The future is ahead of us

So I'm officially graduated! I finished up my last class through independent study (New Testament minus the four Gospels in two and a half weeks = worst idea I've ever had) and am headed to my sister's house to help her out post baby delivery for the next ten days. But after that...nothing.

I'm really worried about this time in mine and Kyle's life because we have nowhere we have to be. We're both graduated now, he has a stable job with salary and benefits, I have a good job. We've put off really deciding what to do with ourselves for the last year because he was waiting for me to graduate. But now I'm there; we're there. Do we look at graduate schools? Do we stay here since Kyle's steady income is paying off student loans? Do we pick up and move somewhere we've never been for the adventure of it? There are just too many options and I'm a little nervous. Up to this point, we've had a goal: graduate from BYU. Check. Anywhere we moved and any jobs we took had to be within walking and commuting distance from school. Now we have no ties. Kyle's job just moved north a few cities (towns maybe?), so we've been looking northward for apartments. So far nothing we'd be willing to pack up and move for. And we have great friends around us now and Utah valley is really pretty and really the commute isn't that bad is it? (actually Kyle has informed me the commute isn't bad at all.)

So we need a plan. Our lease in our current apartment is up in August, so we have about 3 months to find a new place. Which is actually plenty of time, if you're not picky (we're slightly picky which is why we've begun looking). I want to keep my job, so our area to move to is limited to four towns (cities?). Kyle will probably keep his job for a year or so more and maybe I'll go on to get more schooling in the meantime. I know he wants to get more education but neither of us know in what yet. I scored mega wife points when Kyle told me he didn't think he wanted to be a lawyer or go to business school and I told him maybe he should study linguistics since that's what he likes. He felt pressured to find a job that would make tons of money at the expense of doing what he wanted (granted, he still doesn't know what it is that he wants). For now, he is working full time, doing something he doesn't hate, and things are okay. Maybe someday, we'll have a plan. I'll keep you posted.

In case you want to run to the post office...

...my birthday is in less than a month!! Kyle's present to me is hiding in the closet. Last year, he gave me a 25 lb. bag of clay. I've almost finished with it; there are probably only about 8-10 lbs. left. Maybe I'll just throw it all in one go and make a really big pot! I'll put pictures up of the pots and things I've been working on. Nothing is glazed yet because I like using high-fire glazes and the closest kiln around that does firings that high is in American Fork. Firing at high temperatures makes pieces more, how do you say, "structurally sound." They don't break as easily. And they are food safe. Definitely.

I overheard a guy talking about kilns you can buy that fire to cone 8 (around 2212-2320 degrees) and plug into a clothes dryer outlet. That's pretty cool (actually it's really hot!*). 

For more info on cone firing, go here. Clay rocks!*

 *Please excuse any lame jokes. Still recovering from spending time with my dad. :)

Stake Valentine's Dance

We're so cute!

I know, right! ;)

Time flies

Three months from tomorrow I will graduate from BYU. So excited! Though there are still a few things I need to do:
-Capstone (my senior course which is basically writing a huge paper)
-Religion classes, namely D&C first half (almost done!), D&C second half, and New Testament

Those are my last required classes I need to graduate. The rest of my classes are great!
-Interior design
-Floral design
-Pattern making (read: fashion design)
-a class about children at risk in developing nations

Hopefully my design classes will go well (oh yeah and my other classes too). Wish me luck!

My husband is his own best fan

I've always known my husband was a little into himself. He was a stand-up comedian; nobody likes a humble comedian. He keeps a waterproof bucket in his closet full of his journals for the past 10 years. Frequently I will come home and find him waist-deep in memories spread all over our bedroom. The other day I was working on my laptop and Kyle curled up on the armchair across from me to read his favorite author: himself circa 2008. He laughed and cried at the drama that unfolded and shh-ed me when I almost spoiled the ending of his dating mishap.

But this is not the story I came to share today. Last night while we were getting ready for bed, Kyle looked in the mirror at me and said,

"Have I ever told you what beautiful eyes I have?"

Seriously.

I married a beautiful man. We may need to move somewhere with bigger doors just so he can get his head through them. teehee

A year ago today

I was looking through old photos and found out that last year at this time we moved into our current apartment. Or more accurately that I moved into Kyle's apartment since he had been living here since April as a bachelor in married housing.

Kyle carrying me over the threshold.

Our first shopping trip as a married couple! We probably bought 3 boxes of pasta, spaghetti sauce, four loaves of bread, two dozen eggs, and a gallon of milk.

I love being married to Kyle. It's interesting that on our anniversary of moving in we got the contract for our new apartment. Yep! We're moving! But it's only across the street so don't worry. I'm super excited!! :)

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This is fantastic! I wonder if the inspiring restaurant is one of the "One World" restaurants. I love One World, Everybody Eats in Salt Lake because their food is delicious and they stand for a great cause. I need to research this, but I also need to run to school to sew up my sweatshirt. Love!