seriously . . .

I am SO done with snow. I can't believe it! ITS ALMOST APRIL PEOPLE! Arizona is just looking better and better by the hour!

ok, I'm over it!

I realize I haven't blogged in a while, but I'm currently fighting an awful ovarian cyst. And I'm getting a cold on top of that. So yeah. Haven't been in the blogger mood lately. Maybe someday my body will realize that being sick and in pain is really NOT fun, and it'll decide just to not be anymore! Well, at least our insurance kicks in on Wednesday! I never realized how important insurance was until I didn't have it! The only issue is it's Cigna, so we have to go to MountainStar hospitals and clinics. Thats sad 'cause now I won't be able to deliver at AF. (If and when I get pregnant. No, I'm not pregnant right now.) It also means I have to switch my OB, which I am SO incredibly sad about. I could still go to Dr. Anderson, but then I'd have to deliver in Payson! PAYSON! yeah- His office is in Payson, but he doesn't have rights at Timpanogos Hospital, so I'd have to deliver at Mountain View. Um, I think I'll pass. At least I know a lot of good ob's that I can go to!

Anyway, like I said, I'm not pregnant now, so wit doesn't really matter. But I like to think ahead about these things!

Have a great day all!

ugh! What a week!

This really has not been a good week. Seriously. I'm really just so done with this week. I won't go into a lot of details, but lets just say, I'm ready for it to be next month now! I'm ready for sun, and for warm weather and for vacation time . . .

We're thinking we're going to try to go to Arizona this year for our vacation. We've got a few friends there (namely Steve's best friend, and my best friend.) So we've got a lot of motivation to go down there!

So, like I said, my best friend is now in AZ. (there's a reason I'm not using names. just fyi) I didn't think I would take it this hard! Seriously. I knew I'd be sad, but it feels like my heart has been ripped in two! and half of it is a whole state away! Last time I remember feeling like this was when Steve went on his mission. I guess what they say is true- you don't fully appreciate what you have until you don't have it anymore! Friend, you don't know how much you are loved! I put you right up there next to Steve (in a purely platonic way of course! :P )

I think one of the reasons I'm taking it so hard is also because of what else is going on right now. The other things are really kind of messing with my emotions. I think I would have been able to handle all of these better if they didn't all happen in the same week!

I did get a really nice blessing from Steve a few days ago, which was really comforting. I really felt the spirit so strong that night, and I wrote about it in my journal- I ended up with 10 pages! I haven't written 10 pages in one night since Steve was electrocuted a few years ago! So basically, I will get through this, but it will probably be kinda tough. :(

Miss you friend. Love you even more! :*(

oh, to love what you pay for . . .

So, once upon a time, I got my hair cut- I asked for chunky blunt bangs, and got WAAAAAY lots of bangs. lots and lots and lots and lots of bangs. And then- even a few more. Let me remind you . . . .
ahhh this takes me back . . . .
to this picture of me playing at my grandma's with emmy- we were playing with some house thing (it may have been a play mcdonalds set) - seriously, I wish I could find that picture! I'm pretty sure emmy has it somewhere, I'll have to see if I can get her to put it in a post . . .

This is, unfortunately, the best I can say my hair ever looked. Really, it just hung there- and the bangs! Just SO many! Usually I wore it in a ponytail with a headband holding the mass of bangs back. (Seriously- the MASS of bangs)

So, I've been wanting to get it cut for a while now- and I finally did it! I don't think I've ever LOVED a haircut as much as I like this one! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I did my own little photo shoot.

Last time I had that sad excuse for a haircut I thought I'd get rid of my layers, you know- try something new. Yeah, bad idea. I went back to layers, and they make such a difference!

She feathered my bangs into the layers as much as she could- so now as it grows in it'll look a little more natural. Not so much like a 'blunt bang'.

So I took a whole bunch of pics, and started playing around with picasa, trying my hand at editing.

This one doesn't look that great, but I thought for my first try it was ok!

I did get better! :)

a little more playing with the editing . . .

A little playing with soft glow

What would chelle look like with blue eyes? I thinks it looks alright . . . but I think I'll stick to green.

And I think quite possibly my favorite pic of me ever . . . .

I really liked the way this one turned out! So now that I've had my moment of vanity- I'll go back to being oh-so-humble! :)

Really, I don't usually like to post pics of me, but I had a few peeps ask me what my new haircut looked like, and I had fun playing with picasa! So yeah. I love the satisfaction of really loving what I've paid for! :)

k thats all!

~chelle

Daniel-san: you are officially FIRED!!!

Ok Daniel. it's on. SO on. You are officially fired. So yesterday when we dropped Emmy's black filmy thingy you mentioned that there was a dance class Jenni could take. Yay, great for dance classes!

Just one problem. I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE THE WHOLE DAY!!!!! Seriously!! Every time I turned around Jenni was saying something like 'mom, are you SURE the class hasn't started.' or 'Mom, maybe you should just call Daniel now. just to make sure'. I think my favorite though was "You know mom, if the dance class starts at like 12:20 I might just have to miss some days of school."

Oh my glory! We kept telling, and telling, and RE-telling Jenni that the class wasn't today, and we didn't have time today anyway, and we'd call Daniel tomorrow or Monday to find out when the class was, and that school is more important than dance, so if it is during school, you won't be able to go, but Daniel is smart and he probably wouldn't make the dance class the same time kids were at school and on and on and on and on and on AND ON AND ON!!! I'm not kidding. She talked about it ALL DAY LONG.

So, I think Jenni is just a little bit excited about taking dance. just a little.

She's the cutest little bug! aside from talking about the dance class- she said some other funny things today. We were in the car coming back from Salt Lake, and I'd been listening to KSL. Not really because I was interested in it, but because thats what was on when I got in, and I just hadn't changed it! (I know, I'm getting old! I don't get bored by talk radio!!!!!! ACK!) anyway, so finally after about 10 minutes Jenni says "Mom, can we PLEASE listen to some music now!" as if the talk show was hurting her! So I turned it to the next preset dial, but they were on a commercial, so I turned to the next one- Kbull 93. It was playing a slower country song. She sighed this great big sigh and said "UH, no mom. I want a rock and roll song!"

Apparently my daughter doesn't like country?!? where did she come from??

so then I changed it to my 99.5 where they were playing a song by Three Doors Down. She liked that one. Silly! I mean, don't get me wrong, I love 'rock and roll' as she knows it, but it just struck me as really funny! She then went on to tell me that she was going to be getting drums for next Christmas. I said "really??" she said yes. That Santa would be bringing her drums for Christmas, and she would have got them this year, but she forgot to remember that she wanted drums, so Santa will bring them next Christmas.

hopefully she'll forget to remember that she wants drums next Christmas!

ok, so really Jenni is so funny!! I'm sitting here typing this at 3:30 am cause I can't sleep, and I hear crying. At first I thought it was Joe-joe, since he's the one that cries in his sleep, but then I realized it was Jenni! So I quickly went into her room, and she's sitting on her bed crying! I asked her what was wrong and she said (still crying) "Mommy I just want to be done!" I asked her what she wanted to be done with. she replied "I just want to be done with the tubby!"

hee hee! I kindly reminded her she wasn't in the tubby anymore, that she was asleep. that was about a minute ago. She's now asleep again on the couch. (she just didn't want to sleep in her bed, and I knew if I fought it, she'd stay awake! so I caved.)

oh my jay-jay bug is so much fun! I started teaching her the hand game I used to play with Emmy when I was young- 'say, say oh playmate' with the clapping and stuff. She's really getting into it! she keeps saying stuff like 'how 'bout instead we do it like this!" and trying to change it. I told her we'd try to get the normal way down before we start trying to change it! Here's some pics from after our tubby. She wanted her hair up in a towel like mine! Then we had to take some pics from after we combed our hair. (and naturally we had to take some silly pics!)

ok, this post is officially super long now, so I'll say tah tah! or would it be ta ta. whatever. how about I just say . . .

peace out yo!

Hey all!

How's life out there in the cyber-world? Hope all is going well!

Things here are crazy! I just got home from work. We've been SO busy lately! On Saturday they called and asked if I could come in at noon because they didn't have a secretary- so I did. It was SO SO SO busy. By far the busiest day I've ever worked. We have 13 discharges and 5 admits in a matter of about 3 hours. SO SO crazy! Then Tuesday was a normal busy night- but tonight! We had 8 admits- and all 8 mom's delivered within a 2 1/2 hour period! So, naturally Labor and Deliv. brought them all down at almost the same time! oh. my. glory. So So SOOOO busy! but then, after I admitted the last person- we were full! So then I started on nametags- I made TEN nametags! seriously- by the time I was done my right hand was almost throbbing! But the nametags were super cute! I couldn't believe how many we needed! I had people ask me to make like 4 others, but I had to say no because I was supposed to leave at 2. (as it was I didn't end up leaving until almost 3!) Anyway, love it love it! I really do love my job. even when its crazy busy!

Other than that things are pretty much the same! Jenni is loving school. Steve is doing really well at his job. And joe joe is . . . well, he's just joe-joe!

Life is good!

I ran over a noodle in my car because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.

I stole this from my SIL's blog. Thought it was real funny!

Me- I ran over a noodle in my car because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Steve - I jumped on a fork in your bathroom because I'm cool like that. (ow! I don't think jumping on a fork would be that cool . . but whatever!)
Jay-jay - I loved my brother in a hole because I'm AWESOME!
Joe-joe - I licked a smurf sliding down a hill because I'm . . . sweet . . . and I do what I want.

(like Janelle, I edited that last one because I'm the mom, and I can.)

and because my mom won't know how to get this on her blog- here's hers:

Mither-lee's -- I loved a snowman at the dinner table because I'm NOT crazy. (I'm guessing on the shirt color!) hee hee!!

ok, I've got lots more to write, but I'm gonna try and sleep some more. (hopefully this time I will be successful- seeing as how I'm supposed to work tonight!)

Here's the info if you want to do it!

Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7-------my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbour
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama

What is the last number of the year you were born:
1--------- In my car
2 --------- On your car
3 ----------- In a hole
4 ----------- Under your bed
5 ----------- Riding a Motorcycle
6 --------- sliding down a hill
7 --------- in an elevator
8---------- at the dinner table
9 -------- In line at the bank
0 -------- in your bathroom

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White---------because I'm cool like that
Black---------because that's how I roll.
Pink-----------because I'm NOT crazy.
Red-----------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green---------because I think I need some serious help.
Purple---------because I'm AWESOME!
Gray----------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow--------because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange--------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown---------because I can.
Other----------because I'm a Ninja!
None----------because I can't control myself!

So much to write about . . .

It's only been about a week, but there's SO much to write about! Firstly- my sweet grandmother has finally left this earth, and has joined my grandfather and uncle in heaven! While I'm sad I won't get to be with her anymore here, I am so glad she's finally Home. She wanted so badly to go, and she passed very peacefully. I am so grateful that Families are Forever, and even though I know I have some things to set straight, I'm glad I have the chance to be with her again. I look forward to being with them again someday. I might also add that this experience has been good for me. I didn't ever question whether or not I would see her again. I just knew. That was comforting. I was asked to play the Organ at her funeral- and even though I totally missed the opening song, it was nice to be able to contribute. (Luckily they had someone else lined up to play prelude, so she was able to play the opening song for me!)

My grandma is with my grandpa again! She's been a widow for almost 19 years. Absence makes the hear grow fonder!

This week in our house we've been hosting some new additions! namely strep, croup, bronchiolitis and another kidney infection. Since Monday . . . . Steve has had Strep, Joe-joe has had croup, and chelle has bronciolitis and a return of her Kidney infection! Fun for us not really. Needless to say, with our new favorite After Hours Medical and over $200 later, we're all starting to feel a little better! Thanks to Jan and Mom and Daddy for helping us get there until we could make it to payday!

I had another Testimony building experience this week. And this one really snuck up on me! I was on facebook, and I saw a note one of my high school friends had written. He is having issues with his belief in the church, and had posted his feelings about it, along with some video clips from an excommunicated member. He talked about how he's feeling just like this man was feeling, and he wanted people to know. He got so many comments (some nice, and some not so nice) about this. He commented on how sad it made him that some people weren't' even willing to give it a chance. They wouldn't even listen to this man. (basically they were judging him without any knowledge of what he had to say). I have long since decided that I don't want to be one of those people who won't listen to other peoples beliefs, even if they don't coincide with my own. I listened to about half of these video's from the ex-member, and had the most interesting experience! When I started watching it just didn't sit right with me. I was going to turn it off right away, but felt I should listen to more of what he had to say. As I listened there were so many things this man said that just felt SO wrong. I finally turned it off when I felt I had given it enough of a chance. I walked over to my sink to do the dishes and started thinking about what I had heard, and I just had the most overwhelming feeling coming over me that the Church is true. I mean, I already knew that- but it was a reconfirmation of that knowledge. I really hadn't expected it! I felt so strongly that I belong to the Church and I was where I was supposed to be in life! It was incredible! really, so unexpected!

Anyway, so thats our busy week. I'll miss my grandma, but again, I know I will see her again. And I may not be able to go to work tonight because of my stupid bronchial thing, but I feel that this won't be long term since we caught it fast- and they put me on two heavy duty antibiotics, so things should get better soon! And, THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!! I know that. With all of my soul I know that.

That feels SO good!