{our website}

Our website is officially up and running! It looks like I probably won't be using this blog too much anymore, so link to www.tyleralie.info from now on. :)

{witty bank customer}

I'm copying this off my friend Lauren's post. It's hilarious!


{I don't know if this is true or not, but I got it in an e-mail and think it's hilarious.}

Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times.

Dear Sir:

I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month.
By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it.
I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire pension, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank. My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways.

I noticed that whereas I personally answer your telephone calls and letters, --- when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become.

From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person. My mortgage and loan repayments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate.
Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope. Please find attached an Application Contact which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof. In due course, at MY convenience, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me.
I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service.. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Let me level the playing field even further.
When you call me, press buttons as follows:
IMMEDIATELY AFTER DIALING, PRESS THE STAR (*) BUTTON FOR ENGLISH
#1. To make an appointment to see me
#2. To query a missing payment.
#3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.
#4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping
#5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature.
#6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home
#7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is required. Password will be communicated to you at a later date to that Authorized Contact mentioned earlier.
#8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7.
#9. To make a general complaint or inquiry. The contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service.
#10. This is a second reminder to press* for English. While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play for the duration of the call.

Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement. May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous New Year?

Your Humble Client

ain't it great to be a jonesy?

Tyler and I made a website!

Well, let's be honest. Tyler made a website for us, and I designed the banner at the top. Tyler rocks! He couldn't find a decent blogging software, so he created his own. {He programmed his own blog. Dang, I wish I was as smart as he is.} It's still extremely new, so I'll probably still use this blog until all the bugs are worked out. But, without further adieu, our address is www.tyleralie.info; go check it out!

{Also on our site, Tyler made a financial recorder so we can keep a budget. It lets us log in and add receipts and sort them...fancy, eh? he's so amazing. :) he really is.}

one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish...

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't published in a while. Tyler and I have been so busy with the start of school! To see a few more wedding pictures, check out my photographer's blog. Isn't she wonderful? We should be getting the entire dvd in the mail within this next week, and we will try to post more.


This past weekend was a three-day weekend! Hooray for holidays! (Although, I must admit I think Presidential Inaugurations should also be a holiday.) Tyler and I, amongst running many errands, went to the aquarium in Sandy. As we pulled up, Tyler saw the look of disappointment on my face, and stated, "You thought it was going to be like Sea World, didn't you? It looks more like the size of a refurbished Petco." The inside was nice, though. We really did have a lot of fun, until the end. The last exhibit we saw was about the Great Salt Lake, and there was literally no sign of life or color aside from the microscopic shrimp and brown trout. Way to end it, right?

Here is a picture with "Untel Tyler" and Nemo:

I think he's scared of the octopus.

At least we got to touch sting rays like at Sea World...

These are called Feather Dusters. Appropriately named, don't you think? They look like they could be straight out of a Dr. Seuss book.

A Banded Coral Shrimp.

This was fascinating; these Nemo fish can swim in and out of these poisonous coral without being harmed. It's their home, and protects them from enemies.

He's imitating the spikey urchin thing.

Now he's imitating the lion fish? Maybe it's a zebra fish.

wedding previews:

These first three are little previews from Mariah:



For those of you who don't have facebook and can't see the pictures my bridesmaids took:

this one is my favorite for two reasons:
1. look at how stinkin' cute tyler is with baby mei mei!
2. my face, on the other hand, looks like i'm thinking in my head, "hurry up and take the freaking picture so i don't have to hold this baby anymore!" don't get me wrong, folks, i love babies. i just don't want one yet. and holding one so cute as babie sadie just makes it all the more difficult...

love it. LOVE tyler's face.

In the words of Alicia, who took the picture, “Morgan got really excited when everyone was telling her to smile, so she starting screaming with joy! So cute.”

and that's only the beginning! mariah should be getting the pictures to us any day now and we're so excited. life is busy, but once we get a tiny glimpse of a break to catch our breath, i'll update more! :)

{six days!}

This past week I turned in the biggest project of the year for me, my cat stevens cd packaging. the final product is below:





the cd is a wooden box with the title on the front, and you slide off the lid. inside there are six postcards, grunged up to look old, with various images on the front, and a postcard on the back. on the cd is printed tree rings, and the case it slides into is on recycled paper and sewn up the sides with hemp. my teacher said it was very hippie-like, which was exactly what i was going for.

this next week has already proved difficult. i really cannot focus to save my life.
we will see how finals go. hmm.

{six days!!}

beautiful san diego

{extra short post}:
this past thanksgiving i went through the temple. simply seeing the smile on tyler’s face when i came into the celestial room was worth everything and more. i’ll never forget how joyful he was that night, and how happy he was for me. he really is the most amazing person i have ever met and i’m so lucky i get to marry him. :)

twenty seven lovely days left!

this week, it’s seemed like tyler and i have been counting down the days til thanksgiving break. just one more school day and then we leave to warmer weather! (actually, i can’t complain...it’s been quite mild here. The snow hasn’t even hit and I still wear light jackets.)

For the update this week...

we lost the BYU-UTAH game because max hall (tyler would yell in the background right here, “epic fail!!”) turned over the ball six times. SIX times.

but on to the more important things in life...

i got a 96% on my history of graphic design test!!

the ‘naked indian’ statue on campus got all wrapped up for the winter—or for the Utah game this week. (it’s hilarious to overhear freshman talking about the plastic-wrapped statues—“aw, look how cute! they’re protecting them from the snow!”

one of the grad students that works in my office brought his little guy, lucas, in for paula and i to babysit. he absolutely loved paula! he was fine with me too, (meaning he didn’t cry), but i’m still convinced babies don’t like me. hopefully one day that will change!

aaaaaaaand...we got housing! after putting much time into considerably stressing over housing, living at the colony has really paid off. because jason (the owner) and rachel and jp (the office managers) love us and know i’ve got a good rental history, i convinced them to just bypass all the other applicants for a basement apartment and pick us. really, in the end, it worked to both of our favors. they didn’t have to make fourty-two phone calls regarding rental history, and tyler and i had to look no further for a place to live. :)
it’s small and has an awkward floor plan with practically no kitchen, but we’re happy. the rent is a good price, and the second bedroom will really come in handy for a baby room. (JUST KIDDING!) (no, really...just kidding. no babies until we graduate.)
go to this link to take a virtual tour. (and to answer mom’s question, no the crib is not included in the spare bedroom!)

{post.script}
i got really excited on this post because i applied my typography skills! when i normally type this, i just use the standard apostrophe, ' and ". but we learned in my class those are WRONG, so now throughout my daily life i notice all the typographic errors people make. it fascinates me. the right ones look like this: ‘ and “. so using several combinations of option-shift-[, i redid them all throughout the post. and no one will notice except for me, but inside, i’m content. :)

!!!

sorry it took me so long to upload! here are my favorites from our engagements:

i was born to tell you love you
isn't that a song already
i get a B in originality
and it's true i cant go on without you
your smile makes me see clearer
if you could only see in the mirror what i see

i made cookies tonight.

{art really is a stress reliever for me.}