Hey everyone! I guess I have a serious problem updating the blog. There's no excuse. I'm on here daily looking at my blog lists. Dreaming of a day I'll have time to be crafty and thrifty. I just never make the effort to update my own blog. Perhaps the other blogs intimidate me... but probably not.
So what have we been up to? Well, sit back, relax, and check it out. We start from where we left off...
I went to get my hair done by my wonderful friend Brianne. While there, her sister (who is interning for 101.5 The Eagle) told her that she had 2 extra tickets for the Reba and George Strait concert that night. Well, Brianne's husband, Ryan, just happened to be out of town, so she invited me to join her!! George Strait is my absolute favorite artist and so I jumped at the opportunity. It was an AMAZING show! Reba was fantastic and did a lot of older songs (I like her older stuff) mixed with some good new ones. And George, just wonderful.
Josh and I had our anniversary! 3 years! I still can't believe it. Some days it feels like just yesterday, while other days it seems like forever (in a good way). We were having some car trouble (not mechanical), so bathroom issues, and just having a difficult time deciding what to do. We bought a car a couple weeks earlier and the dealership apparently is running with a lot of new people. There were a few financing issues and the wanted to raise our down payment and we just didn't want to do it. So after owning a beautiful newer car for two weeks, we had to return it. The day we found this out, we also discovered that our upstairs bathtub was leaking to the point that the ceiling below was leaking. Great. When it rains it pours right? For now, josh just decides to cap off the leaks for the night and deal with it tomorrow because as of right now, it's Friday and this is cutting into my anniversary weekend! Saturday AM we drove down to switch back to our "old" car. When we got there the manager gave us his apologies and said he'd still like to try to help us but the banks are closed today. Being a smart girl I pulled out the tears and cried him my sob story of how my anniversary weekend was ruined because everything is going wrong! So he said we can keep the car till Monday and don't worry about the miles. Well, when we got to the car, I said "Let's go to St. George." Josh wasn't sure if I was serious, but he went along with it. We didn't bother driving back home for anything, because we were already in Orem. We just drove. On the way we booked a hotel room. We stopped in Scipio and saw a zebra in the new petting zoo. Then when we got there we went to Kohl's and bought some clothes for the next day and Walmart for some toiletries. It was one of the best trips ever! Just an over-nighter, but it was good to get away.
Then, we got home back to reality. Josh had Monday off, so he started taking stuff apart in the bathroom. The main problem was that the faucet was dripping, in order to replace it, we'd have to tear out part of the wall behind the facet. The tub/shower that we had was a one piece, so we'd have to replace the entire set up. And we've always hated the tile, so we may as well take that up to while we're at it. And then the vanity can be repainted since it's so boring. And we may as well do the shower how we want to now, while we're at it. Long story short, we decided to demo the entire bathroom and redo it. It looks and sounds a lot easier than it is... at least for us. What we always seem to forget, is how busy we are! This photo is after putting the new tub in the room, not where it's supposed to be, just there.
Our friends Alyssa and Hugh invited us to a military ball! It was so much fun! We got big poofy dresses and danced the night away! My feet hurt so good by the end of the night, but it was worth it.
May
I surprised my Grandma for Mother's Day with a last minute flight to Wisconsin! I got there around midnight so I got a hotel room for the night (no one knew I was there!) and showed up at her restaurant around 6:30 am, just a little while after opening. She was so surprised, it was so great! I wish I could have gotten pictures or video.
June
We got our bathroom done! I know I know.. Just over a month and a half later... but it looks AMAZING. I wish I had more before pictures but at the time, I wasn't really thinking of a glamorous remodel, I just wanted my bathroom back.
Then my mom flew out and we drove to Wendover to go to a Rick Springfield concert! We ended up in the third row, right in front of him. Being the awesome daughter that I am, I even got Rick to sign his autobiography on stage in the middle of the show for my mom!!! Shortly after that he came down in the audience and sang with my mom for a few moments. Needless to say, this is the best Rick experience either of us have had and I think she's still on Cloud 9 from it!
Josh and I built a retaining wall in front of our house to add some curb appeal, it turned out really great!!
July
Hey we're almost caught up! Josh and I have both been working like crazy. I don't know how we manage to stay awake sometimes. So we planned a cruise for August. We'll be leaving to go to the Caribbean for a week and we're really excited. A few days after booking the cruise, I got a temporary promotion to do training and so I'm going to be doing some traveling for work. This means that Aug 14-Aug 19 I'll be in Boston. I'll leave Boston at 5:15 pm and get to Salt Lake 10:40 pm, just in time for a flight to Tampa at 12:50 am, hopefully nothing is delayed! We'll get back from our cruise on Aug 28 at 10:30 pm, and then I leave for Sacramento at 8:30 am the next morning. Josh will fly out to Sacramento on Friday Sept 2 and we'll spend Labor Day weekend in San Fransisco, returning Monday! So pretty much I will be gone for 3 weeks!!!! I am so nervous but so excited. Had I known about this promotion, I would have postponed the cruise.
We just had a Petersen Family reunion lat weekend, that was a blast and a half. There were 125 people there. Uncle Denny installed a zip line, we set up a HUGE water slide, the boys had a skeet shooting contest, I taught some line dancing at a barn dance, we had a pig roast, big fireworks, a family softball game, and so much more!
Alright! Now that should bring you up to speed with the Petersen family!
