Christmas Shopping

I am almost done with Kevin's shopping. One last thing to get and I'll probably do that today. THEN I'M DONE! We pick names in each of our families of who to purchase for for Christmas. We had Jeff & Barbara on the Brown side. DONE with them! Then on my side of the family we have my Parents. Just waiting for dads gift to get here and then I'll mail that off to them as well.

I LOVE BEING DONE EARLY!!!!

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING???

Job Update

I have accepted a job at CSI! It is only part-time which sucks, but it's something so i can start bringing in some money and it's a foot in the door to the College. Though i am still waiting to hear back from the hospital. I left a message for the lady i interviewed with late yesterday afternoon asking where they are in the process of hiring. So hopefully i will hear from her soon! I am not sure when i will start at CSI. They are supposed to call me back probably today. So my guess is that i would start Monday.

Open House

I've got my tickets to the Rexburg Temple Open House. DO YOU HAVE YOURS?!?! I am so excited! Saw this article. I figured the open house would draw a big crowd.

good morning....

...SNOW!!!!!


I was just thinking yesterday that it really didn't seem like it should be Christmas time because there was no snow. I know this part of the state won't get a much as Rexburg did, but come on, give me something. Well i got some. It's PERFECT packing snow to make a snowman. So maybe after i get done with the gym i'll make me a little snowman.

another monday

Well it's another Monday...of another week. Thanksgiving was great. It was so nice to have Kevin home for Thursday & Friday. We went to Kevin's parents for Thanksgiving. Most of the family was there. We were missing Lynn, Shauna, & Charlee. They spent the holiday with her family. Seems like i spent most of the day in the kitchen. We played a few games in the evening and then we all went home. I did get ONE picture from Thanksgiving and it's of Kevin holding Karson. Kevin had yet to hold Karson; he says he is still to wobbly. But Jeff just handed Karson off so he could help Barbara with Karter. See how HAPPY Kevin looks to be "holding him"? It lasted about 2 mins. LOL. Plus he wasn't thrilled that i was taking a picture. LOL.


Friday we took down our FEW Thanksgiving decorations and put up our Christmas stuff. We can't wait to get a tree!

Here is our fireplace w/ our stockings.


This is my "Go-tee" Joseph. I made this years ago at a R.S. activity back in Redlands before i was married.

This is an ornament that my parents got us for Christmas this year. Kevin LOVES it and can't wait to put it on our tree. Right now it's sitting on top of the TV. LOL.

my NEW 6

OK, so it's time for my NEW 6 things about me.

1. I love musicals, chick-flics and comedy movies. Sometimes i can do a little suspense. But NEVER EVER would you find me watching a scary/horror film!!!

2. When it rains i HATE the rain drops just sitting on the windshield! I constantly wipe the windows. Even if Kevin is driving i will lean over and make the window wipers go! I LOVE RAIN, just not the drops just sitting on my window! LOL.

3. I LOVE playing Tetris on Kevin's PS2! I can play it for hours! I'm pretty dang good too!

4. Growing up i ALWAYS wanted to be a photographer for National Geographic Magazine. But then i realized i am MUCH too picky of an eater to be able to have a job like that and go to some of those remote spots.

5. I also wanted to be a teacher, because they got to use the BIG paper cutter machine. I was very much a "teachers pet" in Elementary school and some classes in Jr High (man what changed in HS?).

6. I love the smell of floor cleaner!

Achmed

Kevin showed me this HILARIOUS video. Thought I'd share. Makes us crack up!

Job update

Yesterday i had an interview with the Hospital here in Twin for a job. It would be in one of the pediatric doctors offices doing receptionist stuff. Scheduling, taking co-pays, etc...

Today i got a call from CSI wanting me to come interview next Tuesday for a position there. If i am, thinking of the one it probably is (administrative), it's only a part-time gig. So i would hope the Hospital job would work out.

Things are looking better. But i still have to make it happen. Wish me luck!

p.s. WE ARE GETTING SOME SNOW FLURRIES RIGHT NOW!!!

Weekend Update

Kevin's been talking about going to the Men's Basketball games at CSI since we knew we would be moving to Twin. He loved to come to Twin growing up and go to the games with his buddies. So Saturday we finally went. I am NOT much of a basketball fan at all, which Kevin is trying to change. So apparently there was some sort of Tournament happening and the team CSI played Saturday night...RCC, that's right...Riverside Community College! I was excited having a team from So. Cal. up here. Well CSI's men's team is ranked something like #2 in the nation for Junior College basketball. So they gave RCC a little "beating". There was one point where a CSI guy just ATTACKED an RCC player. So i cheered in defense for RCC the rest of the game. Kevin & I were laughing because some of my cheering and clapping got us looks from the CSI fans we were sitting around. Kevin joked that we would have to run to the car after the game so we wouldn't get beat up. Well RCC lost and i was glad to see that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. CSI started putting in the scrubs towards the end. RCC never put their "token white guy" in to play the entire game. I felt bad for him. All in all it was fun and I'd go again.

Sunday we went to our new ward for the first time. It was actually bigger then i expected it to be, but NOTHING like our ward in Rexburg, thank goodness, that was WAY TOO big! But i don't like the set up of the schedule. R.S., then Sunday school, and then Sacrament meeting. It's VERY hard to concentrate in Sacrament meeting because your attention span has already been spent on the 2 hours previous. Especially for the kids, it's gotta be hard going into that meeting after Primary! This is going to take some getting used to.

I had to introduce myself in R.S. and they all laughed when i said where we moved into. Apparently the apartment complex we live in is notorious in having people move into it and attend the ward for only a short amount of time till they find a house to purchase (Jeffrey told me this after church was over). Which is EXACTLY what we are doing! And then when we went to the clerks office to get our records into this ward, i heard him mention to an older lady in the office as well, that probably a third of the ward lives in our apartments. I hope to meet some of them and make some friends.

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving on Thursday. I can't believe it's already that time of year. Should be fun. I'm glad that we don't have to make such a long drive now. That's a bonus of living closer! I have to make my friend Sarah's FAMOUS rolls for dinner. Which the family just loves. Oh the pressure!

Guess that's it for now. Happy Monday!

YUMMY!!!

OK, so i was craving some sweets so i thought i would try out this EASY EASY cookie recipe. Here is the final product. yummm



check out the recipe on the Recipe Swap Blog.

Twin Falls Temple

Yesterday after i dropped off a resume for a job i decided that i would go see the progress on the Twin Falls Temple. It does look a bit like the Rexburg one, but unfortunately it looks like it's going to be COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY HOUSES!!!! That is so sad!







*This is a look at the stone they are using in the landscaping. love it.

Turkey Turkey

This is one of my favorite Thanksgiving decorations. My sister, Natalie, made the feathers and head for us probably for our first or second married Thanksgiving. I got this pumpkin yesterday at Walmart for 25 cents! Excellent purchase. Thanks Natalie!

So long first home

So here is a picture of us in front of our townhome in Rexburg. I am trying to remember, i think i took this after we packed up the Uhaul and were about to take off for Twin to drop off our stuff. I were SO SAD to leave our first home, but i know we will find another one that we will loved too. Gotta love timers on camera's. As you can tell i didn't level the camera perfectly, but i was rushed. So this will have to do.

testing...

ok, i haven't been able to post a picture since i've been using our Mac at home. So this is going to be a trial to see if i can get one on.




Update: Ok, i guess it worked. This is a picture of Kevin and I back in October 2005. We took Ostler Family photos before we moved to Idaho.

Tuesday's blabberings

So you'd think that since i am home all day i'd find more time to blog. But this is usually how my days go. These are all approximate times.

7:10am - get Kevin out of bed to get ready for work.
7:20am - getting myself out of bed to go to the gym.
7:30am - walk Kevin out to his car and then i go to the gym.
8:30-9am - get back home from working out.
9:20am - eat breakfast/watch the rest of the Today Show/clean kitchen/apartment
11am-1pm - do some job searching/check blogs/emails
1-2pm - eat lunch/watch "Days of Our Lives" (i know waste of time)
2-5pm - do more job searching
5-10pm - make dinner, eat, clean up and hang out with Kevin.
Start all over again the next day.

Plus not working doesn't seem to give me lots to talk about. Though i guess i didn't always talk about work. But it seems like i lead a "lack luster life" right now. Which in some ways is really nice.

My sister Natalie has started a blog. So check out hers for updates. Pederson Family on my links of blogs.

It's rather chilly tody compared to last week. We are currently 41 degees but according to weatherchannel.com it FEELS like 31! buuuurrrrrrrrr!!!!

well i guess that's about it for now. Gotta eat my lunch.

wow. sorry.

I've been thinking. My last post of "my 6"...it was really depressing. I guess i was just having "one of those days". I will need to re-do "my 6" when i'm in a better mood. sorry about that everyone.

Yesterday i went to a bridal shower for Kevin's cousin who is getting married at the end of the month. It was a good thing we went, there didn't seem to be too many people. Apparently though she seemed to have already had one and this was like a "family" one. I went with my MIL and Barbara, my SIL. We played some fun games and i'm usually not big on games at those kind of things.

I went to the storage unit this morning to get my "crafty" stuff out so i can work on a few things in my "down time". It's hard not working. I don't have any kids to keep my completly busy during the day so i find things to do. I applied for 2 jobs at the Twin Falls hospital. It would be nice to get one of those because Kevin says we should get some good insurance through them. LOL. I think i should hear something next week, hopefully. i should become a nurses assitant or nurse. There are TONS of job openings for them!

Well i guess i should go and get some things done.

My 6

OK, Heather always seems to want to know things about me. So here you go...

1. I am completely obsessed with checking blogs. Checking mine for comments and checking others for new posts/pictures. I bet i check them about 5+ times a day. no joke.

2. I have THE worst self-esteem. I talk "big" but deep down i feel horrible about myself. Which has got to drive Kevin just completely NUTS! I try to be good, but i think this is going to be a life long issue. See just thinking about it makes me tear up. ugh!

3. I can never make as many cookies as the recipe says it should make. I just made a double batch of Snikerdoodles and it says that i should have made 72 cookies (36 in each batch). I bet i made 48. I didn't even eat that much cookie dough either!

4. I ALWAYS have to have some sort of dessert. Popcorn, ice cream, fruit, or whatever.

5. I miss California more then i thought i would. I was so glad to get out. Sometimes i wish we never left. I miss alot of people down there. But it is nice to be near Kevin's family. I know he is totally enjoying it.

6. One of the only places i felt like "myself" was on the volleyball court. I love the sport and i want to play again badly. That was something i was really good at and not everyone could do. Made me feel really good about myself.

** I did not write #2 for any sort of sympathy. Just being honest and said what i was feeling/thinking.

**oops. i forgot to tag people. So here it goes: T. Jack, C. Sauser, N. Price, K. Fowler.

I'm Alive!

Wow, its been forever since i last posted. My apologizes. It's been a bit crazy (to say the least)!

We are now in Twin Falls. We are in our apartment. We are LOVING being together again. I'm sure Jeff & Barbara are excited to have their house back. Though Jeff said they will be sad to not have their dishes done for them now. LOL. Kevin is BIG on keeping things cleaned up and they don't have a dish washer, so it's all done by hand. I don't blame them for not wanting to do them all the time. I know i'd hate it.

So i am on the job search. I am hoping to find something soon. I might just take "any job" right now that will hold me over till i can find "the job". So wish me luck.

Well i am at the library so i don't have much time. I hope to be able to check out everyone's blogs soon. I'm going through withdrawals of not having the internet. ugh. I didn't have alot of time to even look at anyone's blogs my last two weeks because i was training, though i tried when i could. But that's OK. We will hopefully be getting internet REAL SOON at our house. WOO HOO!!!!!!

better run. i'll try to update soon.