The "B" Date Night

Well hello all!! I will warn you this is kind of long, but full of pics and really fun!!
Ive been kind of lacking in our date nights. We usually just end up going to dinner and coming home because we have both worked all day and are exhausted.
So I have found/come up with some great date ideas that I am so excited about because 1- they are easy to plan 2- they can be cheap or expensive and 3- they can be fast or long. 


So this date night we are calling the "B" Date Night.
First off you have to type up the letters of the alphabet and put in a baggy or container. ( I of course took out the ridiculous letters like Q, X, U, etc)
I then had my co-worker draw a letter for me because I was trying to plan this Thursday for Friday night. (Then later talking to Simon it is probably better to not have the other spouse/significant other draw the letter anyway.. That way it is a complete secret and the spouse/significant other has to guess the letter.) 

So as you can guess the letter was "B".
So i started jotting down restaurants that start with B:
Blue Lemon (one of my favorites but we have been there a lot)
Blue Plate Diner in Sugarhouse. (we have been there once, fantastic!)
Big Sals (downtown at City Creek, great!!)
Blue Iguana (Mexican downtown, but not sure if i want to go downtown)
Burger King (yuck!)
B&D Burger ( on 7800 S and State street, super good!!)
Blimpie (hmm haven't been there awhile and its cheap!!)
Betos ( cheap Mexican but not sure if that sounds good)

Well Blimpie won!!!

Next I started jotting down Activities:
Bowling (obvious choice)
Band (not quite sure where to do that)
Basketball ( that could be fun )
Batting Cages!! (simon would never guess this cause he knows im to scared)

Batting Cages Won!!!



Then for the best part.... Dessert! I decided on Baskin Robbins. So that was a pretty easy choice.

Finally, for a movie I decided on just doing one at home:
The Blind Side, Blue Crush, Bedtime Stories, Bolt, Bridge to Terabithia, Bringing down the house, Big Daddy, Baby Mama.... Well i bought The Blind Side for Christmas and have never seen it so decided on that!

Now for putting it all together.....
I laid out clothes for Simon to wear that start with B--- Blue Jeans, Blue shirt, Black hoodie, Black Shoes.
For myself i work Blue Jeans, Black Shirt, Black shoes, Black coat

However ( i happened to go online and check out the menu beforehand), for Dinner you have to order something starting with a B. So Simon ordered the Blimpie Best with Baked Lays and Blackberry smoothie. I ordered Beef, Turkey and Cheddar with Baked Lays and a Blackberry Lemonade. Total of 20 dollars!

Whats left of my Beef Turkey and Cheddar, Lays and Berry Lemonade

Neither of us are becoming pro anytime soon

As we are driving to the activity Simon guesses Boondocks!! (hmm never thought of that) I just smile and say you will see. As we keep driving he says Boondocks Batting Cage. So now I'm giggling more cause he is right on the batting cage part.... Then as i keep driving he says... "Batting Cage at Mulligans... nah you would never do a batting cage!" So now I'm just smirking. But yup we sure did!! It was fun and neither of us have ever done one. Total of 5 dollars!

I was sooo nervous!!

As we drive to the next place he asks what is the subject title of the next stop... Of course i would not tell him but as soon as we pulled into the parking lot he guessed Baskin Robbins. He ordered Banana Royal with Butter pecan ice cream. I ordered Brownie Fudge Sundae. Total of 8 dollars.

Delish!!

I hate that he can get away with eating that much ice cream

!!

On our way home he is getting all into the B theme and is making this annoying sound and says " Is that Bugging you?" "Is that Bothersome?" I'm just laughing then I reply " Stop Being Bothersome or I'm gonna Bop you!" We are just cracking up!!

Finally, we get home and I pull out Blind Side and he is excited. It was a great movie. Then he says, "Guess what we can do after the movie?" I'm stumped and I say, "Bond?" and he said "go to Bed!"

All in all it was a great date night that was low cost, quick and easy to plan!!
Total Price= 33 dollars. Time spent together making memories= Priceless!
He is excited to plan one himself now!!

Please comment if you do this date and what letter you get and what you did so that it can give everyone great ideas!! :) Have fun dating!!

Don’t Hate Me

Hey Cara and Jessica, since you two are the only ones who read this anyway, how are ya all doing??

 

Sorry that I have not posted in a long time! Just not sure what to say. This is a recap of the past year…

 

Anyway, well since the last time a posted a few things have happened. I was working at Avalon Valley Rehab which is a skilled nursing facility and it's very hard work. I was only working there as needed so in the months of September and October I barely worked. So I got a job with Maxim Healthcare doing flu shots for the season and we went all over the valley. To the airport, to qwest communications, to music stores, assisted livings, etc. One of the assisted livings that we went to, which happens to be right by my house, I struck up conversation with the lady that was in charge of the Residents. I just said how I tried applying here after I graduated and this is a beautiful place, etc. And she told me they were hiring!! Ha so next thing ya know I'm sitting down, after the flu clinic of course, in her office having an interview and I haven't even applied yet!! So she told me to think about it and if I wanted to apply that I could. So I came home talked to Simon and we agreed the pay cut would be worth it if I liked my job, because I didn't really at Avalon it was just amazing pay. Anyway so the next day I applied to Sunrise Assisted Living and then the next day I had my second interview. The thing I love about this place is in the interview they bring in a bunch of different people so that everyone can decide if that person is a good fit for everyone and for Sunrise. So in my interview I had a couple med techs, the administrator, the CNA coordinator, the other nurse, and then this lady named Suzette. Suzette has been the lady through all of this. So I'm sitting there and Melody, the other nurse, and Suzette go to make copies of my stuff and I hear Melody say, "As far as I'm concerned hire her?" I was cracking up. So Suzette told me she would let me know. The next morning at 11am I got the call offered the job. This was the beginning of November. I then ended up quitting Avalon the end of December. And the flu clinics for Maxim ended the beginning of December. So now I am just working at Sunrise. Wednesday for 4 hours, Thursday and Friday for 9 hours, Saturday for 8 hours and Sunday for 4 hours. Melody finally agreed to work one weekend a month for me!! I'm so excited for that! Trying to go to Idaho next weekend... we will see.

 

Other than that we bought a puppy in August. Her name is Sadie and she is a Siberian husky. It was interesting at first, she is supposed to be Simon's dog but since I was home all the time in September and October I was the one to do the entire potty training, crate training, etc. It took me awhile to say that I loved her. I had a hard time in the beginning and told Simon I do not want kids for awhile if I can barely handle this puppy. Ha well this puppy is going on 10 months old now!! She is darling and I do not know what I would do without her!! She is very vocal. I can say I love you and she says it back to me. She loves catching her tail, playing with toys, etc. She loves loves loves Sasha. They are both currently sitting at the bottom of my feet right now. They were playing really rough and crashed out. It's so cute! It is still kind of hard with the puppy cause we cannot leave her inside for 12 hours like we can Sasha. Sadie destroys our house. So we are working on that. She is starting some behavior training tomorrow. She has some anxiety issues and she can be very scared of people, which is really weird. So hopefully this will help.

 

This is exactly my Sadie Girl haha I died laughing when I saw this picture.

 

In January Sasha got hit by a car. She had gotten out of a very small space in our fence. We have cameras so I was able to watch basically what happened. She got out around 9:15 in the morning, 30 minutes after I had left for work and then continued to play and hang out around the house for 3 hours. She then went to the front porch and must have seen something across the street and bolted out into the very busy street by our house. 30 minutes later you see her coming off the street limping, makes it halfway down our driveway and collapses. Luckily the lady who hit her and another car stopped and helped her. She was not wearing a collar but is chipped so they called Animal control and they scanned and got my mom's info. Then called her and she called me. We went and picked her up and then rushed her to the Vet ER. She had broken her hip and had to have surgery to put in plates and screws. They told me it would not affect her quality of life 100%. So we went forward with the surgery. I was a wreck. So thankful for my hubby to help me through this. Sasha is my best friend, my first dog, my love. I can trust her with my life, my secrets, and my tears. Well she is doing FANTASTIC!! The first couple weeks were hard. She was on a bunch of meds and I had to hand feed her canned food but we got through it all. My poor Sadie girl got really depressed there for awhile. I was worried. Well now she runs and plays and jumps like before. She knows her limits and will stop when she reaches it. After she has been laying awhile it's kind of hard for her to get up and she limps for a few steps and is fine. But come on who isn't like that?! After a nights rest all of our joints hurt so it's understandable!

 

My parents and us have recently entered a competition of who ever can lose 20lbs by July 1^st gets 400 dollars (we are each putting in 100.) Well so far Simon is in the lead. But see I decided this isn't quite fair. Guys lose weight easier and faster than girls. So it will be interesting to see who wins, if anyone. My parents built a gym in there basement so that is way nice!! We go over 3-4 times a week and are able to bring our dogs and wear whatever we want and not care. It's pretty nifty. We have changed our diet to eating healthier as well and I have this cool app on my phone to help me as well.

Simon has started a Flag Football team and is enjoying that. After the first game he was so sore for a couple days he groaned and moaned with every movement. But he enjoys playing football again since he hasn't since he was 17. Simon is still taking night classes at SLCC and doing well. Working towards an Associate Degree of Pre Engineering to transfer to the University of Utah so slowly but surely he is getting there. In December Simon got laid off from his job of 3.5 years and of course it was right before Christmas. I was so stressed. But my husband the hard worker he is got a job doing the same thing with a different company 4 days later. He is liking and a bunch of the foreman request him to their job sites because they love him. His old company has even called him a few times to try and get him back. So he is flattered to know that people want him. He has also gotten into loving shooting. He loves cleaning guns and going target shooting with friends. I have gone a couple times and I don't mind it ither but he wants to go all the time and it is kind of expensive! But I guess I cant argue since I craft all the time and that isn't cheap ither. (Maybe ill blog some of my crafts)

I'm looking to go back to school again. There is this program through Western Governors University that is all online and it is an Associate Degree to a Masters Degree in 3 years. So I'm trying to start that up this fall but there is a bunch of stuff I need to do first so we will see. I'm excited to get back into school though!! My Masters will be in Leadership and Management and if all goes well my boss wants me to take her position in a couple years.

Well sorry that this is a lot of reading and I don't really expect anyone to read it but hey kind of works like a journal for me too. If you do read this you may already know the info but maybe in depth so hopefully you enjoy it.

As you can see we have had a good year and some hard times as well but together we got through it all!!

 

If you want to check out harwoodkitchen.blogspot.com you will see I post over there as well with recipes. This is my cousin's blog and so she posts recipes too! If you want mind just search Tuesdays with Tierra.

Well hopefully I will blog sooner than a year later.

 

Tierra

Summer so Far...

Well havent really done anything super exciting this summer and dont really have anything fun planned. Simon works 50-60 hours a week lately and now I have a job!! :D Yay for me! Been kinda weird adjusting to working but will be nice not to have to stress about money as much! :D Other than work we have both been sick as well! So not such a great summer but there have been some fun moments which i will show in pictures! :DTons of ppl from the neighborhood show up and he puts on a big show! It is really cool! Andy hanging out on his Dads shoulders watching neighborhood fireworks! Andy wash helping my mom put the dishes in the dishwasher, he thought that was pretty cool lolMe and my mom were teaching Andy how to catch a ball and then throw it back to me! He was having the funnest time with that! Uncle Simon and Andy! Yes we know he looks a lot like Simon lol Whenever Andy falls over he pulls this OOHH face, cutest thing ever!



Sasha was getting some loves from Larry!
4th of July me and simon made dinner for my parents and bro and sis in law and nephews! I took tons of pictures of my adorable nephew playing in the yard. This picture my dog was trying to play with him, he was just a laughing! so cute!
Then we went to a place called Idaho Days and had dutch oven dinner, all these ppl on this table are some of my amazing family! Family Reunion, we were only able to go for a day but got to go swimming in a lake and some good visiting with family! Me and my mom struggled but thats what makes mini golf more entertaining! My step dad was out of town so me and simon took my mom mini golfing! :D Love this pic, simon is so cute! I got to go to idaho for a few days and spend time with friends, it was great. This beautiful boy is my best friend Sierras baby!My beautiful dog basking in the sun!! She would spend hours out there.. love this girl!

Ice Date Night

I love Date Nights.... every Friday night the hubby and I do date night. We usually switch off every week on who chooses where to go for dinner. Sometimes the week gets busy and we end up just going to dinner and then coming back to the house and watching a movie or TV show. Now dont get me wrong I do love doing that but sometimes i want something a little more exciting!!
So I saw the website thedatingdivas.com off of my cousins blog and went for a hunt to find a fun date night. However, a lot of there dates are group dates and unfortunately we dont have many friends to do group dates with, they have a lot of dates based off the fact they have kids... well we dont have kids.... etc... so it was kind of hard to find a date that didnt involve a ton of work or money to set up and GUESS WHAT?! I found one!!! It was called Ice Date Night... http://www.thedatingdivas.com/just-the-two-of-us/ice-clues-date-night/

Now it all began by hiding the first clue in my hubby's underwear drawer for when he got out of the shower stating to be ready by 5:30 for the first clue.... The first clue had a picture of an ice cube and ice an ice berg.. then spaces below with how many letters there were... the answer was Iceberg.. as in the Hamburger/Shakes restaurant... So we headed off there....The Onion Rings i got were huge!! I couldnt believe it, and they were amazing!!
After we got done eating i gave him the next clue.... Which was a pic of ice and then apple bobbing so the answer was Ice Bobbing... So we came home filled up a tub and put in Ice cubes and then had to get as many as we could in a minute.... Well Simon won that one.. he got 23 ice cubes and i got 9!! In my defense though the ice cubes were huge and i have a very small mouth!! lol

Then he got the next clue had was Ice Wars.... Each person got 5 ice cubes and whoever could get them down the opposite persons shirt or pants first wins... Now i had to make some rules cause simon could hold me down and win in a matter of 15 seconds. So the rules were 1: Only 1 piece of ice at a time and then a 10 second "get away" time.... 2: Both people get a minute to seperate from each other in the beginning. Well this was a lot of fun with only a few bruises and almost bloody nose lol but well worth it!
(since we were both playing, i couldnt take pics.. sorry lol)

Then he got the next clue, which kinda failed cause he saw the game even though i told him to not go in the spare room lol. It was the game called "Dont Break the Ice" I went and bought it for 8 dollars at Toys R Us. Simon enjoyed that game a ton cause he won both times by luck! lol
After that he got the next clue which was Ice Age the movie! I rented Dawn of the Dinasours cause we both hadnt seen that one yet. It was very cute!
Once the movie got over we went up the road to get some Ice Cream!!!
(forgot to take pics of the ice cream lol assuming you all know what ice cream looks like though lol)

It was a fantastic date night! And all went by really fast, i was surprised how quick everything went lol It was fun for a change!!

Now on to figuring out the next date night!

Big News!!!!

I AM OFFICIALLY A REGISTERED NURSE!!!!

Next to my wedding day, this is the best moment in my life!!

Thanks for all of your support, crossed fingers, and prayers!!!

Texas Trip

(These pics are not in order they go from the last to beginning) The picture above is simon and his Big "lil" Sister. So cute!

Me simon and are beautiful nephews and neice!!
We got to go to this lake that is 3 times purer then tap water. Has some endangered fish in it! it was beautiful!! reminded me of the rainforest!
We got to ride in one of those boats and you can see all the underwater fish and plants it was cool!
Simon and i before getting on the boat!
Some cool architectural thing downtown but no one could tell me what it is lol
At the river walk downtown we went to dinner and this was the country fried steak!! it was huge!!
The river walk! We got to ride on a boat and have a tour! It was fun learning some of the history and it was a beautiful ride!
We went to Port Aransas to the beach and at this store they have this huge shark you can walk through! so its me and simon inside the shark!
Simon made a sand elephant at the beach!! he is so creative!!
The beach! it was overcast but made for the perfect temperature! and i didnt have to worry about getting fried like a lobster!
The beach house we stayed in for two nights!! (thats my nephew madden there in the pic)
In Corpus Christi, on our way to the beach we went to the USS Lexington... this was the Operating Room in the boat! it had a hospital, isolation room ,dentist, barber, etc.
This is the flight deck! it is 120,000 square feet!!
This is the USS lexington, its huge! it was in many wars and now is a museum!
I made my first fruit tart, so i can cross that off my bucket list! Of course had my sisters help!
I painted this fairy for my mom for mothers day since she loves fairies. this was before it got fired!


So I know it has taken me awhile to post about our Texas trip but here i am!

So lets be real, i took 312 pics on our trip so i am not going to be posting all the pics but ill post a few highlights lol

So there are some highlights of our trip! I will prob post more pics on facebook eventually lol

We had a great time and could never thank Cara and Justin enough for everything they did for us!!! Thanks again!!

Other than that i am just trying to be patient while waiting for my test results from my NCLEX... longest 48 hours of my life!!
We are also gettin a fence built in our yard so that my dog can come live with us and simon thinks he will be getting his own dog too.. hmm lol. Loving living out on our own!!

Have a great Memorial Weekend!!