Fancy Pants?...

Wow, it has been a long while since I last blogged. Well no need to fear, I am writing one today!
I have many things to write about so I will just dive into it then....

Quentin and I have recently moved to a cheaper place and on the other side of Rexburg. We are further from campus, the grocery store, and his office but closer to the temple. Good thing we have a wonderful car to get us to these places. We like our new place. It is smaller than our old place but we have managed to make room for all of our stuff.
All the walls are white and we can't paint them so we have to put of pictures and other wall hangings to add color. We got rid of a couch because it wouldn't be able to fit anywhere in our apartment so now we only have two couches. Oh and the couch we got rid of was donated instead of put in a dumpster or on the side of the road. The floors are mostly tile which is easier I guess because we don't use the vacuum as much. At our old apartment we enjoyed the huge kitchen space, two sinks, and lots of cabinets. In our new apartment there is very limited space and so we have to cramp foods and dishes together. We also only have one sink which makes it hard to hand wash dishes. We tried to use the dish washer but it just doesn't do well with cleaning and making it sparkle.
The bathroom is huge. The managers said that it was a handicapped bathroom so there is a lot of open space and shelves. There are two bedrooms, one really small one and one really big one. We sleep in the "master" bedroom.
We are enjoying our new place and are happy that it is way cheaper! We can now start saving money to build our dream house! Haha.

I am in school this semester and I am loving it. I have declared my cluster which is kind of like a minor but less credits. I still need to declare my major. But my cluster is in Culinary Arts. I am taking a lot of food and nutrition classes right now. I get confused on my homework because I am basically learning the same things in each class just with an emphasis in different areas. So I get confused on what is due in which class. But I am managing. I am also taking a money management class. This past week I learned how advertising works and how to not become a victim of fraud advertising. I am taking a sewing construction class too and right now I am making a pillow case. I am so proud of myself. Our next assignment is going to be pajama pants. I have never sewed this much in my life. AND I LOVE IT!
I have good grades so far. In one of my classes online it shows that I have a fifty seven percent. I was kind of angry when I saw that and questioned why I have that grade. I have done all the homework, shown up to class on time, and I listen and focus in class. One day in class one of the other students raised their hand and asked why they have a low grade and then everyone was making noises and wondering that too. The teacher said, "That our grades are based on points and we start from the bottom up. So right now it might look like you have an F but really you don't. It will add up as the semester goes on and the points will accumulate."
So after I heard that I felt better about myself.
I am meeting a lot of new people and I like having new friends. I sometimes get bored of my old ones. No offence to anyone!
I am taking a Health and Wellness class. I have to write in a wellness journal in five aspects: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual. I have to make small goals each day. I love doing this because it has so far made me more aware of what I do and don't do to reach the fullest of each wellness area.

Right now I am obsessed with three things.
I am obsessed with this website called Pinterest. At first I didn't know a thing about it and I heard a lot of people talking about it and how awesome it was. So I naturally had to figure out what they were talking about. I got online and entered their website. Low and behold, I am now one of those women talking about it nonstop and always accessing it to see their new favorites. Pinterest is like a pin board or a blog where it is accessible to everyone. They put stuff that they like on their and share with others. They have food recipes, old clothes ideas, quotes, and other nice things. I usually visit it before I do my homework. I am trying to get my husband into it. I am slowly.
My next obsession is this app that I have on my phone. Can anyone guess what it is? No, I didn't think y'all would. It is solitaire.  Funny huh? For some reason it is more fun to play it on my phone than on the computer. I play it ALL the time. I feel like I ignore Quentin sometimes because I am usually looking at my phone and not his eyes. I don't think I have offended him too much because he has installed the solitaire app too. So now we sit next to each other playing solitaire. I just looked at my stats and it says that I have won eighty six games and I have attempted five hundred and twenty games. I am just a little obsessed :)
My third obsession is my husband. Y'all should have guessed it. I am so in love with Quentin. I know I talk about him a lot but he is just so amazing that I have to talk about him. He and I have recently made goals to exercise and watch what we eat. We exercise every morning and every night before we eat. My body is sore but I feel better about myself and I can't wait to see the results of my body. Watching what I eat is hard. I noticed that I eat a lot of junk food and snacks. I have to watch what Quentin eats because he doesn't do it for himself.
I love setting goals with my husband and working through them together. It makes us a team. We also learn more about each other when we set goals. I love learning more about my husband. Each time I am always amazed with him. I am appreciating him more and more. His spirit is so powerful and strong and I find that attractive.  I am glad that he is a worthy priesthood holder and that I can ask him anytime for a blessing. I love going to the temple with him. I love snuggling next to him on the couch and falling asleep. Haha, I even like him carrying me to bed when I have fallen asleep on the couch. He is such an incredible man and I am grateful that he is mine. I think I am more obsessed with him than anything else.

La la la SPIDER!

This morning when I woke up I wasn't feeling too well. My stomach hurt and my body was ached. I took a shower thinking the hot water would make me feel better. I was in the shower for almost an hour and I still wasn't feeling any better. Quentin woke up finally and I told him that I didn't feel too well. He asked me if I wanted to go to church and I said yes. Ten minutes later I got really cold. The heat was on and I was still cold.
I asked Quentin if he was cold and he said that he was fine. He told me that I might be sick.
We ended up not going to church. I asked Quen if he would put lotion on my legs because they were ashy. As always, he agreed to put lotion on me. He started massaging the lotion into my feet and it felt so good. He then was singing and making up words to the tune of Adele's song, "Rolling in the Deep". I smiled and laughed and he kept going, I guess I was encouraging him.
This is what he sang to me....

I have you foot inside my hands

putting lotion oooon them

and you geeet a foot massage

and you like it, which is good.

I know that you are really cold

So after this massage, you can, you can, you can

You can put clothes on.

And then you will beee warm.

I thanked him for putting lotion on my feet and for serenading me with his beautiful song. 

After I put socks on my cold feet, he made me breakfast. Isn't he amazing?! He made me Sunday bacon, eggs, and buttered toast. I have to say that is the best breakfast I have had in a while! It all tasted so goood!

I am so grateful for a caring and loving husband to take care of me when I am sick.  

Birthday Surprise(s)

December 7th was my twenty first birthday! I am now legal to drink...if I wanted to drink that is...and I don't. I am sure the theater, the gas station, and any other place is going to ask for my ID because I look young. I like proving people wrong about my age! Well, let's go on to the events that made my special day so FANTABULOUS!!!

I was in my bed sleeping. I felt Quentin get up at 6:30 a.m. as usual. I didn't get up with him because I didn't have class till two and I had plenty of time to get ready for the day. It was around 7:40 when Quentin flopped right on me and woke me up. He then whispered in my ear, "Happy Birthday!" It made me smile and remember that it was my birthday. He continued and said, "Do you want to see your surprise that I got you?" I was still waking up and not fully comprehending everything he said and I think he knew that I wasn't awake all the way. So he repeated himself. And the first thing I said was, "It is food?" He smiled and replied, "It's a surprise, you'll have to see." I got up out of bed and stumbled my way to the kitchen. I woke up instantly when I saw that he bought me donuts from the place that I have been wanting to get donuts from for a very long time. He got a dozen donuts:two had coconut on top, two were blueberry crumbles, two had peanuts on top, two were maple, and the other four were old fashioned. They are from Paradise donuts and they are so fresh, warm, and delicious! He did good buying that for my birthday breakfast.

After we ate two donuts he headed off to work. I took a shower and got ready for my class. Since it was my birthday I wanted to look really pretty. I curled my hair, put a little more make up on than I usually do, and wore one of my nice outfits. Quentin and I talked on Google Talk while I was finishing up some homework. I asked him when he was going to come home for lunch and he said around 12:30. I then asked him what he wanted for lunch, by the way we race each other to ask that question so we don't have to think of what to make for lunch or dinner. I can't remember what we had for lunch. I guess I should mention this, the day before my birthday he took me out to a mexican restaurant called Costa Vida. It was so delectable. When Quentin told me that he was on his way home for lunch I got excited. I always miss him when he goes to work. I jumped up and went to one of our living room windows and waited to see the car drive by. I waited and waited and waited. Ten minutes went by and I was starting to get a little impatience. He is usually home in five-eight minutes. I texted him and he didn't reply. So I decided to play a game on the computer. Right as I got on, I hear the door swing open and I see him walk in with a huge smile on his face, a dozen red roses in one hand and a box of chocolates in the other hand. I jumped up so happy and I felt kind of spoiled that he actually got me them. We embraced in a huge hug. He told me there was a note and that I should read it. It said, "Happy Birthday and many more. I love you. I know you don't like live flowers, so I got you these so you can watch them die :) <3 Q" I laughed that he wrote that. After all that mushy stuff, we ate lunch and watch an episode of House.

He then dropped me off at my class and he went back to work. I walked up the stairs to my class and found it empty. There was one fellow there from my class and I asked him if we have class. He said he just checked his email and said that the teacher is picking up his son from the Salt Lake City Airport from his mission and we won't be having class today. I jumped for joy! My birthday was getting better and better. I got on my new phone and Google Talked to Quentin and told him that I don't have class and asked if I could join him at work. I am sure you know his answer so I walked over to his work place and joined him in his office. I did some homework that was due the next day and started watching a movie.

Quentin was done with work at 5:30 and we drove home. I opened presents from my family and Merritt. I got two movies and peanut M&M's. Merritt came over to celebrate with me. For dinner we made a meatloaf and ate it with green beans. That was yummy! Merritt and Quentin made me a FunFetti cake that my mom sent me. They wouldn't let me into my kitchen while they were doing stuff to it. So I played another game waiting. After like thirty minutes or so they allowed me back into the kitchen and showed me their wonderful masterpiece. They lit a match and put it on the cake. We didn't have any candles.


  Do you see Quentin's facial hair? I wanted him to grow it so I can see what he looks like with hair. I like him better with out any facial hair! He shaved it like a week ago.

The cake is written in chocolate syrup and says, "Happy Birthday Stinkin' Ginger". It made me laugh! We ate the cake and enjoyed the rest of the night. And of course I got birthday spankings....

Being Thankful

I meant to write this post during Thanksgiving day but got busy and distracted. I am writing it now.
This post will be the thing I am grateful for in my life. There are thirty days in November so I will list thirty things that I am grateful for.

Day 1- I am grateful for my sister-in-law,Ivy, for bugging me to write in my blog :)
Day 2- I am grateful for a temple that is so close and that I can attend it every week.
Day 3- I am grateful for the car we have that takes us to the temple and other places we need to go. I like helping other people get to where they need to go.
Day 4- I am so grateful for the people in my life and the influence they present. A quote comes to mind, "Those who know you but don't know Christ will want to know Christ because they know you".
Day 5- I am grateful for the internet and all the help it gives me to get my homework done, to pay the bills, to buy things, to play games, to check up on everyone, and for Netflix.
Day 6- I am grateful for my able mind to learn the things I learn at school.
Day 7- I am grateful for a warm house, food to eat, and clothes to wear.
Day 8- I am grateful for the gospel and the blessing it provides in my life.
Day 9- I am grateful for my family and the packages they send me to remind me that they miss me and love me.
Day 10- I am grateful for the snow and the dark clouds outside!
Day 11- I am grateful for a free health person,Merritt, who checks my blood pressure and pulse. She also tells me sometimes that I have nice veins.
Day 12- I am grateful for music especially the Trans Siberian Orchestra. I don't think I could continue to go further in life without music.
Day 13- I am grateful for my testimony and how strong it has gotten since going to the temple each week. Quentin and I put in an application to work at the temple. We love it so much and feel complete there.
Day 14- I am grateful for my talents and that I can help people with them. Thank you Heavenly Father!
Day 15- I am grateful for my warm, purple, electrical blanket that I got from my grandparents.
Day 16- I am grateful for the time I have each day to thank God for giving me another day to live. Time is important and I am trying to learn how to use my time wisely.
Day 17- I am grateful for my family ward and the ladies I visit teach. These people are amazing and  I have grown to love them.
Day 18- I am grateful for toilet paper and the many uses of it.
Day 19- I am grateful for warm showers and how fantabulous I feel afterwards!
Day 20- I am grateful for movies. I love movies! I like all sorts of movies and am very critical of them. I am too poor to go and watch every movie that comes out though.
Day 21- I am grateful for other people's babies. I get to observe them from afar. I can't wait to have my own but for now, I am grateful for just my husband and I.
Day 22- I am grateful for my knee braces and the support they give me.
Day 23- I am grateful for my cell phone. Actually, I am grateful for my new cell phone and all the wonders it does.
Day 24- I am grateful for who I am. I love my curly hair, my freckles, teeth, smile, hands, my background. I am grateful that I am not too fat and not too skinny. I like the muscles I have.
Day 25-(Thanksgiving day) I am grateful for the people that came over to share Thanksgiving with Quin and me. I am grateful for Merritt who is always hungry to eat the leftovers we had.
Day 26- I am grateful for light and electricity. It helps me to see things and not trip over stuff. Although I trip anyway because my poor judgment of distance or whatever it is called. Its like you see the object and you try to avoid it but run into it anyway.
Day 27- I am grateful for books. I like reading. Right now Quentin is reading, "The Giver" to me and I am enjoying it so much!
Day 28- I am grateful for the atonement and that it comforts me when I am worried, sad, or having a bad day. It is such a gift that we need to apply to our everyday lives. It is a blessing in mine.
Day 29- I am grateful for lint rollers. They get the nasty fuzzies off of my black clothes. It gets hairs off my coats. I don't know who invented the lint roller, but I praise them because I don't know how else to get those fuzzies off.
Day 30- (I saved the best for last) I am grateful for my husband, Quentin, and the love we share. I am grateful that he is so thoughtful, caring, loving, worthy of his priesthood, and sensitive. I love his hair, smile, eye lashes, his eyes are amazing. I am grateful for the promises and covenants we have made to each other. I am grateful that I don't have to worry about him cheating on me because he doesn't have eyes for any other girl. I am grateful for the time he gives me to love him and serve him. I am grateful for all the little deeds of kindness he shows to others. I am grateful that he is good with computers. I am grateful that he is so patient and understanding of me.
I love Quentin so much! I love the life we are sharing with each other. I can't go a minute without thinking about him or being away from him. I enjoy being around him and love listening to his voice, it is so soothing.

Well those are some of the things that I am grateful for. I hope y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Speak like a Pirate Mountain

Yesterday, Saturday November 12, Quentin and I woke up at 6:30 to go climb R mountain. We planned this the night before, to dress warmly, have snacks, and hot chocolate in a thermos. He woke up, stretched, and then spent a minute or two waking me up and then fifteen to twenty minutes trying to get me out of bed. I'm not use to waking up that early in the morning and I didn't want to get out of bed because it was freezing. We turn the heat off at night before we go to sleep. Saves energy, money, and we like seeing the temperature when we wake up. I eventually got up and got dressed.

The weather channel said it was going to snow that day so we put like three layers on. For snacks we packed hot chocolate, peanuts, truffles, and water. Quentin said he would be needing his hands climbing up the mountain and wanted gloves. I offered him mine and he asked what I would use. I didn't think of that. He also said I needed a tuque(pronounced tuke) to where I asked what is that? He said it is a Canadian word for hat.

We packed our stuff in the car and headed for Wal Mart. He got some really nice gloves and I got a man hat. All the girl hats were thin and pretty. So I went to the man section and got a man hat that would be keeping my ears and head really warm. They only had three colors no surprise since they are guys but the colors were blue, black, and gray. I got the gray hat. After we checked out we headed for R mountain.

The wind was blowing super hard and in every direction. Quentin had fun driving on the snowy roads near the mountain and having the car spin a little. He also liked my reaction. I wasn't too excited about the car spinning a little. But he knew what he was doing being from New Hampshire and having skills with driving in the snow. We got up to the parking area, and started our climb. My left knee was wearing a brace and about ten minutes into the climb my right knee started acting up and hurting. Quentin with his tall self was ten steps ahead of me. I am short so I don't move as fast as he does. But I managed to follow his tracks in the snow and kinda knew where I was going.

 I was also having a hard time breathing the thin air and clouds started descending, wind blowing ever more harshly which I was grateful for because it carried me a little. I think we only took two stop breaks. When we got to the top, I had to pee really bad. We sat on a rock and got really cold. The wind was also blowing us off of our rock. Quentin suggested we move to the other side of the rock which was much better. We opened the thermos and drank some hot chocolate which to my surprise was still really hot. There was so much fog around us we couldn't see twenty feet ahead of us. I liked it and imaged that I was a traveler on a serious adventure. I had fun. My hair got pretty damp, it was interesting. We also took pictures which I will post right...... NOW!

I don't like having my picture taken....This is the result you get. Hands covering my face.











My loverly husband apparently doesn't like pictures of himself either. Or he is just copying me. Like his new gloves? 

 We took a picture of us together without hands covering our faces. Isn't he handsome?! I love this dude. Also, he recently got a haircut and his hair is super short now. His last haircut was a week before we got married. He needed it. And his mom would be happy to hear that he got a hair cut.

 This is the view right in front of us. Cool huh? Dark and gloomy....my kind of weather.

I was scared going back down because that puts extra stress on my bad knee. Quentin said that I need to get another brace. I don't know how I feel about wearing two braces, I am going to look kind of weird. Quentin helped me a lot on the climb down which I was grateful for. We went a different way down which  I didn't know at first. I thought we were lost because I couldn't see our footprints from the climb up. He said that he has been up here enough times to know where he is going in the dark. So I trusted him and we made it safely down.

Just going back to the "my kind of weather" comment... Today it started out dark and cloudy and I was filled with joy. After church there was a patch of blue sky. We got home and an hour later the sun was out. I peeked through the blinds and shouted NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!! I turned to Quentin and said, " You know those people who get depressed when there is no sun around, well I get depressed when there are no dark clouds, snow, thunder and lightening." He just laughed but I was serious. I hope it snows tonight.

These pictures are a view from our kitchen window on Saturday after our hike. Idaho has bi polar weather. We went to the temple with Merritt at 12:30 which looked like these pictures except it was pouring down snow. When we got out of the temple, the sun was out shining and the snow was already melting and turning into slush. That is how Idaho operates their weather. It was an eventful weekend and I loved it!

Three Months into Eternity

When I woke up this morning, Quentin rolled over and said, "Happy three months today!"
Today we are celebrating our three months together being married. We have planned to make a fun fetti cake, go on a walk, watch Courageous in the theater, and just spend time together. Today is just for us.

Life with Quentin seems like it has been longer than three months when it reality, it has only been three months. I don't know if being married changes your time clock, but I don't know where the time has gone. I can say that I have enjoyed every single second of these three months. I love being married. Now that I am married, I wouldn't trade it for anything or go back to the single life. Quentin is my best friend in the entire world and our relationship has gone through some ups and downs but we went through them together. Our relationship has definitely been stretched and tried with Satan bugging us and trying to tear us apart. I know some Saturdays I didn't want to go to the temple or I got upset that we went to the temple later in the day, but Quentin has been there to uplift me and help me see the positive in situations. With this our relationship has grown and been strengthen with Heavenly Father's help.

My new life with Quentin, gosh, I really can't explain my life with Quentin. It is everything I wished for, hoped for, and prayed for. I never expected such a wonderful, peaceful, exciting, happy, comfortable, stressful, and hard life. I knew that it was going to be hard, but I didn't know how hard. Mostly it is just me over thinking and having the little things get to me. But I am learning to be more patient with my husband. He is hard to understand sometimes and other times, he is a real tender person.

I love it when I come home from class and find the laundry washed and dried, the floor vacuumed, lunch in the process of being made, and he did all this while working and playing. He impresses me sometimes with some of the stuff he does. I still haven't had breakfast in bed or a treasure hunt to find a picnic set up. But I guess that is just my fantasy which is fine. I receive some much better acts of love like a head massage, a foot massage, him warming up my side of the bed when it is time to go to bed. He helps me choose what to wear on Sundays and some weekdays. 

I love it when we do things together. We wash the dishes together, make dinner together, eat all our meals together. We do everything together. I can't imagine doing anything without him. I don't want to hang out with anyone else, not even my best girlies. If someone invites me to go do something or go somewhere, I always ask, "Can I bring Quentin?" Most of them are irritated and think that I need some time alone away from him. Then I tell them that I won't go unless Quentin is with me. I think I have lost some friends because of that but I don't really mind because I just care what Quentin thinks and feels. He is the one I am going to spend eternity with and he will be the one in my future.

I love you Quentin, don't ever forget that or doubt it!

My life is a song

A song by Ashley Tisdale discribes how I feel about head massages and people playing with my hair:

 I like what you do to my hair
Who knew that looking a mess could feel so good
I like what you do to my hair
Tousle it, tease it, run your fingers through it
Oh, how you do it

I like what you do to my hair

Oh how I love head massages! I use to get them all the time from my mommy and they felt AMAZING! Now that I am married, I don't get them as often. I have to ask Quentin to play with my hair. He will sometimes braid, brush my hair, and mess up my hair. At church he will play with the ends of my hair because he know not to ruin it. When we are at home, that is another story....

As I write this blog, Quentin is sitting next to me reading it as I type. He has starting playing with my hair and using his finger tips to massage my head. He is so good at it. Quentin thinks he is better at massaging my feet than massaging my head. I don't really mind as long as I get a massage haha :) 

I love his touch. It is so gentle and in a loving way. I am so glad that I married him, I really lucked out! Not just with the massaging attribute, but he is an amazing person all around. Life is so fun and there is never a dull moment. I hope it stays this way. I think my next post will be about our apartment, it has done a good job keeping us warm and snuggly from the snow.