i am a working woman:-)

I got a job at a salon called Total exposure. hair nails and tanning and i get to do all of it!:-) i start tomorrow and ordered my business cards today:-) there is so much to get it seems so overwhelming! but so exciting to have my own chair and make my own hours!

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

because i am finished with school i have had alot of down time on my hands...this is what i have been up to!

YEP THATS RIGHT JEFF AND LAUREN FINALY GOT MARRIED! WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE A NEW FAMILY MEMBER wish i had a better picture but the wedding photos are not back yet! ~STEVE AND I AT THE REHERSAL~

MY LITTLE BROTHER BROKE HIS FEMOR(my spell checking is doing it in german and i dont know how to spell it..hope thats right!) he broke it in half! so he is out for a long time! and buddy and i have made alot of trips home to keep him company

I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright so wyoming has to be the lamest state ever....It took a week and a half to find out if i passed or not...worst 10 days of my life....nothing to do(quit work at vanity) and not knowing if i passed....but any ways my teacher told me that i wanted to have the "thick" envelope when it came in the mail...well tuesday night i went to the mail box for the last time and saw that the mail had finaly come and i patted in the box and everything was super skinny so i was REALLY hoping it didnt come...well i pulled things out and saw that i had a letter from the board and it was so skinny!!! started crying thinking oh my gosh how stupid can i get ~ i failed freaking beauty school! so before i went home i stood in under the light and was reading my results and it had a licence number and my scores i about fainted! I PASSED! 92 on written and 96 on practical:-) now the hard part come...there are no jobs in rock springs wyoming! so keep your fingers crossed becaseu i REALLY want to start working!

FINISHED!!!!!

NO MORE SCHOOL!!!! IM DONE DONE DONE!!!! sad to be leaving the girls at Abraxas but happy to be making money finaly!!! YAY YAY YAY 2000 hours dragged on and on in boise and flew by in rock springs....who would have thought that i like rock springs more than boise?! I take boards on sunday and hoping that it all goes well!!!:-)

not having internet sucks!

I have been horrible at getting out blog updated! we dont have Internet and so its super hard to post pictures and update it but this weekend we are in moab utah for my brothers wedding so i finally have time! here is what we have been up to....warning this could get long...

this is what ALL our time and energy has gone into...this is our baby "Buddy" He was three months when this pic was taken and he is 6 months now...he is the best dog in the world! he keeps getting bigger! we got him at 6 pounds and he is now at 10.5 pounds.... the best thing in the world is when he finds our underwear at the bottom of our hamper and pulls it though the holes and runs away with it like he is getting away with murder! haha so freaking cute and cuddly!

he kinda looks really unhappy in this picture BUT it just shows you have furry he is:-) seriously iAM that dog person who dresses thier dog up..(i started because he was getting so cold out side when he would go potty it is a must in Wyoming!) but anyways ill have to get pictures of him in his outfits...haha so lame i know i know....on to something else....we FINALY got the house painted! its this cream color and then a couple green accent walls...i am very pleased with how they turned out!

i only have 160 more hours till i am done with school!!! 17.5 days to be exact! i cant wait! i just need to pass boards and then its time to make money! Im working at vanity four times a week and its just a job...nothing great....steve is still at the same job and just doing his thing.... anyways that wasn't as long as i thought it would be....

we have news....

ok so no kids but we got a puppy!!! his name is Buddy, and he is the best dog that isnt potty trained! haha he is so stinking (literaly stinky)... cute! i had no idea how much work goes into a dog every three hours in the night to let him pee...the feeding times and letting him get on a pooping schedual...what the crap who knew.....
well i get to teach on sunday...supper nervous~ never done it before my only fear is not making the 30 mins of the class....i sure hope the sisters are willing to talk!!! ahhhh so scary!

so much time...

well this weekend was something great called flaming George days...its the biggest fair that Wyoming(well rock springs and green river has seen) i have to admit it was fun but get this....Thursday school got out early so that people can get ready for the fights that night Friday no school because people would be busy getting ready for that night and still hung over from the fights...sat and Sunday off normally and then Monday we took off because our instructor had family in town...and guess what!? July 3rd(this coming Friday we are taking off because people need to ...your guessed it....get ready for the 4th of July!!! ahah I freaking love this place! so awesomely different from Boise!! so what am i doing with all this time off you ask...well today(Monday) i went shopping for food and planted flowers! i wanted to show Steve that i can get my hand dirty and actually do something outside..and i have to say it look pretty freaking awesome!
wish i was able to upload pictures! but of well got to LOVE not having Internet at home......
OHHHH i almost forgot Friday night we had this FREAK rain storm thing...it was so intense! our neighbors put this drain thing in that flooded our back yard! and never even said sorry! he was like "never seen this happen before" as he stands outside with a cold beer short ripped jeans and a tank top with hair poking out from underneath his fat arm pits..watching Steve try and get the water to move away from the house!..GROSS! and so rude! anyways enjoy that mental image!

still here

i know its been a while since have posted anything but really nothing to great has happened...im still loving school, Steve loves his job...and other than that we don't do much....this last weekend we painted a couple walls my fav color GREEN! ahah my cloths now blend in with my walls! ahhh i love the color... see nothing exciting....when i get around ill take pictures and post them....ugh anyways any one want to come to Wyoming to see us? we are very lonely here... haha no but really....

first day of school!

So today was my first day at school...(the one that i passed a six month waiting list) well its amazing! the girls are so funny and nice! the instructor is so nice and chill about everything! we were even allowed to have our phones out! haha and we only have one test a week and i wont have to take any more test till i start to finish up because we did so much freaking testing in Boise! I showed them my set of book and even my teacher was like this is stupid...hair should be hands on not testing...anyways 9 to 5 with an hour lunch but you never have to clock out! we left school a half an hour early because no one was coming in and we STILL get hours for it! when we are slow we just sit and talk on couches and hang out! i don't have my own station yet because they didn't have room for me but i share one with who ever is gone for that day...its so nice! Its nice that everyone really does get along. Its what school should be like...plus i get to wear what i want:-) its amazing pretty much! i cant wait to get to know the girls even better its so much fun!

we made it!...

well steve and i are all moved into our new HOME! well not new new but new to us! its so fun thinking of painting ideas and new things that would improve the place! i love it here so far but...its kinda wierd here to...i went out sunday morning to get my news papers for my coupons and it was LAST WEEKS NEWS PAPER! who in their right mind sells a week old news paper?! well i guess the albertsons in rock springs does...then using the coupons was another story for another day...internet and cable are so expensive here we wont get it for about another month but on the positive side the library has free internet and its about 2 mins away from our house! its nice and there is only one tv station here WITH bunny ears...we we watch alot of 2 and a half men! anyways these pictures are not great by any means but here is our cute little pad!

in your face...

well you know my last post...i have made peace with albertsons...i finally got my .15 cent toilet paper! not only did it but i also got
8-2lt of diet coke
8-boxes of cereal
4-Velveeta mac&cheese boxes
2-boxes of wheat thins
10-cans of tomatoes(for soups)
2- v8 splashes
2-24 packs of water
3- packages of toilet paper!

total 40 dollars...savings of 60 dollars! pretty awesome, i want to get better so if any one knows how to get it better PLEASE let me know! i LOVE watching the total drop from 100 dollars to 40 it is such a thrill!

well other than shopping we are house owners in 1 week! crazy...we are all moved out of Boise and it feels great but so sad at the same time!

my mother in law had a HUGE scare with cancer this last week. they found stage 2 melanoma under her thumb nail(only 5% of this cancer shows up here) so Monday they removed some of her left hand thumb and when they did the testing they said we think we have everything and we will let you know the results this week...well today she found out she is now FREE of cancer! As Rayo puts it now she can give us 1 1/2 thumbs up! haha I dont know what i would do with out her! she is so amazing and caring! So happy and grateful she is going to be ok!

seriously?

Well today is the last day to double coupons at Albertsons...so knowing they would be in short supply i didn't go in with high expectations but what happened next was so annoying...!
since we are in the middle of a move i don't want to buy food that i will have to haul around for the next two weeks but i found an amazing deal on toilet paper....15 cents a pack...who can resist that? so i break down and went shopping. i go and and they are out of the specific pack that i need to use my coupon...so like in Boise you can grab the closest price to it and they will lower the price and let you use your coupon(albertsons policy is to have the shelves stocked at all time) well i get up to the register with my six packages of toilet paper and they ring up at 5 dollars...well then i say your out...the ones i wanted were 2.15. she says snotty "I cant do that..." after telling her albertsons policy she gets frustrated and says well if you don't want to pay full price go someplace else....HOW RUDE IS THAT?!
She is VERY lucky i was angry and didn't have the patients to talk to her manager! need less to say i didn't get my 15 cent toilet paper...

hold on...here we go

well tomorrow morning it starts...Steve moves to Rock Springs and on Monday he starts his new job as a credit manager at wells fargo. it has been such a blessing and also on of the scariest things we have EVER done! steve moves up for 2 1/2 weeks before me, on our one year anniversary we sign on our house, and on the 7th of may we move in! it seems like life is in fast forward! We have felt from day one that we need to go but the little bumps that pop up are sure making it hard...like Steves car dieing...honestly you see junkers from like 25 years ago with 300,000 thousand miles on it..our little 12 year old saturn with 95,000 miles couldnt make it another 5 months? well luckily we have a thrid car that will are going to pick up tomorrow in Poki...but still it sucks...

Steve farted...it really stunk! he thought it was FUNNY... i didnt...

After steve farted we found a porta potty....while he pooped i played on the tractor....it was fun

On a happy note im done with school for a while. im transferring my hours to a school in rock springs. it will be fun to learn what the other school has to offer! and this past weekend my brother in law shawn took pictures of steve and I for our one year anniversary! they turned out soooo amazing!!

were is time going?!

life is pretty much crazy right now for us...Steve leaves Idaho in 12 days:-( trying to get things together to move...finding time to fit in friend time and still working and going to school it seems like life is flying by! but things are going well, the house we are buying is working out well, stupid bank needs everything in the world and then some to prove that we will be able to get the loan for it...its stupid! but worth it in the end!
I colored my hair again..haha i put in a darker color so it looks more natural and ill be able to go longer with out coloring my hair. this will be nice since most likely ill be waiting a while to go back to school so i can get in the good school.
and i went shopping again today with my coupons! and i saved $95! i didn't get it down to half price this week but pretty close...i should have spent 250 bucks but i only spent 150...more than i wanted to this week but next weeks there are no coupons...so it will pay off...or at least i like to think so:-)

I TRYED COUPONS!!!

so my friend lacy showed me how to use coupons this weekend and for some reason i LOVED it! so today after i clipped and organized all my coupons i went out to test what i could do~ so today i got:
8-12 packs of soda
6- mac and cheeses
1- 3 lb bag of shrimp
2- bottles of ranch dressing
2-rolls of foil
2- bags of cough drops
10- 1/2 gallons of OJ and chocolate milk
2-packages of ball park hot dogs

and the total of all this brand named food was $94.94 BUT i only paid......$49.88
I couldn't believe what i was saving on stuff that i bought every week!!

ready or not...

Here we come rock springs Wyoming! Steve got the job and so we are moving...again. This is such a good thing for us. we will be able to start a career for steve and move on with life. so this means that we also bought our first house today...here are some pictures(just remember this guy who lived here was very Wyoming!)

I cant wait to start i just really don't want to leave Boise...I'm going to miss alot about it!

third time is a charm!

Well this past week i have been in rock springs Wyoming...looking for houses...that's right we are 99.9% sure that we are moving there. Steve had an interview and it went really well! we should know if we got the job by Tuesday or Wednesday. we really want this job especially since we put in an offer on the house and they took it!!! but they know that if we don't get the job that we can back out...but the place is super cute...its a town home, 3 bedrooms 2.5 bathrooms just what we wanted! ill post pictures when things are final...i would not want to get to excited about it...
the only thing that didn't as planned was my school. i would be put on a waiting list for about 6 months...(i would be finished in 6 months if i didn't have a break) hopefully i can talk them into letting me in! cross your fingers!:-)

colorado friends are the best!

So my 21st birthday was nothing to rant and rave about...UNTIL i found this Monday morning when Steve and I made it home! A package from THE GREAT JESSIE!!This is the beautiful packing job...humm what could it be?

Margarita glasses!! and a "moctail" book of non-alcohol drinks!

I loved it so much that that night Steve and I made some drinks! It was so fun!

Jessie you made my birthday! You have NO IDEA how much your gift meant to me!! I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! Love ya much!!! THANKS AGAIN!....oops:-)

Weekend Trip

Well this weekend was my 21st birthday...Steve and I went to Logan for it and it was a blast! Friday night we went to the Jazz vs. Nuggets game and it such a good game!! My brother Jeff and his fiance Lauren came! It was the first time I got to see the ring! It was so beautiful! They are getting married Oct. 12 In Moab, Utah! And I get to be a Bridesmaid! I cant wait! I have always wanted to be one! I cant wait! and i am SOO happy for them!

As for my birthday...we drove from Ogden to Logan and went to dinner with some of the best girls in the world! It was so much fun to see Jen and Whit again! I cant wait till I can see them again!!

As for my hair...its doing much better! I am able to get a comb though it! and I re-colored it about a week ago! Its still not the color i want it to be but we are getting closer!

my true love

although I REALLY love steve I also REALLY love Diet Coke.
Diet Coke never talks back
Diet Coke listens and always makes me feel better
Diet Coke takes my headaches away
I would marry Diet coke if it were possible! haha just kidding....

Steve does all these things and more for me! but im really wanting a Diet coke right now...but already had 4 today....i cant have anymore...i need a limit....

my hair oops....

well as you can see this is me with no color in my hair....awful!!!

me with my orange stained hair...

The new and MUCH better hair...we did so manyprocesses on my hair that it is now like cotton and it has no protein in it so it cant be blow dry for a while but in two weeks my hair will be almost good as new...

lesson learned.....NEVER BLEACH YOUR HAIR ALL THE WAY OUT NO MATTER WHAT!! AMBER YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB!

i really have nothing to say...our life is pretty boring right now...we did Finally move, and we love it! its feels so much bigger than our old place... For valentines day Steve and i went to the Utah State vs Boise State basketball game...and our team lost(usu)..we played like crap! but thats ok they are still number one in our book! and only 3 more weeks till im 21!...not that it changes my life much but still everyone looks forward to being 21, i will be able to finally rent a car if i ever need to rent one:-)

Be the change in the world that you want to see....easier said than done....right? But how do you stay positive when you feel like the world is crashing in on you? Im not sure how to do this but i guess ill figure it out soon...

Funny story though....the Dollar tree in Nam pa Idaho is having a clearance! Dont miss out at the dollar store sale!! haha

finaly...

we got a new tv and an actual tv stand!! About two weekends ago rc willey was having a big sale on everything with great financing so we finally did it! The picture does not do it justice! We are moving in about 3 weeks and when we move in we will pick everything up and hopefully it will help our new place feel more like home! if nothing else it will help it look better!

Today I missed school...i never heard my alarm clock go off this morning and i woke up at 7:30 and if im ten minutes late i get sent home...with a thirty min drive out to nampa there was no way i would make it to school by 8! so today i was so bored! i have done nothing...i hate sitting around....i wanted to go to school so much..oh well...

My name is nicky and I fake "n" bake...

I did it thats right...i know i promised i wouldn't ever fake n bake again but i had to! I was getting so white and not seeing the sun for almost 3 weeks was getting really hard...and then my friend Keisha gave me a weeks worth of free tanning so...i caved in and went....and it was AMAZING!!! they have this new bed that scans your skin tones and only puts the rays that your skin needs to tan! It was amazing...it had a mister and a cooling fan that actually cooled the bed down....i was able to go for 20 mins(i didnt have a base tan either) and didnt burn! i only got an amazing tan! the only bad part is that if i didnt have a week free with any bed that one twenty mins would have cost me $40...it will be nice for the next week to get super tan and then by the time its gone it will be Summer, ahh it was a wonderful day!

PEOPLE NEED TO STOP!

Ok...perms are gross...i dont care who you are or what the conditions....YOU DO NOT NEED A PERM! The only way a perm is ok is if you dont have arms and cant do your hair yourself! if you dont have BOTH your arms go ahead ask for a perm...if not just dont, they are nasty! Plus we hate doing them! oh and if by any chance you do get your hair stylist lets you get one dont say you need to be out in two hours...its just not going to happen....

I had a very frustrating lady today at school she asked for a perm, asked me to wash it out after the perm solution had been put on(just in case you dont know if you wash withing 48 hours you loose your perm curl) then asked me to put a color on her hair and NOT wash it out!!! My instructors told me I had to do everything to! then she showed me how she liked her hair to be done and i turned her around after two of us worked on it and she goes "ugh this is ugly" it looked just like how she showed me! erg some people piss me off...

So lesson to be learned dont get a perm(unless you dont have arms)!!!!

HaHa isnt this so true?

Haha i saw this picture and i laughed so hard! because i feel like this is all i say all day long...don't get me wrong, i love being Mormon wouldn't change it for the world but count how many times you say this in a day..haha well i guess for people who live in Utah dont say this much but in nampa idaho i sure say it alot! haha

I kinda want this shirt...

out of shape?

Since i got married in May I have not had a place to work out...so I just didn't...Steve and I thought about getting a membership to a gym but they are freaking expensive! Well lately i have been getting really depressed about my body and the twelve pounds that i have put on in 9 months.. Well Oprah show last week and then again today was on health, while i was watching it today i had the urge to go running outside(i hate running outside...) well i got dressed and started out to run thinking i would be gone for at least 40 mins...HAHA I found a track from an old school and could run less than a mile!!! In high school and before i got married i could run 3 miles and not stop to break! haha in my three laps around the track i had to take 3 breaks!! Im pathetic! So here is my goal...I want to be able to run a full mile by the end of the month...doesn't sound like much to most people but I guess i have to start some were! So keep me to this goal!!!

Oh ps..we didnt get the house...it was very sad to hear but that just means it was not meant to be.:-( it was a very sad day!

I always forget how lucky I really am!

I have found that while doing hair people spill their life and will tell me things they wouldn't have even if i was one of their friends. Today I was given a lovely mother of 2 beautiful children and she was 21 years old. She was the kindest lady and she was living in a women's rehab center...She told me her life and i gave her an insight into my life, and i realized how lucky I am to have such a great family and friends who support me in everything i do! Also to have the Gospel in my life, I have never had such an urge to tell someone about the church, She just needed a little bit of guidance in her life...She had a hard childhood and doesn't know how to get out of it! I brought it up a little but i wish now i would have had the nerve to say more...i hope she will come back and we can talk about it some more! Such a great experience! If i don't see her again i hope the best for her!

Still have not heard back from the bank about the house...we should hear back tomorrow! Ahh we really want this to work!

Lets hope the second time works!!

Remember this picture? Because the last time i posted this picture Steve and I had put in an offer on the house and the bank pretty much laughed in our face...WELL we called our Realtor and asked him if this house was still on the market and it was! Well to make it even better IT DROPPED IN PRICE! Even lower than what we had offered the first time...so we decided to put in another offer! We should know by Thursday if we got the house or not!!! If we get the house we will be moved in and everything done by March 1st!! I would KILL to have this house its so perfect for what Steve and I need right now! And the Price is AMAZING! Lets all keep our fingers crossed and only positive thinking!!!!