Tron Legacy

Yesterday Andrew, Hunter, BJ, and I went to see Tron Legacy and without giving anything up I will just say We all loved it and you should go see it. I do highly recommend that you see the first Tron before you go it just helps you understand a little bit more.

Wrath of the potty training god.

Hunter is basically potty trained he was able to tell us when he needed to go and keep his underwear clean all day, at least that was the truth until today. About 30 minutes ago Hunter was having fun and didn't want to go sit on the potty so he just went in his underwear.

Well I had been told that one good thing to do was to put him in a cold bath or shower to clean him off because that was something unpleasant he wouldn't forget anytime soon. So the wrath of the potty training god was upon him as he was thrust into a cold shower screaming like a banshee the whole time and then was put on the potty. I felt terrible doing that to him, but if it helps him to remember to use the toilet then it is worth it.

After Christmas sales

Today I went shopping in the after Christmas sales, ( You know the ones where everything Christmas is on such a steep discount that you find yourself buying stuff you really don't need.) Now that you are thinking I have no self control whatsoever I will let you know that I only bought a small portion of what I wanted. I bought some lights and some tins for homemade goodies next year. The lights I found were not only fun colors but fun shapes as well so now they are hanging up in my room and I absolutely love them. And the grand total came to only $13! Not too bad if I say so myself. Well that's all folks not much going on here.

Decorating for Christmas

Today Andrew and I went over to my mom and dads house and decorated it for Christmas and cleaned it just to surprise them. I hope they love what we did we really just want it to be special and we had a lot of fun doing it. Today was a pretty good day I went to my friend Emily apartment to record my piano recital piece ( she is also my piano teacher) and I did okay until I had a panic attack in the middle when I made a mistake. I love modern technology because she told me not to worry and that she could fix the few mistakes I made by changing the notes. I really need to practice more I wont get any better at the piano without any practice. Now I really just need to set aside time for it.

On the whole life is great: Hunter is good and talking a lot, Andrew is doing great even though he needs to take a break from school it is starting to drive him crazy, and I am doing good working on my goals of being a better mom, individual, employee, wife, and most importantly just working at being happy and pleased with who I am. In case I don't write another post until after Christmas. Merry Christmas Everyone and A Happy New Year!

Fall is my favorite time of year!

I am happiest in Autumn it is the most beautiful time of the year. During this time in our little family we don't have a lot of time to do things together so we miss out on a lot. But when these two years are over Andrew and I plan to became major fall campers. We want to spend soo much time outside you may wonder if we are ever indoors. *Sigh* someday can't come soon enough I miss my husband and spending time with him, but I know that God will strengthen us during this time and even though I may miss him soo much sometimes all I can do is cry. I know that when these two years are up Andrew and I will be out of debt and Andrew will be a college graduate.

Small update: Hunter is speaking and is constantly telling Bella what to do, Hunter will finally eat meat, I have been called to be The Emergency Preparedness Director for our ward, and Andrew is Working and learning his heart out and still has his sense of humor.

Happy Autumn to you all!

Ha Ha Ha

Tonight I went to work out because as management I can work out or use the office at any time I want to. I still have to obey the pool and spa rules just like everyone else and that means no using the pool or hot tub after 10:00pm when we lock everything down. Well tonight I am done with the gym at 11:00pm and start to leave when I notice that there are people in the hot tub. So I open up the back door and start walking to the hot tub The people see me and immediately have this look of "oh crap" on their faces because they have been caught. I ask them how they got in they said through the gate, I check the gate and it is dead bolted ( only management has a key), So I tell them "The gate is dead bolted so try again, how did you get in" (blank stares) "Did you hop the fence?" They answered yes so I told them to get out of the hot tub and asked them what apartment they were in they answered that they didn't live at our apartments and were guests. I then asked them who they were visiting they gave me a name, but no apartment number. I informed them that they were never allowed in our pool or hot tub even during normal hours again and escorted them off the property.

Obey the rules you never know when management is going to be there and you are going to get caught.

Lovin' my job?

I really do still love my job and most days it is wonderful. It is just those few days when you have to come in contact with some real "Winners" that afterward make you afraid to answer your door. What is it with poor people and threatening to "Kick your ass" anyway? I guess they are not too much better than the middle class people who threaten to "call their lawyer" when you have to reprimand them. People where ever you live there are rules to follow, if you don't like the rules then you cant use our facilities. And threatening to beat up management just gets the police involved and you in a whole lot of trouble. So Choose following the rules and being able to have a good time at the swimming pool or breaking the rules, arguing with management, and then loosing your privilege of swimming during the entire long hot summer. Your choice.

By the way for all of you who don't know this, When you wear street clothes in the swimming pool it clogs up the filters so do us all a favor and wear proper swimming attire.

Good music, good times

Tonight I got to eat good food at the Goff house, have great company, and listen to beautiful music played and sung by my new friend Emily ( she is really talented.) It was a great night with the exception of being scared to death that the emergency pager was going to go off at any minute....sigh* I hate being on call, but everyone has to do it and this month it is my turn.

Almost a week.

I have worked at my job for almost a week now and I have got to say that I absolutely love it. I know that I am still new, but I understand about half of my job and I am really loving being productive every day. I am also a much better mother Hunter still screams his head off, but I don't lose my patience with him as much as I used to. A job is really doing wonders for my mental health.

Blarg

I don't know what is wrong with me these last two days. I am normally a happy person, but the last two days I just can't find anything going right with my life. I just feel like everything that can go wrong will and that I am just in a funk and I hate it. I need to have an attitude adjustment so I think I am going to spend the rest of the day just enjoying life and not thinking of everything that is happening right now and concentrate on what is going really well. I hope to be back to my normal happy self tomorrow.

Working gal.

I got a job working at the Mark Twain apartments as a leasing agent. I had my first day today and it was going really well I was understanding everything and able to help residents right off the bat. Then 4:00 p.m. happened my boss was at lunch and 5 people came in wanting to see apartments and some of them wanted to fill out applications. They were the first apps and showings that I had to do and I had no one to tell me what to do or where to even find the applications. So I called my boss who came back from lunch early and she showed me how to do everything. I am really glad my first day is over it is my least favorite part of a new job.

I really wish that I could understand everything and be a pro at my job without having to deal with the learning process. If anyone has a magic wand out there please make this wish come true for me.

In the end though this is really a low stress job everyone is great (including the people looking for apartments they were really patient with me.) And I know that this is going to be a great job for me to make some extra money to pay off debt sooner so I am happy. Thanks to everyone who is helping me and Andrew with Hunter so that I can work I love you all. Thank you Thank you Thank you :)

Hunter on medication

This is Hunter


This is Hunter on drugs.

Last night Hunter was in a lot of pain (he would not sleep, all he did was scream) that we needed to take him to the emergency room to get him some medication. After confirming that is was a really bad cold that had also turned into a really bad ear infection the doctor gave us some prescriptions to help make him feel better. We got him home, gave him the medication, after screaming for a little longer he passed out. Today the medication still made him a little sleepy so this is what I found when I went to check on him during nap time. It was really cute, but I do feel sorry for the little guy. I love you Hunter and hope that you get all better really soon.

The death of our first pet. So long Persius

So Tonight our pet fish Persius died it was sad to see him go...... especially since he died because he fell down the disposal while I was cleaning out his bowl. I felt terrible that I was the one who killed our fish, was Andrew going to be angry? Is Persius going to come back and haunt me? There was only one thing to do after waiting ten minutes so I knew that he was really dead. I turned on the disposal and water and left the room crying, after a couple of minutes I came back and turned everything off. So long Persius you were a great first pet and lasted a lot longer than we thought you would. We love you and hope that you have a great time in fishy heaven.

P.S.
Please don't come back and haunt me I really didn't mean to kill you.

I knew it.....

So Tonight I was putting my son Hunter to bed. He is learning more and more words that he can use. Right now I am trying to teach him I love you. He can say all of those words just not together I don't know why. So this is how tonight speech practice goes:

Me: "Hunter I love you"
*Hunter smiles
Me: "Hunter say Mama"
Hunter: "Mama"
Me: "say I"
Hunter: "I"
Me: " say love"
Hunter: "Love"
Me: "say you"
Hunter: "Dada"

Well I'm really glad he loves his daddy and I know he loves me too because sometimes he will hug me and cuddle. And he always has a smile ready I just hope that someday he can say I love you to me. He is really cute :)

Flooded.

Well last night it happened, Payback! We don't know what is going on with the pipes in our apartment, but they are freaking out. We have flooded our downstairs neighbors multiple times when nothing that we can see is leaking and now our upstairs neighbors flooded us and badly. There was water pouring out of both of our bathroom fans, good thing we have buckets. I think that everyone has to have a least one apartment like this so that they can appreciate a well working house when they get it.