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Dear Scissors,
I feel your pain... No one wants to run with me either.
Sincerely, Sarah Palin.

Dear sidewalk designers,
Please make the tiles either a little longer or a little shorter. It's tough to not step on the cracks while still appearing to walk like a normal person.
Sincerely, OCD.

Dear celebrities,
Yeah, if I had the money to buy designer clothes, have a personal trainer and a stylist I would probably look smokin' hot everyday too.
Sincerely, the rest of America.

Dear guys,
If your chest hair resembles a sweater, then it's time to trim it.
Sincerely, grossed out girls.

Dear medication,
Why are half of the side effects the symptoms I was taking the pill for in the first place?
Sincerely, confused.

Playing House

My mother told Robbie the other day that I have wanted to "play house" since I was younger.

Really, what little girl doesn't play house at least once in their childhood? Even little boys occasionally get "roped in" (they like it) to being the "Daddy" or in my brothers' case, playing the Ken doll.

But it's true. I do very much so have a homemaker streak right through the middle of me. I always said I wanted to be a mommy when I grew up. And while I'm not even close to the mommy part yet (I hope that's  a few years away!), I am more than tickled to start with the house part.

Robbie and I went furniture shopping the other day. It was so fun to jump from couch to couch and think which set will be a part of many memories to come. Robbie's really funny about picking the couch too, he says it's just as important as picking a good bed since it may be his bed when I'm not happy. Really, Robbie wont be able to put that on me though, he's always sleeping on the couch now without a wife sending him there. It will probably end up being his bed most of the time because that's where he'll fall asleep and I'll either have to squish on with him, or just cover him with a blanket.

Just before our two hours at the furniture store, we spent two hours cleaning out the last 30 years of dirty from the window sills of our house-to-be. Hopefully it wont take two hours to clean five windows next time!

We also spent about an hour, after officially putting the utilities in our name, touring the little area around our house. I am SO EXCITED. There is this cute little antique store around the corner, a cemetery up the street, a dance studio down the street, and the old fashion diner just around the corner. Robbie's excited to get our first utility bill so we can take it in and get library cards. :)

We're pretty sappy right now, but I can't help that I'm so happy. It's official, I think I've made it to cloud nine.

Wedding plans are coming along. 64 MORE DAYS!

I'm So Much More Mature Today

In anticipation for moving into my new house with Robbie (YIPPY!), I've been picking through my piles of junk and "stuff." 

After hearing about the load of boxes with which I've already filled our kitchen-to-be, Robbie has carefully asked me to try and not "collect 'stuff.'" 

This is a weakness of mine. I am acknowledging this now. I do like "stuff," but I love the memories associated with things of my past. I'm tickled every time I pull out a random trinket from "that one time," or a poem I wrote so long ago. My hand hesitates over the garbage can. What to do?

We learn so much from our past. Have you ever looked back on your life a year, several years ago and thought, "I've grown up so much since then"? Well, I do this all the time. And I know my flippant feelings of being so much more mature now will only fade tomorrow when I look down my nose at the me of yesterday. 

Sometimes I think the things I worried and carried so much about were silly and insignificant. I suppose this is a signal that I'm growing up. I would be more concerned if I were interested in the same things now as my 15-year-old self. However, in my piles of papers I spent the evening sifting through, I found a half sheet of paper with the title "goals for 2008." Granted, it's only been three years, but I was quite taken aback to see that I had the exact same goals this year as I had three years ago. Many people don't believe in New Year's Resolutions, I know Robbie doesn't. And I almost didn't make any this year. But I'm glad I did. 

I love seeing progression in my life--sometimes harder to detect than the list of goals that has hung over my head for years. 

Speaking of growth, I've been picking through pics for a video Robbie and I are putting together for our reception. Here's my new favorite picture of Robbie. I'm obsessed.

Wedding Plans

Things are moving along quite nicely. ONLY 72 MORE DAYS UNTIL I GET MARRIED!!!!

I've been engaged for almost three weeks now, and here's what we have finished:
-Temple room booked
-Reception hall booked
-Tour of reception hall for finalizing decoration layout scheduled
-Purchased wedding dress, have an appointment next week for alterations
-Colors picked
-Refreshments decided upon, and arrangements made with vendor
-Photog picked
-Working on our video
-Bridesmaids and Groomsmen on board (most of them didn't have a choice :)
-Announcement concept drafted
-Announcement address list almost there
-House leased to move into
-Half of my stuff sitting in the kitchen of said house
-New job (starting in a week! yay!!!)
-Future in-laws have their plane tickets and we've got them a place to stay

For not having any wedding plans before getting engaged, I think we're doing pretty dang good!


Our goal is to have everything set and taken care of by May 1st (Wedding on May 21st), because here's what the schedule is like, Caleb's mission farewell and family party on May 15th, Bulloughs fly in May 18th, Ballet recital May 20th, Wedding and Reception May 21st, Caleb goes to the MTC May 25th, Josh (my brother) gets married June 10th, Robbie and I have a reception in Indiana sometime the next week. PHEW! If we can all survive...and not kill each other...this will be an amazing time in our lives.

Here's Josh and his bride-to-be, Amy:

I love them both so much and am so excited for them as well!

I'm Engaged!

I'm pretty sure that everyone who actually reads my blog already knows this, but I wanted to post it anyway. I love saying "I'm Engaged!" as many times as possible, so you'll have to indulge me for a moment.

I am so happy. This is so right. And I am so excited!

My road with Robbie has been a bumpy one, and it has taken us a long time to come to this decision and to find this happiness. But I am very grateful for every bump and twist in the path that lead us to the strong relationship we have now.

The decision to get married is a scary one, and requires a lot of faith and trust. In some ways, being single can be much easier than relying on and caring for someone in addition to yourself. However, I feel that with the added difficulty, comes an added measure of happiness!

I feel marriage follows after the pattern of Adam and Eve. We leave a state of child-like innocence, accepting the fact that life's difficulties and potential for pain increase, but also look forward to our ability for joy and knowledge and progression to increase and deepen and grow so beautifully.

Robbie and I will be married on May 21, 2011 in the Salt Lake Temple.

We signed on a cute, very old, little house in Lehi, where we will start our life together.

In our new {old} house.