What do I know.

So, I recently took after my sisters and made a lengthy list.  Mine is of house projects I would like to do, or save up for (is more realistic).  My first project was to move my birthday present from Jeremy, a Pacific State fire hydrant, from my patio so we wouldn't be the junk yard neighbors. Birthday Present 2010 Pre Make Over Although it was a good looking hydrant before I started working on it, our patio is only 10' and it was a little out of place, and in the way. A little TLC is understatement.  I took the entire hydrant apart (hydrant anatomy lesson post forthcoming), drilled new holes in different pieces, greased it up, repainted it, designed and implemented a new plumbing system and........ VOILA!!! I had a brand new sprinkler for our flower bed/veggie garden.  Note:  there are three sprinklers built into the hydrant, which I might have connected to our landscape sprinkler system without permission from the HOA.  Also n...

There are plenty of things I should have blogged about. But let's face it....I'm not much for correspondence. And really no one reads my blog so I guess no one's missing out. Here's a quick update. I graduated from college with a bachelors degree in business (and a slight emphasis in entrepreneurship). I'm not an entrepreneur. I got a promotion at work. It officially starts July 1. I'll be a manager in the public works department at the city I work for. It's exciting, and sad, and exciting. Water will always have my heart. That's probably enough for updates really. I turned my business class blog into a blog to dump some of my old writing onto...and any new stuff....if there is ever any new stuff. But I'm not a writer, so don't get too excited. But I do wonder what someone might think, morbid curiosity I guess. http:// iwroteiwrite . blogspot .com See you in 4 months. akh

We've reached the end of Love Month, and probably my daily blogging...don't be so relieved. =P But I'll try and put a couple up each week...if I can. I heard that next month is Green Month, I like that. I'll check into it. So here is my last Love Month post until 2011. I Love.... Myself....I guess Is that conceited? I mean, I know I'm not the center of anyone's universe or anything, but I think I'm pretty great. I'd probably be friends with myself. There's definitely things about myself I"m not super fond of but, since it's love month here's what I like: 1. My interesting past experiences. (I'm not super ashamed about them, I think they make me interesting, even now when I feel like I've lost most of my strange personality to being a grownup) - My old dress habits (Loved that UTA shirt) - Misc. criminal mischief and subsequent dealings with the justice system (I don't think I"ll list those.) ...

I Love.... I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love the knowledge I have that I have a Heavenly Father who not only loves me but knows me and is aware of me every day. I love talking about the principles of the gospel with people. I love that the gospel is so simple, and so powerful. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord JEHOVAH is my trength and my song; he also has become my salvation. - 2 Nephi 22:2 / Isaiah 12:2

I really really love....Books! Really if you know me at all, you probably already knew that. Of all the inanimate objects in the world, I love books the most. Maybe even over some dogs, or people too. There was a time in my life I remember that reading and books weren't something I was interested in. Kindergarten, I had to be forced to try reading. First grade, I feel like I was pretty indifferent. But after that, it clicked. Aside from my mom making us love books, my second grade teacher, Mrs. Scalise, was prettty good influence too. She would read to us, and make it exciting and fun. She would even let me borrow her books. (I might even still have one on my bookshelf) I became obsessed. I don't know how many nights I've stayed away with my lamp on until I've finished a book, or even how much water I wasted sitting in the bathtub until I got to the last page. I think my second grade teacher regretted it later, I had her in fifth grade too, and she co...

I Love....Being Semi-Debt Free! I get a lot of anxiety when I have a balance on a credit card, or a loan balance. Since I got my tax refund, which was extra fat this year thanks to my tuition credit and mortgage interest, I was able to pay off my student loan. A huge relief! Now I can officially say, I am only house poor, not school poor and house poor and car poor and credit card poor. Hurray! Progress.

I Love.....and maybe hate a little....Computers We definitely have a rocky relationship. Some of the things I love include: 1. Shopping Online (I love not having to go into a store) 2. Typing (this could be anything really, even just for fun. I'll post some great typing games next love month..stay tuned) 3. A Central Hub (one place I can dump everything in my life and no that if I look hard enough I can always find it later.) 4. People I've Met (I'm not an avid chatroomer or big supporter of meeting people online, but I have incidently met some great people over the last 14+ years) 5. The Answer To Most Of My Questions (just a google search away) Things I hate about computers: 1. That people try to make me fix them. 2. People try to make me teach them stuff. 3. That I know enough to help people, but not enough to be smart about it. 4. Mainly anything where computers is 100% my job, not a fan. My work computer w/a new ginormous monitor...it...