Busy Bee

Wow it has really been a while since I blogged... School was so crazy last semester, that I pretty much planned on life being so care free after our vacation, but I was way wrong! The rest of our vacation was amazing! We spent a day at Disneyworld (thanks to Katchie's sweet hook ups), and were able to go to Epcot, the Magic Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios! It was so much fun!

We also spent a day at Clearwater Beach (Gulf of Mexico) and got fried, and a day at Cocoa Beach (Atlantic Ocean) and tried surfing! Lol the pictures are of how I felt after surfing and how Adam felt!

We had so much fun and it was amazing to be able to spend that time together!

Now we are back to life! I am working about 7 shifts a week and Adam is taking off with his business, doing lawn maintenance, handyman work, mold cleanup, flooring, carpeting, painting, etc... and loving it! Needless to say, we have both been very busy!

Lole is as sweet as ever and we finally taught her how to roll over! Yay! But I am very puppy hungry... I want another dog so bad, yet I know how crazy that would be! Maybe once we move out of this crazy apartment :)

Lets see... since we have been home, Mom came to visit and take care of Katchie from her surgery, we went to two jazz playoff games with Adam's family, Linnea got married, I went to visit Katchie a few times, and a few other fun things!

Lots of fun to come... Adam's birthday is June 6th, we are going white water rafting on June 7th with Dan (Adam's friend), and we (Adam's extended family) are having the annual girls getaway in Park City that weekend also!

So far... so good!

Our trip has been amazing so far! We have been trying to experience something new every day! Here is what we have been up to:

Day 1: After a long day of traveling, we got dinner from a vender outside of a strip club! Lol the food was actually good, and we didn't even get sick! :)

Day 2: We went to a flea market and got some pretty sweet things! It was really fun! Then, we went to Clearwater beach and soaked up the sun! At dinner that night we both tried escargot for the first time! Suprisingly, we both loved it!

Day 3: The cold front came through Tampa today, so it was only 80 degrees and windy ;) We went to lunch and tried frog legs! Also, suprisingly yummy! We did some shopping and dressed up nice for dinner! Dinner was beautiful and fabulous, with a gorgeous view of the bay!

Tomorrow we are excited to spend a day on the beach! More updates to come!

We're off!!

YAY! The time has finally arrived! We leave in the morning for Tampa! It is late and I still have to finish up packing, but I can't wait! We dropped off Lole tonight, and I am already missing her cute face :( Love you all!!!

Don't worry, we'll post LOTS of pictures!!!

Funny

So yesterday, while playing at the park, we realized how much Lole loves the swings! Here is a video for your enjoyment! :)

(Sorry it isn't very big, it was taken on a cell phone!)

School's Out For The Summer....

Well... almost.... Today was my last day of classes! Woo Hoo! You have no idea how exciting that is! I have one math test, one drama lesson plan, and a 3 minute music test left and then I don't have to think about school for months!

What a wonderful ending to such a REDICULOUSLY CRAZY day!

The countdown for the vacation has been on for a few days now, but as soon as I go to sleep there will only be 11 days until we leave for Florida!

Yesterday we went to the park in our swimsuits and today it snowed... only in Utah...

Something fishy going on...

So I am super upset about the pitbulls :( As it turns out, pitbulls aren't allowed in Springville, so they wouldn't let us adopt them :( I wanted to cry my eyes out! Adam and I went and visited them, and I fell in love with them all over again! They are so sweet and they love me! So... since they wouldn't allow us to adopt them, they said that if we had friends, they would have priority in being able to adopt them. They went on adoption last Thursday morning at 9am (the dogs have to be there for 3 days before adoption is allowed, incase the owners come looking for them).

So I have this friend from work, and her and her husband have been looking for a pitbull mix at the shelters for a while, so she was super excited when she found out about the puppies. I gave her all the info and so her and her husband went to the shelter last Thursday at 10am to adopt one of the puppies. The people in the shelter told her they had no idea what she was talking about and that they didn't have any puppies like that. Hmmm... right?!

SO... I just found this out this morning and had Adam call the shelter. When he talked to them, they said that the owners came in looking for the puppies on SATURDAY and that they have 2 more days to come up with the money to get their puppies back... So maybe it's just me, but something doesn't add up right... Thursday they denied have the puppies, but on Saturday the owners came and claimed them.

Something is going on. Why would they lie about that? AND I am super upset that they are giving the owner the puppies, after they 'abused' the dog by leaving the rubber band on his tail so it would fall off. People like that shouldn't be allowed to have the puppies back!! Why wouldn't they let my friend see the puppies?!

So Adam and I think that maybe one of the workers wanted to keep them, so they were hiding them or something... What do you think?

PS Three school days left!! WOO WOO! I can't wait!

APRIL FOOLS!

Ok so this blog has nothing to do with April Fools :) I tried to trick Adam into thinking I was pregnant today, which lasted about 5 seconds till I gave in... that was my only sad attempt today.

ANYWAY! We have started planning our trip! YAY! So we have decided on Florida! I really need to be on a beach, and soon. We are flying into Tampa and going to be in FL from April 26-May 2! I am super excited! So far, all we have planned are the plane tickets and a rental car... the rest of the trip is all up in the air! We might drive down to Disney World and go to the Epcot center for a day or something, but we haven't decided yet. So any of you FL experts, let us know where we need to go!

The plan so far, is to spend some time in St. Petersburg. It is supposed to be very chill and relaxing with beautiful beaches: Sounds just like what the doctor ordered! :)

So I got in a car accident today... Let me start by telling you, NO I am not April Foolsing you, although you might think so at the end of the story. So... I had some homework to do on campus so I decided to take the 11:30 bus instead of the 12:37 bus. So I get on the bus and everything is just normal as usual (normal for public transportation I guess lol). I was on the phone and all of a sudden I go sliding across the seat of the bus until I run into the pole seperating me from the next section. I was so confused! I guess we had hit something (we were going 50 mph by the way), so the bus pulled over on to the side of the road. I was a little frazzled at this point and decided to find out what happened...

So on the side of the road there is a milk delivery van with a pink posterboard in the windshield that says "Free Chocolate Milk." Appearantally, two of the cars ahead of us saw the sign and decided that they NEEDED free chocolate milk and slammed on thier brakes, without using their blinker of course. The car behind them panicked and slammed on her brakes as well and then I guess a giant bus can't stop on a dime when going 50 mph and we rearended her.

SO, we were stuck on the bus for quite some time while the bus driver waited for her supervisor to come and take care of the situation. Needless to say, instead of being an hour early to school, I arrived right on time for my class, without doing all of the homework I needed to finish.

Can you believe it? LOL the things people will do for something free. And then, believe it or not, while we were sitting there waiting, the chocolate milk guy had the nerve to ask the bus driver to move the bus because we were blocking his free chocolate milk sign.

So this week has been a little nuts this far... By the way! Adam and I helped rescue two puppies walking in the middle of a busy street yesterday! They are beautiful! Legally, we had to take them to animal control for 3 days, but if no one claims them, we may get to adopt them! Cross your fingers! I need them!

Wow, its been a while...

So I haven't blogged in quite a while... let's face it, my life is boring. School has been crazy busy and with Mom having her hip replaced, I have been driving to Ogden lots to see her. She is such a rock star! I don't know what I would do if I had to choose between restless legs or nausea... yuck!

I can't believe St. Patrick's Day has already come and gone! I didn't even do anything to celebrate! I can remember growing up, we always had the funnest holidays at our house! Mom would always make sure we had lucky charms for breakfast (eaten with green milk of course!), and we would always get decked out in green and there was always a plethora of stickers to choose from to take with us to school (in case anyone forgot to wear green)! This year, I slept in, which was wonderful of course, got ready for the day, played with Lole, took a math test, went to work, and came home and went to bed! How sad! No lucky charms, no green milk, and no fun green outfits. We have to wear all black at work so I did get away with this green bracelet I found in my drawer. So Anyway! It has come and gone, hopefully next year I will be more fun! I can't believe Easter is already in 5 days! Hopefully the weather cooperates!

So I am still trying to plan our vacation for next month. Since we haven't gotten passports still, we have to go somewhere in the US... I want to go skydiving and be on a beach :) So far I am leaning toward somewhere in Florida, maybe... But I don't have tons of money to spend... any suggestions?!?!

Serving!

Yay! So I officially got moved up from a hostess to a server and tonight was my last night of training (35 hours of training later)!! I am super thrilled! I love serving! It can be so stressful and frusterating at times, but I love the fast pace and meeting so many new people! In fact, tonight I served this super sexy guy who looked like Mike from Desperate Housewives ;) (thats besides the point tho lol)!

Tonight, for my last night of training they had me take the sushi bar by myself and I had a blast! And at the end of the night I actually walked with some of my tips, which was fabulous!

So my friend got a new puppy last week, her name is Obi and she is pitt bull/boxer and she is so so so cute! So she whines when they aren't home so her landlord gave them one week to train her not to whine or she has to get rid of her. So we decided we would try and help them out so we are babysitting and trying to train her! We have already taught her today to go to her kennel and to sit and it is so fun! If they have to get rid of her we might just have to take her off their hands ;)

Anyway, tomorrow is Adam and I's first day teaching primary! I am actually a little nerveous for the little rowdies! So I'm off to plan my lesson!!

Pizza!

So last night Adam and I decided to have his family come over for dinner. I love inviting people over for dinner because it acutally gives me the motivation I really need to be able to make my apartment presentable and do the things that I keep putting off. Waking up today was wonderful as I walked in to my clean, organized living room! It sounds super lame, but you have to be excited by the little things in life, right?!

So I have decided, that along with all of our other goals for life, that someday Adam and I are going to open our own restaurant! :) He is an amazing cook, and we make a really great team! Last night we decided to make homemade pizza. Adam took it upon himself to make a homemade white sauce for our veggie pizza and some barbeque sauce concoction for the BBQ chicken pizza (remember when we made those kids of pizzas at Stephs!? ), anyway, the pizzas turned out amazing and we even had Beau, who is 17 by the way, tell us that our pizzas were even better that Pizza Hut! And I think that is a big compliment coming from a 17 year old boy!

Anyway, I start training to be a server at Happy Sumo tonight! I am super excited about it! It will be nice to feel like I am acutally contributing to the income again. Because, lets face it, being a hostess isn't really bringin home the bacon! Its such a great feeling to know that I am actually contributing and making a difference and I am excited to feel that way again!

As for Lole... still not sure if she's prego or not! The watch is still on! We'll keep you posted! :)

The beginning

So this is my first time doing a blog... so I'll try it out for a while and see what I think. I'm sure it won't even be read by anyone but here goes. I guess i could start out by explaining my name:

The Cup Half Full

All my life I have always been looked at, referred to, and known as this optimistic, cheerful, bubbly girl who always looks at the cup half full. My mom actually always uses that phrase when she is talking about me to people. Now I don't know about anybody else, but I personally think that is something that can be pretty hard to live up to as you grow up. Life happens and sometimes it is hard to be optimistic about everything and to find the good in every situation. Its hard when something bad happens because people depend on you to be the one who will hold strong and reassure everyone else.

Story of my life

So this has pretty much been the story of my life. Constantly trying to be that person for everyone else. It is harder at some times than others but I guess somebodys gotta do it right?