Save the Date

So... I think we have decided on a date. After my sister who is moving to Australia PROMISED that she would only be able to come in March, we have decided on March 6, 2008. SAVE THE DATE!

The Best Birthday Ever!

Warning: THIS IS KINDA LONG ☺

Yesterday was my 21st birthday. It was a fun-filled day accompanied with taking an accounting test and staying in class until 6 pm. Although it didn’t feel like my birthday complete, I got so many loving phone calls, emails, blog comments and a few text messages. I was so surprised that so many people remembered! Sometimes that is almost better than the gifts… almost.

So Jordan picked me up from my evening class to go to Salt Lake to have dinner. He arrived with an EXTREMELY large bouquet of flowers (like seriously, the largest I have ever seen) and took me to my house to get ready. He had a few presents in the back of the car and when we got to my house, I was supposed to open them. However, I of course took too long getting ready and we were running a little late, so I told him we could open them at dinner or sometime after.

On the way up to Salt Lake, my friend texted me and asked me if I had gotten anything shiny for my birthday. I told her no. (Rewind: I knew that he had already ordered it because I knew that he had been saving for awhile and one day on a date I asked him how much he had saved. Well he made the mistake of telling me and then amount was dramatically lower than it should have been… we’re talking a few thousand dollars here. Well I tried to ask him about it and he blamed it on something like bills… right, bills. He would get mad every time I asked about it and finally he confessed that he had bought the ring and he had wanted to propose on my birthday, but it wouldn’t be ready in time.) Anyway, I told her no and I didn’t think it was going to happen because 1- He didn’t seem nervous enough and 2- I didn’t know where he could have been keeping it since he was just wearing slacks and a nice shirt and I couldn’t see it anywhere in his pocket (I checked). So I laughed at this message and told him what this friend had said and he said something like, “I really hope that you aren’t getting your hopes up that you are going to get it tonight, because you are setting yourself up for failure. It won’t be done in time… yada yada yada”. Right… It won’t be done in time. I kinda believed him, but mostly didn’t. I had a feeling all day that it was going to be the day.

So we went to dinner at The Roof in SLC (beautiful by the way) and I just kept waiting for it to happen… patiently waiting. Well, it didn’t. I thought, wow, he was really telling the truth. I guess that it really wasn’t going to happen. So we left (I was a little disappointed) and started for home. We still had the gifts in the back of the car. He said that he wanted to go back to Provo to open them. I was a little too impatient for that, so I told him that we should just go somewhere local. So we drove around for the next like half hour trying to find somewhere. We wanted to see a view of the city so we kept going more and more uphill, but we couldn’t see anything because there were trees everywhere! I suggested that we just go sit by the temple, but luckily we decided against that. So we just went up to the capital building and pulled over on the side of the road in front of it.

I had 4 varying sizes of presents. He had even wrapped them himself—complete with A LOT of scotch tape. I opened the smallest one first (of course, I wanted to save the best for last!) and found lip gloss (I have a fetish. I currently have 9 lip glosses in my purse, so this was perfect! ☺). Next I opened a box that had a gift certificate to go and get a manicure and pedicure (I had told him that I wanted to get my nails done before I got engaged because I HATE my nails and didn’t want to show them to everyone when I showed them the ring, however, I did not pick up on this at all). The next gift was a cute sweater that he had picked out for me (with the help of his sister Shauna… thanks!). The last was a larger box. I opened it up and found an empty box that holds a ring box. I just looked at him and said, “Are you serious?” He then proceeded to get out of the car and get on one knee (in the road/gutter I might add) and propose! I was shocked! I definitely wasn’t expecting it!

I absolutely LOVE my ring. It is so so so so pretty. There was a lady at work today who even asked me if I wanted to switch rings for a day because it is so beautiful—of course I refused ☺. Above is a picture, but it doesn't do it justice, so just know it is EVEN MORE stunning in person! When we do get married, there will be two matching pauve bands on each side. (So three pauve bands with a round diamond in the middle).

I wanted to do things in order, so we haven’t made any plans yet. We don’t’ know when we are getting married (probably in March) and we don’t’ know where quite yet (although it will be in Utah). We will hopefully have a date by this weekend. I am so excited and so happy!

Puppies

Shauna... you will love this post.

So this weekend, I did a lot of thinking about how much I want a dog. My imagination started running wild with the thought of having a puppy of my own. It didn't help when I was actually at the book store and came across countless numbers of books... all devoted to the most adorable dogs known to man kind. All I really know right now is that I want a really cute and really small dog. I am so excited that I will actually be able to have her. I will get to play with her, and take her on walks, and cuddle with her as I watch a movie. Doesn't that sounds like fun? Only problem is that it won't be for a few years. Sigh... I guess I can just dream for now though. Above is an example of a dog that you will find in my house when you come and visit me in a few short years. Isn't she so cute? I can't wait. I literally can't wait.

Tagged...

1. I absolutely love... the fact that I am not going to school next semester. I didn't really get a summer vacation since I was working, going to school and working some more. This semester has pushed me over the edge! I am so excited for next semester when I get to shut my brain off at 5 and actually enjoy my evenings. However, don't think I am going to be like a total slacker... I am going to be changing jobs (hopefully!) and will be doing almost a mini-internship. So I will basically be learning a lot of stuff on site, rather than in school. Also, I hope to take some online classes, learn HTML (something I have to learn for my major), actually cook food atleast 6 days a week, and pick up jewelry making again. Man, this is going to be GREAT! I am already ready for this time to come!

2. I don't care if...snow didn't exist in the valley. I hate driving in the snow. Most of all, I hate walking in the snow. I hate walking to class and getting my pants soaked up to my kneecap and my shoes filled with cold, slushy water. Worst. Feeling. Ever. I think the snow is beautiful... and if I could sit in my house all day sipping hot chocolate looking at it, I maybe wouldn't mind it. But I can't do that... I have other things to do and it JUST GETS IN THE WAY. I wouldn't mind if it just stayed in the mountains. That way, if I wanted to go sledding or something, I could... although that is rare.

3. I like to...cook. I especially like cooking for others. If I had unlimited funds and time, I would do it all of the time. I love having people over for dinner. I also like to make dinner for those who really need it too (if they are sick, busy, etc.). I hope that one day I can do this all of the time. Then maybe I can actually get really good at it.

4. I play...on rare occasions. School and work pretty much take up all of my time, so I have had to find ways to play during work and also while studying. Somehow, I am still productive... for the most part.

5. I have a horrible habit of...being indecisive. I hate making decisions, especially when other people are involved. The hardest decision for me is honestly like picking somewhere to eat. I always just want the other person to choose, but if I don't like it, I will let them know. I am like the pickiest indecisive person ever... ok not really, but I hate making simple decisions like that. :)

6. I love to...be with my family. I have hardly had any time to spend with my family this past year. I am really excited for Christmas this year because we will all be together again! I keep thinking about our Christmas in Mexico and how much fun we all had together and I CAN'T WAIT until this Christmas when we get to do it all again (minus
Mexico:( ).

I tag... Nicole, Landon, and... anyone else who hasn't already been tagged!

SICK!

It seems like I have been sick for a REALLY long time. It is almost like I can't remember the last time I was healthy! I just keep going from one thing to another. First it was breathing, then the car wreck, then a cold, then coughing, then the flu, then more coughing. I think I have had a cough for like three weeks now. I am so sick of being sick!!

Not only me, but Jordan keeps catching things too. He has had the stomach flu, migraine headaches and now the body flu. We just can't seem to get better! It's funny though because we never really catch what the other has... except this last time. We are lucky with that though... even though we just end up catching something else.

It is funny how different each of us likes to be treated while we are sick. When I am sick, I love someone to be right there holding my hand, taking care of me and comforting me. Jordan however is no where near the same. I want to be able to help him. I want to make him soup, rub his head, get him medicine... I want to be able to make him better! He doesn't really want my help though. In fact, I am pretty sure he would just prefer that I just leave him alone and sit on the other couch. And while I want someone to be there sitting by me at all times while I am sick, Jordan would prefer to just have me take him home. I guess I am just a girl, and he is just a boy.

Happy Halloween

The Halloween Cruise

This Halloween was not very eventful this year. I have decided that Halloween is pretty pointless for someone in my position. I don't like scary things. I don't particularly care to dress up. I don't go to parties. I don't have children to take Trick-or-Treating.

This Halloween consisted of many exciting activities. I first went to work where they were having a costume competition. We were told that there was going to be one winner who would win $100, dinner for two and movie passes for 2. Jordan and I were planning on coming up with something clever because we had to win. Well, time got the best of us and we both went costume-less. When they were doing the judging, the owner announced that there would also be runners up. The grand-prize winner was a Real Estate Agent which was actually really funny and creative considering where we work. The runners up? Second place (and winning $100!) DARTH VADOR! I couldn't believe it. I am pretty sure I could have come up with something a little better that day. The other winners were a cow and an expired listing (once again, something to do with our work.) Of course on the day of Halloween, everyone was telling Jordan and I what we should have been. That was helpful.

After work, we went to class and then came home and made chicken soup and cornbread. We couldn't even clean the kitchen though because our drains appear to be clogged so the sink is full of dishes...and water. It's great. After dinner, I plopped down on the couch and wrote two papers and prepared to take a quiz. What a great holiday! I love school! (P.S. That was sarcastic)

However, I guess we did have a Halloween-ish activity earlier in the month. A few of my friends got together a few weeks ago and went on a "Halloween Cruise". It sounded like a lot of fun and my imagination was running wild with the possible things that could happen on this cruise. Well, I might have come away a little disappointed. The cruise was for small children and couldn't scare a baby. It consisted of a ride on the Provo River and "captains of the ships" who would rarely stay in character. As we were trying to play along and answer questions, they would just scoff at us and make us feel stupid. The ship was, however, taken over by a pirate. She was supposed to come out of the woods on a rope and land on the ship. Well, she left a little early and had to end up swinging back to the shore. By the time she attempted it again, we were too far away from her. So she just had to get on a little raft and come and "take over" our ship (aka tell lame pirate jokes). It was fun! I guess that is just what I get for making no effort though. Maybe next year!