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.