Jared couldn't today off for an early vacation, but I did and took full advantage of my day off. I had a list of a couple errands I needed to run, and I was thinking they would take some time. But what the heck, I have tons of time!
To have the car today, I dropped Jared off work after calling Firestone to see if they had time today to change our car's oil. They totally did, so that was my first stop.
Firestone happens to be in the parking lot of Wal-mart, so I parked, had them take possession of the car and I started grocery shopping. I had to drag out the shopping for an hour because Firestone got a little backed up, but that's OK!
I got everything on my list that I wanted from Wal-mart, headed back to get the car and had to wait a few minutes for them to give it back. Before, I had asked them to take off our license plates because they were stuck on. Jared and I tried getting it off, but one of the washers (whatever) was stuck and we needed help. Well, the guys forgot, but were more than happy to do it when I asked them again. Free of charge.
Because I bought milk and things that needed to be put in the fridge, I came home and unloaded the car, only to go out again to Krogers. My Mom told me that sometimes they have better prices than Wal-mart on certain things, so I had Jared get the ads last night so I could plan what I wanted.
A quick trip in Krogers and I had everything I needed.
Laundry is about to be started and it's all before noon!
Groceries only cost $40 and that was with us buying big items, like steaks, for our anniversary picnic! This may have sparked my new hobby of couponing!
What a great day to just relax the rest of the afternoon after just a few trips to switch and fetch the laundry. To think, back in college I would sleep til about noon and now I'm getting everything done before then. Crazy!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Almost A Year
I almost can't believe that Jared and I have been married almost a whole year. Our anniversary is July 23, this Saturday and we are so excited!
People have commented (outside the mormon circle) that Jared and I got married really young and after only a short period of dating. That may be true, but we have been SO happy because of it!
The first little bit was a little stressful with figuring out internships and where we would live. It seemed like every time we moved, we were starting over with our marriage, which was totally fine.
Now that we have been on our own for about 7 months, it feels like we have only been married that long! But it's true, we have been married practically one full year! And if this one has gone by so quickly, I feel like I'll be saying the same thing when we celebrate 5 or even 10 years together!
And one of my best friends, Rachel, is getting married in August which brings all the fun feelings for me back! I also remember some stressful ones, but all in all, getting ready for my wedding with Jared was so great. I hope she has such a great wedding and I hope she is getting excited for all the fun things ahead!
Jared and I went shopping the other day for our anniversary presents. This year, they aren't too big, but they will be fun and have meaning. He already knows what one of his presents are, I bought them right in front of him and made sure they were what he wanted.
For a few months he has been wanting mugs for his rootbeer. He loves Cracker Barrel with their frozen mugs and he wants to do them for himself some days. So I looked online and found what store had good ones. A nice lady in Bed Bath and Beyond helped us find what I was looking for and Jared seems very happy!
I have no idea what I am getting, but I know my little gifts are under the bed, right now! I'm doing very well at not peaking, as long as Jared doesn't check our transaction history with our online banking. :)
We have so many fun things plan for the weekend, we hope we can do them all. We will be going to see Harry Potter and we hope to have a little picnic. If it doesn't rain, we will shish-ka-bobs with potato salad (Jared's Mom's recipe), bbp chips and corn on the cob.
This weekend will be a blast! We'll make sure to get pictures of the fun things, like the picnic and maybe us playing out in the rain :)
People have commented (outside the mormon circle) that Jared and I got married really young and after only a short period of dating. That may be true, but we have been SO happy because of it!
The first little bit was a little stressful with figuring out internships and where we would live. It seemed like every time we moved, we were starting over with our marriage, which was totally fine.
Now that we have been on our own for about 7 months, it feels like we have only been married that long! But it's true, we have been married practically one full year! And if this one has gone by so quickly, I feel like I'll be saying the same thing when we celebrate 5 or even 10 years together!
And one of my best friends, Rachel, is getting married in August which brings all the fun feelings for me back! I also remember some stressful ones, but all in all, getting ready for my wedding with Jared was so great. I hope she has such a great wedding and I hope she is getting excited for all the fun things ahead!
Jared and I went shopping the other day for our anniversary presents. This year, they aren't too big, but they will be fun and have meaning. He already knows what one of his presents are, I bought them right in front of him and made sure they were what he wanted.
For a few months he has been wanting mugs for his rootbeer. He loves Cracker Barrel with their frozen mugs and he wants to do them for himself some days. So I looked online and found what store had good ones. A nice lady in Bed Bath and Beyond helped us find what I was looking for and Jared seems very happy!
I have no idea what I am getting, but I know my little gifts are under the bed, right now! I'm doing very well at not peaking, as long as Jared doesn't check our transaction history with our online banking. :)
We have so many fun things plan for the weekend, we hope we can do them all. We will be going to see Harry Potter and we hope to have a little picnic. If it doesn't rain, we will shish-ka-bobs with potato salad (Jared's Mom's recipe), bbp chips and corn on the cob.
This weekend will be a blast! We'll make sure to get pictures of the fun things, like the picnic and maybe us playing out in the rain :)
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Sunday Hike
Jared had a great idea to go up the Natchez Trace on Sunday and look for a fun place to picnic and hike for our anniversary weekend.
We may never agree on how to pronounce the trace, so ya'll can call it what you want. I say Natchez as if the "a" was the same in gnat. So Gnat-chez. Jared says the "a" as knot. So Knot-chez. We've both agreed to just let the other person say it how they want :)
Even though we didn't find a waterfall or creek or anything, we had a fun time driving part of the trace and we even stopped for a little hike!
There was a rest stop that had "creek" in it's name so we thought we'd check it out and saw a sign giving directions to a look out area that was only a half mile hike. We thought we'd check it out and began our journey.
Our outfits: I was in jeans, a tank top and a little sweater thingy. Jared was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, so he was more prepared. But we both wore flip flops, not thinking we would actually go hiking. Hahaha next time we'll be more prepared!
The hike was pretty fun. Not too bad, but I was happy to have brought a water bottle with me! The lookout wasn't anything too impressive because some big trees were growing and blocked most of the view.
What you see behind us is pretty much all we could see :)
We took a couple pictures on the way back because it is just BEAUTIFUL back there in the woods.
Jared is such cute stuff and the blue shirt looks nice amidst all the green :)
Just beautiful scenery!
By the end I was dying! (And if I didn't know 100% that I was sticking out my stomach, I'd think I was gaining weight!)
We had a great time and think it'll be great when we go hiking in in the fall. Hopefully it'll cool down so we can enjoy hiking more! I'll start working out a little bit so I can get back into shape! Thinking back to BYU days and having to climb the stairs on the south side of campus and the RB stairs of pain, I have no idea how I did it!
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