Obsession

Oh my goodness. I'm Obsessed!! I just read Twighlight, by Stephanie Meyer and I'm in love. Its the first book in the series and I stayed up until 2 in the morning last night to finish reading it because I couldn't bear to go to sleep not knowing how it ended! Its killing me to stay here at work when I know the 2nd book, New Moon, is waiting for me at home! And what makes it even worse is that I'm being forced to go to the movies with Nick and his little brother Stewart right after work! AHHHH! Normally I would jump at the chance to go to the movies, epecially because Nick's parents are paying for us to go and because its Get Smart and I really want to see it, but I have a book at home screaming my name!! Grrrr. Life's full of dillemas.

New Beginnings

I decided that it was time for me to make a big change in my life and kind of start over, ish. So I went out and got a new job, and I started back to school :)
My new job is at Guaranty Bank and I start as soon as my background check is done. The branch is right in Sun City so I don't have to go very far and I get health benefits starting day 1 and tuition reimbursement after 6 months. I'm excited.
As for school, I'm enrolled in Azusa Pacific University's Center for Adult and Professional studies. Aka, night school. I go to class once a week and will have my BA (finally) in 18 months. Cool huh? I figure third time's the charm. Lol. Seriously though, I decided that working at places like the flower shop where there is no room for advancement, especially on the pay scale, just wasn't going to cut it anymore, so I stopped complaining and did something about it!!
I just got to the point where I was constantly unhappy with my position in life and where everything was headed, or rather, not headed and knew I needed to get up and pursue what I wanted. So in December of next year I will have my BA in human development and then I will be headed of to get my teaching credential and I plan to be and elementary school teacher. I don't know what the Lord has in store for me or if I'll get as far as teaching (that would be around the same time Nick and I want to start having kids) but I'm taking an active role in my life for once instead of trying to drive from the backseat. Yay for me!

Two posts in one day!

I need advice... If anyone knows anything about cameras please comment...
After the cruise I decided that I need a digital SLR camera. I want one and am going to start setting aside a little bit of money every month so I can buy one at the day after Thanksgiving sales. After doing some research, I've decided on a Nikon, but I don't know whether I should get the D40 or the D60. I can get the D40 with a camera bag, telefoto lens, extra battery and a tripod for like $800 ish whereas the D60 by itself is $700. I've never had a really nice camera like this before, so I'm a beginner and the D40 wouldn't be a bad choice, but.... The D60 has 10.2 megapixels and can shoot 3 fps, while the D40 only has 6.1 megapixels and does 2 fps. I'm torn. Since I'm spending a boatload of money on a camera already should I spring for the nicer one or should I buy the beginner's camera with all the extras? It's not like I would know any different if I bought the lower camera, but my regular digital camera right now has 6 megapixels, so it wouldn't be that much of a step up as far as that goes, but I'm also not planning on blowing up any pictures to poster size anytime soon and I'm not a professional, I just want a really nice camera that will last me a really long time and take great pictures....
Help! What does everyone else think?

Viva Mexico!

Happy Anniversary to us! We just celebrated our first anniversary on the 15th with a 5 day cruise to Mexico and we had a blast! Our cruise stopped in Cabo san Lucas and Ensenada. There is always one formal night on every cruise and it just happened to fall on our anniversary! So we got all dressed up and took pictures and went dancing... what a great way to celebrate. In Cabo, Nick went scuba diving (I was suppossed to go, but I panicked and couldn't keep my breathing under control, so I didn't go down) and saw tons of cool fish. I'll post pictures when we get the waterproof camera developed. At our stop in Ensenada, we took a tour of La Bufadora, a "blowhole." Its a natural gyuser that is formed by the rocks and shoots water 100 feet in the air! If you saw the movie Fools Gold, you know what a blow hole is :) and there are only 3 in the whole world! Pretty sweet. After the blowhole tour, we went horseback riding thru the hills north of the city. We loved it and we saw an amazing view of the whole bay. Nick rode "Primo" (which means cousin in Spanish) and my horse's name was "Jose Cuervo Gold" lol... can you tell we were in Mexico? Gotta love a horse named after Tequila. Nick and I had such a great time that we want to go on another cruise in early September of next year. We want to go with other couples this time, so if you want to come just let me know!! It would be soooooo much fun! Enjoy the pictures!

Embarking the "Elation"

My favorite kind of gift box! Nick got me a Tiffany's ring :)

One of my favorite of our formal night pictures

Another nice one... don't we look smokin'? Nick is wearing a lavender shirt! He looked so good.

Scuba Nick! The water was incredibly and painfully cold even with a wet suit!

The bus driver who took us to the blowhole was crazy! I thought we were going to die...

I almost got soaked! My hair was already getting frizzy from all the spray, I didn't want it to get all curly too!!

Then Nick went to take a picture, and the water soaked everyone standing along the rail! haha!

Awww...

The real Black Pearl that they used in The Pirates of the Caribbean! Sweet!

Our horse back riding excursion with Primo and Jose Cuervo Gold!

They made towel animals and left them on our bed everynight for us! This one was my favorite... he's a seal wearing my sunglasses!

Pet Peeve

I've decided that my new biggest pet peeve is when people try to tell me how to do my job. It has surpassed even dead fish handshakes on my annoy-o-meter. Men come in to the flower shop all the time and proceed to tell me exactly which flowers to use to make their arrangements, and guess what... they look like crap. Why do they look bad when men micromanage their arrangement? Because men don't have a clue, especially when it comes to flowers. If your wife/girlfriend has a favorite flower, great! I'll throw some in the arrangement. Favorite color? Perfect! I'll make it part of my color scheme or create a monochromatic arrangement with that color. But please men, I'm pleading with you, don't try to pick out every flower that is going to be in your arrangement, and don't ask me what I'm going to put in it when even if I tell you you'll have no idea. "Snapdragons, misty blue, gerberas, buttons, and gladiolus" sounds the same to you as "salal, ruscus, springeri, monestero, and pitt" when the latter is all greens and leaves, but how would you know that? My point is that you will always, ALWAYS get a nicer and prettier and fresher arrangement if you tell the florist, "make me something pretty." and you leave it to the professionals. I don't tell chefs exactly how I want my meal cooked or a mechanic the procedure for changing my oil because they already know how, so why can't men just let me arrange flowers? Grrrrr.....

Swirly Goodness

I just discovered Pinkberry. It's a little bit of heaven in your mouth. I have fallen in love. There is one just 10 minutes from my house... mmmm...