smallVILLE

So lately Raulon and I have become quite addicted to a new show.... Smallville!


Have you ever seen it?



I remember Raulon saying that he liked watching it with his brother Reg before his mission, so when I found the first season used at Hastings for 15$ I snatched it up and brought it home to surprise him!  I paid for it first, of course ;)

He told me that I wasn't ready for it and he was right!  Once we started, we couldn't stop!

This is what we look like watching Smallville... kind of :)

After we finished the first Season in a few weeks I ordered the second season new on Amazon.com for about 25$ and it was hard waiting a WHOLE week for it to get here!

We watched that season MUCH faster... like 5 days...  We learned our lesson this time though and ordered Seasons three, four, and five before we were done with the second one.

They came in the mail today!  I love getting packages!  It makes me SO happy!  It's one of the simple pleasures of life, you know what I mean?

As soon as Raulon gets home from work today we're going to start watching Season three.  I can't wait!!!



We got my mom and dad started watching it, and so far they like it too!


Are you addicted to any TV shows?

Having fun at 21!

So, who says you can't have fun when you turn 21, even though you're LDS?

It all happened when Raulon and I went to try out a new deal that they had at the beehive grill.

The Beehive Grill was built in the same location where the old D.I. in Logan used to be. 

Mondays and Wednesdays they have a a deal that between 3-5 you can get a big burger and their house fries for $2.50.  They are SO delicious and they have their own home brewed rootbeer that tops of the meal perfectly!

Well one day we decided that we were going to go and try out this deal.  When we arrived, the place was pretty full and the lady asked if we were both 21 and if we wouldn't mind sitting at the bar.  At the bar!!!!  I had just barely turned 21 so we said yes!  It felt so weird but it was pretty awesome at the same time.  They even checked our I.D.'s.  I felt really cool, ha ha :)  We even had some guys sitting next to us that were stopping in after work to have a beer before going home.  I thought:

"Wow!  I'm so glad that my husband loves to come straight home to me after work rather than stopping in at the bar for a beer!  I'm so lucky!"

I just hope our Bishop didn't see us ;)

My good friend Keisha had her birthday Feb. 21st and I decided that we should take her for some beers (heavy on the root) at the grill to celebrate.  This is Keisha.  She is such a doll!

This is us having a girls night last fall

This is us eating caramel apples when we were roommates as freshmen when we met!

Anyway, we decided that she would come over to our apartment Saturday, March 5th, and enjoy some homemade Chinese food with us before we went out for "drinks" :)

Lol, actually, she ended up doing half the work of making homemade Chinese food, but it was MUCH more fun that way.  We cooked while we waited for Raulon to come home from work.  Here's some pictures of it:

I think Keisha did a lot more for this meal than me, even though she was the guest!

Making the chicken is the messiest part, but it is SOOO worth it!

I love hanging out with Keisha!  We understand each other so well!

Frying the carrots for the fried rice

This is ginger root.  Also known as "gingeroo".  Kind of like kangaroo.  Or at least that's what Keisha thought I called it.  It looks like a witches stubby finger or toe!  I've never used the real thing before, it was pretty cool!

Yummy beef and broccoli!

Spring rolls!  This was the first time we made them.  They were VERY tasty! :D

Aerial view of all the food.

Tiny Spicy Chicken, Beef and Broccoli, Ham Fried Rice, and Spring Rolls

Dinner was so yummy!  I owe these great recipes to:


Tiny Spicy Chicken: Ginafer Low (Katie's sister-in-law)
Beef and Broccoli: allrecipe.com :)
Ham Fried Rice: Kelli Stuart (my friend from work)
Spring Rolls: Keri Van Tassell (My sister-in-law)






After Raulon FINALLY made it home and we ate our delicious food, we went to the Beehive Grill.  We decided that Raulon was our designated driver because we were laughing so hard and acting crazy even though we didn't have any alcohol.

Really though... we were going to go alone, but he insisted on coming with us to watch over us and make sure we didn't do anything crazy or get ourselves into trouble.  Isn't that hilarious? :) What a good little protective husband I have! Ha ha

I'm sure the bartender thought we were CRAZY when we said we wanted to sit at the bar and that we were just "drinking" rootbeer tonight and not having any food. (We were stuffed from the Chinese!)


He still made us show him our I.D.'s though because we were sitting at the bar :)  

Raulon likes to try and use his concealed firearms permit as I.D. everywhere we go.  I think it's hilarious!  Ha ha, unfortunately, they ended up asking to see his license anyway.  Poor guy :)

Delicious Beehive Home-brewed Rootbeer

The Crazies sitting at the bar!

Maybe we shouldn't have take pictures of ourselves at a bar ;)

When we got back to the apartment we decided to watch an episode of Smallville...

We ended up watching at least three! :)

Thanks for the awesome night Keisha and Raulon!!!  I love you guys! :D

A little delayed but... my birthday!!!

So I know that its been over two months, but I finally downloaded the photos of my birthday from my camera!




We had a great day!!!!  My birthday was on a Saturday, and I had to work the Friday before until midnight.  Raulon came to pick me up (we only had one car at the time) and when he opened the door to let me into the car, I found these:

They were so beautiful and SUCH a surprise.  Thank you Sweetheart! :D


Then, I was SOOOOO hungry, and luckily Taco Bell and Arby's were both still open!  So I got to have a late-night chicken taco, and a Arby's curly fries and dollar shake!!!  Good stuff!

In the morning, Raulon made me my favorite breakfast....



SCONES :)

After getting ready for the day, we went to the Beijing Buffet in Brigham City with Raulon's family for lunch.  It was so yummy!  Chinese is my favorite!!

 

Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures with the family there.

When we got home we made broccoli-cauliflower soup for my side of the family.  It was yummy and SO fun to have everybody over to celebrate with us. (Except Katie and Aaron, but we don't blame them because Wyoming is SO far away!  Missed you guys!)

Unfortunately, 10 minutes before this picture was taken, I spilled kool-aid on my new, birthday shirt! :(  Oh well, this shirt is one Raulon gave me for Christmas and I love it too!  And the kool-aid washed out.  Yay!

This is the only picture I have of Nano and Colin :(  Sorry guys!

Dane and Chelsea

Caleb and Ethan

Nickle Pickle

Chrissy-poo

Mom and Logan (only one I have of either of them, sorry guys!)

Dad (lol, not sure why we didn't do a re-due)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me and my darling husband, Raulon :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After dinner my Sweetie and I went to see the new show Tangled.  It was so AMAZING!

 

Thanks everyone for making my birthday so great!  You guys are the best!

dE-cLuTtEr YoUr HoMe

So as many of you know, I work at

LEE'S MARKETPLACE.

The job that I do the most there is working the Service Desk.


That's 4pm-midnight.........



BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!




Well, sometimes I get a little bored at 11:30pm when there are no customers, and it's so slow we send the closing checker home and I become the the closing checker...



To pass the time I usually grab a magazine at the register and read about the latest celebrity gossip, but last night I decided to see if I could find something that was actually uplifting or inspiring.



This is the best i could do:

This isn't the issue that I was reading, but it's the best pic I could find :)





So anyway, the article that I read was about de-cluttering your house!  I thought it was really good!  My house isn't necessarily "cluttered" like the homes that they show on Clean Sweep or hoarding shows like that, but I do have a lot of things that I don't really use or don't know what to do with it or why I'm keeping it.
 



Here are some tips from the article:

1. If you don't wear it or use it for at least once a month, get don't need it.

2. "I might wear/use it someday." is code for "I'm never going to wear/use it!"

3. If you have objects or trophies or kids artwork that you love, but really don't know what to do with, take a photo of it and get rid of it.

4. Don't think about sentimental things too much, like Grandma's old vase.  If you aren't using it, grandma wouldn't want you to have it anyway.  Take a picture.  Donate it.  Someone else will use it and love it just as much!
5. One of the biggest mistakes people make is buying new things all the time. Many people get sucked into "retail therapy" (guilty myself) learn to look, admire, and walk away if it's something that you don't really need.

6. Take it one room at a time.  You don't have to do it in a whole weekend like on TV.

They had a planning chart where you would take 12 weeks to dejunk your house.  Here's how it went:

Week 1: Clean the room that gave you the inspiration to dejunk in the first place.

Week 2: Clean the bathroom.  It won't be too hard throwing away half-used, forgotten bottles of lotion and body wash.

Week 3-4: Public rooms.  Embarrassed about that huge DVD or magazine collection?  Don't be afraid to entertain company again.

Week 5: The kitchen.  Do you have a zillion spatulas or plates?  Do you really need all of them?

Week 6: Clothes.  Yours and everyone elses.  If you haven't worn it in a month.  Get rid of it.  If you are allergic to your chanel sweater but it's so pretty, take a picture of it and let someone actually wear it!

Week 7-8: Bedrooms

Week 9, 10, 11: Attic, basement, home office.

Week 12:  Throw a party!  Show off your new junk-free house!

They said you should have three bags.  A junk bag, a donate bag, and a not-sure bag (only 5% of your things can go in the unsure bag.) It also said that you should only allow 5 seconds to decide on every item what bag it will go in.


This next week is Spring Break, and although you'd THINK that would mean lots of freetime and plenty of time to start this on my own house, I am actually going to be working 40+ hours.... so I don't think so.

But my plan is to start the week after and I will take pictures and keep you updated on my progress! :D