Holy moly bajoly! It's been forever since I've posted on here. Sorry folks, I've just been so busy lately, what with finding out that we are moving and work and such stuffs. We are doing grand other than we are getting super anxious to move to Reno already. Thank goodness we found an apartment to live in. I'm actually super excited about it. It's a townhouse in an apartment complex and they've just upgraded some things in it. Basically we were told that it looks better than the model. Woopey! For anyone that is wanting our new address you can email me at [email protected]. Oh and we heard back from the company and they are moving us. Yippy! I'm so happy about that because One, I hate packing/moving. Two, It's the beginning of winter and there is a TON of snow already. Three, we don't have to drive the truck. =]

As for work, I'm having the time of my life. I've been mainly making nothing but banners. It has been so much fun. Make sure you go to Coppin's Hallmark's website to check some of them out. Also, you should check it for my Thanksgiving banner and all weekend after for the Black Friday banner and other sales. And don't feel shy about taking advantage of those sales. I'm no longer in the warehouse and don't have to package them anymore. Bwahaha! lol j/k But seriously, go check out my banners and their stuff. Personally I've got my eye on the Snoozies boots. I seriously want them for Christmas.

So Thanksgiving is coming up (in two days) and I'm super excited. Jesse and I are going to Seattle (don't shoot me Spencer). This is all kind of last minute and by the fly of our pants. We've been wanting to go to Seattle since we moved here and since we don't have the money to fly anywhere for Thanksgiving because of the move, we decided to make one last ditch effort. Now, I know you ladies know that "Breaking Dawn" just came out and you may be pleased (and just a little jealous) to hear that Jesse and I are also planning on going to Forks, WA! Yup you read that right. Bwahaha!!! Boys, stop groaning. Ok so we're not really Twilight nuts or anything, but we couldn't pass it up. Plus we've been told by a bajillion people that the landscape is beautiful there and that is the main reason why we are going. I'll make sure to keep my camera handy in case we see Big Foot, Edward, or Jacob. lol

"Please keep your hands and feet inside the magic carpet at all times,..."

And we are outta here! If you haven't heard yet from either my mass text or facebook, Jesse and I are moving to Reno, NV around December 1st! We are very excited about this as it is a big step for Jesse in his career. The job is still with Kinross, which is the gold mining company here in Washington, and they are transferring us to the Regional Office (that basically takes care of the North American region.)

Now Jesse doesn't have full time just yet *grumble*grumble* but we are getting close. While in Reno, Jesse will be working with a specific site of Kinross' in NV called Round Mountain. We have a guaranteed two months in Reno and then they will be looking on where to put Jesse when/if he is offered full time. It is also a possibility that we could be (hopefully) kept in Reno, sent to Round Mountain or Fairbanks, Alaska! Round Mountain is a lot like Republic in the sense of size, except it's Nevada and not Washington. And well, Alaska is Alaska. We are willing to go wherever need be.

We are super excited about this move and the opportunities and doors that will be opening up. We are going to miss Republic, believe it or not. It's like when you get a calling that you don't like and when you actually start to like it, that's when you get released from it. That's kind of how this is feeling. I'm definitely going to miss all of the trees here. They are so beautiful. Good thing I went native and took a kajillion pictures of nothing but the trees and the mountains.

We don't know all the details on the move other than the date and where (thank goodness). But I will be updating about that when we find out. I'm praying they can move us. Apparently things are lined out differently for interns. I just know I really don't want to be filling a moving van and driving it at the beginning of winter. *shudder* I just get the chills thinking about it. Oh so I made this little map of where we have been in these first years of our marriage. Hope you enjoy and Reno here we come!!!

p.s. You'll probably want to click on the image to make it bigger. Haha oh and as a little guideline we started in...

Rexburg, ID "BYU-Idaho" --> Orlando, FL "Walt Disney World" --> Logan, UT "USU" --> Republic, WA "Kinross" --> Reno, NV "Kinross"

The other day I was reminded why I don't like cooking. Jesse recently won a really awesome basket with a lot of goodies. Two of the goodies were two Mason jars with cookie mixes. One was a Butterfinger cookie and the other an M&M cookie mix. In great anticipation and excitement, I decided to make the Butterfinger cookies. I hit my first problem. One of the ingredients in the jar was brown sugar. It was rock hard. I could not get it out. I could barely chip it for crying out loud. After about 15+ minutes of chipping and chipping and more chipping, I was finally able to get it out. Another problem was that because the brown sugar was so rock solid, it wasn't breaking up while mixing it. That then led to our mixer getting shot. It had been having troubles before, but that was the last straw for it. Determined to make these oh so delicious sounding cookies, I forged onward. Finally, with things mixed and oven heated, I put the first batch in. Wellll, then I remember something else. One of the things I had to add was butter and 3/4 was called for. Now our measuring cups are nice. I mean, they came from Bed Bath and Beyond so they have to be really good right? Wrong. The handle broke off one of them and that is where the measurement is labeled. So when I thought I was using the 1/4 cup, I was really using a 1/3 cup. After realizing that, I also remembered I forgot to set the timer on the oven. So I burned the cookies, however because I put in WAY too much butter, the cookies were still really soft. Needless to say, I pitched them and the batter. I was very upset about it and was reminded exactly why I don't like to cook or bake or anything.

I am so excited it's October! Seriously one of my favorite times of the year. What I think of when it's October and the Fall is...hoodies come out, everyone snuggles around a nice warm fire, cute decorations and CANDY!!! lol just kidding. It also means rain and lots of it. That and fog and when you live in the mountains like we do, this is what you get driving down the road.

Not gonna lie, it was pretty cool looking. First we were like wow! Then we were like WOW!! And then we were like, wooow. Yeah.

So this past weekend, Jesse and I were able to go to Spokane. We took a different route than normal.

We took a Ferry (obviously) but TomTom makes it

look like we were driving across the water.

We got a pretty good kick out of that.

Say Cheese!

*ding*

While in Spokane, I got to go to Hobby Lobby *eek* where I found some uber cute stuff and more stuffs for a project (yes another one), but I'll show you that later. We also went to a pumpkin patch. They didn't have any hay rides which was a little sad, but they still had some fun stuff. And apparently this place is HUGE for the Spokane area. There were like a bajillion people there. It's a family owned farm that just lets people come in, go through the maze, pet the ponies, and pick out your own pumpkins from their field. You of course have to pay for them, but they've got a huge variety. Big, small, round, fat and just plain weird looking. I think I had the most fun picking out the little ones. I got a bunch of them. I'll have to post them later when I take a picture. They are currently residing around our front door with the bigger pumpkins.

Now at the pumpkin patch they had a thing called "Punkin Chuckin" (dare you to say that 5x fast). Basically they took some farm equipment that deals with pressurized air and they shoot pumpkins out of it. When I first saw this my immediate thought was, "I can totally see Dad making one of these!" If you know my dad (which you probably do considering I think only family ever reads my blog) then you would agree. We took a bunch of separate videos of this thing and once we get it all spliced together I'll post it for you.But seriously we wanted to ask the people if we could use the thing to shoot our pumpkins to our house for us. It's that awesome!

Oh, they also had goats...

This maze had to have taken FOREVER to make.

This picture is only half of it.

PONIES!!! oh and there were donkeys too.

I'll just say, I kept expecting one of them to bust out with Eddie Murphy's voice.

The pumpkin patch. This picture only represents about a fourth of it.

And do you see all the cars on the right side. Yeah, there were a lot more than that too.

Found my pumpkin!!!

What a stud!

Baha he's so cute! And he's going to totally match us this year too.

(I promise that was not planned) We decided we're going to be pirates again .

Fall is coming. The mornings are getting colder and hot chocolate is beginning to replace lemonade. And what is better to do during the beginning of the new season than to do another project! I'm was so excited about this project too. It was one of those that kept me up late at night because I couldn't get it out of my head and I didn't want to forget it.

I have refurbished our old mirror that goes to our dresser. For my long time readers, you may remember that I refurbished the dresser by painting it black (prev white). And ever since my parents gave it to us two years ago, we have never put the mirror on it...until now. Bwahahaha!

This is what the mirror looked like before.

*ding*

The edges were dinged and close up you could kind of tell it had a couple of years on it. To give it a new look I added a nice black frame. How did I accomplish this? Floor trim. I chose trim because I wanted something more than just a flat board and trim offers LOTS of different, cool designs. It was approx. $20 for the trim and *macho voice* Gorilla Glue at Lowe's. We went with a little more expensive trim because we wanted a thicker frame. I used Krylon Black, Flat (Metallic Series) spray paint. That's usually about $3-ish at WalMart? *phew* Good thing I already had some of my own! Big save right there.

When it came to glueing, instructions said that clamps or a weight should be put on it so it gets better "stickage."( Yes I just made that word up.) The more weight, the better. Well...we didn't have any clamps so I made due. After letting it dry, with weight applied, for two hours it was ready for installation.

Tada! Doesn't it look so nice? (if no, don't answer that) It opens the room up so nicely! Which is awesome because we have a tiny, tiny, tiny room. Plus it's big enough I can double-check to really see if my dress doesn't make me look fat.

I also spray painted the handles on the dresser a brushed nickel (luurve Krylon's Metallic Series). Before, it was a very worn and dirty looking gold color. At first I wasn't too sure about the smartness level of this touch up. I didn't know if it would look good with all the detail on the handles. But now they look AWESOME!!! I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Jesse wasn't happy at first, only because he had to go without drawer handles for about a day. Which also happened to be laundry day. lol

Have you done any fun projects lately? I think my next one is maybe painting our front door. A nice red would go great I think. Ooh and I bought some hanging baskets while we were at Lowe's too. Now if only I had remembered to buy plants to put in them. lol Now worries, I have this great idea of creating a little mini graveyard in them for Halloween. Little Haunted House included. What do you think of that idea? And remember when commenting, "If you don't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all." lol j/k...but seriously.

Sleep Deprivation, Breaks and Yoga...

So it is 6:21 a.m. right now and I have nothing better to do than blog. Yes you read that right, it is approximately 6:30 in the morning and I am awake. My family is probably staring at the computer screen right now gasping and wondering who has abducted their sister. In fact, anyone knows I am soooo NOT a morning person. But here I am, blogging at 6:30 in the morning. Reason being is I CAN'T SLEEP!!! It is seriously driving me insane! I will lay in bed for foreeever and not fall asleep. I've even counted sheep, and frankly once I actually started looking at the sheep I was counting I realized my mind invisions weird looking sheep. I've taken Melatonin (it's a natural sleep helper that does not cause addiction or weird side effects) and it works alright. It just works too well. I'll fall asleep bout 15-30 min after taking it and wont wake up til 10-12 hours later. Then I get too much sleep which means I'm definitely not falling asleep tonight.

Now granted I probably know why this is happening. Ever since we moved to Washington I have been "taking a break" from work. Which means I haven't been given anything to do online. Did I mention I'm supposed to be working online for the place I worked for in Logan? I've been livin it up! Watching HGTV all day with sprinkles of Food Network and Discovery Channel! Checkin Facebook whenever I want! Being a lazy bum and not doing my hair or make up! So basically I'm bored out of my mind. However, I have been letting the craftier side of me bloom. I've made a headboard, painted the office and kitchen and I have many more plans! But until I can get supplies and the power tools to do such things, I'm stuck watching TV, surfing the web and discovering that my cat snores when he sleeps.

I've seriously thought of taking up Yoga. Has anyone ever done or is doing that? What's your take on it? I was going to be all nerdy and cheesy and buy Jillian what's-her-bucket-from-Biggest-Loser's Yoga workout DVD at Wal Mart. I'm this >....< close to doing it.

So, if any of you have a cure to my sleep problem, know of a good, cheap, but awesome sewing machine for me and/or know anything about Yoga, please leave a comment. Thank you! =]

*post script*

Other than discovering that Snickers snores is I'm teaching him tricks! =] So far he do "Up" and will sit on his behind. We're working on shake. So far as long as he lets me hold his paw and he doesn't pull back, he'll get a treat. More cool tricks to come. Maybe I can get them on video and post it. Yeah, that would be cool. And NO I'm NOT a crazy cat lady!!!

Crafts, Projects & Other Things

So I HAD to post about this blog I found. It seriously is the coolest, rockin-est, most awesome blog ever. That is if you are into DIY (Do It Yourself), crafts and other such knick knacks. The blog is...All Things Thrifty by Brooke. Taking straight from the creator, Brooke,

"All Things Thrifty is a site to prove to you that decorating can be inexpensive. I've been doing this for years. I am obsessed with decorating, and all my friends seem to think I spend a lot of money. I DON'T! I do it the "thrifty" way, and I decided to share my knack with all of you!"

I seriously love her website. She has some really cute things on there and she shows you how to do it. Most of them are so easy it makes me feel better knowing that I could do it. So check out her blog, try some of the things and post about what you've done. So far I've made a headboard and I'm dying to make some new pillows. Hopefully those will be soon in coming!