Moving is a Pain

We are currently in the middle of moving and it feels like it might never end! We really have so much crap and I am trying to get rid of a lot of it, but my dear sweet husband really has a hard time throwing things away so it is quite difficult. But I must say that everyday there is a bit of an improvement. I love our new place! I can not even tell you how happy I am that we are going to be there I really just need to get all the stuff out of our old place first before I can really relax. I will hopefully soon put up pics of the new place so all can see how amazing it really is! So stay tune for that!

Only one more week till I am home. And it cant go any slower. Sunday I sing in church and it has been a while since I have really even sang that I am a bit nervous. I was asked so randomly, this sweet old lady passed me a note in the middle of relief society asking if I would sing. It was so random that I thought it was kinda funny. Any way wish me luck!

As you can tell I added some wedding pics I figured that I really never put any up so while I wait to take pics of the new place I will post some other pics!

Hope all is well

Confessions of a waitress

OK so I apologize now, but I really need to blow off some steam. I entitled this blog "Confessions of a Waitress" for a very good reason. I have said from the first year I have been a waitress ( going on three now), that I would write a book about the do's and donts of going out to eat. I have come to truely believe that most people dont try to be rude of mean, but they just dont know, (and its hard to understand if you have never worked in the resturant business before), so I am going to let off some steam while trying to inform.
1. A resturant is a place to sit down.... therefor if your in a hurry and need to be in and out in less than 45 min DONT GO OUT TO EAT!! Honestly people that is what fast food is for ( hence the name FAST FOOD ), I can not explain how difficult and frustrating it is to be followed around by a customer who is freaking out because they need to hurry and get to this or that event. At one time I can have up to 5-6 tables all capable of having up to 6-7 people occuping them. That is on average about 35 people I am in charge of. I cant be focused on making sure you get to your sons basketball game on time. You should have planned earlier
2. I feel that I am a women so I have all the right to say this. We are the worst group of people to serve and here is the main reason.... We sit and chat for ever. Here is the problem with this. I only have so many tables and when you sit I can not (what we call in the business) "turn" the table, or get more people and therefore I am loosing money every minute you sit and talk. If you really havnt seen your girlfriends for 5 years and you have no other place to go and talk, just keep that in mind when you tip, and make up for it. Only once has someone thought of this, and the women who sat at my table for more than 3 hours came up after wards and gave me an extra 20 bucks and apologized for taking up my table. That is the way to do it.
3. As a server I am there to do my best to serve you, so if I come up to the table and start talking to get your order or drinks or ask a question, PLEASE, PLEASE, DONT CONTINUE TO TALK OVER ME. OR STOP TALKING ON THE PHONE FOR ONE MINUTE. Thats all I have to say about that.
4. Tiping I know is a tricky situation, but here is the deal, by law resturant are not bound to pay servers minimum wage ( with exception of California). Infact I think most are just bound to pay more than 1.50 an hour. As for me I make 2.15 an hour, and that goes directly to taxes, I never see a paycheck, so your tips are my paycheck. I would just apreciate it if people would stop being so cheap and paying 10%, that amount should be left for if you were not satisfied with your service.
5. After we are closed, as a server dont just go home. once the resturant is empty I have about another hour to two hours left of cleaning and other odds and ends. And a lot of it I cant even start to do until everyone is gone. So please dont come in a resutrant when there is less than 10 min till close. It just is really rude. Or if you have to come just have it be for dessert. But if you are just dying and you have to eat, come sit down order quickly, eat and then leave. Too often people come know that we are about to close, sit and try to figure out what to eat and then stay and talk afterwards! GET OUT OF THE RESTURANT! I HAVE BEEN ON MY FEET FOR ABOUT 7 HOURS AND STILL HAVE 2 MORE TO GO SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD HURRY UP.
I could continue but this is getting long enough, basically I want people to come and enjoy yourself, but just remember your are not the only person in the resurant, you deserve to be served and I agreee that is what you pay for, but you dont have to be ignorant at the same time. I promise if you do these things you will get even better service than you could even imagine. That is the confession of a waitress.

Reflections...

1. So after posting my last blog I realized that by stating I have very exciting news I might give people the wrong Idea! In order to put all your minds at ease, no I am not pregnant! My exciting new is that we are suppose to be moving. And that is very exciting news indeed! I hate my current place, and I am going crazy every day. We have some opptions right now but nothing final yet, thats why I didnt want to say anything just yet.
2. I am officially finished with school for the summer. I finished my last final wednesday night at 10:00 pm. By the end my mind was fried. But passed all my classes, and that was very important.
3. I am really sick of Utah weather, one day it is sunny and 75 d. and then litteraly the next day I wake up the wind is freezing and snow is falling. I am so tired of the snow and winter, I really just want to go home!!!
4. I returned my books the other day and book I bought that was the most expensive, they wernt buying back! I stood in line for about 45 min just for them to tell me they are not using the book I expected the most money from! That really bugs me.

S

So I am officially a utahian, well maybe not compeltely, I have yet to convert to the poofy hair, but for the first time in my life I wore a sleeveless shirt over a T-shirt. I decided to take some pictures, because shirl always gives me a hard time, but I was desperate and I needed something to wear, and this is all I could come up with. After these pics Jamie and I went to Taconos with Jamies Portagues buissness class! The resturant is an amazing brazil grill! The servers walk around with big spears of meat, and what I love most of all is the biggest salad bar I have ever seen, with all kinds of brazil food! Four more finals to go and then I am home free for the summer. I have some exciting news, but I am going to wait for it to be final before mentioning it! So stay tuned

The James

I thought it was time to let people see some updated pics of Jamie and I. We are doing really well and just trying to get through school right now! We have one more week and then we will be done! Any way I am watching th Biggest looser finally and am about to start bawling, so I better get off! Love ya all