Lost in an Icelandic forrest? Stand up!

hehehe okay, so maybe you didn't get the title unless you are Icelandic... google "trees in Iceland" and you will understand =)

We just got home from dinner at my gf Tessa's super cute beach bungalow, where we bribed Arni with a home cooked meal in exchange for finishing up the curtain hanging project we so sucked at! But at least we mastered the beast of a drill!

 How do you make a blonde laugh on Saturday?

Tell her a joke on Wednesday.

Now my husband is jamming out to Journey and I am blogging instead of doing homework!

Update: Got the name and number of a recruiter/director thanks to our friend Clay, so I'll give her a call next week and hopefully she can give me some references! Arni's parents also packed all their clothes and stuff into boxes ready for the move.. weird that we are just starting this stuff.. I think I am still in denial!

Schnitzels!!

So in just a few, Arni and I are off to take the in laws to a local German restaurant, called the European Cafe and Schnitzel house for some schnitzels!! Really I just like saying schnitzel! We figured this would be an appropriate eatery as my mother in law is half German and Arni's brother and his wife also live in Deuchland! Hope it's good! Anyway so after the mass amounts of crap food I have eaten lately ( no, I am not the one on holiday, although Arni and I have been eating as if we are..) I've decided to add to my "Cold Turkey" list ( Yes, I had to explain this metaphor to my cute Icelandic husband.. there is many things I have to explain.. most of the time it is just amusing). Two years ago I decided to give up fast food, and I am proud to say I have not eaten a single morsel of McDonalds/Burger King yada yada.. and this year I gave up diet soda ( had given up regular a while ago) and for the most part I've done well with this, with the exception of about 4 diet sodas on special occasions.. but hey it's October and I can count on one hand the amount of coke I have drank.. big improvement from the 2-3 diet cokes I drank almost daily! So my next goal; I think will benefit me the most but will be the hardest: Give up processed/white sugar. Yep, that means no more candies/cookie/ ís/ kleinur!! AHH!!!! But I can do it. I have decided to make exceptions for Holidays, but only for the actual holiday.. not everyday in the month of Christmas, haha. Wish me luck, I figure if I declare it publicly I will have better chance of sticking to it ;)

The suspense is KILLING ME!!!

So we have known since August that Árni got the job and we would be moving to Colorado. But we didn't know when, so the only people we could tell was our families. Then after the next trip he took, we found out it would be January. Great now we have a month, but when do we move in the month? We still have yet to find out. So hopefully after his November trip we will have something more concrete. Now, though at least we were able to tell our close friends. I still have not told my work about us leaving  : / not so much looking forward to that. Mostly because I have only been in my new department for about 6 months. It's like I just started now I am leaving! When I took the job though, I honestly didn't know we would be moving. I took the job in May, we found our in August. The sucky part is I REALLY love my new job and am sad to leave and nervous I won't find a job I love this much in Colorado.. =( I think I will tell my manager mid-November, that way he will have a couple months to find a replacement for me ( not that anyone could EVER replace me..haha) Anyway the suspense is KILLING me!!! I have not been able to tell so many people about our move because of work, and I am so excited I want to tell EVERYONE!!! =) =)

Oh, and we have had my in-laws staying with us for the past couple weeks.. man have they been a big help around the house! Our yard is re-mulched, laundry room painted, ceiling fan installed, and the list goes on and on.. this has been an awesome staycation! They say they love doing this stuff.. I hope so b/c I enjoy having them.

Status on our move: Arni has a work trip planned first week on November, and I have sent out my resume to 4 jobs, heard back from one recruiter so far for ICU position. Fingers crossed!

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine

 Blogging FAIL!

Ha, so there are a few reasons why I have not blogged on a regular basis:
1. No time! Work, school, work, school ... AHH ::pulls hair out::
2.My lovely in-laws are in town...trying to spend quality time
3.I still find it hard to find things to write about
4.I'm boring really...

Any-who I have lived in Ormond Beach for 2 years now and FINALLY started trying some cool new restaurants and different places.. the main reason for this is simply money.. Arni and I had been saving for the past 2 years for our wedding we just never went out to eat; or very rarely. Well thanks to my good friend Tessa I got to go to one of the coolest, hippest restaurant/lounges in OB: Caffeine. Live music almost everyday of the week (like Cold Play meets Kings of Leon ..way digging that!) a GREAT selection on food:recommending fish tacos(yumm-o) and on Wednesday nights guess what?! LADIES NIGHT!!!! 1/2 off VINO and COCKTAILS!!!!! After the 12 hours my fellow nursey friend and I had just put in those words were like the waitress just spoke sweet notes of velvet softly on my ears..uh yeah cheesy but whatever you get the point! With all intent of having a quick meal and then catching a flick at the local theater.. we loaded up on wine and fish tacos and then stuffed ourselves with more wine! Needless to say after a slightly buzzed conversation about how dating a musician would be intense but impossible (Hey maybe Mr. Cold Play was making an impression lol) we called it a night and then Tessa had to go get all mushy on me and proclaim her love for me and how she didn't want me to move yada yada.. haha but seriously though, I am going to be super sad to leave a select few (you know who you are!) but still remaining excited and positive of all the possibilities there is to come!

Oh and PS: GOD I hope I am not boring you with my mindless blogs; I swear once we move they might get more interesting!

I'm walking on sunshine!

So I had a FABULOUS day today! Well, let me back track.. I've had a fabulous week! (No, not because my husband is out of town either..hehe) Anyway I did the annual heart walk yesterday evening and had a super great time. Not only was I doing a community event and raising money for the cure of heart disease, I was cutting the fool and having a ball with some awesome ladies! It started off with receiving a T-shirt 4 x's too big, and it was a neon green.. yep sexy! So I eighty-fied it and chopped it up to make a cute off the shoulder mini tee! Leave it to me to want to look cute at a heart walk! Anyway I had a great time, saw a bunch of people I currently work with and some from when I worked on the ambulance.. a few of us met for adult beverages afterward, and laughs were had by all! So today started off great with a Zen Yoga class (also taught by a respiratory therapist I work with- she is a FABULOUS lady!) and left feeling super spiritual and super limber! I am SOOOOOO addicted to yoga.. I'm telling you with the sudo-vegitarian lifestyle and my love of yoga, I'll fit right in with the mountain hippies! After yoga I got to do one of my favorite things with one of my favorite ladies; I went horseback riding with my very funny and super cute Finnish friend. She brought me back Finnish chocolate (mmmmmm) and the most AWESOME plaid breeches I ever saw!!!! I heart her =)  Anyway the weather couldn't have been more amazingly perfect, and I have been floating on cloud 9 all day ::sigh:: Now off to pick my hubby up from the airport and find out how his trip to the big CO was!