RockinReno

With Best Wishes

2011-05-28T15:56:00.001-07:00

There is a present for u http://xxsURL.de/10bx Hope u enjoy it!

Graduation Pictures

2011-04-17T17:53:00.000-07:00

It's coming up quick. May 14th! I have a ton of homework. I spend all day everyday just trying to keep up. I should start student teaching in July!

Vegas Spring Break 2011

2011-04-17T17:42:00.001-07:00

What a nice trip. Jessica, Katchy, Katrina, and I all headed to Vegas for spring break. The weather was excellent. We stayed at the Mirage and our room was so nice. The pool was awesome also! We went and saw the Beetles Love show, Divas Las Vegas ( a hilarious drag show) and we shopped.

2011-02-21T16:54:00.001-08:00

Spring wreath I made for the front door. Took down the christmas one and put up this one...even though there is snow on the ground.

Chuggin along

2011-02-20T17:09:00.000-08:00

Yikes. Post are few and far between. I am making it through. We finally get to be in the classroom on Tuesday. Right now we are doing reading tutoring Tuesday and Thursdays. The great news is spring break is just around the corner. We are going to Vegas! My sister, Katchy and Katrina are meeting up for 3 days to enjoy a little break. It is going to be great. Just have to make it to March 12th. Also I started back on Weight Watchers a few weeks ago. I want to look good for graduation and so far it's working well. Losing every week. Well until next time.

Saved by the coupon!

2011-01-24T20:43:00.000-08:00

So after making my binder and clipping coupons in my spare time I finally put them to use today. I was so nervous when I got up to the register. I just kept thinking great if they don't take the coupon I'm not getting the item, and then hoping I would be able to avoid that! I went to Target and got:
Buy 1 get 1 free Febreez Fabric Refresh ( saved 4.99)
NyQuil/Dayquil pack ( saved 1.50)
2 GE low energy flood lights for the kitchen ( saved 1.00)
Oatmeal products ( saved about 5.00)
Special K (Saved 2.50)
Mac N Cheese ( saved .55)
That's all I can think of right now. But my total savings was 24.90! Pretty good for a first trip. Only 1 coupon was denied but I had an alternate. I separated all my stuff with coupons from the other items and did 2 transactions so I could see my savings. My other items were a little over $25 so that made them almost free! I have decided to only use Target and then Walgreens and CVS. The 2 drugstores are literally around the corner, Target is a little further but they seem to have the best coupons and I had a good experience. I hope to really start saving big. I realized how much more I could have saved if all the items were on sale! It was sort of a rush and I must say I might be addicted!

Ahh the beggining of the end

2011-01-19T18:20:00.000-08:00

I started the first week of my last semester before I graduate. It is going to be intense. I hope I can do it. I have a fail safe that if for some reason ( ahem..this independent math class that is killing me simply because it all depends on my motivation) I can't graduate, I am still walking and then get my diploma in December instead of May. BUT lets just hope that doesn't happen. I am pretty sure I might have a mental breakdown before spring break. Our literacy class is an intensive hands on tutoring class where we make 2 lesson plans a week and tutor for 3 hours a week. AND they want us to call parents. Ugh please don't make me do that. I shouldn't have to do that until I get paid ok. Lucky for me I get to go through this mad semester with about 20 of the greatest girls I know and 1 guy. I am sure that their support an my supporting them will get me through. Not to mention I have a husband who does his best to understand why he has to work extra hard while I make posters and use glitter. Ok lets get this going!

Snip it and save

2011-01-09T13:01:00.000-08:00

So I was watching a show on TLC called Extreme Couponing. It was amazing to watch these people spend lots of money and then save it all back with the coupons. Now I have to admit that they obviously spends endless hours searching and planning. I can't imagine spending 40 hours a week looking for deals. My time is worth more than coupons. But I can say I was inspired to take some small steps. I am going to try and just use one website to help me, The Krazy Coupon Lady seems t have it together. I also decided I am going to look for coupons for the most expensive and frequent thing I buy, like cat food and litter and dog food. I don't think I will ever have an amazing stock room like the extreme coupon people do ( although that would be amazing to be able to literally shop in your own garage) but I hope to save money on key items and then go from there.

Girls Night Out

2011-01-08T16:39:00.000-08:00

Last night I got together with some of the girls that I go to school with and we wnet out. We headed to Edge, the night club at Peppermill. It was really fun to dress up and dance all night. We of course had to top it off with breakfast at the coffee shop. It was really fun and I loved my dress. I thought all the girls looked so cute and it was great to spend time with them.

Christmas In Utah

2010-12-29T22:05:00.000-08:00

We spent out Christmas in Utah this year. We were able to fly thanks to Bob and Barb and their generous gift of plane tickets. We did have a little problem getting there, flight delays that put us in Salt lake at about 1:30 AM. But we made it. We had Christmas eve with the Mueller's while Jess, Stuart and Dad went to the Taylor's. Christmas Day we went to Mom's house and had side pork and Mate Batle (this is a big German dumpling that is traditional and we make every year). We had family pictures taken and spent a lot of time with the kids. Fischer even spent the night at grama's house ( I put him to bed cause gramma is just a softy) and we even got to see him preform his dance and sing in his church program. Of course Jess and I and Lisa also had to hit the IKEA on Sunday before we headed home. Roxy in the mean time stayed with Stephanie and Aaron. They loved her and didn't want to give her back! We really enjoyed ourselves and were grateful to be able to see everyone.
Just the Girls

Matt and I

Barb and Bob

The Muellers and Colemans

Grampa and Maddie

Family Dinner

Grampa and Fischer

Yes this is my butt. It is right next to a 4 year olds' so give me a break.

My beautiful hat given to me by Fischer.

Maddie in her Christmas dress.

Sister in laws ( the best kind of law))

Mr. Snowman

Merry Christmas from Roxy

2010-12-22T09:06:00.000-08:00

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Merry Christmas from Roxy

2010-12-21T23:16:00.001-08:00

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2010-12-17T10:07:00.000-08:00

Went to a concert at the Knitting Factory. Hannah won free tickets and invited me, Mandy, and Katrina. It was fun.

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2010-12-17T09:51:00.000-08:00

Its snowing today.

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2010-12-07T10:52:00.000-08:00

This is the cute cake I baked for my Bunco night. It had strawberry filling.

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Christmas Cheer

2010-11-26T20:06:00.000-08:00

This year I got all new ornaments for the Christmas tree. While I love our collections of handed down ones I just had to have these. Sam's Club had 4 different sets of non-shattering ( reads plastic but still cute) ornaments. So I got the traditional red, white and green sets. I also get the matching accents pack with glitter snowflakes and the set of 4 huge ones. They are so cool. Roxy can't bust them up all over the place, thought she has chewed one or two of the glitter stars to pieces. There is just something about a tree with all matching colors and ornament unity that makes it look so good and complete. I always wanted to buy one from the Christmas tree show thing they put on where they auction off these beautiful fancy trees and the money goes to charity. They are perfection from the top of the tree to the bottom and are worth thousands. I spent like 100 bucks total and I am still pretty satisfied. I also hung up the stockings for the boys and Roxy and put the garlands ( also made by me, thank you Michael's) on the railings and of course the wreath on the door. Now we just need some serious snow.
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Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-26T14:51:00.000-08:00

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Our dinner turned out great. We had turkey, mashed and sweet potatoes, corn pudding, stuffing, gravy and green beans. I also made pumpkin pie. Afterwards I opened my presants and Jennifer and I went shopping. Pretty good night.

My view for the next few hours. The library!

2010-11-15T15:58:00.000-08:00

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Walking with Roxy

2010-11-06T10:12:00.001-07:00

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Halloween Reno Style

2010-11-01T20:42:00.000-07:00

Jess and Stu were her for Halloween. It was so much fun. We went to Bully's and watched the games. We hit the comedy club and the buffet. And to top it all off we partied through the Zombie Crawl( it's when you dress up and go to a bunch of different bars, some of the money made benefits different charities). Matt was Shaun form Shaun of the Dead, and Stuart was Ed. Jess, me and Cara were Brainiacs. We made all our shirts and wore our smarty pants glasses. It was so awesome! Then on Sunday we just hung out and passed out candy. I dressed Roxy up to answer the door!

When Fischer and Maddie Came...

2010-10-22T20:36:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun! They even got to stay 2 extra days! I really enjoyed having Lisa and the kids. It was fun to have the house filled with kids. Every one enjoyed it except Roxy. She was pretty nervous with the kids around but was getting used to them on the last 2 days. Maddie couldn't look at Roxy with out crying and Fischer had a love hate relationship with her. We went on some fun outings. We went out to the pumpkin patch. Matt, Fischer and I went through the corn maze ( Maddie was napping in the car with mom for a minute) and we got lost and Fischer and Matt had to save me! It was really fun. We picked out pumpkins. Matt helped Fischer pick a HUGE one, and I chose one with a funky stem. Maddie loved the pumpkin patch. We carved our pumpkins and even cooked the seeds. They were really yummy. So now I have 2 fun pumpkins out front and they look so festive. We took Roxy to the dog park and played at the marina. We went to breakfast and to Trader Joe's. We played in the back yard and read books and watched movies. Now, I don't mean to brag, but I cooked EVERY night. I was a real Martha. Fischer and I baked cookies and we made apple pie. It was a great time and I can't wait to see them again.

October Fest

2010-10-03T19:52:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a busy month. Between school and work, we will be having visitors. My Mom called and said that she might be making an impromptu trip to Reno next weekend. That's up in the air. But we have 2 for sure's. The 15th Lisa and the kids are coming out. Her good friend planned a trip with her sister and offered to bring her out here and then ride back. So we get to see them for a few days. I'm really excited for that. I can't wait to hang out and play with them. Also my sister and her husband are coming out for Halloween. I know we will have a really great time. We are going to go to a cool Zombie beer crawl. If you have ever seen Shaun of the Dead, then you will get that Matt is going to be Shaun and Stuart, my brother in law, is going to be Ed. Jess might be Shaun's girlfriend ( in movie terms only of course) and I think I will just be a Zombie. I'm sure we will do other good stuff too. I am really glad she is coming I am missing her a lot right now. It is going to be great and I am also looking forward to some cooler weather. It was in the 90's all last week. Today is more like fall and rainy and cooling off. Summer is done with and I'd like to move on to the next season.

chugging along

2010-09-30T12:24:00.000-07:00

So I have been pretty bogged down by work and school. Lots.of.homework at this point but it is always interesting and my 2nd graders are fun. Right now I am sitting at the little Pho restaurant eating wonton soup. This is basically the only chance I have had to blog lately and I'm using my new phone to do it. Working pretty well but I can't upload photos. Otherwise it's pretty cool.

Air Races 2010

2010-09-20T21:12:00.001-07:00

We have been to the Air Races for the last 4 years in a row. Matt loves going. He has a big thing for planes and has about 100 little know facts that he likes to let loose while we are there. It is pretty cool the Canada Thunderbirds were there and put on a really cool show. They have stunt planes that fall and write in the sky. Also there is really good food.

Balloon Races

2010-09-18T20:50:00.001-07:00

The Reno Balloon Races. This is our second year attending. You get up at 4 A.M ( no I'm not kidding) and you have to make your own coffee cause Starbucks isn't even open yet. I know this because last year I just assumed that if I was awake then Starbucks was open, not so. You park in the dark and trek down thought the field. Then you see them. Glowing balls of red, yellow and orange. The sound of the roaring heat lighting up the whole balloon in the dark. You try to stand close to one of them to get a little heat. Then they start rising into the black sky. It is so beautiful. Then the sun starts to just peek out and they glow against the moring twilight. Then you take a break get some hot chocolate or a mimosa and the sun rises. Back to the field. The trucks start pulling in with their trailers and they unload the baskets and lay out the balloons like huge carpets. They bring out big fans and start to inflate the balloons. The best part is you can be right there and even touch the balloon, not behind a rope or fence but right there. They puff up taller than you are and then pop up. Pretty soon they float up and away. Then you look up and the sky is just filled with them. You can't help but smile the whole time because it is just so neat to be so close. We love it and will probably go every year we live here. It just doesn't get old.

I am a writer, I've been published here, haven't I?

2010-09-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

So today in my literature class we talked about ourselves as readers and writers. At first I was pretty much thinking, not only am I not that much of a reader but I am even less a writer. Not true, after thinking about I am a writer. Blogging is writing and it is not just like writing in a journal. You put it out there for people to read and comment on. Blogging is writing and if you blog give your self full credit and embrace every typo. I also decided to change my reading habits. I have recently started to re-read and choose some new books. I really liked several of the books I read in School, like: Maniac McGee, The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankwieler, Harriet the Spy and so on. I am also choosing some new one, I figured I would stick to the Newberry Award winners for now.

Rib CookOff 2010

2010-09-06T17:38:00.000-07:00

So every year on Labor Day weekend there is the Best of the West Rib CookOff. Basically ribbers come from all over the country to win awards and sell ribs. Every year Matt has had to go down and and work on the units because all the ribbers have cool trucks that keep their meat good. So that means...we get free ribbies! And that's good cause a rack of ribs is like 22 bucks. It was really fun. We went with Cara and Kyle. It was pretty hot and of course I forgot to put on sunscreen. So at one of the little booths Cara and I bought dollar cheapie parasols. They were pretty cute and they kept us out of the sun.

2010-09-03T14:07:00.001-07:00

Paper flower wreath

Made it through week 1

2010-08-31T22:00:00.000-07:00

Week 1 of school is over. Not sure quite how difficult this semester will be compared to the others. But I'm sure I will look back at this post and say " ugh it was hard dummy, you should have know that from the start". I am glad to be back with my classmates and soon back in the classroom. We are really doing a lot of focus on the special ed. part of our degree. Which is good. I like that part. I is the most interesting and makes you feel like that part of the job will be the most rewarding and show the most results. Also I love only having to be at work 2.5 days a week. That makes my week fly by. Can't wait till it's 0 days a week there and full time doing what I want.

2010-08-26T12:59:00.001-07:00

Birthday card I made for Lisa

2010-08-24T17:18:00.001-07:00

Just the Deans List. No biggie.

2010-08-23T15:45:00.001-07:00

Back to school haul.

Back Again

2010-08-22T18:11:00.000-07:00

So tommorow is the first day of my last year of school. I am very excited. I really do like school ( guess that's why I want to be a teacher) and I will be glad to spice up my life away from my boring work. I always feel more purposeful and effective when I am going to school and using my brain. Plus I get to see all my friends ( that sounds so high school but its true). Paying for school on the other had I do not enjoy, and while right now I just use loans I will eventually have to pay them back. Hopefully by then I have a full time job with kiddos. So anyways I am just sitting here having a little drink and watching TV while Matt and Hal are up stiars in my scrapbook room ( funny I know, but I let them use it every now and then). And tommorrow I will be back in the swing of things!

And it's done

2010-08-20T23:31:00.000-07:00

I think a change would do me good

2010-08-18T20:08:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow I am getting my hair done. Out with the blond and in with the brunette. I also will go back to bangs baby. I have been trying to grow my hair out so not too much cutting. I feel very lucky that I am able to be blond and brunette. I think I look good both ways. The brown is very sassy on me, not trying to brag or anything. The only part I don't like about not being blond is that I don't look twinny to my sister and all my cousins. All 7 grandkids have blond hair and blue eyes. I know I couldn't pull off black hair and I don't think red would look very good on me either, although I love red hair. This week is better, going by faster. Hope to get up to the lake this weekend, might be the last chance since school starts Monday. Ok well I will post a picture tomorrow.

It's been a long week

2010-08-12T21:51:00.000-07:00

Being back from vacation is not easy. This week seemed so long. On wed. I thought it was Thursday. So I lost a wed and gained 2 Thursdays. Ugh. Work is ridiculous right now. I just want school to start so I can get out of there. I have this stupid correspondence class for math that I have barley touched and I wanted to have it done by the time school started. Yeah right. Hopefully I will have more motivation when I get back on campus. My sister gets to go back to Washington for a week and I am sooooo jealous, beyond jealous. I want to be canning things with Gramma not staring at a computer for 6 hours a day. Geeze this is a bummer post. Positive positive lets see whats good right now...well it shoudl be pretty hot next week so maybe we will use the pool. Also there is a meteor shower tonight so maybe we will see some, that would be neat.

We had a good time

2010-08-06T18:36:00.000-07:00

Summer Vacation!!!!

2010-07-19T15:03:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we are head out of here! Me, Matt and Roxy are hitting the road. We are meeting Jess and Stu in some little town where our paths cross. Saturday we are headed up to Clarkston, ID to see my Dad. He had planned a jet boat trip for us. Then on Monday we are going to Newport, WA to stay at Grama and Grampas house. After that we are going to Priest Lake, ID to stay up at the cabin. My favorite part is the cabin and Grama's house. I have so many great memories as a kid there with my sister and cousins. This will be Matt's first trip up to Priest Lake and I hope he ends up loving it as much as I do. It is so beautiful. I love our little cabin and right across the street is our families cabin. So it is like a nice family reunion every time we go! I will have lots of pictures to post when I get back!

Happy Birthday!

2010-07-15T19:14:00.001-07:00

Today Roxie Star Mueller is 1 year old! She went from 12 pounds to 100 pounds. She went from 1 1/2 cups of food a day to 9 cups!She went through 3 beds and 3 crates. She is a great additon to our family and we love her so much!

2010-07-11T20:36:00.000-07:00

Big Bertha is back! We did a lot of yard work this weekend. We emptied the pool ( took 2 days) and then moved the grass from under it to a big dead spot we had. Then we brought in a bunch of sand/gravel and leveled out the ground and made it nice and smooth. Now we have our own private beach. It is really nice to just go and float around. I still have a lot of work left to do. I need to spread the rest of the sand in the front to make the side yard look nice. But all in all it was a productive weekend.

July BBQ

2010-07-07T15:00:00.001-07:00

The big BBQ at Bob and Barb's
It was a lot of fun. We did the fireworks and had a great time!

Maddison's Blessing

2010-07-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

Today we went to Maddison's blessing. I t was at Moss Ledge in Cottonwood Canyon in Utah. It was really nice. Andy's mom and Barb both gave prayers and Maddiosn was so cute. We had breakfast and Lisa made an amazing cake.

July 4th Weekend

2010-07-02T16:54:00.000-07:00

So in a little while we will hit the road back to Utah for the long weekend. It will be and interesting trip. We are taking the Roxy girl with us. It will be her first time to Utah and her first long car ride. I got he some puppy prozac from the vet just in case she gets freaked out during the trip. We have a big BBQ planned at Barb and Bob's house on Sunday. And we also have Maddison dedication ceremony. It should be a good trip, it has been a while since we have been back and seen the kids. I am really hoping Roxy does OK. We will see! See you when we get back and I will have plenty of pictures.

2010-06-29T08:42:00.001-07:00

This is Big Bertha...yes it's an above ground pool...yes I know what your thinking...but running through the sprinklers just wasn't an option at 27

2010-06-23T20:40:00.001-07:00

Roxy trying to drink from the sprinkler

Reno Rodeo 2010

2010-06-22T23:23:00.000-07:00

The Reno Rodeo! I love the rodeo. I love wearing a cowboy hat, I love the rodeo queens and all the glitz and glam that all the cowgirls girl wear and most of all I love cowboy boots. I don't have any right now because they are pretty expensive but one day I will own a beautiful pair!

2010-06-19T17:37:00.001-07:00

lake tahoe
Today we went up to the lake. It was sunny but the wind was blowing so we only hung out for a few hours before heading back to Reno. No matter the wheat her it is always so beautiful there.

2010-06-19T17:35:00.001-07:00

lake tahoe

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2010-06-19T17:34:00.001-07:00

lake tahoe

Bike Ride

2010-06-13T16:52:00.001-07:00

Today we rode our bike to the bird nature preserve near out house. It was pretty neat. It was a marsh land with lots of birds. The bike ride was just the right length and we had a great time. We have decided to take more bike rides together!

2010-06-13T16:50:00.001-07:00

There was a long dock that went out into the water. Lots of ducks and birds.

2010-06-13T16:49:00.001-07:00

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2010-06-12T13:44:00.001-07:00

And look after 4 years my dress still fits!

2010-06-12T13:42:00.000-07:00

Here are Matt, Hal and Kyle working on a big pile of crab legs!

2010-06-12T13:41:00.001-07:00

Today was our 4th anniversary! We had a great time. We went with Hal, Cara and Kyle and celebrated in true Reno fashion...a seafood buffet! It was really fun we had dinner and toodled around the casino went to a few bars. It was great to be with friends and have a good time. Here's a little secret...we both actually forgot it was our anniversary, well technically Matt actually remembered first. We were on the ohone talking about when bills were due ( real life right!) and he said " hey isn't to day the 11th, isn't today our anniversary!" So even though we forgot it still turned out to be great and he was really thankful that it wasn't just him that forgot:)

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Wins today

2010-06-10T16:16:00.001-07:00

Ok well after I finished all my stuff yesterday it was time for bed to here are WED and Thurs combined
Wed:
Baked and frosted cupcakes
Spin bike 14 miles
Remebered to water my flowers
Skyped with my sister and grandparents
And Matt got Roxy a new bed

today is slow going, feeling blah and now the weather is kinda crummy and I have to go to a graduation party....and I really just wnat to stay home but no can do.

Wins today

2010-06-08T19:16:00.000-07:00

ugh they feel a little on the low side compared to Monday.

Completed my financial aid documents ( I will literally have to sell a kidney and our first born to ever be out of debt to the government, but by god I'll have an education)
Went to dinner with my friend Katrina- it was fun, we went to the casino. She lives in a very chic single girl apartment downtown so we just walk.
I am going to go do my Wii after I get done with this post. Especially since I ate out twice today.
Made someone laugh :)
Looked cute!
Ok so now that I got through that I fell better, there were more wins in there then I originally thought. Oh 1 more, I didn't get on the scale a single time yesterday, I'm getting a little obsessed with it and I need to take a break from those numbers.
So whats your win today?

Count your wins...and leave the losses..

2010-06-07T19:39:00.001-07:00

you already lost them anyways right? So I am going to do a week of wins. I get to choose what my win is, there is no real definition other than I say it is! You can make your own wins. Maybe you didn't eat that handful of M&M's ( you only ate like 5 instead OK) or you emptied the dishwasher before the sink filled up with dirties or even something big. It is just a good motivational tool and I am going to practice it.
Wins today:
Started summer school!
Rode the spin bike 15 miles: that is not easy and I did that in an hour! I am working toward a goal of 300 miles!
Ate all my Jenny Craig food instead of eating out!
Finished my homework.
Blogged my wins:)
Your turn...whats your win today?

2010-06-05T17:45:00.001-07:00

hangin' in Reno
This weekend was really nice. I went spinning and then came home and did a little yard work with Matt. We went out the the Legends, which is like an out door shopping mall, and shopped around. We then met up with our friends and had dinner on the patio. The sun was shining and the breeze was just right. We could see all of Reno from our table. I had an ice cold margarita (or 2) and it was very enjoyable.

2010-05-19T20:27:00.001-07:00

some cute cards I made this week

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2010-05-18T14:52:00.001-07:00

candy coated sunflower seeds. I get them from World Market. They are both yummy and really pretty. (and sort of healthy)

2010-05-12T15:44:00.001-07:00

first life in my garden and it even survived the snow

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I'm back

2010-05-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

Well I am almost done with this semester. Only 2 weeks left. And in 1 year from now I will be graduating! Yes! So I can actually get back to blogging every now and then. Roxy is doing well she is all better from her surgery. Our grass is finally turning green so summer is just around the corner. I am going to summer school so I can get ahead a little. I'm back on my Jenny Craiger's so I can try and look good for summer, it's going well. I have also been spinning, and that is pretty fun (ok it's not fun, but it's no horrible either). So not too much news.

Spring Break Pictures

2010-03-24T11:51:00.001-07:00

Spring Break

2010-03-07T18:39:00.000-08:00

On Friday I am flying to Spokane with my sister to see my family up there. We plan on seeing my Dad, going to visit my cousin Kaitlyn in Missoula, who goes to college there, and possibly my cousin Dustin and Andria. We are going to be there for almost 10 days. We rarely get to go for that long so we want to fit in as much as possible. Grama's house is my favorite place ever so going to Washington is always a real treat for me. And I love traveling with my sister. We always have so much fun together. So I will be back on the 21st and I'm sure I will have plenty of pictures. it's sure to be a great spring break!

Snow Day!!!

2010-02-21T13:25:00.001-08:00

Mrs. Mueller

2010-02-16T20:15:00.000-08:00

That's right, this week was my first week of practicum. I have a 4th grade class, for now anyways, and a 2nd grade reader. It is really fun, but being called Mrs. Mueller is so satisfying and weird all at the same time. I have a hard time getting used tot he Mrs. part, particularly because it makes me feel old. But hearing it makes me feel like a real teacher. And being int he classroom is so much fun and makes me want it even more! I am loving this semester, even though I have had more homework than ever! I get to go through the next 4 semesters with the same 22 people and at first I didn't think it would be so great, but I have to say I really like it. I like being able to see the same people almost everyday and really I am making 22 close friends (as of now, I'm sure I'll have some real stories by the end of this!). Spring break is just around the corner and hopefully I will be going to Washington for a week, as long as I can get the days off. I will really need that break!

Roxy's Friends

2010-02-02T16:08:00.000-08:00

Today Roxy made a little friend at the dog park today.

Happy Birthday Blog

2010-02-01T19:49:00.000-08:00

Guess what as of January ( a little Late I know) this blog is 2 years old! I have 134 posts. I actually have had a blog for longer than that, many of you might remember I had an MSN account that really didn't work so well cause you had to sign in to read it. I saw that one of my sister in laws friends made their blog into a book and I am thinking about that. Maybe every 2 years I can have one made, every year seems like maybe a little overkill and that might pile up in the bookshelf anyways. Also it's close to Valentine's day. Not that we really ever celebrate, I think it's kind of a silly holiday, but I love pink so it's one of my fave's. Let's see what else.... I get to start my practicum next week, that when we get to go to the schools and actually work with kids. I have 3 different schools I will be going to. I am having a little Superbowl party just for funnsies. I did our taxes and we get a refund, so we will be using that to build a deck this summer. annnnd that's it.

Oh ok

2010-01-24T20:15:00.000-08:00

here is my post. i have started back to school and I will tell you what, every thing before this was easy street! My education program is very demanding as it should be. I am so happy to be here and so close to my goal! I get to go through classes with the same set of about 25 people for the next 4 semesters. It is both helpful and challenging because I have made some great friends and found out some people are hard to get along and work with! So after I did a ton of reading I made these cards for Valentine's day.

I have more to make. I have really got my craft room set up and I will have to post some pictures. It's very organized and fun! We had a pretty fun weekend. Between my homework we rented some movies and went out with our friends for some bowling.

New Years 2009

2010-01-16T13:08:00.000-08:00

A little late I know. Here are the pictures for our New Years Eve. We celbrated in downtown Reno with Cara and Kyle ((Matt and Kyle work together). It was a really great time!

Family

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Utah Trip in photos

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Jess & Fischer reading

Maddison being cute, which isn't hard for her

Matt & Bob

Jess & Maddison

My Handsome
Husband

Grampa and his #1 Girl

Baby blue eyes

She's just too cute not to take a million pictures of!

My beautiful Sister

My pretty girl

Matt & Fischer playing legos

Family fun time

All smiles

2010

2010-01-03T18:44:00.001-08:00

I never make resoultions but I do hope the following for the next year:
Stay healthy
get through school with good grades
maybe lose some wieght
try to blog a little more
go to vegas
knit more
scrapbook more
have fun
Those all seem reasonable to me. We had a great time on new years. We went down town with some friends and danced and watched the fireworks. It was pretty fun! (I said blog more often, quality not quantity and ths why this is so short, plus I didn't have any pictures.)

Flowers in her hair

2009-12-16T21:24:00.001-08:00

Matt always thinks I look pretty with a big flower in my hair, and I do too. This was at his company Christmas party in L.A.

Christmas Tree

2009-12-16T21:21:00.001-08:00

I know it's sideways but it swtill looks cute.

It's been a while

2009-12-01T19:48:00.000-08:00

Wow hello blog missed you! Lets see the big deals are I got into the college of eduction, Grama & Grampa, Jess & Stuart and my mom all came out for my birthday and Thanksgiving and...well that's about it. It was really great having everyone out here and to have a house full was the best. We cooked the turkey and made the whole dinner. It turned out perfectly of course. Pise were made bread was cooked and grama brought her homemade lunch meat! I love having grama around. We are staying home for Christmas this year. It's Matt's year to work so it will just be the 2 of us and I have come to terms with that. We are going to make it great! I already started decorating and we are putting up the tree this weekend. Here are some fun pictures.

Catching up

2009-10-19T10:39:00.000-07:00

My Dad came to visit for the weekend and we had fun. He helped me ma my yard sale station at a local middle school that had a fund raiser yard sale. We went to dinner and gambled a little at the casino. I won and I think he lost but it was fun. we drove up to Truckee so I could visit a yarn shop and I got some great stuff to know a scarf with. He brought us a great new coffee table and a couple of boxes of stuff that had items from Nana and a few things from my childhood. And he even brought me a great table to put in my craft room!
School is going right along, I can't wait for thanksgiving to get here. We are having family come out and it will be the first Thanksgiving dinner in our new house. Christmas will be fun also, Matt and I are staying in Reno, for one he has to be on call for Christmas, but also we want to have Christmas at the house also. Dad brought me a tree also.
Roxie just keeps growing, she is getting good at letting us know when she needs to go outside, but she has a lot of energy right now. But she is great to take on walks and she is staring to want to cuddle! She is a very cute girl.
I have a very exciting Vegas trip coming up. My sister and I and Katchy are all going for Halloween! That should make for a really fun and crazy weekend!
The weather is up and down out here. It's warm it's cold it rains it's sunny all in one day!
That's about all the news for right now!

2009-09-28T09:13:00.000-07:00

Roxie gets a bath. She is getting big. almost 30 lbs!

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2009-09-21T10:11:00.001-07:00

This is the hand dyed yarn I made in my corockpot this weekend. It turned out so cool!

2009-09-13T08:05:00.001-07:00

Reno Balloon Races

2009-09-06T17:58:00.000-07:00

Rib-cook off. Best ribs in the west!

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2009-09-04T19:08:00.001-07:00

Roxie pup

Nevada State Fair

2009-09-03T19:11:00.000-07:00

we hung out at the Fair last weekend. Watched the Demolition Derby and the tractor pull. We also got to ride the Monster School bus. It was the most fun awesome ride ever!

Softball

2009-09-03T19:06:00.001-07:00

Well our winning streak is not that great. But we sure have a good time at games.

Family Photos

2009-08-31T19:39:00.000-07:00

While we were in Utah this summer we had some pictures taken. We are a pretty handsome family.

Our new girl Roxie Star

2009-08-22T23:11:00.000-07:00

Welcome our new Great Dane puppy! She is 5 weeks right now and 10 pounds. But soon she will be way bigger..probably about 160 pounds! She will be a very big girl. We drove 2 hours to get her. So far Heman doesn't care/ignores her and Conan HATES her. He hisses and won't come down stairs. But he will get over it when he gets hungry enough. Her name when we picker her up was star dust, but that wasn't really us. So after much debate we settled on her new name. Right now she sleeps a lot and we have to take her out just about every hour to potty cause she already had 1 accident. She already comes when you clap and call her so I think we will have her trained in no time...I hope.

2009-08-19T14:39:00.001-07:00

My new niece Maddison...4 weeks old

Trips and Trips

2009-08-13T11:15:00.000-07:00

So I got back on Monday from California because My Friend Jennifer and I did a little thing called a paper chase. You basically go around to all these scrapbook stores and collect paper and scrapbook stuff. It was pretty fun, we went to 20 stores in just 3 days! Tonight we are driving to Salt Lake. We have a new niece to see, Matts Grampa is there and the Truck Show is this weekend. So that should all be fun, except the driving part of course. I start school on the 24th so after that I don't think I'll be going on many trips. I have 3 classes this semester but they will be taking up a lot of my time. My softball is going well. We have won 2 of the 3 games we played. Matt is good, his summer is very busy with work cause that's when they have the most work to do. The house is good the yard is good the garden is good!

How does your garden grow?

2009-07-30T09:02:00.001-07:00

Pretty damn good if you ask me! Look what I harvested from my little patch...

These are some of the many peas that are growing and one of my zucchini's that I figured was big enough to eat. All very yummy.

How it goes...

2009-07-28T13:30:00.000-07:00

So I started on my co-ed softball team and it is pretty fun. We had our first game last week and we won 15-10! It was great. It is so hot here. It will probably get to 100 today. My garden is doing good. I have a zucchini that is almost as big as my hand. There are lots of green tomatoes so I am looking forward to that. We had a BBQ on Saturday and really broke in the lawn. Matt has already mowed it once and it looks great. I am all signed up for next semester, the summer is going by quickly! I start August 24th. We are also the proud new Aunt and Uncle to Maddison. She was born 2 weeks ago. We are going out to see her in a few weeks. I had a great raft down the Truckee river last week for my friend Jenn's birthday and we went up to the lake also. That's the news folks!

San Fransisco & San Jose

2009-07-13T20:33:00.000-07:00

I went to SF and San Jose to visit with my friends Paola and Sandra. It was a lot of fun. We shopped and went for sushi in SF and then went to San Jose so I could see Sandra's kids and hang out. It was so great to catch up with them.

Me & Alex

Me & Citlaly

View from our room

4th of July in Utah

2009-07-07T19:23:00.001-07:00

2009-06-29T09:32:00.000-07:00

Our new yard

Do Do Do Lookin' out my backdoor...

2009-06-26T12:57:00.000-07:00

We have officially started our backyard landscaping. They have put in sprinklers and by Monday we will have grass. We haven't really decided what to do about a deck or patio so we are leaving that off for now. It will be so so nice to be able to hang out in the back and BBQ and fully enjoy our house. I have even planted a garden, about 2 weeks ago. I didn't do a post about it because I was afraid that it would die and I would look like a plant killing failure. But it id going great. I have peas, lettuce, basil and dill. I also planted tomato plants that were already started, and grama gave me rhubarb and some mint and other stuff to start. It is looking professional.

Headed to the Rodeo

2009-06-21T21:39:00.000-07:00

Katie, Benson and Hal and Matt and I all went to the Rodeo on Father's day. It was a lot of fun. We rode the carnival rides and Benson and I got awesome cowboy hats. He loved it, he wore it the whole time! We had dinner and watched the cowboys ride the buckin' broncs and rope and wrestle the cows. It was pretty fun, the weather was great and we all enjoyed it!

2009-06-16T18:31:00.000-07:00

View from my hike today

Washington

2009-06-14T23:49:00.001-07:00

June 11th 2006

2009-06-11T18:06:00.000-07:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

2009-06-08T12:56:00.001-07:00

Priest Lake