New addition

In my last post I said "There's a new addition to [my] family! Any guesses as to what it might be? I'll give you a hint: it's NOT a baby/child/fetus/anythinglikethat"

I got some pretty good guesses! My favorites:

* A robot named Monte for Gregron to have a friend
* Are you pregnant with a full-grown man?
* Jude Law

Gregron did not get a robot friend, sorry to say. He still has only human friends...

And thankfully I am not pregnant with a full grown man! I hear being pregnant with a small fetus is uncomfortable; I can only imagine how horrible it would be to be pregnant with a full grown man!

It's not Jude Law. Sadly I cannot afford celebrities...

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In the end Camille won. She nailed it right on the nose. I got a Bosch mixer!!!

I love it! I LOVE love LOVE it!!!

There it is in it's new home. I'm quite pleased that it's been getting along with the other kitchen appliances/gear. I don't know why I was worried about that... The blender and toaster have always been more than kind.

I decided to break it in by making a pizza. The dough recipe I used this time used honey instead of sugar. It was a different texture than I am used to, but it turned out pretty good! And yes, I did put zucchini on my half. Yes, it was good.

If you know me at all then you know I have this inner need to name inanimate objects: my laptop, my car, things like that. Well, I want to name this new addition to my family. I haven't had any FABULOUS ideas. I haven't even decided if it should be male or female. I need help! And ideas for a good name for my mixer?

Copy Cat

Yes, I am a copy cat. Lauren does this thing on her blog where she posts "Things Lauren is Happy About".

This post is:
Things Lindsey is Happy About!
(Thanks Lauren)

1) I'm a college graduate!

I graduated Summa Cum Laude from ASU! I now hold a bachelors degree. I also got my teaching certificate last week, so I am a real teacher now. It feels G.R.E.A.T. for anyone who is now in school, hang in there.

This picture made possible by my brother Brad.

On the way to graduation. That face is because I am NOT looking forward to putting on the ugly hat.

With Tanner, the ugly hat, and my empty diploma case (they mail the REAL diploma later).

Seriously though, those graduation caps are attrocious! I mean we're graduating from college--this has required a good amount of time, energy, work and money--doesn't that deserve better?! I mean they should give us the cutest hat ever invented, not that ugly piece of junk. I don't think anyone looks good in those (well, except Afton at high school graduation)

Camille, thanks for being my graduation buddy and sitting next to me!

Thanks family for being so supportive and making the sacrifices to be there (especially you Brandon!). And thanks for dinner at Chevy's afterwards.

2) My little brother Connie (his real name is Austin) got his mission call!

He's going to Omaha, Nebraska and leaves July 1st.

This is just me, my sis-in-law, and my nephew Brig. Love him.

3) Lisa, one of my former roomates, got married!!!

This is the old roomies at the cheesecake factory after her bachelorette party.

Here she is at her reception. She was beautiful! And VERY skinny! I think my bones alone make me fatter than that!

4) My brother is cute and took Brig on a lawnmower wide. I love this picture.

5) Tanner and I made collages!


Here's the one I made for Tanner. My favorite part=the picture of bottles of mayonaise. He told me that just seeing the pictures of the mayo made him feel gross. Haha.

Here's the one he made for me. It's really funny. My favorite part='recycling: rest in peace'.
That's funny because it's true. I really don't recycle. I'm the opposite of green (what does that make me? Red? And I'm totally fine with that).

6) my birthday is this Thursday. And guess what the universe decided to give me... The season premier to So You Think You Can Dance!!!!!!! Thank you universe!


7) There's a new addition to our family! Any guesses as to what it might be? I'll give you a hint: it's NOT a baby/child/fetus/anythinglikethat.

...Lately...

Just a little hodgepodge of what's been on my mind.

1) I passed the AEPA! That's the big, long, awful test you have to pass to teach in the state of Arizona. I found out last night that I passes both sections I took! Horray!

2) I found this incredible picture on my Gregron (my Computer)! Yes, these were to help show which bathroom was which.


3) I made this purse. I'm loving it!


And yes, I did donate blood. I save lives.

4) I have been sleeping alone at night. No, Tanner and I did not get in a fight. Tanner has been working nights (10 to 6) staying over at a friend's grandparent's house helping the grandpa who is up most of the night. I just try to get to bed before he leaves and I wake up just as he's getting home--that way it almost feels like he's never even gone. I don't like being all alone at night. Someone could break in and kill me (or worse) and I'd have no one to hear my screams...

5)Tanner and I went to dinner at Famous Daves. It's always like pulling teeth to get him to take a picture...

I REALLY wanted to get a picture of us with the Famous Daves pig, but Tanner put his foot down there. We volunteered to take the picture but for my life he wouldn't be IN the picture with me. Sad.

6) I cut my friend Rhonda's hair. Here's the before:


And after:

7) I'll be a college graduate in 2 1/2 weeks!

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She's mine! All mine...

Meet Stella.

She's mine.  I own her.  She's basically my slave.

I took a loan out 5 years ago, and now it's paid off!!!  That's 163 dollars every month that I don't have to pay towards Stella.  As a celebration I cleaned her real good: inside and out.  I don't think she's been this clean since I bought her.  (And I think if she knew she'd get treatment like this she would have paid herself off a long time ago...)

Freedom feels so good!

And next month I'll know what freedom from school feels like.

Only 4 more weeks till graduation!!!!

Hmm...

Yes, I know...it's been a while.

Yes, I feel bad every time i think about my poor abandoned blog.

Yes, I will write you a blog right NOW!

I've had lots of things I've been meaning to write ab

out.  Here:

1) My house was BAD--I mean ugly, sick, and smelly.  But don't worry, it's better now.  I have some before and after pictures though just so you can see. 

One wall in the living room.

Then

Now

The corner of the living room

Then

Now

Outside

Then

... Coming soon!  I don't have a "now" picture yet and it's too dark to take one right now...

Now

My kitchen! 

I don't have any before pictures, but I'm sure you et the point of what it USED to look like.

More of the kitchen.  I made that little rag thing.  Inspired by Adell (Camille's sister).

Kitchen again.

Okay, here's the bathroom before.

And here it is.

What's that?  You like my little curtain?  Thanks!  I actually made it myself!

2)  I went to the races out at Manzanita Speedway.

There's the track.  The cars are so fast and my camera is SO SLOW so this picture isn't nearly what it could be, but that white blur on the track is actually a car!

Here's my coworker Doris and her man Jimmy.  We went with them and it was a BLAST!

Here I am with Tanner.  He didn't want to have to take a picture.

3) As I just mentioned, Tanner hates taking pictures.

Last Sunday while playing Settlers I wanted to take a picture.  

This is what I got.

I reverted to bribery.

Then finally, with the help of my brother Brandon (and his natural talent of being hilarious)  I got a decent picture.

4)  The other night I lost a filling!  

I was flossing and it just came right out.  Shoddy workmanship...

I was upset!  As you can see...

5) I bought some flowers a while back.  

I have a good assortment of colors and they make me feel so fancy!

That's it for the most part.  Well, that and I'm more than half way done student teaching!  I graduate in about a month and a half!  Crazy...

I went to the zoo today

Today at school [I'm currently student teaching] I went to the zoo. We didn't go to the Phoenix Zoo, but the World Wildlife Zoo. It took almost an hour to get there--it's way out in Litchfield park, I mean who even goes out there? To be honest, it's a sad city the zoo aside.

My mentor teacher and I took 4 of the most rambunctious boys in the class so that none of the parents had to. They were actually pretty well behaved all things considered.

Even though I was a chapparone and my primary obligation was watching after 4 boys, I enjoyed it. I saw really cool animals up close, rode a cable car over the whole park, and got to feed a manta ray!

I didn't take this picture, but I did get to see a white tiger like this--it was probably his cousin or brother...

All in all it was a good trip. I even used a Camelback for the first time. I was 100% hydrated all day long!

3 Months Ago I Went on a Honeymoon

It's true. I got married--which you already know--and proceeded to go on a honeymoon. Let me show you.

*** Once again i had more pictures I wanted to add, but the stolen internet here at my house is a bit faulty...***

We spent our first night in Scottsdale in a fancy pants hotel. When we checked in I was still in my dress and Tanner was still in his tux. When they realized we had just got hitched, they upgraded our room!

Here we are on our first full day married!

And Tanner with a huge plate of nachos. He was SO EXCITED when he saw how big the plate was!

I had a couple pictures from Disneyland I was going to post, but i guess I'll have to wait until the internet is more cooperative.