What a Week! And it's only Tuesday!

It has been a really great week this week, well mostly anyway. It all started on Sunday when I finally got a piano teacher! :-D Dad asked someone in his ward at church if he would be able to teach me and later that afternoon we went to his house to and were able to have a chat. Unfortunately however, we do not as of yet have a piano so I have to go to other people's houses which is really hard for me to do but at the same time I'm so excited to have a piano teacher that I just have to suck it up and play! It feels so good to move my fingers like that <3 I know that I sound really weird saying that but I am a muso after all! Hehe


Our band has a performance on Thursday night so I'm way excited about that. It will be my debut on the Tenor saxophone, should be interesting. Hopefully I'll remember to buy a softer reed before then so I don't squeak! Haha And I think my family (some of them at least) are coming to watch which makes it even more exciting for me cuz I don't think they have ever seen me play in a band :-D 


The bad thing that happened this week was that I had two shifts cancelled which means less money than what little I do get :-( But, I do get to sleep in...I dunno, I can't help but be disappointed.


Saturday I am going up to Logan again to spend time with my Grandma. I love that I am able to that. I don't think she gets to see her grandchildren very often which is sad considering that they don't really live too far away. I'm looking forward to spending time with her again. 

When I Live It I Am Better

I had the most lovely Sabbath Day yesterday. I guess since I have started working I have begun to more appreciate how important and how grateful I am for Sunday. I am so grateful for the counsel we have been given not to work on Sundays it is such a great blessing. So many wonderful things happened, I had an interview and received a calling to be on the family history council I accepted  although I wasn't really sure about it but in Sacrament meeting the hymns that were sung and the talks that were given made me feel good about accepting the call. Then our Relief Society lesson was on temples and family history, talk about a confirmation! It was such an uplifting day and I think that this calling will be a great opportunity for to learn more about the temple and focus on it as I prepare to get married there. 


Our Relief Society President got released today and shared here testimony of the gospel to us and one thing she said really stuck with me because I can relate to it. She said that she knows the church is true because when she lives it she is better. I too attest to that, I know that when I live the principles of the gospel I am a better person.

Was it Destiny?

As I was driving to band last night I got to thinking about all the seemingly trivial moments in my life to get me there. My pondering started at 4 or 5 years ago my mum and I picked up my cousin to have a sleepover with my brothers and I was talking to her about how I wanted to learn another instrument and that the one I really wanted to learn was the saxophone. Keiren piped up with 'My dad has a saxophone'. I was so excited I think I called Uncle Russell as soon as I got home! I remember like it was yesterday going over there a few days later, I was SO excited to touch it. He showed me how to care for it and a few fingerings. I took it home to start playing (I already bought a book to learn from haha). When I started at uni I asked one of the lecturers if he could give me some lessons but he said that he didn't have time. It wasn't until the big band tour (that I was desperately trying to get out of) where I met the guy who was would teach me, who will soon be my husband. At the time I would have given anything to not go on that tour so I wouldn't miss something back home. But I can't help but wonder that if I was able to skip that tour would I have asked Nic to teach me?


Jump back to the present, thinking about how I was able to find this community band I'm in. I was out to lunch with my friend telling her that I can't find a job anywhere. She mentioned a good website to look at and when I got home I went on there and applied for some jobs. When I went in for an interview the person who was supposed to be interviewing me was sick. The guy who ended up interviewing me played the trumpet in this band and gave me the address of the rehearsal space. When I got home I saw that there was a missed call from him telling me that the other guy was sick and to reschedule. If I hadn't have missed that call I wouldn't have met the trumpeter of the band. Now, I don't know if I really believe in destiny and I'm probably reading too much into it but for the sake of a story I think it is pretty damn cool! I am one lucky girl! :-D 


I'm sorry if this was a stupid post but I just thought it was cool seeing how everything came together in hindsight. 

Working Girl

So I've been working for a week now and I love it! I'm so excited to get out of the house :-D I'm still getting into a routine and getting use to early mornings. I use to be a morning person when I went to the gym so it shouldn't take too long to get back into it. But the past few days I've been really exhausted, this afternoon I went back to bed for 3hrs haha My position is called instocks, every morning we have a list of products and isles to scan into the system some to count, others to register as empty and also to set up rainchecks. I'm kind of like an elf hehe I love that my job is a job with lists, I love that I have a reason to get out of bed in the mornings. I'm so excited for my first pay-cheque, it won't be much but it'll be something and the first thing I'm going to buy will be the cake topper for my wedding cake :-D 

I'm working!!!

I started my new job yesterday I am so excited!! :-D It was just the orientation but that is important to learn everything you need to know about the company. I learnt yesterday that it is a really safe environment they have specialist teams working there to keep us safe. In my interview the guy asked me what job I was interested in and the position is called instocks, it sounded the most interesting. That was until I found out (obviously I didn't read the job description!) that it was an early morning job. haha Most of my shifts next week start at 7am which is totally fine, not too early, but one of my shifts starts at 4am! My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw that! Haha! Oh well. Once I calmed down a bit I realized it's good to have a morning job that way I'll be able to pick up an afternoon job and safe more money. Other than that shocking revelation I am SO happy to be working again it feels so great! I think the job is scanning the products into the system knowing how many there are, how many you need, I can't remember 100% but it sounded like something new so I think I will enjoy it despite the early mornings.

Be wise with your time

Our lesson in relief society today was on Ian S. Arden's General Conference talk from October of last year (http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/a-time-to-prepare?lang=eng). I distinctly remember this talk, it cut me to my very core about how much time I waste on things that just don't matter. Today was a great refresher because I am ashamed to day that I have really slacked off in that department. I mean I haven't even finished my dissertation for goodness sake! I can't find time to work on it for 20mins but I can find time to write this blog or update my facebook status or send some emails or go shopping. The Lord has given up ample time to complete our tasks but sometimes we choose not to take advantage of it. The teacher read out this poem today and it just hit me how we take time for granted and waste the time we have. 


Value Every Moment
Auther Unknown


To realize the value of one year: Ask a student who has failed a final exam.


To realize the value of a month: Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.


To realize the value of one week: Ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.


To realize the value of one hour: Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet. 


To realize the value of one minute: Ask the person who has missed the train.


To realize the value of one second: Ask a person who has survived an accident. 


To realize the value of on millisecond: Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.


Time waits for no one.


Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.


Have you ever thought of a millisecond being anything of value? I sure haven't. I truly hope that we can all realize the time we do have now and not wait till it's too late. Be careful to prioritize the things that matter most in your life. Were you too busy to talk to your Heavenly Father this morning? Then you took for granted the knowledge you have that you have a Father in Heaven wanting to hear from you. Did you walk right past your scriptures today because you just didn't have the time to read them but you found yourself 5mins later on facebook or pinning those most important pins to your boards? I know I do these things more often than not and I realized today that it's just a waste of time. Everyday you go by without speaking to you Father in Heaven in prayer is just a wasted day. Every time you walk past your scriptures because you didn't have time to read them are just wasted opportunities to draw closer with the Lord.


Please, when you wake up tomorrow think about the things that matter most and don't waste anymore time putting them off <3

I couldn't help myself....

I know people hate it when you go on and on and on about how amazing your other half is and complain about the kissing photos but tonight I just can't help myself! My Niccy is just so amazing in every way <3 I love how he sucks at surprises it's just so cute. I love how he loves me and puts up with my little temper tantrums about nothing and how he laughs at them and thinks it's cute. I love it when I'm feeling fat and ugly he tells me how much he loves me and that to him I am the most beautiful person in the world no matter what! I miss him everyday but I feel so lucky to know that he's there waiting for me, that he will love me tomorrow and next year and forever. I love his cuddly belly and his warm hands and his gentle kisses. I love that he puts his family first and cares about them unconditionally no matter what. I love hearing him pray and reading the scriptures. I can't wait till we have children cuz he is going to be such a great father and example as he keeps striving to be the best version of himself that he can be. To put it simply, I love everything about him <3