Ok so here is the deal. I wrote this humongously long blog about what has been happening in our lives this past three months. It took forever to write and when I was finished I read it to Andrew and all I got for feedback was a very disregarded “that’s nice.” I read it again and Andrew was right, the blog was so boring that it could have killed someone (mainly me). So I did the only thing that was to be done in that situation, I deleted it! It was a bitter sweet feeling. I had spent so long on that retarded blog but at the same time I loathed it because of how long it took me to write. Oh well, it is gone now! I will give you the highlights of the past three month then I will get to the good stuff on here and now.
Andrew’s Dad came up and we randomly went to Montana.
Andrew and I got a Great Dane puppy and named him Atlas.
I thought about killing Atlas for peeing in his bed.
We had a puppy shower for Atlas.
I thought about killing Atlas for pooping on the floor and leaving it for me to step in. YUCK!
I went on a blog writing strike.
I thought about killing Atlas for peeing in his bed, for the millionth time.
We bought a car and named it Smaug.
Atlas pooped in Smaug .
We sold Toothless
We got invaded by skunks.
We killed the skunks.
We got invaded by snow flees. (They don’t get on animals or people; they just eat the bacteria off of the snow. I’d never seen them before and freaked out.)
We got released from teaching primary. (Angels singing in the background!)
Atlas hadn’t had an accident in the house for a week straight.
The snow melted and we got invaded by mice and voles.
I dubbed Atlas potty trained!
Andrew finished a really hard semester with really good grades.
Andrew and I had our one year Anniversary. (I’ll write more about that later.)
Andrew’s mom cane up for a visit.
I was a Bride’s Maid for my good friend Julie’s wedding.
Alright time for the here and now! Or at least I’ll start at the first of April with Andrew’s and my one year Anniversary. When we got married we both had the winter semester off so now with Andrew on Fast Grad our anniversary now falls right on finals week. Bla! I prepared myself for a very minimal celebration. April 1, 2011 was, as I expected, a normal day aside from the superb weather. When Andrew finished studying we went outside to enjoy the sun and just got itching to clean up the yard. So we busted out the rakes, shovels and the wheel barrel and went to work! I know I’m a nerd, but this was so much fun! The music was blasting and Andrew and I were absorbing vitamin D from the sun for the first time since the end of November! The temperature got up to 60 or higher! I was amazed! Although as the sun set the temperatures plummeted back into the 30’s. All in all Andrew and I had a wonderful day. The odd thing was that it was the week after that that Andrew started to act sneaky. He told me not to book any appointments in the salon for that weekend and wouldn’t say anything else. I love secrets and surprises but when I’m the one being kept in the dark I go flat out crazy. Andrew wouldn’t budge. I tried everything but I couldn’t even get a hint out of him about what was going on that weekend. To make things worse my sister Sarah even seemed to know more about what was going on than I did! Friday finally came and Andrew relented a little bit. He told me to pack for swimming and an outdoor activity that had the potential to get our clothing muddy. I was completely lost when he started packing up Atlas’s stuff. It turns out that Andrew had planned a trip to Lava Hot Springs for the weekend! He’d found a puppy sitter, made reservations at the Lion Gate Manor, and called in some favors so that we could go horseback riding! I was floored! Andrew is the most thoughtful person I’ve ever met! When we got there we went straight to the hot pools. Oh I want one to take home! Too bad that doesn’t work… It started to snow and I thought I was going to die on our walk from the parking lot to the pools. Andrew and I went to the pool with the least amount of kids. It was like magic, every stress, all inhibition dissolved as soon as we were submersed into the hot water. I never wanted to move…ever. It turns out we went to the hottest pool and the water was around 112 degrees. Andrew and I needed to move about twenty minutes after we got in, but we didn’t want to. I just moved up a step and laid there in an inch of water with the snow creating a white out. It felt so weird! I’ve never had acupuncture but I imagine that’s very close to how it would feel! After three hours of this it was time for check in at Lion Gate Manor. We drove around a bit looking for it then up on a hill I saw a mansion. It turned out that this place was actually some guy’s house that he put theme rooms in. It was AMAZING! We stayed in the Phantom of the Opera sweet. K, this was the coolest place I’ve ever seen in my life! We enter through a secret door behind a book case and went down a spiral stair case to the Phantom’s Lair! It had everything from in the movie, from box five (the surround sound movie room with an organ and its pipes as the TV) to the music box. The Jacuzzi tub had lighting in it that changed color of the water. The water that filled it fell from the ceiling! It was just amazing… I really don’t know what else to say about it! In the morning we went up stairs for their five star breakfast. We were a little late and the table is by the bookcase we come out of. So the other guests that were already there about jumped out of their skin when the bookcase folded open and Andrew and I popped out. The looks on their faces were so funny! After we checked out we went back to the hot pools and soaked for two more hours. Awwww I really want one of those in my back yard! The friends we were going riding with had to bring the horses down from the upper fields so we needed to wait till three. When we got there Andrew and I were still in our swim suit with bathrobes over them. Ha ha I asked Andrew to go knock on the door to see if it was ok if we changed in their bathroom. I felt so bad for the girl that answered the door. There was Andrew in his bathrobe and his swim suit under it but he looked like he was naked under there! I would have been totally freaked out if I’d have been her. When we got out to the horses it was snowing and blowing pretty hard. They gave Andrew a very mellow horse we affectionately nick named slow white. My horse had much more sprit but was super mellow compared to the horses my family owned when I was younger. We started to ride off and I looked to either side of me and Andrew was nowhere to be seen! I turned around and he was still back at the hitching post just sitting there. He kept tapping the horse’s sides with his heels and saying "Ya! Mule!" but the horse wouldn’t move. He finally got going and we had a fantastic ride in the snow! What an anniversary! Andrew is so amazing; I could not have asked to marry a better person!
So we got this new tooth paste and holy smokes! If you brush your teeth too long the powerful mint numbs your mouth, mainly your tongue which makes talking a challenge. I found this out the hard way. I was rushing to get out the door for a salon day that was completely booked. I was brushing my teeth as I was getting everything ready and didn’t think a thing about it. Then while I was in the salon I tried to talk to my clients but everything that I tried to get to come out of my mouth didn’t come out like I thought it would. Words were jumbled and slurred together. After three hours of sounding like a cave man with grunts and odd noises emanating from my mouth I realized that my mouth was still just as minty fresh as when I spit the paste out. I couldn’t fell my tongue though…. That was it! It was the tooth paste!!! I was so excited that I’d found the culprit that I blurted out why I was having such problems talking. Sadly instead of words it came out, again like a cave man, in grunts and slurred garble. Darn that toothpaste!!!
Well I think I over came my three almost four month writers block! I’ll really try to keep up on the blog this time!
