A Mostly Pictures Post

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My gorgeous friend Tami did my hair again. I have a problem. I have to have my hair done at least every few months....Which, is probably normal, but man, it gets expensive. I love it though, and I'm glad I've got an awesome friend who will do it for me.

Saw this on my way into work. Always a good omen right?

We celebrated our 60th birthday at the credit union with a photo booth. We are so cool. (Me, Steve, Donna)

(Cole, Chandler & Me)

We went up to Star Valley one weekend in September. It was a bit chilly, but not too bad otherwise.

Sometimes I like to lock myself in one of the offices to avoid socializing with people...

Just kidding...I just socialize over the phone and not face to face.

Just a late-night snack that Greg picked up for me after his P/T conferences.

Only about 99% of the pictures I take of the two of us.

We went out looking for a bread-maker and came home with some jeans, shoes, and a blanket instead.

I've had this dress for a while, but it was too short, so I was waiting for an extender slip thing, whatever they're called. I kind of really love this dress. Just wish it were a bit longer.

And my super cute shoes. Stripes & dots are in, right?

Greg ordered this online. I didn't realize he bought it, so when I got home from work one day, it was sitting on my chair. I about peed my pants. It freaked me out!

One of my co-workers, Kim, decided to leave the CU. I don't know why I was so shocked, but it was sad to see her go. She's been with us for about 1.5 years, and she was super fun and sweet. Even though she'll still be in Logan, we all went out to dinner. Beehive Grill is becoming our place to go when people leave.

 

And so that sums up the past few months in pictures. Super exciting, I'll tell you what!

Thursday Three | 10.15.15

• Worked a 1/2 ish day, and Greg didn't work at all, so we got shakes from the NEW Arctic Circle in Logan. #score 
• I really am getting frustrated with social media. Pretty sure I'm going to unfollow all the "mommy" blogs/ig/fb peeps. Sorry. I don't need to hear about how awful your kids were today, but that you still love them, and your blessed to have them, and blah, blah, blah. I get the whole "real life" crap, and maybe I'm just tired and need to sleep, but I've had enough. #herewegowiththebacklash. (PS. I'd rather hear the funny complaints than the realistic struggles.)
• Rant over. Now for a new rant....jk. I don't have one.

Thursday Three was developed by Kristin from RUKristin. You can read more about it {here}, then play along over on Instagram and follow me @bre11414.

April, April, April

Well, the first of April was April Fool's Day. Now had things gone a different way, I had an excellent prank to do on Steve, however, I couldn't do it. so we did the next best thing. We've been cleaning out all the supply rooms, and in our back one there is a whole bunch of crap. So, what do you do when there is a whole bunch of crap that is not being used? Pull it all out and put it all over your co-workers desk. We thought about having someone hide under the table cover, which, let's face it, would have been hilarious, however then wanted me to do it, and it just wouldn't have been good. I had Steve and Kim help me set this up at Caleb's station so he had fun cleaning it all up.

Then, when Steve went to lunch, we moved all of the same crap over to his desk. We are so funny. He was so certain that we wouldn't do it to him. Psh....So "Gull-able". (Seagulls are like our mascot or something. They aren't ducks, even though that's what everyone things they are. I however see a pineapple on our logo every time I drive to work.)

Steve loves us!


That weekend was General Conference, so we of course, due to tradition, had to go get a shake from Arctic Circle. This was the first year we have been in and out in under 10 minutes. Most the time it's upwards of 45 minutes. It was awesome!

Just some pictures of the Logan temple. I love it!

Things with my Etsy shop are going really well. No I'm not making millions yet. I need to do better marketing myself, and I could probably charge more, but I love what I do. One of my customers requested a "Roadmap to Retirement" for one of her coworkers. It was so much fun to do. I'll have to post the entire thing, since I also did a chalkboard infographic as well. I loved them both, and even though they definitely pushed me outside my comfort zone, I love custom requests!

Funny story, I was bored at work so I emailed this to my coworkers (I do this often), and said "Caleb, guess who this is about?" I kid you not, not even half an hour later that member came in. It was awesome. I wish I could tell you the whole story, but basically a member was trying to add stuff on paper and it wasn't adding up to what Caleb's calculator said, but the member wouldn't have it. Finally he just told her she needed to get a calculator. We laughed.

The absolute best part about April was the SNOW! That's right, we FINALLY got snow! It was amazing, and it just snowed and snowed and snowed. It didn't stick to the road either, which was awesome, but it snowed for about 2 days straight. I loved it, and was just about the only person in the entire world who did.

 

And I think that's about it for now. I need to upload the rest of my April photos, so I'll be back soon!

September Ramblings

September has also just flown by. I've been meaning to blog at least once a week so you don't get bombarded with random pictures and my nonsense thoughts, but that obviously hasn't happened. I feel like I really haven't done a whole lot this month. It's just the same things day after day.

I didn't have work on September 1. We slept in, then ate breakfast, went to Greg's room at the middle school to drop some stuff off, went to Hastings, then we had shrimp tacos for dinner (my new fave!), then we went for a little drive from our house to 10th west, to Arctic Circle where we got huckleberry shakes for the second time this year. So delicious! I love days off!

Of course, we had to go back to work the next day. Back to the daily grind and being an adult.

I am in charge of creating the monthly Relief Society newsletter, which is fine with me since I really enjoy doing stuff like that. I started out creating the regular boring newsletters, but it wasn't doing it for me, so I decided to open photoshop, pinterest, and create something awesome. It took me all dang day, but it turned out super cute.

September 8th was a wonderful day. I woke up to read that One Direction is releasing another album soon, and they were offering one of their songs for free that day only! Of course I had to get it, and I absolutely loved it, I think it's definitely one of my favorite. Take a listen here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L2AaRJrV0E

Since creating that newsletter, my creative juices have started flowing again. I have been meaning to download a trial version of Adobe Illustrator for a while now, so I finally decided to do it. Holy cow, I had no idea what I was doing. I took a class about 7 years ago, but I remember very little of it. I have been slowly learning and teaching myself how to use it and I've had a lot of fun with it. I'm excited to get back into designing, and hope to be able to open an Etsy shop soon.

(By the way, I'm more than willing to create a few free Christmas cards for anyone interested. I'll design it to your liking, and send you the digital file.)

For our September Relief Society Activity, we had a service auction. We got the idea {here}, and it turned out really great. We had a lot of awesome donations, and had a great time bidding against each other and having a good ol' time. This calling can be quite challenging because we never know what to expect when we plan activities. We never know how many will show up, or if they'll even have fun. My board leader is amazing though, and always comes up with the funnest ideas. Please support your RS leaders in the activities. I know that it can seem like just one more thing to do, but the activities board puts a lot of effort into planning and carrying out these activities. Plus, it's a whole lot more fun when more people show up.

My mom and dad were in town Saturday the 13th, and texted me to go to lunch with them. It's always good to see them, and they surprised me with this Samsung Neo 2 watch. Greg and I had talked about getting something like that after my {latest incident}, but figured we would wait until Christmas or until we upgraded our phones, so this was a fun surprise. I can call people and text, plus it tracks my steps, heart rate, and sleeping. It's pretty sweet. It makes me feel better about being alone, just in case I happen to leave my phone in a place I can't reach. Thanks parents!

Last Sunday the Relief Society Presidency were asked to speak on the Relief Society. We were asked the Thursday before, so we really didn't have much time to prepare, but I think it went okay. I wasn't really nervous, though I was sweating something awful. But no one fell asleep during my talk (that I could see), so that's always great. I haven't spoken in church for over 10 years, so it was a fun experience.

I did get to go on a fun trip this last week, which I will post about real soon. I think this is enough for one post!