Halloween '09

This year we bought a few pumpkins, but we didn't get around to carving them. Plus, we didn't have the tools to carve them. Oh well. Hopefully next year we'll be able to do some carving. We went and hung out with our good friends/neighbors tonight. We had dinner, visited, and watched "Jurassic Park". Dave really likes that movie, but I think it's a little scary. I don't mind scary movies...sometimes. However, I usually don't prefer them. We also watched "Hanted Mansion" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". We were big party poopers and put a sign on our door requesting no trick-or-treaters in an attempt to keep Sadie from completely freaking out since we weren't home.

Both Dave and I worked yesterday. This year I was Raggedy Ann. I think I pulled it off pretty well. :0) I sure had fun with it. Amazingly, Dave dressed up too. He's not all that into Halloween, dressing up specifically. His branch at work was collaboratively "The Adams Family". He was Fester Adams. I thought he did a great job with his costume.

I didn't get a picture of all of his co-workers, but he says a picture was taken. So we'll have to add it later. There is a group picture of some of my co-workers on my facebook page. Sadie got to dress up as a pumpkin this year, and Jack was himself. All in all, we had a pretty good Halloween.

Happy MA Week!

Random note - I don't like to post more than once on the same day. It's a weird quirk, can't explain it, but I just don't usually write more than 1 post at a time. Yet, here's entry #2 for today.

Last week at work we had medical assistant (MA) week. I don't know if it was just our clinic, IHC, or what, but it was fun. Pretty normal week for the most part. Clinic days with doctors, PCI days for paperwork and phone calls, and a 7:00 AM meeting to complete the week. :0)

Okay, actually Friday was the most fun. We totally got spoiled! One of the MAs made shirts for all of us, we had snacks - crackers, cheese, tomato, avacado, peppers, pita, humus, and chocolate chip zuchini bread. So good. We got lunch brought in, which was kind of amazing. It was sandwiches and pie from Marie Callendar's, not our usual pizza or cafeteria catering. Anything would have been great, but it was just a special treat to get "outside food".

My awesome doctor brought me cookies and a Macy's gift card. It was more than I expected, but very much appreciated. My job is trying at times. I know that the work I do is appreicated, but it was nice to have an official/unofficial week of recognition for what I do. The other MAs I work with are amazing! They are all so good at what they do. Happy MA week everyone.

Quick Trip Home

During my day off this last week I made a quick trip home. It was great to go up for a visit. I've gotten a lot better about going longer between visits, but I still need to see the family and friends every once in a while. The wonders of technology are great, but it can't beat a face-to-face chat.

While I was there I got to see a number of friends, most of whom I haven't talked to in some time. I had good intentions of getting home the same night, but ended up staying in Logan. Lucky me, I got to drive from Logan to Salt Lake. I was really proud of myself - up at 5:00, shower at 5:30, out the door and on the road by 6:00 to clock in at 7:30. Hooray for me! (If you didn't know, totally not a morning person.) We do a 30-45 min. commute, but kudos to anyone who consistently does one any longer.

10 Days of Dave

In the past Dave has done a couple of extra "special" surprises for me. One time he bought me roses and put little sayings in the petals and another time he did a "trail of I love you's". I know he loves me all the time, which is impressive in and of itself when I'm not feeling up to par. So I wanted to do a random special thing for him. Thus the 10 Days (or so) of Dave.

I for one had a great time doing this. I wrote a lot of mega-cheesy sayings, but it was fun and I think Dave looked forward to it. I say 10 days or so because unfortunately Dave came down with major bronchitis in the middle of my plan. He ended up being out of work an entire week, which if you know Dave at all is a super long time. After 3+ years of marriage, I finally got him to get a doctor. Thankfully he is feeling a LOT better.

Among other things, his "treats" ranged from cinnamon rolls to good & plenty to a movie to a night out at a bed & breakfast. While it is definitely not a requirement to do "big surprises" of give flowers every Thursday, I hope that Dave knows how special I think he is and how lucky I feel to be his wife. Sweetie, я люблю тебя очень 99 !

Mats, Mats

Poor, poor Sadie pup has some not quite with it parents. (*sniffle*) Our cute little puppy got her ears shaved today. Her fur gets so matted. Dave recently practically shaved her body, but her ears were too tangled. We attempted to get the knots out, but couldn't do it. So we took her in to PetSmart and were told she had to just be completely shaved. I think it's actually kind of cute.

Another mat...is the target in our backyard for potty time. I bought a "cheap" (on sale $1.50) door mat at Ikea, which has become Sadie's toilet. There are times where frankly I don't care where she goes. I'm just glad she gets her business done. Back to the initial puppy mats, mom and dad will try to keep her better brushed to avoid future shaving.

Will Wonders Never Cease?

A while back I posted that my car was fixed...without needing any additional work. That was true for about a month. But alas my car gave in (again) and refused to start. Nope, wouldn't even try to turn over. It turns out, luckily and thankfully, that it just needed a new battery. I guess my car's original battery did pretty well. It made it 6-6 1/2 years.

The other half of the wonder and amazement is that my sweetie is so handy. He helped me change out the battery...in the dark...with a cold...but we did it ourselves. Hooray porters! I continue to learn that Dave just knows all kinds of things. I definitely married a great man!

P.S. Just as a side note, Dave made it 2 1/2 years without locking his keys in the car. With his Probe he had it down to a science where he could get in in 10 seconds or so. Luckily we found a "trick" to get back into the Jeep.