My Door greetings for the first part of the year! The cricut is fun to have, just wish I could make my own patterns for it. Buying each one bites! Especially when I have in mind what I want, and I can't find it!!!

So after a failed attempt of hip hop class through the Granite Comm. Ed...no show teacher one night and then the class canceled, we found one offered at the Herriman Rec Center out by Mick. And...our cute neighbor girl, who is a U of U cheerleader, is the teacher. You can't go wrong there, right-Talan! He LOVES the Utes, just like his Dad and Grandpa! He's the only boy, so I wondered if that would be an issue. He's younger than the girls, but he seems to like it. They didn't say it would be a Jazz/hip hop class, so the first half are jazz move instructions, not his favorite, but he tolerates it. After we have gone to dinner-his pick. The first night, WOW, Talan was a different kid than he had been. So fun, funny, polite, talkative, and just a plain joy to be with! Each night has been that way actually. It's been fun to have one on one with him. He's a funny kid. Last week, he said, Grandma, Mom is fixing bean burritos, so I don't want to go to dinner...welllll okay then. Bean burritos for you it is...thanks, but I'll pass! For this next week, the last week of class, I told him to be thinking of a special place...he said, well, I'll first see what my Mom is cooking, then I'll call you if I want to go to dinner!" Okay, T-ray, you give me a call!... Payson has come along twice, and he takes off to play basketball or whatever he can find. He's just an all around sports kid, loves it all. I let Talan call the shots though, this is his deal, his choice of what we do.

February....see ya......

Feb just can't get over soon enough for me. I'm over winter! I know, I know. We REEALLLY haven't had much of a winter...very few snow storms, but the sun has peeked out and my tulips are starting to bust through the ground...spring fever has officially set in! But...so has a family of little critters in our yard. I noticed a weird trail, out our front porch on the lawn...sure enough...this little guy and some friends have made a home in our yard. Eweee! I remember Dad fighting to get rid of ours years ago, placing a hose in the hole and drowning them out, chasing them with a shovel....I sure hope their not THAT hard to get rid of! Rick poured bleach and ammonia down the holes today, found several other holes with the poison smoke that was coming out...hopefully the little buggers will move along!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Dr's statement to Rick..."You are high functioning" in spite of the shape your knees are in!
Rick had this treatment done to his right knee last March. It feels 100% better he says. So this year, when his left knee began to really hurt and lock up, he thought he would try this again. This knee is in worse shape. The bone is actually concave where it has worn next to each other. The Dr states this is so new, he has no idea if this will work or not, but we're up for the try. Next step, knee replacement. Not an option that Rick is excited about by any means!
Euflexxa is used to relieve knee pain due to bone to bone pain. It's a gel like, natural and highly purified form of HA which is a natural substance found in the fluid that cushions, lubricates, and protects the knee. The first treatment, they pull out the old and bad fluid...kind of sticky gooey substance. Then they inject this. Pretty cool actually and really pain free, so Rick says. I'd probably be bawling like a baby! Keep your fingers crossed! He says it's already feeling better!

New project for sweet friend. Oh how I could stay at home and play with this kind of stuff all the time!

Tiffany is my sweet Louisiana friend from work. She's so cute and so fun to have around. She left our department, dang her, but we still see her a little bit. She gave birth to this sweet little angel a couple of weeks ago. I made these head bands for her at her request and took them to her place today after work. This little princess is so so cute. She was only 5 lbs, but healthy and beautiful. The headbands will drown her for now...maybe I'll have to make her a new band to use while she's so tiny....I thought I was going small...but they would hang around her as scarfs I think today! She won't stay small for long though!

Pinterest is my new addicion...it is a pin board that is unreal! You name it, it has what your looking for! DIY stuff...stuff to purchase...all categories...I can get lost in it!
I was sick this past fall as I added up the amount of $$'s we have been spending at the grocery store...I'm looking for any way to avoid it! I HATE grocery shopping and have been heard to say...I'd rather take a beating than go grocery shopping! One of the girls laughed at that at work...she said I would not! No really...I think I would. It's a mental beating as I see those $'s add up and then we have to do it again...URR! We could save so much money if we didn't have to eat! Soooo, anywhoos, found a recipe to make my own laundry detergent. I bought a front load washer about a year ago or so. I hate trying to find the best deal on the soap it requires...found this recipe. So excited about it...Have enough to make probably 2 more batches! So far, the clothes are clean and just as white...trying to keep the whities white has been a chore, and this seems to be helping! We'll see as time goes on. ANNND, because I'm putting the soap in the wash tub itself, the ever so popular stink has gone!