So literally, someone would ask me for mascara, then someone else for a certain eyeshadow color, then someone asks which foundation would match them best, then someone else would ask about a bronzing product, then someone else would ask for a certain lipstick, then someone else would ask me which concealer would match their skin best, then someone else would ask which blush would look best on them, then someone would ask for a brown eyeliner, then someone would ask for a certain lipgloss. Not even exaggerating. That's exactly how it went. People would ask me 10 different questions when I was already taking care of the first 10 people's requests, because everyone was so rushed to get their stuff. Despite the craziness, it was okay. I knew what I was doing. And luckily with all the practice I've had matching people's foundation, concealer, powder at Macy's, I could match someone in everything in a few minutes. And we're talking about people all over the color spectrum with different skin undertones as well.

     This one lady was really nice and told me how well I was handling all these people bombarding me and was shocked when I told her I'd only been working here for 2 weeks. That made me feel good :-) And then later a group of 3 ladies like, loved me, because they thought it was so cool how I can look at someone and know the undertone to their skin color. And they loved how helpful I was. I really do try to be helpful as possible. Despite the stress. And sweating. So when the store was closing and there was a lot less people, they wanted to know my story and what led to me getting this job. So I told them about the beauty supply store and Macy's. And how I love makeup, stuff like that. I was happy and felt really confident! :-) Good times.

Last Friday I found out that I got that job at Nu Skin as a beauty adviser!! We're so excited! I guess I really sold 'em on that foundation primer ;-) My schedule is similar to Jensen's. 

He works 1-6 and I'll be working 2:30-7:30. And I LOVE that my schedule is set. That is incredibly rare in retail. Normally they give you whatever stupid hours and you can never have a life (which I've certainly had to live through with multiple jobs). But I've paid my dues and now I get a great schedule! We really need to get Jensen a bike. I'll have to work like maybe 1 Saturday a month but sometimes Jensen gets e-mails where they ask for volunteers at the product store and so Jensen can work with me on Saturdays!! We can be together AND make money! I'M SO HAPPY AND EXCITED! Nu Skin is an incredible company who actually treats its employees very well. We're very blessed. Thank you Nu Skin.

Well, Jensen and I are going to San Diego for Christmas! 

Yay for being with our families! We're excited to go.

The reason why we can go down is because I quit my job.

Why, you ask? 

I HATED my hours. I was always working really late and I had no control over getting better hours. 

They just gave me whatever.  

I'll find another job, hopefully at a bank er something where I'm not coming home so late.

Oh the joy of being young and clueless!

But hey, I made a new dinner!

 Grilled Vegetables with Pasta! It was delicious! It's a little time consuming, but it's not hard so that was good. 

I really love these Christmas songs:

Click on the link below-
This is my rock and roll Christmas favorite 

My calm Christmas favorite.
I LOVE playing it on the piano :-) 

Click on "Christmas".

 I've been trying to be a good sport about my hair. 
I do like that it's more natural looking and less maintenance/commitment.  
I got it done a month ago and I'm now saying that I like it.
See? I'm not good with change, takes me a long time to adapt.
Better late than never though!
I think I like it more because I have a lot more color now. Tanning lotion is the way to go!
I was really tired of being so pale.
I know it's stupid because it's winter and I live in Utah right now, but being tan makes me feel a lot better!


 My favorite show ever is Friends and I wanted to post my favorite scene. Enjoy :-)
(Click on "favorite") 



  

 

   

It's been awhile! I've been so busy. Especially last week. I worked a ton last week! Including a 10 hour Black Friday shift. Ouch. Yeah, not fun.

But Thanksgiving was good. Delicious food! We went to Jensen's grandma's house. His parents and sister came up and stayed with us. It was fun! 
I wasn't around much because I was always at work.

We couldn't go down to San Diego because of my job :-(
Sorry, I'm grateful to have a job and yet sometimes I can barely stand it. 
Guess that goes with pretty much every job though.

We don't know if we'll be able to go home for Christmas. 

Just writing that, I could cry.  

I talked with my manager and she said that she'll try to do something where my shifts will be advertised so others can pick them up.

The ONLY way that we'll be able to come down is if people cover my shifts.

But for some reason Macy's isn't hiring very many people. I have no idea why.

My counter manager said Macy's is desperate for people, so maybe people just aren't applying. Great. So there are lots of shifts, and not very many people.

I won't even know my schedule until two weeks ahead of time. So we're waiting. 
We won't know anything for another 2 weeks. 

And I'm going to nicely tell my manager again about getting that time off really soon.

 Pleeeeeease let my husband and I be with our families for Christmas!! 

  
In the meantime, I just beat Donkey Kong tonight. So now I need another video game lol. 
I don't know why I love the Wii so much. No other game console is more fun to me.  
So I'm very grateful for that when Jensen is busy with homework. 

What else, we just became Netflix users recently! We started watching the show Once Upon a Time. It's so good! I love that it's all about fairytale characters. 
I love anything fairytale/Disneyland-ish.

I can never make up my mind about my hair color. I got some lowlights in, but now I want to go back to blonde.  I don't like the maintenance, that's why I got lowlights. 
But I feel prettier blonde. 
Isn't that funny? It's nowhere near my natural hair color lol.
I have to deal with either darker roots, or darker hair... I might take the the darker roots, because overall I'll still be blonde. 
I started getting highlights when I was 12. So I was blonde for years and became so comfortable with it. Anything else feels weird to me. 
Plus I'm so white right now and these lowlights aren't helping. 

Sorry about my girly rantings! I think I'll go to sleep now.
  

I actually don't really care about Halloween. I hate haunted houses, movies, etc. We don't have any kids either. So it's not too exciting. I actually worked on Halloween and Jensen went to the ward Trunk or Treat. We were allowed to dress up, but I don't have a costume, so I just wore my pumpkin headband :-)

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 So for a little while long time now, Jensen has been trying to get me to make new dinners. 

To word it delicately, I don't really like cooking. Or trying new things in general. 

I am so like a turtle. I love to stay inside my safe and comfy shell. 

And he certainly knows this.

But finally, after months and months, I decided to poke my head out just a little bit and make Crock Pot Lasagna.

Jensen really helped me to not be so scared. 

 He helped me put the lasagna together yesterday morning even though he's extremely busy, so I wasn't doing something new all alone.

 What a sweet husband I have to be so sensitive to me :-)

It was actually really easy to make. And it was nice to eat something new and homemade. 

But I guess cooking it for 8 hours is too long. Maybe next time I'll do 7 hours. 

Jensen didn't even care that the edges were burnt. He was just so happy that I was doing something new. And I definitely want a happy husband :-) 

So I'm slowly stepping out of my comfort zone to make new meals. 

Look at me growing up.

 

     So, after he was let go and before he started Nu Skin, we had like two weeks of nothing to do.  We had to get some repairs done to our car and we were half joking about going home for a week before he started his job.  And especially after getting the repairs done we were like,"We have the car all tuned up and ready to go!"  But paying for gas was what held us back.  Not the cheapest thing in the world, even for a 91' Accord.  So one night, it was a Friday night, Jensen was talking on the phone with his dad about Chiropractic School (yes we're planning on doing that after BYU.  We'll be living in Anaheim!  And yes we WILL be getting Disneyland Yearly Passes!! SO excited!)  And so while he's talking on the phone, I'm in the other room doodling lol.  I can hear his conversation and was listening on and off and getting a feeling that Pat was encouraging us to come down for a week.  So Jensen walks into my office and I something like, "So we goin' home?"  And he says with a huge smile," Let's go home for a week!" So I'm totally excited and nervous at the same time!  It was so unexpected!  I mean really, we were joking before about going home for a week.  We wanted to of course, but didn't want to pay for gas.  But Pat made Jensen a deal where he paid for our gas if Jensen worked with him that week!  So immediately we get our duffel bags down and just start throwing clothes in them.  Oh, and not to mention we planned on leaving at 4 IN THE MORNING.  OH MY WORD.  So seriously, we got like 3 or 4 hours of sleep because we were too excited to sleep and then we got up AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING.  I can't believe we did that!!  We get on the freeway at around 4am and we got to San Marcos at around 1pm.  And better yet, Pat was the ONLY person that knew we were coming down!  Every other person in our families had no idea we were coming down!  So we got to surprise every one!! It was SOO much fun!! :-)

     We were so glad to be home that particular week too because the next day was Amy's birthday! Here's a picture of me her son, Lucas! He's a cute lil' monkey :-) On my parent's new couch, by the way:

     Then a couple days later was my sister-in-law's daughter's birthday, Ava! And then a couple days after that was Aleigh's baptism!  Yay Aleigh!! :-)  And then we celebrated Father's Day and I got him a Chargers beach towel :-)  And then we went to a friend's wedding, Jessica Keithly (formerly McMaster)!  Lots of events!  Really wish I had more pictures of that week. 

     So then, like two weeks later my parents came up to see our place for the first time!  We  went to Park City and rode the new coaster there. SO much more fun than the Alpine Slides!! We played some ping pong and foosball at the clubhouse in Midway.  My mom took me shopping at the mall of course (thanks again Mom!)  And then we all did sealings at the Provo Temple!  It was wonderful and very special. Here's a couple pictures of that evening.  You may have already seen on my Facebook:

     By the way, yes I did get low-lights in my hair.  I'm still getting used to how dark my hair is.  I might wanna go back to blonde...I dunno.

     In a nut shell, I was let go from my Red Robin job because the manager made a mistake with my shift schedule.  So I've been looking for a job for a long time now. 

     I'm trying to like cooking more.  I'm slowly but surely trying new recipes.  

     Speaking of cooking, I'm going to eat dinner now! I'll make a better effort about keeping my blog updated :-)