Project: Blog re-vamp

Hello blogging world!!

Recently I have been thinking a lot about revamping this here blog. I feel like there is so much to say and so little time to write it so I guess I will just dive right in.

First of all I am officially on my own. I pay all my own bills, live in my own apartment, and buy all my own food. I cannot tell you have amazing it feels to not have to worry about waking someone up when I come home at night, who ate my food, waking up early to shower so schedules don't coincide, but most of all (disclaimer: TMI) I can walk around the house naked and only worry about the spiders (yuck, downfall to being alone is I have to kill them on my own... more on that another time) seeing me. The only pictures I have of my place are from BEFORE I moved in so you will have to see my lame attempt at decorating on a later date.

Second, I have a new job. I LOVE my job!!! Basically I sit at a desk all day, with a glamorous headset on, and talk to potential students about the benefits of my school. I'm not gonna lie, it is a challenging position and few people can do it well, but I actually enjoy it. I love sitting all day, I love my students, and I love the people I work with. If anyone knows me, they know that I have only worked in jobs where I am on my feet ALL day (in heels at that), working CRAZY hours, and never taking any time off so I was hesitant to work in an office building, at a cubicle, with a computer all day. It turns out, though, that the paid holidays/vacation, one-hour lunches, and being off by 4 pm suits me well. Bonus, I live about a mile from the office which means.... I can SLEEP longer :)

I guess that basically wraps up the new things in my life right now. I know I'm boring and if you made it through the entire, no-picture, post I congratulate you!!

Actually, I'll put a random picture up just because I care :)This picture makes me incredibly happy... look at how cute Ian is :)
Disney World September 2011

Curling iron/Flat iron covers

So when I bought my flat iron a few years ago it came with a heat proof cover. I cannot tell you how often I have used this cover!!! It has become such a necessity in my morning routine. I turn on the iron while it is still in its cover (which prevents melting of anything that could be around the iron), straighten my hair and then put it back in the cover while it is still hot, wrap it up and throw it back in my basket of bathroom things. I have never had a problem when I'm on vacation with waiting for my iron to cool down before packing it. I am always able to do my hair and immediately pack everything and be out the door. I have had many people comment that they wish they had one as well.... well here is your chance!!

I have made 3 different styles to choose from.
First:

this cover features two pockets, one to hold the iron and one on top to protect your cord.

Second:This style features one pocket for your iron and a flap to protect the chord that would wrap around the cover (as shown). The button holds the flap in place so your cord will not unravel.
And lastly,This design has two interior pockets, one for the iron and one for the cord. I like this design because nothing but the cover is seen, your iron is totally protected. This particular cover is a bright blue (like the first few pictures, not the last one).

If you have any questions about any of these designs or want to make a special request please just message me, or comment.

Each design is priced the same at $12.00

A little bit of the old me...

I used to love art.
love it.
I used to be an Art History Major.
That's how much I loved it.

Nowa days, I never give myself the time to bask in the gloriousness of art.
until last night.

My apartment has a front room.
The walls are completely bare.
I can't stand this... it doesnt feel like home.

I searched for something to put on the wall.
Nothing was in a college student's budget.
Sooooo.... my good friend Kelli (see below) convinced me that I could paint something.
After seeing how cheap a canvas, some acrylic paint, glitter, paint brushes, scrapbook paper and stencils were... I grudgingly agreed.

I was very nervous, since I have been out of the game for over 2 years
But I went for it and....This is the masterpiece.
What do you think??
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!!
Here are the details...

My not-so-crafty side

Two weekends ago I went up to the cabin to be met with, as my dad lovingly referred to it as, Sewing Class. Traci and Kellie were both sewing themselves an apron. Needless to say, I wanted to do something too. However, the problem is that I don't cook. There is really no need for me to have an apron. But, I have been dying to get a bag for my laptop for ages. I wanted something cute that would hold my cords, my laptop and maybe a few books if I needed. So we looked up fabric stores in Heber and came across this WAY cute little store in Midway. We made the trip down and, thanks in large part to my wonderfully talented sister Kellie we found some SUPER cute fabric. After many "How is this even considered fun"s and "I hate this so much!!"s and "ugh, I don't even care anymore!!"s It was finally done!! What do you think??Its a perfect fit!!

A VERY big thank you to my mom who is incredibly talented with a sewing machine and helped me tons with my first official sewing project.

I am now officially taking orders!!

I am SO in love with this swimsuit.
Who wants to buy it for me??

Class of 2009

Meet Gabrielle Jensen!
Surprisingly, Gaby is Ian's BIOLOGICAL sister. Bet you would have NEVER known with her blonde hair and blue eyes. Gaby has spent the last 3 years of her life dedicated to Alta High School, and let me just tell you how dedicated she is. Her GPA is a 3.964 (I think), she is Alta's Social Science Sterling Scholar, this year alone she took SEVEN AP classes, she was president of Key Club, was Salt Lake County's Junior Miss, was HEAVILY involved with her South Mountain Community Church, all while dealing with a douche of an EX-boyfriend (thank goodness hes EX), and sleeping at night.

Gaby and I have had a lot of talks over the last two years and I can honestly say that she is one of the sweetest people I know! I love that we can have a long conversation without awkward silences. I remember when I was stranded at their house on Christmas night and Gaby and I stayed up for HOURS talking about life, and love. Mostly love. I feel a special bond with Gaby that I have never felt with another boyfriends sister. I hope that one day I will be more to her than just her brother's girlfriend, because she is more to me than my boyfriend's sister. I look up to her in so many ways! She is so dedicated to everything she does, I wish I could say the same of myself!

Gaby, Ian and I are SO proud of you! Congratulations on your graduation, now the REAL fun begins. Your goal is to become a Pediatrician and I look forward to the day that my children will have the opportunity to go to a doctor they know and trust. I know Ian pretends he doesn't care sometimes, but believe me, if you knew what he says to me you would know otherwise.

Thank you for being a little sister to both of us,

We love you!!

What I have been up to

I know that I have been a crappy blogger. I realize I have a problem, I really do. I will try to fix this. There has been SO much that has happened in the last month! Holy cow, where do I even start??

School ended. THANK HEAVENS!! I am SO done with school. It kills me, until I get to do some Mutton Bustin' (see post below). I still hate it though. I'm thinking that maybe I'll take some time off, I know this doesnt sound like a good plan but it sure makes me happy right now. I have so much stuff I need to worry about, especially financially, that I have NO idea how spending $2500 on school PLUS housing, food, gas and so forth would even be possible right now. I fully understand that it is likely I won't go back if I quit now. I jsut have to promise myself I will. I WILL!!
I had to quit my job in Logan. I was SOOOOOOO sad!! I felt TERRIBLE! My bosses were seriously the NICEST people I have ever met. It would have made things a lot easier if they were jerks. dang. I wish they were like Stacey (no one gets that but me, don't feel bad). On the bright side, things are in works to work for Jake and Kristen again. this makes me happy. very!
Listen to this story. typical. Mom and Dad go out of town on the WORST possible week EVER!! I have to move home and I am NOT a light packer. therefore, 3 carloads later I am moved home. THANK YOU IAN! But that is NOT the "typical" part. Saturday May 2nd 2009 I get a call at about 2:00 pm from my adorable sister Steph asking if I had heard anything from my OTHER adorable sister Lynndi. I had not. APPARENTLY prego Lynndi had to go to the hospital because she was sick and have a fever. SIDE NOTE: Last time she had a fever like this, WHAMMO Princess Bree Bree was born. Lynndi needed a sitter for Bree for a "few hours" while they pumped her full of fluids and TRIED to stop the contractions. no such luck. LUCKILY I was home from school and was able to drop everything (nothing) and watch my sweet Bree Bree until Monday when my poor mother (who, if you know her, was FREAKING out at this point) got home. End result:

James Ryan Wilson

Wednesday May 6th I returned to a place that I shall forever remember as my second home. Disneyland. I wish it was my second home, I just can't afford to go that often but oh.how.i.love.it!! My mom and I went together. it was a BLAST!!! I daresay it was the BEST trip to Disneyland I have ever been on. and that is saying a lot, because I have been a lot!! You see, this was PERFECT timing for just the two of us to go. I know that my sisters all LIKE the happiest place on earth but my mom and I take it to the next level. we LOVE LOVE LOVE Disneyland. its a little ridiculous. We were right in there with the children, pushing our way to the front of lines, shopping in ALL the stores (I kid you not we hit EVERY store in both parks), and just enjoying the smell, noise, taste and feel of Disneyland. Thank you to my mother who spend so much time and money to make that trip so much fun! I wouldn't have wanted it ANY other way (I even LOVED the 1.5 mile walk home, at 11:00pm . . . in Anaheim)I LOVE WALL-E!!!

After Disneyland was MOTHERS DAY!! Oh how I was looking forward to Mothers Day. I cannot even begin to describe how I miss my brother. (WARNING: MAJOR CHEESINESS ABOUT TO ENSUE) I sometimes feel like a part of me is missing. I love him oh.so.much!!
After Mothers Day things calmed down a bit ( for me anyways, refer to Lynndi's blog for the real DRAMA involving Croup, Diverticulitis and the NICU) I think the next major thing for me was VEGAS!!! I had bought tickets for Ian for Valentines to Flight of the Conchords at the Hard Rock Hotel. We then decided that it would be in our best interest to attempt to sell them. You see, stupid me sometimes doesnt read the fine print and didn't realize that the seats were 11 seats apart. I guess no one else was stupid enough to buy tickets of such so the week of the concert we decided that we were gonna sell them and we should probably make arrangements. We stayed in Cedar City with Ian's Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Duncan. They are a BLAST!! They still act like they are our age and I LOVE it!! They LOVED having company and took us to Zion National Park (which I had never seen), out to dinner, gave us all sorts of advice for Vegas (some we didn't follow: story to be told), took us to see Ian's other uncles property (which is GORGEOUS) and also took us to a historical museum in Cedar. They are very generous people whom we love very much! Okay, so who would have thought that the Hoover Dam is as cool as it is? Anyone? Cause I didn't. Let me rewind a few years to a point in time that my family stopped at the Dam on our way home from somewhere (I think it was a family reunion, others think it was Cali but this doesnt change the story) and my father feels the need to get out at the Dam and see it. NO ONE but my dad and brother get out of the motor home. We were SO annoyed and just wanted to get home so we stayed inside. My poor dad, not only is he outnumbered but no one will even entertain him to look at the Dam. Now back to the present day, Ian and I did a new tour where we got to stick our hand out an air vent and take a picture. We both maintain that the air vent is the one Clark Griswald opens in Vegas Vacation. It was GREAT! We even got cool plastic hard hards that I wore around all day, no joke!!This is on the way to the Dam, Lake Mead is behind us.

So we stopped at In-N-Out. I didn't like it. Its overrated and Burgerz Exprezz is SOOO much better!! So is five guys. and Chili's mini big mouth bites (now those are DELISH!). After the dam is was ON TO VEGAS!! We went to The Fashion Show Mall and that was good time, but depressing because (as I mentioned earlier) finances are not at their best right now. We ate dinner at the food court there. That was a REALLY good decision. It was cheap and very good! We then headed to Circus Circus because Ian wanted to ride the roller coaster. It was SOOOO fun!!
The concert was at 9 so we got there at about that time. It was WAY funny! They are hilarious, and I love Jermaine!! After the concert, this is where we didnt take Bonnie and Duncans advice, we had to get out of the parking garage. See they told us to valet park but since I have no money and Ian is "frugal" we parked on the 7th floor of the garage. We waited 90 minutes to move. it was ridiculous. We left Vegas at 2 am (3 am our time) and headed back to cedar. It was a LONG day. We got back at 5:30 and CRASHED!! When we woke up Sunday morning we didnt even want to THINK about getting back into the car to drive home soooooo we stayed another night. Monday we came home. The trip was GREAT time!! Thanks Ian!!

Tuesday May 26th I got another sweet nephew!! Beckham Matthew Rollins was born at 11:37 pm (Steph was induced at 7:30 am) at a WHOPING 9 lbs 10.5 ounces!! He is chunker and I LOVE him. James is a swirmer and Beckham is a cuddler! It is so amazing to see the diefference in the two boys. They are only a few weeks apart and are cousins but they are SO different! Beck has olive skin, chunky, and lots of DARK hair while James is on the skinny side (this is probably because he was born 4 weeks early and was in the NICU. he is starting to fill out now), fair skinned, and blonde hair. I love them both very much though and it is so fun to have TWO babies to cuddle!! Now we just need another girl (I am now taking bets on who is next, Traci or Kellie. I say its a pretty close toss up!!). Anyways, here is Baby Beck:
Wow! This has been a REALLY long post. I congratulate those who have read the ENTIRE thing. You deserve a cookie! Until next time . . . I hope.


One more picture. Just because she is SOOOOO stinkin' cute!!