I just found another nanny position that is perfect! I mean, seriously, it matches the hours I'm working now perfectly so I could actually nanny for both families! I have emailed them already and am hoping to get a call ASAP! Please pray, dance, cross your fingers... Whatever it is you do, please do this for me! We soooo need this! Honestly, it's incredible that something that coordinates that perfectly with my other job was posted right before I randomly thought to check craigslist. This is perfect!! UGH! I sooooo need this!!!!
Moving on... Kevin and his friend, Ryan, are watching the BCS bowl (Auburn vs. Oregon) on our bangin' 50" TV with surround sound.(For the record, I'm going for Auburn) It is so nice to have a guest! I love Kevin, but I'm naturally a social butterfly, so I need more people around! We went to our new ward on Sunday and it was... weird... I don't know. It was just strange... HaHa! TOO funny! I just got a phone call that the bishop wants to meet with me tomorrow. Here comes a calling :) Guess I'm stuck in this strange ward! It's not at all a bad ward, it was simply a bit of a culture shock being surrounded by young people that are all going through exactly what I'm going through! I'm pretty sure if I just give it a chance and take advantage of the shared experiences, I will make tons of friends and get loads of advice!
Ugh, don't hate me, but I really just want to snuggle up on the couch with my hubby and watch the game! I'll blog later!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Oh the weather outside is... always frightful.
It is so cold! The high for today is 14 and the low is -2. I love this town and I love our apartment, and I adore my husband, but couldn't he choose a warmer Mormon town to go to school!?
Besides the cold, things are going pretty well here! K finally feels all the way better and I still feel a little cruddy, but MUCH better than I was! Turns out, it was probably a bug, since we didn't eat anything that could've poisoned us... Lovely.
I am not having much luck finding a job in Rexburg. One day, Kevin and I literally went door to door asking to speak to managers to see if anybody was hiring. So far, nothing. I do have my part-time position working as a nanny in Rigby (about 15 minutes away), but that's only like 18 hours a week and at $9 an hour, it definitely isn't enough to pay bills. The rent is paid for 4 months, and the car payment is pretty much taken care of, but we need regular income for utilities, cell phones, gas, food.... Kevin has a job at McDonald's, but they haven't called to schedule him, yet, so we're both kind of on the edge right now. I mean, we're fine, don't feel bad for us, or send in the troops, but do pray that we'll find me a job! I was supposed to be working at a big Mexican restaurant about 30 minutes away, but they have been out of touch, so I'm starting to get pretty nervous. Please pray that that will pull through!!!
On a much brighter note, I am enjoying my job as a nanny. I watch 3 little ones: Bradley, age 4. Brooklyn, age 3. Bridger, age 4months. They are lovely kids and I pretty much have it made! I get there at 8:30am and leave at 2:30pm. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. I eat breakfast and lunch there, and Brad goes to school for 2 of those hours and then they all nap for an hour! It's easy, the kids are fantastic, the mother is super friendly, it's close-by, and the money is good. The disadvantage is that it's only 18 hours/week and whenever there's no school, I don't work, because the mom can be home. It's not a very steady source of income, but it's income, right?
Well, I have to go get ready for work. I'm only working a few hours today because the dad took off work, so I'll be back later and I may do a few flashback posts before the big BCS Bowl tonight :)
Besides the cold, things are going pretty well here! K finally feels all the way better and I still feel a little cruddy, but MUCH better than I was! Turns out, it was probably a bug, since we didn't eat anything that could've poisoned us... Lovely.
I am not having much luck finding a job in Rexburg. One day, Kevin and I literally went door to door asking to speak to managers to see if anybody was hiring. So far, nothing. I do have my part-time position working as a nanny in Rigby (about 15 minutes away), but that's only like 18 hours a week and at $9 an hour, it definitely isn't enough to pay bills. The rent is paid for 4 months, and the car payment is pretty much taken care of, but we need regular income for utilities, cell phones, gas, food.... Kevin has a job at McDonald's, but they haven't called to schedule him, yet, so we're both kind of on the edge right now. I mean, we're fine, don't feel bad for us, or send in the troops, but do pray that we'll find me a job! I was supposed to be working at a big Mexican restaurant about 30 minutes away, but they have been out of touch, so I'm starting to get pretty nervous. Please pray that that will pull through!!!
On a much brighter note, I am enjoying my job as a nanny. I watch 3 little ones: Bradley, age 4. Brooklyn, age 3. Bridger, age 4months. They are lovely kids and I pretty much have it made! I get there at 8:30am and leave at 2:30pm. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. I eat breakfast and lunch there, and Brad goes to school for 2 of those hours and then they all nap for an hour! It's easy, the kids are fantastic, the mother is super friendly, it's close-by, and the money is good. The disadvantage is that it's only 18 hours/week and whenever there's no school, I don't work, because the mom can be home. It's not a very steady source of income, but it's income, right?
Well, I have to go get ready for work. I'm only working a few hours today because the dad took off work, so I'll be back later and I may do a few flashback posts before the big BCS Bowl tonight :)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Flashback #1
Kevin and I are still not feeling completely better, but if he's allowed to play Xbox, then I'm allowed to blog!
I know I absolutely will not do any of these events justice by trying to go back and blog in hindsight, but they do need to be recorded... So, last time I blogged, I was a big frazzled mess. Between trying to get everything packed and cleaned and planned, I was a complete disaster! After I blogged, I packed and cleaned and just overall panicked. I remember sitting on the floor of my room at about 10pm crying because I had no idea how everything was going to get done, and Kevin's phone was dead and I hadn't talked to him since like 3pm. It was awful! I was stressed and tired, and all I wanted was to talk to my fiancee and his phone was dead. Finally, at about 1am, he called and said his phone had died and he had just gotten home. I considered fussing at him for it, but decided I didn't have the energy and I'd go bridezilla on him in the morning... That didn't go as planned... At about 7:45am, I get a phone call:
K: Good morning! Are you still sleeping?!?
G: grunt
K: What are you gonna do? Sleep until I get there?
--At this point, I started having suspicions that something was up. I had thought that maybe the Irwins would surprise me by bringing him home early, but I had expected him on Friday and since he didn't come, I decided I shouldn't get my hopes up.--
G: Uh-huh,
K: Well then, get up!
G: Huh?
K: Come downstairs. I'm here.
G: Noyou'renooot...
K: Yes, I am. Come downstairs.
G: You are not downstairs! What are you doing?
K: Watching TV.
G: What are you watching?
K: The news.
--Listen for the sounds of TV, sure enough, the news are on.... NO WAY!--
G: Oh my gosh!!! --put a headband on, just in case!--
G: AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
He came home early! Took a red-eye just to surprise me! I was so excited! Unfortunately, his mom AKA productivity Nazi insisted we continue working and packing, so we went to the storage unit and got things done. I don't know how anything would've gotten done without her cracking the whip! Thanks, Regina :)
The rest of the weekend was spent in complete bliss with him home, tons of snow, and Michael and Tara there visiting as well! Although church got cancelled because of the snow, we still had a great family fun-filled weekend! Okay, K's done playing now, so I'm gonna go snuggle a bit before going to clean the temple tonight! What a cool service project, right!? Talk to you soon :)
I know I absolutely will not do any of these events justice by trying to go back and blog in hindsight, but they do need to be recorded... So, last time I blogged, I was a big frazzled mess. Between trying to get everything packed and cleaned and planned, I was a complete disaster! After I blogged, I packed and cleaned and just overall panicked. I remember sitting on the floor of my room at about 10pm crying because I had no idea how everything was going to get done, and Kevin's phone was dead and I hadn't talked to him since like 3pm. It was awful! I was stressed and tired, and all I wanted was to talk to my fiancee and his phone was dead. Finally, at about 1am, he called and said his phone had died and he had just gotten home. I considered fussing at him for it, but decided I didn't have the energy and I'd go bridezilla on him in the morning... That didn't go as planned... At about 7:45am, I get a phone call:
K: Good morning! Are you still sleeping?!?
G: grunt
K: What are you gonna do? Sleep until I get there?
--At this point, I started having suspicions that something was up. I had thought that maybe the Irwins would surprise me by bringing him home early, but I had expected him on Friday and since he didn't come, I decided I shouldn't get my hopes up.--
G: Uh-huh,
K: Well then, get up!
G: Huh?
K: Come downstairs. I'm here.
G: Noyou'renooot...
K: Yes, I am. Come downstairs.
G: You are not downstairs! What are you doing?
K: Watching TV.
G: What are you watching?
K: The news.
--Listen for the sounds of TV, sure enough, the news are on.... NO WAY!--
G: Oh my gosh!!! --put a headband on, just in case!--
G: AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
He came home early! Took a red-eye just to surprise me! I was so excited! Unfortunately, his mom AKA productivity Nazi insisted we continue working and packing, so we went to the storage unit and got things done. I don't know how anything would've gotten done without her cracking the whip! Thanks, Regina :)
The rest of the weekend was spent in complete bliss with him home, tons of snow, and Michael and Tara there visiting as well! Although church got cancelled because of the snow, we still had a great family fun-filled weekend! Okay, K's done playing now, so I'm gonna go snuggle a bit before going to clean the temple tonight! What a cool service project, right!? Talk to you soon :)
At laaaasssttt...!
Ok, ok, I'm back! Sorry it's been so long, but can you blame me!? My sweet lover boy came home from ID, then temple wedding, then reception, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, then packing, packing, packing, then driving, driving, driving, then unpacking, unpacking, unpacking. In a word: MADNeSS! BUT, now I'm back and better than ever! I am Mrs. Irwin now and finally moved into our new apartment in Rexburg, Idaho. I'm debating whether I should go back in time and fill you in on the wedding and reception and the trip, or if I should just pick up here... Comments? For now, I will start here and then maybe have some flashbacks later!
Right now, I am sitting in our brand new bedroom, barely coherent as I have been in and out of it with food poisoning for the past 24 hours. It was either Taco Bell or my homemade waffles.... I vote Taco Bell for sure. It's strange though, because I got sick 13 hours after eating it and Kevin didn't get sick until like 24 hours after eating it... Which leads me to think it may have been waffles... Strangely, I'm pretty glad Kevin also got sick, since we were worried that it was morning sickness and we are SO not ready yet. I know the original plan was to get married the 22nd and be pregnant the 23rd, but we've done some thinking and decided we better get on our feet first. So, when I suddenly started throwing up uncontrollably for no reason, the panic set in. A few hours later, Kevin also started feeling sick, though, so we are a bit more at ease. Anyway, on the 9th our fears will (hopefully) be placated. I decided I better update everyone on what is going on here!
Today is the warmest day since we got here! It is a whole 19 degrees outside, which is a big step up from the 8 or 9 it's been every day. Apparently, they got more snow here recently than normal. Must be my official welcome! So far, though, I've driven in the snow almost daily, and although I've fishtailed a bit, no major fumbles! I am pretty excited to be here. I still wake up every morning and look out the bedroom window at the beautiful Rexburg temple up on the hill directly in front of my window. What an incredible blessing to have a constant reminder of our beautiful marriage covenants and the wonderful source of strength that our faith and beliefs bring us right out our bedroom window!
So far, our whole house is almost completely furnished! The living room is definitely my favorite room right now. We have our black and grey contemporary rug with a black faux leather futon, black and silver end tables, and a black and glass and chrome entertainment center with my 50" flat screen! We also got way cool black and white curtains and cool silver flower wall deco thingies! We have a couple of frames up with our white and asian family's pictures in them ;) Guess we should put real pictures in those, huh? Oh yeah, did I mention we have surround sound, too!? Eventually, we plan on buying some pillows and lamps and stuff, but we refuse to spend any more money until both of our jobs are stable and paying out.
The kitchen is lovely! Thank you for all of the marvelous wedding gifts! It's amazing to be able to open our cabinets and see all sorts of beautiful (and practical) homemaking tools! We've already used the sandwich maker, quesadilla maker, waffle maker, and the blender! Not to mention the mixing bowls, cookie sheets, cooling racks, glasses, plates! So much stuff and it's so nice to be off to such a wonderful wedded start! The kitchen itself has beautiful tile floor and tons of cabinet and counter top space! For the record, with all the stuff we got and I insisted HAD to come to Idaho, we still have plenty of space and the apartment is not at all cluttered ;) We did our first big grocery trip and spent under $200 which I think is good since we had to buy trashcans and a broom and detergent and stuff. Alot of that stuff won't need to be replenished regularly, so I'm confident that we'll be able to afford regular grocery trips.
Yesterday, while I was on the edge of death, our dining room set was delivered! It's a beautiful espresso brown table with 4 matching cushioned chairs! We found it on Craigslist (which is where we've been getting most of our stuff) for $160 including the delivery fee! It was nice to wake up to a new dining room!!! We don't really have anything decorating the dining room yet except a clock on the wall, but I plan on doing a deconstructed collage of the Rexburg temple in black and white in the 10 frame set the Daytons got us as a wedding gift! I just need to get up the hill to the temple and take the pictures! We also need some place mats and a centerpiece for the table, but again, we need to get some money flowing in before we get those things!
The bedroom is pretty bare right now and actually kind of depressing. We have my beautiful cherry wood 4 post bed with a lovely white comforter with turquoise and brown flowers on it and... that's it! We need some nightstands and a dresser, but that will come with time! I do have some frames that I plan on hanging up in here, but I need to put something in them. Pretty sure I'm going to put "The Living Christ" and "The Family: A Proclamation To the World" in them :)! Other than that, the room is pretty depressing, but it is a work in progress!
The bathroom is probably the most complete room in the house. We have everything we could possibly need in there. From coordinating towels, shower curtain ,and a bath rug to a brand new shower head and matching toothbrush holder and soap pump! It's a really bright and cute room! Of course, being the decorator that I am , there are tons of things I could add to the room, but nothing necessary!
The apartment itself is in the 3rd floor of Stonebrook Apartments! We have a covered parking space (so helpful in snowy Idaho) and covered stairwell to the apartments! Kevin has space downstairs to keep his bike and the clubhouse has a 24-hour gym, hot tub, and a theater room, pool table, kitchen, and ping pong table! The complex is really nice and the people we've met so far are, too! Everyone in our stairwell has a wreath and a welcome mat (and of course we do too!)
Okay, I think I've way out done myself! I need to lay down and possibly try to eat something! I will have pictures up as soon as I have enough energy to walk around! Hope to hear some feedback on whether you want the flashback posts or not :)
Right now, I am sitting in our brand new bedroom, barely coherent as I have been in and out of it with food poisoning for the past 24 hours. It was either Taco Bell or my homemade waffles.... I vote Taco Bell for sure. It's strange though, because I got sick 13 hours after eating it and Kevin didn't get sick until like 24 hours after eating it... Which leads me to think it may have been waffles... Strangely, I'm pretty glad Kevin also got sick, since we were worried that it was morning sickness and we are SO not ready yet. I know the original plan was to get married the 22nd and be pregnant the 23rd, but we've done some thinking and decided we better get on our feet first. So, when I suddenly started throwing up uncontrollably for no reason, the panic set in. A few hours later, Kevin also started feeling sick, though, so we are a bit more at ease. Anyway, on the 9th our fears will (hopefully) be placated. I decided I better update everyone on what is going on here!
Today is the warmest day since we got here! It is a whole 19 degrees outside, which is a big step up from the 8 or 9 it's been every day. Apparently, they got more snow here recently than normal. Must be my official welcome! So far, though, I've driven in the snow almost daily, and although I've fishtailed a bit, no major fumbles! I am pretty excited to be here. I still wake up every morning and look out the bedroom window at the beautiful Rexburg temple up on the hill directly in front of my window. What an incredible blessing to have a constant reminder of our beautiful marriage covenants and the wonderful source of strength that our faith and beliefs bring us right out our bedroom window!
So far, our whole house is almost completely furnished! The living room is definitely my favorite room right now. We have our black and grey contemporary rug with a black faux leather futon, black and silver end tables, and a black and glass and chrome entertainment center with my 50" flat screen! We also got way cool black and white curtains and cool silver flower wall deco thingies! We have a couple of frames up with our white and asian family's pictures in them ;) Guess we should put real pictures in those, huh? Oh yeah, did I mention we have surround sound, too!? Eventually, we plan on buying some pillows and lamps and stuff, but we refuse to spend any more money until both of our jobs are stable and paying out.
The kitchen is lovely! Thank you for all of the marvelous wedding gifts! It's amazing to be able to open our cabinets and see all sorts of beautiful (and practical) homemaking tools! We've already used the sandwich maker, quesadilla maker, waffle maker, and the blender! Not to mention the mixing bowls, cookie sheets, cooling racks, glasses, plates! So much stuff and it's so nice to be off to such a wonderful wedded start! The kitchen itself has beautiful tile floor and tons of cabinet and counter top space! For the record, with all the stuff we got and I insisted HAD to come to Idaho, we still have plenty of space and the apartment is not at all cluttered ;) We did our first big grocery trip and spent under $200 which I think is good since we had to buy trashcans and a broom and detergent and stuff. Alot of that stuff won't need to be replenished regularly, so I'm confident that we'll be able to afford regular grocery trips.
Yesterday, while I was on the edge of death, our dining room set was delivered! It's a beautiful espresso brown table with 4 matching cushioned chairs! We found it on Craigslist (which is where we've been getting most of our stuff) for $160 including the delivery fee! It was nice to wake up to a new dining room!!! We don't really have anything decorating the dining room yet except a clock on the wall, but I plan on doing a deconstructed collage of the Rexburg temple in black and white in the 10 frame set the Daytons got us as a wedding gift! I just need to get up the hill to the temple and take the pictures! We also need some place mats and a centerpiece for the table, but again, we need to get some money flowing in before we get those things!
The bedroom is pretty bare right now and actually kind of depressing. We have my beautiful cherry wood 4 post bed with a lovely white comforter with turquoise and brown flowers on it and... that's it! We need some nightstands and a dresser, but that will come with time! I do have some frames that I plan on hanging up in here, but I need to put something in them. Pretty sure I'm going to put "The Living Christ" and "The Family: A Proclamation To the World" in them :)! Other than that, the room is pretty depressing, but it is a work in progress!
The bathroom is probably the most complete room in the house. We have everything we could possibly need in there. From coordinating towels, shower curtain ,and a bath rug to a brand new shower head and matching toothbrush holder and soap pump! It's a really bright and cute room! Of course, being the decorator that I am , there are tons of things I could add to the room, but nothing necessary!
The apartment itself is in the 3rd floor of Stonebrook Apartments! We have a covered parking space (so helpful in snowy Idaho) and covered stairwell to the apartments! Kevin has space downstairs to keep his bike and the clubhouse has a 24-hour gym, hot tub, and a theater room, pool table, kitchen, and ping pong table! The complex is really nice and the people we've met so far are, too! Everyone in our stairwell has a wreath and a welcome mat (and of course we do too!)
Okay, I think I've way out done myself! I need to lay down and possibly try to eat something! I will have pictures up as soon as I have enough energy to walk around! Hope to hear some feedback on whether you want the flashback posts or not :)
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