Well, August finally ended, I had put it my two weeks and Primary Health and September 2nd was my last day. I was so so excited with the prospect of finally getting to live with Josh full time and not have a 2 hour commute twice a week.... oh how little I knew at the time.
I also started 2 new jobs, one of which was only for 2 1/2 days. That was at the Blue Cross of Idaho office here in TWF, and basically I sat around reading books the whole time and answered the phone when it rang, which was maybe 10 times total the whole time I was there. There were also a few customers who walked through the door to drop off payments, nothing too exciting. They gave me a little thank you bag afterwards with lots of awesome goodies inside. One of which was a windshield cover thing. I have no idea the technical name for it, but the reflector thing you put in a windshield to keep the inside of the car from supposedly getting too hot? Also included an umbrella and some post it stuff, and a 2 sided pen/screwdriver thing. So on one side you take the cap off and it's a Phillips head, and then the opposite side is a Flathead. Not too shabby, we have plenty of the screwdrivers, but I was excited for the windshield shield (haha) and the umbrella.
The other job is for Transystems, which is a trucking company that hauls the sugar beets to the sugar factories. I will be working in the office processing new hire paperwork, payroll, and many more things I'm sure which I have yet to learn of. I'm pretty excited to learn more about that.
Well, all of that being said.... Josh is moving back to Boise. He was offered the Assistant Manager position at the Airport, and he accepted. This is a very good thing, and I am pretty confident he will be very happy there, as well as back in Boise. I, however, just got settled in to Twin, am not excited at the prospect of packing and moving again so soon... so we are unsure at this time what I will be doing. For now I will stay here and work. This idea however changes every few hours, so who knows what will really happen....
On a more happy note, we are just a very few short months away from our fabulous Orlando vacation in December!!!
Hope all is well with everyone!!
Love Josh and Jennifer
Monday, September 12, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
New Place
Well, I spent the majority of the day yesterday getting everything unpacked. And while all the essentials are unpacked, there is still a lot of cleaning up to do. Hopefully I can get motivated to get it all done before I leave for Boise for the rest of the week.
We got really lucky at finding a house to rent. It was actually one of Josh's customers that he rented to at the Airport. She mentioned she was in town to check up on the two houses so owns over here, and Josh asked if she rented them. We were heading up to UT for the family reunion that weekend and she said if she wanted us to stop by and look at the house we were welcome to. We looked at it, and it is much bigger than where we were. Granted, I don't have the things to feel it up with, but that's okay, we'll have plenty of room if people want to come visit and spend time at the Temple here. She also accepted the price we wanted to pay. We got very lucky!! :)
It has a pretty large living room, and at the end near the kitchen we set up our dining table. The kitchen is a little smaller, but still bigger than what we had and is open as opposed to just a straight line with the cupboards parallel to each other. It has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The Master is so much bigger than I'm used to! I am absolutely loving that! I haven't spent much time in the backyard, it has about 4 big trees that take up a lot of the space, but still has room to hang out. It has a pretty nice front yard as well. Overall I have beenv ery pleased with it.
I'm feeling okay about having to spend a few days each week in Boise, but will be so happy when I can find a job here. A 2 hour commute is kind of ridiculous... lol. I put in quite a few applications and resumes yesterday and hopefully I'll get a bite from at least one of them. I will just have to wait and see though.
We changed internet service providers, because Clear doesn't have coverage over here. We went with Cable One. The guy at Best Buy we talked to said that this is one of the test areas for their new fast speed. I haven't noticed anything to be disappointed about yet. The price wasn't near as scary as I was expecting either. The house was also already set up for Cable, so I didn't have to wait for anybody to come down and set it all up, I just plugged in the modem and was good to go!!
Because we switched, I also had to change my e-mail address. Lesson learned, don't go with the internet service provider for the e-mail. I couldn't decide which service to use so I just used the same as Josh's.
We're also trying to decide if Hulu is a better deal than Netflix. So far the only thing I think might be better about Hulu is that since we don't have TV, we can watch current episodes. Yet at the same time, we don't watch much on the TV anyway. Though I was glad to see that Glee was on Hulu as well as Drop Dead Diva. Josh wasn't as lucky at finding shows he wanted to watch. We'll try the 1 week trial and see what we want to do then.
We got really lucky at finding a house to rent. It was actually one of Josh's customers that he rented to at the Airport. She mentioned she was in town to check up on the two houses so owns over here, and Josh asked if she rented them. We were heading up to UT for the family reunion that weekend and she said if she wanted us to stop by and look at the house we were welcome to. We looked at it, and it is much bigger than where we were. Granted, I don't have the things to feel it up with, but that's okay, we'll have plenty of room if people want to come visit and spend time at the Temple here. She also accepted the price we wanted to pay. We got very lucky!! :)
It has a pretty large living room, and at the end near the kitchen we set up our dining table. The kitchen is a little smaller, but still bigger than what we had and is open as opposed to just a straight line with the cupboards parallel to each other. It has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The Master is so much bigger than I'm used to! I am absolutely loving that! I haven't spent much time in the backyard, it has about 4 big trees that take up a lot of the space, but still has room to hang out. It has a pretty nice front yard as well. Overall I have beenv ery pleased with it.
I'm feeling okay about having to spend a few days each week in Boise, but will be so happy when I can find a job here. A 2 hour commute is kind of ridiculous... lol. I put in quite a few applications and resumes yesterday and hopefully I'll get a bite from at least one of them. I will just have to wait and see though.
We changed internet service providers, because Clear doesn't have coverage over here. We went with Cable One. The guy at Best Buy we talked to said that this is one of the test areas for their new fast speed. I haven't noticed anything to be disappointed about yet. The price wasn't near as scary as I was expecting either. The house was also already set up for Cable, so I didn't have to wait for anybody to come down and set it all up, I just plugged in the modem and was good to go!!
Because we switched, I also had to change my e-mail address. Lesson learned, don't go with the internet service provider for the e-mail. I couldn't decide which service to use so I just used the same as Josh's.
We're also trying to decide if Hulu is a better deal than Netflix. So far the only thing I think might be better about Hulu is that since we don't have TV, we can watch current episodes. Yet at the same time, we don't watch much on the TV anyway. Though I was glad to see that Glee was on Hulu as well as Drop Dead Diva. Josh wasn't as lucky at finding shows he wanted to watch. We'll try the 1 week trial and see what we want to do then.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Moving
So, a lot has happened since the last time I posted. First off, Josh got a promotion at work. He will be assistant manager of the Twin Falls/Hailey Branch. So we are moving this weekend. Josh will be starting his new position on Monday, Aug 1st. I'll be staying at my job here in Boise until I find a new one over there. I'll only be working 3 days a week here so the majority of my time will still be in Twin Falls.
We also went to family reunion this weekend for my Mom's side of the family and it was so great! All of us cousin's are grown up and our family is growing! We started out by going to the Manti Temple, which was such a great experience to have the family there and know that we are all on the right path! We then continued on to my Uncle's cabin which he's still working on, but it was nice and big and plenty of room for all of us!!
Josh was most excited to be able to ride the horses, so we went on about 1 1/2 hour ride and that was fun. We even got to have the horses run for a bit which wasn't something I had gotten to experience before and I enjoyed it so much!!
The rest of the time was spend hanging out with family and taking naps and everything was awesome! I am definitely looking forward to continuing that every year. We used to do family reunions every year when Grandma was alive, but after she passed we've only done it once or twice. I'm glad we'll be starting to do them more often. I miss being able to see my cousins and know what is going on with everyone.
The next big trip is Disney World!! Only 4 months away and I just can not wait! It should be a lot of fun for Josh and I!
Well, I guess I'm not very good at elaborating on anything, so still a short post, but plenty happening! Back to packing now :)
We also went to family reunion this weekend for my Mom's side of the family and it was so great! All of us cousin's are grown up and our family is growing! We started out by going to the Manti Temple, which was such a great experience to have the family there and know that we are all on the right path! We then continued on to my Uncle's cabin which he's still working on, but it was nice and big and plenty of room for all of us!!
Josh was most excited to be able to ride the horses, so we went on about 1 1/2 hour ride and that was fun. We even got to have the horses run for a bit which wasn't something I had gotten to experience before and I enjoyed it so much!!
The rest of the time was spend hanging out with family and taking naps and everything was awesome! I am definitely looking forward to continuing that every year. We used to do family reunions every year when Grandma was alive, but after she passed we've only done it once or twice. I'm glad we'll be starting to do them more often. I miss being able to see my cousins and know what is going on with everyone.
The next big trip is Disney World!! Only 4 months away and I just can not wait! It should be a lot of fun for Josh and I!
Well, I guess I'm not very good at elaborating on anything, so still a short post, but plenty happening! Back to packing now :)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Loving Summer!
So it's been almost 2 months since I last updated!! I don't think too much has really changed though. Summer has finally arrived and it has been so hot and sunshiney and beautiful!! I haven't gotten to enjoy being outside too much yet though :(
On the fourth I had a day off of work so spent it in Nampa with the family and that was a lot of fun! It was the perfect temperature to play outside in the water and splash around and enjoy the company of my nieces and mom and dad and sister. While we were all playing in the water dad built the kids a treehouse! It looked great! He's such an amazing guy, got it all built and put together and I don't think it took more than 3 hours!! The girls of course absolutely loved it!! Josh had to work that day so that was 3 Independence days in row that we didn't get to spend together. We are determined to be able to enjoy the holiday together next year!!!
We have put a hold on the house hunting until we know a bit more about what our next "life" step is going to be. Which is basically all going to come down to Josh's promotion and where that will take us. Hopefully we'll know before too much longer. He grills (takes this test and interviews with the area manager I think it is?? to be able to go from Management Trainee to Asst. Manager) on Tuesday and after he passes with flying colors (as he does with any test and everything else he ever tries) he'll be able to apply for the position!!
I am still loving my job and hoping that I get to continue to advance in my career as well, or I might end up as a stay at home mom, or work a couple days a week, depending on what happens next!!
Our trip to DisneyWorld is all planned and set and I am looking forward to December and know it will be here before we know it!!!
Well, I think that is a pretty good summary of the past two months! Not much changes when all we do is work!!
Oh yeah.. and my hair is now purple...
On the fourth I had a day off of work so spent it in Nampa with the family and that was a lot of fun! It was the perfect temperature to play outside in the water and splash around and enjoy the company of my nieces and mom and dad and sister. While we were all playing in the water dad built the kids a treehouse! It looked great! He's such an amazing guy, got it all built and put together and I don't think it took more than 3 hours!! The girls of course absolutely loved it!! Josh had to work that day so that was 3 Independence days in row that we didn't get to spend together. We are determined to be able to enjoy the holiday together next year!!!
We have put a hold on the house hunting until we know a bit more about what our next "life" step is going to be. Which is basically all going to come down to Josh's promotion and where that will take us. Hopefully we'll know before too much longer. He grills (takes this test and interviews with the area manager I think it is?? to be able to go from Management Trainee to Asst. Manager) on Tuesday and after he passes with flying colors (as he does with any test and everything else he ever tries) he'll be able to apply for the position!!
I am still loving my job and hoping that I get to continue to advance in my career as well, or I might end up as a stay at home mom, or work a couple days a week, depending on what happens next!!
Our trip to DisneyWorld is all planned and set and I am looking forward to December and know it will be here before we know it!!!
Well, I think that is a pretty good summary of the past two months! Not much changes when all we do is work!!
Oh yeah.. and my hair is now purple...
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Summer
The weather has begun to warm up, on some days anyway. It is so wonderful! I never realize how much I miss the sunshine until I am able to experience it again! Josh and I have been trying to spend as much time outside as we can after work, on weekends, just any chance we get and soak it all up. We are very anxious to begin going on our camping trips every weekend we are able to and have summer here and all the fun that it brings!!
As of now we haven't had too many changes to our lives. Josh is at the airport now working, which means his schedule changes every week, but he's gotta put his time in there to continue to move forward with his career and it's a different atmosphere than working at the other branch, which is referred to as "home city" and he's enjoying it. Only 1 1/2 months now until he can grill and apply for an assistant manager position, which is very exciting!!
I've still been loving everything about my job and am working hard to move up within the company. It definitely requires a lot of patience but I am not in too big of a rush and just want to learn all that I can!
Hopefully the weather continues to stay nice this weekend and we can get some sun and maybe begin working on our tans! haha. I know Josh will be tan quick, he has good skin like that, I take a lot longer and have to be careful not to burn but it's still so so nice to feel the sun on my skin!
Hope everyone is well.
Love Josh and Jennifer
As of now we haven't had too many changes to our lives. Josh is at the airport now working, which means his schedule changes every week, but he's gotta put his time in there to continue to move forward with his career and it's a different atmosphere than working at the other branch, which is referred to as "home city" and he's enjoying it. Only 1 1/2 months now until he can grill and apply for an assistant manager position, which is very exciting!!
I've still been loving everything about my job and am working hard to move up within the company. It definitely requires a lot of patience but I am not in too big of a rush and just want to learn all that I can!
Hopefully the weather continues to stay nice this weekend and we can get some sun and maybe begin working on our tans! haha. I know Josh will be tan quick, he has good skin like that, I take a lot longer and have to be careful not to burn but it's still so so nice to feel the sun on my skin!
Hope everyone is well.
Love Josh and Jennifer
Monday, March 28, 2011
Being Grown Ups
Sometimes, I still feel like a little girl playing house. Other times, I wish I really were just playing house, then all these decisions we have to make would not be so permanent. haha. Josh and I have been super busy it seems, though when I think back to all the things we do during the week, it doesn't seem as much as it does when they're happening. This is the first night in 2 weeks that I've been able to come home from work and spend the whole night in! Josh is out playing with his brother and friends, enjoying the sun staying out so late!! He was just so excited when he got home for work and wanting to go play play play! I forget sometimes how much spring and summer can bring joy and so much extra energy to want to do more than sit at home and be cough potatoes.
Not too much has changed recently, I am still loving every moment of my job (should I call it a career now??) and am so excited for the future it holds and how much there still is to learn! Josh is still excelling at his job and has big plans there as well!
Our biggest news at this time, is we have started the process of buying a home. We are still in the very very early stages! We filled out the loan paperwork on Wednesday, and are waiting to hear back from the bank and get our pre-approval letter so we can start making some offers! We had begun looking at houses, but I realized that it's too frustrating finding a house, and not being able to put an offer in and having to stand helplessly by while others can put in offers. So until I have the ability to put an offer in on a house, we are going to hold-off looking. A.K.A Josh will stop looking and I will maybe only spend 1/2 hour each day looking instead of that being the only thing I do outside of working hours. lol.
We are headed to Rexburg this weekend and I'm so excited for our mini-vacation. We each took Fri and Mon off of our jobs so we can enjoy more than just 2 days together!! As hard as it is sometimes to remember that we went from spending every minute of every day together, to now being seperated for about 11 hours each day is hard, but there are so many rewards and blessings from it that we survive. :)
We have done great at our goal so far of going to the temple once a week, and just love the feeling that brings. We have also started a goal of one chapter in Jesus The Christ on Monday nights for family home evening. This is to go along with our scripture reading, which this year we are reading the New Testament. I don't remember if I said or not, but last year we read the Book of Mormon. That was my first time ever reading through all of it, and it was great to be able to read it with someone as knowledgeable as Josh who could answer my questions and understand parts better than I. He is just such a wonderful man and I am so glad to get to spend forever with him!!
I hope all is well with everyone, and I will update soon... or later... :)
Not too much has changed recently, I am still loving every moment of my job (should I call it a career now??) and am so excited for the future it holds and how much there still is to learn! Josh is still excelling at his job and has big plans there as well!
Our biggest news at this time, is we have started the process of buying a home. We are still in the very very early stages! We filled out the loan paperwork on Wednesday, and are waiting to hear back from the bank and get our pre-approval letter so we can start making some offers! We had begun looking at houses, but I realized that it's too frustrating finding a house, and not being able to put an offer in and having to stand helplessly by while others can put in offers. So until I have the ability to put an offer in on a house, we are going to hold-off looking. A.K.A Josh will stop looking and I will maybe only spend 1/2 hour each day looking instead of that being the only thing I do outside of working hours. lol.
We are headed to Rexburg this weekend and I'm so excited for our mini-vacation. We each took Fri and Mon off of our jobs so we can enjoy more than just 2 days together!! As hard as it is sometimes to remember that we went from spending every minute of every day together, to now being seperated for about 11 hours each day is hard, but there are so many rewards and blessings from it that we survive. :)
We have done great at our goal so far of going to the temple once a week, and just love the feeling that brings. We have also started a goal of one chapter in Jesus The Christ on Monday nights for family home evening. This is to go along with our scripture reading, which this year we are reading the New Testament. I don't remember if I said or not, but last year we read the Book of Mormon. That was my first time ever reading through all of it, and it was great to be able to read it with someone as knowledgeable as Josh who could answer my questions and understand parts better than I. He is just such a wonderful man and I am so glad to get to spend forever with him!!
I hope all is well with everyone, and I will update soon... or later... :)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Procrastinate Much?
So, I haven't written in a while. I kept thinking about it, there were sure a lot of things to update on! I just never made myself sit down and write it all out. Now it has been so long this will probably be a quick summarized post, since details do not always seem as important a month or so after the fact. haha.
Well Josh and I are both doing great. We both still enjoy our jobs very much and are excited to pursue our careers. We are also thankful everyday to both of us being able to work and support each other. I took a full-time position at one clinic, State Street, so I'll have a set schedule now and maybe get in to a more regular routine. Of course I've been working at this job for 6 months and Josh has been at his for 3, so you would think we were very well adjusted by now, but not quite yet.
We had a great Christmas and New Years, spending time with Family and Friends. We also made it to the temple and were Sealed for Time and all Eternity on January 8, 2011. Which was also my wonderful brother, Jonathan's, birthday! That was a great time and wonderful experience and we're so lucky to have the gospel in our lives!!
Pixie has been doing well and learning a lot in a very short amount of time. There are still a few kinks to work out, but looking back at how it used to be, she has matured a lot! Her first birthday is Thurs Feb 3, and to celebrate... I brought a new kitten home... ha ha. It was a bit spontaneous, but I have been wanting a friend for Pixie while Josh and I are at work all day and this seemed like a good opportunity and I took it. As of this moment, both animals are on opposite sides of the couch staring each other down, randomly whining, growling, hissing... but they have yet to make physical contact so I'm thinking it is not near as bad as it could be. Then again, I still don't know much about cats, or any pet for that matter, just what I have learned while I've had Pixie, so I could be wrong.
No name yet for the new kitten. She is smoky gray with yellow eyes. I keep thinking of characters from books to name her after. I tried to do that with Pixie as well, but it didn't work out, ha ha.
Well, I think that about sums everything up as best as can be summed... if that sentence made any sense at all? I will try to post more regularly as events occur and not wait so long so I have more details!!
Oh, p.s. the kitten is super attached to Josh. We only had her here maybe an hour before we went to bed, and she slept on Josh's pillow right above his head. She also groomed him quite a bit. It was quite hilarious and very adorable!!
Well Josh and I are both doing great. We both still enjoy our jobs very much and are excited to pursue our careers. We are also thankful everyday to both of us being able to work and support each other. I took a full-time position at one clinic, State Street, so I'll have a set schedule now and maybe get in to a more regular routine. Of course I've been working at this job for 6 months and Josh has been at his for 3, so you would think we were very well adjusted by now, but not quite yet.
We had a great Christmas and New Years, spending time with Family and Friends. We also made it to the temple and were Sealed for Time and all Eternity on January 8, 2011. Which was also my wonderful brother, Jonathan's, birthday! That was a great time and wonderful experience and we're so lucky to have the gospel in our lives!!
Pixie has been doing well and learning a lot in a very short amount of time. There are still a few kinks to work out, but looking back at how it used to be, she has matured a lot! Her first birthday is Thurs Feb 3, and to celebrate... I brought a new kitten home... ha ha. It was a bit spontaneous, but I have been wanting a friend for Pixie while Josh and I are at work all day and this seemed like a good opportunity and I took it. As of this moment, both animals are on opposite sides of the couch staring each other down, randomly whining, growling, hissing... but they have yet to make physical contact so I'm thinking it is not near as bad as it could be. Then again, I still don't know much about cats, or any pet for that matter, just what I have learned while I've had Pixie, so I could be wrong.
No name yet for the new kitten. She is smoky gray with yellow eyes. I keep thinking of characters from books to name her after. I tried to do that with Pixie as well, but it didn't work out, ha ha.
Well, I think that about sums everything up as best as can be summed... if that sentence made any sense at all? I will try to post more regularly as events occur and not wait so long so I have more details!!
Oh, p.s. the kitten is super attached to Josh. We only had her here maybe an hour before we went to bed, and she slept on Josh's pillow right above his head. She also groomed him quite a bit. It was quite hilarious and very adorable!!
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