Week 2 A Bit Crazy Already

Sunday January 16th 2011

I LOVE church. I love taking notes and learning as much as possible. I know I might be a little weird but it is just how I am. So I will try and limit my Sunday comments even though I have so much to share. Here are a few of my thoughts. Excited to hear talks from Preach my Gospel each month. Learning to be better about putting Christ at the center of my life and Fasting. All the meetings were wonderful. I came home and had a nice afternoon resting (not doing homework) and then we went to our friends Jeff and Shasta’s house. They made us enchiladas for dinner and Dugan made molten lava cake for dessert. Then we watched the new Karate Kid. It was a fun day.

Monday January 17th 20011

Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law Sandra. Hope you had a wonderful day.

The success of a no homework Sunday was nice but brought lots to do on Monday. Good thing it was a holiday so I could get everything done. Thank you Martin Luther King.

Tuesday January 18th 2011

It was a long weekend but school is in full swing. Today was almost four hours of lecture classes in the same (cold) room. I am not sure how I can do this twice a week for the rest of the semester but I will find away. So I am starting my paper about Architectural forensics and building failures. It should be interesting. I will let you know how it goes. I also am doing some research to find what I want to write my 20 page paper about for my modernism class. After classes I had to get out of the building so I headed to my R.I.P.P.I.D. class. It is so hard. It is an acronym for Resistance, Intervals, Power, Plyometrics, Endurance, and Diet. I am excited about taking it this semester. Then it was time to keep working on my two projects that are due for Structures tomorrow night. I have been enjoying working on the assignment about a frogs structure. I talked about it’s legs, eyes and toes. I LOVE frogs always have, always will.

Wednesday January 19th 2011

I have decided Wednesdays are going to be a little crazy. Worked on my building for structures and maps for studio. Then I had studio from 2-5 and then structures form 6-9. It is still hard to have a night class. We got home. I made a quick dinner and it was bedtime.

Thursday January 20th 2011

Today was nice. Our modernism teacher is out of the country till next Wednesday. I had plenty to do for studio tomorrow so I worked on all my stuff. Went to the Gym. I had an appointment and then school stuff till 9:00pm when we had to meet with our group from last semesters concrete class to move our 4 -400 lb concrete bench blocks. It was pretty uneventful but I still had homework when I got home. It was a very late night.

Friday January 21st 2011

I know it might be cliché but TGIF. Today Dugan took me to the school before he had work so I could finish painting my maps for Studio. These maps have been pretty fun. I will try and take a picture and put it in next weeks post. I had the chance to map out my growing up neighborhood in Provo. It brought back wonderful memories and let me express myself. Along with my maps I had to find 24 types of buildings that are built on rivers around the world. I even Skyped my brother to ask him if he knew of anything in Hong Kong. Studio went fast and then Dugan and I could go home at 5:30. YES!!! I made dinner and we went to get dessert. We decided on a piece of Coconut Buttermilk Cake from the Dodo. They were so busy we took it to go. I was tired and have work tomorrow at 6:00am. Goodnight

Saturday January 22nd 2011

Early morning work. I woke up with a full heart and was grateful that the past week had gone pretty well. I enjoyed work and loved getting a chance to chat a bit with a co-worker. Today was a short shift at work. I was home and taking a nap by noon. I was plan on getting up and getting all my homework done and running errands but when I woke up I didn’t feel good and I couldn’t focus. So I ran to pick up art supplies, to the school and then to the grocery store (which took forever). I couldn’t find anything I needed. Anyway then I got home and made Coconut Shrimp for dinner. Tried to do homework but was so distracted.

It’s been a busy week but I am excited to keep going.

Back to School

Sunday January 9th

Today was a wonderful day. Dugan and I got up early to be at church by 9:00am. It was so good. The talks were wonderful and the spirit was so strong. They spoke about being a good shepherd and service. I Love Church. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and hanging out. We cuddled took a nap and cuddled some more. I made Chicken and stuffing pinwheels and baked potatoes for dinner. We had coconut cream pie for dessert. Such a wonderful day of Rest. (Which is mostly due to the fact that I didn’t work on Saturday so I got everything done on Saturday and truly got to relax on Sunday) As for New Years Resolutions I have them. I love points that feel like good starting points like when school starts, new year and when summer begins. My New Years Resolutions start tomorrow. Since school starts again tomorrow. The break has made my schedule all off so I am excited to start school and get everything in routine again. A few of my new years resolutions are to be better about Birthday Wishes and Thank you notes. They still might come in the form of emails but I want to get better about trying to write actual cards that need postage but we will see how that goes with school. Another new years resolution is to run a mile a day. When I was in high school I ran track for years. I take lots of classes a week at the gym like, Zumba, Turbo Kick, Body Works, Pilates, Yoga, Spinning but I don’t run enough. Sssooo now I will be running at least a little a day on top of my classes and other workouts (P90X). I have been a pretty good meal plan for dinner’s since we got married but I have a resolution to be better at planning breakfast and lunch too. I eat pretty healthy breakfast and lunch but I get in ruts where I eat the same thing day after day. I occasionally get cravings but most of the time I just need to eat to live if you know what I mean. I love food don’t get me wrong and I love making dinner for my wonderful husband but as for the rest of the day. Whatever will strengthen and nourish my body is good. In order to avoid unwanted or unneeded desserts. We will plan to have dessert once a week on date night or if we have plans or a party or some thing.

Monday January 10

Welcome back to school

Today I took Dugan to work and then went to pick up one of his textbooks from the bookstore. We were able to get the rest online. I can’t complain even though we had lots of required books for this semester we lucked out durning the last one. Parking was crazy at the school but the line in the bookstore wan’t bad. Then I headed home to get ready. I decided since life gets so busy the further I go into the semester I would curl my hair at least a few times so today I did. Then I picked Dugan up from work and we headed to the school. I have to explain something here. (So the first day of every new semester is so Stressful. It is when you decide who and where you will sit by for the whole semester. This may not seem like that big of a deal but when you pretty much live at the school you want good “neighbors.”) I am happy to say that I get to sit by my two great girl friends in our own little corner. Our studio teacher has already named us the Coco Corner. We have like 5 containers of Hot Chocolate. A girl’s got to have her chocolate even if it is Sugar free and has only 25 calories. Dugan is on the complete opposite corner of the Studio so about 80’ away. But we are in different studio classes so its ok we are use to it. Studio should be pretty fun this semester. After Studio D and I came home and I did P90X arms and shoulders. I didn’t get to run my mile because the club house was closed due to a problem with the Lock. Then I made Mediterranean Pasta with chicken. The best parts were the artichokes, sun dried tomatoes, and olives. Yummy! I worked on a little homework and then it was time to go to bed.

Back to school but Smiling

Curling my hair wont last long

Tuesday 1/11/11

So with a Lucky number like all ones I thought today might be a good day. I woke up at 4:00am and could not fall back to sleep. The morning started way to early with a class starting at 7:30am. This isn’t a problem for me but I didn’t know that there were so many other classes that stated at that time too. So parking was a mess and then I had the parking pass and Dugan was coming with the other car for the next class. It was all just a crazy mess. The watercolor class looks very interesting but it is just to hard with the car parking pass situation. So I am taking another class that is right after the water color class that Dugan will also be in the class so we can drive together (much easier). In what will be referred to as Bob’s class is a Preservation Technology class. We watched a film called Saving Falling Water. It was very interesting and was about how the cantilevers at Falling Water had fallen over 7” and how the magical (good engineers) fixed the problem. I really want to see this House in Person. Don’t worry I will someday. Then we had a little break so I got all my stuff organized in my desk and had lunch and then it was time for my Modernism class. This will be a good class as far as my interest in Architecture Theory goes. I was reading over the syllabus. 30% Presentations, 20% Participation (this is looking good) 50% .... 20 Page Research Paper. Oh NO not another long paper. After I spent 20 minutes having serious anxiety and questioning if I should change classes I realized that Practice makes perfect and if I ever want to be a professor I better start practicing my writing because I have heard they have to do a lot of it. After finishing 4 and a half hours of classes. I was ready for the Gym. I checked the schedule, sweet I have 10 minute before Zumba. I got there just in time but as I walked into class I realized that I must have looked at the wrong day and I would now be Belly dancing for the next hour. It was different but pretty fun. The teacher thought I was a natural. Maybe I will have to go again. After class I ran a few errands including picking up a half loaf of Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat Bread. (I don’t let myself buy it very often but this was a good week to have it. Plus I love that they let me buy a half of a loaf.) Which brings me to a funny story. When I am in school I don’t carry a purse because I put my wallet in my backpack. So when I have to run to the store I take just my wallet and put it under my arm. Well I must have got a little distracted and some how when I got to the car. My wallet was nicely in my hand and my bread, well it was Smooshed under my arm. Oops! With a little help I got it looking pretty normal. Anyway after I got home my friend Carrie was in my neck of the woods and stopped by with her two kids. I figured since here hubby was out of town on work and she had no need to rush home other then to make dinner that they would eat with us. We had a nice time talking and I loved seeing the kids. Then It was time for homework. They left and I got going. I actually think that I was able to focus better after having a little play time. I got a call from my sis. Not such a good day for her. But she is strong and with Dugan and I not really needing our other car for a few days. She came down to barrow ours while hers gets fixed. Plus I got to see my little Mr. Mr. (aka nephew Liam) for a sec. I love that little guy. ok he is 3 he’s not that little but little enough. We get to play on Friday. Yeah!!! So did I mention that I was hoping today was a lucky day with all the ones. Guess what it was a lucky day I had the opportunity to go to school (thats a +). I got to see 3 of my favorite kids (Jimmy, Katie and Liam). My Bff and my sister and hang out with my Hubby all in one night. Man I am such a Lucky girl.

Wednesday January 12

Today I took Dugan to work since we are down a car while my sis is using it. Then I had a morning filled with working out and picking up a few things. Then I picked up Dugan from work and we headed to the school. Dugan and I had Studio. My studio class went on a Site visit of the Jordan River. It was so COLD. Less then 20 Degrees. We walked around for an hour and a half and then finally got to get back in the car and drive around the area for a bit. I was driving, my friend Sarah was navigating, my friend Megan in the backseat was taking notes and then ChiYow was talking pictures. It was a pretty successful visit but I was pretty sure that I would never get warm. I was wearing 3 layers on the bottom, 5 layers on the top, a scarf and a headband. It was crazy. We got back to the school and had an our before our evening class started. I was not looking forward to that class. I am a morning girl for sure. It is a Timber construction structures class. I have a feeling Wednesdays are going to be long. Late dinner and bedtime.

Picture I took of the river

Thursday January 13

Today was busy. The first set of assignments are starting to be assigned. My theory class is going to be intense but I hope it is good and I learn lots. I had Zumba today. It was fun but I am going to be hurting tomorrow. Then I took trax home and did homework and made Salmon with Parmesan Cheese Crisp with Jasmine Rice and worked on more homework.

Friday January 14th

Woke up with my hips aching from yesterday. Took Dugan to work. Got stuff done. Then I layered up my clothes. 3 layers on the bottom, 6 layers on top, two pairs of socks, boots, hat and gloves. Today we had another site visit. When I went outside I realized that it was about 15 degrees warmer then Wed. But we would be out longer today so I am glad I planned ahead. Picked up Dugan from work and went to the school to drop off Dugan and pick up my classmates. Then we headed over to the Jordan River to began our Site Visit. We started on 2100 S and followed the river till we got to North Temple. ok so you did the math. 21 blocks RIGHT? wrong. Of course the river isn’t straight so we did a lot of switch baking and crossing over. I didn’t mind the length of the walk. It was the temperature of the air that was the problem. I took lots of pictures had lots of thoughts and will be working on my Site Photo Essay and mapping over the weekend. I love analyzing stuff. The sun was going down as we finished the walk and my legs were FREEZING and my hips were really aching. We finished at a coffee shop to talk about somethings we would be doing as groups. I was able to get a ride back down to my car where I had left it at the beginning of the trail then came and picked up my friends from the coffee shop so I could take them home. I arrived back at the school much later then planned to pick up Dugan. I was so Tired. All the thinking, and walking, and analyzing and freezing. Well we made it home and I made BBQ tacos for dinner. I sat down on the couch and was ready to fall asleep for the night. BUT nope tonight I was going to watch my nephew Liam while his mom (my sister Ashten) and her husband went out. I had been looking forward to playing with my favorite little Mr. He arrived right on time. Of course he had his favorite places to check out. The pantry, Fridge and the toy box in the office. Mom and dad said bye and it was time to play. We played lego’s and battled with the guy on the horse with a sword and the guy with the axe. Then we made pipe cleaner swords and hats. Made pictures with stickers for mom. Had two clementines and a yogurt. Played Blokus (game with colored pieces that you put on a board) we played this over and over and over and over again. I love how much children enjoy repetition. Then we decided to watch Wall-E. So Liam helped me make popcorn in the air popper. He thought it was pretty cool and wasn’t afraid of how loud it was at all. (un-like his aunt Char who hated the sound of the Wheat grinder when she was little but insisted on being in her mothers lap while her mother would use it.) We sat on the couch and Liam told me all about Wall-E and what he was doing and would always say ouch when Wall-E would get hurt. We played Blokus again. Then Liam showed me how good he is at pouring juice into his own cup. Over half went in the cup the other half on the floor. He was very proud of himself and I was proud of him to. Then we wiped up the spilt juice on the kitchen floor and went back to watching Wall-E. When standing on my lap Liam could see up on the counter behind me. oops, He found the bowl of uncle Dugan’s M&M’s. Yeah chocolate and popcorn. Then he started hugging my arm and wouldn’t let it go for minutes at a time. But he thought it was pretty fun. More Wall-E. Wall-E was over, as the credits came he said Again. Of course so I tried to offer another movie. Nope at 11:00pm we were starting Wall-E again. (He had no desire in going to sleep and mom and dad said he didn’t have to soo. We played till mom and dad came to pick him up at 12:15. It was so much fun and he is such a cute, funny, happy and loving kid.

Saturday January 15th

Work at 6:00am after yesterday was a little rough for the first half hour. Then I got in the zone and was pretty efficient. After my eight hour shift I was ready for a nap. After I got home I went to sleep for a bit. I woke up a little rested and Dugan and I made Fish and Chips for dinner. Yummy. We worked on homework and watched a movie. The night got a little crazy but all calmed down before bedtime.

This week was pretty crazy. I am not a girl who likes change. I try and be accommodating and flexible but a new semester is more then that. As for the new years resolutions. I got my miles in 3 of the 7 days. Need to get stamps to achieve birthday cards and thank you notes. Meal planning was pretty good except Wednesday. Having a class that starts at 6:00pm makes it much harder. I will have to come up with a game plan for that. Week one down 15 weeks to go.

Hope you all had a wonderful week. Ta-Ta for now.

Finals and Christmas Break

Over the Holiday the idea of writing a play by play of the weeks seemed a little exhausting and believe it or not, my days are even a little more redundant then when I am in school. I know hard to believe. Anyway Finals week was Finals week. No time for sleep and barely time to eat (I get very crazy when I haven’t eaten “You wont like me when I’m Hungry” ) It wasn’t the funnest week. Highlights Monday Studio presentation. CHECK!!! Tuesday Tony’s Project, Check. All day finishing Japanese Final Paper 10 long pages. Wednesday, Paper turned in by Noon. Check. Thursday crazy adventure of moving 4- 400 lb each Blocks from North Salt Lake to the University. My sister her hubby and her father-in-law were a God send to Dugan and I. After 4 hours the cubes arrived at the school. It was NUTS! Dugan’s work party was that night at a really Nice restaurant by the capital. Friday- Studio Binder, CD due and Final Presentation for our concrete class. Check. Finals week or should I say weeks. Since it technically lasted two weeks. I slept less them 40 hours in two weeks. Which averages to about 3 hours per night. That is really unhealthy to do for two weeks in a row. BUT I have slept lots since. I once heard that Sleep is the only thing you can never regain. Once it has been lot you can’t get it back. Well I’m DONE for 3 weeks. Friday after everything was turned in I went with some of my school friends to lunch and celebrated.

The week before Christmas went so FAST. I almost missed it all together. I worked 40 hours at VS. My parents got in earlier then expected on Christmas Eve and we were able to go with them and my sister Ashten’s family to dinner.

What a wonderful time of year to remind us how important it is to have Christ at the center of our lives always.

Christmas morning Dugan and I awoke early to head to my little sister’s house. We were able to watch Liam open his gifts. My parents also came up so we were all there together. The night before I had skyped my brother William to see if he would be able to join us via Web cam Christmas morning. Due to the time change they were not able to be there but we did get to chat with them later. We had a wonderful morning giving each other gifts and just being together. The day was filled with family, fun and food. Dad played trains with Liam, Dugan slept and played games with Chris. My mom, sister and I chatted till I feel asleep. It was such a Perfect day. Merry Christmas!

Sunday

Dugan and I went down to my parents ward in Provo. I always love going there during the holiday season when all my friends are home visiting there parents from all over. I was able to talk with one of my best friends Rachel (who lives in Az) I hope we can get together next week. It was fun to seat next to my mom in relief society. After church we went to my parents house and had a very nice lunch. I can never get enough spinach, tomatoes and goat cheese with balsamic vinaigrette. Dugan and I headed home to get a few things done at home.

Monday

Work

Tuesday Girl Day

TODAY was GIRL day. We had been planning it for weeks. My mom, sister and I were hanging out. They both came to my house for the first task. Going through my closet. Yeah, I needed a second opinion and if my sister could take some of the clothes off my hands even better. We spent almost 4 hours. I tried on every item in my closet. Shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, shorts, jackets and shoes. I got rid of Half of my stuff. Boxes of clothes, shoes, belts and purses all going to a new home. It was hard work but WE DID IT. Ashten went home with a whole new Business wardrobe and a few other things. Well starvation was kicking in. It was way past lunch time but the closet was all done so we headed to Zupas. I LOVE that place. Then with a few car switches we headed up to Ashten’s and had a few errands to run. A ring from Ashten’s phone, change of plans. She had a showing on her house in less then an hour. We hurried to her place to spiffy up the place. Done... That was Crazy. Then we headed up to go and see the Model home of what Ashten will be building. As I entered the house from the side (entrance from garage) door my eye’s grew big. The kitchen is HUGE! As she showed me around we talked about her future plans and a few adjustments that she plans on making. I have been looking at residential floor plans for over 12 years now and had a few concerns. She asked my opinion and she got it. There were a lot of things I liked some that I was impartial and the concerns. We talked in the car on the way to pick up Liam. I think she may have thought that I would have had a different reaction. I think that she will love here home it is just a very different style then I would choose but it is very nice. After a few more little things the Girl’s day came to an end. It had been a wonderful day filled with constant chit chat, love and fun. I love my Family! Thanks mom and sis.

Wed and Thursday

All a Blur

Friday

New Years Eve

I had work till 2:30pm. Then I came home and relaxed and hung out with Dugan. Our friends came to pick us up and we headed to Charlie Chows for dinner. (Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve maybe we are in a rut) Dinner was really good. Our friends dropped Dugan and I back off at home to go and switch babysitters. Then about an hour later they picked us back up and we went downtown. We went to our friends office and played our new favorite game Killer Bunnies. We had to make sure that we didn’t miss the count down. Dugan and I were Awesome and I Won. We finished the game with minutes to spare and counted down the new year. 3...2...1.... Happy New Year, Kiss, and non alcoholic cheers. What a great night.

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We had gone to bed after 3:30am and I had work at 6:00am. Can’t think. See when in school this happens a lot but I have this little thing called ADRENALINE to help me out. Not this morning. I got to work 2 minutes late. My manager and I were the only ones there. I had a feeling everyone would be dragging in. Which they eventually did. In order to protect myself I will not go into details but it was not a fun day at work. (In short, LIFE ISN’T FAIR ) I finally left work at 2:30pm. I came home and told Dugan that I needed a nap and to wake me in an hour. I feel asleep instantly and bagged to sleep longer when he came to get me up. (This is totally not like me. I don’t love to Sleep) It was getting late and he said I better get up or I wouldn’t be able to sleep that night. I made No Bake Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookies. I know on January 1st. No Diet Resolution here.

Sunday

I woke up to see it was 10:45am. WHAT??? Church was at 9:00am. Dugan awoke confused. The Alarm had been set on his iphone. After a little investigation he found that there was a problem with the new year and iphones alarms. I was super bummed that we missed church. We had a nice afternoon and then headed to our friends house for dinner. We played with the kids. I love Jimmy and Katie they are such fun kids. We had dinner and then Jim and Carrie had called for a rematch of Killer Bunnies. It was a crazy game. Lets just say a lot happened over the process of the game, In and out of the game. But again I ended up victorious, Winning again. It was late and time to head home. Thanks friends.

Monday -Thursday

Work, Hanging out, Sami Annual Sale started at work, Crazy few days. Time to rethink my life.

Friday

Today I woke up early and ran a few errands. Came home got a few things done before going to meet Dugan. Then headed up to hanging out with my little sister. We had sssooo much fun. I love hanging out with my sis. Then I had to meet Dugan to go and see a house. Before you freak out let me explain. Randomly Dugan came across this beautiful 1912 home that is huge, great price and on the market. NO we are not looking to buy a house anytime soon but were very interested in seeing this house in person. So we went and saw it. There were things that I LOVED and many things I didn’t like. But it was a very good experience. After we were done Dugan and I headed up the Canyon to go and see my friend who was performing as the lead singer of a local band. We got home before 11:00pm and headed to bed.

Saturday

I am not the type of girl who sleeps in, but today somehow I managed to stay in bed till after 10:00. It was crazy. When I got up I kept thinking of the primary song. “Saturday” Saturday is a special day it’s the day we get ready for Sunday. I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have to work on a Saturday. It was WONDERFUL. I got lots done, ran errands, and feel almost ready for school to start. It was a relaxing and productive day. I must find a way to get my Saturday’s back. Even if they end up filled with homework. A great day.