I'm just going to take a
minute to express how completely adorable my little nephew is!
His name is Eli and he just turned one last month. I kind of stole his thunder
and decided to get married on his birthday. (my
sister wasn't too happy about that one) I also missed his birth because
I decided to go to Portugal with some friends. Oops! But that was then
and this is now! And I get to love the heck out of him!
So this past weekend, the hubby and I went down to Tucson to see the fam and
because Scott was going to help my dad and Adam (brother-in-law) put some solar
panels on the roof! While this was happening, I took a nap. Then played with
Eli! My dad pulled this wagon out of nowhere and we all at some point pulled
Eli around the house. At one point, I hopped in the wagon with Eli and Scott
pulled us all around! We also went and explored the backyard. I was on baby
protector duty. We have 2 dogs at my parent’s house. Both are pretty big. I
would say somewhere around 70 lbs? One of them likes to lick anything and
everything. This also means the baby. And you could probably imagine how scary
that might be for a mini person, sitting in a wagon, at eye level to the dogs
face! So I had to keep the pups away; mostly their tongues and noses.
Entertaining nonetheless!
I also stole Eli for a little bit and took him on a wagon ride! At first,
for some reason, I decided to take him out on the street without any shoes. Not
the best idea. My feet are definitely not used to little rocks and pokey’s like
they used to be when I was a kid. Eventually we came back and had a water break
and I put my shoes on. We went up the hill at the end of the street, over some
speed bumps, around the cul de sac, and around the corner to another street,
stopping at a stop sign (Eli loves, I mean LOVES signs;
especially the light up exit signs and stop lights. He will instantly love you
if you pick him up so he can touch the sign.) So naturally I picked him up and
let him bang on the sign before I put him back in the wagon and turned around
to start back home.
Funniest thing! ha! (sorry sister!) So when I was pulling Eli down the street, naturally people have pets. Dogs are most common to be outside, obviously. So anyway, we were just strolling on the sidewalk when, BAM! 2 medium side dogs run to the little front yard gate fence thing. At first were quite and then waBAM, started barking. And boooooyyyy did that scare Eli! Don't worry, he only cried for a little bit. But it was still a little funny and cute all at the same time.
Anywho...
We did a little bit of 4 wheeling and took the alley back to the house! We
stopped by a tangerine tree to pick some of those delicious fruits. Probably
not completely ripe, but I grabbed the biggest ones we could see anyway.
A fun little adventure to say the least. J
I really really try to be crafty. I have like a bazillion ideas but they are only ever halfway thought out. It's kind of depressing. Work takes up your whole entire life!
I know I know, math sucks, but we are going to do a teensy bit. Well, I will. You can just observe.
Let's say that there are 365 days in a year (which there are). That means that there are approximately 8769 hours in a year. If I were to work 40 hours a week for this entire year, with 2 weeks of vacation (lucky me!), then that is approximately 2000 hours worth of work this year. With that in mind, 22.8% of this year will be dedicated strictly to working. Bleh.
Now, I know it's not very likely for the majority of the universe, but let's just say that we, or I really, happen to get 8 hours of sleep every night this year. That comes down to about 2920 hours of sleeping this year. That comes to approximately 33.3% of this year sleeping. (not including afternoon naps)
That means that approximately 56.1% of this year will go to working and sleeping. That's ridiculous! That's over half of the year! And on top of that there is all the travel time, waiting time, eating time, church time, bathroom time. There isn't much room left for craft time and adventure time! Basically that means there is only 5 months this entire year to finish all the projects that I come up with. I will also be in new york for 7 weeks so that's another 2 months down the drain! So that leaves me with 3 months. Which means I only have 2160 hours this year. I must use my time wisely!
So there are 2 options I could take: digital scrapbooking and oldschool scrapbooking. Oldschool just seems like so much fun! Cutting paper, stamping and printing a bazillion pictures! Which has got me thinking for my birthday present idea! Which is in less than 2 months! boom! That's a pretty fancy printer right there! It may be wishful thinking since it's 500 big ones. But I will press on and cross my fingers. I'd even be okay if it was a christmas present! But that would make scrapbooking way easier! I could print everything right at home!
If you like digital scrapbooking, you should check this out. It's super awesome because you can sign up for emails and every week you can get an email with a collect-a-minikit, which is a little kit that you can download right to your computer and best of all, it's free! If you love it, you can become a Gold Member and have access to tutorials and tools to make your digital scrapbooking experience easier!
I think for my first official scrapbooking fiasco, I will do the oldschool route. It just seems like more fun. And I don't have children yet or any of the distractions or whatnot that will mess with my stuff, except for my husband...wink! Oh and my cat of course. She's kind of a monster, but super adorable at the same time.
I really like this gal. Her blog is pretty sweet in general but check this out for some scrapbooking for beginners! It's quite helpful really and there are cute ideas and great tips!
This means I have some upcoming tasks! First and foremost, I need to get a scrapbook (kind of important), some cardstock paper and some plastic paper sleeves. I also need to start snaping away and taking more photos! My husband isn't a huge picture taker. He just doesn't think about it. So it is now my new job to step it up and snap away! Man I am super excited!
Oh! Which also reminds me! They have these sweet lens adaptors for the iphone! Which means I could do away with a dslr for now! Boom! Now I just have to find one of those that isn't a bazillion bucks.
Also, share some of your sweet and creative scrapbooking pages and inspirations with me via instagram! Tag me if you wish {at}iamtrissab or let's hash tag it with {hashtag}scrap2014
Let the scrapbooking begin!
Peace & love
That's right, you guessed it! And it's official.
Presenting the new and improved
Trissa Bouwhuis
and that is pronounced Bow (like ow but with a B) and issss (like hiss without the exaggerated H sound). Kind of confusing. Mostly because it's Dutch. But you will probably never have to say, lucky you. I am convinced that I will be spending the remaining years of my life telling people my name repeatedly. Starting off with my first name, since nobody has ever heard it before. Teresa, Trista, Tricia. Wrong, wrong, wrong. And then sometimes people get a bit creative. Now I have this funky last name that nobody knows how to pronounce because there are a MILLION vowels! But it makes for a nice adventure! Especially since I'm a receptionist and I get to sign for things. But if you wish, you may call me Mrs B. And then we don't have to worry about either name pronunciations. Boom.
ANYWAY.
Married. Awesome. Before Scott and I got married, he was finishing his last semester of school at BYU-Idaho while I was slaving away in Arizona. At least I wasn't dealing with freezing cold blizzard weather! But anyhow, we were separated for about a month and a half and then BAM. The adventures begin.
Thursday, December 19: As soon as I get off work I have to hustle over to an appointment. And then I have to RUSH home as fast as I can to pack for my weekend endeavors that I should have packed for at least the day before...Luckily for my wonderful friend Bethany who met me at my house, helped me scramble up my belongings and drop me off at the airport so I could try to make the 730pm flight. Which I did NOT make. I was barely on time but the flight was full. (flying standby since my mama works for the airlines) And guess what? The next flight was full. And I'm pretty sure all the rest of them for us airways at least. So basically I didn't even have to rush rush rush. I ended up getting on a southwest flight at MIDNIGHT. It was a long night. But I got to see my baby! With a 40 min drive to Ogden, we made it to his parents house!
Friday, December 20: Take a journey up to Rexberg, Idaho for my honeys graduation! He got his bachelor's in Financial Economics and a minor in accounting. After graduation we get to drive through a blizzard to get home! Crazy. I slept some. But it was pretty crazy.
Saturday, December 21: In the morning Scott and I fly down to Phoenix and his mother meets us there a couple hours later. Went through the LDS Mesa Temple for the first time! So pretty! That day was quite a day. I hitch hiked with a total stranger because I was stranded. Went to the wrong Deseret Book. OOPS. And Scott had to pick up his mama from the airport. And my sister was too far away to pick me up and take me to the correct Deseret Book where she was currently waiting for me. (Almost was late to my appointment) Luckily Mormons are so kind! ;)
Monday, December 23: Dropped Scott's mama off at the airport and headed off to Tucson for Christmas with my fam! Later went back up to Phoenix to get ready for our next travels.
Tuesday, December 24: The journey begins! 11 hour ish drive from Phoenix to basically Ogden, Utah. Left around 10ish am? (though we were planning on leaving at 5am. HA) and we arrived at the rents house around 8:30. Don't ask me how we did it. I wasn't driving.
(sorry, skipping christmas but all of Scotts nieces and nephews were fighting over my bubble gun. Best. Present. Ever. at least in that category)
Thursday, December 26: Fun filled day of appointments! Nails done, eye brows done, eye lashes done, and practicing on the hair. And my girlfriend flew in at 10 at night, at least that's when she was supposed to. Plane was late by over an hour. And it's almost an hour drive from the airport back to scott's parents house.
Friday, December 27: Salt Lake City Temple, beautiful! That was a neat experience to say the least! Also got together with my folks and some of my other girlfriends came into town. PICTURES! And oh my goodness was it cold! I am SO glad that you can't feel the cold while looking at the pictures. My feet were freezing. Seriously. I couldn't even feel my toes. But Crystal is pretty much amazing and the pictures were fabulous!
Saturday, December 28: WEDDING DAY! And oh what a lovely day it was! Breakfast luncheon thing with the family (which i was late to), but it was still fabulous. And the sun stayed shining until we were pretty much done with family photos. Lucky us! And the reception and we received fun gifts that I want to play with! My kitchen is just so small though...
But now here I am with my man and I love him to death! He is so sweet and makes me breakfast in the morning while I get ready for work. Too bad that will probably change in the next week or so when he starts work... One of the best perks on married life is that you can actually go to bed early! I mean, since you see each other all day and most of the day, there is no reason to stay up a bazillion hours because when you go to sleep BAM. he's right next to you. When you wake up? BOOM. He's still there. And making you breakfast. Love it.
Here is to a wonderful and new life. Let the games begin!
Ps. I tend to ramble, so just a heads up and warning.
Pss. We will be going to New York for 7 weeks over the summer. You won't want to miss that adventure.
Cheers!
