Dead

Well, our computer is dead. I'm on my mom's computer right now. Apparently ours got so bogged down with viruses, it just up and died. It won't even turn on. So that's why I haven't blogged in forever, or answered anyone's emails. So until we figure out how to (or save enough pennies to) fix the problem, I'll just be over here in limbo far away from the internet world. The pictures and stories are piling up, so once it does get fixed, i'll have a LOT to catch up on! ((courtney is starting potty training!)) Wish us luck on getting the problem fixed. We'll probably need it!

A Night in the E.R

So yesterday Jeremy's mom, Dawn, was in a LOT of pain. She went to the doctor's and after some poking and prodding and whatnot, she was sent to the E.R. to have her appendix removed. She had to wait for about 4 hours for the surgeon, who was at the time performing another surgery. She finally was operated on around 10 pm last night. We were there last night while she waited (Jeremy and his friend gave her a blessing) then Jeremy took Courtney and I home so I could put her to bed. But we went back this morning, and she's doing really well. Jeremy is actually over there right now so he can bring her home. I really didn't think she would agree to any pictures, so I didn't even bother to bring the camera, haha. But everything went fine, she's doing well, she'll probably be drained and sore for a while, but she's doing great. I helped Courtney make her a 'get better' card before we left yesterday. Pretty, isn't it?

gettin' fit and toned

Well, this is Week # I've Lost Count, that I've been working my hiney off, day and night. My goal is to not have to wear maternity pants with my next pregnancy. I want to be the super cute, super fit, little pregnant girl who you can't tell is pregnant from behind. NO, this isn't an announcement, I am no where near or trying to be pregnant right now, I'm just planning ahead, since toning up takes a while!
A while ago I mentioned I was going to do the Low Carb diet. That worked for about a week and a half, and I did lose a few pounds, but you know what... low carb sucks!
I have my work out friend, Emily, who has done weight watchers twice now, so she gave me all her stuff from the first time around since she had extras. So I've been doing that for a few weeks, and it's AWESOME!! it's like playing a game, what can i find that will keep me in my point range, Emily and I are always telling each other stuff we found that counts as very few or no points. Seriously, if it weren't for her, I probably wouldn't be sticking with this. But almost every morning, we get up and meet at the church, (hauling our kids in their pajamas), and we work out. i LOVE love LOVE it! I feel awesome, and I can actually run now. I've always hated running, because I was never in the shape to do it, but now i love it. i'd like to get my mile run down to 7 minutes like it was in high school. so here's shooting for that!
Anway, funny story, yesterday was pretty chilly and I wanted some nice hot soup to warm us up, so I went to the store to get ingredients. Shopping with Courtney was a nightmare, if I want her to sit in the cart, she wants down, if I want her to walk, she HAS to be held, if she wants to walk and i let her down, she RUNS everywhere. But for the most part i had to push a cart full of groceries while holding her at the same time. At one point, this random man brought me her other shoe. Who knows where/when it fell off. But we saw the oddest thing on our way back to the car. 3 parking spaces from the front doors of the store was a car, and in the front seat of this car was a guy and a girl "planting a garden" as my family calls it (quite vigorously, might i add). Right in the front seat, almost front row parking!! and not even trying to be discreet about it, the guy actually even waved at me. AWKWARD!!
Anyway, the soup turned out really good, but i'm still trying to get that image out of my head. ugh!

Well, today was the day for my interview. It took me forever to put together the perfect interview outfit, I had my resume all perfected and printed out with my reference sheet, all neat and tidy in my professional looking folder, and I had gone over my answers a million times to any question he may ask, so I wouldn't get flustered and give stupid answers. I was ready.

Meanwhile, Jeremy was out bidding a job. I was all ready to leave as soon as he got home, so when he pulled in, I grabbed all my stuff, and headed for the door. I told him to wish me good luck, because i was super nervous already, i HATE interviews, so he said 'good luck', and as I turned to go he said, "Well...now I don't know"....

Turns out he had gotten a lot of work this morning from various people, enough to keep him busy for quite a while. He told me I didn't even need to go interview if I didn't want to. I can't even tell you the relief I felt, because honestly, I was really having problems with having to leave Courtney. So I didn't interview, and I feel really good about being able to stay home with Courtney.

The site is also hiring security, so Jeremy's going to apply for that, too. I finally feel like all is well and the pieces are falling into place. Let's hope the puzzle turns out nicely!

Noodles and Updates

Alright, so these pictures don't really have much to do with anything, but I haven't posted in a while, and I didn't want to do a boring post with no pictures, so you get noodles pictures ; )

So things are our house are feeling a bit up in the air right now. Jeremy has tested with the Bonneville County to become either a patrolman or an officer in the jail. There were 250 applicants applying for only 8 positions. But he took and passed the first 2 written tests, and he flew through the physical test, so..so far so good. We're just waiting for them to call if they want him to come in for an interview. And then from there it's blood work in SLC, a lie detector test, psychological tests, etc... it would be months before he was actually hired on.

If he doesn't get hired on with the County (those are some serious odds!), then City is also testing this month. If that doesn't work out, the fire department is hiring. So... hopefully somewhere along the line someone will want to hire him!

Meanwhile, I have an amazing job offer (i still have to interview, of course, hopefully he likes me) at a credit union as a full time bank teller. I'm going in Monday. I've been having a really hard time deciding whether or not I want to take this job. I would only be able to do it for as long as Jeremy was home to watch Courtney, until he was hired on with someone. Heaven knows we could use the money right now. But I don't see myself leaving Courtney for 9 hours a day.

We're also up in the air of whether to sell the house and move, or stay. We would be staying here, local, of course, just a different house. It's quite hectic here, swimming through the unknown, trying not to sink. Wish us luck!