Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

My wrists and hands have been hurting so bad lately. Even when I wear wrist guards at night, the pain keeps me up and in the morning they hurt so bad and my fingers tingle and go numb. It sucks and I'm getting SICK of it! I went to a specialist and will be having surgery on January 14...YAY! I just want it to stop hurting.

September 2009

September SUCKED this year!!!!

Sucky anniversary, sucky birthday (my sweet kids did get me a massage though), SUCKY MONTH. So, so glad when it was over.

Water Leak!

August 5, 2009


Our lawn has been saturated around the sprinkler valves / water meter. Shawn had a sprinkler guy come check it out and he determined that it was the water main. So Lehi City came out today to fix it.

They will be back in a week or so to lay new sod. Now our water is back on and I was able to take a shower and get to work!

Our House, in the Middle of Our Street

I'm so glad we are finally in our house! It was a long time coming and I think we got a great one.


There are some things we are required to do to the house per the HOA that were approved in the original plans. We have to put up a rail on the front porch, it has to be painted the color of the slats, black shutters on the three windows, a chimney cap, bushes and trees in the yard, etc. It's going to be a pain and the look will change a bit. There are also things inside that need to be done: blinds throughout, handles on the drawers in the kitchen and bathrooms, etc. The joys (and expense) of a foreclosure home...heck, just a home in general. But it's OURS and we love it!!!

View of Utah lake from our front yard

Moving Day...Days...

May 9, 2009

Moving day is finally here!

Over the past week Shawn and I took loads to the new house and there is still sooo much to move! I can't believe how much crap we have. I so hate moving. I don't want to do this again...ever!

I forgot to take pictures of all our stuff, the moving truck, etc. Dang it, but I was just too stinkin' busy! Oh well...

The only photos I took were goofing around ones:

Brandon and Logan
climbing the tree and jumping to Joey

Justin and Joey wound the kids up with packing
supplies. It was nice to have some fun after
working so hard all day.

Logan.

And some of the adults...wait, it's Stacia, she's a kid too!!

By the time we were unloading, we were EXHAUSTED! It was about killing Shawn to take our cabinets up to the loft. Luckily our friend Ranes came over to help. He seriously saved us. We are so grateful for all the help we had today.

Now we have the chore of getting everything in the house and unpacking...sigh... Did I mention I hate this??

May 10, 2009
Mother's Day

Oh yay...Happy Mother's Day to me. Guess I'm doing?? Yah, unpacking...this sucks! Oh well, we will celebrate next week.

[Moving]

11.05.08

After being in Utah for only 4 months, Hyrum, Morgan and girls are moving back to North Carolina. I'm sad they couldn't stay and give Utah more of a chance. Oh well, they have to do what they think is best for their family. I was really looking forward to getting to know them better.

We all went to Leatherbys as a farewell to them. It was, of course, fun and delish! We love them and wish them luck. I hope NC is good to them!

[Plasma]

10.08.08



After a couple of reschedules, today was the day for me to start donating plasma. I was really excited to make some extra money to save for a house. If I go twice a week, I can make $280/month...YAY!



Unfortunately, I don't have good enough veins and I'm NOT a candidate! That sucks... This would of been an awesome way to make extra money. The place I was going to go to is in my office building so it would of been so dang convenient. Sigh, oh well...



Nic has been doing this for awhile and loves making the extra money. At least he can benefit from it.



*UPDATE*

Nic is no longer going to donate plasma. He had a very bad experience and passed out! He felt like crap the rest of the day. This pretty much scared him away which he is sad about because this was a good way for him to make extra money.