Ahhhh life!!!!!

Phew what a wild month, of the 6 tests in my chemistry class 5 yes 5 were in this month and 2 of them are Monday, during this month I have been in CO for a week had interviews for new jobs, worked 40 hours a week, and had family to entertain + a sick husband, and I was selected as a bridesmaid for Lily, geez, pray for me. Saturday I thought of all my fun memories in SLC and decided that SLC can indeed be my home, maybe, whenever I think of that I think of Waldo Canyon where I believe is God's footstool, or the Garden of the Gods or one of my billions of favorite mountain spots that are all within a short drive. These aren't just wilderness areas these are places where I am able to go and completely escape civilization, maybe see a bear or some deer.
My favorite memories of Salt Lake include my house on 21st South where I started on a mattress on the top of the stairs with one box for about a month and then graduated into a room with 3 glorious windows 1 that faced the foothills and 2 that faced north and a tree where the birds always woke up before the first crack of dawn. We secretly (well till we were found out, we didn't know there was a limit) incubated 5 women in a 3 bedroom 1.5 bath apartment, most of us didn't shower well at least not all the way or every day and we had 2 hair styling stations in the hall where there were also 2 windows. I love windows! I have not moved to certain places because of lack of windows. How I ended up in a basement apartment, well . . . I met a cute boy . . .
I shared a room with Lily we laughed we cried, well mostly I cried and she wiped away my tears, we read in our beds all day and all night, we woke up early and stayed up late. We tried lots of good local food or at least tried to. We went through boyfriends and crushes, lots of jerks, and lots of women empowering music, like Regina Spektor and Ingrid Michelson, plus lots of classical. Lily taught me not to be so sentimental and I think maybe I taught her to be a little, one day we went to temple square where we served our missions she cried, I didn't it was usually the opposite, when it came to whether we should keep things or not I adopted her theme of throwing it out! I need to get back to my one box living I loved it!
Our singles ward moved to a beautiful church historical sight that looks like Cinderella's palace I prayed for all of us to get married and in a month from today we all will be. I forgot to mention the fun times we had with the roommates, Lily's cooking adventures and tim tam slams, Shandy's waxing everyone all the time, Vanessa's wedding plans, and Megan's parties and invented identities, so much fun and we all ranged over a 5 year age span too.
Some of my other favorite memories are when TJ and I started dating he would take me to lots of fun lots of fun little nooks and crannies, like the ampitheater at the library, or Donner park, watching airplanes, walking around downtown. The week we first started dating it rained almost everyday, there were lots of snails running around and TJ would pick them up to chuck and I would shudder and he would play it off and say haha just kidding. Ahh memories, as if you needed me to tell you who the sentimental one was.

Graduation!!!!

The day after I arrived home TJ called me at work and said "I'm graduating!" Congratulations honey!

Packing up!

This past week was one of those weeks that you can not believe really happened..... My siblings and I gathered to our childhood home of 26 years packed it up, locked the doors, and hopped the sensor for the garage door on the way out. I am still in denial. When I think of all my memories there. All my childhood hopes and dreams are in that home. Some of them I have realized, some of them I wonder what happened to and how I turned out to be who I am. I think the child Liz would be proud of who I am, maybe not the teenager version though. Whenever I leave Colorado I feel like I leave my identity there, no one knows me, I have only my future to show who I am. When I am in Colorado I feel invincible, still a child in a way. Everybody knows my name and I feel loved. Colorado Springs has on average 300 days of sunshine a year compared to 237 in Salt Lake City. When the sun is shining not much can go wrong in my book. The pace of life in the suburb I grew up in is relaxed the roads are wide and rarely busy. The mountains are always a pristine blue or green. The very top of Pikes Peak, is often dusted with snow. There are hidden in every crevice of the town memories full of joy and there is truly beauty all around!

Highlights of the trip included two trips to our favorite restaurant China Village, I didn't even like Chinese food before I visited this place for the first time. We did our "grand tour" of Colorado Springs which includes statues, semi-watching, lightning watching, Garden of the Gods of course, as well as many other favorite spots of ours. I was also able to see three of my best friends over the years, Janelle, Natalie, and Stephanie. Sigh this is like a break-up . . . . Colorado Springs, I love you!

Accident Prone

It all started on a Wedenesday evening, I took the trash out and sprained both of my ankles, then I came in the house and pulled dinner out of the oven and dropped it upside down in the crack of the oven door, I still ate it too BTW. I traveled to the indoor soccer rink where I was having a good time feeling victorious when the man I stole the ball came back and head butted me, I thought I was fine I tried to wipe the blood from my face a couple times then cupped my hands under my face and caught 2 cupped full hand's worth in about 5 seconds. After a trip to the ER and several hours later I left with 6 stitches in my head although the dr said there were 5.
JDawgs hotdogs yumm after Ray's rugby game

New shoes

After a year of marriage I'm finally learning a thing or two about my husband. A couple days ago he mentioned he needed some normal everyday shoes. I immediately said lets get some! He said no, so today I went to buy him some new shoes. I realized that maybe he had some in mind and asked him and sure enough he did. He put them on tonight and I said "you look so cute with your new shoes" he replied "you haven't seem me dress my best for you!" it was so precious and lovable, especially since I can never get TJ to buy anything for himself I am thoroughly delighted in his new pair of shoes!
More updates on us I'm back in school! I decided to keep on my journey to becoming a Registered Dietitian, I have to take 4 more prerequisites, currently I am taking Organic Chemistry from a Polish man and an Indian man, they are way fun but kind of hard to understand I'm not going to lie. I love it though and I even met a girl my first day who is like my twin and we are going for the same program, I'm excited for the next 3 years!
I miss Colorado! I don't know why but the place you grow up is always home, I miss it dearly. I try really really hard to love Salt Lake I focus on all the good things and I do love it but it's just not the same as home. Sigh . . . . I'll see you in the spring time Colorado!!!

Catching up on life!

Anniversary:
So I was about to head to bed when I remembered you are supposed to get your spouse certain items for your anniversary depending on the year the first year is paper or clocks. Luckily I printed some pictures and found a really cool frame, so I got the paper thing covered. Even more lucky TJ recently lost his watch as well, so I can buy him one of those too, glad I didn't break tradition the first year. Phew!!!

Dreams:
I've been in a really happy phase of my life but for the past 2 nights I've had intense nightmares. Night one consisted of a comet similar to Hailey's comet that was skidding through the atmosphere causing hurricane like effects. Everyone's windows shattered and a strong wind flew in, my thoughts were good thing I'm a poor newly wed and don't own a home because then I would have to replace the windows, second thought pray. So Lily yes my old roommate and mission colleague was there and I start to pray and then it all stopped. It was a much better dream then any action movie I've been to lately and I attribute this dream to the hurricane in Haiti and a heater above our bed. However as I reflect on it now I think of how life can seem like a hurricane, you never know where you are going to land and quite often have no idea how you are where you are but if you have faith and good attitude why worry it's not going to change where you land for the better.

The night after that I dreamed TJ and I were in some enormous old hotel, think like in The Shinning, and no I haven't seen the movie for years, anyway, wolves are chasing us everywhere and we hide for a while in a room and then scout out to find if it is safe only to run into wolves randomly everywhere. I have no idea where this dream came from but as I sat in the temple tonight and thought everything was so clear about life. When I'm going through day to day I find myself being deceived in really amazing ways, and I wonder how it's possible, then I realize that Satan really is pretty smart and has waged war against the souls of those who follow Christ, I know that by faith in Christ we can completely overcome Satan but I've realized those times where I've though "ha Satan, you wish, go ahead and try to tempt me" well I wouldn't recommend it because he's good but anyway that is a dark subject and I'm going to examine my life and see where the wolves are getting in.
Well it's late I should be in bed I'll throw in some fun pictures and a video so that those of you who really just like to look at pictures enjoy. The video is of a day TJ and I went snowshoeing, we snowshoed a couple miles up a gradual incline that I didn't even notice and then I started to get worried because TJ had to be at work in less time than it took us to hike up there but he lied down head first and said lay on top of me and we sled the whole way down, really everyone else was wondering why they hadn't thought of that but that's why I love my TJ. My hat kept slipping over my eyes so sorry if there are some bad shots and this is just a short bit it took us about 20 mins to get down versus an hour and a half to get up. We also got to spend last weekend in St George with one of TJ's best friends and his new wife and a billion other people it was so nice to get out of the gloom and we even spent an entire day outside playing without coats it was a blast. The pictures are from "The Crack" you shimmy through a crack and then climb out of a hole. I just looked at my photos and will also have to include my chimney sweep husband pictures, one day TJ came home looking like this, he was ripping out the chimney of his brothers home, I think it's kind of hot!

Favorite Quotes of Christmas Break

"I have a higher IQ than all of you . . . . COMBINED!!!" -Mike, after the men lost to the women

"I'm not sure if it's the nausea or the sickness that's causing the pregnancy?" -a sister who asked not to be identified at this time on the internet, and no it's not me.

TJ in his sleep: (kissing noise)
Liz awake and laughing: "what was that?"
TJ awake now: "what was that"
an hour later
TJ in his sleep :"Cool" (pause)
Liz wide awake: "what?"
TJ "there are more babies born on 21st South than 20th East"
Liz: "really?" (laughing)
5 mins. later
TJ's awake
Liz: "do you know what you just said?"
TJ: "ya"
Liz: "really"
TJ: "ya Chyelin's parents live on 21st South, aw man I'm tired"