*CONGRATULATIONS TRISTIN*

So after months of talking about moving, waiting for schools to respond back to Tristin and all the other fun stuff that comes along with applying for a grad school, we finally got an answer this week.

On Wednesday Tristin received a phone call from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado and found out that he got accepted into their Contemplative Psychology Program! Congratulations, Baby! We are so proud of you!

For those who aren't familiar with Naropa, it's a Buddhist-belief based school. You don't have to be Buddhist to go to it (obviously) but a lot of what they base their programs off are fueled by Buddhist ways and believe systems. It's really so cool. And no, we are not converting to Buddhism if anyone was worried :) Hopefully Tristin will post something about it that give you more of an idea of what the school is like. Anywho, so that's the news for this week!

This May Be Your Lucky Day!

So my best friend Thobeka did this and said to pass it on, so I am. Also, It'll be cool to see who responds first. So here I go....

Hi friends!

In honour of March, the luckiest month of the year…the first five people to respond to this post (do that many people even read my blog?) will get something special made by me! Made with tons of love and luck just for you! It might be a fun project, a sweet letter to you from me, or some yummy goodies, you might be surprised what you get! Give it a try!

The catch? You must re -post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to leave a comment, win a lovely little something for themselves! Have fun! Oh and don't forget to post your mailing address!

iPhone friendly!

Not that anyone would EVER care enough to want to use this, but if you want to see the mobile-friendly version of our website, just go to jtroney.mofuse.mobi.

Our new future apartment

Well I haven't been accepted to Naropa University yet, but the interviews the last couple of days went really well. We are feeling confident, so we have filled out an application for an apartment in the area. It is the perfect place! It is in between Boulder and Denver (only 20 minutes to either one), in a gated community, seconds away from Costco, Whole Foods, Safeway, a mall, and a movie theater, has a garage, has a big park right across the street with tennis courts, a volleyball court, walking and biking trails, and a clubhouse with exercise room, pool, and hot tub... It is awesome.

For the privilege of these bragging rights we will pay $895 a month for 1 bedroom. Boulder is not cheap, friends. We weren't smart enough to take pictures while we were there, but here's a link to the Craigslist posting.

-- Post From My iPhone

Lent, A time for fasting

Hi, my name is Juanique Roney and I'm a *sniffle* televisionholic! No, I'm not but sadly enough, Tristin and I had been watching a lot of TV come evening time. This is why. We both would work until 6/8pm at night, we'd be tired, eat dinner and have no energy to do anything else. the sun would be down, people would be preping themselves for bedtime, and yet Tristin and I would still want to spend "quality time" with each other...drained of energy or the will to do anything quality-ish! So what would we do? Watch TV, because it was easy, convenient and required no brain power or energy what so ever.

About a month ago I went to visit a friend who told me that for lent they gave up watching TV. "What a good idea," I had said! I desperately wanted to try it. So now, happy Lent! We are fasting by cutting out our TV watching. Well not all TV though. We record our shows we really care about, watch it, skip the useless commercials and TADA, we've set a Lent goal. Watch only the shows we really care about and use the rest of our time doing something more productive or mind stimulating. So far so good! We do a lot more reading now but sadly a lot less talking. Probably better than watching show after show after show mindlessly.

So, watcha think? Good Lent idea or bad lent idea? Either way, I'm happy I'm sticking to something I can do, unlike setting an unrealistic goal like giving up chocolate!! HAHAHAHAHA! Impossible. Trust me, I've tried and failed too many times! Probably all the more reason to keep at it.

The Latest

So it's been about 2 weeks since I last wrote on here and I figured I'd update alles van my vriende on what's going on in the merry USA. (My Afrikaans is a little shabby so if I spelt something wrong...tough).

So about 2 weeks ago I quit my job, the one that was draining the heck out of me. Yes, that one! And I didn't quit it once, I quit it twice in 3 days! True story (a long one too). OH MY GOODNESS, the euphoria I feel since I've ridden myself of that place is just phenomenal. Here's a lesson for everyone out there. If you're working somewhere and you're so unhappy every minute of every working day, do yourself a favor and leave! it's NOT worth it. Life's too short to waste. You should enjoy what you do and look forward to it, not dread it every time you work through the threshold of your working space. So that's the biggest news...on my side anyways.

Now I have a lot of time on my hands. You'd think I'd be doing useful things like catching up on laundry and what not. But you're wrong. Old habits die hard even when you do have a surplus time all of a sudden to adhere to daily-life responsibilities AKA Laundry. But I will get around to it soon.....eventually....sometime in the near future :) However, what I have been spending my time on is on good books. Hope you don't mind me sharing a few with you. I'm a sci-fi/fantasy freak so if you're not into that sort of thing, prepare your mind to block out the next few paragraphs. I've put links to the names of the books. The links will take you to a brief overview of the book and what the story is about. I'm too lazy to type it out for you. Sorry.

Book #1 this week:

The Poison Study: I loved this book. But boys won't love it. It's a girls book told from a girls point of view. So much action, drama, adventure and twists to the story you'd think you're on a rollercoaster! Girls, if you like fantasy, READ THIS! it's really good.

Book # 2 this week:

Enders Game: This is my second time reading this book and there's a reason for that. Because its AMAZING!!! TRUELY AMAZING! this is a girls and guys book. Guys may like it more probably but I know MANY girls who love it as well! The political, emotional and detailed depth of this book is stunning! You'll be thinking about this story long after you've read it!

Book # 3 this week:

The Magic Study: Sequel the The Poison Study. This book is good but not as good as the first one, in my opinion. But still quite amazing! Not as much thrill and "sneakiness" as the first one but it's enough to keep you reading. I read it in less than a day. I get a little obsessive about books and storys sometimes. They become real for me and I have to know what happens.

Book # 4 this week:

Enders Shadow: HOLY COW this book should have won the Nobel Peace Prize or something! (Well not really but this book should be noted for being completely and irrevocably AWESOME). This book is kind of like a companion book to Enders Game. It's the same story but from a different characters point of view. The characters name is Bean and I kid you not, when you read this book, you literally feel like you're reading the mind of a boy genius (Bean being the genius). How he over annalyses and critiques everything from such a subtle but genius perspective is ASTOUNDING! it's like poetry! So indepth that I can barely understand his thought processes! Well obviously I can or else I wouldn't still read it, but it's really really amazing how the Author has translated Bean's brillance to words of paper! Read Enders Game, and then read this! Definitely going on my top 10 Book list!

So there you have it! That's basically my life in a nutshell the past week! I hope if you're looking for a book you'll maybe try to read one of these! Reading is awesome! OH and if you are a book lover, go to goodreads.com and sign up and add me as a friend! we can compare books we've read and recommended some to each other! it's a fun site!

The Best Valentines Day (with a Twist)

So Tristin and I didn't really celebrated Valentines Day on Saturday because I knew that I'd have to work up in Park City all day doing massages, which was fine because being busy up there means lots of money. So we said that we'd celebrate in on Friday (the day before Valentines). So Tristin and I got a couples massage for Valentines Day on Friday. Unfortunately Park City called me while getting our massages leaving me a message saying that they needed me up in Park City to do massages because it's busy up there already. So, I had to leave my dear husband on our Valentines Day celebration to go and work. Anyways, cut a long story short, we didn't really celebrate it that Friday because of work and then I was up in Park City all day Saturday doing massages.

Well, that Saturday I did 8 massages, back to back, and was just EXHAUSTED. I came home to something I didn't expect AT ALL! Tristin had done the laundry, prepared our Primary Classe's lesson, baked cookies for the class in little heart shapes with icing on the top (and sprinkles), made me dinner for when I got home and acually went on Marthastewart.com to get an idea on how to make me a homemade card for Valentines Day! I just couldn't believe it! He'd done all that today! It was the most thoughtful thing and best gifts he could have given me! So much so that I wanted to cry. I'm not sure if I wanted to cry because I was so tired or if I was so touched by his actions or both but it was just so so thoughtful of him to have done ALL of that while I was working that day.

Did we have a traditional Valentines Day Celebration? No, but I'll never forget it!