the tuckers: March 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

{thanks}

"There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back."

Elizabeth David

Thanks Teesha for putting my heart back! I don't know how much longer I could have gone on in life without a massage...holey moley! You, my dear friend, are truly aMaZiNg~ and so was your lovely surprise!

Friday, March 20, 2009

What a crazy week! Let's break it down:

Monday, well it was a Monday!

Tuesday was busy with work related drama, oh so fun!

Wednesday we had a photography seminar with one of our favorites photographers! She is amazing in all that she has accomplished and with her work. We thoroughly enjoyed our evening, albeit a late one.

SO, since we didn't get home until almost midnight, I took Thursday off, thinking I could get in a little R&R, finish a few projects and such, but we had to rush off to a photo shoot in San Diego! CrAzY~ We had a blast working with the Director of Marketing, Art Director, and Sales Manager for the San Diego Area on another book cover! The first one was a hit, so we have been asked back!

Today Gailon is at an engagement photo shoot for a sweet young lady. We will also be doing her wedding this summer.

Saturday we have a family photo shoot for a client who has been waiting for a bad haircut to grow out :{ . Hopefully it is looking more like he wants...

And Sunday, we have a photo shoot for an up and coming model.

I don't know when anything else is going to get done!

Lovin' it!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Facebook friends!

I have learned much this night! I have often wondered about the folks from my mission, where they landed, what they were up to, and so on. Tonight I thought that I would do a hunt for one in particular. I bravely emailed the person, hoping it would be the right person...and it was!!! Wow, the miracle of modern communication! LoVe It!!!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

You guessed it!

The infamous A-Z Tag!!

Stephanie said I had to so here it is...

A--Attached or Single: Attached. 6 years in April!

B--Best Friend: Do I have to pick just one?

C--Cake or Pie: Ummm...depends on who is making it

D--Day of Choice: Saturday

E--Essential Item: Root Beer Lip gloss from Clinique

F--Favorite Color: Blue

G--Greatest Accomplishment: 3 college degrees, mission, marriage to Gailon, and a few of my friends would even say teaching for eight years!

H--Hometown: Long Beach, California

I--Indulgences: A soaking bubble bath or a motorcycle ride along the coast, or...

J--January or July: January

K--Kids: none...yet ;)

L--Life is incomplete without: So many things!

M--Marriage Date: April 12

N--Number of Siblings: 2 brothers and one sister

O--Oranges or Apples: Apples, I eat one everyday!

P--Phobias or fears: There are a few, none I am willing to divulge!

Q--Quotes: "Be still and know that I am"

R--Reason to Smile: Gailon, flowers, rain, snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes...

S--Season: Winter is my first choice

T--Tag 5 Friends: Any five who wish to play along

U--Unknown fact about you: I sang professionally, I even have a professional recording made in a recording studio.

V--Very favorite store: Williams-Sonoma, Sur La Table, Crate and Barrel, was I only supposed to pick one?

W--Worst habit: slouching

X--X-ray or Ultra Sound: Ultra sound ;)

Y--Your favorite food: Mexican

Z--Zodiac: Aquarius

Monday, March 9, 2009

Endure

If there is one message that has been coming up in many different situations, it is that of the concept of enduring. Be it endure to the end, endure this trial, endure the next five minutes. Endure.

I like to think of myself as a rather patient kind of person. One who can handle a lot. But right now, I am beginning to wonder, how much more can I handle? What next?

This past year has been one of many emotions, from elation to down right yuck. I have truly found out who my friends are and those who were along for a ride of their choosing.
Thanks especially to Teesha, you are amazing! I admire your ability to pull up your boot straps and get it done. You are a rock to which I tether myself to keep me balanced. I mean, everyone needs a friend who tells it like it is, right? One who doesn't mince words, no matter what! I am lucky to have you for a best friend. Always, not just for the moment. AlWaYs!

I am also lucky that I have an amazing mom. She has been through a bit lately, and she still keeps on ticking. Not to mention, she puts up with me! ThAnKs!

And of course, I am lucky to have Gailon. What we have gone through in our almost six years of marriage, wow! And here we are...not in the most ideal of living situations (sorry mom, it is true! moving in with your mom at my age! HoLeY MoLeY! But we are truly lucky to have you during this period of indecision!!) but we are together! And with our newest news, well, we will save that one for later. I am just so lucky.

I guess that is what it is all about, enduring that is. To find the things that you can hold onto and move forward. Continue to progress.

Endure.

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Favorite Quotes

“I believe…that the Lord’s tender mercies are the very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of and through the Lord Jesus Christ….I testify that the tender mercies of the Lord are available to all of us and that the Redeemer of Israel is eager to bestow such gifts upon us.”

~David A. Bednar “The Tender Mercies of the Lord,” April 3, 2005

"It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny." ~Elder Uchtdorf

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy, they are the charming gardners who make our souls blossom."

"Have hope. Be strong. Laugh loud and play hard. Live in the moment. Smile often. Dream big. Remember you are loved and never give up!" ~unknown

"So, the great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage." ~ Henry B. Eyring

“A grand adventure is about to begin.” Winnie the Pooh

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones
and when you have laboriously accomplished your task GO TO SLEEP IN PEACE.

GOD IS AWAKE."
~ Victor Hugo~

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
--Og Mandino

"God is closest to those with broken hearts.”

~Jewish Saying.

...when I found him whom my soul loves I held him, and would not let him go...Song of Solomon 3:4

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~Dr. Seuss.

"Happiness is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be." ~ unknown

"You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms."
~Neal. A. Maxwell

"Once in awhile,
Right in the middle of an ordinary life,
Love gives us a fairy tale."
~ Anonymous ~

"Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug."

"There are some people who take the heart out of you and there are people who put it back." Elizabeth David

“Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

~Christopher Robin

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~ Thomas Edison

"Be the person you want the world to be." ~Unknown

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor’s children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my
fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

~Marjorie Pay Hinkley

"If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you."

~ Winnie the Pooh

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.

-Yiddish proverb

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

~Wayne Dyer

"A house is made of walls and beams a home is made of love and dreams." ~Unknown

"It is not the amount of money an individual earns that brings peace of mind it is having control of his money." ~ President N. Eldon Tanner

" I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity"

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You did not come into the world to fail. You came into the world to succeed. You have accomplished much so far. It is only the beginning. As you move forward on the trail of life, keep the banner of faith in self ever before you. You may not be a genius. You may not be exceptionally smart. But you can be good, and you can try. And you will be amazed at what might happen when in faith you take a step forward."
~Gordon B. Hinckley

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