Tuesday, July 29, 2008

mid-week already!......almost ;)

Happy Tuesday all! :)

Nothing too exciting going on today really - all that matters is that tomorrow the week will be half over - yay!! Nah, it hasn't been a bad week so far.....Luke has to drive 2 weeks of summer school and then school pretty much starts full-time for him after that. So he's really busy...he's having a hard time getting back into the work groove though :) We need to wean him off of staying up too late and sleeping in! I hope he had a good break though - it sure is lovely having him at home with me. We get to spend tons of time together and reconnect. I really miss him when he's working all day. I didn't babysit on Monday like I usually do, but instead I have to do it on Thursday, plus I'm working with Suzanne on Wednesday this week....so my busy week will start tomorrow.

I'm planning on trying to get some housecleaning jobs in the very near future as well. I need to try and bring more money in....as much as I love not working ;) but I do feel bad when I'm not contributing to the family and the money, etc. We need to keep up on bills, both here and in Canada, plus have some sort of a savings if at all possible, plus we really need to try and move out of Luke's parents house as soon as we can. Not that it's horribly bad - it's just getting to be a bit crowded and small and crazy....I think we would both benefit from living on our own again....like HUGELY! :) But anyway, I've been housecleaning with my mom ever since I was 10 or so, so I have tons of experience in the proper way to clean, being thorough, etc. So I'm hoping I can put up some flyers and hit up some people for ideas, see if anyone knows anyone looking for a cleaner....hopefully I can get half a dozen jobs. I think that would help out immensely! So wish me luck!

I got my hair cut last week and I absolutely love it! It was getting too long for me and I was really looking for a bit of a change. I had been to a salon out in Lakewood the past few times, and the guy who did it was good and everything, but it was a bit of a drive out there (about 30+ mins) and it was just a little more expensive than I was wanting to spend. So I looked around online and found a salon much closer that had unbelievably good reviews. So I gave it a try and met with a stylist named Deanna who is awesome! She gave me a great cut, which I love. The only problem is, which I didn't realize until a couple days later, the back was really pretty blunt looking and choppy. It kind of looked like I tried to do it myself.....with dull scissors! ;) So anyway, I made an appt to go back and have her fix it for me. I was really interested in seeing her reaction to me going back in - some stylists could have gotten really bent out of shape, but she was really great about it, and apologetic that I had to come back in, etc. So anyway, she seemed to do a good job fixing it for me. It's still a little more piecey than I'm used to, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Next time I'll be sure to tell her that I'm looking for more of a smooth stacking on the back. Anyway....enough on that. I'm still happy with it ;)



I guess I should get going here and get something done. I really need to work on my friend Sacha's wedding photos. I've been so busy for the last couple weeks, and I've been trying to get my sister's photos edited as well....but I need to get on Sacha's asap! So I'm planning on editing for the rest of the afternoon and evening and hopefully get them off to her by the end of the week....maybe! :) I'll have to ask her if she wants me to get prints made and send those to her, or if she wants just the CD and can print off whatever she wants. I also got this really great photo album for my sister's grad photos. It's a black photo album with '08 printed on it - it's super cute! I got it for 75% off at Hallmark - best $2.99 ever! :) So I want to print off some of her grad photos and prom photos and send that off to her as well. So I have a few things to do....I better get on it!

Bye!!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

S.W.E.E.T R.E.L.I.E.F

AhhhHHhh! I am currently laying on my bed being blown away by the wonderful icy air coming from our new (new to us) air conditioner!!!! Woooohooo!! It's just been so hot around here lately, and it finally got to be too much for us. New AC's were around $99 + tax....so we checked out craigslist and found a pretty new one being sold for $65! So Luke went and checked it out this morning and brought it home for us. He and his Dad spent a fairly long time making a bracket for it and setting it up properly. But now it's in and working beautifully! And it's so cool in here now....I actually got cold and had to turn it a little warmer ;) haha! Anyway, I'm thrilled! No more waking up boiling hot and choking on hot ass air in the mornings! That just makes me happy :)

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The tale of the missing "R"....

So, about a year and a half ago, I stupidly had laid a book on top of my laptop keyboard and somehow managed to pop off my "R" key....very frustrating! I tried and tried to get it back on, but Luke eventually figured out that I had snapped off a teeny tiny little piece of the harness that holds the key in place. So we ordered a replacement key off of Ebay - once it got here we tried and tried to get THAT key on.....with no luck whatsoever! So for the past 18 months or so....possibly longer....I've been typing my R's by tapping my finger on the missing spot and sometimes getting no r's and sometimes getting multiple rrrrrr's! So ghetto and so frustrating!

Well, I get home yesterday and Luke asked me to get on my computer and look something up for him. The weird part is, he asked me to go to Flickr, which he never really asks me to go to....so I hit the tab on my browser that has my most used links and I go to Flickr. I'm waiting for it to load and I glance down at my keyboard, and I see my missing R key!!!! The sweetness had bought me a replacement keyboard off of Ebay and had it shipped here and installed it without me knowing :) What a guy! He had wanted me to go to Flickr because obviously it has the R in the title....but I foiled his plans by just clicking on my tab! LOL!

Anyway, now I am the proud owner of my very own "R" key, and a whole new set of other new keys....it's like typing on air! haha! I've come to realize that it really is the little things that matter in life....it made my whole day to realize Luke had bought me an R key :) He really is the sweetest guy ever. He would give me the world if he could, but little does he know that it makes me smile so huge when he does something little like buy me a new keyboard. He knows it's been driving me crazy and it was just so sad looking!
It really is the thought that counts :)

I love him!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

*sigh of relief*

We had a bit of a scare today....the big "are we pregnant??!!?!" scare :)

And Mom, if you're reading this...the answer is NO! But we were unsure enough to go buy a test and make sure.....whew....I'm still sighing with relief!!

It's not that we don't want kids....that's not it at all...we would LOVE to be parents....just not at this present moment!  We're relieved to not have to plan for baby at the moment. With the immigration stuff still looming and the fact that we don't even have our own place at the moment....plus, I really want to be back in Canada before we have to deal with parenthood! But alas, we don't have to deal with all this at the moment....

*double whew*! :)

Friday, July 11, 2008

Wow, it's been awhile....

Wow, has life ever gotten away from me or what! It's been so long since I've written anything on here - I almost forgot that I had it! :) So many things have happened since I last posted....

  • We've been in CO for a year now...whew...
  • I became majorly interested in photography and have taken it up in a big way...
  • We've distanced ourselves from the church we've been going to for the past 10+ years and are now fellowshipping with another group.... It's scary and new, but exciting at the same time...
  • My best friend in the world met a wonderful man and recently got married...they are the sweetest couple EVER...
  • Luke found and kept a wonderful job for the past year...
  • It's kind of up in the air a bit right now, but there's a good chance that Luke's employer will be paying (at least a portion, if not all) for him to go to school to become a Diesel Mechanic! That's so exciting! We're not totally holding our breath yet, but the possibility is pretty good!
  • My sister graduated High School! Woohoo Ali!
Whew....talk about a year in review! I would go into greater detail, but it would just be a mammoth task and would take FORever! So that's my wind-up of the year....I think this year has the possibility to be really good - I'll just have to do a much better job of keeping this updated, that's all!

And now for your viewing pleasure, some family photos we took while we were in Victoria in June...


My whole family L-R: Alina, Jordan, David, Dad, Mom, Me


Siblings...


Luke and I....