November 29th, Sunday Night

Today was a very relaxing day I'd say. Which, I believe, was very needed. It's been a very long and busy week. I've actually caught a cold too....again :( I'm guessing the cold came from the weird work hours and weather. Today, I took some medicine and a long nap and I'm hoping it goes away quickly.

Earlier this week, Wednesday night, the night before Thanksgiving, we went over to Mike's parents house to spend the night there. The plan was we'd be leaving for Disneyland early Thanksgiving Day at 6 am and it'd be easier if we just stayed the night there. We wanted t0o be one of the first people in the park. Rachel and Jeremy, Mike's sister and brother-in-law came to visit from Utah for the Holiday, so we wanted to spend as much time with them as possible since we really don't get that much time with them.

Thanksgiving day was a lot of fun. The lines weren't bad at all! We probably rode over 12 rides or so that day.


Rachel and Jeremy on the carousel


Mike and our nephew Strider, right after entering Disneyland entrance


Melissa and Strider next to Goofy at the California Adventure entrance

Mike and I had to leave sort of early in the night so I could come home and get some sleep before the crazy Black Friday shopping rush at work. We got home around 9:15p Thanksgiving night, so I fell asleep around 9:30p. We were scheduled to open at 4 am, and I was scheduled to be in at 3:30, so I woke up around 2:10a to get ready.

It was a very long and exhausting day for me. They had me scheduled to work the electronics department along with another cashier from 3:30a to 12:15p. I'm a cashier in the store usually and I've never worked electronics before, so they set me up for a training day the day before the Holiday to train me a little bit on in-depth electronics 'stuff'. They don't usually have cashiers help in electronics, but they decided they wanted to change things up by adding some cashiers to that department for more help. They figured it'd be less chaotic.

I got home around 12:45 that afternoon, took care of some stuff and went to Mike's parents to be with everyone for a bit. I crashed around 5 or 6p on the couch and slept for quite a while there. Around 11 I went home, went back to bed and woke up early again to be at work by 6:45 Saturday morning. That was a pretty crazy day, too. Long and busy, but I guess that's what comes along with working retail during the Holidays. lol

Last night, we went to see New Moon with Rafa and Amanda. I actually really enjoyed the movie! I liked it better than the first one. I haven't read the books, and probably never will read them, but I don't mind seeing the movies. Mike and I actually just watched the first Twilight movie two weeks ago and was better than we thought it would be.

Sunday, November 22

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November 15, 2009

Today was our first day with the Oleander Ward. They've combined two wards from the stake and now we're in a big ward! For the first year of living in Fontana, we've been in pretty small wards compared to what I'm used to in Murrieta, so I'm very excited to have a big ward again! Mike wasn't used to it.

We sang in the choir for the closing song today, while the congregation would join us for the last verse. We walked up when they called the choir up and when we got up there, we had about 30 people up there with us. Mike wasn't used to the congregation still being pretty packed, even with the choir up there to sing. He's seen it like that with a stake event, but not a ward event, at least not anytime recently.


(mike and I messing with the new laptop back in May or so..)

My brother came to visit us in Fontana this weekend so it was nice to see him on Friday night and Saturday a little bit. I probably haven't seen him in a couple months. Him and I were pretty close growing up. We were the Best of friends, so seeing him on the weekends is always nice.

more laptop fun...

Friday the 13th, oooohhh

So, it's been a while since I wrote last.

At the end of September, we moved in with my parents and got out of the apartment. Since then, I'd say it's been nice.

Works going good. The hours are picking up just a little bit for the holidays. We've hired a lot of new seasonal cashiers and it's been a lot of fun training and making new friends. Throughout the year, it's mostly just one cashier per area. But, for the holidays, they put about two or three cashiers per area to ring up customers, and it's been really pretty nice to have back up cashiers. The people we hired are really good, too. They know what they're doing and they're catching on quick.

The store manager of our store created a new team at work called the Next Generation team and they've chosen some of the top associates to run this new team. I've been chosen by the operations manager to participate in the team. Basically, what we do is come up with ideas to get help the customers get more familiar with what's on sale and help drive sales in a fun way. Such as doing demonstrations by making smoothies with the blender on sale, or popcorn with the popcorn popper on sale. Also, putting balloons and signing above the sale items to make it more clear to customers what the special of the day is, etc.

Mike's job has gotten pretty busy these past couple weeks, working more hours. They've been getting pretty busy with the glass shop.

Mike's thumb and elbow have been causing him pain doing everyday things. On September 24th, he got a cortisone shot by his plastic surgeon, which didn't quite seem to help the pain at all. It was supposed to be a series of three shots, but the doctor told us that if it didn't help the first time, she wouldn't do it again and they'd result to something else. Also, he's found out that someday he'll have to get Tommy Johns surgery to reconnect the ligaments in his elbow.

Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks. Last year, we were in Arizona with my aunt and uncle, so this year it's Mike's family's turn. Thanksgiving day, we might possibly be going to Disneyland. Hopefully it's not going to be as busy as I've heard it is on Thanksgiving Day. lol
Rachel and Jeremy will be coming to California for Thanksgiving, so I think it depends on if they want to do Disneyland or not that day. If we do end up going, I'm totally craving a big chicken leg. Yumm

On Halloween (exactly one year after Mike and I had been engaged) , we hung out with our good friends Amanda and Rafa. We met up with them at our favorite chinese place, Chopsticks House. They brought their baby Rafa Logan with them so that was really a lot of fun. We always love seeing him. He's adorable.

After we ate, we met up at the combined ward trunk or treat activity and walked around for a little bit. We probably weren't there that long, but after that, they went to take Logan home and they'd meet back up at our house to watch a scary movie. While they took him, Mike and I went to Stater Bros to get candy. And we GOT candy. We got a LOT of candy. When you get Mike on a candy aisle, be careful. He LOVES candy. lol

Last Sunday, the ward boundaries changed and we were combined with another ward, basically. I'm totally excited because now we have a bigger ward, with more ladies in RS and more kids in Primary and YM/YW. So this Sunday is the first day combined, so we'll see how it goes!