Wow! It's been awhile...

It has been a long time since my last post....sorry...that's life I guess!

So...a lot has happened since the last post!  I quit working full time at Ladybird Academy...now I am only the music teacher there and I teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the mornings.  Sometimes they call me to sub, but it doesn't happen often.  I now have 14 piano students, and each month, my business seems to be growing and growing.  I am so excited that I can work from home, it's just a lot easier! 

Chris is working doing title reports still for the same company, but it is looking like he will be coming into a business deal in the next couple of weeks that will help to support us better.  He is going to business meetings all of the time now and he is working hard to make sure that this deal will be especially beneficial to us for the future.  I hope that it all gets worked out soon and we can start to be financially responsible for ourselves! 

We had a trip up to Ohio to visit my family for Thanksgiving, and we really had a good time up there!  We got to visit with my parents and all of my siblings and my grandparents.  We had a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, we did some Christmas shopping, we went to the Columbus Zoo for the lights and we watched the infamous Buckeye/Wolverine game.  The visit seemed too short, but hopefully we'll get to see my family again soon!

We just had a Christmas party at Chris' Aunt Greta and Uncle Jim's house yesterday, that we went to and really enjoyed!  We got to visit with Jim and Greta and Chris' brother, Russell and his wife, Tamra, and of course Chris' parents.  I also visited with his cousin April and her brother Dave and his wife Dot, who I met for the first time.  We had a really good time and we look forward to getting together with everyone again soon!

We are hosting Christmas lunch for Chris' side of the family on Christmas day this Saturday.  I know we will have a good time with that!


Here is our Christmas letter that we sent out to a few people...if you weren't on the list...SORRY!  We had to limit our choices of who we sent to, but if you want to read it...here it is!


Well, here is another holiday season and so begins the time to write awesome Christmas letters!  Here is just a little taste of what our year has looked like!

January this year started out a little rough with Chris returning back to Florida after his wonderful visit to Ohio. Both Chris and I had to get back into the swing of things with finishing up school.

February was awesome in a lot of ways! My father returned home from Iraq safely and we were both very grateful for that! My wedding dress arrived in perfect condition and Chris arrived in Ohio for Valentine’s Day weekend to pick up our marriage license! February was filled with last minute preparations for the wedding and all of that would never have gotten done if it wasn’t for the wonderful family (especially our mothers) we have.

March was wedding month! We got married in the Columbus Ohio Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on March 20, 2010. We had a great reception afterward and then we went on our honeymoon on a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas! We had a wonderful time on the cruise ship! We returned to Orlando 4 days later and had another quiet reception at our home. Then, sadly, I had to go back to school in Ohio, and Chris had to finish up school in Orlando.

April was pretty quiet and uneventful for us. I visited Orlando for a weekend and Chris returned with me to Ohio. Chris had finished his semester at school and had a couple of weeks before his finals started so he spent that time studying with me in Ohio.

May was a good month for one reason…CHRIS GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL!!!! Chris began his studies for the Florida Bar as well…a tedious endeavor!

June was also eventful! We got a beautiful Dalmatian puppy, who we named Lacey. I graduated from Ohio University with a specialized studies degree in Music and Child Development. Then, my family helped me pack up all of my things and I moved to Florida! I got to spend some wonderful time with my parents and my siblings at Disney World and the beach!

July was HOT!!! Chris took the Florida Bar at the end of the month and I got my first full time job working at a preschool as an assistant teacher, and the music teacher for the whole school! Chris also got a job working for an abstracting company researching real property.

August was exciting because I got my very first piano student! We also had an enjoyable family sleepover with Chris’ side of the family!

September brought about Chris’ birthday and even more piano students for me! Chris got the wonderful news that he passed the Florida Bar! He was admitted the Bar on September 22nd and was sworn in on September 30th.

October was my birthday month and a great weekend camping trip at Disney’s Fort Wilderness with Chris’ family. We got to go to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party dressed as students from Hogwarts! Chris and I were Ravenclaw! Chris was called to served as the Varsity Coach for Boy Scouts at our church and I was called to be the Relief Society Chorister. Chris and I also got the wonderful opportunity to spend some time with some of his extended family at Chris’ grandparents home in Palm Coast, Florida. We got to help fix up their backyard and hang out at the beach!

November brought about a lot of changes for us. I quit working full time at the preschool because I now have over 15 piano students! I needed some more time to commit to teaching piano lessons and hopefully that decision will bring about more business for me! Chris got his first job interview with a law firm, which is really exciting! We got to spend some time up in Ohio with my family for Thanksgiving! We had a great time going to the movies, having Thanksgiving dinner, watching the Ohio State game and heading to the Columbus Zoo to catch the Wild Lights! I also got an exciting opportunity to sing in a program called Women at the Well, as well as performing a piano arrangement of “Come Follow Me” for our church.

December is going to be a busy holiday season. We are looking forward to having our first Christmas together! We wish you all a very merry Christmas season and a Happy New Year!

Life

So...life has been life I guess.  Christopher passed his bar exam and went to his swearing in ceremony last week!  YAY!  He made up his new business cards that say "Law Offices of Christopher Wright, Esq."  They look really nice!  Someone is coming out to the house today to set up a landline for our house, so that Chris can get his business calls and actually hear the phone ringing in the house where ever he is...(he doesn't always answer his cell). 

I am still going to work every day and coming home everyday to teach piano lessons, eat dinner, work on music lessons for preschool and then pass out.  My life is pretty boring right now, but hey, we are almost able to make everything workout with bills and stuff by ourselves.  That is kind of exciting, I guess.  I absolutely love teaching my piano lessons and I really hope that I can get some more students soon!  I have been handing out business cards like mad and the word of mouth is spreading, but I have not gotten any new prospects in the last three weeks...I shouldn't be so upset about that though because I only started up my business two months ago and I already have 7 students coming regularly and 2 more coming really soon...but I would so much rather teach piano lessons than be at preschool every day.  Last week, I got hit by children there at least 4 times, I was spit on, I got kicked 3 times, I was told to shut up by a three year old and I had to clean up vomit once.  That is NOT what I wanted to do.  My music classes there are amazing and so much fun...but I HATE HATE HATE the other stuff. 

Lacey is doing great!  Her stitches from getting spayed are starting to dissolve.  We took her on a short bike ride this weekend and she loved it, like always!  She is still sometimes a handful!  Sometimes she just starts running at full speed through the whole house and it comes out of no where!  She had a couple of accidents in the house this week, so that was a but of a set back, but at least we are not cleaning up after her everyday and going through all these papertowels all of the time!

Sometimes, I really wish that I could just take 4 days off from work and have some time to do things that I love to do.  Like reading a book, watch a movie, work on some crafts or just play the piano for fun...that is not happening so much right now.  On the weekends, I get some time to watch some movies with my husband, but really, I am just sleeping all of the time on the weekends...I am always soooooo tired!  Work is killing me!

So, here are some new pictures of Lacey!  She is getting so big!  We upgraded her from a harness to a collar!  Her harness is too small now!  :(  She got spayed last Friday, so now she hopefully will not have to go to the vet for the next year, as long as she doesn't get sick or anything.  She, we think, is now housebroken....no accidents in a long time...but we have a schedule down for her now.  We take her outside all of the time...so that there are no accidents!  Our paper towel bill has gone down a lot!  Haha!

CHRIS PASSED THE FLORIDA BAR!!!! WOO HOO!!!!! We are sooooooo excited!  He has ordered himself some business cards that now have "Christopher Wright, Esq." on them!  Hopefully he can find a job really soon!  He has been looking, he updated his resume and has sent them out to every job posting for the last week since we have found out...hopefully something will come soon!  He gets sworn in on September 30!  I am so proud of him!

My preschool job is still going well...I finally have my voice back!  The music classes are still my favorite thing to do.  My piano lessons are going great too!  I now have 7 students coming regularly and 2 more are signed up and ready to start in the next couple of months.  I have some more prospects too...we will see if they start coming or not...there are 2 or 3 of those.  That business is going so great!  I can't wait for it to really take off, so I can work from home!

Chris and I went to Disney this last Saturday!  It was so fun to go together on a date!  We went to the Pirates of the Carribean ride, The Philharmagic Show (which was really good!), he convinced me to go on Big Thunder Mountian (which was not a bad ride, for a rollar coaster!), we went to the Carosel of Progress, we walked through all of the shops on Mainstreet, we saw a Disney Barbershop Quartet sing and play bell instruments and tap dance, we played a Western Arcade Game...among other things!  While I was there this time, I saw Buzz Lightyear, Ariel and Eric, Tigger and Pooh, Pluto, and Daisy.

Well, this week hopefully will go well and will bring good news about Chris and a new job...crossing our fingers! 

Christopher's birthday and things

So, Chris' birthday was yesterday.  He turned 28.  We made a German Chocolate Cake for his birthday, but we made it three or four days early...it got all eaten before his birthday even came!  I went to work yesterday, like everyday, but something was wrong!  I felt sooooo sick!  I left work early to go home.  I had a fever and I had the worst stomach ache ever!  Poor Chris spent his birthday taking care of me instead of celebrating his birth!  :(

I think Lacey may have mastered not going in the house!  She has not had an accident in three or four days!  WOO HOO!

I called off work today too, I still have a stomach ache and I just need some time to recover from getting all of those germs all of the kids bring in!  All of the other teachers that work there said that they all got sick within the first two to three weeks working there...that just happens when you work with kids...Well...I got sick the end of my fourth week...hopefully I will not get sick anymore because we can't afford to hve me taking off work every two weeks...this is the first time though...we will see I guess...

New Life

Well...September is going to be WAY different for Chris and I.  I am finally getting pay checks.  Chris finds out his bar results on the 20th and will be sworn in on the 30th.  Russ and Tamra moved out of our house yesterday, completely, so Chris and I finally have the house to ourselves!  We celebrated having the house to ourselves by looking at all of our bills and figuring out how we are going to pay them every month...what a celebration!  Woo Hoo!

Chris and I are going to do a "Spring Cleaning" this weekend.  The house will finally be put together and spotless...the way we like it! 

Work is still going ok.  My favorite part of the week is when I teach my music classes.  The children are all attentive and listening to my directions and behaving the way that children should behave in a classroom!  My piano lessons are still going strong!  I will have two new students next week, thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law, Missy!  She posted my website up on her facebook page and I now have two new students!

Lacey went to the vet yesterday and we found out that she had a UTI.  Awesome.  She needed antibotics and that cost a lot of money for a dog.  Oh well...we need her to be healthy!

Well...I guess it's time for me to go to work!  I am looking forward to the three-day weekend starting tonight!!!!

FIRST WEEK OF WORK OVER!!!

Well, I made it through the first week of work...I think I can do this. It was not so bad once I got to know the schedule and the children are actually listening to me and thinking of me as an authority figure now. I love them all so much! I almost think of them as my own kids, especially during that special time of the day when they take their naps and I get to just sit there and watch them sleep. They are adorable!

So, the first week is over and I am looking forward to next week!

On other notes, Chirstopher is still getting some orders for work, which we are so grateful for that! Lacey and I have been running together outside around our neighborhood. She is getting SOOO big, she weighs about 26 pounds now! When we picked her up, she only weighed 8 pounds! She can run really fast around the neighborhood, which I am hoping will keep me in shape! She is still not housebroken, but we are getting there...only one accident yesterday and that was because I couldn't get her outside fast enough! She ran to the back door and I chased after her, but apparantly, she really had to go...lol!

Christopher and I attended the Boy Scouts Court of Honor for our ward last Wednesday night. Christopher wore his Eagle Scout uniform and,little did he know, he got recognized for it at the ceremony. The bishop talked to the Young Men about how Christopher was the kind of man they should aspire to be: Eagle Scout, Married in the Temple, Graduated from Law School...it was nice to see Chris recognized for all of his hard work. Now, he will probably be called to do something in the Boy Scouts...I am hoping that I get to be in Young Women's...that would be really fun!

Until next time... :)

The working life

So....I started work this week. I am working at a preschool as an assistant teacher and the music teacher for the whole school. My first day was HORRIBLE!!!!!! I was with the 3 1/2 to 4 year old class. The children would not listen, they knew that the other teacher and I were brand new, so they pushed us to the limit! They were fighting, not sharing, telling me "no", punching, kicking, hitting, pulling hair...it was AWFUL!!! There were many times throughout the day that I wanted to say that I was through, and just quit. But, I made it through the day. I cried when I got home. I told my husband that I wanted to quit the job because it was so bad. The other teacher I was working with that day called me that night to tell me that she had quit the job. I was surprised! I knew she had a rough day too, but I did not think that she would quit. But, I completely understand why she did. It was a rough day.

The next day was easier. The director of the preschool put me with somebody who knew the program there and has been working there for awhile. I was in the 3-3 1/2 year old classroom. These children were practically angels compared to the other classroom! I had a much better day. That was also the first day that I taught music classes to the entire school! I loved the VPK classroom (the year before kindergarten class). They loved to follow directions and they could remember the things I taught them! It was almost like teaching for an elementary school, which is what I originally wanted to do. The rest of the classes did fine, and everyone in the school got a special music stamp for doing so well!

Yesterday, I only worked from 3-6:45pm. The children in my class were angels again! Only one little boy was misbehaving, and that was only not sharing the toys.

I think I will be ok with this job. Now, I wish I would get my first paycheck soon! haha...it doesn't come until September 3...that seems so far away!

Smallville and things...

So, Christopher has many of the seasons of Smallville on DVD, and I have recently gotten into them. I used to watch episodes when they were on ABC Family, but I haven't seen all of the episodes and I definitely have not watched them in order. I am almost done with the first season...I am hooked!

Christopher and his brother, Russell, went through the DVD "collection" today, before Russell and his wife move out of our house. It was so funny watching them argue over the DVD's like two little kids who can't share. In the end...Chris and I are going to have to buy a lot of DVD's that were already in the collection, but are now moving with Russell...I am ok with that...well...all except the Harry Potter movies...I might just have to steal them back and give them to them gradually as we update our collection to Blue Ray discs...SHHH...don't tell....lol!

I have my first official meeting with the preschool I am teaching at on Saturday...excited and nervous...this is my first "grown up" job...the first time in my life where I HAVE to get up at 7:30 in the morning every morning and go to work...at least there will be a pay check coming with that...not a very big one....but a paycheck none the less.

No title...can't think of anything witty today

Christopher and I will actually be going to our own church today! We got to sleep in a little, because church does not start until 1pm this year. Hopefully I will not be asked to speak in sacrament meeting anytime soon...I still do not like speaking in public.

I have a piano student finally!!! I am so excited to teach piano! I will be teaching a little girl who is starting kindergarten this fall. Her lessons are on Monday nights. Hopefully she will tell all of her friends about her awesome piano teacher and we can get some more business going.

I finally have my bathroom set up the way I like it! Christopher went with me to Home Depot yesterday and we bought a thin plastic sheet thingy so we could set that over top of the shelves in the linen closet in our bathroom. Now I can store all of my awesome beauty supplies and things the way I want them. I can see them now, and they are not in a big brown box anymore!

We also went to Jo Anne's and got some stuff so I can start scrapbooking all of the things I keep telling Christopher I am going to scrapbook. It is something to keep me busy I guess. Christopher was really excited about it because now he thinks it will keep me busy enough so I won't bother him all of the time. I just bother him because I have nothing better to do since I do not have any friends down here. It gets kind of lonely. Chris wants to play his computer games when he is not working, and I do not have anything to do when he is playing games. I would watch TV, but Lacey broke the cable cord when she ran by it. So, no TV for now. I wish I had some friends down here to hang out with and just go shopping or out to do something with...kind of boring around here. Maybe I will make some friends at chruch today... we'll see...

It's one of those days to post something nice!

Christopher is done taking the bar! Woo Hoo!!! I am so excited! No more late study nights, no more stupid Barbri books, no more worrying! Best of all, Chris and I can eat dinner together every night! There have been few nights when we have been able to eat a wonderful meal together in the evening, and now, we can every night, if we want/are able to!

And...in other news...I GOT A PRESCHOOL JOB!!!! I will be an assistant preschool teacher at a preschool near our home! I will also be the school's music teacher! I will be assigned to a specific classroom and then I will also teach every age group a music lesson, once a week. The pay is not the greatest, but, after I get my Florida certification (a CDA), then my pay will increase (hopefully significantly!). I will also have an opportunity to become a lead teacher (not the assistant) after I have gained some experience with the school and teaching children. I am so excited! It is hopefully going to be a great job...this is totally what I wanted to do...and it is awesome because I was not even in Florida for two months and I already have a full time job. That, in a big part, is thanks to my wonderful parents, who gave me the opportunity to go to college and get my degree. I know I would not be able to find a job so quickly with a good education, and I am so grateful to the Lord, my parents, and my husband for letting me be able to get a decent education and for always guiding me in the right direction. I had a lot of struggles through my college career, and I know if it was not for the Church and the Lord, I would not have graduated the way I did. He placed me in specific places, at specific times, and that led me to find out about the different programs the university offered. I am so grateful for all of the opportunities that I have had and all of the awesome experiences that have led me to where I am today.

The Lord has truly blessed me with wonderful opportunities and wonderful friends that have guided me along my path. I know if it was not for my experience in ResLife at OU, I would not have found out about the BSS program I graduated with. I know if it was not for the Lord, I would not have found the wonderful friends I met in middle school, high school and college. Brittany, Kristina, Anna, Rauchelle, Ashley...you all were/are the best friends a woman could ask for. I am so glad that I was put on a path to find you all. Ashley...high school was amazing...you were always someone I could turn to...and I am so glad that we did Atheletic Training together! Science Fair was always stressful, but fun...we always liked to be the best! Sleepovers, talking ourselves to sleep...wow...it's been a long time since those days! Rauchelle...you always are the greatest person to talk to! You are so down to earth and you totally understand me and I think I understand you too. Usually we are on the same page...especially when it came down to what we thought about guys...you know what I mean! haha...I am so happy that you found someone to share eternity with...you SO deserve that! Anna...you are awesome! Remember those silly tape recordings we used to do? We use to pretend we were radio talk show hosts and we would record for hours! We had dance in common. I was always so jealous of your beautiful hair! If it was not for your husband encouraging me to get on lds singles.com...I would have never met my husband...I can't wait to see the beautiful cakes you do in the future...and you are always good to talk to about things too. You bring a different prespective to me sometimes...and you are so wise. I am so glad you were in my first primary class in Greencastle. Brittany...it was completely chance that we met...I don't know if you remember, but the first time we met was on our way to Goodfellas pizza with some mutual friends/people I didn't know because it was my 2nd or 3rd day at college...then, we ended up having 3 classes together first quarter...we ate breakfast together every day...we talked about boys, A LOT, I always know something interesting is going to come up when I hear the words, "so I want your advice on something" come out of your mouth...haha...and it always is. Kristina...I have no words...nothing I could possibly say would be good enough to encompass the feelings I have about our friendship. You have always been there. Our runs/walks/eliptical exercises...dinner at Nelson sophmore year...being RA's together...talking about boys, of course...you have always been able to give me good advice and comfort whenever I have needed it. You are someone I feel comfortable sharing my true feelings with. And I know you would never judge me by the way things come out of my mouth sometimes...you are an awesome woman. You are going to do amazing things. I am so glad that you are my friend. Actually, I am so glad every one of you are my friends. You are ALL amazing women and I am so blessed to have each of you be a part of my life. Do not hesitate to call me anytime...do not hesitate to come and visit, if you can... I love you all.

Wow, I have no idea where all of that came from. I was not planning on writing that...it just came out...I guess I am feeling the love today...I still can't believe I am an adult... :)

Tomorrow!!!!

Tomorrow is when Christopher prepares for the potenially biggest test of his life! He will be taking the bar exam on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. I hope it goes well for him and I know that he would appreciate any extra good thoughts and prayers for him during this time.

Tomorrow is also when I teach a trial music class for the preschool that I interviewed for last week. I am going to be teaching the three-year-old class about "the beat." Today I am going to make some shakers out of toliet paper rolls, tape, rice and construction paper. The children will help to keep the beat of the song with me while they sing. I think this is going to be a great lesson because they will get to sing their favorite songs and "play an instrument" at the same time. They have not been exposed to many musical concepts other than singing, so hopefully it goes well.

I made Krupsu today! It was my first time making this delicious Swedish pancake dish. It is in the oven right now, so hopefully it turns out to taste really good.

Just another post in the life of Steffanie and Chris

Well...one week and two days and Christopher will officially be done studying for the bar. He takes the test next Tuesday and Wednesday and then, hopefully, all of his stress will be over. Then, we will just have to wait in anticipation until he receives the word in September that he passed and he will get his bar card. I can't wait until that happens, because then he can actually apply for jobs! All of the jobs that he is looking at right now require him to have passed the bar to actually apply for the job, so hopefully September will be a month filled with wonderful opportunities for jobs and maybe we can be picky about what job he will actually take. September, will be a good month.

In other news, I have a job interview with a preschool this Wednesday. Hopefully that goes well! I am tired of sitting around the house being bored. I have done a thorough cleaning of te entire house already. I have made sure each of the bathrooms get scrubbed down at least once a week and I vaccuum weekly as well. I have done laundry, cooking, cleaning, watching movies...and I am ready for a challenge. I still want to make sure that I have a clean house weekily, but if I get this job...then I will not have so much idle time. I get bored. Easily. And in my boredom...my mind wanders and I think about a lot of things that could be better in my life or just things that do not really need a thorough evaluation, and then I exaggerate. And then I get upset with something that is not really a big deal. Then Christopher hears all about it. And then we are in a place that we would not have been if I did not have so much idle time...so I hope I get the job. Then, I will be busy making lesson plans and then doing all of the house dutites that need to be done, then I can enjoyy my time with my husband and everything will be a lot better for the both of us.

Well...we will find out after Wednesday how the interview goes...so wish me luck! :)

Sick Puppy :(

Our poor puppy...

Lacey started off the day as a normal,hyper, beautiful puppy this morning...then....it happened...

I let Lacey go outside for a while, while I was cleaning up lunch...and she got sick outside, three times. Then she proceeded to get sick another 13 times in the house, in a 45 minute period. Christopher and I took her to the vet...

We spent an hour there before we even saw the vet...but the vet examined her, decided that she had eaten something she was not suppose to eat (metal rust from our grill), after doing a fecal exam...and found out she has round worms...so baby Lacey is not allowed to have food for 24 hours...and she is on two different types of medicine to help her get better.

We have been home from the vet for 2 1/2 hours and Lacey is still sleeping...poor puppy!

Just over 2 more weeks....

In just over 2 weeks....CHRISTOPHER WILL OFFICIALLY BE DONE WITH TAKING THE BAR!!!!! I can't wait until it's over because then he will not be quite as stressed anymore.

Christopher is so great! He got some gift certificates from a friend to go to this restaurant that we have never been to, I think it was called BoneFish or something like that...anyway, it was a seafood place and it was great. He called me up on his way home from studying and he told me to put on some nice clothes (church clothes) because we were going out to eat. He brought me a beautiful bouquet of red roses and then we enjoyed an awesome meal together. I had Chilean Bass and Christopher had Grouper. It was delicious!

Like I posted on Facebook, sometimes, you just need to take a step back and decide not to care. That is really hard for me. There are a lot of things that really bug me sometimes, but I am going to try and be the bigger person and just deal with it as it comes. As most of you know, I really tend to worry about things and I make things up in my head that "might happen" in the future and I worry about that too. So, this whole "not caring" thing is going to be hard, but I only have to deal with the stupid stuff that is happening for a few more months anyway. Then, hopefully it will not be as hard.

Christopher is going to need a lot of love and support over the next couple of weeks, until he gets done taking the bar. I am doing what I can for him, but I know that sometimes I can make things more stressful.

I hope that I can find a job really soon, or that people will want to start taking piano lessons ASAP. I will feel a lot better about the future if I can get a job. I have been looking, but a lot of places want someone like me to have their CDA before they can begin teaching preschool. It kind of stinks that I have to get more training done after I just completed 4 years of work at a university, but I guess a 4 year degree just isn't enough anymore. I have been thinking a lot about grad school lately. I think it might be a real possibility for me, in the future. Not right now, of course, with everything being so crazy with Chris and trying to get myself settled here first, but maybe in a couple years, or maybe after we have kids and they are all in elementary school during the day, something like that. It is kind of exciting to think about that! Maybe a Master's degree in school administration or something like that, or maybe I might actually like all of the law stuff Chris is doing and I will go for a law degree. I don't know...the possibilities, as they say, are endless. Or actually, maybe the whole piano thing will take off in August or September and I won't have to worry about getting another degree...

That reminds me... I got my letter from Ohio University stating that I actually did complete my degree and that my degree will be sent in the mail in the next couple of weeks! I am so excited! I can't wait to actually see the little piece of paper that I worked my butt off for, for four years! I can't wait to hang it on the wall in my piano room. It is going to look fabulous in there!

Well, until the next time I write.... :)

Health Insurance Stinks!

So, I have been having a constant struggle with my health insurance company. If they were not the only company that would take me with my Type 1 Diabetes, then I would definitely take my business somewhere else! They never return phone calls,they never answer the phone, when they do answer the phone they make promises they don't keep...I HATE HEALTH INSURANCE!!!!!!

My First Blog

Ok....well....everyone is doing it, so I might as well too....

So, I just moved down to sunny Florida! I have been here for almost 3 whole weeks! I moved all of my stuff to Orlando on June 17 and I have almost completely unpacked everything.

Christopher got me a beautiful Dalmatian puppy named Lacey for my graduation-from-college present. She is cute, but very annoying sometimes. She still has not figured out how to completely "go outside"-if you know what I mean.

I have already started my babysitting job. I work on Fridays and Saturdays. It is actually a pretty sweet job. I like it a lot!

I am looking to start teaching piano lessons really soon. Chris made an awesome website (lakenonapiano.com) for me and we got some business cards, among other things. I really hope it works out because that would be like my dream job.

Chris is still studying for the bar. He is working hard and passing all of his practice tests, which is completely awesome! I am looking forward to the day when he gets his bar-card because that will help out our future plans to roll into place. He is posting his resume online, and sending it out to as many places as possible, but they really want him to be barred before they will hire him. Everything is riding on this test.

We have had a lot of unfortunate things happen to us since I moved down here. We have been hit with bill after bill and finally Chris got an awesome job, that he could do from home on our computer, and then of course, the computer decides to quit on us. Right now, it is with Geek Squad, hopefully they can figure out the problem and fix it as soon as possible, without costing an arm and a leg.

I am really missing my family right now. It is hard knowing it is the summer and I am not spending it with them. I am really sad that I did not get to go on the annual trip out to Idaho to visit with my grandparents on my Dad's side. Oh well, I guess that is what happens when you grow up! :)

While I was driving in the car the other day, on my way home from babysitting, I was thinking...when did this all happen? When did I grow up? I am married, I have a house, I have real bills, I have a job (temporary, but it is still a job)...when did this happen? It seems like yesterday that I was hanging out with Ashley at a football game or going to a church dance with Rauchelle, Sarah and Anna. Or I was going running with Kristina at the school gym. Being an RA, taking piano lessons, dance lessons, being a Beehive class president...wow! I grew up fast!

Well, I suppose I will get on here in a few days and let you all know how life is going!