YAY!!

So it's time to bring out my old spanish books from my failed attempts at learing spanish, to learn easy phrases like: where's the bathroom, how much, any cheeper, and other things that are important to know when going to MEXICO!!! That's right Matt and I and my fam are all going on a Mexican Riviera Cruise on the DISNEY CRUISE LINE! LOVE IT! So, I'm going to try to learn a little spanish, and get my butt in shape so I can feel comfy wearing a bathing suit! I also put a counter at the bottom of the page.

Safe and Sound

Just wanted to let all of you know that Matt has made it safely across country and is starting his class today. ( fingers crossed for at least another week that he will be able to stay) So hopefully he will be there for the whole 3 months and be done with it all.

Another thing. So now that Matt is away the wife will play. I employed a friends husband to take down this nasty florscent light that was in our kitchen and to fix the light in the bathroom that Matt had on his "honey do list" that didn't get done before he left. So I have light in the bathroom, yay! and I took down this nasty light in the kitchen, I will replace it with some very nice modern looking track lighting. But along with that Brian, the hubby, taught me how to spackle in the holes so today I will finish the job of sanding down the spackle and paining over the areas to make it look like there was nothing there. Next step, picking wall color to start painting the house. I can't wait to surprise Matt with all the changes when he gets home. (imangine an evil laugh, cause he thinks that the house is perfect since it is brand new, but white wall everywhere, I don't think so.)

Here We Go Again!

Well for the 4th time since last June Matt is driving cross country again. He is hopefully going to be staying there this time longer than a week. (Last Sept. when he left for AZ he was there for only a week and got sent home because of his knee injury and he didn't have the "correct" paperwork to excuse him from doing his physical fitness tests.) So after 6 months almost to the day and with the "correct" paperwork in hand he is on his way back to finally finish his military training to become an...(sound trumpet fanfare music) Official Warrant Officer 1, and then in June or shorthly thereafter he will be automatically promoted to Warrant Officer 2 rank. (que thunderous applause from all). Anyways for next 4 days he will be driving his truck which hopefully will make it there in one piece without any problems, so if you could be so kind to think of him and his safety while driving, we would be greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

Sniffling, Sneezing, And Caughing... Oh my

So why is it than whenever everything seems to be going well and you have a weekend planned for like 2 weeks that everything has to go bad. So Matt and I had been planning on going to the Washington D.C. Temple this past Saturday, and what happens, I am sick, sick, sick. Well we still went anyways just didn't do a session inside. We at least got to see the outside and the visitor center. It was still as pretty as ever.



We also did get to go to Pei Wei's in Fairfax, yummo! Only the best food in the world and something that both Matt and I have been craving for months. That's about all that is going on in this part of the world. Hope all is well with you and your fam!

It Is Finished

Well, just got back from church and everyone said that I did great and really enjoyed the playing. But by my standards, a perfectionist, I did horrible. Oh well. Better luck next week I guess. I am still "filling in"

Also I got the best compliment I could get. So we had our branch conference today so the stake leaders where there. I was waiting to go up the isle before church began and a lady came up to me and introduced herself to me as part of the Young Women's Stake Presidency and asked, "Are you a new young women to this branch?" I got this huge grin on my face and said, " No, I am not and I am 26 years old." She said, "Oh, really? You look like you are 17-18 years old." I thanked her for making my day and we both just laughed. Well I am 26 and I look 17 so when I am in my 40's I will look like I am in my 30's. That is going to be great.

Freakin' Out A Little

So today I am filling in for the branch pianist until they call a new one, which I am thinking will be me anyways, but last Monday the choristor called me and, first of all sprung it on me that I was filling in without anyone even asking me to fill in, but she wanted to change all the songs. I didn't know the first set of songs in the first place, but now that she knows someone can actually play the piano is playing in sacrament she decided to pick 4 of the most difficult songs in the whole hymn book. I have been practicing all week and I am still shakey on 2 of the 4 and I'm freakin out a little as I have to play them infront of everyone, including some of my studens and their families in less than an hour. So if you read this before I go to chuch in an hour please say a prayer for me as I need a little divine intervention to get through all the songs. Thank you! I'll let you know how it goes.

My Handy Man, Man

I have some good news everyone. Matt was a handy man yesterday for me. It was a first for us though. I have been more handy then him in the past. Well our vanity light in our master bath was falling off the wall and I was scared to touch it, cause it might fall and break our mirror or the marble countertops. Well he came home and actually took off the light and didn't get electrocuted by the wires. Anyways we found out that the little block of wood that the light was hanging on wasn't completly secured to the 2x4 and was leaning forward. Well Matt is going to try to figure out how to fix it or I am going to call President Byrd to fix it, cause I doubt that it is a warranty issue. Anyhew. here is a pix.

So the wood piece that the circle thing is attached to is supossed to be even with the other wood piece and it is not. It is like wedged between the 2x4 and the pvc pipe. You can wiggle it,

Here is a top pix of the wood piece, not "flush" with the other wood.

Our pretty light fixture was too heavy and almost fell off the wall