CHRISTMAS TREE TIME!

This is my first Christmas away from Mom and Dads house and I lack any and all Christmas decorations. Since I refuse not to have a Christmas tree Chris and I went shopping and got a whole bunch of ornaments, lights, garland, the works for our tree. Come to find out this is his first time actually decorating a tree! I wouldn't let him sit it out and he actually had fun.
We got the tree on Saturday afternoon but didn't have the time to start decorating it until later that night after a game night at a friends house. We put on our Christmas hats and some Christmas music and started the decorating!

I started putting the lights on but about half way through Chris realized they were on backwards! We had to take them all off and start them again! This time getting the on properly so we could actually plug them in. Next came the garland and then the next problem! The ornaments. We forgot one big part of the ornaments. The hooks. Realizing now that is closer to 1 than midnight and it was technically Sunday so I couldn't stop by Walmart real quick I had to start thinking. Logically we could have just left the tree alone until Monday and just finished it then but anyone that knows me knows if I dont have to wait for something, Im not going to. Heres what I came up with.

What do you think?! I used the ribbon I bought back in May to make little hoops so the ornaments could hang! I thought it was a pretty good idea and the ribbon is a muted enough color that they all turned out really cute. Im not gonna lie, I was really proud of myself. Hahaha. Next came the tree topper and with some minor cosmetic surgery to the top of the tree it finally went on with no bending!

We nailed the stockings to the wall next to the tree and there ya go! The finished product! I love it. Chris is excited about it periodically just stopping and staring at it. I love that he loves it. :)

Merry Christmas guys!

Im frustrated

How do you tell your fiance to shut up and have the wedding he wants when he doesn't think he can have the wedding he wants because its going to be in the afternoon? He thinks it cant be formal. He thinks it cant be as pretty. He thinks no one will dance so there's no point in having music or a dance floor.

I'm so frustrated right now.

Back in Phoenix

Mom is healing well from her surgery. We are still mourning Daddy but I don't think the day for not will ever come. Yesterday at church we were talking about why being sealed to your family members was so important and I talked about how one lifetime with the people you love is just not enough, siting both Daddy's death and my upcoming marriage to Chris. After church a man who was very helpful in Chris' conversion came up to me, looked me dead in the eyes and said "I didn't know. I'm sorry." That's all it took for me to break down. I got Chris and we went to the parking lot where I broke down more completely.

I miss him. A lot.

But I'm back here in Phoenix to see what its like to be with Chris again! We are eating healthy, which is a lot harder than you would think! Everything is bad for you! We are looking into making our own yogurt. Anyone have any experience with this? Mom did it years ago when we were little kids but I think she gave away her little glass yogurt jars a while ago. This is exciting!

The other day Chris and I were shopping and a little old lady came up and started talking to us about how handsome Chris is and how he reminded her of her husband who passed away last year. She gave him a hug and loved up on him and stated dancing around the little section we were in and told us to love each other forever. We are each others best friends and nothing can come between us if we have the love for each other we should have. She was the cutest little thing ever. She told us that the start of a life together should be the start of a massive love affair with your spouse. I think shes a smart lady.

Thanks for the great advice Betty! Hope to see you around Albertson's again soon!

Engaged!

Tonight was awesome. Ive been sick for the past week or so and Chris had asked me to go on a hike with him tonight. I didnt want to say no because Ive been stuck in this house for days and was going CRAZY! even tho I knew I wasnt ready for a hike. He decided that a drive to the summit of South Mountain would suffice since he couldnt find his comfy "hiking" jeans anyway. We get up to the summit and the view is beautiful. Breath taking even. We walk around for a little while taking a few pictures here and there and being silly. Before we know it the sun is going down and it is even more breath taking. As I turn around to look at the view on more time I hear my name. "Angela Marie Morris"? I turn around, look him straight in the eye and realize that for the first time ever, I had to look down at him. There he was, down on one knee. I didnt know what to say. He said his little piece and asked me to marry him. My response? You bet I will! The ring is beautiful. I loved it the second I saw it. He did so good. I had no clue it was coming tonight. None. I had hoped because honestly, what other reason is there to go up on a beautiful mountain at sunset other than to propose? But I didnt know! He surprised me. He did good. Pics to come! Only one I have right now is of the ring!

Bachelor Pad

After spending nearly a month in Las Vegas with my parents and family, I arrived home last night very tired and in need of some sleep. Upon waking this morning I have come to the realization that men really can live off of nothing. There is very little food in my house. How Chris lived here while I was gone, I do not know. I have no milk, no bread, there is some frozen meat in the freezer but honestly. This is just flat out crazy. Needless to say we are going grocery shopping tonight.

FHE like we've never known before!

Chris is a FHE group leader in our ward. Tonight was his first time leading it! We had it at my apartment and we really werent sure how many people would show up because the group hes the leader of is HUGE. Like their house is 45 minutes away huge. Anyway, everyone started showing up around 730 and we started playing a get to know you game with M&Ms. Every color meant something different that you had to share. It went really well and everyone seemed to like it. Even the people who came in late had to play. Walking into a room where the majority of people are sitting on the floor in a big circle and being handed a bowl of M&Ms probably scared some of them at first but everyone seemed to really like it. Next Chris gave a lesson on Prayer. He did such a good job! He talked about the important parts of it and how everything we say in a prayer is important. He broke it all down and one of the guys brought up how a prayer is like a hamburger. The buns are God and Jesus Christ and whats inside of the buns is the good stuff! I never thought of it that way but I thought it was really great. After the prayer we invited everyone to stay and hang out and play rock band or any other game we had here. Some played, some chatted and only a few left. Overall it was a HUGE success. Everyone had a good time and some people didn't leave till 930 and that's only because I kicked them out! I didn't want the neighbors to get mad.

It was awesome. A fantastic night. Go Chris go!

Rant

As many of you know, I lost my job in the beginning of August. The past couple months have been probably the hardest of my life. I got stuff in the mail in the beginning of September that listed a day that was the final day for anyone to appeal the unemployment stuff so I was seriously excited because I thought the money would finally start to come in. I check the mail religiously. Nothing. Chris and I talk about it and conclude that maybe nothing is going to happen until after the appeal date of Sept 25th passes. Ok. I can live with that. But just to be on the safe side I email Nevada Unemployment to ask about my claim. After three days of emailing, they say the funds are on the card and if I haven't received it yet, call this number. So I call the number, follow the prompts, talk to some guy who barely speaks English and what do I find out? The card was send to me on AUGUST 22nd! AUGUST. Why did I not get this card? Oh, well they didn't pay attention to the fact I live in an apartment complex so they didn't include the apartment number on it. Why didn't they then re-send the card after they called me and asked for my correct address? Oh that's a good question. And mister man that hardly spoke English couldn't answer it for me. I ask him if there is a way I can get the money in like a check or something because honestly, I cant pay rent with a debit card. He gives me another number to call. Oh great. Fantastic. After calling this number for roughly 10 minutes straight each time getting a busy signal, I finally get through. I press the prompts that I think I need and I'm put on hold. This is fine. I'm sure I wont be on here all that long and then I find out I'm caller 112. Oh yeah. Today is going to be great.

UPDATE:
After an hour and a half on hold I finally got to talk to a real person. She promptly told me that the guy who told me I could get the funds direct deposited was mistaken and once they hit the card they are stuck on the card. She gave me the number of the lost/stolen card people to call so I once again called them. This time I got a guy who spoke English. I was thrilled. He gave me the same choices as the first guy. 5-10 business days for no charge or 12 bucks out of my account for 2 business day delivery. I chose the two day. But I'm pissed. Why do they not give you more information? If I had any idea that the card was going to come my way as quickly as it did, don't you think I would have been looking for it? Obviously when it was returned to them with the wrong address you would think they would have put the stupid thing back in the mail with the correct address. They did that will all my other mail that was returned to them. Why not the thing that would have made my life easier? It just doesn't seem right that the people who are supposed to be helping are the ones that are causing so many problems.