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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Thank you Nyquil!!!
The beloved flu has arrived early this season at our house. Friday afternoon (just as I was getting off of work) I began to feel a little woozy- I had a bad headache and felt a little achy. I had a ton of homework to do this weekend so I took an ibuprofen and a power nap hoping that I'd feel better when i woke up- boy was I wrong! So I decided to sacrifice the rest of my afternoon, taking it easy, hoping it would just pass me by- boy was I wrong again! I woke up early Saturday morning coughing up a storm, super achy all over, and I felt hot but also felt freezing..... Jesse had to go to training at H&R block ( his new job) all day but was nice enough to go and get me medicine and a thermometer before he left. Yeah... I had a 102 temperature. Jesse got me Nyquil, which I had never had before. He then left for work at around 8:45am, I took the Nyquil promptly, went to sleep and didn't wake up until about 2:40pm. It was great! when I woke up my fever had broken but I still felt like I had gotten hit by truck. Then Jesse got home from work later that evening- he had had a headache all during his training and was then starting to feel achy... long story short our weekend was not very eventful- I don't think I've ever slept or watch as much crap TV in a 48 hour period as I have this weekend! lets hope we wont be visited by this again this season. I'm almost hoping I wont be well enough to go to school tomorrow... at least my professors wont think I'm just lazy because my homework is still not done.
P.S. Thank you to all of our concerned family and friends who kept checking in on us and offering to bring over meals! This weekend has showed us how much we are loved and cared about!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Concerto de rock
We went to a concert this last wendsey in blackfoot! We saw "Boys Like Girls" and "Cobra Starship." I'm not a really big fan of either but Jesse likes BLG and got tickets so how could I say no? It was fun but I forgot how crazy those shows are! I forgot how sweaty you get, how many people sweat ON you, how much bodily contact you have with complete strangers, an how much bands LOVE to curse! It makes me feel kind of old.... I used to love for that stuff! I'm comforting myself by telling myself that I just had a hard day prior to the concert and was tired but.... I don't know.
Friday, September 25, 2009
If You Need A Giggle
So Jesse LOVES these two videos! and he wanted me to post them on our blog- I think they are both hilarious but I think we might have an odd sense of humor....enjoy!
All the Single Babies
So my friend Jeanne recorded her daughter singing to Beyonce, which I found hilarious! but I found this little video on Youtube last night and laughed till I cried! watch at your mascara's own risk!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Family Pictures 2009
so I was too busy being a newly-wed last year to send out our first christmas card so I had to do a really good one this year right?! Plus I really wanted to get our first (non-wedding) family pictures done- so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone! My good friend Alyssa Richardson is an AMAZING photographer and I enlisted her help! So this last weekend we all set out around Rexburg and took our pictures- so here they are! Enjoy!
P.S. these are not the best ones, I'm holding back on some because I want our christmas card to be a surprise! sorry! and yes for all of my CA friends- I died my hair =)
Friday, September 11, 2009
Eight years of retrospect
September 11, 2001, the day that will live in infamy- in my lifetime. I woke up early for school like any other day, and started to get ready. As I did I heard the phone ring, which was unusual but I didn't notice until I realized my mom was talking to my dad on the other end, which was also unusual. and I heard my mom turn on the television, another unusual thing. I came down stairs to see my mom just staring at the TV holding the phone to her hear but she looked like she forgot she was still holding it. On TV some building had a lot of smoke coming out of it, I asked her what was up. She told me that they think some airplanes had run into the World Trade Centers. I had never head of the World Trade Centers and asked her what they were; she told me they were really big buildings in New York. When I arrived at the bus stop, all was normal, I can't remember how it came up but someone asked if we had heard about the World Trade Centers getting hit- it might have even been me. Like myself, many of my 8th grade school mates had never heard of those buildings, I remember I felt proud of myself as I explained to them something I had only learned moments before.
The TV was on as I walked into Mrs. Evan's science class, my first period class, it had more pictures of the towers with smoke coming out of it, only this time it was old video, Mrs. Evans told us the towers had collapsed. She gave us some busy-work assignment so that we would still be productive, but she kept the TV on in the background and no one spoke. Ten minutes later Mrs.Evans received a phone call. After she turned off the TV and said that the Principle/school board requested that all TVs be kept off, because the material was too sensitive to us at our young age.
The day went on like usual, but the teachers all seemed a bit quieter and distant. I walked in to Mrs. Glance's history class, my 6th and last period of the day, and was surprised to see the TV on. Mrs. Glance was an older women who was always on the verge of eccentric but she was one of my favorite teachers. after we all got settled she announced that today was history in the making! She said we probably too young to feel or understand the implications of this tragedy, but we were old enough to have a right to what was going on! She said she didn't care how many times they would tell her to turn off the TV, she wasn't going to. I don't know what we did the rest of the day but I remember that I was bothered by her words. I was old enough to understand anything! I wasn't a baby! but I soon realized she was right...
People cried a lot for a couple of days. people I knew, people on TV, everybody cried. but I didn't cry. It seemed really bad what happened but that about where my feelings stopped. I felt indifferent. I wanted to feel sorry for everyone who died, I wanted to cry, I wanted to understand the implications of this tragedy, but I couldn't....
The years pasted swiftly and the September 11th's came and went, I only have memories from September 11th 2002 because my mom was involved in a major car accident that day. Last year shortly after school started I noticed American flags in many front lawns around town. It thought all day and I couldn't remember what national holiday it was! Then later that night I realized that it was September 11th! I felt embarrassed and angry with myself for being so disrespectful! I vowed I would do differently this year. So I put my own flags up last night! And have tried to keep it in my thoughts all day.
After work I noticed a "remembering 9/11/01" link on a pop-up on my computer and thought "huh- that would be a good thing to do today!" so I clicked it. MSNBC.com had posted clips of their news cast that day, all the highlights: when they first started covering it, when the second plane hit, when both towers fell. I watched them all.... I watched everything I missed that day, eight years ago during my 8th grade classes. I got goose-bumps knowing, remembering that day. I wanted to tell Matt and Katie, as they made guesses of what they were watching (before real reports came in), that yes! what you think is happening is really happening! I wanted to tell them what was going to happen in the next few weeks and months for them. I wanted to tell them how the single day has changed all of our histories forever! and then I noticed something. I noticed a tear on my cheek. I realized I was crying! After 8 years... I finally cried.I now understand the tragedy of 9/11, I understand the hurt and the pain and the loss. I understand its far reaching affects because I'm still living them!
My prayers are with all who has been affected by 9/11 today. Those pasted and those still with us.
Where were you 8 years ago today? How has it changed YOU?
The TV was on as I walked into Mrs. Evan's science class, my first period class, it had more pictures of the towers with smoke coming out of it, only this time it was old video, Mrs. Evans told us the towers had collapsed. She gave us some busy-work assignment so that we would still be productive, but she kept the TV on in the background and no one spoke. Ten minutes later Mrs.Evans received a phone call. After she turned off the TV and said that the Principle/school board requested that all TVs be kept off, because the material was too sensitive to us at our young age.
The day went on like usual, but the teachers all seemed a bit quieter and distant. I walked in to Mrs. Glance's history class, my 6th and last period of the day, and was surprised to see the TV on. Mrs. Glance was an older women who was always on the verge of eccentric but she was one of my favorite teachers. after we all got settled she announced that today was history in the making! She said we probably too young to feel or understand the implications of this tragedy, but we were old enough to have a right to what was going on! She said she didn't care how many times they would tell her to turn off the TV, she wasn't going to. I don't know what we did the rest of the day but I remember that I was bothered by her words. I was old enough to understand anything! I wasn't a baby! but I soon realized she was right...
People cried a lot for a couple of days. people I knew, people on TV, everybody cried. but I didn't cry. It seemed really bad what happened but that about where my feelings stopped. I felt indifferent. I wanted to feel sorry for everyone who died, I wanted to cry, I wanted to understand the implications of this tragedy, but I couldn't....
The years pasted swiftly and the September 11th's came and went, I only have memories from September 11th 2002 because my mom was involved in a major car accident that day. Last year shortly after school started I noticed American flags in many front lawns around town. It thought all day and I couldn't remember what national holiday it was! Then later that night I realized that it was September 11th! I felt embarrassed and angry with myself for being so disrespectful! I vowed I would do differently this year. So I put my own flags up last night! And have tried to keep it in my thoughts all day.
After work I noticed a "remembering 9/11/01" link on a pop-up on my computer and thought "huh- that would be a good thing to do today!" so I clicked it. MSNBC.com had posted clips of their news cast that day, all the highlights: when they first started covering it, when the second plane hit, when both towers fell. I watched them all.... I watched everything I missed that day, eight years ago during my 8th grade classes. I got goose-bumps knowing, remembering that day. I wanted to tell Matt and Katie, as they made guesses of what they were watching (before real reports came in), that yes! what you think is happening is really happening! I wanted to tell them what was going to happen in the next few weeks and months for them. I wanted to tell them how the single day has changed all of our histories forever! and then I noticed something. I noticed a tear on my cheek. I realized I was crying! After 8 years... I finally cried.I now understand the tragedy of 9/11, I understand the hurt and the pain and the loss. I understand its far reaching affects because I'm still living them!
My prayers are with all who has been affected by 9/11 today. Those pasted and those still with us.
Where were you 8 years ago today? How has it changed YOU?
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