Friday Night Fun

Friday night, after babysitting the girls, Dave and I met the Chaney family at Tough Guy Lanes, for a game of bowling. It was something that Janelle and I planned, and I thought it went over well. Kaitlynn had TONS of fun, and wanted to help EVERYONE bowl. Because I already suck at bowling, I let her help me out on my turn, and for a while, we were ahead of everyone else. When it came time for Kaitlynn's turn, Lee and Janelle took turns helping her out.



After our game was over, we decided to head back to Mom and Dad's to teach them how to play Farkle. They caught on quick, and while we were playing, Kaitlynn slept in the other room. After Farkle, we all decided it was time to call it a night because Dave had to work the next day. There was no fighting, no bickering, and things were pretty fun I thought. It was good to just go out and have fun, without worrying about fights or anything else.

Poor Poor Puppet

Friday I decided that Merlyn's hair was getting long enough to where he needed a shave. To top it all off, where his wound was, was stained from the meds used to flush his wound, so I wanted to get rid of that part too. I started to shave him on Friday, but never finished because I had other things to get done and he needed a break. Yesterday rolls along, and I think "hhmmm, maybe I should finish him off....." so I pull out the clippers after helping Mom and Dad with the Single Adult Luncheon at the church.
While I was finishe him up, I thought it'd be fun to see about giving him a Mohawk. I began to shave the hair away from his ears to the middle of his head, and above his eyes. To my disappointment, it didn't work very well because of the natural part that he has on his head. Then I got to thinking, could I possibly get away with Dying his hair?? I got online during one of my "shaving breaks" and typed in Dyes for Dogs. There were some that had to be purchased for $20 and could cause problems for the dogs, so then I found one about Kool Aid. I read the instructions, thought "hey, this could be easy" and then picked up a few packets and a spray bottle. I had a choice between Purple (Grape) or Red (Fruit Punch) and was disappointed that they didn't have any blue. When I got home, Dave and I decided to run with the Grape. I gave Merlyn a bath, then sprayed down his topknot with the Kool Aide (mental note, when doing this, BE SURE TO USE RUBBER GLOVES!!)
His hair looked grey, and I thought, that'd be cool too, but after it dried, and had time to take to his hair, it turned out to be a faint Lavender color. Looking at it, I'm thinking of adding more, to see if his hair will go a more darker Lavender, so this photo, is going to be a picture of his dye job a work in progress. Let me know what you think. Maybe next time I'll try the Fruit Punch....

Eventful Day Full Of Fun And...................

So we all know that Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson have passed away. Today was a day to remember them, and the many things and talents they had, and it was a day of fun for me. For the first part of the day, I tried to get a little nap in, and then as promised, Dave and I took Kaitlynn to the park for lunch. She ate half of her cheeseburger and drank her chocolate milk all gone, but we smuggled the rest of her lunch out of the park. The school has a rule that the child MUST eat in the park, cannot share their food with the adults or other people, and can't take any food off the premises.
We then took a walk around the block, and when we got home, Dave fixed lunch for he and I. Then we were given the opportunity to watch Layla while Michael and Shauna went to a ball game in Idaho Falls. We took the girls to COSTCO for samples, then to McKees, and Fred Meyer. When we got home, we worked with Layla on her walking, and tried to include a jealous Kaitlynn. Just before Kaitlynn's parents came to pick her up, I got a text from Shauna asking if I'd be ok with watching Layla over night, that their friends wanted to hang out with them. Knowing that it's not a regular basis, and that it's safer for them and for Layla, I agreed to it. I set up a make-shift bed for her on the floor as I don't like her sleeping in the car seat all night, and refuse to have her sleep with us.
I lied her down on the "bed" and then came up to work on my blog. When I went downstairs for something, I found a cute sight and couldn't resist taking a few pictures. This is what I found:


I make a big deal of this picture because for those of you who don't know Merlyn, and haven't met him, he's extremely shy and skittish. The only child I've really seen him taken to is Kaitlynn. He usually has nothing to do with any of the other children, so it took me by surprise when I found him right next to Layla. I must say that in the whole 4 1/2yrs I've had him, he's mad a LOT of improvement. Good boy Merlyn!!

The "Joys" of Life

I went in for my yearly physical last Thursday, and everything was fine but the doctor wanted to do a blood work on me. I had to fast for 12hrs before it could be done, so I went in the following morning. Today I got a phone call from Dr. Callaghan with the results of my blood test. I FAILED! Actually, my blood sugar was fine, CBC's were fine, insulin level was fine, but my Thyroid is "off" she says.

She continued to tell me that my thyroid being off might be the reason I'm so exhausted and depressed. She said that she's putting me on a light thyroid med, and wants to test it again in 4 months, unless I get pregnant before then. If I get pregnant before then, she wants to test it regularly, as it effects the pregnancy.

I will keep everyone posted with things as they go, I'm also supposed to drop weight, get more active and eat better. I have talked to a friend's sister who is a nutritionist and she's given me a few good ideas. The Wii Active will soon be a regular thing for me, and I have already started a few good eating habits such as cutting out a LOT of Sweets, eating until I'm COMFORTABLE rather than FULL, and am working on having 3 meals a day that are Healthy. I don't eat fast food often, and am drinking a lot more water.

Well, I need to get going now, got a few things to do before I call it a night and my Advil PM kicks in.

Anniversary Weekend Day 3

Well, Dave let me sleep in until 12:30ish. When I got up, I got dressed, ate and then asked him what the plans for the day were. Mom, Dad, Marsh and Emily had all gone to Logan for a wedding, so it was just he, I and Heather. We decided to take a trip to Idaho Falls to visit Tauphus Park Zoo. When we got up there, I paid our way in, and just finished looking at maybe 2 exhibits when Chas called Heather. He wanted to walk through with us, and was on his way, so we headed back to the front.

When he finally arrived, we wandered through and looked at all the animals. I had asked if they'd take pictures for me to post on here, and they went a bit crazy with it. It was a lot of fun, we saw lots of Penguins nesting, a baby Lemur, baby Camel, and a Mallard Duck that likes to Dive Bomb the visitors. Heather was fascinated with the Otters, and the Singing Dogs. We also had fun watching one of the Black Swans chasing the Emu's around the enclosure.

When we left the Zoo, we went to Shari's for lunch, and then headed off to the mall. I walked around the mall, looking at the different stores, and then when we got to Barnes and Noble, I decided to see if they had Farkel. To my surprise, they did, and I bought it. After we left the mall, we stopped by Baskin Robbins to get some Ice Cream. (I was delighted to find they brought back Daqueri Ice)When we got back to Pocatello, we fed the dogs and then went to 17 Again. I must say that it was a very good weekend, but a big disappointment to see Dave go back to work. Maybe we should work on winning the lottery so he doesn't have to work.

Anniversary Weekend Day 2

So we packed and headed home by 12:30 from the cabin. When we got home, we got online to check our finances, and of course, Facebook. Friday was our lazy day. We did our own thing, Dave watched his shows that he'd recorded that he knew I wouldn't watch, and told me to play around on Facebook for a while. When the time came, we took a shower and continued to be lazy.
Mom was pretty worried about me being on the computer rather than spend time with Dave, but we both explained to her that Dave was calling the shots and gave me the ok, even insisted. We went with the family to COSTCO for a little lite shopping, then back home where we pretty much ended up hibernating in the basement.

Anniversary Weekend, DAY 1

Yesterday we went to Emily's family's cabin in Inkom. The plan was to stay the whole 2 1/2 days there, but when we got there, the place was a mess. Whomever stayed there before us left food on the counter, a saucepan had food in it still, with a bowl placed over top of it, when Dave lifted it, the stuff inside waved at him. There was a metal tub out on the porch that had water, socks, and a dead mouse in it. We spent some time cleaning it to use it, and then were met face to face with one of the Cabin's "residents". The mouse was a pretty good size, and it wasn't shy of people.
After cleaning off the poo from the mattress of the bed we were going to sleep in, we made the bed and crawled in to just relax. This was about 7pm, and as we lied there, we listened to the rain coming down and the mouse nibbling on the food left in the cabin.
We woke up at 10:30pm. and were up long enough to play a couple rounds of cards and have a snack. I stayed up a bit to watch Mason play with the 3 mice that were running around teasing him, then I fell asleep and didn't move until Dave woke me up around 11am. He fixed me breakfast in bed, then we discussed what we wanted to do. We both decided that we didn't want to spend the weekend cleaning to enjoy our time, and we wanted a nice, HOT shower, so we loaded everything up, and headed home. Here are some of the pictures I took while we were there.
This photo was of the mountain behind the cabin, we loved how the clouds were coming down.


This is the cabin. I think we left it cleaner than we found it.


Yeah, this is the outhouse. They dig a deep hole, when it gets full, they bury it, dig another hole elsewhere and move the outhouse to it.



Yes, they even have a Guys AND Gals pee hole. It's quite quaint.