Fawkward.

I think I need to get some things out that happen to me....a lot. 


Here are some awkward moments in the past few weeks that are still stuck in my head.

1. Smelling a gross poop like smell, searching the WHOLE house, then notice that the girl you are the best babysitter for has decided to rub her feces all over her face. 

2. Telling my cheerleaders to not be 'provocative" and a girl proceeds to tell you she is always provocative. Then having to explain what the word actually means.

3. Being told "Your boyfriend is so cute".....eh, dont tell my husband that? Not sure what to respond....but yes, I am married.

4. Getting ask if I just graduated....5 years and counting?

5. Spilling your eyelash extension glue ALL OVER your shirt and the glue puts a MASSIVE hole in your shirt....and to think I tell people not to worry about the glue.....deadly.

6. Wanting to giggle at the temple....are you allowed to giggle??!?

7. Having your husband ask how many boys you kissed while he was on his mission...."none??"

8. When your husband passes gas then proceeds to run in front of the crowd telling them to "MOVE!"

9. Taking a Pregnancy Test at Walmart since the father of your "maybe" baby is too impatient to let you wait till you get home.

10. The thought of finding out you're pregnant right before you go see Bella and her Vampire baby....

Thattts all Folks. FYI as of late I am "not pregnant"....and if I am...maybe I should buy more expensive tests. 


Anything awkward in your neck of the woods......awkward 11. neck of the woods? what the H does that come from? LEMME KNOW. xoxo Gossip Girls.


I think I am getting more awkward now that I am writing my awkward moments...

Something missing.....

Hey TOM....


It's been 46 days since we last saw each other......


COME BACK TO ME!!!!!!

Children.

I always knew waiting was never okay.
I always knew money shouldn't be the reason.
I always knew wanting to travel isn't okay.
I always knew there is no perfect time.
I always knew it's a commandment.


Many voices in the world today marginalize the importance of having children or suggest delaying or limiting children in a family. My daughters recently referred me to a blog written by a Christian mother (not of our faith) with five children. She commented: “[Growing] up in this culture, it is very hard to get a biblical perspective on motherhood. … Children rank way below college. Below world travel for sure. Below the ability to go out at night at your leisure. Below toning your body at the gym. Below any job you may have or hope to get.” She then adds: “Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.”⁷




Across the world, this is a time of economic instability and financial uncertainty. In April general conference, President Thomas S. Monson said: “If you are concerned about providing financially for a wife and family, may I assure you that there is no shame in a couple having to scrimp and save. It is generally during these challenging times that you will grow closer together as you learn to sacrifice and to make difficult decisions.”¹⁰


Brandeis tries to tell me that waiting is okay. 
I cannot find where it says that it is okay to wait.
I am not BEGGING or WANTING a baby at all. 
I keep telling people I want to wait 4 years.
I feel like it is only because I am extremely self-centered and involved in my own life to want to bring someone into it.
Now, where is the conference talk saying it is OKAY to wait 5 years after marriage to have a baby?
Where does it say it is OKAY to wait til you are out of school?
Where does it say it is OKAY to go on lavish trips before conceiving?
Where does it say to make sure you "really like eachother" before having kids?


I feel I already "REALLY LIKE" Brandeis and I am not sure I can love someone more...


Why do I feel the need to live my life to the fullest until I have children? 
Why do I feel children will just drag me down?
Why isn't there a timeframe for when to have kids?


Please just tell me..... "Tminus 2 years after marriage you will start working on conceiving."
That would be so much easier to figure out. 


Is waiting 4 more years reasonable? I use to think it was PERFECT for our lives


In “the best of times [and] … the worst of times,”¹⁵ the true Saints of God, acting in faith, have never forgotten, dismissed, or neglected “God’s commandment … to multiply and replenish the earth.”¹⁶ We go forward in faith—realizing the decision of how many children to have and when to have them is between a husband and wife and the Lord. We should not judge one another on this matter.


I guess all I can ask is to not judge us for how long we will probably wait.


Thanks Neil L. Andersen for your talk on Children. To read the whole talk visit: http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/children?lang=eng

Big Things in the Truman House.

We just love October in the Truman House!
It means BIRTHDAYS, HALLOWEEN, FALL, etc.


It is a crazy month for us especially. Brandeis has 3 Major birthdays this month. His Only Sisters, His Mom's and Mine. all within 4 days of eachother. SAME WEEK. cRAzy. Sucks for him.


We are also moving at the end of the month! We bought the GREATEST couch the other day. Well, I love it...Brandeis thinks its heterosexual. OH WELL. 


I also have an interview at the School District to become a sub. Stress. I really need it! 


Cheer is going good. I am overwhelmed with making up a competition routine. It will be my 1st one ever I have done all by myself. KINDA CRAZY. I have been listening to music until my ears bleed and today I started mixing it. I guess it is going okay ;)


I am SO overjoyed that this year is almost over. I just have a feeling next year will be a BREEZE. haha.


FYI. No babies yet. Not trying. Not wanting. 
Just to clear things up. We love just having our little family. Me & Him. We are great together! We don't need any interference...just yet...someday though. :)

This oNE time I almost got kidnapped...

Sit down kiddies, It's story time! A few months ago I promised to tell more stories from my life and last week I thought about this one.

Let me take you back to February 23, 2007. I just came home from a 2 week long trip to Chile to pick up my brother from his mission. Great trip. 

Anyways. It was one of my friends birthday parties that night (Kim Ramirez). She was having a "sports themed" party and of course I was going as a professional swimmer, swim cap and all. 

Well before the party my good ole pal Courtney and I went to Sally's Beauty Supply for who knows what. We were in line and there was this "African American" boy probably around our age in front of us. We were both snooping on his conversation with another lady in line. He was asking for money for the bus stop. Looking at the kid I noticed he had a hurt foot. 

He was expressing to the lady how his mom ran over his foot the day before and was making him walk around shopping with her. He explained how he needed money for the bus since his mom ended up leaving him. He began to cry. I began to tear up...I looked at Courtney...

Next thing we know we are in my car driving to some super scary neighbor hood off Cheyenne if I remember correctly and some number street...You know those number streets are bad. 

This boy had the stankiest breath EVER! Courtney kept texting me telling me to get him to stop talking and she had her hoodie covering her mouth. 

I couldn't blame her. 

We dropped the stranded soul off in front of a scary apartment and the rest is history! I hope his foot is better by now! :)

Moral of the story. Don't snoop on others conversation. The person you help WONT help pay for gas.

I love this.

Checking out my stats for my blog....


when people look up 
"slight bend pinkies" 
they get to my blog.


My baby pinkies are famous. 

Bless me.

I have been thinking a lot lately about a certain day in 18 days. 

October 24th.

I am not sure why it is so upsetting to me. 

Usually I am so stoked to turn a year older.

Growing up I always wanted to be 23. 

I thought it was the age of being a hot mom.

I just thought that the age 23 you are the hottest. 
haha. 

Now that I am almost the age of my dream I am upset. 

I guess I just thought by this time 
so much more would be going on. 

I pictured at least 1 baby. 

A house. 

Real job. 

Maybe as a child I should 
have been more realistic.

I never said how old I would be when I wed (August 14, 2010), 
but i knew by 23 I would be settled.

I guess I am just not the mature girl I thought I would be.

I am SO immature. 

"Now that I am older and actually turning my favorite age of maturity I realize that I love who I am and I am glad I am not the girl I wished I was." -Jerilyn

I have loved being 22, but I guess I need to embrace 
the grateful age of 23 with open arms. 

Man, 23. I feel old. 

Remember Me?

Oh Hey there, Its me. Jerilyn. 


I am still alive. Thanks.


It's weird to think that after blogging up a storm I just completely stopped. Kind of like my Pinterest addiction....I haven't been on in a few days and I have no urge to get on. Weird. 


I guess if you are a good friend you are already aware of what is going on in our life....here is a list of what has occurred since July. 

• Went to Washington State for a week or so.
• Bought a car. Bye Bye Regretta. I loved my Jetta...secretly.
• Happy 1 year to us! We celebrated in a jacuzzi suite...no dirty details. 
• I am an official cheer coach for ECTA. and Babysit for the Brown's.
• SCHOOL. gag me. 

That is about it for recent events.....

Future Event = MOVING.

I am in a weird state right now. I don't want to move. I wish the new place would move to us! I love the area we are in and the friends we have made....and the bread factory always making our apartment smell like homemade pizza. I think it is hard for everyone to leave their first place...unless you're my husband.....

That's about it :) 

EnJoY!

COX IS DUMB.

I am on a "live chat" with Cox Communications...and I feel they hirer 5 year olds.


There is a HUGE language barrier between me and Gilberto G.


I asked if I can change what channels we get on the Cox website OR if I have to call in to do that...


He responded, "You are unable to change what channel you are watching over the internet. You have to use your remote to do so."


Thanks Gilberto. 

Pimples.

Word on the street is there is a simple way of getting rid of the redness that comes from disgusting pimples.


Now, even if this is simple...do not just brush over the topic.


I AM A FAKE DOCTOR PEOPLE!! Take me seriously...


Just simply dab some eye drops on the exposed red gross pimple and...


BOOM! Free of redness.


Try it for yourself and tell me your results :)

Knowledge.

So lately it has come to my knowledge that I know to much about nothing important. haha.


I guess it is kind of important if I took the time to learn it, right?


Well I am considering to start a new blog....full of my random facts.


Now these facts are legitimate. Believe me. Doctor Oz teachers me a lot.


This blog will be PG13. haha. Since I am 22 and can do that :)


READERS BEWARE. It will talk about love, sex, diseases, smaller issues, and people.


My favorite thing to do is look up people. I once found a girl on facebook that was on a "i was raped as a child" show. She was a weirdo to begin with and I am sure she is even more weird now...but she got married, I found that out on facebook.


I look up EVERYTHING I see. It is a real issue. I looked up all the contestants on SYTYCD on facebook. It doesn't take long....


Pathetic? I think not. So be on the look out. 

i love being married.

Upgraded.

Sad Story.

There once was a girl who had a ring she loved.
One day she was working outside with her prince and her ring bent.
Bent in a way that it was hard to put on and VERY uncomfortable.
She went to the ring store and they said if they fix it, it might break.

Forever....

So the Prince and Princess Upgraded. :)

Flower Power!

I feel the need to be better at blogging. Shall I tell you a story?


I grew up telling "stories" is how I like to describe it. Obviously it was lies......to most.


Here is a true story...maybe a little fabricated, but mostly the truth ;)


It was some sort of break in school. I was on track 5! Best track ever and we had the majority of the summer off. 


One day it was early and I feel like there is a chance my brothers and sister were not friends this day. Usually we played banker with our battleship accessories or Cowboys and Indians on our bikes, but today was my day. 


I started off on my bike with my backpack fastened tightly to my super skinny and cute back. I road up and down our neighborhood and all around the streets stopping at every house. 


What was I doing you ask? Picking flowers. 


I would get a load full in my backpack, peddle back to the house, unload it in my room and trek back out for my next batch. 


After an hour or so the streets were barren. No more pretty flowers. 


My mom found me later that day when she got home in my flower field of a room. I was laying in them and throwing them in the air like they were my treasures. 


I feel this stories ends with me being grounded, but before that happened she told me to take them all back. She is ridiculous! How can I put back all these flowers? Crazy lady!


I feel my mom should have had a nanny strapped to my side at allllll times. I was a hot mess. 

The D.M. Freaking. V.

My name is Jerilyn Burton, that is what my Utah Driver's License calls me. 


My FAFSA for school that holds all power for my grants and shiz knows me as Jerilyn Truman. 


CSN will not allow to have my money from FAFSA until my license matches.


In April I was told this. Back in October I tried to change my license, but since I have had 3 "violations" in the last 5 years I have to retake the driver's test. Woo. 


I took the permit test, passed. I took the driver's test back in April, failed. 


Don't judge me. It is way different now that I am set in my ways of driving. The lady was TOTALLY UPSET that I put on my blinker to get in the turn lane, then turn it off and back on to show that I am now turning. Heaven forbid a cop pulls me over for it. ALSO, that 1 mph while in a school zone might make or break whether a child dies. 


My mom told me the instructor was jealous of me, thanks mom.


Since then I have gone back a few times in the morning for standby. STAND BY SUCKS. I show up 3 hours before it opens and there is a line longer then the eiffel tower already. 


Wednesday was my day! It was 4:30 a.m. and dark. I run around the corner and see that no one is in line yet! I jumped for joy and Brandeis was there to entertain me for awhile until he had to leave at 5:30 for work. 


6:00. rolls around, I am sitting next to a man from Pakistan that has an English accent. I am also sitting next to a tan box that I couldn't read since it was dark. 


7:00. it is now light out. The box next to me read "RODENT CATCHER. DO NOT OPEN." Thanks....


7:45. The ladies come out give me my #1 but then tell me since my registration just expired and I am waiting for the new one to come in the mail I have to have Brandeis come down so they can print me a new one since I am not on the registration. Solid. So since he can't just UP AND LEAVE work I was given a new number. #20. Yay. 


11:30. my butt may or may not be totally numb. Why are the seats at the DMV horrible? I ask the lady what number they are on ...#6. She then told me that they might get to #10 today. Righteous. She proceeds to tell me that the best thing to do is to get my permit and come back the next day. 


12:00. I am taking my picture for a permit...will you come pick me up?


The only reason I stooped so low to get a permit is because CSN needed my name changed that day or I can't go to summer school. Sucky right? 


So here I am... Friday. Brandeis didn't want to go today since he is completely warn out from working this week and today he works all day from 6 til 8 tonight. Lame. 


So I guess we will see what happens. Hopefully I can drive soon. 


Moral of the story is....don't get pulled over, but if you do..don't get married? That's all i got.. 

Mila's Dreams

When I am a mom....in longer than 9 months.... I want to be like this mom. While her daughter is sleeping she decorates the floor around her to match a story that she thinks she might be dreaming about. SOOO GREAT. 


Here are all the pictures, really small and hard to see, but you get the picture.


She has a blog, but she doesn't really keep the pictures on her blog....but in general she is inspiring!

So yes, that is her babe, sleeping. She just decorates all around her. I love it.

Stay @ Home Wife

HELLO!! :)


I am the best stay at home wife ever. Just ask Brandeis. haha. 


Right now, the laundry is going, i am watching Millionaire Matchmaker, thinking about what to cook for dinner and texting Brandeis. Life is great. 


This past weekend was eventful. Friday night we went on double date with Kim and Lamar. We went to the Adventure Dome where Brandeis and I met. So Romantic. We ate at the Peppermill after which is DELICIous. I never knew such a great place existed. 


I loooove KimRam. SHOUTOUT! haha. I love going to her house and seeing her parentals. They rock. Her mom did the pencil test on Brandeis and I and **Spoiler Alert** We are having 2 girls and 2 boys.... girl, boy, boy, girl. I hope it comes true. Brandeis thinks it is fake but when it is NEVER wrong....believe it mister! So we are going to start trying NOW! haha jk.... you still have to wait a few years to see the cutest girl ever come out of me. 


We actually are wanting to go on a cruise this summer and if we go....i have to wait 3 years to even talk about kids. haha. oh what i do for some fun...i put our children on the back burner!!


Brandeis and I love our life. I have a love/hate relationship when he leaves in the morning....he loves to wake me up and make sure I am awake by jumping on me and telling me bye.... I hate it...but I love being awake to say goodbye. It is at 5:30A.M.......shoot me. And then afterwards I have a hard time falling back to sleep and I have a headache all day.....oh life of a stay at home wife.... haha. 


We are both going to be going to school full time this summer....Brandeis only wanted to take 1 or 2 classes, but since I am the parent and I pick out his classes, he is taking 4. haha. :) 


I have relocating schools again. I am going to go to NSC for Elementary Ed....I think that would be best especially once I am a mom. Woo. 


Well, I am sitting here...and I think I should go brush my hair...... bye.

Valerie, Our Little Soldier.

I kinda feel like I am standing up during testimony meeting at church and knowing I need to say something, but I am not sure what it is....(if you are not LDS then that didn't make sense I guess.)


Anyways, my emotions are crazy sometimes and I like to keep my private life private, so here is a big breath out for everything I am feeling right now...


.........(long breath out...)............




Wow. I feel better already. 


These past two weeks have been a roller coaster of emotion. Last week after hearing horrible news the day before I was pulling up into our parking lot and I saw Brandeis (who surprised me by being home early). He looked at me all excited to see my face and the surprised look, but instead I was crying. I try to be strong, but sometimes I am not. You never know when something BIG might happen that affects your life. I cannot say that my day to day life will be different, but some things will be. 


My step brother has been dating Celina basically, forever. Celina has a sister named Valerie. Valerie was diagnosed with brain cancer a few years back and has had numerous surgeries. I have seen her before and after many surgeries. I have witnessed hair loss, hair growth, loosing weight, and being perfectly healthy. I watched Valerie decide right before graduation to have a surgery that had 2 choices which would leave her paralyzed or she could have died. Neither of those happened and when I saw her before the surgery I knew everything would be okay. That was last year around this same time. 


Last week I was told Valerie had found out within a month and a half she had 5 tumors in her brain. The doctor, after always knowing ways to help, told Valerie that they were out of options and it was time for her to go home and battle with her family and no more surgeries. Valerie graciously told the doctor thank you and went home to be with her loved ones. 


Valerie was part of a great family, but she was also part of mine. There was never a Christmas or Thanksgiving that I didn't see her. She always had just as many presents from Santa under our tree as did any of my parents biological children. We love Valerie. I love Valerie. 


My only hope is to have her family feel peace and love. I know Valerie is in Heaven where she is perfect, just how I will always remember her. I know someday she will be reunited with her whole family, including my family. 


I just want Valerie to know that my family loves her so much. I will always remember the good times, and the last time I saw you while you squeezed my hand as I sat by your bedside. I will always remember how you stared at me as I sat and talked to you that day, even if you didn't say anything back. You are such a strength and blessing to everyones' life you have touched. 


I am grateful to call you part of my family. 

 Valerie and Celina

Valerie and Her crush, Brandeis :)

Free Photo Session

My friend Amy who took the photos on my wedding day is giving away a free photo session. 


If you are interested, go to her blog and find out all the info. :)




http://aimtothee.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-photo-session-giveaway.html

Birds.

Today I was walking to the truck and I saw a little bird fly into a parked cars antenna. 

The antenna was flipping around like crazy. 

Best Day Ever. 

Small Case of Everything

This week was a BIG WEEK.


I got laid off. Answer to my prayers. I have never been so stressed, anxious, annoyed...etc.


I was telling Brandeis this past weekend that I felt my job was turning me into a whole new person I didn't like. I had extreme anxiety and every night I would come home and be stressed out....which means I took it out on Brandeis. We are both very easy going and have had a simple marriage, so far. He noticed that I would come home and be snappy and upset all night just knowing I had to wake up again and go back to work. It has been like this for over a month now.


Not healthy. So, on Monday I told him I was going to put in my two weeks and look for something new. Then that afternoon I got laid off. What a breath of fresh air.


Now.... what shall I do? I have a job lined up for June....and that is what I want to do, but we will see what else comes along. Brandeis loves me being home, I hope. I am happier and we have had so many things we needed to get done that now I have time to do! So great!






Well, I have broken down and I am in physical therapy....if you didn't know already.... my body is the body of an 80 year old woman....My knees are horrible.


I have to do all these super hard leg exercises that i complain about the whole time. Yesterday the doctor decided to play with my knee caps and show all the people how cool it was to move my knee cap around. It feels so awkward. He tells me he has never seen anything like it before.... yay.... 


I was dying yesterday doing leg lifts while this old lady next to me was doing the same thing, but with weights on her ankles.. Embarrassing.... I am so weak. The doc told me that I have no leg muscles that are supposed to keep my knee in place... and my leg is all puffed up for some odd reason...


He has put me on restriction of working out, dancing, running...etc.. he told me I cannot play my Just Dance 2 for a while...TORTURE!! So, i do my shake weight, take a little walk, and do my leg lifts daily.... go me. 




I am just grateful for Brandeis and how he pushes me to do what is needed. I was so scared to go to any doctor, but with his pushing I am now on my way to be all better...without surgery! :) I cannot wait to have my legs stronger so it wont hurt when I shower, grocery shop, stand around and chat, clean, go on walks, play Just Dance...etc.... it will be a whole new life! 


Well, it is time for physical therapy....maybe today I will add weights to my legs? ...fat chance. 

Yeah,

I hate waking up to drool on my pillow....




drool that belongs to someone else. 

Truth Hurts

There are those one times when your husband slaps you in the face...on accident.


I am not talking about a physical slap, but an emotional one. 


The other day I guess Brandeis saw something for the first time.


Here is how it went. 




"HONEY!!! WHAT DID YOU DOOO!!!" -he says while pointing to my thigh. 


"...those are my stretch marks." ...Sad face.

The Produce Section

I have a major problem with shopping. 


The blond part of me comes out.




In high school my mom sent me 2 times to the grocery store for 1 simple item.




Lettuce.




2 times in high school I came home from the store with Cabbage. 




Rough Life.




Once in college the performing group I was in were going on a trip up to a cabin.


My partner, Corey, and I were in charge of getting lettuce..


That night we made cabbage instead...




The other night we were getting stuff from the store and Brandeis always buys lettuce. 


This week he went straight to....the cabbage.


Darn you cabbage! You Siamese twin to the lettuce! I will never win.