New job nerves.

Luckily, I'm not the one starting a new job. Jam found a job!! HOOOOO-RAY! He starts tomorrow at 7am!! Too early. We decided (since his new job is just down the road from mine) that we would ride together and he would drop me off in the morning and pick me up on his way home. It does save a little bit of our gas which is nice.. but 7am is freaking EARLY!

I don't know if I can do it. But, at least we have two cars if I really can't.

Saturday I will thrift again and try to remember to take pictures of the things I previously bought.

This week has been good because;
1. JAM FOUND A JOB!!!!
2. We had two birthdays in James' family! Such happy days :)
3. We were able to successfully make all of our big payments. (2 car payments, Rent and my ring payment!)
4. I had a lot of snuggle time with James.
5. I made dinner last night. (recipe to come for Parmesan Chicken! Via Pinterest via the website it linked to.)
6. We got a cute lamp from his sister to "store" til she buys her home and has room for it. It is so cute!
7. We got a cute pot rack from the same sisters' mother-in-law. It is adorable. (pic to come too!)
8. I had plenty of diet coke and mountain dew this morning to help me last this 8 1/2 hour day at work.
9. At 7pm I get to go and meet James' mom and sisters for dinner for his sisters birthday!
10. I've gotten so far in the book I'm reading!! (A Painted House By John Grisham) It's pretty good.

Hooray for happiness and the week isn't over yet!

Thrift find number one.

I bought this lamp shade originally with an actual shade on it. Then I ripped it to pieces! It was originally purple and definitely not cute. The price was $2 at the local deseret industries which was a great deal, plus I got to shred it to pieces!  The hardest thing about taking the shade off was the hot glue around the bottom ring. But it easily came off with my nails. The lamp is also DI which was $7 I found two at the same time and a few weeks later I found a third! (I have great luck finding matching things at DI at different times!) I love this look because it is very industrial/vintage and it lets a lot of light through in our dark room. We have a crappy ceiling fan that takes 40 watt bulbs, not regular bulbs, but the old skinny and long antique looking ones. Fail. But I do love the fan on our crappy light! It keeps our room cool so we don't have to keep our A/C on all night. More thrift finds to come!

I never made my bed growing up.

I never made my bed growing up. Ever. When James and I got married he asked me a favor... Can I please make the bed in the morning? I laughed at him! I told him that I never made my bed growing up, and what's the point because you just get into it every night and mess it up. I told him no, but laughed and told him I was kidding. Although, I really meant it when I said no. The next morning, after he left for work and I got up to get to work, I made it for him. It hasn't quite become a habit yet, but it does feel nice climbing into a bed where the sheets are tight. It's almost as good as the first night after you wash your sheets!

Today when I came to work my co-worker told me she tagged me in an article on Facebook. I clicked on it and it directed me to this article. Now I will have to go home and show James and tell him he had the right idea all along. Then I'll go - bahh-humbug.

Oh the surprises of marriage.
I am now stuck making my bed for the rest of my life.
Maybe I will like it after a while.

But that is okay, because we love each other. - Cheesy!

Becoming Unemployed.

Jam is unemployed. He quit. He hated his job. So why keep working there? He worked from 7:45am to 6:30pm most nights Monday - Saturday. Minus Tuesday most weeks. It has been almost two weeks of him not having a job, and not having any luck finding another. It is nice having him home during the day and I can go home for lunch and be with him. Plus when I come home at night after work, he's usually tidied up a bit. (Like making our bed.. just the sheets because our bed spread ripped from our bed frame! Vacuuming! Laundry!) Honestly, he just gets sick of looking for a job constantly. So I made him lists of other things he can do when he's not looking.

I found this funny picture off of Pinterest! This is just like James' list! Bahhhah.

I really am dying to go thrifting today. I got to work about 7:50am this morning.. and I was going to go back home and take a nap.. but I don't think that will happen today. I'll let you know what goodies I find!!

Honestly, I hate journals.

Now, don't get me wrong. I love the idea of journals and the fact of keeping memories and hardships. But I honestly I hate the feeling of having to write in a journal. So I came across a picture on pinterest (of course) of a book called "One Line A Day" from Urban Outfitters. I decided I would buy this book and keep "one line a day" while we are married. About a week after we were married, I told James about it and asked if he wanted me to get him one. He said he wouldn't mind one (that's a definite yes). So I went searching for our books. I decided to buy it on amazon because it was cheaper. I got it in the mail and we quickly went over the days since we were married and caught up. We decided that we would read each others on our anniversaries over the years. The book goes for five years!! I really do love it.

The other night, we were laying in bed writing in our books. James glanced over and noticed how much I was writing (if I run out of room, I will go around the sides and up around the date at the top of the page. He looks at me and goes, "Why do you write so much? If I run out of room.. I just stop." Hahah that's not how it works for me. I need to get a piece of every part I want to write about. So I told him this and he said, Why don't you just write in a regular journal? I told him because it's not as fun as this one is. He said that maybe in five years when we get new books, I can look for one that says A Paragraph A Day. He is so dang cute.

Bridals - Only to catch fire a few weeks later.

These pictures were taken in Alpine, UT. A few weeks later, it caught on fire! I want to drive over and see what it looks like now. I am glad that I got to take pictures there when it was so beautiful.

My wedding centerpieces - Wedding Teaser

Everything in my wedding centerpieces came from thrift stores, or eBay. Oooh I love good deals!!! I opted to buy my own center pieces different from the reception centers because I knew what I loved, and they didn't have it. These are just the pictures taken from the reception center and I can't wait to get mine back from my photographer!!! 

Alaska and Ben and Jerry's ice cream!

I got an email from James!!! I was so excited when I saw it on my phone last night. It was short and sweet but it was nice to hear that things are going good! I also got a few pictures from his dad; I have to say… my husband is adorable.  (On the right)

Last night, my brother invited me over for dinner. I hadn’t seen him or his family since my wedding and it was nice hanging out with them. After dinner, we went to Chuck E Cheese’s for the kids to have some fun. Honestly it was fun for me too. I had no idea it was so cheap! Then we went to Target and picked up the movie 17 Again and some Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. I picked Red Velvet Cake and oooooh it was so good.

I really needed the ice cream, I have been a little down with James gone and it was a nice comfort! I can't wait to finish the other half!