Looking forward to…
Going to Utah in July for a wedding
Going to Hocking Hills in June w/ some friends
Finding more cool places in Columbus
Visiting the temple once a month with James
Turning 29 (this is going to be a good year!)
Paying off my car (2 more payments!)
Going to NYC in the fall (hopefully)
Seeing old friends
Losing weight
Starting a family (hopefully!)
Getting a road bike
Riding the roller coasters at Cedar Point & Kings Island
Visiting the Goodson’s and Martin’s in Cincy
Going to Indiana for a work trip
Buying a grill and having a cookout in our deck!
Uncategorized | Comments (9)Two months and counting
We’ve been in C-bus now for two months, crazy isn’t it?? Here’s a quick run-down of what we’ve done so far in case you don’t care to scroll through my posts:
James: basically finished his first quarter in school, got called as the 2nd Couns. in the YM pres, gave a talk on the holy ghost, met his home teaching companion, mowed our lawn with a ghetto lawn mower about 5x, learned the routes of COTA (bus system), bought steph her favorite flowers (tulips), took a job on campus at the Buck ID center, hugged steph about a trillion times, been an all around good guy and played lots of video games with his bro-in-law tony.
Steph: got a part time job at Target, got a full time job doing marketing for a self storage company, went to a bridal shower, got in touch with some old friends, babysat her favorite kids (Ethan, Mason, Corinne), gave a talk on the holy ghost, got called as the ward bulletin specialist, fashion coordinator for her sis-in-law greta (aka went to the mall with her), got asked to be a bridesmaid, got hit on at work.
Uncategorized | Comment (1)Where does the time go?
Do you know the answer to this? I swear, one minute there is NOTHING going on, the next I look at my calendar and think, um, there goes the summer. I am not busier than anyone else, but dang I came home tonight from work and thought to myself: Man, I left clothes in the dryer, crap there’s 3 full dirty laundry bins…THREE!!, I think there’s a bill on the counter that was due on the 23rd, we have no eggs, I have to pack for this weekend! I haven’t worked out in TWO weeks!!! The list can go on and on. Meanwhile, I want to get together with our new friends, see my niece and nephews every possible second I can. Catch up with some long lost friends who are also new to the area.
Part of me thinks, dude are my priorities so out of whack that I’m really bad at time management? I mean less be honest on any given day that is a yes…but as much as I am obsessive about cleanliness, organization and “everything has its place” sometimes I just have to turn the other way! For example, it is 12:27 right now I should be sleeping but here I am blogging - I have felt like there’s no exciting events happening…but tonight I needed to get my thoughts out so here will be a series of a few posts on various topics.
I guess I am self evaluating in this blog. Realizing it’s ok that I’m not perfect (SO not perfect), being lazy is acceptable in certain situations (right?), beating myself up over the things I didn’t do/say isn’t going to change my situation.
So if you’re out there and I’ve said I want to get together, I really do!!! (Jackie!!!) I promise to get in touch with you very soon and know those weren’t empty words!
Uncategorized | Comments (2)How not to format your pictures
Please excuse my formatting woes in the below post. I have a new version of the blog software and my skillz arnt’ wut de uset 2 bee. 
less words more pictures
The newest edition to the Woolf Family in Michigan, isn’t he cute?
The proudest daddy on the left, and the proud uncle!
Perfectly manicured toes, a summer must have for me. (just please don’t look at my finger nails)
3 re-united friends. Jana, the one in the middle is the tie that binds us! (Although I knew Em on the right, a year before I met Jana) little did we know, we’d all be sharing a luv sack in April of 2008 I love it and I love them!
Somehow I always end up driving…(only when you take the pictures =p)
The good stuff
Now that we have internet finally at home, you’ll see more regular posts, and I promise them to be positive ones!
As stated from my last post, here goes some good stuff!
I have lost 10 lbs since moving to Columbus hoping to lose more before the wedding I’m in this July.
I got a full time job! I am working for a real estate type company - they are one “management” company that has several different entities, I’ll be working for the Self-Storage division. I’ll be the Marketing Coordinator for their Outreach program. There are 7 properties here in Columbus that I’ll be in charge of, and am in the process of hiring a few people to work with me (under me, whatever). The coolest part is I’ll be a telecommuter!!! Most of my work will be done from a home office and I’ll have meetings a few times a week at different locations. It is for sure a blessing for us! So far so good!
James got offered a part time job on Campus, so once he finalizes his summer schedule, he’ll start working at Ohio State! The nice thing is he’ll only work probably 10 hrs or less, and there’s no nights and weekends involved, so hopefully studying will not be affected!
We both now have callings in our ward I am the ward bulletin specialist! I am hoping to hit up some craft stores to really jazz up our board! James is the First Couns. in the Young Mens’ Pres. so he’ll be busy for sure! It may take me a while to get used to it, but I think it will be fun.
Well that’s some good stuff for ya, like I said, I know I need to be more thankful for all the things I have today and the good things we’re working on for later. I’ll do my best!
I wanted to post some pics…but it’s giving me a hard time, so that will have to come later!
Cry me a river (or just give me a tissue please)
Ok so it’s been a while, and I just got home from work a little bit ago (it’s midnight). Quite frankly, I’m pooped. I have lots of “fun” things to post about and I promise I will, but for now I am going to vent on my post. I apologize in advance if this seems as a downer, but it is how I am feeling at the moment. I know that after I say my prayers and wake up tomorrow life will assume regularity, but for now, I am using this to type out my feelings and thoughts. Besides, this is my blog right?? I can post whatever I want! WHOO HOO!!!
If you’re reading this, you know I’m an open book and am not ashamed to admit that I am not perfect nor am I always emotionally stable (ha ha). I PROMISE all is good in Stephanie land, but for a hot minute, I’m annoyed. Mostly with myself, but for other reasons too. So I promise if you make it through this post, while it might be lengthy, I will end on a positive note as to not alarm anyone
Here goes: I got mad at myself tonight. Mostly because I’m not being totally who I could ‘potentially’ be (none of us are there, right?) Well, I just know I have a lot to be grateful for and I have a lot that others do not. I am quite happy with my life, but sometimes…I don’t let it be enough. I got mad at myself for complaining to James that I feel like I’m going to be working till I’m like 80, I got annoyed at myself for always making excuses for not working out, or going through the drive thru at 11:30 p.m. when I’m off at work b/c I’m starving…It irritates me that I can’t get over the fact that it’s going to be quite some time that we’re not going to be out of debt, will not have a house, or children in the near future. Whenever I get mad, I start to cry (ok…not always) and when I was talking to James tonight about why I was mad at myself what happens?? TEARS! GGGRRR!!!! How can I be a tough cookie when my food takes too long at restaurant? Or I make sure I get a giftcard from a store I feel I have been treated badly…but why do I let things get to me that I should have control over?!?!?!? Example: Tonight at my ‘retail’ job, things were crazy. I was told by one supervisor to do one thing, and when another supervisor found out where I had been he got MAD at ME for doing what I was told?!? Why did I cry like I just got caught picking my nose on a school bus???? (I didn’t cry in front of him, oh no, I went in a corner, LOLLLL) Alas, life goes on.
Really, I have nothing to complain about, and my irritations are quite trivial and minuscule compared to what most people go through their whole lives. I will tell you without James and his support, I would crumble.
There’s no need to go on about yucky stuff. If you’re still reading you can tell it was just ‘one of those nights.’ Now with dried eyes, a cleared head (except for my headache) and feeling better now that I type-vented, I need to begin formalizing my talk for church tomorrow.
The good stuff: I was able to go up to Cleveland for a night w/ James to visit with a friend that was in town that I haven’t seen for 7 years! It was so fun, I’ll post about that and have some fun pictures too. We got to have dinner at my parents’ and crash at their place. I also have some pictures of what’s been going on too. James has 2 weeks left of his quarter and will probably come out an ace in all his classes (show off, ha ha). He signs up for summer classes next week! I’m also going to be a bridesmaid in July for one of my best college roomies - SO excited for her!!!! Ok…tomorrow I promise nothing but positive posting~ Until then!!!!
