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.