This week could kill me...

Well, Anthony made it home safe and sound, having survived Scout Camp. He had a good time, but he made it a vacation, and only did one merit badge...he is so close to his Eagle, we are a little disappointed in him. He was pretty dirty and smelled really bad, so we made him get in the shower right away, and throw away all his socks.

I had dinner with Christina Alvarado and Nannette Pickles last night, from high school. Nannette lives in Alaska with her hubby and 3 girls. It was so great to get together. Tried to get Tracy Lyman to go with me, but she had been at Tahoe all weekend and wanted to stay home to get some things done and spend time with her honey.

Today, Anthony got called into work, I have my ultrasound to try to find out what is going on with all my female problems, we have the ballet tonight. This may be the only time I have to sit down today...

Tomorrow I have to go with Anthony to his new High school to meet with the councilor and get his schedule set and get everything in order for that...then he has to be to work at 11, then there is swimming lessons for the little ones, and Jason and I will be starting our marriage counseling tomorrow night.

Wednesday, being the 1st, I will be very busy here at work getting statements out. Thursday, Anthony is at work again...

But Friday, I am taking a day off to head out to Wild Island with the kids, and a friend from church is going to come over and let me use her vacuum because mine doesn't suck any more. It really sucks to have a vacuum that doesn't suck.

Anyways, I should get to work since it's such a busy day. I'll try to post the picture of Chris, Nan and I, but no promises.

I finished it.

I just finished reading Harry Potter! WOW! It was great! The best book in the series by far!

Nice surprise!

In an effort to do nice things for each other, and remember that little things mean a lot, Jason has surprised me with tickets to go see Mikhail Baryshnikov with his troupe Hell's Kitchen on Monday at the Pioneer Theater! I am so excited. It will be so great to see such a great dancer in person. I hope we have good seats! I guess we are going with my father-in-law and his wife, Kathy. I can hardly wait!!!!

What should I wear?

A day in the life...

Up yesterday at 5 am to have Anthony to the church by 5:30 to leave for Scout Camp. He will be home on Saturday sometime. I had to sign his life away so he could be in the shotgun merit badge class, now that he's fourteen, he can do that. Not that he hasn't already been shooting shotguns and rifles and handguns since he was about 4...hello, he was born into a hunting family...

Was late for work because after I came home from dropping A off, I just didn't want to start getting ready for my day. When I finally did get my butt to work (15 mins. late) I had to really rush because I got to experience the wonderful joy of going to the doctor for my annual gyn check up. My monthly's have been evil lately, and they think I may have fibroids or am starting the early stages of "the changes". I could be so lucky. I get to go have an ultrasound and a mammogram now...Fun.

A catalog that Jason has been waiting weeks for finally came, so I had to come home, fix dinner for the younger two, while I was standing in the kitchen reading Harry Potter, and then take the catalog to Jason, and take him to get dinner. While he was eating dinner in the Burban, we sat and watched a bunch of thugs getting in and out of their van where it was very appearant they were smoking, but they weren't smoking ciggarettes...smelled like skunk...so later in the evening, Jason got the ask them all to leave the bowling alley because they were all high. Idiots.

So Jason got the Harry Potter book for Anthony on Saturday at midnight, and I told him he couldn't take it camping, because I didn't want it to get ruined or lost, plus I want to read it. I have to get it done by Saturday so I can be done with it so we don't fight over it. Plus, I would love to know what happens and hold it over his head. Hope I can finish it. I stayed up until 10:30 reading last night....

Oh, and I pulled Kylie's tooth Sunday morning, bringing her total count to 5 now...now all she wants for summer is her 1 front tooth...I have to take and try to post a picture. Her smile is a little scary right now...poor girl.

This blogger is not working...

I tried to post yesterday, but it isn't showing...what's up?

Up in smoke

There is a fairly large fire burning west of Reno. It started Monday afternoon, and due to the weather and the terrain, it is still burning. The smoke is blowing right over my office, and my allergies are just about killing me. Almost the entire area is covered in ash. Hopefully the fire gets contained soon. What's weird, is this is about the 4th or 5th fire to have burned in this area of town this season. The area is called Caughlin Ranch, and is full of very expensive homes and is where all the rich folk live. Makes me wonder what the Lord has against this area of town...

Things are looking up. Every day is a new day and offers a new set of problems and Jason and I are living life on a roller coaster, but we are starting to have more good days than bad ones. We have a great bishop helping us, our families are being very supportive, and we will be starting counseling soon.




Just as an update because I was so excited about it and it ended up being so great, our trip to Vegas for the Police concert was AWESOME! Vegas was super hot, and we spent more money then we probably should have, but it was great to get away from the problems at home for a while, and the concert was by far the best concert I have ever gone to. The arena was sold out, so it was packed and loud, but there was a huge international following (we were surrounded by British folk). The band played great, the sound was great, the stage set up was great so that even though we were behind the stage, we saw everything. They played all the big hits, starting with Message in a Bottle (one of my favorite, and Rhett's all time favorite), and had 3 oncores. I got Rhett a t-shirt he lived in for about 3 days, and a lanyard he still wears almot every day. And I bought t-shirts for Anthony and I. I also bought a book bag to use for school this fall. I spent over $100 on concert momentos. But I figured, what the heck, they will probably never tour again, and I'll probably never go to another concert by the Police. Rhett had to have been the youngest person there. I saw 2 or 3 teenage kids, but no other 7 year olds. Some people made some rude comments I overhead about bringing such a young kid to a concert, but for the most part, people were like totally excited that a kid so young would like a band so old and would want to come to a concert. People were talking to him and high-fiving him and that. It was cool, and an event Rhett will remember for the rest of his life. Now, whenever we hear a Police song on the radio or satallite, he comments, "I went to that concert."

Anyways, my "Aunt" is in town, and I'm misserable today...Such fun! But I want you to know, I am still here, doing a bit better, but yeah, prayers are still needed and much appreciated. Hey, Jans, with you and your hubby going to the temple so much, maybe you could put mine and Jason's names on the prayer roll?