Work

As I am sitting at work today grading emails it kind of struck me as kind of interesting that I am grading emails on grammer, spelling and punctuation but I suck at that kind of stuff, as you can probably tell by my blog. I did good in English when it was all literature but when I had to point out the adverb and adjective and things, thats when I didn't do so swell. I had a hard time with mad libs when I was younger cause English doesn't make a whole lot of sense, other than nouns, thats easy. I just thought it was interesting that I am supposed to grade on these things and I am not the most knowledgeable. Luckily its usually simple and if its harder I have the internet to help. I do find some comfort that I am not the worst one.

On a bright note, I finished thank you cards last night. I am so glad to have those done and never want to see another thank you card ever again. I just hope that I haven't left people out but they are finally done, just have to drop the last of them in the mail.

Guys have it easy!

In my boredom at work while my systems were down I decided to print out the applications I need to change my name with various government agencies and man do they ask you to jump through hoops. One form said I need to have 3 different forms of id, stand on my left foot and recite the alphabet backwards. Ok, so not that bad, but pretty close. The forms for changing my passport are the most confusing. Hopefully I have the right forms and they don't decide to keep my old passport cause I used the wrong form and then I have to start all over and then I don't get my passport and I can't travel. I thought it would take me a while to get to the point that I was ready to legally change my name but I am ready and its time. My only dilema is I have had the last name Hillhouse for . . . . well a couple of years, and I am not sure if I am ready to drop that totally and I am not going to hyphenate it. At first I thought I wouldn't like going from Hillhouse, where its a rare name and anyone you meet is related, to Hall, where there are quite a bit more, but I am more than ok with that. I already think of myself as Hall, except for a few slips (it was weird at church to be called Sister Hall). I also want to keep my drivers license cause it still says under 21. So, yeah, I am rambling and just need to get it done. I just haven't decided if I am going to keep Hillhouse as part of my middle name or drop it altogether. I just need to decide cause I need to get things going as soon as we get back from Florida. Then there are all the little tiny places that I need to change my name with and remembering all the places won't be easy.

1 Month

So, we have officially been married a month. Its been a long/short month. At times it seems so short that its hard to believe and at times it seems like its been very long. It has been a very busy month but its also been fun. We have gotten our apartment mostly clutter free and organized so that we can live there without stepping over piles, we have gotten some much needed furniture, we have been to Mexico and Louisiana and still had time to go to work. Its been a lot of fun and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

SNOW!!!!

Today I woke up to the best thing ever. I got up and came out to the living room and Ross was there and told me to look outside. It was snowing really hard and there was already quite a bit of snow on the grass. It was so cool. It kept snowing through most of sacrament meeting. Ross and I tried to stare out the doors during the whole meeting, just mezmerized.

2 Weeks

I am getting really excited, 2 weeks from today we are going to Florida. I haven't been to Disney World since the 9th grade and thats been a couple years. I think it will be a lot of fun and I wish more of my family were going, its just Ross and I, my parents, 2 of my brothers, a sister-in-law and a nephew. I am still excited. I love to travel and I thought after the past month I would be done with it for a while but I am still very excited. Its the last trip for a little while. I promised Ross I wouldn't try to plan anything else since he doesn't get as much PTO right now.

I don't usually do this and I am usually not a gusher but I have a very amazing husband. I wouldn't trade him for the world. So, yesterday as I was leaving work I got a phone call from him saying there was a problem at home and I needed to hurry home. Def not something that I wanted to hear and he wouldn't give me any info on what is going on. I had two thoughts, either there is a big problem (he did sound concerned) and its something he has to show me like our apartment flooded or something or it was a good thing and he was just pulling my leg to try to get me off work earlier (sometimes he trys to convince me to leave work a little early). So I head home wondering what could have gone wrong and could it be a good thing. When I got home there was a pile of stuff in the middle of the living room with one of my bridal pictures leaning up against it. I by passed that trying to find out what was wrong and Ross directed me back to it. I started moving things and there was a pile of things that he had got for me, some things I really really really wanted. He had gone after work and got me a bunch of surprises, one of which is Daiblo 2, which I have been wanting so I can play with my brothers. Just out of the blue he surprised me with all these great things. He is the greatest and has always been. He is such a kind hearted person and would help almost anyone out if they needed it. Best husband ever. He makes me very happy and I do all I can to make him happy. So thats my little bit of gushing and bragging. I am just really happy and wouldn't change anything about my life with Ross.

Snow on the Mountains

So it rained most of the weekend, which I loved cause I got to wear my warmer cozy clothes. (typical weather in Utah for General Conference weekend.) I was getting very excited as it rained hard most of Sat and the mountains were covered in clouds and when they cleared Timp has snow all over it and I hope its going to stick. Then I checked Alta's site and they have some snow, not enough to start counting yet but they are on their way. We also got Ross some ski boots this weekend which is helping to get me excited. I love the winter and as much as it sucks to chip ice and snow off my car at 6AM I am looking forward to it. Its a nice change from the very hot and very dry summer we had. I just hope the ski resorts can open earlier this year than they did last year. Yeah, I know, I am addicted to skiing.


So Ross and I spent the weekend cleaning and organizing our little apartment. With all the stuff that was thrown away its amazing we still have stuff left. But its a lot cleaner and we found room in closets for most of the stuff we won't be using for a while so now our living room is livable. Next great task is our bedroom, but the rest of the place looks really good. And I was able to try out our new vaccuum we got from the wedding, which actually turned out to be really gross. The people that lived there before us must not have been too clean. But the place is very clean now and much more tidy which is a big plus, not a fan of clutter.


I do have some of my bridals and as soon as I get wedding pictures I will add those too.

A Few

I can't believe its October already. Man this year has gone by fast. At the first of the year and especially after we got engaged the time seemed to be going very very slowly and I never thought that Sept would get here. Then in Sept looking back the time has really gone fast and now its October. I love this time of year, its starting to cool down, the leaves are changing and Halloween is almost here and that starts off the holidays. I am really excited for the holidays this year, its the first year in the 5 years that I have known Ross that we will be together for Christmas, he has always gone home for Christmas. This year we will have Christmas in Utah and every other year we will to go Louisianna for Christmas, which I think will be fun. But I am rambling. (I'm trying to work and write and talk to Ross at the same time, so my mind wanders.)

Yesterday was a very exciting day for us. Monday we went to a couple of stores and they were all sold out but yesterday we finally found a place that had Wii's in stock so we got one. Then we had to rush home and put it together to play. I don't know if any of you have played Wii sport, it has bowling, tennis, boxing, baseball and golf. It also has this "fun" feature that you do some workouts and it tells you your Wii age. I went first and I thought I did really good until it told me my Wii age was 58. Talk about a bummer. I will work on that one. I think Ross' was 51, so he wasn't that far behind me. I need to work on it so I can be younger than Ross.

People have also been asking to see pictures from our wedding and I am still waiting on the majority of them to be processed and touched up etc. One of my brothers sent me a couple and I will put them on here. This first one was of when we cut the cake. Ross is really proud of this moment. I had frosting so far up my nose it took a lot to get it out.

The next ones are from the temple after the sealing and then at the ring ceremony.