K, so I haven't been a good blogger lately. I have plenty to blog about, but my laptop is out of commission for the time being. Lucky I work for the company I do huh?! :) I am at work now, and it's quiet so I thought I would try to do the tags that I'm behind on. The first one is a Christmas Tag
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper.
2. Real tree or artificial? After this year... artificial! :)
3. When do you put your tree up? Whenever I get time to.
4. When do you take your tree down? The week after Christmas.
5. Do you like eggnog? Not really
6. Favorite gift recieved? I dont have a fav..I have loved all of them
7. Hardest person to buy for? Mom for sure!.. She gets herself what she wants. :)
8. Easiest person to buy for? Matt. I know what he needs and wants... Well, usually!
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No:(
10. Mail or E-mail christmas cards? Mail.. they mean more!
11. Worst Christmas present ever recieved? I don't think any are bad
12. Favorite/worst Christmas movie? Favorite..A Christmas Story or Christmas Vacation. No worst
13. When do you start shopping? First part of December
14. Have you ever recycled a gift?? Nope
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas time? Homemade candy for sure!
16. Lights on tree? White is my fav
17. Favorite Christmas song? No specific one
18. Travel on Christmas or stay at home? Stay home and a little travel
19. Can you name all of santa's reindeer? Sure can!
20. Angel on top of tree or star? Neither, but a star I like best
21. Open presents on Christmas eve? Yes, one, pajamas
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Crowded stores and rude people in a hurry
23. Favorite ornament? Don't have one.
24. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? We don't really have a Christmas Dinner, but Christmas breakfast is So Yummy! Almond pastry, and sausage/bread/egg something casserole.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Really.. nothing! I know huh?
26. Tag five friends... I tag Steph, Chelsea, Amanda, Kristi, and Heather
Here is the second one. ALL the things I've done are in BOLD.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (Middle school band)-I know. DORKY
4. Visited Hawaii- Lived there once actually
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain Too many to count!
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon - trained for one, until I hurt my leg. :(
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David lol... IN VEGAS
41. Sung karaoke If you count good ol Stadium Way! :)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant- No but we gave a homeless guy our Olive Garden leftovers at Temple Square. That has to count. He was so cute about it too. :)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - Ahh, I miss Cozumel
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris- Only in Vegas!
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling -Cozumel once again
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (Far too many!)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar- Yep, when I was younger
72. Tied a quilt- until my fingers felt like they were gonna bleed!
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades7
5. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy
So... There ya go! Sorry this is soooo LONG!! Hopefully I didn't bore ya to death! I know not having pictures is no fun, but I will post those when I get my laptop back! :)
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tagged... Twice!
Posted by Anonymous at 9:34 AM 4 comments
Friday, December 5, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Viva Las Vegas... or something like that
Anyways, later that night Mccall and Shaun went to the show O at Bellagio so Matt and I decided we would walk the strip and look for some ice cream. While walking the strip we saw many things.. Women wearing plastic looking dresses with zebra print high heels, Girls squeezing IN or falling OUT of something they call clothes, Many hand outs of naked women..(which by the way I grabbed one and chucked it back at the stupid guy) Seriously, get a real job! Oh that crap makes me mad. Sorry, back to my story.. Then we came to this statue... I couldn't post it.. I wouldn't want to offend anyone, but it was so funny. Lets just say they don't leave ANYTHING to the imagination. Only in Vegas! Well on our quest for ice cream we went into the forum shops at Caesars Palace. We come across this nice little place that was handing out samples of Gellato. It looks similar to ice cream but we were still not sure. So we tried the flavors, and decided to buy it. I was looking for the smallest size on their counter and the smallest one was a cone cup. I looked at the price and the sign says "Small $7.99" I thought to myself "gee, what a rip off, but it's Vegas so Oh well." We ordered up and got this awesome looking stuff with a wafer cookie, a chunk of chocolate, and half a snickers bar stuck in the top. I was thinking "thats spiffy." So we get to the register, the girl rings us up and the total comes up... $36.99. ( WHAT THE ????) is what went through our minds. Come to find out we had ordered the "mid size" not small. In fact, they didn't even have the small cups displayed. GO FIGURE! So we paid our price and I spent the rest of the time consoling Matt on his sticker shock. Ever spent $40.00 on an ice cream?? I didn't think so. :)
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I need to take a moment to tell you how grateful I am for my precious family, my wonderful friends. I love all of you, dearly. At this time, when I reflect about what I am thankful for, the most meaningful things in my life are those people who bring love, caring and tenderness to me.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Posted by Susan at 4:42 PM 1 comments
Monday, November 24, 2008
Tagged...
Well it has been quite a while since I updated last. Since Tia tagged me I finally have something to write about! Well, I did go to Vegas over the weekend but I will post some of those pics later! So here it goes...
7 things I can do
1. Walk in heels for hours
2. Help dig out vehicles in any mud or snow situation
3. Hike my butt off
4. Nails
5. Hair
6. Type fast
7. Remember just about everything
7 things I can't do
1. Play Basketball
2. Sing
3. Sew very well
4. Go to bed early (never happens)
5. Get my homework done
6. Wait for the Holidays with family
7. lose weight
7 things I say most often
1. Seriously?
2. That'll work!
3. Have a good one!
4. IT Services.. this is Trish
5. Love ya
6. Have a good night
7. Hi!
7 People I admire
1. My Mom & Dad
2. My siblings
3. Matt
4. people who treat others with respect
5. Anyone who shows common courtesy
6. Positive People
7. My friends
7 Favorite foods
1. Crab
2. Mashed Potatoes
3. Salad (any kind)
4. Steak
5. Bread (homemade is the best!)
6. Chocolate.. if that's considered food! :)
7. Cereal
7 people I tag
1. Kristi
2. Chelsea
3. Savannah
4. Amanda
5. Heather
6. Stephanie
7. Tanya
Posted by Anonymous at 1:38 PM 1 comments
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
MY TIME OFF
I had 4 days off, work!! It was great!!
We took a jog off the main road to see the Grand Canyon, South. We stopped at the Watchtower. I have seen it before, but the pictures are still awesome.
We laughed alot and had a great time.
Posted by Susan at 5:41 PM 2 comments
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
ELECTION DAY
I am only writing this, today, because I am completely dumb founded. It is election day. A day of renewal and I feel like our lives as we know it, will be over. I have watched the elections and the process to get us to this point. And I wonder what will happen to our country now.
I have always believed that hard work and faith in God and Country would get us through anything......Now I just don't know. I keep thinking, what did I miss? What does everyone think they know, that I don't. How in the world did I miss the idea that our new "President" would make everything perfect now? What part, of this whole bunch of crap, did I misunderstand?
I am not the smartest person in the world, but I know that this day, this election day, is a huge mistake. This great country that we lived in will not be the same. God be with us.
This man, Barack Obama, that everyone thinks will change the country for the better, will have a lot to prove to this woman. I hope he proves me wrong.
Posted by Susan at 9:41 PM 4 comments
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Update on us down in Vegas (remember us)
Hello! so I need to update my blogspot page but will take time so I am waiting for a day off. Just wanted to let everyone know what we are all up to. Jaxson and Alexa are doing amazing thus far in the school year both progress reports have come back straight A's, (please please let it be this way all year) Here is a picture I took of them before school I just love it.+of+Family+029.jpg)
Jaxson's head is doing well and he is back to his own tricks. In this next pic his head is caught in his scooter (don't ask) he got it locked and had to have Gave pry it off, (lack of common sense comes from the painter side)
We recently took a day trip to Red Rock for a day of hiking and Brody's first day out on one of our family outings, he did great while hiking we crossed paths with a HUGE great dane, brody just froze it was classic. Alexa thought it was a mini horse, we were sooo not expecting to see it come around the corner I was tooo shocked to get a pic. He was beautiful standing on all fours we looked almost eye to eye. I took a ton of pics of the scenery we actually found leaves changing on trees, yes I said trees not bushes. We came down a dirt road that was covered with yellow trees heres a pic
Work is still going well for me, I will be posting for a relief manager postion, and a Trainer position for January, I really want both so we will see. The move to Oregon is still up in the air we are still a little cautious with the economy don't want to make a huge jump so far and end up worse off than now with jobs. We recently did a pumpkin decorating contest at work and this is my teams pumpkin I am really proud of them, I gave them an idea and they all jumped in and worked together, we won last year first place, we had made our pumpkin look like the creapy character in the saw movies. Tell me what you think!
Nothing really too new coming up for us. I am making the kids and Gabe participate in a a BLM clean up day at Red Rock this saturday with my company they will be spending the day picking up liter, trail restoration it will be a good learning experience for us all. I will try and get pics. Gabe is doing well still trugging along he is sooo amazing with the kids as much as it is hard for him being laid off he jumps right in and helps make sure the kids get to school, helps with their homework, as much of an ass he can be he makes up for it being such a great family man. Well I know this was extremely long hope you all like it look for my page to be updated.
Posted by The Painters at 5:36 PM 1 comments
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
My Visit Home
This last weekend was a lot of fun! I went to Matt's cabin with his friends. We had a lot of good laughs. Our Food was awesome as usual and it was great weather! Only a few of us stayed over night but the next day we went to Strawberry Point and Cascade Falls. We took Andy and Nicole with us. We had a way good time. Thanks everyone!
Oh and here is my new decoration.. It was way too expensive, but I loved it. WELL WORTH IT
Posted by Anonymous at 8:03 PM 4 comments
Sunday, October 19, 2008
MY UPDATE
Yup, that is me in my new trailer. I look happy, Huh?
Bob is wondering how in the world we are going to pay for this thing.
Trish is helping fix us food! 

Mike Skinner, posing next to his Toyota. He knew I was taking pictures as fast as I could. He stopped long enough, for me to get this picture. This was before the race, just before practice. It was very cool, being so close to the drivers. Skinner has been my favorite truck driver because he is older, he drives a Toyota (like me), #5 is my lucky number and he is from a town called Susanville. It is destiny :)
He won the race!!!! The fireworks after, were very pretty!
Posted by Susan at 3:01 PM 2 comments
Friday, October 17, 2008
Tagged...
Since Kristi tagged me and I have no pictures of my apartment to post yet.. I will update by blog by doing the Tag!
8 TV shows I like to watch...
1-The Hills.. I know, I know but I love it
2- Dancing with the Stars
3- Greys Anatomy
4- Anything on the Food Network
5- Anything on HGTV
6-Chelsea Handler show on E
7-?
8-?
8 Places I like to eat..
1-Iggys
2-Texas Road House
3-Costa Vida
4-Brads
5-? I try to eat at home.. cheaper, healthier
6-?
7-?
8-?
8 Things I did today...
1- woke up
2- worked... still there!
8 Things I'm looking forward to..
1- The weekend
2- My paycheck
3- My next Vacation
4- Summer.. I know, I have a while :)
5- ?
6- ?
7- ?
8- ?
8 Things I can't live without...
1- My cell phone
2- Internet
3- Running water.. (same as you kris)
4- "ME" time
5- Lipgloss
6- Lotion
7- A gym
8- ? I'm too materialistic cause all the things I can think of I feel spoiled having. :)
Sorry I didn't fill out all 8 on any of them! I thought real hard of things, but I can't think of 8 for each! I'm just boring I guess! LOL
Posted by Anonymous at 1:51 PM 3 comments
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Quick Update
Posted by Anonymous at 10:44 PM 2 comments
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Finally Here..
Well everyone, I'm finally moved in! Ok, not completely. I still have many boxes to unload, but I'm here. I started my first day of work today. Wow! It's way way different! I think I'm really going to like it. It is a lot of multi-tasking, but hopefully I can handle it! I just hope I don't make too many mistakes!!! The people I work with are all real nice so hopefully all goes well in that department!
Sorry I have no pictures to post of my lovely apartment. It has boxes all around and no couch yet. I will post some of the before, and after. That is when I can afford to decorate it! LOL No high hopes now... just cause I want to be an interior designer doesn't mean this will be spectacular!!
I miss everyone so much!!! Especially Mom and Matt. It is so wierd to not see them all day. I usually always see one of them or both of them so this is a big adjustment all on its own! Wish me luck and please pray for me that I can adjust well!!! I love you all and I will keep ya all posted!
Posted by Anonymous at 9:30 PM 5 comments
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
EMPTY NEST
Life changes, doesn't it? The older I get the more I like things to stay the same. So everyday I have to work on all the changes that happen. In a few weeks, my life will change, dramatically. I will experience what it is really like to have an empty nest. My beautiful, baby girl is going to move on, in her life. It is not just the fact that she is moving away, but she is leaving a job, that she has helped me, make a success.
I guess it is time for me to grow up, without her. She has always taken care of me. She worries about me and watches out for me. Her and I have always had a little thing we say about how our places in Heaven were reversed. We think she was my Mom and I was her child before we came to Earth. But Heavenly Father thought we needed to learn something by switching us around.
Trish, I will never be able to express how much I love and appreciate you. You have been my rock, my friend and my angel. I want you to know I am very proud of you! I only want you to be happy in whatever you do. Wherever you go....I will be there.
Thank you for all you do for me. You have helped me be heathier. You have listened to me when I was down. You are a wonderful example to me. You are amazing.
I love you, Baby. Be happy! I will miss you. I know my little bird will spread her wings and fly! Be brave. Be strong. Remember who you are and what you stand for :)
Posted by Susan at 8:09 PM 4 comments
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM, ITS NOT MUCH BUT ITS SOMETHING. WE LOVE YOU AND ARE SORRY THAT WE HAVE MISSED YET ANOTHER BIRTHDAY WITH YOU. HOPE THIS VIDEO HELPS.
Posted by The Painters at 8:16 PM 3 comments
Busy,busy..FUN week and Happy Birthday too!!
Hey Everyone! So I'm trying to be better about updating this blog. This last week has been quite eventful so we'll see if I can fit it all in. A week ago Sunday, Matt and I took an afternoon trip down to Red Cliffs. It was pretty fun since we never go there, and neither of us have been there for years! Then, This past weekend we went on an overnight camping trip to Zion. We ended up camping by the river about 15 minutes outside the main entrance of Zion. Lets just say it was a place to sleep cause other than that... it was NOT the greatest campsite. I wont complain though... it was free! :) I always love a good deal. On Saturday we got up and headed into the park. OH MY WORD.... I think ALL of God's countries were there and I mean ALL!!! I go to Zion quite often, and at all times of the year and this was the most annoying, uncomfortable, stinky (yes, I mean smell) frustrating trip I've ever had! I'm not complaining so don't get me wrong cause Matt and I had a good time hiking the Narrows, but holy crap why don't foreign countries sell deoderant???? I was amazed when Matt and I hopped on the shuttle and were overpowered by the smell of B.O!!!! It was so bad I'm not kidding we were gagging! After a minute of holding our noses we opted out of that shuttle!! We waited for the next one in hopes of less smelly foreign people. So.. of course being Matt and Trish and having NO luck at all we got a group of foreign teenagers!!! "Oh Gee, this is spectacular" I thought to myself. "Not only are they gonna smell FABULOUS they are going to be obnoxious." Well thankfully they got on the front shuttle and we were in the trailer! "Whew" I thought. Well, I thought too soon....Way too soon. As we hit each pick up more and more people would Jam themselves into the shuttle. "Did they miss the memo that shuttles come EVERY 6 minutes???" I said to Matt. Aparently they did miss the memo cause everyone was shoulder to shoulder front to back. Seriously if someone needed to get off and they were sitting in the back, NO ONE would have been able to! So, knowing mine and Matt's luck I kept hoping they would all get off at the Grotto, where Angels Landing is. Nope! A majority got off at the Narrows where we would be spending our day. I was thinking..."Woo Hoo! Can't wait to hike with these people I have just become so physically aquainted with, not by my will!" I'm sorry if this sounds like a big complaint to everyone, cause it's really not! I had a good time once we started hiking. Neither Matt, or I have ever hiked up in the water. It was so pretty up there and very cool!!! The water was cold, but once we were used to it, it was perfect! So enough of me blabbing here are some cool pics!
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