Date night with the hubby

A Romantic dinner for two set up by my wonderful Husband Timmy

Yesterday was kind of a frustrating day... In the morning I got up early and went to my parents to get my mother ready for Halloween day at her school which was fun.  As you can see below..

She looks like she is 25 haha 

And than just a lot of frustrating things happened... Timmy asked me if there was anything we needed at the store when he went to get his prescriptions.  (He went to the doctor yesterday .. and found out he has a case of really dry skin with the weather changing and everything and some Eczema on his hands and that is why he has been so itchy the past 4 weeks.  We thought maybe he was allergic to some of the shampoo's or soaps we were using. We joked about him being allergic to water because we even tried changing soaps and shampoo but that didn't seem to help his itchiness problem.)  Anyways, So I decided I wanted to have something good for dinner.. I asked him to look for the PF changs frozen dinner with the orange chicken.  He surprised me when I got home with the table all set, with the yummy chicken and rice, egg rolls, and yummy Perrier mineral water!  It was really fun.  After dinner we went to a movie "Life as we Know It"  We thought it was a pretty good movie.  It was one of those movies that is very predictable but it was still good.  During the  movie we got the bucket of popcorn that you can refill.  yeah.. we ate both the first bucket and the refill.. We are sick!  We also felt sick afterwards!  After the movie we went to Smiths and got 3 half gallons of chocolate milk.. They have it on sale right now for 99 cents each half gallon... which is a great deal!  Since we love chocolate milk so much we will probably be going back before tuesday when the sale is over.  We have already finished off one half gallon since last night!  We came home and played the game "Ticket to Ride" and I won of course! haha

Tumbling Gyms

Tim and I went to a Tumbling gym in Provo last night and met up with some of his old room mates.  It was a lot of fun but boy it smelt like stinky stinky feet or as Tim said "cat pee"  It was fun to see all of his room mates I hadn't seen them in a very long time.  When we walked in Mark announced as us the married couple.  Haha  We jumped on the Trampolines and also jumped on a smaller Trampoline into a big pit of just these foam square things.... now that is what stunk... I wonder how often they replace those things.  That is just gross.. I felt so gross and dirty as soon as I landed in the pile.  It was really fun. It was like jumping off the diving board except without getting wet.  So because I took diving lessons when I was little and was able to learn how to dive pretty well... well for some odd reason I can't just do one front flip.. it either has to be a one and a half that end in a dive or a double front flip.  I decided to go off to try just doing a front flip and nope I ended up diving right in to the pile and getting a good stretch in my stomach and back.  It hurt!  So after that I stuck to doing Gainer's (meaning a back flip, but going off the tramp forwards.) those are a lot better. 

MIRACLE!! the KEYS were Found!!

My mother checked her car three times and well .. I guess it's true with "the third time is the charm!"  She found them in the door pocket of the car... She said she didn't think to look there!  haha well I am glad they were found.. it was going to cost $105 to replace the keys to the Honda

LOST KEYS

So Last night I went to a meeting with my parents at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Orem.  I remember locking the door and than I thought I put them in my purse and got in my parents car.  I went to the meeting at the Hampton Inn and then I rode with Timmy on the way home.  Timmy unlocked the door to the apartment so I didn't worry about pulling out my keys.  I walked in and set my purse down on the chair in the kitchen.  We ate banana cream pie and ice cream with my parents and than went to bed.  I woke up the next morning and when I went to take Timmy to school.. I looked in my purse and they weren't there.  I have looked everywhere... well of course except the place they are.. but I can't imagine them jumping out of my purse.  I checked the hotel.. my mom has checked her car twice and I have looked it places I would have never thought keys could be.  This is the weirdest thing!!  Hopefully I will find them.

Weekend in California for Walker's Baptism

Well after like 20 minutes I finally figured out how to add multiple pictures at once!  What a struggle I had.  I thought I had to add one than go back.  haha nope sure didn't.. I can just add them all at once.  I will know that for next time. 

So this past weekend we went to visit Tim's sister Heather and her family in Merced, California.  Our nephew Walker got baptized on Saturday.  The drive there went pretty good.  I drove the first 7 hours of the trip.  I drove for 4 and a half hours straight before I finally decided I better use the bathroom.  We stopped in this really dumpy town where we had to drive around for a few minutes trying to find a gas station. Chevron was down some random street at the end of the street of course.  We paid $3.19  for that lovely tank of gas!! I haven't paid that much in about a year I think!  I thought this better be some amazing gas we are getting.  So I still felt pretty good at this point.  It was almost 3 in the morning and I was now on my 3rd wind or something like that.  Not sure if that actually exists.  Anyway, Brigitte decided she would sit up front with me to keep me awake so that Tim could sleep and be ready to drive next.  We started the Ipod and got some good music going that was upbeat so I would be able to stay awake.  Brigitte lasted about 20 minutes and than she started head bobbing and than she was completely asleep.  I looked in the back and everyone else was also asleep.  I thought to myself,  Ok I gotta stay awake now.  So I was singing with the music and I started moving my feet up and down to stay awake.  About 15 miles before we hit Reno I decided I was done driving. I was really starting to fall asleep.  Tim started driving and I just felt sick now at this point.. I hadn't slept in almost 24 hours at this point.  So of course now that it was time for me to sleep... I couldn't.   For the rest of the drive I just stayed awake.  We arrived in Merced in just under 12 hours. 

They had planned to go to Yosemite National Park that afternoon. I was being indecisive as usual and couldn't decide whether I wanted to go or not.  I didn't know when I would have a chance to go again and I have wanted to go there for awhile, but I didn't feel good at all.  At this point I had now gone like 30 or more hours without sleep.  I decided to take a shower and than I would decide after that depending on how that made me feel.  So after going back and forth for awhile and not being able to decide, I decided  I would go.  Tim decided that he would drive so that I could maybe sleep a little bit.  I think I got about 5 minutes of sleep.  Everytime I started to fall asleep, we were either stopping fast or taking a sharp turn.  That is ok... it was worth not sleeping.  I enjoyed the view as well as all of the places that we stopped.  Above are some of the pictures that were taken while in Yosemite.   The drive back down the canyon was crazy!! I have never seen so much down hill driving before in my life.  We than stopped by Trader Joe's in Fresno, where I bought some Suisse Dark Chocolate! Yummy!  At the register when we purchased the chocolate, the cashier also gave us two Reeses.  Dark chocolate ones!! Those were amazing!  We then went to dinner at a fast food place called Rally's.  Tim's Family loves this place.  It was pretty good.  The fries were really good. 

We came back to Heather and Mike's place and it was time to celebrate all of the October Birthdays.  It was fun to watch all of them open there presents.  It was then time for games.  We played Hand and Foot, another favorite of the Coles family, which I love as well even though I always lose!  ha   We stayed up until just after 1am. It was so nice to go to bed.  In the morning we got ready.  Tim and I went to the store because he forgot his church clothes so he needed to get a white shirt and the rest he was borrowing from Mike.   We also went to the 99cent store and got a few things.  When we got back it was time for Walkers Baptism. Tim had the opportunity to speak on the Holy Ghost and Marcy spoke on the Baptism.  They both did a great job and brought the spirit into the meeting.  It has been awhile since I have been to a baptism.. about 3 years... wow!  I remember it was on my mission.  For a moment while I was sitting there it brought me back to my mission.  After the baptism I was walking to the car by myself and I unlocked the car and looked back.. there were 3 ladies in the car next to mine staring at me.  I smiled and they rolled down there windows and one of them said to me..."we just wanted to tell you that you are beautiful, we have been watching you and we just think you have such a great smile and are so cute. I said thank you that is very nice.  And they said, we just hope this makes your day.  Yes it did... how cute they were! ha

Family and friends all came over afterwards to Heather's to eat.  After everyone left we played Hand and Foot again.  It was a late night again... not only did we stay up until about 1:30am  but then.. Ian, Megan's son woke up very sick with a fever and was up all night crying so I didn't get much sleep. 

We all woke up just before 6am to get ready to leave.  We didn't end up leaving until around 8am though.  The drive home was pretty scary!! It was pouring rain almost the entire way!  There was probably only about 2 hours of the drive that it wasn't raining.  When we were driving over Donners Pass we had some pretty scary moments.  I made Tim drive slow because I was scared.  I am pretty sure I was praying for like 12 hours straight... praying that we would all make it safely home.  So again I wasn't able to sleep the entire drive until we got to Lehi, 20 minutes away from home and I was dead asleep at this point.  I need to learn how to fall asleep in cars.

TOO Much NUSKIN...

So I have just come to a realization that I have now worked at Nuskin just a little too long.  Last night I went to bed a little bit before Tim.  He decided to stay up and study for his test that he will take later today.  So when he came to bed, I started talking in my sleep and telling him how to use the Galvanic Spa.  ahhaha I guess it took him a minute to get me to stop talking and wake me up to tell me what I was doing.    Not really sure why I would be doing that because I rarely instruct people on how to use the spa at work, I am mostly placing orders and dealing with shipping issues.  Maybe it was because I had some crazy call yesterday where the lady was claiming that all of our products were causing her heart to beat rapidly at random times throughout the day... I am not going to elaborate on this call but it was a pretty difficult call and was quiet frustrating. 

Well last night... I was really feeling like I needed Caffeine. Tim and I have been off any  kind of soda for the last 3 weeks. Well we broke our streak last night!! I gave in and we bought a 2 liter of wild cherry Pepsi.  I only drank a cup... but already for not having it for 3 weeks I was feeling it and I had a hard time getting to sleep.  We decided this weekend for our Trip to California for our Nephews baptism that we could drink soda and than after we would go back to not having it.  We just started a little earlier than our trip! haha 

I randomly decided I am going to try and start drinking a Gallon of water a day.  Which is about 4 of my 32 oz bottles that I have.  This is hard especially working at a call center.. I have to pee a lot.  So than I don't drink much while I am at work and than try and chug when I get home.  That isn't good though because then i go to the bathroom 2 to 3 times during the night while I should be sleeping.. I need to start right when I wake up and finish before 7pm maybe that way I won't have to wake up during the night to go to the bathroom. 

So for Halloween... Tim and I want to be the Chimney man (Burt) and Mary Poppins.  This has been a challenge trying to find clothes for that.  We have been to two different D.I.'s and havent had much luck yet. Tim's mom has a whole outfit that my sister in law Heather wore a long time ago but she is smaller than me and it was made, fitted.  So I have a hat so far and I was able to find a great wig, but that is all!  As for Tim his costume shouldn't be too hard to create, we haven't really started looking for him though.  I keep looking online and tell myself maybe I am just going to have to buy the costumes but I really don't want to spend $200 on a costume that I might wear twice!! not worth it! 

Another thing that has been going on lately.... My parents literally have a crazy insane neighbor.... He has a video Camera that focuses on my parents house right by the garage area and driveway.  It sits there all day recording.  So that they can watch my parents every move.  The Guy next door is in the FBI... he is crazy... His kids are basically imprisoned in their own house.  They are home schooled and never leave the house.  The neighbor kids if they want to play have to have a play date appointment to go over.  And more to come

Blog #1 after my husband created this back in August!

Well... I don't really even know where to begin.  There are so many things I have to write and want to write down so that I will remember these in years to come.  

 So Tim and I have been married just over a year now.  We are currently living in an apartment in Orem, while Tim is finishing up school at UVU.  He is Studying Business Marketing Management or something like that.  I can't ever remember what the degree is actually called and so when people ask me what my husband is studying this is how it actually comes out.  I recently graduated with my Bachelors in Science the degree is called Outdoor Recreation Management.  When ever someone asks me what I graduated in and I tell them they always ask me ... "So did you just go camping all the time?" or funny questions like that.  I also get the question.... "So you are going to be a Park Ranger?"  hahaha REALLY??? when you look at me do you say to yourself, PARK RANGER!!  heck no!  I do LOVE the outdoors and would love to spend every minute of every day outside if I could and if it was warm and sunny of course,  but I do love being close to things like a grocery store, restaurants, and shopping.  

SIDE note: Since I met TIM (who works at the GAP in the Orem University Mall) I have started to well you could say enjoy shopping!!  I have more clothes than I know what to do with.

I went for that degree because I actually would love to manage my own Recreation Center or Fitness Center one day.  I enjoy working out and enjoy almost every sport there is.  In April is when I walked and August is when I officially finished and received my Diploma.  Some of you know but I had started an internship in April with Seven Peaks Water Park where I worked for two and a half week and than they decided to let me go.  It was a very hard thing for me and that I had to deal with.  I didn't understand and i had tons of thoughts running through my head when it all happened.  They had told me that the reason for letting me go was that my schedule and personality were not working out for the job description.   Which was very frustrating at the time because these particular people knew of my schedule and my hours that I could work before they even decided to interview me.  Then.. my PERSONALITY! ahahah well I guess they just don't like Bubbly people who are great with customer service.  At that point I had been working with Nuskin Enterprises for just over two years, which everyday for six hours I am practicing great customer service.  Anyways... so what a wonderful Blessing this ended up to be to get fired from the place that i hated being at each day anyways.  I had called my Professor that was over the internships to let him know that I had just been let go and wasn't sure on where to go or what to do.  He happened to receive an email that morning from Dan Seder who is the Head in Recreation department over at Lindon who was looking for a Summer Head Swim Coach.  What a perfect job opportunity for me!!! Swimming is my passion!  I jumped on that like a Hawk. I called Dan up the very same day and applied.  In my interview with him I was very nervous and not as confident with myself as I would have like to have been just because I had just been let go from my job and wasn't really having a positive attitude.  I did try my very best however and just hoped that the 6 others who had applied and interviewed were not as qualified as I was.  During the interview I mentioned that I used to coach for Lehi swim team and we started talking about the year to come and when the coaches meeting was.  Dan mentioned that he wasn't sure on that so I said that I would call and speak with the manager at Lehi and than follow up with him. Which I did the very next day.  When I left the interview on a Thursday, they said they would probably let me know if i got the position by the following Monday.  An hour after I had made the call to them on Friday letting them know of when the meeting was they called me back to let me know they felt I would be the most qualified and wanted to hire me on as the Head Swim Coach.  I was so thrilled I wanted to Cry!!! One of my dream jobs!! I have coached several swim teams before but never actually been the Head Coach of a team.  What a great experience it was!  There were several different things that I wanted to accomplish over the course of two months while coaching this team, but I also had so many things that I wasn't expecting come up that not all that I wanted to accomplish was finished.  I wanted to create a kind of Coach's manual so that future coach's would have an idea of what to expect, have different drills and workouts for the kids so that this wouldn't be something they had to prepare each day.  Something that would save them time and also just to have different ideas.  Good News though!  They invited me to come back again next year, which I am excited about.  I will be preparing for this by creating those manuals for the next several months until the next season of swimming starts again. 

Lets see.. Our one Year Anniversary was on August 7, 2010.  We celebrated by going down to Vegas and visiting some friends Josh and Jenni Merrill.  Where we went shopping and than the next morning Josh took us horseback riding somewhere out in the middle of no where in Las Vegas.  We then traveled to St. George where we stayed at the Budget Inn.  Not a bad place to stay!  Work out room was something else.. nothing actually worked but everything else was great!  We went to the Musical Tarzan at the Tuachan Theatre.  That was amazing!! I am not usually someone to like musicals but this was really good!  I enjoyed every minute of it.  

Let me rewind again, sorry this is going to be scatter brained until i catch up to date.  Back in the middle of may I was training for the Utah Valley Half Marathon and than later would be the St. George Marathon.  I  tore my Achilles tendon and found out that I have tendinitis in it as well.  Oh the joys of letting that heal.. I wasn't able to run the Half Marathon which was in June because it was still healing.  Finally in Late July I decided to try the running thing again... and results were... It worked.. I didn't hurt any more.. So I started the whole training process again.  So 9 weeks later Oct 2nd running the St. George Marathon!! I was going for a 4 and a half hour finish time or really just hoping to finish after all that I had been through.  So here's the story of the race and how I felt.. Mile 6 I clocked at 55 minutes and I thought to myself, "I thought I was going slower, slow down Melissa you went out way too fast, but I thought I was running slow, it is ok you are feeling great right now just keep going but slow it down a little.  Mile 12  1 hr and 2min more had past.. ok good job you have slowed it down a little.... great but now I am feeling it.. the next four miles all I thought about was keep going you get to see your husband at mile 16.. you can do it!! I made it! Mile 16  it was now 2 hours and 44min in to the race!  I was just on track for the 4 hr and 30 min mark!  But I was feeling like crap!! I was in so much pain from my hips and all the way down my legs I just wanted to jump on the shuttle and be done with the stupid race.  So I just told myself.. lets just finish... don't worry about your time just concentrate on finishing this race now!  It was 90 degrees outside I had already guzzled probably 32 ounces of water by then and was still feeling dehydrated and wanting more!! There was one point where I was walking and a man on the side of the road asked if I needed anything.. I looked down to see his stash of coke and sprite or something and said.. "oh no... well unless you have water?"  He said "I do a bottle it might be warm though"  At that point I didn't care.. i just chugged the whole thing.  The last three miles I finally started feeling a little better and thinking ok I can do this I am almost there.  There were people handing out ICE which literally saved me... that felt so good.  Then at 2 miles before the finish some sweet woman was handing out these huge yummy popsicles which i just walked and enjoyed that.. it was amazing! After that I felt like I could do it and I ran and ran until the finish!  5 hours and 6 minutes!  not that great but i was just happy to finish this one.  In 2008 when I ran it, the weather was completely different.. it was about 40 degrees outside and raining the entire time we ran.  I finished that one in 4 hrs and 34 min.  

Alrighty...  well I am going to have to finish playing "Catch up" later my eyes are starting to hurt from staring at the computer for so long and typing so much.  But it feels so good to get this out.