As you can tell, today is Sunday, deemed as the day of rest for many of the religious variety. Yesterday (and part of today) is the basis for my blog title.
Last week after our successful yard sale, it was decided to have our multi-family yard sale again only this time have it on Friday and Saturday for only four hours each day (8am-1pm). Another success for all of us. This was actually a little bit better than the previous weekend because we weren't sitting out in the yucky heat for several hours (in case you are wondering we are in the high 90's and will be in triple digits this upcoming week...yuck). This weekend, Kory's father brought over some toy cars and we slashed prices left and right just to get rid of everything. This helped a lot. Last I heard, over the three days we had the sale we came close to, or made over $800. Not a bad haul. Most of my sales were in clothing...and I am still selling some at a store known as Trendy Exchange (they give you cash for clothes they want to sell in their store). I feel as though I have lighted a BIG load by getting rid of everything. Anything that did not sell, we took to Goodwill and dropped it off. We all agreed, none of it was going back into the house!
After we tallied up everyone's total, I went to go take a test. It was not necessarily difficult, just time consuming. I did fairly well, scoring high on the multiple choice portion. I am pretty confident about the written part but I won't know until tomorrow how I did!
I may post again today...maybe not. I want to show some before and after pictures of my room, but I am not 100% confident it will get done tonight.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Exhaustingly Successful Day...
I really don't understand how yard sales can make someone so exhausted. Initially I was mentally exhausted and thought that I could go the rest of the day with regular Saturday evening plans. Then I woke up to dinner being ready. Yes, the yard sell ended at 4pm, money was counted and distributed and I sat down at about 5:30pm. I woke up at about 6pm (ish) so really only a 30 minute nap, but the fact that I slept means I was (and currently am) much more physically exhausted than I thought. I think everyone is...even my dad who did not man the stations but did in fact provide fans on a 90+ degree day, babysat the little one (my niece), got out all the lunch products, set up the canopies (and help break down the yard sale) and check on us occasionally! My mom worked all day so she wasn't there but it is exhausting preparing for such endeavor and then heading to a long day at work to come home and help finish the last remaining details of the yard sale are just as exhausting. Note that it was a MASSIVE sale...as in multifamily...literally. My family, my sister's in-laws and a neighbor all had contributed to this sale. We sold a whole of items but still have a lot more to go. Which is why we are going to have another yard sale on Friday and Saturday this next weekend! To let you know how successful this yard sale was without going into too many details, the total profit all three families made combined was over $400 and that was for eight hours. Again, we still have so much more stuff to sell, but all-in-all a rather successful day!
To give you an idea of how and why I found the garage sale successful, I will give you some thoughts to ponder. Going into the garage sale I for sure had seven of those printer paper boxes of clothing and a large box (I am guessing at least an 8 x 4 x 4 box of clothing) that I had ready to be put out into the yard sale last night. I woke up at 5am this morning to over a few things in the basement and find two ore paper boxes worth of clothing to put out. I am pretty sure of the nine paper boxes and one big box (at least) I sold about 65% of those items of clothing and I still have more to contribute to next weekends yard sale! I still have so much more to do and go through but I am happy with the results and hope to have as good, if not better, results next weekend *crosses fingers* I still have a lot more work to do and an anticipating more late nights this week, but all for the better!
Now, I will be showering and going to bed! I will post more tomorrow!
To give you an idea of how and why I found the garage sale successful, I will give you some thoughts to ponder. Going into the garage sale I for sure had seven of those printer paper boxes of clothing and a large box (I am guessing at least an 8 x 4 x 4 box of clothing) that I had ready to be put out into the yard sale last night. I woke up at 5am this morning to over a few things in the basement and find two ore paper boxes worth of clothing to put out. I am pretty sure of the nine paper boxes and one big box (at least) I sold about 65% of those items of clothing and I still have more to contribute to next weekends yard sale! I still have so much more to do and go through but I am happy with the results and hope to have as good, if not better, results next weekend *crosses fingers* I still have a lot more work to do and an anticipating more late nights this week, but all for the better!
Now, I will be showering and going to bed! I will post more tomorrow!
Thursday, June 21, 2012
My Hope for the Young Men in the World
I know Father's Day was Sunday but in the spirit of celebrating good men I feel I should tell this story.
On Saturday, I visited my mom at her clinic. As I was leaving there was a man and a kid walking out of the kidney center. I assume they were related based off of the way they interacted. Since the clinic my mom is employed in sits on the second floor along with the kidney center, the kid, the older man and I proceed to the elevator. I got in first and hit the button to get to the first floor. The man and the kid walked in too. Now, I believe this kid was probably closer to the teenager range. He couldn't be any younger than 8 but I was guessing somewhere between 10 and 13 years of age. Also, I hate stereotyping but he was of some ethnic group that I believe to be a minority. Which is why I think this story is awesome.
We reached the first floor and the elevator open. The older man walked out first leaving me and the kid in the elevator. The kid motioned for me to go first. I liked the gesture and said thank you. What happened next made my day. The kids ran as fast as he could to the sliding doors and stepped in front of me. I was curious as to why he would do such a thing. He also put a hand up to the older man and said "I thought Dad said 'ladies first.' He turned to me and gestured for me to go before him. I was impressed. Then, when we were all out in the parking lot he opens the door of a mini-van waiting for the two of them. He helped this older man into the first seat of the car, then ran to the back and said "no I'll sit in the back." Before the door shut I see a much younger girl (I am assuming a younger sister) sitting in the middle row of the mini van.
Now, I give this story because to me, it restores my faith in the male gender. Now, not all guys are bad and even women have their flaws. But growing up outside of Utah I had friends with divorced parents, fathers (and even the occasional mother) not present or not living a psychologically good lifestyle (for the kids at least...many had a much younger mistress or something along those lines) I was pleased to see this family attempting to make a young man out of this boy! I believe the first step to raising a good man is to make sure he respects women and sees women be respected. The fact that his father taught him to be kind enough to let the women he encounter feel respected, whether it was a complete stranger or his baby sister, gives me hope for the men in the world. My hats off to the men trying their absolute best to raise honorable respectable young men.
It was a small act and seemingly insignificant but I believe something this small can make a huge difference in this young man's life.
On Saturday, I visited my mom at her clinic. As I was leaving there was a man and a kid walking out of the kidney center. I assume they were related based off of the way they interacted. Since the clinic my mom is employed in sits on the second floor along with the kidney center, the kid, the older man and I proceed to the elevator. I got in first and hit the button to get to the first floor. The man and the kid walked in too. Now, I believe this kid was probably closer to the teenager range. He couldn't be any younger than 8 but I was guessing somewhere between 10 and 13 years of age. Also, I hate stereotyping but he was of some ethnic group that I believe to be a minority. Which is why I think this story is awesome.
We reached the first floor and the elevator open. The older man walked out first leaving me and the kid in the elevator. The kid motioned for me to go first. I liked the gesture and said thank you. What happened next made my day. The kids ran as fast as he could to the sliding doors and stepped in front of me. I was curious as to why he would do such a thing. He also put a hand up to the older man and said "I thought Dad said 'ladies first.' He turned to me and gestured for me to go before him. I was impressed. Then, when we were all out in the parking lot he opens the door of a mini-van waiting for the two of them. He helped this older man into the first seat of the car, then ran to the back and said "no I'll sit in the back." Before the door shut I see a much younger girl (I am assuming a younger sister) sitting in the middle row of the mini van.
Now, I give this story because to me, it restores my faith in the male gender. Now, not all guys are bad and even women have their flaws. But growing up outside of Utah I had friends with divorced parents, fathers (and even the occasional mother) not present or not living a psychologically good lifestyle (for the kids at least...many had a much younger mistress or something along those lines) I was pleased to see this family attempting to make a young man out of this boy! I believe the first step to raising a good man is to make sure he respects women and sees women be respected. The fact that his father taught him to be kind enough to let the women he encounter feel respected, whether it was a complete stranger or his baby sister, gives me hope for the men in the world. My hats off to the men trying their absolute best to raise honorable respectable young men.
It was a small act and seemingly insignificant but I believe something this small can make a huge difference in this young man's life.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
I May Be Biased...
I may be a bit biased but my niece is the most gorgeous and cutest little munchkin in the world. I was finally able to get the photos from her birthday uploaded to my computer without much of a glitch. I was looking at the pictures from her birthday and pictures I have when she was a wee little thing of four days old (she was four days old when I got to first hold her)! So, here are some birthday pictures (I won't post too many, that is for my sister to do)!
I think Papa (Kory's Dad) had too much fun putting balloons in baby girl's hair! They would stick and then she would looking for a way to grab them with very little success.
She is such a happy (and super cute) one year old!
These are the cupcakes Michele made for her on her birthday!
Admiring grandma and grandpa's present!
After baby girl took a look at my present. I hope she loves it for years to come. The little sock money is super cute!
Attempting to crawl over Auntie Kali's legs (Kali is Kory's sister).
I would say it was an overall successful day for everyone. We are happy baby girl had a nap before all the festivities or we would have had a cranky pants on our hands. We even got to skype family in Washing ton to say hi. I think they were more interested in the baby than us!
I would say it was an overall successful day for everyone. We are happy baby girl had a nap before all the festivities or we would have had a cranky pants on our hands. We even got to skype family in Washing ton to say hi. I think they were more interested in the baby than us!
Monday, May 7, 2012
Why I Love, and Hate, the First Day of Term
As is obvious, I am currently on a break in between classes for school. I still have one more class before I head off to work. Now, I am looking through courses for Summer and Fall. Why? Because I want to maximize my work schedule while getting all the requirements that I need for my major. I am on the waitlist for a required class but if I go to it then my schedule becomes full all day Monday and Wedenesday leaving me with Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays to work most of the day (I would go until 9:45am on Fridays and then head off to work from about 10am-5pm). I am trying to work it out so that some of my classes are in the evenings that way I can have some in the morning, work, some in the evenings and then do homework! One of the classes I need, a Chemistry class, is everyday from 11am-12:50pm, except for Fridays. It would just be for the first block, meaning once June 22nd hit, I could go back to working most days as all day! This is why I love, and hate the first day of school. I go to classes, figure out which teacher(s) could benefit me and my learning, style, re-arrange my schedule as needed, meet with advisers, re-work plans, finalize my work schedule for that block of time and still have some time for my social life and for myself!
I am happy to report that my manager at work has said the company is willing to work with my school schedule because when I get to work, I work hard and know exactly what to do. He also understands that I am attempting to knock out as many credits as possible so that in the fall, I can be of the utmost value to the company. So far, with the schedule I have in mind this summer, I can be at work everyday for fall term by 11:30am! Now, if I spread everything out and try to maximize my work schedule for the summer then in the fall, I am at work at 11:30am for only a few of the days of the week. Oh decisions. It is time for me to go check out a few more things and get some school stuff in order, but I had to vent my frustration and my first day back at school excitement or I would not have been able to focus for my next class.
I will keep everyone updated regarding my class schedule for the next little while.
I am happy to report that my manager at work has said the company is willing to work with my school schedule because when I get to work, I work hard and know exactly what to do. He also understands that I am attempting to knock out as many credits as possible so that in the fall, I can be of the utmost value to the company. So far, with the schedule I have in mind this summer, I can be at work everyday for fall term by 11:30am! Now, if I spread everything out and try to maximize my work schedule for the summer then in the fall, I am at work at 11:30am for only a few of the days of the week. Oh decisions. It is time for me to go check out a few more things and get some school stuff in order, but I had to vent my frustration and my first day back at school excitement or I would not have been able to focus for my next class.
I will keep everyone updated regarding my class schedule for the next little while.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Baby Birthdays and Great Graduations!
I have been attempting to upload pictures for the past hour, but my computer is being stupid at the moment, so sadly the pictures will have to wait. Baby girl was so happy at the party! We had food, did birthday cupcakes (my family is not a huge cake family) and had lots of fun being together. Baby girl loved her gifts. I got her the purple sock monkey as noted on the previous post. I hope she can enjoy it for years to come!
I find it hard believe that it has been a year since her surprise birth (I say surprise simply because she came 5 weeks prior to her due date of June 7th). I remember how the events played out. I had been in Oregon helping my mom because she was having ankle surgery and my Dad was in Malaysia at the time. My mom had ankle surgery on Wednesday. Friday morning at around 7am the phone rang. My parents had caller ID at the time and it would usually tell my parents which kid was calling. When the phone rang however, the caller ID simply said "Utah number." I answered it wondering what was going on and was surprised to hear Michele's voice on the other end. She asked for mom so I handed Mom the phone. My mom and Michele briefly talked but I figured from the conversation something was happening! I heard the words "baby" and "today." It was time. Baby was arriving earlier than expected. While this was happening, I went to my mom's computer to pull up Skype and attempt to call Dad on the other side of the world. The only times we could call were early in the morning or later in the evenings due to the time difference, although something tells me if we had to wake him up to tell him his grandbaby was making her appearance soon, he wouldn't have been too angry. I made to attempts to Skype with no success, so instead I typed "The moment you get this message, please get on Skype. It is vitally important." I knew Dad would be up soon, so I wrote out the message and made sure he saw it by hitting enter a few times so the message would repeat itself.
While that was happening Mom had already notified the Cummings and Passmore's of a new addition and was asking for assistance to go downstairs. I got everything prepared to help her get down the stairs in her bulky cast when I heard the Skype on Mom's computer ringing. Dad was on the other line! I ran downstairs to answer and told him he had to wait while I got Mom into her chair for the day! Once she was settled Mom informed Dad that baby girl was on her way! We were all anxious and waiting for the news that baby girl was here safe and sound and healthy. Our biggest concern was how early she was. We kept wondering if her early timing would land her in the NICU. If so, that was another medical concern our families would be facing along with her club feet. I went to the high school that day to visit some former teachers and friends. When I got home from the visit, Mom informed me that baby girl arrived at 4pm that day. Pictures were abundant on facebook and we were constantly making calls that day!
I didn't get to physically see and hold baby girl until Tuesday. I was scheduled to land in Salt Lake City Sunday evening and was told that Michele and Kory wanted time with their new little one! Kory went back to work on Tuesday. I received a call from my mom stating it was time for me to go to Michele's. Apparently she was having some difficulties and needed an extra hand. While sister napped, I spent the whole time just holding baby girl and admiring her tiny self (she weighed in at 5 lbs. 11 oz. and could fit comfortably from the crease of my elbow to my wrist). Today, we still swoon over her and smother her with hugs, cuddles and kisses galore! Today she was excited for new toys and to be loved on even more by friends and family! I love you baby girl! Here's to another wonderful year with you!
Another big event occurred this weekend that has both the Cummings and Sekaquaptewa's extending the celebrations! Baby girl's father, Kory, graduated with his Master's in School Counseling. It was awesome to see he walk across the stage and have his hard work pay off!
Again, pictures are forthcoming from both events! What an eventful weekend. Now, off to bed. I start summer term of school tomorrow and want to be well rested!
I find it hard believe that it has been a year since her surprise birth (I say surprise simply because she came 5 weeks prior to her due date of June 7th). I remember how the events played out. I had been in Oregon helping my mom because she was having ankle surgery and my Dad was in Malaysia at the time. My mom had ankle surgery on Wednesday. Friday morning at around 7am the phone rang. My parents had caller ID at the time and it would usually tell my parents which kid was calling. When the phone rang however, the caller ID simply said "Utah number." I answered it wondering what was going on and was surprised to hear Michele's voice on the other end. She asked for mom so I handed Mom the phone. My mom and Michele briefly talked but I figured from the conversation something was happening! I heard the words "baby" and "today." It was time. Baby was arriving earlier than expected. While this was happening, I went to my mom's computer to pull up Skype and attempt to call Dad on the other side of the world. The only times we could call were early in the morning or later in the evenings due to the time difference, although something tells me if we had to wake him up to tell him his grandbaby was making her appearance soon, he wouldn't have been too angry. I made to attempts to Skype with no success, so instead I typed "The moment you get this message, please get on Skype. It is vitally important." I knew Dad would be up soon, so I wrote out the message and made sure he saw it by hitting enter a few times so the message would repeat itself.
While that was happening Mom had already notified the Cummings and Passmore's of a new addition and was asking for assistance to go downstairs. I got everything prepared to help her get down the stairs in her bulky cast when I heard the Skype on Mom's computer ringing. Dad was on the other line! I ran downstairs to answer and told him he had to wait while I got Mom into her chair for the day! Once she was settled Mom informed Dad that baby girl was on her way! We were all anxious and waiting for the news that baby girl was here safe and sound and healthy. Our biggest concern was how early she was. We kept wondering if her early timing would land her in the NICU. If so, that was another medical concern our families would be facing along with her club feet. I went to the high school that day to visit some former teachers and friends. When I got home from the visit, Mom informed me that baby girl arrived at 4pm that day. Pictures were abundant on facebook and we were constantly making calls that day!
I didn't get to physically see and hold baby girl until Tuesday. I was scheduled to land in Salt Lake City Sunday evening and was told that Michele and Kory wanted time with their new little one! Kory went back to work on Tuesday. I received a call from my mom stating it was time for me to go to Michele's. Apparently she was having some difficulties and needed an extra hand. While sister napped, I spent the whole time just holding baby girl and admiring her tiny self (she weighed in at 5 lbs. 11 oz. and could fit comfortably from the crease of my elbow to my wrist). Today, we still swoon over her and smother her with hugs, cuddles and kisses galore! Today she was excited for new toys and to be loved on even more by friends and family! I love you baby girl! Here's to another wonderful year with you!
Another big event occurred this weekend that has both the Cummings and Sekaquaptewa's extending the celebrations! Baby girl's father, Kory, graduated with his Master's in School Counseling. It was awesome to see he walk across the stage and have his hard work pay off!
Again, pictures are forthcoming from both events! What an eventful weekend. Now, off to bed. I start summer term of school tomorrow and want to be well rested!
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Punk Rock and Chick Flicks Pt. 2
Yes, this is a continuation of the blog I made from yesterday (haha...30 Seconds to Mars reference...they made a music video for their song "From Yesterday" off of their A Beautiful Lie Album). Yesterday's blog talked of some inspiration and potential projects occurring in the future. I figured I would write a blog about one or two of these projects I intend on completing. One of the main projects I am doing will benefit the rest of my projects (or so I hope).
I am titling this BIG project of mine Spring Cleaning. Now, I know certain people will continue to inform me of my cleaning and organizing projects going by the wayside (*cough* Hannah *cough*) but I have some motivation and have a goal to fulfill. Plus, as mentioned, I have several other projects in mind and need the space to complete said projects. Also, my family is having a massive garage sale in June and I plan on utilizing the garage sale to my advantage. I think my Mom and sister pointed out that I could easily make $100 off of the clothes I own alone. I also want to go through everything and then post pictures of the journey of moving permanently to Utah. I am having a difficult time getting the first pictures of my bedroom off my phone but I can give everyone a picture of the mayhem that comes with deep cleaning and organizing...
This is what happens when you go through everything...it gets worse before it gets better.
The hallway right outside of my bedroom. The box has clothes and various other items I am planning on getting rid of. The laundry basket has clean towel waiting to be put in the linen closet behind this mess and the bins are the empty bins I have gone through.
Part of the storage room in the basement. More stuff to go through and get rid of.
...and more of the storage room and yet more to get rid of.
This is some stuff that was in my car but has since been moved to my bedroom to get cleaned out. Luckily most of it was trash so I just opened up the trash bag and dumped it all in.
The area I have spent the time time organizing. It is a bit cleaner now...
Probably the cleanest spot in my bedroom (although not very organized...yet).
So, needless to say I have quite a lot to do in such a small amount of time but I think the end result will be rewarding. I will have all my books safe and sound in one place, my closet will be less crowded (picture of my closet will come later), and I will be happy and relieved to have my bedroom done. Afterwards, I can decorate to my hearts content...and with my mild pinterest addiction I may be doing more and more projects for my room this summer!
Once I get my room completed, next thing on my spring cleaning list is the bathroom. I don't get a lot of room in the bathroom so I need to utilize what little space I have with it. I am thinking of moving the cleaning supplies to the linen closet in the hallway and that way I have more room!
Now, on to some more of my inspirations that will lead into some of the projects to be revealed later! I found my art supplies while going through some boxes and I am excited to say that my oil pastels are still intact! Can you say art project?! I am excited!
Now, I will leave you with a hint about tomorrow's blog because it is going to be exciting!...
That is all you are getting for now!
Good night!
I am titling this BIG project of mine Spring Cleaning. Now, I know certain people will continue to inform me of my cleaning and organizing projects going by the wayside (*cough* Hannah *cough*) but I have some motivation and have a goal to fulfill. Plus, as mentioned, I have several other projects in mind and need the space to complete said projects. Also, my family is having a massive garage sale in June and I plan on utilizing the garage sale to my advantage. I think my Mom and sister pointed out that I could easily make $100 off of the clothes I own alone. I also want to go through everything and then post pictures of the journey of moving permanently to Utah. I am having a difficult time getting the first pictures of my bedroom off my phone but I can give everyone a picture of the mayhem that comes with deep cleaning and organizing...
So, needless to say I have quite a lot to do in such a small amount of time but I think the end result will be rewarding. I will have all my books safe and sound in one place, my closet will be less crowded (picture of my closet will come later), and I will be happy and relieved to have my bedroom done. Afterwards, I can decorate to my hearts content...and with my mild pinterest addiction I may be doing more and more projects for my room this summer!
Once I get my room completed, next thing on my spring cleaning list is the bathroom. I don't get a lot of room in the bathroom so I need to utilize what little space I have with it. I am thinking of moving the cleaning supplies to the linen closet in the hallway and that way I have more room!
Now, on to some more of my inspirations that will lead into some of the projects to be revealed later! I found my art supplies while going through some boxes and I am excited to say that my oil pastels are still intact! Can you say art project?! I am excited!
Now, I will leave you with a hint about tomorrow's blog because it is going to be exciting!...
That is all you are getting for now!
Good night!
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