State Board...CHECK.

whew. i felt like that lifehouse song (i just am listening to it and thought hey thats what i felt like!) where it says "catch your breathe...hit the wall" . thats about where i was after the tests. i woke up at 3:30 this morning, wide awake unable to put my mind back to sleep. i woke up at 12:20 or so and thought it was morning, then again maybe 2, and then at 3:30 but didnt fall back asleep so i got up at 4. and decided since i was so wide awake maybe it was a blessing in disguise since i had made cookies yesterday that took up WAY more time than i planned, and i didnt have time to go thru the whole testing process on my own. and i didnt get to finish reviewing all my material i wanted to. so i studied. and it paid off i think on the written part of the exam. i feel like i did good on that. as for the "practical" aka not how aestheticians will really work, because the "practical" is totally IMPRACTICAL things, i dont know yet. i will not know for sure on both parts of the exam until 3-4 WEEKs. yes, weeks. usually its 1 week, but in my case Christmas had to come and delay them ... really though that seems like a LONG time. so i am just waiting until then and hoping and praying i passed it. audrey bless her soul was my model, and i gotta say i knew it would be this way, and i was right, it would stink to be a model. you have to deal with not being able to talk or do anything or move really, and not getting hot towels because you can't use their sinks, and having a facial (if you can call it that with all the testing and talking and instructions and observing going on), sitting in a chair with no head rest. she was sitting in a chair that was the same one they use for cutting hair.... yeah, crappy. and i had to REALLy wax one of her eyebrows (i purposely didnt get any hair i dont think), and use a hard wax on the upper lip. so i dont think she got the "SPA" treatment she deserves ! i owe her big time though cause i dont know where else i would get a model so accomodating! she had her hair pulled back tight and was very reliable, and that helps when you are stressing about everything else. so anyways, i feel okay about how everything went. one thing, when i was draping the model, i didnt have a huge gown for them like everybody else did... i just had a towel around her shoulders/neck.... so that might be off.. its hard because i did this test on my own... no help. no instructor went over it with me, no classmates were even available to help me go thru the bag and set up and special things they look for... so i was winging it the best i could...lets hope it flies! but im finished at least for a while. i dont have to worry about it. its so nice to get things like this out of the way... theres nothing i can do right now to change the results. and that is actually a relief. its like i can just breathe and relax and stop worrying about this and that, and how hey want this and how they want to see that.... or at least how i THINK they want this or that... i was blessed though. i think i didnt okay. i didnt forget anything that i can think of that i knew about. and so lets hope i didnt just not get taught some things (which very well could happen). but my mind was able to think. and i was able to stay reasonable calm. my cheeks were pretty red toward the end. i was tired, because it was after 10, and i hadnt had anything to eat or drink since before 6:30 am, and i was just so exhausted or stressed, i was just sweating and my face was red, and it was sort of wierd.. i was like short of breathe almost.. ya know that feeling sometimes... then i took the written exam, and that was 110 questions, went well...then i got done, and had to walk to the front of the building (i had to exit the back doors and walk around the building) and called Dan from their phone (my purse was in audreys car, but they wouldnt let me talk to her before they made her leave the testing facility, so i had no choice but i watch my money and phone drive away. i did however have my makeup in my kit i had with me, so i did makeup... i went to a grocery store next door's bathroom (and realy wished i had mywallet) and did my makeup..), so i was waiting at 11:15, i was all ready to go , but dan had just gotten to his 11 appt. so i had to wait until 1:15, which really stunk. but i was blessed, i had prayed that i wouldnt be starving and going crazy because i knew wouldnt have lunch or a snack or drink very soon today, and i was okay until Dan picked me up. and then i got realy thirsty and hungary... but it was a rough morning. just so long and tense. the kind that makes you want to sleep in all day tomarrow. and soak in a hot tub and do nothing! anyways...thats not likely to happen because too much is going on! we delivered some of the cookies had made and then had tithing settlement, and now am just getting ready for beddy... We fly to Utah sunday morning, i think for a week or 6 days or something. anyways, long enough post for you all? Good night!

State Board Here I Come. Ready or not!

So. after many bad dreams since i turned in my state board packet (mostly of not having any supplies and having mary as my model and having her talking the whole time (strictly forbidden) and not having any supplies or instruction for the testing, and using blue cake frosting as her makeup foundation and the red frosting (really bright) as her lipstick... and failing of course, and some other bad dreams along those lines) i Finally got my date. and its sooner than i expected, mostly because i havnt been getting the mail the last few days, everytime i went down there i forgot the key... so anyways, its TUESDAY DEC 19!!! thats only 5 days away. so any of you in casa grande who want to be waxed, i need practice... i bought a brand of wax i havnt used, because i couldnt find the brand i was used to using at school. AND my school doesnt have a hard wax to practice with, and i will have to use one of those at the test, so i need to practice with that. the trick with hard waxes is there is no strip you lay on the wax to pull it off, there is only the wax, it hardens as is cools, so you have to flick up an edge and then use the wax itself to pull it off. anyways, wish me good luck, and if you can , pray for me! im a little nervous since its been 2 months since i graduated and i havnt been doing this everyday. or really any days. there is a 90 minutes written test, and a 2 1/2 hour practical exam , i think. im not sure if the 2 1/2 hours includes the written or if thats a separate time frame.... lets hope it does. they dont allow snacks, and its at 8 oclock in the morning. and if i fail the test i have to pay $140 all over again, and so i really dont want to do that. anyways, wish me luck and if you need waxing call me!

Picture THis!

My baby this week (week 24 by the way) is about 1.5 pounds, and has gained 1/4 lb since last week. my uterus is the size of a soccer ball now, according to babycenter.com. kind cool eh? and they say he may be responding to loud noises now, which i have noticed! the other day when i was vacumming, he was kicking like crazy. and yesterday when i was washing the car we had a nozzle hooked up to the hose so it would be pressured, and it was kinda loud, and he was moving around when i had the hose...funny huh?

ZALES SCAM!

OKay, so i know Zales isnt the only store who does this, there is actually probably a smaller number of stores who DONT do this, but i saw this commercial today and its a scam! they advertise 15% off (Which REALLY, if you run into the store for 15% off you have a problem anyways), but then the small fine print at the bottom says "Origional prices may not reflect an actual sale". HELLO!!! we raised our price to have a "sale". anyways i thought that was so dumb. and then Papa Johns commercial came on, and im really hungary... so me and dan are
ordering that sometimes next week... :)

Bye mom!

The house behind our lot is the same house we are getting.





here are a couple pictures we took before my mom left town yesterday, to remember her by. and i also posted a picture of our new lot! they say 120 days out, which is one day (1!!) after i am due. and i talked to some people who lived in a house from that builder and they said they didnt move their date at all. so we MAY be in earlier than i had thought! i was thinking it would be at least end of april, or may. but 1st of april they are expecting to be done, and we picked out our upgrades/options yesterday. that was exciting, but also a little more expensive than we had thought. you really had to upgrade a lot, and i think since the house is fairly large it was more than i thought. for instance, you had to upgrade the inside doors because they came as FLAT doors. flat like the wall flat! i was really surprised at that. anyways we had fun with my mother while she was here. it went by SO fast though. i cant believe she is already home in alaska. we had our ward Christmas party last night, that was fun. its hard to socialize with people though when everybody is just sitting at a table. then audrey had hers this MORNING at 7:30 am. thats right. a ward Christmas Party at 7:30 in the morning. is that not crazy!? but i gotta hand it to em, they had a great breakfast, and the kids were in a little Christmas play, very cute. they even had real palm leaves covering the stable. and audrey has a new foster baby, hes 18 months, 35 pounds. HUGE. but seems to be a real sweet kid. comes from severe neglect and some abuse it looked like. it was really sad. audrey said they bathed him twice last night, and this morning, because he smelled so bad, like bugs and dirt, and like he hadnt had a bath in a LONG time. poor little guy. they didnt even have any clothes for him because Child Services said when they took him all his clothes were covered in cocroaches and they could only find 1 diaper, and the only food in the house was some cheese crackers... its horrible what happens to little babies at no fault of theirs. but audrey will probbaly have him a while, he's a long term for now i think. anyways, here are some pics.

Poll is in!

Well the poll is in, 17 votes we had. Boys won!
actually based on numbers, girls should have won. it was 6 votes for boys vs. 11 votes for girls. congradulations boy voters! you win!

You must have been a beautiful baby!!

what a cute baby.

a little foot...
here is one of the 3D ones






here are some pictures! how cute. and sorry these are not so clear, i had to take a picture of a picture to get them up. and i know that doesnt make for the best quality....