroom for so I can actually physically have a teacher there to help me. So we are going to Oregon this summer!!!! Spencer's wonderful family is helping to make it possible. His mom is driving to Oregon because her parents live there. They are going to spend a few weeks up there so they can visit and spend time with the grandparents. We are going to go with them! So we will be leaving June 22 and will come back on the 16 of July. I am taking the Advanced Design class from June 25-29. So not only do I get to go to Floral Design School, but we also get to get away from Utah for three weeks, AND we get to spend time with family. Yay!!!! I am SO excited!!!!! I seriously want to make a chain to countdown the time. I just can't believe I actually get to do this. I am stoked. Anyway, so there's my wonderful news!
Also, I will be making quite a few arrangements for my basic design class, and if anyone in the Utah County area is interested in maybe buying one, we could definitely work out something so you can get it super cheap and so I can get a little extra money to help pay for it. ooooh I just can't wait!
Also, I will be making quite a few arrangements for my basic design class, and if anyone in the Utah County area is interested in maybe buying one, we could definitely work out something so you can get it super cheap and so I can get a little extra money to help pay for it. ooooh I just can't wait!
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Updates
It's been quite awhile since I've given a real update. Valentine's Day was absolutely crazy! I thought a flower shop was nuts, it was way worse at a wholesaler. I am very glad that is over, but then Easter hit and I didn't realize it would get so busy. That's over now too, thankfully, but alas, Mother's Day and Memorial Day are coming up. Both wonderful holidays, I actually support those ones--not like Valentine's Day, but they are still going to be crazy and I will be VERY happy when June comes around!
Anyway, Spencer has been having a rough go lately. BYU keeps throwing things at him making things more difficult for him. We don't really know what he is going to do because he keeps being faced with difficulties at every single turn. Hopefully by the end of the year we will know what he is going to do. We are hoping that he will get a job doing video editing sometime soon. He has been doing fantastic in his video editing class this semester and his professor has noticed--yay! So proud of him. He is so talented.
As for me, I am hanging in there. Getting sick of this part of our lives. I am ready to move on (we both are) and start a different chapter of our lives. But we can't exactly do that until we know what is going to go on with Spencer. But work is going alright. I am very grateful to work somewhere that understands that when you're sick you just can't work sometimes. I have been sick for a week with some kind of upper respiratory thing. It wasn't really a usual cold, but I had a super sore throat and was SO tired. Well just as I was starting to get over that my Vestibular Neuritis (dizziness) started acting up. So I have been dizzy since Friday. It is starting to get better, but it is definitely still affecting me. If I move to quickly my head starts to spin and I have to grab hold of something to steady myself. I hate to be a downer, because I am VERY grateful that I am not affected by this all of the time, but I really hate it. Being dizzy is awful. It makes it so I don't really want to do anything, because doing much makes me dizzy which sometimes leads to me being nauseous. It's just a horrible feeling to have to concentrate so hard on standing and walking straight. As I said, it started getting better today, so it's just if I move quickly that it really hits me, but for the people that know me know that I move quickly. I was not raised to do things slowly so Spencer has been getting after me all day to slow down and not move so fast. I don't do well with that so I have had to stop and take it easy a LOT. Anyway, I don't mean to complain, and again I am super grateful this doesn't affect me all the time. It just sucks and is very frustrating when it does affect me.
On a different note. I love my husband. He is so good to me. I absolutely love that he is a good dancer. Dancing in the kitchen is one of my favorite things ever! Not that we have been able to dance much the past while because my head instantly starts to spin (only partially from the vestibular neuritis ;) ). Anyway, cute story. Awhile ago we were at the American Fork D.I. and we went back out to the car and Spencer wanted to show me a new dance step in the triple step swing, so we put our stuff in the car and then he pulled me into dance position and started teaching me the new step. We just got sucked into our own little world until this older couple came over and the guy said "I get the next dance." We started laughing and realized that we were a young couple dancing in a parking lot. And I loved it! The gentleman said that he liked our moves and we had a good laugh until the other couple got in their car and we decided to get going. Oh the sweet little joys in life! I am so grateful that I have so many of them in my life-and Spencer brings a lot of little joys into my life. I'm so grateful I'm married to my best friend.
Oh! And I have a new niece! Abagail Bullock, she's a little cutie and I can't wait to meet her! She was born the day I got sick so we haven't been able to go visit. But we will this weekend. Yay!
I am so excited :)
And now it is time to close. Dizziness is starting to get the better of me and I need to try to get some sleep. For those who read all of this, prayers for things to look up for Spencer would be very much appreciated!! Thank you!
Anyway, Spencer has been having a rough go lately. BYU keeps throwing things at him making things more difficult for him. We don't really know what he is going to do because he keeps being faced with difficulties at every single turn. Hopefully by the end of the year we will know what he is going to do. We are hoping that he will get a job doing video editing sometime soon. He has been doing fantastic in his video editing class this semester and his professor has noticed--yay! So proud of him. He is so talented.
As for me, I am hanging in there. Getting sick of this part of our lives. I am ready to move on (we both are) and start a different chapter of our lives. But we can't exactly do that until we know what is going to go on with Spencer. But work is going alright. I am very grateful to work somewhere that understands that when you're sick you just can't work sometimes. I have been sick for a week with some kind of upper respiratory thing. It wasn't really a usual cold, but I had a super sore throat and was SO tired. Well just as I was starting to get over that my Vestibular Neuritis (dizziness) started acting up. So I have been dizzy since Friday. It is starting to get better, but it is definitely still affecting me. If I move to quickly my head starts to spin and I have to grab hold of something to steady myself. I hate to be a downer, because I am VERY grateful that I am not affected by this all of the time, but I really hate it. Being dizzy is awful. It makes it so I don't really want to do anything, because doing much makes me dizzy which sometimes leads to me being nauseous. It's just a horrible feeling to have to concentrate so hard on standing and walking straight. As I said, it started getting better today, so it's just if I move quickly that it really hits me, but for the people that know me know that I move quickly. I was not raised to do things slowly so Spencer has been getting after me all day to slow down and not move so fast. I don't do well with that so I have had to stop and take it easy a LOT. Anyway, I don't mean to complain, and again I am super grateful this doesn't affect me all the time. It just sucks and is very frustrating when it does affect me.
On a different note. I love my husband. He is so good to me. I absolutely love that he is a good dancer. Dancing in the kitchen is one of my favorite things ever! Not that we have been able to dance much the past while because my head instantly starts to spin (only partially from the vestibular neuritis ;) ). Anyway, cute story. Awhile ago we were at the American Fork D.I. and we went back out to the car and Spencer wanted to show me a new dance step in the triple step swing, so we put our stuff in the car and then he pulled me into dance position and started teaching me the new step. We just got sucked into our own little world until this older couple came over and the guy said "I get the next dance." We started laughing and realized that we were a young couple dancing in a parking lot. And I loved it! The gentleman said that he liked our moves and we had a good laugh until the other couple got in their car and we decided to get going. Oh the sweet little joys in life! I am so grateful that I have so many of them in my life-and Spencer brings a lot of little joys into my life. I'm so grateful I'm married to my best friend.
Oh! And I have a new niece! Abagail Bullock, she's a little cutie and I can't wait to meet her! She was born the day I got sick so we haven't been able to go visit. But we will this weekend. Yay!
I am so excited :)
And now it is time to close. Dizziness is starting to get the better of me and I need to try to get some sleep. For those who read all of this, prayers for things to look up for Spencer would be very much appreciated!! Thank you!
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Blickenstaff's!
I have been meaning to post about Blickenstaffs on here. It is an awesome toy store here in Provo. It is seriously the coolest place ever-fun for everyone! Seriously! They have toys out so you can play with them, and they have these awesome scooter things that you sit in and you move your feet back and forth to make yourself move. It's just way fun. We love going there and hanging out. We are kids at heart and what better place to go than a toy store? We like dragging our friends there when we can. We love Blickenstaffs and I think you, yes you, should check it out! If you are in the area, of course. But really, it's awesome, I want to take my nieces and nephews there SUPER bad! But don't take my word for it, go check out their website and facebook.
http://blickenstaffs.com
/https://www.facebook.com/Blickenstaffs
Ooh ooh! And another thing that I LOVE about them, is that they have imported candy! Yep, they have the real Cadbury from Europe, not the yucky fake American Cadbury stuff. And they have yummy sodas that you can buy too.
Now if you want to see us making a complete fool of ourselves, scroll down for pictures!
Spencer loves to watch me do the jack in the box (except that it's a little sock monkey one-SOOO cute!)
These are those cool scooter things that you sit on. Way Fun!
Yep, we have WAY too much fun at Blickenstaff's sometimes!!!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Just the beginning
So Valentine's has officially started. Worked eleven hours yesterday, and just shy of eleven today. Whew! That's actually not too bad. I will be shouting praises if we can keep it to eleven hour days every day! I thought working at a flower shop was busy, this is even more so. At a flower shop you are just providing for your store, granted you are also dealing with customers. But at a wholesaler, you are providing arrangements/bouquets for lots of different stores. It's crazy, and it hasn't fully started yet. Tomorrow is my first day really supervising a lot of employees. It will be good though :) I will keep my smile on and stay positive and everything should work out fine. Right? haha. That's what I keep telling myself. My feet and ankles may not be so good, but things should be alright.
I re-activated my facebook. It's so hard not to have one. I was actually really enjoying it because of how much time it freed up, but it really is difficult. That's how I keep in contact with people. Granted it shouldn't really matter, because most people don't care to keep in contact with me so why should I go through the effort. But also that's where everyone posts pictures of what is going on, things that I am missing out on because I have to work or have something else I have to be doing. And Spencer and I went to this AMAZING restaurant tonight. We wanted to get the word out on how great it was, and really the only way to get it to a large amount of people is by putting it on facebook. And I will confess my weakness. I have a need for love. I need to feel loved and feel like people care. As ridiculous as this is, seeing that someone commented on my status or something makes me feel good. Makes me think that someone is actually thinking about/caring about this weird red-head. Don't get me wrong, I get plenty of love from my husband. He is amazing that way. But sometimes I just don't feel like I get much from other people [my family does pretty good though ;) ]. Anyway, enough of that. I am SO tired and want to get some sleep before I have another 11-13 hour day at work again.
I re-activated my facebook. It's so hard not to have one. I was actually really enjoying it because of how much time it freed up, but it really is difficult. That's how I keep in contact with people. Granted it shouldn't really matter, because most people don't care to keep in contact with me so why should I go through the effort. But also that's where everyone posts pictures of what is going on, things that I am missing out on because I have to work or have something else I have to be doing. And Spencer and I went to this AMAZING restaurant tonight. We wanted to get the word out on how great it was, and really the only way to get it to a large amount of people is by putting it on facebook. And I will confess my weakness. I have a need for love. I need to feel loved and feel like people care. As ridiculous as this is, seeing that someone commented on my status or something makes me feel good. Makes me think that someone is actually thinking about/caring about this weird red-head. Don't get me wrong, I get plenty of love from my husband. He is amazing that way. But sometimes I just don't feel like I get much from other people [my family does pretty good though ;) ]. Anyway, enough of that. I am SO tired and want to get some sleep before I have another 11-13 hour day at work again.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Health and Husbands and Valentine's (evil) Day
Two things. 1. I hate health problems. 2. My husband is amazing. Now to go a little more in depth. If you know me well you know I get sick a lot. Well this week was no exception. Yesterday I was so sick! I had been up multiple times the night before, waking up with a terrible stomach ache. I had to prop myself up with pillows to try to sleep because laying down made it worse. So when I woke up I still felt awful, but I had gotten a terrible night's sleep so it was even worse. I trudged to work, however, and just had no energy at all. Thankfully I was able to call in someone to come help me on bouquets, and then one of my other co-workers was able to help so that I could go home, so I only worked about four hours. That was a blessing.
As for my husband being amazing. Yes I know I rave about him all the time, but it's because he deserves it. He is so great to me. He knew I was sick and he knows that I have very long hours for work coming up with Valentine's day. He didn't want me to do anything but rest yesterday, so I did. I sat on the couch for the rest of the day (other than to throw ingredients in the bread maker for dinner). It felt so amazing to just relax. I really needed it and it helped to give me the energy I needed for my nine hour work day today. That is going to be nothing compared to what I will be doing in the next little while though!
I will say it over and over again, I really hate Valentine's Day. There shouldn't have to be a day set aside to show love for your significant other. You should do that every single day. Using it as an excuse to give them a little extra pampering I am okay with. But people who make a huge deal about it, making it one of the only times they ever really do something nice... yuck! And I am grateful for the paycheck it brings me. Being a florist, this is THE busiest time of the year. I am working at a different place this year, and it is even busier than what I did before (if that's even imaginable). I just want it to be over with. I will be--hopefully--working twelve hour days for the next week and a half. And that is straight through. I am working the next two Saturdays and Sundays. Not fun. Valentine's Day is so commercialized it is ridiculous. All I want to do that day is relax at home with my wonderful husband and enjoy our time together. That's all I ever really want to do if I'm being honest. Who doesn't love snuggling up on the couch with the love of their life and watching movies or playing games? Doesn't get much better than that! Well, it will once we have a better couch someday. Ours is SO uncomfortable! haha. Anyway. We are hanging in there and trying to be positive. Wish me luck for the next two weeks!
As for my husband being amazing. Yes I know I rave about him all the time, but it's because he deserves it. He is so great to me. He knew I was sick and he knows that I have very long hours for work coming up with Valentine's day. He didn't want me to do anything but rest yesterday, so I did. I sat on the couch for the rest of the day (other than to throw ingredients in the bread maker for dinner). It felt so amazing to just relax. I really needed it and it helped to give me the energy I needed for my nine hour work day today. That is going to be nothing compared to what I will be doing in the next little while though!
I will say it over and over again, I really hate Valentine's Day. There shouldn't have to be a day set aside to show love for your significant other. You should do that every single day. Using it as an excuse to give them a little extra pampering I am okay with. But people who make a huge deal about it, making it one of the only times they ever really do something nice... yuck! And I am grateful for the paycheck it brings me. Being a florist, this is THE busiest time of the year. I am working at a different place this year, and it is even busier than what I did before (if that's even imaginable). I just want it to be over with. I will be--hopefully--working twelve hour days for the next week and a half. And that is straight through. I am working the next two Saturdays and Sundays. Not fun. Valentine's Day is so commercialized it is ridiculous. All I want to do that day is relax at home with my wonderful husband and enjoy our time together. That's all I ever really want to do if I'm being honest. Who doesn't love snuggling up on the couch with the love of their life and watching movies or playing games? Doesn't get much better than that! Well, it will once we have a better couch someday. Ours is SO uncomfortable! haha. Anyway. We are hanging in there and trying to be positive. Wish me luck for the next two weeks!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Simplifying...
If you are reading this you probably saw that I am deleting my facebook account for awhile. So here's why.
Facebook is such a waste of time. I spend too much time on there and I decided that I could do so much other stuff with my time. How many times a day do you check facebook? I am not looking down on you if you check it often, I totally did, and that's why I am giving it a rest for awhile. Well, that's not the only reason. Have you seen the nasty comments people make sometimes? Nasty has numerous meanings. It is the downer comments people post, or the mean things people say, or the downright degradable, awful things people say. That stuff just pulls you down. Also, some things just make me very frustrated. I was trying so hard to be friends and be nice to someone, trying to contact them, hoping they would not throw away our friendship simply because we no longer worked together. Apparently they didn't care. It just brought to my attention how surface level a lot of friendships are. My previous blog was about how I am a very loving person. I put a lot of myself into relationships, and sadly I am finding out more and more that others don't do the same. I have been screwed over and left hanging out to dry over and over again by trying to be nice. Having this happen constantly and having it in my face all the time on facebook is just an extra needle in the heart. And other dramas are always unfolding on facebook. I have decided that I would honestly rather stay oblivious and in the dark on some things and find things out after the fact. Life is dramatic enough already, I don't want to add petty drama on top of that. Anyway!
So here's the test as to who actually cares/is a friend. If you want to keep in contact then just look at this blog. I've also got a writing blog. http://smalltowngirlwritings.blogspot.com/ So if you like writing go ahead and go there. If you would rather email then my email is kayleenjjohnson@yahoo.com This is a friends/family only email, so don't send me junk or stupid forwards please! I enjoy reading blogs, so if you have one and want to stay in contact then I would love to follow you. Happy Saturday!! Have a great weekend!
Facebook is such a waste of time. I spend too much time on there and I decided that I could do so much other stuff with my time. How many times a day do you check facebook? I am not looking down on you if you check it often, I totally did, and that's why I am giving it a rest for awhile. Well, that's not the only reason. Have you seen the nasty comments people make sometimes? Nasty has numerous meanings. It is the downer comments people post, or the mean things people say, or the downright degradable, awful things people say. That stuff just pulls you down. Also, some things just make me very frustrated. I was trying so hard to be friends and be nice to someone, trying to contact them, hoping they would not throw away our friendship simply because we no longer worked together. Apparently they didn't care. It just brought to my attention how surface level a lot of friendships are. My previous blog was about how I am a very loving person. I put a lot of myself into relationships, and sadly I am finding out more and more that others don't do the same. I have been screwed over and left hanging out to dry over and over again by trying to be nice. Having this happen constantly and having it in my face all the time on facebook is just an extra needle in the heart. And other dramas are always unfolding on facebook. I have decided that I would honestly rather stay oblivious and in the dark on some things and find things out after the fact. Life is dramatic enough already, I don't want to add petty drama on top of that. Anyway!
So here's the test as to who actually cares/is a friend. If you want to keep in contact then just look at this blog. I've also got a writing blog. http://smalltowngirlwritings.blogspot.com/ So if you like writing go ahead and go there. If you would rather email then my email is kayleenjjohnson@yahoo.com This is a friends/family only email, so don't send me junk or stupid forwards please! I enjoy reading blogs, so if you have one and want to stay in contact then I would love to follow you. Happy Saturday!! Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Pondering on love...
Well just as an update, not much has changed. We are doing well. Spencer is really enjoying his classes so far this semester. He is happy which makes me happy, and we continue to have lots of fun together! So I have been thinking about love lately and the influence/impact it can have on us. Many people know that I am very much a romantic. And (if I dare say something good about myself), I am a very loving person. I feel like that is one of my talents. I have a great capacity to love and when I love someone, I really love them. I don't hold back. And once I love someone, I will usually love them forever or for a very, very long time. I've never thought about it before, but that could be why it cuts so deeply when someone hurts me. Hm... Anyway. So I love to love! Now that you know that about me, I will continue on.
If you know me very well you know that I lost one of my best friends a few years back. For those who do know, if you have heard me talk about him a lot, I am sorry and just bear with me. (It will be four years next month since his passing, maybe that's why I've been thinking about him more lately?) Curtis was an amazing friend. He was truly just a good person through and through. He was one of the most loving, selfless people I had ever known. He is one of the people that influenced me the most by his love for me. We had such a wonderful friendship and he was there for me through a LOT. He helped me so much in so many ways. He was always very near and dear to me and he still is. I will be very excited to see him in the next life.
Anyway, he taught me a lot. And one of those things is love. He was so full of love for everyone around him. He was always looking out for others and never himself. He taught me to love more. Loving other really can fill a void if you are feeling like something is missing. It has been my experience that when you are full of love you cannot help but be happy. Personal experience. Spencer and I are struggling financially and I am struggling with things and I have been very stressed. But Spencer and I are very close (as every husband and wife should be) and I get so wrapped up in our love for one another that nothing else matters. I can't help but be happy and love life because of the love I have with Spencer and also because of the abundance of love we have in our families.
I have also learned to love and not hold back because you never know when someone is going to go away. Both my grandfathers passed away when I was sixteen-- just five months apart from each other. And then when I was 18 I lost my best friend. You really never know how much longer you have to tell someone you love them. (My two biggest regrets have to deal with this, but that will be for another day!) This life is so unpredictable. It's not worth it to not love with all you have.
Anyway. I know this has turned into a short novel. But I guess the moral of this entry is just to love. Love with all of your heart and don't hold back--this life is too short. The two greatest commandments are to love the Lord and love your neighbor. You will never regret loving someone too much, but you may regret loving someone too little. Take every chance you have to pull close to people and love them, especially your families. I'll close with one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite movies.
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."
What are some experiences/lessons you have learned from love? (I really would like some comments on this. It's never a bad thing to reflect on love and how it can impact us.)
P.S. and by the way. If you haven't checked out my new writing blog you should. Give me some feedback if you don't mind! http://smalltowngirlwritings.blogspot.com/
If you know me very well you know that I lost one of my best friends a few years back. For those who do know, if you have heard me talk about him a lot, I am sorry and just bear with me. (It will be four years next month since his passing, maybe that's why I've been thinking about him more lately?) Curtis was an amazing friend. He was truly just a good person through and through. He was one of the most loving, selfless people I had ever known. He is one of the people that influenced me the most by his love for me. We had such a wonderful friendship and he was there for me through a LOT. He helped me so much in so many ways. He was always very near and dear to me and he still is. I will be very excited to see him in the next life.
Anyway, he taught me a lot. And one of those things is love. He was so full of love for everyone around him. He was always looking out for others and never himself. He taught me to love more. Loving other really can fill a void if you are feeling like something is missing. It has been my experience that when you are full of love you cannot help but be happy. Personal experience. Spencer and I are struggling financially and I am struggling with things and I have been very stressed. But Spencer and I are very close (as every husband and wife should be) and I get so wrapped up in our love for one another that nothing else matters. I can't help but be happy and love life because of the love I have with Spencer and also because of the abundance of love we have in our families.
I have also learned to love and not hold back because you never know when someone is going to go away. Both my grandfathers passed away when I was sixteen-- just five months apart from each other. And then when I was 18 I lost my best friend. You really never know how much longer you have to tell someone you love them. (My two biggest regrets have to deal with this, but that will be for another day!) This life is so unpredictable. It's not worth it to not love with all you have.
Anyway. I know this has turned into a short novel. But I guess the moral of this entry is just to love. Love with all of your heart and don't hold back--this life is too short. The two greatest commandments are to love the Lord and love your neighbor. You will never regret loving someone too much, but you may regret loving someone too little. Take every chance you have to pull close to people and love them, especially your families. I'll close with one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite movies.
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."
What are some experiences/lessons you have learned from love? (I really would like some comments on this. It's never a bad thing to reflect on love and how it can impact us.)
P.S. and by the way. If you haven't checked out my new writing blog you should. Give me some feedback if you don't mind! http://smalltowngirlwritings.blogspot.com/
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Updates
It's been awhile. Time just runs away from me and I don't realize it until it's two months later! We are doing well. Just trudging along and doing the best we can. If you haven't heard already, Spencer didn't get accepted to the Media Arts Program. It was his second chance, so he is back to square one, trying to decide what to major in now. It was a very big disappointment and let-down for us. We were both really optimistic about him getting in this time, but the Lord has something else planned apparently. Spencer did find out that there are a few classes he can take even without being in the major, so he is taking a production class, editing class, and also story-boarding class this semester. He is already loving them! He really enjoys the story-boarding because it is pretty much drawing all semester. He has to draw every day of the semester. Last night he did a sketch of the Eiffel Tower and it was AMAZING! I married a very talented man. Makes me feel very UNtalented sometimes. But that is a nice segue into my next thing.
So we are super poor right now. For Christmas we decided not to buy each other gifts. We had just a little bit of money to buy something for each other from "Santa." But we were just trying to do really thoughtful gifts this year. Spencer did wonderfully! I am getting voice lessons!!!! I have always wanted voice lessons but never had the money for them. Well that's what 'Santa' gave me. Spencer has a friend from high school who is at BYU studying Music Education. She recently started teaching voice lessons and got me set up. The present was for two lessons, but if they go well and I want to continue them I can and after tonight it looks as if that will be the case. Tonight was my first lesson and I LOVED it! I love singing and miss it so much. I was super nervous for it because I haven't done much singing since I graduated from high school almost five years ago. But I really like my teacher and I seemed to click with her. I was amazed at how much it helped. I have never been very confident in myself, especially my voice. I love to sing, but I have always been very timid and kinda shy about it. She really started teaching me on how to put the sound out and it is already giving me a little more confidence. I am just so happy and excited to be taking lessons!
Spencer has made so many of my dreams come true. I never thought I would get to London, let alone Ireland, but I did both with Spencer. I never thought voice lessons would happen, but Spencer thinks I have a good voice and knows how much I love to sing, so he is making that come true too. I married quite a catch and I am very grateful for him and for all he does for me.
Anyway. This is definitely a long overdue update. Most people that actually read this blog will probably already know this, but I got a new job! I started on December 1st at Mountain Bloom Wholesale in Provo. It is a floral wholesaler. I mass produce wrapped bouquets every day. They treat me SO much better than Flower Patch did. I really like my co-workers. I am head of bouquets and I am actually excited for Valentine's. I mean, I'm completely dreading it because I hate Valentine's Day so much and because I am working for two weeks straight without a day off, but I am actually kinda excited! Something I have really learned recently is how much I enjoy management. I wish I would have figured it out when I first started college, but that's alright. Anyway, I am running the bouquets for Valentine's, which means I will be managing roughly 15 temporary employees. It is going to be hard and very stressful, but I am excited!
So all in all we are doing well. We are hanging in there and doing our best. We are still loving the married life. We made it a goal to try to always keep in in the newlywed stage (we still kind of area newlyweds, only been married for a little over 18 months!), but we are doing pretty well at that. He is my best friend and we do everything together. I love living with my best friend! Anyway... the last thing I have to say is that I started a new blog. I want to get back into writing so I started a writing blog where I am going to do exercises from a book that I bought a while back. And also just writing blips of stories or things that come to mind. It's http://smalltowngirlwritings.blogspot.com/ If you would like to check it out. Well, hopefully that caught everyone up on things. We are doing well, living life to the fullest and hope the best to you!
So we are super poor right now. For Christmas we decided not to buy each other gifts. We had just a little bit of money to buy something for each other from "Santa." But we were just trying to do really thoughtful gifts this year. Spencer did wonderfully! I am getting voice lessons!!!! I have always wanted voice lessons but never had the money for them. Well that's what 'Santa' gave me. Spencer has a friend from high school who is at BYU studying Music Education. She recently started teaching voice lessons and got me set up. The present was for two lessons, but if they go well and I want to continue them I can and after tonight it looks as if that will be the case. Tonight was my first lesson and I LOVED it! I love singing and miss it so much. I was super nervous for it because I haven't done much singing since I graduated from high school almost five years ago. But I really like my teacher and I seemed to click with her. I was amazed at how much it helped. I have never been very confident in myself, especially my voice. I love to sing, but I have always been very timid and kinda shy about it. She really started teaching me on how to put the sound out and it is already giving me a little more confidence. I am just so happy and excited to be taking lessons!
Spencer has made so many of my dreams come true. I never thought I would get to London, let alone Ireland, but I did both with Spencer. I never thought voice lessons would happen, but Spencer thinks I have a good voice and knows how much I love to sing, so he is making that come true too. I married quite a catch and I am very grateful for him and for all he does for me.
Anyway. This is definitely a long overdue update. Most people that actually read this blog will probably already know this, but I got a new job! I started on December 1st at Mountain Bloom Wholesale in Provo. It is a floral wholesaler. I mass produce wrapped bouquets every day. They treat me SO much better than Flower Patch did. I really like my co-workers. I am head of bouquets and I am actually excited for Valentine's. I mean, I'm completely dreading it because I hate Valentine's Day so much and because I am working for two weeks straight without a day off, but I am actually kinda excited! Something I have really learned recently is how much I enjoy management. I wish I would have figured it out when I first started college, but that's alright. Anyway, I am running the bouquets for Valentine's, which means I will be managing roughly 15 temporary employees. It is going to be hard and very stressful, but I am excited!
So all in all we are doing well. We are hanging in there and doing our best. We are still loving the married life. We made it a goal to try to always keep in in the newlywed stage (we still kind of area newlyweds, only been married for a little over 18 months!), but we are doing pretty well at that. He is my best friend and we do everything together. I love living with my best friend! Anyway... the last thing I have to say is that I started a new blog. I want to get back into writing so I started a writing blog where I am going to do exercises from a book that I bought a while back. And also just writing blips of stories or things that come to mind. It's http://smalltowngirlwritings.blogspot.com/ If you would like to check it out. Well, hopefully that caught everyone up on things. We are doing well, living life to the fullest and hope the best to you!
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