Hallelujah

My speeding ticket from the lovely officer in Taylorsville was finally dismissed today after almost ONE YEAR. Last April I got lost in a residential area and promptly saw red and blue flashing lights in my rear view mirror. I was already having a horrific day and instead of issuing me a nice little warning on my clean driving record, I was handed a ticket with instructions to contact Taylorsville City after 7 days. I did so, and was told that I had to go to “court” to be read my rights and fully understand them and then make a plea. Their next available slot was in AUGUST. I was a bit miffed and when I finally made my appearance in August, told the prosecutor so. I’m not the type of person who likes things hanging over my head. Get ‘em done, and get ‘em outta the way. I guess they are so backed up because they don’t have enough staff (and are obviously over-writing tickets). With my no-contest plea, I had to pay all of my ticket, go to traffic school and six months after my class, send in my driving record showing that I have had no more citations and my case would be dismissed. Luckily I was able to get into traffic school two weeks later, so in September, my six month countdown started. It ended last Saturday but I had to wait until today for the Driver’s License Division to open to get a copy of my record. I was so paranoid driving this weekend because I didn’t want to blow it on the final leg. I luckily had an extra hour this morning that I actually drove it down to Taylorsville this morning and my case is dismissed! It feels so wonderful to not have that weighing on me anymore.

Word to the wise…never, ever, get pulled over in Taylorsville. They’ll make your life miserable for the next year. Cry, beg, plead your way out of it. Do whatever you must because it’s not worth it!

Every Day I'm Thankful

I have the most wonderful husband ever. I know there's some good ones out there, but for me, he's the best thing that could have ever happened to me and a perfect fit for me.

He surprised me a few days before Valentine's with 3 dozen roses that he had arranged himself. He wanted me to enjoy them longer since I'm home all day. On Valentine's, he woke me up with breakfast in bed. Pancakes that he had cooked all by himself. We spent the day fixing up the house and visiting a friend. We had reservations at Aristo's, a wonderful Greek restaurant up by the U. If any of you like Greek food - I highly recommend it! I tried to pay back his romanticism by taking him to the tattoo convention afterward. :) We stuck out horribly (mainly because we were fully dressed) but Dallin has gotten back into sketching (he's REALLY good) and really respects how the tattoo artists are so talented and can draw so quickly. So we went around and looked at their different drawings. We made a quick ice cream run to Cold Stone and settled in to watch the NBA All-Star Dunk competition. It really was the perfect day, and I loved spending it with the man I love.

I also got a new job on Friday! It all happened so quickly. They called me an hour after I applied (they had JUST posted the position) and I had an interview Friday and they called me later that afternoon to offer me the job. I was the only one they interviewed! I felt really good about that since I usually bomb interviews so I guess that's where I'm really meant to be! I'll be doing marketing for a college and I'm excited about the opportunity. Not necessary to work, but I think it'll be a fun environment. So I start Thursday...hopefully...if I can get the stupid paperwork to them...

Mother Nature

She must think I'm fat. My exercise lately has mainly consisted of shoveling snow. We've got about 9 inches here in the past three days. Anyone who insisted that Utah is in a drought, please come look at my yard and take as much snow as you want for water. I'm giving it away for free.

My boycott against building things lasted 1 day. We got our medicine cabinet yesterday and that was our project last night. Then we decided to hang things. I am now boycotting hanging things too. Not as easy as it seems, people.

On a good note, I have a job interview on Friday. Wish me luck!

New

So yesterday was our first adventure in our new branch. It's the biggest branch in the Church with about 800 people and two Elder's Quorum's. I guess the inactivity rate is so high that they haven't been promoted to a ward yet. I forgot how scary it was to be new in a ward and not have any friends. Luckily I have a built-in friend with my husband, but we started with RS and EQ so we had to split quickly. My, a family ward is a lot different (and noisier!) than a single's ward. I spent over 3 years in my last single's ward and loved it so the transition was a little harder than I expected. There were about 50 ladies in RS and about 20 babies. I was distracted by all the new faces and cooing that I didn't get much out of church - my bad. Sacrament meeting was packed so we ended up in the overflow with the hard chairs which weren't great for Dallin's back he threw out the other day. Lots of people appeared that hadn't been at church earlier and there was a mass exodus after the sacrament - hence, why we are a branch. It was really overwhelming to not know anybody in the sea of people and I didn't find anyone who didn't have one or two children. I hope to find a few couples who are "just" married and in our same stage of life to be friends with. I just found out that my neighbor from home (who was my neighbor my whole life) is moving up this way with her husband - I am so excited! At least I'll have one friend close by.

I have also learned that I hate building stuff. I'm not good at it. A few years ago, it took me two hours to put together my two-shelf, plywood shoe thing and I was so proud of myself. Dallin helped me put together my bookcase a few months ago, and that was actually fun (probably because I just held the pieces while he did most of the work). So we got an end table and coffee table this week. I started putting together the end table, and after an hour, and only two legs on, I was super frustrated and gave up. Luckily, Dallin likes putting things together so he told me to leave it and he'd do it when he got home. He had it done in a jiffy but as he lifted it, he twisted weird and was paralyzed in pain - enough for him to go to the doctor, which he never does. So it was up to me to finish the coffee table. With his instruction, I was able to complete it. Then we go out and buy a new TV stand, which also requires assembly. Right before I was about to lose it with screws and bolts and washers all over the place, I had to run to my best friend's birthday party and left my poor husband to finish up. Which he did, and it looks beautiful. Probably more beautiful because I didn't have to work on it anymore. :) So I am now sure, that I never want to put together another piece of funiture again. Ever.

Wedding Day

So my sister doesn't kill me, I'm going to do a little post. I'll mainly put up pictures since everyone has been asking me. If you'd like a little more visual stimulation, see my Facebook photos since I can't put them all on here.