Just a bunch of random

So... i want to blog but i really don't have much to say.  Here are a few random things going on in our life:

For those wondering, my ear is doing a lot better.  However, i think the infection has spread to my eye.  Gross, i know.  But my eye is all red/puffy... I no longer feel pain in my ear though, which is a very good thing.  It's still a little plugged up though.

While I was sick I didn't get much done.  However, i decided to start writing the story down of how Dan & i met.  I've never really kept a journal but i wanted to make sure i recorded our story so i could share it with our kids one day.   Plus i didn't want to forget the details (which i'm sure i've already forgotten some).  So last week i laid on the couch and typed up the story.  I have just gotten to our engagement and it's already 20 pages long!  It's been fun to remember though :). 

I loved conference this past weekend.  It was just what i needed to hear.  i tried to go into it this year with some gospel/life questions.  it's amazing how much more you get out of it when you are really seeking an answer to a specific question.  I did find answers to some of the questions that have been on my mind lately, so that was exciting. 

We have picked everything for our future house and have our final meeting tomorrow to get it all ready to be built.  Just today we picked out granite for the bathrooms.  We are pretty excited to finish all of the details tomorrow and then start building next month!  I seriously cannot wait.  I wish we could move there today! 

In between conference sessions on Saturday we checked out the Tuacahn Saturday Market.  It was fun but we decided there were way too many jewelry booths.  We were hoping for some produce but i think it's a little too early in the year for local produce. 

I never blogged about when my sister, Jannifer and her husband, Danny came to visit.  Probably because i forgot to take pictures!  Anyway, they came 2 weeks ago and we had lots of fun!  Even though it rained (hey, it was snowing in northern utah).  We went to the dinosaur museum and geocaching.  It was lots of fun, thanks for the visit Janni & Danny!

We are looking forward to more visitors this month... my brother & sister in law and their 4 cute boys are coming next week for spring break.  I've been looking up lots of fun things for kids to do in the area.  They will be the first to try out the swimming pool here (which just opened April 1).  We are excited to see them!  After they visit, Dan's parents are headed our way.  We sure love visitors.  When we first moved here I was worried we would never see family, but I think we see family more now than we did before!  That's the fabulous thing about living in a popular vacation destination town :) 

Swimmer's ear

I don't really like to complain, but i have to because my ear hurts SOOOOOOOO bad!!!!  And it's my blog, so i can do what i want :).  Anyway just yesterday i started having a lot of ear pain.  I figured it would go away so i just did some random home remedies to help.  Some of them kind of took the pain away temporarily, but it just kept on hurting.  I really was trying to avoid the doctor because we don't have health insurance.  I mean... we applied over 2 months ago when Dan started his new job and we STILL don't have it!  Something really is wrong with the healthcare in the country.  But anyway, last night at about 8 i could no longer stand the pain (eating dinner even hurt).  I looked up the instacare hours and luckily they were open til 9.  So we went and we paid $100.  It was worth it though because the doctor said i have swimmer's ear (an infection that needs to be treated and would only get worse without antibiotics... i can't imagine how it could feel any worse though).  It hurts more than the ear infections lots of people get when they are kids (the doctor even said so).  I was confused because i haven't been swimming in a while (it's been at least a few weeks), but you can still get swimmer's ear without swimming.  It's an infection in the ear canal and i honestly feel like my ear canal is swollen shut!  haha... i can barely hear out of it.  Anyway the doctor was very nice and instead of making me go buy the prescription (which would have been another $100), he gave me free samples of ear drops to clear it up.  Hooray!  I started taking the ear drops last night and i'm hoping they work soon.  Ok that's it, done with my complaining.  Thanks for reading :).

Now i'm going to go watch that movie "You Again" which i have had from Netflix for like 2 weeks now.  I'm justifying sitting and watching a movie today and doing nothing because i don't feel good :).

Sugardoodle

So a while back my sister in law, Becky, told me about this website.  It is a great resource if you teach primary!  It has lots of ideas for each lesson... it also has sharing time and music ideas.  I usually just use it for sunbeam ideas because that is my calling (which by the way, i LOVE), but... i have also seen it has ideas for young womens, relief society, and even FHE.  Just as I was looking at it the other day, I also saw it had cute stuff for conference.  Since conference is coming (i am so excited!) i thought i'd share the site.  It may be especially useful for you parents who are looking for things to help your kids pay attention.  You can find it here:  Sugardoodle.

Good luck!  I hope you all enjoy conference :)

Spring Craft

So i just posted my latest project on my craft blog.  You should all go look @ it and tell me how cute it is :).  ha ha... at least i think it's cute!  See it here.

Yum!

I just heard some awesome news today! Kneaders is coming to St. George!!! I am soooooo excited. I love their french toast and have seriously missed it since moving here. Apparently they just broke ground last week. Now all I need is a Zupas and I could stay here forever :).

I told Dan the day it opens we are getting french toast! Even if it is totally against our "eating healthy" goal.... yummy! i can't wait!