My Perspective Today...

I have a little bit of a "glass half empty" attitude today.

It might be because my sink looks like this...

 I'd say when the sink is completely full and the dishes are suddenly being piled on the counter, it's getting pretty bad.

Or it might be because all of my time looks like this...

I made the terrible mistake of taking too many credits. Midterm week and I have met a new low.

And the worst part is, all I can think about is ANYTHING but those 2 things. 

Like how much I am wishing for Spring right now instead of the snow I found covering the ground when I woke up this morning.

Tomorrow is a new day and I'm hoping for a glass half full this time. 

Exciting News...

When Nic's clinic lost their manager about 8 months ago, he took on all of the work she left behind. He has been going in early, occasionally staying late, adding a thousand extra tasks to his already busy day, and working so hard for us. At first, the experience was great for him. He was given so many opportunities to add to his resume - opportunities that he would have never been given without the extra responsibilities. The only catch, his job title remained the same. It got to a point where I felt like they were using him and he deserved better. 

His yearly evaluation was on Friday with his director and I made sure he was going to mention something haha and sure enough he did. There are still a few hoops to jump through before it becomes official (paperwork, new badge, etc.) but I came home on Friday to the Idaho Vein Center's new Clinic Coordinator and I couldn't be more proud of him. With that said, it has been a weekend of celebrating around here!

This amazing weekend and all I have to commemorate the weekend are these cheesy pictures we took in the back of a local pet store! Oh who am I kidding, we ARE cheesy. By the way, who seriously buys tarantulas for a pet? I was terrified when I was 10 feet away from the things let alone if one was camping out on my dresser.

Friday we had dinner at our favorite restaurant (Cafe Rio) and caught up on our weekly shows (Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill). Saturday we cleaned, worked out, and did homework in the morning, bleh, but Saturday  night we decided to keep up with the weekend's cheesy theme and saw Chipwrecked. We may have been the only ones in the theatre without children. We stopped at Winco on the way there and each picked out a candy to take into the movie. My guilty conscience was SO obvious I think Nic was embarrassed to be seen with me. Today I'm feeling like I have the tongue of a cat from those Sour Patch Kids. Better not do that again anytime soon.

Today at church we got to teach the little 3 and 4 year olds. Our lesson ended up being short so we let them play with the toys for a few minutes afterwards. One of the girls eagerly grabbed a steering wheel and turns to me and says, "HEEEY, I'm driving and listening to music!" - "Oh yeah?! What song are you listening to?" - "PAPARAZZI!!"

Nic and I both turn to each other a little concerned at first and then died laughing. Way to go Lady Gaga, you stole the heart of a little 4 year old! Highlight of my day.

Tagged

This is LOOONNNGGG overdue.
As in a month ago overdue to be exact.

Ever since I have started blogging I am amazed at the wonderful people I meet.
It has become one of my favorite parts of my day to read some of my favorite blogs and write on my own when I get the chance.
People are so dang creative it kills me.
Basically, I just have felt so much more inspired by all the women I have met and their talents that they share with the world. One of those people is Whitney.

Whitney @ Keeping Up With The Cyperts tagged me in one of her pass-along posts a month ago and I have yet found the time to respond.
How terrible am I?
Ugh, there just aren't enough hours in a day sometimes, but here we go.

The Rules...
1. You must post the rules.
2. Post 12 fun facts about yourself on the blog post.
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create 12 new questions for the people you tagged.
4. Tag 12 people and link them on your post.
5. Let them know you've tagged them!

12 Randoms...

1. I really don't like showers. They last MAYBE 5 minutes. Just enough time to get everything clean and then I'm out. Baths are my thing.

2. I was born to be a teacher. Who was I kidding when declared as a nursing major?? Must have been the naiveness that comes with being a Freshman all over again.

3. I've always wanted to sew and am finally learning with my new sewing machine I got for Christmas. This was the first thing I made. (don't look too close, it is definitely not Martha Stewart worthy)

4. I absolutely LOVE to read! My list of summer must-reads is already a mile long.

5. I am a perfectionist. Which is something I consider to be both my biggest strength and biggest weakness. I always put in a 110% effort on everything that I do which has its benefits (like being on the deans list 4 times in a row), but I also am completely stressed all the time. Something I need to work on for sure.

6. Growing up I was so afraid of change but I'm pretty sure going to college on my own was what completely changed that. I am so much more open to trying new things and having new adventures now.

7. I love holidays! Mostly because they mean family together, which doesn't happen very often.

8. Back in August I died my hair dark brown for the first time. I was a toe-head blondie when I was little but my hair slowly became light brown by the time I was a freshman in high school. Since then I highlighted it, and it became more and more blonde as time went on. I seriously had an identity crisis for about a day and have loved it ever since. I don't think I'll ever go back. It matches my roots better and is so much less upkeep.

9. I still use the same phone I have had for about 4 years now because I can't fathom spending 30 extra dollars per person for data packages. The front button may be falling off but who cares right?

10. My favorite restaurant these days is Cafe Rio. Their pork salad is heavenly.

11. I am terrified of scary movies. Even a 2 minute clip becomes burned in my mind and suddenly I think there is a serial killer in my shower or a crazy lady coming out of my TV and I just become a complete basket case. I think I'll stick with comedies and chick flicks. I'm a lucky girl that Nic is okay with both.

12. I secretly (or not so secretly around some people haha) am so excited to be a mommy! Don't get me wrong, I love this stage of my life - newly married, husband and I getting all the time in the world just to spend with each other. We can up and leave town without having to worry about anything and I plan on it staying that way for a while, but a girl can still daydream. When I was a little girl my favorite thing was to play "house". I was ALWAYS the mommy, my brother was usually forced into being the dad HA (poor boy, but hey, when he is your only sibling, you do what you gotta do people). I also would circle every single baby doll in the JCPenny catalog at Christmas hoping that Santa would get the idea that I wanted ALL of them.
Baby Williamson... someday you will consume a big part of my heart, I just know it. Until then.

Whitney's Questions for Me...

1. What is your favorite healthy food?
I would have to say fruit, of any kind.

2. Who is your favorite celebrity and why?
My favorite celebrity is Jennifer Aniston
I mean look at her, she is drop dead gorgeous and I would kill for her body!

do you see that guy checking out her butt right now? haha

Not to mention that I have pretty much loved everything she has been in - Friends, Along Came Polly, He's just Not that in to You, The Switch, and my FAVORITE movie right now - Just Go With It!

3. Where is the best place that you have ever traveled?
Hands down BEST place I have ever traveled was my honeymoon in St. Lucia. It is the most beautiful place I have ever seen.

4. Cats or dogs?
Would I be a terrible person if I said neither? One thing I have learned about myself is that I'm really not a pet person. It may have to do with the fact that I had to get rid of every pet that I have ever had in my childhood. If Nic and I ever got a pet we would get a dwarf bunny.

5. What is your favorite TV show?
I can't decide. These are my top 4 favorites - Friends, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, and Grey's Anatomy

6. What is your favorite fashion accessory?
Earrings! The only time you will see me without them is when I'm working out or sleeping, other than that they are my favorite accessory with any outfit.

7. If you could have on super power, what would it be and why?

Enough said :)

8. Dream occupation?
This is a hard one because there are so many dreams I have for myself. I think being a mom can definitely be considered an occupation. You become a chef, a nurse, a maid, a caretaker, a teacher, etc. all wrapped into one. I of course also consider my future teaching career one of my dream occupations. I love watching little ones learn and grow. Another passion of mine is writing and I dream about writing my own novel someday. Well, lets just stop there before before I get too carried away...

9. Why do you blog?
I blog because I love to write and because this space has become my own little journal of the things happening in Nic and I's lives that I can one day share with our children. It is also a way to share with others what we have been up to and is occasionally a creative outlet for me to share crafts or recipes.

10. Favorite kind of cupcake?
I'm not a fan of cupcakes or cake in general for that matter but I do have a sweet tooth for ice cream or a cookie :)

11. Sleep in or wake up early?
Definitely sleep in. Mornings come way too early sometimes. This is why I look forward to the weekends.

12. Did you make a resolution this year and if so, what is it and have you kept it up?
I have found that if I make New Year's resolutions I get WAY to carried away with all of the things I would like to better/change about myself and I end up failing because I try to change too many things at once. Having learned this, I take it one day at a time and try to limit what I focus on. I find that if I do it this way and focus on what is the most important to me first, I am less likely to get so down on myself if I have a bad day and encourage myself to start fresh again the next. If I look at it this way, then every day can be considered a resolution.

I tagged...

Mady @ Mady's World
Alli @ The Tolman Tales!
Brittany @ Higgs Happenins
Sara @ Simply Sara
Ashley @ Joe and Ashley
Bailey @ Philly's Finest
Lauren @ children of the earth
Dani @ Ryan and Dani
Sidnee @ Sidnee and Stephen 
Melanie @ The Murri Family
Eva @ Delightful Creations
Jessica @ Jessie Dee's

My Questions for You...

1. What is your guilty pleasure food?
2. If you could choose a song to represent who you are, what would it be?
3. What is your favorite book, movie, or TV show? You choose.
4. What do you want to be when you grow up? :)
5. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
6. What is your favorite hobby?
7. Dress up or jeans?
8. What would you do if you won the lottery? Besides jump up and down screaming, of course.
9. Favorite Quote?
10. Most embarrassing moment?
11. Biggest Pet Peeve?
12. What are 3 things you love about yourself?

An Update and A Day of Love

I think we are due for an update around here.
Nic's days pretty much consist of work from 8-5, followed by several hours of slaving away at his Master's program. with A LOT just a little bit of complaining, but I won't mention that ;) 
He works so hard for our family and I couldn't be more grateful to him for that.
My days are filled with 23 credits worth of homework, 14 of which require class time and working at the Dental Hygiene Clinic on campus with the other spare hours of my day.

Basically, we look forward to our weekends together. They give us with the extra hours  we need to get our homework done, and those few hours on Friday afternoons making our usual Costco trip for groceries (maybe a little sampling too), followed by catching up on the latest One Tree Hill and Grey's Anatomy episodes.

The highlight of this week - I took my first bath in our apartment and forgot how much stress they relieve. {I'm really in need of that right about now considering the two lovely cold sores smothering my lips, reallllll attractive let me tell you}.
Needless to say, it was so nice to have some me time.
Despite my 3-month-old manicured toes, paint chipped and all, I felt truly pampered.
This three day weekend has been heaven and the best part about it,
Nic has it off with me too.

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On another note - Our first Valentine's day married was absolutely perfect.
There were...
candles,
love letters,
a dozen beautiful red roses,
a heart-felt conversation card game,
and chocolate covered strawberries.
Sticky Finger Rice Bowls were on the menu for dinner,
with a deep dish chocolate chip cookie with ice cream for dessert.
Oh and Edward, Bella, and Jacob were there. My first movie marathon.
I may have fallen asleep 20 minutes in to the fourth, brand new movie that I had been dying to watch ever since we bought it on Saturday, but it made for a fun second Valentine's night on Wednesday.
It was the perfect day.
I didn't get any pictures of us together but I assure you, I had one HANDSOME Valentine.
xoxo

Lets go back about 2 months shall we?

a little irony in my day today :) - via

It was the second week in December,
I got a ride with a friend and was already in Boise with my family.
Meanwhile, Nic is back here slaving away to pay the bills (thanks honey),
and it dawned on me that I hadn't sent in a check for my tuition yet.
So I call Nic, ask him to send one of our checks as I did not have one with me,
and told him the amount I owed.
He proceeded to tell me he was going to send an 'electronic check',
I sort of brushed it off because I haven't been part of the check world prior to last May when we got married.
Off went the check along with the money.
(if you are like me and didn't know this, they automatically take the money out of your account when they are sending it instead of when the recipient deposits it)
I didn't think much of it over the next week or so.
When we got back to Pocatello after Christmas with the fam,
Spring semester fast approaching,
I hopped on the website to find a balance still remaining.

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Read what happened next back HERE

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Fast forward two months,
here I am a happy little clam that I got this amazing scholarship covering my tuition!
Already a month into the semester all I have on my mind is school, school, school.
I'm at work today and miss a call from a university number.
When I check my voice mail I get this message:

"Hi Meagan, this is so-and-so (okay I didn't memorize her name) from the scholarship office. I'm calling in regards to the scholarship you were given at the beginning of the semester. We tried to deposit the check today and there has been a stop put on the check. Please call me back as soon as possible."

First of all, who waits an entire MONTH to cash a check!?
a school that is loaded apparently 
Second, the nervous panic begins to kick in.

I of course was on my way to a three hour class so I didn't have time to call her back.
You can guess,
3 hours to just mull over what might have went wrong in the process.


Did the company pick the wrong person?
Did I not have a high enough grade point or the right credentials?
blah, blah, blah

I call her the moment I get out of class.
She repeats the story again but this time adds,
"I tried calling the business that sent the check and they said that it never WAS a scholarship in the first place."

HUH?

And after talking to Nic, it dawned on us.
Remember that electronic check?
The same one I panicked about for several weeks when our money was floating in cyberspace and no one ever got it??
(we bank through a company federal credit union and when the university never got our check we put a stop on it)
APPARENTLY, the university thought MY check (the electronic one), was sent by the company.

ALL ALONG it was my OWN money.
How sweet of me to send myself a scholarship in the EXACT amount that I owed. :)
haha I could have died.

Needless to say, I'm sure glad I didn't encourage Nic to spend the money on that big fancy shmancy TV he has been eyeing.
Looks like I have a new check to write that will be HAND DELIVERED this time! HA