Solitaire........The Carpenters

Robyn this one is just for you.......ahh the memories........check out my playlist

What is a Marriage....what is a relationship.....

Everyone has their own ideas of marriage i'm sure. For me...it's being with my best friend.... who started out as my best friend, but through the years... really is the only person who i look forward to spending time with. i like hangin with friends, family, my kids and other couples...but...I long to spend my time with Kyle. I enjoy just being with him. I don't need to go out for dinner necessarily (it is a nice treat), in fact most of our dates, recently, have been driving to job sites and helping him clean up the concrete blankets or take down signs. Our relationship keeps changing...as most relationships should. We've had some really hard struggles and I have found that as time has gone on, these struggles are what takes our relationship to the next level. It has taken me 20 years to figure out that our arguments and differences are what allows us to grow in our relationship when we work through it and pray for each other. Being able to recognize certain things about yourself and taking ownership of them often helps. Things like "well I did say that...", "How would I feel if the tables were turned?", "Am I manipulating this situation.?", "Am I saying hurtful things because I'm feeling hurt and wounded?", "What am I REALLY upset about?", "I'm wrong...am I big enough to admit it and start moving forward...or am I going to be stubborn and continue to argue for the sake of being mad?", "What am I willing to give up or sacrifice for this person?" Marriage and relationships......these are just a few thoughts... I LOVE my husband.....he isn't perfect(and neither am I )...but..... he is perfect for me.

I fell off the face of the earth..........

No not really. I finally finished school on March 10th, 2009, studied my "you know what" off for 9 days. Took the 110 (10 were freebies) question written state board exam(passed with a 97%). 3 days later took the practical exam in Pocatello (was fine til she said "you may start" and I could not stop shaking. This has never happened before when I've taken a test. I was a little freaked out at myself for shaking so bad.) Passed with an 85% (not bad at all, but I really wanted to pass with a 95% or higher...I blame the shakes...). Now I'm just waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for the state board to send me my license. They say they did not receive the stuff from my school, my school said they sent it on the 13th of March. I asked the school to please send all my info again, so now I might actually have my license in my hand by next week sometime, we'll see. I'm just excited that i passed and I'm an officially licensed nail technician.......Yeah!!!!!
I have a picture of the first set of acrylic nails i did. I think they turned out really good. The toes are KaDences that i did at Christmas time. They are gels with glitter under them. The fingers are KaDences as well, also gels. I had some other pictures of some good nails i did, but our computer crashed and i lost those pictures.


Kids are doing pretty well right now. They are very glad I'm done with school and things are somewhat a little more normal around here. Kyle was a wonderful husband and a lot of help while i was in school and working. I could never had made it with out him. Thanks babe!