the neverending school year

i'm in the midst of the throes of finals week.  only two left! however, one is at 7 am, which is an unholy hour to be taking a 3 hour long test.

also, i start school again on tuesday! hooray. some days, i really wish i weren't taking spring and summer classes. but, i know that it's probably for the best that i do.  i'll just really miss having a break from school for more than two weeks.  and it'll be a year and a halfish of straight school. that's kinda intimidating.

however, to celebrate our 4 day weekend between semesters, chris and i have decided to do one of two things.  either we'll go up to lava hot springs in idaho, or go skiing.  snowbird and alta ski resorts both got more snow this week, because utah is not acknowledging the fact that it is mid april, not february.  i've never been skiing, and chris's whole family are big skiiers.  his two nephews (5 and 3) already go skiing almost every weekend, and are better than i ever will be.

to break up the monotony of year round school, chris and i are also doing other weekend trips, like up to bear lake with his family for the 4th of july, maybe camping in moab, and hopefully down to vegas.

any other fun ideas?

save el moolah

we all like to save money, right? last night, chris and i watched a little bit of extreme couponing on TLC.  they definitely save money, but i don't need 62 bottles of mustard in my pantry, that is, if i had a pantry.  seriously though, a woman bought over 60 bottles of mustard.

however, it got chris and i to thinking. we're newlyweds, which usually equals poor. and indeed we are. poor, married, college students.  we get ads and coupons in the mailbox all the time, but never really sift through them.  we decided that we should start keep our eyes out for coupons, and even look online for good deals.  even if a coupon is for $1 or 50 cents, it really starts to add up week after week.

i found out that one of my old efy counselors has a couponing/savings blog, which is called Frugally Marisha.  she will post good deals, which are good across the country, and even suggests ways to find coupons online.  not only that, she has a section called couponing 101, helping people to know how to get the most out of their coupons.

also, i got the title of the post from this comcast commercial.  seriously, comcast commercials used to be one of my favorite things. they were always so funny. and sorry it's not the best quality.

Where has time gone?

It has been awhile since I last posted.  There are multiple reasons for this:

1) i'm a student
2) work
3) see #1

Let me explain. by being a student, and especially towards the end of the semester, i have so many papers and dang group projects to do.  my time is being sucked away.  also, work plays a factor.  i've never worked this much during school before, so i've had to adjust when i do my homework and studying.  now i get home from school/work and do homework and chill a little and then go to bed.  i can't do all my homework during the day anymore, and play at night.  also, with all my time dedicated to work, and school, my life really isn't that exciting.  hence #3 on my list.  do you really want to hear about how we talked about the Great Vowel Shift in my linguistics class on monday?

i didn't think so - and i'm not sure i could explain it well.

i will say this though - finally having married friends is the best!  especially since they find fun activities for us to do - like playing croquet.  it wasn't just normal croquet either - it had a lot more rules and it was on a mini golf type course.  if you are in the provo area, go to the Provo Beach Resort down at the Riverwoods.  tons of stuff to do in there!