the feeling those red and blue lights bring!

I know it is early and I shouldn't be up, let alone at work. I am here to get a few things done because we are leaving next Tuesday, and I want to make sure everything is in order. We hope it will be (my head hasn't been screwed on right lately, so...). I got on the freeway and was just "passing" this big group of cars and I was starting to slow back down, and all of a sudden all the cars in front of my were getting over, I look in my rear view mirror, and there they were...those dreaded red and blue lights. oh gosh!
He was in a suburban type vehicle, so his lights were up above my little car (unlike those CV lights), so I didn't notice right at first, just when I looked in my rear view mirror. I hope he hadn't been following me for a long time.
I pulled over and got everything out. He told me that I was suppose to have a Utah Drivers Lisence since I wasn't in school anymore (I guess I was suppose to get that 30 days after I graduated, ha!). After checking my lisence he told me to get a Utah lisence (which won't be a problem, I was planning on doing that after getting back for being married), and to slow down. He gave me my lisence back and walked back to his car. Whew! Thank You!
That is only the second time I was pulled over. The first time, I did get a ticket...but I was given a second chance this time. Oh man...I do not like those red and blue lights!

the ER...never want to go there again!

SO...I got a call about 3:45 from my roommate Mariah while I was at work and she asked me where I was. I told her I was at work and asked if I could call back in 5 minutes. She seemed a little anxious so I said "okay, give me one minute". So a minute and a half later I called her back. She told me that a girl had called her from Natalie's (Natalie is one of our other roomies) cell phone and told her (mariah) that Natalie had been in a car accident and she ended up with Natalie's phone. So Mariah found out where she worked so that she could go pick it up. But the dillemma was that we didn't know where Natalie was.
The girl said that she had been stuck in her car and couldn't get out. SO I called her fiance (who happens to be Richards cousin and will be mine in a week), and he didn't answer. I texted him and he said he was at school. Meanwhile, I told work that I was leaving because my roomie got in a car accident...so I was on the road.
I got home and Mariah was waiting for me, and Merry was there as well. On the way home I had talked to Richard and he told me to call UVRMC (Utah Valley Regional Medical Center). I had to put that because that is what Richard told me...good thing I knew what UVRMC meant. So when I got into the apartment we called the ER at UVRMC and asked if Natalie (her last name will remain confidential)...was there and they confirmed that she was. So Mariah and I headed out the door.
Philip had just gotten out of class, so he called me just as we were pulling into the ER parking lot. I told him what was going on and then I told him we would call him when we found out what was wrong and how everything was going. Mariah and I ran into the ER and the lady told us she was in Room 9. So there we went. Natalie was completely surprised when we walked in. But there we were. She asked us how we found her? Hello...we are roommates!
They finished putting on bandages and all that, but she had had a CAT scan and X-Ray's and she didn't have any broken bones. But they did have to cut up her FAVORITE pair of jeans to get to her knee. Luckily nothing had happened to that either. It was just swollen. She had a swollen ankle as well. Her left side of her face and her left arm were scratched up from the glass of the windshield. But besides that she was okay. The nurse gave us the okay to take her home.
So we called Philip and told him to meet us at the apartment. And home we went.
She was fine once he showed up, and her sister was at the apartment waiting too.
So that was a fun 2 hour ordeal...the ER has never been more fun. I am sure glad she is okay and that it is all over!
Loves to Nat-tat-tatalie!

ONE MORE WEEK!!!

In one week I will be getting married to the most amazing man in the ENTIRE world. And he will be getting married to me...haha uhh duh!

Everything is ready for us, and we are excited. We are going down to California on Tuesday and I am recieving my endowments on Wednesday in the San Diego Temple and then we are getting ready for everything on Thursday while the boys go out and enjoy themselves.

Which by they way...tell me what you think!

Richard believes that we should not see each other the day before the wedding because that is bad luck. So we are not, which really is okay with me, but just seems kinda strange.

Well, then on Friday we get to be married at 11:30 am in the Los Angeles Temple with our family and friends with us. And we get to enjoy a reception that night from 6:30-9:30 with all of our family and friends...and we get to DANCE. I am SOOOO excited!!!

ONE MORE WEEK!

the fridge...

So Richard moved our refrigerator that same day...as the washer and dryer. They got everything de-boxed, but not hooked in and put in its place. I went to the house to take some of my stuff last night and I parked in the garage. I decided I would take things in through the garage door instead of the front door. So I walked in through the garage door and the refrigerator was right there, just in the way...and it scared me. It was dark and it just startled me. Which I am sure was funny if someone would have seen me, but I was really scared. And then the house just gave me the eeby-jeebies the rest of the night. I had to get out of there as soon as I moved everything in. ahhh! (shiver!)
I hope I can get use to it, because I am sure I will be in that house by myself at night again. Maybe it will be different when everything is moved in and the house is more "homey"...if you know what I mean.
Just watch out for your fridge...it might be out to get you! ooooo!

who sold our dryer?

So Richard took our friend Luke to Sears to pick up our washer, dryer and refrigerator to take to our townhouse. Richard got there and was informed that our dryer was sold to someone else. What the heck? Who just sells something that is not theirs to sell. Well Richard thinks he knows but we will not give any names. Since Richard works there at Sears, he knows some people...lets just leave it at that. So we got an upgrade for less than it would have originally cost, because they made a mistake.
And so after an hour they finally left Sears and took everything to the townhouse. They didn't get too far there either. They moved in the dryer and realized that it is 3/4 inch too wide...we were not given enough room in the laundry area for this dryer. So they decided that they would concoct something to raise the dryer so it fits. hmmmm....this will be interesting.
So that is that...an interesting day for Richard and our wonderful friend, Luke. He is so willing! We love him!

almost too good to be true!

TWO WEEKS!
We only have two weeks, and we will be getting married. Life is so good...and it really seems almost too good to be true. I get butterflies everytime I see him, and I love him more than anything else in the whole world. I get to be married and I get to have someone love me forever. How awesome is that!?!

I just want to kiss him all the time. I want to talk to him all the time, I don't want to go to work because all I want to do is spend time with Richard. He went to the city of Spanish Fork today and signed us up for utilities and cable. He is so excited about it and it makes us feel like we are adults for real. It is so fun!

I know life will bring its challenges but we get to "play house" for real. I am giddy just thinking about it. :) hehehe!!!!

"the" house!

we officially got our keys to our house today. my mom and sister came up and brought all of my things from a shower that i had in california. so we put things away, such as dishes, pots and pans, and an ice cream maker (my personal favorite). my mom and sister took a tour of the house, and they loved it! yes! it is so much fun, and i am so excited to have a house of my own.

flowers...i love flowers!

I obviously didn't do so well at writing this after it happened. Early last week I recieved a bouquet of beautiful peppermint carnations which are white carnations with a red center. They had pink and red balloons attached and it was amazing. Made me cry, just thinking someone gave them to ME. Of course my first thought was Richard, and then I needed to ask myself why he was sending them to me. So I opened the card and they were from a lady by the name of Carolyn, who use to be a resident at the care center that I work at. She now lives at home, but we have been keeping each other updated on our lives...me with the wedding and her living at home! So I sent her a wedding announcement and she sent me flowers!!! Beautiful flowers! Thank you Carolyn.

Tribute to Aunt Anita

SO MUCH HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND...

So we closed on our house and did our final walkthrough on Friday afternoon, we were done by 4 and on the road to St. George by 4:30. We were excited to get away from the cold and to a place where we could wear our shorts and T-shirts (although I didn't, but Richard did).
On the way down I talked to my dad and after talking to him a while he asked if I had talked to mom. When I said no, he said "oh, Anita passed away this morning". My aunt, who is in her mid to late 50's passed away from a massive heart attack and she could not be revived. She was an amazing woman and there was no problems that would have warned my uncle or their children of this fatal attack. Anita, we love you!
So, St. George was full of mixed emotions, I was having a hard time with all of that and conference just stirred lots of other feelings...good of course! Jerilynn put together a bridal shower for me, and that was lots of fun. I really enjoyed that, but as she was blessing the food she started to cry. I am excited that we get to be sisters! She is spectacular.
We, Richard and I, had an eventful weekend. One of happy memories and sad news...being excited and getting ready for the wedding and also mourning the loss of a beloved aunt.
The funeral is on Wednesday and it will be a good reunion for cousins and family to remember a cherished member of the family.

closing...what?

We are actually closing on our town home today. Finally. We are going in at 3:00, it is going to be great. We also have to do a FINAL walkthrough on our home to make sure they corrected everything we found on Monday. I am really excited about all of this. It is going to be so great. We are also going to St. George this weekend because it is conference, and we will spend the weekend with his family. Last time before we get married. His sisters and mother are "throwing" me a bridal shower on Saturday night, that will be fun! :)
Since we will be in St. George all weekend, we will not be able to start moving in until Monday. But this means we will have two weeks to get everything moved in before we have to go down to California. That is pretty sweet. Everything will be set up and will be ready when we come back, as little stress as possible! Life is so fun, when you are all grown up, huh?

can we say slacker?...

So you can see that these posts are a little late...still working on being cool! Not quite there yet! I will get better...or should I say, I won't get worse! Enjoy.

loans and lawns

SO we are working on our loan so that we can close on our town house (that has a small lawn) this week. We have had so much trouble with it, it is ridiculous. But there is a funny story.
We went to do our walk through on Monday night, and we get there and Reed was ready to go and asked us how we were doing. We noticed that Salisbury had changed their preferred lender from FSF (which is who we WERE working with) to First Colony. And we kinda told Reed that our loan officer was raising our interest rate on us...by .3% which is a lot. There was a guy there with him that got right on the phone and called First Colony and asked if they could meet with us. To make a long story short, the First Colony guy was going to be there at the office when we came back from checking out our home. And so this guy that seemed to have so much power and had made the phone call shook our hands and told Reed to keep him updated on what was going on with our loan and such.
Well we went to check out the house and as Reed and this girl, that was with us too (seller in training), were talking we found out that this man that had made the phone call was none other than Rick Salisbury...the OWNER of the company. WOW!
So we met with First Colony and found out they could get us a lower interest rate than we were getting with FSF in the first place. So naturally they are our new lender! :) And Mr. Rick made sure of that!
Everything is working out great and we are crossing our fingers that the loan and everything will come through so that we can close end of this week or early next week.
SWEET HUH?

GRANDMA WILSON is 90 years old!

So we went to Idaho...and it was great fun. On Thursday night Richard and I arrived in Idaho and we stayed at the other grandma's house. My aunt Gwen was there and so we had a fun night just talking, Richard watched some of the news with grandpa. My parents were driving up from Cali and wouldn't be in until 5 in the morning. So we went to bed...my upstairs next to grandma and grandpa and Richard downstairs next to Auntie Gwen.
Friday morning my family got up and went skiing and Richard and I met them up there and hung with them for a little bit. They came home and we all got ready, and that night we had a pizza party with the Wilson family that was at grandma's already. We caught up on everything and Richard was able to meet everyone and their grandma...literally! :)
He finally got through the crowd and I introduced him to Grandma and boy howdy she liked him. She was excited to meet him after a long time waiting.
Saturday was a fun day, we got to help grandpa burn trash which is what they do in the outskirts of Burley...farmland...and I am sure they do it everywhere. It was fun. We smelled like campfire. We had grandma's open house for her birthday from 12-4 that day, and all the family was there, plus lots of friends of hers came as well. Even my other grandparents came to say hi.
Then we had a family dinner at 6. We were able to give a tribute to grandma and how amazing we thought she was. There were quite a few tear jerkers. Richard even got up and gave a tribute starting with..."I haven't even known grandma 24 hours..." it was great though! Then we sang to her, she opened presents and we had cake. It couldn't have been much better than that. We played games and listened to music. We had a real party, for a 90 year old woman!
Idaho was a blast.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA! WE LOVE YOU!