it feels...

I am meeting with my advisor tomorrow morning at 7:30 am (Friday), at which time I will be backed into a corner of decision... school starts Monday and Andy (my advisor) wants a decision as to what my "OFFICIAL MAJOR" will be and where I'm headed if climbing the "Corporate Ladder" is no longer my chosen path...

drum roll please... "IT'S ONLY THURSDAY MORNING, NOT THE USUAL 13TH HOUR OF WHEN MOST OF MY DECISIONS ARE MADE AND I HAVE MADE A DECISION"...applause

insert...sounds of shock...gasp...

My road to self discovery is lined with people who have made this decision process challenging, eye-opening, and totally amazing, so thanks to you all for helping me figure out who/what I really want to be!

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for...

I'm going to be an ARTIST when I grow up... that's right, I'm going to leave behind the suits and schedule for comfy clothes (see future nominee for "what not to wear") and a life that is mine to do with how I choose. I'm thinking that my accounting background, will take the "starving" part out of the equation...

I registered myself for an Art History class and a 2 Dimensional Design class which will begin next week, so I'll keep you posted on how my new path is twisting & turning.

...so good to know where I'm headed & to feel peace about heading there...

Am I having a "quarter-life" crisis?

If I live to be 100, a quarter of my life has come and gone & while I have plenty to show for it I also realize I am still basically a toddler where this "grown-up" thing is concerned. I enjoyed my first 25 years without a care in the world. I have been successful at most everything I have attempted... At 27 I have had some great opportunities placed before me. I have had atleast 20 jobs since I started working at 13, and a couple have been jobs I could have built a career around, as I was making a good living; but there is always this snag in the plan... I get BORED... As I round the corner into my 30s I need a challenge; plain and simple... nothing has ever challenged me enough to stick with it. I am not saying that I have mastered everything I have tried to this point; I lose interest long before the point of mastery is even in sight. What is wrong with me? I have been so blessed by knowing that I could accomplish anything and everything I try, but that is also my biggest "skeleton in the closet". At what point do you just pick a career and do whatever it takes to be successful toward that end? As frustrated as I am currently about my lack of decision in this sea of endless possibility, I hope to never settle for a career or LIFE for that matter that is just that "a settlement", when I could have achieved so much more had I just continued the path of challenge and uncertainty toward the "unnamed goal". I would like to name this aforementioned "unnamed goal", but for now it will have to remain nameless. I'm open to suggestions at this point...

Tag # 1

5 things on my to do list 1. organizing our closet 2. organizing our garage 3. painting my toes 4. cutting trav's hair 5. passing my math class!! 5 snacks I enjoy 1. pretzels & peanut butter 2. celery & peanut butter 3. peanut butter m&ms 4. cookie minster ice cream from coldstone 5. raw almonds 5 things I would do if I were suddenly a billionaire 1. pay more taxes... 2. pay off our student loans, house & car 3. buy a resturant franchise for our kids to run, so they can learn the value of money & work (i really do plan to do this when we have teenagers; Pita-Pit would be my choice) 4. see my mommy & daddy all the time 5. travel 5 places I have lived 1. Moscow, Idaho 2. Mesa, AZ 3. Moscow, Idaho 4. Phoenix, AZ 5. Mesa, AZ 5 Jobs I have had 1. Ted's Burger Express 2. High School Basketball Ref 3. Boys & Girls Club Athletic Director 4. Paradise Valley Comm. College Cashier's Office 5. Accounting Assistant 5 things most people don't know about me 1. I went to beauty school 2. I group all my french fries by length before I eat them 3. I make Travis kiss me in even numbers, so 1 kiss is actually 2 and so on... 4. I love to organize and clean5. my little sister and I have the same birthday 7 years apart; I was 1 1/2 months overdue & kaleigh was 3 weeks early 5 bad habits 1. cutting my own hair 2. going to bed too late & sleeping until the last possible minute 3. starting too many projects at once; multi-tasking is one thing... 4. procrastinating the most important to-dos, so I can do things that didn't even make the list 5. eating all the no preparation needed foods in the house, so I don't have to cook (yogurt, fruit, cereal, etc.) people I tag...Shalene & Anna

Merry Christmas to us...a little early...

We got an EXCELLENT deal on this Sony camera. I've been wanting this camera for so long, and finally we decided that it has been through sufficient upgrades since its original release about 5 years ago. We gave up two nights in a hideaway suite on the Oregon coast in two weeks for pictures of our lovely tent. At least this way I'll have a sore back and pictures, so I guess that's better than just a sore back from the hotel bed any day. Pictures of anything and everyone I can get to hold still coming soon!

A Little Less Bright...

I hope that this blog background doesn't do damage to your eyes as I realized the last one may have done. I have been playing around making my own backgrounds and using my new obsession of blue and red color schemes to decorate my world. Hope you enjoy this new background!

A Little Like Home...

We are officially moved into our new house!! While we still have some unpacking to do, it's beginning to feel like our home. Normally when we move there are not many options as to where stuff should go, but this house is quite the opposite, there is enough room that I am having a hard time deciding where stuff should go. I felt like I had every inch of wall space covered I could in our old home, and this house's walls seem quite bare. We hope you are all doing well, and we can't wait for you to come visit!

I've been tagged...

Just in case you were wondering...

Joys:
1.) Brooks and Dunn said it best " proud of the house we built, stronger than sticks, stones or steel" it hasn't always come wrapped up nice with pretty pink bows, but we've accomplished a lot in 2 1/2 years.
2.) everything "crafty"
3.) going to the beach with the family

Fears:
1.) I almost always hold the hand rail when on stairs, because I often dream that I fall down the stairs and knock out my teeth... I might have issues
2.) "I hope you have 10 children just like you" which followed "what goes around comes around" ... THANKS MOMMY!!
3.) The snakes that live around our office... our office in Fountain Hills is super nice, but the suites are all individual buildings surrounded by desert landscape and SNAKES. Although not far, we do have to go to another building to use the restroom and that is where the snakes love to hang out too (like their own little breakroom)... who do you call when you are afraid to come out of the bathroom because of a snake?

Goals:
1.) getting the new house unpacked in less than 1 week!!
2.) using my Saturdays to better prepare for the new week (cutting veggies and packing lunches)
3.) save a little play money for some time away before we start trying to have a baby again!!

Obsessions:
1.) if it can be organized by an excel spreadsheet, it is at my house and at work
2.) I'm paranoid about running out of laundry soap, so we usually have a years supply or more...
3.) staples in the carpet... I try to be extra careful around the office when throwing away staples, some, however, are not and when I am barefoot my feet are drawn to them like magnets... some may say that keeping my shoes on at work would resolve this issue, but I like to be barefoot when no clients are in the office.

Random Facts:
1.) I would give just about anything to have a "Harry Potter Wand"!
2.) In high school I was a nationally ranked bowler & # 2 in the state of Idaho (I only bowl via Wii these days)
3.) I got a 34 out of 36 on my ACTs

Tag you're it... Shalene, April & Noelle P.S. It's snowing in Idaho a ton right now...