Okay, okay!! I know it has been FOREVER since I've blogged and I'm here to tell you I am so sorry and I promise to be better:) Life has been absolutely insane, so I thought today was only appropriate to talk about life lately:) One of my favorite bloggers Mix and Match Mama does a lot of Life Lately posts and they're always my favoriiiiiite, so I thought I should start them too! Welllll where in the world do I even begin!? Ever since the end of July and school starting back up mid August, I have been on a whirlwind. I was called as the Relief Society President end of July (this is a volunteer calling in my Church that is a TON of work, but fun! :) ) As terrified as I was when they asked me, I knew this is what I was supposed to do and that I have been prepared to do this. Granted, I might have still asked our Bishop where his inspiration came from. ;) So that has put me into a complete whirlwind that I wasn't expecting whatsoever. Our ward is a married student ward so it's fun that we are all around the same age and stage of life and we have so many similarities in that way. But oh my goodness, has it been A LOT of work. I started out with 80 hour weeks getting everything prepared before I was even called and then decreased to 40 and am now happy to say I am in a better spot now not working on it so much. I absolutely love my calling though and that I am able to serve the Lord in this capacity. He has really REALLY used me as a tool in his hands to help the people of this ward (aka local church). We also finished our house! HALLELUJAH!!!!!!! This house flip turned into nonexistent date nights, only seeing Ian on Sundays, a lot of stress choosing this and that for the home, etc. BUT! It has also been so much fun to do it with Ian. We know the next few flips won't be like this for we have a better system now, but for awhile there, I felt like I was single again! Which kind of was okay; we both had SO much to do! I will explain all of this more but it is such a relief to have this home done and listed! We now are on the hunt for our next home to flip! :) More information can be found on our website HERE. Ian (my husband) is still working hard at his job (he is a project manager for a local construction company here) and we will still continue to flip homes and wholesale homes on top of what else we are doing! I can tell it's his ultimate passion and is quickly becoming one of mine too! I started my SENIOR YEAR of the nursing program in August! WAHOO!!! I couldn't have been more stoked to finish my final year, but also already had the worst senioritis EVER! Yes, it's a thing. :) My classmates and I all did not want to go back to school. Oh the dreadfulness of late night studying, all day clinicals, and nonexistent weekends: it's a little hard to welcome back. I've realized a lot of people don't know what clinical is though; it's kind of like an internship, but you have it every semester you are in school, on top of regular classes, homework, tests, and studying. This semester it's three days a week (sometimes four depending on how much you want to do) and you go all around the community (mainly in the hospital but you also go to places like WIC, Doctor's offices, and immunization clinics, etc.). It's an absolute blast (most days)!:) I am still going strong with all my hair clients doing their hair whenever I can fit them in my schedule! And for some reason, I have been getting A LOT of referrals lately so I have been doing a ton of hair! I specialize in hair painting/balayage so a good 80% + of my clients come to me for this. It's crazy that no one around Rexburg does this too (or at least that's what I've been told)! If you are ever in the Rexburg area, email me for an appointment at [email protected] ! I started selling Lipsense! I know, I'm crazy right!? Ha. Well it's this ALL DAY lasting lip color that literally doesn't smudge, budge, kiss off, or even come off in the water! I quickly became obsessed after my friend sold me some so I decided to sell it to get a ton of colors for free! If you want to do that to, just email me:) It's super easy and kind of my outlet for fun! I've gotten lots of my friends hooked on it too :) If you want to check it out or order, message me or comment through Facebook HERE. You can also email me about it too. After we officially finished our house, we went on a celebratory date :) Some of my carpool buddies from school :) Reviewing all our skills from last year's labs! We helped plan and organize our friend's adoption auction too. It was a blast and turned out pretty well for them! I am so stinkin excited for them to adopt!! I can't wait to see their baby! Learn more about their story HERE. I love when life is hectic but I would be lying if I said I've been able to handle all of this well. Ian is my literal saving grace through all of this. I've never had life be so busy (and that's saying something for you can ask my family-all growing up I was the busy bee, that never even wanted time to think!) but I know this is exactly what I am supposed to be doing, and for that I wouldn't want it any other way! Thank you so so much for stopping by; it means so much to see that I have still had a lot of my readers come visit my blog even while I have been away. I promise I will be better. I hope you've had a fantabulous Monday!
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