Life In A New Light

Ever have a day when you're overwhelmed, frustrated, or think...it's all a little too much. I do. Thankfully today wasn't one of those days. I did however have a nasty headache and Rachel has been sick for 3 days. So we ended up comming home from the Center. But before we did, my friend an coworker, Megan and I talked about some of our favorite blogs. She told me of a blog I hadn't heard of before. About a young mom who was in a plane crash with her husband. They were both burned. She quite extensively. Anyhow, I checked it out. Simply stated...Wow. I felt so impressed with her spirit. You can feel it thru her words. Read it. You'll bawl. You'll want to be better, be more grateful, more in tune with life's little treasures.
www.nieniedialogues.blogspot.com

The Move

We moved our computer into the kitchen for ease of watching conference. It makes our kitchen cramped but we are loving having it here. Winslow's new internet obsession (other than his chain saw web site) is BYU TV! The kids love taking turns playing Math games. And we can watch our netflix a whole lot easier.
We finallly got taxes in. Yeah, I know it's october. I HATE TAXES>>>> Because of being self employed last year, we had all sorts of fun stuff to do for taxes. So I avoided it and we extended. But finally it's done. Hurray, and thanks to our fabulous tax guy, we even got a return. Woo Hoo!
Lets see, I threw my back out on thursday. That was fun. NOT! Thankfully it wasn't as bad this time as it was last. Doing soo much better.
We planted a million tulips yesterday, so hopefully some of them will come up. I LOVE SPRING FLOWERS!!!
And Jacob and I are in the middle of a Harry Potter 4 reading contest. It's fun to read with your kids.

A Weekend in Albequerque

So we had a really fun weekend in ALBQ, NM with Winslow's sister Evelyn and her family, and Winslow's Mom. We went to the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta (sort of.) And to the Explora! museum. It was sooo cool. The kids had a blast. Rachel's favorite was the Minkin' Mog houses they made. (AKA Lincoln Log.) Jacob and Abby had fun with Winslow in the "Bubble Room." It was so fun to hang out with family. Rachel and Julie are such a fun pair. We totally wore everyone out! Ev and I got to go to the Sunflower Market. Grandma Lisa was such a huge help and I am always glad when she comes to play. The kids adore her too!

The Balloon feista was very early in the morning. We got up at 4am and still got stuck in nasty traffic trying to get there. Eventually (after waiting an hour to move only a very short distance) we decided to abort mission. Instead of making down onto the launch field, we found a spot just above the field and just off the freeway, to watch. We saw hundreds of balloons take off. It was amazing, and very cold! We've decided next year we are going on a weekday.

Laundry Helpers

When I got home from work today I started a load of laundry. Abby had told me this morning she was running out of socks. So I told Abby to put her socks in the washer with the load I had started. What about underwear, she asked. Yeah, okay, but just your socks and underwear. (understand I put a decent size load in already.)
WELL.... I forgot to put in the soap. So I came back to put in the soap and realized she had put her WHOLE LAUNDRY BASKET worth of clothes into the washer and they were all soaked. AHHH! I had to laugh. I pulled out a whole bunch of soaking wet clothes and put them back into the laundry basket. I told Abby, next time, don't put all your clothes in the washer. OOPS!

Guess I am getting OLD

So this week I was able to experience having Gout firsthand. Some of you may know what this is. I had heard about it, but didn't really know too much, until I got it myself. Gout is an incredibly painful condition in which uric acid crystals build up in your joints. Most common is the foot below the big toe. It usually onsets at night, and is quite painful (I know I mentioned that before, but just incase you forgot....I like to whine.)
Honestly, I wanted to cut my foot off. It hurt sooo BAD. The pain would lessen when I would lie flat and not move it at all. Too bad you have to get up to go to the BATHROOM! Thankfully the Dr got me started on medicine and by yesterday afternoon I hurt, but not nearly as bad. Today I am still sore and some pain but feeling a lot better. Please note I have been on crutches for the last 2 days cause I can't put any pressure on it. Hopefully I will be off crutches by Tomorow.
The funny thing about all of this is that the most common people who get gout, are Men, drinkers, and have some extra padding around the middle : ), and they are OLDER. Now I do know people who have gout who don't fit those qualifications. But Winslow and my Dr thought it quiet hilarious that I have gout, because Obviously I am not any of those things. (well maybe I have been a closet drinker, LOL. Can you even imagine?) So I guess I must just be OLD.