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I FINALLY changed my layout! I kinda like it :) truethfully it's not the one I wanted but the one I wanted didnt' have a matching header so we get this instead:)

AN UPDATE :

I'm sick. Mleck. I've been sick-ish since saturday night (today being Thursday), and it's finally gotten bad. And you see, you have to understand this Jessica a bit more to understand what I mean. Lucky me, I don't ever really get sick. So when I do I get "sick-ish". This happens...I dunno...once every one or two months. I get tight and uncomfortable in my neck and back and it makes me tired and slow in the head. But it doesn't usually last for more than two days...until this time. So, sick Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday I felt better kinda, but then Wednesday I woke up with a fever:( and I still have it today and I'm suppose to go dancing tomorrow!!! and on top of that icing, Maeby is getting sick I think too. Not to mention that I think she's been having night terrors so sleep hasn't really been happening, and that's DEFINITELY not helping the sick thing.

A...different update... might be sad for some but I dunno yet.
First let me state that if family reads this I don't mean to be mean! I swear! It's just me, and my awesome skills at not handling certain situations well. Any way :

I think we might go back to Ogden while waiting for the house to sell. I'm not handling living here very well. I feel...like I'm the little girl that grew up here, and the teenager that lived here, the teenager that cleaned a lot. And now it upsets me that I feel that I have to clean up after everyone...when it's not my responsibility. It's hard for me...being me:) to let Hal and sometimes Ellen get away with things. I'm trying to teach myself that it's not my place, and unless it has to do with my family specifically, I just don't touch it but it's hard. I feel like the oldest kid who has to watch everything again, I feel the need to play referee every time the sibs fight.

I miss being my own adult. I like having my own house, and taking care of everything. I liked doing things when I wanted, how I wanted and not having to listen to anyone. Now, I (once again, these are not angry words) have to hear how "maybe the baby is hungry Jess""maybe she sick""maybe she's tired" and I know she's not but the thought is there so I listen to it and it throws off every schedule I've tried so hard to make. And i know she's just trying to help, but, being me, it frustrates me.

Another sad (NOT meant to be a guilt trip to ANYONE I SWEAR) I moved down here because I missed all my friends SO much! And I thought if we moved I would see them all more...but I don't. And I know it's my own lazy fault. But...I ...I dunno. I just think I could keep up the same relationships up in Ogden. Let alone that it's my house and I can invite people over.

Maeby hasn't been doing well with sleeping AT ALL since we moved here and I think it's because we share a room. She gets put down and curtains get pulled around her bed and it's dark and she knows mommy and daddy are still there but they aren't holding or playing with her. She slept GREAT up in Ogden. GREAT. But I think since we've moved in I've gotten 5 maybe 6 good nights of sleep. Let alone that that usually means I wake Josh up so i don't have a break down and he loses sleep too. Maeby needs to sleep so I can sleep, so I can be a better mom and wife. Not to mention that the sharing a room thing isn't fun on me. I can't get on our computer while she's sleeping, I can't scrapbook, I can't be in there AT ALL while she sleeps. To get up in the morning I have to be 5 kinds of stealthy not to wake her up, just so I can take a shower and have that 15 minutes of ME TIME.

And this all started when we had to go back to the house to put up our new for sale sign (we has no realtor now). Walking through my house. Remembering how great it was to take pride in my house, to make my own food. I imagined chasing maeby around the rooms. I wouldn't have to worry if she's getting into anything because I'd know where it all was. Having our own rooms again. I miss it. I loved my house. I had forgotten how much. I've said it once and I'll say it again, if my house was in West Valley, I wouldn't EVER move! Not kindding. I love my house.

Any way...kinda strayed from the original purpose of the blog but it felt good to finally get that out. But as I said nothing is set in stone! One BIG reason we're staying here is that we're finally getting ourselves out of our little hole...wasn't big...but it's still nice to have the savings. But nothing is set it stone.

Anywho....new blog layout...YAY!

Good Times and Music

Last night we got to go to a concert! It was great!

Josh (because he's got mad skill) called into K-bull 93 and won four free tickets to the Low Dough Christmas Show!! So we called Taryn and Rob and convinced Robin that it wouldn't be the worse night of his life :)

So naturally the day of the concert I woke up sickly, because my life is amazing like that:) But I sucked it up, took some medicine and went anyway!

So we drove downtown and got to walk through the freezing cold to the ENERGY SOLUTIONS ARENA (really, whoever named it that deserves a kick in the shin). I kid. (tee-hee). We got to listen to three, that's right THREE different groups slash people! The first was Bombshell! They were amazing! They're songs are so fun and upbeat that if we had had the money I soooooo would've bought it right then and there! Then there was Buckey Covington. He was HILARIOUS!! He has awesome stage presents and he was so energetic. At one point he actually picked one girl up and took on stage with him, it was so cute! Then last, but definitely not least was Phil Vasser! Good night! He is great! He had a big ol' piano on stage that was ZEBRA SRIPED!!! Taryn and I just about jumped the body guards to get on the stage to play it!! I kid. (tee-hee).

But it was all great fun! I haven't been able to play with Taryn in a very long time and Joshua hasn't seen his Rob in so long! It was so great!

The Dark Threads

I was reading in my Semenary scriptures last night and I found two quotes glued in that I love! I had completely forgotten that they were there.

As a side note I found them in Mosiah 24 if the whole 5 people that read this would like to do some scriptural studying.

My life is but a weaving
Between my God and me:
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.

Ofttimes He weaveth sorrow
And I in foolish pride,
Forget that He seeth the upper,
And I the under side.

Not till the loom in silent
and the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
and explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful
in the Weavers skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.


"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you c an understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts and does not seem to make sense. What on earth in he up to? The explanation is that he is building quite a different house that the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made in to a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace."
-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Pg. 160

I hope this helps someone. It is nice to be reminded at times that no matter what is going wrong, Heavenly Father knows, and that you do not know all of what is planned for you; that the dark threads are just as important as the threads of silver and gold.

Things to Come

This is a post of things to come.
All my pictures are on my computer but the internet is on my dads computer so I don't want to blog till I have pictures.

Halloween was AMAZING!
I love Halloween!
Mae was a lady-bug
-no-
Mae was the CUTEST lady-bug.
Josh didn't get to dress up cause he worked late.

We're all moved into my moms house
and it's not that bad :)
luckily our room is pretty big so it's not too cramped!

Maeby turns one tomorrow!
I can't believe she's that big already!
*side note*
A year ago today, I was prego and SO done...

I think that is all for now.

And like a fat kid playing dodge ball, I'M OUT!
PEACE.

Happy 22

This years birthday was AMAZING! It kinda blew last years birthday out of the water!

To recap :

Last year I was prego -

10 days away from my due date prego.

We were dirt poor.

Josh worked until about 6.
To celebrate we window shopped at the mall.

Joshua tried to make it nice for me, but with all of the factorsit just didn't work out for me.

So this year we decided to celebrate on the monday before my birthday because - lucky me - my birthday landed on Josh's meeting day again.

So we started out with my present from Joshua! *Drum-roll please*

I GOT VACATIONS!!!!

It's true! I'm the LUCKIEST woman ever! Joshua found this deal like two months ago (and what a fabulous deal it was!) and snagged it! It pays for air fair and hotel stay and some come with shows! There are six choices and I get to choose four of them! I'm thinking we're going to go with the four in the picture:) Now all we have to do is wait for a good weekend...well...we have to wait for Josh to work up sick time and time off. And then we get to go! My Joshua is amazing!

So after that we went and dropped the Maeby-baby at her grandmas house. Then we went to the mall and got to (ironically) window shop, and then we went to a movie:) I already saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, but Josh hadn't seen it so we went and saw it! In 3D none the less! It was really fun! Then we got to go to dinner at Pams house:) and....Josh got sick. So we didn't stay for very long. But it was good food:)

Then on my birthday Josh came home from his meeting with PIZZA and a ROB!!!! And then my KRISTY and WHITNEY (and her wee one) came later!!! My Joshua surprised me!!! It was so great! I love seeing my friends! And then friends with pizza is just AMAZING!!!

So I would like to say thank you to my Joshua! He has make this birthday OOH so fabulous!

To Move or not to...wait....Nope, Defiately moving.

I felt like blogging but I couldn't decide what and the flip of the coin it to inform everyone of what they already know...*eh-hem*

WE'RE MOVING!!!

Thats right! The Welch family is leaving stinky old ogden!!! Don't get me wrong. Ogden is not as bad as everyone says it is. I just don't like it. It's to far away. We're very very excited about the move!

The Story :

Josh has been trying to get a transfer closer to West Valley for a while now and then outa nowhere a position opened up in Bountiful, not super close, but he jumped on it like a fat kid on a cup cake! Took about a week but then we found out Josh got it! Same hours same schedule, but the commision should be more (I hate commision). And so far Josh is liking it way much! Probably just because he doens't have to deal with his old managers any more...but he still likes it. Ware house is father away, but because the job and warehouse are farther away Josh gets a company car that just happens to be...*looks around*...*checks again*.... A PRIUS!!! Very much excitement on Josh's part there.

So the curant plan is as follows :

Step one : Get Josh a transfer. (CHECK)

Step two : Pack up the house.

Step three : Move in with Mommy and Papi until house sells.

Step four : House sells.

Step five : Look for (probabaly) a nice trailer.

Step six : MOVE OUT OF MOMMY's HOUSE!

And thus is our plan:). We like our plan and we're REALLY hoping it works for us. We're planning on moving out of the house the monday after Halloween. I can't wait to leave Ogden!

List of Things I Will Miss :

1 : My house :(

2 : The closeness of the mall.

3 : A grand total of 3 people.

And thus is our plan as it stands! I thank you again for all your listening ears! Luv Mush!

Is there a Spider/owl on the 1 dollar bill? a SPROWL???

Disclaimer : Josh says your all going to laugh at me for not knowing this already, but I can't be the only one who didn't know. So if you did know about this don't leave comments laughing at me:)

Is there an owl or spider (sprowl) on the one dollar bill??? Take a look O.O

I vote that it's an Owl...mostly because it's a lot less creepy then a spider:)

Just random:)

Peace Out!