Here is my life story in a pistachio shell! Why a pistachio shell? So you've all heard the phrase "in a nut shell"? well what kind of a nut? A brazil nut can still be a long story...a peanut shell could be like two parts...and crumbly... and a pistachio shell its like small, easy, and its like "here it is"!
I was born, in December, to two AMAZING parents! I was their youngest child... They talked before they got married about having a perfect child...well I finally came along and they stopped having kids :)
I have six older siblings. 2 brothers and 4 sisters. they like to say I am spoiled I like to say I am loved! after all they are the ones that spoiled me :)
I grew up in the country/city I suppose its called sub- urban.... we had a few neighbors it wasn't a subdivision with cookie cutter houses. I had room to roam and play and make some great memories and some awesome friends.
I always wanted to live in a farm house and have a farm! cows, chickens, horses, a dog, a cat(NOT a house cat...only for catching those nasty little vermin called mice!) a garden, a porch (with a swing) to swing on in the early mornings with a book or in the evening with my honey!...well....we didn't have that I was just always a country girl at heart!
so from our room to roam house in the semi country...we moved to a cute little farm house, with a white picket fence, an acre and some stables! I was in heaven!! I was about 15 when we moved there. I was out of town when my parents bought the place but I had a few things I wanted, if I had a say in anything :) I wanted a door bell, a porch, and a livingroom window for a Christmas tree.
well our cute little farm house had it! so adorable! It was a hundred year old house (added onto a bit) but for mom and dad and me it was perfect! the only thing is...it was even closer to a city..ok it wasn't like NYC or anything just a small little Utah town but closer to neighbors and not as much room to roam....and no animals (except our trusty black lab mix that we got shortly after we moved in)
BUT....that was all ok because I was really into my extra curricular activities at the time...
I was home schooled all through High School (loved it) and I was in lots of community plays, a homeschool choir, a girls choir, plus my schooling, and of course friends to hang out with.
by the time I was sixteen my mom was THRILLED that I could drive and she no longer needed to drive me everywhere under the sun! Plus I was thrilled because my dad had a cute little black VW beetle that I got to take sometimes!!
when I was 17 I graduated my friend and I did the cute little ceremony with the UHEA(Utah home educators association)
I couldn't start college with out a bunch of paperwork and stuff because I wasn't 18 and didn't have a "diploma" whatever!
My sister was diagnosed with colon cancer in the spring of 2005...after a long 11 months, she passed away. She was only 32 and she had 4 young children.
she died in February 2006 and the January of 2006 my dad was hospitalized for a few different things a heart attack being one of them. Then with other health issues he was still in the hospital when my sister died.
My dad died the next year in September (2007)
in November of 2008 my grandma died.
needless to say it was a long long 3 years for my family
In the summer of 2006 I started college! yay I was an adult! summer school? yes but only two classes....easy peasy! math and computer
my first full semester was that fall of '06! of what fun I had in college! it was such a new experience! but a great one!
I started just with general studies but I had every intention of being a dental hygienist!
through HS I wanted to be a chef! own a restaurant, be a famous chef, be a chef on a cruise ship and travel! yah well by the time I "grew up" I realized I wanted a family and those things I wanted in a career weren't matching with my bigger better goals of being a wife and mother! I wanted to be a stay at home mom. stay at home moms don't need degrees you say? well this one does! I wasn't just going to sit around and wait for my prince charming! I was going to school!! I wanted to stay at home but I know there are times where work is scarce or an extra income is needed so for my college major I chose Dental Hygiene! good money if I needed to work and fewer hours and etc. etc.
well I started my generals and saw the cute little other girls in scrubs and with there little dentist tools...I was really excited!
So cute little college student that I was, ha ha- I was getting pre reqs done...well since dental hygiene is a science field the pre reqs were things like anatomy and micro biology...fun! yah well after a couple other science classes I was taking a big bite and I took anatomy and micro biology (and both their labs) in 1! yes ONE semester!!! no no no that was not a smarty pants move! I had never studied so hard in my life and I was still getting D's! My sister needed the micro bio class and she took it with me...a single working mother...who never had time to study...getting A's and B's! what the heck!!!
SO after a lot of thought and prayer, in the middle of that semester I decided to change majors!
mom said my attitude change was like night and day! I was not cut out to do those things and God knew it! I didn't know what I was going to do major wise at that point so I finished out that semester. I'd think about it later. well I looked into a few things and I came back to being a chef! I figured its what I wanted to do! and I could still be a wife and mother I just tweaked my chefing goals!
so I started the culinary program! a 4 year program! I LOVED it!!
when I was in my second to last semester of Culinary arts I met my dream boy! and during spring break of my last semester I married him!!! (clarification, I didn't meet him at school)
I have been married almost 3 year now....(I love him SO much!!)
And guess what that man had? a ranch, and guess what I have?? A cute little farm house, a yard fit for a family and a dog and a garden! plenty acres!! a 40 mile dirt road to get to my house! and we have cows!! and horses!!! I got my dream! I live in the country! My heart is happy! I no longer have to be a country girl at heart! I am a country girl!
I have a house with a porch, where I can sit with my sweetheart and drink lemonade and talk of...anything! I can see millions and millions of stars every night! and I cant hear anything! no cars, sirens, honks, etc only coyotes, cows, dogs, etc!
Guess what else I have? boots, my cow girl hat, and a pair of overalls!
and that my friends Is my life in a nut shell....a pistachio shell!
song to go along??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueLZ3i83N4I
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