New things and a new year!

2012 has been such a year of changes for Curtis and I! We moved in together, planned a wedding (and by "we" I mean "I"), got married, went on the most beautiful (and warm) vacation, and got our sweet little Duncan. The year went by so fast, and we can't wait to see what the next year holds for us! Both of us recently got new jobs on base, which is huge for both of us! We'll both be working so much closer to home, and it's so nice to have Curtis home at a decent hour. I would normally expect him home around 8, and sometimes later, but now we can count on 4 o' clock! He doesn't know what to do with all of this new free time, but we both love it! We had a nice Christmas, and new years.  Curtis got a new HTPC (Home Theater Computer) that we both use everyday. He put a ton of games and different TV apps on there so we're quite entertained all the time.  I got some new diamond earrings to replace the first diamonds I've ever owned, which Curtis bought for me our 2nd Christmas together.  Duncan and Rosco got plenty of goodies as well! Can't forget to spoil our cute "children."  

Around October or so I started to pick up crocheting.  I really enjoyed it, and thought homemade gifts would be nice to give out this year.  Now that Christmas is over, I can share all the cool things I made! I think they're cool at least.  

Purple Headband, and the cool button on the back

Lazy crocheted hat.

Purple & White infinity scarf

Blue & Grey headband

Red Hello Kitty hat

Bear hat for my cute nephew

Not so symmetrical booties

Purple Flower

Grey & Purple

 That is just a few of the things I made, so I was very busy for a long time!

I guess the only thing left to add from the last few months is the ridiculously cold weather we've been having!  It's not fun to wake up to your weather app on your phone saying it's -3 degrees, or even better, "feels like -16"  If it feels like -16, it might as well be -16! No human being is made to function in this cold of weather!  Last Thursday it started to snow at about 3:00PM, and I don't think it stopped until sometime on Saturday.  We had 1.5-2 ' of snow!  The usual 10-15 minute drive home from work took about 80 minutes, and I left for work 45 minutes earlier than normal the next morning.  The roads were awful, and the drivers were even worse!  Everyone says that their state has the "worst drivers," but I think Utah definitely wins!  Wintertime in Utah is even worse.  Cars with 4 wheel drive somehow think that driving carefully in the snow doesn't apply to them.  Luckily no one I know was in an accident due to the frozen and un-plowed roads.  I was fortunate enough to not even see one! We were unlucky enough to witness some crazy stuff on the freeway though.  We were driving on the "exit only" lane on the freeway about to exit.  I am very aware of my surroundings when driving, especially on the freeway, and even more so when there's still snow and ice on the ground.  So I see this huge suburban in the very left lane jerk her wheel over into the lane just left of me.  I was telling Curtis how I hate when people drive like that when there isn't snow on the ground,  Well, she jerks her wheel into my lane, and all looked okay.  Well, I guess she's (60-ish year old lady) not aware of how to drive on slippery roads.  I don't care what kind of car you drive, it will slide.  She lost control, and her giant car slid sideways to the right, then you can see her overcorrect, and the car slid more to the left, until her car made a 180. She finally got her car to stop, and she is in the next lane facing me.  We we able to stop, and the semi she is facing is able to stop and get other lanes of traffic to stop.  We survived without a scratch, and just a super shaky me. Luckily we were only a half a mile from our destination.  That's my super crazy driving story for the year!  Here's some snow pictures.

These are small icicles! Good we don't use the front door.

Weird icicle

1.5-2 feet on freezing-cold snow!

It's November!

It's November, and we can't believe how fast this year has gone by!  We've had so many different things going on lately that we didn't even notice October come and go.  We're going through a lot of changes for the good, and can't wait until we can relax again!  Since we've gotten most of the house almost the way we want it, I have had to find something else to invest my time into.  I've been doing tons of little projects that I can't wait to show off! Here goes the most random post ever!

Here are a few photos of what I've been working on.  

Blank wood squares and Chipboard letters

Beige and Red paint

Paper I used

Everything all painted

Letters all done

 

All done! Can't wait until Christmas =)

 I recently started crocheting, and here's a picture of a headband/ear warmer I made for Candice.  It looks like I'll be making tons of these for Christmas! Now, onto fall decorations.

My Fall wreath

Fall Garland

 And one for Christmas

I made this wreath last year and added the "T"

Made this a few months ago.

Fall Flowers

 

 

 

 

 

And, my fall pumpkin. Painted white and mod podged fabric leaves around it.

A few weeks ago (maybe just one?) it snowed for the first time this season!  Rosco has seen lots of snow, so it doesn't bother him, but Duncan did not want to go out in it! He's a baby when it comes to the cold, just like me!  After he got used to the cold, he loved to eat it, and didn't want to come inside. Silly puppy! I guess he's not really a puppy now. He is 9 months old today! I can't believe how fast time flies. He used to fit inside one of my hands, and now he's huge!

Duncan in the snow for the first time!

Rosco's seen lots of snow. He doesn't care.

We got to go to dinner on Friday to Celebrate Candice's 23rd birthday. I can't believe we've known each other for over 22 years now! I'm glad I can say I've had a friend for so long! =) Anyways, we went to a restaurant called Sapa Sushi in downtown SLC. We got Candice flaming sushi called a "Volcano" It was actually as good as it looks!

Happy Birthday Candice!

   Curtis and I got the opportunity to pack Christmas Gift's for children in other countries who have never received gifts before.  Kids have always been near and dear to my heart, so any time I can help a child, I do!  These kids need school supplies, hygiene items, and of course toys!  

We packed two gifts, one for a boy and a girl. If you wanna help out or find out more, 

you can do so here.

Gift for a boy

Gift for a girl

You can track your box, add a picture of your family, and include your address and the child might write you a note.  I think this is a great opportunity and I'm glad we are able to take part. 

 

Our House is becoming a Home

About 14 months ago, Curtis bought this house.  It had so much potential! The ceilings were so high, and the walls were blank.  Literally. The walls, doors, ceilings, baseboards, everything was completely white! This was great, though.  We would buy some paint, put it on the walls, and it will all be easy, right?  Well a year after we got the house, it was still white.  We had an ugly green pleather (gross, right?) couch that was probably as old as we were. It was the most uncomfortable eye sore out there.  Finally, Curtis asked if I wanted to paint this morning..Of course! We bought a new couch and had 2 weeks until it came, so lets get all the painting done before then.  Well, we started to tape....and we taped, and taped, and taped. Our original plan was to tape Friday night, and paint on Saturday. We taped into Saturday, and just had to start painting so we could finish over the weekend.  We ended up finishing all the painting Sunday night pretty late.  I think we spend over 24 hours over one weekend for this project! Thank goodness we got it done Sunday, or it would probably still be unfinished. 

We used frogtape to tape the house, I highly recommend it! It works pretty well. We used some kind of Behr paint from Home Depot in Brown Tepee. Curtis next big project was mounting the TV on the wall.  I have to admit, he did a pretty good job with everything! Our house feels so much warmer, and just in time too! For our living room to feel homey, it only took some paint and a weekend, a TV mounting kit from Monoprice, a new black leather sectional (good luck every trying to find one of those!) from Macy's, a  coffee table and end table from RC Willy's, a  bookshelf from target, a TV stand from IKEA, a console table made by Curtis's sister, and a cute accent rug from Homegoods.  I was definitely homegoods happy that day!  We are still looking to add some curtains and some art. Still so much to do, but here is what we've done so far. Enjoy!

 

 

Our 3 choices. We chose the right

So white!

All the reachable areas are taped...

Getting Taped

Still taping.

This was our first wall with color on it

Very Sexy. haha

Entry

 

Tan, green, family guy, and my Orchids before the flowers fell off.

Starting to see what it's going to look like

Still not sure how we painted those high corners.

New and comfy living room. =)

We want to get a Canvas similar to a picture like this for the living room.  SLC, where we first met!

Not sure why I took a sideways picture

No matter how many times I pick up the dog toys, they're always all over.

Before: Doorknob

After: Doorknob

Random shot of our bedroom.

On a side note, we celebrated Mom's birthday on October 3rd