DONE!!!

WE ARE DONE!!! Now enjoy the pictures! :)

I acidentally bought two of these tables. It would cost more money to send it back than to just keep it and try to sell it myself. It's 32 inches tall, 30 inches wide and 16 inches deep, I'm selling it for $50 if anyone is interested.



John picked out these balls and is very proud of them.

Can you believe that this only took us 7 months?
Anyone curious how much this ran us? Well we were so we saved all the receipts from start to finish. The grand total came to a little over $2,000. A project that when we started we thought it would only take a couple weeks and a couple hundred bucks sure turned into a lot more.
Instead of just doing the ceiling we also adjusted walls, added new lighting, new doors, hinges and knobs, bi-fold doors, new moldings, paint, a cat door, and new flooring down the stairs and in the hallway (this is where most of the money went).

I'm so glad the hallway's done...but we seem to have holes in every other room downstairs now... John's looking for a new project but I'm pretty sure fixing those holes aren't on his list.

working until 6 does this to you

Normally I get off at 4 but on days where a co-worker calls in sick I get to stay late. So what do I do with the last hour of work where I get no phone calls, no visitors or any other kind of work? read strangers blogs of course!

We'll I've been reading this one and wondering why do I do this to myself? I'm almost a blubbering mess when it's time to go home. This wonderful women's blog is about her struggling through infertility and then finally getting pregnant with twins who are born 3 months early. (the only proper way to read some one's blog for the first time is to start from the first post they ever made and make your way to the present)

For those who don't know, I was born 3 months early and never really thought much of it until recently. This women's blog really brought it home to me. How did my parents go through all of the medical stuff with me and stay so strong?
My heart breaks for every sad post and I jump for joy at every milestone those sweet twins make it to. You never know some one's struggles until you read about what they went through on a daty to day basis.

I hope I never have to go through something so heart wrenching and I love my parents deeply for going through it with me. Thanks for believing that I could make it(being my mother's daughter who would have thought differently?)!!!

Oh great, here come the water works again! :)

Am I obsessed? I think so

Zions Bank lets you add a picture to your debit card and this is what I picked.


(no that's not my account number, it's a generic card they sent to my email to approve the picture. Sorry to disappoint all who wanted to steal my money)
I got the real card in the mail yesterday and it looks so much cuter in real life.
My pups picture was just made to go on my debit card!

A snowy hike

I try to take the dogs on an off leash hike once a week and with the help of Dana it's really not that hard to accomplish.
Yesterday we went on the Pipeline Trail in Millcreek Canyon and had a blast.

Here are the pups in the car as we drove to meet Dana. Enna always sits on the arm rest between the front seats and Makoa was just too excited to stay in the backseat by himself.

The dogs were so happy to be off their leashes in a new area and ran up the trail.



There weren't as many dogs there as there are at Tanner, but we did meet a few.

Whenever a dog was coming down the trail Makoa would run to meet him and then jump on his face to play. He really is my little social butterfly.

On any hike the dogs (mostly Enna) are so silly, they dont want to go around the person in front because then they'd have to go in the deep snow so they ride right on the heels until you step aside or something really grabs their interest.


Enna and Makoa will always take off down the trail but I never worry too much because they always come back to check in. Here's Enna making sure I haven't died from a heart attack on the way up the trail.


The first part of the hike was pretty steep and required a lot of breaks but the view once you got to the top was worth it.


At the spot where we finally decided to turn around was a little clearing down from the trail. John threw snowballs down into it and the dogs would chase after.





Towards the end of the hike John ran down the steep parts and the dogs would fun after him, but Enna always had to run back up to Dana and I to make sure we were still coming. John would then call her name and she's zip off down the trail again! That little pup is so fast! I need to get her in agility or fast ball, we'd always win!

Finally at the end we were all tuckered out and ready for a nap. Luckily the dogs got to take one right away.


I absolutely love being able to take the dogs to off leash places and I know they really love it too! If anyone wants to come along on a hike just let me know! We'd be happy to have you!

What's that smell?

Warning: The post you are about the read is disturbing and may not be suitable for all readers.

Yesterday when I walked into my house after work I was hit by an awful smell. I thought maybe the sink clogged and after I put my stuff away in my room I would take care of it. Well the closer I got to the bedroom the worse the smell got, I opened the bedroom door and was hit by the bulk of the smell. Makoa had become sick and had the worst case of diarrhea I have ever seen. It was all over the pan in his crate and had started pouring out onto the carpet. He was covered from his tummy down and just reeked.

I let Enna out of her crate while I pondered on what to do with Makoa. I didn't want him to run through the house the way he was but he had to go outside so I could clean up this mess. I finally grabbed a towel, plucked Makoa out of his crate (while I tried not to gag) and plopped him outside.

My next task was to get Makoa's crate into the bathroom, this took me a few tries because I could only get a few feet before I felt like I'd be sick. When I finally made it to the bathroom I threw the whole thing in the bathtub and turned the shower to scolding hot. It wasn't coming clean. I panicked. I didn't want to touch it to scrub it!!! I grabbed a big bucket and started pouring it on the crate, this helped but it took me 15 minutes to get the crate clean.

Now it was time to tackle Mr. Stinky. Again I grabbed him with a towel and got him in the full bathtub without much of a fight. He then got drenched with the same bucket that was used on the crate. I wanted him mostly washed off before I had to touch him. I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed. the poor guy, I dont think he'll be my water hound anymore!

By then John had gotten home with a rented Rug Doctor and went to town on the carpet. The smell was bothering him so bad he had to get a face mask from the basement! okay folks, it really wasn't that bad, John was just being a drama queen. After cleaning the carpets he proclaimed that he couldn't deal with the smell and was going to his parents.

Dana came to my house an hour later and when I asked her if it still smelled bad she told me that it smelled like dirty baby wipes. I guess thats better than rotting death.
The smell was still faint in the bedroom when it was time to go to bed and I kept waking up to the smell and wanting to be sick. Hopefully the smell will dissipate before I get home.

Now brace yourself for the creature I had to bathe, you may want to hold your breath:


He was fine all night and hasn't gotten sick again. I think he may have just ate something that upset his tummy.

Aren't you glad I shared? :)

counting down

In a month from now I'll be on a plane to LA to board a cruise ship heading off to 8 day cruise to Mexico . This month better speed by, but the week in Mexico better drag!

After the headache with the travel agent we're lucky that we even get to go! We made a payment of $300 with a gift card that John got from work and John shredded the card right after. They called a few days later saying that we still owed $300 and it threw us off thinking that it was all paid off, turns out they never ran the card and we were out a huge chunk of money!
John went to work to see if we could cancel the card and get a new one. well long story short, a month after we ran the card we finally got a check from John's work to replace it but by then we had already paid off the cruise so we wouldn't lose our spot. Does anyone want to know my opinions on Morris Murdock travel? :)

Some other trips that might be in the works:
Yellowstone with my family
San Fransisco with John's family
Breeding trip with Enna (this is still up in the air, we know we're breeding her this year but we dont know where, when or who with.)

seeing double

ear piercings that is.
I've wanted to get them done for a long time now but never got around to it. Yesterday I worked with my friend who has doubles and we talked about them for a while so I said, "I'm going to get mine done tonight!"

When I got home I told John I was going to go get my ears pierced and asked if he wanted to come he said sure but just stood around eating popcorn while I was getting my shoes and coat on. Finally I said, "well I'm leaving...." He just shoved more popcorn in his mouth and said, "Okay bye!" So I was was a little sad that he didn't want to come with me.

When I got to Claire's I looked at the piercing earrings they had available. When I got my first set done at 14 they got really infected and we blamed it on me being allergic to 14 karat gold so I was going to go with something else. They girl suggested Titanium but they only had two choices and they were ugly and if they have to be stuck in my head for 8 weeks I'm going with something I like! So I put my health aside and got 14 karat white gold square fake diamonds. If they get infected this time its all my own fault!

The girl then put the piercing gun up to my head and said, "do you want me to count down or just do it?" I told her to "just do it" because the anticipation of the pain is worse than the pain itself. It was just a small pinch like I remembered and it was done in a blink of an eye.

This morning I forgot all about them and answered the first phone call of the day by saying, "Good mor...oww! ning, Nelson Labs" Still a little tender! Hopefully thats normal and I'm not already experiencing infection. I'll be super pissed if they are and I'll be kicking myself for the next 8 weeks!

Now cross your fingers for me that they aren't and then tell me how pretty they look! :)