My hair looks normal now!!

The really harsh part of the black finally washed out and now i have my dark brownish red undertones back! PERFECT!!! So happy... now if it would just grow faster. Im at the stage where I got tired of my short hair so Im growing it back out. I do this...alot. Gotta keep it changed up, right? lol

Sooo I tried doing pin curls last night....its twisting your hair and pinning it overnight so in the morning you have heatless beautiful curls...this technique works GREAT on long hair..i used to do it all the time years ago. Not so much with short choppy layers. I officially had a fro this morning. And then I immediately got me hence to the shower to subdue the abomination. It sucks tho...my hair is at the length where it doesnt do crapola.

I cant believe today is December 30th. Tomorrow is New Years Eve. Crazy. New Years was never a big deal to me. I think I was scarred for life as a kid - my parents were so old school we'd go bang pots and pans on the driveway. Correction*** my parents would bang pots and pans on the driveway. My sister was so little she joined in because she liked making noise anywho. I stood there in the dark with my wooden spoon and saucepan by my side turning 80 shades of red thinking that the entire class at Lincoln was going to know that I was the one making all the noise. (I was ridiculously shy up until about highschool...even then I had a hard time getting up to turn my  homework in..) Anywho, I enjoyed the food and the games we had before the clock struck midnight... and then after I got married we would go every year to a family friends house for a new years get together which was always so fun!! And man the food was good. AND....all you had to do when the clock struck 12 was kiss your spouse. Now THAT I can do!! (over, and over and over again ;)

This year we are at home...and I think I might make tacos. And say a prayer for the coming year. And then pass out at 10pm. I wonder if I get Monday off??? Gosh that would be nice. I love paid days off. Although since the dang holiday is on a weekend, I am thinking that I may have to be at work. Hmmmm.....

I am now a full fledged Pinterest addict. I can't get off that site. I have found my motivation for decorating Peepers room from it... and soo much more. You really gotta check it out. I cant stop. And there are so many people on it that there are new things updated every time you refresh the page. Its like crack. Ok, maybe not exactly - wouldn't really know since I've never done crack...all I know is that its the best site EVER!

It is Friday and I have the case of the Fridays...I would like a cup of coffee...a breakfast burrito...then I'd like to go to Joann's and go shopping. If anyone ever needs gift ideas for me, a gift card to Joann's would be awesome. I just wanna get my craft on today. My kitchen table is even cleared off so I could if I wanted to.

Still on the fence about resolutions for the New Year... I tend to prefer Monthy Resolutions...we'll see.. I tend to actually get through the monthy ones...

Ok....back to work...later..

My how time flies...

Oh do please join me for a cup of tea while you read...

I just looked at the other blog I have that was basically a picture and video site for Peepers so family could be in the loop...my baby is so big!! WAAAAAAHHHHH..... There were picture of him so small he fit so snuggly into my arms...now he comes up to my belly button and his long ol' legs stick out when he's on my lap. He definitely got the Morris body....tall kid with no body fat whatsoever. I do miss that little tiny baby, but I am really liking 2 years old too...

That means I'm getting older too. I turned 26 this last September...not that I think Im old by any means, but I had Peepers at 24...does not seem like 2 years have gone by. So much has happened. There was also pics from right after Z's surgery...chemo was so long ago and yet not that long ago...

I need an island oasis...or a mountain retreat...or something to that effect. I was nice and moopy last night...didnt get to languish in it tho...and then got really irritated with someone too...didnt have a great night, but it didnt turn out too bad. Had a great dinner...Z made snapper with a new marinade and I made steamed broccoli with a white wine/cheddar sauce....it was actually a fondue receipe that called for swiss and gruyere, but I substituted cheddar and then poured it over the broccoli.... Was very very good.

Abs are still slightly sore....I was going to work out again last night but my mood didnt allow for that. By the time Peepers was asleep, I was getting tired. Didnt end up in bed until after 11pm again... but I also didnt get to integrate with my couch and pull my blanket over my head and watch travel shows. Maybe I'll do that tonight...Im not moopy today tho....

I am so happy I have a job now! I am now not a temp anymore!! The only sucky thing about switching onto a different payroll though is the lag time between paychecks. With the temp service I got paid every Wednesday...with this place we get paid on the 5th and the 20th so I have to stretch my earnings from the last temp service check an extra week before I get paid from my new work. Although that does have its benefits - I am getting paid at a higher rate now and that extra week will be added onto my paycheck. So in the end I get more money either way, but oh well. We have food and the bills are paid.

I have decided I dont like green lifesavers. They are gross. So what is the majority in the dang bag??? Green. UGH.... I dont mind sour things too much as long as there is a slightly sweet element to it...these are just plain sour.

I have  alot to do this week. I have to finish up choreo for rehearsal next monday and tuesday...I have to get my curriculum revised for my classes and send a copy to the other dance teacher who is taking over my 6-10 year olds.....I am trying to plan some sort of vacation....for the future....eventually.... trying to decide how many European countries we can comfortably fit into 2 weeks...I am taking Z to Europe before we die - that is one of my main goals in life. I wish everyone was required to take a sabbatical to a foreign country right after highschool - defininetly gives you a broader perspective of life and also makes you think big - there is a whole world out there with new places and new foods and new people - really expands your horizons and forces you to think outside the normal restraints of the mind you grew up with. I fully plan on retiring there.

I am hungry. I had yogurt and tea...no wonder... I walked to work so I cant run to McDonalds across the street, and I havent stocked the fridge or the pantry at work because no one was here for the holidays...next week I'll restock, but for now I just have a mishmash of things. I have 2 hard boiled eggs...hmmmm.....I'd really prefer sausage links.

Oh well...only 2 hours until lunch. I feel like going to Target. Im not sure why or what for... I just feel like purusing I guess. Although I know that if I do that then I will have to buy somehting which means I have to wait until next week when I get paid. Oh well.

Alrighty - back to reconciling. Have to have this stuff to the CPA by the end of Jan...I am so close to being done with the dang mess!!! And best part is that I got the OK to just enter an reconciling discrepancy adjustment so I can start 2012 on a clean slate. I need to get my QB up and running too...for my personal...I should. I think I will for 2012 since I am thinking about it at the beginning of the year.

See you later :)

ugh. i think im trying to get sick.

This is what I would like to be this morning...back in bed.

Not on purpose however....It was so hard to get out of bed this morning. Didnt  help that we move the bed to a different side of the room so we could fit Z's weight bench in the room and I forgot what side i was on so when my alarm went off i turned the wrong way and whacked Z instead. Oops :)

I am glad I got the weight bench for Z... I did incline situps and obliques with a 15 pound weight...felt really good. Gotta keep it up if we plan on maybe getting prego again this year....easier to bounce back when you have rock solid abs...which was the case when i had pierce - I had no pooch whatsoever after having him :)

My parents were awesome and left us the left over prime rib! OMG. Dinner was great last night and of course the night I dont want to share my food - Peepers ended up LOVING it. Little turkey.

I start up rehearsal next week again. I was looking forward to another week off but whatever. Its money in the bank. I just gotta start working on stuff. Luckily the hard choreo I dont have to have done until the 14th.

Gosh Im so tired. I just want to curl up in my blankets and pass out. I think half of my tiredness is my soreness from working out last night. I did really well yesterday - my motivation was so intact that I finished reconciling the main bank acct at work in 8 hours!! Maybe I used up my motivation reserves. Probably didnt help that I got out of bed later than normal and didnt take a shower...

Every night he can Z goes swimming and we took Peepers last night - he had a blast and when we figured out we were going home he threw the biggest, maddest hissy fit ever. Cracked me up! He was so mad at us for taking him away from "simmin" (swimming). Cant stay forever...but just by watching the swim team that was finishing up when we got there, he figured out what to do with your arms when you swim - so cute! Smart little cookie. I just waded in the kiddie pool with him....no way I was puttin my bikini on after 3 days of gorging myself on my dad's cooking. This week is now all about moderation in portion sizes :) hehehe...i dont get my dads cooking much anymore and especially the holiday stuff....you must understand...I HAVE to eat 7 times my normal body way per meal while he is here. There is just no way around it. I mean, how can you refuse seafood linguine (with butter garlic rosemary sauce and shrimp, crab, clams and scallops) and beer baked salmon with homemade garlic herb bread??? We never eat pasta at our house because we use the Japanese noodles instead so to me, just a bowl of straight linguine is awesome.

GREAT. Now I am hungry. Dangit - 2.5 hours til lunch. I am going to go make some tea. Ta ta for now!!

Back to the grind..

Well my wonderful holiday is over and I'm back at work. My parents and sister left this morning :( I always hate it when they leave..its so nice to have them visit. I think I prefer it this way though because I really enjoy their company rather than having them right up the road and never seeing them like it used to be.

Now I have to get my brain back in gear for finishing up the end of year accounting and taxes and stuff. I have until end of January to get the books to the CPA, but I think I may just call it good here this week. We are off about $4000 and so far it looks like it is stemming from 2010 when the lady who was before me was doing the books. I am not going back through the books that far so I may as well just make a reconciliation discrepancy so I can start fresh for 2012.

I had such a great do-nothing day yesterday. We ate, we sat, we went to Walmart and Craft Warehouse, we watched movies, we ate more...I was really half tempted to do it again today (aside from the fact that I had to work today.) I get really used to days off. Ever since I was laid off from Kiewit and just worked at the theater I got really used to sleeping in and just hanging out with my boys all day long. So now that I am working full time I tend to get really comfy on my days off. Which then is hard to shake the next day when I actually have to get dressed.

I cant believe that 2012 is a week away. I remember being in about 5th grade trying to figure out what age I would be in 2015...it seemed so far away and now is only 3 years away. I'll be 30. Huh. That will be a weird milestone..I do enjoy getting older, but 30 still seems so far away.

Ok, I am going to start my day now...happy tuesday! :)

Can it be??? No...well...maybe...

Is it possible that I am starting to get fed up with facebook??? I have not really been on for an entire weekend and now getting on just now, it bored me slightly...

Hmmmm....i have to be on it whether I want to or not since that is the main communication line for my theater...

Sorry....just wierded me out a little that I lost a little interest so quickly...


oh...and i had to use this pic...its been floating around the net for awhile but i just love it  :)

Merry Christmas (a day late)

Good morning! I can say that now at 7am because I have some caffeine in me. Peepers decided 5am was a good time to get up. So we watched Little Einsteins 3 times, 30 minutes of the 1986 Transformers movie and then 5 episodes of Pocoyo. Well...Merry Christmas!

I had a WONDERFUL christmas. Here I thought that it just wouldnt be the same since we werent at my parents house and stuff, but it was absolutley great. My family arrived the afternoon of Christmas eve and we kicked teh evening off with seafood linguine and baked salmon with herb butter bread...ate way too much of that but honestly I coudnt stop. Looking forward to ahving it for lunch today.  Pierce had (and is still having)  a blast with Gramma and Pop-Pop. He ended up in bed about 8-ish which is normal, but then woke up at 1am.. he is sleeping in our room so my parents can have a place to sleep, which hasnt afforded me ANY sleep this weekend.. but Zac was able to get him to go back to sleep in MY spot on MY bed..so I was displaced to the couch. Which I actually slept fairly well on considering. So all us adults were up about 8am...peepers woke up at 11am. I dont think that he has really put it together about all this Santa Claus and Jesus business but he sure does know that good things come from presents!!! He had no problem tearing into his gifts once we told him they were for him. He made out like a bandit - a couple race car tracks, some bath toys, a lot of clothes and a monster truck tent. I made out well too :) Zac got me the softest robe in the world that is the best color in the world - jewel tone blue. : D   He also got me a lot of Burts Bees stuff, the hair appliance I wanted...We had such a wonderful christmas morning. It is WAY more fun watching Peepers open his gifts than to be the kid...

That afternoon we all got ready for the day and took the fam to Moulton falls up in Yacolt and went for a day hike around to the waterfalls - the sky cleared up for just long enough from when we got there to when we decided to leave. Was perfect. Then we came home and dad made Mexican food (OMG.) and we rented the first Sherlock Holmes (VERY GOOD. and Im not a big movie person) and then for dessert we watched Dracula Dead and Loving It. We must have worn Zac out because he was the first person to pass out during the movie. (not normal for him..ESPECIALLY during a movie)

And now it is today... 5am wakeup call....but that is ok... Peepers is so cute and cuddly that early. Dad is making prime rib today - so excited! I told zac I am gorging myself from Saturday to Today on all the food that dad is making and then come Tuesday I will be back to eating correctly. Or mostly anyways (hee hee)

I do apologize for the shortness of the post today...my brain is kindof shorting out this morning (need more caffeine)

Merry Christmas!!

Randoms.

I have black hair. Was going for dark dark brown. But its black. I have a very very happy husband because of this. He has been badgering me since senior year in HS to go back to black. Back then, I looked like death-meets-anorexic-gothic-crackwhore. Happy to say that now since I eat regualrly and keep up on my hair cuts and have very healthy hair I actually am pulling this off. Still getting used to it however...it is still REALLY DARK!!! I feel like I need to be a jazz singer in Portland right now...

I think I need to lay off the caffeine. I noticed that since i started drinking it again every morning my anxiety has been coming back. Dang. That sucks. O well. I will choose sleepiness over anxiety any day. And its horrible...I am anxious over nothing at all for no reason. Stupid.

Christmas eve is tomorrow. Family comes in tomorrow. I have to have my house clean tomorrow. This is all coming up so fast. Oye.

I think I have all my presents accounted for...I hope anyways. Well, still have to get Pierce some things tonight, but then im done. And then I am going to soak for an hour in a hot bubble bath and read.

I dont know what to do with myself right now. Stupid caffeine. I hate this "end-of-the-world" feeling. Such disparity.

I decided that in lieu of the Christmas and the new year... here is a list of things I am thankful for:

-a husband and son that make life absolutley beyond wonderful.
- a job that I like that affords a warm apartments
- 2 bedroom apartments!!!
- comfort food.
- a hobby job that lets me do what I love
- clean laundry
-cozy sweats
-a car that works that doent suck up my paycheck
-the raise I just got :)
- good tea.

I wish it was tradition here to have tea time...its such a nice break...Yes I observe the british tea times...only at work tho... Im never that scheduled at home..besides my saturdays are taken up completely with rehearsal. Maybe I will go have a cup of chammomile right now... Tea always seems to help my panic attacks.

I am so excited to make Baklava!! It is sooo good. I love the dessert that comes out of the middle east...so far its about the only good thing that came out of that region aside from Turkish coffee...I am craving Thai food from the restaurant in France that I went to. Where I lived was a very high population of Thai's and Laosians and HOLY MOLY THEY MAKE GOOD FOOD!!!!! I do remember the next two days I was completley swollen from all the salt and oil...but it was so worth it. I remember almost every dish had a thick layer of oil on the top..OMG. I am dying just thinking about it. Just another perk of living in Europe :)

I  miss Europe. I miss the food. I miss the laid back work weeks. I miss the public transportation. I especially miss the food. But oh well... I found when I was over there I was missing a few comfort foods that you can only get in America. But holy cow I remember I went to this 24-7 dance club over there, each room was a different theme with different style of music and lighting...had to be about 30 rooms... and one room was the dining room and it was BBQ only... I had BBQ'd duck french-style. I died and went to heaven. Twice. I dont think I have ever enjoyed BBQ as much as I did that night.

I cant find the dang tea box. Irritating.

I really want to go back to bed. I need a nap already. I may be back later....for now I have to go back to reconciling a bank acct. See you!

huh.

IM BACK! Well after much deliberation, (and seeing that my last post was in APRIL) I have decided to come back to the world of blogging. A lot has happened in the past 8 months. Here's a vague breakdown of the big stuff:



-The lady that we lived with in the mountains went nuts so we moved.
-Peepers is now 2. And TONS of fun.
-We moved back to Vancouver.
-I still work at the theater, but went back to work full time.
-We moved across the parking lot from my work into a 1 bedroom in May (total coincidence..great commute!)
-We had to give our kitties to a ranch. :'(
-We moved into our first 2 bedroom apt in November.
-Its now 3 days until Christmas.
-Oh ya...starting next week, I got a raise : D

It has been busy, but most of that is trying to juggle my time between the theater, home and a 40 hour work week. Which actually has been doing ok. I have had to cut some hours from the theater, but its ok. Right now I am choreographing for the next show we are doing "Anything Goes"...our creative director is pretty starry-eyed over the Sutton Foster revival of the show that happened this year so that is why we are doing it. I still have a few classes.

Z is still a stay at home dad, having fun from what he tells me. Peepers is having a mass amount of fun now that he is figuring life out. We've discovered play-doh and Transformers. He also discovered jumping, which is not really ideal for people living on the 2nd floor of an apartment building...so we decided to get him a little baby trampoline with a handle. I found one in the city for $10 so we decided to go get it. We figured we'd just shove it in the car and Peepers wouldnt know what it was anywho, so we could still give it to him for Christmas. Weeelllll....he knew darn well what it was and the entire 40 minute drive in traffic all we heard was "MOMMA!! JUMP IT!! MOMMA!! PEEEEEAAASS???? MOMMMMMMA!!!" amisdt frustrated crying. So he got an early gift. He hasn't been off of it since.

Z has graduated from computer MMORPGS to the Xbox. Much more family interactive. And I may learn how to play. I tried for a few minutes and was able to turn around so that is a plus....I was HORRENDOUS at WoW cuz I could never turn around with out making a huge circle and then I'd die.

My parents are coming up on Saturday for Christmas...very happy about that. Since I started my job I dont have any time off so we cant go to their house like normal for the holidays. Looking forward to Dad's cooking. I just have to prep stuff for seafood buffet Christmas eve...

As I get older, Christmas just isnt as fun as it used to be...I dont know if this year I'm just hum-bugging or what, but I cant seem to get into the normal spirit of things. May have something to do with that were not at my parents. Christmas throws up at their house. Up here, we finally got our tree last week and bolted it to the wall because everyone was out of tree stands. I think I may get into it a little more once my family arrives. Ive been a little down lately with some anxiety and I dont know why. Grrr...apparently blogging helps. Im starting to feel better.

I have got a ton to do before 3pm on Saturday... we have to go food shopping, do our mass amounts of laundry that we've been putting off, finish cleaning the house, prep the seafood, make baklava and cookies...lucky for me I have a husband who will be by my side helping. And I am off from the theater until after New Years. And once Dad gets here I jsut get to sit back.

Z asked me what I want for Christmas. My problem is that everything I want is either really cheap, like I could just go get it for myself at any point, or it is really expensive - like LASIC eye surgery. I really have no real need for anything else...I would love some newer clothes, but then I would rather use the money to buy stuff for Z or Peepers.

I really wish I could find my MP3 player... I've amassed enough iTunes songs to actually warrant using the dang thing now. Before I had like, 3 songs...So I put it away... but now....hmmm...I may have an idea of where it is, but I think that I would have to move 4 huge snow tires out of the way to look for them. Sounds like a job for Z.

I am feeling a bit better. I think I am back to blogging now. I forgot how much I enjoy it :) ok, until tomorrow then!

Merry Christmas!

Is it naptime yet?

Betchoo thought I forgatz aboutchas huh?? Well I didnt. It's been slightly busy here, I finished up my fisrt show with Metropolitan and am now working on second semester stuff.

We're trying to move closer to my work. We love living out here, but the house we live in is up for sale and that means that we have to keep the damn house staged at all times. Yeeeaaahh...really easy with a toddler. Not to mention that with gas prices getting so high, my commute is getting expensive. We applied a week or so ago to a place but didnt get my employment verification in time so we have to reapply. I have to call the lady today. And is it just me or does every single person who runs apartment buildings seem bitchy?? I dont understand. If you want people to move in then why on earth would you come across as mean??? Whatever.

Otherwise its just been rainy as all get out and really pretty cold. We had a few days where it waas about 70 degrees in town - REALLY nice change!! We went out and actually went to the park and played outside and
enjoyed doing soemthing other than staying inside. That is something we are looking forward to with moving back into town. Up here it rains 3x as much as in the valley so it when it drizzles in town, we get a deluge. We had a sinkhole in our front yard for a month. We actually get more rain than Sitka.

I am tired today. Yesterdays classes were hard to teach - I had a migraine by the end. It was so dang hot on the stage and it just wansnt my best night. I didnt get to sleep very quick either but woke up too early. Maybe a nap is in order :)

Ok I am getting the "you need to call the apartment lady now" look. I'll see yas later

So what happened to February???

So apparently I missed February compeltely. I havent blogged since January 26th and I can still remember quite clearly that day that I did sit down to type. Huh.

Well March has started out quite tumultuous - right now I am sitting in the Redmond Oregon airport (if you can call it that..) waiting for my connecting flight in to Portland. I originally left last thursday to go to San Fransisco for my grampas funeral and now I am waiting and wating. And Redmond is pisisng me off right now because they dont believe in pay phones and the only other place here is a coffe shop that doesnt have a phone so I had to get on verizon text to get a text out to my sister to call zac about picking me up. PAIN IN MY ARSE. And no, I don't have a cell phone..we have a trac phone for emergencies because we from our house by the time we actually get cell service I am already at the place I need to be. Pointless. And I forgot to add minutes to the phone before I left so I left it at home. I love the internet though - happy i have my little lifesaving and work saving netbook.

I have 20 minutes until I fly out YAY!! I should be working on my midterm but I dont really feel like it right now. This time change thing is really screwing with me.

I'll come back later to this to tell about the trip - figure i'd better walk down to my gate (again...if you can call it that.) its more like a seating area. Still, not as tiny as Pullman. this place at least has a coffee shop.

One short day, in the Emerald City.....

So it was a whopping 55 degrees today...I had to look at my calendar to remind myself that it is indeed still January... we still had a fire for the sole purpose of me being a weenie muffin.

I'm prepping for Pinocchio auditions tomorrow, Friday and Sat...gonna be a long 3 days. Callbacks dont end until 7pm on Sat. Looking forward to starting this show.

Have kind of a scare at home going on right now, one of the ladies that lives below us is in the hospital right now with a 2nd case of Diverticulitis...they are draining the colon right now and she will have to have surgery. Praying for her to heal swiftly and to change her eating and drinking and smoking habits after this round - all this is due to her drug use and her eating and drinking habits. But she is still Auntie Bev, so I am praying for God to do His will and that His will might be how I would like it... but I won't argue with God.

Otherwise I am not sure anything much out of the ordinary has happened. I found out a girl I knew in high school was on the Nate Berkus show.. she looks nicer than she did in high school. I guess her and her husband had to move to Manhattan for his job and their apartment is only 600 sqft, 400 of which is the kitchen and bathroom. I'm slightly surprised given the fact that she was a hardcore Mormon that they don't have kids yet. (I'm not stereotyping, am I? hehe)

Made impeccable sushi tonight. Actually took the time to make the rice correctly this time and man what a difference! It was just like the sushi bar. I made a ton because usually Zac has about 7 entire rolls to himself... he started in too quick though and only ate about 6 pieces so now we have a ton of sushi for tomorrow. Not bad though.. we were going to take it to Dougan Falls today, but Peepers decided to take a five hour nap so that idea was shot.

Ya know who fascinates me? The Duggars and I don't know why. I love their show but I have no clue why. Now Barefoot Contessa - I know why I like that one... she makes such amazing dishes. I love her! As you can see I have been chillin a little too much this past couple weeks.

Finally cleaned out the car... 90% was trash. Big surprise there... feels good, smells awful. I still have to go get the upholstery cleaned from Peepers little up-chuck show on the way back from Idaho. I did the best I could and there is baking soda all over the back seat, but the Lysol air freshener decided to roll under something that made it spray continuously unbeknownst to me. So now my car smells like a smoking room at a Motel 6. Lovely. Makes me want to re-enact the puking scene from "my drive home from Idaho with a flu-ish 16 month old".

Speaking of, Peepers is only 2 weeks from being 18 months! My baby is a year and a half!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this age. He is so much dang fun it makes me sick. Not to mention that in 2 weeks, he gets to go to nursery at church now. I'm slightly estatic and slightly ready to bawl my eyes out at the same time. No wonder people have a dozen kids. I wish I could keep him at this age..

Ok signing off for the night - ice cream is calling my name and I have to get there before Zac does or else I will be stuck with carrots and ranch or something that isn't nearly as decadent.

Good morning

Oh what a glorious morning!! Peepers slept until 9:30 and hubs got up with him! I slept until 10:30! I feel great.
Helps I  am not sick anymore :)

So can I just say that I love love love my job? I dont even call it a job. All I do is teach dance and its amazing. I can't believe I am so lucky to get paid for doing what I love. And the kids are great. So is the director. I really hate having days off because I love dancing so much. Auditions for Pinocchio are next week - gotta get my material ready for the audition process - I'm auditioning for the dance parts and then collaborating with the vocal director and the acting director on who should be where. Excited! Oh!!! and we just got a grant to do Meet Me In St. Louis this year - one of my all time faves. Can't wait.

So on an awesome note - after that fever I had with Scarlet Fever, it burned the hell out of my body and burned up the infection on my face that was causing me to break out. I now finally have the skin I did before pregnancy. Really sucked not feeling remotley attractive for the past year.

We have had some weird weather here lately - we got about 8 inches of rain in 36 hours last week, then its been about 50 degrees and drizzly and now it is dry but only about 30 degrees. I love my fireplace.

I have the day off today - which means dishes, cleaning the living room, and perhaps cleaning out the car from the trip to Idaho. We were all too sick to really feel up to it so today I think I might take some initiative.

Took Peepers to church with me last Sunday for the first time in a long time. He was an absolute peach. Just sat in his own chair munching rice cakes the entire time. We made it to gospel doctrines and about 30 minutes in the bishop came and pulled out all the men saying that the river was flooding in town and people houses were flooding. Then about 10 minutes into relief society he came in again and said that church was cancelled and anyone who was able to help sandbag needed to go help. I couldn't of course since I had Peepers with me, but it was so crazy. Driving from church I saw part of the river that was at least 15 feet wider than it had been normally. I have to cross a bridge to go home over the river and the water was almost up to the bottom of the bridge. Not to mention there was a giant tree floating down. Oh and the Washington crazies who like to kayak that crap, there was so many of them!...I swear it was over class 5 rapids. People are so nuts.

Well I think that is it for now, dishes await but I am not sure if I have anything else to say. Have a great day!

Way to start the new year #1 - Scarlet Fever.

Well happy new year! Its 2011 ( somehow )... Seems like only the other day I was in highschool in 2001. I'm old. Zac and I always comment on how young all the highschoolers look these days...well...we went through our old yearbooks the other day and realized that kids aren't getting younger. We're getting older. And it is nice.
Life just gets more peaceful the older you get.

We all just got over being sick again. Peepers relapsed into the flu and now just has a little runny nose. (praise the Lord!) I ended up with Scarlet Fever and somehow didn't die. I didn't go to the doctor so I am almost amazed that I am ok. My tongue still hurts though and it is still red. And hubs got a sore throat and that was it. I am soooo over being sick!!!

This is going to be a short post, I have a husband to attend to as of now. Looking forward to making fudge tomorrow :) I'll be back.