Update

It’s been an interesting week for us. On Thursday I received a very unexpected bonus at work as a reward for all the training I’ve been doing for our new employees. This was a great blessing because it came at a time when I was really needing some extra cash! Funny how things always seem to work out like that. Then on Friday something even more unexpected happened…I got a promotion. This wasn’t something I had applied for recently, but an opening came up and I got a phone call congratulating me. I’m a little nervous because it will be a big change from what I have been doing for the last couple of years, which will definitely yank me out of my comfort zone. But hopefully it will be a good learning and growing experience. What’s most exciting about it is that I will get to work out of our satellite office in Sandy until January, which will save me 5-6 hours of driving every week (and of course that gas money adds up). Also, for those who don’t know, Brett recently cut all ties with his employer and officially started his own business: Integrated Sports Performance. We were very blessed because in the first week he already had several clients and a contract with a high school, which adds up to more income than he’d had all summer at the other place. The blessings continue, because yesterday he landed a 6 month contract with a group of swimmers at the high school. This isn’t to say everything is perfect or easy, because starting your own business is difficult, expensive, and scary. The last 3 months have been almost nothing like I expected them to be when we decided to move back to Utah, but it just goes to show that someone else has a plan for our lives, and even when our own plans don’t work out just as we thought they would, there are always unexpected blessings around the corner!

Paint, paint, and MORE paint!

So lately I feel like I've been in one of those dreams where all you do is run and run, but you never quite get anywhere!

We have been over to the new house about every night this week and thus far have put TWO ( yes two...) lovely coats of paint on the laundry room, kitchen, dining room, living room, stairway, hallway, and office! We have also done the accent wall in the living room. Tomorrow will be another big paint day and we'll probably start on the master bedroom and bath since that is the next biggest job. I'll just be happy to get onto another color of paint!

Aubrey is doing better the last couple of days (yes!) and has been going down for naps easier, but still waking up quite a bit in the night. Steve and I are both pretty exhausted between her new sleep habits, our paint fume-filled hobby, work, keeping the house going, callings, tutus, etc...

I wrote a while back about being in charge of a RS enrichment date night for the ward. That's coming up this next weekend so I've been scrambling around doing things for that. Anyone want to help me paint 12 ceramic piggy banks?? : )

Also I currently have 5 tutu orders in the works from my first week on Etsy. Bad timing I know, but exciting none the less. I also had a woman email me today about buying some of my tutus wholesale for her children's boutique in Noe Valley San Francisco, CA. That would be exciting too!

So to sum it all up, my house is covered in tulle, my hair is flecked with paint, and my to-do list needs a crane to lift it....but we're doing all right!