End of 2009

I don't blog... not hardly ever, its too time consuming. However, I do love to read other peoples blog and I love following their lives!

This Christmas we sent out a couple of Christmas cards (not very many at all), but no Christmas letter. I just didn't have the time to sit down and write about myself and my husband. Also, how in the world am I supposed to remember a whole years worth of information? Luckily, I received many letters from friends and that got me thinking about what I would have written in my own. I have had the past few days off and have though even more about so I thought I would write a blog letter! So here it goes!

We have had a fabulous 2009! We took many vacations which included trips home to California and Indiana, a lovely cruise and St. George. I love to travel, Tyler hates it. We manage well :) We started the daunting task of decorating our home. I love it! I have learned what it means to take pride in my home and I now understand why my mom was always telling me to clean.

I switched jobs (THANKFULLY) from being an account manager to an orthodontist assistant. It was a nerve wracking switch considering my lack of experience in that field, but it has gone quite smoothly and I am thoroughly enjoying myself. Some of my biggest accomplishments this year are as follows:

I have continued to workout and eat healthy (most of the time) resulting in some much anticipated weight loss

Mastered my new job without permanently injuring any patients

Finished out the year without ANY car accidents! (I guess there is always today)

I can accurately predict (within about 20 seconds) when Toby will give us back all the water and food he has so quickly swallowed

I've learned that dishwasher soap cubes were the answer to all my problems

I can cook just about anything!..... in a crockpot (including desserts)

Learned that if I were to ever not work I would be bored out of my mind

I have met and made friends with so many wonderful people in my ward

I have gained a strong testimony of my calling as Enrichment Board Leader

Tyler continues to be an expert in his field. He is currently a coach, mentor, webinar instructor, frequent article writer for his company (the one most of his family works for). His job has only slowed down a bit and for that we are grateful. Here are some of Tylers accomplishments:

Tyler has:

Written over 50 articles for his companys magazine

Started and followed through (unlike his wife) with a fabulous blog that is all about the stock market and (because he wants you to know) has had 60,000 pg views this year

Taken on new responsibilities at work that include mentoring and teaching webinars

Become a first rate dog trainer and has taught little Toby many amazing things

Taken on the task of doing the dishes

Learned that if you don't shovel the snow after the first dump, you will sorely regret it

Learned that when buying a house, in a place that snows, make sure the sun actually hits your front yard

Become very involved with local and... not so local politics

Conquered the art of being an assassin (twice)

Brought the spirit into our home by honoring his priesthood and working his hardest at his calling with the Elders Quorum

Our lovely Toby is growing like a weed (a huge weed, like a tumble weed you find in your backyard). He now weighs in at about 86 lbs. We hope he is done growing. He has become much like his father and is quite the genius. Some of his accomplishments are:

Jumping over Tyler on command (without kicking him in the face)

Sit, stay, heel, front, down, off.... and all those other useful commands

Sitting in place whenever told to do so

Swallowing food and water so fast it comes back up looking the same as it did in his bowl

Never barking (unless you are wearing an Obama mask)

Shedding all that unwanted hair of his

Mastering the puppy face

Eating just about anything his teeth can chew through

Playing nice with little kids

We had too much fun this past year and we hope to continue to enjoy ourselves. We celebrated one year of marriage in August and honestly is was a good year! We already have many plans for next year and I can't wait to get started.

California

I love my new job! I am getting alot of time off to get things done! A few weeks ago I had the whole week off so I convinced Tyler to also take the week off and drive to California with me. We left on Tuesday night after his workday. We drove down to St. George and stayed in a sweet condo. That next morning we spent a few hours with our good friends Amanda and Jeff. Tyler and Jeff went golfing and Amanda and I spent the hours talking ( I miss having her close by! ). After our morning of sunshine we continued our drive on to Cali. We arrived in time for Dads birthday dinner. We spent the next few days visiting the beach and friends and family! I was excited because we got to do some temple work in the LA temple for my moms family. It was there I learned that my Grandma was a cradle robber (not my words, the temple sealers!!) My Grandpa (who had passed on) was like 9 years younger than my G-ma. The beaches were a bit cold and overcast, but it was still nice to visit. As you can imagine, Tyler, the kite flying guru that he is, loved the wind!

We had an excellent time over and hope to go back soon. My family is coming up in a 2 weeks for a stay out here. I hope they dont mind the bi-polar weather!

He looks so innocent right?? Today I got a call from Tyler telling me that Toby had chewed through his rope and run away!!!!! He put Toby out at about 11 and I got the call at about 6. We don't really know how long he was out for. I got home and started my search. I yelled into open feilds, stopped groups of kids on the street, then decided to pray. I felt impressed to check KSL. I got online and lo and behold there was a found ad for a dog in Eagle Mountain!!! I called the girl (annie) and told her what Toby looked like. I asked her where I should come pick him up at and she told me she lived in Hidden Canyon!! ( this is where I live) It dawned on me that she is my newest Enrichment board member!! I ran on over and picked him up. They are so nice! The kids were very friendly and told me that they had even BATHED him!!! I think Toby might be running away more often haha. I am so grateful for kind neighbors!

I truly think this was a blessing, because last night I was not as grateful for my neighbors. We are having trash can issues on my street due to some strong winds ( that blew all the cans around last week). The neighbor a few houses down took ours last night (because it had his serial number on it) so we found our number and found out that the beighbors across the street had ours! Tyler talked to them and promised that on trash day he would help them find theirs... Dang wind!!

zipline

While we were on our last cruise we went on a zipline adventure. This is me coming to the last stop

Sophies mad face

This is a video Tyler and I took while babysitting Sophie awhile ago. She never ceases to make us laugh. I think she is telling us she is going to be sassy.... Nisha?

Reading so far...

I have had to play a little catch up with my reading but so far I am doing good. It has been really easy for my to understand what I have been reading.
We have had a few blessings that I have recognized and thought I would share. First of all, last night I started my reading and Toby started his barking. I realized though, that he would not bark as I would read, only if I would stop. It was nice to know that someone has some control over my dog!
Secondly! A few weeks back I went to an interview at an orthodonts office. I had not heard back and have since stopped thinking they would be calling. Well, today I got a call from a number that I didn't recognize. The lady started saying something about Dr. Watson. I thought it was my dentist..... Then she asked if I wouldn't mind coming in for a second interview tomorrow! I really couldn't believe it. I feel as if I am being truly blessed as I read.

Reading the Book of Mormon

Last night we celebrated Easter with Tylers family. We had a wonderful ham dinner with all the fixings! It was very yummy. While we were there Tylers brother in law, Rusty, told us about how he and Hilary read the Book of Mormon every year starting on April 7th and finish it by July 1st! That is the time that it took for the Book of Mormon to be translated.
Tyler and I decided to take the challenge. It is going to be about 6 pages a day this month, 7 pages a day next month, and 6 pages a day the month after that (my numbers could be wrong).
We think it will be amazing and as Rusty said, "If they could translate it in that amount of time, I sure can read it".
Nisha forwarded on the e-mail about the challenge. It comes complete with a website where you can enter in your start and finish dates and you will receive daily e-mails telling you how much to read and I think maybe something about what you read (we start tomorrow so I haven't seen one yet). It will also take your dates and calculate how much you will need to read daily in order to meet you goal, so if you need a little longer (or maybe even less time) you can just adjust it to those dates!
The website is www.ReadTheScriptures.com just go there and sign up. I think it is fabulous that someone has created this site!!
We start tomorrow night! Wish us luck. I hope some of you take the challenge as well.

CNBC ALERT!!

Leave it to CNBC and the “market pros” to call the rally “real” after we bounced 26% off the lows and the SPX is up almost 70 points from its last pivot low. Nice timing… sheesh.

But wait…
There’s more…

“Using the Fibonacci numbers sequence to predict stock movements, Hager says 8,330 and 9,313 will be critical resistance levels for the Dow, with 10,220 seen as a breakthrough that will firmly establish the potential to challenge the historic high of 14,164 on Oct. 9, 2007.”

Sounds easy right? After all, we merely need to pierce 10,220 then we can “establish the potential to challenge the historic highs of 14,164” Are you kidding me? What’s his time horizon…10 years?

Don’t get me wrong… it’s great to point out key resistance levels, but dang give your viewers some context here.

Sometimes the manure they put out is "udder" nonsense.



Tyler -

A good blog

Hey everyone!

Tyler has created a blog that pertains mostly to things that are happening in the market. His job is to teach people how trade and he has decided to spread the wealth by updating a blog with lots a great information on that same subject.
He is more addicted to blogging then most people I know, and he loves to have people visit his site and ask questions.
Go take a look!! www.Tylerstrading.com enjoy!

Corinne

There is something about Nanas house

This last week Tyler and I had the chance to go on a cruise to Puerto Rico. I will post much more on that later!

Toby was supposed to be going to a doggie kennel in sandy, and it was going to cost us a lot of money. Well, Tylers family offered to take him. Toby has been sleeping in the basement and really isn't an outside dog. He was going to have to become one however if we wanted to leave him with Nana. So, wednesday night, we let Toby sleep outside in his new doggie kennel, that Tyler went and bought for him, and he wasn't too fond of it, he cried a lot! He did make it through the night tho. Thursday night we took Toby to Nanas. I was really nervous because he is pretty hyper alot of the time and still has accidents. Well about midweek I got an e-mail from Julie letting me know that Toby was doing great! He had actually slept inside the house and did not have an accident!!! He managed to keep himself occupied outside and was overall really good for them. Tylers dad, Rob, gave him a bath so when we picked him up he was very clean! We brought him home and I am telling you he has never been calmer! He has just been mosying around minding his own business. We put him outside while we got ready for church (which we ended up missing because we forgot about Stake Conference) when I went out to get him, I found him IN HIS DOGLOO!!! I took a picture because I couldn't believe he was in there and that he didn't come running at me when I opened the door. If you look close you can see his red rope leading into the entrance.

If I had known he would calm down so much and get better at potty training just by leaving him with nana, I would have done it much sooner!!!!! Nisha, I think this means when you come home from your cruise Sophie should be all set.

1. Where did you meet your husband?At church, he was one of the first people to talk to me on my first day in my new ward
2. How long did you date before you married? umm... about a year... maybe? He proposed on July 5th and we had gone on our first date the previous year July 4th.
3. How long have you been married? 6 months
4. What does he do that surprises you? Takes care of my dog while I am gone
5. What is my favorite feature on him? His..... Face, he has a nice face
6. What is my favorite quality of his? Tyler is quite the comedian!
7. Does he have a nickname for you? I think annoucing these would embarrass his, but basically any two words he can rhyme together.
8. What is his favorite food? hmmm, I should know that! He likes the frozen pizzas I buy haha
9. What is his favorite sport? I'm going with Golf
10. When & where was your first kiss? I should also know this.... I remember how it happened, just not when!
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?I love to play games with him.
12. Do you have any children? nope
13. Does he have any hidden talents? You should see him dance!
14. How old is he? 24
15. Who said I love you first? He did. Thankfully!
16. What is his favorite music?Anything I listen to.
17. What do you admire most about him? Tyler is quite intelligent. I can't imagine loving learning and working the way he does
18. What is his favorite color? Black... Is that a color?
19. Will he read this? I will tell him to

Adventures cont...

Well I made it to Omaha. Napping in the airport, not comfortable!! My bum is so sore, I am grateful for the soft chair I am now sitting upon.
I landed about 4:30 which I thought was great! Unfortunately, my luggage stayed in Salt Lake, and once again, I chose to wear sweats on this trip. After sorting out my luggage issue I hailed a cab for a ride down town. This driver didn't speack much English so I was worried I wouldn't end up in the right place! He made it though.... I think I would like to compare him to a Tortoise.. he drove sooooooooooo SLOW! It took way too long to get to the hotel.
Once I got here I was greeted by Russ (my co-worker) and some wonderful Distributors who just kept assuring me that my dressed down, no makeup, bad hair look was ok.
I probably wont see my luggage this week, I leave at 6:30 tommorrow morning to Indiana. My luggage is headed here.... Oh the joys of such rapid travel. Russ and I will hit up a mall in Indiana... Maybe I'll call some family for help!
Having my computer out is wonderful, all the orders have been entered in, in hopes of an early bedtime tonight.
PS I am still looking for some formals for my cruise!! Any help would be appreciated!

Airport Adventures

Sitting in the farthest out terminal has it's perks, although not many. It was quite the walk out here... The seats are much more comfortable!! I can't seem to find a plug though. I will be here till about 1:00 waiting for my 3rd flight! I missed my first one because of a big accident on the 15 freeway. My second one was going to be great ( I was upgraded to first class ). While I was waiting for it, however, I found out that my connecting flight out of Minneapolis was cancelled due to weather. I had to make a quick change (with the help of my travel agent who called me right away) to a flight that flies directly into Nebraska (why wasn't I already on this flight?) I will arrive pretty close to meeting time, and I am not sure that they were able to reroute my luggage, so once again NE will be getting a special meeting from me. I hope my co-worker makes it!
It seems I'm not the only one who is having delay and cancellation problems, I can hear many upset people around me.
I'm starving, I hope there is food close by! I had a yummy smoothie but it is not holding me over!
Speaking of eating, I am going to start a 5-day cleanse on Sunday. I want my metabolism to be at it's peak for our cruise, and I bet I can drop a few pounds.
Well I'm going to attempt a nap, which will be uncomfortable, because I have to lay on top of all my things so they don't get taken!!
Wish my luck

Corinne

Lately...

So Cassie reminded me that now that I have a camera I have NO excuse not to blog... well... I've been busy Cass... haha
I have been out on the road recently and therefore can not blog :) And when I am home, I am sleeping. haha
Valentines day was fun for us. On Friday Tyler gave me some beautiful roses! Saturday morning I made some lovely heart shaped pancakes that tasted wonderful!! At least I hope they did, I didn't actually eat them, but Tyler seemed to enjoy them. After that Tyler and I decorated some YUMMY cupcakes and took them to his family. It was really fun visiting all of them in one day! We may start doing that more often. After we have visited all but two houses we went shopping!! Unfortunately, even though I live in Utah, I still could not find a dress long enough to be considered modest. HELP!! If anyone knows of any places to get dresses please let me know! Our last house was John and Alex where we stayed for awhile. We watched some B-Ball and Harry Potter. All in all it was a fun filled day!

Dance Dance Revolution

Tyler and I occasionally pull out our DDR and dance off some calories. I am not a huge fan of the game because I NEVER win. Well I really got into the song Tyler picked and for the first time ever I won!!! My score is on the left.

Toby the larger

Mans best friend.... Toby

It's about time I put some pictures of Toby up. Unfortunately, the ones I have are all a few weeks old, he is much larger now. I will add the more recent ones later.
I have wanted to get a new puppy since Tyler and I got married. Tyler did not agree with the idea, I wore him down tho and when we got back from Christmas in California I picked up Toby. We purchased him from a lady who dontated the money to an adoption agency. I felt good about our money being put to such good use.
Toby has grown sooo fast! We love him, yes WE. Tyler watches him while I am at work. he enjoys have a friend to play with. Toby is almost potty trained, I can't wait till that's over. He knows how to sit, just not stay haha.
Tylers view on animals has completely changed! We love our Toby!

Financial Planning

Tyler found this amazing financial planner to help us get all of our money and investments in order. He has been wonderful and has helped shed some light on many things. Patrick (thats his name) has been working in this industry for a VERY long time and knows just about everything. The best part about it all is that he doesn't charge ANY fees. It's great! I really think we have a great find here and he is always looking for new clients, so if you are interested let me know!