Look I'm updating the blog faster than last time. Probably because I have a lot of stuff going on. Today has been an amazing, amazing...did I say AMAZING day!!!
That is because I FINISHED MY MASTERS PROGRAM TODAY!!! I officially graduated and have my Master's degree in Nursing. Next I'm on to boards!!! Woo Hoo!!!
Next, I listed my house for sale today. Well I should say I signed the contract and it will be listed for sale tomorrow. I know this will come as a great shock to a lot of people. But it is something I have been contemplating even before Jeremie passed away. This house was our dream together. He adored building it and working on it and crying over it and creating his dream. I loved seeing him do it. But that dream is no longer for me. And as I figure out how to move through this life on my own, I have discovered that this home no longer holds what it did for me. Sadly, it hurts to walk through it. It needs to be someone else's dream.
So, Cori and her darling children, minus the eldest adult child (who informs his mother that he will be moving out in 3-4 weeks), will be working her very hardest to buy her little baby dream house in Parowan. I have dreamed, and wished and begged to live there for YEARS! And now I have found a way to make the wish and dream a reality. I've always been a small town girl. So not only will this fulfill a life long dream of mine, but it will greatly assist my financial means as well. I will be cutting down my expenses! Yay! I now don't feel the pressure to have to either get a second job or find another higher paying job. I will have greater peace knowing I can support my kids all by myself, comfortably.
And before we start the whining of "oh my gosh you are going to have to commute!" Let me just inform you all that I drove to Cedar for 3 solid years for work and for school. I like the drive. And I want to LOVE where I live. And FYI, I don't live for work. Oh and I'm not crazy or impulsive. I have thought about this long and hard. And yes, my children are excited as well. It is an adventure, and life is short. We are going forward.
So a HUGE stinking day for my little family and myself. I'm feeling excited about our future. I'm excited to be raising my kids how I have always envisioned. I'm so grateful for everything and everyone in my life. I can't believe the daily blessings that I have the opportunity of counting. I will miss the incredible people I have been surrounded by since building our home. I don't know what I would have done without them and our Ward. I wish I could just pack them up and bring them with me. They made Jeremie's dream even more of a reality with his house. Wow...amazing, amazing life we have been given.
Lots of Love...to all you amazing people...
Cori
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
01/06/2012
Okay Aunt Rexann...I'm updating this just for you. This should show you how much I love you ;-) Ha Ha Ha. Oh Heavens, where to begin. I was sort of hoping to ignore this and then the blog thing would just go away ;-)
Let's see...hmmm, well we got through Christmas, and even New Year's. We had made plans to go to Salt Lake for Christmas and spend time with the whole family in Salt Lake. My parents and sister and with Jeremie's parents and the Robin's and Claudette. But finances are a bit on the tight side of things, so I decided we were staying home. I was so nervous about this plan, as we were going to be alone...on Christmas. I had never done that, even when Jeremie was with us.
It was super hard to do all the Christmas shopping alone, wrapping the presents alone, and doing everything alone. I missed having someone to bounce ideas off of. That was the hardest part of Christmas. So I was pretty exhausted by Christmas Eve night. But, for some reason I was also really excited. I was a little goofy and wrapped EVERY LITTLE THING...and I mean even little candies :-) I don't know why, but it was so fun to see them unwrap things and not have a clue to what it was going to be :-)
I also made this Christmas my cooking Christmas (which I'm scared to death of cooking, as I hate making mistakes and avoid things I'm not comfortable with, but it's the new me, trying things that make my heart thump harder!). We had MeMe and PePe over Friday before Christmas and had a turkey dinner with all the fun stuff to go with it. And amazingly enough, no panic attack! I had so much fun cooking the whole day. Then the kids and I decided we were going to make all of our favorite things the whole weekend! My mom sent us a Honey Baked Ham for Christmas Eve., so we had that and her scalloped potatoes, which were the BOMB! We also decided to have friends over that night as well. It was so much fun!!!
Christmas morning was a lot of fun. We opened presents and then I went back to bed :-) Then we went for Christmas dinner to Parowan. Which I LOVE Parowan. And I'm so going to move there! It has been one of the places I just LOVE driving through. I tried to buy there before we built our house. But I couldn't quite get Jeremie to see my vision. Although he did love Bryce Canyon and going up to the Ski Resort. I just can breathe when I'm there. I love how small it is, and beautiful it is. So stay tuned, that will be my future town...oh yes, it will be mine ;-) Plus I want little horse :-)
I am incredibly boring. I've never really done the whole celebrating of New Year's thing. I really enjoy my bed and sleeping and I love watching movies and relaxing. So I enjoyed my 4 days off of work, studied my brains out and cleaned my house. Quite relaxing!
So going to work, finishing up school, raising kids, trying to figure out how I can dejunk and simplify my life and live it. I'm enjoying exercising for the first time in my life. I am finding out more about myself everyday. The kids are doing pretty good. I think we are finding our groove. I'm looking forward to 2012 being a great year, full of growth and opportunites to try new things and enjoy the wonderful life that we have.
I know that Jeremie trusted me, and I know that he trusted my decision making abilities. It is one of the qualities I miss about him most. Of course I'm not always so sure of my decision making abilities! But I think that mistakes are meant to be made, life is meant to be lived, and success comes in many different forms ;-) Cliche' I know! But when I start second guessing myself. I just think, what is the worse thing that is going to happen if it is a mistake? I just make it, don't ruminate about it and move on. Well okay, I ruminate a bit, okay, okay...a lot!
I have to laugh a bit at myself. When you have been with someone since you were 15, and all you envisioned was being with that person for your whole life, and then find yourself at 35 having to envison something completely different for yourself. It is SUPER SCARY! And it just might be this week. But I've found myself excited to figure this out.
Well...life calls...peace out!
Love,
Cori
Let's see...hmmm, well we got through Christmas, and even New Year's. We had made plans to go to Salt Lake for Christmas and spend time with the whole family in Salt Lake. My parents and sister and with Jeremie's parents and the Robin's and Claudette. But finances are a bit on the tight side of things, so I decided we were staying home. I was so nervous about this plan, as we were going to be alone...on Christmas. I had never done that, even when Jeremie was with us.
It was super hard to do all the Christmas shopping alone, wrapping the presents alone, and doing everything alone. I missed having someone to bounce ideas off of. That was the hardest part of Christmas. So I was pretty exhausted by Christmas Eve night. But, for some reason I was also really excited. I was a little goofy and wrapped EVERY LITTLE THING...and I mean even little candies :-) I don't know why, but it was so fun to see them unwrap things and not have a clue to what it was going to be :-)
I also made this Christmas my cooking Christmas (which I'm scared to death of cooking, as I hate making mistakes and avoid things I'm not comfortable with, but it's the new me, trying things that make my heart thump harder!). We had MeMe and PePe over Friday before Christmas and had a turkey dinner with all the fun stuff to go with it. And amazingly enough, no panic attack! I had so much fun cooking the whole day. Then the kids and I decided we were going to make all of our favorite things the whole weekend! My mom sent us a Honey Baked Ham for Christmas Eve., so we had that and her scalloped potatoes, which were the BOMB! We also decided to have friends over that night as well. It was so much fun!!!
Christmas morning was a lot of fun. We opened presents and then I went back to bed :-) Then we went for Christmas dinner to Parowan. Which I LOVE Parowan. And I'm so going to move there! It has been one of the places I just LOVE driving through. I tried to buy there before we built our house. But I couldn't quite get Jeremie to see my vision. Although he did love Bryce Canyon and going up to the Ski Resort. I just can breathe when I'm there. I love how small it is, and beautiful it is. So stay tuned, that will be my future town...oh yes, it will be mine ;-) Plus I want little horse :-)
I am incredibly boring. I've never really done the whole celebrating of New Year's thing. I really enjoy my bed and sleeping and I love watching movies and relaxing. So I enjoyed my 4 days off of work, studied my brains out and cleaned my house. Quite relaxing!
So going to work, finishing up school, raising kids, trying to figure out how I can dejunk and simplify my life and live it. I'm enjoying exercising for the first time in my life. I am finding out more about myself everyday. The kids are doing pretty good. I think we are finding our groove. I'm looking forward to 2012 being a great year, full of growth and opportunites to try new things and enjoy the wonderful life that we have.
I know that Jeremie trusted me, and I know that he trusted my decision making abilities. It is one of the qualities I miss about him most. Of course I'm not always so sure of my decision making abilities! But I think that mistakes are meant to be made, life is meant to be lived, and success comes in many different forms ;-) Cliche' I know! But when I start second guessing myself. I just think, what is the worse thing that is going to happen if it is a mistake? I just make it, don't ruminate about it and move on. Well okay, I ruminate a bit, okay, okay...a lot!
I have to laugh a bit at myself. When you have been with someone since you were 15, and all you envisioned was being with that person for your whole life, and then find yourself at 35 having to envison something completely different for yourself. It is SUPER SCARY! And it just might be this week. But I've found myself excited to figure this out.
Well...life calls...peace out!
Love,
Cori
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