Happy Friday

I found this quote on How Sweet It Is this morning and I loved it, so I thought I would pass it on.


Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!


-Christian Larson

Now I need help....

Now that I've been browsing all the different stencils I can get from

http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/

And I found 3 different patterns I'm considering and I need your advise!

Comment and tell me which one you like best, please!

Above is Casablanca

 Above is Moroccan Dream

And this one is called Rabat....

I know they all look fairly similar, but they are different.

I think I'm personally leaning towards Rabat, but I still need your help so I can get one of them ordered and on it's way!

Thanks!

Bedroom Re-do Check it out!

Check out my Bedroom Re-do inspiration that I posted on my Craft Blog

 http://habituallybliss.blogspot.com/2011/03/bedroom-redo-inspiration.html

Loving the sunshine...

Since I posted last, we have had a few different things going on. Exactly 1 week ago I took Justin to the doctor because we were worried he had Pneumonia. When we got there the Doctor told him it was a bad case of Bronchitis, I was so relieved. She prescribed him some antibiotics to keep it from turning into pneumonia and some cough medicine with Codeine in it to help him sleep.

After I got him home at about 4ish, he slept from then until about 8 the next morning. He kept going from freezing cold to roasting hot, throwing up, coughing, migraine pains...the works. I felt so bad for him. At one point I couldn't wake him up and his fever was so bad I almost hauled him to the ER, but I finally got him woken up and some aspirin in him and about an hour later his fever broke

Whew!

It was some scary business, but after he woke up the next day he did better. He wasn't up and moving for about 3 days and today is the first day he's been back to work since that Tuesday.

Since Justin was so sick we didn't go to Volleyball on Wednesday or Basketball on Thursday, so we got to spend a lot of 'at home time' which got me a little big stir crazy and gave me some new decorating ideas.

I feel like with all the decorating we've done in the house, it ties together pretty well for the most part, but the parts that don't tie in have really started bugging me. I have now decided that I'm going to start in the Master Bedroom and re-do the whole upstairs one room at a time.

I will feel much better having the whole house feeling unified/personalized to our {mostly my} style.

I also feel that if I take on that project, by the time the basement is finished, I can incorporate the same colors and themes into the basement to make the entire house feel united. I'm really excited!

On Friday Justin's cousins Dan and Wendy came out to hang out and we had such a good time!!!

We got Justin out of bed for the first time since Tuesday and we dragged him out to Dinner at Club XS. It was the first time we had eaten there, but we had heard it was good. I wasn't very impressed at all, but it was nice to just sit and talk with Dan and Wendy and be out of the house.

Saturday Wendy and I went shopping for the majority of the morning for my Birthday {Pictures to come soon}. I had so much fun! She is just fun to talk to and hang out with. Thanks Wendy!

After we went shopping we went home just to find that Justin and Dan put up a piece of Sheet Rock!! I was SO EXCITED! I can't believe that we have {a part of} a wall!!!

After we ate some lunch Dan and Justin went over to Dianne's house and Dan got a Cockateil {Same place we got our two from}

While the boys were doing that Wendy and I did a little more shopping then we got ready for my party.

My family and Justin's family and some of my friends came over and we ate dinner and dessert, opened presents and played Just Dance on the Wii!

It was such a great time.

Sunday, for my Birthday, We got up and helped get Dan and Wendy on their way home, then we just napped. When we woke up we headed to Jensen where I colored my mom's hair for her and we ate dinner and looked through cookbooks. {One of my favorite things to do}

It was great!

All in all I had a great birthday! Thank You to Everyone to help this whole weekend feel like one big Happy 22nd Birthday for me!

Yesterday I was back at the homework again while Justin enjoyed his last day off work for 7 days. Today he's been back to work and I'm so grateful that it's a nice day outside for him to work in. Heaven only knows the last thing his lungs need is more cold air!

On a side note!! I forgot to mention that while Dan was here we inducted him into our project and him and Justin hauled 11 more pieces of sheet rock into the basement and all 24 rolls of Insulation that we need to sound proof our basement ceiling. Right now if there's someone walking upstairs while you're downstairs, it sounds like a herd of elephants.

Not cool.

So I'm beyond thrilled that it's all sitting down there.

Now to just put it together :D

Valentines Day/ Presidents Day

We've just been taking it easy over the last little while. I haven't written much, but I might as well recap the little stuff.

For Valentines Day, Justin and I got Chinese Take Out and brought it home and worked on the Basement together for our "Valentines Date."

It might seem lame, but it's actually really rewarding to spend the evening working together on something we both care about. There are very few distractions and it was great to just hang out.

It was great!

We got our one year check up's at the eye doctor and yet again I'm trying another contact out. They're going to have my try daily disposables this time- We'll see if that will work. If not, I'm ordering a new pair of glasses and continue to deal with my uncooperative eyes.

Justin still sees better than perfect - He's too lucky!

I got to go to the matinee with Trish last Wednesday. We were the only 2 in the theatre. We watched "Just Go With It" It was so fun, plus that movie is stinking hilarious! We laughed the whole time!

We had our usual Wednesday night Volleyball games- I was fighting a migraine so Justin went and played while I laid at home and watched Roman Holiday {for the first time ever}. Justin came home right at the end and couldn't believe I was watching a black and white movie. It was pretty funny.

I really got to enjoy this weekend, I didn't have much I HAD to do. I had my first Accounting test (which Justin helped me study for on Thurs. and Fri.) and it wasn't bad. I get my scores back today around noon-hopefully- so we'll see how I did.

For now- I'm hanging in there with the class. I'm going to have to finish it, so I'm trying to make myself like it. The material is not hard at all, and I've got an A so far, so I just need to stick with it.

After a day of Cleaning and filling Vinyl orders on Saturday, Justin took me to the late show and we went to "Just Go With It". It was the second time for me, of course, but it was so funny, I wanted Justin to see it, so we went. We got some Ice Cream at Farrs Fresh and wandered around Lowes for a little while before the movie. It was fun :D We're always project-ing so Lowes is pretty much our favorite place.

Sunday, after church, we got to go to Jensen and visit my family for a little while, then we went over to my Aunt and Uncle's house for my Cousin's birthday Party. It was good to see everyone and get to visit for a while! I got to hold Baby Dallin for a little while too- He's such a sweetheart.

For Presidents Day, I spent the day at home, cleaning and cooking snacks for us for the week. It was awesome to have a day to do all the little extra things I never have time for! Justin usually always ends up taking left overs or soup or something for his lunches, which he says is fine with him, but since I had the day off, I made a bunch of things for him to take in his lunches so he's not eating the same thing for lunch that he had for dinner last night :D

Plus, I love to cook, so It wasn't so bad.

After Justin got home, we went to Jensen and helped Melanie haul some wood and then she brought us some Pizza for dinner. Papa Murphy's! Yumm!

So I did homework, while Justin sat and braided some dog collars that people had ordered from him. They're turning out so good looking!

We're excited to figure out how to build the Harnesses and get them going too! His poor little fingers are going to be complete calluses.

Then he was up all night coughing and fighting some terrible congestion. He has this wheezy asthma cough that never sounds good, but I'm used to it by now. But Last night he had me worried so we're going to the doctor today to get him all fixed up. I hate it when he doesn't feel good! So Hopefully they can get him back on his feet!

Check it out!!!

Check out Justin's New Blog!

He's starting an Archery Business and has some Paracord braiding going on for now.

Here's the link

http://www.straightshotarcheryandballistics.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!!

Torn....

So...Ever since I decided to go back to school I have been struggling. I struggled deciding whether or not go to back. I struggled to get tuition figured out. I struggled to figure out which classes to take. I struggled finding the motivation to do the work. I have now made it into my second semester back and I am still struggling.

I guess I've questioned if my struggles have just been because:

1. I've had 3 years off
2. The other side is trying to keep me from doing something good
3. or Heavenly Father is just trying to tell me "Chelsie- You don't need to do this {At least not right now}"- Maybe?
4. I already have my associates and maybe that is enough for me?
5. I already have a job that I love and don't see the HUGE benefit all this work could be worth
6. Maybe it's time for me to concentrate on getting ready for a family and not so much on the educational part right now
7. That at the rate I"m taking classes (between 3 and1 per semester) It will take me about 6 YEARS to finish my bachelors???
8. And so on....

Trust me, there are plenty more.

So my struggle of the day is: I am only into Chapter 5 of the Accounting Class that I'm taking and while it's all very interesting material- easy to absorb- I just don't care. I HATE doing the homework. I HATE studying. I HATE locking myself away in the office to do homework and leaving Justin alone. I HATE that we have a basement that needs work and I'm spending my time with my nose in a book instead of down there working on it.

So the problem is....I hate this. I can not even imagine having to continue this through May. My Problem is...I am past the "drop" deadline. As in...all that $800 of tuition that this class is costing me, will be wasted.

Gone Forever.

But I want more than anything to be able to drop this class and be done.

Maybe I needed to go back for these few semesters to learn that I wouldn't regret not going back...

Maybe what I'm looking for is Validation.

I need someone to tell me "It's Okay- drop the class and move on" or "Chelsie- You're being lazy, just DO IT."

Will someone please tell me what to do :D

Please?