Wednesday, June 23, 2010
..if looks could kill.....
i'm pretty sure whoever i was looking at in this picture would be dead. i was tempted to smile but then the tears started to well up in my eyes. also i was bugged bc, not only was i in jail, but i didn't even look cute that day - i was wearing a hat which they made me take off, apparently they don't allow any inmates to wear hats, no matter what you were in there for! and if i had known they release all of this personal information (like how much i weigh!!!) i would have corrected the officer when he asked if all the info on my driver's licence was current! ;)
Monday, June 21, 2010
..under arrest..
well, what a day i have had! wake up, get ready for work...the usual. start my 30 min commute down to good old ogden...it was a smooth drive, no traffic, no road construction. get to work a half an hour early and decide to go get a bagel for breakfast. on my way to old grist mill i pass a cop. the second i saw it i knew i was dead meet.
rewind back one week from today. on my lovely commute to work that morning i was pulled over for expired registration. then when the cop took my licence and proof of insurance he realized my insurance had expired as well. oops!! i called dear lance right away, he said he'd call the insurance company right then. the cop was nice and only gave me a ticket for expired registration so that he didn't have to impound my car for no insurance. he told me i had 14 days to get my car registered, and to keep the copy of my citation in the car at all times in case i got pulled over again.
fast forward to today, monday june 21st, 9:35 a.m., i pass the cop and spare her the inconvenience of turning on her lights - the second i saw her flip a "u-ie" i knew she was coming for me so i just pulled over. she asks for my license, reg., and proof of insurance...i hand it all to her along with my ticket from last monday. i explained how we just switched insurance companies last week and they said it could take two weeks for it to appear on the system. she goes back to her truck (yes, the cops drive trucks in ogden), makes some calls, is taking FOREVER, comes back and asks me a few more questions. another cop pulls up, she says "ma'am i need you to step out of your car." i get out and then she says, "did you know you have a warrant issued for your arrest?" i say, "NO. for what?!" she said, "it looks like a traffic violation issued out of logan in JANUARY OF 2008." hmmm.... so then i ask why the officer who pulled me over last week didn't tell me about it. she says, "i don't know, but unfortunately i have to take you in?" take me in where? TO JAIL!! so she handcuffs me, plops me in the front seat of her truck (i would have rather been in the back), and hauls me off to the weber county jail.
okay now lets rewind again to december 2007. on the 11th in the darling town of logan, utah, a stupid USU cop pulled me over for a burned out tail light. he gave me a "fix-it ticket," which i had 14 days to take care of. well, eight days later - december 19th to be exact - i got in a horrible accident and totaled my car. so obviously i couldn't fix the burned out tail light. i called the logan court to rectify the situation, they said they would "take care of it," whatever that means. well nothing was ever taken care of, bc that same court issued a warrant for my arrest one month later. a warrant that i had no knowledge or record of. i never received a letter in the mail, a phone call, an email...nothin'! but of course it is my responsiblity to keep my address updated so apparently this is still all my fault.
on the way to jail, the cop says "i just want you to know i am not going to issue you a citation for expired registration." my thoughts? "oh gee thanks. #1, you CAN'T, bc i was already issued a citation for that and still have 7 days to take care of it so you can't give me another ticket for the same thing. #2, you are taking me to jail for the DUMBEST THING IN THE WORLD, and you sit here and act like you've done me a favor?!" this woman was a complete b*!#$^. we arrive at the weber county jail, she completely feels me up...everywhere. another officer does the same thing five minutes later. they ask me ridiculous questions like "are you involved in any gang activity? are you carrying any weapons or knives? do you have any enemies that you know of in this facility? do you have an contagious diseases? are you suicidal?" at one point i said, "do i look like the type of girl who carries guns, knives and is involved with a gang? me and my petite 5'3" figure, with the face of a 17-year-old?" it's absolutely absurd!
then i sat in jail for two hours with some pretty hard core girls who i just prayed wouldn't beat me to a pulp. i tried so hard to be brave and not cry but when they pulled me out to take my mug shot i just started bawling! when the time came for my phone calls (you get 5 by the way, not just one) i couldn't get a hold of anyone! finally i got a hold of a lady i work with. she knew i had been taken to jail bc the officer that pulled me over said she would call someone to come pick up my car so they didn't have to impound it, so we called dixie. she came and posted my $260 cash only bail and i got to leave.
moral of the story? even if you total your car, make sure and fix the burned out tail light or you will get taken to jail.
the end.
rewind back one week from today. on my lovely commute to work that morning i was pulled over for expired registration. then when the cop took my licence and proof of insurance he realized my insurance had expired as well. oops!! i called dear lance right away, he said he'd call the insurance company right then. the cop was nice and only gave me a ticket for expired registration so that he didn't have to impound my car for no insurance. he told me i had 14 days to get my car registered, and to keep the copy of my citation in the car at all times in case i got pulled over again.
fast forward to today, monday june 21st, 9:35 a.m., i pass the cop and spare her the inconvenience of turning on her lights - the second i saw her flip a "u-ie" i knew she was coming for me so i just pulled over. she asks for my license, reg., and proof of insurance...i hand it all to her along with my ticket from last monday. i explained how we just switched insurance companies last week and they said it could take two weeks for it to appear on the system. she goes back to her truck (yes, the cops drive trucks in ogden), makes some calls, is taking FOREVER, comes back and asks me a few more questions. another cop pulls up, she says "ma'am i need you to step out of your car." i get out and then she says, "did you know you have a warrant issued for your arrest?" i say, "NO. for what?!" she said, "it looks like a traffic violation issued out of logan in JANUARY OF 2008." hmmm.... so then i ask why the officer who pulled me over last week didn't tell me about it. she says, "i don't know, but unfortunately i have to take you in?" take me in where? TO JAIL!! so she handcuffs me, plops me in the front seat of her truck (i would have rather been in the back), and hauls me off to the weber county jail.
okay now lets rewind again to december 2007. on the 11th in the darling town of logan, utah, a stupid USU cop pulled me over for a burned out tail light. he gave me a "fix-it ticket," which i had 14 days to take care of. well, eight days later - december 19th to be exact - i got in a horrible accident and totaled my car. so obviously i couldn't fix the burned out tail light. i called the logan court to rectify the situation, they said they would "take care of it," whatever that means. well nothing was ever taken care of, bc that same court issued a warrant for my arrest one month later. a warrant that i had no knowledge or record of. i never received a letter in the mail, a phone call, an email...nothin'! but of course it is my responsiblity to keep my address updated so apparently this is still all my fault.
on the way to jail, the cop says "i just want you to know i am not going to issue you a citation for expired registration." my thoughts? "oh gee thanks. #1, you CAN'T, bc i was already issued a citation for that and still have 7 days to take care of it so you can't give me another ticket for the same thing. #2, you are taking me to jail for the DUMBEST THING IN THE WORLD, and you sit here and act like you've done me a favor?!" this woman was a complete b*!#$^. we arrive at the weber county jail, she completely feels me up...everywhere. another officer does the same thing five minutes later. they ask me ridiculous questions like "are you involved in any gang activity? are you carrying any weapons or knives? do you have any enemies that you know of in this facility? do you have an contagious diseases? are you suicidal?" at one point i said, "do i look like the type of girl who carries guns, knives and is involved with a gang? me and my petite 5'3" figure, with the face of a 17-year-old?" it's absolutely absurd!
then i sat in jail for two hours with some pretty hard core girls who i just prayed wouldn't beat me to a pulp. i tried so hard to be brave and not cry but when they pulled me out to take my mug shot i just started bawling! when the time came for my phone calls (you get 5 by the way, not just one) i couldn't get a hold of anyone! finally i got a hold of a lady i work with. she knew i had been taken to jail bc the officer that pulled me over said she would call someone to come pick up my car so they didn't have to impound it, so we called dixie. she came and posted my $260 cash only bail and i got to leave.
moral of the story? even if you total your car, make sure and fix the burned out tail light or you will get taken to jail.
the end.
Monday, June 7, 2010
..a fun-filled weekend outside..
we had a fabulous weekend. on friday night after we both got done with work, we went to rodizio grill for a fabulous brazilian dinner. i had never been before, and it was delicious!! i was so full by the end of dinner that i am pretty sure my pants unbuttoned themselves. after dinner, we went on a nice summer walk through the park just east of the capitol. it was beautiful down there and such a perfect night to go for a walk. let me just say, i love living closer to slc. now that we are only about 10 min away from downtown salt lake, we go there often for dinner and it is so fun! 
after work on saturday we went out with some of our friends. our friend dan had been wanting to eat at this asian bistro in salt lake, and i have to admit when we pulled up to the restaurant i was a bit skepitcal...it kinda looked like a dive! haha but that's why you never judge a book by its cover bc it ended up being one of the most delicious chinese/asian restaurants i have ever been to! and it is a perfect place to eat for lance and me bc lance loves thai food but i am not a huge fan, and this restaurant has thai food and chinese food! love it! after dinner we went to the gateway and got some fro yo at the new yogurt place there, can't remember what it's called. i forgot how much fun the gateway is on warm summer nights. we just sat out on the patio eating our ice cream, talking and enjoying the band that was playing that night. it was great! 
on sunday my cousins blessed their adorable baby boy, and i am so happy we were able to attend. there is always such a sweet spirit during baby blessings. after church they had a luncheon in their yard and it was perfect! i think its because this spring has been so awful, but now that the weather has warmed up i just love being outside!
after work on saturday we went out with some of our friends. our friend dan had been wanting to eat at this asian bistro in salt lake, and i have to admit when we pulled up to the restaurant i was a bit skepitcal...it kinda looked like a dive! haha but that's why you never judge a book by its cover bc it ended up being one of the most delicious chinese/asian restaurants i have ever been to! and it is a perfect place to eat for lance and me bc lance loves thai food but i am not a huge fan, and this restaurant has thai food and chinese food! love it! after dinner we went to the gateway and got some fro yo at the new yogurt place there, can't remember what it's called. i forgot how much fun the gateway is on warm summer nights. we just sat out on the patio eating our ice cream, talking and enjoying the band that was playing that night. it was great! on sunday my cousins blessed their adorable baby boy, and i am so happy we were able to attend. there is always such a sweet spirit during baby blessings. after church they had a luncheon in their yard and it was perfect! i think its because this spring has been so awful, but now that the weather has warmed up i just love being outside!when we got home, we were just going to rest and watch lost since it was the sabbath, but lance turned into a busy bee and started doing little projects around the house and in the yard. i was exhausted for some reason though, so i took a nice sunday nap. oh how i love sunday naps! when i awoke, lance had done a billion things and had it not been the sabbath i would have felt guilty for not helping him! ;) haha. we ended the night eating dinner on our newly cleaned patio and it was great.
such a great weekend!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
..oh all right..
i have been very hesitant to post pics of our house for many reasons. first of all, no one really cares excpt for me and lance and we are here every day so we don't need pictures to look at! second of all, it isn't completely finished. we are still waiting for our doors (they should be done tomorrow), not all of the electrical work has been completed, we need to do minor touch-ups on the walls, and most importantly it isn't completely decorated! i honestly thought i would get in there and have everything all ready to go in a week, but that hasn't been the case. i have been so overwhelmed by all the boxes and all of the crap that is in the boxes, sometimes i just sit there and stare at it all, deciding where to begin! the other day i just started throwing things away bc i was so sick of wondering where to put it all! (i seriously don't know how two people with no children can have so much stuff. and its not nice stuff, its just stuff stuff. stuff that i will never use but somehow i find a reason to keep it? i need help!). so anyway, the house isn't completely decorated or presentable by my perfectionist standard, which is why i haven't posted pictures and why i still don't want to! but i figure it will probably never be 100% done...i will always find small things here and there that i want/need to do to get the house looking "perfect," so without further ado, here are a few pics of our house:
..kitchen before..
..kitchen after..
..our tiny dining area before..
..our tiny dining area after..
..living room before..
..living room after..
..our tiny dining area before....our tiny dining area after....living room before....living room after..so there are a few pics. the only other room that is worth showing right now is our bedroom, and lance had already messed up the bed when i got home tonight, so i couldn't get a picture! darn him. haha jk. we still have a ways to go on our family room...i am at a loss for what to do with it! and our office and one of the other bedrooms is currently home to all of our boxes and bins so nothing fancy there. lance really put a lot of work into revamping this home, i am so grateful for how talented and hard-working he is and for all that he did to transform this house! it is such a fun place to come home to each and every day!
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