working woman again!

Woo hoo after almost a year I have found a job and working full time again! boo yah!

So long freedom of doing whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, goodbye boredom; complaining there was nothing to do and no where to go because everyone else is busy in school or working. Goodbye to envy for those working making money, adios spontaneous vacations, goodbye to going to bed later..or should I say early each day.

Hellooooo new work wardrobe to come! hello sore feet till you get used to standing in one place for 8 hours, hello to morning and evening traffic some days, hello to bank account growing and not reclining, hello to black and white clothes ever day, hey there stacks and stacks of diet coke for 35 cents each that I can't have yet...oh but just wait only another month till I can drink a little bit of you. ugh hi to you too hair splinters in feet, fingers and clothes, hellew to all of my new staff that I look forward to working with (yay no drama!) hello to meeting new clients and building more each day I hope!

Today was my first day back at a salon and am so blessed to have found a job where the atmosphere is wonderful, in a great area with lots of walk ins, only 20 minutes from my house. For the first few months being out of work was fun I loved the freedom, I enjoyed kicking back and relaxing and not doing hair 40 hours plus every week. But the last 6 months have been awful looking for a job, I have been praying and fasting to find something. heck I was getting to the point last week if I didn't find something soon I was just going to walk over to the nearest fast food restaurant and apply (no offense to those who work there, just would suck from going to beauty school to waste that and work for a company that has nothing to do with hair.)

I have some clients that still live further away from my new salon that I will stick to going to their homes because they are that awesome to me :D

I'm going to be tv star!

Ok jk not really but the game show "Let's make a deal'' on cbs that I went to in January will be airing next month! woo hoo can't wait to see what an idiot I look like haha. In the beginning we had all of this energy and were excited to be there hoping Wayne would pick us or at least someone in our group! Than towards the end we knew our chances were pretty much squashed, we just sat there and were like ''whatever we are ready to get outa here and get some food!"

It was such a fun experience though and I wish I could do it again...they are leaving Vegas and moving the show to Cali I think if I remember right. It's playing March 8th at 1:00 (mountain time) We are behind the pinata heads.. yeah you read right. People wore actual pinatas on their head! talk about creative though!

and hey if you are a reader of my blog say hi! don't be shy :D

ugly beautiful day

Today has been one of those ugly days where it's grey out and you just want to stay in all day with a blanket and good re run shows to watch. I was impatient with the little heater in the basement, it seems to always turn off after 10 minutes of running. Who wants to keep getting up right when you get into that cozy position where the blanket is finally warming your numbing toes and fingers. I gave up and decided to hit the tanning beds down the street to get some color on this pasty winter skin and to feel that 80 degrees of heat on my skin. mmm how relaxing. Than decided my narly eyebrows needed some much needed help. I loath tweezing, my skin has never ''toughened'' up as my mom and sister told me it would so I headed to the salon to get them waxed for the first time in months. Now for my facial mud mask tonight and mini pedi =D

anyone else over the winter weather and waiting for Spring sunny days to come?

I love love.

Valentines Day is coming up! I know some people either hate it for being cheesy, think it's a stupid pointless holiday or know it as singles awareness day. I love Valentines though, the candy, romantic/cheesy cards, flowers, chocolates, everything about it. Although I have no clue what we will do this year for the day but looking forward to spending it with my sweetheart!

What fun activities do you have planned for V-day?

I would have to say my favorite Valentines day ever was when Ryan came and woke up me surprised me with breakfast and these beautiful roses. That night we met up with some friends and had fondu mmmm yum! I love surprises and what girl doesn't enjoy flowers and chocolate covered strawberries.

Happy soon to be Valentines!

ladies night out

I've been debating if I wanted to see ''Leap year'' or not and ended up going tonight with one of my friends Tiffany that I've known pretty much forever. It is such a GOOD movie! It's a great story and has hilarious humor, heck you could even take your boyfriend or husband with you and he wouldn't be yawning or rolling his eyes after every scene!

So I definitely recommend going out and seeing this one. After the movie was over we came out to a winter wonderland, it was seriously gorgeous, the snow flakes were huge and slowly falling. I wish I could have captured a better picture.

Viva Las Vegas!

Ryan and I went to Vegas for the weekend with our friends Steve and Kylie. It was a blast and great vacation.

Saturday we spent pretty much all morning and afternoon waiting in line, going through security, waiting some more to be on "Let's make A Deal" Even though none of us were chosen we had great seats and had fun. Tip for anyone that plans to go on any game shows, make sure you get enough sleep and eat a good meal. We were exhausted and famished by the time we were done. We weren't allowed to have camera's and could only think of a cold beverage and any kind of substance that I forgot to take pictures of us in our costumes when the show ended.

The show wont even air for another month or so, we had good seats to be seen during the entire show (left side in the middle!) The only bummer part was we had people in front of us wearing pinatas over their heads so who knows maybe you won't even be able to see us!

After the show we went to see the U of U play against UNLV and shockingly enough we WON!

Can you see the excitement on Steve's face? haha

Kylie and I enjoyed most of the time playing bejewled on our phones ;)

Ryan was pretty stoked we were winning as well

We had to take a picture of this, did anyone else learn how to make 'tornados' in school and how they happen?

This is a real live person!

He acted robotic and would give the girls

a hand shake or kiss on their hand haha

Waiting for the show to begin!

On our last night we got a great deal on buying ticket to see ''The Lion King'' The show is amazing! I would definitely recommend going to it.

Rawrrrrrr

Yellow sale!

Bath & Body Works is having their ''Yellow Sale'' going on right now!

I went over the weekend and stocked up on lotions, shower gel, and the little anti-bacterial hand gel. They have some things that are up to 75$ off! I love their brown sugar and fig mmm yum and got new scents, the plumeria lotion and pearberry shower gel. So I'm definitely good to go on these things for awhile haha.

So go HERE to get on line shopping done or head on over to the store!

chick flicks

I know it'll be like pulling teeth to drag Ryan to see some of these cute movies coming out soon so I might have to do a girls night. I am in love with romantic movies, cheesy or not I love them. I can't wait to see ''Dear John'' and ''Valentines Day'' Although I give Ryan credit for enjoying "The Notebook" and "P.S I Love you" so maybe I can add one of these two or both to the list!

welcome 2010

Ryan and I celebrated our 7th, well technically our 5th (him being on a mission doesn't count) together. Our first kiss was new years eve so it's always fun to look forward to as our ''kissing anniversary''.

We spent this year with our friends Whitney and Jake, Ryan and I went to H.S with Whitney, I'm proud to say I invited her to a party years ago where she ended up meeting Jake, I sat in the back of her car while they had like a 4 hour conversation till 3 in the morning! ;) jk. I slept for most of it. They are so much fun and the four us get a long great, since they live in Layton we don't get to see them very often. Whitney's parents have a big party every year and spent our 2nd new years eve with them and of course had a blast!

Me and Whitney waiting for the new year to start with

our cup of glitter and confetti from her mom :O

glitter and confetti=huge mess

12:02 am. Happy New year! Welcome 2010 <3

new year, new slate!

Today is the last day of 2009, in a matter of hours it will be a brand new year!

Every year I make a few new year resolutions; some of them I cross off, others...not so much.

This year my resolutions are:

1) Like every other person: Get healthy! I want try to not drink so much diet coke, and for one month no soda pop. And obviously eat right/exercise.

2) My ward is doing the challenge to read The Book of Mormon together this year, so they've give us a book mark with what we need to read each day. I haven't done this since President Hinckley's challenge years ago in the beauty school days.

3) I'm usually good at not spending money on frivolous things but I haven't been great on it lately so I plan on making sure if what I am buying is a need or a want.

4) Write more consistently in my journal.

5) Find a salon job and work hard to save up for future events.

6) Do more service for others in need.

7) Be more patient and speak only kind words.

8) Be a better daughter, sister, aunt, girlfriend, and friend.

9) Finish my hair clips and head bands I've begun making. I've been slacking off.

10) Most importantly to be a better daughter of God, I am definitely not perfect nor close to it but I want to make right choices to be better person.