Discounted Dental Cleanings!!!

Hi there friends, family, and those I haven't yet met!

As you may or may not know, I am starting my 2nd semester in UVU's dental hygiene program next week and I'm looking for patients! Our clinic offers dental cleanings that include x-rays, sealants, amalgam polishings, fluoride treatment, etc. Appointments are 3 hours and you have to be available for the entire 3 hours (even though I may not take the entire 3 hours).

I'm out of January appointments, but starting February, our pricing for a dental cleaning is only $13 for children and students attending any university and $25 for non-student adults. Most cleanings in a dental office are around $150-200 so you're still snagging yourself a good deal here -- and all of my work is checked by multiple instructors and the dentist on staff.

These are my available appointments starting February that require the (minor) fee mentioned above (if they are crossed out they are already taken):


Mon Feb 6 -- 3pm - 6pm
Tues Feb 7 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am
Thurs Feb 9 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Tues Feb 14 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Tues Feb 21 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am
Thursday Feb 23 -- 8:15-11:15 am


Tues Feb 28 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am
Thurs Mar 1 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Mon Mar 5 -- 3 pm - 6 pm
Thurs Mar 8 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Mon Mar 19 -- 3 pm - 6 pm
Tues Mar 20 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Mon Mar 26 -- 3 pm - 6 pm
Tues Mar 27 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Mon Apr 2 -- 3 pm - 6 pm
Tues Apr 3 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am
Thurs Apr 5 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Tues Apr 10 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am
Thurs Apr 12 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Mon Apr 16 -- 3 pm - 6 pm
Thurs Apr 19 -- 8:15 am - 11:15 am

Please please please let me know if you're interested, and give me a call at (682) 433-1834, email me at veronicasivo@gmail.com, facebook me, or leave a comment below and I'll get you scheduled! Just let me know your full name, phone number, and the date you're available for. Yay for clean teeth and a healthy mouth!!!!!

Hawaii

It all started back in September when I was trying to find Nate in the JFSB. As I was perusing the 4th floor, I passed a flier calling for papers for a Hawaii International Humanities Conference being held in January 2011 -- only the submittal deadline was for that day. I told Nate about it and he decided to spend the next 6-7 hours seriously cleaning up two of his papers, submitting them at 11:59 pm (due by midnight) and just being happy that he at least got to submit them in time.

We didn't hear back for a couple of months so we kind of forgot about it...but then at the beginning of December we got good news -- both of his papers were accepted! Nate was going to Hawaii!! So...naturally I decided to tag along.

We missed the entire second week of school and that was for sure a first for me -- there's seriously nothing that concerns me more than missing class! Luckily our professors were all great and we got most of what we were going to miss done before we left.

I hadn't been to Hawaii in a while (last time was Maui in 2006 with my family and my friend Kamille) so I was excited, and Nate hadn't been before! It was great to get away from the snow and just...Provo in general.

We stayed at the Ilikai and loved it -- we had a full kitchen and everything and we were right next door to where the Conference was being held!

And this was the reason we came -- the conference! This is one of the rooms Nate presented in. He gave two different half-hour lectures -- one on Mark Twain's pathological humor and the other on the Brer Rabbit folklore story. He did a great job and I enjoyed watching them -- I was especially glad that it was him and not me.

Between Nate's two presentations we had a great time parasailing, snorkeling, banana boating, paddle boarding, and eating a lot of fresh sushi.

We saw so many sea turtles while we were parasailing -- they were so cute!!!

We really enjoyed the snorkeling at Hanauma Bay -- I was in love with the colorful parrotfish eating the coral with their beaks. I'm pretty sure I followed them around the whole time much to Nate's dismay -- he finally gave up and left me behind haha.

The last night we were there we went to the classic Luau of course. We ate lots of food, had lots of pina coladas, and discussed important things of the world with the Australian family who sat at the table with us. And then of course I went up to do the Hulu because I like to dance -- and that's just what I do!

Basically I owe all this fun to Nate and he owes it all to himself...because had I tried to submit papers and get accepted -- we would have never left Provo in the first place :)

Christmas Tree

I live for the Christmas season -- I'm totally in to it, love it, could be it's number one fan. I know what you're thinking, "Yeah yeah Veronica, everyone loves Christmas." But I'm serious. Sometimes during other parts of the year I may or may not get a little teary-eyed when Christmas is mentioned, just pining away for the time when I can once again put up decorations, get a tree, make peppermint cookies, sing Christmas songs and carols "ad nauseum" (as Nate likes to describe it), cook lots of food, get that warm fuzzy feeling when you remember what Christmas is all about, and best of all be with family for an extended period of time (thanks to school and work and other things that prevent this the rest of the year).

As a result of this, I'm always trying to extend the Christmas creep -- sometimes into October -- and it drives Nate crazy. This year I agreed, albeit reluctantly, to wait until after we got back from Thanksgiving break to bust out the Christmas music CDs, but this didn't stop me from singing songs out loud to no music the whole month of November...sometimes I even caught Nate joining in...I always knew he was a Christmas softy.

We just picked out our Christmas tree from Smith's (Nate insisted we wait until Dec. 1st) -- we pick one out still wrapped in twine so that we can stuff it in our tiny car and bring it back (half hanging out of the window, but no big deal) -- we like the surprise when we cut off the twine and it pops into its tree-ish form since we have no idea what it's going to look like pre-buying it. This one looks pretty good and we named him Severus (last year he was named Battlehardened -- don't ask me why, Nate took one look at it and announced it looked like a "Battlehardened", and this year it apparently looks like a "Severus" -- I guess our trees will always be doomed to have unusual names).

Nate has been a great sport as I've had him hang all the lights around the house because he's tall enough for the job. Nate's very systematic and while decorating the tree, he insists we step away from it time to time to see if it still looks good "from far away" and "from all angles" and he's always tweaking ornament and light placement so that it looks perfectly symmetrical. Needless to say, by the end of it all, it could pass as a Harrod's display tree (even if our ornaments are from Big Lots).

Christmas!!!

Bear Lake, UT & Dallas,TX & Lake Tahoe, NV

When summer term finally ended, Nate and I headed out for a 3 week adventure. First we went up to Bear Lake, UT where we went on our honeymoon last year. We stayed there a week and had a fabulous time! The trip consisted of a lot of raspberry shakes, waverunning, beach-going, tennis, reading, swimming, sleeping, and eating. The theme song of the trip turned out to be Big Boi's "Shutterbug" because we probably listened to it 150+ times including times in the car, in the condo, and...singing it acapella ourselves when the song wasn't playing otherwise.

For my birthday, Nate got it all set up at the Logan Zoo for me to be a "zookeeper for a day!" That meant that I got to fix all the animals' food for the day, go around feeding all the animals, and things of that sort. I LOVED it. I asked the zookeeper lady who I followed if she had ever had people my age do this sort of thing and she said "Not really, usually I get elementary school kids who want to do this." Hahahahaha -- well obviously that means other people that are 22 are missing OUT.

Great trip overall -- Bear Lake will always be one of our favorite places :) Then we flew out to Texas for Kamille's wedding -- which was fabulous -- they're a beautiful couple! We had so much fun at their reception!! It was great to see old friends :)

It was great being home in Texas again -- always is! I definitely made Nate and my parents go to Hurricane Harbor and of course On the Border with me because what would be a summer trip to Arlington without those 2 stops?

We were in Arlington for about a week and then we flew out to Lake Tahoe, NV for a family trip! We had a great time spending time on the boat and wakeboarding/tubing in the freezing cold water.

Between times at the lake we played a little mini golf! Nate and I...didn't lead the pack in scores that's for sure.

What may or may not have been my favorite part of the trip though was this...

Feeding the Stellar's Jays every morning! There would be up to 10 of them at one time on the railing. LOVED it! Let's just say we didn't ever end up eating sandwiches this trip because I quickly used up all the bread.

On a side note -- my family's favorite game is bridge -- I was quickly bummed out upon my arrival to BYU to realize that no one plays it up here -- what the!!?!?. We taught Nate how to play this trip and he's turned out to be pretty good -- we bid and made 2 grand slams...in a row!! Best I've ever played...ever thanks to Nate!

We had a great time with my family and were sad when it all ended, but it was back to school for us! For our final undergraduate year :)

Kamille's Bridal Shower

This past weekend I flew out to Texas to host Kamille's bridal shower with my mom! I've known Kamille forever since we grew up in Arlington together. I absolutely love this girl and she's always been a fabulous friend throughout the years...and now she's getting married!!! Evan's a very lucky man :)

There was a lot to cook before the shower so when I got into town, my mom and I immediately got to work.

First, we made some Wallace rolls!

Then we made a raspberry cheesecake (well mostly my mom did -- she's amazing!)

My mom did a great job buying decorations to match Kamille's southern wedding color scheme (slate, majolica blue, and warm olive).

Before I headed out to Texas, I interviewed Evan with a lot of questions and made a DVD for the shower. He was a really good sport for answering 25 or so!!

Kamille had to guess how Evan would answer the questions I asked during the interview and for every answer she got right -- she got a flower!! She had QUITE the bouquet by the end of the game!!! Looks like she knows Evan pretty well!! :)

Then Kamille opened all of her fabulous gifts!!! Gotta love a bridal shower :)

The party was so fun!! My mom and I had a GREAT time putting this all together for Kamille!! :)

Kamille and Evan get married August 20 in the Dallas temple and I couldn't be happier for them and can't wait to celebrate it with them in a couple weeks down in Texas!! Yeahhhh!!!

A Year's Worth of Catching Up!!!

Veronica here. I've officially made my first blog and I'm SO excited!!! I told Nate he better be excited as well - because it's also about him. :)

Almost two years have passed since Nate and I first met!!!! Unbelievable how time flies. "What in the world have y'all been doing since then?!?!?" you ask...

First we got engaged :)

Then we got married!!!! August 15, 2009!!!

We've been having a lot of fun since then!! We moved into our first home - the basement of this very cute yellow house! We painted ALL of the walls down there and it looks pretty fabulous!

I finally started cooking (for real) for the first time - thank goodness Nate's a garbage disposal or I may or may not feel terrible about myself and the things I end up cooking.

Had our first Christmas together.

Got a razor go-kart for 12 year olds from my brother for Christmas hahahaha -- it's provided us with quite a bit of entertainment!

On our family Christmas trip, Nate skied Vail, Breckenridge, and Keystone for the first time. 'Bout time he got some Colorado skiing in!... Not that Utah isn't fabulous as well.

Went to St. George & Vegas with our good friends Spence & Mike! Love them!

Hiked the Grand Canyon with Nate's family!

Went to a David Sedaris show in SLC with my parents -- really really funny

Got a year long membership to the Quarry.

We go climbing....a LOT.

Went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point!

Went to St. George with our friends Michael and Emilie and had lots of fun!

Moved to a NEW place -- much, much closer to campus. Yay!!!

And now we're just going to school full time until we graduate -- we're both super seniors this upcoming year -- it's time for us to get out of here!!!! Hopefully that will be the case come April 2011 :)