Many of you know that Eric and I have been without TV for the last 2 years. So I have been out of the loop on fashion, politics and TV shows. Our first week here Eric and I bought a TV with Direct TV. While Eric has been at work, i have been soaking in the television. Most recent addictions include:

The Real Housewives of New York and Orange County. I really only watch this one because the drama is hilarious!

Pregnant in Heels- also humorous because some of these women are CLUELESS, i love it!

The Royal Wedding and EVERYTHING Kate Middleton. Yes, i have watched the recaps of the wedding, and googled all of the outfits she has worn that i have missed out on. I have come to this conclusion: I want to look like her. She always looks AMAZING!



Love it.

I just got the call today that we were approved for our apartment!! As promised here are the pictures of our new place. These are the pictures of the model we looked at. This is a 2 bedroom 2 bath condo. Enjoy!

The outside of the apartment
The walking path from our apartment to Eric's work.
The Master Bathroom. It has a huge walk in closet at the end.
The Laundry room. Yes, I said ROOM.
The Master Bedroom
The Dining Room
My Favorite Part- The Kitchen. It comes with stainless steel!
Living Room
Our Porch. LOVE IT!

Well after flying to Vegas, we then flew to Milwaukee, WI. Yes you read that right. We then drove to Madison, WI to start looking for a new place to live. Eric got a job after graduation with a company called Epic. I dont know what he will do, other then something like an account manager. We got in late on Friday, so it was uneventful. We did however see this awesome billboard on the drive from Milwaukee to Madison.
We both couldn't believe that we saw this. We were laughing a lot. So Friday we checked and were exhausted from traveling, and found the BYU basketball game being broadcast on the internet. It made our night. Saturday we had a bunch of appointments to look at apartments. We also drove around looking for nice looking apartment locations that we hadn't seen online. I think the biggest shocker to Eric and I, was that a place could look SUPER nice on the outside, and be SCUM on the inside. It was really disappointing. After the appointments were over, we went back to the Hotel, to get lunch and watch the BYU basketball game vs San Diego State. In the process Eric got the flu, fever and all. AND we lost. Luckily we were also watching the Washington basketball game, and that lifted our spirits.

Sunday, we found our new place. We had seen this condo online, and had really crossed and fingers and prayed that it would work out. Its 7 minutes away from Erics work, its in the price range we wanted, and it had the layout we liked. We walked through the model, filled out our applications, and hopefully we will hear back later this week if we were approved! I will post pictures of it, if we get the call saying we were approved.

We are now sitting in the Phoenix airport, just waiting for our flight back to SLC. Now all we need to do, is start packing our apartment. Eric graduates April 22nd, and he starts working with Epic on May 2nd. So let the countdown begin. (38 days till graduation) We will hire a company to move us, Epic pays for relocation, gotta love it! Its so nice to be able to say where we will be living and to have a plan. We are both really excited to start this new chapter of your life!

My day started this morning at 4 am. Yes thats right 4 am. Eric and I had a flight to catch at 6:20 am. We got to the airport, and the line for security was all the way to the last bag claim carousel. Yep. Who would have thought the airport could be that busy on a Friday morning! We caught our flight to Vegas (This is not where our journey ends) with minutes to spare, Eric had to hold my hand in the airport cause i wasn't walking fast enough. i felt like a child, cause i was literally being dragged to our plane. So we made our flight, and have been sitting in the Las Vegas airport since 6:15. Our flight out doesn't leave till 10:45. I must say i am really disappointed in the quality of entertainment at the Las Vegas Airport. You would think there would be shopping, or a McDonalds. I am sad to report there is NOTHING, not even TVS.

Well- i will post again later- letting you know how the rest of our wait in Vegas went.

Wow. Thats all i can say. Love Jimmer.

ksl.com - 'Jimmer Jammers' sing 'You've been Jimmer'd'

So I am sitting here Husbandless. He is currently stuck in Minneapolis. Stupid Delta and their broken planes. :( Since Eric graduates in April he has been flying to interviews pretty much across the country. Currently he is coming from Madison, Wisconsin. No leads yet on where we will end up.

We are both still in school and both still working. Which makes it hard to see each other. I think i see him as i am falling into bed after a long day.

Eric has started asking me what i am making him for dinner. After i have finished laughing, my common answers are : Cereal, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Frozen Pizza, Cereal. I do know how to cook and i like to cook, the problem is, i dont have TIME to cook. Eric says he keeps asking on the hope that one day i will have actually made dinner like i used to. Poor Eric.

On a positive note, and knock on wood, it hasn't snowed yet! (please dont snow, please dont snow) I wish i could tell you how much i HATE snow. It goes Delta, Snow, then being alone on a Friday night.

We are both SUPER excited to go to Seattle for Thanksgiving! We are driving (yes 14 hours) to and from with Eric's best friend Marc and his girlfriend Melinda. It will be so fun! Especially cause i dont have to take turns driving. So Until Thanksgiving!

Love ya!

Today I am grateful for Rain. I think Heavenly Father knew that a lot of crap would happen today so he sent me rain, because without it, today would have been so much worse. But any time today i got down i just said to myself... its raining! And it made my happy. Just think if it wasn't raining, and i got bad news and looked outside and it was 80 degrees! I would have been ticked. I wont go into why today sucked and continues to suck, all you need to know is Rain is getting me through it. I hope it rains tomorrow.

I saw this on my cousins blog, so i copied it :) Gotta love when family members have great ideas!

Four shows I like to watch:
1. Glee
2. Cupcake Wars
3. Ace of Cakes
4. My First Home

Four things I'm passionate about
1. My Faith/Religion/Beliefs
2. My family
3. Telling others i Love them
4. Having a Clean Bathroom


Four phrases I say a lot
1. I love you!
2. Rude!
3. Heritage Makers, this is Hillary how may i help you?
4. Hi Mom! What ya doing today?

Four things that bug
1. Dirty Bathrooms
2. Being Late
3. Mean people
4. When I call my mom and can't get a hold of her! :)

Four things I have learned from the past
1. Everything will be perfect in the end, if its not perfect its not the end
2. Family is all that matters
3. Be nice to everyone no matter what. You never know if what you say or do will make a difference in their life for positive or bad.
4. Include the Lord in EVERYTHING. He loves you and will always lead you to what is right.

Four places I want to GO.
1. Europe
2. South Africa
3. Fiji
4. Seattle - i miss home :(

Four things I'm looking forward to
1. April when Eric Graduates!
2. Thanksgiving when i get to go HOME!
3. Glee Tomorrow night!
4. Date night with Eric

Four things I love about Winter
1. No more hundred degree weather!
2. Hot Chocolate from Starbucks
3. Wearing jeans and a sweatshirt
4. Rain

Four things on my wish list
1. To be a size 6
2. To move to Seattle
3. More Sweaters
4. Did i mention being a size 6?

Four things I did yesterday
1. Went to Church
2. Went to Erics Grandparents House for Dinner
3. Talked to my Fabulous family via ichat
4. Read my scriptures

Four things I am going to do today
1. Go to Work
2. Take my phone to Sprint cause i hate it
3. Got to School
4. Spend time with my fabulous husband!

Four reasons I feel happy:
1. I'm not in pain... at least not right now.
2. I got a lot done at work today
3. I bought new Church songs yesterday that i love!
4. Its close to Thanksgiving!

Four things I would change about myself:
1. My weight
2. My need to have things done MY way
3. I would Read the scriptures and pray more
4. Give people the benefit of the doubt

Four things I like about myself:
1. I can play the piano
2. I am organized
3. I think i am pretty positive
4. I love to laugh

This last week Eric and I started school again! Eric is in his Senior year at BYU. His major is in Economics! He is so excited to graduate. I am slowly but surely working on my Psychology degree at Utah Valley University. Since it is Eric’s last year of school I thought i would post about him! The picture is his Kindergarten picture! I should have taken his Last First Day of school picture... maybe I still will. :)

His Favorite Movie: Zoolander
His Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden
His Favorite Website: ESPN
His Favorite Book: Book of Mormon
His Favorite Past Time: Golfing

Eric is my best friend. We have so much fun together! There is rarely a dull moment, we could just talk for hours and hours! I cant wait to get home and spend time with him. I LOVE LOVE LOVE him.

I have to admit that for the last couple day I have been going to blogs and trying to get ideas of what my next project can be. And you know what i have decided? I should give up. How these women can create these amazing purses, and blankets, and baby outfits, and bibs and birthday party favors and birthday cakes is beyond me! They have more talent in their pinky toe than I do in my whole body! And you know what, I was perfectly content with my lack of craftiness until my cute friend Brit got me hooked on it! This is all her fault! Yes that's right Brit, if you are reading this, I blame you! I was happy living my life thinking that i would just buy everything i ever wanted. Now, i feel like i need to make them! I need to make cute baby bibs for my friends, and blankets and onesies, and flowers headbands and baby dresses, and redo my towels, and make a cute new shirt for myself! The list goes on and on!!

Maybe i just dont have faith that i actually could be good at this. Maybe i am secretly an amazing homemaker! But you know what is holding me back?? Its pretty big.... I DONT HAVE A SEWING MACHINE! Lame i know, but when you are thinking of all the great projects to make, they usually all require a sewing machine. The other thing... is money. I could be coming from left field here, but i am pretty sure in order to make all these projects you need fabric. And last time i went to the fabric store i was $80 poorer and i still had to MAKE the project! Could i leave Nordstroms and buy whatever i was trying to make with that $80? Maybe.

But there is a sense of pride showing off something you made, or thinking to yourself "I am amazing! I made this! " I want that feeling... i may have become addicted to it.

O what to do, what to do do dooooo.