Imaginiff

Imaginiff I had mind over matter I would:
1) Have all my dreams come true
2) Lose my sanity
3) become a duck
4) would have millions of dollars
5) become a vampire (twilight anyone?)
6) believe in myself

Both of these came into play this last weekend. imaginiff (the game) and mind over matter. Before I delve into that I want to go over what has happened in the last week (gasp, I missed a whole week?????)
last Monday we had the chance to go to a concert. I did not get pics but I promise that I will have pics to the next one. We went mainly to see Royal Bliss. I have had the opportunity to meet the band and let me tell you, they are freakin awesome! I didn't act like a star stuck person either. They are really the most down to earth people I have ever met. They played at the depot with Jet Black Stare and Candlebox. The opening band was Jet Black Stare. They are a really good band. I have never heard of them but I wouldn't mind buying their CD. next was Royal Bliss. They were awesome! That is about all I can say and then Candlebox wrapped it up. they flat out sucked. Sorry for anyone who likes them but we ended up leaving early because they were so horrible. Thanks to my brother, Will, who got the tickets! It was a blast to hang out with him and Jen and just enjoy some good music.
There is no new recipe this last week. I was so sick that I didn't cook at all except Saturday! I will work on anew one this week.
My school report I think went ok. I have been so busy working on it lately. I presented it last Tues and I will find out tomorrow what my grade is. Most importantly I didn't pass out! although I almost (does swallowing it back down count?) threw up, but I was also sick. Woo Hoo!
After all was said and done Brittany and Eddie came over to the house for a nice homemade cooked meal on Saturday. I haven't figured out if they are dead from food poisoning yet but if they aren't I have set a record! we enjoyed the nice weather and had a BBQ and made our famous 'skillet' which is basically a kabob in a special pan for the BBQ. we also had devilish strawberry shortcake for dessert. We played Imaginiff (which was so boring after about 10 minutes.. sorry guys!) but I guess the guys didn't want to get their butt kicked on battle of the sexes. After the game we spent a bunch of time talking and hanging out.
After Brittany and Eddie headed home Bryce and I stayed up to talk about some things that may have come up in the conversation. Weddings. I guess in a sense this is something I do not discuss to Bryce because I am afraid of what he thinks. As in my previous post I mention when you hear something so often you tend to believe what you hear. I do not have a good relationship with my family and it is currently a work in progress. I don't ever think I will have a good relationship with my family. Growing up I was always led to believe that I would never go to prom (sounds childish) but I never went and I regret it! I was also told many times that I would not get married and I believe that I am not good enough for any man (terrible issues huh?) There are a few other things that have come into play over the weekend that just made me think these thoughts. Anywho, back to my mind over matter thing.. we were discussing these things and my self doubts when Bryce turned to me and said Sam have mind over matter.
Bryce has been through some tough things over the last year and a half. He was very sick and a year and a half later he is barely feeling somewhat 'ok' He has spent oodles amounts of money and time at doctor after doctor after doctor with no answers. We have gotten him into a doctor that is currently helping him and we are getting somewhere but it is not just the doctor it is him telling himself that today he will have a good day, with no health problems. telling himself that he will be full of energy and be back to 'normal' in no time. and it has worked! He has felt great (up until Sat) for almost 2 solid weeks. I think it came out to 12 days straight! so back to my problem, he is saying I need to stop focusing on the possibly of getting sick, having a bad day, problems at work, thinking I will scare him away with voicing my hopes and dream, or just the simple fact that I wont ever get married and turn it around into positive. That I am good enough for a guy, I am a good person, and that I will have someone who can put up with me long enough to sign paper saying we are legally bound (Ha!) With all said and done I finally got out my hopes and dreams of my wedding without scaring him off by thinking I am ready to get married RIGHT NOW.
Does mind over matter really work? I am not completely for sure at the moment but I am trying to work on it!

oh and Thanks Eddie and Brittany for making on night enjoyable with good company.. and leaving the calories of the strawberry shortcake to stick to my hips!

My Prince Charming

May 2006


Once apon a time (yes this is a true story) I was introduced almost always by my sister as 'I'm a little princess. hmm hmm hmm. It came with a shoulder shimmy and everything. Ask me one day and I will do it for you. You are always lead to believe what you hear so that is how I became the princess. Everything is pink and has a cute little crown on it. My phone tells you, you have reached your majesty and I always say what a princess wants it what she gets and I usually get it (within limits). Wow this makes me sound like a brat! One day after many awful relationships I knew I would find my Prince Charming. and I did!


June 2008 (North Fork)


I have been sick this week with a cold (there is pattern. 2 weeks ago I ate a cookie and I got the flu. 2 days ago I ate monkey bread and now I have a bad cold... its a conspiracy!) With my assignment due and way too much going on to anything I came down with a cold to humble me and my moaning. The last 2 days have been brutal. Today I spent most of the day at work training and straining my voice. I came home and crashed. My lovely prince charming comes in at 6 (he went and picked up some paintball stuff) and wakes me up out of my restless slumber to egg drop soup from my favorite Chinese restaurant. He lets me eat in bed with the electric blanket on full blast. He knows I am not finished wrapping up my school report so he sits down and helps me finish up the finishing touches. He knows I am about to puke from the stress and consuls me. When I am tired he lets me sleep in, when we are camping he lets me have the last gusher, When I cry he holds me, He makes me a better person. I found my prince charming!!!


July 2005 (3 weeks after we started dating, Yuba lake)


Thanks baby for helping me out tonight!

Fun Filled Weekend, With Homework

This weekend was Fun filled with family, food and four-wheeling. Thursday after work I headed over to my brothers and sister(in laws) house to spend some time with Alisha. Thursday we had a yummy new meal of penne in a wok with fresh veggies and sauce. It was DELISH! We then headed to her finance class that she has been taken. She is one person who is on top of her finances trying to make her life better by getting out of debt and saving money. It is called a budget! I learned most of my skills of a budget (which I stuck to for a while, but I have used it lately) and learning to save money when I shop. There was lots of good information that maybe I will one day post of my blog. We stayed up late talking and catching up on life (with 5 kids and a husband who works long hours, it is nice 'adult conversation' for her)

Friday I woke up to 5 kids wanting me to get out of bed (so much for sleeping in with not having to go into work). We took a brisk walk int he morning with the kids and kissed them farewell as they headed to school. Then we became the evil adults and made Monkey bread (recipe below)! It was EVIL but in a good way. so much for my working out last week. Alisha parents came out and we eagerly started on the scrapbooking. We had loads of fun. The kids came home and we devoured the monkey bread. I think that is all I ate the whole day. Alisha made dinner for us but I ate my yummy monkey bread. I took the girls to the scrapbook store and we spent lots of money. By 10:00 PM I was completely beat. I knew we heading out early for 4-wheeling so I headed home and crashed.


This is Monkey bread and it was delish!


Bryce and I - ready to head home

Sat we got up somewhat early.. ok Bryce got up, I slept in, I was exhausted. we loaded the 4-wheeler, or cooler and all the guns and headed out to the middle of nowhere. For those of you who know me I am not a gun person. For me to be around them takes alot of effort. I wont shoot them let alone touch them. Bryce's whole family was out there kicking it back, having fun and 4-wheeling. I stayed in the truck trying to accomplish my homework (that huge assignment I talked about on here) I ate lunch and then headed out with my ear plugs to 'hang out' I didnt get a chance to do much 4-wheeling besides to find a tree and squat (which I HATE HATE HATE doing) It was a nice day but a little on the windy side. I am one red chick! We came home and the boys went to Nikki's and Julians and played xbox until early morning hours while the girls stayed home and watched 'little women' for Nikki' homework assignment. This weekend was a success. Now I am at home sitting on the couch, homework mostly done and writing on my blog. I hope your weekend was just as enjoyable as mine!


Nikki (bryce's sister) Shooting and 50 caliber. this was RIGHT AFTER she shot this gun. This thing had to have weighted more than her! This pic was priceless



Bryce and Julian (his bro in law) looking like twins with their matching AR - 15 they bought together.


Rambo?????


after my homework I slipped out of the truck to do what I do best!

Monkey Bread recipe

My new recipe of the week! Succeeded with week 2 now I am working on week 3.



Monkey Bread

1 - 35 OZ package of frozen Cinnamon rolls or orange rolls
1/3 cup of butter
1 cup of sugar
1TBSP of pancake syrup
1/3 Cup of Carmel ice cream topping
1 cup of pecans (or nut of your choice, we did almonds)

Take out your Cinnamon rolls to de-thaw. Once they are de-thawed cut into 4ths. Spray baking dish with pan, dump your nuts into bottom of pan. Dip your rolls into butter then in sugar and put in pan. Do this with the whole batch. One you are done with all your rolls dump the remaining butter and sugar on top of Cinnamon rolls, mix syrup and carmel together and dump on top of the Cinnamon rolls. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes. Take out of oven and dump into invert pan immediate scrape out the carmel and nuts that are on the bottom of your baking pan. Serve warm.

Now we just dumped Cinnamon rolls in a bowl after chopping them up and dumped all the butter on top and mixed then dumped all the sugar on top and mixed them dumped into a pan and poured the carmel mix on top. 1 cup of sugar was almost too much so I would suggest 2/3 or 3/4 cup of sugar instead. Before we baked this we also let them sit ot for 30 mins or so to rise. This is a great recipe for a party. In the pic we doubled the batch and it was completely gone withing a couple of hours. It was YUMMY. I also have the nutrition facts if you would like me to post them I will be more than willing to do so just let me know.

Nothing

In less than 7 hours I will be doing nothing for a full 42 hours.
No laundry
No house cleaning
No unpacking
No Cooking
No work
No thinking about the mess I will have when I get home
No stressing
No working out (ok maybe a little speed wlking on friday)
No home work
Nothing
EXCEPT the good company of my sister in law Alisha and a butt load of scrapbooking

see you monday with hopefully pics from our weekend of scrapbook and 4-wheeling (sat.)!!!!! Have a good weekend!

ENDO

ok let me start by saying to all those who did not make it through my last post (heaven bless you if you did, it was LONG) you did not get the chance to see my warning. So here is the second warning I will throw out.. For all the guys (and girls) out there, some of you may be able to read through this in a breeze, others will not make it through this next sentence. I wont go into deep details but this is a little something that I would like to get out there. Something that effects me everyday of my life, something I often ponder on and something that can take me 'out of the ball game' in a heart beat. Here is goes:

For the last 8 or so years I have often wondered if I am the biggest wimp on the planet. I cant lift much weights, I cry when I cut myself (especially with a straight edge razor.. the old fashion razor for men shaves.. its a hair thing), My sisters can pin me to the ground in seconds, I take things to heart way too much, and what other people think of me matters! These are not the things I am talking about though. I suffer from Endomitriosis.

This is becoming more common in women everyday. This subject was prompted by the fact at 4:00 Am on Sunday I was awaken with an excruciating amount of pain knowing full well what my next 24 hours possibly longer were going to be like. When you hear endomitiriosis you automatically think when a girl is on that time of month but that is not the case. I have had many instances where I am in a store, watching a movie, sleeping, hanging out with friends and it hits me like a ton of bricks. This pain is CONSISTENTLY there but some days are more painfull then other.

The only thing I could do when the pain comes is go for the alieve bottle (now my doctor has given me some other medications to try when needed). I can literally watch the clock and know within 30 minutes to a T the pain will subside to an uncomfortable state. This is where I often wonder if I am wimp. I have tried no meds and I just cry and cry and cry (Bryce can verify that). Even after I take some medicine I become a lump on a log with a heating pad or a hot bath to help the soothing.. it sucks. My aunt tells me often that she would rather go through 10 ALL NATURAL child births before she would take an hour of that pain caused from endomitriosis and tries to reassure me that it is indeed painful. If I cant go 20 minutes of pain through this how will I make it through the child bearing process????

I had 2 surgeries last year (2008) for this. The first was to confirm that I really did have endo and to clean everything up. In which my doctor lost my entire file, told me I would never have any more pain and sent me on my way. coming out of the surgery was horrible! The healing went nicely, the scar.. almost perfect, back to work in a few short days re-cooperating was short and minimal. This is when I decided I wanted to see a specialist. The day I decided that I got a letter in the mail that my doctor had passed away.. that made it easy, right? Wrong. I went to a specialist who also just happened to deliver 11 out of 15 of my nieces/nephews. This created a problem that my 1st doc lost my entire file they had nothing on my surgery except the payments and the person who my new doc needed to talk to was literally 6 feet under. We went through all my options and 6 months after my first surgery I was back in the OR. This recovery was very difficult. Because of the timing and a few other things that were going on in life I was on short term for 2 weeks, the scar is huge, it took me over a month and a half to actually feel like I was becoming normal again the recovery process was brutal. He found more. So much that for a normal person it would be a 'fair' amount but considering I just had surgery prior it is growing back was too rapid. The options: birth control... made me deathly sick! pre menopause.. uh no. I already will have to go through it once when I am about 50! hysterectomy, which would be great if I was older and had kids and do nothing and be back in surgery every year or less until I decide I have had enough.

I vowed not to have a hysterectomy for the simple fact that I do not have kids. I am not for sure if I want kids (that sounds horrible... I am a bad person) but every time my tummy swells up (literally) and I start to have pain I want to take a knife and do it myself. the thought of surgery makes me completely nauseous! Endo is something that literally incapacitates me sometime for days on end and it is not just every 28 days. It is a constant reminder of what my role as a female is. I may one day have kids which I would LOVE (even though I am not for sure if I want to have them.. make sense? no? talk to me on a personal level and you will understand) but I may one day not be able to have kids because the longer I put this off and more surgeries I have, the faster is grows the more it is making me infertile.

This post is not about having kids, or getting sympathy. This is to gain understanding of what some (and the number is getting higher) women are going through everyday of their lives. No for all those guys who made it through this post this is where you should feel appreciative of your wives and what they may grow through. They may not want to put off a 'wimp' persona. Be grateful you have someone who is in your life that goes through hell literally to keep the cycles of life going. Women are miraculous, and women.. feel appreciative if you have the minimal things going on because is could be alot worst... right?

Let me finish by saying how much I appreciate Bryce (he comes the cheesy part!). For the last 4 years he has been through it all with me. He has been by my side as I come out of surgery puking until night end, through a hang over from the meds, running a hot bath for me when i am in pain, Holds me while I cry and mostly sits and rubs my belly when I am in pain (my mom must've done that when I was a baby.. maybe its a mental thing but it really does sooth the pain!!) I love him for sticking through it with me. This is my future, this could go on for another 25 years. It may be an ultimatum for our future. I love you baby!

Now should I consider myself a wimp?

Dutch Oven (and moving)

This is for anyone who has owned a LUV SAC. They are not easy to move and I don't have enough crap to rent a u-haul. I thought it was pretty funny (oh and yes that is a crack you see in my windshield)

This was in the youth section (taken with my phone..blah.) I took a bunch of other pics but they didn't turn out.

This is my brother Will and my sister (in law) Jen. They are the ones who competed in the world's dutch oven competition (oh and yes he needs a haircut, I am slacking on that one!)


This is their main dish, prime rib.

This is their Bread. It is called meat and cheese bread with a kick. It also got the aware for best bread!!!!

This is their dessert. Neapolitan creme puffs. YUMMY!!!!

Yesterday was moving day. We got one load (as you can see that one load consisted of the luv sac) on Friday done before I headed over to school. Bryce was so kind as to unload my car of boxes while I showered for school. We got the rest yesterday which wasn't too bad. Now I just cant find anything!!! It is all stacked up in the corner waiting to be sifted through. I may not to get to alot of it for some time. I am glad it is done! Now to the fun part...

After moving I was able to head over to the South Towne Expo Center for the yearly Sportsman's Outdoor Expo. It is was a TON of fun. I got a bunch of pics but it was all from my phone and they didn't turn out so well. I headed straight to the dutch oven cook off when i got there. I got royal treatment! No one is suppose to be able to taste the food but since I am a princess the cute couple that you see posted in the pic handed some of the creme puff filling to me and boy was it YUMMY. With these cook offs they have to do 3 categories. They start around noon and they had until about 4 to get things wrapped up. everything they do has to be in a dutch oven (including something as simple as melting the butter!) They do their desert first, then the bread, then the main dish. Every little detail counts, one small thing could Determine win or lose. I had the chance to watch the desert when I decided to take the kids (chad and cam) around the booths. Later Lolly (Julia) and Kaleb showed up.
We bought Jerky for Bryce and they had even a small candy booth in which had a fishbowl of water and a mini (and I mean mini ) cup in it. If you made a quarter into the cup you got a 1/4 of free candy your choice. Chad made it in! I could not believe it. We also got the other kids some candy and even got my dad some sugar free stuff and headed over for a little snack with my parents. I then took the kids over to the youth section which was cool because they had all sorts of games and activities about outdoors. Fire safety, dinosaur stuff, boating activities and what to do and not to do outdoors and your could even make your own bright colorfull fish hook! They even got little prizes at all the booths. Oh and they had sugar glidders, Owls (those were awesome) hawks, bald eagles and even baby bears you could hold! It was alot of fun but I missed out on the prep of most of the food.
I had to leave before they could announce the winner (I am always there but they were running really really late this year and I couldn't stay any longer) In the semi-finals on Friday will and Jen took 3rd place. Not a bad start. In the finals on Saturday (which they meals have to be completely different from the semi finals.. talk about pressure) they got 6th. That isn't horrible either but they were having problem with the judge thermometers on the meat and because they are the judges they have to go by their thermometers and their prime rib was medium instead of rare. We will be back next year in full fledge of that gold! I AM PROUD OF MY BROTHER AND SISTER!!! oh and they do catering for this so if you would like to try some AWESOME dutch oven for a party, family reunion, or just to try it you are more than welcome to email me at littlebrat01 at gmail and I can send you their information. It is well worth the money!
Now if you made it through that long post.. kudos to you.
One last thing, I think on my next blog post I am going to talk about something that effects me everyday of my life. It will be titles ENDO and for those guy (besides Bryce, because he already has to deal with me.. and it..) who read my blog consider yourself warned.. you may want to skip this post. There is your warning.
Until next time..

Sick

Yesterday I was sick. What a way to spend a day off. Napping, watching friends and on occasion worship the porcelain god! The napping didn't bother me and the friends were really funny but I HATE throwing up. I think it is the worst feeling in the world. Even over a broken heart.
We didn't get any of the moving done that we had planned. I have school tonight. Do I skip tonight to move and not be able to take a possible day off in April for camping or moab (if I miss 2 days my grade drops a whole grade level) or do I just try to get as much done as possible tonight, go to school and the majority done tomorrow?
Speaking of tomorrow, my brother and sister (in law) will be competing in the world dutch oven competition at the south towne expo center (if you are at the outdoor expo make sure you stop by and check it out. It is intense!). This is like the 4th year in a row. Last year they got 3rd place. This is their year!!! I can feel it. Send out good vibes to them for tomorrow.
Next week is spring break. I have so much to do! I am going to take a few days to myself to put myself back together after all the stress of this HUGE assignment for school, moving, work and other things that are going on. As for right now, I am going to attempt to actually eat something and hope I don't get sick again and prove that sleep cures all.

its JUST one of those days

I think this is my only sanity today!

The last 24 hours

In the last 24 hours I was:
Screaming to get out of work
waiting for monday to be over with
Driving on I-215
Working out
Go home and kiss bryce (he finally woke up!)
set a new goal to cook one new meal a week out of my cute new recipe book
Made my one new recipe for this week
Ate dinner
Oh WOW! Yummy... patted myself on the back
Cleaned up dinner.
Bought me a bumpit!!!!!
two to six weeks to ship/ WHAT!?!?!??!
Went to bed
Woke up to snow and ice
Drove to work... took me almost and hour
Half hour late
Open up shop
Look out my window
See that old faithful flew in to greet me
Traffic gets bad
Water gets turned off
No peeing
Eye balls are floating.
The end


This is the aftermath of 'old faithful'

Up Dates

Here is the update:

I am moving this week! I am so exctied. I am almost done packing. I just have to pack up my filing cabinet and shrink wrap the love sac (if that is even possible???) and then Saturday is the big move. I am already getting ready to start the back yard and garden and all sorts of fun stuff like that. It is going to fun to finish the house and decorate and do backyard bbq's and parties (dont forget CAMPING.. anyone?)!

I have finally settled on my project for school. I think (although more than just 1 person suggested teacher..) I am going with owning and managing a small buisness. I think I already have the person I want to interview for this project I just have to wait for her response back on a YES... I will start this week outlining the interview and put the interview into action this week and hopefully have it completed by friday. then early next week I can then put the interview in a powerpoint presentation (anyone wanna come watch me practice... anyone??? ) There is so much to do and not enough time to do it. Next week is spring break THANK GOODNESS.

Wow this is getting long...

No cookies :next sunday (I was being the sweet person I was putting together a present for bryce while he was away.

Not for sure how the paintball tournie went. Bryce got in at 2:00 AM this morning. He was still asleep when I left for work. Update: Bryce had a blast! They did not place in the qualifier (1st place) due to some pentalties like playing on and overshoot (playing on it where you got hit but you keep playing in this case the kid didnt see that he got hit and they caught it and overshooting is when they call the game/timeout/paintcheck they keep shooting for one reason or another) but he said by far the last game they played was the greatest game they had played. He had so much fun! Next tournie is coming up in a month.. I think.. send out good vibes

Cleaning: Check

Sassy new outfit: Check, which I feel AWESOME in today (boys close your eyes) and it help with the new 'lift' the 'girls' got with it too and no that isnt plastic surgery.


Next weekon the list:
Cookies
Day at the spa (highly unlikely but I can dream)
Scrapbook party post
Spring break
and more scrapbooking with playing hookie from work (a scheduled hookie)

Oh and I want one of these.. maybe I will order one today whaddya think?

All by myself

Jen, Me, Adrianne, Yvette and Kerri

Byran(my co-worker) and me

I was ready to go home

Today bryce is leaving Which is completely ok! except that means a whole weekend to myself.. to... pack.

He is going to mesquite for a paintball tournament. Which is his 'guy thing' to do without me like I have my girl things to do without him . Last time I went with (4 whole days) The wives all went. We went to the pool, took pictures and cheered them on. We also hit up vegas for a few hours, went to the arcade (gambling really sucks at the arcade at least I got some prizes in return) went bowling and just had a good time in hot mesquite. This time I decided to stay back.

I am moving to riverton next week and I have a few things I have to finish up. I also have haircuts. oh dont forgert to clean the bathroom.. yuck. And now on sunday I am making cowboy cookies! (thanks Sara) if they turn out ok I will post a pic. Maybe I should go buy me a sassy new outfit..

If any of you feel like you have the itch to pack feel free to meet me at my place!!! Until then a whole 3 days to myself.. I could do damage!

Oh and the pics are from my bosses b-day. We made a complete mess out of her office and had fun doing it. oh and NO I AM NOT ANNOUNCING (Not for a long long time)

May all my dreams come true!

Assignment: To give a 2 to 5 minute presentation in powerpoint on an interview you have with someone in a job of your choice.

Meaning: Find out what my dream job is.

I have been assigned this assignment in my communications class. If I can get over the fact that I am scared to death (well to the point of passing out) then maybe I can figure out my dream job.

I have exactly 2 days 11 hours and 34 minutes to figure it out.

I then have to place a 30 minute interview with someone in my chosen career. Do I stick with hair? no, I have been into that way too long. Do I chose diesels/generators/greese Monkey? No I dont know that stuff very well.

I love photography, being in school (except this portion), dancing.. which I am not very good at, scrapbooking, and art. Or what about just being a mom.. All those just dont seem to fit and to give a 5 minute presentation about in front of my class is just flat out Boring. I dont think these will be very interesting to talk about to 30 students and a professor.

Maybe I should just stick with owning my own business, not too tied down but generic enough that I can conduct a 30 minute interview and give a 5 minute presentation. Any Ideas or thoughts???? What are your dreams/life goals?

I am desperate.

to both figure this out and to possibly get out of the assignment. Do you think that is possible?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KERRI!!!!!

Kerri and me

Kerri, Jen and Yvette

Kerri is my boss. Not only is she my boss but she is one of my great friends! I love her to death. I have spent many days in her office doing that exact thing. She is my mentor! And even though I may get mad at her for stupid pitty things she is still like my sister! I just want to say happy birthday!!!!! We all love you!

Starting my blog

Thanks to the pushes of starting a blog by Brittany (and the confirming by my cousin Dan the man) I decided to jump in and join this world of blogging. I have always had a fascination of reading other blogs but never thought I would do it myself. After finding many friends and people who have touched my life in the past and seeing where their lives had led them I thought I would jump on the band wagon! I hope by doing this I can give people an insight to myself and also let friends from the past, present and future get a glimpse into my life.
For those who may have been trying to catch up I currently live in Riverton. I am back in school for the time being and have dated the most amazing person (don't we all say that) for 4 years. Yes that is a long time. I work for a company in Salt Lake which I enjoy very much. I have many dreams hopes and visions for the future and it is up to me to make them happen. :)