A Christmas Letter, and a Holiday Greeting!

Dear Friends and Family,

What a year it has been for me. I am so grateful for each and everyone of you in my life. Some have brought me happiness and others have taught me important lessons about myself and who I want to be and not be.
I started this year off with really no idea of what would be next. I had just finished school with my Bachelors in Communication Studies and Public Relations. I kept looking for that one job that would make me feel like a star.
One fateful day my mom (who works at the Salt Lake Clinic for IHC) told me to apply for a job with her clinic for the Ears, Nose and Throat department. I applied, interviewed and got the job. Needless to say it was never my intention to stay as long as I have had, but it has been one of the greatest blessings in my life. I work with amazing people and love every minute that I do. We recently moved into our new clinic, and even though my job duties have slightly changed (adding check in to the mix, and working with eye), it is not so bad. I continue to look for more opportunities to grow in my career.
This year has brought sorrows and happiness, deaths and births, and true miracles. It has been a year that I have had to relocate myself and relearn who I am. I have always known where I wanted to go, and what I wanted to do, but this year has been a good chance to find myself again.
I have such great people in my life, and I also learned that not everyone is going to love you, not everyone is going to appreciate you, but in the end, you have to be true to yourself and even if it is not what other people like, it has to be for you.
Recently one of my decisions in my life has been to continue my education and go into my Masters of Business Administration at Western Governors University, which is an online school. So far things are going swimmingly.
This year has been truly fascinating, and hard in its own way. I hope that all my hard work will pay off and I can have another great year.
To you and your family, from myself, Merry Christmas... and a Happy New Year! 

Love,


Adriana Steadman

Wrapping up October and Finishing November.

Well it has been a long time since I have written in my blog! Well October was the month of weddings and parties!

So this picture is a little blurry but my cousin Jessica got married and my friend Jessica got married. This is a pic of me and the Alpha Phis that went to Jessica's wedding! 

We also had conference which was spiritually uplifting. 

Then we had Halloween and Bri's birthday party and Haley and Andrew's Harry Potter party. 

I also started school which is hard to find a balance of time, but I am getting better at it.

Let's also not forget it is voting season, and President Obama got reelected against Romney. It was not my personal choice, but there is nothing we can do about that.

And then I joined Planet Fitness. I enjoy going with Bri. This week hasn't been good, but other weeks are better. My fitness blog will start updating again. I have been a slacker.

Well that is all for now. I will update after Thanksgiving most likely! Until next time...

It's Been a Long Time Coming!

 Well I have decided some changes in my life are going to happen!

1. I am going to hit up a new gym, and my fitness blog will be updated with more positive things and successes.

2. I am going back to school for my masters at Western Govenors University

3. I am going to be more spiritual.

4. I am going to have more fun!

5. I am going to find a different job! Either within IHC or out of IHC. I love working with my friends, but it is not what I WANT to do! I just sit there mostly all day, so right now I am looking for other opportunities!

So my life lately has just been work and hanging out with friends whenever I get a spare moment. I had such a wonderful day today! IT was the Brigham City Temple dedication! I feel so blessed that I got the opportunity to go! So I am excited to see how the future pans out.

Anyway I am going to bed now but this was just a short update. I will try not to be so lame in the next post!
Until Next time!

Life is pretty dull but sometimes fun things occur!

Alright! So here is the post! Since my last one which was graduation, I have just been working a lot! But while working I have had some fun adventures with my best friends and my family members!

So after graduation Paige, Kim, and myself went for our epic Wendover one night stay. We had a good time and gambled a little and did our three best friend thing!

Then I have been going to Tooele and Paige has been coming to SLC a lot and we have been having a good time there.

Then the next trip was with Paige, Alex, Marshall and myself. We were going to go camping and meet up with Kim and her boy Justin. Well Paige's car started to act up so we stopped off in Scipio, and had to spend the night, and cancel our original plans. That weekend ended up being a lot of fun! We went swimming a lot, shopping, and rotted. The boys were with us too. It was a lot of fun.

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Then there was the 4th of July and I had a great time with my family!

In April I babysat Cam's kids for the whole weekend for their anniversary! It was a lot of fun, we went bowling, and no one caught fire! LOL!

I have been enjoying my new ward with Kalai from the home ward. We get kinda silly, we should learn some reverence again. I guess we will have to go back to Primary! ;-) LOL

I have been doing a lot of hanging out with Bri, and contemplating life and having a grand old time!

I finally got a brand new laptop for graduation and I love it!!!!

Then the Dark Knight Rises came out! It was fun! I went with Liz from work, and Matt and my mom. Then two days later I saw it with Kim, Paige, Alex and Marshall. The night of the opening when I went with Liz, there was shooting in Colorado. My heart goes out to the families and friends of those that were affected by this terrible tragedy!

Then there is the epic planning of Disney world in DECEMBER! I am so excited to go with Paige. And possibly Kim! We are going to also go to Harry Potter land! YAY!

So that has been my life. I am terrible at keeping a consistent blog. So we end up with these long winded suckers.

Hailey is pregnant again, and Major is doing amazing! My family is awesome, and my friends are awesome, and work is awesome! Yay!

On another note there is this site I found that is 60 Ways to Improve Your Life. It tells you different ways that your life can change in just 100 days! One of the challenges that I want to do is write down 5-10 things every day that I am grateful for. Not sure how religious I will be at this I am going to start today, and see how it goes from there. So here is what I am grateful for today:

1. A job that provides me income to enjoy things in my life.
2. My friends who help me see that there is more to me then I can see.
3. A loving family that doesn't seem too insane.
4. The LDS church which instills in me a set of values to follow and a merciful Heavenly Father.
5. The Atonement which allows forgiveness for even the smallest of sins.
6. My health.

I will just put those at that right now. Anyway life is good. Check out my health blog!

Until next time!!!

New Blog

I will still be updating this blog with my personal events and things like that but right now I am trying to lose weight and improve my life. I know how many times have you heard that? Well just go to it and see:

Big Girl Small Problems

I will update this blog in a few days with my personal events recently. It is just getting late!

Until Next Time!

College Graduate

So recently here is the situation!

I am a college graduate!
I am so proud of myself and my accomplishment it is something that I thought was never achievable and look at me now! I look forward to getting the diploma in the mail, and future endeavors!

until next time!

Haven't been updating ... So sorry

So lately I have just been working and hanging out with friends and trying to determine my next step in life. This weekend I am babysitting my nephews and niece and. Next weekend is graduation so I will post more then!

As of Lately

Wow it has sure been a long time since I last blogged about my life!
Work is going great! I love every moment of it! I am meeting great people, and working with my mom has been a blast. We are closer then we have ever been before.
I feel like I am working really hard and improving my position to the best of my abilities. Because come December or so, when we move into the new clinic we are building adjacent from our current one, I will be with different people. I will be checking in ENT as well as the eye department, and taking calls for them and us and scheduling as well. Of course they will be doing the same thing as well.
The past two months have flown by quickly! I turned 23 this past month, and I am currently where I am supposed to be and want to be in this time of my life and I got my iPhone. Obviously there is room for improvement and time to grow still. There are still goals I want to achieve, , but right now, things are golden!
My next thing that I am so excited for is GRADUATION! I get to go back to Cedar, see all my friends and professors, and walk across that stage and show the world that "look people I graduated!" I mean I was done in December but I am walking in May and EVENTUALLY I will have a diploma in the summer to show for it!
Well that is all for now!
Sorry there are no pictures, I will post some later!
Until Next Tim!

Life Change

Lately it seemed that life was not on my side. It almost seemed like I was not getting any job offers or any interviews. Life was getting a little depressing. Then two weeks ago my mom told me to apply for a job at her clinic for the ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) department as a Patient Service Rep. That just means checking people in and out and other fun things like that. I emailed my mom's boss and everything to let him know how eager I was for this position.
So I applied for it. Then the next day I met with her boss when I took my mom and her friends some lunch. He told me he'd be talking to me soon, because my mom introduced me and told him I applied.
Well that same day I went to my dads office and checked my email. They said I did not meet the minimum requirements. My mom, being the strong willed person whom she is (and I love dearly), went asked him why I did not even get in? I had changed my resume around, played up my customer service experience and even talked about my CNA experience (which is only about a years worth, but hey if it helps!).
Well I got an email from the HR recruiter for them and they said they are going to push my application and resume through for consideration. So that was a good thing.
Then last week on Monday I got a call from Brandon (my mom's boss and clinic manager) and we had a phone interview. He told my mom that it was because of her that I got this interview. But because of my phone interview, I earned the face-to-face interview (I got this interview 20 minutes after my phone interview). So I went to face-to-face interview. on Wednesday, then on Thursday the HR department called and asked for references from my most recent work. This was a good sign my mom told me. So I gave them Chick-fil-a and my mentoring.
I was so excited because I had yet to make it this far since I got a job at Kolob in Cedar in 2007. My mentoring job and my internship were basically you were hired after meeting with the bosses.
Well Friday rolled around, and I was driving to Hailey's house to tend her kids for a couple hours, and I got a call from the HR department for IHC.

I GOT THE JOB!

So I went in for my screening on Friday and I go in this Friday for one more screening thing, then orientation is on Monday (the 30th), then my first day at the clinic is on TUESDAY!
I AM SO EXCITED! I will be making 11.89/hr which is THE most I have ever made. Considering this is my first job out of college, its a pretty big deal.
I will get benefits and everything when I chose to take them, and I can start saving money to pay off my debt! I can even look into moving out of my parents house within a few months!
Life is looking up and I am happier then I have been in a long time!
UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!