Hello, Hello

My heavens! It's been so long since I've written a post! I better make it short or I won't finish it and just forget it...

Jesse starts a new job in the new year and we're moving! To Kane, PA. My last official day of work is on Wednesday. But I'm going back for the first 2 weeks of January to help train my replacement. Then I'm retiring from caring for other people's children. I'll be a full-time domestic engineer. A stay-at-home-mom without children...but hopefully not for long! We're planning on starting our family very soon. Hopefully things will be better this time around.

I'm also going to be working as a full-time Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant. I'm so excited about Mary Kay. I love the products and I proudly use them myself. If you've known me for a while, you know that I've had acne since I was a teenager... I've been using the Mary Kay for about 2 months and my skin is almost free and clear of blemishes! It's incredible. :) I'm very pleased.

Ok, that's it for a while. Love you all!

Hello Gorgeous!

(I wrote this a couple weeks ago but forgot to publish it!)

I am a now an Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant! Here's how it happened....


I went to my friend's MK party (the day before I found out I was pregnant) and while I was ordering, the Consultant, Marge Means, asked me if I had ever thought about becoming a consultant. I hadn't really thought about it but I knew that we would be moving next year and that there weren't any Montessori schools around and didn't want to sit around all day being bored, so I knew that I wanted something to do with my time. I said that I would think about it and she gave me a CD to listen to about "Choices." In the talk the woman gave on the CD made me think about how if I started with Mary Kay now, I would have a customer base to get me going so I would have a foundation to build on when I moved.

I prayed and talked with Jesse, talked with my mom, talked with friends.... and finally, I made the decision to go for it! It felt right so I kept going. :) I signed the Consultant Agreement and received my Starter Kit. Jesse gave me some money to start my inventory (can I just say that I have the most supportive, wonderful husband!?)

I have given 6 facials and have my first skin care class tomorrow night with my Mom, Nan and Aunt Robin. It's going to be a fun time! I have sold a bunch of products (lipsticks, eye shadows, nail polishes....) and my goal is to sell 6 basic sets in the month of November. Any takers to help me reach my goal??

To add to the excitement... my little sister Bekah is also a Beauty Consultant so I am a Senior Beauty Consultant haha! Awesomeness!!

I have a great Director, Marge Means. She is very helpful and supportive and always available to help me if need be. I feel really good about this. :)

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I miscarried over the weekend.... It's been hard but not unbearable. I have a supportive family -- especially my loving husband. I also have wonderful friends who have been praying for me. Thank you, I can feel your love and the love my Heavenly Father has for me.

love,
Sarah

1 + 1 = 3

Crazy Week

Wednesday was a rough day for work. Children can sometimes be very needy and can easily exhaust all of my energy and patience. I fear lunch/naptime. There are two thing that you cannot force children to do: eat and sleep. By the end of the day my assistant and I were crying together.

When I went to back my car out and head home and the car wouldn't move! It turned on, went into gear but the blasted vehicle wouldn't budge. I called home: busy. I called Jesse: on his way to class. I called Pappy: he suggested AAA (Thank heavens for my in-laws and the membership they got me!!!) and said he would come get me if needed. So I called AAA and they sent a tow. Horrible timing for a tow truck though because the buses were coming and they couldn't get thru the parking lot, parent's cars were backed up...I was so embarrassed and stressed. The driver asked me what was wrong so I told him and he wanted to see if he could move it so I said go ahead. He forced that car out (flooring it). The rear driver's side tire wouldn't turn (emergency break) but after forcing it there was a huge popping sound and then it was fine but recommended taking it to the shop anyway. Originally I was going to ride in the tow truck to Chuck Beck's shop (Meagan and Chuck are like our best friends!! We hang out a lot:)) but I didn't feel like riding an hour with a stranger so I called Pappy and he came and got me, then Mom drove me home.

My car was in the shop overnight so Jesse took me to work the next day. He wanted me to drive the truck but I was so anxious about driving it (no, not driving it, parking it) that I broke down crying and Jesse said he would take me. It was another horrible day for lunch/naptime so again my assistant and cried on each others shoulders. On the way home from work that day, I had my arm out the truck window and a bee flew up my sleeve and stung me. It hurt so bad and I was so exhausted that I cried again.

I've been so emotional lately! All the stress is catching up with me. My heart actually hurt for a couple days so I bought myself a bottle of Distress Remedy at the herb store and have been diligent in taking my other herbs.

Friday was better. I prayed a lot. A LOT.

Photography Challenge Day 11: Something Blue

Photography Challenge Day 10: Childhood Memory

Photography Challenge 9: Someone You Love

I love us.

Photography Challenge Day 8: A Bad Habit

Photography Challenge Day 7: Fruit

Photography Challenge Day 6: From a Low Angle

Photography Challenge Day 5: From a High Angle

Photography Challenge Day 4: Something Green

Photography Challenge Day 3: Clouds

You Haven't Lived Until You've Bathed In Roses

I'm such a girlie girl... I love all things pink and beautiful! I love sweet smells and running my hands along smooth satin. Tonight after Jesse went back to Mt. Jewett to work (for the last week!!!!!!!) I sat and watched TV. Boring! Then I saw my beautiful arrangement of pink roses (my awesome little sister Bekah gave them to me last week when she and my brother came up and made me dinner) that were on the decline and decided to take a bath in rose petals! :) (The candles were chocolate scented...oh yes, I was in heaven!)

I highly recommend that everyone take a bath in rose petals... just don't think about the clean up. :)

Photography Challenge - Day 2: What You Wore Today

Wore a dress to work
Wore shorts and tee to work out
And will sleep in my pjs .... I wear a couple outfits a day! :)

Photo Challenge -- Day 1: Self-Portrait

Photography Challenge

My sister-in-law Ashley is doing this photography challenge and I thought it'd be fun to do too!

Lots of time....

Jesse has been working out of town since May 9th - coming home on weekends. It's been really hard on the both of us. Before I got married, I could do anything alone: drive across the country, move to and live in Philly, go to movies, go out to dinner..... But now I'm dependent on him. I miss him so much when he's gone, and it feels like a part of me is missing, and I guess in actuality it's true! I don't like doing things alone any more, I would rather have him by my side.

We live for the weekends! That part is kind of fun. We plan dates every weekend and spend the entire time enjoying each other's company and talk. This experience has taught me that time is short and we are responsible for how we use it. And that we can choose to be happy. For a while at the beginning I was very angry and sad, mad at him that he kept leaving me alone. But he was so kind to me, encouraging me to be strong and that he was missing me just as much as I was missing him. It was then that I decided not to sit around and mope.

I've taken up new hobbies and possibly found a passion in my free time, keeping busy to avoid sadness. I've read three books, finishing the fourth; I've started soap making; I rent international movies to open my mind; I work out everyday and drink protein shakes! I read a conference talk with breakfast, let my hair go curly and I enjoy going to work! I go over to friends houses and they come to mine. I feel alive for the first time in a long time. I am very blessed.

I still miss my husband terribly, especially when I'm lying awake it our bed, wishing I could have a kiss goodnight. But I know that he'll be home soon, and to quote Jane Eyre,"[receive] a hearty kissing as a welcome"! :)

Sarah vs. Chicken

I've always wanted to roast a chicken. Last weekend Jesse and I went to Barnes and Noble, and while he was looking at gun magazines (haha) I was looking at recipe books. I found a fun story about this no-fail chicken that has amazing effects on men. It's called "Engagement Chicken" and girls who make it for their boyfriends get proposed to in a couple days, there is a serious track record just google it. :)

So I wanted to make this delicous feast for my husband as a "thanks for marrying me" gesture and to see it's magical powers on men in action. It's a simple recipe, baptize the bird with lemon juice, stuff it's cavity with whole lemons and season liberally with salt and pepper. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes breast side down, then decrease heat to 350 and help the chicken onto it's backside. Continue cooking for an hour.

Sounds easy, no? Well, something went wrong. Almost two hours later the stupid foul thing, I mean fowl thing, wasn't cooked! It smelled AMAZING but my new meat thermometer wasn't going any higher than 145.7. And there was red juice coming out of the puncture. So back into the oven he went! I cranked up the heat to 475 and ignored him. And I turned it upside down again for good measure.

Oh, and I should mention that Jesse invited our newly engaged friends over for dinner. I was so afraid that I would poison them and reverse their engagement with the ill-prepared engagement chicken. So, I did what any self-respecting cook would do, I ordered out! Haha, just kidding. I chopped that chicken to pieces and I microwaved it! :) It was good.

Will I ever again try to make a whole chicken again? Probably not. :)

(there was a problem with our oven... only the bottom element works, it's not the chicken's fault)

For some reason people can't comment on my blog..... This frustrates me. If you cannot post a comment, please email me and I'll try and fix the problem somehow.... My email address is enchanting rose@gmail.com
Love and giggles,
Sarah

I need help....

Hello my dear friends I am in need of help. I want to find a hobby but need some ideas of what to do. So if you will post comments and give me ideas I would appreciate it!

Much love,
Sarah

My favorite place

Fishing Season...AKA Raining Season

Every spring, my family has gone camping in Potter County ("God's Country")for the first day of trout season since my dad was a kid . 

My mom was sick with an ear infection, Bekah had to work and Meghan, Josh and the kids didn't want to come because it was supposed to rain... so they didn't come. It was just Jesse and I, my dad and two youngest siblings (Rachel and Andrew). We all slept in my parent's pop-up, it was nice and toasty warm!

The weather was fine Friday evening/night but as soon as you could say "trout season is open" it started to rain. And it never just rains up there, it pours. And it's wicked cold rain. Andrew and Dad got up early and went fishing but didn't catch anything.

Saturday afternoon we all piled in Dad's truck, strapped on the canoe and headed down to Bush Dam. In the rain.  I didn't go out on the canoe..it was too cold and rainy! :)

Three Hundred

Today is our 300th day of being sealed! Wow, time flies!

Candles, Tulips and Chocolates

Jesse went to the grocery store to pick up some eggs for me (for my class) because I wasn't feeling well. He came home, went to the bedroom and then came back out and asked if I had my cell phone with me... I didn't so he found it and brought it to me. He said he'd call me.... and went back to the bedroom.

A couple minutes later I got the call... I walked into the bedroom and saw this!!!

 He got me my favorite flowers (pink tulips) and my favorite chocolates -- Baci!(aka Chocolate Happiness) and lit 75 tea lights and put them all over our bedroom. I instantly felt so happy and forgot my worries and discomfort. Awh, what a man!

Thanks Jesse, you made my day! :)

"Wove, True Wove"

Cooking Up A Storm

My sister-in-law, Ashley, sent me a link to this awesome food blog ... ourbestbites.com ... I have been trying out A LOT of the recipes. I made Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos (yummy), Strawberry Spinach Salad with Lemon-Poppy dressing, Sweet & Spicy Cucumbers (Jesse made these -- they were a bit spicy but really good), and Zucchini Fries. I also had a recipe for Blueberry Scones with a Lemon Glaze. Oooooh they were good. I love cooking.

On my way to work this morning I got a call from school asking if I'd stay until 5pm because the other lead toddler teacher called off sick. I said I would... I could use some extra cash. I'm not excited about staying until then, but oh well. I'm with the napping children right now -- they'll probably sleep for another hour. :) Then we'll go outside and play etc. etc.

I'm running out of things to talk about. So goodbye. :)

Disconnected and Happy

I haven't been spending too much time on my computer lately... Usually it's just to check my email really quick and to check Meghan's blog. I'm sorry I've been so disconnected lately... I've been spending all of my time with Jesse (well, when I'm not at work or driving that is). We go to bed early (usually before or around 9pm) and get up early (5:45am) and we still run out of time to do stuff. We love spending time together making each other laugh. I love being married, it's really one of the best things that's ever happened to me! :)

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Tonight Jesse and I watched "Tangled." It's so cute! You have to watch it. We saw it in theaters when it first came out and wanted to see it again. I love the music. Disney movies have some great tunes...and toons. Haha!

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Jesse and I started taking herbs a couple weeks ago. I've been reading up on preparing your bodies (yes, men need to prepare too!) for pregnancy, so hopefully we'll be ready when the time comes. :)

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This weekend is General Conference!! I'm looking forward to receiving counsel and a spiritual uplift.


So that's all I have to say for now! :)

SNOW! AHHHHH!!

Yesterday was an open house at Penn-Mont...it was raining on my way down to school, but in the two hours that we were there it started snowing like nobody's business! It was horrible, and an even more horrible drive home. The roads were so bad that a snow plow was off the road!!!! I'm serious! We got 6+ inches over night -- the heavy wet snow. Our power actually went out at 4:30am (I heard my phone beep when the power was disconnected). The problem was that I couldn't fall back asleep...I thought for sure there wouldn't be school today but alas, only the schools here in State College were closed... the schools to the south (Penn-Mont) wasn't, not even a two-hour delay! Not fair. The power didn't come back on until I came home from work. I had to go to work without showering or doing my hair. It was horrible. Blah.

But I'm better now.

Jesse and I went for a walk on a path behind our building that goes around Toftrees... it was snowy and slushy but we had a good time. :)

Summer, please come soon. -Love, Sarah.

"Happyness"

 

A year ago today (February 13th) is when Jesse officially proposed to me. It's hard to believe that it's been a year already! It seems like just yesterday. We've almost been married for eight months!! 

I love my life. :)

Ready, Set, Spin!

When I was in college I went to the Spinning class almost daily a couple semesters (too bad it was toward the end of my college career). Since then I've wanted my own spinner bike, and told Jesse this a few times. Last Friday night we drove down to Altoona (Dunhams) and purchased one! They didn't have any in stock so we bought the floor model. It had some kinks but with our awesome mechanical skills we fixed it. :) It was regularly priced (we missed the sale day) but my mom had given us a coupon and it was actually cheaper than the sale would have been! Awesome.

Chick Food

On Thursday nights Jesse's plays volleyball at a Methodist church here in State College. I went a couple times but I feel so much pressure because only 4 or 5 people show up, I don't want to be the "weakest link" so I just watched. This past Thursday I stayed home.  I ate strawberries and homemade whipped cream. It was awesome. :)  

 

       

Mmmmmm

I love fancy things and desserts are no exception! When I was a young woman, Sister Diane Speece was in the YW presidency and one night for an activity she taught us how to make cream puffs. I hadn't made them in a long time and asked myself, "why not make them today?" So I did. I put some chocolate on them so are they eclairs now? I dunno, but they're yummy! 

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It had been so long since I've made creme brulee and yesterday seemed like the perfect day to make it!! Jesse got me a torch and ramekins for Christmas. Bekah came to visit and helped me make it.

I also made quiche! (Bekah made the crust though) It was my own recipe... so amazing! The green beans were also fabulous! Oh man I love cooking!

Part-Time

Before Christmas break I talked to the head of school to see if I could get my hours cut... the early hours and long commute have been taking their toll on me. Sleepless nights. Emotional break downs. Poor Jesse has been so great and patient, even giving up sleep for me. Anyway... last Friday the head of school came to me and told me that an assistant teacher wanted more hours and asked if I still wanted to fewer. I said yes!

Friday was my last day of working aftercare. I now work from 7:30-1:30 instead of 7:30-4. It's great to be home before Jesse and have dinner waiting for him! I forgot how much I love cooking and baking! Jesse's grateful too. :)

Christmasy Pictures

One night Jesse and I went to the Hallmark store to get our first ornaments for a tree....we came home with ornaments and a Willowtree nativity. It's was a great surprise! Thanks Jesse!! I love it. :)

I made chocolate chunk cookies (Jesse's favorite!) they were yummy!!!

I should let Jesse write about this, but I'll just give you the short version. Jesse bought this slab of osage orange lumber and helped my dad build this coffee table. :) The picture really doesn't do it justice. Come over and see it for real.