Happenings since we moved in

A couple of things I wanted to write about:

First, last Sunday we attempted to go to our new congregation for the first time. There were three different options: a 9 AM, an 11AM, and a 1PM. Being slightly lazy, we decided to try the 11AM and hope it was the right one. When we got there, I wondered why none of the women were sitting with their husbands, and why nobody had any kids. I thought there must be a lot of women with inactive husbands or something. Then, the person conducting the meeting stood up and welcomed us the the Young Single Adult Ward. Everything made since then, and we both thought it was really funny. We asked the ward clerk after the meeting which time we were supposed to come, and nobody could tell us. Fortunately, when we arrived home our real ward had left a flyer on our doorstep. It is the 9AM one, but they are switching to 1PM at the new year. I really wish we could have had 11, but oh well.

Second, earlier this week I arrived home and there were four (completely unexpected) enormous plastic bins sitting on our doorstep that had arrived in the mail. Since my mother-in-law has downsized to a smaller house and seems to be making a habit of vacationing over the holidays since she got remarried, she decided she didn't need her Christmas decorations and sent them all to us. I wasn't planning on decorating for Christmas this year at all, because we already have so much stuff to put away and organize, but her decorations made me happy. We aren't going to keep all of them, but I have put up some of the things that I like. They make it feel more like Christmas, and I am grateful for that.

Third, I started a new job today. Peter's family runs a skin care company called MiraCell, and they have hired me as an executive assistant. I can already tell it will be a much better job than my current job. It will actually require that I use my brain, and I might even learn some new skills while I'm at it. I'm pretty excited to have a job that won't be so monotonous. However, I will still be working for Trump University part-time in the evenings. We'll see how it goes!

Photos of the house

And please try to ignore the boxes/trash that appear in many of the photos. :-) We're still not done unpacking.

Our new house

We have our house! We moved in the day before Thanksgiving, and then left for a long weekend in St. George, UT with some friends. It was really nice to have the break, but it was also a little bit overwhelming to come home to such a huge mess. We have spent as much time as we could since then unpacking, although we also had to spend quite a bit of time cleaning our old place and helping my father-in-law move, since he decided to move out when we did. My apologies that I have not taken pictures to post of our new house. Today is the first day where a few of the rooms actually look presentable enough to photograph, and I am too tired from unpacking all day long to take any right now.

Just wanted to let you know we are in the new house, and everything is going great! If you need our new address for any reason, leave me a message and I will email it to you. Pictures will be coming soon!

Time for a post

Seeing as how the month of November is more than halfway over, I thought it was time for an update. We are hoping to sign papers for our house on Monday or Tuesday of next week, and hoping to be able to move in on Saturday. We don't know for sure if either of those things will happen, but we seem to be almost done with our house-buying adventure!

This evening through a small miracle we were able to get most of our things packed. I was feeling really overwhelmed before, but now the moving part of buying a house feels a lot more manageable. :-) It is nice to have things out of the way, and to know that in our new house we will have more than enough space for everything that we own.

Last Sunday we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Harris side of the family because Peter's grandparents are going out of town for the real Thanksgiving. It worked out well for us because we are going to be out of town on the real Thanksgiving too, so we originally thought we would just miss out on it. And who could be oppposed to eating two delicious Thanksgiving dinners? I think they will be spaced just far enough apart so that we don't get tired of Thanksgiving foods.

There's your update!

Car Wash

This morning when I went out to my car, I discovered that it had been egged. I was pretty sad about it, because I think egging is just about the meanest prank you can do because it is so destructive. Of course, I had come outside with just barely enough time to get to work, so I had to leave the eggs on my car. And it snowed all day long today. I spent a lot of the day worrying that I had frozen eggs on my car and they would never, ever come off, but I decided to go to a car wash on my way home anyway. I work right next to Ikea, so I went to the Super Tunnel Car Wash that is also right next to Ikea, and the guy there was amazing. Even though, like I said, it was cold and snowy, he spent a long time scrubbing my car and getting all the egg crap off before he sent it through their washer. He was really happy and smiley and it just made my day. I was only sorry I didn't have cash to tip him. So here is my tip instead. If you ever are in need of a car wash and happen to be by Draper, go to the Super Tunnel Car Wash!

Goodbye Brig!

This is me and my cousin Brig. He wasn't too thrilled about having his picture taken, so this was the only one that we took.


Today we had the opportunity to pick up my cousin Brigham from the airport and drop him off at the MTC. Unfortunately, I had to work and wasn't able to hang out with him the whole time between when we picked him up and when Peter dropped him off. However, after I left he got to hang out with Sara and Peter at BYU where they enjoyed Jamba Juice and the BYU Museum of Art. When I got home from work this evening, I realized that his bag of toiletries was still in my car, so I got to go back to the MTC to drop them off for him. (They said it wouldn't be a problem. Apparently it happens all the time.) Hopefully he didn't forget anything else that he needs. So thanks Aunt Barb for letting us pick him up, and good luck Brig!

New Job etc.

So since we've been home, I have been sending out a few job applications here and there. I wasn't looking too seriously for a job because I wanted to know where we were going to live so I could get something close since I wasn't very optimistic about getting a job that I liked (i.e. a museum job). One of the places I applied to called me in for an interview, and they liked me so much they offered me the job on the spot. It's not the greatest job in the world, but it will be nice to have a paycheck. Today was my first day. I work in student services for Trump University, which is an online school that Donald Trump started so that other people can learn how to be rich like he is. I take calls from people who are registering for classes and events, and then I call people to remind them to come to the events they signed up for.

This evening, we went to Sizzler for dinner and got steaks, because we got a coupon for them in the mail. My expectations were definitely exceeded. My steak was amazing, and their salad bar was really good too. Peter didn't get so lucky with his steak, unfortunately. So Dad, next time you're in town, we just might have you take us to Sizzler for steaks. :-)

Did I ever write on here that we had an offer accepted on a house? I'm not sure. Anyways, it is in Bountiful, but we're running into all kinds of problems with it so we are still looking at other houses. It has been frustrating because we thought we were done and would be into our house by Halloween, and now we'll probably have to rush to be into any house by the end of November. Oh well.