Time for Change!!!

Dear Utah County,

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for the last 10 years of my life!!! You have provided MANY good times & few sad times!! I experienced a LOT of "firsts" with you & there will always be a place for you in my heart!! I will miss the friendships/acquaintances I've made & I hope that they can continue on with the many advances in technology that allow for contact over "long distances"!!!

The change of which I speak is that I will be working for a new State Farm agent in Salt Lake and therefore will be moving north. For the time being I get to stay with my AMAZZZZING Parents & wonderful Sister!!! I'm VERY excited to be closer to my family & I'm also VERY excited to experience new things & hopefully make new friends!!

To all my "southern" friends...I will miss you tremendously & please know that I LOVE you ALL!!!! You have all played a BIG part in who I've become & I know of no way to express how much each of you mean to me!!! I hope that we can still stay in contact thru Facebook, blogs, emails, etc!!

LYB!!!!!

A VERY Special THANK YOU!!!!!

This last week/weekend has been one full of emotions for many reasons!! But the toughest part was leaving a place & people that have become very dear to me!! Change is good yet SOOO hard on the heart!! I'm VERY grateful for the acceptance I have felt in this place where oftimes I was as a fish out of water!! There is no way for me to put into words the gratitude I feel for these LOVing individuals that opened their arms & hearts & willing accepted an "outsider" into their midst!!! Thank you SOOOO much "Ladies" for what you've done for me over these last 9 months!!! I owe you all my life!! I hope y'all will call on me for ANYthing!!! I will miss you ALL & will LOVE you always!!! All joking aside!!!!!

LYB!!!!!

Turn! Turn! Turn!...to Everything There Is A Season!!!

WARNING...this is going to be a LOOOOOONG and BORING posting!!!!!!

As my "title" implies...there have been changes recently in my life!!

Now don't get me wrong...these changes aren't bad...in ANY way!!! They are just changes!! And as with ALL change...there needs to be adjustments!!! These adjustments aren't going to be easy!! But I look forward to the "new" adventures that await me!!!! And more especially...the new Friendships that I hope to gain from them!!!!! (Yes Foundations Ladies...I'm referring to YOU in particular!!!! LY!!!!)

So...here's what been happening to Skoot for the last few months!!!

For the last 8+ years I've been working for my uncle...I'll call him Norm!! Norm is a State Farm Insurance agent in Provo, UT. Working for my uncle has been GRRRREAT!! Over time Norm's staff has dwindled & for the last year it's just been he & I in the office!! It's been nice, but can get kinda lonely at times!!
In July, Norm decided that he was going to retire. When he informed me of this I was SHOCKED!!! I didn't know WHAT to think!!! I had planned on working with/for Norm for at LEAST another 10 or so years!! However, after Norm shared the following experience he had when he shared the "retirement" news with his children I was comforted (a little)...
When Norm informed his family of his decision to retire one of his children (I'll call him Darron J) asked him almost IMMEDIATELY..."can I have Skoot?!?!" When I heard this I was AWE STRUCK!!!!! I didn't realize that I had made such an impression on someone that I'd never worked with & had only seen a couple of times a year!!! Hearing this DEFINITELY helped me to accept/respect Norm's decision!!
Since the beginning of July I've been working for both Norm (in Provo) & Darron J (in AF; Darron J is an independent insurance agent & the name of his company is Foundations Insurance.) It's been GRRRREAT fun working for Darron J!! Particularly due to the AMAZING staff that Darron J has!! I'm SOOOO grateful to you ALL for your patience & LOVE!!!

There are MANY aspects of my current job that I'm going to miss!! One such aspect has to do with the ease of getting time off!! Whether it be for some kind of emergency or just to PLAY, it was SOO easy to just call my uncle (the same day mind you) and ask: "hey...can I go golfing/boating/4-wheeling today?!" THNX Unc!!!!
The second aspect I'm going to miss is time in the office ALL to myself!!!

Enough about work...now to the other "significant" change that has happened!! As you know I've been living in the same house ("The Party Pad") for the last 7+ years!! I've had MANY roommates...a few good, MANY bad!!! It's been GRRRREAT fun...dinners eating "Skootchiladas"...movies on "the wall"...and the INFAMOUS "Skoot Train"!! Oh how I'm going to miss those days!!! :'( :'( Well...as of Nov 1st I'm no longer at "The Party Pad"!! I know, I know...life will NEVER be the same, but it NEEDED to happen!!! LUCKILY I've recently made some new friends & they've opened their home to me!! I'd like to now introduce you to my "new" friends (& give them a little plug because I CAN!!!!)...Quinn, Britnee, Beckham & Avi!!! They are AMAZING!!! They own the flower shop next to my Provo office (Bloomers Floral...USE THEM!!!) I'm SOOO grateful to them for putting up with ALL my stuff!!! But MORE importantly...for opening their HOME & hearts to me!!! I don't know WHERE I'd be if it wasn't for them!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to miss "hosting" dinner/movie nights, but we'll just have to find someplace else to "play"!!!!

Now you know a little about what's happening with "the Skoot"!! Please continue to be patient with me as I adjust to these (& other) changes that I'm experiencing!!

I LOVE you all SOOOOO much!!!! Please remember...I'm here for you Babe!!!!!!

LYB!!!!!