But Still...

Ok, now that I ranted, there were definitely good points about yesterday:

1. I shipped my first order for Etsy! While it didn't make too much profit it was a good learning experience.
2. I had to parallel park our car and did an AWESOME job. Quite full of myself, I told Lamoni I was ready for the city-life. Maybe not Mexico City.....
   
3. We got free dinner on campus.
   
4. I got to relax for a few minutes and read a book outside in the warm weather. It was nice.
   
5. I realized how needed I am at work. If I'm not there, things fall apart. I guess this is a blessing, right?
6. Lamoni made delicious icy pineapple drinks for dessert.
   
7. We fell asleep watching North & South. We still have to finish it but we like it so far.
   
8. Not only did I sell some items from my shop on Etsy, one of my masks in our artisanmaskers shop sold too. :D
9. At one point I was mean and said hurtful things to my husband. He was very quick to forgive and forget, like always.
   

All in all, everything balances out. Just another day in the life:)

One of THOSE days....

Do you ever have just one of those days? Where everything seems to go wrong? Let's start from the beginning (don't worry, I'll write a post about what I'm grateful for later)

1. I woke up sick and called in to work, telling them I wouldn't be there.
2. I went with Lamoni to school. He was very grumpy because he had to take a test and needed my help to study.
   
3. During the class my phone rang 3 times because apparently the office blows up if I'm not there to keep things together.
4. I spent an hour on the phone with various people from work in order to put out fires.
5. I shipped the orders from my Etsy site and realized that I did not charge nearly enough for shipping. Stupid postal fees.
6. While Lamoni took his test I went to a meeting in which an immigration lawyer came to talk about the residency through marriage process. It was very informative and very daunting. I came out in tears, certain that a tiny mistake in Lamoni's visa is going to get him deported.
   
7. After the meeting I walked to the testing center to meet Lamoni. As he would not be done for another hour, I decided to write him a cute note and stick it in the stairwell where people leave notes for their friends who have just come out of tests. I ALWAYS wanted to get one when I was in school, but as I had no friends and was a loser, I never did. So I thought it would be nice to write one for my husband. When he finished his test, he walked right by it and didn't see it. Unfortunately, you cannot go back in once you've left the door. It was sad.
8. I dropped Lamoni off for work, then went back to campus to check my email and ended up helping Lamoni's brother do his homework (more like doing his homework for him....)
9. I picked up Lamoni and we went to another meeting about a business competition that made me feel small and insignificant.
   

Date Survey

Apparently the Limon house has got survey fever! Lamoni has to do a business survey for one of his classes. If you would, please take a few minutes to complete it. I promise it's not super boring, as it is about dating:) Thanks, we appreciate everyone's help.

The survey can be found here or just fill it out below.

My husband is hilarious sometimes.....

Here is a snapshot of a question Lamoni answered on a midterm exam for his financing class.

In case you can't make it out the question reads "write a brief description of the following terms:malfeasance and nonfeasance."

Lamoni does not know so he breaks up the word into Spanish syllables. For example:

"Mal = bad, fea = ugly, sance = a name"

Therefore, he concludes that the word must mean "a bad ugly lady named Sance."

Amazingly, his teacher still gave him 5 out of ten points! :)

Lover Diaries

My friend Diana Smith is doing a "Lover Diaries" series on her blog in which she asked people to send in cute stories about their relationships. I feel honored because I was the first one she featured! Check out "Lover Diaries: Amy and Lamoni" here!

Diana's blog is so cute and fun, just like her! She always makes people feel welcome and comfortable and she has a great sense of humor. She also has a beautiful Etsy shop here.

New Blog!

Hey all. Take a look at our new blog for our Etsy shop, Frills & Bils. We are still in the design phase so bear with us as it may go through some changes. However, there is a survey on there about one of our products. It would help us out immensely if you could fill that out. Enjoy!

"We're gonna need a bigger boat..."

Ok, I am the first to admit it. I have an obsession with sharks. It's kind of a love-hate relationship. Shark Week on the Discovery channel is one of the highlights of my summer. I check out shark films from the library and have to hide them from my husband because he is convinced they give me nightmares. According to him I recently yelled "Shark Attack!" in my sleep during the middle of the night. I've seen Jaws a million times and simultaneously love and hate it every time I watch it. I'm even considering doing a shark theme for the nursery of my first child. It's that bad.

Books Read in February 2011

4. Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm (2/1/11

5. Moon Over Manifest by Claire Vanderpool (2/26/11)

"For Bitty Bumsty" by Abby

Abby did this awesome treasury on etsy, inspired by my nursery theme for our new baby boy, aka: "Bitty Bumsty." It is so adorable!

"Dreamy White" by Bniche

Here is a beautiful black and white treasury of items on Etsy. The maker was kind enough to include my rolled paper roses. Check it out!

JAM Productions

My two oldest nieces and my little sister are joining the ranks of amateur filmmakers! They are officially making a sequel to their awesome movie they made a few years ago and this time they are including the public and their adoring fans through a blog! The title of their film is Reign of Leonora. Click here to read about the process.

I just want everyone to be aware of their soundtrack contest. They are getting together music for the soundtrack and need suggestions. All you have to do is leave a comment with at least one suggestion and you'll be entered to win.... an official Reign of Leonora movie poster! So click here to enter now!

Smashed Potatoes

Hopefully after this post, no one will think I'm a super dork.

In the last few weeks this guy has frequented my dreams. Once he was delivering my baby, once he was flirting with every girl in the room except me, and once we were locked in a supply room together. According to my husband this means I have a secret crush on Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce. According to me however, it means that we have been watching too much "Smashed Potatoes."

I own every season and every episode of one of my favorite shows, M*A*S*H. A few months ago I started watching them again. Lamoni resisted at first but he was soon hooked. He loves Radar the best and laughs at Klinger's crazy antics and even cries during touching scenes. For a few weeks, almost every day after dinner he would turn to me and ask excitedly, "Smashed Potatoes?" (apparently the word Mash is just not good enough). Lamoni and I have since watched every M*A*S*H episode together.

While it's been fun, I'm ready to throw the TV out the window. This week we are on a TV Fast. We did ok yesterday. Hopefully we'll be able to hold up today.

Hockey Game

This past Friday Lamoni and I went to a BYU hockey game. It was quite the event because not only was it last game of the season but it was against our biggest sports rival - Utah! We dressed in our BYU t-shirts and hoodies and headed out. We were told to get there very early as they were expecting a big crowd. The game started at 7:30pm so we got there at 6pm...and were the first BYU students there. The BYU ticket people hadn't even shown up yet. So we enjoyed some concession stand hot-dogs and watched a little-league (or whatever you call them) hockey players and cheered for the zamboni guy as he went over the ice two or three times. However, around 7:15-ish the crowds started pouring in and we were glad we got good seats.

We have never been to a hockey game before and it was so intense! Lamoni recognized his single's ward 2nd counselor on the ice and he was MVP for the team. But man, was he brutal! That sweet member of the bishopric turned into a body-slamming, face-punching ice warrior down there! There were several tense moments between the UofU and BYU players but the most intense was when a full on fight broke out. I would like to say that our gentle BYU players had nothing to do with it...but they started it. The fistfight lasted about a minute and the referees let them fight it out. I was surprised by the refs and how little padding they wear. They were dodging players left and right to avoid being flattened against the walls.

We very much enjoyed the halftime events, the rowdy crowd, the tension among the players, and the final score: BYU 4, Utah 2. Go Cougars! Lamoni took pictures and video but they're on his ipod so as soon as I get those, I'll post some on here.

Some Baby Nursery Ideas

We don't know what we're having yet but I decided that whether the baby is a boy or a girl, I wanted to have a tropical beach themed nursery. Click on the picture above to see some color schemes and ideas I had in mind :)

Book Read in January 2011

1. Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle (1/19/10)




2. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (1/22/11)




3. Where the Heart Is by Bettie Letts (1/26/11)

Martin Luther King Jr Holiday

Lamoni and I didn't not have to work on Monday so celebrated by trying something new. In one of his classes Lamoni heard about this new place in the Riverwoods. It is called Provo Beach Resort and it was quite the experience. They have a ropes course, an arcade, a beautiful carousel, a bowling alley, miniature croquet, and an indoor wave! The wave was definitely our favorite and we didn't even try it out (too expensive). It was really neat to look out the glass windows at the snow but be nice and warm and humid watching people surf in their swimsuits.

Then we decided to walk around Riverwoods and we (foolishly) went in to Williams Sonoma. Lamoni repeatedly asked me, "Why did you bring me in here if we have no money?!" I think it is his new favorite store and he wanted a full set of copper cookware and all the little gadgets that make you raise your eyebrows with incredulity. We ended up spending about 15 minutes in front of the discounted item table and bought some yummy fancy ingredients.

After that experience we were both starving so we decided to try out Malawi's Pizza. We loved it but decided that one personal pizza would have been enough for both of us. We liked the decor and were pleasantly surprised to find out that it is a non-profit restaurant and helps to fight hunger in Malawi. Who knew?

Eating some delicious Malawi's.

Lamoni took about 50 pictures in Williams Sonoma but I did not want to post them all.

Nelson

During our quick visit to Boulder City for Grandpa Sargeant's birthday we took a small motor home trip out to our favorite desert mock ghost town, Nelson!

Grandpa Sargeant's Birthday

We very much enjoyed our quick weekend trip to see Grandpa Sargeant for his birthday! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera so all we had was Lamoni's ipod. And we didn't even get any pictures of Grandpa but we got some good videos!

(singing to Grandpa. We had a Chinese food feast - his favorite!)

Included in the festivities (but not planned) was a costume party and an animal parade. We got a video of the animal parade but I didn't post it because I'm making an awkward bird cry - supposedly a tucan....anway....





(Lamoni and I crack up every time we watch this. We call it "Sydney vs Aubrey")

Amy Mosaic #3

Here's a little fun project that I decided to do again. This is what you do:

First you go to www.flickr.com/search. In the search box you put your answers to the questions below. Once you have chosen your fave pic, copy and paste the URL to the mosaic maker found at www.bighugelabs.com

1. First Name
2. Favorite Food
   
3. Your School
   
4. Favorite Color
   
5. Who is your Celebrity Crush
   
6. Favorite Drink
   
7. Dream Vacation
   
8. Favorite Dessert
   
9. What you want to be when you grow up
   
10. What you love most in life
    
11. One word to describe you
12. Your Nickname

First Appointment

We went yesterday to our first prenatal doctor appointment. It was so exciting to hear the heartbeat and to meet our doctor. We are still pretty nervous but we have a long way to go still.