Excited!

Ok so Sean and I have been trying for a while now to come up with a plan for the future and decide when we can get some of the things we've been wanting. Originally we were going to try to go to BYU this fall but that kind of flew out the window (neither one of us ended up applying... we didn't feel right about it). Sooo, now the plan is to buy a home before December 1st so we can qualify for the new stimulus package just passed by Obama ($8000 tax credit that you DON'T have to pay back to the government. I know, it's pretty awesome! It's like Obama is paying me to buy a house!). Also, I want to get a camera, a Canon 50D to be exact so I can start my photography business. PLUS, we want to have a baby (this is not announcement, I'm not pregnant, I just realllly want to be).
Anyway, so we've been scouting out houses seeing what the general market is right now and what type of house we can afford, etc. I found this beautiful house on craiglist (best website ever for all your buying/selling needs). It's 3 bd/2ba with a landscaped backyard and even a little playhouse (it can be converted to guestroom/craftroom whatever. It's got a phone line and air conditioning!) and even some nut and fruit trees! I LOVE this house! The best part: it's only $137000! We could totally afford that!
Also... Sean said we could afford to get my camera by MAY!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!! I'm so excited!!! He's also going to hook me up with Photoshop and everything to get me going! It's going to be fun, I've been dreaming of this forever. Our brother-in-law is a hairstylist and he's been asking me when I'm going to take pictures of all his hairstyles. He wants to create a portfolio. And the payment? Free haircuts/color forEVER!! Heck yes, I'll go for that!
As for a baby, we're not trying yet. But soon hopefully!

That is all for now. :)

Valentine's Day

Saturday was our first Valentine's day together. Sean was so sweet, he made sure he got me a dozen roses and took me out for a special evening. He and his friends set up a private dinner for all of us girls at Shroomies (I'm sure most of you have heard of this place by now, they normally only serve soups and sandwiches and stuff like that, really good food). The cook Ry Ry wants to break into the catering business and we were his guinea pigs. He served some yummy food and delicious dessert (chocolate covered stawberries... perfect for lover's day) and we even got to drink sparkling apple cider! Yum!! The tables were all decorated with rose petals and candles... totally romantic. There were only 4 couples there, Sean and me, Sean's brother Rick and his wife Traci, Jeff Clark and his wife Jessica and Josh Peterson and his girlfriend Aimee. It was a blast! Ry Ry did a good job of taking care of us. And the best part.... no wait and no big crowds! We got right in, sat right down and had a private dinner in a romantic setting. That's the way I like it!

The dinner table, equipped with rose petals and a candle

The group (from the left): Jessica and Jeff Clark, Josh Peterson and his girlfriend Aimee, Sean and I, Sean's brother Rick and his wife Traci.

I've been tagged!

10 Years ago I was...

1. In 7th grade
2. 13 years old
3. Clueless about soooo many things... haha
4. Wishing my mom would let me wear makeup
5. Hormonal...

5 Things on today's "To Do" list...

1. Go to work
2. Go to interview for Benefits job
3. Watch LOST
4. Make dinner
5. Go to bed

5 Things I would do if I were a Millionaire...

1. Buy a house
2. Put Sean through school, whichever one he wanted
3. Travel
4. Buy a new car
5. Save the rest, or turn it over to Sean so he could make the most of it!

5 Places I have lived...

1. Walnut, CA
2. Murrieta, CA
3. Bloomington (St George), UT
4. Winchester (St George), UT
5. St George

5 Jobs I have had...

1. House cleaner/babysitter
2. Albertsons
3. The Leavitt Group
4. Skywest Airlines
5. Marriott

Disneyland

Yesterday was Sean's birthday and we had previously planned to go to Disneyland to take advantage of their "free admission on your birthday" deal. However, Sean was sick all weekend and it was looking as if he wasn't going to be able to go. He kept getting fevers and he had a horrible cough. Luckily, he pulled through and we went anyway! He wasn't in his best health but he felt well enough to enjoy the thrilling rides at the "place where dreams come true!" Our adventure began at 5:00 am when the alarm went off (blah... I hate waking up that early). We got ready and made it to the St George airport at 6:20 to make the 7:00 flight. We landed in LAX at about 8:00, ran around for a few minutes until we found out that the ghetto place we rented a car from didn't have a regular shuttle service and we had to proceed to the LAX shuttle service to parking Lot C and someone would pick us up there or so said the girl on the other end of the phone who apparently had bronchitis because I couldn't hear a dang thing she was saying as all the buses, cars and trucks zoomed by me.

ANYWAY.... so we get to the rental car place which is called ACE Rent A Car (word to the wise, NEVER rent from them no matter how much money you save. Their walls were peeling and they probably have a mice problem and their shuttle driver smells like onions and listens to Muslim talk radio) and we sign the deathly papers stating that our card will be automatically charged if anything happens to their car. Great. They don't even have a "card machine," they've only got one of those really OLD card machines that imprints your information on a piece of paper. Easily accessible by anyone. Needless to say, I was glad to get out of that place!

We made it to Anaheim by about 9:00 and decided to just get Mickey D's for breakfast to save time... what a bad choice that was. The place was being "remodeled." There was no place to sit and they didn't even have bathrooms! We ended up having to eat in the car. Happy birthday husband, sorry this is nothing like breakfast-in-bed!

That's about where the negativity ends because we got to the ticket gates right as the park was opening and a friend of ours was able to get us both in free! Cha-ching! The lines were small and the crowds were few. Most rides we were able to just walk right on! One of them being Space Mountain, which is always packed! Lucky us! Sean was given a "Happy Birthday" button that we pinned on his pants and people were wishing him happy birthday left and right. Mmmmm and we got some rainbow sherbert at the ice cream shop... so delicious! Disneyland was a blast.

We left the park at about 5:30, got dinner at Tony Roma's and drove back to the dingy car rental place where we sat for a half hour waiting our turn to return the car, all the while listening to some poor guy who was stranded in LA and couldn't rent a car because he didn't have a credit card. Tough luck. We finally got back to the airport and made our flight home.

All together I think the day was great! We had a fun time at Disneyland. Happy Birthday Sean!