I feel so American

I voted for the first time yesterday.  You may ask "Why has it taken you so long, you're already 22!" Well, when I was 18, I had just moved from Arizona to Utah for school and I had no idea how to get a mail in ballot from AZ.  So missed the 2008 elections.  The next 2 years didn't really matter to me. I wasn't a Utah citizen and I wasn't even in Arizona so I didn't feel the need to vote. 

Last year, however, I was determined to vote.  I was quite excited about it.  I was a citizen of Utah (I'm so glad that's over) and I wanted my sticker.  You know the one.  It says "I VOTED!"  I wanted one bad.  So I went on down to the library to vote.  Well apparently they had no record of me being a registered voter despite apply almost a year before.  I never had got a card....maybe my info fell through the cracks.  I was pretty distressed about it, actually.  Micah had to comfort me.

This year I KNEW I would vote.  I mean, it's a really important election coming up.  The GOP primaries are the 28th of this month and Micah and I got our mail in ballots last week.  As of yesterday, they are officially in!  It feels great to finally vote! The one downer to mailing in our ballots was the fact that we wouldn't get a sticker. At least, that is what I thought.  I was just about to throw away the superfluous papers sent with our ballot when I saw this:

I voted early in Pima County!

Oh happy day! I wore it for the rest of the night.  At that moment, I was indeed proud to be an American.

Adventures of a pigeon hunter: part 3

This guy's name is Franklin. I just made that up, but I like it, so that will be his name.

Franklin LOVES to perch on our light and poop a lot.

Apparently our light is the coziest one because he comes back every single night.

No joke!

He's seen us so much that our presence does not scare him away like we would hope.

You've got to admire his diligence. 

We've both been REALLY close to catching him with a small crate, but we're not quite there.

Pigeons: 3     Micah:0       For now...

Soon, very soon, we will catch this little guy.

For now, enjoy our light, Franklin.

You have no idea what's coming.

My husband the beautician.

So on Thursday I was not having a good day.  Micah, being the awesome husband that he is, came home early from work to surprise me and be with me.  He ended up walking in on me wrapping his birthday presents that his mom sent (shout out to Mama and Papa Price for the sweet Valentine's/birthday package!).  I quickly shoved the presents under the couch and asked why he was home so early. 

"So I could be with you!"  How could I be mad then?  He's so cute :)

Well, to cheer me up, Micah decided that he was going to give me a makeover. At first I resisted, but then I thought it would be pretty funny to watch him try. I was surprised how much he knew about makeup. I only had to give a few hints. It actually ended up looking better than when I do my own makeup!

The hair and nails, you ask? Well, let's just say that I will leave the hair to Kathy and I can do my own nails if I want. But he gets an A+ for effort! He sure did cheer me up!

The before pictures:

Micah straightening my hair: 

The after:

Hair........:

See? Pretty good makeup:

Pink nails:  

Happy Everything!

Hey, Arizona. You are pretty great. You've treated me well, as a 100 year old state should. I just wanna take a minute and say Happy Birthday!

Why, yes. This IS the state song--rap style.

 Well, today's not all about Arizona. It's also about LOVE!  Happy Valentine's Day to everyone out there. Micah made me breakfast this morning. Or maybe I just surprised him by waking up before he left for work for once and he felt the need to share his eggs. I mean, it is Valentine's Day after all.

I LOVE YOU EVERYONE!!

For my mom and dad

Have you noticed that those that visit us usually get a post dedicated to them (with the one exception of Hannah--sorry! I don't believe I got pictures of you. I will remedy this if/when you visit again:)?

*And now that I think about it, Kathy too. Sorry I didn't post about cleaning your teeth...

Well my parents randomly told me a couple weeks ago that they wanted to visit us. Cool! I'm desperate for human interaction, so I was very excited.

Little did I know that they would bring a TV and DVD/VHS player (Very old things. I mention this because my siblings think I'm spoiled all because my parents felt sorry for me and got me a car, which I'm paying off.  And didn't Heather get a car in high school? Oh yeah. She did.). Cool again!

Micah had to work that day, so my parents and I chatted for awhile. Then we decided to go visit Micah at work.....which turned into this:

Yup. We helped Micah fold his newspapers so he could be done earlier.  Thanks Mom and Dad! You're the best.

My mom saw the post with the snake bridge in it, so she wanted to go see it.  She loved it! I can't say the same about my dad--he HATES snakes.  He was a good sport anyway.

We can always count on a free meal when the parents are in town, and they did not disappoint this time.  The women went for Paradise Bakery and the men got some burgers. 

So basically my parents trip consisted of working, walking on a bridge for5 miunutes, and paying for our dinner.  Did we mention we love you a LOT?! Because we do.  And next time we will not make you work, ok? Deal!

Crunching the numbers

Micah and I had a long chat today about finances.  We both have students loans and recently I've been paying a little, tiny bit of my paycheck toward paying mine off.   Well, today we got serious and decided to get these loans paid off more quickly.   We don't even have to start paying these babies off until we're out of school, but we wanted to start early to avoid interest. AND we want to be debt-free by medical school.
Being the math geek that I am, I just spent a good 2 hours of my normal reading time making up 3 different loan repayment plans. Tomorrow we'll choose which one we want to follow.

Micah, though asleep, was thinking about finances as well.  He mumbled something like "Let's split it to get the money." I told him it was a good idea, to which he responded, "I know. It means more money." 

I'm just glad to know I'm not the only one thinking about money at 11pm.  Micah is such a good husband--he supports me in everything.


Well, wish us luck! 

For Stephanie

I dare you to eat a banana right now.