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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Back Again...
So I know I didn't do a good job at updating this during the wedding process, I guess I just didn't want to give out too much information on what we were doing for the wedding, so people could be surprised about it.. Now that it's been almost a year, I guess I am going to try this blogging thing again, see how well it works.. I will post some pictures up from the wedding later, but for now it's time to update everyone on what's been going on over these past months..
Well for starters I can't believe that it's almost a year already, times gone by so quick.. We’ve accomplished a lot over the past 10 months.. We moved to Fort Collins Colorado in August, Gil was able to transfer his job in Wisconsin to Cheyenne Wyoming, which was about an hour drive one way, so he was commuting 2 hours each day for a total of 10 hours of driving in a week, crazy I know, but it was helping us with money besides the crazy amount spent on gas filling up about 2 times a week. Well after praying and applications put it, Gil was able to score a job at a blood donation center that is 10 mins away, we were excited with winter coming and the long commute, it was definitely a answer to prayers, and he will be getting paid a few dollars more which will be nice. Gil started his job last week with orientation and training it was a long week for him..
I was able to work at a McDonalds that is right across the street from us, so I would walk everyday to work and home it was nice.. It was a hard transition into it, didn't feel like I belonged there and was in the way most of the time and people didn't like me.. Not only did he get a new job, but I was called about a job at Kohls, so we both got a new job which was really nice, God has opened up so many doors for us being here. I haven't started my job yet, just was able to get to orientation, and hopefully start the first week in Nov. we will see..
During Gil's training he was over at the hospital and was getting a tour of it, and they were at a certain part of the tour and he saw some lady playing a Harp to some guy in a wheelchair, he later found that it was the Music Therapy clinic, he had lunch with one of his managers and was talking to her about how he is interested in it and whatnot, and she told him that once he gets settled in, she might be able to pull some stings and get him to job shadow, so he has excited about that, and if somehow he's interested in the job at the hospital they might be able to help pay for his schooling, so that will be nice..
We finally got our Cars registered to Colorado license plates yesterday and got our Colorado divers license, just gotta wait for them to come in the mail, weird I know. So I guess we are officially Colorado residents, well sorta, I think we have to wait a year, before it comes official..
With my Job at Kohls, we are ,unfortunately, unable to come home for Thanksgiving or Christmas, which stinks, because we were going to meet up with my Dad for Thanksgiving in Utah, and go home for Christmas. But Kohls have from the Middle of Nov- Jan all blocked off, so they won’t let anyone take off, cuz it’s there busiest time of the year, which is understandable I guess.. ;-) So we will be here celebrating together. She did tell me that I might be able to get off a day or two, so I’m gonna see if we can’t go home for a weekend in December, we will see what happens, But like I was telling my Mom obviously God has a reason for me getting this job and us not being able to come home, so it’s all in God’s hands whatever happens. If we can ‘t come home in December we will for sure do it in January sometime, and do Christmas with both of our families.
Well thanks for taking the time to read about our new life here in Colorado, keep us in your prayers as we are trying to follow Gods plan for our lives. I will try to keep updating this blog as much as possible..
With Much Love,
Gilman and Melanie Anthony
Well for starters I can't believe that it's almost a year already, times gone by so quick.. We’ve accomplished a lot over the past 10 months.. We moved to Fort Collins Colorado in August, Gil was able to transfer his job in Wisconsin to Cheyenne Wyoming, which was about an hour drive one way, so he was commuting 2 hours each day for a total of 10 hours of driving in a week, crazy I know, but it was helping us with money besides the crazy amount spent on gas filling up about 2 times a week. Well after praying and applications put it, Gil was able to score a job at a blood donation center that is 10 mins away, we were excited with winter coming and the long commute, it was definitely a answer to prayers, and he will be getting paid a few dollars more which will be nice. Gil started his job last week with orientation and training it was a long week for him..
I was able to work at a McDonalds that is right across the street from us, so I would walk everyday to work and home it was nice.. It was a hard transition into it, didn't feel like I belonged there and was in the way most of the time and people didn't like me.. Not only did he get a new job, but I was called about a job at Kohls, so we both got a new job which was really nice, God has opened up so many doors for us being here. I haven't started my job yet, just was able to get to orientation, and hopefully start the first week in Nov. we will see..
During Gil's training he was over at the hospital and was getting a tour of it, and they were at a certain part of the tour and he saw some lady playing a Harp to some guy in a wheelchair, he later found that it was the Music Therapy clinic, he had lunch with one of his managers and was talking to her about how he is interested in it and whatnot, and she told him that once he gets settled in, she might be able to pull some stings and get him to job shadow, so he has excited about that, and if somehow he's interested in the job at the hospital they might be able to help pay for his schooling, so that will be nice..
We finally got our Cars registered to Colorado license plates yesterday and got our Colorado divers license, just gotta wait for them to come in the mail, weird I know. So I guess we are officially Colorado residents, well sorta, I think we have to wait a year, before it comes official..
With my Job at Kohls, we are ,unfortunately, unable to come home for Thanksgiving or Christmas, which stinks, because we were going to meet up with my Dad for Thanksgiving in Utah, and go home for Christmas. But Kohls have from the Middle of Nov- Jan all blocked off, so they won’t let anyone take off, cuz it’s there busiest time of the year, which is understandable I guess.. ;-) So we will be here celebrating together. She did tell me that I might be able to get off a day or two, so I’m gonna see if we can’t go home for a weekend in December, we will see what happens, But like I was telling my Mom obviously God has a reason for me getting this job and us not being able to come home, so it’s all in God’s hands whatever happens. If we can ‘t come home in December we will for sure do it in January sometime, and do Christmas with both of our families.
Well thanks for taking the time to read about our new life here in Colorado, keep us in your prayers as we are trying to follow Gods plan for our lives. I will try to keep updating this blog as much as possible..
With Much Love,
Gilman and Melanie Anthony
Monday, November 29, 2010
Bridal Shower
Here is just a few photos of the Shower, the rest are on my Facebook page if you haven't seen them already..
I FINALLY got all the Thank You’s done for my Bridal Shower that was Nov. 13th be on the lookout for them this week.. Thanks to all that came and supported me.. I hope you all had a great time I know I did, you all made it special.. Also that’s to My Bridesmaids, Maid/Matron of Honor and My Mom’s friend Lori. You all did a GREAT job putting it together and I enjoyed every bit of it.. Those of you that didn’t come just know that you were missed, I will upload some pictures and share what we did..
I FINALLY got all the Thank You’s done for my Bridal Shower that was Nov. 13th be on the lookout for them this week.. Thanks to all that came and supported me.. I hope you all had a great time I know I did, you all made it special.. Also that’s to My Bridesmaids, Maid/Matron of Honor and My Mom’s friend Lori. You all did a GREAT job putting it together and I enjoyed every bit of it.. Those of you that didn’t come just know that you were missed, I will upload some pictures and share what we did..
Saturday, October 16, 2010
I WON Again!! HA
Well.. Can you believe it I did it again, I won!! Cuz I can’t believe it.. Here’s the story I was at work the other day and after work I noticed I had a missed call from some random number and they left me a message, so I listened to the message and she told me that I won some Bridal Package, by this time I’m thinking this is stupid I won twice and I never win anything in my life, so I went to my car and listened to the message again and decided to call her back.. so she starts talking to me then asked if I had a paper and pen to write things down, so I looked in my purse and grabbed a receipt that I had in there and wrote it all down..
She told me that in this Bridal package I won
Hotel 3 days 3 nights All Inclusive Resort to either the Bahamas, Mexico, or the Dominican Republic, which includes meals, Drinks, entertainment, and some sort of water sports. She said there is no time share required, doesn’t include airfare, and has no expiration date..
Next thing I won was 2 wedding bands (all you have to pay for is shipping) at some website JVLjewerly.com. I look online at the website and they aren’t that exciting. Ha.. we already ordered our rings anyway.. But yeah..
Gift certificate for 2 pro knives
Coupon card- to get coupons for a year (I think) for your everyday stuff
And last but not least 2 entries to win a Harley Davidson..
Then she tells me that I have to go to the Fairfield Inn in schofield at 7:30 Friday and listen to them talk about what my impression was just knives.. She asked if I wanted my name to be put down.. I was like I’m not sure we’re gonna be able to cuz didn’t think Gil would be off work by then, so I asked if I could call her back she said yeah..
So by this time I’m like is this real, sounds kinda fishy to me.. so I think about it on the way home.. I then called Gil left him a message told him I won a Bridal Package and to call me back on his break.., get home tell my mom she thought we should go check it out, so he did and I told him and we talked about it I was like we might as well go we aren’t doing anything else.. so I called the lady back told her we’d go, she told me she was gonna send me a e-mail about it..
So yesterday I meet Gil at his work and we left from there, I typed in the address in my sister’s GPS luckily it was in my car, cuz I forgot to print it off before I left.. I type in the address and we are on our way, so we take this exit and it starts leading us I don’t even know where I was getting kinda scared. Ha.. the GPS is telling us to turn left and right and whatnot some where I’ve never been, we started going by all these houses, I was thinking why would there be a hotel by a bunch of houses, finally the GPS tells us to turn left to destination.. sure enough it was at someone’s house.. I was like this isn’t right what the heck did I type in the wrong address.. so we looked at it and I typed in wausau and not Schofield.. apparently Wausau and Schofield have the same address .. weird.. Ha.. so I was like what the heck how did I manage to do that.. I felt like a dork.. we turned around and we basically drove 20 mins out of the way.. Ha. Hum.. so we got there and there was like 20-30 couples there.. this guy is telling us all this stuff we won, and he was telling us about the cookware he sales, made some chicken, and potatoes, and carrots and broccoli, then he told us about the knives, dinnerware and bunch of stuff for about an hourish.. Then he tells us the deals he’s given us for the night.. They were expensive, but apparently good sutff. I looked at Gil and I was like you wanna buy it don’t you.. Ha.. he’s like yeah maybe if we had money..
But yeah that’s the story about my second winning.. Ha.. We got all our stuff for the things we won, but gotta send it in to to receive it when we want it..
She told me that in this Bridal package I won
Hotel 3 days 3 nights All Inclusive Resort to either the Bahamas, Mexico, or the Dominican Republic, which includes meals, Drinks, entertainment, and some sort of water sports. She said there is no time share required, doesn’t include airfare, and has no expiration date..
Next thing I won was 2 wedding bands (all you have to pay for is shipping) at some website JVLjewerly.com. I look online at the website and they aren’t that exciting. Ha.. we already ordered our rings anyway.. But yeah..
Gift certificate for 2 pro knives
Coupon card- to get coupons for a year (I think) for your everyday stuff
And last but not least 2 entries to win a Harley Davidson..
Then she tells me that I have to go to the Fairfield Inn in schofield at 7:30 Friday and listen to them talk about what my impression was just knives.. She asked if I wanted my name to be put down.. I was like I’m not sure we’re gonna be able to cuz didn’t think Gil would be off work by then, so I asked if I could call her back she said yeah..
So by this time I’m like is this real, sounds kinda fishy to me.. so I think about it on the way home.. I then called Gil left him a message told him I won a Bridal Package and to call me back on his break.., get home tell my mom she thought we should go check it out, so he did and I told him and we talked about it I was like we might as well go we aren’t doing anything else.. so I called the lady back told her we’d go, she told me she was gonna send me a e-mail about it..
So yesterday I meet Gil at his work and we left from there, I typed in the address in my sister’s GPS luckily it was in my car, cuz I forgot to print it off before I left.. I type in the address and we are on our way, so we take this exit and it starts leading us I don’t even know where I was getting kinda scared. Ha.. the GPS is telling us to turn left and right and whatnot some where I’ve never been, we started going by all these houses, I was thinking why would there be a hotel by a bunch of houses, finally the GPS tells us to turn left to destination.. sure enough it was at someone’s house.. I was like this isn’t right what the heck did I type in the wrong address.. so we looked at it and I typed in wausau and not Schofield.. apparently Wausau and Schofield have the same address .. weird.. Ha.. so I was like what the heck how did I manage to do that.. I felt like a dork.. we turned around and we basically drove 20 mins out of the way.. Ha. Hum.. so we got there and there was like 20-30 couples there.. this guy is telling us all this stuff we won, and he was telling us about the cookware he sales, made some chicken, and potatoes, and carrots and broccoli, then he told us about the knives, dinnerware and bunch of stuff for about an hourish.. Then he tells us the deals he’s given us for the night.. They were expensive, but apparently good sutff. I looked at Gil and I was like you wanna buy it don’t you.. Ha.. he’s like yeah maybe if we had money..
But yeah that’s the story about my second winning.. Ha.. We got all our stuff for the things we won, but gotta send it in to to receive it when we want it..
Thursday, October 7, 2010
I WON!!
So I actually won something and didn’t even know I was signed up for it… Gil and I were just sitting at home watching a movie and then my phone rang I didn’t recognize the number so I didn’t answer.. I then called my voicemail which basically said that I was entered in a Mary Kay Bridal registry thing and they drew my name in a drawing and I won and to call her back. .I then was like what I didn’t sign up for a Mary Kay registry thing, so called her back like 2 0r 3 mins later and left her a message, then she called me back and was like So are you excited you won.. I’m like actually not sure how I won or even signed up for anything.. she then went on and told me that when I sign up for like David’s Bridal and stuff like that it enters me into a drawing and they randomly picked my name.. So I won this BIG Package with 5 girls to do a pampering thing and apparently they spoil us rotten I guess.. I’m excited it sounds interesting and FUN…
Monday, October 4, 2010
Invites
Invites are ALL out and I have been recieving RSVP's and it's been fun and exciting getting them in the mail. Seeing who's coming and who's not coming.. Since All my invites are all out and people are finally recieving them I am finally gonna post the picture of the process of making them and the final project..
WOW!! Yes I realize I have a TON of picutes on here sorry, but it's not all of them. Ha. I just wanted to share a little of how all of the invites were put together and all that fun stuff.. I hope everyone enjoyed them as much as I did..
WOW!! Yes I realize I have a TON of picutes on here sorry, but it's not all of them. Ha. I just wanted to share a little of how all of the invites were put together and all that fun stuff.. I hope everyone enjoyed them as much as I did..
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