Words of Comfort.

Dose that look like the face of Man who needs to be a Dad?

Theral’s mother told him while we were visiting them over the Thanksgiving break that he need some kids so he didn’t have so much free time on his hands. My response was “No. No. no. no, no, no, no, no….. No he doesn’t.” Theral is not ready to be a father and I’m not ready to be a mother but Theral has too much time on his hands and having kids would solve that. Theral and I would potential fight about money, rising them, having them, naming them, who is going to change the diapers, who gets to clean up the puke stains, and most importantly who is going to get up in the middle of the night. Let’s have kids because we have too much time on our hands. (I am really being sarcastic here.) I could go off on that for a while but I’m going to behave myself. I do laugh when I think about it because it is so off the mark from what Theral and I really need. I then think that it was said in my view by a crazy old lady and you can never take to much what crazy old ladies say as reality or fact. Crazy old ladies outlooks on the world are definitely for my entertainment because they just don’t get it. Getting old is going to be fun.

Moving on to Thanksgiving. We went to my sister Jerusha house in American Fork. It was fun. My parents and all my sister were up. We took family pictures, Mariah called the men useless which Jeff took to heart. I cooked, played a singing game and got booed off stage. Jerusha and Rob got a pool table and a ping pong table. All I wanted was to play ping pong the whole weekend. I love Ping Pong. Let me say that again, I really like playing ping pong. Doubles is even more entertaining then playing singles. I have schemed in my mind how I can get a ping pong table in my house. The only way to do that is to give up a room. Master bedroom, living room, or kitchen would have to go. This might work I just need to think about it a little bit more.

For Thanksgiving dinner I did vegetables. I made a green pea and carrot glaze stuff that I really like. I did make a squash soup which was good but maybe not for Thanksgiving. I’m finishing off the rest of that today for lunch. Jerusha did try to get us to take a lot of the desert home. Theral and I don’t need desert. I have bought smaller cake pans because we don’t need a full cake. Don’t fret we didn’t leave her with a lot of turkey; she sent that home with us.

Saturday we did get some one on one time with Theral’s Mom and Dad. Their van needs some more repairs. So as the Van was getting fixed we visited with them. Thus the comment that started off the blog. I think that Vaun gets me more then Renee.

Theral got a kite for his birthday. It came in the mail and we put it together last night. We are hoping for some wind to fly it in. But it snowed today and it was the First Snowfall of the year. So we might need snow boots to go fly. I love the snow.

We did buy the vacum that the little old ladies recommended. I am amazed at how much dirt it picks up every time that I vacum. It picks up more and more every time.

The last week

What has been going on for Theral and I………. Well let me tell you.

I was planning on having Friday night being Theral’s B-Day celebration. I got home at 6:00 pm and listed off numerous thing that we could go do. Theral took a little bit of time to make up his mind. So a little bit after 8:00 o’clock we were on our way.

Friday night a store in Logan was having a Midnight Madness Sale. We spent over an hour and a half in the store. I was looking for new cross training shoes. So in between trying to get some help and trying on shoes, we were there for some time. Theral did try on some shoes. He decided not to get them because his other pair is still good. So I bought some shoes because they were having buy 1 get the 2nd pair 50% off. So I thought that it was the prices on the wall. But no it was not, it was on the MSRP. So the shoes on the wall were marked down slightly. So when I my purchase total came up it was more then I was anticipating. (I have gotten the deal before on the wall prices) So the next day I did a little bit on internet shopping. I found both pairs in a wide online for 75 cents more then what I paid. (Technical I should wear an 8 ½ but because my feet are so wide I general were a 9 ½. So finding the shoes in a wide is a big deal.) So on Saturday I returned the shoes and bought them on line. They should be here sometime this week.

So getting back to Friday night, when we left the store we were both hungry and needed food. Because of the time (it was 9:40) we could either go rock climbing or eat. So we ate. We went to a local placed called Firehouse that dose pizza, pasta, and salads. Ate had a good time and went home and watched a movie.

Saturday is a whole other story. We had a primary activity to practice the primary program that was Sunday. So that went fine. As I was ordering my shoes I heard the neighbors vacuuming. Are vacuum has been on the frizzy for a while. After the primary activity we went shopping for a vacuum. While in Shopko, Theral had a nice little chat with some old ladies and they told him about the vacuum they had bought at Target which was the best vacuum they had every used. I was in the bathroom while he had this conversation. So a vacuum that had old ladies stamp of the best vacuum they have ever used made me realize that is the vacuum that I want. So we will pick it up sometime this week.

Later the night we meet up with Loveina and Sean and a lot of Loveina’s coworkers to got to dinner in Salt Lake and then a B52 concert. (They sing Love Shack to place the band.) She is working in the ER so we got to eat with some nurses and two Trauma surgeons. I really liked the concert. I have not been to one in a while. Loveina called Friday to see if we wanted to go and I said yes.

Sunday day was not a good day for us to be teaching kids. After the program they were all wound up. Within 10 minutes of having them I had made a mistake and made two of them cry about ownership of items. Things went down hill from that point. Thankfully Theral was around. But it even pushed his buttons. By the end three of the five had cried, two to of them more then once.

Ski movies, Birthdays and more

So last week we had are friend Clint stay with us Thursday and Friday night. His bother lives in town but his wife doesn’t like him for some reason. So when he is in town he stays with Theral and I. Clint has a way of interrupting our schedule. But it was fun having him around. Friday we went to the Warren Miller show. I love seeing people ski/board big mountains because not everyone can do it and it also takes a lot of skill. The movie was like 80 to 90 percent jibbing and people hucking off stuff and landing. Very few people turning and showing skills, in my opinions an idiot can huck and land in powder. Also so a ton of underwear was shown, boys doing trick and the only thing covering there hinny (aka butt) is underwear. I have decided when I have a child and if they wear pants so low that their underwear is the only thing coving vital parts bye bye underwear. It will go down in a flaming ball of glory and my child can wear their pants correct or show the world the goods. Let’s talk about decency people…

So Saturday I had training thing at Snowbasin. Theral went for a bike ride while I got the 411 on ski instructing this year. I got done early because HR could not come and so I have to go up again to take care of that stuff. I ended up waiting for Theral for two hours. Good think I love him because my patience’s was getting really thin. We then went and visited Loveina and Sean. They fed us and we had a nice little chat with them. Baby Lenna is at a really cute stage. It was fun to get her to giggle and laugh.

Sunday our Primary class was in fine form. I had to be a mean disciplinary to get them to behave. Theral is meaner then me and I was the meanest that I have ever been. What do you expect when you have little boys that are extremely wound up and in a confined space and sitting next to each other? Angels. I don’t think so.

Monday was Theral 31st Birthday. We got a wakeup call from his bother Mike in the morning. As we were watching Hero’s (seriously what a cool TV show) my parents called and wished him Happy Birthday. My Dad sang to him and it was entertaining. I have yet to get him a present. It is not for lack of ideas but Theral’s inability to make a choice. Theral did move the raft from the garage into the house for the winter. They say it is better for them to be in a stable temperature. What I really want is a smaller raft and all the trimmings.

We found out yesterday that Theral niece Lauren is getting married. She is Mike and Jenny’s daughter. She graduated from high school this past May and is getting married December 28. Her fiancée has returned from his mission within the last six months. I think that she should have a cupcake wedding cake. I would make those cupcakes for her. I love cupcakes.

Stoney Got Married

My friend Stoney went to the Las Vegas wedding commissioner’s office for Family Home Evening Monday night and got married. That is all the information that I know. Her name is Angela Marie Smith. I am very happy for him. I have a lot of question and he has yet to answer them. I just thought that I would share that with the world. I don’t know how long he has know her, what she does, or why they eloped. So many questions so little answers…………………….

Cousin D'Nell ~ heard that you meet Loveina. Tried to call you and I think that you number has changed because the voice mail that I got was a man. So if you read this please call me.

I got my blood drawn yesterday to have it tested again for my Thyroid. While I was in the doctor’s office I saw the skiing magazine gear guide issue on the wall. Theral really wanted this issue. We have made a few efforts to track down this down. Theral is looking at it and I'm going to return it on my next Doctors visit. I really didn't have any qualms about taking it because it was a September magazine (which means they got it in the middle of August) and it looked like it hadn’t been touched. In a doctors office any magazine that looks new after two months in the waiting room is one they are not going to miss. And normally I bring my own magazines to read so I don’t touch ones that possible could be inflicted with germs of sick people. Flu season is here. It is all the air borne illness that get you.

I also got a cavity filled yesterday. In and out in under thirty minutes. It was the quickest Dentist visit I have ever had. I need to get back to work.

Catching up.....

Sorry have not posted in a while. Only excuses are that I’m lazy and that I forgot to do it. So I have not posted since the 12th of October. We didn’t do anything really fun that weekend or I can’t remember. I need write down what is going on in our life as it happens not as an after thought.
We did go to St. George in October. It was nice to see my two of my sisters family and Theral’s Uncle and Aunt. We really didn’t do anything beside visit and hit a few stores. I needed to get out of Logan because the weather was going to be bad and I wanted a nice sunny place. Unfortunately we did have a head wind all the way down and back. We did fly the kite in SG and I thought because of a few gust that we were going to lost it or that it was not very good for it to be up in it. Theral’s B-day is coming up and he needs to decide what he wants because it could end up with a bigger kite or some crappy thing. He needs to make up his mind, the second are tick until he turns 31.
I did get sick from this trip with a cold. It is still lingering but I’m not taking cold medication like five times a day so I think I might be on the tail end of it. But it might also be a sinus infection that I need meds for because it is the second cold for the month of October for me.
Theral was a proctor for the ACT in Preston and earned some money so that he can by himself a ski helmet. On a side note we did by some new skis for us. And when we stop by my sister Jerusha house we got my bother-in-law Rob to by some too. It is fun to see people by things that I think they will have fun with.
I stayed home on Halloween and handed out Trick-or-treat candy. Theral was a chaperon for a movie they were going to be showing at the high school. Little kids are so much fun to hand candy out to. I really enjoy giving out candy. It makes me happy. I was giving out two pieces of candy to all the kids. I did run out and that was my goal. I didn’t buy candy until the night before so I would not be tempted to eat it. I did have a dental appointment on Halloween. I get to go back in this week and have a small filling fixed. I have a lot of watches for cavity development on my left side of my mouth. Apparently I don’t brush as good on the left side because I’m left handed and my wrist dexterity doesn’t like to flex that way.
This past Saturday, I ran a 10k and Theral did a 5k. My neighbor need some people to do it with, so we signed on. We both have matching shirts from the event (that is why we did the run for the shirts of course).
We don’t know were we are going for Thanksgiving. I thought a cruise might be fun or going to Death Valley. My sister called me last week and put the heat on to go to her house so that my family could take family photos. She made me feel guilty that I didn’t want to spend the holiday with family. I do have issue with my family and Theral’s family ~ maybe years of therapy will help me solve these unresolved feelings that I have. She was definitely in a testy moody. My friend Tammie did invite us to her house. Theral sister called to ask what are plans were because she is trying to get the Mikesell monthly dinner to be Thanksgiving. So far I think that my sister is going to win. Man can they lay on the guilt. That is what they are really good at. So no fun cool vacations for us for the week of Thanksgiving. I do have vacation days that I need to use. I did ask Theral yesterday what we were going to do for Thanksgiving and his reply was that we have three weeks to deal with it. But what he doesn’t realize is that the guilt is going to get me.
I did by some small cake pans. I have decided when I want cake, I’m going to make enough for four people not twenty. I didn’t realize how long this was getting. Ok in the next post I will address another thing in my list.
The photo is from our trip to Washington.