Slacker

So I realized looking at all of your blogs lately that I haven't updated mine in 6 weeks! What a slacker right? So this is what we have been up to in the past 6 weeks.

Nick started another new job. He is now working for the Kittitas County Housing Authority doing maintenance for the summer. It is a huge blessing that he was able to find a job that had more consistent hours (40/wk compared to maybe 15) and better pay.

My job is going good. I'm finally starting to feel like I'm getting into a routine and getting the hang of things. I have been really enjoying getting off so early in the day so I have the whole afternoon and evening to do things. I however am not enjoying starting work at 6am!

Nick has been riding his dirt bike a lot.

I had a birthday. The big 2-3! My parents took me out to dinner at El Caporal, and I got to wear this awesome sombrero in order to get my fried ice cream, soooo worth it!

We both read the entire twilight series. SOOOO good!

Kristl's getting married next week, and I threw her a bachelorette party/lingerie shower a few days ago. It was a complete surprise to her, and we had so much fun! I kept it pretty small, my Mom, and Kara were there (Kristl's sisters) and our good friends Sara and Alice. Sadly Sara's sweet baby girl Avery wasn't able to make it because she had a fever but Alice brought her newborn twins, Elizabeth and Casen. It was so nice of her to share them with us, they are so stinkin cute!

Here we are from left to right Kristl, Sara, Elizabeth, Alice, Mom, Me, Kara and Casen.

I think Kristl now has enough lingerie to have something new to wear everyday on their honeymoon.

We FINALLY got our settlement from Nick's car accident last September! We have been fighting and fighting and fighting with the stupid insurance company for months now and finally got it settled. Hooray! So yesterday I went to Yakima for a MUCH needed Costco run, so now we have a full refrigerator and freezer and are stocked for the next who knows how long on toilet paper, kleenex, paper towels and cleaning supplies.

While I was in Yakima yesterday I got new tires put on the car. Let me tell you, that was such a pain in the butt! All of the places here in Ellensburg charge an arm and a leg for tires so that was out of the question. Little did I know, the standard tires for our SUV are an odd size so no one carries them in stock. Costco said it would take 3-5 business days to get the tires in, Wal Mart the same, and several other tire places, the same. Normally it wouldn't be a big deal, but we are leaving to go to Salt Lake City, on Tuesday for Kristl's wedding and NOBODY could guarantee that they could have the tires in before then. So I drove all over tarnation to find the right size tires in stock and finally after almost 2 hours of searching low and behold I found some tires. I wasn't super thrilled about the first quote they gave me so I complained a little about the price, and well sometimes it pays to complain. They gave me the Costco price for the tires and saved me over $100.

Like I mentioned a little earlier in the post, we are leave to go to Utah next Tuesday for Kristl's wedding. We are so excited for her and Aaron! I love seeing Kristl so happy and in love. While we are down there we will get to see quite a few people in Nick's family. We will see his Grandma on his Mom's side, his Aunt's Julie and Debbie and multiple cousins. We can't wait to see them. It has been far too long! So my next post will be all about our trip. Hopefully it won't take me 6 weeks to post about it.

Happy Mother's Day!

To my Beautiful Mother,

There are so many moments I have had with you that I will cherish forever. You have been my friend, confidant, support, a shoulder to cry on, my personal cheer section, and all of the encouragement I've ever needed. I hope that someday I will me the Mother that you have been to me. I love you Mom! Happy Mother's Day!

To my Wonderful Mother in Law, I am so blessed that I have the privilege to have you as my "other" mother. I am so thankful that you instantly welcomed me into your family and you always go out of your way to help me feel comfortable in your home. You have raised a wonderful man and for that I will be eternally grateful. I love you Sherrie! Happy Mother's Day!

To all of the Women in my life,

Whether you will someday be a Mother, you're an expectant Mother, you are a Mother, or you are a Grandmother, Happy Mother's Day!

More Good News!

So Nick is going to be kept busy the next couple of months working for a friend from church. He is building a new house and needed some help. Right now, Nick is working on putting in somewhere around 1500 fence posts!!! So it will be a lot of work but I'm glad that Nick gets to do it! It will help out a ton to have him working too. We feel very blessed! It will be such a relief to get back on our feet!

Good News!

I got a job! Its not a glamorous job by any means but, its a job! I will be working at Royal Vista Nursing Home and Rehab Center. I started my training on Friday to get my Nurses Assistant Certification, I really hope that I will like it. I have been thinking about going into the medical field for a long time and I think this will be a good way for me to test the waters a little. If I like it, I want to go to nursing school. I really think that I will like it but we'll see. Nick is still looking, but had a promising interview last Thursday, so we're keeping our fingers crossed. Thank you for your prayers, comments, and the phone calls. We love you all! Hopefully we will have more good news soon!

Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day!

Do any of you remember the story, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? Well we had one of those on Wednesday! The signs of the times game in full force at the Sabin household and Nick and I BOTH lost our jobs Wednesday! As if its not bad enough for just one of us to loose our jobs but BOTH of us for goodness sake! Ugh! So it was definetely a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day to say the least!!! So now we are both in the job market and we are both searching for ANYTHING at this point. If you hear of anything please let us know. Wednesday after we both were home, we cried for a little bit but soon after we dusted ourselves off and both went out to look for new jobs and do what we had too. Which I personally think says a lot about someones perserverance, determination, and work ethic. I had a job interview earlier today at a Salon. It went really well but I don't think I can afford to work there right now. So hopefully something good will come out of this soon! We are both so frusterated that our lives have been put on hold and so many things that we had planned just aren't going to work out right now. I will keep you posted about our progress. Wish us luck!

Happy Birthday Nick!!!

Today is Nick's birthday and it would only be fitting to post a little "tribute" to him on his big day!

Nick, so far in our lives together you have been...

a GOOD boyfriend,

A GREAT Fiance,

An EXCELLENT Husband,

And someday you will be a WONDERFUL father to our children! Until then you will continue to be an LOVING uncle,

a COOL big brother,

a BEST friend,

a FABULOUS fix it man

a HOT date,

a MAJOR goof ball,

a SUPER-DUPER mini-golfer

a SEXY dirt bike man

and the LOVE of my life!

Happy Birthday Nick!

I LOVE YOU!

May I Have Your Attention Please?

Ladies and Gentleman, I would like to introduce to you, the newest members of the Sabin Man Clan, Mr. Nicholas D. Sabin and his new dirt bike.

Sabin family reunions and get togethers usually consist of all the guys going on a dirt bike ride, and the ladies catch up while they are gone. Needless to say Nick felt a bit left out. If Nick got to go he previously had to bum a bike from whoever had an extra but now thanks to his awesome Dad, he now has a bike of his own. Its is a Honda 450x. Nick took her out for a spin yesterday and as you can see, it was a great ride!

I'm sure this is only just one of the many adventures of Nick and his awesome new dirt bike I will get to blog about. Thanks Larry!