Worst day ever.

I'm not sure if you heard, but we got a cat.

...We didn't mean to get a cat (in fact, I hate cats). It just sort of happened. His name is McGonagall (after Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter, of course). I found him at work one day last month.

I was just standing in the office at the school getting ready for the class I teach, when this cute cat started rubbing against my leg. Poor guy was starving and apparently was living inside the school and mooching off all the kids during lunch. They would save food especially for him. So cute.

Anyway, that's not the point of this post. The point of this post is to tell you that he is the worst cat in the world.

One day, we came home and weren't able to find him anywhere. We were searching everywhere. I thought for sure he was gone (and, don't tell Tyler...But, I was kind of relieved about it. He kind of smells)...Then I looked in the tree and there he was.


It was cute. Until he tipped over the tree and broke all of the ornaments.

He decided this was his new favorite past time, and proceeded to tip over the tree over and over and over (and over and over)...It now looks like this. And, I'm depressed. It won't straighten out. We are stuck with a whoville tree.



Moral of the story? Never get a cat.

Yahhhoooo

(picture from zonarosa.com)

Ever since we moved to Connecticut (you know, for that week?) Tyler has been regretting quitting at Bath and Body Works. He loved it there because of his awesome boss and the opportunity to work so closely with the customers.

This past week, he was offered another job with them (yeah!) and will be making significantly more money than he was making at Zija. In fact, he'll be making salary because he's going to be the new co-manager.

We are so excited about this! Both the money and the fact that Tyler will love his job again. It's a win win situation, for sure.

Nothing Really

Tyler and I feel really bad that we have nothing to blog about on this blog. I wish we had some really cool update or something, but we definitely don't.

We're both just busy busy (busy) with work and school. I throw in crafts to my day as well to support my blog baby. If you haven't already, you should become a follower! I almost have 200, so that's really exciting!

Hm, and to make this post a little less boring here's some pictures. Of Oscar, of course.

Yaaaahoooo!

Can't wait to watch! It's all DVRed and ready to go for when Tyler get's home!
(Have I meantioned how much I love that he watches all my shows with me?)

A few thoughts

It seems like lately, my miscarriage is on my mind a lot. I'm not sure why. It's just been lingering on my mind.
I was okay for the first few months afterward, but lately it's just hit me like a ton of bricks.
I feel so broken. And sometimes, I feel so hopeless.

It gets so frustrating, because Tyler and I both feel like it's time for us to have babies and it's just not working out for us.

So, rather than feeling horrible about myself 24/7, I decided that something had to be done to make me feel better. Then, I remembered an email that my (step) sister Abbie wrote me. I read that thing over and over. It was all about faith.

Suddenly, I realized why I was having such a hard time with all of this. I was lacking faith completely. Why didn't that click earlier?

So, I took her advice and began reading the Book of Mormon topically... I looked up faith, and the first scripture there was 1 Nephi 7:12

Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is able to do all things according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him? Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.

It's like that scripture was written for me, personally. I just need to have faith.
After reading that scripture, I immediately felt comforted.

Then, for some reason, I wanted to hear my favorite hymn, I Know That My Redeemer Lives, and I found this awesome video.




Wow.

"He lives to silence all my fears. He lives to wipe away my tears. He lives to calm my troubled heart. He lives all blessings to impart"

I am so blessed to be a part of such a wonderful church. I'm so blessed to be a daughter of our Heavenly Father, and to be able to feel as if his arms are around me when I need it most.

try not to fall too in love

...Because I already have.

We Moved!

Whoa. Has it been long enough since we last updated?

Since we wrote last, a lot has happened. Probably the biggest change that's happened in our life is that we have moved (finally) to a cute little apartment in Provo. It's been great to us so far, and we're loving being out on our own again. Our "move" Connecticut REALLY set us back, and we're finally back on our feet. It feels great!
I will post pictures of our cute little place soon. In the mean time, come over and play Rock Band or something!

On a different note...Does anyone have any good Crock Pot recipes? Tyler and I are trying our hardest to cook every night instead of eating fast food. So far, it's going well.
Once school starts, it might get a little hectic!