Picture Journey

Over the past couple of days I have decided to finally print some pictures to put into frames that we got for our wedding over a year ago... I thought it would be a fairly easy process. Pick pictures, order pictures, go pick them up, and put into frames. Turns out it was/is a lot more complex than that. As I sat down to look through our wedding pictures, I realized I had forgotten how STUNNING they are! Our photographer Cecily Cook is AMAZING! Seriously, go check out her stuff. https://www.facebook.com/#!/chaosandblissphotography. Or just search Chaos&Bliss Photography.

After spending a couple hours drooling over our pictures, I finally got is narrowed down to like 20 that I was considering putting in my frame that holds 7 photos. I’m a visual kind of person so I decided in order to be able to pick which 7 I would use, I needed to see which ones looked best in the frame. So I opened good old Word and pasted pictures into it so I could arrange them to see how they looked and which ones I liked best together.

 

Another hour (or 3 with a dinner break of course) later I had found my 7 photos to print. I brought up the Walmart photo website and went to upload my pictures so I could place my order to print them. I waited patiently for the upload and added them to my cart. I went to the size options, and picked 4x6 for the two main photos, and then…. Wait. What? Where is the choice for picture size 2.5x3 hmmm must be wallet size. Ok two of those. Now…. Arg what about picture size 3.5x3.5, or 3x4, or 3x3.5. What about those options??

 

The photo center at my local Walmart was already closed by now so I decided to use their friendly free chat help service. Turns out Walmart DOESN’T have everything, they can’t get me a picture size 3x3.5. Fine I’ll go somewhere else. Turns out that pretty much everywhere agrees with Walmart, and they don’t want to print all my sizes either. Stupid picture frame!! Who makes dumb photo sizes that no one wants to print for me. Yes the girl in slot size 3.5x3.5 is lovely, but she just doesn’t fit the color scheme for the photos I already picked.

 

So my quick, easy, fun, photo project turned out to be a long bumpy journey to disappointment, well except for the fabulous walk down memory lane I took before I jumped onto the “fun, photo, project bus.”

1 Year!

Well I didn't do very well with the whole "I'm going to update my blog" thing. Now almost one year later, here I am to try again. Round 2! It's crazy to think that I've now been married a full year, the time has flown by so fast. It was a really great summer this year though, being married is the greatest thing ever. We've had lots of adventures such as sailing (of course), fishing, camping, swimming, IFly, drive-ins, playing with horses, and don't forget our house which is kind of like a zoo. Jon teased once that we should charge admission. As of right now we have 3 snakes, 2 ducks, and a cat. It's really not that bad, it is quite fun really. Plus our duck Bruce Willis has recently started laying eggs, which adds even more excitement to our lives! We will see how duck eggs compare to chicken eggs, one thing is for sure, they are a lot smaller!

Highlights of the last year would be that I graduated from Weber State with my B.S. degree! It is so crazy being graduated, but I LOVED not having to sign up for classes this fall, and loved not paying tuition. It feels like one really long summer though! I've been really busy though, so it's not like I am enjoying all this "free time." or anything. I did an internship this summer and they offered me a part time job down there. So every other day I get to work at an equestrian center where I work with mustangs, yup that's right, I have the best job ever! I love horses and have since I was a little girl, but I didn't ever have many opportunities to be around horses except at fairs and the rare trail ride, so this is like a dream come true. It gives me a good break from working in an office too.

Being married one full year to the greatest husband ever would be another highlight for sure. :) endure with me while I brag a second with my "why my husband is the greatest list."
Reason 1. My husband does the dishes. (he knows I rreeealllllly dislike washing dishes, so he does them for me 99% of the time)
2. He washes and waxes my car to make it look pretty. (This used to not be on the list, I didn't really understand the whole point of spending 26 hours washing, waxing, buffing, and drying a car by hand, really it takes 5 minutes to go through the drive in washer. But now I am becoming very appreciative of it... most days)
3. He mows the lawn every Tuesday. ( The mower is a push one that doesn't drive itself and we have a hill along the whole side of our house, so this is really, really great.
4. He appreciates my cooking and eats everything I make. ( This always make me feel so good, because he has not once complained about anything that I've made, this builds a girl's confidence in her cooking so she can become more adventurous and try to make things other than spaghetti and hamburger helper evey other day.)
5. He ALWAYS opens the car door for me. (It is the greatest having him open the door for me, granted I had to be trained to wait and be patient for him to open the door, but now sometimes when I am alone I forget to open the door for myself and sit and just wait!)
6. He is very caring, sweet, and loving, he always is trying to make sure that I am happy.
7. Speaking of which, he makes me laugh every single day! Sometimes even when I don't feel like laughing. Tickling should be against the rules on Mon, Wed, and Thursdays! Some days my ribs just need a break.
8. He let me get ducks! (Well he didn't make me take them back at least ;-) and they are super cute!)
9. He sends me a text every morning. (There is nothing better than being told every morning how beautiful you are, especially when you know he saw your crazy bed head right before he left.)
 and finally #10 He loves me as much as I love him, which I know is a whole super lot!