Stephen's Move

We had a VERY busy weekend. Stephen decided that he didn't want to move with us to our new home. It would have been a 45 mile drive each way to and from work so I really don't blame him. Our Saturday morning started out with moving him out of the apartment. The dood was only going to help him out but ended up having to help him in too. I stayed back and cleaned.

Not sure who got the better end of that deal.

This week has been interesting and a flood of emotions up and down. Last Saturday we spent time at Jim and Carrie's. It was so much fun playing with little Jimmy. Jim and I cooked dinner then Rick and I played with little Jimmy. Poor Carrie seemed to tired. She looks good though, as does the baby.
Prior to going over there I was able to get in some pool time. As you can see by the nice red hugh to my skin.



As you can see, Baby Katie is looking great. She has such beautiful color and is so pretty. She also is very good at keeping her parents awake. Apparently she does not like to have a pacifier and therefore they have to just hold her and calm her down. Doesn't make for getting much sleep.
This hammock was hand made especially for Jim while on his mission. Rick pushed Jimmy and me in Jim's hammock. in Venezuela. We had little Jimmy laughing so hard.So then on Sunday we went to see Rick's parents and then over to his sister's house. Going up there makes us want to move further north so it would be easier to see all our family. Who knows what will happen once we get to that point. So after we had to go by my mom's to pick up my car registration paperwork. On the way we drove past Cottonwood Mall - More accurately, what is left of Cottonwood Mall.

So we got up to my mom's and I ran inside to get my stuff. Since no one was home I had to go in the back door. The yard looked so bad. Inside the house smelled and felt so dirty. As soon as I got back into the car I just started crying. The house felt so horrible to be inside. There were none of the comforts that used to be there. I mentioned this to my mom today and she thought I was criticizing her because that is what she does to people. She didn't get that I was trying to tell her that I don't want to spend time there because she doesn't take care of the things that she has.
Then my visiting teachers came by Tuesday. They are so nice and friendly. They are great! Wednesday was an apron exchange with some ladies in my ward. Here is the thing, I thought it was Thursday! I felt like such a tard when I realized this and I felt so badly. I had really wanted to go and to spend time with these wonderful ladies. They are all so nice to me and I feel so badly that I have to work and that we don't actually live in the neighborhood with them. It makes me really wish we were in a home not an apartment. Sometimes I just feel so left out between not having children and working full time. Don't get me wrong, I love my job but it just isn't conducive to having a life.
Also on Thursday, Maddy and Drew left for Mexico. Yes I know Maddy lives in Oregon and I don't see her all the time BUT I know where she is. I can always call her. While in Mexico she has turned off her phone and she only has the interwebs while at school. I was able to talk with her today though. That made me very happy. She is also having a very hard time and is homesick. So yes both my sisters have left me. They don't understand how attached I am to them! If they knew I would think that the would do a better job at not leaving me alone.
So here is it, Friday afternoon. I stayed home today from work because I had food poisoning last night. (Stupid Harmon's Salsa - It must have been the tomatoes). I have been able to get a few things done today but not all that I had planned. Such is life.
One good thing - I lost another pound! HOORAY for me! I suppose it is time to get off the computer and get some of my house cleaning done so I can have another day at the pool tomorrow. So as I end this, the flood of emotions up and down, ends on the up side as it is 3:30 on a Friday. Life can't be all bad on a Friday in the Summer!

Weekend Follow Up

I had forgotten that I put a list of things I needed to do on here. Guess I should check it out and see what I actually did...
#1 - I made a new folder for some of my photos that I want to pull off first. They are from the Mexico Carrier Conferences I used to plan and attend when I was still at England. Don't really need those on here anymore. I also moved folders from some "hidden" places and put them in my normal photo file. I was able to consolidate stuff from 2005, 2006 and other older things. Guess I am about ready to starting some burning.
#2 - Well I did clean off the futon. Then I paid bills and didn't finish. I still have stuff on there that needs to be filed. At least there isn't unopened mail on there anymore.
#3 - Next
#4 - Next
#5 - Deferred

So Rick and I went to the ReAl game Saturday night. It was ok. It was pretty darn cold. Especially for June. It wasn't as cold as some of the football games we have attended but it sure wasn't summer. The game was pretty slow. ReAl had easily 10 really good shots on the goal and not a single one made it in. The final was 0-0. Oh well. We don't think they have won when we have actually been there for a match. Maybe someday.
Today we had the 5 year olds with us in class. That means we had 10 kids. Good things the one who causes the most problems wasn't there. We had them run around the building and that seemed to help. I wouldn't make a good teacher like Maddy. I can barely handle 9 kids with Rick being there for 1 hour alone!
This afternoon we went and visited Rick's parents. Their yard is SO beautiful. It really made us want a house. Who knows when we will be able to do that. Doesn't look like it will be soon but you never know what might happen. We think that if they try to raise our rent too much that we will look more into renting a house.
Then we came home and I was knitting while watching the race. After one row I decided I could barely keep my eyes open and so I fell asleep. Rick said I kept talking to him essentially in my sleep. I know I did at least 3 times. I slept for probably an hour. When I woke up the race wasn't on. I asked if it was really that bad. Rick said it was so boring he fast forwarded through most of it and Kasey Queer won anyway so I am glad I didn't waste my time.
Then we had a deliciouso dinner and started watching The Order of the Phoenix. It is such a good movie and with our surround sound it is awesome. Especially the part then they are leaving Surrey and fly over the Thames. That is probably my favorite part of the entire movie. I wish they had some Quidditch. It is always good!
So here I am writing my blog. Thinking about the things I didn't do, the things I need to do and the things I should do. Trying to decide what to do for about half an hour until I go to bed.
Here is one good thing...I have lost 2 pounds! Hooray for me!

I can't believe I almost forgot...our apartment is being painted. Yesterday they painted the top half. And they painted right over my bird's nest! I was SO worried that they killed the birds. For more than 12 hours there were feathers sitting in the same spot. Late this afternoon when i was out checking I saw they had moved and there was a little head popping out. Usually they dive bomb us when we leave our apartment but they hadn't all day yesterday or today. I sure hope they are ok. If not, I am certainly going to be very angry at the painters!

Here it is 10:00 on a Friday night and I am up on my computer watching Princess Diaries 2 while Rick is dead asleep in our room. That is alright though. I need to make a list of things I need to do in the Jeff Gordon bedroom.
#1 - I have over 6000 photos on my computer. I need to start clearing them off. The problem? I need to clear them off in an organized manner onto cd's so that I can find them when I need them again.
#2 - Clean off the futon - I have a lot of filing to do which leads me to...
#3 - Clean out the filing cabinet
#4 - Clean up the closet floor. Ever since we got a storage unit about 3 weeks ago I have stuff just all over the floor in the Jeff Gordon closet.
#5 - Overall cleaning of this room! There is just stuff all over that needs to be put into its home

As for tomorrow, well if the weather is at all like today, I will probably be working in here getting some of that done. We are going to the ReAl game in the evening. It should be fun. We always have a good time when we go and this time we have seats on the west side and near Carnival ReAl. Should be a new experience since we usually are on the east side facing the sun but down by the corner where all the crazy season ticket holders sit.

The only new photos I have are of baby Katie so why don't I post some... Good idea MicheleThis was little Katie checking out Rick. She already likes him more than me. Then again, all of our little nieces and nephews do. When I went to visit Wednesday afternoon I walked into the room and little Jimmy didn't even say hi. His first words to me were, Where's Rick? I am glad they all like him.
Princess Diaries 2 is such a good movie. Since I got on facebook and have been playing the never ending movie quiz I think about questions that should be on there when I am trying to go to sleep. Alright..I guess I am off to try and start really getting my photos organized. I am doing a better job than what I used to do so that should help.

OH I almost forgot...I saw THE ugliest baby today that I have ever seen while doing my blog stalking. If you want to see this freak of nature/alien, drop me an email and I will let you know where to check out the photo.

Sunday Sunday Sunday

The weekend is here in full swing. Yesterday we went for a walk in the morning, I did some grocery shopping and shopping for a baby shower this week and then we went to a movie for date night. We saw Ironman. For some reason I have a thing about crowds right now, I don't want to be in them. I do want to see Prince Caspian and even though the seats are reserved, I wasn't up to dealing with a crowded movie. There were a lot of people at Ironman but not as many.
It was an ok movie. I would give it a 3. I usually LOVE the marvel comic movies but not so much this one. There were parts that were really good and other parts were really slow. I do have to say, Stan Lee is always great in these movies!
Today we had stake conference. We watched the All Star race last night. Unfortunately Casey Queer won. Very disappointing. I would have been happier if Cousin Carl had won. As I was watching the race I thought to myself, man there are a lot of drives I don't like. I don't like him, I don't like him, I really don't like him etc. The good news, Kyle Busch blew his engine and didn't even finish. Now that I can cheer about.
Oh yeah, I also washed our deck yesterday. Not that it is much cleaner but something is better than nothing. The weather is so perfect right now I can't not be outside. I hope it is this good next weekend.
I am thinking of what pretty pictures I have to post today since there aren't any related to my blog...hhmm... I shall go browse. Ok I can't find anything worth posting. By the way, Rissa agrees that Rick would be good in a Volvo. She recommends it due to it's safety performance. When I told this to him, he just shook his head and walked out of the room. He just doesn't understand.