Doctors words of advice....

About 3 months ago I told the food nutrionist/ trainer at my gym that I was working so hard at the gym but I could not seem to get the weight off. She told me I was not eating enough for what I was working out. She told me to eat more......
Last month, I went to the doctor because I had this weird rash on my face. I had mowed the lawn and my face felt swollen in areas and it wouldn't go away. I found out I had poison oak that got on me. My doctor said to take nice baths after mowing the lawn.....

Now I am peeing on a stick that turns positive, peeing all the time, exhausted, and thinking differently about food. My doctor told me that I will have about 7 more months of this! So in seven months...you will see Aaron with his own :)

This is my foster sister we are in love with.
PS....I guess I will still be eating more and taking Bubble Baths :)

Reunited......

Aaron has told me that sometimes he will tell Charlene (our Charger) about me. Sometimes its things about how much he loves me and then there are times when only she can understand how frustrated he is with me :) I'm sure they had a long talk for those 6 hours back to 29 Palms this Friday. He got to talk about his adventures in the gas station and she listened because she was impounded for the week. I'm glad they have each other right now!

PS- This picture was taken before his trip out.

Some DONT'S in some States!!!!

I got a call from Aaron on Saturday as he is 6 hours away from his final destination. From the situation he was in.....let me teach you some lessons you may not already know.

1. Do not speed in Arizona.
















Saturday I get a call from Aaron and I hear "Babe. I just got pulled over they and they are going to take the car." I quickly say back...."Don't get out of the car!" Well it comes down to Aaron having a ticket back in November. That we know we paid for. But, when the Arizona cop pulled Aaron over, they said his license was suspended. In Aaron's defense, he was going 79 in a 75 but they claimed they clocked him at 85.

They still took the car for the suspended license, which left him sitting at a gas station waiting for his friend to pick him up and drive him his last 6 hours to Cali.
With this being Sat, we had to wait until Monday because the DMV was closed.


Lesson# 2
Don't get your license in VA. We will get to this more. Do not do anything with VA DMV!!!
















Lesson #3 Do have a good friend in AZ. Josh Peterson is one of Aaron's best friends from when we were in Hawaii. He drove 6 hours to pick Aaron up. So Aaron is sitting in a gas station with what he could grab from the car just sitting as he said nasty old truck drivers were coming in and out. I knew once Josh picked up Aaron he was okay. They talked football and made the drive to 29 Palms. Thank you Erika for letting him go for the day!





















Lesson #4 Have friends who know Sheriff's in Arizona.

Thanks David and Krissie for taking care of Aaron when he stopped in through New Mexico. And thanks for trying to clear things up...even though it didn't work.












Lesson # 5 Have an uncle who is a sheriff who can let you know how much people are doing the right thing...Thanks for the help Uncle Lorin!

Lesson #6 Going back to Lesson #2. Don't do anything with VA DMV. We found out that Aaron's ticket was not the problem. The DMV is claiming that when we bought our car in VA in 2006 when we left Hawaii, we did not show proof of insurance on the car. Which is ridiculous, because you can't drive away from a dealership without insurance. So, because they claimed they mailed a letter asking for proof of insurance and they did not get one....they suspended his license. They claim that we did not update it when we left Hawaii.











Lesson # 6 Don't be afraid to ask information they are not revealing.
Me: I have a Hawaii license, but since you are saying that its an insurance thing, can you check my licence?
Lady: Are you insured on the car?
Me: Yes I am.
Lady: Yes, your license is suspended.

Let's just say the rest of the conversation does not need to be on here. Oh....I was livid!!!!

End of conversation:
Me: Are you telling me that if I got pulled over they could take my other car?
Lady: Yes
Me: And when were you going to check my license????

I hope that you learned not to speed, make good friends, and do not EVER deal with VA DMV.

Now Aaron has to get another friend to drive him the 12 hour round trip this weekend to get his (my) car.

Besides that we are okay :)

Goooo Sooners!

This is a shout out to my husband. Aaron was so excited to drive into Oklahoma yesterday. Oklahoma University is his favorite college team. When Aaron drove across the border, he started singing the theme song and had to drive to the stadium to get ready for football season. Its a man thing.

An excuse to buy another toy....

We had a storm last week that knocked a tree over onto our neighbor's fence. Aaron's quick assessment was that he could not pull the tree back over our fence by himself....he needed a chain saw.




But after moving onto more trees and seeing the smile on his face...I am wondering how much the tree fell over on its own.....

Time for Pedicures....

Well I wanted a pedicure and Aaron is about to leave so I thought we would splurge on the nice place....The Heritage.

The girls were amazing!

The 1 hour massage chair was amazing!

The free lemonade was amazing!

Parafan on the hands...amazing!

Mask on the feet....amazing!

Massage of calves and feet....amazing!

Falling off the one inch step on my way out.....humiliating!!!!

Worker running out to say "Ma'am are you okay!!!"--hoping no one had seen....humiliating!

(and it scratched the pink paint off two of my toes :(

Aaron pointing out ever crack in a sidewalk the rest of the night....not funny.

Does Wal-Mart Make YOU Smile?

Every one knows it Back to School shopping time, so I thought I would also buy clothes for going back to teaching. I told myself I would take advantage of the sales when I needed clothes anyway. I wanted to find a pair of kakhi pants. Here's what I learned about shopping for clothes, on sale or not:
Looking at stores in the mall:
1.) Nothing fits (too tight or way too long)
2.) I am convinced that it is okay for my self esteem to buy a size bigger because the styles that were my size require them to be skin tight and way too low.
3.) Most stores don't seem to have my size.....for a price I am willing to pay.

So my husband and I decided to go to Wal-Mart for some food. I immediately saw kakhi pants. This is when my smiles started:

1) I found a pair that fit and it says "Instantly Slimming". ...and I think they did just that!
2) I found another pair, a little darker shade.
3) I was standing in line behind an older lady who could not remember her pin number for her debit card. I had my clothes so I didn't care.
4) I am pushing my cart around in the parking lot thinking of the funny old lady (while Aaron is in the bathroom). I was thinking how I hope it wont be awhile until I forget those kind of things.....then I realized I had been going up and down the isles and I couldn't find my truck!

Then I remembered we did not drive the truck.

So I quickly went back to where I thought the car was parked before Aaron would know what I had done.
Then I stood in the spot where I knew the car was and I was so confused!
Then I see Aaron driving our car around laughing because he had been following me!!!

Popcorn Balls

I made popcorn balls with my kids and they did not turn out like the picture above...but super yummy.

Here's the simple directions:

Pop 9 cups of popcorn (not quite two bags) and pour into a 9X13.

Melt 4 Tbs of butter in microwave.

Melt one bag of mini marshmellows in microwave.

Pour melted butter in melted marshmellows and mix with spoon.

Pour that mixture over popcorn while popcorn is still warm.

Put butter on your hands and start making balls of popcorn.

Now here's where you can go two different ways.....

1)The first time I made the popcorn balls, they kept their form well. The second time, the balls kept falling apart. I think we put too much popcorn, which the marshmellows couldn't hold. So we just ate the popcorn and it was still super good!

2) If you have your nine cups and the popcorn balls are holding its shape, you use vanilla frosting to stick the top and bottom popcorn balls together. Then you can decorate as you want. Use vanilla frosting to add on anything. Our magazine had you using licorice for the hair, m&ms for the eyes and buttons. You can use vanilla waffers as a hat.

Just be creative....Remember, if all else fails, the popcorn will still taste yummy!!

Going Cross Country

So Aaron is driving cross country next week for school..... Got any suggestions of highways to take or not take? We saw that 40 takes us into California turning into 15. Just wondering if anyone knows certain areas to avoid. Thanks!