Why Can't I Quit this Blog

Seriously, I feel guilty I haven't posted anything this year since January. Oh wait there is nothing to post really. My life is an abyss of Interide. All I do is work, come home, wake up and do it over again. "Now, Camille that's not all you do." Sometimes that's what it feels like. There have been nights I didn't get off work till 7 or later. Shoot me now! But I am grateful for the work experience and the income.
Kelly has been working just as much with Ecolab and The Carpet Solution. He is getting busier each month with carpet appointments. So if you need carpets in your house cleaned, call Kelly.
So far this year we both turned 28. Yeah! We just had our 6 year anniversary. We have lived in our house for about 3 years now and have had our Harley girl 5 years. A couple of milestones this year. We haven't taken a vacation yet this year. I feel really boring right about now. I seriously feel bad for you if you are still reading this post.
I was reminiscing awhile ago about the good old days as Kelly and I took a couple of trips to Bear Lake this year and passed through Logan. I guess I just miss days of being carefree, cheap rent and pretending you were doing something important like getting a BA in Journalism. None of this grown up stuff like re-financing your mortgage, seeing all your friends have kids and having just plain grown up jobs (sort of). When the only disappointment was not getting into the classes you wanted. None of this serious heartache. Alright enough Eyore talk.
As I feel myself slipping slowly into depression I am thinking of ways to get myself out of it. Hence my 5 am running sessions. I know crazy, but I love it. I used to go every morning before school in high school and I forgot how much I missed it. There is something about seeing the neighborhood slowly wake up. (I don't take headphones cause I'm afraid a crazy serial killer is following me and I won't hear him.) So much clarity. From this I decided to start writing stories. I don't know what will come of them, or even if I will share any, but that's my therapy so to speak. The cure for depression is lots of hobbies. So I'm up for any suggestions (besides crafting. I have given up on that).
I still remain dead set against facebook. I don't need to know what burger joint you are eating at. So maybe I will try to revive the blog. Onwards!!

My sisters and I did do a race in May, I think. The Bear Lake Marathon, Half, 10k and 5k. The sisters in black did the 5k. It was Beth's first race so we took it easy. Cyndi had to show us up and do the half. It was fun to spend the weekend with my best friends and have fun. Yes we did coordinate the black, because it's slimming.

New Year

Welcome New Year!! 13 days later I post ha ha. So classicaly me. Kelly is out bowling tonight so here I am bored for a second. So i write. Today I want you to think about this new year, this new beginning so to speak. Think of last year and all the lame, horrible, miserable events that happened. Then be grateful this year is good so far. You have a job, hopefully, good health and a family to love. I can confidently say we are at a good place in life right now. With that being said, bring on the trials. We all know as soon as we get to a comfortable, good place in life, something happens to, well test us. Only just don't test me with pride. If we become unbelievably rich I will snub you all and move to my big house on the hill. I will appear on House Hunters International looking for a vacation home somewhere in Italy, or the Virgin Islands. You will watch and say "Camille, you shouldn't have worn those shorts."
I kid though. I would give all my friends a couple bucks just so they could buy stuff. Other than that, we are bored. Winter is still on the ground, we are infected with this stupid cough that will just not go away. It started in the sinuses, moved to the throat and is now stuck in our lungs. I blame children and the old lady at my work who pees with the door open. I don't trust her.
Christmas was good. My sister was staying with us, so we got to watch the great excitement that is Christmas morning for children. Our neighbor got a drum set, so all morning we heard the wonderful beat of her bass drum. New Years was low key, bowling with the family and almost sleeping through midnight. I am so old already.
I didn't make any resolutions because I want you to make them for me. Really if you could wish something for your old pal here, what would it be? Seriously, if I could make a resolution for you it would be to call me once in awhile, or text me cause you probably don't want to hear me coughing. Just kidding I'm pretty selfish. My resolution for you is to smile more. What do you think of that?

Halloween or something like it

Ok I know I don't really update this thing to often. But when you get to be a woman of my age, there really isn't a whole lot going on. Literally have to be to work by 7:30, find myself home by 5 or 5:30 depending on traffic, greet Harley, give Kelly a hug, go work out (or nap whatever I feel like, more than likely a nap), maybe cook dinner and start all over the next day. Do you ever feel your life has hit one of those ruts? Blah. So if you have any motivational thoughts for me go ahead and post me a little comment. Seriously feeling like I hit a wall in life. Blah again.
Well the willard friends told us they were going to do a haunted house for charity this year. I was doubtful they would pull it off in two weeks (it's ok to say this because I already told them), but I was really surprised when I pulled up the Friday afternoon before Halloween to find a haunted house in almost full swing. There were some last minute things going up, but by 7 there were people waiting to go in. Opening night was fun. I got to take tickets and be a "guide". Legally there had to be someone who went through with every group in case of emergencies and what not. I was impressed, people were scared, screaming and someone ran out half way through. Go us!! Saturday night some volunteers couldn't make it so I helped out. I got to be in the darkest room of all, all by myself, in a really old supposedly haunted building. You know those old indian schools in Brigham? Ya that's where we were. But I did not see anything, or get that creepy feeling. But many prayers in my head were said. Anyway the second night turned out to be a success and this haunted house will probably happen again next year.
Other than that I don't know we what we have been up to. I have been taking pictures here and there. Since I am working full time I haven't been marketing my photography really. But I still do pictures for friends and family. It's still something I love, but in these tough times mamma's gotta help bring in the dough.
I still refuse to get a facebook account, but I admit I look at Kelly's here and there. I think I would waste a lot of time on there. So if you want to get in touch with me this might have to be it for awhile or look up Kelly.
Here are pictures for you. Enjoy!


Imagine this room pitch black and me in a white ghost mask trying to scare you. I mostly just screamed at people.

Hanging the "meat bags". This was the chainsaw room.

Me in a scary mask. Whatever

The swamp room.

And a cool sunset up there.

Man Where does the time go?!

It's totally been five year since Kelly and I got hitched. That is really crazy to think that I would ever get to that point in my life to have been married five years. Most Hollywood marriages don't last that long.
Last week Kelly had flowers waiting for me at work. They were gorgeous. I didn't take a picture, go figure. I took off early and we hit up a matine. Then spent a wonderful evening up Odgen canyon. We went to dinner in eden at this place called Harley and Bucks. It's a Texas grill type of joint. But good. Then stayed the night at the Alaskan Inn, in the Northern Lights room. They had this cool set up on the ceiling with led lights and a black light. We couldn't figure out how to turn off the black light, so I had dreams about techno and raves. Go figure. We saw newly weds leaving the next morning. I had to laugh because I remember the morning after the wedding day, among other things. I wanted to walk up to them and tell them they had a long road and they got married on the best date 8-20 ever. But that would be weird, so I resisted.
Maybe five years isn't that long compared to the big picture, but it's a start. If we can make it five, we can make it 50. Sometimes there are fights about certain purchases, sometimes there are days we just want to do our thing. It all comes down to the end of the night, the only person I want by me is Kelly. I appreciate the person he is and who he is becoming. He works hard to support us and further his education. I have to smile because just thinking about him makes me do just that.
Wub you!

Has it been that long?

Alright so the last post was in March of the cruise. But what can I say, not much has really happened. Work is still going well for Kelly and me. Sometimes I feel we are both so busy we hardly see each other. Poor Harley gets neglected. But at the end of the night she still forgives us.
So big news!!! We got a scooter!! Anyone one who knows me, knows I have wanted a scooter for the longest time. But when it came down to buying it, I resisted with the reason it wasn't really practical because work is just too far away. But we are not practical people so we got Sasha anyways. I named her Sasha after JD's scooter from Scrubs. Except mine is red.
So sad news. I crashed her. I know right. I am that girl who gets something and then destroys it. It was a sad day, but I can laugh about it now. I won't go into detail, but know from now on I ride alone on Sasha. She is almost fixed though and I have a helmet so all is good.
But Kelly couldn't live with me having a scooter so she now has a sister. Stella. After a week long fight I gave in and now we have Stella. I will admit it's fun to have a motorcycle for those nights it's just so hot that a night ride is the just the thing to cool off.
I figure since we don't have kids and probably won't for long time we will enjoy this time in our lives and just be selfish for a little bit.
Other than that not much. Just enjoying the summer and the good warm times.
Here are pictures of our girls.

This is Stella

This is Sasha in the repair phase

This is Sasha before the crash. If you think she has an eagle on the front fender you would be right. EEEEAGLLLE!

Mexican or Mexican't part Dose!!

Our second cruise was freakin AWESOME! It was a much needed break. All of us were feeling the stress of work and school before leaving for a week. We booked a month ago with our pal Dwayne. And March 21 we boarded the Royal Carribbean Mariner of the Seas bound for Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta.
First day at sea a bit rough getting my sea legs back. But worth it. First stop, Cabo. Kelly and I had been there before on our last cruise. It really hasn't changed. We didn't book any excursions, just did as we felt. So we went to the beach. We played in the ocean, marveled at how much bigger our boat was than Carnivals boat, Ashley burried Taylor in the sand. Funny story, the waves are much stronger than you think. A couple of times I got sand rash on my legs and butt. One particular wave practically tumbled me head over heals. So when we stopped at Cabo Wabo for lunch, I went to the bathroom and everyone laughed when sand started pouring out of my stall. Ya it was insane.
Next stop Mazatlan. None of us had been there so we didn't know what to expect. So we picked a sight seeing, shopping and show tour. We got on a bus, watched some divers, saw the richest man in Mazatlan's house, saw a lame show called "Spetaculare" and went and ate at the Shrimp Bucket. We were scared a little bit in this city. Still the beaches looked pretty and it was warm. We did stop and see this old cathedral. We were a bit innappropriate there. Sorry. 
Last stop was Puerto Vallarta. I thought it was the prettiest of the cities we had been to. Blue water, blue sky, warm sunny. The sand was rough, but we didn't go to the beach. Ashley and Taylor had been there on their honeymoon, so we let them lead the way. We just walked around the boardwalk, had 2 for 1 margaritas and daqueries (non-alcoholic, don't worry mom). Ashley went parasailing. That's about it. Let's not forget Magnum ice cream bars. I will just say the US does not make anything as good as those.
Then we wrapped up the trip with two days at sea. We filled those with card games, food, laying out and let's not forget the soft serve!!
Thanks Olsens and Sandersons for making this trip so fun. We have many funny stories, but they wouldn't be as funny if I posted them, but I will ask "Do you like pancakes?"

This little blog

I feel blogs have gone the way of myspace. They just aren't cool anymore. But since I have many a family outside of Utah I will keep udating it. Plus my mom says she knows whats going on in my life by reading my blog. I guess I don't call her enough. Sorry Judy.

Well well, what to write. I made an executive decision and am going to run the Salt Lake Half Marathon. Not the full, the half that's 13.1 miles. I have already done this before, but am better prepared and am not training in the dead of winter. However it is still cold when I run outside. Lame. I started training this week. Had a good run on Saturday and totally thought I hit 7 miles. Clocked it and it was 5?!! What the....Guess I need to find longer routes.

We are going on a cruse in March!! We are going to the dirty Mexico side. That's Cabo, Puerta V. and Mazatlan. Totally stoked to go. I have needed a vacation since December 1st of 2008. Plus when we get back hopefully soon after that it will start to warm up. The only thing I am worried about is continuing my running training while on the boat. Any suggestions?

Other than that there really isn't much going on here in Jaquesville. Just hanging out with good friends, teaching Harley new tricks which she refuses to learn and living the life. My photography is at a standstill right now. Probably because it's winter. But I am going to try and keep up with it, but mostly keep doing it on the side. Work is good. My company keeps growing so that's a good sign. Kelly is busy with school and work. He is getting closer to being done with his bachelors. Can't wait!!

Anywho happy February. Here is a fun picture project we have did this month.

I have been wanting to try and capture smoke lately. Don't know why but it always looked cool when it curls around itself and just disappears. So one night Kelly and I got our smokiest candle and this is what came out.