Good News!

I got a JOB!!

I’m going to be working with the Mid Wives at Pocatello Women’s Health Clinic. I’m really excited!

It is going to be a night Job which will work well because after this semester Hans is going to have his classes at night.

Yes, I’m still doing my internship there, but it is unpaid. the good thing is, I only have 100 hours left to do and 5 weeks left to do it in, so I’ll do that for 4 hours in the morning, NOT paid, then I will come back at night to work PAID for 4 hours. For the next 5 weeks at least, then after that I will only work for the Mid Wives!

I might eventually get another job to do during the day, since this one is only part time. I was thinking about seeing if there was a Job available at the hospital, maybe in labor and delivery!

But, If not I may end up just taking some fun classes at ISU during the day, like, maybe an art class, or a flower decorating class, or cake decorating….

When we went to lunch yesterday, we decided to try out a Chinese place because it was close to his class and when we opened up our fortune cookies…. mine said,

Then when Hans opened his it said…

Weird huh?? SO funny to us!! We were so surprised! I have never seen a fortune cookie say something like that before!

Well, I guess it’s a good thing he is in the field of Computer Technology, because this fortune says he “would do well”! :)

Life is Good.

No Soliciting!

Well, this week has been yet another uneventful week. It turns out, Hans is making friends faster than I am! That’s probably because he is in school, around people who are more his age. He went and played raquetball on Friday during the day with someone, and some guy came over to talk to him about nerdy computer stuff during the relief society broadcast.

I’m always at work, hanging out with people who are grandmas already. I’ve been exchanging recipes a lot… haha!

The first Sunday we were here we went to the ward that was down the street. then we decided to go to the student university ward, in search of people who were more our age. So the next Sunday we went to church up by the university, but we went to the wrong ward because it was wrong on the internet. But,  we were still able to find the right bishop and give him our records, but we had already missed their meetings.

Last Sunday, Hans was sick so we didn’t go. So this Sunday was the first Sunday we have actually been to our ward, sad, I know. The ward is great! A lot more babies than we are used to, but there are still quite a few couples that don’t have any kids yet. So that’s good! The ward is very small, really small, I’ve never seen a ward that has been this size. Also relief society and priesthood are first, followed by Sunday school and then sacrament! So that will be an adjustment for us.

Right after we got home from church today at about 12:15, we headed up to our bedroom and started changing and getting ready to have a nice relaxing Sunday. We heard someone ring the doorbell so we went to answer it. Some guy wanted to show us some vacuum. We were saying no, but he said he had to do it for his job. He said he just had to show us how it works, because it was for his university. He told us he wasn’t selling it, just showing us how it works.

We asked him how long it would take and he said it wouldn’t take long. Hans asked him “well, how many minutes?” and he said he didn’t  know. Thinking it would be quick we let him in. Dumb, I know…. but we are polite people, it’s hard for us to say no sometimes.

Well he comes in, assembles his vacuum and start to show us how amazing his vacuum is. I thought, ok. he is going to rub this vacuum over a piece of carpet and then leave. but I was really wrong about that. I asked him how much it was and he said “I don’t know how much it is I’ll have to ask my boss” then he made some joke. He started asking about our lives and making small talk with us, asking us to feel this, and try that….. all kinds of dumb stuff.

Anyway, this guy keeps on taking out all this junk that goes on the vacuum and showing us how well it cleans our couch, and our T.V. and our kitchen floor. I’m telling you, it was ridiculous! we kept thinking, ok.. after this he will be done, but it didn’t stop!!

After about 20-30 minutes Hans almost started yelling at the guy. He has this mad voice that is really scary! I never allow him to use it, but this time was acceptable.  haha

He said “ look I know what you are doing, I know all the sales tactics… I’ve seen them before. We don’t believe in people working on Sunday, and you have definitely overstayed your welcome. I know you are trying to sell this to us, and I can tell you right now this is something we can’t afford so why don’t we just cut to the chase, tell us how much it is and then pack up your stuff and leave.”

The guy was taken back and he said “ well you could’ve told me that.”

I told him “ well I was ok with you coming in for five minutes or so, but you’ve been here for well over that.”

He hands us this piece of paper that says this thing is almost $3,000!! we told him that we were not going to buy it, because we couldn’t afford it. He told us he could call his boss and ask him if we could get a discount or something,  we told him that they would never get it down to a price that we could afford. We just wanted him to leave!

Well, he gets on his phone and I’m so appalled by that point that I asked him why he was calling right now and he said he had to.

He ended up calling his “boss” 3 different times before he actually left to see if he could get it at a lower price for us. sheesh. We kept telling him that we were NOT going to by it! It took him forever to pack up all his stuff, and by the time he left it was 1:30! yes. we had gotten home from church at 12:15. He was at our house for over an hour!

I feel so dumb for letting him in, on Sunday especially. I now understand why people have the “No Soliciting” signs on there doors. I’m going to get us one of those, and say no to every person trying to sell me something at our doorstep, unless it is girl scout cookies! I’m telling you, we have had more people trying to sell us stuff here then we have ever had, or that I remember in my lifetime!

Living and learning! No Soliciting! Learn from us.

Other than that fun story, I decorated our kitchen!

This decorated was inspired by my good friend Lauren Moseley! Thanks Lauren!

The oval one on top, did have glass covering it, but it fell and broke in the process of putting it up. We have broken so many things here!

Yes. We only have three chairs.

Hans even contributed to helping me decorate.

Now I feel like our home is closer to being complete.

Sicker Than Sick!

Well, we have almost been living here for a whole month!

This past week has been a little long. I have had to work every day and that’s not something I’m used to! Hans has been spending long hours at school, but we’re just doing what we gotta do!

We’ve been pretty boring this week, So I don’t have much to report on! Mostly, we just drive to work and school everyday and then just laze around when we get home, haha. ok, we’re not that lazy.

Hans has been sick the last two days! poor guy. He can hardly get out of bed. He is so tired, weak, he has a sore throat, congestion, and a fever. Sounds like a bad case of the flu to me! I have been trying to nurse him back to health, I really wish he wasn’t so sick. I hope that I don’t catch it …..

I have been stressing out, to get some things hung on these white walls! I spend a lot of my time trying to come up with cute ideas that don’t involved a lot of money, due to our lack of it, but that is a difficult task to accomplish! Hans has been so kind to remind me that I need to be happy with what we have.

So right now I’m going to stick with what we have, and not worry about it…. maybe I’m being a little bit unrealistic, I probably won’t stop worrying about it. But I am going to try!

here is what I have done, and probably all I will do for a while!

I bought this at DI for a few dollars. I’m painting it black and then I’m going to hang it by the door or at the end of the stairs.

It’s still a work in progress….

I also put some fabric over canvases and spelt out LOVE…. I’m not sure if I like it yet, maybe a little tacky…

I bought this lantern at a garage sale for 75 cents, I thought it was cute! 

Hans found this at the store, and it goes perfectly with the theme I’m going for in our living room, and it works well for us, since we don’t have a coffee table yet…

I found this cute clock at a garage sale! I got it for FREE because I had a twenty and the lady didn’t have enough change :)

I’m working on a beach theme for our bathroom downstairs So this will look great in there!

Well, everything is still a work in progress, but I’m getting there, slowly but surely. hopefully we’ll have some more exciting things happen to us that I will be able to talk about, but that’s all for now!

Some things we are looking forward to in the next few months are, My sister’s baptism! We are headed to Colorado in about 2 weeks for that. Then, Halloween of course…. and Emily my cousin is getting married in November, we are excited for that! Of course thanksgiving is soon after that, which we are going to California for. Then comes Christmas… in Colorado!

oh… and I have to take my certification test in November….not fun.

So I guess we have a lot of stuff this fall, of course all these trips have to be when we have the least amount of money…. oh well we’re livin on love… and it’s a piece of cake ! :)

I think we’ll have some of that now…… :)

First Day

Today was my first day of my Externship! I am working at a Women’s health clinic.

last night I was so nervous about starting work! I hardly got any sleep. I know, it may seem dramatic…. but this isn’t some ordinary job! I was going to be working in the medical field, in a hospital setting, with patients.

The hard part for me was that I didn’t know what to expect! I had no idea what this place looked like, or what the people were like. How fast would they expect me to learn? Was I going to have to draw blood and give shots right away? I had no Idea what it was going to be like. I didn’t know how much they would expect me to know, and how much I would remember from class.

It is an unpaid internship, but I still feel like I’m being paid with their time, since I need a supervisor and they have to teach me a good amount.

Well, the first day is over, and I LOVED IT! Even though I didn’t do very many exciting things, I still loved it!

Most of the day I sat and observed what was going on, and I helped with a few things like faxing, filing, and walked around the office. The people there are so nice, and I don’t feel pressured at all, which is great! I was able to stand in on a “stress test” which is what they do sometimes for pregnant women to make sure the baby is healthy. Something like that may not be very exciting for people who have had babies and know what it is like to get one of those done. But it was fun for me to be able to stand there as an “assistant” in my scrubs, taking in information just like a real medical student.

During the day I asked so many questions about what different procedures were, and what certain medications were for. In the packet I was given from my teacher with expectations for me while I’m on the externship says something like “ask questions and show them you want to learn”. Well I really don’t have to try to “show” them, because I really am so interested, and I really do want to learn!

It was a good day. I love being in the Medical field.

Hans’ program is still going really well! He has a lot of work, but so far, so good! He has a special shirt he has to wear for the program.

Luckily, the building where he has all of his classes is really close to the women’s health clinic… like down the street, so sharing a car seems like it will be pretty easy at the moment. What a blessing! I was able to meet him for lunch today, which was nice.

Oh and I forgot! my supervisor called me in today and told me that they have a job opening. she asked me how long we were going to be here, and if I was interested in it… I said yes of course :) she said that she would put my resume in with the others. The job would be a night job a few nights a week from about 4-8 which will work out well because after this semester, Hans’ classes will all be at night! hope that works out!

We are blessed! The past few weeks we have had blessings thrown at us all over the place! And we are so grateful. I guess when you choose the right pathway, everything just falls into place.

We are happy!

Other than that, we have been loving our movie room, and using the Wii Fit (my parents had an extra one, and we inherited it)

I also like to color, and Hans has joined me in it, when we were watching America’s Got Talent (which we love to watch!)

don’t mind my un- makeuped face.

Oh happy day!

Cookin’ the day away!

The past few days have been stressful in some ways, but a blessing in most ways!

On Friday we were able to go to some garage sales, we didn’t find much in the way of furniture, but we did buy a few little things, and a small grill! It was $1.50 and we thought we could use it out on our new little porch :) On craigslist  we were able to find a couch/futon for $50 and we also found a table and chairs for $50! Both of them are really nice. Luckily, we were able to fit the table in our car… somehow, and the girl we bought the couch from delivered it to us!

On Friday night I decided to make dinner….what?? I know. it’s crazy. Hans was so happy. He thinks I’m the best wife ever, no matter what I do. seriously.

 

MMM. Homemade chicken pot pie. That thing took me almost 2 hours to prepare, that is without the cooking time. SO NOT worth it.I really don’t like to cook. it’s sad.

When I was spending time with Heidi and she asked me if it was a hard transition to being a “wife” and cooking dinner every night.

I told her… I don’t cook. It’s pretty much fend for yourself, every night. She laughed.

I really don’t cook. Part of the reason is that most of the time I haven’t had time to cook. Hans and I have both been busy, and if we are both busy, I make it known that I’m not going to be expected to cook because I’m a Woman, and that’s what they do. Then he will fix something up. Poor Hans, his wife is so determined (stubborn he would say).

Here’s the problem. Hans and I both don’t cook. He’s completely fine with me not making meals, he will just find whatever he can and eat it….. then make some for me.

Well, Sarah told me about “Homestyle bakes” I really think this is a miracle!! It is pretty much a meal in a box. You can find it at the grocery store for less than $3!! The preparation time is 5 minutes and all you have to do is add water. Stick it in the oven, and 30 minutes later… you have homemade dinner!  It feeds about 4-5 people I would say, so it’s perfect for us. The bad thing is, they only have 3 different meals you can get…. I’m hoping they come out with more :)

It really does taste good!

For the rest of the days I’m sticking with the easy meals, pasta with spaghetti sauce, and frozen last minute dinners. Or there is always going out to eat ;)

Hans also bought me this apron.

He is serious about not trusting me. he always tells me to stick to the directions EXACTLY. I have been known to burn things.  In reality though, I’m not that bad :)

On Saturday, Our friend’s Scott and Leann came to Pocatello (they are both from here), and Leann and Her mom took me out to go garage sale shopping with them. They were so good to me!  I was able to get for the most part, all the furnishings for our house. They had a trailer, and we spent most of the day looking for furniture and hauling it all to our house. Why are people so nice to us??

We have been so blessed with everything this past week!! Prayers really are answered. I hope that we can help someone in the way we have been helped.

So, I can proudly say, that to furnish our house for the most part, we spent a total of $265. yes. That is a real number.

It’s hard. We went in the nice furniture stores. We wanted things. We didn’t buy them.  “Save money!” Has been drilled into my head for my entire life by my mom. “don’t spend” She has been drilling it into my head more now since I have been married, then ever before! Mom knows best.

So many people can find things at DI, and Thrift stores, and they make it into something new and beautiful! I’m still learning. But I know it can be done!

Home Sweet Home

We have arrived! It has come. We are now living in Pocatello and Hans is going to school at ISU. I start working at the Women’s Health Clinic next week.

Before I start telling you about Pocatello, let me tell you about our last week living in Rexburg!

Last week, Hans was commuting to Pocatello every day, which left me home alone a lot of the time, which I didn’t mind much, but being without a car wasn’t fun. We also had a lot of little things here and there that we needed to get done so I wasn’t very bored.

On Tuesday night Sarah came over and we had a girls night (Hans was gone late). Sarah and I never have trouble having fun!

On Wednesday I got together with my good friend and old roommate Heidi. We went out to eat and talked a lot, I love Heidi! That night I also played some games with some good girl friends!

So, even though Hans was gone a lot, I was able to get some good girl time in and I loved it!

On Friday night we went to the dunes for a campfire with some of our good friends. It was a blast!  We roasted Hot dogs and had smores too.

The Girls

Our Manly Men

Wind block

I’m a little weird in this video. but for your enjoyment, I put it up anyways.

An inside joke, but you might think it is funny anyways!

On Saturday, we were able to get our keys to our new place! So we packed a car load full of our stuff and went to check it out! We looked at our nice new place, unloaded and went to Costco.

That night we played some games at the park with Sarah and Jaren and then we went to the craze to play some arcade games!

Hans and I had saved up a bunch of tickets so we used them all the night to buy some fun stuff.

Sarah and I bought some lipstick pens with our tickets :)

Jaren started playing with his “Monkey’s in a Barrel” right away.

On Sunday, we had more packing and cleaning to do. We had to be out of our apartment on Monday. We had dinner at Sarah and Jarens… due to our lack of food, and kitchen supplies.

Oh! and here is a picture of our “Plan of Salvation” piece of art. Sarah took a picture of it after class was over… we did a good job right?

Dinner and games

Monday was quite the day! Hans was gone the whole day, there was still packing to be done, all the cleaning still needed to be done, and people were coming over to help pack things into our friends truck at 6! I didn’t know what I was going to eat all day because I didn’t have a car… I was stressin.

Luckily after I finished packing, Sarah and Leann came over to help me clean for hours!! There were some cleaning supplies I didn’t have , so they were able to help me out with that, and we were able to go out to lunch! We were able to get everything cleaned and looking great! Sarah even brought me over some dinner to eat before we all left to go to Pocatello.

Everything got packed in the truck, I had plenty of help, and lots of good company!  I am so grateful for all of the help I (we) got! We are so lucky to have such good friends.

I know Hans was very grateful for all of the help, because I’m sure he was worried about his wife at home having to clean and pack everything.

We had ice cream that night in Pocatello with Sarah and Jaren :)

I feel so blessed. We couldn’t have had a better experience there. We made the best of friends who were able to help us out when we needed it the most. It’s hard not living by family, but when you have good friends like we do… it really doesn’t matter much at all!

Good memories there. I hate moving, and I hate change, but I have been able to not look back and be sad, but happy for all of the good times! It’s weird leaving a chapter in your life behind, but time doesn’t stop, and new chapters keep beginning. live in the moment! don’t dwell on the past.

Well. Here we are. In our new home.

No furniture. A big mess.

But all of that aside, We love our new place! It really is so nice, and big. Probably a little too big for us but we love it :)

Here are some picture of our humble abode. messy. But I thought everyone might want to see pictures. I am for sure going to put up new pictures once we have furniture and it’s decorated.

Living/ Family room

Kitchen. Love it.

Dining room

Patio!

washer and dryer!! I can’t even tell you how much I love this :)

1/2 bath downstairs

1st bedroom… messy yes. This will be be our study/movie room

Upstairs bathroom- full

Our bedroom

We have a garage too! I didn’t take a picture of that.

We have an air mattress that we were going to use, but luckily, our old apt managers were getting new mattresses for the apts so they told us we could take ours! how lucky!

Well, here I am! Hans is still gone a lot. I’m stressing about getting furniture, but I’m learning patience :) Although, there is only so much you can unpack and do without furniture.

So far. I really love our new place. New ward on Sunday, and new job next week! We’ll see if I like that….

Hans so far is very very busy with school! poor guy. But this is such a good program for him. I think this semester will be a little rough for him, because he has to take a lot of credits, while still doing 20 hours a week at the lab. I think the semesters after this will be better… I hope!

This really is the right thing for us! I really feel like it is. It is comforting to know that when something like this can be hard at times. This is a great opportunity for us!

more things to come!