Trip blog

I don't want to get too far behind, so let me do a little intro and then I will tell of my weekend.

A couple of weeks ago my mom decided she would fly up to Montana so I wouldn't have to drive down to Utah alone. Jason has to work until Friday and then he will be coming down with the rest of our stuff. Jason has been shadowing doctors at the indian hospital in Crow for the past few months so he could have enough shadowing hours to be competitive for med school. Anyways... 

Rita and I decided to make the weekend extra special. The boys had gone golfing at least a handful of times while I was up there and we needed a pampering day.

Day 1: Thursday: My mom got there in the afternoon on Thursday. Rita was still at work and Denny had to go help someone with family history. My mom and I spent some quality time going pawn shopping! She had never been and it has become a big part of my life ;) When we walked into the first pawn shop my mom looks at me and says, "this place smells bad!" Yes, it did. We went to three pawn shops that day and found 4 bluray dvd's for her, and then went to Costco for lunch.

Day 2: Friday: The next day (our anniversary) the girls woke up fairly early and drove about an hour to Crow for the parade. We got there just in time. Even though it was a small parade, the Provo Freedomfest parade needs to take some pointers! At the crow parade they threw TONS of candy! I could have gone home with my purse stuffed with candy. Instead, I gave it to the little kids sitting behind me. The people in the parade also threw t-shirts. I got three from the same float thrown at me! One almost hit me and the other two landed at my feet, one for each of us! 

After the parade we went to the hospital and met up with Jason and Quita. Quita had to run back to the pharmacy to work, and Jason gave us a tour of the hospital. It was almost lunch time so we left Jason to finish work, while we went and got a table at the local cafe. We were planning on going to the reenactment of Custer's last stand, but it had started to rain, and I didn't want to sit in the rain for who knows how long. We watched a little tv and went garage sale-ing until Jason got back from work. Unfortunately we didn't find much on that trip. When Jason got home we went to the Temple and did sealings, then we went out to eat. Dinner was delicious! 

Day 3: Saturday: The next day we woke up at around seven got dressed and were out the door by 8am. The time had finally come for the pampering!

We, the girls, went and got pedicures! It was the first time for all of us. They were so nice! We all enjoyed them a lot. After pedicures we stopped at a garage sale and I picked up a different brand of ihome for 2 dollars-yes it did work! 

We went to Wal*mart and then to lunch and a couple more pawn shops. Saturday night we watched Alfred Hitchcock movies on tv. I packed and put things in the SUV and then went to bed. 

Day 4: Sunday: Sunday morning I woke up at seven and finished loading. We had breakfast and said goodbye at around 9 and took the 10 hour drive home. The drive was long, but bearable. About halfway through the SUV started making weird noises. I really don't like it when vehicles I am driving start to make freaky sounds, so we pulled into the nearest gas station and I checked the oil, thinking there must be something wrong with the oil. To me, it looked fine. Unfortunately, it had been a while since I took auto and I didn't know what I was doing. We went on our merry way and drove a while longer, but the car kept making noises, we pulled into another gas station and I called my dad. He reminded me how I need to check oil (flat) and since the oil hadn't been changed in a while, we decided it best to put in a quart of oil. You have no idea how annoying it was trying to get the stupid oil into the oil thing. It was tilted so I had to buy a funnel in order for the oil to make it INto the oil thing instead of ON the engine block. We did that and filled up the coolant a little bit and were finally on our way, now an hour later. The car stopped making the noise, thank heavens, and we arrived home at exactly 7:15. An hour later than planned and we didn't even stop for food.

Two years!!!

Yesterday was our two year anniversary. I really can't believe it has been two years already. They have gone by so quickly, I still feel like we just got married. I am so grateful for Jason and for what he does for me. Our two years being married have been wonderful. I have learned so many things, and grown so much. He really is the perfect husband for me, and I love him so much. I think we compliment each other quite well. Of course there are times when we disagree, but we learn and grow from those experiences. 

In celebration of our two years together, we were able to go to lunch during Jason's lunch break. When Jason got done with work his parents, my mom, he, and I went to the temple and did sealings. It was such a wonderful way to celebrate our two years of being married. After the temple we went to the temple we all went out to dinner. It was so much fun and the dinner was wonderful. I am so happy to be married to my best friend and I am so happy it is for eternity. 

Where have I been?!

Last weekend Jason's parents took us up to Wolf Point. It's about a four hour drive from Billings, and there isn't a whole lot going on up there. It was neat to go up and see where Jason's parents grew up, and where Jason was born. It's a little bigger than Manti, Utah. 

We got to visit Great Aunt Lou. She is 94 years old and still lives by herself. She was so entertaining and I really enjoyed getting to know her. 

We went to an indian museum, which was really small. It actually used to be a jail. Here are a couple of pictures. 

This was a doctor's uniform. You can tell by the necklace he is wearing.

I thought it was really funny that they had mannequins in the cells dressed up.

Jason's grandma's significant other used to drive this actual ferry down the Missouri river when he was 14 years old. He is 82 years old.

This is the weirdest thing I saw up in the middle of nowhere! It is a laundromat, video rental, semi casino (with slot machines), and a little restaurant. I was amazed. 

This is Jason's cousin's three legged dog. Poor thing. 

Ouch.

I wish I could have taken a picture, but I wasn't in a position where I could. 

While I was exercising last week I put on my retainer and left it on my teeth for about an hour. I took it out and went to sleep and was awakened by excruciating pain in the middle of the night. 

Ever since I got my braces off my back tooth has hurt. Food would get stuck up in there so I would have to carry around floss in my purse wherever I went. 

This was different. It was a throbbing pain that wouldn't go away when I brushed and flossed. I knew I had to go to the dentist... 

Let me tell you a little secret... Dentists are freaking expensive especially when you don't have dental insurance... So get the darn dental insurance! 

I went to the dentist's office hoping and praying they could fix whatever was wrong. I went in and the dental hygienist tapped on my teeth and put a cold qtip on them. She finally took an xray of my trouble tooth. She left the room and when she came back she told me that the xray didn't save, so we had to do it again. I told her my bottom teeth were a little painful and I wanted to get everything checked so she tapped on those teeth too and then took xrays of the upper left and bottom left. The doctor came in and explained to me the reason the top tooth was hurting was because it was broken and it was being eaten away on the inside. He said it looked like I might need a root canal... 

I have never had a root canal, but I did know they were EXPENSIVE.

The dentist said that he didn't have time right then to go into the tooth to either fill it, or to see if I needed a root canal. He asked if I could go back at four, and of course I said yes. The receptionist printed out a bill of what I might have to pay. If I just needed a filling it would cost $200 (OUCH) and if I needed a root canal... it would cost me (brace yourselves) $2000. BIG TIME OUCH!!!

Three-thirty rolled around and Denny drove me to the dentist's for the second time that day. The entire time I was praying and crossing my fingers that I wouldn't have to have a root canal. What a horrible way to spend $2000. 

I went in and the dental hygienist put numbing stuff in between my lip and gum and let it sit for a while. The dentist then came in and numbed up my mouth with shots. The only one I could feel was the one he did on the roof of my mouth, and it only pinched. The hygienist had this pink sheet of rubber or something, she punched 5 holes in it really close to each other to put on my teeth to prevent the stuff from getting down my throat (I'm sure it had other purposes like keeping my tongue away from everything else going on in my mouth). 

Then they went to work. I sat there and listened and tried to determine where the drill was and what they were doing. When they were finished the dentist said it looked good. Only time will tell if I need to have a root canal. I need to wait for 2 weeks. If it still hurts, I will need a root canal. 

I am seriously hoping and praying that it doesn't hurt in two weeks!!!

Typical day...

This past week has been quite busy, and not in the way I am used to being busy. Here is a sample of what a normal day has been like while I have been in Montana.

6:30-wake up and make Jason a quick breakfast.

7:00 make myself breakfast and watch random tv until 

9:00 turn the channel to The Price is Right

10:00 I will usually do my homework

12:00 (ish) Denny (my fil) and I will sometimes go to lunch or I will make myself some sort of deliciousness

1:00 do the dishes and clean the house

3:00 watch GSN and check blogs ;)

4:00 work on mini projects 

6:00 eat dinner

7:00 watch some sort of tv show

9:00 exercise

9:45 shower

10:00 watch some of Conan 

10:30 go to sleep

Sounds like a pretty busy day right?! Right, well, not really. The schedule does change and sometimes it is more packed (with more important things, like write a paper, but most of the time it is like this schedule).

This week it has been much much different! Here is my schedule for this week:

6:00 wake up (usually doesn't happen until  6:15)

6:30 try to heat up a breakfast sandwich for Jason (I forgot this morning)

6:45 get dressed and put the things I will need in my bag. Grab my case with all of my tv series (oops, forgot that today too)

6:50 get in the car and drive to Jason's sister's house. When we get there Jason and his sister Quita head off to work.

7:00 put in arrested development and watch for a while until I fall asleep on the couch. 

9:00 I wake up hungry so I have breakfast

10:00 Zynan wakes up. If he has drawn on himself or wet the bed it is time for a bath. 

10:15 it's time to get dressed. Zynan will only wear batman or spiderman clothes. If the one he wants to wear is dirty he cries for a couple of minutes and eventually picks a different shirt.

10:30 I get him breakfast. While he eats I clean whatever I have made messy in the kitchen (or attempt to clean)

11:00 we run around playing batman (one day we went to the park until lunch, it was way fun)

11:30 he wants to go outside so we play outside for a while

12:00 time for lunch

12:30 more batman playing

1:00 time to pull out that magical case of tv series and put in either batman or spiderman

1:15 I fall asleep on the floor watching batman/spiderman

1:40 Zynan wakes me up from my nap and either go outside to play or go to the park

3:00 He wants a snack so we go inside and eat something

3:30 he says a bad word or hits/kicks and goes into time out. I let him have his blankie and he falls asleep (only worked the last 3 days)

3:30 (if he doesn't fall asleep) it's time to put on the batman mask and run around pretending to be batman. 

4:00 time to watch more batman/spiderman

5:00 have a small snack 

5:30 Jason and Quita are back and we talk for a while

6:00 (ish) Jason and I go home. 

6:30 we eat dinner 

7:00 watch tv

8:00 watch more tv

9:00 exercise

9:30 shower

10:00 watch Conan

10:30 sleep

(I did not include time outs, which happen occasionally for hitting, kicking, and saying bad words like "shut-up")

Zynan usually stays home with his dad but his dad is out of town (something to do with firefighting) and his mom is a pharmacist and is at work all day. 

I have learned so much while watching Zynan this week. We have had a lot of fun playing and watching batman/spiderman. Zynan's brother Navarro was home for the first part of the week and he was such a great help! He is 12 and is probably the nicest big brother I have ever seen. 

Anyways... I have had so much fun and even though this kid is a handful he is so cute and fun to be with. 

Here he is at the park pretending to be spiderman 

He had so much fun in the swing and made a friend. Not the boy next to him, the boy's father. Zynan kept saying, "look at me" and then the boy next to him would say, "look at me too."

After a long day he hit or kicked or said a bad word and I would send him to timeout, give him his blankie, and he would fall asleep.

One day we made smoothies. He would put his glass up to mine and say, "cheers." This is a picture of his smoothie mustache/smile. I told him he looked like the joker. 

McDonalds... Need I say more? Oh, I do? He was really polite to the other kids and went about his own business playing in the playplace.

Batman mask! Probably the coolest mask ever. It's not made out of cheap plastic either!

Washer and dryer

When I grow up and have a house of my own I want to own this It's a washer and dryer in ONE! You put your clothes in to wash and don't even have to move them because they are already in the dryer! I really don't know how it works, or if it is any good, but by the time I get a house I'm sure they will be all the rage! Here is the link in case you are interested in checking it out!  http://www.lgwasherdryer.com/combos/wm3431hw.htm