A little TLC

I have decided that I am re-designing our blog. I worked on my other blog a lot and then stopped and worked on this one and then stopped so I am going to revamp both of them, starting with our blog.


So far, I have completed the header. What do you think??

The weekend low-down

Our weekend...

Got to come home to this hunk with his new cutie shirt on. 

Made turkey burger sliders for dinner. Yum. Drank 2 diet Dr. Peppers and ate a sugar cookie from my new favorite boutique and didn't even feel guilty about it. 

Cuddled with no make-up and watched an action movie where I was so nervous that I made Nephi tell me if something scary was going to happen, every time. During commercials I would read Hunger Games.

Had the laziest day on Saturday by myself while Nephi was at work and I loved it. The combo of Hunger Games, diet Dr. Pepper and the popcorn chips was addicting and I want to do it constantly. 

Went to Snake Bite with good friends and helped them fall in love with this amazing concoction.  I usually get the snake river burger (amazing burger with green chilies and blue cheese) but I got the same thing but with chicken. I was in heaven. 

Sunday we had VT and HT after church and so by the time  we got home we were starving...I crock-potted (word?) a pork loin with rosemary and steak seasoning, made a yummy salad, mashed potatoes and popovers (see below). Nephi was in heaven. I had one serving of meat and ate all the rolls and he polished off the potatoes and meat. Seriously he at 3/4 of the pork loin. I was impressed. 

Have you ever made popovers? Easiest quick break you will ever make. They taste gourmet and I even added herbs in mine (basil and rosemary). 

Sunday night I read Hunger Games between commercials while watching The Best Two Years (seriously that movie inspired me to serve a mission), Nephi did homework and I folded laundry as well. It was an eventful evening as you can tell. 

And, I did my nails. It's kind of my new Sunday tradition. Not because I like variety but because apparently I am really hard on my hands and I can't make it a week with a layer of nail polish. I added the glitter to one nail for variety and I loved it! You just put clear polish on, pour on the glitter, blow or wipe the rest off carefully and then add another clear coat on top. I just got the glitter from Sally's for like $1 last year. I have done my toes a few times and I still have a whole bottle left (it's about 1 in in diameter and 3 inches tall). It goes so far and the glitter is easy to remove. In fact, it's so easy that by the time I got to work this morning and I didn't have any glitter on the nail above. At least the other hand had some, ha!

So, there is our weekend! A lot of food and time together and that always makes me happy. 

PS-I take a lot of pictures of food because I don't take pictures of myself or my outfits. (Someone gave me a hard time about that the other day and it's been on my mind so I thought I would just vent it out and clarify. Bah.) 

Also, Nephi and I were talking about how we have almost been married a year in April! It's crazy and has gone by so fast. I can't wait to celebrate. 

*Fact: I don't blog for my family because they don't really read this and I tell them everything. I don't blog for random people to show off our mad skills or amazing life. I blog to make this eventually into a literal journal. I will be getting it printed every year. In April, we will print "Volume One" and I can't wait!

Too much shopping dangit.

Yesterday I got this overwhelming urge to shop online. Don't ask why. I have never ordered clothes online.

It was so strange. So, I got some clothes online because Old Navy was having a sale. I haven't shopped there in a while because I never find anything anymore but I did and it was 30% off and Nephi said I could. (Excuses, excuses, I know.) Am I a bad person? Probably not. But it gets worse...

Last night Nephi took his first Chemistry test of the semester. Those who know Nephi personally know his struggle with Chemistry so we were both anxious to see how this first test would set the tone for the semester. Yesterday afternoon I called him and he said his dad was in town to grocery shop randomly and that he was going to give Nephi a blessing. What a miracle! Nephi is the most calm and collected person I know but he was very anxious and the blessing was exactly what he needed.

Boyd--You saved the day yesterday! 

Nephi was studying on campus when I got home and then took his test. I was seriously biting my nails the whole time at home because I know how critical this was. (First world problems, I know. But it means a lot to us.) I told him not to take over two hours because there has been studies showing that once you take a test over two hours you don't function as well. In economics we would call it the "Law of Diminishing Returns", but I am no longer in economics so I DON'T have to call it that. (But I did. Psh. Education.)


Two hours and 3 min later...Nephi calls. He got a 78%!! This is a GREAT grade and we were so happy so we decided to celebrate, of course. We tried to go to our favorite fro yo place but it was CLOSED down! We were shocked. So, we went to another place in town.

It was so good! It's been awhile since we've gotten fro yo and we loved it. 

Anyway, when I said it gets worse, here comes that part of the story. On our way home from fro yo, we passed by the Downeast Warehouse sale. UH. No one told me this was happening! I've been to one of these before, and they are insane deals. So, I bought more clothes. Now am I a bad person??

Maybe. 

Got this cutie shirt for Nephi. There were no boy clothes! It's so hard to find good clothes for men. 

I got 2 cardigans and two 3/4 length layer tees for $32 total! I couldn't resist. 

So, why am I blogging this? Maybe to feel less guilty or maybe to admit that I realized why I spent too much money on clothes yesterday.  

THIS is  probably why. 

It's not that it is so cold outside but I have had low energy levels this week and I think buying clothes made me feel better. I may be tired because of adjusting to work? Or because we have been working out more? Or because the weather? Not sure but I just need energy! 

This next week I plan on doing more of this: 

and this:

And hopefully I will have more energy.


PS-Many of you probably follow this blogger. Read this post. I am impressed. I started following her out of curiosity and then she used to really bug me and I don't like her style at all but I appreciate her view points occasionally--especially this one.

I completely agree with her, btw. People who blog by obligation lack sincerity. I don't think that people that blog about fashion (without credentials) and try to earn a residual income are very legitimate in my book. Personal opinion. I love the mommy bloggers that blog about their families and recipes or coupons but people who blog about what they eat everyday or what they wear and expect to get paid for it drive me nuts.


Anyways, excited for the weekend to say the least.

We are alive, I promise!

Hi. We are alive. 

I thought I would have more time with only working but it has not worked out that way. It's only been a week since school and work has started and we haven't quite gotten into a routine yet but we are working on it.

Nephi is back in school and I feel so bad for that cute kid. His schedule is rough and he feels a little overwhelmed already. This is definitely my turn to be the support because of all the he did for me last semester. He is seriously the sweetest kid I have ever met and he will do so well this semester. We are hoping that him only working on Saturdays will help him be able to focus on school more. What a blessing! We were really praying that I could find a job that would be able to support us enough financially that he would be able to cut down his hours and we did!

So, I started my job! It's been so great. The first day I went straight to work and started working on a few big projects. Currently I am on the phone constantly with about 6 different hotels in Vegas negotiating terms to have a conference there in the spring. In between that research, I have put together a proposal for another huge project: a company blog. I am super excited about that! And then of course there is the company newsletter that I had to write all by myself. Only 8 articles about a company and people I don't even know, no worries. I just finished my last article today and it will go to the designer tomorrow. (I will probably be designing it in the future which I am looking forward to.)

Then there are the small tasks in-between such as social media research, product testing (free lotion and shampoo--yessssss), and then taking pictures of products and photo editing (I hope to do more of that). Needless to say, it is aligned with everything that I want to do and I feel like I have already grown so much. It has been such a blessing! The people are great and the company has awesome products that I have already tried so you better believe I will be convincing you all to try them.

Oh, and I am flying to Vegas on the *company plane* on Thursday to go visit venues for the convention. :) ((Sorry, I had to rub that in everyone's face.)) 

Okay, I am done bragging about my great job. Kinda. Well, since I got an iPhone (Thanks, Boss) I have been using instagram to post photos. So for all of you who have that, follow me (malloryguymon), and for all those who don't, here are the pictures I have been taking lately. 

These taste like heaven. Enough said.

My phone case! I love it.

Put our laundry basket too close to the heater. My bad.

A little baking. The dough didn't rise but they still turned out super yummy! I made these Christmas morning.

Got to hang out with this cute girl (niece) a bunch and it made our life. She is funny as ever. 

Our fir Christmas, married! 

This little baby (niece #2) made me want a baby really bad. Oh gosh. I still crave playing with her everyday. 

Yummy funnel cakes! My sweet mother-in-law gave each of the girls a funnel cake maker for Christmas. They are deadly.

I got The Help from Nephi's parents. Loved it. 

Nephi's parents also got us a Kinect! We have Zumba and Wipe Out and we love it!

New shoes. Love them.

Featured in the company newsletter last month.

A little organizing. 

We went to Park City for New Years to see my best friend and her cute family! It was a blast and we LOVED it. 

Nephi made me a yummy dinner when I was sick. 

Homemade orange julius (inspired by Pinterest) with real AZ oranges!

Mother sent me some curtains to put up over our open closet. I like them a lot. 

Celebrating our first week of school and work with some homemade pizza and bubbly. 

No joke. Just read. 

Sunday breakfast! Our church time changed to 1:00 and we are really happy about it. 

Made dinner in a pumpkin! So yummy. Let me know if you want the recipe. 

Played this game a few times! Buy it. It is SO much fun!

Another Pinterest inspired activity. It kinda worked.

Decorating the office!

Still in progress...any tips!?

Eating healthy. Gained waaay too much weight last semester. 

Oh hey, Tony Romo retweeted me. That probably means nothing to most of you but it's an accomplishment in the Twitter world. I also was retweeted by Coke and followed by The Blaze columnist. Feeling good about my Twitter Stats. :) 

Anyway--that is us, for now...