My sister doesn't post all the time, but when she does, it's 2 weeks worth of lil gems. This video is now on her blog of Callie singing one of her favorite songs at the moment.
If you go to 27 seconds, it's THE funniest thing I've seen her do.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
what the blimey...
I played hooky from work today...for a few reasons.
It was sooo nice snuggling next to Ryan for the extra couple of hours this morning. I'm always so jealous that he gets to sleep in a few extra hours when I struggle with NOT hitting the snooze button a fourth time (yep, 3 times usually does the trick). So I sent off a quick email to my manager (which is reason #2) and went back to sleep and snuggled with my sweet hubby.
Also, I'm really really really struggling to deal with my manager. He was hired a few months ago and for the first two months, seemed to come in and out of the office and no one knew where he was and when he was coming back...so finally the owners said something to him and he seemed to be getting better...at least the ratio of personal calls to business calls is in favor of business now.
But last night right before I left the office I thought of a customer I hadn't talked to in awhile and started looking through the notes for him and saw that said manager has just seemed to...hmmm...i dunno, sell him stuff...WHAT THE CRAP! It's so frustrating (anyone who's ever been in sales can empathize) that I've been in touch with someone over the course of a year and a new guy comes in and just jumps on it! I'm so pissed off right now, i don't want to be around the guy...I'm having a hard time working for someone I have no respect for. I'm going to ask him about it tomorrow and if he doesn't give me any of the credit, I'll talk to the owner --he won't stand for this poor business etiquette...just poor practice and lowers morale for everyone. Anyone have stories like this? Having to deal with something at work that is totally out of line? - OH! just found out a SECOND person. THAT'S IT!!!
It was sooo nice snuggling next to Ryan for the extra couple of hours this morning. I'm always so jealous that he gets to sleep in a few extra hours when I struggle with NOT hitting the snooze button a fourth time (yep, 3 times usually does the trick). So I sent off a quick email to my manager (which is reason #2) and went back to sleep and snuggled with my sweet hubby.
Also, I'm really really really struggling to deal with my manager. He was hired a few months ago and for the first two months, seemed to come in and out of the office and no one knew where he was and when he was coming back...so finally the owners said something to him and he seemed to be getting better...at least the ratio of personal calls to business calls is in favor of business now.
But last night right before I left the office I thought of a customer I hadn't talked to in awhile and started looking through the notes for him and saw that said manager has just seemed to...hmmm...i dunno, sell him stuff...WHAT THE CRAP! It's so frustrating (anyone who's ever been in sales can empathize) that I've been in touch with someone over the course of a year and a new guy comes in and just jumps on it! I'm so pissed off right now, i don't want to be around the guy...I'm having a hard time working for someone I have no respect for. I'm going to ask him about it tomorrow and if he doesn't give me any of the credit, I'll talk to the owner --he won't stand for this poor business etiquette...just poor practice and lowers morale for everyone. Anyone have stories like this? Having to deal with something at work that is totally out of line? - OH! just found out a SECOND person. THAT'S IT!!!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
damn dog
I get an instant message from Ryan today that says:
"Our dog puked. I want to kill him. I can't get the smell out of the carpet/house from the three places he barfed."
me: "i'm sorry, hon, anything I can do for you?"
him: "I'm going to just burn the house down"
He's not in the best of moods. Anyone have ideas on how to cheer up a husband? (killing the dog isn't an option...yet)
Also! here's the banner for my etsy shop that i had someone put together. it's cute, huh?
I haven't posted the blankets yet, as I can't seem to take decent pictures of them. Working on it.
Oh, and the avatar i made:
"Our dog puked. I want to kill him. I can't get the smell out of the carpet/house from the three places he barfed."
me: "i'm sorry, hon, anything I can do for you?"
him: "I'm going to just burn the house down"
He's not in the best of moods. Anyone have ideas on how to cheer up a husband? (killing the dog isn't an option...yet)
Also! here's the banner for my etsy shop that i had someone put together. it's cute, huh?
I haven't posted the blankets yet, as I can't seem to take decent pictures of them. Working on it.
Oh, and the avatar i made:
Thursday, June 14, 2007
updates?! we don't need no stinkin' updates.
Just a quick post because I've been a little lazy to update lately.
I've been working on honing my sewing skills and found blankets to be fairly simple (then again, mine are only baby stroller sized!) and figured I'd try little shoes that I'd seen. This was my attempt. They need some work still, but I'm quite proud of them! They're sooo darling! I want a baby so I can stick her little chubby toes in them.
My old roommate Audrey had a baby so I put together a quick little girly blanket for her new one and then figured I'd send a book about being a big sister to her other little girl. I just need to get them in the mail soon. And post pictures!
The other day i get this phone call and it's from the lady I made those boxes for (but hers are quite a bit bigger). She seriously went on for 5 min about how much she loved them. And then went on to tell me I didn't charge her enough and she's going to pay me $10 for each of the next order instead of $7. Works for me!
Other than that, not too much has happened. Ryan surprised me with a bee-uutiful bouquet of flowers the day after our anniversary. I would post a picture, but I'm lame and didn't take any. but they were pretty pretty.
oh! and i got a new car. Pictures as soon as it's in my possession (in 2 weeks).
I've been working on honing my sewing skills and found blankets to be fairly simple (then again, mine are only baby stroller sized!) and figured I'd try little shoes that I'd seen. This was my attempt. They need some work still, but I'm quite proud of them! They're sooo darling! I want a baby so I can stick her little chubby toes in them.
My old roommate Audrey had a baby so I put together a quick little girly blanket for her new one and then figured I'd send a book about being a big sister to her other little girl. I just need to get them in the mail soon. And post pictures!
The other day i get this phone call and it's from the lady I made those boxes for (but hers are quite a bit bigger). She seriously went on for 5 min about how much she loved them. And then went on to tell me I didn't charge her enough and she's going to pay me $10 for each of the next order instead of $7. Works for me!
Other than that, not too much has happened. Ryan surprised me with a bee-uutiful bouquet of flowers the day after our anniversary. I would post a picture, but I'm lame and didn't take any. but they were pretty pretty.
oh! and i got a new car. Pictures as soon as it's in my possession (in 2 weeks).
Monday, June 04, 2007
Anniversary Inn
Ryan and I celebrated our first anniversary yesterday. Because of his work schedule, I told him to take Saturday and Sunday off, in addition to his regular days off of Thursday and Friday.
We started our extra long weekend off Thursday afternoon. We went to Rodizio Grill in Salt Lake for dinner (so delicious, too much meat - what else did i expect?!) and then went to the Anniversary Inn. I reserved the Jungle Safari room (there was a whole theme to the weekend), which turned out to be bordering on hilarious and tacky and cool, all at the same time. We showered from the trunk of an elephant (they totally should have installed the shower in the ceiling and had a waterfall effect) and slept next to a peeping Zebra.
Breakfast was good, though. They brought us juice and hot chocolate with a yogurt parfait and some sort of ham and cheese turnover and a delicious cinnamon roll. Seriously, so good.
So Friday morning we left the Inn and went to the Zoo! Ryan's been wanting to go for a long time and figured this was as good of time as any. So we got there right around noon and saw every single exhibit they had. Every. single. one. It was a disappointment (a tad one) that they didn't have the hippo anymore, nor did they have a lion, but they had rhinos and elephants (what do you get if you mix an elephant and a rhino?) and monkeys and a really fun bird show. Left there at 3ish and went to the in-laws.
Dad-in-law was heading on a scouting overnighter and mom-in-law was heading with Jani to California, so James was going to be left with a car he couldn't drive (stick shift). We were happy to offer my automatic as a trade for Joey's Jeep for the weekend.
Saturday morning we got up at 7 and went to the Scera theater for Pirates. We got tickets from my office and figured, eh, it's free...and we can always sleep later. Great movie.
But we didn't! We went home, I showered, got ready for the day, then we met Ki and Micah for lunch and went shopping for a bbq we were throwing together for that night. Alan and Tiffany came with their little baby, and my sisters Tara and Kayleigh came, as did Dan and Casey Ritter. I think everyone had a great time. We bought $40 in steaks and I think we have more than half left. Yum!
Tiffany and Alan were the last to leave around 12:30 and Ryan and I were sooo ready to hit the hay. I ended up sleeping until 2 the next afternoon because I had a scratchy and phlegmy throat and a terrible headache. And I'd slept so poorly that night.
Anyways, all in all it was a great milestone. Around 11:30 last night Ryan cut into the top tier of cake we'd saved from our wedding. Chocolate something or other...dang, it was GOOD! Thanks to mom for wrapping it so perfectly to save it.
We started our extra long weekend off Thursday afternoon. We went to Rodizio Grill in Salt Lake for dinner (so delicious, too much meat - what else did i expect?!) and then went to the Anniversary Inn. I reserved the Jungle Safari room (there was a whole theme to the weekend), which turned out to be bordering on hilarious and tacky and cool, all at the same time. We showered from the trunk of an elephant (they totally should have installed the shower in the ceiling and had a waterfall effect) and slept next to a peeping Zebra.
Breakfast was good, though. They brought us juice and hot chocolate with a yogurt parfait and some sort of ham and cheese turnover and a delicious cinnamon roll. Seriously, so good.
So Friday morning we left the Inn and went to the Zoo! Ryan's been wanting to go for a long time and figured this was as good of time as any. So we got there right around noon and saw every single exhibit they had. Every. single. one. It was a disappointment (a tad one) that they didn't have the hippo anymore, nor did they have a lion, but they had rhinos and elephants (what do you get if you mix an elephant and a rhino?) and monkeys and a really fun bird show. Left there at 3ish and went to the in-laws.
Dad-in-law was heading on a scouting overnighter and mom-in-law was heading with Jani to California, so James was going to be left with a car he couldn't drive (stick shift). We were happy to offer my automatic as a trade for Joey's Jeep for the weekend.
Saturday morning we got up at 7 and went to the Scera theater for Pirates. We got tickets from my office and figured, eh, it's free...and we can always sleep later. Great movie.
But we didn't! We went home, I showered, got ready for the day, then we met Ki and Micah for lunch and went shopping for a bbq we were throwing together for that night. Alan and Tiffany came with their little baby, and my sisters Tara and Kayleigh came, as did Dan and Casey Ritter. I think everyone had a great time. We bought $40 in steaks and I think we have more than half left. Yum!
Tiffany and Alan were the last to leave around 12:30 and Ryan and I were sooo ready to hit the hay. I ended up sleeping until 2 the next afternoon because I had a scratchy and phlegmy throat and a terrible headache. And I'd slept so poorly that night.
Anyways, all in all it was a great milestone. Around 11:30 last night Ryan cut into the top tier of cake we'd saved from our wedding. Chocolate something or other...dang, it was GOOD! Thanks to mom for wrapping it so perfectly to save it.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
~I want this house~
Ryan's been looking more at schools for his PhD and I've fallen in love with this house in Greeley Colorado (University of Northern Colorado), even though I haven't seen the inside, Ryan agrees it's pretty awesome looking from the outside and would be fun to have a charming old house like that.
It's too damn bad we won't be moving this fall for school, but really, it's such a blessing. Our house value should increase with UVU coming next July and if we don't sell before we've occupied for two years, we'll get out without having to pay property gains taxes. Hoo-rah!
Bless Ry's heart - he's agreed we can get a fixer-upper if I can prove to him that I can finish projects I start: refinishing the chairs, the dresser, etc.
On a more positive note(and completely off subject): Ryan's car issue is almost resolved!! We won the war with Parts4Less in Tucson and they arranged pick up of the lemon engine they sent us FIVE MONTHS AGO. So we don't have to pay for a piece of shite and worry about it ruining the rest of his car. We've been paying 5 months for a car we haven't been driving and we'll finally be able to get his car back. My car is paid off now and we're thinking of trading it in and getting something more dependable (Honda, Toyota, ya know).
Even though we're inactive heathens, Heavenly Father is blessing us and things are getting straightened out.
Now pray for me that I can stop hating my job (not the office itself - love it).
It's too damn bad we won't be moving this fall for school, but really, it's such a blessing. Our house value should increase with UVU coming next July and if we don't sell before we've occupied for two years, we'll get out without having to pay property gains taxes. Hoo-rah!
Bless Ry's heart - he's agreed we can get a fixer-upper if I can prove to him that I can finish projects I start: refinishing the chairs, the dresser, etc.
On a more positive note(and completely off subject): Ryan's car issue is almost resolved!! We won the war with Parts4Less in Tucson and they arranged pick up of the lemon engine they sent us FIVE MONTHS AGO. So we don't have to pay for a piece of shite and worry about it ruining the rest of his car. We've been paying 5 months for a car we haven't been driving and we'll finally be able to get his car back. My car is paid off now and we're thinking of trading it in and getting something more dependable (Honda, Toyota, ya know).
Even though we're inactive heathens, Heavenly Father is blessing us and things are getting straightened out.
Now pray for me that I can stop hating my job (not the office itself - love it).
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Melt In Your Mouth Babycakes
Another gem from the internet. I found this recipe for a chocolate cake. I think my issue is the altitude. Most of these recipes are made in Cali, so i'm thinking that's it. Anyone have any advice?
Ryan and I went to Arby's for lunch so I could snag a pile of the sauce cups (mini cups) for a recipe for Melt in Your Mouth Cake.
Here are the results. You can't really tell the size ratio, except in my blurry close up picture. For some reason the macro setting on my camera isn't as clear and I'd like. Maybe I should read the manual. The recipe made almost 6 dozen of these puppies.
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