Cliff Hanger!!

So at the end of my last post, I realize I left everybody hanging. It would have been better if I had blogged as planned, but I did not. Yeah... My bad..

Anyways, Shark I have been discussing our "Random Room" lately. What we want to do with it, make out of it, burn it... Things like that. Here's the room again, in case you forgot. (On the bottom picture, it's that weird wall on the right side, with that odd blue siding.)

So, Shark has been brainstorming, getting all kinds of great ideas. And Sunday he finally just started doing. (My only condition to doing anything with that room was : It had to wait until after Christmas, when things weren't so dang crazy! Sunday was the 26th.....)

Well, Shark cleaned out that entire room, which was pretty awesome itself. That room is where we put all the boxes and I was supposed to slowly clean out that room, but somehow never got around to it. Also, I bet it didn't help that when I needed something, I tore apart every box in that room, and made it a complete mess! Yeah... So, my freaking awesome husband took that whole room and put it in the rooms the stuff needed to be in. I'm not gonna lie, lots went down to the dungeon. Anywho, when he tore up the carpet, THIS amazingness was underneath.

Yeah... I wonder why they carpeted over it... Well, Shark just kept going. Once the carpet was torn up (and rolled up and put in the dungeon.) He started on the wall. Yes, THE WALL!

There is a door from the dining room that now goes into the garage, not outside. He then framed a wall between that odd siding and the brick on the house.

And he has even framed another wall, to close off the garage. (So I can have a big pantry and tons of shelves!!)

Speaking of shelves. Shark's dad came over to help him on Monday, and his dad went up to my craft room/office and made these awesome shelves!!

I'm so excited!! So really, that's what been going on. Sorry to get you all excited. I love having lots of shelves!! Woot woot! Now to organize them, and find a way to keep them organized. We'll just have to see. Thank you so much, Shark for making all these things for me, and thank you to your dad too!

POTD: Bandit at the top of the stairs. No one to play with...

Love to all who have big plans for this next year!! I know we sure do! ♥

Slacker of the year!

Ok, so maybe just the end of the year! I realize I've been missing. Not that I blog for anyone but me (this is my vent to the world!) but everything has been crazy with Christmas! las minute gift creations, and making sure everything looks just right. Here is my Christmas so far.

And I totally dropped the ball this year and did NOT get awesome pictures like I did last year. Sorry. I did get some pictures, and I'll post what I can. If not, I gave some gifts to people that live around here, I'll sneak in and snap some shots.

And this is what I made! There is quite a few things missing, but like I said, I dropped the ball! I didn't even decorate really! Ugh!

Ok, now some big things have been happening around the house. I'll share all that with you when I get off work tonight and blog! :)

Love to all, I hope all was merry and bright! ♥

Christmas Card

Merry Christmas to all!!

Thank you to all our friends and family! We love you all so much! You trully are the best ever!

Ok, to sum up the year : This past year has been a crazy one, I lost my job in January, and the next day we decided at the end of February we were moving to Utah. My doctor's appointments in Colorado wrapped up in February and when we got to Utah, I found a doctor here. We were given the "green light" to have kids and that's what our goal has been. We moved in with Mark's brother and sister-in-law for a while, and then bought a house in South Ogden in October. Mark moved back to Utah with 2 jobs waiting for him, and I found a job that I like very much. We're both on Shark's insurance now, so we've been able to see doctor's about what's been going on with my body, or lack of "going on" but we're still trying to figure it out. We love our new house, and are excited to make it our very own. Bandit loves having his own yard, with no possible options of escape, not that he hasn't tried at all! Mark got enrolled in school here in Utah, and even managed to get recidency in Utah, and he begins classes first thing January! This year has taken us all over the place, and it has been an up and down kind of year, but we are happy to be together and happy to be where we are. We're grateful for all that we have been blessed with, even when it didn't seem like blessings at the time.

When we look back on the year, we see that we have been walking in a strait line to where we are. Even though it seems like we were going back and forth, zig-zagging. We are very happy to be here. Grateful to be in the ward we're in, close to Shark's friends and family. I miss my family but I call them enough, so that makes up for the distance.

Shark and I have been making the most of our new home. I've been painting and hanging things up. I've been buying shelves and hooks from the Trading Post, all to make my home cute and my own. I've also been making more food and treats (which Shark likes, alot!) and I've been getting good at making more kinds of food. I'll try to get some more pictures up on here.

Christmas has taken over my life for the past 2 months. I have been so dang busy with work and presents. It's been way crazy. (So crazy, we can't even tell if Bandit has gotten into anything because my house is awful!!) I'm hoping with the Crazy season ending and a new year beginning, a new budget, cleaning, and new places for everything. I plan to clean everything and put everything away, and get re-started on the budget. Yeah I'm hoping to start a whole bunch new stuff. It just has to happen after Christmas.

 We hope this card finds all in good spirits and we wish you a Merry Christmas!

Love to all this season, may the love of Christ bring joy to your lives. ♥

Cute husband

So, I came home to find this in our spare room/Christmas room.

Yup. I love him.

And NO I did not peek!

Love to those who have THE cutest man in their life!! ♥

Getting ready for Christmas

So, since my illness, I have had time to just hang around the house. And since I can't really talk to anybody, I just listen to music and either clean or finish my presents. Well, I was blog-stalking today and I found a Christmas Countdown at Dating Divas! I absolutely love this! Too bad I don't have any time to make an advent calendar... Yup, just no time. I'm making Christmas presents still... Yeah.. I know.

I did finish my tree yesterday.

I absolutely LOVE it this year!! I bought all new ornaments because the blue/silver/black bulbs I bought when we first got married, flew out of the truck while we were driving. Yes. My ornaments (meaningless ones, not the ones my mom has been collecting since I was born) were smashed to smithereens on I-80, somewhere in Wyoming. So, I bought new ornaments, and I love how the tree turned out. You know how when you picture something in your head, and then you go to create it, and when it's done you think, Oh Crap, I suck at life...? Well, the tree actually turned out how I pictured it in my head. For once, that Oh Crap, thought didn't happen!! Yayayay! Shark's pretty cute, he really likes the silver picks I used (leaves) and he thinks my tree looks really good. He usually doesn't notice things like that. I'm pretty impressed with my tree decorating skills. :)

This is my favorite picture because you can see everything I used to decorate it. Each bulb I used (blue shiny, matte and glitter and silver matte and shiny), both ribbons (blue and silver), the snowflakes, the silver mesh and the silver pick (leaves). Plus, my tree actually looks good, not like the crappy tree that it is. {trust me, it really is crappy!}

That's Christmas so far.

This is Bandit playing in the snow. I found out I can use his Chuck-it like an ice cream scoop, and it makes perfect snowballs, it even throws them!! Yes!! Pretty sure it's awesome. And little dog loves it, so it's a keeper!

Oh, yeah. Remember my random voice-loss last week? Well, this week, my voice is still kinds gone (mom says I'm getting better) but now my throat hurts and I'm coughing and that hurts too. So, I bought some Mucinex, I bought 2 boxes and the guy at the register asked my age, he looked at me all skeptical, I said, Look, I'm married, I've been married 2 years. You have to be 18 to be married in this state right? He smiled and said, Yes. Geez people, I'm going to be 24 next month, I'm not skipping class, I'm not buying Mucinex to grind up and snort. I mean, I sound sick, ok. So, yeah, that's been bugging me this week. Yeah, alot. Shark is still NOT sick. On one of his pick-ups, they gave him a free flu shot. I think they were shooting everyone that walked thru the door. Lucky him.
Love to those who add to their collection of decorations, I have joined your ranks. ♥