I've Done it Again...

Darn it! I've fallen behind on the blog again... Pretty sure I'm never going to get the hang of this.

Anyway, so much has happened since the last post that I'm just going to have skim the surface.

1. We've Moved! Don't get too excited, it was just across the hall :) We'd been thinking about upgrading to a two bedroom apartment (not for reasons you're hoping for, sorry) we will not be requiring a nursery but you'd be surprised by what you can accumulate after almost 3 years of marriage. Yikes! It's even crazy to me to say that. It doesn't feel like 3 years at all but it is what it is.

One morning as I was leaving for work, I noticed boxes stacked in the stairwell...our Asian neighbors randomly decided to move out! This was perfect for us because apparently we are a little high maintenance when it comes to what we wanted; which was a two bedroom in our same building, on the top floor. (there are only 2) So we snagged it! Now we feel like we live in a mansion, I can't believe how much space just one extra bedroom adds. It's so awesome! We love where we live and it works just perfectly for us.

yep, it was a big move.

2. On Another note, we've both finished another semester! It feels so great to be able to have a life again, this fall semester was a duesy for both Eric and I and we're pumped to be able to say that it's over. YES!

It's hard to explain the feeling you get as you walk out of your last class at the end of finals week, knowing that no matter what; there's nothing left you can do. It's too late to tweak projects any longer or cram for tests and presentations...one of the best feelings in the world!

Here are a few pics of one some of my projects this term:

 This was my easiest; we were told to design a light fixture from scratch. The only thing we we allowed to use that was already assembled was the bulb itself and some way to plug it in. This is what I came up with! I was actually pretty pleased with it and it only took 40 minutes to construct! (Thanks to Sam, Elias and Eric for gathering branches)

These two boards were part of the floral shop I designed. We were given the plans for a retail space at the Las Vegas mall and were able to gut it and design something of our own. I've been wanting to design a floral shop for some time now and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

This was a residential project for a condo with a nursery.

For this project we were to research a festival anywhere in the world and come up with a poster to advertise it.

 

I discovered this awesome festival in Spain called La Tomatina...It's worth checking out! Basically to sum up how it all goes down, the whole city comes together once a year and has a gigantic food fight-with tomatoes. It's the coolest; and the story behind how it all began is even better. To read more check out this site :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomatina  I'd kill to go someday.

Happy Halloween!

Today is Halloween and I totally love it! The weather is perfect and the atmosphere is even better. Luckily my boss (aka Dad) let me take the morning off so that I could catch Chandler's Halloween parade. He's such a nice boss...Sadly this is Chandler's last year in elementary school and his very last Halloween parade :( I'm still not sure what's happened to him, I thought Chan was supposed to stay little forever. I don't like it at all!

My mom was in charge of helping with all of the 6th grade activities so she had me stay to assist with the picture taking. I had a blast watching and reminiscing about what it was like to be in elementary school...and especially 6th grade. What a hoot. 6th grade is the year where boys start to talk to girls and be friends with them...I'll be honest and admit that my mom and I did a little investigating on who Miss Annie is.... Pretty sure he has a big crush on Annie.

Anyhow, This week has been a little nutso but that's another story for another day. In the spirit of Halloween, Eric and I went to our ward's Halloween party which was great. I didn't even have to coerce Eric into dressing up or give him hourly pep talks all day this year....major progress! I think he actually likes dressing up now. It also helped that Bishop threatened us last week in ward council that we'd better be dressed up. Either way, we had fun and it was nice to have the costumes on hand for some of our other Halloween parties.

We decided to be a Cowboy and Indian this year. For those that don't know, I'm pretty sure when Eric retires we will be moving to a large ranch somewhere so that he can fulfill his dream of being a real cowboy. Either that or he just wants an excuse to have a gun...hmm.... Luckily I come from a strong line of real cowboys so we called up my Grandpa to see if we could borrow some of his attire. No surprise we had success there! I'm just not sure Eric will want to give it back :)

I feel terrible for even posting this but I thought it was hilarious. We stopped by my parents house on our way to our friends Halloween party Halloween night to see Chandler before he headed out to trick-or-treat. It just so happened that Sam was also on her way to a party and had thrown together a last minute costume...she was a Mexican.

This is the part where I hope no one gets offended but we couldn't help it!

Here is Sam attempting to cross the border but is caught by the border patrol :) I know, its so terrible but just for the record; we aren't that racist!

HAPPY HALLOWS EVE!!!

Happy Pinning!

Today I discovered Pintrest. I still haven't decided if that's a good thing or a terrible thing yet...considering I ended up wasting every second of my "down time" at work on Pintrest instead of doing my homework. Terrible! I knew this would happen. But I am in love! I feel motivated and inspired with so many new ideas! How could this be a bad thing? I'm still clueless as to how do to most of it but here are a few of the things/photos I discovered:


Makes me want to take a Sunday nap



Texture at it's best







Hair I'm going to try to figure out





I wish I owned this get up




Frozen Hot Chocolate



Killer Shoes



Wake Up!!!

This post might not end up making any sense whatsoever but I feel like I need to vent. Have you ever had someone in your life that hasn't quite clued into life yet? Someone who you and everyone else around them can see their full potential but the person themselves just can't? I am so frustrated! I have someone close to me who I know is selling themselves short but I can't think of anything else I can possibly do to help. I've tried everything I can come up with but it's gone nowhere.
I think I'm having my first glimpse of what it might feel like to be a parent. It's awful. I wish I could drill a testimony of the gospel into their hearts for them and I wish they could see themselves how I see them. Even more so, I wish I could help them know what our Eternal Father feels for them.
This person is so lost and lonely but I can see straight through the tough front...I'm not stupid. If only this person could wake up and figure out what's truly important in life. I know that they can find true happiness in the gospel if they would just quit fighting it. What to do, what to do...

Study Buddy

All of my classes are night classes this semester which is good and bad. Good because it doesn't interfere with my work schedule (too much) so I can still work full time. Bad because I can still work full time, but the worst part is that since I'm gone ALL day and night, I don't see much of the husband.
Lately Eric has come up with the perfect solution. He just comes to school with me and studies in the common areas while I go to class! It has added so much more time to be able to see each other and I totally love it.
We were holding hands while we were walking on campus and we had to laugh because I kinda felt like one of those hand-holding couples in high school. So funny. I also love that we are right across the street from Crown Burger so it's easy to or grab a shake on our way in or out. This has become my favorite part of the semester by far.

Rejuvenated

I'm sorry I bring school up all of the time but this blog is for journal(ing) purposes after all, and school is a major part of my life these days. So don't read it if you don't want to hear it :)
Anyways, Fall semester has started and I have been a little put out because being a transfer student, you are bound to run into issues with ALL if your credits transferring smoothly. Long story short, mine haven't. It's even more frustrating because had everything switched over correctly, I would be in my last semester! But this isn't the point of this post so I'll get on with it.
I was super deflated having to go back and take one of the entry level classes. Not trying to sound snobby but I already know this stuff!!! I hate that I have to waste money and valuable time that I could be taking other classes that would get me closer to graduation. Long story short, I get to the class and find that my very favorite teacher will be teaching the class. Sweet. at least one good thing about being here! Then, as we gathered together for our abnormally large design meeting, we had to go around and tell everyone the reasons why we choose Interior Design as a major...This is where it gets good.
As the girls all told us what made them choose this path for their career, (some way more valid than others) I was reminded of why I am so passionate about what I do. I truely know that I am in the right place.
I was reminded of a story that Elder Eyring told I think it was in conference sometime about his dad. Elder Eyring Sr. was a mathmetician and would take Elder Eyring Jr. down in their basement on their free time to teach him math. One day Elder Eyring's father noticed that his son wasn't showing much interest. "Henry, we went over this problem last week but you don't seem to know it any better this week than you did last week; do you not just think about math all of the time?" He went on to council his son that he needs to pick a career with something that he loves. Whatever it is that he always thought about when there was nothing else going on. Whatever makes him happy.
Interior Design is my "Math". I love it and I am ALWAYS thinking about it. I have since I was a kid and even though I can get run down and tired by the end of the semester, I love what I do. I can't wait to get into a firm or out on my own to be able to see my designs built and turned into real life. I love being inspired and as maticulous as it gets, I love it even more. Like I tell Eric all the time when he teases me for being a perfectionist...someday I will get paid for being a perfectionist. I'm lucky to be in a place that I can persue what I love and have a family who backs me up 100%. I truely am in the right place and I was humbled by this class I so despirately wanted to hate.

Football Season

I love football season. I always have and I think it's safe to say that I always will. This week was the kick off for college football and I feel like I'm home again. Cheese ball I know but I'm totally serious.
As I was walking to the stadium to watch our Utes begin their season, I literally felt my heart fill with joy.
Seriously, I love the spirit of it all and I love seeing the sea of red shirts everywhere on game day. I see a car on the street with their U of U flags flapping in the wind and I automatically like the person driving it. I even love the sound of a football game that I don't necessarily care about being on t.v. just so that I can take a nap to it. and  I love the smell of BBQ from all of the crazy U of U tail-gaiters by our house. (I say this because Eric has expressed to me that he'll know he's made it in life when we are those people.) yep. we aim for the stars. and he is 100% honest when he says that's one of his aspirations in life.
Tonight I am sitting here with the husband and his dad flipping through every single NCAA football game on t.v. listening to the two of them talk football..... and argue football. They love it and I love it.