One Wild Day

Today Dave and I went to run some errands in Dad's Sonoma. On our way to COSTCO, we were stopped in front of Arby's on Yellowstone, when we were rear ended by a kid in a Montero. I didn't see it coming, but I heard squealing tires. I had enough time to see a big white pickup truck fly by me in the turn lane. Then I felt the jolt. Luckily I was wearing my seat belt, and everyone was ok. I immediately called the police as the driver of the other vehicle checked to see if we were ok. I told him we were fine for the moment and that I was calling the police to notify them of the accident.
The Dispatcher instructed us to move the vehicles off of the road if possible so we told the other driver and moved both vehicles into the Arby's parking lot. By the time the police arrived, my neck and left eye started to hurt a bit. When the officer came to talk to us, I informed him that I had some whiplash, but was fine other than that. The driver of the other vehicle was honest in the whole thing, took full responsibility and even went as far as calling us an hour later to let us know he notified his insurance company and make sure we were ok.
Today's photo of course is of the damage done to Dad's truck. Luckily both vehicles had insurance, and nobody was severely hurt. We later found out that the white truck that flew by us should have hit us, but the driver swerved out of the way. The kid who hit us was following that truck too close and saw us just as it was too late. Later that evening, as Dad was driving, we got pulled over by the police for a tail light being out. We explained that the vehicle was involved in an accident earlier in the day and he let us off.

New Hope

I want to start off today's entry with first giving credit to he photographer of this photo, though I'm not 100% sure of it, I believe it was taken with Marsh's camera by "The Hobbit" , and apologizing for slipping off the grid lately. I've been focusing on projects I've got to get done before Christmas, and am beginning to think I bit off more than I can chew. Along with hats and scarves for my nieces and nephews, I've got dishcloths and other projects to make. Chrystal, if you don't get them before Christmas, you'll get your dishcloths before the first of the year. Remember, anytime you want/need more, let me know, I'll be happy to make and send as many as you want. I only ask that you let me give my hands a break for a bit, I am rapidly losing functionality in them right now.

Anyway, I thought I would update all that's been going on here in the Lage family. Dave is enjoying his new schedule, and since he's got Sundays off, the Church hasn't hesitated to get us active again. We are counting down the days until we're given callings, and we're ok with that, our only request is to not speak in Sacrament as we BOTH do not do well in front of tons of people. We only made it to Sacrament last week, and are aiming for the whole block this week, we'll see how it goes.

As EVERYONE knows, Dave and I have wanted to become parents since we got married 5 1/2 years ago and have failed. 3 miscarriages later, still no luck, but are blessed to have a wonderful Gynecologist who is also a VERY GOOD fertility specialist. I have been talking to people who know our desire to be parents, and somebody suggested we try Preseed. I won't go into all the details about it, long story short, its a sperm friendly lubricant to aid in conception. Anyway, I called the doctor the other day and asked for her input on this particular product. She called me today and told me that she has never heard of it, that it wouldn't hurt to give it a try and is also putting me on Clomid for 3 months.

On top of everything else, I"m going to see what I can do to get back into Gold Canyon. I have to renew my membership by Dec 9th, finally booked a party after a year for Dec. 1st, and will hopefully get over my "stage fright" so to speak. Even that little amount of people make it hard for me to speak. If I can get into a website of my own, I'm sure that would help my business skyrocket, maybe one day I'll be able to afford it.

Well, since it's OFFICIALLY Friday, I should see about maybe getting some more sleep. Beginning to get my body on a decent schedule, when I fall asleep around 10:30 pm only to be woken up by the TV around 1am, it's not easy to get back to sleep. Gotta love life sometimes. Hope this finds everyone well.

One Night Stand

Friday night, Dave and I got 2 hotel rooms at the Town Suites by Marriott here in Pocatello. The reason behind the 2 rooms is Dave's "Sister from another Mister" as Heather would put it, and her husband were coming to visit. They decided to stay with some other friends in Idaho Falls, then spend the day with us on Saturday instead, so we decided to give the extra room to Mom and Dad instead of canceling it. At the time this was discussed, Heather and Chas were out of town and we wouldn't know when they'd be back, so it was a choice between Marsh and Emily, or Mom and Dad. We talked to Mom and Dad first, and they said to give the room to Marsh and Emily.
With that in mind, and wanting to make peace for everyone, I discussed it with Dave and with the price we got for the rooms, decided to do the 2 room thing again in a few weeks or next month, and letting Heather and Chas have one of the rooms. Mind you, we only did it because our friends were coming to visit, and knew we could afford it with the price we got them at. If we knew we couldn't do it, we wouldn't have, but after spending the night in a room across town from stress of everyday life and contention, away from ALL the dogs, it was well worth it, and something we're seriously considering doing each month.
The rooms were great too, here's the photo of the "Kitchenette" from across the room. I didn't feel like posting ALL the photos of the hotel room.
Thank you Leon for the hookup, it was awesome to be able to be out of the house and worry free for a night!!!

An Answer to EVERYONE's Prayers

I want you all to take a look at this photo, not at the couple in it but the building behind them. Being able to get back to that building is a personal goal for me, and just this last week, we were blessed to be able to take one step toward accomplishing that goal.
Dave once again, got a schedule change. Instead of working from 7am to 4pm and having Wednesday and Thursday off, he now works from 11am to 8pm, and has Sundays and Mondays off. He starts his new schedule on Sunday, so he's basically got a week vacation because not only does he get this Wed and Thurs off, he got PTO (Paid Time Off) for Fri and Sat due to a friend visiting before they move back east. We're both pretty stoked that he FINALLY has Sundays off ( I still blame it on Tyson, ahem, I mean BISHOP SPENCER!!) and starting NEXT Sunday we're going to go to church regularly.
I know things are beginning to fall into place for us, and who knows what the future brings. It's been a struggle for me on a lot of things, becoming inactive (yes, it's my fault), unable to have kids, integrity questioned, the list goes on and on, but between re-connecting with old friends I'd never imagined I'd get a second chance with, and now Dave being able to attend church again, it's just proof that it's worth it in the end.
When the day comes that I can set foot back in the temple, all who can attend is invited to join us in a session, kind of to celebrate being able to get back there. I really miss it, it really is the best place on the planet to be, and it's where my heart often desires to go.