Bryan & Brittney Austin

Wow it has been a little bit since I did an update on this. Shame on me. Well Bryan is still unemployed and not doing to good. He is trying so hard to find another job. He did make it onto the union list of employment but he is 8th in line and work has to pick up before he will get called. So we continue to scrap by with what we have right now. We have watched quite a few movies lately. Some redbox, some on the boob tube, and we saw one recently at the theater which really was not that good. We went and saw Valentines Day on Valentines and it was not that great. There were just too many story lines to really enjoy the movie. Too much jumping around with the stories too. Great cast though, just not one we really wanted to spend $8 a piece one. We watched a few on redbox last weekend which were good. Well we are (I know, I know) small fans of all the Saw movies. Well we are really fans of the first few but the rest have started to run together. It is kind of interesting to see the new ways that they tie the last movie into and all and the new ways that they find to torture, test, and kill people. We saw the latest one and found it gorey as always and had the usual ending that you don't want to happen. We also found alot of it really far fetched. Like why would police/detectives knowing who the killer is, just walking around with the killer and not trying to arrest him. Crazyness. We also finally watched paranormal activity. Mmmmm. Interesting movie. Made you jump definately and think what it would be like to be in the place of the characters but a little predictable in some aspects. I must admit I did not expect the girl to get dragged down the hall like she did but a logically person would have handled it a little differently I think. Bryan had to stop from watching the night we started because he did not feel good about the movie. But we finished it the next morning. We also watched Gamer. That was a cool story line that was ruined by a so-so script. That could have been a good movie. There is alot presented in this and gives you a whole new prospective on things. There are even some moral implications that make it a little more interesting.

Well Valentines Day was a good one for us. We ended up going out to dinner the Friday before at Spaghetti Mamas and enjoyed the food and atmosphere. Then on Valentines Day, Bryan made me lunch and dinner with my favorite for dinner, crab legs! Yummy! Bryan had a steak and we had dinner together. Then enjoyed my favorite treat of ice cream, girl scout cookie style. Bryan bought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers that still look great. I bought him his favorite candies and a card for him. We had a good day, all in all.

Other than that we are not doing too much these days with me working two jobs and taking three classes. That occupied most of my time.

Well, unfortunately Bryan has been laid off, AGAIN!! This is really starting to get old. But he is now on the union apprentice list meaning as soon as they get to him on the list with a job he will be employed and have benefits and be able to do schooling to get further. So a little bittersweet news there. Not much more to update on though. We are just working when we can, eating when we can, and living life to the fullest that we can.

Well we had a pretty good weekend this week. The weekend started off with snow. Yeah to the snow for sure since Saturday, Brittney got to go up snowboarding at Brighton Ski Resort. It had been a while that is for sure. Over a year actually since I had hit the slopes. It was a blast! I am really starting to master the heel to toe edge quite well and I have started learning to read snow and even point the board down hill a little more with each run. The ultimate accomplishment is that I have mastered getting off the ski lift without crashing and burning! Woo Hoo!! All of these accomplishments are thanks to Danny, my brother in law. He is freakin' awesome at snow boarding and stuck with us the whole day helping out. He wanted to vidoe record my sister and I to help teach us but the snow was coming down and not a good idea when that happens. All in all, a really good trip.

We also had fun getting to watch Max man this weekend. My parents got to go to Colorado Springs, CO for my mom's work and let us watch Max their dog for a night. He is such a doll, I love him to death. He loves to snuggle and he just follows us everywhere.

Bryan had traffic school this weekend that as he put it "Really sucks and was really boring." Mind you we don't think that Bryan should have been there to begin with. About a month ago Bryan was driving to school when the person in front of him slammed on their brakes. Bryan being aware that the person behind him was following too closely, and knowing there was no one in the lane next to them, turned into the lane next to them to avoid being hit from behind. Well the person behind him came around Bryan and slid into his truck. The officer talked with Bryan and the man who hit him and the man who hit Bryan admitted to Bryan it was his fault but then lied to the officer telling him Bryan turned into him. Bryan being the non-argumenative guy he his took his ticket from the officer without question. Now Bryan is having to pay for all the damage to the vehicles. He had to go to traffic also so the ticket would not hurt his record. Man, you have to love justice.

We also watched a couple movies on Sunday. It was snowing at our house and we really did not want to go anywhere so we stayed in for the day. We watched the Ugly Truth and Wolverine Origins. Both movies were quite good. We liked them both and recommend them to anyone looking for a good movie to watch. One is a comedy and the other is a little more suspense full. The Ugly Truth was freakin' hilarious at various points but still had those little romance moments. We also kind of found it to be a little predictable. But all in all a good movie. Then Wolverine Origins we liked also because it even showed some of the older X-Men, the original ones that were in the cartoons. Also it gave a background of Wolverine and you finally get closer as to how he became the way he is. Good stuff.

Well we had a really good Thanksgiving this year. We first to start the holiday out right went and helped Danny and Darcy throw their paper route for the morning. Those papers were really thick and heavy but with all four of us on the job we got done in no time. We even got home at five where most did not get home until after seven. We were smart about it too. We divided the papers in half among us and Bryan and I started the route while Danny and Darcy threw it backwards and we all met in the middle. It went well. Then we went to parent's house after taking a nap where we met up with my Grandma, her fiance, my cousin, and my aunt and uncle. This was the first time that we got to meet my grandma's fiance. He was really nice and his name is Larry. They are getting married the wedsenday after Christmas. We are all happy for her that she is happy but will still continue to miss the late Mr. D. We ate some of the best food ever with yummy everything that is expected on Thanksgiving. Rich, my cousin that just got home from his mission a few months ago gave the blessing. It was alot of fun since we had so many with us this year we had a kid table where Darcy, Danny, Bryan, Rich, and myself all got to sit at and make jokes. We then went through the ads and planned our attack for Black Friday. Bryan and I then went over to his parents for dinner as well. It was pretty good and we had fun hanging out with them. We then went back to my parents and played games most of the night until 11:30pm came along when we left for our venture of shopping.
We first went to Toys'R'Us for the midnight shopping. Wow! What a mistake that was. Although we saved massively it really was a joke. People were just mad for the toys and there was probably about 3,000 people there. Madness! We got into the door within 20 mintues but then stood in line for about 2 and half hours just to get to the electronics department to get what we were there for. Then we went home for about an hour before leaving again for JCPenney's 4:00 am sale. We got everything we were looking for when we were there which was great. There wasn't anything that we didn't get come to think of it. Which Bryan too said that he got everything that he was looking for. We then went to Sears soon followed by Smith's Marketplace for the socks half off sale. We did really good. Then we all met at our infamous breakfast place, Jim's family restaurant for some good food before leaving for work.
Well Bryan did not have work all of last week though which concerns us. We are afraid he might get laid off again and he had to go an entire week without pay which reallly hurt us. Well we go on I guess. Now we have the wonderful countdown to Christmas. Only 23 days left until then.
I also started a diet again. I doing good thus far already losing 2 pounds. Doing good just to keep it up. I know I am crazy for dieting during the holidays but it is when I am not on a diet that I eat the most and holidays so hopefully I will get through this holiday alive. Well we will continue to keep all up to date and as soon as I locate my camera from the Abyss that I have misplaced it in, I will post our latest photos too.