Tell me, would you do this? Have you done this?
I woke up at 5:00 this morning. Once I realized that it was waaaaaaay too early to get up, for me, at least, I tried to go back to sleep. Brent was still asleep and I knew that he sometimes has a hard time sleeping past 5:00. He is also a very light sleeper so I was trying very hard not to jostle or roll or even move. I just lay there as still as possible, trying to go back to sleep.
The next thing I knew, it was 6:20 and Brent was up and in the shower. My arms felt like heavy weights on top of my chest. My neck was stiff from non-use. Everything hurt! And I could tell the reason why everything hurt was because I didn't move a muscle during my last hour of sleep. So I didn't get up right away. I rolled around and stretched and took up the whole bed to soothe my aches and stiffness.
The funny thing was, when I told Brent the story, he laughed and said that he had woken up a little bit after 5:00. All my effort was in vain!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
All I want for Christmas is...
All I want for Christmas today is to be able to finish the remodeling work we are doing on the rental before the Christmas season passes me by. You see, I really LOVE this time of year, as most people do. I want to enjoy holiday things, like parties and concerts and baking and decorating. I want to enjoy shopping--not that I usually have a problem with that.
I have to admit, for the first time EVER, I was a little bit panicked when I drove into work and saw that today was the first of December. I panicked because I thought, "I don't have enough TIME to do everything I need to do!" And then I panicked because I had such a thought. Such is life.
But we'll start the holiday season off with a bang. Tonight we are going to work on the rental, and we'll be painting. Painting is a great thing to do because it makes everything so much nicer instantly. You can be thinking things are drab and then you put on a coat of paint and everything seems better.
Tomorrow we will have a holiday party with the West Valley Symphony. Gotta love the parties.
And there's more fun to come this week...
I have to admit, for the first time EVER, I was a little bit panicked when I drove into work and saw that today was the first of December. I panicked because I thought, "I don't have enough TIME to do everything I need to do!" And then I panicked because I had such a thought. Such is life.
But we'll start the holiday season off with a bang. Tonight we are going to work on the rental, and we'll be painting. Painting is a great thing to do because it makes everything so much nicer instantly. You can be thinking things are drab and then you put on a coat of paint and everything seems better.
Tomorrow we will have a holiday party with the West Valley Symphony. Gotta love the parties.
And there's more fun to come this week...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Updates on Life
Well, dear friends, it has been far too long. My excuse is that one of my favorite bloggers decided to take a hiatus and so I, being the great sympathizer that I am, did an unconscious hiatus. I just didn't feel the desire to post things.
In the meantime, Brent and I have been doing quite a bit. We went up to Bear Lake over Conference weekend with my parents. It was a very laid-back weekend--we cooked and ate and played games--and watched Conference, of course. We did very little else and it was a fun and relaxing weekend. I enjoyed listening to Conference and made my own little goals to try and improve myself. Of course, three weeks later, I've slipped back a bit. But hopefully I can get back to where I want to be, soon.
We've been slowly working on finishing our remodeling. Now that we're down to the little finishing projects, things tend to drag on. Brent has been working hard on getting things fixed, while I've mostly been cleaning/organizing. For those of you who didn't know, we got an extra kitchen cupboard when we were remodeling (the company sent us the wrong size and had to send the correct one later. We just kept the odd size) and one of the big decisions was what to do with the thing. I really wanted it in the bathroom for extra storage space, but it just wouldn't work. Brent really wanted it in the kitchen, but we agreed that it just wouldn't look right if it infringed upon the eating space. He then suggested putting it on various walls but I thought it would look weird and incongruous. We finally agreed to put it in the spare bedroom closet. I know it's weird, but we do have food storage, which we were putting in the spare bedroom closet ANYWAY. I thought that at least this way we can be organized. And we are. We filled up the cupboard with tuna fish, peanut butter, corn, green beans, mandarin oranges and breakfast cereal--though the later is depleting quickly. I think I need to go shopping tonight. :)
The other thing that has been taking up a lot of our time is real estate. We have been looking at rental units and made an offer on a four-plex in Layton, which we are reasonable confident will go through. I think we will hear back by Friday night, so we will keep you posted. The place in question is a little older, but structurally sound. We feel that it needs some cosmetic attention (one unit needs a lot more than some of the others), but that our experience in remodeling should help that go smoothly. I've told Brent that I would like to be done with our condo before we start working on rental units and I think that's given him a spurt of energy in the last week or two. He also wants to be done, I think.
In the meantime, Brent and I have been doing quite a bit. We went up to Bear Lake over Conference weekend with my parents. It was a very laid-back weekend--we cooked and ate and played games--and watched Conference, of course. We did very little else and it was a fun and relaxing weekend. I enjoyed listening to Conference and made my own little goals to try and improve myself. Of course, three weeks later, I've slipped back a bit. But hopefully I can get back to where I want to be, soon.
We've been slowly working on finishing our remodeling. Now that we're down to the little finishing projects, things tend to drag on. Brent has been working hard on getting things fixed, while I've mostly been cleaning/organizing. For those of you who didn't know, we got an extra kitchen cupboard when we were remodeling (the company sent us the wrong size and had to send the correct one later. We just kept the odd size) and one of the big decisions was what to do with the thing. I really wanted it in the bathroom for extra storage space, but it just wouldn't work. Brent really wanted it in the kitchen, but we agreed that it just wouldn't look right if it infringed upon the eating space. He then suggested putting it on various walls but I thought it would look weird and incongruous. We finally agreed to put it in the spare bedroom closet. I know it's weird, but we do have food storage, which we were putting in the spare bedroom closet ANYWAY. I thought that at least this way we can be organized. And we are. We filled up the cupboard with tuna fish, peanut butter, corn, green beans, mandarin oranges and breakfast cereal--though the later is depleting quickly. I think I need to go shopping tonight. :)
The other thing that has been taking up a lot of our time is real estate. We have been looking at rental units and made an offer on a four-plex in Layton, which we are reasonable confident will go through. I think we will hear back by Friday night, so we will keep you posted. The place in question is a little older, but structurally sound. We feel that it needs some cosmetic attention (one unit needs a lot more than some of the others), but that our experience in remodeling should help that go smoothly. I've told Brent that I would like to be done with our condo before we start working on rental units and I think that's given him a spurt of energy in the last week or two. He also wants to be done, I think.
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