day out!

Ayden and I had our day out yesterday...we went to "The tooth Fairy"...went mini-golfing, out to eat, and shopping! Ayden is a great shopping-buddy. he never complains and actually LIKES to shop...

it was a nice relaxing change of pace...

Mr. Cool...

well, it's not the most glamorous snowboarding picture, but at least we have one!

Nice pants...(they are Pete's from the 80's) hahahahahahaha

Things this week....

Whew, what a month, so glad it's almost gone! who knew Jan could be so busy!!?? and crappy!? haha.

some details from the week...

1) Pete, Ben and Tessa went skiing. Ben's first time on a snowboard...he loved it!

2) Life is really tiring being on antihistamines all the time

3) Lots of work shifts at the good old library

4) Ab ripper x is NOT hard, and fun to do with the kids

5) Learned my BP is rather high

6) watched a great movie for YW "the magic of ordinary days"...so cute!

7) Ben got spacers

8) Tessa is begging for a haircut every day

9) Ayden is reading "the lightening thief"

10) Pete has a man-cold and is sleeping in the guest room

11) got some new glasses! Ben got some too. They make him look very HGTV

12) I have book ADD this week

13) cleaning out dishwasher=my most hated household chore

14) loving oranges

15) sooooo tired...need a holiday!

Mulan

The junior high play this year was Mulan. Ben's part was Chien-Po. Sadly, they didn't really make him into that character, he was kind of just one of the main soldiers. But he had some lines and singing solos...and he did GREAT! all the kids did...great costumes, sets...for a junior high play it was awesome!

I helped with the make-up...and it made for a hectic week!

....and....it's....DONE

sheesh...what a project...
had to run in to Leth yesterday for a leather coat at value village, run back, cut it all out, had the sewing machine die, went to bed, borrowed a sewing machine after work today...brought it home, had to run back and get the pedal, and then worked at it for 2 hours. fun times!

here is the result...RIGHT vest, WRONG model. far be it for Ben to be home on friday night!!! unlike me. I always am...

craaaaaaazie eyes

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yup, just got back from eye doc, and as you can see my eye swelling/redness is mainly gone and I'm back to normal. however, I've had this light-type thing in my periferal for a week now too, and it's SUPER annoying...so he had a look at it, and is sending me to a specialist on monday. he said he sees a little mass of some kind by the blood vessels.
not worried about it or anything- to me, it's just an annoying thing that I don't have time for next week!

positives of the day...

1. got RIGHT in to the eye doc this morning, and got some drops that hopefully will do the trick
2. got lots of laundry done, including matching many socks
3. got Ayden's room totally cleaned out!
4. had an amazing person drop off a delicious dinner! (thanks Jewel!!!)
5. had a fun FHE done by Pete
6. played a fun round of pictionary (even though Ben and I lost)
7. did some nice (hopefully productive) stretching
8. am headed now to read a book, and have a tub!!!

pet peeve 'o the day

When someone loses 40 pounds, feels they're suddenly a weight-loss expert...and writes a book.

Really?

Well, not too much is going on, so I guess I'll tell another sob story about myself.
Thursday: my back finally started to feel a bit of relief! yay!
Well, apparently, I am not allowed to get too comfy because later that day my eye started seeing things strangely.
But yesterday, it was slowly swelling and VERY red. Started alternating similisan, polysporin, and claritin. nothing!
Today when I woke up at 3 for the day, it was almost swollen shut. NICE.
And here I've been all day. OUCH.
Tomorow morning can't come soon enough...I'm going to march myself in to the eye doc first thing in the AM!

cancel!

DANGIT...the goal that I've been waiting for and building up to and excited about...has to be postponed. a week? two? a month? I have no clue how long it will take to get this "back" issue under control. it's the most frustrating thing!!!!
Anyhow, so bummed about it I can't even say.
On the plus side, it was nice today to get back into routine and schedules! Even if the alarm clock DID go off a bit TOOOO early...sigh

New Year's goals!

WOW...I can't believe I actually have goals this year.
I have a really big one, that is very important to me that I've been planning and building up to for months. The only thing at this point that will stop me, is my back. It is an exercise program that I won't even mention because anyone reading this will totally roll their eyes!!
I've had it for a month, and have tried all of it, and I'm happy that I CAN actually do it! SOO...now I have to start monday, and work really hard for awhile.
The last year building up strength has been really important to me, and I have set mini-goals in order to accomplish this better.
Ayden and I have a B of M reading chart in order to read a little each day and finish by Christmas...excited for that one. And my other goal is to read the WHOLE ensign each month, not just speed-read most of it.
I usually don't set new year's goals, because I really feel that if you want to make a goal, do it anytime of the year...however this is what works for me right now.
Yay me!