A couple updates....

I didn't really get a chance to post the cute pictures....well, I look more scary than cute....but Alisa my love Seegmiller, and her love Daxton (who she waited for on a mission and just got home in April), they brought me a happy "one year mark" giant brownie. Love them!


And well the knee is healing pretty ok. For some reason this one hurts a whole lot more than the first one did. It is a lot more swollen and bruised up, but I gonna get better faster I decided. I am hanging in there on lots of pain pills, but it will be nice when I can get up and be a human being. EXCEPT today I got to shower. It has almost been a whole week and that felt more than phenomenal.

The 2008 Olympics are here!

Ok I just watched the opening ceremonies of the olympics and it was so amazing! Now I am all spirited and since I am going to be down so much I will have plenty of time to indulge in my favorite events! I could not even handle the precision and difficulty and magnitude of this opening ceremonies.Everyone should watch it if you have the chance. GO USA!

One whole year!

That's right ladies and gents! The crazy you see above you has been out an entire year. FINALLY.

Surgery Day

Booo. I don't wanna have surgery. But none-the-less, here it comes ready or not. Wish me luck!

I re-heally want one.

So I am not gonna lie...I am kind of a scrapbook addict. I love it. Now that I am not able to run like I used to and have that as my out-let....scrapbooking has definitely kicked it up a notch for me. And so, I really am gonna ask for this for my birthday...or Christmas. It is beautiful and will take care of all of my lettering slash di-cut needs.

The Cricut

This too shall pass....

This is how I feel right now.

So I am not gonna lie, I'm sad day today. Looks like after just over a month of recovery from my right knee surgery, I have to have surgery on the other one. I am so blessed because truly I am doing SO much better than I was this time last year and have gone pretty much 5 months without a seizure, my hair is growing back, my energy is so much better than it was, and over all I am just 100% better than I was. But I am not gonna lie....I am tired. Tired of being pushed back down every time I pick myself up. Most of the time I can have a good attitude about the whole thing, but sometimes I just need a day to be frustrated. And today was one of those days. I am back in Orem again after just BARELY getting back down. I had to leave the nanny job again and I know it has been really hard on Steph because there has been no stability with different nannies covering for me. Anyway, I know I shouldn't feel this way but every time I have to deal with ANOTHER unreal health problem or issue with this body I have, it makes me feel like a failure....and I am scared. I don't wanna do surgery again. Anyway.....that is my vent for the day! Like "they" always say - "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!" And I am definitely not dead! Anwyay, wish me luck! It's gonna be interesting having two hurty knees. Meh.

St. George here I am!

Well, here I am back again in the HEAT. Oh wow it's hot....and for some reason I really like it! Anyway I came back just in time to work for the Hoag's, aka the family I nanny for. The parents went out of town for the weekend and so I stayed for the weekend at their house. And now I am entirely done packing for my entire life....and living out of a suit case. I have been doing that for 2 months now, and then to come home and pack again for the weekend. Ew. Let's just say I have A LOT of laundry. Well, anyway, the knee is healing up pretty well after the surgery, it still hurts for sure and it does a weird snappy thing and then swells up but it is good. And now I am just getting ready to move into the next apartment....guess I have a lot more packing to do.

Funny nanny moment of the weekend:

This is Nate. I like to call him Natey Naterson.

So I go to wake up little Nate and I step next to his bed. Well, the floor is soaking. I think to myself, "he's way pottty trained....he must have spilled his water. There is no way." But, the curiousity in me made me bend down and take a big whiff...whaddya know? Pee. So I wake him up and this how the conversation goes:

"Hey Nate. How come your floor is wet?"
"Because. I duno."
"Are you sure you don't know?? Cuz it smells a lot like pee pee. Did you pee on the floor Nate?"
"No. Carson did it."
"I think that is a lie cuz Carson wasn't here. Are you lying?"
"Maybe. Fine. Put me in time out."

All the while I am trying so hard not to laugh because he has the funniest smirk on his face with his cute little glasses. So I said,

"So Nate, why don't we lie?"
"Beecause it'sa make-a Jesus sad."

So cute, and so funny. All except for the cleaning up part. That I could do without....but I guess I should get used to it. More later.