Bunko Prize

I belong to a really fun bunko group and we meet once a month. Right before Valentine's Day this year was my monthly bunko game. February brings out the racy prizes. Very fun indeed. At the end of the night I had a sheer red nightie with black velvet hearts on it. I got home late that night and the girls were sleeping across the street, so without even thinking, I left it in the bag on the kitchen counter.

The next morning the girls wander home and of course head straight to the bag. GASP! HORROR! MOTHERRRRR! I was cracking up. I know I should have put it away, but 1-it was a large. I am tall, but I am not large if you know what I mean. 2- It's pretty cheesy and I was going to exchange it.

Megan was so horrified. "Don't you go to church with these ladies?" "Don't they know you can't wear stuff like that?" I just had to shrug my shoulders and act disgusted. To their relief it soon disappeared and they no longer have to think about Satan's panties.

You're Hired!

A few weeks ago I finally found an ad on Craigslist for an orthodontist assistant that didn't need 2 years experience. Problem. I've never had a resume. Ever. I had one half way done so the next day I called my friend Cara, who is fabulous, emailed my partial resume and she helped me spice it up. And we took my Christmas card, scanned it in and put a picture of my family at the top of the resume. Got it all done and I zipped it over to an anonymous job that I didn't even know who or where it was. The next morning I got a call to come in and do an interview that afternoon! Funny story, last summer when I was doing my externship an ortho office invited us out for lunch. My interview was at that office! And they remembered me. What a small world. I interviewed for an hour and a half with three different people. And it went well. I got a call back to come in for a working interview so I spent four hours in the office and really enjoyed the staff at this office. At this point, I'm 5 1/2 hours into this process. After the interview the manager said she was going out of town for a few days, but she would give me a call. Valentine's came along and we were eating dinner when I got the call. Hired! And I would start the next day! (Which was a bit of a bummer because the kids were out of school. Diana was over here eating and immediately said she would take the kids. Lifesaver!)

So I survived the first week. Training at a new job is always exhausting, the braces at this office are completely different than my last office and of course I have to learn a new doctor and new staff. But I am really liking it. I could really see this being long term. So if you or your kids need braces, check us out here.

Funny P.S. right after my interview I read an article about the WORST things you can put on your resume. Putting your picture on was at the top of the list. Everyone that I interviewed with told me right away that they loved my resume and loved that I put a picture on it. Hahaha! What does Yahoo know, anyway?

Running

MmmmHmmmm. Me. Jogging. Or as I like to say it with a soft J. Yogging. Megan and I started three days ago. And it is kicking my BUTT! I'm using muscles that I haven't used for quite some time. But I am loving the time with my girl. But you know what? It's only been three days and we are already seeing improvements in our stamina. Summer here we come!

These are few of my favorite things

Nate

Megan's freckles

Sammy's sense of humor

kitty cats

Facebook

my laptop

down comforters

loud music

Dr. Pepper

palm trees

Sadie, my dog

books

friends

Crocs

planting flowers

DVR

laughing

great neighbors

mountains

hot showers

Olive Garden salad

a clean house

my lovely little family of four. It's a perfect fit for me!

Baskin Robbins mint chocolate chip

Date night

Arizona

Utah

Snow Day!

For a Beehives activity we decided to head north and enjoy the Arizona snow for the day. I was pretty excited, it's been a few years since I have gone sledding. Here, we have to drive 2 1/2 hours to find snow. I am always cold so I wore quite a few layers. Long johns, scrubs, jeans, and snow pants. By the time I wandered out to the snow I noticed Megan was laying in the snow and Britta was checking her ankle. Thank Heaven Britta is a nurse, our family needed one yesterday! So Megan went down her first hill and got bumped off course and it put her right into a pile of lumber at the bottom of the hill. Who in the hell puts a pile of wood at the bottom of a sledding hill? Seriously. She saw it coming and stuck her foot out to try and stop herself. Luckily she is fine. Just tender. We continued on having fun. I have to say...Arizona snow can't really be called snow. It was like icy razor blades! One poor girl fell off her sled and has road rash all down her arm. Later on, Sammy flipped off of her sled, tippy tumbled off and messed up her hand. It immediately started swelling and she was screaming her head off. Cue Nurse Britta again! She didn't think anything was broken....Now, really, it was a lot of fun. I loved being up in the mountains and spending the day with my girls. By the time we got home we were all exhausted.
So today, Megan is running a low fever, feeling awful with a sore ankle. Sammy has a bruised and swollen hand that she can't use. If she can't use it tomorrow then perhaps I'll take her for an x-ray. At church half of my girls were absent, wonder if they are hurt or sick?

Update: I took Sammy in for x-rays, just to make myself feel better. She woke up today with a very swollen hand. No broken bones, just sprained. Of course it is her left hand and she happens to be a lefty. Haha. She told me that her "handwriting looks very badly."