Update

 

• The computer is still down and this laptop is better than nothing for sure.
• Our road is still torn apart but I'm getting used to cutting through the medical plaza's parking lot to get home so I'm handling it.
• I went to the doctor today and have been advised to double my meds several days before my monthly melancholia sets in. This may seem obvious, but I never really knew exactly when those days would be until having them hit around bookclub time two months in a row. Now I scheduled with myself so I hopefully I can nip those irrational feelings before they take over. Ah womanhood...
• The DISH guy came on Tuesday and figured out that the trees in our front yard have grown so much in the 8 years we've lived here that they're blocking the signal to the dish. He had to move the dish to the back of the house and tweak the angle...who knew? Now we'll be able to watch our shows without them turning into muted, garbly pixels of doom!

Five for Friday--It's a New Year Edition!

 

1. I started the new year out just how I wanted to by getting up early(ish) and going for a walk. I am determined to get at least 11,000 steps a  day on my pedometer (I love that thing) and since we don't have any snow or ice it was easy to go. Hooray!

2. After our Yadies Yunch with Michelle and Eva, Adam and Amy and the girls came over to play games. I was very happy about this because we hadn't been able to get together for awhile. We played Quiddler and finally figured out Dominion, which ended up being very fun. Too bad it was a school night otherwise they would have stayed later.

3. On Tuesday evening I was about to drop Whitney off at dance when I realized I needed about 3000 more steps for the day so I quickly changed my clothes, dropped her off, then went up to the pond to walk 4 laps as the sun went down. It was beautiful and I had the place to myself.

4. On Wednesday afternoon I had my first ever Mammogram! I was pretty nervous about it and my co-worker had said "it hurts!" which didn't ease my mind at all. But maybe it was good that I was prepared for torture because it ended up being super quick and not bad at all. It felt like a big, grown-up milestone for me.

5. I had another doctor's appointment on Thursday! I went back to Provo to the Women's Center (I had gone on December 21st--happy anniversary) for some necessary unpleasantness. Sometimes it's tricky being a woman! I'm just thankful for a great female PA who is thorough and who "pushed" me into getting my mammogram.

**How was your first week of the new year?

Have you had any women's doctor appointments lately?

Do you ever wear a pedometer?**

Comment Window Tidbit: Wow it's Friday already! I was so busy yesterday that I was moving from 5:10am-9:20pm!

Six for Saturday

It has been another hectic week, hence very little blogging has gone on, but here are some tidbits from my week.

1. I still haven't conquered the beast that is couponing, but I did actually have some of the coupons I intended to use with me at Wal-Mart on double coupon day, but since all but one were for $1 off and they don't double dollar coupons that meant I really only benefited by saving an extra .45 cents on string cheese. But the joke is on me because I saved $7 total with my coupons and still spent $99 and left there feeling like I wasn't sure what happened to me.

While walking down one of the aisles at the store this darling little girl (maybe 3 years old) was on the phone with someone and said, "Oh just couponing with mom." It was so cute and oh so funny. My 3 year olds never learned the word couponing.

2. Landon is going to be a rock star for Halloween so we really needed to find him some shades with attitude...mission accomplished.

3. We are still enjoying this mess each day as we come and go from home...yes, it's a pleasure.

While sitting in the construction waiting for our turn to go we saw this Pac-Man Pumpkin decoration in somebody's yard, it made us chuckle.

4. Our ward had a Fall Festival this year (we've never had one before) and these are some of the amazing pumpkins submitted for a contest. I was so impressed! I have no vision or patience for pumpkin carving, so whenever "we" do it that means Randy does it and I breathe out of my mouth for an hour. We don't have anything festive in our house at all this year!

5. I had to leave early the other day so Randy wasn't up yet to make my lunch so I ended up buying school lunch for the first time this year. I had to sneak a bite here and there in-between the busyness of the front office and I never got to eat the roll or apple slices that came with it.

6. I had an appointment with the dermatologist this morning to have him check out a suspicious white patch on my cheek. He ended up numbing that part of my face (which affected my eye too) to biopsy (an alarming word) it. I couldn't feel the pain of that but I could hear the scraping...not pleasant. I couldn't believe how weird my face felt afterward (and still does) or how shaky I was. It wasn't as horrible as it appears to be in this picture but was a little scary all the same. It's kind of messing with my Saturday a bit because I don't want to go out in public like this (apparently I'm fine to post it though...go figure).

I found myself flipping through the Botox info pamphlet while waiting for my appointment. I've never been particularly vain, but this fissure on my forehead really bums me out. I heard a woman (maybe 27) at the hair dresser last month talking about how she got it done on her forehead and can't believe how much better it is. We don't really have a Botox budget, but maybe we should start one.

**How was your week?

Have you decorated for Fall/Halloween?

Ever had a skin biopsy?

Do you use coupons?

Botox?**

Comment Window Tidbit: I've been planning on the costume party all week and even got a doable idea but my face is a mess and I don't feel great, so we may not go. Lame.