tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13924462075294818482024-03-13T23:16:18.383-07:00Getz Bloggingthe things I love creating, the memories worth cherishing, the experiences most enriching, and ... other less important stuffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-48347825573693308542014-01-15T09:09:00.001-08:002014-01-15T09:09:39.391-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
Apparently this blog is getting a ton of hits (thanks pinterest) & I totally forgot about coming back on here! </div>
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Just a note to any friends & family, I have created a new family blog to document Reesey girl... yes it's private. </div>
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So it means I won't be coming on here anymore!</div>
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I am considering inviting readers but for now, just private :)</div>
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Quickie update. I applied to the Nursing program at Sierra! Can I get a woot woot?</div>
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Feels good to apply even if it is just a lottery. BUUUUUUUT, that doesn't mean I won't be praying for my name to get pulled! :) Feel free to join in ha.</div>
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I've been keeping busy with watching two of my favorite munchkins, decorating my home, and building my "business." And let me just say, it's super hard. I'm not uber business savvy or have any business sense, so figuring it out is not easy. I network like crazy, and slowly I'm getting more inquiries. I've got a maternity/newborn shoot coming, and two more seniors in the works. It's a start right?! There are already so many incredibly talented people out there in the same field of work, I'm grateful they chose me! Believe me, I was ready to quit the first week of "trying." But then I have a session and am reminded how much fun it is! And I know I can only get better each time I use my camera, creatively that is. If my biz keeps growing, I've got my eye on a full-frame camera body :) <i>Pleeeeease. </i></div>
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Nigh nigh!</div>
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Keeping my hands busy. Anyone want to buy these from me? $24 for all three! Pass it around :)</div>
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The family room. It's coming together nicely. We are still on the search for a media console. I really want to score an awesome find on craigslist or thrifting and put a little elbow grease into making it shine in our home. Brand new consoles, at least the ones that attract us, are about $1,000. Nope, <strike>can't </strike>shouldn't do it. Once we have that, I can put artwork/frames up on the wall the way I envision it. It will help warm up the space a bit more (and I didn't post a picture of the TV wall. I'm saving it for the before and after post... when we get there!)</div>
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This is the fireplace room. I don't know what else to call it! It's not a dining room. But it definitely will be surrounded with all things related to the gospel. I want a "special room" like we did growing up. Only difference is, we can actually go in it!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The master bedroom... where the magic happens! I always wanted a bedroom that felt like a retreat from the rest of the house. In our apartment, we always had our desk ponied at the foot of our bed, making our bedroom double as an office. <i>It was super romantic</i>. Just another blessing of living in a space big enough for a separate office... or make that two :) </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now go back up and look at the granite again. Both pictures were taken during the day, no overhead lights, and LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE! I really can't make myself get over it. Especially when I'm flashing back to the before photos.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Repainted Great grandma's table and $6 thrift lamp. Thinking of how to spruce up the shade.... That's for another day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a recent find at the thrift store. $8! Max sanded it, stained it, and put on new hardware. Not bad and goes perfect with his thrifted desk!</td></tr>
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I'd post photos of my entire room but it's a little messy and chaotic right now. But here are snipits. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah, yes, easy way to add color. Thread and ribbons!</td></tr>
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Well, there you have it! Essentially, every room is still a work and progress, but I'd thought I'd share so that I could look back one day and see the progression. It really is fun to decorate our home and make it feel more and more comfy cozy. I still have an ever growing list of projects to do, but all in due time! Thanks for making it through to the end, hope it wasn't painful :)</div>
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Yesterday, one of the water pipes had a leak, which turned into a flooding of our laundry room, which turned into a $300 bill just to fix the darn leak in the first place.<br />
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And you know what, it was a blessing that the leak was easily detectable in the first place (Max noticed dripping in the vent above our laundry appliances). Had it been somewhere else where we couldn't have seen, it would have been a HUGE issue and a lot more damage. We walked away from this one with itty bitty scratches compared to what we could have been dealt.<br />
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In other news, I'm going to share a string of photos of projects which have kept me happily away from blogging anything and everything about my life :)<br />
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<b>1. Therapeutic painting. Oh I love it. Put on some movies, and get in the zone. I have a few more canvases in my closet... what will I paint next....</b></div>
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<b>2. Paint MORE walls in the fireplace room. </b></div>
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<b>We went dark. </b></div>
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<b>I printed off a 16x24 image of the Sacramento Temple I took last year. I bought the frame from a thrift store (because let's face it, I can't afford to go pick up a spanking brand new one and hey, I think it looks pretty darn perfect!), and custom matting help complete the look. PS Michael's is FAR cheaper than Aaron Brothers for matting. If anyone knows of a place CHEAPER than Michaels, let me in on the scoop! Because I just don't think you can get much cheaper for the product. Just sayin'</b></div>
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<b>I also used white craft paint to make that flower vase less boring. I never used it before because 1. I don't buy real flowers enough, and 2. my fake flower stems would just look ugly thru the glass anyway.</b></div>
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<b>I think it looks soooooo much better. A million times better. Oh and I pick up my fake flowers from the thrift store as well. If you keep your eye open, there are some real gems hidden in those fake plant piles. Trust me. And they are a heck of a lot cheaper than going brand new.</b></div>
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<b>If we get closer, you'll see I framed out the Family Proclamation. I really want this room to be particularly reflective of the gospel, hence the temple photos, etc. </b></div>
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<b>Seriously, I love it so much. And it's soooo simple to do. Just go pick up metallic gold craft paint. It's worth it.</b></div>
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<b>3. I finally bit the bullet and made a headboard! Sorry for the blurriness, the sun was going down and I hate the flash.</b></div>
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<b>It was a bold choice of fabric but it works! And I love having a headboard.</b></div>
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<b>I will also always have a CUSTOM headboard for a lot less money than I could spend at a furniture store.</b></div>
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<b>The nail head trim just made a more polished look. I love it. And it was easier and faster than you think. Joann's has nail head trim rope-like kits. You only nail in every 4th or 5th head. Easy peasy.</b></div>
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<b>Painting furniture! This was my great grandmothers table. It needed a facelift so I painted it black to match as an end table to my side of the bed. I kept the original hardware as is because they work perfectly on their own.</b></div>
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<b>5. And lastly, I'm slowly making myself put my photography business out there. With unexpected emergencies, like yesterday, I know I need to find a way to make a little extra. Since photography is something I truly enjoy and hope to aspire to become a professional one day, I'm going to put myself out there and just do it. I even made a facebook page. Crazy old me.</b></div>
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There you have it! I hope I can be a little better and blog more. I just get wrapped up in other things. Plus I feel like I should have pictures for my posts and since I am not really awesome at obtaining those pictures for this particular purpose, I usually will opt out of blogging all together.<br />
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Next on my list of projects:<br />
1. Stenciled wall. Not sure where, not sure what, but I AM GOING TO DO ONE. It's already decided.<br />
2. Paint the doll house for my peg dolls. HA. I say it's for the kids I nanny but it's more for me I think. I can't help myself! I just love the idea of painting a doll house!<br />
3. Paint the frames I currently own from antiqued white to.... gold? black? both? Stay tuned...<br />
4. Paint the kitchen cabinets. Yep. That's right.<br />
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Thanks for stopping in!<br />
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Peace out homies.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-43706468049002979812012-12-11T10:10:00.001-08:002012-12-11T10:10:46.015-08:00House: pre-paint, pre-clean, pre-awesome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Let me first off apologize for not rotating the photos correctly. I just got back from a run and I don't want to go through my photo folder back to this day and rotate them all. I have too much to do!</div>
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Also, because I only own a 50mm lens, it makes capturing entire rooms impossible. SO, these are just to give you a taste for the filth that was in this house. These photos were taken before we had the keys, so I don't have any of the dreaded refrigerator... too gross to think about....</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max patched it right up!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ugliest fan in our master bedroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bathroom sink granite. Hmm.. left over soap?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master bath. Nice mirror, bad color. Eventually we re-did that!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just gross crap all over the walls, baseboards, and floors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireplace! Love that we still have one. It was filled with dog hair.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog grease and dirt on the walls. Baseboards that were scratched at no doubt by the pups.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another look at the disgusting-ness.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filth under all the windows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sliding door. Can't see, but dog prints and mud were on both sliding door sets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only photo I did take of the fridge. Let me tell you. This is GENTLE filth in comparison to what I found underneath the drawers. YUCK.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lazy Susan! Haven't had one of these since living in the Cameron Park house in my youth. Kinda cool.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leftover bed. Yuck.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That was a black widow inside the house that Max smashed. At least I'm pretty sure it was one. I HATE spiders.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fan in the fireplace room. We switched this over to the master and flipped the fan blades upside down because it was a totally different color on the other side (reversible!). Awesome. Look at the dust and dead skin cells and dog hair that accumulated on that fan! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireplace sliding doors. It was a joke when people came over to say that was our new pool (not our joke, the joke of those visiting! ha).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of sliding door. Cobwebs, mud prints. I swear there was dog poop in the inside tracks when I was cleaning. Nasty.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The white grout was covered by a urine and dog infested rug and thus you see what happened to the rest of the grout throughout the house when it went unprotected. </td></tr>
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The only other thing you're missing is the smells. Dog smells. And just layers of dog hair. As I was ripping up carpet, layers of dirt and dust would escape into the air. It was just sitting in that carpet! And the gross thing you see when you rip up carpet is all the staining underneath. With 3 dogs, I'm sure most of those were urinating accidents.</div>
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The other item was the termites. That was a real turn off and we got that fixed immediately!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the original house, that whole opening was an actual wall and you entered the kitchen (which has also been remodeled) from the fireplace room. We LOVE the more open floor plan with the remodeling that was done. Much more up to speed with the layout of newer homes today.</td></tr>
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Alright, there you have it! We have done a lot of work thus far. It's amazing what cleaning and painting can do to a house. That and getting new carpet! BTW we recommend Home Depot. We went to an actual carpet place and got a quote... Home Depot was LESS expensive by <b>more</b> than half the cost of the carpet place. It was very clear which route we were going to take.</div>
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K. Updates will come. Later. Much later. :)</div>
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This last weekend we went up to Apple Hill for some fun. I was taking a couple pictures of my prego sister and I handed her my camera to take some of our Christmas photos. (We are long over due!). Max wouldn't shave his mustache (Movember!), so we took'em anyway! Here are a couple I edited :)</div>
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We aren't much into dressing up, except when it means you get $2 Burritos from Chipotle. </div>
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$26 desk, and 10+ hours of Getz labor later...we finished Max's desk. Finally! We are just going to replace the hardware with something a little more suited to his tastes. So happy it's done though. And lucky for us, we will actually have a place to put it in (it's kinda huge for our apartment), which leads me to....</div>
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The bank met the appraisal! Didn't really think, or expect them, to come down. So we were pleasantly surprised when we got this email :) So maybe, Heavenly Father's plan was theory 2 of my interpretation of our experience in pursuing this house... (<i>basically all the little flaws leading up to the lower appraisal was enough to bring the bank back down, ultimately giving us lower monthly payments, who doesn't love that?!</i>)</div>
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The deal isn't closed until the papers are signed and the keys in our hands! But I'm excited to get workin' on it. I'll be sure to take lots of before/after photos as we go :) <i>Mm, projects</i>... </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-86806934737392621102012-10-24T13:11:00.004-07:002012-10-24T13:13:14.529-07:00Let's get to the nitty gritty.<br />
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The appraisal on the house came in today. And it came in under the bank's asking price.</div>
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I've told Max that it almost feels like Heavenly Father is letting me down slowly on the bad news.</div>
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One thing after another, it feels more and more like this house thing isn't on our side. And because Heavenly Father knows how much I want it, he is slowly warming me up to accept an outcome I didn't want.</div>
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So, we're just a couple of sitting ducks. Waiting to hear the banks response to this Appraisal. We kind of feel like the bank won't budge because that seems to have been their pattern since not offering any assistance to fix the Termites... <i>Yah, thanks a lot for that one Bank of America.</i></div>
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All the bad leading up to the lower appraisal price on the home will be enough for the bank to reconsider their purchase price, and they will bring it down to match the appraisal value. Which means less money from us, and a lower monthly rate. <i>An even bigger blessing in the making?</i> </div>
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My first ever (being on the sidelines doesn't count!). </div>
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I stressed and stressed. And studied photographs. And prayed. And studied more.</div>
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Let's not forget the constant worry I conveyed to my sweet husband who continued to give me words of encouragement. </div>
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I rented my first lens just for this occasion. I was worried I hadn't used it enough to know how to get sharper images. </div>
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So... I prayed more (this happens A LOT, <i>especially</i> in my car).</div>
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The couple was beautiful. Full of love, and kindness, and a little spunk! They made my job easier :)</div>
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I feel grateful to have had the opportunity to gain more experience as a creative photographer. It reminds me of how much I have yet to learn. I almost felt a little incompetent due to my lack of equipment for sundown, but... can't expect much from someone who is just dipping her toes in the field! (<i>Or so I tell myself...</i>)</div>
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I re-formatted my blog. You like? Halloween-y, but not so in-your-face obvious (on second thought, maybe I should...) </div>
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This is what I do instead of studying. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-84113765752567326652012-10-15T19:41:00.001-07:002012-10-15T19:41:23.690-07:00Tomorrow can't come sooner<div style="text-align: center;">
INSPECTIONS tomorrow afternoon. EEK. </div>
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BOO-YA GRANDMA!</div>
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Not so bad, not so bad. Only 6 more exams left, sprinkled with a million quizzes and homework assignments. No biggie. </div>
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I graduated BYU in 2010. Bitter sweet. I thought, "<i>I HAVE A DEGREE! Can you say grown-up?!</i>"</div>
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So I spent about a year, working jobs that started out great and kept me busy, while diving into my ever amounting pile of projects, but a void began to develop. I wanted more. I wasn't feeling as fulfilled as I thought I'd be at this point in my life. I had a degree that didn't give me a career. <i>What will I do when my children outgrow their home and move on to their adult lives? What? Am I just going to stay home all day long while my husband continues to work? </i>I got pretty down about it and had a pity-me party until we decided I should go back to school and pursue what I had always wanted to pursue... Nursing.</div>
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So here, I am. At school. Homework, and quizzes, and reading assignments, and exams oh my! How invigorating it felt to have homework again. Seriously.</div>
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But today I caught myself thinking, while driving my dad to pick up a tire, how nice life would be if I didn't have to worry about homework. If I wasn't in school and that stress was eliminated from my life. I even think how getting pregnant would take the stress off of having to perform well at school because... well... I'd be a mom and that would be my duty for the next 18+ years of my life (a wonderful role at that!) And then I remembered, I will make myself miserable in a matter of months if I didn't have school and if I wasn't working towards something that meant something to me. And I can't use having a baby as an<i> excuse t</i>o not finish my goals. Max always says,<br />
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Here's to keeping my goal in sight and realizing this IS what I really want. Even if in the end all I can do is qualify myself to<b> apply t</b>o Nursing schools (since we all know getting into a program these days can take up to years and years and who knows where I will be at that point in my life.) It's just a small time frame in the grand scheme of things. I can make it! If not... fake it 'til I make it, right? :)</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-7005884791990657942012-10-07T21:58:00.000-07:002012-10-07T21:58:00.349-07:00Beautiful weekendI love these pleasant days... the seasonally transitional days. You know, saying goodbye to Summer while saying hello to Fall days. The warm sun rays streaming through the sky to warm your insides, and at the same time feeling a cool breeze brush across your face is the best.<br />
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I also love Conference weekends. I anticipate it and I love sitting down and hearing the warmth of the Lord's servants' voices echo throughout my tiny apartment. Throw a little Mo Tab in there and I'm completely content.<br />
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I also love making special breakfasts for Conference weekend. I'm pretty sure every Mormon household does <i>something</i> special for their families, whether it's Saturday or Sunday mornings. This weekend, we had waffles topped with fresh fruit... and my own personal touch of powdered sugar. Yum.<br />
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I also love spending the time with my husband. In every way you can show that... <i>love</i>... ;) Hey, we're young! But in all seriousness, I love having him around. Our weekdays get so consumed in our individual tasks, that it's nice to catch a break on the weekends.<br />
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So, as you can see, there was a lot of loving this weekend. P.S. wasn't the Mormon Tab amazing when they sang that last song, <i>God Be With You Till We Meet Again</i>? I was dozing off on our bed towards the end of Conference, but I distinctly remember hearing the choir begin. If a soul can smile, mine definitely was. A warmth and comfort came over me. A great love for my faith and for the opportunity I have to listen to living Prophets speak swelled up in me as my ears listened to that sweet melody. At the same time, I felt sad that this wonderful Conference was coming to an end.<br />
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Buy it. Borrow it. Just read it. I laughed, cried, sorrowed, rejoiced, and felt inspired by this one woman's words. I love Nie!</div>
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Well... technically, our realtor called.<br />
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She let us know that the bank wants to close on November 28th! Woohoo! They <b>finally</b> got back to us and this couldn't be more perfect timing. We were going to renew our contract at the apartment complex for another month-- aka our "security" month to help us determine whether or not this was going to happen. And I <i>realllllllly</i> didn't want it to go for longer than that...<br />
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November 28th. Perfect.<br />
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If the inspections go well, we could be welcoming the Christmas season in our first. home. ever. (<i>eek</i>!)<br />
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<i>Let's not get ahead of ourselves now</i>...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-11675236907639150312012-09-30T20:03:00.001-07:002012-09-30T20:03:11.721-07:00Updates and a StoryWe still haven't heard back from the bank. Why it's taking this long even after opening up our case and making counter offers with us... we do not know. We've decided to go month-to-month on our apartment contract because we don't know where we will be in a few months. House? or the Falls? Patience is the biggest player in short sales. I remember specifically saying a few blog posts ago that patience isn't necessarily something I have mastered... *sigh*<br />
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I attended a Q&A Nursing School forum yesterday. Holy moly. It's kind of exciting and definitely overwhelming. I would never want kids during Nursing school. Never. And I would want to be working at least a couple days (or nights) a week when I do have kids... it's important to keep those skills because of how dynamic the medical world is-- because if you don't, you lose skills and you fall behind in the research which I personally think makes the whole gruesome process of going through Nursing school seem like a waste. Let's face it... I could be THAT mom who just needs to escape her kids for a shift here and there... for my sanity.<br />
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I kind of embarrassed one of my kids (unintentionally might I add) last week in Sunday School. Max and I are pretty easy going when it comes to the kids wanting to chat before, after, and even during the lesson. We want them comfortable with us and want them to feel like they enjoy coming to Sunday School. But some days... the chatting gets out of hand!<br />
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Last week, we tried starting our lesson several times and the kids never really stopped talking (granted there were 1 or 2 kids recognizing what was happening and they tried to get their peers to quit it... but that didn't work this time). So we decided to split the class and each group would teach a portion of the lesson. <i>Brilliant right</i>?<br />
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It was interesting seeing who took over as "leader" and what the participation was like. We both thought, "<i>this will be good</i>. <i>If they won't listen to us, they will listen to their peers</i>." WRONG. Well, I guess it was wrong for the... and I hate to say it... <i>the ladies</i>. One of the young women got up during one of the group presentations, walked across the room to sit next to another girl (who was supposed to be presenting) and starting reading off text messages from her phone to her. Now I am in the opposite corner of the room and I can hear their chatter. I was distracted and I was so frustrated at her blatant disrespect towards her <u>peers</u>. So... I told her she could continue her conversation outside if she wanted. Now I've done this sort of thing before, but the kids just let it roll off their shoulders or laugh and it's fine. Nothing too serious and usually they will quiet down. But this time, the reaction was not so casual. She quieted down giving the "raised eyebrow" look (we all know <u>that</u> look). A few minutes later, she left the room and didn't return.<br />
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I felt bad because it wasn't my intention to embarrass and I felt bad about making her feel like she needed to leave. It's possible that she was just down right pissed at me, or that she realized she was being rude and was embarrassed for herself... and maybe it was a combination of both. There were different ways I could have handled it better, but I guess that's what life is right? Making mistakes and learning from them. I've got a whole lot of mistakes to make and a whole lot of learning to do. I'm only 23 for goodness sakes! I was just in their shoes not too long ago!<br />
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These 17 year old kids are very smart, very insightful, funny and enjoyable to teach and many times we are the ones learning from them. At the end of the lesson, we asked the kids what they experienced or what they had learned. Most of them expressed how frustrating it was for them to get the audience to stop talking. They felt humbled in a way and were able to get a taste for what it's like when you aren't listened to after trying to command attention.<br />
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Today... my student didn't return to class. Maybe she was out of town. Maybe she went to another class. Maybe she's still mad. Or embarrassed. But I hope that isn't the case. I have to make this right, and I'm not sure how to do it.<br />
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There's this little thing called the <i>Chancellor's Predictor of Success Formula</i> for applying to the Nursing program. The formula combines the 3 pre-requisite science courses' average GPA, overall college GPA, English GPA--- and if you have any repeats in the science classes, it will deduct points from your overall total...thus it must be at least an 84% all together to even be considered.<br />
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I am currently enrolled in the Physio class at Sierra college. So the combination of my BYU class and my Sierra class would make it look like I did a repeat of the same course (which lowers the percentage I need to be able to apply to Nursing).<br />
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Finally, today I was able to get some answers as to how the Nursing department would look at my BYU class despite it being an upper division class (community colleges do not take upper division course work, but that doesn't mean the Nursing department wouldn't). I was told that they would NOT count my BYU class in the formula so long as I leave a note on my application recording the conversation I had with them reminding them that we had cleared the air on this one.<br />
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You don't even know.<br />
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But maybe you know a little bit more now.<br />
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My day is going <i>realllllllly</i> well :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-19935127061402731252012-09-12T18:09:00.003-07:002012-09-12T18:09:34.286-07:00house updateThe bank countered. (<i>Angry faces)</i><br />
We countered. <i>(Hopeful faces)</i><br />
The bank came back at their original counter price. <i>(Mad/Confused/Nervous faces)</i><br />
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Before deciding to accept or reject their very firm price point, Max and I met up with our realtor to walk through the house one last time. We already had a list of pros/cons to weigh out whether or not this will be the smartest move we could make or ... <strike>the dumbest</strike>.<br />
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I prayed and prayed for confirmation. I prayed we would walk through the house and have a feeling whether it was right or not. Well... we both felt pretty good. And we still love it. And it IS a pretty awesome house. AND the market is on the rise, which I'm sure the rates will follow in step. It's just... the time to buy! (<i>So everyone tells us...</i>)<br />
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So we told the bank we accept their purchase price! But... word of <b>caution</b>. Things can still go awry and we could still end up walking away from the house. It all falls down on two items:<br />
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In case you're not familiar... if the house does not appraise at the bank's purchase price, there's no way the lender would approve us for that much because it already puts us in a hole. Or you just have to be able to put a lot more cash down... which we can't do. So, we're hoping it does appraise for at least what the bank wants (even more would be awesome because it's like we're already making $ ha). If it doesn't appraise, we have to hope that the bank will bring down their purchase price to meet what the house appraises for. And that's just another gamble we'd rather not take...<br />
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And then there's inspections. If there's any real damage, we have to leave it to the seller to fix it and who knows how willing they really are about that since some sellers are adamant about not fixing anything! However, because of our type of loan, FHA, we won't be able to get the loan since FHA requires that all Section 1 work (the serious stuff) be fixed first.<br />
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Good news... we're prepared to walk away should any of these items come to bite us in the rear :)<br />
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Pray for us? (<i>XXX</i>)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-67469131734615016522012-09-05T19:31:00.000-07:002012-09-05T19:31:28.331-07:00The skinny on my life1. Still waiting for bank approval of our offer. Longest 40ish days ever. Gives you a lot of time to doubt their acceptance of it. Gah. Day dreaming... Until then...<br />
2. After this week, 13 more weeks left of school. That's not so bad right? It used to be 16. Now it's only 13...<br />
3. I MUST get an A in my Physio class. MUST. Or else I'm in trouble. And that's no good for any body. Thank you Counselor of Sierra College for reminding me.<br />
4. BYU doesn't have academic renewal. SUCKY. I should have realized that just because I <i>could</i> get into a class without taking the required pre-requisite, I wouldn't be able to have that class removed from my transcript later in the future when it mattered. That PDBIO class is coming back to haunt me.<br />
5. Slowly losing my L-B's. Running and green smoothies are my friends now.<br />
6. I have a nasty craving for carbs. ALWAYS. Why why why. I just love bread!<br />
7. My hair is cut off (shoulder length). Love how easy it is to manage. Sometimes I miss my long locks, but not as much as I love my short ones.<br />
8. I organized other people's<strike> crap </strike>treasures today and it felt wonderful. I needed a project. Organizing counts as one.<br />
9. The number of pregnancy announcements are increasing. Sheesh. I'm ok though... really. My sister is one of them. Aunty again come February!<br />
10. <i>Is this list as pointless as I think it is</i>?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-57292277663104050132012-07-25T19:11:00.001-07:002012-07-25T19:11:19.336-07:00"Pending"Folks... it happened. An offer we made on a house ACTUALLY got accepted! Oh but it's not just any house in any neighborhood here in Folsom. It's THE house in THE neighborhood of our <i>dreeeamssss</i>.<br />
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When we had sent in our offer, I was really excited and putting a lot of hope in to us banking this one. I mean... I even <i>prayed</i> for it (which I tried not ever to do because it just seems like a silly thing to ask for... a <b>BIG</b> silly thing to ask for... but, I really really <i>really </i>wanted this to be the one).<br />
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Before touring the inside, I had been outside on the curb waiting for our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">awesome </span>realtor to arrive. I loved the curb appeal on this house. Adorable and very <i>us</i>. It has an enormous pretty tree in the front yard, which I know will eventually have a swing on it (haha... I know, I know...).<br />
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Our realtor arrived and the second I walked into the house, I immediately loved it. It felt so good. I called Max and talked to him about it and we put in an offer. Yes... Max hadn't seen it at this point but I know what we both like and he has seen this floor plan before... and we're talking the neighborhood of our <i>dreeeamssss</i>. Remember?<br />
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I have this handy little realty app on my phone that I constantly check to see new houses that come on the market, and also to check the status of homes we put offers on. So, as you can imagine, I was checking that app every day, multiple times a day just to see if <i>this</i> house went Pending. And usually... if our realtor hasn't called us before it goes Pending, it's usually a sign we didn't get it. <i>Believe me</i>. Time and time again it happened to us.<br />
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So I'm checking the app and it says <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">PENDING</span></b>! I had received an email from our realtor earlier that day saying she spoke with the agent and had no news and that she would call again the next day. Man... my heart sunk. If she didn't know by then, then we for sure didn't get it. I sent her a quick email saying it went Pending and basically... I said, "<i>Bummer</i>." I've got excellent vocabulary.<br />
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Literally, 1.5 minutes later (after I send the email), she's calling. <i>Did she really see my email that fast? </i>This time... her news was good news. <i>Very</i> good news. The I-couldn't-believe-it type of good news. It was just a verbal acceptance at this point but man, it felt like a symphony of voices were singing praises in my bedroom! <i>Ok, not really. But you get the point. </i>I called Max to let him know and he was just as excited. And we both were thinking..."<i>we better start saving even more money now that we will become homeowners</i>!" Haha.<br />
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We finally got the signed contract last night and now are officially on the move to get this going! It's a short sale so it will take some time before we can get the keys. Max did get to walk through it and he loved it just like I knew he would.<br />
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You know what's crazy? Another house, in this neighborhood, we put an offer on was barely over 1,100 sq ft (so that's kind of small for wanting to grow into it with up to 4 kids... if you can imagine the size). We offered $20,000 OVER asking price and were only 3rd back-up buyers!!! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">3rd! </span>This house is over 1,500 sq ft and we nailed a contract! And this house is in a lot, a lot better condition than that 1,100 sq ft home ever was! Crazy huh? Folsom is a hot spot for home buyers and investors right now and the homes in this neighborhood go quickly with all the cash buyers that have been beating us out of at least 2 other homes. We are feeling pretty lucky.<br />
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Ok... off to Max's baseball game!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392446207529481848.post-25790344166112501712012-07-15T09:56:00.001-07:002012-07-15T09:56:23.256-07:00Wanna know what's amazing?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Taking something so beautiful and majestic in real life and translating that into your photography.</div>
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Decided to take some pictures and hang out at the Temple Friday night while my husband was working late. It's so calm walking around the grounds. All the cares of the world are left behind and I love that. I'm posting more photos on my picture blog: getzphotography.wordpress.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0