Limitless

My little girl turned four this past week and I really wanted to post pictures but I cannot find my camera at the moment or the other cameras usb cord, so pictures to come eventually.. I hope.. no promises.
This week school started and so don't be suprised if I fall off the face of the earth, it happens. I'm taking 14 credit hrs this LAST semester (last meaning I should get my associates, perhaps I'll take more classes, perhaps I'll take an extended break, I don't know yet) its a pretty full workload. Two classes are at Weber State, the other 3 are online. I'm taking dance and the TBE class at Weber, it'll be good if i can keep up with the homework. Today in church one of the speakers talked a small amount about someone who needed help with a hairy math problem and found that reading the scriptures helped her learn/study better; if she put the Lord first and made scripture study an intended part of her day she was able to get those things done for school that had been difficult without the scripture study. This is something I would like to incorporate into my day, I was good the first two days of the school week then it all fell apart. I have goals this semester to fit those things that are better for me physically and spiritually into each day, so I try to read from the Book of Mormon while eating my morning breakfast, then I try to either go out for a run or a walk. In today's paper they had a article on ways to improve your memory and one of the ways was to exercise, because it creates more connections in the brain where it can become weak (really interesting, not surprising though).
I watched the movie "Limitless" this past Friday and it really makes you want to extend your brain function and physical performance, but there isn't a small clear pill that you can take for that. I get these moments where I just feel so lazy, I look around and see what needs to be done but I have no desire to get up and do it all (I hate those moments). Other times I'm wired and can get so much done (occasionally triggered by anger), I should write down what I ate or did that day to create the bursts of energy and maybe I can also figure a way to be "Limitless". Until I figure out that special formula I've gotta be an extra good time manager (which means no more bachelor pad) and really make the most of each day. wish me luck!!

odd fact

When we first move into our home I was out on the front porch and a kid told me that his grandma said my house was haunted or that a witch lived here I'm not sure which... So that day I went out and bought some red planters to put by my front porch to plant some pretty flowers in so that my house would not appear to be haunted anymore. I have yet to successfully grow pretty flowers in the planters, but maybe someday I will get the knack of it.

Um my rant about ogden?,,, ya that sounds good.

So I added some pictures to spice up the text... Jared has started his new job, today was his second day and so far it is going great which is super. We will see him a grand total of 2 hrs or so on most days which isn't much different from the past but we will be seeing him around lunch time so that's a little different. We planned out the next couple years on a blank sheet of paper last night that pretty much confirmed that will wont be seeing much of him for a real long time. He wants to do the Pre-Engineering Associates degree at Weber then transfer down to the U for the last couple years of a bachelors in Civil Engineering. Its much cheaper this way because he can cover a lot of ground in the required courses at Weber then move on to the ones only the U offers (the U is much more costly). We were robbed for the second time a night or so ago, only they just took my new bike and the bike trailer that was attached to the back of the bike. Good news is that the trailer was recovered from a ladies backyard on 15th street, supposedly her neighbors are trouble makers and it wasn't a surprise to the cop that a bike trailer would be found next door. So if you live in the Ogden area, watch out for guys who kick in back doors (make sure your dead bolt works, and put super long screws in the hardware that the lock secures into) and dont leave anything unattended or unlocked cuz it'll disappear.

So I want to move but I don't have my house up for sale yet for a couple reasons, First I have several projects that I would like to complete before I take pictures of my home and second I start school next week and I have difficulty keeping a clean organized house when I'm also doing school. But all that doesn't keep me from looking at blueroof to see what houses are out there. Jared is working closer to home again, so that means that we would look closer, but not Ogden, as much as I love the idea of Ogden... close parks, newer entertainment,beautiful views of the mountain, close to the valley, hiking trails, homes with character. Also I've got a pool, schools, the kids Dr, grocery store, gas station, really great neighbors, and a place to get an ice cream cone within a half mile of me and I'm not on main street. But unfortunately crazy __ keeps happening on our freaking street, there is just no other way to explain it, I look out my front window and sometimes its like an episode of cops, or csi, or ghost hunters :) haha jk but really i'm no longer entertained by it. I didn't sign up for the my stuff is your stuff (that you'll never see again) thing, plus it'd be nice to live in a home with more than 2 bedrooms.

No pass

Well Jared did give it his best effort and made it to chapter 10 in the homework :( so he will be finishing up the class this coming fall semester, and doing 1050 in the spring. He has until July of 2012 to finish up the AAT degree for Weber state, so he will have to pass 1050 in the spring in order to get the degree, scary but possible. We had some good news this past week, we heard back from his job interview for a drafting position that he got the job! Its not coincidence that everything fell right into place, were very blessed to have a Lord who is mindful of our needs. I'll tell you a little about the circumstance. Jared didn't apply for the job and he wasn't looking for a new job, but he got a call from a temp agency asking for a Steve? Jared said that he must have the wrong number and the guy asked if his number was his number and then said that he was looking for a drafter, Jared then said that's what I'm going to school for and the guy said that he must of gotten the name mixed up and proceeded to tell him about a job opening, asking if he was interested in the position. Jared had an interview on Friday of the week before and heard back from the temp guy on the following Friday, the people had liked him but the corporate office didn't approve the position, So he had an answer to the job. He called me and let me know and then a couple hours later he was called again and was told that they have fought for the job position and corporate approved it and Jared was offered the job. So he is very very excited to be doing what he has been going to school for (for so long), and I'm excited that it is just down the street and he will not have an awful commute anymore (although he has lost close to 20 pounds biking to and from the train station and work each weekday). It sounds like they'll have the work for him but right now it is temporary and then perhaps he'll be hired on, if not at least he'll have on the job experience for drafting, but were really hoping for something more permanent.

about nothing, and everything

So yesterday night was a horrible night and what got me past completely freaking out while I was cleaning Roy was composing what I would put on my blog in my head. It started out like hate mail and ended up more like reasonable collected anger, then I decided that I really didn't need to vent all of my frustration out because I had fake written it down and all was well. So blogging could definitely be therapy for the incredibly cheap or poor (in my case both). If you want to know an odd truth about me I have a journal that I have kept from when I was first married that I usually only write in when I am irate, on occasions it has real journal entry's but for the most part its just me writing down my bad days that I can't seem to get by. My poor posterity is gonna think I was a very upset/picked-on woman when they get a hold of it. Any way its early Monday morning (12:37) and I should be in bed but I had a nap and I'm wide eyed and bushy tailed, so I'll share my other night with you (censored and mild). Jared's math 1010 class will be over come this Saturday. He is close to being done but really not comfortably close enough, and I want to have a panic attack every time I think about it. So we "talked" some of it over yesterday and no matter what was said it was just too much for us to discuss it civilly. I'm signed up for math 1050 this coming semester and I was hoping to have Jared be my study partner in 1050 too, but that may not be. This class was a good $1300, and completely wiped out our savings :( so you may understand the freak show that was going on in my mind. I'll have to share how this week goes, all i know is that its not gonna be pretty or easy for anyone in this household. If you feel so inclined.. send us good thoughts or prayers that he gets through it, heaven knows he needs them.

A camping we did go

a lake we picnicked by were calling it Mirror Lake (its not)

Provo river falls, its really cool it looks like steps were cut out for the falls.

The boys by the falls

Makayla excited about the falls. Earlier she had told me that "dinosaurs live by water falls" just some food for thought...

on our attempted hike to castle lake this was just getting out of the car maybe 10 feet away, Makayla still has her backpack on which she insisted putting a rock in and the flowers she picked. A short time later both Jared and I got to wear the backpack. I think we made it two miles, it took at least an hour if not more to get 2 miles and it was hot. The lake was 4 miles away (good thing we gave up), Jared is still sore from it. oh and we took Pearl too, so it was like a traveling circus.

ready for marsh mellows

Yellow Pine Creek a short walk from our campground

Konnor in his harness

not sure about the face, i'm eating smores.

We went camping (obviously) over the 24th of July weekend at yellow pine which was plan b if there really was a real plan b. Plan A was to go to sunset campground up farmington canyon, but farmington canyon is still closed. So we headed toward the Uintas since in my camping book there were lots and lots of camp spots close together there and we would have a fighting chance of getting one. We arrived at yellow pine campground and fell in love with it because it is how I figure camping should look with mountains and tall shady pine trees. The campground had a vault toilet, picnic table and fire pit, no running water or drinking water. Drinking water was about 5 miles away at soapstone basin. Our whole bodies were filthy and our hands were all just gross in a matter of minutes and stayed that way for 3 days. I tried my hand at dutch oven cooking and... I need more practice. My chocolate cake turned out good, and after HOURS my dutch oven potatoes were good too but it was too little too late, my biscuits were okay... I'll get better if we ever muster up the courage to go camping again. Its tuff with two young kids. Jared and I did get some time alone at night looking at the stars and talking which was nice. Maybe in a couple days the kids will chalk it up as a good family memory, but even they need time. If you enjoy watching other peoples sub-par family videos please by all means watch ours and you can get a taste of camping with small children!!

Journal post

Its Sunday night and I'm finding myself trying to organize my thoughts about life and where I'm headed, and instead of being a normal person and writing it all down in a journal I'm typing it out here. Being as it doesn't involve anyone but me it's perfectly fine (under my own standards) if I post about it. We recently got to replace our van with a newer more expensive van, and are no longer debt free, but hey we've got a working car! The truck is currently parked at my parents because it broke down on the way there :(. Eventually we'll get it fixed and have 2 working cars!! Its amazing how blessed being absolutely normal really is. Jared is doing well at his new job in North Salt Lake, and so far we've come up with a tentative plan to live here for a year to test out the new job's stability and if all goes well then in a year we will sell our home and move closer to North Salt Lake. One of my closest friends and best running partner is moving far away in the coming weeks and I feel super sad about it all, but am so happy that everything is working out as planned for her cute little family. I will have to find a new running partner and confidant or I may go crazy... so, so, sad. I like the idea of moving myself, I'm pretty restless and pretty soon I'll have all the projects done in my home that I care to do and will need a new project. I should just start drawing or painting again, its just hard to find the time or space.. alone space. I've got one more semester (its seems) of school and I'm dreading the thought of math 1050, people pass it right? The other classes I'm praying will be a breeze, we'll see. Hey my birthday is coming up! I'll be a big 25 years.. ugh that seems old... what do people do when their 25? ... I guess I'm already doing it. Jared and I talked about how many kids were having on our little day trip today, he's still stuck on four.. tops.. I told him we will need a bigger vehicle when we come across 5 :), he said the only way were having 5 is if I were to have triplets, poor boy doesn't know that I may push him past 6, bigger is better right? heck yes. There is just something about seeing a family of 14 kids interact when they've all grown up, that makes you wish you were a part of something big.