Is it so wrong for me to wish for it to be in the 70-80's everyday? I am so tired of the cold weather! I know it hasn't been winter cold lately, but I want to be able to go outside and play with my kids or go for a walk and not get cold. I'm happy to wear a sweater, but the wind chill factor has got to go. I do come from the sunshine state, so I love the sun and warm weather, and I think that has been passed on to Logan. He keeps asking how many days till summer? And even if he goes outside and it's a little on the chilly side, he comes back in in a few minutes because it's too cold.
Another reason I need the warm weather is so Logan will go outside and play, all he wants to do is watch T.V. all day long. This is our big battle right now, I try to redirect with fun things to do, but he might do them for a little while, but then he begs to watch more t.v. and sometimes I don't want to fight him and let him. We need it to be warm so we can get our butts, go outside and keep the t.v. watching to a minimum. Tell me I'm not the only one who's 4 year old only wants to watch t.v.?
Monday, March 22, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
It Always Seems to Work Out
After a long life with the Audi we did finally get a new car. We are very excited and I think it will be a prefect car to last a long time. Our wonderful friend Aaron Morgan races cars out at Miller Motor sports park for fun, with this hobby of his he is always hearing and finding good deals on cars. Well lucky for us we came upon a great deal. Aaron received a car from from Nissan as gift a couple years ago it was a 2004 Nissan Sentra with only 244 miles, that's it, can you believe it. The car has been sitting at the raceway for years, so it needed a new battery, and the hood needs painting, but other then that it's in great shape. As Aaron told us about this car, and we told him about the problems we were having with the Audi Dave and him worked out a deal. In the end Aaron sold us the car for a good price and we are so excited to have a car that is pretty much brand new for such a steal. Thanks Aaron, we owe you.
This is not the first time something like this has happen to us, the first time we were blessed out of no where was when my first car, the white wagon, broke down on the freeway. This car was done, not worth repairing. So we were stuck with only one car for a few months, it wasn't too bad at first but after a while I was getting tired of being stuck at home when Dave was working in Park City. We decided to start looking for a car, we wanted an SUV, but we didn't want to spend a lot of money. One day Dave was looking on the internet and saw a 1999 Durango for $5,800 being sold at an Audi dealership. We thought this was a little odd, so we went right over there. It turns out it was a trade in and they just wanted to get it off their lot. This was a great price because normally that year was selling for around $8,000. We knew this was a great deal and bought it that day. I know that being patient and not jumping into something that might have been too expensive, the Lord blessed us.
The next time we were blessed was when we had to move from our Midvale house. We needed to be moved out with in 30 days, so it didn't give us a lot of time to figure out what we were doing. We weighed the pros, and cons to buying a house or going back to an apartment, I was also pregnant with Makay so we knew we needed at least 3 bedrooms. We decided that we would look for one week at houses and if we didn't find anything that we liked, that was in our price range then we knew we would be back in an apartment. Luckily our bishop at that time was a realtor, so we didn't have to worry about finding one we trusted. We looked all over the Salt Lake valley, but everything in our price range was a dump, and you all know I'm not into the fixer uppers. We thought we could check Bountiful, but that's the furthest we would go. This was the first house we walked through, and we both loved it immediately, and it was a great price. The people that were selling it totally remodeled it and were selling it for such a good price. We went home and put an offer on it that day. The next thing you know we are moving in under our 30 day time line. Once again we were blessed with a great deal at the time we needed it.
And now with the new Nissan another blessing at just the right time, for another great deal. There is no question in my mind that the Lord has put these things right in our path. He has blessed us these times and many more, but I won't list all of them. As Dave and I have entered our 30's we have realized how and what we should spend our money on, and that the things that we want will come when we can afford them, to me this means paying cash, except for cars and houses. As we have tired to live this way in the last few years we have seen the blessings poor down. I know this sounds so cliche, but it's true. Now we are not prefect, and I would love to say that we have no debt, but that's not true. However, we are trying desperately to not acquire new debt, for things that we just don't need. I also couldn't see this wonderful pattern of blessings and not document it, and thank my Heavenly Father. Life is not always easy, but when good things like this happen it makes it a little bit easier to handle.
This is not the first time something like this has happen to us, the first time we were blessed out of no where was when my first car, the white wagon, broke down on the freeway. This car was done, not worth repairing. So we were stuck with only one car for a few months, it wasn't too bad at first but after a while I was getting tired of being stuck at home when Dave was working in Park City. We decided to start looking for a car, we wanted an SUV, but we didn't want to spend a lot of money. One day Dave was looking on the internet and saw a 1999 Durango for $5,800 being sold at an Audi dealership. We thought this was a little odd, so we went right over there. It turns out it was a trade in and they just wanted to get it off their lot. This was a great price because normally that year was selling for around $8,000. We knew this was a great deal and bought it that day. I know that being patient and not jumping into something that might have been too expensive, the Lord blessed us.
The next time we were blessed was when we had to move from our Midvale house. We needed to be moved out with in 30 days, so it didn't give us a lot of time to figure out what we were doing. We weighed the pros, and cons to buying a house or going back to an apartment, I was also pregnant with Makay so we knew we needed at least 3 bedrooms. We decided that we would look for one week at houses and if we didn't find anything that we liked, that was in our price range then we knew we would be back in an apartment. Luckily our bishop at that time was a realtor, so we didn't have to worry about finding one we trusted. We looked all over the Salt Lake valley, but everything in our price range was a dump, and you all know I'm not into the fixer uppers. We thought we could check Bountiful, but that's the furthest we would go. This was the first house we walked through, and we both loved it immediately, and it was a great price. The people that were selling it totally remodeled it and were selling it for such a good price. We went home and put an offer on it that day. The next thing you know we are moving in under our 30 day time line. Once again we were blessed with a great deal at the time we needed it.
And now with the new Nissan another blessing at just the right time, for another great deal. There is no question in my mind that the Lord has put these things right in our path. He has blessed us these times and many more, but I won't list all of them. As Dave and I have entered our 30's we have realized how and what we should spend our money on, and that the things that we want will come when we can afford them, to me this means paying cash, except for cars and houses. As we have tired to live this way in the last few years we have seen the blessings poor down. I know this sounds so cliche, but it's true. Now we are not prefect, and I would love to say that we have no debt, but that's not true. However, we are trying desperately to not acquire new debt, for things that we just don't need. I also couldn't see this wonderful pattern of blessings and not document it, and thank my Heavenly Father. Life is not always easy, but when good things like this happen it makes it a little bit easier to handle.
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Best $ 46.79 I ever spent...
For some time I have wanted a new vacuum. I even tried to convince Dave to get me one for Christmas and I promise I wouldn't be mad because it's what I wanted. So I went shopping around to find the one I thought was the best, for the best value. Of course in my dreams I would love a Dyson, but spending $ 300 + on a vacuum isn't really in the budget. So I looked around for what had Dyson type features, but wasn't so expensive. After searching and really thinking about it I found the Bissell Power Force, and it was only $ 46.79 at Walmart. Now this was a price I could handle. When I got home on Saturday I spent an hour vacuuming the living room, I talking under the couches, behind the entertainment center, along the edge of the wall and carpet. It was fantastic! I told Dave this was the best $ 46.79 I ever spent. Now keep in mind this is the first NEW vacuum I have ever had, we never had a new vacuum with attachments growing up (sad I know), and we didn't buy one when we got married. I have only had hand me down, mediocre vacuums till now. I finished up vacuuming the rest of my house today, with the same intensity and excitement. So if any of you need a great vacuum go for the Bissell Power Force, it's AWESOME!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Totally Disgusted
Well today Makay and I were enjoying some one on one time while Logan was at school so we decided to go to Paradise Cafe for lunch. We just happen to be sitting be the drink area and as we were eating I notice three moms with their three boys who were about Logan's age, (maybe younger I later noticed one was still in diapers). At first I thought how nice a little lunch date, then in my nosiness I was watching what the mom's were getting their kids to drink, just out of pure curiosity. To my shock and disgust they all got their boys orange fanta full to the top. Now I know this is not really any of my business what those mom's are giving their children to drink, but for some reason this got me so fired up, because I see this all the time, lots of places, this time I decided I wanted to post about it.
The reason it gets me so mad is because it seems in our American culture that kids are kids and they shouldn't have to "eat healthy", or worry about what they are eating. I don't think we should make kids preoccupied with fat content or calories, but we should teach them that certain things are better to eat then other things, and eating a candy, cookie, or some other sweet is fine every once in a while, but not all the time. It is so important for kids to learn healthy habits when they are young so that when the do become adults and (as we have all seen) it is not as easy to eat what we want and look great as it was when we were 16. As most of us are entering our 30's and having children we realize that you have to be more responsible fort what you put in your body. As parents WE are responsible for what goes in our children's mouths. And if they learn healthy habits when they are young it will not be as hard for them to eat that way when they are in our shoes.
As we all know obesity is a big problem in the U.S. and I 100% believe that the majority of the adult population that is obese today did not eat healthy as children. I really feel strongly about this (as you can tell). Children by nature are going to want to eat things that are sweet, but just because they want it doesn't mean they should have it when ever they want, that's what parents are for. Just as much as we are worried about protecting the outside of our children's bodies with sunblock, we need to be concerned about protecting the inside of them as well. All of the extra additives that are in the food these days, and of course all the chemicals in soda, are not good for our body. It is not designed to digest those chemicals, so they end up just staying in our bodies and build up plaque on our arterial walls, which decreases blood flow, and can cause high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and many other things. I know these things seems like stuff that happen to other people and not us, but guess what? We are becoming the next generation of adults, and as some of the guys have noticed your metabolism starts to slow down at 30, for women it's about 35. Taking care of yourself is a REAL job, why not give out kids an easier time by teaching them when they are young.
My hope was not to offend anybody, it was to get this of my chest and share my thoughts about helping our kids and ourselves be healthy, if we don't teach them, who will?
The reason it gets me so mad is because it seems in our American culture that kids are kids and they shouldn't have to "eat healthy", or worry about what they are eating. I don't think we should make kids preoccupied with fat content or calories, but we should teach them that certain things are better to eat then other things, and eating a candy, cookie, or some other sweet is fine every once in a while, but not all the time. It is so important for kids to learn healthy habits when they are young so that when the do become adults and (as we have all seen) it is not as easy to eat what we want and look great as it was when we were 16. As most of us are entering our 30's and having children we realize that you have to be more responsible fort what you put in your body. As parents WE are responsible for what goes in our children's mouths. And if they learn healthy habits when they are young it will not be as hard for them to eat that way when they are in our shoes.
As we all know obesity is a big problem in the U.S. and I 100% believe that the majority of the adult population that is obese today did not eat healthy as children. I really feel strongly about this (as you can tell). Children by nature are going to want to eat things that are sweet, but just because they want it doesn't mean they should have it when ever they want, that's what parents are for. Just as much as we are worried about protecting the outside of our children's bodies with sunblock, we need to be concerned about protecting the inside of them as well. All of the extra additives that are in the food these days, and of course all the chemicals in soda, are not good for our body. It is not designed to digest those chemicals, so they end up just staying in our bodies and build up plaque on our arterial walls, which decreases blood flow, and can cause high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and many other things. I know these things seems like stuff that happen to other people and not us, but guess what? We are becoming the next generation of adults, and as some of the guys have noticed your metabolism starts to slow down at 30, for women it's about 35. Taking care of yourself is a REAL job, why not give out kids an easier time by teaching them when they are young.
My hope was not to offend anybody, it was to get this of my chest and share my thoughts about helping our kids and ourselves be healthy, if we don't teach them, who will?
Monday, February 8, 2010
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