1/2 a Year

12-19-09 marked half a year of being married to the most amazing man in my life! The last 6 months of marriage has been absolutely wonderful. Yes we have had our tiff's but we have always worked things out and life couldn't be any better! We celebrated by eating Chinese food and by doing a deep cleansing of our apartment. Nothing super special, but we spent the day together and that was all that mattered to me. Christmas is right around the corner and we are exited to see all of our family and then enjoy a small vacation with friends to California. It will be a nice refresher to be away from work and school! Also, to spend time with some of our closest friends. I couldn't ask for anything more. Time has flown by and my marriage is continuing to blossom and grow stronger each day! I can't wait to see what the future holds for us in the near and far future. I couldn't be any happier right now! Greg is such an amazing man and I can't wait to grow old with him (a very long time from now of course...haha). 

I love you Greg! You certainly are my better half! :)

I think its time to Update!

Its been a while since I wrote on my blog. There have been some new developments. The semester is almost over. We only have finals left! Thank God!! It has been a very long a stressful semester, but we have made it through. At the end of October I signed up for my last semester of classes at NAU. That was a very weird and awesome feeling! I will be graduating in May and can't wait. Only 4 classes left to take and my career at NAU is over :) For Greg on the other hand he has a little bit longer to wait. He was going to finish a semester early and we were going to move down to the valley this upcoming summer. However that has changed. There are more classes that he has to take then originally planned for so rather than killing himself in one semester he is going to split it into two. So that means that we will move down to the valley in December 2010. He thought a lot about it and prayed about it and that is the decision he decided was best for him. I told him I supported him either way. I can work full time anywhere since I will be graduated. Our landlords told us we can stay as long as we like in our apartment. The place we are in now is perfect for just starting out but I am ready to have more space already.

I may have already mentioned this in an earlier post but we have a cat and her name is Fyre. She is so smart and cute! I swear sometimes that she is 1/2 dog because she loves to play fetch with her pink ball. That thing is almost torn to shreds, and she refuses to play with any of her other toys regularly. Its very fun to play with her. She is a little over a year old now. We took her on her first adventure over Thanksgiving break. We brought her down to the valley with us and she stayed at Greg's parents house. There were two cats already to begin with so we were very curious how she would react The first day she hid under the couch all day and that was expected. The other cats were very curious though and didn't have a problem approaching her. Fyre was a little uncomfortable with them, but it seemed like by the end of the weekend they got along a little bit. It was really cute, all three cats fell asleep on Kimberly's bed on the last day. Fyre was at the end of the bed, Prince Caspian (PC) was in the middle of the bed and Yoda was at the top of her pillow. It was very cute. The car ride for her was interesting. We had a cat carrier for her which she hates, but we got a 6' leash for her and attached it to the carrier and then let her sit on my lap and then she settled on my feet and fell asleep for most of the ride home. She was very cuddly. Another thing we have discovered about Fyre is that she loves fleece and flannel. Anytime that is available to her so goes and lays on it to sleep. We got Fyre her own fleece blanket for Christmas. We thought it was a cute idea. Here are a few pics of her.

Sleeping, isn't she cute!

I took this with my computer and she was trying to figure out what it was and what was happening...

Over Thanksgiving we were down in the valley and had a wonderful time visiting friends and family! It was so nice to see everybody and spent time with them. We usually have 3 Thanksgiving dinners, but only had two this year because my Uncle was sick. That was too bad, but it was good for my tummy. I don't think it could have handled anymore food. In a way I can't wait to host my own Thanksgiving Dinner, but at the same time I think I can :) The time flew by, but we are looking forward to seeing everybody at Christmas. Love you all!

Let's see... The next major thing that happened was Greg turned 22! I know I am a little late but Happy Birthday Honey you are now old. haha j/k Love you!  We went out to dinner to Olive Garden and had a nice dinner. His birthday was on a tuesday which was both of our crazy days. It was a late night dinner, but it worked out.

Next, I work at DCI Biologicals which is a plasma donation center. Its an ok job through school, but that is all. Every since I started I have worked a lot with new donors and getting them processed so they can donate for their first time. It is a lot of work and very time consuming, but it is one of my favorite things to do at work. In October, I got my 90 day raise and that was $0.50 which is awesome! I was informed about 3 weeks ago or so that management considered me to become the New Donor Specialist! I was very excited and that also comes with a pay raise! So I have been working there for 5 months and have moved up in the world. It feels great! Things were very rocky to begin with, but they have smoothed over some so thats nice. It will be nice to some be able to come home from work and not worry about school and that is for wherever I work!

Other than that nothing really new has happened here in Flagstaff. It is definitely colder here and it has snowed a few times Now it is mostly ice which is the dreaded part. Snow is pretty, ice is evil. The semester is winding down and then hopefully both of us can have a true break and recover. I am looking forward to Christmas and New Years. I think they are definitely my favorite holidays of the year. Well,I think that sums up the last few months. I will try and be better about this in the future and not get so far behind. Happy Reading!