29 days.

29 crazy days that is. and that my friends is the end of the challenge. wahoo!

day 29 : something you're listening to

we have been listening to the new album at work. thanks to maddie!

tonight i was checking out an acoustic version. found here.

day 28 : money

this is sad but this is the only actual money i had in my wallet today. a canadian penny.

 i was going to take pictures of some money sean had but meh. this is the truth. 

the truth is i don't often carry cash with me. i am trying to be better about it though!

day 27 : something you ate

okay this is a lie. my camera was dead yesterday. sorry! 

i actually made these tonight as thank you gifts for all our sweet neighbors.

they brought us treats and food and took such good care of us while i was sick.

sean's work even got me a beautiful clock as a get well gift! how cool are they?? 

don't worry, i was able to enjoy some even though it hurt my throat. i can't pass up cookies. 

actually i think they will probably help my throat. maybe i should go have some more..

p.s. i finally found some parchment paper. i know, it's probably everywhere

but i could never find it. i used it tonight.. and it is AMAZING. the cookies

turned out perfect. i will definitely be using parchment paper all the time now.

day 26 : night

where am i supposed to sleep? oh and don't mind my messy nightstand full of medicine and garbage. 

it's how i roll. also, sean got his way. there he is sleeping with the quilt he said i never let him touch.

day 25 : green

taken by sean a while back. i am too lazy to find something green today to take a picture of.
all that bathroom organizing wore me out. sometimes they actually look green in certain light.
but usually not. i need a tan. and a nap. taking one... now.

day 24 : inside your bathroom cabinet

okay. so normally it doesn't look at all like this. in fact, most of the stuff in here is all over the counter top. and then there was just a whole bunch of crap in here. empty boxes, plastic sacks, empty bottles. why do i save empty things? in fact i don't even use most of this stuff in here so i should probably just throw it all out. sigh. i thought about just posting it how it was before but then decided i didn't want to embarrass sean or my mother anymore (remember my closet?) so i straightened it up and cleaned it out. it was the most vigorous thing i have done all week. and it wore me out. now i need a nap. this is why i don't like cleaning. also, believe it or not but i couldn't get great lighting inside this cabinet. so not the greatest picture.

i thought about just posting sean's pretending it was mine. and yes we use different bathrooms. mostly because i am a slob. so here is his.. most of the stuff in his.. is mine. but it's just so funny how much less stuff guys have.

and moses wanted to say hi.

i truly believe doors were invented to hide messes. my bathroom looks so much cleaner with all the doors closed.

also, i guess i'll give a little update on how i have been. i would have posted this yesterday but i was feeling terrible yesterday. on thursday i was feeling so good. i was able to get out of the house and go into work for a minute to submit HMDA before the deadline. i had to get it done that day so i am glad i was feeling well enough to go in. i met up with my mom and dad at zupas after and we even ran into my mother in law while we were there! it was so nice to get out. i think i must have overdone it though because yesterday was a rough day. it kind of started thursday night but i had a mild fever and was just not feeling very good. sean checked my throat and i had a huge hole in the back by the hangy ball thing (as sean calls it). we think that maybe when i was throwing up the day before the stitch came out and it split open. it is pretty big. like you can see right through it and probably stick a finger in it. gross i know. but it freaked sean out so he called the dr. at 10 p.m. that night even though i told him not to worry about it. they transferred him to an after hours ER doctor and he was on the phone for a while and they decided that it would just be best for me to call back in the morning and speak to the doctor who did the surgery. well friday is the day that he does surgery so i had to speak with his nurse. she got a hold of him later and they told me it was probably just a scab, which it clearly isn't, but they said to not worry about it and they will look at it when i go to my post-op appointment next week. they did call in some new prescriptions for me though. ones that don't make me throw up! so yay! i am feeling much better with the new medicine since i still haven't been able to eat much. they do make me super sleepy though. but that is necessarily a bad thing. anyway, other than that things are good. i am feeling pretty good today. well enough to organize my bathroom anyway. actually, maybe i am not feeling well if i actually did that... ha.

day 23 : your shoes

i wear the crap out of my shoes. seriously. i find some i like and i wear them for a solid 3 months straight and they usually are a mess and stink and have holes in them by then. these are pretty much the only pair of shoes that i have that are still in good condition. gold sperry topsiders. angel fish style. i have them in metallic too. these ones were actually a christmas gift for my sister in law sarah from my mom. i got the metallic ones. they were a little too big for her though so my mom got her the right size and said i could have these ones because they fit perfect. i love them! sarah picked them out. she has great taste. so thanks mom and sarah! :) we just have to make sure we don't wear them on the same day.. because they kind of stand out! i consider them lucky shoes .. because.. why wouldn't gold shoes be lucky?

day 22 : where you work

i work for a pretty amazing company. i can't even explain how cool they are to us employees. i work full time, monday through friday, 8-5, in the closing department at first colony mortgage. my job title for lack of a better word is : closer. not like the tv show. we prepare all the loan docs that borrowers sign at closing when they are refinancing or purchasing a home and then send them to the title company. we also go through all the documents when they come back from title and make sure all the signatures and dates and required documents are there. we make sure everything satisfies RESPA, FHA, and investor guidelines, make sure numbers match up and are accurate. then we also fund the loan. we get to wire lots and lots of money to title companies. once they receive the wire they record and disburse. then we stack and ship all the closing documents to the investor for purchase. then we do some other follow up stuff. this job is a lot more detailed than i am making it sound but i will stop there before i bore you to death. and for the record i am not saying my job bores me. because it doesn't. but i am sure when i explain it to other people it sounds boring...

i love my job. i have worked in the mortgage/title industry for over 6 years now and have loved it. i have been at first colony 3 and a half years and they are so good to us. sure, i have my hard days at work. who doesn't? but the company i work for makes those hard days so much less crappy. my department is incredibly stressful the last two weeks of the month. we have a lot of pressure in closing to get everything closed, funded and shipped before the month ends. we are the last department that the loan goes through so our deadline comes up really fast. our bosses take such good care of us though during that stressful time. they provide us lunch every day when we are crazy busy. it is nice to feel appreciated at work. they go out of their way to make us feel special. anyway, this picture is awful. this is all i could dig up on my camera since i am still not back to work. excuse my crazy eyes. i look possessed. i didn't know maddie was taking it. my desk was a mess and i woke up late that day (okay i wake up late everyday) so wasn't really wearing my best work clothes. ha. oh well. you get what you get!

today, has been a rough day. i threw up this morning. straight stomach acid for a 2 whole minutes. then dry heaved for a bit. it burned so bad on my throat. i have been so nauseous all day. as i was sitting here thinking what i would do for the photo challenge, the doorbell rang...

another reason why i love where i work. they are so good to us. totally made my day.

day 21 : a fave photo of you

i love this picture because i can honestly say by looking at it that he made me happier than i had ever been.

day 20 : handwriting

my note pad at work. 

{taken last week}

day 19 : something you hate to do

swallowing pills. especially now.

day 18 : drink

day 16 : something new

something new. this is my cousin's new baby. i love him.

and since this picture is new to me... i am counting it.

taken by my sister maddie.

day 15 : phone

my work phone. taken with my cell phone. double whammy.
yeah. it scares me too. look at all those buttons!

we always joke that we could probably launch rockets with these babies.

day 14 : heart

heart shaped junior mints for sean. junior mints are his favorite.

day 13 : blue

the paper looks much bluer in person.
guess that is a phone picture for ya. is bluer a word?

p.s. my favorite part is where he crossed out 25 and wrote 24. so honest.

p.s.s. isn't his handwriting exceptional for a 12 year old boy?

day 12 : inside your closet

hey. just being honest. and it's all me.
this picture doesn't even do it justice. it actually makes it look not that bad. in my opinion. 

sean's stuff is all hung up neatly and color coordinated/pattern coordinated/ long sleeve/short sleeve coordinated on the right side. also all his pants are folded neatly on the top shelf.

i won't even show you my top shelf. 

 my stuff is on the left side, straight ahead.....

..... and all over the floor.

apparently i will never learn. see our old closet here.

in my defense, sean seems to love putting it all back together eventually.

even if it takes him 5 hours. why would i ever deprive him of that?

day 11: makes you happy

antibiotics.

 sean and i both finally got on them yesterday. sean and i were on our own insurance policies through work when we worked at the same place. it was great and really cheap to be on our own but after 3 months on his new job, when he was eligible for benefits we decided to both get on the same plan at his work since they have amazing benefits for families. it's been kind of a mess though because we don't have our new insurance cards yet. in fact, our policy is still in underwriting so even though we are covered it has been a mess with all these dr. appointments we (mostly me) have had. hopefully it will all get sorted out soon. ugh. we felt absolutely awful last night. the antibiotics kicked in finally and we are feeling so much better than we were yesterday. antibiotics make me so happy. i can't tell you how happy i was to receive the phone call that i could finally go pick them up. we are twinsies. matching antibiotics and all. 

sinful 7 chocolate cake from zupas.

last night in the midst of our sick crazy haze we thought it would be a good idea for me to run and pick up some hot soup at zupas since we have no food in our house and my mom wasn't responding to my "emergency! we need you :( " texts. at this point sean had no voice and was communicating to me through pen and paper and i could barely speak so i volunteered to go. i forget we don't live in provo. we live in springville. and it was date night out on the town in provo last night and everyone was at zupas. i was jealous because everyone was all decked out adorable and probably going to go see the vow after and i was in my sweats, glasses, and a baseball cap on. trying not to cough on anyone. super attractive. i'm sure everyone was super jealous of me. i decided since i had to wait in such a long line and drove all the way there and couldn't go see the vow too that i was getting a slice of cake. i love that sinful 7 cake. it is amazing.

breakfast.

we looked in the fridge today and happened to have 3 eggs left and some bread. so sean made us toast and eggs to go with our matching antibiotics and chocolate cake. this is the life y'all!

p.s. sorry all i have talked about lately is being sick. i know it's getting old. it's consuming our household and i am sick of it! but thank you all for your kind words and thoughts! i know we could definitely have it much worse so i am grateful that we don't.

day 10 : self portrait

if you saw me today you would know this was obviously not taken today.