I'm official!!

Yup that's right everyone... We took that step this last week. It was a great step. A much needed step (for me!) and I'm totally ready for the change, life changing.....

WE GOT GYM PASSES!!!!

You know you love it! :D

(That'll be me someday....... minus the blond hair)

Setting Aside All Differences

Just remember everyone:

HIS SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS AND HIS FAILURE IS OUR FAILURE

whether you like him or not.
Let's stand behind our new President. Pray and hope that he succeeds.

That's all I have to say about that. :D

Cars suck!

Ok, so one of the other reasons why our New Years Eve turned into a slow night was because of Patrick's car. One week before Christmas, we had the accord serviced. It had just hit the 100,00 mile mark and Patrick wanted to make sure it stayed in good running condition just in case we sold it. One grand later we had all the belts replaced, transmission "flushed" and seat belt replaced (apparently it was broken but still under warranty). Not bad. We expected that much. Well, because of the holidays we didn't drive his car much and the following week, I drove it to work. On my way home, all the lights came on and I panicked. I called Patrick. He came and picked me up in Bountiful so I didn't have to drive it home. He checked all the fluids and stuff and saw that the transmission fluid was extremely low. The next day (New Years Eve) we took it back in. They proceeded to tell us the transmission was shot and bad and we needed a new one. WHAT!! I know. Trust me. We freaked. How do you have maintenance done on a transmission, they give the car back with a "clean bill of health" and a few drives later, it's done for. Patrick made all the necessary calls -managers, customer service peeps, even Honda themselves. After all the talking and figuring out who's fault it was, we made a deal - we paid half, and the dealership paid half. Still it was another extremely large chunk of money, a lot of driving to Ogden and back, a lot of carpooling, and a lot of talking on the phone (We went over on our minutes... for multiple reasons, but still). We just got it back this week and so far so good. Hopefully it stays this way for awhile.

Patrick is an amazing power talker. I couldn't believe he could get even half. I'm so proud of him and thankful he can use his "Power Talking/Manipulating" ways for good! It's awesome to not have to worry about those kinds of things.

A puzzle??? Seriously!!

Ok, so I put a puzzle together on New Years Eve... sue me!! Not much was going on so we did the traditional american celebration....

CHINESE TAKE OUT and A PUZZLE!!

We hung out at my parents, ate chinese food, watched a movie, put a puzzle together, played some Canasta and went to bed. I was tired. Patrick was tired. LILLY WAS ASLEEP.... Her bed time is like 9... Seriously!!

Christmas was...

GREAT! But doesn't everyone say that. Well, It was for us. It probably was the smoothest Christmas we've had so far, ever, in our career of being together. We got up opened the "us" gifts and stocking stuffers. Then we loaded up the car and went down to Patrick's mom house. There we had some breakfast and opened the Raymond-Becker gifts. After that we headed up to the Franco Residence and opened gifts with my family. After a bit of relaxing, we headed up to Grandma's house (my mom's mom) and opened gifts with all those peeps. We left there pretty quick and went home. Home Sweet Home. It was awesome!

We both got a whole lot of gifts even though we probably spent the least this christmas. There just really wasn't that big gift we both wanted so we got a lot of littler things. I got a curling iron (I needed one), lots of games, a great book called A Train to Potevka, an iPod speaker-dock thingy (amazing!), pearl earrings/necklace/bracelet set, a scentsy warmer, a nice chunk of money for curtains (finally) and a bunch more that I can't remember right now. Patrick got lots of tools, an Iron Gym, a trip to Nicaragua, huge snow boots, a couple of movies, games too, and a bunch more I can't remember. Oh! And we both got clothes. Much needed clothes. Lilly got a new collar (like always...), a bone and a new rope. The bone is pretty much gone. She's already ripped it to shreds and chewed up the pieces.

All in all we had an amazing Christmas. I'm sorry there's no pictures but trust me...

Me + Morning = Bad Idea!

Today's Quote!

... yesterday...

"He just grated my butt!!" ~ Josie Franco

Being Honest with One Self

OK, I know It's almost half way through January but you know me... I'm more of a Blog Stalker than a Blog Writer. I'm trying though. :D. Tonight will (cross your fingers) be post OVERLOAD!!

Update: Ok, this weekend... I promise! :)

In honor of Mother Nature....