Classes

I have found that finishing my degree online is one of the hardest things I have ever done. I will graduate in December and I don't know what I will do with myself after I graduate. Learning is something that I live for. It is something that inspires me. I love to learn! There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about things that I have learned. Whether there were in a virtual class discussion or a picture my teacher posted from Paris I am constantly learning something. For a communication class I am taking we had to pick two speeches to watch and this is one that I picked. It gave me goose bumps and made me re think the way I look at things. There are not words to describe the way I feel when I stumble across items like that video. I feel alive when I am blessed with the opportunity to learn something that challenges me. I can feel myself changing as I start to question how I understand something. I live for those moments and I hope that I can continue to learn every single day of my life.

A Little Over A Week....

I will be married for a year! I can't believe it. If you would have asked me what my life would be like when I was a teenager I would have never guessed this. I always thought that I would get married after college, or maybe never. I honestly thought that maybe marriage was not in the plans for me. That just goes to show how much I know. Now here I am married for almost a year and graduating in December.  Life has worked out in a way I never imagined, but I would not change anything. I am very grateful for all the things life has taught me.

We already bought Orion his anniversary present. Orion's parents invited us to go to Disney Land with them and the high school his mom works for, but we decided against that. We wanted to do something for our anniversary by ourselves. So Orion got an XBOX 360 and some games. He has never been so happy. Last week he worked 60 hours so he could get a 200 dollar bonus and we used that money to buy his present. He has been working so hard lately he deserved a really nice present. My present is going to come on our actual anniversary and I can't wait.

The Shoe

So Orion and I have lived in our new apartment in SLO for over a week now. It's a shoe compared to our old place. I am not even kidding. Although it is smaller we are saving a good amount of money. Rent is cheaper by $100 and we will save probably that much on gas because Orion only has to drive five minutes to work instead of thirty. The downside we no longer have a dishwasher or washer/dryer in our apartment :( Oh well. I work one day a week watching super cute little boys and I plan on doing my laundry at my mom's after I watch them. She told me I could before I even thought to ask. She is a great mom! Plus paying for laundry is expensive! I did it this past weekend and spent $1.50 per wash for three loads and $.75 per load drying. Except one dryer charged me a buck to dry. So they brings my total to $7 when I normally spent $13 a month on electric for my entire apartment (our dryer was electric and our water was payed for by our land lord). Me being the cheap skate that I am will do my laundry at my mom's as much as I can.

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The other day I decided to make some banana bread. I just love it and it is pretty easy to make. I am not the best cook in the world, but I would consider myself a pretty good baker. If ever asked to bring something to a party/gathering I would pick baking something over cooking something. I just enjoy baking much more than cooking. Orion can attest to that because I have him cook dinner whenever I can. While making the banana bread I decided that peanut butter would be a wonderful addition, which it was. Once I added that I felt like I needed to add something else and what is better than chocolate chips? Nothing I tell you. I was so happy when I was making the bread from scratch that I decided it needed a smile too.

I was sad when Orion got home and ate part of the face. I tried to make him eat around it so the smile would last as long as possible, but he did not listen.

An Adventure Filled Weekend

Friday it was raining pretty bad and our tires were pretty bald. Orion was worried he might crash or something so I was assigned the task to find new tires. I kinda failed because I don't know anything about tires. But that night we decided that even though it was raining we were going out to eat. We went to this Chinese place just up the street from us. It was pretty good. Nothing amazing though. We decided to eat in Atascadero because we won't be living here much longer. That's right we are moving! We officially got an apartment in SLO on friday! We are moving in two weeks I am really excited.

Our big adventure happened on Saturday. We bought new tires for our car $370 I swear that car is more expensive than a child. We did some errands and just hung out most of the day. But since our tires were brand new and much safer Orion suggested we go to the beach in the rain. It was so much fun and really cold. I wore one of my snow jackets.

I wore a sweater underneath it to keep me extra warm. It was so cold and beautiful. On our drive over to the beach there was snow on the hills. I tried to take a picture but it did not work out so well.

If you can't tell my face is red because I am so cold. We looked up the temperature online and it said it was in the low thirties but felt like 26 degrees. Man that is really cold for our area. Plus HELLO there was snow on the ground on our way to Morro Bay. It never snows here since we live so close to the beach. And they say the world is getting warmer. LIARS! I was so gorgeous at the beach at sunset with a light rain. I suggest you try it some time.

You can see the storm clouds rolling in and the blue skies just above the horizon.

On the mountains in the back of this pictures there is snow. The clouds were rolling in so we did not get a good picture. But can you believe it snow on mountains/hills that are next to the ocean?

This picture you can see the snow a little bit better. Oh how I love snow when I don't have to live in it!

I am so grateful that we live in such a pretty place. It truly is the happiest county, at least according to Oprah. I want to live in the area forever, but we will see what the Lord has in store for Orion and I.

 Just for fun here is a picture of a sunset from our apartment.

I am going to miss our apartment, not the down stairs though. We are on to bigger and better adventures now. Well our apartment will be smaller but the drive to work for Orion will be better because it won't be so long. We are excited to see what happens.

Sick!

I have been feeling sick for most of last week. Sunday morning, meaning yesterday, I woke up with a very funny voice. I had it a little on Saturday night after we had a group date with our friends DJ and Kylie. But Sunday morning it was pretty bad. I sounded like a teenage boy going through puberty. My voice was cracking and everything. So what did Orion do? Thought of ways to get me to take or make noises so he could laugh at me. What a nice guy. He made breakfast and asked me to pray. I squeaked my way through the entire thing. So clearly I was not going to church. Orion was not feeling super great either and did not want to miss out on hearing me sound funny so he stayed home too.

This weekend Orion did not work at all so it seemed really long. I enjoyed every minute of it minus being sick and my throat really hurting. Sunday seemed to go on and on but in a good way. Good news I know sound like a woman again and Orion is a little sad. He got a kick out of my voice cracking and squeaking. Too bad for him.

Valentine's Day

This year was Orion and I's first Valentine's day together as a married couple. It was so much fun! It all started off with Orion sleeping in an extra hour, on purpose, so we could have some extra cuddle time. Then five am rolled around and he was off to work. He sent me a text telling me my card was in the desk draw. It was a really cute card and there were some surprises with it.

He took forever the night before looking up how to make these guys. I though they were so cute! When he came home from work, after a Costco run he brought me flowers.

Real roses! I have never gotten this color of rose before and I love it. He also bought me some chocolate Costco size. A HUGE bag of M&M's with pretzels inside. Then it was time for dinner. Just to warn you if you have not already noticed I am not the best picture taker so just remember everything was delicious!

Spinach salad with shrimp and bacon topped with raspberry dressing. SO YUMMY!

Heart shaped pizza. We cut it in half so we each had a piece of the heart. We also made a regular sized pizza because Orion love love loves his pizza. He took some left overs for lunch today. For dessert we had red velvet cake with home made cream cheese frosting, but I forgot to take a picture. Then I gave Orion the card I made him.

He loved it! I am working on being crafty and this was the second card I have ever made which I think turned out pretty good. All and all we had the best Valentine's Day ever, well until next year.