Pinkalicious

From 2009

From 2009

Isn't she just so pinkalicious? Pink PJ's, Pink cupcake, pink plate!

Here is what we've been doing lately.

I am still looking into what to do to finish up school. I'm 

currently looking back at finishing up SVU. I could do it in a 

few simple classes! Sort of simple. I'd have to take Calculus, 

then a 300 level Modern Art class, and finish up a 3000 word 

paper I wrote 7 years ago on Victorian Poetry. Crazy! But that 

is all to get my degree. If I want to add an English minor I just 

have to take a 200 level English course. So at the moment that 

is the choice I'm sticking with. I just have to find money for 

that now. But its A LOT cheaper than the Art Institute, like 

$87,000 cheaper! Then someday soon I can move on to Grad 

school. I'm also looking at several interior decorating diploma's 

that would take a year to complete.

Brian is steadily looking for a job. I'm beginning to hate the 

whole thing. Last year if he needed a job it would have been 

quite easy in his field! There we tons of Manufacturing 

openings. This year on the BYU eRecruiting website there are 

12 openings in Manufacturing. 12!!! For the entire school 

of MET. Not good! Of course he is looking elsewhere 

besides eRecruiting, but as a guidethat is not a good sign.

The whole job market/economy thing just makes me really 

mad right now! That seems like such a menial way to say it, 

but how else do I say it? We are finally at that point in life 

where we should be getting a job, buying a house, starting 

to live like real live people. Instead, we'll just be in the 

same exact spot except not living mostly 

off of loans. I'm just angry about it!

Naomi and Gwen have been sick with a head cold/fever 

combo. They are finally getting over it and now Brian 

has it. He mistakenly assumed yesterday was the worst 

of it. Now today he is realizing this could be the worst 

of it. I have my doubts. It was awful for poor Naomi, I 

think it will get even worse for poor Brian.

I finally finished reading all 13 books in A Series of 

Unfortunate Events. I did not enjoy them! But I am a 

finisher so I had to read all 13. I will still recommend 

them though. I think they are a great book to help 

early preteen kids expand their vocabulary. I think 

for that age group they'd be really funny yet still have 

that intrigue. For me though, I just speed read through 

them just to see how it ended. I know I could have 

just read the last one a long time ago, but I needed the 

whole story. 

We made a genius treat last night that our friends

Danielle and Jesse told us about. It's so easy too!

Brownie mix, then you plop cookie dough on 

top of that and bake. Brian and I have dubbed it a Brookie.

I'm also working on becoming a recycler! I have wanted

to set up full on recycling for a long time. I just keep 

excusing it away because we live in such a small place - 

where would I put it all? There are a few drop off bins 

in our parking lot that I should utilize. They only take

paper, newspaper and aluminum cans though. If I want

to do more than that I have to drive it to a recycling 

center in Orem. So that is what I've decided on. I don't think 

they require that I separate it all out, but its much easier

to store it all separate so like the cans don't contaminate 

the cardboard with various debris. I'm in the middle of 

working up an organizing system for my tiny back room 

so it will be easier to store and transport.