You're INVITED!

Mark your calendars: March 19th, 2010 at 7pm. You've invited to a HUGE celebration for....

Justin!

That's right, Justin is turning 29 on this exact day (it's a Friday, in case you're wondering....). This isn't going to be a surprise party...as little as Justin reads this blog I think it might still spoil it if it were a surprise. But nonetheless, it's going to be fun!

We've booked the gym and theater at Pinnacle (big building off I-15 in Orem, across from UVU). We've got it from afternoon till close...whenever that is.

So we'll watch a movie or you can play basketball or video games, eat food and enjoy celebrating Justin's last birthday before he enters his third decade.

If you want further instructions on how to get there let me know, feel free to call! We look forward to seeing everyone who can come :-) Oh and if you are more of a friend of mine than Justin's, don't hesitate to come! I probably haven't seen you recently enough and would love to hang out!! :-)

Wasting time....

Just a quick post to say hi everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend and that this week brings good things to you! This Monday was what can be expected of a Monday, I'm tired, somewhat cranky (especially in the morning, ask Justin!) and too crazy at work. I worked out this evening and Justin is still up at school and probably won't be getting home till around 11:30.

We have both been working out at least 2x a week with a trainer and trying to eat better. We've both seem some fluctuation in our weight but probably a consistent 2-4 lbs have been lost. We've also been measuring ourselves. We have only had two measurements but we've lost up to a 1/2'' in some areas. I'll keep you posted on our continuing effort! If you have any great diet or workout tips please leave them in a comment!

Hasta Luego!

My amazing Valentine

I know I have been horrible at blogging lately! Life really has slowed down for us (me at least!) so the only reasons I haven't been blogging (not that it really matters other than for self-justification) is 1) evenings are more tied up with working out (& American Idol!) 2) ever since we got our computer it isn't as convenient as using the laptop on the couch...strange that way isn't it? 3) Justin is usually on the computer in the evenings and 4)....I'm not sure if there are many other excuses right off the top of my head. But things are going very good for us! Here's a little glimpse into what transpired over our 3-day Valentine's weekend!

Justin gave me the charge to plan our Valentine's weekend. We knew we wanted to do something a little more than usual because we've been seeing each other not as much as we'd like to! So I planned a *surprise* one-night trip in SLC at our typical hotel. It was comprised of:


An itinerary in my card to give a little more insight of our weekend:

A very cozy stay here:

A dinner for two here:
Our special treatment was his (massage) and her (facial) spa pampering from here:




Followed by a matinee of this show:



After spending most of the day in SLC we headed home and this was the surprise from Justin to me (my Valentine really is the best isn't he??)
At first I wasn't thrilled at the idea of being the romantic one, planning the surprise Valentine's soiree but when we were actually doing the things I planned and Justin was not knowing what to expect but loving it, it made it all worth it. It is only our 3rd Valentines day together but each one keeps getting better and better.

Sunday we spent at church and then with my sister-thanks again for having us up! On a side note since we have church at 1pm on Sunday we have a pretty free morning to finally prepare a yummy breakfast (this is the only day we take time to do this!) We decided on eggs, bacon and blueberry muffins. My honey-bunny likes to makes his bacon (he LOVES his bacon) and will usually also do our eggs. After I saw what he was doing with his eggs I glady decided to scramble my own eggs. Take a look at his plate vs. mine.

An egg poached in bacon grease smothered in butter-flavored syrup:





My humble scrambled eggs:


What are your thoughts, which way would you prefer to eat your eggs? I told Justin if he keeps making his eggs that way then this may have been our last Valentines day together (and no I am not going to leave him over the eggs but I fear it may make him leave me!). just kidding of course.... he doesn't eat that way on a regular basis-thank goodness!

Monday was wonderful, Justin didn't really have to do any school work so he ran errands with me! I know that sounds like a totally mundane and boring thing but it really is so much fun with Justin. We stop at places we shouldn't and buy things we probably could do without but I love spending time with him no matter what it is. Thanks honey for a fantastic weekend!

And on another *really* high note....only 36 days until Hawaii!! WOOOHHOOOO!

I'm F.I.N.E.!

Thanks Brittany and Rick for the computer!!! And thank you Mom and Dad Blackham for the awesome printer/fax machine/scanner!!! With these very generous donations Justin and I spent a little mulah and bought ourselves a nice monitor, keyboard and mouse. So we are in business now! It is pretty nice, I'll admit to have an actual computer to sit at instead of using a laptop all of the time.

The transition from laptop to computer though hasn't been the reason we've stopped blogging practically for January. As the blog title indicates, we have been 'F.I.N.E' latey (freaked out, insecure, neurotic, and emotional. (Can any name the movie reference??) I hardly will ever say this but STRESS is consuming our lives right now!

Here's a run-down of this past week for you, in case you're interested:
Monday: The only reasonable day of the week, we both worked 8-4:30'ish. Justin did homework in the evening and I honestly can't remember what I did.
Tuesday: Work again. Justin heads up to SLC for class after work, I head down to Pinnacle for workout with trainer. Justin calls after work, the stress begins to mound as I hear the dreaded sentence, "We've been asked to give a talk this Sunday in church." Justin gets home from class at 10:30, we crash.
Wednesday: Work again. (Mind you pressure/stress at work is mounding as I have only a few days left to get my coaching done for 15+ agents). I go to the gym after work, Justin goes to class again. After the gym I do church calling-related things, meetings etc from 6-9:30. Justin gets home at 10:20, I've been up brainstorming talk ideas.
Thursday: After work I have to work out with the trainer again until 6pm. Justin plays a ball game until 7:15pm. I meet with RS president at 6:30-8:00'ish.
Friday: Woke early, prepared most of talk. Had day off because I work Saturday, got to play with Heather!! After work Justin and I grab a very quick bite to eat then continue on our talks.
Saturday: Justin has class 8am-12pm. I work 9-3pm. After these we continue working on our talks then go to the temple in the evening.
Sunday: I go to church at 11am (church starts at 1pm) to do calling-related things. We give our talks in Sacrament.

We thought the stress & life in warp speed was over after church today. But sadly enough it does not appear to be diminishing for at least another week. I am already getting a headache thinking about everything there is to be done this week. I need to have a day, at least half a day, to clean my house and prepare for the upcoming week or anything else I need to do. The worst part is knowing that this stress is continual for Justin. He consistently has the same amount of work and homework each week and that is stressful enough, without throwing in a lot of x-factors. I want a date night! We haven't been able to spend quality time together since Christmas and that is so hard! Our schedule might not seem that hectic compared to what some of you face and all I can say is my hat is 100% off to you! I don't know how others can do such a full schedule all the time. The only thing that I see as an unnecessary 'optional' activity is working out so many times each week. BUT I just started and really wanted to try and get in better shape. So while that might seem like the most reasonable activity to drop from the 'to-do' list, I so can't drop it! I definitely feel like I am only able to keep going right now because of the countless prayers I've have answered by Heavenly Father and those around me. Thank you to those who have helped me with many of these activities/assignments and made the load more bearable! That is all for now...hopefully the next time I post things will be much better.

Here is something that is keeping me going though:

Countdown to till we go snorkeling here: 8 weeks & 4 days. OR 60 days!

Views from the City

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Justin and I spent a wonderful 7 days in Chicago with the Blackhams for Christmas! We hope everyone had as great a Christmas as we did. It sure is tough getting back into the routine of life though after taking such a nice break! While on our trip we...

Got stranded in Minneapolis at 1 a.m. on our way out due to SLC delays. Booo....
Once in Chicago we played with these cuties:
And Kristen and Justin playing with these: (I think this is a such a cute pic of his lil' sis)
Christmas Eve we enjoyed the sights under the tree and a fun dinner party with family friends:
Come Christmas morning we reeeallly enjoyed the unwrapping of the sights under the tree..
And Christmas afternoon we had the DeMilles, another family from the ward and the missionaries over for Christmas dinner..
(please pardon my horrible facial expression in the above picture!)
Then the day after Christmas we woke up to this..
Yikes! It snowed just about all Saturday and half-way through Sunday too! Brrr!

On Monday we went here..



Then after the Museum Justin and I decided to drive here.

Because a trip back home isn't complete until we go downtown Chicago! We shopped around until we were dead tired then headed home.

The next evening we went with Mom and Dad to..

We had a lot of fun at the Bulls vs. Pacers game...especially since the Bulls won and we all got free Big Macs the next day from the win! We did fly home the next day...sad day! Thanks Mom and Dad Blackham for the great time and especially for all our fun Christmas presents! AND thank you Mom and Dad Froneberger for the Wii and our other lovely presents. We love you all very much!

Christmas Office Party

This past Saturday evening was Pinnacle's End of Year/Christmas Party. It was held at the Salt Palace and there were about 1600 people there! So there was little to no chance of actually seeing any of my coworkers :-( We did manage to find Justin's coworkers so we sat with them through the evening. We enjoyed a nice dinner, nice Christmas singing by this lady.... I'm blanking on her name but I think it may have been Sonya??..., and then this comedian guy (named Brian something from some season of 'The Last Comic Standing'). Despite the fact that I can't remember any specifics of the evening it was a fun night! And it was really my first ever work Christmas party so it was pretty great for my first one ever.