Missing In Action

I know a lot of you have been wondering why I have been M.I.A. Well The short answer is I have been super busy at work. One of my Directors is on maturity leave and so I am not only doing my job but hers as well. By the time I get home and do all the other none work related things on my to do list it leaves little time to even check my emails let a lone write a blog post. Well Today I have a moment to write a post so I will get everyone up to speed as to what has been happening over this last month and a half.
First off I Have Great News!!!
Most of you that read this blog know that I am a Administrative Director over two Learning Center. You may be asking yourself "What does a Administrative Director Do?"
ANSWER: In my case, I handle all the Human resource, budgeting, some accounting, marketing, advertising, insurance, I am head of the management team, I write grant proposals, oversee grant fulfillment's etc, etc.
Basically I handle the "business" end of the company, and have taken over 90% of the owner's responsibilities. I have around 50 employees that I manage with help from the two center directors and three assistant directors. Ok now that you all know a little background about what I do for a living I can tell you the Great news...... as you can see I put the words "I write grant proposals" in bold well that is because that is where the great news is coming from. Up until about three months ago most of the grant proposals I have written have been for a rather small amount of money. Well, three months ago I wrote a grant proposal that would give the company almost triple digits worth of monies over the next three years. This grant proposal was by far the largest and the most intense proposal I have ever written. To tell the truth I did not think we would even get it. BUT Last month we received a letter in the mail informing us that our proposal has been excepted!!! I am so happy that we will be received this funding to improve a current program in our company. As this was a huge accomplishment for me Eddie surprised me with a celebration weekend get away. I know I know I am the world's luckiest woman, Eddie is the best. Thanks honey I love you so so much.
Like I said this was a surprise so as I got ready Friday night for our normal date night I really had no idea what Eddie has in store. All he told me was that I needed to bring a change of clothing. The first thing on Eddies list of wonderful surprises was he took me to feed the ducks, which was great because I had been asking him if we could fed the ducks for months.

From there Eddie took me to the Gateway Mall for a mini shopping spree. Eddie let me pick out a few new really cute outfits. I love going shopping with Eddie he always makes me feel good about the outfits I pick out but is honest with me when he doesn't like them.

After we shopped until we dropped, Eddie drove us to the Hotel Monaco downtown and informed me that we would be staying there for the night. I was so excited, not only was it a great hotel but we were in the heart of downtown.

After we settled in to the Hotel, Eddie told me that we could go anywhere I wanted to go for a night on the town, dinner and drinks were on him. We ran through a list of about a million places that would be great to hang out for the night and I finally decided on the dueling piano bar right next door to the hotel called "Keys on Main". We got there at about nine sat down had dinner then sang a long to songs, talked, laughed and just enjoyed the night until about one in the morning when we decided to head back to the Hotel and call it a night.

The next morning we got up and ate the best eggs Benedict I have ever had in the hotel restaurant. It was by far the best celebration for an accomplishment I have ever had. I have the world best husband and it was the worlds best time!!!

Well obviously that is not the only thing I have done in this past month but I think it is a good start. I will make another post very soon. Thanks for reading my blog!!!

The First Camping Trip of the Season

Last weekend we went on a wonderful camping trip. YES it was cold, YES it rained, YES it snowed. but we still had the best time ever. We took our new tent trailer out for the first time and it has proven to be a great buy. We went to South Willow for the weekend and our friends Sam and Bryce brought out their trailer and joined in the fun. Our Friends Neil and Sarah let us use their four wheeler, which was super fun. Here are some fun random pictures from the trip Enjoy!!!!

At It Again

With as many posts as we have made on remodeling our house you would think that we would be done by now. Although I would be elated if we were done we still have about 4 (maybe 5) areas of our home that still need to remodel.

Our current project is the back yard. This remodel is one I have been excited to get started ever since we finished the kitchen (which was the most important remodel in my eyes).

Our main focus is rebuilding the covered patio, putting in a small pond, improve the landscaping and re-vamping the brick BBQ/Fire-pit. Since the back yard is still a work in progress I only have before and tear down pictures to share.

Before I share these picture with you all I would like to give special thanks to my Brother In Law Craig for his 8 o'clock wake up call, his wonderful weather watching and last but not least his help in tearing down the old patio cover!!!

I will post after pictures once we are finished with the back yard!!!

Fireproof!!!!

Last night Eddie and I watched the movie Fireproof it came highly recommended to us by my awesome sister-in-law Ashli. This movie was amazing to say the least. If you are married you need to see this movie regardless of what stage or situation you are in your marriage you need to see this movie.

Eddie and I have a very good marriage we have not seen a lot of hard times these past 2 years(almost three years) we have been together. Don't get me wrong we have had our far share of difficult issues, but I would not say we have had that"hit rock bottom" issue that seems to be impossible to get out of. But I do realize that all marriage will have what seems like impossible to fix issues come up. Eddie and I are very proactive in the fact that we want to be as prepared as possible to deal with these issues, when they do come up. We read relationships books together and try everyday to do what the books tell us to do. But every once in a while it is good to have a reminder that you need to do more than just try, you need to work hard on your relationship with your spouse and god everyday.

This movie really gave me a new veiw on faith, marriage and love, it has the same message a lot of the books we have been reading........ but it really put into prospective for me.

I am going to say it again EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!! IT IS RELATIONSHIP CHANGING. And I don't want to hear our relationship is fine we don't need it. There is nothing wrong with always reaching for better when it comes to you marriage no matter how good it is.

Without giving to much away I have to say when the father was talking to his son by the cross and the son finally got what love was all about, love for god how god loves us and love for his wife I was in tears. Really really good tears.

If you are interested in learning more check out the website you can subscribe to update and read articles (I did) http://www.fireproofmymarriage.com/

Oh and on a side note Aubrey and her husband watched the movie last night also. She loved it. You should check out her blog to see what she had to say.

Scores!!!

Here arte the final scores on the quiz...... Drumb roll please!!!!


First Place Goes to: Beckah She got 8 out of 10


Second Place Goes to: Ashli and Sam they both got 7 out of 10



Third Place Goes to: Jael She got 6 out of 10



So Here are the correct Answers........

1. I am deathly afraid of spiders. : this is False I am not afriad of spiders but I do have a fear of Katydid bugs (google for pictures)

2. I have a small tattoo on my hip of a frog: This is False I have never had a tatoo and will never get one, but for some reason everyone thinks I have one.

3. In High School I could Rollerblade and do tricks on half pipes: This is True I was a big into aggrestive rollerblading in high school.

4. My dream car is a Jeep Wrangler: This is true... Although I have sold my jeep for a different vehicale it is still number one in my book.

5. I had my tongue pierce when I was 18. This one is true I had my tongue pierced one day, yes one day it was the dumbiest thing I did out of peer pressure LOL.

6. I love to cook, it is one of my favorite things to do. This is True. I just love to cook.

7. I am pretty into sports but my favorite sport is soccer. This is false I love all sports excepts soccer. Softball and baseball are my all time favorite.

8. I enjoy a good scary movie. False, I hate hate hate scary movies.

9. I really enjoy crafts I love pottery, making Jewelry, painting and scrap booking. this is true I am just a craft kind of girl.

10. I have been in 7 car accidents and Only 2 were my fault. This is very much True I have been in 7 car accidents and yes only two were my fault.

So there you have it. This was so much fun.

Brittany Quiz

For the simple fact that I really can't think of anything to write about at the moment and it has been almost two weeks since my last post I thought I would see how well all of my readers know me.

Here are the Rules:

• Below you will read 10 statements you need to determine if these statements are true or False.
• Leave your answers in the comment box below. Example: 1) T 2) F

Oh and Eddie I expect 100 percent from you!!!

1. I am deathly afraid of spiders.

2. I have a small tattoo on my hip of a frog.

3. In High School I could Rollerblade and do tricks on half pipes.

4. My dream car is a Jeep Wrangler.

5. I had my tongue pierce when I was 18.

6. I love to cook, it is one of my favorite things to do.

7. I am pretty into sports but my favorite sport is soccer.

8. I enjoy a good scary movie.

9. I really enjoy crafts I love pottery, making Jewelry, painting and scrap booking.

10. I have been in 7 car accidents and Only 2 were my fault.


So there you go!!! Lets see how well you do. I will post the answers in two days.

Happy Birthday Eddie!!!

Today is my wonderful husband's birthday!!!!! He is 26 years old. We had an awesome weekend celebrating with friends and family. I would elaborate on these celebrations but since it is Eddie's birthday I will let him do so on his blog. I just want Eddie to know that I love you more than anything on this earth and I am the luckiest woman alive to be able to call you my husband. You are one amazing man Eddie and never forget it.