It's more yellow...

So the Internet finally decided to work today, sorry it has been so long. But I was finally able to get a new template thing like trish sugested, i thought this one was cute, but its more yellow than orange. :D



It has been so hot here in Utah these past few weeks, it's really nice, but its sooo hooooot! You really know its summer with this kind of heat and the constant desire to be submerged in refreshing pool water. My excitment for the fourth and twenty-fourth is growing as all the firework stands are being put up around town! I really like fireworks, they are so much fun (and everyone knows how much i love fire :D) Sometimes at work, when i take the french bread to the front of the store, i sneak over to our fireworks and look at them. Its like a kid in a candy store, my eyes get wide with excitement and i want to take everything, Things that sparkle, explode, scream, spin, and burst! but i don't have the funds for that kind of shopping spree :(



Another thing exciting about the fourth of July is my paycheck. Not only will I have close to 40 hours this week, but I get time and a half for the 8 hrs i'll work on the 4th, plus 8 holiday hours! so i'll be living rich for a while haha. Work has been pretty uneventful and I think it's because i only worked 29.5 hrs this week so i haven't really been there. That was a real drag because that was a 10 hr. cut for me.

Well, just an interesting side note is that my manager Diann (you know, the one that is off her rocker and going nuts and senile in her old age...) was supposed to get married this past week, but delayed it because she couldn't kick her druggie, stealing, son out of her house. So her and her fiance rescheduled for mid-July. Well then yesterday she was telling us how she got a phone call from some other guy who she was supposed to get set up with before she met her fiance, and this guy wanted to take her out on a date. This is a guy she hasn't ever seen or met, and she was all gun ho to go on a date with this other guy without even telling her fiance, who she is about to marry in 2 weeks! We told her she was crazy for thinking that was okay and she decided she was going to tell her fiance that she wanted to go out with this other guy. And all her fiance said was, "okay, if thats what you want to do." Then she "thought and thought and thought about it" and decided that she didn't want to date this other guy cuz she didn't want to lose her fiance.

All I know is that if you're that unsure about marrying someone (Who you don't even find attractive), you keep calling it off and then putting it back on, and then want to date other people, then maybe marrying this person isn't such a good idea. I think that Diann is just too picky. she's 58 and doesn't want to marry this guy because he's 4 years older than her (she said she doesn't want to get stuck taking care of someone who's too old to function) she wanted someone taller than her (and he's the same hight as her) someone with more hair (haha) etc. I don't know i think the whole situation is just amusing, and can't wait to see how long this guy puts up with her crazy butt! :D



Anyways.... enough about that.



Instant Updates!

• I think that one of my roomates (Beckie) is getting special privlidges and not paying as much rent as the rest of us. not by much i don't think, but still its not all that fair...
• I love Steve (he's been real stressed out lately because of our roomates, and i feel bad. he says they're like anxiety attacks)
• I got a bit sunburnt by the pool a while ago, but i think i tan easier now then i used to
• I haven't shaved my legs in months and they are very hairy... hee hee
• Trish is amazing at computer stuff, she changed my blog around alot and i love it! I struggled alot with it and messed it up and she fixed it!
• I can't figure out what to get angela for her birthday
• My dad is so sweet and cool :D
• My mom is too, now that i'm moved out it's easier to get along with her
• um... i still need to work out.... alot :)

Well that's about all today, sorry it's been so long and i don't have anything real cool to write about. Maybe I'll dig through my pictures and find some to put up :)

Lean, Mean, Racing Machine

My boyfriend LOVES cars, I'd go as far to say that he's a bit obsessive at times, but I think its cute. He also takes pride in his own car and takes way good care of it. Right now he drives a chevy cavalier, but it isn't just a normal cavalier, it's a supped up, sexy peice of machinary (his words, not mine :D) So I thought it would be nice to show you all how his passion is refected onto his baby. It's a real zippy car, and really fun to drive around in. He has alot planned to do with it in the future. And it's a heck of a lot cooler than my silly corsica haha!

We also went boating recently with his brother. Tyler, who is a tiny bit younger than me, bought a little boat and its alot of fun! We took it out on Utah Lake (yea i know it was a little yucky, but wasn't so bad) Don't mind the ugly picture of me, but it was a good trip to the lake

This is Steve, His Brother (he's sucking it it!), and then a very white me (please no comments on my top trish! haha)

This is the boat he bought, and then a pretty scenic picture (yes that is a bathroom)

Instant Updates

• I was trying to figure out how to look up people's blogs. My dad said he made one but i wasn't sure how to find it other than asking him what the link was.
• Work went by pretty fast today, nothing exciting which means no fun work stories! I know you all are so disappointed
• I think I might talk steve into a late night dip tonight! that would be fun.
• I'm officially not going to school in the fall, but I had the head of the Culinary Program put me on the list to start in the Spring. Hopefully I'll be able to afford it then.
• I Love Steve :D
• I think I'm shopping for clothes on friday, just cuz i love myself
• Anyone know the cheapest place to get internet from?

Okay, that's about it for today... I think I'm posting too much, so i might give it a rest for a little bit haha. I blame Trish :P Peace out

Best things in life are free...

But this doesn't include free internet, cuz that just sucks. I haven't been able to get online for days now.

So i promised some pictures, so here are some from Hannah's 6th grade Graduation!

This is my dad and mom with Hannah

This is her teacher Mr. Shelton, he was also my teacher! And then this is Hannah and her boyfriend!

This is hannah with her friends
Then this is me and my daddy! aw, we're such cute people! The graduation was really cute, but mine was better! haha My mom was telling me about how the principle at Windsor when I was graduating banned graduation and the spanish class rebeled against her! We threw our own graduation and i was the valedictorian and gave a speech and everything. I was smart back then, the first and only time i got straight A's. It's weird to think that Hannah is going to Jr. High! it's so exciting, but to me she still seems too young to be going, almost like a parent thinking their child is growing up too fast.

Well thats about all the pictures my computer will allow me to upload today, so i can do some more from a different activity tomorrow (and when i say that it means whichever tomorrow my computer works on.)

Instant Updates!

• Nate almost got strangled the other night... I almost felt bad, but I'm sure he deserved it a little bit
• Roomates have been cleaning regularily, and we have stopped. It's their turn to pitch in
• I Love Steve
• We got some cool chines laterns to hang on our balcany, i'll take a picture when we get then lit up!
• Diann, my manager, is gone for a week! So work will be super nice
• Our door has two bolt locks, one that can unlock from the outside with a key and one that doesn't unlock except for inside. Nate has begun to lock the latter and he locked us out today. Since he was asleep and usually doesn't hear anything when he is (not even an alarm after an hour) he didn't hear us knocking. So Steve climbed up to our second story balcony and let us in
• Me, Steve, and Becca and Hannah went and got shaved ice today, we sat in the park and ate them, it was pretty fun!
• Steve was going like 107 on the freeway, weaving in and out of traffic and got pulled over by some under cover cop guy and he just told us to slow way down and then told us to go. no ticket, no nothing!
• It's freakin HOT!!!
• Weezer new red album is a pretty good CD

Toodles all until next time!

Crazy Cake Hustlers!

So i don't know what it is about Albertson's, but it seems like a lot of people are always trying to get their cakes for free for no reason!

One lady ordered a spongebob cake and called in to see if she could pick it up at noon instead of 1:30. Well we had over 15 cake orders that day, so that was basically impossible, but we were trying to find the order, just in case we could squeeze it in earlier. Well I had forgotten to write "spongbob" on the order, so we didn't find it right away, so we told her we'd call her back as soon as we found it, but even if we didn't find it we'd have it ready for her by 1:30. I found the order, because I remembered taking it and called her back, not even 5 minutes later. I said I had it in my hand, with the receipt (cuz she already paid for it) and we'd have it done for her, but we were just so booked with orders we couldn't do it early. Then she started yelling at me saying how i ruined her kids birthday and that I scared her and she almost didn't have a cake for her kids birthday. Which i would understand if we didn't have it for her when she came to pick it up, but we still had almost 3 hours to do it! She called our store director and said how rude we were to her and how she was scared the decorator was going to spit in her cake. haha So we had to take the cake up to the service counter when it was done because she was scared of us and din't want to talk to us when she picked it up. And when she came in she wanted the cake for free plus a $40 giftcard to Albertson's for the hassle we caused her. (the cake was only worth $32!) Our store director pretty much laughed at her. She got her cake on time i don't see the problem?

One that happened today was this lady wanted an edible image of this cartoon, Charlie and Lola, that she printed off and brought in. Well problem is we can't do it because it's copyrighted and we have a license through this company (decopac) to do characters like that and they don't have Charlie and Lola. So we can't do it because we'll get sued. We told this to her really nicely and even said we'd do her a cake and she could stick the picture on the cake when she gets home, but we just couldn't do it. The lady was really mad and told us that we better "do the cake by any means possible! Even if you have to freehand the characters, I wants Charlie and Lola on the cake ready to be picked up tomorrow, and now I want it free!" haha okay....

One last story... There was this lady who used to come in all the time for cakes, but no matter how exactly we followed her instructions it was never even close to what she asked for! (The blue roses were supposed to be in the top right corner not the left, thats where the yellow ones were supposed to go!) yea.. we think she's not all there because the last time she came in and was disappointed with the cake she said this... "I'm sooo upset right now, i just don't know what to do anymore.... I just wet myself..." and she really did. It was gross. We ended up marking down her cake and sending her on her way to clean herself up. Last we've seen of her in months was when she came and gave us an apology letter saying she was sorry for how she acted, and that the person the cake was for actually loved it! haha

I think maybe just really really weird people shop at Albertson's! My manager Diann (who is complete nuts) went off on how disgusting she thought these people were! "They're hustlers! all they want is free stuff! They're theives!" Which may be a bit true, but its just funny hearing it like that from someone who is crazy (But Diann is another story).

Instant Updates!

• Nate took out the trash today! I saw it with my own eyes! Hard to beleive I know, I wouldn't have thought it could happen unless I saw it myself!
• Oh and aparently Nate thinks he's our financial advisor. Chinese lanterns are worthless junk, and he says we need to buy a desk (he tells us the ones at walmart are pretty nice and cheap).... and he needs to jump off a cliff! (but not die of course, that would be mean to say)
• Portuguese Rolls are delicious!
• Our pool is really fun, but the hot tub has green water for some reason..
• I have pictures to post! but not til tomorrow i think
• Steve got some cool decals to put on his car, they say enkei which are the brand of his new wheels, they look pretty darn cool.
• I want a convertable mini cooper and some new shoes
• Seen any good movies you recomend?

Well, thats about all i can muster to type for today, especially since i deleted it all on accident and had to type everything again! oops

Thursday

So my lovely aunt trish and her fam have a blog, and now my older sister angela has one, so i figured i'd jump on the bandwagon and have one of my own. Though I'm not so sure i'll have exciting stuff to write about.

It's thursday today and I have the day off as well as my boyfriend Steve, so we've just been hanging out. We ran errands and visited my dad at work. His work is pretty dang cool, really fancy and stuff, i wouldn't mind working at a place like that - maybe i would enjoy going into work! Well he's a cute, silly daddy and I love him. He was all excited to show us the stuff he's been working on at work and giving us a tour of the place. I'm glad he has that job, i think it will be really good for him :D

So i got dressed to go swimming about an hour ago, but we still haven't gone. If we wait to much later we'll miss our chance with the weather being nice and everything. It very sunny outside, so swimming will be really fun. Just hope all the crazy people don't camp in the pool all night so we'll have a chance to go down there! Steve and his friend Justin just left to walk to the Wally World that's in our backyard to pick up some groceries, mostly stuff to make some food later on.

We are still eating like japanese people complete with special bowls, chopsticks, sauces, and cups, its not too bad i guess. But I do admit I get cravings for a good ole' american hamburger and fries at times. Our fancy little rice cooker/food steamer is pretty amazing. Just throw some potstickers and rice in there and 10 minutes later you've got yourself a full japanese meal! haha, i already ate a terryaki chicken bowl today, but steve wanted to make... okonomiaki? i think thats how its spelled. It is a pancake mixture (flour, water, egg) with cabbage and green onions mixed in, then you cook it in a pan with some really thin sliced beef across one side. Its pretty yummy but it makes you feel way too stuffed, plus it kinda has a weird texture.

Instant Updates!

• My bottom front gums were hurting again, so i bought some fandagled inbetween teeth scrubby brush things, helped a little so hopefully it will go away again
• I Love Steve
• Work sucks, but i get paid tomorrow so i might be able to stand it for another week... but then again it is father's day weekend coming up!
• Roomates have been less annoying, seeing as they have been in their room all day. Now that the sister is gone, they actually live in their room instead of the living room! amazing no?
• I have a UTI and it sucks, and cranberry juice is really tart
• I did four loads of laundry and it took forever but my room is somewhat cleaner :D
• I miss angela, and everyone in NC... maybe i should come visit soon
• um.. i need to work out? haha

well, thats' about it, i'll stop boring you all with my little blog, so you'll just have to wait until I write again :P