Almost Done!!!

So between writing 2 papers, I decided it was time to update the blog. Hopefully this new design looks better. Although I am mad it some how deleted the words from my last post!! Dangit! Oh well, worse things could happen to me.
So as I am writing, I am partly done with one paper with another one to finish to turn in by tomorrow at 5 pm. Trust me, I am not worried though. These papers are only supposed to be 5-6 pages a piece. And if you are in the social work program at Weber, 10-12 pages is nothing, especially compared with the 80 pages I have written so far on my capstone. After I turn in my papers, I am done with my semester!! Hallelujah!! That means only 1 more to go.
Speaking of school, I have decided to hold off for a while on grad school. The are many things that added up to me making this decision. The first is I am sooo burned out on school right now, because it will have taken me almost 8 years of school just to get my bachelors. Next is, I am just not sure if I really want to be a therapist anymore. I keep going back to the idea of getting my master's in education and becoming a teacher. Who knows where that will take me to. Lastly, and don't think I am super sad about this, Jon got told not to come back to his 2nd job on Monday night. I am so happy to have him home again with me. Yet, I am slightly concerned about money and things, but I know it will all work out in the end.
So, for right now, my plan is to graduate and get a job shortly after graduation. This will help ease our bills and give me experience to truly know if this is a career I want to persue. If it is I will go back and get my masters and become a therapist, if not, then I will get my master's in another area. Also, while hopefully having kids and being a good mom.
Enough about that, now on to what I am really excited about. I am going home in 2 weeks!!! Oh the joy! I haven't seen my family in 2 years and in those 2 years I have a new nephew and a new niece that I haven't even seen pictures of. So, I am super excited to meet them. Also, my parents may be moving soon and this is probably the last time I will have to see the house I grew up in. Other then all those things, I am excited to see my friends, especially Andrea and Danna. I miss those girls tons. Well I guess that is all from this neck of the woods for now. Until next time!

4 YEARS!!!

So now that is is past midnight, I can now say Jon and I have been married for 4 years. Yet, he isn't here to celebrate with me, he is up in Boise for work. But no worries, he is flying home this afternoon. I just wanted him and everyone else to know that I love him so much. So many fun, crazy, sad, trying, and happy things have happened since we were wed. We've lost loved ones, lost jobs, found jobs, started back to school, graduated from school, traveled to cool places, bought our first house, got our first pet, and many other things. All in all, I'd say it was totally worth it, every single minute of it. I am going to post some pictures of all the fun things we have done. I don't like captions on here, so if you have questions about the pics just ask!

So there you have, a few of the fun things we have done in our 4 years together!!

Give Oh, Give Away!

“Give,” said the little stream, “Give, oh! give, give, oh give.” “Give,” said the little stream, As it hurried down the hill;
“I’m small, I know, but wherever I go The fields grow greener still.”

“Give,” said the little rain,
“Give, oh! give, give, oh! give.”
“Give,” said the little rain, As it fell upon the flow’rs;
“I’ll raise their drooping heads again,” As it fell upon the flow’rs.

Give, then, as Jesus gives,
Give, oh! give, give, oh! give. Give, then, as Jesus gives;
There is something all can give. Do as the streams and blossoms do: For God and others live.

Singing, singing all the day,
“Give away, oh! give away.”
Singing, singing all the day,
“Give, oh! give away.”



This song describes perfectly how I feel about social work and my profession in general. So can we all be like the little stream and help out others?
I am doing a project for school and we are collecting NEW baby items and or money to buy the items with. These baby items are going to low-income mothers that can't afford literally anything for their children. Not even clothes to take them home from the hospital in. We would love anything from blankets, to diapers, to bottles, and even clothes. These mothers and babies really need the help and would be so grateful for your kindness. Contact me or leave a comment if you would like to help. Even something as small as $5 would go a long way! Thanks so much for everything. I love all my friends, you guys are amazing!

100 Things about Me

So I saw a friend do this on her blog, so I decided it would be fun to put on mine. Here are some things you probably did know about me and some you didn't. Enjoy!!

1. I grew up in Greenville, SC.
2. My husband's name is Jon-Phillip, but I just call him Jon.
3. We have an adorable American Eskimo Dog named Wendy.
4. I am in my senior year in college.
5. I want to be a child and family therapist one day.
6. I have never been to a farm.
7. I have never ridden a horse. (my husband thinks this is really strange)
8. I love camping, but hate hiking.
9. I want 3 or 4 kids.
10. I have my kids' names already picked out. And no, I won't change my mind about them, I love the names Jon and I have come up with.
11. I HATE all things pink!
12. I have only had my nails done 3 times in my whole life, prom, my wedding, and my roommates wedding that I was the maid of honor for.
13. My bedroom is dark and light blue.
14. I am the youngest of 3 kids.
15. My mom had 2 boys,1 before and 1 after me and they both died at birth. The thought of having 3 brothers instead of the 1 I have scares me. I could barely handle him growing up.
16. I have a great grandmother whose legal name was Mary Christmas, because she was born on Christmas.
17. My husband and I met online.
18. I hate doing laundry, it is worse chore ever!
19. I love watching football.
20. I was a band nerd in high school, I can play 7 instruments.
21. I was also in choir in high school, so this makes me a super nerd.
22. I used to get beat up all the time in elementary school by a kid named Josh. He gave me my first black eye at the age of 7.
23. I love swimming.
24. For my 25th wedding anniversary I want to renew our vows on the beach all dressed up again and have all our kids with us and dressed up too.
25. My best friend Ashley and I have been best friends since we were 12.
26. Both my uncles on my mom's side are 6'7".
27. I love to travel. My favorite vacation is going on a cruise.
28. I love broadway musicals. I my favorite is probably Aida.
29. While I lived in Rexburg, ID for 2 years I moved 5 times.
30. My favorite food is mashed potatoes.
31. My favorite girls' night is scrapbooking with girls I met through my friend Sarah P.
32. My favorite part of scrapbooking is going to Leatherby's with Anya and letting her have my cherry. (it's an inside joke)
33. I still sleep with my yellow blanket I have had since I was little. (most of my really close friends should know what I am speaking of)
34. I have 6 nieces and nephews.
35. Their names are (in chronological order) Caitlain Olivia, Alexandra Coleman, Matthew David, Lauren Grace, Ethan Zachary, and Mariska Augusta.
36. We own our first home and have lived here almost 3 years.
37. Our wedding date is November 19, 2004.
38. I wear a size 10 1/2 shoe.
39. My favorite candy is Reese's Cups.
40. My husband cooks better than I do. Aren't you all jeleous now?
41. I like rainy days, they actually make me happy.
42. I love reading and my favorite things to read are any type of biography or history book.
43. When I was little I wanted to be a veternarian and then I found out they had to put animals to sleep and I decided I didn't want to do that anymore.
44. My brother is 12 years older than me and my sister is 16 years older than me. Can we say accident??
45. One of my dream vacations is to go to Maine to a small island called Vinal Haven.
46. I hardly ever wear makeup.
47. Probably my closet friend in the whole world, is my old nextdoor neighbor I had growing up. She is 60 I believe and I could and have talked to her for hours on end about absolutely nothing and everything at the same time. I think the only person that knows more about me is Jon.
48. My minor at school is Sociology.
49. I want to learn how to draw and paint.
50. I am a democrat, for the most part. Don't ask who I am voting for, for president though, I won't tell you.
51. I have Cherokee Indian in my family.
52. Jon asked me to marry him using Build a Bear teddy bears dressed in a wedding gown and tuxedo.
53. I want to be in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir someday.
54. I want to go to BYU for grad school.
55. I don't like living in Utah.
56. I love to go boating and water skiing.
57. I like to go bridge or rock jumping.
58. I want to adopt a child at some point in my life.
59. My favorite type of Pizza is Papa Johns' Hawaiian BBQ Chicken without the bacon.
60. I have been to more funerals than years I have been alive. Morbid I know, but very true.
61. I used to not care about school, but now I am a perfectionist and want to have perfect grades. My goal is to have as many honors and cords at graduation as I can.
62. I hate tomatoes, but I love spaghetti sauce, salsa, and things like that. But plain tomatoes are disgusting to me.
63. My favorite thing to eat at Thanksgiving is North Carolina style BBQ. My uncle would bring it to our house when I was little. Now I have to make some for myself every year.
64. I hate warm Turkey, but love Turkey sandwiches, especially with lots of cranberry sauce.
65. I will never get one, but I want a tattoo really bad.
66. I can look at wedding and baby pictures for hours. Even of people I don't know.
67. One of my really good friends is married to my cousin, so now we are related and it's awesome!
68. The guy who married me only had 1 leg and was in a wheelchair.
69. I work at a DCFS building cleaning at night.
70. My favorite TV show is ER.
71. I have only had cable TV for like 6 months my whole life and I am A-OK with that. TV is a big waste time in general.
72. I hate snakes and spiders.
73. One year at camp, a snake had curled up and slept under mine and Ashley's tent the whole week. It was a terrifying.
74. I want to go back to girls camp in SC so bad and see if some of my old buddies are still running the show.
75. I love the store Lush, look it up if you have never heard of it. The best bath and body stuff ever!!
76. I don't like taking baths, only showers.
77. I want to dye my hair either brown or red.
78. I am terrified of driving in the snow. Nothing gives me worse anxiety than that.
79. I want to have my children at home in a birthing pool.
80. I have really small hands, I wear a size 5 1/2 ring on my ring finger.
81. I know how to crochet and like it alot.
82. I want to learn how to sew.
83. I love to counrty dance. I used to go all the time in Rexburg, I really want Jon to learn so we can do it together.
84. I have auditioned for the Biggest Loser and I was a big loser, cause they didn't even call me back.
85. My favorite celebrity is Rosie O'Donnell and I have met her in person. She is super super nice!!
86. I am a speed deamon when I drive. I hate driving the speed limit, it always feels like I am going so slow.
87. In church as a teenager I usually always closer to the leaders that the girls my own age.
88. I broke my hand the first time I went skiing and will never try it again.
89. When I was dating Jon I drove my car from South Carolina to Utah without stopping except for gas and bathroom breaks. It took me almost 30 hours. Man did I want to see him really bad.
90. I hate feet. I hate people touching mine, me touching others and looking or seeing other people's feet.
91. My stupid obsession is checking out perezhilton.com everyday.
92. My favorite movie of all time is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
93. When I was little I was afraid to chew gum because of this. I thought I would blow up like Violet.
94. I write with my right hand but can eat with either hand. This is because I had to eat with my left hand after I broke my right hand and it was in a sling for 4 weeks.
95. Because I have ADHD caffine has the opposite effect on me, it slows me down.
96. I HATE puzzles. They make me want to pull my hair out.
97. I love having friends over for fondue parties.
98. I like playing board games like Ticket to Ride, Tikal and wierd stuff most people have never heard of.
99. My favorite color is purple.
100. My dream trip of all time is to go to Vienna, Austria and see the house and things where they filmed Sound of Music.

Grad School??

So before I get to the title of the post, I have a few other things I would like to vent/talk about. It is 1 AM as I sit her and type. Crazy I know, but Jon has a major cold right now and I couldn't sleep with his snoring, so I came into our office/spare bedroom where our computer is and decided this would be a good way to pass the time until I could go to sleep. I have really been missing Jon lately. This week he was in Bismark, North Dakota and the week before that he was in Boise. Then he lease again on Tuesday night to go back to Boise. Man I feel like that all he does lately is travel. I understand the reasoning for it, but it is just so sudden and I don't like him being gone for that long. Oh well, I am a big girl I will just have to deal. Besides, there are a lot of worse things I could think we would have to deal with.
Ok, so on to the topic at hand. I am trying to decide on grad school. It is between the Univsersity of Utah and BYU. There are good and bad to each one. The U is and accelerated program, taking only 1 year to finish. Yet it doesn't have the area I specifically want to focus in, only my second choice. Also it is closer to our house. The BYU it is a two year program, but it does have my emphasis, which is Child and Family Therapy, if you were wondering. But, it is farther from home. Also, it costs less money than the U. Both are good schools academically. BYU is well known across the nation for having a high standard for academics. Yet, I fear in my profession of Social Work, people will see that I went to BYU and think that I want to push my religion on my clients. Does that make sense even?
The other thing weighing heavily on my mind is when to start a family. I want to have kids and I can now say I would be alright if I were to get pregnant at any time. I know I want to stay home once I have children, at least until they are all in school. Going to grad school would put another 2 years wait on having kids, which would make me 27 by the time we start trying. I just don't know what to think anymore. I know you all have ideas and suggestions. I know this will illicit responses out of most people. So I want feedback and ideas from all. Don't be afraid to tell me your opinion. I NEED NEED NEED the comments so throw 'em at me!
Good night all!!

Longings of the heart and internship update

So, it has been a while since I last posted. While I am sorry, I really couldn't have done this any sooner. School, work and my internship has kept me completely SLAMMED!!
Other than that, Jon has been gone all week in Boise. I mean I don't really see him that much when he is home, but I missed not having somebody to cuddle with at night and to wake up with in the morning. I forget how much I really do love him and then he leaves and I remember all over again why I married him.
Besides missing Jon, this week has been really good for me. I have finally started seeing my own clients at my internship. I feel really effective. The more I help people, the more I am sure I have chosen the right profession for myself. Seeing as I am 25 it may seem odd to some people, but knowing that I am about to graduate and college and start my own career, I finally, finally feel like a real adult. To me, the only thing that was certain to me growing up was that I was going to graduate from college and have a career, and since I am now, oh so close, to obtaining that goal I feel I have accomplished something in my life.
That's about all for now. I will write more later when it isn't so late. Keep the comments coming!

Rants, Raves, and of course, MORE school!!

I have had a few crazy weeks! So here goes to explaining it!!
Rants:
I am so sick of immature people. I swear if you are an adult, please act like it!!! Also, all the dumb paper work and paper writing I have to do for school. It is driving me nuts! I can't figure out if it is actually my egotistical, controlling professor that makes life miserable or if it is the Council on Social Work Education that controls all social work education programs. Either way, it drives me crazy. Next comes my stupid sister, she is almost 40 and just had ANOTHER kid! No job, no husband, and no money, wow she will make a superb mom, I am sure! (note the sarcasm) Worst part is my sister didn't even tell my parents, they found out from my cousin! AHHH! Lastly, I am upset that my friend Shamayne is leaving in 6 short weeks for her mission. I am really happy that she is going, but dang it am I going to miss her. We just met in January at school, but we have this friendship that is so strong, it is hard to describe. She is amazing and 18 months is a long time, but I will get through it while she is happily serving the people of Brazil. (Don't think I am completly selfish, I DO want her to go, I am just going to miss her!)
Raves:

My internship!!! I love, love, LOVE it!!! My supervisor is super cool and so easy to work with. Next week, I will finally be getting my own desk and start seeing my own clients. I am starting to feel like a real social worker. It seems so adult-like, it is starting to scare me. I am now only 7 months away from graduating! I am trying to figure out about grad school, I will let you know as soon as I decide what I am doing.

I am hosting a Lia Sophia jewelery party at my house this weekend. Their stuff is so pretty and I am excited to show it to my friends. It is at 10 on Saturday if anybody in the area reads this and wants to come!

I am happy that I have my mental health. The clients I see at my internship are struggling just to get by everyday, I am happy that I have the coping skills and things I need to keep my mind clear of struggles. I have dealt with mental health issues before, and it is hard, so I truly admire these people.

School:
I like my classes, none of them are too hard; except for my internship class. Last weekend I offically started my capstone paper, all 22 pages of it. I have the next 20 pages due in 3 weeks. Jon is now taking an HR class. He doesn't like it very much, but the good thing about his classes being only 8 weeks, this class is already half way over.

I guess that is about all for now. Lemme know what you think, comment away!!