Moving Day 101

Well::
A few weeks ago we were able to move into a new apartment! It was wonderful. well, being in a new place was wonderful not the moving part. and usually i love to move... HOWEVER! I do not enjoy moving in the snow and rain. Moving day one was some rain. We figured not too big of a deal, we were going to just use the Pontiac anyway. we get a good bit of stuff done but just did not realize how much we had accumulated in just a year!! then, that following wed matthew and I both took the day off of work. we borrowed a truck from a coworker and planned to move. on my way to my study group at 10 am, yucky dreary weather. cleared up during the study group until I was about a half a block from home. started to rain. we finished packing the car and truck only for it to start snowing. we get to the new place and unpack as fast as we could putting the contents into its respective rooms. we do this a few times,then finish some dishes at the old place and bring one last trip to the new place. we get ready for brad's birthday dinner. YAY! no snow or rain! we go to chilli's and enjoy a fabulous dinner and dessert with Jenny and Brad. After, they offered to help us make one last big trip. we pack up the mattresses and load our car and theres. Then we get a phone call from the lady we switched cars with, she's stuck at the temple because there was something wrong with my tire. I told her we'd swing by to pick her up but right as we were leaving she happened to see a neighbor leaving the temple and got a ride with them. We start our last trip to the new place, and it starts to snow! Not just any snow, literally, a blizzard and everything is getting wet and we can barley see the road. Finally, after blow drying our matress and getting everything into the house, matthew and i drop off the truck and drive BACK to provo to see what's up with my car. what looked like a flat tire to her actually turned out to be a loose wheel. You see, 3 days prior to moving day I hit a big rock on my way home from work. It bent my rim and everything! We got it fixed but the screws weren' tight enough. I figured this out in the morning when I went back for yet another trip. So FINALLY, we are totally moved in with furniture, internet, and cable. my car is up and running and we are just loving our new place!
I'll post pictures soon <3

some things soon to come

it's been a while, i know. but here are some updates hopefully soon to follow.
- moving
- something exciting.
- graduation
- family
- awww.. <3 the beauty of summer is on it's way



don't worry <3 it'll be here soon!

Yay!!

Just a lot of smiles!! Because I have one final open house presentation tomorrow night which isn't even really a class and I am done with school! Then, I have 2 take homes finals(1 closed book, 1 open) 2 finals in the testing center, and 1 scheduled final. and then my family comes and I graduate!! I'm soo excited and can't believe i'm done. I don't remember a life without school so this will truly be a new chapter in my life!
also, on friday we got the keys to our new apartment!! we LOVE it and moving day #1 went wonderful. we're looking for a truck to be able to move the rest but other than that we're on our way to enjoying our new home <3
yay!!

Our Eventful Evening

Craziest thing happened last night!

To preface this note, first let me tell you that DeAnna and I live in a basement apartment and that our landlords are in their 70's.

So last night at 10:45 pm, DeAnna walks into the bathroom to see massive leaks of hot water falling into our bathroom. Water is coming from the vent and the ceiling and the room is quickly flooding. So we first grab buckets and blankets to hold the water at bay. Then we try to see if our landlords are home. We called their cell and LAN line more times than we can count, we bang on the door and ring the door bell, bang on windows, and figure there is no one home. I call my family that is in town visiting and they come over to help. First we figure out that in order to shut the water off we need some special tool from the city. So we decide to break into the house through the door in our basement, which meant taking the door off. My brother and I rush into the house yelling hello and their is no answer, so we find that someone left the water on in the half bathroom and it overflowed and flooded their bathroom and ours. We shut it off and clean up the best we can. I then write a note telling them what happened and told them to come down as soon as they can to talk. After we spend a few hours cleaning and drying out everything, I hear someone upstairs about 1 am. We run outside to see if someone new is home and we see no new cars. So I call the LAN line and the wife answers the phone. She says she got our note and is very thankful that we did what we did, but then confesses that she was in the house asleep the whole time!!! She was the one who left the water running. So let's now examine this:

We called both phones multiple times, knocked on all doors and windows multiple times, broke into their house, made a lot of noise in their house, hunted for towels and cleaned up a flooded bathroom, and this woman did not wake up!! What the heck!!

Needless to say, they have a lot of ceiling and floor damage in their house, all because they sleep like rocks.

some moreee ( see last post)

Some Pictures

Yayy!! Well, Matthew and I went to take some pictures today for my graduation announcements! So, I will post some of those, plus some really fun ones (from Christmas I know but i totally forgot they were on the camera since we had his mom's pictures too..lol) And, I will also post the announcement.. I'm basically just sending them to family but i am announcing it to you all as well:)

Many New and Exciting Things!

first-- this weekend was amazing! friday we went to an amazing Venezuelan restaurant. I got a chicken salad arepa? or something... i'm not really sure, they spoke to the waiter in spanish and so my friend told me what was good and that's what i got! and it was! (for those of you who think i'm a picky eater...haha)
Saturday I got up and went shopping. I got 2 polos, 2 long sleeve thermal shifts in fun colors, 2 way cute skirts, and a pair of capris all for $50! Now, that's some good shopping. I also got my hair cut! Then I went to brickoven for the best calzone i have eaten in my life(and i'm from pa where the italain food is hard to beat!). it was so fun to hang out with some girls from church. we really are just loving our ward! we wish we could stay forever! Matthew had a cookout with the boys from church. They had brats and shishkabobs. he said it was super yummy and he loved using his new grill:) lol.. Saturday night we ordered pizza and Jenny and Brad came over so I could color my hair.. I absolutly love it!
and finally!we found an apartment! we'll move in on April 8 ish... and we're super excited! It's a town house, split level. so you walk in and go down half stairs into a big living room and the kitchen. The laundry room and half bath is also down there! We're soo excited to have a washer and dryer in our apt! Then if you go up the stairs there's a full bath--with a tub!(we've had just a stand up shower that is super tiny!) then we'll have 2 bedrooms--both a good size. and outside we'll have a little area to garden or plant flowers or whatever. there's also a pool and a park right across the parking lot. and church is less than 5 min walk! we're soo excited...


oh--and here are some pictures... sorry they're not the best quality--they're from my phone.
before and after! the color is a deep mahogany.. it's really pretty in the light:) sorry, they're after and before..lol.. every time i post it switched them..lol... :)