Nothing New In Our Lives

It seems like lately I have absolutely nothing to blog about for the blogging world. I wouldn't want to bore you with my everyday life. Well too bad, that is what you are getting today. Nothing great is going on. Jon is still working full time and doing full time school at night. We basically never see each other except for the weekends. Then we have tons of house work and yard work to do when we both have time and no work for once. School for me is great. The 2nd graders are starting to go crazy with Halloween around the corner. They keep on wanting me to tell them what I am being, but no one knows the secret! I will post pictures of the secret revealed on the 31st. Let's just say my 7 and 8 year olds will LOVE it!! Our new house is still great. If feels like no matter what I do or buy it still seems large and bare. But I guess thats what happens when you move into something larger than a rental you are use to. My parents just got down here to Arizona for the winter and it is so wonderful to have them close. My sister and I have taken full advantage of it. From my mom making me dinner cause Jon goes to school at night, having more friends to go hang out with, or to have another shopping partner are always bonuses of having family near. So to wrap things up, life is great down in the AZ. The weather is starting to cool down to the 80's and it feels perfect. We are still happy as can be and still so much in love. So for now goodbye from the Ellsworths!!

Power Ranch Community Garage Sale on Saturday

For those of you who live in Arizona, I just wanted to advertise our community Garage Sale. We registered and noticed tons of people doing it so I wanted to let you all know! Some of you are great bargain hunters and love garage sales and some others like me never find anything. But hey we are selling a few things like a 3 piece bedroom set. It is the off white logs and very cute!! We couldn't fit all pieces in our spare bedroom and so we need to get rid of it and find something else. I am also selling one of my favorite things, my off white wood tv stand from our old place in Mesa. Again, if just didn't fit our new place. All the other things for sale are odds and ends. Anyway just wanted to let ya'll know!! Power Ranch is located between Higley and Power and Pecos and Queen Creek.

Eight is Great!

A LIST OF EIGHTS


8 TV Shows I Watch:

-One Tree Hill
--Grey's Anatomy
---America's Next Top Model
----So You Think You Can Dance
-----90210
------The Hills
-------Lipstick Jungle
--------Gossip Girl


8 Things That Happened Yesterday

-Had a case of the Mondays
--Had my first day of Parent Teacher Conferences
---Made it through my first day of conferences without any angry parents
----Went to the gym and had a wonderful work out
-----Made myself an amazing breakfast bagel sandwich!! Yummo!
------Watched One Tree Hill
-------Organized a shipment of Scentsy products that came in the mail :)
--------Went to sleep in my cozy bed (ooh that sounds so good right now)


8 Favorite Places to Eat:

-Cafe Rio
--Cheesecake Factory
---Sauce
---- Rosas
-----PF Changs
------Got Sushi
-------Red Robin
--------Rafaels (the best mexican food in Utah)


8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:

-Halloween and showing off my great costume!! He He
--This weekend's garage sale
--- My birthday
----Christmas
-----Jon finishing school someday (Now I am thinking of things that may be far away)
------Having a baby
------- Being a stay at home mommy
--------Raising a beautiful family


8 Things On My Wish List:

-A puppy
-- A new desk for our office
---Entry way console table for my living room
----Tables and lamps for my family room (can you tell I moved into a new home and have no furniture?)
----- A Cricut machine
------A sewing machine
-------A brand new 2009 Mazda 6 (those things are so sexy!!)
--------A trip to Italy

That was fun, you should try it too!

A Day As Betty Homemaker

So for those of you who know me well enough you know I do not sew. I have an experience and wonderful grandmother who was an expert sewer and her daughters never took on that trait from her. Hence the reason I never received that talent from my mother!! However, I am good at crafty projects but sewing nearly gives me ulcers.

Today, though I decided to give it a try. My friend Colleen came over and we started making panel curtains. After about 2 hours of just cutting the fabric and asking myself why am I making these when by now I could've bought and put them up in this time. We finally started phase one of sewing and I realized that I really do make myself sick when I sit by a sewing machine. It must have been the 7th grade Home Ec class that did this to me. I failed sewing!! I never got less than a B ever and yes I got an F in sewing!! But I made it through the sewing of 4 panel curtains without messing up too bad!! It wasn't as awful as I thought it would be either. I actually kinda enjoyed it after I got use to it. We will see the next time I get together with Colleen to finish these up. She was a trooper with me today. So thank you Colleen for putting up with my nearly caused ulcer from sewing. But for those of you who care, my curtains are actually going to be so cute!! I may go crazy and make more. I will get pictures up when I finish. Wish me luck!!

To our friends Chris and Emily

Jon and I have two great friends who are going to be having their first baby next week (hopefully, cross your fingers). I wanted to write a few things about my best friend Emily and let her know she is going to be the best mother ever!! I know we do not live nearby Chris and Emily anymore but they will always be close to us. Emily and I have been best friends since we were itty bitty. It feels like it was just yesterday we would go over to each other's houses and play house with our cabbage patch dolls. I cannot believe that those plays days have now turned into reality. Emily, we aren't playing dolls anymore!! You are going to be starting your own family in a matter of days!! We are both so excited for you guys!! It breaks my heart that I won't be there for when little Christopher is born but just know I will be thinking of you. We love you guys and wish you both the best of luck. And for everyone else reading this if you don't know my friends Chris and Emily just know that they are both special friends to Jon and I. We love you!!

Scared for Pregnancy=Ashlyn

Over the last few weeks I have been hearing too much about how it is to be pregnant, in labor, and the joys of motherhood. Because all of my friends seem to be having babies all at the same time it seems like I am the only one without a bundle of joy on the way. I have been to baby shower after baby shower every weekend for the last month. Everyone is having a baby!! Yesterday while at my friend Nicole's baby shower I sat with the pregnant girls and listened to them talk about the good and the bads of pregnancy!! I was quite entertained listening to the odd pains you get from pregnancy, to the crazy lady you become due to hormones. Wow, pregnancy and motherhood sure sound fun!! Yeah right! I love these girls to death that are having babies and I know that they are excited for their new addition to come in a few weeks. But being the only non pregnant one listening to the girls it made me reconsider being a mother so soon. I think Jon and I will continue to wait a few more years!! Ha Ha!! Sorry to those that are trying to get us to add a little Ellsworth!!

An Ellsworth Update

I haven't done too much blogging lately because our lives have been so busy!! It seems like whenever the end of August and September comes Jon and I get so busy that we almost forget to take a breath. As you know school started for me and I am teaching 2nd grade again at my same school as last year in Mesa, AZ. My class seems to be okay but they have interesting quirks! Their individual quirks are stories themselves. If you need a good laugh let me know and I will humor you with the weird 2nd grade stories from room 14!! Jon also started school and a new job all in about two weeks of each other. He is working full time at Hanjin Shipping dealing with all the imports from China and he is going to school full time at ASU at night. We don't see each other much except for our daily together time which is getting ready in the morning and making out lunches together!! As the beginning of September came we both got excited because we knew Labor Day weekend was here! We didn't plan any elaborate vacations, family picnics, or anything to celebrate our long weekend off of school and work. Instead I got very sick on Thursday and spent most of my weekend wiping my faucet of a nose and hacking the nights away!! It's the best way to describe it. So, as you can see life at the Ellsworth Residence is quite eventful (NOT). However, we are looking forward to the upcoming months. I absolutely love fall in Arizona. It means the weather will cool down finally around mid October just in time for the best holiday Halloween. Don't worry Jon and I already have out costumes planned out for the Steadman Halloween Party at my sister's house. I am going to be launching my new Scentsy business doing many hostess parties. My parents will be back down to Arizona at the end of September and I can't wait to have them through the winter here. I also have about 5 friends having babies in the next two months. I am also planning the best shower for my girlfriend Colleen.I can't believe all the babies being born. I feel like I am the last out of everyone to have a little one. So the next few months even though life may settle down a bit, they will still be a lot of fun. I can't wait for fall to come!! Hope everyone is doing well! Love you all!