Since I had not passed my SCUBA class last weekend, I went to the pool last night where the instructor had another class (he had said it would be ok) Carolyn couldn't go as she was sick. I basically played around in the water, swimming back and forth and working on my boyancy... trying to remain neutral. Neutral is where you can just hover above the bottom and not float up. I got pretty good at that and then he had me work on the dreaded mask. The mask is what really screwed me up last time. We are tested on being able to take it off under water and put it back on and then blow the water out of it with your nose (this is all in case it gets kicked off your face or something.) Well on Saturday, I found out later that my mask was too tight so I had a lot of trouble getting it on. He said I had the technique right but got panicky when it wouldn't go on.... So we did it over and over last night (after I loosened it up of course) I really got the hang of it and had no problem. I did so well that he had me take it off and have him swim me around the pool and then put it on. I definitely would not have been able to do that before. Last thing he did was have me take off the mask, remove the regulator (the thing in my mouth that allows me to breathe) pull off my hood, put the regulator back in and replace the mask. I did it perfectly!!! That isn't something he normally has people do so I felt really good about the whole thing by the time I went home and he said I will definitly ace the test this time. We are going to the beach on Sunday for my last test and Jamie will be coming too!!! How exciting!!!

Tomorrow is going to be a great day too! We are having out big garage sale! YAY!!!!! I can finally get all this crap out of my garage and get ti organized. I am very excited... although not excited about the 7am start time... which means waking up at 6...

Anyway, have a good weekend!

TODAY IS MY 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH NESTLE!!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!!!!

Where's my cake?

My friend Carolyn and I are currently taking SCUBA lessons. We had a dive on Saturday in Catalina. On the boat we started talking to this guy that had this huge underwater camera! It was really cool to see. We asked if he could email us some pics and he did..

Catalina Diving

In case you don't have time to look at them, this one is my favorite....

YAY!!! I got our Tivo to work. We just bought one on this special deal wher eyou get it free if you sign up for a year. Well we don't have a regular land line phone at home (we have the VOIP) so we had to setup the TIVO at my moms since it needs a phone to dial into.... well long story but it took me 2 days to get it all figured out and I finally did! I also hooked it up to our internet so that I can log on from ANYWHERE and tell it online to record a show. Bring on the TV addiction!!!

Carolyn and I are taking SCUBA classes right now. Tonight is the last pool class and then we go on a boat to Catalina and do a dive on a reef. It has been a hard class but we are both looking forward to Catalina. Then we will be certified PADI divers!!! Woo-hoo!!!

I know, I know.... it's been a while. You know how sometimes you just get sick of hearing yourself talk? Well that is kind of what writing a blog is like.... talking to yourself. Anyways! I am back! The house is finally starting to feel like home and Jamie and I feel like a real married couple!

Here are some pics of the house before....

Before Pics of House

and some from the BBQ we had a couple weeks after moving in:

After Pics and BBQ

and finally some from this past weekend:
Grandma's BDay BBQ

We had a BBQ for my grandma's 80th birthday, uncle Tom's 50th birthday and Grandma and Grandpa's 63rd wedding anniversary! It went great! My uncle Mike, cousin Johnathan, cousin Sarah, her boyfriend Jake and their son Tavian all came from Utah for the party!