I want a kitty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnagRjxp7v4&feature=channel

I saw this video on facebook and loved it! It made me want a cat.  Jacob and I almost had a cat a few months ago.  It was in November and on our way into our apartment one day I saw this tiny little kitty.  I felt so bad for him because he was so tiny and looked so cold sitting there in the snow.  So I picked him up and decided to name him Gary.  I convinced Jacob that we needed to take care of Gary because he was so cold and so little and so hungry.  So we made a little bed out of a basket and a towel and put it on our front porch.  We put out tuna and milk every day for Gary.  One night a big fat ugly cat was eating Gary's food and so Jacob threw an oreo at him.  Then he kept whipping the door open because he wanted to catch the fat cat in the act again so he could dump water on him. Haha but bottom line: We loved Gary! One night we even followed kitty footprints all over our apartment complex looking for Gary because we hadn't seen him all day.  But then the next day, he came to our apartment with a collar on!!! So Gary was cheating on us that whole time! He had two owners!! Needless to say, we took his bed inside and have not put food out for him since.  Haha, but I can't wait until we can get a house so we can get our own cute little kitty!!

-Tracey

Rexburg Winter!

This is my first winter in Rexburg and it is cold! Right now it's -15 and -27 with the wind chill. I didn't know it was possible to get this cold! Luckily since Jacob and I go to school during the summer and fall semesters, we don't have to walk around campus in this weather.  We're just both working full-time at Melaleuca right now.  Jacob works from 6-3 and I work from 10-7 every day.  This is our first week with us both working our full time shifts and it's going pretty good. We've been going to bed at 10:00 every night so that Jacob can wake up at 5:00 and get ready for work and I can roll out of bed at 5:40 and drive him to work.  I thought it would be kind of hard for me to adjust to spending my mornings getting stuff done around the house, instead of the evenings, but it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be.  The worst part for me has been that Jacob and I don't get to spend any time together from 6am-7pm.  I know that sounds lame, but we're used to seeing each other pretty often throughout the day in between our classes.  But at least we've been able to spend our evenings together watching TV shows and working out and eating dinner.  


So anyway, I kind of got off-topic there, but the main point was I'm really grateful we're not in school this semester, AND I'm not a fan of Rexburg winters.


My sister sent me the picture below and I couldn't stop laughing. Any ideas what the heck it is?? Haha
-Tracey

Booty Pop!

K, so everyone remembers the Bump-it, and Snuggie infomercials, and how ridiculous they are.  I found a new one on my sister's facebook page and I couldn't help but post it. Hahaha. Enjoy :)
Booty Pop!
-Tracey

New Traditions

This is our Christmas ornament. I think traditions are great and every family should have them. If you ask me I cant remember any really huge or significant Christmas traditions in my family. (Mom or Dad if you want to jump in here and let me know of any I've forgotten, that'd be great) I mean, we would have one person be “Santa” and give out the presents every year. We would all put on ornaments together as a family. We would watch “A Christmas Story” every year. (You'll shoot your eye out!) Our traditions were simply and subtle I guess. Tracey and I have decided to purchase a Christmas ornament every year that we are married. I just think it'll be awesome in 40 years or so to hang forty ornament on our tree marked with each year we've been together.

On a completely separate note; school went great last semester. I got all B's in my classes. My calculus class went great and I would've gotten an A if it hadn't of been for the great habit I got into during high school; the habit of not doing my homework. Ugh. I'm kicking myself in the face now thinking about it. Oh well, I've gotten all B's so I'm happy.

My History of Economic thought was hard and a real pain to get through. It was rewarding though, because it made me think in depths about a range of different subjects. We had to write an 8 to 10 page paper almost every week on different subjects including Wal-mart, health care, and the cause of the great depression. It was a real eye opener. I think a lot of Americans don't really think about important issues as much as they should. The general feel seems to be “If the idea sounds good, go for it! Ah, don't worry about it, we'll work out the details when people start complaining.”

I got a full time shift at Melaleuca. I will be working 6am to 3pm. This is great because I'll be done at 3 and have the rest of the day the goof off. Tracey will be working until 7, so that'll suck, but we'll have the evenings together to watch the new season of LOST and work out.

There are some more pictures of me putting up the lights and of our tiny Christmas tree. Enjoy!
-Jacob

 

Our tiny Christmas tree!

Jacob putting up Christmas lights in our window :)

 

The presents for our families! 

 

Christmas, movies, and grades!

It's Christmas! Jacob and I are down here with my family for the weekend.  We thought we were going to be able to sleep in today but we were woken up at 7:40 to eat breakfast and then open presents.  I'm happy about my presents; it's one of the first years I didn't know a lot of the presents I was getting! I got the first two seasons of Alias from my parents which I am really excited about because Jacob and I just finished the fifth season of Lost and we need a new series to watch until the sixth season of Lost comes out on February 2nd. Since we don't have cable, we just watch TV series's. :) I also got 3 DVD's : The Proposal, The Golden Compass, and Baby Mama. 

I got a pair of brown dress shoes and three pairs of earrings from Jacob --that I picked out :)  But then he suprised me with the book Blindside--the one that the movie was based on.  Speaking of that my sister, Rachel, and I went and saw Blindside last night while Jacob and my brother, Jacob went and saw Avatar--Blindside was soo good! I loved it.  Sandra Bullock was really good in it--she made me laugh pretty hard.  Jacob loved Avatar--he wants me to go see it with him once we get back to Rexburg.

One more exciting thing--we found out our grades for the Fall Semester yesterday!

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I got 5 A's and 1 A-!  I'm really happy with those grades.  It's funny though because my A- was in my easiest class--I just always skipped that class in order to work on stuff for my other classes :)  The most exciting part for me though is that I got an A on my portfolio for my Observation and Assessment class.  The portfolio was a semester-long project and therefore, since I was working on it all semester, it was stressful for me to decide it was done and turn it in.   Partway through the semester, I had a dream that I turned it in, and my teacher gave me a C! And in my dream, I went to him and said "I don't deserve this; give me a better grade!" Haha luckily that didn't have to happen in real life!
-Tracey

Relaxation

I'm here at Dave's house playing video games and relaxing.  Its nice to have this day to relax after school has gotten out and before I start my full-time shift at Melaleuca.  We are leaving to go to Tracey's parent's house Wednesday night.  I'm going to put a book onto my I-pod to listen to on the way down (thanks dad).
-Jacob

We finally got a blog!

We finally got around to making a blog! Now that we're done with the semester, we'll actually have time to update it.  Our camera isn't the greatest camera right now, but we're hoping to get a new one soon so we can put up better pictures.


On Wednesday, we'll be going down to Utah to visit my family for Christmas.  We'll be back up in Rexburg by Monday, and Jacob's parents are coming up here to stay with us for a few days.  


It's our first Christmas together and we've gotten some Christmas decorations for our apartment.  Pictures to come soon!
-Tracey