Merry Christmas!

Scott and I are soooooo EXCITED to be going home for Christmas in a week and a half. Not the driving 20 hours part, but that is what happens when you have a puppy. Anyway, it is going to be so awesome to spend time with family and friends, we just can't wait!

Scott is finishing his classes this week, he just has to take his finals then he is done for a few weeks. I can't wait till he gradutes so we can leave Utah..lol sorry but it is true. I just miss my family so much so I really hope we can end up back there soon.

I am currently working at a Dental Lab in Provo, it is busy and long hours but I feel blessed to have a job, especially with the economy the way it is right now. It sucks to be away from Scott and Harley so much, and every night I am exhausted when I get home. But a paycheck is a paycheck right?

Harley is almost a year old! I cannot believe it, he is our sweet baby and we love him so much, he has finally mellowed out a but and is becoming a cuddler. He got his very own dog bed recently and likes to curl up in it. I am excited to bring him home, he is going to love all the attention from family members.

My nose is healing pretty well since the surgery, the left side is very clear, the right side is still swollen it seems but I think it will go down over the next month.

I am so thankful for my loving husband and puppy, and all my family. We are blessed in so many ways and our time together really has flown by. Scott and I have been married for over a year and a half now, it's crazy! We have had way more problems than I could have ever imagined in the first two years of marriage. (Health problems, job problems, etc.) but.. through it all we have grown closer, and we are so much stronger as a couple than ever before. It is a great feeling to know that if you work hard and put your trust in the Lord, he will help you work through anything that comes your way. I am so thankful that the Lord blessed me with a husband who tells me I am beautiful constantly, who does the dishes, and who I know sincerely loves for me more than anything and always will.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

Life Lately..

It has been a while since my last post, quite a bit has been going on the last few weeks.
I got a JOB! woo-hoo, it is kind if just starting up right now, but looks permanent. It is at a dental lab in Provo, where I will be making dental molds along with other things. It is complicated and hard to explain so I won't even try. I am so lucky that the man who offered me the job was so nice and helpful, he took a chance on me based off my personality and I know my prayers were answered the day I met him. I feel so blessed, I have a lot to learn and the work will be hard but it will be a rewarding experience. I have only worked three days there so far, I had to take off Friday through Wednesday because I had surgery on my nose. It is so funny whenever I say that I know people automatically think I had a rhinoplasty, a nose job basically. But what I had was a septoplasty and a turbosplasty. Basically my septum was deviated and my turbinates were too big so it was very difficult for me to breathe through my nose. Let me just say, the surgery went very well, I have been in very little pain throughout the whole thing. I am sure if I had gotten a rhinoplasty as well (which many people do) I would be in much more pain, but for me it has been okay. Right after the surgery my throat hurt really bad because of the breathing tube, other than that I have been pretty comfortable. The worst part is the bleeding, it takes a few days to stop. Of course I had to start a new job right when I had scheduled this surgery, but o well. It is a pain to have to take time off work, especially because now it is the fourth day of recovery and I fell pretty good, but my nose is still gross and leaky, so I am kind of annoyed. So for anyone who has considered this surgery but been afraid, it really is not painful, they put splints in your nose and you have to have them in for a week, they are really annoying but that is really the worst part. My poor puppy has been neglected because I can't really play with him, I am a bad mommy this week. :(
Scott had been such a sweetheart over the past few days, I love him so much. The first few days he waited on me hand and foot literally, getting me everything, checking on me, everything. I have really seen how much he loves me over the past few days, he had taken care of me better than anyone could have, and he has not complained once. He waited for me during the surgery, which is long when you add prep time and recovery time. He told me a million times that it would be okay and he was right there when I woke up. I love him so much and am so thankful that I get to spend my life with him!

One bad thing that did happen during my surgery, those stupid nurses dooo nooot listen. I told several of them that I am allergic to adhesives, and they all seemed to understand. But what do you know I get home and their is a sticky bandage on my arm...great. You should see it now it is very pretty, all scabbed over and disgusting like a patch of leprosy. Great.....

Other news: Scott's family is coming for Thanksgiving! We are so excited to see them, we love them so much. It is going to be really fun to spend Thanksgiving in Park City, my favorite place in Utah!
Scott is busy working hard in school and as a football manager, the season is almost over and I think he is ready for that.
Harley is as cute as ever, he is finally cooling down a bit, not a hyper as he used to be. So far he has loved the snow! He just does not like being inside all day..poor guy.
Harry Potter at midnight this week! I know I will regret staying up all night then going to work but who cares!!!!! Yay

Tribute to Harry Potter

I love Harry Potter! I have read the books several times, watch the movies all the time, love it! Their will never be another series that captures my heart the way Harry Potter has. :)

I love fantasy, especially something that is so easy to get comsumed in like Harry Potter. Twilight is good yes, but it lacks a realistic quality. You might think that is crazy, for me to say that Harry Potter is more realistic than Twilight, but just think about it for a second. Harry Potter is magical, but other than that it is centered around real people. Twilight is based off of vampires, one who loves a girl so much, and so unrealistically, that once you are done reading reading it you feel like no guy could ever be good enough. I guess that is probably why I prefer Harry Potter, and it is just waaayyy better in general.

CAN'T WAIT FOR NOVEMBER 19TH!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Fall...

Utah has the most beautiful fall seasons I have ever seen, granted I have not been too many places... But the colors the leaves change, the red mountains, everything is so pretty. My favorite fall color is yellow, because their are so many different shades of yellow here, the leaves range from golden yellow all the way to neon yellow.

I don't enjoy the cold very much, it requires so much bundling up and layering. My house is about 1,000 yrs. old and made of cement or something that traps all the cold in it, so I am constantly cold, especially my feet. In my anthropology class last year I learned about eskimos, and how their bodies adapted to the cold by improving their blood circulation over time. Well, my mom and I both have really poor circulation, seriously my feet feel like ice blocks most of the time. I hate it!

We can't really tell yet how Harley will do in the cold weather, he loves the snow and seems to like being outside in it, as long as we are out there with him...he likes to run along the ground with his mouth open and scoop it up, it's so funny!

We are excited for Thanksgiving, and the chance we get to spend it with Family, YAY!

Scott and I are both still busy, he is working hard in all his classes,and I am still desperately trying to find a job, as my part time job is about to end! YIKES! We are about to celebrate 1 1/2 of marriage, it has flown by and I love him so much :) We have had so many challenges throughout the last few years, and our relationship has grown so much. I feel very thankful and blessed for all that we have and all the support we have from loving family members. The Holidays are really a time when I feel really grateful for the life I have been given.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY TREATS IS:

57 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Smoothie time!

As my family knows, I love making smoothies. I told Scott the other day that I am going to open up a smoothie shop someday...lol. Actually I just want to come up with the smoothies, the running my own store thing would not go so well. But I actually am really talented at coming up with delicious flavors, lol.... but I guess it is not that hard. I try to make them every day, and Scott and I usually have them with dinner, they are great because you can get a few servings of fruit in them, and they taste so good. You can basically throw together any fruit, some juice, a little yogurt, ice, and BAM! Smoothie time. One of my favorites goes like this, and I never measure things so I am guessing for a lot of the ingredients.

1 Banana

1 cup strawberries (or pineapple)

1 cup blueberries

1/4 cup any flavor yogurt

1/2 cup vanilla soy milk (or regular milk)

1/4 cup pomergranate juice

1/2 cup orange juice

3 tbs sugar( I like things very sweet)

3 cups of ice (more or less depending on the consistency you like)

-if it turns out too thick, add 1/2 cup of water.

* I put in a few tsp. of orange benefiber, it adds flavor and fiber!-but if you put it only put in 1 tbs. of sugar, because it is very sweet.

...BLEND!!...

Something that is also great to do is if you have a juicer, you can juice apples, carrots, oranges, anything, and put that in too. And if you have watermelon, try it out in a smoothie sometime. Don't make it the main fruit, just add a cup in to whatever you are making, it makes it so creamy and yummy!

My recipies usually make enough for two big glasses and a little leftover. Sometimes I freeze the extra and eat it the next day, use it as a replacement for sorbet!!

Enjoy :)

Isn't it Ironic?

For the last two months I have had knee problems. It started out with a little pain in my right knee and got progressively worse. I thought it was because I had been going to this weight-lifting class, because it involved tons of lunges and squats. Good for the butt, hard on the knees. Anyway, I stopped doing pretty much all physical activity, apart from a little swimming, cycling, and walking. It has been so hard because it takes me so long to get in shape, and I had no choice but to stop running, which I have been doing since high school.
Anyway long story short, I went to a Sports Med Doctor, he took a look at me, and of course my knee is just rubbing the wrong way, it happens to a lot of women, you just have to live with it. My hips are a little misaligned, bla bla bla. I absolutely hate when it ends up being something I "just have to manage and live with." Anyway some advice for everyone, women especially, it is really important to do things like yoga and pilates, because it helps to align your hips and helps your knees to work properly as well. I had not been doing pilates, and I think that plus not enough stretching plus bad knees and bad back = knee problems. Now I am doing physical therapy every day, which is basically pilates. It is so hard!! I am sore every day.

The ironic part of this story, is that, throughout all this, I have gotten smaller... But it is just because I have lost muscle, so I can't say I am thrilled about it. Plus, when you have a bum as large as mine, running and weight-lifting are what defies gravity, so that sucks..for now anyway. Hopefully I can gradually start running again. But it does feel nice to be a little smaller, I am not going to lie :)

Life Lately

Love is in the air.......

he still loves to snuggle!!

devil child!!!

he looks like and old man here...

Harley:

We can't believe how grown up he is now!! As you could see in one of the pictures, he is still getting into trouble sometimes, but we are hoping that phase will be over..SOON! We thought at the rate he was growing that he would get to be at least 80 lbs, but he has not gained any weight lately, so we are thinking maybe he will stay at 60, hopefully...

Scott and I: Busy Busy..Scott is going to school and working, I am working, graduated, and looking for full time work. When we are not doing those things we like to play, and spend time with each other and Harley.

I am a horrible blogger, I can't even separate the pictures the way I want, but o-well... at least I put up some pictures!