August

Half-way through August at that. Man, how time flies. 6 weeks til we move? 20 something working days left at StoresOnline? Not that I'm counting down.

The last week in July we got to spend some fun and relaxing time with the Creer family at East Canyon. It's a semi-annually family reunion type deal where all Dustin's family goes up to East Canyon to play together. His Grandma and Grandpa Creer also usually come up and his Aunt and Uncle Teri and Neil family come up too. This year Andy and Amy and kids got to come up for a day and we all had a great time together! It's so nice cuz you can just do whatever... or do nothing at all. There's a lake that the family went jet-skiing on a day before we could come up, they have 4 wheeling trails, basketball, tennis, shuffleboard, mini golf, and a fun pool and hot tub! We always like to play lots of games and last year Ticket To Ride Europe became a big hit. Nertz is also a Creer family favorite and we all just play and have so much fun together!!

East Canyon was the last of our vacations for the year. And possibly ever. Or at least for the next couple years. Now we're packing up and securing housing, which is starting to be a little frustrating. The perfect apartment we wanted won't be open because the tenants extended for a couple more months. lame. And now they don't have any other top floor openings. They have one bottom floor opening, but the bottom floor is $50 more a month!!! Do you know what $50 does to a monthly budget grad school style? I'm sure we can still afford it (we'll have like $300 a month doing plasma... and that's without me getting a real job! Yippee!), but there are a lot of other things we'd rather do with $50 a month (like go on a date?!?!) if we could live on the top floor (which we would prefer anyway). So... blarg. We'll see. We're still going to fill out the application cuz we still really want to live there, even if it will cost a little more money.

On a side note, did I mention yet that I am now on Pinterest? I don't remember if I did or not, but I am, so you should follow me. So I can pin more cool stuff. And find more cool recipes. So that I may someday be a world famous baker. Or something.

PS. Melanie won SYTYCD! YAY!! She was my favorite. Completely amazing and graceful and just the best. :)

The End.

Keeps getting crazier

Things at work have gotten even crazier since Tuesday! On Wednesday we found out that our group was not staying all together as we thought. Two of my girls are moving over to link building and one is staying with me to finish up all the preview paperwork... all the reg cards, scanning, prepping, and reports! We have a lot to do in the next 3 months that I will be there so I am feeling QUITE overwhelmed, but I have a job! And it will definitely keep me busy! Now I just need to add a lot of tv shows to my instant queue on Netflix to keep me entertained :)

Resume writing is coming along quite well and I only have a few finishing touches before it's ready to send off to perspective employers! I still don't know how to write a cover letter though... and what's up with the "objective" section of a resume?! I feel like that's new in the past 3 years. Good thing I have an amazing husband who learned all this stuff in school recently and has been helping me!

July continues to be a crazy busy month with Portland next week, 24th/Fiesta Days festivities, and finishing off at East Canyon with the Creers! I feel like time keeps flying by and we are trying to enjoy the rest of our Utah summer as much as possible!

Last week we spent in St. George enjoying the Jack family with hiking, games, and of course, lots of food. It's nice to have our family all together at this time because soon we will be far away and too poor to be able to visit! For now we're soaking it all up! It's been a party having Nathan, Adrienne, and baby Elliott at the Jack home this summer! We love hanging out with them and will miss them when they head off to Chicago.

To finish off my random post of crazy things, I just finished watching the So You Think You Can Dance results show for the week and I am crazy happy that Ashley is going home (she hasn't been my fav for a long time), but I am a little sad that Chris is going home this week because I thought his solos were always the best. I guess he really wouldn't have won anyway, and his choreographed pieces weren't the greatest, but I liked him.

Anyway, that's all for tonight!

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!

WE'RE GOING TO THE TOUR SHOW!!! It's not until November 7th, but I'm super duper excited! Happy Christmas in July to me! Dustin approved getting tickets for the tour and I'm so excited! I went last year with Lauren and it was WAY FUN! And now Dustin gets to go with me! I'm so happy!