What you do for your spouse.

So this week I have been giving Casey a hard time about not doing the dishes or helping around the apartment. He then said to me "when do you do the dishes or clean the apartment?" So that made me think. To tell you the truth, I am not one of those house wife that stays home all day and clean the house and when the husband comes home dinner is ready and on the table. No, I am more of the wife that likes to relax and watch movies that Casey normally would NOT like watching with me and doing homework (well I don't like doing that but it has to get done), and pretty much anything but clean! This month I told Casey that I want to try and be more of that wife that is "Mrs. Perfect" even though I know that I will not be able to be "perfect". So anyways, on friday I got an interview and then found out that I got the job. That put me into a happy mood! A mood that made me want to be a better wife and help my husband with the apartment. So when Casey went to work, I told myself that I am not going to just stay home and sit on the couch all day long and watch movies. Instead, I did some dishes and cleaned up a bit while watching Gilmore Girls. Even though I did sit on the couch while the dishes were air drying, because I didn't want to dry them by myself and we don't have a dishwasher, I still did some dishes and cleaned. Yes, this might surprise you if you know how Casey and I are like. Most of the time I ask Casey to do the dishes (or chores that I do NOT like doing) and keep on asking him to do them until it gets super annoying and he finally does them! But this time I did it all by myself without being asked! I was showing Casey how much I love him! Well I show him everyday, but he did like how I did do the dishes so he didn't have to when he got home.


Early this week, I was having a day where I just woke up in a bad mood and Casey knew it. Everything was going wrong and people were just getting on my nerves. I was texting Casey all day long about how that day just sucked. When I got home from school, I walked in and there was flowers with a sign that said "Happy 5 days before Valentines Day and 2 before our 8 monthiversary. Before that sign was the first two seasons of Gilmore Girls. With an added bonus the dishes done, the living room picked up, and our bed made! YES I BELIEVE I HAVE THE AMAZINGEST HUSBAND EVER! That just made my day so much better, until we went to school for our night class and we forgot our id cards so we couldn't park in the parking lot, and of course it has to be the same night there was a Jazz game. But I got over it and had an amazing night after class with my husband just watching a movie then going to bed.

Doing the small things that let your spouse know that you love them are the BIG things in life. That is what I think at least. Yes, every girl wants a dozen roses every time her husband or boyfriend comes home or a diamond necklace for valentines day. But the small things are the things that show me that Casey truly does love me and will always love me through whatever we go through. An example of this is when I was having my bad day as I explain above, and I came home to flowers and Gilmore girls but the thing that I appreciated the most was having some house work done and our place clean so we could enjoy a night together just relaxing. So I just want to say, I love my husband! He is truly my soul mate! :]

Got it.

I got the job! 

:]

I will finally be doing something with my spare time.

I will miss not being able to sit on the couch all day 

and watch movies or Gilmore Girls (my current obsession).

But I am happy that I can help Casey and I with our finances. 

I will be working at staples in West Valley. 

*much thanks to Justin Furnell*

but GO ME! :]

Interview

Today I have a interview.

I am super nervous! 

I usually get this way 

but nothing goes wrong. 

I just never know what to say.

I feel like I am going to mess everything up

when I can't because Casey and I really need me to get a job. 

AHH! 

Hopefully it goes well! :]

Camera

Casey got a new camera yesterday! He is so stoked for it. He got the Nixon D7000. He has been reading the manual since last night. When he was opening the package, he looked like a little kid on Christmas! Oh I love him so dearly!

Temples

 Temple are amazing! One of the goals for Casey and I this year is to go to the temple at least once a month. Today we got the chance to go to the Bountiful Utah Temple. The temple is beautiful, just like all the temples in the world. Being at the temple and in the house of the Lord is amazing. I love going there. I forget all my worries and stresses and focus on my happiness. Going to the temple with my husband is also amazing. We get to tell each other how we feel and our thought. Going to the temple: bring families together, helps you feel comforted when you have a burden, and bring peace into your life. I just love going there! I can't express in words how much I am thankful for the church and all the blessings it has give me. I also can't express how much my husband means to me and how much I love him. Like I have said above, TEMPLES ARE AMAZING!

Sick.

Being sick is no fun, especially when you are home alone with no one to comfort you. Yesterday I was sick with the flu. Casey was getting over a cold but still went to work, which I admire him for. So I was home alone from 10:30am to 7:30pm feeling like I was going to die. Addition to me being sick in bed not being able to move, it is freezing in our apartment because our heater is broken and our windows are super drafty. When casey came home and sat next to me and cubbled with me made me feel much better.

Here are a couple of things that always make me feel better when I am sick:

1. Having someone home with me comforting me 

2. Motherly love

3. Jello water

4. Gatorade

5. SLEEPING!

6. Taking a shower

So yesterday, I called my mom to get that motherly love since she does not live close to me. Casey came home from work with jello for jello water and gatorade! I slept most of the day yesterday. Before I went to bed I took a shower and then took some nitquil to help me get better and sleep through the night. It all helped. I feel much better today, but not 100%.  Casey is also feeling better. 

Little note: I am so thankful for my husband! He means the world to me. He knows exactly what I want and need. I love him so much. I really do not know what I would do without him! 

Give.

Today at church we had some missionaries come and speak about service in a combined Relief Society & Priesthood meeting. The talks were great. They inspired me to give more not just by doing service about also by just saying something little. Something little can make such a big difference in someone's life. Here are some examples I thought of during this meeting:

-Tell your parents you love them.

- Tell your husband/wife they mean the world to you.

- Compliment friends on their outfits or something they did.

- Smile to the homeless that are standing on the conner asking for help.

- Do something for someone that need help or seems like they are having a bad day.

- Tell your parents that you are grateful for them

That is just some example and I know there is more that you and I can do. At the end of the meeting we say Because I Have Been Given Much. That song just touch my heart. I love that song. Little secret about me: I don't exactly like to sing at church. Sometimes it is because I don't know the song while others is that I am just not in the mood to sing. So instead of singing I listen and read the words that other's are singing. When the ward started to sing this song, I could not help myself to not sing. Casey even looked at me with a surprised look and a smile on his face. I love this song. While singing this song, I realized of the many things that I do have in my life and how lucky I am. I am so grateful for everything that I have been taught and also given. I also thought of all the blessing I have received.

 Here are the words to the song. Read them and think of something that you can do to make someones day go better and of al the blessing you have in your life.

"Because I have been given much, I to must give;

Because of thy great bounty, Lord each day I live

I shall divide my gifts from thee

with every brother that I see

who has the need of help from me.

Because I have been sheltered fed by thy good care;

I cannot see another's lack and I not share

my glowing fire, my loaf of bread, 

my roofs stay sheltered over head,

that he too may be comforted.

Because I have been blessed by they great love, dear Lord; 

I'll share that love again according to thy word.

I shall give love to those in need, 

I'll show that love by word and deed: 

thus shall my thanks be thanks indeed"