Amber

Sorry Guys!!

2009-06-07T21:10:00.000-07:00

I guess the link to the new blog wasn't working for some people. Hopefully this one will...

http://samberdaley.blogspot.com/

If it still doesn't, let me know!

NEW BLOG :]

2009-05-12T18:36:00.000-07:00

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I Love To See The Temple...

2009-05-03T10:47:00.000-07:00

The time has come! This is our week and I cannot believe it. It has gone by so quickly!! Tuesday May 5, I will be going to the Temple to receive my endowments and I am so excited. Lately I've been finding myself singing I love to See the Temple every morning on my way to work. So the other day as I was singing it I really stopped and thought about my life in reverse. How proud my mom must be of me, to be getting sealed in the temple for time and all eternity with someone who has such a great love for me. I always new I would getting married in the temple, I have been taught it since I can remember but I still can't believe it's already here! These past few months have been so extraordinary. Wedding planning it so crazy and that's not even the main focus of it all. The main focus of it is to be together with Sam for the rest of our eternity. Nothing could be a greater blessing for me. Confession: I have wedding jitters. It's not like cold feet or anything. I am just so nervous!! Everything is going to be so different. But in a good way ;]. Last night Sam and I were packing up my room. I love my room so much, it's so cozy and perfect, done just the way I want it. Going through all of my old stuff was so much fun and holy cow, clothing galore. It's unhealthy how much crap I have. And I'm just a sentimental sap I won't get rid of anything. I have a problem. Yesterday I also bought a couch! Heather and I were on our way to the wedding coordinator's house and when we were going down her street there was this house that out in front of it had a freezer for $200 and jogging stroller for $25 (I was so tempted to buy it but Sam might have freaked out...), and then..a pull out bed couch for only $150! So I wrote the guy a check and BAM it's ours. It's super pretty and looked just as new as if we bought it from any other furniture store. I'll post some pictures once all the chaos ceases. It was a very proud purchase. Now I cannot wait to decorate our house! It's going to be so much fun :] I'll keep you all posted.
I hear those wedding bells.....goodbye for now, I'm gonna go get myself hitched.

Wedding Nightmares...

2009-04-18T10:12:00.000-07:00

Did anyone else have these awful nightmares when they were getting married that their wedding turned into a HUGE mess? Okay, so I have now had two. Part 1: The Ceremony. In this dream, I guess I had forgotten my shoes and to get my hair done and so I was an hour late to the ceremony and ran into the temple and Sam told me he wanted to post-pone it. It was horrible! Part 2: Last night I dreamed that our wedding coordinator, didn't show up for the reception and we didn't have ANYTHING. So we ended up throwing stuff around in my backyard and it seriously looked like a barnyard back there. Then she showed up and was crying and stuff saying her husband said she couldn't go...I was like, "Oh no she didn't." Then I beat her up...
K my wedding coordinator is SO nice and would never do that. Plus, she's incredible. And I think I have everything laid out so perfectly and have this vision in my head and if anything goes wrong, which apparently I think about all the time, I will be so sad! Am I crazy?

Let's just pray that nothing will go wrong! It's a scary thought. The most important day in the world to me and something bad happening? I couldn't imagine what I would do. For Rachel's wedding, Eric lost his temple recommend...I can't remember what happened after that but I just need to expect something like that to happen.
2 WEEKS AWAY! Well, this Thursday it will be two weeks but still. I cannot wait for it to get here! It's going to be so great! Everything is pretty much planned. We had to get it all done before Mom met Dad over in England. Now just the little things! I can't wait and I hope all of you will make it! Xoxo

Thank Goodness for Awesome Photographers...

2009-03-31T17:52:00.001-07:00

Here's just a preview of how amazing of a photographer Chea Lamb is. I recommend her to anyone! Thanks so much Chea! Our announcements are turning out so great thanks to her! If you want one, be sure to reply with your address! I can't believe it. Time is flying by. I'm busy every single day. Either looking for a job, getting every picture I can think of together for the video, making phone calls, or sleeping. Sam and I are so very grateful for all of those who have helped us support! We have the best families and friends. We love you all! Can't wait for May 7!

R.I.P iPhone...

2009-03-27T00:51:00.000-07:00

Since I'm getting married, I really need to focus on finances right now so Sam and I can furnish our new home. So I made a GINORMOUS sacrifice. I got rid of my beautiful phone. Gosh dang, I loved that phone so much. It's AWESOME. But it's okay. I got something that works really well and I soon will realize, wow, a hundred-twenty bucks a month for my phone alone? That's a new book shelf! RIP. iPhone. :/

And here's my new sexy piece. It's legit right? Atleast the cover is innerchangable!
I love it :] Thanks baby!

I Love Sam...

2009-03-18T22:14:00.001-07:00

Sam is so gosh darn hilarious. When I was packing the other day he comes into my room holding some of my old hair extensions and asks just like a little boy, "Can you put these in my hair?" As weird as it sounds, it was the cutest thing. So I put them in. He has this weird obsession with mullets.

He tried kind of growing the back longer since it's the look right now but it just started to get a little out of control. Gosh do I love him. He will always make me laugh :]

We went with a few friends goofy golfing a few weeks ago and had a lot of fun. We love other couples to hangout with. We just love our friends so much and can't wait till we all are old and gray and still are all BFF's!

Seattle...

2009-03-17T17:27:00.000-07:00

I had the opportunity to go to Seattle this weekend to visit with Hollie and get my hair done! It was a short trip but totally worth it and so much fun! We spent almost every second together and we had just the best time! When you fly into Seattle, it's the coolest thing ever. I got in about 7:30 Thursday night and as you fly in, the trees cover a lot of the lights and so it looks like it's sparkling everywhere and also that you are going to land on the water since the whole west side of the state is surrounded by water. It was way cool. I left AZ and it was like 75 and as I got there it was in the low 50's. I'm not much for someone who loves cold weather. I'd choose heat over cold any day. As I walked out of the terminal, holy cow, I thought I was going to die it was so cold. And it was only like 50 degrees! So I got my little hot chocolate and waited outside for Hollie to pick me up. :]

The next morning we woke up bright and early and Hollie made me some breakfast and then we headed out to Seattle. She told me she was going to buy me a little summ' summ' for my wedding night which got me all excited. The day was absolutely gorgeous so of course, downtown was packed of tourists and crappy drivers. We went to Pike's Market Place and got the little doughnuts that we love, went and looked at all the cool little kiosks. One of the kiosks was this little jam center and we got to try all these samples. One of them was a golden raspberry and a raspberry habanero! We ended up buying those two and with the habanero, we tried it with cream cheese and wheat thins. It was delish! By the end of the day we were too tired to go all out and shop so we just when to U-Village and went to some of the shops to look for dresses for the sisters and ended up finding perfect one's at Juicy Couture and on sale! Turns out, they still were $110 on sale and had to say no which totally bites.

Later that night, I got to see a bunch of my friends which was fun and we all caught up. It's weird to see all those girls now just cause we've all changed so much and hardly have anything in common which is sad. But two of my friends Jessica Boone, and Lauren Hanson are two of my bridesmaids so they'll be down for the wedding which will be so much fun!

On Saturday it was the day to make me blonde again. This may have been the longest day of my life! Hollie had to weave me in and out between clients which just made the day go by really slow. I still had a good time though :] by the time her day was done at work, my hair looked like a golden retriever and had yet to be done. We went and grabbed a Schnoo (delicious frozen yogurt, better than Yougurberry), and went to dinner at this restaurant called The Crab Pot.

This is one of those Seafood restaurants that you get crab legs and clams, and shrimp, and muscles, and all those fun things brought right out to you. They came out with cutting boards, a mallet, a baby fork, and a cracker and I'm thinking what in the heck is this mallet for? They came out and dumped a bucket full of all these different sea creatures. It was the first time I was afraid of my dinner but it ended being delicious!! Finally we went back to Hollie's house and finished my hair and ended up being just how I wanted it!

The next morning we woke up to snow. That dang weather can't ever make up it's mind! Good thing I got at least one day of sunshine up there!
It was such a fun trip and I'm glad I got a chance to get away for a little bit and spend time with my sister.
PS. I graduated school! Finally I'm done! Now off to State Board........yikes!

Blonde Again....

2009-02-21T17:01:00.000-08:00

I'm so wishy washy but I'm a true blonde. I love being blonde but yet I love being a brunette but the blonde look best suits me. I'm going back!!

UPDATE...

2009-02-16T10:57:00.000-08:00

So it's been a while since my last post and I've had a lot go on! I don't even know where to begin. Since mine and Sam's engagement let's see, Gosh I dont even know. Wedding plans are on a roll and of course I'm turning into Bridezilla. :] My colors are Navy and EVERY shade of pink. Pink is such a broad color that I couldn't just pick one shade. Oh and the date? MAY 7TH! We are so excited and we need time to come quicker!! This whole engagement thing is getting a little bit ridiculous but I love it! Valentine's day was spectacular! My dress is gorgeous! I got it at AZ Bridal and Kass did a really good job helping me out finding it. Sam and I started our registration and started with the good ol' Target and then took a trip down to Williams-Sonoma & we're still planning on going to Bed, Bath & Beyond.

We were down in Thatcher for the weekend for the Gila Valley Temple groundbreaking, which was way cool, and we spent the day Romping and Fishing! His dad has this old Suzuki Samarai (sp?) and the thing is a champ. We caught nothing fishing but we still had a ball trying. I'm afraid of worms and so he would hook it for me and then when I wasn't looking he would dangle that stinking worm right in my face and scared the heck out of me. We had a blast doing that!

Then for dinner his friends set up a reservation to a restaurant called Bricks down in the valley. Sounds nice right? Total dump in the wall and white trash everywhere which made it so much more fun!!!! The food was pretty good but the atmosphere was pretty bad but still, it was so great! We went with his buds Chace Norton and his wife Rachel and J.T. Young and his fiance Jennifer. Afterwards we rented the movie Prom Night and had a pretty good scare from that!
The Groundbreaking.
Freezing cold that morning but yet was a really cool experience. Elder Neil A. Anderson, president of the Quorum of the Seventy, did the dedication and it was something really remarkable to be apart of and experience because that will be the temple closest to us and to our future family. I shook hands with Wilford Anderson of the Seventy and he was kind of a soft spoken very kind man! He congradulated us on our engagement. :] But yea, the whole experience was something really awesome and I was so glad to be there for it!

I was a part of a Fashion Show in Phoenix a few days ago and got to do makeup for some of the models! It was so awesome!! I would love to make that a part time job! Here's some pictures from it!

Fish

Storm

Earth

I'm Engaged!

2009-01-25T10:08:00.000-08:00

Yea it was quick and yea I'm in love with the most amazing guy in the world and yea...we are getting married! I am in Thatcher right now at Sam's house and I thought we were just gonna come up here for the weekend just to hangout with some friends and meet with his parents some more. He had said that his friends Chace and Rachel wanted to go up to their cabin on Mt. Graham and asked if we wanted to go up with them and of course I said yes and we were on our way. As I was getting ready to go yesterday afternoon, I kind of thought to myself, what if he proposes? He had told me time and time that the ring wasn't going to be done for 3 weeks so I just remembered that comment and didn't think anything of it again. As we were driving up the mountain, we were just talking and laughing and having a good time and then we pulled up. We grabbed the little picnic basket his mom had packed for us and headed up the stairs. He opens the door and I poked my head in and hear music, see candles everywhere, and there were roses and petals all over the place! Sam had mentioned that he thought it might have been Chace and Rachel's anniversary on our way up so I walked in thinking that Oh my goodness! We are walking into their date?! But no. In that moment, my heart was beating so fast it almost blew through my chest. He tells me to open the box on the table and I freaked out a little bit and got scared but I grabbed it, opened it, and there was nothing in that dang box. That little trickster. I turned around and he said, Will you marry me? And I said Get on your knee! And then he got down and said, Will You Marry Me? And of course I said YES!!! So there's our little story :] We plan on getting married at the end of April getting into May but we're still deciding the best date! I will surely keep you posted! Amber Daley, cute!

Waxing Time

2009-01-17T14:34:00.000-08:00

Ever heard of No Shave November? Well, our dear friend Kimri Kerby decided she was going to shave her legs about the 31st of October and she JUST BARELY decided, "Yea, this is getting a little out of control." Here's what I did about it. :] SO MUCH FUN!
It really is my favorite thing to do at school but it can get really messy. The worse is doing underarms. Ooo that kills but it's so worth it. Anytime you want anything done, just let me know!

Eight Things

2009-01-12T19:25:00.000-08:00

Eight Things...
I was tagged by Krystal Romney Lundell. Love her.

Eight things I am passionate about:
Love
Sam :]
Friends
Family
Snowboarding
The Color Blue
Road Trips
Paris

Eight words or phrases I use the most:
Good heavens
Dude
Holy Crap
Shiz
I want .... (fill in the blank)
I'm tired
I'm hungry
Oh my gosh!

Eight things I wanna do before I die:
Get married :]
Build my dream house
Win the lottery
Have a handful of kids
Go to Paris
Discover something incredible
Witness a miracle
Shake hands with someone remarkable

Eight things I need right now:
Sammy Sam Sam
Water
A tissue, I have the sniffles
More time to do things
Money
More money
A vacation
A blanket

Eight places I wanna visit:
Paris
London
Ireland
Greece
Washington D.C.
NYC
Egypt
S. Korea

Eight Favorite Restaurants:
Vito's
Gecko Grill
The Blue Wasabi
Applebees
Texas Roadhouse
Mint Thai
Cheesecake Factory
Costa Vida

Eight TV Shows:
Gossip Girl
90210
One Tree Hill
The Office
Friends
The Hills
Blush
What I Like About You

Eight folder Eighth picture:

Eight people I tag:
Kassi
Kimz
Brianna
Shannon
Camille
Michelle
Stephie
Heather (If you ever decide to get on :])

Knick Knack Patty Wack...

2009-01-11T11:22:00.000-08:00

So my sister Hollie has a thing for Headbands and extravagant hair do-dads that she spends ridiculous amounts of money on. One day during Christmas Break, Rachel, Brianna, Steph, Heath, and I decided that we could easily make these adorable hair accessories and this is what we came up with!

We got a little excited when we found some feathers to add!

All of the cute clippies!

My Favorite One!

I Tag....

2009-01-07T14:05:00.000-08:00

1. Where is your phone? Right in front of me.
2. Where is your significant other? Hanging out with his buddies. :]
3 .Your hair color? Brown!
4. Your Mother? Taught me about life by the time I was twelve years old. I love her.
5. Your Father? The smartest man I could ever know.
6. Your favorite thing? Watching movies and cuddling ;]
7. Your dream last night? I was sitting on my couch with Sam; ha what we do almost everyday.
8. Your dream/goal? To own my own home with my husband, have my adorable kids, and practice the things that I love.
9. The room you're in? I'm at work. Hehe.
10. Your hobby? Makeup, Cooking, Making things (a new hobby, headbands and hair clips).
11. Your fear? To be alone.
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Married with at least two kids.
13. Where were you last night? Dinner with the girls then off to Sam's and tried to watch the Labyrinth. Scariest movie ever.
14. What you're not? A dare-devil.
15. One of your wish-list items? PARIS. Oh man I want to go there so bad.
16. Where you grew up? Good ol' Mesa.
17. The last thing you ate? Subway. Not so good.
18. What are you wearing? All black. Just got to work from school.
19. Your TV? Eh.
20. Your pet? I wish I had one.
21. Your computer? It's cute.
22. Your mood? Tired.
23. Missing someone? Never.
24. Your car? Sucks.
25. Something you're not wearing? Socks.
26. Favorite store? Easily, TARGET.
27. Your Summer? So nice......syke.
28. Love someone? :]
29. Your favorite color? The color of my car blue.
30. When was the last time you laughed? At school sometime I'm sure.
31. Last time you cried? I wept a little yesterday. Ha, wept.
32. Something you crave? Oh gosh, chocolate, every second of the day.
33. Why you blog? Why not?

Whoever reads this!

Christmas Time is Here...

2008-12-22T09:15:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe how quick this year FLEW by! I guess if you look back on it, every year kind of goes by quick. Here's a little update on what's going on in my life right about now. I'm still going to school and taking in clients. The other day, one of my clients tipped me 10 bucks! Since I usually only get tipped like 3 or 5, I thought that was pretty awesome. And she told me she's going to refer so many people to me! That got my esteem boosted pretty high. :]

What else is new? Ummm, I'm dating someone. His name is Sam Daley and he's absolutely incredible. He treats me like a real Queen and every girl deserves that. Tonight I'm going to meet all of his family at his Daley Christmas Party. A little nerve wrecking but I can tell he really adores me and I don't think I have anything to be afraid of. Yesterday he was over all Sunday night chit-chatting away with all my family. It's really nice to meet someone who's so personable and easy to like! We'll see how things go in the next month or so ;] I'm really happy though and I don't think I've been this happy in a long, long time.
For Christmas Rachel and Eric, Hollie, and Keith and Hayley are all coming in town! Hayley and little Mallory are already here and it's been so fun. She's getting so big! Rachel and Eric and the girls are getting in tomorrow night from Utah and Hollie gets in Christmas Eve in the morning sometime. It's going to be such a blast having almost everyone home for Christmas. James and Michelle, we still love you and we promise we won't have too much fun without you :]. We're going to be making lots of goodies and Hollie promised to make us an awesome dinner on Christmas Eve. Let me tell you, she's an excellent cook and I'm looking forward to stuffing my face.
It's snowboarding season! Here in the next couple days, we're gonna go up to Flagstaff and board for the day for Heather's birthday. We love taking our little day trips up to the slopes and shredding some serious ice. It's so sweet. Seriously though. Eventually when all of us friends aren't dirt poor and super cheap, we'll head up to Park City, or Brighton, probably even Big Bear or whatever the heck else. We wanna see what else is out there compared to Arizona's ski parks which I guess are horrible.

That's about it that's going on right now! I'll give you another update next year!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Twilight

2008-12-02T14:20:00.000-08:00

You know, it's truly an amazing story if every woman/girl in the world is insanely obsessed with it. Not overrated at all. The movie? Incredible. I plan to see it ten times while it's in the theaters. Anyone that says Edward was not perfect might have serious problems. I imagined the book in my head so similar to the movie it's scary. Of course it was obviously low budget judging by the cheesy running and jumping effects but I still loved it! Stephenie Meyer has gotten a lot of men into trouble but she pretty much told the exact story of what every girl wants in a man so all men should quit crying about the crazy vampire love story and take some notes!

Esthetics

2008-11-11T15:21:00.000-08:00

As some of you may know, I'm currently attending school to become a licensed Esthetician. I absolutely love my school and all the girls I'm in class with! I'll just tell you a little bit about what I'm doing and the progress I've made since I started going! I started October 7th and within the first week, we were packed with so much information it was hardly bearable! We jumped right into chapter 8 of our textbook which was on Skin care. We started on a Tuesday and by that Thursday, we had our first test. I have never studied so hard in my life over a test. It was insane all of the information I shoved into my brain about the skin and all of it's layers, the epidermis, the dermis, the stratum corneum and germinativum. Every skin type, oily, dry, combination, etc. Pretty legit stuff. Then we had to get into disorders. Knowing how to recognize melanoma, rosacea, the different levels of acne, hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, pre-mature aging, comedones, whiteheads, congestion, dehydration, and so much more. Within 2 days! I had to learn it all! And guess what...I got a 98% on my test! Only missing one answer! That was a proud moment. We jumped right into doing the "hands on" treatments starting with facials. There's two types of facials we offer. The Manual and The European. The euro is HEAVEN, let me tell you. Amazing. With facials and of course knowing all skin types and conditions we also have a motto of "KNOWING YOUR PRODUCT." So many people just throw crap on their faces and call it clean, and that's where my job comes in. Knowing product and how to treat your skin with what ingredients are included is key. Know what you're applying to your face! With this large range of skin care lines that are out there, we use a line called Dermalogica.

I like using it and knowing all the different benefits that come from each individual bottle of cleansers to masks to moisturizers to sunscreens, with so much in between. One of the things we learn are extractions. Which are when we steam the face up nice and moist while applying a product called scaling fluid which helps to soften the pores and open them up, ready to extract. We take the magnifying lamp and bring it real close to the face and SQUEEZE out all that nasty junk in there you never knew you had! Or you know, those very obvious suckers, zits. It's so intriguing to me. I LOVE IT. How disgusting. :] Okay, so we've moved on from facials and now into Brow and Lash tinting. This was really simple for me so if you ever want it done, call me. Moving on from there we learned back treatments which is like a facial but on your back and they are so nice and relaxing. I love them! Finally we're starting to get into the other good stuff. Waxing. Everyone loves waxing! Kind of a shaky process but I can do brows, lip, chest, back, butt (just kidding), legs, arms, underarms, bikini, fingers, and toes. Sorry, no Brazilians, the video was enough. Sick. Now we're onto Makeup! The main reason I'm attending this beautiful school! I've always had an art for makeup. Ever since I can remember, being 4 years old and shoving the mascara brush directly into my eye. Awesome. I don't do that anymore though, I promise :] Learning all different eye shapes and contouring colors, and the right kind of brushes. It's all just so amazing. Right after Thanksgiving I'm going to be able to start working on actual clients. I can not wait! Seriously, call me if you ever want anything done, I need all the practice I can get! There's the scoop on what's happening in my life right about now :D

Copy Cat

2008-11-04T16:16:00.000-08:00

10 TV Shows I Love to Watch (in no particular order):

1. One Tree Hill
2. 90210
3. The Office
4. The Hills
5. The Tyra Show
6. What I Like about You
7. So You Think You Can Dance
8. American Idol
9. Hannah Montana
10. Wipe Out!! (So Funny)

10 of my Favorite Restaurants Are:

1. Vitos
2. Costa Vida
3. Oreganos
4. Texas Roadhouse
5. Gecko Grill
6. Mi Amigos
7. The Blue Wasabi
8. Silkes American Grill
9. Hunts Hideaway (RIP) :[
10. Applebees

10 Things that Happened Yesterday:
1. Woke up so refreshed!
2. Did a load of laundry
3. Went to work
4. Went to Arby's with my boss
5. Ate a chicken sandwich
6. Ate a bowl of chili
7. Went running
8. Had FHE with my family :]
9. Watched One Tree Hill
10. Sat on facebook till I fell asleep.

10 Things I am Looking Forward to:

1. The beginnings of a new relationship.
2. Going to Silkes with Katy.
3. Eating a ceasar salad. mmm.
4. Learning waxing at school!
5. Thanksgiving
6. Christmas Music on 99.9
7. Twilight Nov. 21!!!
8. Veteran's Day weekend
9. Snowboarding
10. Getting older :]

10 Things on my Wish List:

1. A tight backside.
2. A million dollars.
3. Being able to sleep in.
4. World Peace.
5. Someone to be so kind as to get me out of debt. :]
6. A new car.
7. A bigger bed room.
8. A husband.
9. A baby.
10. To always be healthy.

10 People I Tag:
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Election Day

2008-11-03T22:50:00.000-08:00

As we all know, it's down to the wire and to be quite frank, I am scared beyond belief! I'm curious as to know what's really going to happen but whatever the outcome is, "let it be." Ever seen the movie Across The Universe? I'm kind of imagining that, but a little different. Only in the aspect of the scene where there's total destruction between individuals. God bless the USA.

Call Me a Follower...

2008-11-03T00:07:00.001-08:00

So I finally gave into the whole blog thing. I was planning on waiting till I have a husband since my life would be a lot more exciting then but I guess I can try it out. :]