Darci's 5 Tag

5 Years Ago I Was:
1. Not looking forward to the end of the year...some not so happy family stuff was going to take place on January 3rd.
2. Working at CR England and little did I know, Rick would be hired in January...
3. Doing the internet dating thing...not sure who I was dating at the time. I think it was a "S" guy...Scott maybe, I think he really liked me but I ended up blowing him off on New Year's eve to go see Return of the King with my mom and sister and that really ticked him off...I dated his roommate first too! hahahaha
4. Had taken out my endowments that year in April (Rick and I were discussing this at dinner tonight
5. Hanging out with my sister Marissa

5 Things on my list of things to do today
1. Wash my hair -Check
2. Go grocery shopping -check check
3. Watch tv -check check
4. Go to a wedding reception -check
5. Watch some more tv - coming up next!

5 Snacks That I Enjoy (mmmm, food)
1. ritz crackers with squirt cheese (aka easy cheese)
2. wheat thins with cream cheese
3. popcorn with salt and butter
4. chips and salsa
5. cookies

5 Things I Would Do If I Were a Millionaire
1. Pay off my debt
2. travel
3. buy a house
4. invest, but not sure what since most things suck these days...
5. know that I could pay for IVF for as many times as it took!

5 Places That I Have Lived: (I actually have thought of doing a blog/personal history story where I go take photos of all my old houses. I just don't want the people to think I am a stalker)
1. West Jordan, Utah (This is where we lived when I was born-ed and I don't remember it)
2. Salt Lake City, Utah (Avenues AND Arlington Hills - by the cement U on the hill)
3. Salt Lake City, Utah (Olympus Cove)
4. Logan, Utah (It was SOOOOOOOOO cold)
5. Draper, Utah

5 Jobs That I Have Had:(notice the trend...)
1. Admin asst to the owner and GM of the Buzz during their inaugural season
2. Office manager at an employee leasing company (payroll company)
3. Office manager at a small construction company
4. Admin asst at CR England
5. Executive asst at The Windsor Group

5 Things I Want To Accomplish:
1. Get back to my weight loss weight...down about 45 from where I am today
2. Have children - ok just one would be nice
3. Finish electronic scrapbooking all my 6000+ photos and then put them on dvd in a slideshow format with music so people might actually enjoy looking at them
4. Paying off all our debt
5. Travel more with Rick

Feel free to enjoy this tag on your own blog

The Snow and The Cold

I just don't like the snow and the cold.

A Visit to the Dentist

Yesterday I went in for my semi-annual visit. I ended up having one small cavity under a filling. I was also having some pains on the other side of my mouth. I had a crown put in about 6 years ago...I broke it twice. The dentist got all mad at me. (The jerk) anyway, he didn't make it flush with the tooth next to it, causing it to break and also leaving a gap where enough food would get stuck that I could feed a small village with what was in there. Yeah I know it is gross.
When I got back to work the guys asked me how I was. I said, GREAT! I have clean teeth. I sure love to have clean teeth. I would go to the dentist every other month just to have them cleaned if I could.
My dentist suggested they fix the filling on the tooth next to the crown. I said sure. Today I went back for my double fillings. (I haven't had a cavity in 5 years.) I was prepared for the worst when it came to the needles. I did not feel a thing! The girl did an incredible job.
As for the fillings, they didn't hurt at all either. But let me tell you, I had so much novocane in my mouth I was numb up to my eyes and even both ears. I think I had more numbing going on in my mouth than I did during my d&c. SERIOUSLY! I didn't feel a thing. It was one of the best experiences I have had at a dentist, other than being told that all looks good. (I don't have the world's best teeth, thank you my British ancestors, so I have been visiting the dentist many times over the many moons.)
If you ever need a dentist refer, let me know~ I can get you hooked up the right way!

Happy Anniversary ~ 2 Years!

Today, December 14th, is Rick's and my anniversary. We have been married for 2 great years. To celebrate, last night we went to Ballet West's Nutcracker. Prior, we went to PF Chang's for dinner. It was wonderful.
For those of you not in Utah, it snowed yesterday. It was a beautiful way to cover all the ugly ground. It was mighty cold too. We decided to walk from PF Chang's to Capital theater as it is only 2.5 blocks away. The north wind was blowing and it was snowing on our way there but it had cleared up for our walk back. During our walk, we walked past the Peery Hotel, where we spent our first night as a married couple.
The ballet was incredible. I can't even begin to describe the costumes. They were the best part in my opinion. They made my eyes so happy. The dancing was incredible too. The "cavalier" to the Sugar Plum Fairy (see photo below) who both also danced in the Grand Pas de Deux was here for that show and only 3 more. He is some dancer who has danced with the Slovakian and Hungarian Ballets along with some other big name international ones. He really was by far the best dancer.
I couldn't have asked for a better way to celebrate our anniversary.

My Favorite Martian

I am so lucky to be living with this...

I Fell Off the Wagon ~ Or Maybe I Have Actually Been Busy

I haven't been as good lately as I used to be at posting. Or maybe I am actually better because I am not posting like 3-5-10 times a day!

We have had a lot of things going on here over the last two months and over the last week or two I have gotten to the point where I have just felt like watching tv at night rather than anything else. I still read some of my friends blogs, but admittedly not all of them anymore. I guess one could call this depression where I lose interest in the things I like to do. Probably. But don't worry, it is nothing that I am going to wallow in or really even discuss publically. Yes that was a ramble...

ANYWAY~ I have a few fun photos to post and shareOn this past Sunday we celebrated our next to the youngest great nephew's birthday. Tucker turned 2 and he had all sort of Choo Choos I crack myself up!

(His baby brother is the youngest who turned 2 months old the day before). It was a fun Sunday afternoon hanging out with Rick's young brother's family. One of which is our youngest Nell niece who will be 17 in January. She reminds us of Violet in The Incredibles. She wears her hair the same and she even talks like she. She looked up a little too late to realize I was taking her photo.

Thanksgiving Tennis - A Few Days Late

Rick and I have a tradition of playing tennis on Thanksgiving morning. Well at least trying to have this tradition. It worked in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 Rick was laid up with double knee surgery. In 2008 it rained that morning. It wasn't raining when we wanted to play but you can't get the tennis nuts (aka balls) wet or it permanently ruins them. This year we had to wait until Saturday to play. The first photo is the view from where we play tennis. One can see the entire valley and in this photo all the lovely clouds. (I love that I know how to do panorama photos now!)
We had and AWESOME time though. I had not been physically well enough to play since August. Let me tell you, watching Autumn come and go with no tennis was SO hard on both of us. Last Saturday was nice and cold but we braved it and it was worth it. (Notice that Rick's nose is almost as red as his hat it was so cold.) We were then able to go again during the week, in December. I asked Rick if he had played outside in December ever before and the answer was no...he always played in a bubble. Again it was cold but it felt so good getting out there, hitting the ball and just having a good time laughing with Rick.

Baby Sitting The Littles

Wednesday of this week I was able to babysit the only niece and nephew Rick and I have on my side of the family. Their regular baby sitter and her daughter were sick so my sister in law asked if I could help out. I am fortunate enough that I was able to leave work and help her out. We had a great time playing all afternoon. Baby Katie is such a good baby. She was actually turning 6 months that day. She can be left on her blanket and she will entertain herself for quite some time. It was great while we ate dinner. She just laid there giggling, blowing raspberries, looking at the Christmas tree and clapping her feet together, which I must say she is a pro!
Jimmy was so good. He sat and watched Rudolph and Cars with me. He was even good when I told him to look at the ornaments with his eyes, not his hands. (he is almost 4 so you can understand the urgent need to touch everything.)
For all the fun that we had, in the end it was nice when Grandma picked them up and took them home. We were once again able to have our quiet house, which I guess I have just grown way too accustomed to these days. (I always forget that if I video tape sideways, the movie comes out sideways...I just need to remember to pull out the real video camera)

Christmas Ornament - Our First Christmas

I forgot to post on Saturday.
This has been a really good exercise for me. Today's ornament I had first thought we purchased at Disneyland but as soon as I started typing I remembered, this is from my aunt!
This is our only ornament that says "Our First Christmas" It doesn't have the year but that is all good. It does have a little hole on the bottom so we put a light inside of it and it illuminates from the inside.
I am happy we have a First Christmas Together ornament.

Christmas Ornaments

A few weeks ago I came across a blog where someone was writing about their Christmas ornaments. I thought that would be a fun thing to blog about so for the next few weeks, leading up to Christmas, I am going to blog about my ornaments.
Rick and I were married on December 14th 2006. We headed to Disneyland the next day. We came back a few days before Christmas. We had a wonderful time there and were able to buy LOTS of ornaments. Today I am going to post photos of the first two I decided to buy.
I was unable to find any that had the date on them or said First Christmas so the above one had to do when it came to "First Christmas."

They did however, have an ornament that was all weddingy. I could have put in a photo from our wedding but decided on us at Disneyland. Techinically it was outside California Adventure but we all get the point. My ornaments all mean something to me but these being from our first Christmas being married mean something extra to me.

Happy Birthday Rick ~ Happy Thanksgiving

As most of you know, Rick's birthday was on Thanksgiving this year. I made a chocolate pudding pie from scratch...which for those of you that don't know it means I mixed sugar and starch and egg yolks to make my own pudding then added melted chocolate. It was incredible. I am not a rich chocolate fan and that is what this was. But those who are, told me it was incredible. I also made a cake. A turkey cake.
Notice the arm trying to hold back the wild hoard from blowing out the candles themselves? This was actually only the second thing I have ever decorated using icing tips and all that. I am very proud of how it turned out.
We went to Rick's sister's for dinner and had a great time. We had our 3 nieces, their husbands and their wild bunch of boys and one princess, each and every one we love! I was able to spend some time with the 2 year old and practice putting on lip gloss. When then went by Rick's parents house and hung out with them for a bit. Actually it is more like sitting and chatting with them. 85 year olds don't really hang out.
My aunt and cousin drove in from Kansas and we will probably see her along with my cousin who is going to BYU tonight.
Rick and I hope that everyone had a fun and happy Thanksgiving!

Draper Temple

Last night the lights were on on the Draper Temple. There has only been one other night we are aware of that they have been on. I was so excited I told Rick I needed to drive up there and take some photos. These are untouched up.
As for the Open House and Dedication:

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, January 15 to Saturday, March 14, 2009 (excluding Sundays)
Tickets are available starting December 1st

RESERVATION CENTER:
801-240-7932 (Salt Lake area)
1-800-537-6181 (Toll free)
http://www.lds.org/reservations/


DEDICATION
Friday, March 20 to Sunday, March 22, 2009 (in 12 sessions)

TEMPLE OPENS
Monday, March 23, 2009

A Funny Thanksgiving Story ~ Well I Think It Is

Many many many moons ago I had a boyfriend I thought I was in love with. (I probably was at the time.) A few days before Thanksgiving he broke up with me. We had been dating for almost a year and he told me that he needed space and time to be with his buddies and space to study for finals. I thought, what a jerk but he broke my heart. He decided to go up to Idaho Falls, where he grew up, to spend Thanksgiving with his friends up there.
One night while there they were at a bar and he ended up "hooking up" with some girl. I know she hung out with him and his friends over the weekend. When he came back, we did get back together, with some conditions but still we were "together" and that is what mattered to me at the time. BUT I needed to know more about this girl. I learned that he had kissed her on her doorstep. I was pissed! I also learned that he kept her phone number in his wallet.
One evening I was at his place and he was in the other room or something, I grabbed his wallet, pulled out the number and took care of it. (This is the funny part.) There was no way I was going to let some IF hussy get to my boyfriend.
I don't think he ever noticed. He never mentioned it to me if he did.

Why do I tell you this story? I was in the kitchen thinking about Thanksgiving and what I have done on Thanksgiving in the past. This Thanksgiving happened to pop into my head and I thought I would just share that story with you all. Basically I am very protective and can be sneaky sneaky if needed.
I am contemplating writing down other Thanksgiving stories but not sure that I feel like taking the time. I have things to do, places to go, people to see...ok not really...sometimes I really do get tired of the computer.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Looking for Employment

Many of you who read my blog already know this but many don't; Rick was laid off last week. I have decided to help him with networking as much as I can that they is what I am doing on here. If you have a good head hunter or know of any jobs out there related to Human Resources, or Operations Management. (I can always send you Rick's resume if you would like.) Any thoughts or connections you might have would be greatly appreciated and we do pray that all of you continue to have employment in your homes.

Do You Bleed Red?

Last Saturday was the big Utah/BYU game. We were invited to a party are our friend Darci's. We didn't know anyone besides Darci and her husband and we had an awesome time! I haven't uploaded the photos I took yet so I just stole these from Darci's blog. Besides, I am not in the ones I took!
We had people rooting for both sides and it was so much fun. I just can't get over what a great time it was.
THANK YOU DARCI and FAMILY!!!