Sunday, February 14, 2010

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!


I woke up this morning and wanted to do something nice for my husband. I decided to bake him his favorite muffins! Which as I type are in the oven right now. The yummy smell of gooey, warm blueberry muffins fills the apartment :)

When I went to the store this morning, I also wanted to buy a card to tell him how much I love him, but when I picked the one I liked, I looked at the price and it was FIVE DOLLARS! for a piece of paper with words written by someone else. not the best way to share your love.

So to my loving husband, Seth:

I love you. You are an amazing man and I am so blessed to have you in my life. I am extremely happy that you chose me to have by your side and be your wife. (haha smart guy's a rhymer!) You have given me so much joy and happiness, & turned my world upside down. Without you, I would be lost. You are the sweetest, most loving, giving and passionate man I know. I appreciate everything you do for us & everything you do each day to bring a smile to my face. I love who you are and what you believe. I love your passion and determination to do what you want with life. I love your adventurous spirit, but mostly I love the side of you that no one sees but me. I could have never imagined meeting someone who loves me as much as you do and who takes care of me like you do. God has given me the greatest husband and my best friend. You are the love of my life and I love every minute of our life together. Happy Valentine's Day Sweetheart!

Love, your Firefly

Monday, February 1, 2010

A note from Seth

Blogging...hmmm. It seems that no matter what I do or how I try to adapt, I am always falling behind the times. Got a cell phone years after everyone else was using them, got a smart phone years after everyone was using them, learned how to text years late, finally got a Facebook account and now we are all moving to blogging. Ahhhh... Whatever. So school started and I am already fed-up with it. Not so much it as the people who go there. At our community college there are about 22,000 students that attend there (literaly). Its so busy in the morning that we have police directing traffic on campus, just so that you can get to the parking lot where you will find exactly 0 spaces to park. Once you arrive in class it is filled with a bunch of snot-nosed little punks with 0 life experience and loud mouths full of exactly 0 knowledge or wisdom. The things that comes out of these kids mouths makes me doubt humanity as a whole. I spoke with my friend Jeremy Bishop to day who said something very interesting and I quote, " America, the land of the spoiled brats who think they already know averything." Thanks Jeremy, How true it is. I sit in class and wonder... 'what am I doing here?' I am forced to take the lamest classes, due to CA's flawed school system. On that note, CA has by far the stupidest most unreasonable laws out of any state or country for that matter. I cant get a job here because I wasnt certified in CA, they wont take my credits because they are this or that accreditation, wow. Now we are looking for jobs and I am waiting on the VA to start paying me my education money, which so are like a million other people out there. So the bank account continues to dwindle with each days passing.
Ok well aside from all that... Life is great.
No really, it is. Things are going great in the household. Sarah and I are adapting to the constant presence of each other and actually handling it very well;) She has handled the whole move so well and has truely impressed me with her mature attitude toward it all. We have a great roommate, seems to be working out very well so far. The dogs are healthy and loving SD as am I. I have yet to go surfing, since I have had such a full plate as of late, but plan to get out there asap.
We went to a dueling piano bar the other night with my brother Adam, his wife Helen and my cousins Lacey and Brandon. It was spectacular. We loved it. Sarah is amazing, she downed a shot of whiskey before anyone else at the table. What a trooper, what a wife. She continues to impress me each day with her little quips also.
I have been hitting the gym about 4 times a week with Kyle (roommate) and it seems to be going well. Sarah has been working out at the apartment gym and seems to like it ok. Sarah and I played raquetball the other day... it was a lot of fun. Sarah is a natural. She tends to shy away if the ball is hit real hard, but she will catch on soon enough.
Sarah has a possible job offer as a nanny. She has an interview this week with the people, so hopefully all goes well and we can stop worrying about money quite so much. I keep sending in applications, to no avail, but I will press on.
We truely miss all our friends in VA and UT. We hope to see them all so soon. They all seem to be doing very well and everyone seems to be getting pregnant these days, must be the weather out there. Good thing we are safe in CA.
Well, till next time. Take care and stay safe.