Maple Vanilla AND Berry SYRUP!

Okay I understand you want to take a bunch of pictures... Seriously Mickie... Sepia toned even?

SERIOUSLY WHY IS THAT THING IN MY FACE ALL NIGHT? HUH MICK?? (If any of you know Matt that is the exact face he gives me when he says "Mick!?"

Yep you guessed it! Its picture time! Just in time for upcoming family visits and trips. Yiiiippppeee I am one happy little lady tonight.

Kodachrome

When I think back On all the crap I learned in high school,
It's a wonder I can think at all,
And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none,
I can read the writing on the wall,

Kodachrome,
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day,
Oh yeah I got a Nikon (Panasonic) camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away!

Sung by one of my favorite Paul Simon in his song Kodachrome.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSXKjHDKkY

GUESS WHO FINALLY ORDERED A NEW CAMERA?
Yippee! Should be here next week sometime... my little slice of heaven :)
No more plain waffle blogs guys!! Syrup-y sugar highs are on the way!!!

Hey a New Job!

What a new job you say? Didn't I just get a new job and Matt a few months earlier? For those interested individuals I really enjoy my new job, I get to work at many different locations (including home) and have a lot of freedoms and flexibility that I didn't have over at Meridian. So its not me with the new job...

I guess its Matt's turn for a new job then... He has officially changed jobs again. He really enjoyed working for Investools and receiving the knowledge that he did. With out his job at Investools he couldn't have gotten this new job. The opportunity presented itself, Matt interviewed and when it was offered to him he accepted. His new job is with Morgan Stanley. (One of the only financial institutions that is still in decent shape) It is going to be at the Sandy location so it makes for about another 5-10 minutes in the morning commute which is A OK compared him used to working downtown SLC (about a 40-50 minute commute).

He is excited for this new opportunity and sees it as a very good step towards where he wants to be once he graduates from the U. Its all about getting your foot in the door with a major financial institution like this one. I am not sure about what he will be doing exactly but I do know it is a whole lot easier to get a good financial analyst position if he has experience at the actual company. We were also blessed with another pay raise. It's crazy how the Lord works in mysterious ways, we have come to see through this that we have had tons of little hidden blessings leading up to this change. By hidden I mean we thought they were problems or trials to endure. But now looking back it couldn't have happened any better for us. Both Matt and I feel great about this new change and hope that everything works out well for him. I'll let you know more job details as I get them, I do know he has to go through 4 weeks of training first. I am sure Matt will have a good idea about what he is doing by then.

Side note: Tomorrow Corn Bellys Corn Maze at Thanksgiving Point is opening, Matt and I and are going! Tomorrow and Saturday is a local radio stations great deal go http://images.radcity.net/6737/3085113.pdf there to print out a 93 cent admission voucher! I am so excited! Anybody else? Call my sister or myself for more details well we don't know any yet but when we do we'll tell you...

I love Fall but I hate Winter so it taints Fall a little bit, I'll have to try and put all that aside and learn to love Fall while it lasts. :)

Website for MOMs

I came across this cool website while I was looking for community events to put in the Garbett Homes Community newsletters. Its www.todaysmama.com They have community events and ideas for kids. Make sure to put in your region and check out the fun activities on the calender.

Whos that Lady

This weekend was great! Matt and I had the pleasure of seeing Braden again and he came with us to the BYU vs Wyoming game. Who knew Braden would be able to see 2 of the 6 home football games at Lavell Edwards Stadium with us! Anyways, it all started with Friday, Matt was nervous going into the day because he needed to make a certain amount of sales so he didn't have to work on Saturday and be late for the game. He worked really hard and wasn't getting any... then the afternoon rolled around and TA DA he got sale after sale and had one of his best weeks! His team at work won some sort of contest so they got a steak lunch off the grill and Matt was in heaven. Also they did a drawing this week and he won an 8" portable DVD player! ( I am thinking we just might return it and buy a camera? I still have to pass that one by Matt) Its so cool none the less. He also got about 100 bucks in "spiff" money. Spiff money I think I have talked about before but for those of you who don't know it's little incentives they have through out the day that if you sell a certain amount through the day you get 20$ or whoever has the last sale when this happens you get 30$. 100$ is a BIG spiff money day which they give Matt in cash so that is what usually ends up being our entertainment money. ANYWAYS so Friday was a great day for Matt.

Saturday Linda, Ray, Matt, Myself, Kristin, Will, Ryan, Braden, my Mom and Dad all went to the tail gate party at the football game. My dad and I like to look for the Free stuff and stand in line to play the games which are usually throwing a ball into some sort of hole. I am horrible at it but I sometimes make it for ANOTHER blue BYU t-shirt (they are taking over my closet!) My dad loves it though so we do it. In fact last week they gave out T-shirts that said "White Shirt on Sunday... Blue shirt on Gameday" That is so awesome everyone WEAR BLUE TO GAMES. Enough of this white shirt business... anyways while my dad and I were standing in line someone from the BYU event staff came over to me and said "Would you like to win a free Maverick gas gift card?" "I said sure what do I have to do?" She said "nothing just go to gate 1 at the corner of the field and we'll take you out on the field and present it to you in the 2ND quarter." I told her I could do that. How cool! So see if you can see me standing on the field during the game getting my 100$ gift card from Maverick. (I am the one wearing blue jean capris walking) I was 20 feet away from the players during a time out! They even let us stick around to see the touch down on that end of the field after the time out. They are actually mailing the gift card to me, you cant see it in the picture since we sit so dang far way but they have a BIG gift card with them. Thanks Kristin for being my photographer. I waved to everyone and I looked up at my Mom, Dad, Ray, and Linda to see them feverishly waiving to me from across the stadium. It was SO COOL. My Dad said "Man I wish I won 100 bucks to Maverick with all the traveling we do!" Apparently what happened is BYU lost the box they were going to draw the people from who filled out little papers at participating Mavericks around the valley so they had to find 4 people fast before the game! One of the guys out of us 4 won 500$. He was randomly selected apparently. Anyways Matt gets 100$ on Friday I get 100$ on Saturday! Is this all coincidence?

I think not, Matt and I went to the temple on Thursday night... Ryan, Matt's friend who lives with us said "You guys should go every week! Who knows what will happen!" It was pretty funny. Anyways great weekend, not to mention BYU put up another shut out of 44-0.( thanks troy) Swweeett Can 13-0 be attainable? We'll have to see next week is a BYE week so next game is in October away vs Utah St. OH and Braden just might be back in October (apparently Matt's Grandparents from Florida will be visiting then) maybe there will be a home game then as well! We loved having him around and wish he and Steve lived closer.

Good News and Bad News

Good news is I have great blood pressure and total cholesterol. My LDL's are WAY low which is awesome. My weight is perfect and my body fat percentage is excellent. I can sit and reach an average distance and my waist circumference is perfect.

Bad news is my HDLs are low and my Triglycerides are high. That gives me one bad ratio, 4.6 meaning at risk. Risk for what you ask?
Well in simple terms I have a lot of fat (or triglycerides) cruising around in my blood vessels with no HDL's to take it away. I am thinking what effected my triglyceride level could have been the fact that I had BBQ chicken with Bacon and cheese on top for dinner, which was at about 9:30 pm (hey I eat when I can) AND I was supposed to be fasting for 12 hours before my fitness testing which was at 7:30 am. Doing the math that isnt quite 12 hours. I will blame the bacon on my triglyceride level... that dang Bacon I really rarely eat it!

I tell you this because what I really should start eating more often is FISH it significantly raises HDL levels.The problem is blech I hate fish... it tastes so FISHY... yuck.

SO I guess I will either have to eat fish (No Way Jose) or take Omega 3/6/9 supplements (HDL's) which Will got for me a while ago from TNI and they are HORRIBLE. I swear they milked a fish and put it in a tiny capsule for me to swallow 3 TIMES A DAY ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I barely remember to take my vitamins every night...

So I have decided I will just have to start buying those brown eggs with omega 3/6/9's in them so I can take care of that when I decide to eat Bacon for dinner I'll just cook up an egg with it. Sheesh who knew Bacon would have such an effect! I should have eaten shredded wheat before this test instead.

OHHH and I almost forgot cardio for a longer period of time ups HDL's as well. No more 30 minute runs maybe 45 minutes will suit me better. Golly that Bacon caused quite a ruckus! Just think of your triglyceride levels next time you eat it... and if you do, make sure you are eating a brown egg with it or else...

Game Day

Whew was that a good game or WHAT 59-0 Wow! My dad and I had our picture taken at the pregame party. Also, here is a picture of Matt and I at the game. Oh and here is Braden and Matt. Oh and here is Braden! It was awesome that he could come with us to the game!

Addmendment to "Behavior Management"

I am not upset with the person who attends football games with us. I hold no malice towards him, he just brought me to the realization that I need to learn how to CALM DOWN and take my intensity down a notch. This person is not a bad person at all and we spoke about this, the reason I wrote about it is to find out how to take it down a notch not to criticize him.

Melissa's AWESOME Work

Seriously, isn't that header freaking AWESOME! Melissa just randomly e-mailed it to me this afternoon. I brought a HUGE smile to my face when I saw it! Thank you so much Melissa for thinking about me and spending time on that. So cool! By the way I LOVE that quote at the bottom ha ha

Behavior Management

Most of you know by now that I LOVE sports, especially BYU athletics. I am mainly a fan of Football and Men's Basketball. The part that may be surprising is that if I am not thinking about work, school, or church, next thing on my list is OF COURSE going to be BYU Football during this time of year or most of the year as a matter of fact. I worry about how the defense is going to fend against Norm Chows offense Saturday (or anybodies offense at this point in the season) I worry about different injuries on the team or if Austin Collie will step up and catch something this weekend. I eat, sleep, (literally when I dream, I dream about BYU football) and breathe BYU Football in the fall. Now don't get me wrong, I am a realistic fan, I know we aren't hands down the best program in the country... so I know I am not crazy...Although I do think we have the best coach in the nation... okay I'll stop rambling

Bottom line is I am a big fan and always have been. I know my priorities are a little skewed by going to the University of Utah BUT it is a good education in Sport and Exercise Science (of course can you think of any other major to suit me?), that is how I have learned to look at it. I like some aspects of the school... but that's a whole nether post. My husband has worked very hard with me to realize the the U is a good school and you don't have to hate the athletic program at the U just because you LOVE BYU. For those of you who don't know they are rival schools. Now I wouldn't say that I started out with an extreme hate for the U but I definitely wasn't FOND of the school. Now they are like any other school in the conference to me and I just so happen to receive my education there.

This brings me to my "Behavior Management" topic. A friend of ours has bought season tickets with us that isn't so much a BYU fan. He likes to root for the other team because he thinks it is funny to have opposition during the game. He doesn't know any one that plays on the opposing team, what their record is, or even what the team mascot is half the time.
This rubs me WAY wrong. I am a believer of good sportsmanship and I don't think that this is an example of this at all. It's a perfect non example actually. I have NEVER rooted for the team that plays against the U just because I didn't like the U. I purposely don't "dish" it because I know I cant "take" it. ALSO, there is no WAY that I would have bought season tickets to the team I was really impartial towards. I know this person isn't doing it to hurt my feelings and he is not a bad guy by any means, he just thinks it's funny like I stated earlier. Now I cant say that he necessarily wanted the tickets that bad to start off with, he was probably pressured a bit by my husband because that is all we do on the weekends in the fall, watch BYU football. So it was either get tickets or sit lonely at our boring house on the weekends, the same goes for basketball season in the winter as well. Obviously, we didn't know that he wasn't a fan of BYU, but who knew he liked playing devil's advocate?

Where the behavior management comes into play is HOW IN THE WORLD do I control myself and not get upset when he is ostentatiously rooting for the other team just for the opposition. Last game against Washington I wasn't on my best behavior and said something to him that maybe wasn't the KINDEST but I don't think it was out of line either. It causes just a bit of tension but if it keeps going I have a feeling I will have a little problem. It is my attitude that needs to change because I know I don't know how to "take a chill pill" so to speak specifically when it comes to BYU Football. It should be a good learning experience. Also, with the profession I am going into (PE Teaching) it would be advantageous to know how to keep my cool. Let me rephrase, I don't really ever loose my temper, in fact I cant really remember a time that I have "lost" my temper, I just let it boil in my skin the entire game. So I basically need to learn how to take my intensity level down a notch or two and realize it is not life or death it is just a game. If anybody knows me really well they know that I don't hold on to things that make me upset very long. I guess I am just like my grandpa and enjoy a good sporting event. I think this is where Sport Psychology comes into play... Is there anything that you all do in intense situations that help you calm down? Let me know what you do and I'll try and apply them to myself! Last thing we need is a troublesome situation over a football game! :)

Go Cougs.

Grandma we went to Swiss Days!

This one is for you Grandma! My aunt Sharon, Suzanne, our friend Whitney and I went to Swiss Days up in Midway 2 weekends ago. Why did we go? For the scones bigger than the size of your HEAD or PLATE in this case. Check it out! (Dad, I made sure my head was in the picture so you could get an accurate estimate of really how large these scones were. I mean I would say my noggin is "larger than average" ha ha) Honest to goodness I ate maybe a 1/4 of the scone and couldn't eat any more. Oh and they had the yummiest jam too that was the 1/4 that I ate! I didn't work my way over to the Honey OR Cinnamon sugar sections. As you can tell by the state of my hair is was a toasty day there. We also ran into quite a few people we knew! People from the ward, other family, and co-workers. It is quite the popular place Labor Day weekend. Next year Kristin you should come with us Next year... We really go to look at the crafts and get ideas for the holidays and decorations. They also have fun little sayings and ideas for gifts. It is fun to go every year with the fam and friends!

P.S. Laura where were you guys? We didnt see you there!

OH man

Dang, don't you hate it after you've had a cold and are feeling MUCH better that your upper lip and under your nose remains red and starts peeling because it is so dry? Curses!

Good news is the boss man has 2 laptops and is letting me borrow his until I can get my own. Isn't that kind? Matt and I are going to shop for one today and let the saving begin! Wait that didn't work so well with the camera money did it... those dang school finance and accounting books they cost more then we thought! Haha

In other news Matt is doing great, working extra hard at school and work. He is enjoying a friend around the house that will work out as long as he likes to work out. I usually putz out after an hour but Ryan will go as long as Matt wants to go. I like it so I don't have to sit out in the garage and spot for him all the time. I can be inside cleaning/straightening. WHICH I actually enjoy. :)

This weekend? Go Cougars! Beat Washington! http://deepshadesofblue.com/

Life these days

Okay so first of all those who share a passion for BYU football as much as I do, one of my friends showed me this blog http://deepshadesofblue.com its written by Quinn Gooch former BYU starting Safety I believe. Cool insights for those who care.

Second Ray and Linda! You should send me a pic or two of the game on Saturday! Just for proof that Matt and I are alive since the camera is... uhh still missing in our lives.

Third, school is putting both Matt and I in a whirl wind of fun. Matt's friend Ryan moved in with us over the weekend and I am pretty sure he is extremely bored considering he hasn't gotten a job quite yet ( he has applied at 5 places) and school doesn't start for him until the 8th. When I come home after work and school he is always eager to chat, poor kid. Anyways Matt and I like I said are extremely busy on top of our normal busy. Matt got home last night at 12:30 from a study group and the last time I saw him was 6:30 that morning. I am sure most of y'all have been there and done that. Luckily the beginning of the week is the worst by Thursday we are home from school at decent hours and can spend a little time together.

Fourth, the new job is great! I am learning the ins and outs right now, getting a feel for what I need to be doing and where I'll need to be. Good news is I will be working pretty much everywhere. I thought I would be working every day out of the main office in down town Salt lake but Jacob and Jeff both said if I need to I can work from home or a development site if I want. Luckily the closest one is about 10 minutes away. As long as I am getting my work done. Bad news is I will be needing a cell phone ASAP and a Lap top. I don't have either... anyone know some cheap suggestions to either of those? I was thinking that maybe i can go on ebay or something and find a used laptop for cheap? Let me know if that is a good or bad idea i have NO idea when it comes to things like that. Financially Matt and I are strapped ( i know a lot of you know how that is too) so to buy a new anything is like torture to me :) Oh and I am currently exploring the option of seeing if I can add a line with Garbetts Corporate account and just pay for it that way, it would be less expensive, i just don't know if they will let me do it. We'll have to see how that goes..

Fifth, I have a very bad cold. The last two days have been wreaking havoc on me and by mid day I had had enough! I went to Target and bought about 10 dollars worth of cold medicine and cough drops. I am feeling a little bit better this evening but I am hoping Tylenol PM COLD will help with a good nights sleep tonight.

Sixth, ( okay I know you are tired of reading I'll make it short) I was released on Sunday from the Young Women's Presidency, it was bitter sweet, i loved my girls but I wasn't able to give them the love and attention that they deserved. Tonii the Secretary was called to take my place. Good Luck Tonii! I know you'll be AWESOME with the girls! Now that leaves me open for something else... OH WAIT the relief society ALL READY called me and want me to teach this month... ARE YOU KIDDING ME? RELIEF SOCIETY? Yikes that's a whole new horizon for me...