Friday was Tracy and I's 10th Anniversary. We had made some okay plans, but Tracy surprised me both by getting off early and with reservations to a restaurant that just earlier in the week I told my friend Pam I was craving, clearly he knows me well. We then went to Deseret Book where I used a gift card I got for my birthday (thanks Tricia!) to find a fun book. Last we went to a park less than ten minutes from our house that turned out to be really beautiful (it was a good week for parks.) In any case it was a wonderful day and I can't believe we've been married ten years. Time flies when you're having fun.
Tracy posted a cute picture of us on his blog:
http://potrazeebee.blogspot.com/2013/05/ten-years-of-happiness.html
In an unrelated note we ended up with some discount tickets to Lagoon because of the book I bought at Deseret Book, so if anyone wants them let me know.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Memorial Day Fun
Yesterday Tracy and I went on a picnic with his brother Chris, Stacia and Talon. Chris suggested a park in Bountiful which ended up being up in the foothills. It was a beautiful park that had been landscaped to leave patches of scrub oak and shrubbery and it had an amazing view across the valley. There was hardly anyone there and we really had a great time. It led Tracy and I to go check out a park near our own house that we'd never been too, and it's really cute and has great trees, so I think we will be going back sometime soon.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Hobby Mania
I have too many hobbies.
Seriously - here's a list of things I do, or am learning how to do, or feel like I should be learning how to do (at least the ones I can think of at the moment):
-Writing Fiction (though this should be a profession, but it's a hobby until someone pays me for it)
-Writing Poetry
-Reading Books
-Papercrafts (Cards, scrapbooking, etc.)
-Crafts (anything not falling into the above category, including jewelry making, decoupage, home decor DIY....I'm beginning to think this list would be freakishly long if it weren't for the word "crafts")
-Learning to play the Piano
-Crochet
-Gardening
-Cooking
-Baking
-Camping
-Postcard Collecting
-Watching TV
-Going to the Movies
This list does not count the things - like learning to play the guitar - that I started enough to actually buy books for, but never did anything with. (Though this is part of why Tracy talked to me after coming home teaching and asked me out on a date so I'm pretty happy about that one) It also doesn't count things - like playing volleyball - that my younger self was good at, but I can no longer really do.
Apparently I like projects and goals and learning new things. However, I sometimes think that save item #1, my sheer number of hobbies keeps me from being particularly good at any of them. Yet they also keep me doing things that are happy and productive. (Even those last two have helped me make friends.) I sometimes just wish I had a little better focus, and a few more hours in the day.
Seriously - here's a list of things I do, or am learning how to do, or feel like I should be learning how to do (at least the ones I can think of at the moment):
-Writing Fiction (though this should be a profession, but it's a hobby until someone pays me for it)
-Writing Poetry
-Reading Books
-Papercrafts (Cards, scrapbooking, etc.)
-Crafts (anything not falling into the above category, including jewelry making, decoupage, home decor DIY....I'm beginning to think this list would be freakishly long if it weren't for the word "crafts")
-Learning to play the Piano
-Crochet
-Gardening
-Cooking
-Baking
-Camping
-Postcard Collecting
-Watching TV
-Going to the Movies
This list does not count the things - like learning to play the guitar - that I started enough to actually buy books for, but never did anything with. (Though this is part of why Tracy talked to me after coming home teaching and asked me out on a date so I'm pretty happy about that one) It also doesn't count things - like playing volleyball - that my younger self was good at, but I can no longer really do.
Apparently I like projects and goals and learning new things. However, I sometimes think that save item #1, my sheer number of hobbies keeps me from being particularly good at any of them. Yet they also keep me doing things that are happy and productive. (Even those last two have helped me make friends.) I sometimes just wish I had a little better focus, and a few more hours in the day.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Graduation
Friday was graduation day for me. I might not have even done the whole ceremony and party thing if it weren't for the encouragement of my family. My Mom and John, Dad and Jill, and Tracy's Mom Tricia all came down for the day and came with me to graduation. I got a little teary eyed at one point during the ceremony, still surprised that the day had finally come and so grateful to be sharing it with my family.
If you're interested Tracy caught a video of my part of the ceremony and posted it on YouTube:
The party was also a lot of fun. The theme of the decorations was of course Red. When you graduate from the University of Utah and your favorite color is red it seems like the obvious choice. Tracy brought me the gorgeous flowers below and I did some DIY to create the sparkly red letters. The adorable little cap and tassel candy pops were my mom's brainstorm and they were really fun. I really appreciated everyone who took the time to come to the party. It was an amazing day!
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Happy Busy Day
Today was a busy one, Tracy and I (well especially Tracy) worked pretty hard, but it was all on really feel-good stuff. I cleaned up the patio, Tracy mowed the lawn and put new compost and dirt in the raised garden beds, I got the first round of veggies planted and then Tracy took on washing all of our windows. It's amazing how just having clean windows makes a house seem more sparkly inside and out.
The happy part not only comes from a day doing good stuff, but it also comes from the fact that I checked my student records yesterday and everything is signed off. I am actually, factually graduating this Friday. This, plus awesome encouragement from my Mom and John, got me excited to plan my graduation party, so last night we went and bought some decorations and I got the bulk of the food ordered. It should be a terrific, laid-back day to cap off seven years (yeah, that's way too long, but hey at least I'm done) of school work.
The happy part not only comes from a day doing good stuff, but it also comes from the fact that I checked my student records yesterday and everything is signed off. I am actually, factually graduating this Friday. This, plus awesome encouragement from my Mom and John, got me excited to plan my graduation party, so last night we went and bought some decorations and I got the bulk of the food ordered. It should be a terrific, laid-back day to cap off seven years (yeah, that's way too long, but hey at least I'm done) of school work.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Pinewood Derby
Our ward activity this afternoon was a Pinewood Derby, Tracy and I both made cars for it. It was the first time I had ever made a Pinewood Derby car, and with some sawing and wheel attachment assistance from my cute husband I think it turned out pretty well.
Tracy's blue car with the yellow stripes is a tribute to one of his Cub Scout cars that once won "Best Boy Scout Colors" and has an awesome hood scoop.
My car's decoration was something I debated a long time over until I found the perfect set of rub-ons/transfers/decals in my scrapbooking stuff. A lot of people liked the design, which made me happy.
It also made me happy that our cars both made it to the finish line in every race, and my car actually won one of the four races it was in. I came in sixth out of about twenty cars, one theory about the success was that Tracy had accidentally put my wheels on slightly crooked, but we later found out that only having three wheels touch the track might be an advantage. Considering we didn't use weights or graphite or anything it was a pretty good result, and definitely a fun day.
Tracy's blue car with the yellow stripes is a tribute to one of his Cub Scout cars that once won "Best Boy Scout Colors" and has an awesome hood scoop.
My car's decoration was something I debated a long time over until I found the perfect set of rub-ons/transfers/decals in my scrapbooking stuff. A lot of people liked the design, which made me happy.
It also made me happy that our cars both made it to the finish line in every race, and my car actually won one of the four races it was in. I came in sixth out of about twenty cars, one theory about the success was that Tracy had accidentally put my wheels on slightly crooked, but we later found out that only having three wheels touch the track might be an advantage. Considering we didn't use weights or graphite or anything it was a pretty good result, and definitely a fun day.
Friday, April 12, 2013
The Big Return
So over the last seven years at the University of Utah I have checked out A LOT of books. However, since they don't actually require you to ever take anything back unless someone else has requested it, there has been this cache of 20 plus books on my dissertation topic that I've had for years, literally. Add to this the odds and ends from various projects that just never got returned and I've had half a bookshelf full of the Marriott Library's books. Tonight, inspired by the feeling that I might, actually, really be graduating and by the urge to get those shelves back, I gathered them all up and tomorrow Tracy and I are going to return them.
It's the most excited I've ever been to return library books.
It's the most excited I've ever been to return library books.
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