I'd be Hawaiian

Oh my goodness we went to Hawaii. It was so wonderful. We want to go back! I just want to go back and live for a couple of years. I think it would be so fun! It would definitely be an experience to remember. 

But it was so great when we were there. I hated coming back to reality. We went snorkeling and got some really great pictures with our new go pro! There are some sweet pictures of the turtles we saw in the ocean. I love the go pro and the sweet stick that Daryl made out of the ski pole. It made it a lot easier to hold in the water. We also went surfing and it was so packed! Then when we were there a big swell came in and huge waves were coming down. It was kinda scary! I tried boogie boarding in it and it was rough. I got dominated by the wave. I let Daryl do the rest of the boogie boarding for the trip. He rode some pretty great ones! 

We got a lot tanner then we were and ate a lot of shaved ice. I hope we can go back sometime soon! I really enjoyed it a lot. It was the best trip we have taken thus far in our lives! Daryl is very adventurous and he is always ready to do something and have fun. It makes my life a lot more exciting! He is the best at getting me up and having fun!

Here are some pictures from our trip!

Hawaii Perfection

We saw one of these babies every day while we were there

He is so happy. We were so burned this last day!

Beach sunset

Road to Hana

I am so proud of this picture. It is too perfect! 

(I can't believe I took it)

This cool rock we found

This waved ALMOST killed me (really though)

Bamboo for dayzzz

TURTLE! GoPro picture

I know I have been way bad at writing. My life has kind of settled down. I got a job FINALLY. I will say I love the environment where I work. But the work isn't the best thing ever. Not that any of my jobs have been super exciting but I will say this one tips the books for the most boring. I am trying to have a better attitude about it. It has made it a little bit more bearable. I should tell you though; I work at a counseling center down in Provo but I do the collections with the accounts. I basically call people for hours on ends trying to collect money that they have yet to pay. Not my dream job. I wish I was doing more office stuff. But I am sticking with it until I can find something I really feel like will benefit me or until I can't handle it anymore!

Daryl has just started a new job. And I start school pretty soon. I can't believe it's almost June already! Time is really is flying when I stop and think about it. I can't wait to finish my bachelor's! I am ready to start my master's so I can start doing my job that I actually want to do. Enough of these college jobs! I am ready for real life!

Well. I am sure I have a lot more to write but I can't think of much. That is what is going on in our lives. I will try to be better about writing. But that's hard when you just work and go to school. I feel like I never have anything real exciting to say!

But Hawaii is the DREAM STATE in AMERICA! I miss and love it too much!

I want the sun to stay for awhile

Daryl and I went to St. George this past weekend. It was REALLY great. We got some sun and got a nice little break before the stress of finals and papers started.

I am currently writing a terrible paper right now. I am struggling to concentrate and even get the minimum requirement done. It is going to be a rough paper. I just hope it turns out alright. I am doing very well in the class though. So hopefully it won't bring my grade down if I don't do well.

But going to St. George was super GREAT! We tried to find these falls that didn't exist. So basically we walked around in the desert for hours wearing flip flops. It was a nice little hike though. I got these intense blisters from my flip flop which kind of made walking miserable after that. But they are almost healed now! Thank goodness.

We also went down to Zion's canyon. We road horses there and it was just a lot of fun. I am kind of obsessed with southern Utah and the red rocks and stuff. I think I kind of love the desert weather. I think that it just because I grew up most of my life in green states. That I kind of like the color change. But those rocks are so amazing. They just spring up and are breath taking to look at. We got to ride horses up in Zion. It was so wonderful. Daryl rode a horse named Fancy And mine was sweet. It was speckled like a cow but it was brown instead of black and it had blue eyes. Mine's name was Charlie. We enjoyed the ride but my butt hurt like crazy when we got done. I wouldn't have been a good cow girl.

Then we went out to eat and laid by the pool and listened to conference. It was wonderful. I enjoyed getting some sun and hanging out with a sweet weekend with Daryl. He is my favorite person to vacation with :)

I wish we could have stayed longer. I have just been busy with tests, quizzes, papers and what not. I am going to be finished with a lot this week. So finals week will be a breeze for me. I am excited for that.

I went to a job interview this week and Heritage. Just waiting to hear back from them. Hope I got the job. That would be sweet! But not getting my hopes up just yet. It is kind of my last chance to get a job in my field for some experience so finger crossed!

Daryl's sister came down early for the weekend to hangout with us. It was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with her a lot. We got to talk and what not before she headed back to Indiana for a couple weeks. I am excited for her to move down to provo this summer! It will be nice to have family down here!

We also bought a Gopro camera! I am way excited to try it out in Hawaii and what not. It will be a lot of fun! We just picked it up this morning. Adventures to come with that sweet thing!

Well that is about all that has happened this week!

You're how old? And been married for how long? Do you know anything...

"Nope. But I am learning."


I read an article the other day about this girl talking about how she and her husband got married young. It really was pretty cool to read. But it got me thinking about myself and why I got married young.

I think getting married young isn't a bad thing. I am still getting my degree and it has taught me to grow up a little bit. I still might be immature, young, and not know a lot about life. But I have a learned a lot. Random things too. I knew things but I keep thinking do you really know things until you experience them? Not really. Experience is the best thing you can have. I can't go over all the things I have learned they'd be boring to you all and you'd be like what is the point.

My husband, Daryl. He is the man. He is way more mature than me. In many ways. I still do weird things that I would have done when I was 6 years old. Hey! Daryl. Look at this! His response...Ok. You are so weird. Yeah. Sometimes I just wish he'd be weird with me! But I am training him up! He is getting better but for real. He is legit!

I grew up getting things I thought I deserved. A car when I was 16, Not having a job (because of sports) which I could have gotten one-wished I would have too, a cell phone. Now that I look back on my life. I had it real good. I was a dumb teenager and thought it's what I deserved. I was a good kid and what not but those things were a REAL privilege. I wish I could go back and tell myself to stop being a brat and realize I had it way good.

Oh so I had to mow the lawn and do chores. I complained about all of those things. I really never did anything per say "hard". My dad taught me hard work. Even though he never forced me to do anything super difficult. I learned how to work in the yard. I learned how to mow, how to pull weeds, put out mulch, dig up sprinklers, put in drains, grow a garden, ect. And I learned from my mom how to keep a house presentable. I learned how to dust, how to clean a bathroom, ect. You guys know housework I won't go into it. I learned valuable lessons from my parents. I am grateful for all they taught me and did for me. They did way too much. And I am grateful for their kindness.

Well so I met my husband and learned all about him. Every time he told me a story my mouth would drop open in disbelief. He had a job ever since he was 16, he came out and supported himself all on his own when he moved out to Utah, he built a like house basically in his life. I don't know if that's what got to me or what. But that boy learned hard work at an early age. I know that his mom taught him the value of hard work as well. I hadn't even experienced life close to the way he had. I admired him from the start. Every time I talked to him I never wanted it to stop. I saw so many great qualities in him that I wanted my future spouse to have. I wanted to pass out traits to my kids that he had. He was perfect.

So we got married. It was fast. I met him about a year ago. He was one of my best friend's friend. She liked him so why couldn't he be a good friend of mine? We hit it off instantly. Things moved way faster than I could have even handled. I wanted to slow it down. I had big plans in my future and the closer I got to him the more I saw those flying away from me. I was loving every minute of it though. Next thing I knew a few weeks had flown by we had talked about everything. Even marriage. My mind was blown. I wanted go on a mission for my church, I wanted to graduate college, I wanted to have a stable career going before I met someone. I was going to be AT LEAST 25. And we were going to date a year then get married. After we had really known each other and I could really tell it was right.

Well that didn't happen. I got married 6 months later. But if anything I knew everything was right when I met him. Everything just kind of fell into place. I always wanted God to give me a straight out answer telling me someone was right for me. I was even scared to pray about it. I knew it was right but it was so soon. I prayed and Bam! The feeling overcame me. I couldn't deny it. If you know something is right? Why wait? If your staring into something and know without a doubt it's right. Who wouldn't do it? Marriage is scary. I get that. But I'd take scary and right over wrong and relaxing.

Anyways I got married at 20. Big freakin deal. I am sure most would say I was too young. I had my whole life ahead of me. Why would I run off and get married. Well I will tell you. I don't know when I will be the most mature. I don't know when my brain will fully develop. Esp because they keep changing the age it was like 21 now its like 30. Jk. But for real. I don't know any of that. I do know the older I get the more I will be set in my ways. Why not start that off with the person I love? I don't care what anyone says. I know what love is. I will stay together with my husband forever. I know marriage is hard but I will never let other things get in the way of something that is the most important to me.

You know I could have gone on a mission. Got married later on. I am sure life would have worked out just fine. But I don't think I would have grown up as much as I have now. I don't think I would learn the things I am learning until 10 years later. I think things would have been harder. I really do. Marriage has taught me a lot. I have learned to cling to my husband not my parents. (although I still call my mom a lot ;) I have learned about taxes, loans, grants, terrible dinners, good dinners, bills..ect. One of the most important things I have learned is how to be more selfless. Now I am not perfect. Mom's with children give a lot more and even other wives do. But I have learned to stop thinking about myself so much. When you are single you think about yourself. You only worry about yourself. So you please yourself. Marriage is different. You want to make the other person happy. You have to compromise. You have to argue to fix things. People think arguing is such a bad thing and leads to divorce.  That is not true! Every one argues and they argue different. Every one handles things differently than ourselves. I've learned how to argue with someone I spend long hours with. I have learned how to apologize (was terrible at this). My marriage is more important than any fight. In the end I know no matter what it is about we will figure it out. We will compromise. This is the greatest lesson I have learned. Although the bills and budgeting have been great lessons.

Daryl is someone I have gone through a lot with. We will keep going through things together. I am glad at such a young age. I have someone to turn to. A life long partner. The hardest working guy I know. I know he will always come through for our family. I am grateful for a young marriage and everything it has taught me.

A little sarcasm never hurt anyone

Things that are stupid:

Paying more money to get a certification in your field.-Why can't they include this in the college tuition!
Your phone having low battery.
People not emailing and calling you back when you really want them too.
Your life at a stand still.
Pinterest sending you emails that someone has repinned  one of your pins. (Who cares!) ( I know that what I pinned is awesome and people wanna pin it too, you don't need to inform me of this)
Wondering what you are supposed to do in this point in your life.
(Which that last one is weird because when I was in high school if you would have told me that I wouldn't have my life figured out when I am a junior in college. I would have stared at you like you are crazy!)

I hate college though. Like honestly a bachelor's degree gets you no where now days. Maybe it is just my major and I am bitter but honestly. I am trying to figure out what I can do when I graduate and it is little to nothing.

Then I called and found out that in order to get this certificate thing that would actually get me a job with a bachelor's you have to pay a whooping 150 bucks for it and then have like 3200 hours doing stuff. And you can't even work on those hours while doing your bachelor's. My university is trying to convince I almost have the license when really I have only taking classes. That's it. I still have to pay more money and do more work. So moral of the story college is pointless. Just kidding.

So I am encouraged and I do want to get my master's in school of counseling. That adds on another 3 years of school. So that sounds terrible and horribly expensive. My brain is telling me that I am done with school after next year and my heart is telling me that I should keep going. It would be fun! So this is the pits.

I should figure it out soon though because next fall I need to be applying to places if I am going to keep going. Part of me says that I should do it right away because if I don't I will put it off so long I don't wanna or end up doing it.

So I have had more interviews than you can count on your hands. As you can see that is going well for me. I love rejection. I need to get some experience though I guess. The only way to get that is apparently volunteering because no one will give you a job for the experience.

Well this post was a little sarcastic and what not.

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Honeycomb your hair because we are going out!

Well, it has been a little while. Things are going pretty well. I will list some stuff I have been doing.

1. 14 days of Valentine's day. I put some candy and cute notes every morning for Daryl up until V-day.

2. We went on a sweet Valentine's date.

3. My parents came to town.

4. I hung out with them a lot!

5. We went snowboarding up in O-town!

6. It was my birthday!

7. This girl is finally 21. 

8. I still have yet to find a job.

9. We have so much candy in our house we are going to die!

10. I did well on some tests this week.

11. We have officially been married for 6 months!

12. It is almost March, MARCH MADNESS! :)

13. I made some dinners this week.

14. I just deleted the next few things I had written somehow? :(

15. I love Daryl.

Somethings I have realized recently:

Just because it is your birthday does not mean you are a princess.

You also don't look any older when it's your birthday. I will forever look 15 :(

Just because you have nice things doesn't mean your rich.

Just because your nice that won't end up getting you a job.

Snowboarding hurts the body more than running on a treadmill. 

I call my mom way more than I probably should.

My brother is more sentimental than I am.

And lastly, I care more about fashion then I ever had.

I want to expand a little bit on the last one. Currently, It is blowing my mind for many reasons.

-I am already married.

-Why did I start noticing things now

-Why do I start buying things now

I feel like my life should be going downhill now that I am all settled down. Well as settled down as you can get without kids, a home, a real job. So maybe not settled down since I only have a husband. Whatever, anyway the point being that I hate this is happening to me. I spent the first 2 years of college going to class wearing sweats and no make up. In the winter I think I wore my big puff boots every day. I never noticed anyone else's clothes nor did I care.

But for some reason now I do. I got into pinning cute clothes that I longed for on pinterest but never bought. Now I am obsessed with little boutique shops and want to buy everything in them. And have bought a lot. I notice girls wearing cute things and wonder if I could pull it off. I feel like I am going through a major crisis here. I feel like when you get married you should really do the reverse of all this. You should resort more to the messy lazy things of life. My theory is that it will come with kids? So I will just check that off the list for the future and stop worrying about this weirdness now.

I have talked to a lot of people from back home lately. I txted a girl for awhile and then I skyped one of my best friends from back home for awhile. So that is always fun to catch up. I love hearing from old friends and the things going on in their lives.

My parents came to town which I mentioned before and it was a lot of fun! I love when my parents come to visit. They are such cuties! They make me very happy and I am glad I have such wonderful role models. My mom is pretty hip as well as my dad still. My mom always has on a spicy new outfit that is screaming what a hottie! And my dad loves skiing more than life itself  He is like a little 16 year old ready to hit the slopes! They are so amazing! They have taught me so many important lessons in my life. My mom is by far one of my best friends. We can talk about everything. We have a lot of fun together. She always is making me laugh  as well as teaching me very valuable information. I honestly like that I don't have any real sisters. I don't think that my relationship would be as strong as it is if I had another little girl running around. She is a wonderful woman who has been through things that I couldn't even imagine. She has a strong head on her shoulders. My dad is one of my best friends too. I could talk to him for hours. I learn something new about him every time we hang out. He is one of the sweetest guys in the world. He is such a joy to be around. He is such a hardworking man as well. I was glad he could take a break from the stressful things in life and come hang out with me. My dad has been through a whole lot. Yet I have never heard him complain. In fact, I find myself trying to get him to talk to me and complain. He is soo positive. Anyway, I loooove both of them! They are a lot of fun and I am lucky to have them so close to me in my life. I  look forward to spending time with them again sometime soon.

Well we are having a grill-out this weekend so we shall see how that ends up. Hope everyone had a wonderful week! I say that like people actually read this stuff. Ha! 

We Gunna Party

It's February! I love February. The month is just so beautiful and it makes me happy. I think it's the best month out there.

Oh, did I mention it's my birthday month? and Valentine's Day! Party all month long. It's a shame it is such a short month though.

So I woke up on February 1st and to my surprise there was little chocolate running from the door towards the table. Then laying on the table was a box a chocolates and a bear and jazz tickets! We would be going to the game that Friday! Jazz vs. Blazers! I was so excited! They were the best seats ever too! I had soo much fun. One of the best dates ever. In fact, I think all my favorite dates have been with Daryl. That's such a good thing too! He has just got a knack for that kind of thing!

So I over think things way too much. I worry about cheesy things and what not. And I stuck with a cheesy idea and am doing 14 days of Valentine's Day for Daryl. So every morning he wakes up I have a snack and a note that says something cheesy. hahaha. I love it!

I have an interview tomorrow at Wasatch Mental Health. I won't go into too much details about it. I am kinda confused myself. But I will say that I am excited to find out. The only crappy part is that I have to dress up all day at school for it. LAME!

School is school. I freakin hate my STATS class. I am already starting to get confused and frustrated with it! I can tell it's going to be a long semester. I find out what I got on my test tomorrow. So that should be interesting!

I really find it disturbing the things people say in class. Why do people share the things they do? This girl in class today told us that her dad delivered her when she was born. Why did we ever want to know that? Like really.

My parents are in Hawaii which makes me kind of jealous. But the love of my life and me will be there soon! Can't wait for the end of the semester. It will be a joyous thing!

Randoms: Someone was selling turtles outside of Wal-Mart today.
               I tripped when I was walking down the stairs and a guy asked if I was okay.
               I went and got a Krispy Kreme doughnut last week!
               People really let you down a lot. So create your own happiness and stop depending on others to               make you happy!

I am getting bored fast. Please something amazing come up in my life like a job or something! :)
                 

Pop, Lock, and Drop it

I feel like it's a Friday but it's only Tuesday. The reason being is because all the stressful tests are done. I had 3 tests since last Friday that I had to get done by Wednesday. Good news is they are done and I no longer feel stressed! I don't know how well they all went considering they were the first tests for the semester but we will see soon enough.


Something I have realized is that I will screw up a new recipe a lot before I get it right. I made no-bakes. I mean you don't even have to bake them and I screwed them up. On the bright side though it was the texture not the taste. They still taste as yummy as ever but they are super runny. But practice is key right?

It is snowing here like crazy! It has snowed since I got up this morning at like seven and it is still coming down. Looks like we are in for a lot of snow the next few days. Daryl is just soo excited that he wants to go snowboarding. I have been kinda sick lately. I just have this never ending headache. It seems like I have a lot of sinus pressure going on. I am not sure though. I just would love it to go away. Snowboarding hasn't seemed to fun to me just because I have been feeling so crappy. I am kind of mad at the snow anyways. I washed my car and it was all clean and non salty and now it is back at it from today. I never like to go anywhere when it snows. Sitting at home  on the couch just sounds too good to be true. 

This past weekend was a lot of fun. We didn't do a whole lot but a weekend is just always nice. We got a calling at our church to do scouts. So that should be fun. Didn't see that one coming. That is for sure. We also have to speak in a couple weeks which I am dreading. I hate public speaking. I especially hate it at church because I feel so unknowledgeable on that subject compared to people. But it will be alright. Then it is over right? ;) We played some games with our church leader (the bishop) He is a funny guy. It was a lot of fun. He mentioned that I could go help out at track at the high school where he teaches. So I need to look more into it. Because I would love that! It is super close to our house too! I need to get in touch with the coach or something. We stayed home a snuggled and watched tv and ran a bunch of errands. It was a good weekend!

I just finished making a power point. We have to present for like an hour and 15 minutes in that class. Kind of a long time! At least I have 2 other people in my group. I have worked on that power point for more than 2 hours. Which is still blowing my mind. There is like 20 slides on it though. I am meeting with my counselor tomorrow. So I am excited about that! Hopefully she will give me some good things with my schedule and with my life. I want to talk to her about an internship and my schedule and possibly job opportunities  My name at school isn't changed yet. Which I was kind of hating because I have to write Taryn Willie on every paper instead of Klingaman. But my counselor is way legit. I have talked to her like twice and I really don't wanna get one of those awful counselors that people talk about. So maybe I won't ever change my name? Jk. I wanna graduate Taryn Klingaman. 

Sometimes I wonder why I make it a point to write in here so much because I never have anything cool to say after a couple of days of my last post.

My birthday is creeping up a little too fast. I am almost 21. That is crazy talk! I've almost been married 6 months too on my birthday. I don't know what is better than those 2 things. 

So in class we have been talking about how someone can't make you happy. You determine what makes you happy. I totally agree with that and what not. But I like to say my husband makes me happy. And it would be really weird to say it in that other way. I mean he really does do things that make me happy inside? ha that sounds funky. But I feel like people get in the point of what I am saying. 

Life is great! School is going. The snow is fallin. Car is still working. TNT is still in spanish. I ain't complain!

Risque

I really don't get commercials. I was watching television today and there was this girl climbing a ladder. I never knew that climbing a ladder could be so sexy. But it can I tell ya! Then she got to the top and there was a light bulb. And I was like WHAAAT? All of that was for that light bulb. My mind has seriously been blown. It was an advertisement for a light bulb. And don't even get me started on those Carl's Jr ads. Who knew eating a hamburger could be like that. I personally hate it. Why does everything have to have some sort of sex appeal. I really feel bad for my future kids. I can't imagine what this world will be like in another 20 years when my kids are teenagers. I just pray people will still be wearing clothes!

I have this terrible headache that has been going on for days that is absolutely no fun. I really want to work out at the gym but I can't with this terrible throbbing. It always is lingering there but sometimes it comes in throbbing. I really don't enjoy it and wouldn't mind if it went away.

Well enough of that. I found today I have 3 tests next week! So that shall be fun. I will admit I am most nervous about my STATS test. I have been doing alright so far. Let's just hope my tests will go well.

This past weekend was pretty great. Daryl and I went to a movie with some friends are Friday and then went ice skating and to an Indian place on Saturday. The food was really good but we had such a funny experience we were out with this cute couple from Daryl's work and the guy was just not friendly and I don't know if he knew a lot of English. We were pretty much dying laughing at him the whole night.  Then we watched seven pounds with Will Smith. I had never seen it. I guess this whole time I was getting Pursuit of Happiness and Seven Pounds mixed up or something and just thought I had seen both of them. But nope. It was about texting and driving and it was really sad actually. I dreamed about it and thought about it for the next few nights I went to bed. 

       This week has been kind of a bust. We went to our full ward for once and let me just say. Our ward is very old. There is like no one in it. It reminds me of how church was back in North Carolina. There is no primary, there aren't hardly any youth. They have to combine with another ward there 1st hour and our 3rd in order to have a class for the youth. How sad. I am not too excited about that. We are probably the youngest in the ward. There are a few other couples but other than that I feel like we might have a funeral every week. 

      Also the job search is still going on. I know so pathetic. I got a step closer though. I had an interview. But I don't know if I would get many hours and it is kinda far away and not worth it if I don't get more than 8 hours. I saw this job at a school I would like to work out. It doesn't sound the greatest. But I am thinking maybe I should look into it because I could get an in there at the school. When they post jobs for this website they have "in-house opportunities" only which are for the ones that are working there. They are usually better hours and better jobs in general. Then they have "out-house opportunities" which are for people like me. They are just usually super crappy hours but jobs I would love to do. So this job is like a sport assistant sounds like you kind of head activities dealing with sports and might referee them. Sounds pretty legit. But the hours could be crappy. One they don't give many hours and two they are in the evenings. The nice thing about it though is I wouldn't be working every night at those hours just when they have the games. Another thing is you have to be 21. I called about it and he just said I should come to the interview and if they really need someone they won't take me but if they like me. They might wait until February. So I am thinking about going and working some crappy shifts hoping I would be able to change my hours eventually and do what I really want to do there.  

I can't express how great my husband is. He is just a really good sport. I keep thinking how annoying it would be to be making all the money while your spouse just sits at home and doesn't do much. I just hope he keeps seeing that I am trying to find something! He is so patient and great! I am one lucky girl!! :) One thing I really admire is a hard worker. I never realized how important that was to me until after I got married. A hard worker is an attribute I hope that our kids will learn from Daryl. I can't wait to tell them stories about everything he did to keep me happy. I hope they will strive to do the same for there spouses.

                                    

Anyways, Life is FANTASTIC! I really do love being able to go to a great university as much as I might complain about it. I am lucky for this education in AMERICA! Love you all who even take the time to read about my "exciting" life. ha! :)

Mini What's?

Something I learned the other day is:
1. There are 100 different options of mini wheats
2. The bigger kind costs less as well as the nasty ones everyone hates cost less too!
I feel like this family goes through cereal and milk more than anyone I have ever met. We have 6 boxes of cereal sitting in our pantry right now. This is not a lie. And it will be gone in about a week and a half I kid you not. I am a huge breakfast eater. I will eat 2-3 bowels of cereal a day. Then sometimes eat more stuff. But we won't get into that.

People in my classes need to stop sharing such personal things. I am starting to get nervous every time someone opens there mouth. I have learned too much about the people in my classes and it has only been 2 weeks into classes. Other than that classes are going well. I am still nervous about my STATS class but I will get through it. The homework just takes way to long. But this semester will be over and I will be a senior. That is crazy! I remember just like it was the other day going to school and track as a freshmen. Now I am at a completely different school and married. If someone would have told me about that even a year ago. I would have said nah. I'm going to end in Ogden the rest of my life dating some loser who still lives at his mothers house. But I am glad things turned out the way they did! And I married a winner!

My best friend and I have been trying to get together for about the last two months to hang out. We are kinda pathetic. Who knew that being 2 hours away would be so hard to just hang out. We must have problems. Freak things keep happening tho like snow storms and stuff. I hope I see her sometime in the next year. I miss my friends in Ogden/Home. I feel like I don't really know anyone down here but Katie and she is all busy and married and graduating and stuff.

Daryl and I went to the mall last night. He got some sweet jeans. Sometimes I wish I could dress as well as him. But that is okay. I bought this undershirt I have been waiting for half my life to get. Daryl is the best and I am a happy girl!

Some Randoms:

1. Every time I try to surprise Daryl he figures it out before it happens. I need to figure this out or something!

2. I have been craving pizza like a mad woman lately. Am I missing something in my diet? My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

3. I sometimes spend 2-4 hours a day looking for a job. I wish I got paid for that kinda crap.

4. Our ink for our printer ran out. So I took it out thinking I could lick it like a pen when it's dry to get it working. But then I realized it was different. So I didn't do it.

5. I made parmesan chicken last night for dinner. I forgot how good parmesan chicken is! So I will be making that again shortly.

This got lame really fast so I am going to stop. I am going to go and hopefully convince Daryl that we should get pizza for dinner tonight. Hope everyone is having a good semester if they are going to school. If not I hope that everyone's life is treating them well in whatever endeavors they are on!

Oh, Daryl and I have been married for 5 months today! Crazy how time flies. I am still as in love as I was 5 months ago. He is sooo great! I feel like I say this all the time. But if you haven't met him. You should because he is a ball of fun!

And for anyone out there. Don't try to hard on finding the one. It will happen when the time is right. I just hate when people try to force it. Been there done that. But I have only been married for 5 months so what do I know. Take it from someone like Dave & Brenda Willie who have been married 30+. In all wishing my marriage can be as beautiful as there's. Thanks for the great example you have set for me on what love & marriage is all about. Love you cuties!

Thanks for NOT asking

       

Well life is sure going by fast! I never recognized that now we are in a new year. But it sure is 2013. Weird. People thought the world was going to end December 21, 2012. Mayan Calendar ended then I guess. But we have lived past the end of the world a couple of times. I knew we would make it though!

Well looking for a job sucks! I think I have contacted at least 8 places. E-mail is not such a great thing! People can straight up ignore you. That is pretty much what has happened. I have gotten a few calls but nothing that looks promising. Oh and my old job that fired me, well "laid me off'" ha whatever...just called me up to ask me if I would help them out next week from noon-eight. Taking calls while they have some kind of blitz. The last thing I want to do is go work for a week for the company that fired me...But I will do it if we need to the money and what not.

One thing that just is buggin' me to the max is the fact that people make jokes about me being prego all the time. Like for example. I will be hanging out with some friends and I will be feeling sick and say something along the lines of..My stomach hurts. I do not know why that automatically means I'm pregnant but I guess it does in people's eyes. It was funny the first 100 times you said it. Now it is really not funny at all when anyone says it. I got married 5 months ago. I do want to finish school first. I never said I was getting pregnant right away. And I am 20 and not ready to take on the responsibility. 

At least I made it passed the 16 and pregnant era right? ;)

I also love how in life when everything is going smoothly and all the sudden life falls apart. Like not just one thing but everything. I say this because I honestly feel like slowly everything is breaking in one way or another. I'm getting to that point where I just don't want to touch anything. You all know the feeling? You lose your job, the vacuum breaks out of no where, the heat stops working, the internet stops working, your tv suddenly doesn't turn on..ect. I won't say that has all happened to me. But this is what I think makes life so exciting. The stress you feel during these times will drive you mad. But I think secretly everyone likes that excitement and thrives on it!

Utah has been unbelievably cold lately. Like in the NEGATIVES. I do NOT like it. I hate walking outside. I can feel the cold seeping in through the windows. My car is always frozen. I can always see my breath. My nose is constantly red like Rudolph. I wear leggings under my pants. And my wedding ring flaps around like a bandanna in the wind. So Utah if you would like to go back up to 25 degrees. I would surely appreciate it as well as others living here. 

Well, I am so grateful for my husband. I am grateful for all the things he puts up with me. I am grateful for his wonderful job. I am grateful for this new apartment. I am grateful for snow. I am grateful for the chance to be able to get an education. I love being American. I keep thinking life can't get much better but it always does. 

J'ai fini

It's done! Everything. Moved in=Check, Cable=Check, Internet=Check, Couch=Check.

   We got our new couch and it look fabulous. Fits perfect and it is wonderful.Our coffee table is a little to big for its britches. We turned it into our entertainment center. It's looking good and doing alright there. Comcast is a big joke. So the cable stopped working so we have to go down to comcast to get these new digital boxes that implemented starting in January in order to watch cable. Anyways, so we have trouble setting up the box in the family room. So they tell us we have a faulty box and to go get a new one. So I did and the same thing happens it doesn't set up. Then they tell me we need a technician and I can't set up that appointment because I am not the primary on the account. BULL CRAP! I hate that stuff. So Daryl calls later on the night and they tell him to do everything again and can't send out a technician until next Thursday really? That's unbelievable.. hire more!

    So we go to Best Buy to buy a modem and router that cost like way too much than should be allowed for our internet. We get home and plug it in and are talking to a rep and she is telling us she will call back in an hour when the signal has been sent or whatever. So she calls back and it isn't working. So she keeps telling us to switch to different jacks in different rooms. So we are on the phone for hours. She eventually says well I don't know why it isn't working. I see you already have a tech coming out..why so late? Well that's the earliest they gave us. She says well I see one tomorrow I will sign you up for and they will take a look at your internet too. Then she starts telling us there is a charge on the account for the tech to come. We start arguing with her saying. This isn't our fault. It's you guys. Everything was working fine until that message came up on the TV. We aren't doing anything wrong and no one told us there would be a charge. So we are all heated. While we are on the phone we are signing on to our account and start activating our internet ourselves. We eventually get off the phone and what do you know we figure out our internet ourselves. So we decide to work on the TV. We get that set up too. So pathetic. We are fed up with comcast! Why couldn't they figure that out? It was so easy. We did ourselves! Man. So we labeled our internet. WeHateComcast..hahaha. 

Other than that headache last night. Everything is working great! Our cable is sweet. We get a lot more channels than we did before. Which I am super happy about! I didn't have class today which is nice. I have been job searching and sending some resumes out. Life is great! I am excited to hang out with Daryl tonight. I love the weekends! Excited to see what it has in store.

As Done As It Gets

My title I feel like has lots of meanings. Like every time you clean it feels like the next day you have to clean again. And you just think well at least we can enjoy this for a little awhile until tomorrow rolls around. Also unpacking when you move to a new place. It seems it takes days to unpack and you keep thinking you have got to be close to the end but you aren’t. Well I finished unpacking our new place. I think. I mean if you walk into the 2^nd bedroom we have you would think otherwise. So I just shut the door and pretend like we don’t have a bunch of crap that doesn’t fit places. Also, this happens to me when I cook I feel like. You know how you keep checking the oven thinking your meal is almost done. But it never cooks anymore so you just say well it’s as done as it will ever get. IDK. I hope other people feel that way…Maybe I am just a terrible cook. Well we all know that is true.

So on Saturday we bought a couch! I am stoked about it! Daryl and a guy from the church are picking it up today. I hope it fits. It is pretty comfy. It is leather too! I know what you are thinking..yucky! That’s what I thought. I’d never have a leather couch. But it is legit. It is a small sectional and I can’t wait to take some Sunday naps on that thing! We also went to IKEA and bought a drop-leaf table, coffee table(which turned out to be the biggest coffee table I have ever laid my eyes on), bed frame, and 2 cute little nightstands. Ikea is great! We got all of it for cheaper than most places. The thing about IKEA is you have to build it. So we spent all Saturday building all these contraptions. The stuff from IKEA might not last if you have kids. It’s all like wood shreds that has been glued together. Seems it will fall apart in no time. I wouldn’t call IKEA cheap though. At least not for a young married couple in college. It was still quite spendy! So moral of the story is we spent all that money we had saved up! I hate watching hundreds of moneys ring up on the machine. But hey! We will definitely get good use out of it. I just hope we don’t move for another 2-3 years. Because I do NOT want to move this stuff again. We have TOO much now. I can’t even imagine the stuff we will collect in 30+ years.

Well School started Monday. Hurray! Ha. I have mixed feelings about it. I love getting busy but I hate thinking of all the work that is going to have to be done. I have four classes and one online. The online one should be easy. I have a class on t,th that is and hour and 40 minutes long. I hope I survive. I am nervous about that class. It’s behavorial stats. So math. Never been the best at it. But hopefully I can pull out at least a B. That is what I am aiming for. I will try my hardest though. Daryl has 2 classes on campus and the rest are online. Luck butt! None of my classes are even online. Now that I am in my major I am starting to have the same people in my classes. It’s kinda weird. Makes it feel like High School again…I decided I should start talking to people and making friends or something. Esp because that portion in my life is going very well…haha. I have talked to a couple people and I have a lot of study groups for my classes so it should be a fun year. I have some harder classes. I hope my GPA doesn’t drop that much lower. But it is sooo good right now. My freshmen year and sophomore year didn’t go so hot so I want to keep the GPA I have now!

Still on the job hunt. We still don’t have internet so it is hard to get really anything done. I made dinner tonight. I have been bad about it since about finals last semester. I cooked through most of the semester though. I just got busy with finals and also with the whole moving thing. It took up a lot of time. But I know that is not an excuse. I am excited about tonight’s dinner. It is ham, hash browns, cheese, and chicken soup. Just a ham and cheese bake. I did it in the crock pot so hopefully it turns out and is as yummy as it sounds. Well Daryl should be here any minute. Then he will go and pick up the couch. Then we will eat and hopefully head to the library. We need internet and need to look up some books to order for our classes. Hopefully we will figure out the internet. We are trying to share with someone and so far it is kind of an epic fail.

Anyways life is great. I love being married. My husband is the most hardworking/loving person I know. I learn new stuff every day and it is exciting. I love talking to my mom on the phone. I love our new place. I feel so blessed in many ways. I love my family and friends. Laterrrrrz.

Moving Right In

Well it has been a little bit! I have been so busy with the holidays and such.  I went to Washington a day or two before one of my best friend’s wedding. I was able to spend time with my mother and hang out with my dad without Daryl for a couple days. I missed him but it was nice to spend some alone time with my parents. It was just like old times. Daryl ended up coming out as well as my best friend (Katie) was marrying his roommate from freshmen year (Ryan).  Anyways, It was very beautiful. It was my first friend that I was able to see get married. It was nice to see her and see how happy she was with her new husband. They were both beaming. I love weddings!

Then we headed to Indiana to Daryl’s house. Indiana is as horrible as it sounds. Just Kidding. It wasn’t horrible. I would just like to never live there. It was just fields and fields. I hate to say this but I think I really am falling in love with Utah. Those mountains are just soo pretty to see every day. I love being surrounded by them. I really liked NC and Washington. I love the seasons and I love how green they both are. I just am not a big fan of Wisconsin/Indiana. I like to see more than just fields. Well anyways…I had a lot of fun there. I basically spent all of Christmas there. It was my first Christmas away from the blooded Willie fam. But I didn’t mind at all. I love my new family. They are so loving and fun. Daryl has all little brothers and sister. So it is a lot different than my family with me being the baby. It is fun to tease the younger ones.

Daryl got me a lot of great presents! It was the first Christmas I think I could honestly say I didn’t care about all the presents. I just enjoyed being with the people I love. That’s really all I need. Daryl brings me so much happiness. I love just being able to spend every day with my best friend. That’s why I hate getting back to reality because work and school take up a big portion of the day. Holidays are great for time together with the ones you love. The Klingaman’s are so great and I was glad we were able to fly out and spend time with them. I was also grateful that I was able to go home and see my family for a couple days too.

Then we came back to Utah and Daryl went straight back to work. I worked on packing the house up because we were moving to a sweet apartment! My parents flew to Utah and spent time with their parents for the holidays so they were here when we got back. It was nice because Daryl and I got to go skiing with my dad on Saturday! We stayed up at my Grandparents and hung out with the whole fam in my cousins cabin. It was great to see everyone and Daryl and I enjoyed being with everyone. After the weekend was over it was back to work for Daryl and I started packing up again. My dad came down and helped me after he dropped my mom off at the airport. He helped soo much! It was greatly appreciated. I couldn’t have done it without him.

The next morning Daryl had work off for the holiday and we rented a truck and moved all our stuff into our new place. One of Daryl’s friends and my dad came down and helped us move. It went pretty fast and we had to stack everything in the kitchen and the bathroom because the carpet still needed to be cleaned. I don’t know how we did it. But we fit everything and with room to spare.

The very next day I was able to be lucky enough to go skiing with my dad again! We went up at snowbasin in Ogden. It was a great day! A little chilly but sunny and no one was there! It was sweet! I got to spend a lot of alone time with my dad while he was out here. It was great! I don’t get to spend a lot of alone time with him. I love that man so much! I look up to him so much. He is so wise! I am lucky to be his daughter. He really made my life growing up a complete joy. He was a really good parent and I hope that I can learn from his example and be just like him in many ways. I was lucky to grow up in the home I did. I don’t know how I would even be able to repay my dad for all he has done for me. Love you Dad! You mean so much to me!

Now I am just unpacking right now as we speak. I did a lot yesterday and I am sure it will take the rest of the weekend. I have been thinking I needed a break and needed to keep this updated. I am trying to be better. On the Brightside the Kitchen is all done. I worked on that forever today. Our room is mostly done. And the bathroom is done. The spare room has yet to be done. I will probably go work on the desk after this post. School starts Monday and I want to at least be able to find the school supplies. For the most part things will be done. It will be nice to get Daryl’s help on Saturday. We sold our couch and recline chair! We sold it to one of Daryl’s mission buddies. He is picking them up on Saturday.

We are trying to find a nicely priced sectional that is comfy. We looked in a lot of stores and they were a little out of our price range so we have been checking KSL to see if anything legit comes up. We figure we will probably sell it before we move in 2-2.5 years so it doesn’t need to be really great. We figure it will wear down too. You never know how many times you will move while you are young. Ive moved a lot lately. I would like to be done.

Our new place is way nice. It is a lot bigger! I feel like I am living in a mansion. I feel like I need to decorate this place now. Ha. I am excited about all the space. It feels a lot more homely to me. We are going to look at a bed frame for our mattress tomorrow. We have one in mind that we want from Ikea. So we will see what happens. I hope it is still on sale the one we want! It is sweet. It has like these built in night stands but you can push them behind the bed. So it looks classer.

Anyways, I better go. I still need to do more around this place to get it unpacked. This was a long one but I had to get everything in. It’s been like 3 weeks since I wrote! Still on the job hunt. Haven’t been to great with it lately. But I will get back into it and find something. Laterrrrrrrrrz.