I feel like Dorothy...

....You know the part where Dorothy is the house and the house is in the middle of the tornado and Dorothy looks out the window and everything is topsy turvy and flying around?

Totally my life right now.

Last week My Sweet Boy FINALLY had the long-awaited surgery. It went pretty quick. Thankfully we had an AWESOME doctor (Dr. O, as we call him because we can't say his last name) is wonderful. He came to talk to us after and said that everything went well and it wasn't as bad as we were all originally thinking. We had to check in at Primary Children's at 9:45 on surgery day and we were gone by about 2:30. Sweet Boy is recovering very well. He has been home all this week though because he IS SICK! Down with the sickies! Poo on them!

Sweet Girl is doing well too. She has been home quite a bit lately as well due to the sickies, but she managed to go back to school yesterday and today. She didn't want to miss Halloween at school.

Hubby is just plugging along at work. They are getting ready to change over from Albertson's to Associated Foods. This has been several months in the making and I for one will be glad when it is all over. That will mean that all the indecision and rumors and wondering if his job is secure will be over too.

And then we have me. Where to begin? I don't know if I have a job anymore, for one. Without going into too much detail yet, I did something that I honestly didn't know would be going against policy and now I am on suspension until further notice. I fully do not expect to have a job when it is all over.

I keep trying to keep a positive outlook on it. It is hard, because we really needed my income as well as hubby's to just even stay afloat. With the holidays coming, the economy....it's a bad time to be out of work. And I had a GREAT job. I loved my job, I loved the people I worked with....

I am a firm believer in things happening for a reason, and I keep telling myself there was a reason this all happened. I think there was something else I am supposed to be doing, and I couldn't do it as long as I was working. I think Heavenly Father knew that, and He knew that I would never willingly quit my job. So He made it so I had no choice. As of right now, I don't have any concrete ideas of what that may be, but I have a few ideas.

I am sure that I can find some answers on the yellow brick road. Now I just have to find it.

A Conversation

A little background: my son has asthma, and the last week he has really been struggling with it. He has been coughing alot and it has been driving us all crazy, especially him. We had a conversation about diseases earlier.

Son: "Gosh Mom, I hate having this disease! Do you have any diseases?"

Me: "Elephantitis."

Son: "What's Elephantitis?"

Me: "It's where your body swells up uncontrollably and you look like you are really fat all the time because of it."

Son: "Wow Mom. Sorry that you have that disease. Having diseases are no fun."

(Just for the record, I DO NOT have Elephantitis. I do not know anyone that does. I do know that it is a real disease and I am not intending to poke fun at anyone that may suffer from it or knows someone that does.)

Random Thoughts

I jacked this from my lovely SIL's blog and thought I would repost it here, just for kicks and giggles. Of course, this applies to my life and not hers.

Hit forward and place an (x) by all the things you've done and remove the (x) from the ones you have not. Then answer the questions below. Send it to your friends (including me). This is for your entire life! Well, maybe.....

( ) Been to Europe (not yet)
( ) Been on a cruise (no... dang it)
( ) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
(x) Worked in a hospital (Does a nursing home count?)
(x) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida (No....maybe someday.)
(x) Been on a plane
(x) Been lost
( ) Been on the opposite side of the country (Maryland, D.C., Boston)
( ) Been to Washington, DC (see above)
(x) Been to Vegas (too many times to count)
( ) Climbed a lighthouse (not yet)
( ) Swam in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
( ) Been Sky Diving (not something I plan on doing)
( ) Seen the Cherry Blossoms in Washington , D.C.
(x) Played cops and robbers
( ) Flown a plane
( ) Owned a boat
( ) Watched grandchildren grow (watching my own children grow at the moment)
( ) Been to the Kentucky Derby
( ) Been to Key West
(x) Been to a rodeo (more times than I can count.)
(x) Sang Karaoke (yes...'nuff said)
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only?
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?
(x) Made prank phone calls (
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain (used to all the time as a kid)
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Seen the green flash at sunset
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x) Gone to the movies (love movies)
( ) Owned a convertible
(x) Taken a day trip out of state (if you count going to vegas...then yes. or canada)

1. Any nickname? Mom, Angela,

2. Parent's names? Ken and Renee

3. Body piercing ? Ears

4. Loved your job? Yes

5. Birthplace? Eldorado, Illinois

6. Ever been to Hawaii ?

7. Ever been to Africa ?

8. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner? Yes

9. Ever been on TV? Yea.

10. Ever steal any traffic sign? No. Why would I want one?

11. Ever been in a car accident? Yes, several. Only one was my fault.

12. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4 Door

13. Favorite number. Don't really have one. All numbers are math and I hate math.

14. Favorite movie? I have several.

15. Favorite holiday? Halloween

16. Favorite dessert? Brownies or chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven with a big glass of milk

17. Favorite burger joint? Don't really have one

18. Favorite food? Comfort food

19. Favorite day? Um....they all blur together...

20. Favorite Smell? SEveral....fresh mown grass, lilacs, rain...

21. How do you see yourself in 10 years? I dunno. It's hard to say.

22. Furthest place you will send this message? Cyberspace

BIG NEWS!

I opened a store! Annie Kate & Co. is now open for business! I am excited! Hopefully I will be able to do well with it. I have long loved creating things, but have always given them away. Don't think I mind doing that, because I absolutely DON'T mind giving it away at all. But I was thinking one day....it costs me money to make it, so why can't I make some money FROM it? I have to admit, some one paid me for something I made one time and it did feel really good. Someone liked my stuff enough to pay for it! WOOT!

Here is the link to my store: Annie Kate & Co.. There is also a mini store in the sidebar. Some day I will have a blog just for the store, but it is gonna have to a day when I can actually sit down for a while to do it!

Lily Allen--LDN

This is an older song, but I just found and I LOVE the beat that goes on. So happy. n The lyrics are not so happy though.



LDN by Lily Allen

Riding through the city on my bike all day
Cause the filth took away my license
It doesn't get me down and I feel OK
Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless

Everything seems to look as it should
But I wonder what goes on behind doors
A fella looking dapper, but he's sitting with a slapper
Then I see it's a pimp and his crack whore

You might laugh you might frown
Walkin' round London town

[Chorus]
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else

When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies

There was a little old lady, who was walking down the road
She was struggling with bags from Tesco
There were people from the city having lunch in the park
I believe that it's called al fresco
Then a kid came along to offer a hand

But before she had time to accept it
hits her over the head, doesn't care if she's dead
Cause he's got all her jewelery and wallet

You might laugh you might frown
walking round London town

[Chorus]
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else

When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies

Life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life
Life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life

[Chorus x2]
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else

[x2]
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
You can see it's all lies

Serious Update Time

So. I've been a slacker. So this might be a long one.

August 5th my honey and I celebrated 10 years of marriage. All I can say is that some days, it feels like 100. :) Even though we have had our ups and downs, he has stuck through it all with me. He puts up with my tempers and my changeable moods, gets mad on my behalf, and is an all around great guy. I love you Honey!

August 7 we went to Lagoon with my honey's (ours, really) family. His sis and her kids, his brother and his wife and kids, and his mom and dad. Little Miss had desperately wanted to go there for her birthday, but we just didn't have the money. Grandpa surprised us with a trip there. Since it was a few days before Little Miss' b-day...it was kinda for that, but mainly for all the family that could to get together. Little Miss almost DIED on the Sky Coaster thing....the one like ski lifts that goes over the park. Well, to this Momma it was almost dying. Me and Mr. got on first while Hubby and our nephew were riding Wicked. So me and Mr. got on first, and my sis in law was getting on next with her Little Darling and my Little Miss. Next thing I hear is my father in law yelling "HEY HEY HEY!" and I look back to see Little Miss DANGLING about 6 feet off the ground and my SIL trying to pull her in and trying to keep her daughter from falling out. Little Miss didn't quite make it in and the thing just kept going and the girls that run the ride weren't paying ANY attention at all until my mother in law yelled at them to pay attention! It was very scary. I wrote a strongly worded letter to Lagoon and have not as yet heard back from them. Someone apparently in management told my mother in law that Lagoon has more complaints and lawsuits over that ride than any other. HELLO!!!!

August 9 was Little Miss' 6th b-day. She is growing up so fast. Going to be in 1st grade....I can't believe it. She is my sweet sweet girl. I can't imagine my life without her. There are many times that she tries my patience, to put it mildly. I love her SO much. (On a side note, 6 years ago today, when Little Miss was 8 days old, I had to have emergency surgery to have my gall bladder removed. I don't recommend it.)

School starts here in 1 week! HOORAY! I can't wait for the kids to get back into school, get into a routine. This summer we have had lots of fun and managed to do several things that were on our list, but I am glad it's over. It will be nice to have the house to just us during the day so we can actually maybe get some things done. I will miss them during the day, but it will be good for them and me. I don't think my sanity could take much more summer!

Mr. will have to go in for surgery at some point within the next few weeks, I am sure. (This post tells more about it.) Last Thursday we went in to the urologist so that we could get this taken care of, and it is so much worse than I even thought originally. The doctor couldn't find anything AT ALL, and said that according to the ultrasound we had in St. George that they weren't showing anything either. So this means that very possibly his testes are still up in his abdomen and that he had never fully developed that area when I was expecting him. This means a MUCH more invasive surgery and recuperation time. They may have to pretty much open up his stomach to see where they are at and then pull them down if they can. His chances for having children are still very low, if he can have them at all, and chances for cancer are still very high. We have been referred to Primary Childrens Hospital in SLC for this. The urologist here doesn't feel comfortable doing surgery on him when he can't even FEEL them to begin with. So we will see. Right now, too many prayers could never be enough.

And finally, one last thing...my brother in law has had 2 cd's published? (is that the right word?) with Covenant Communications, and we are SO very proud of him. The first one, called "Thou Shalt be Nice!" can be gotten here.



His 2nd CD, called "Real Life", can be purchased here.




Go buy them both right now! :)

Summer Break, Part Deux

Hard to believe, but my kiddoes will be going back to school in about a month.

I knew I would find it hard to believe. And I also knew I would ask this question: "Where has the summer gone?"

I do have to say though, as much as I love love LOVE my kids, I am so so SO ready for school to start back up. They have gotten bored, I think, and the fighting is a lot more rampant these days. I wish we could have done some more stuff with them, but financial and work constraints have a nice way of putting a damper on things.

We did get to go to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. That was VERY cool and hopefully the kids will remember that for a long time.

We have also gone to Bear Lake. Once.

We haven't made it to St. George. Probably won't. Nor have we made it to The Clark Planetarium. We still might.

I can't believe how fast time flies once you have kids. I can remember as a teenager school and EVERYTHING took forever. 4-EVAH!!!! Now that I have cute kiddoes of my own, time can't go slow enough.