The Beginning of Summer

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS (BROOKE SHEPARD). SHE HAS REQUESTED A NEW POST BECAUSE, ITS TRUE, I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ON HERE FOR A WHILE. THE REASON FOR THIS FIASCO IS BECAUSE TRAVIS AND I HAVE A PRETTY COMMON LIFESTYLE AND OUR WEEKS ARE NOT THAT EXCITING . . . JUST REALLY REALLY REDUNDANT.

I GUESS WE CAN START OFF WITH OUR BODIES. HAHA THAT MADE ME LAUGH INSIDE. . . BUT TRAVIS AND I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE GYM AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK. NOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME THAT WELL I HATE HATE HATE GOING TO THE GYM. I HATE RUNNING AND WHAT NOT. BUT I HAVE BEEN BECAUSE ONE DAY I WENT TO GO BUY A SWIMSUIT AND WHEN I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH I LET MYSELF GO. I WOULD LIKE TO BLAME IT ON THE BIRTH CONTROL BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY EATING HABITS ARE NOT GOOD . . . NOT GOOD AT ALL! NOW, AFTER A LOT OF HARD WORK, TRAVIS IS SMALLER THAN HE WAS WHEN WE GOT MARRIED. LET ME TELL YA HE LOOKS GOOD! AS FOR MYSELF I WHEY THE SAME :( HOWEVER, I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER ABOUT MYSELF. I FIND MYSELF BEING SO MUCH MORE HAPPY AND I'M SLOWLY STARTING TO LIKE TO RUN. I KNOW ITS A MIRACLE!!!

ON ANOTHER NOTE: I HAVE STARTED MANY SUMMER PROJECTS TO MAKE OUR APARTMENT MORE LIKE A HOME. FOR INSTANCE OUR BEDROOM HAS NO DECORATIONS! SO . . . IN DESPERATION . . . I TURNED TO PINTREST FOR SOME CUTE IDEAS. I REALIZED THAT WE COULDN'T AFFORD A BED-FRAME. HOWEVER, I COULD MAKE MY OWN!!! NOW, BECAUSE I AM SUPER CHEAP I TURNED TO THE D.I. FOR ANYTHING THAT I COULD TURN INTO A BED-FRAME!!!

PRIOR TO THIS I HAD GONE TO A COUPLE OF ANTIQUE STORES AND FOUND SOME CUTE WHITE SHUDDERS BUT, THEY COST ABOUT $160.00 A PIECE. (WHICH IS OUT OF CONTROL I N MY OPINION). SO BACK TO ME GOING TO THE D.I. . . . I FOUND OUT THAT EVERY WEDNESDAY WAS THE DAY THAT THEY WOULD BRING NEW PRODUCT OUT ONTO THE FLOOR. BECAUSE OF THIS I WOULD WAIT BY THE DOOR WHERE THEY BROUGHT IT OUT AND WOULD GO THROUGH A CROWD OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR SPECIAL TREASURES THAT PEOPLE HAD GIVEN AWAY. AFTER BEING THERE FOR 4 HOURS I CAME ACROSS SHUTTERS!!! ISN'T IT A MIRACLE!!! AND . . . THE BEST PART IS...THEY ONLY COST $3.00 A PIECE!!! i'M TELLIN YA: YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY I WAS. AFTER CLEANING THEM UP A BIT AND DOING SOME OTHER MISCELLANEOUS THINGS I GOT THEM TO LOOK MARVELOUS AND HAD TRAVIS HANG THEM UP. HERE IS A PICTURE FOR ALL TO VIEW OUR NEW (HOMEMADE) HEADBOARD!






THEY ARE KIND OF A GREYISH BLUE AND THEY GO SO PERFECTLY WITH OUR LITTLE ORANGE ACCENTS ON OUR BED (AS YOU CAN TELL)





ANOTHER SUMMER PROJECT THAT I HAVE PUT TOGETHER WHICH HAS BEEN FUN IS A LITTLE DESK IN OUR LIVING ROOM. YOU SEE TRAVIS HAS WANTED A DESK FOR A WHILE SO ONE DAY, WHILE I WAS WALKING OUTSIDE, I FOUND THAT SOMEONE HAD LEFT A DESK OUT ON THE GRASS AND A "FREE" SIGN ON IT. SO . . . NATURALLY, WITH ME BEING FREAKISHLY CHEAP I TOOK IT. ITS NOT THE CUTEST (LET ME WARN YOU) BUT THE DECORATIONS HELP IT OUT. THE SAME DAY THAT I WAS AT THE D.I. AND GOT THE SHUTTERS I FOUND THE CUTEST MIRROR. IT WAS IN A REALLY CRAPPY BOX AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE NEW WHAT IT WAS. BUT I OPENED IT AND REALIZED IT WAS BRAN NEW!!! IT WAS ONLY $8.00!!! WHICH IS AWESOME!!! ON TOP OF THAT . . . THE PREVIOUS CHRISTMAS TY (MY LITTLE BROTHER) GOT US A CUTE VASE BUT WE HAD NOTHING TO PUT IN IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON LONG FLOWERS. SO . . . I DECIDED TO GO AND COLLECT BRANCHES. OVERALL THE CUTE LITTLE DESK TURNED OUT AND NOW SOME DAYS I JUST STARE AT THE CREATION I PUT TOGETHER AND CANT BELIEVE THAT IT ALL ONLY COST ME UNDER 10 BUCKS. HERE IT IS FOR ALL TO SEE THE MIRACULOUS MICHELLE WHEN SHE IS ON TOP OF THINGS!




A LOT MORE HAS HAPPENED NOW THAT I HAVE STARTED TO WRITE ON HERE BUT I GUESS IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT. I DON'T WANT TO WASTE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME READING ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE NEWLYWED POH'S. HOWEVER, I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE ENJOYED!!! LOVE YOU FOR LOVING ME!!!

Our Valentines Day Adventures

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD BUT TODAY IS JUST A GREAT DAY SO I HAVE DECIDED THAT MAYBE I SHOULD RIGHT ON MY BLOG FOR ALL THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT MY KINDA BORING LIFE.

WELL WE CAN START WITH VALENTINES DAY. ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO CALL IT VALENTINES WEEKEND BECAUSE WE KINDA CELEBRATED IT OVER THE EXPANSION OF 3 DAYS. SO...SATURDAY MORNING WE GOT TO SLEEP IN (WHICH WAS FANTASTIC BECAUSE I HAD BEEN WORKING AT SEE'S CANDIES LIKE EVERY MORNING). AFTER THAT WE DECIDED TO GO TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO GO FOR BREAKFAST.....CRACKLE BARREL!!!
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NOW THIS NEXT PICTURE OF TRAVIS AND I....WELL YOU'LL SEE THAT I DON'T LOOK THE BEST BECAUSE THE ANGLE IS JUST NOT GOOD AND I DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH MAKEUP ON AND I LOOK LIKE I HAVE GAINED ABOUT 10 LBS BUT I PROMISE I HAVEN'T. I'VE ONLY GAINED 3...SO KEEP READING.. IF YOU DON'T I WILL BE OFFENDED THAT YOU SIMPLY LOOKED AT THIS FAT PICTURE AND GOT SO DISGUSTED THAT YOU LEFT THE PAGE ENTIRELY! ARE YOU READY?

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I WISH THAT I WAS REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS BUT WHAT I CLEARLY REMEMBER IS THAT THE PANCAKES THERE ARE AMAZINGLY GOOD! SO GOOD THAT I ALMOST BOUGHT THEIR PANCAKE BATTER AND SYRUP......BUT TRAVIS WOULDNT LET ME... WELL ANYWAYS, AFTER GOING TO CRACKER BARREL  I GOT CALLED INTO WORK (P.S. PEOPLE SPEND MORE MONEY ON CANDY FOR VALENTINES DAY THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN MY OPINION) SO I ONLY HAD TO GO THERE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE WE NEED THE MONEY..AFTER WORK TRAVIS PICKED ME UP AND IN HIS CAR HE HAD LEFT A DOZEN ROSES ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. (P.S. HE ASKED ME HOW I LIKED MY VALENTINES DAY AND I TOLD HIM TO BE AS CLICHE AS HE COULD EVEN THOUGH HE HATES TO BE CLICHE HE KNOWS THAT I LOVE IT!) ISN'T THAT ADORABLE!!! THEN WHEN WE GOT HOME WE GOT TO HANG AROUND UNTIL WE DECIDED TO GET READY FOR OUR WARD VALENTINES PARTY. IT WAS REALLY FUN! WE GOT TO SHOW OFF SOME POH DANCE MOVES AND EAT SOME CREPES. WAIT WHAT!!!??? CREPES??? NOW. IF YOU KNOW US POHS WE KINDA LIKE TO EAT AND CREPES DID NOT FILL US UP. SO TRAVIS ASKED ME WHERE I WANTED TO GO FOR DINNER (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 9PM) AND ALL I WANTED RIGHT THEN AND THERE WAS........(EWW DIRTY MIND PERSON)..HAHA WAS......LETTUCE WRAPS FROM P.F. CHANGS!!! NOW I KNOW ITS NOT CHINA TO GO OR ANYTHING (P.S. THATS MY FAVORITE CHINESE PLACE IN FRESNO) BUT THE LETTUCE WRAPS THERE ARE AMAZING AND ALL WE ORDER FROM THERE. HERE IS A PICTURE FOR YOU SO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE FOR WHEN YOU DARE TO TRY THEM. BONI INTRODUCED US TO THEM!

DOESN'T THAT JUST LOOK SUPER DI DUPER DI DUPERDY GOOD!!!??? WELL..WHEN WE GOT TO THE RESTAURANT THERE WERE A TON OF PEOPLE THERE AND SO WE DECIDED TO GET IT TO GO. (WHICH..I MUST SAY, WAS A GREAT IDEA ON THEIR PART BECAUSE TRAVIS AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TIP PEOPLE. HAHAHA). SO WE GOT OUR LETTUCE WRAPS AND HEADED HOME. HERE IS US IN FRONT OF THE FAMOUS HORSE THINGY JUST FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT.

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OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND WE HAD FUN WITH OUR FRIENDS. BUT I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR PRESENTS...WHICH ARE KINDA IMPORTANT! SO AS WE ATE OUR DELICIOUS FOOD WE OPENED OUR PRESESNTS. TRAVIS INSISTED I OPEN MINE FIRST..HAHA YOU'RE GONNA LAUGH BUT ITS SUCH A TRAVIS THING TO GET ME. HE GOT ME THE 4TH TWILIGHT MOVIE...I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE NAME RIGHT NOW BUT ITS THE NEWEST ONE. SO HE HURRIED AND PUT THE MOVIE ON BECAUSE HONESTLY I THINK HE LOVES THE MOVIE MORE THAN I DO. HERE AM I WITH MY PRESENTS.

NOW I MYSELF (ACCORDING TO ME) AM A GREAT PRESENT GIVER BECAUSE WHEN I KNOW AN EVENT IS COMING UP I JUST WATCH TRAVIS TO SEE HOW HE REACTS TO CERTAIN THINGS AND THEN IF I KNOW HE REALLY WANTS IT ILL GET IT WITHOUT HIM EVEN HAVING THE SLIGHTEST CLUE BECAUSE I LOVE SURPRISES! PRIOR TO THE WEEKEND I REALIZED I HAD NO TIME TO GET TRAVIS HIS PRESENT AND IT WAS LOCATED AT THE BYU STORE ON CAMPUS. SO I ASKED MY COUSIN MADDY TO GET THEM FOR ME. IT WAS KINDA TRICKY TO GET THEM FROM HER BECAUSE TRAVIS, IT SEEMS, WAS ALWAYS HOME WHEN I WAS. SO I MADE UP THIS STORY THAT MADDY NEEDED A RIDE TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE VOLUNTEERS. SO WE PICKED HER UP ON THE WAY TO DROPPING ME OFF AT WORK. PRIOR TO THIS I PLACED MY HUGE PURSE IN THE BACK SEAT WHERE SHE WOULD BE SITTING AND TEXTED HER TO PLACE THE PRESENT IN IT WHEN TRAVIS WASN'T LOOKING. SHE COULD BE A SPY PEOPLE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I KNEW SHE WAS DOING THIS I HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE DID AND I ALMOST RUINED THE SURPRISE BECAUSE MY SPY SKILLS ARE NOT AS GOOD AS HERS AND I ASKED HER AWKWARD RANDOM QUESTIONS. WELL IF YOU'RE DYING TO KNOW ALL I GOT HIM WAS THE NEW BYU BASKETBALL SHORTS THAT HE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL MONTH LONG. HERE THEY ARE WITH MY CUTE ASIAN MAN! .
THIS NEXT PICTURES WILL PROBABLY SUM UP THE REST OF OUR NIGHT.OH YES. AND I FORGOT TO MENTION. WHEN WE GOT HOME IT STARTED TO SNOW :)

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WELL THAT WAS THE MOST EXCITING DAY THAT WE CELEBRATED VALENTINES DAY. MONDAY WE WENT OUT TO DINNER AT MACARONI GRILL (THATS A WHOLE OTHER STORY) AND ON TUESDAY I HAD TO WORK ALL DAY BUT WHEN I CAME HOME TRAVIS MADE A TRAIL OF ROSE PETALS IN OUR HOUSE. HE DID A VERY GOOD JOB AT BEING CLICHE FOR ME :) I LOVE HIM!

The Life of the Little Poh Family

WELL FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY "HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR" EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TWO DAYS AGO. 
WELL I WAS TALKING TO MY MOTHER TODAY AND SHE MENTIONED MY BLOG SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF "OH SNAP! I BETTER POST SOMETHING."  ITS JUST REALLY HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I GO AROUND READING OTHER PEOPLE'S BLOGS AND THEN I REALIZE MY LIFE IS NOT EXCITING AT ALL. BUT HEY IF YOU'RE HERE TO READ ABOUT IT ILL SHARE WHATS GOING ON IN THE POH HOUSE.
SO......FIRST.......YES, IM STILL JOBLESS. TRAVIS IS GOING TO SCHOOL FULL TIME AND HAS TWO JOBS. YA, HE'S CRAZY, OR HE JUST LOVES ME, OR IT MAY BE THE INCOME THAT HE LOVES. THE THING IS, HE HATES ONE OF HIS JOBS AND I FEEL SO GUILTY THAT HE ALWAYS IS WAKING UP EARLY FOR SCHOOL AND WORK AND I SLEEP IN UNTIL TEN. OK SO I DON'T FEEL THAT GUILTY WHEN THE MORNINGS ARE COLD AND MY EYES JUST REFUSE TO OPEN.  ITS WHEN HE COMES HOME AND HE'S TIRED WHEN I FEEL THE MOST GUILTY. SO, I BUCKLED DOWN AND WENT JOB SEARCHING TODAY. I HAVE AN INTERVIEW ON THURSDAY. YA, THATS RIGHT, THATS HOW GOOD I AM.
WELL LET ME TELL YA. GETTING THAT INTERVIEW WAS NOT EASY! WHEN I WALKED INTO THE GROCERY STORE (A CUTE LITTLE HEALTHY GROCERY STORE) I GOT THE APPLICATION AND FILLED IT OUT. WHEN I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE MANAGER SHE TOLD ME THAT ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION I HAD TO TAKE A MATH TEST. A MATH TEST PEOPLE!!!!! I AM NOT GOOD AT MATH! IM AN ENGLISH MAJOR BECAUSE MATH AND I ARE JUST NOT FRIENDS.
SO I ASKED FOR A CALCULATOR (SHE LOOKED AT ME FUNNY) AND SAID, "ITS JUST  BASIC MATH, (NO WORRIES SHE STILL GAVE ME THE CALCULATOR) AND BOY AM I GLAD SHE DID.  THAT TEST WAS SOOOOOO HARD! IT ASKED ME ABOUT PERCENTAGES AND GAVE ME SOME REAL LIFE SCENARIOS AND I STRUGGLED. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF "I BET, ONCE I LEAVE THEY'LL LOOK AT MY TEST AND START LAUGHING BECAUSE OF MY ANSWERS). HOWEVER, AFTER GIVING HER THE TEST SHE ASKED ME SOME MORE QUESTIONS AND I THINK SHE LIKED ME BECAUSE SHE JUST QUICKLY GLANCED OVER THE TEST AND SAID I PASSED. (HONESTLY I DON'T THINK SHE REALLY LOOKED AT IT OR ELSE THIS INTERVIEW WOULDNT BE HAPPENING.)

OTHER THAN THAT OUR LIFE IS PRETTY QUIET AND ROUTINE.  EXCEPT SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT PROVO STRUGGLES WITH CHINESE FOOD. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING HERE. THEY DONT UNDERSTAND THE ART OF FRYING NOODLES OR ANY MEAT OF THAT MATTER. SO LAST NIGHT, BEING CHINESE NEW YEAR, TRAVIS SAID WE HAD TO GO TRY A NEW CHINESE PLACE.  I HEARD OF THIS ONE RESTAURANT THAT IS PRETTY POPULAR SO I TOLD HIM. 
OH FIRST SOME BACKGROUND: TRAVIS NEVER TRUSTS MY OPINION AFTER HAVING "CHINA TO GO" (MY FAVORITE CHINESE PLACE IN CLOVIS) HE SAID THAT MY TASTE FOR CHINESE FOOD IS FAKE.
SO WHEN IT TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS PLACE HE DIDN'T REALLY TRUST ME, BUT WE ENDED UP GOING ANYWAYS AND IT WAS SOOOO GOOD!!!!! NOW, THE NOODLES WERE NOT AS GOOD AS "CHINA TO GO" BUT THEY WERE BETTER THAN MOST PLACES.  TRAVIS EVEN SAID THAT BONI WOULD PROBABLY LIKE IT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THIS BUT TRAVIS' DAD BONI IS LEGIT. HE KNOWS GOOD CHINESE FOOD. SO JUST THE FACT THAT TRAVIS SAID THAT MAKES ME PROUD! ITS AS IF HE NOW WILL TRUST ME WHEN I SAY A RESTAURANT IS GOOD OR NOT.
WELP. LIKE I SAID BEFORE OUR LIFE IS NOT ALL THAT EXCITING BUT IF YOU'VE MADE IT THIS FAR, THANKS FOR TAKING AN INTEREST I GUESS.