January 2011, a new begining

So it's now 2011 and this is the first time that I've looked at this blog this year, and even in a while it seems. I was kind of suprised that we hadn't posted anything since April of last year. In a lot of ways it seems strange to even have this blog. There are so many people who have blogs about their kids or about their hobbies or even about their dreams. What do we have to write about?
We've come to something of a crossroads in our lives, and we honestly don't know which way to go. We can either stay on the course we are currently on, or we can take a very different path, at least for the time being. We have a few months to decide, although I know which way we're leaning. Our decision will have a long lasting affect, not just on us. That's why the decision will need to wait, we have some time.

Background Checks & PF Changs

Last Thursday Nick and I submitted our paperwork to get out FBI background checks done. We had to do this so we could get our Adoption profile re-posted on https://itsaboutlove.org/ial/search.jsf . It was an interesting process. I thought it would be alot harder. I'm just glad that we didn't have to get our fingerprints done with the ink. They use a special scanner. It was really cool to see how detailed the prints were.

After we got the important stuff taken care of, we went to see "How to train your Dragon" at the Gateway. It was such a great movie! I know that we will probably be mocked for this, but we did not see it in 3D.

The best part of the night is when we went to PF Changs for dinner. Nick had never been there and since I had my work anniversay dinner I needed to do before June it was the purfect place to go. Of course we had the lettuce wraps... I am getting hungry just thinking of them... Nick had the scollups, and we shared a chicken dish and a lo mein dish.

It was a great night to spend time outside and spend time with Nick.

New Post

I don't have a whole lot of time right now, but I've been told that this blog is seriously lacking. Espeically since the last time it was updated was in October of last year. I realize that sometimes things get left by the wayside, and this blog happened to be one of them. We're planning on getting our background checks done today so our adoption profile can continue. After that, we're planning on enjoying something of a date night. Heather has been with her company for over ten years and as a result she gets to be reimbursed for a dinner to congratulate her. We are planning on doing that tonight.

2009 Pumpkin Walk

The Pumpkin Walk was a sucess this year! Nick & I didn't carve as many pumpkins this year as we wanted, but I think we did a great job on the pumpkins we did carve.

This is the welcome pumpkins that I carve every year. Because they are stacked ontop of eachother, they are easy to tip over. So I spend each night standing next to them telling people not to touch them, that they are real pumpkins, and that there is a 2x2 holding them up. I love listening to all the compliments from people as they walk by.



Nick and I did a group together this year. We carved Phineas & Ferb pumpkins. What was cool about it is that his friend Sheldon also carved the same patterns from Phineas & Ferb. It was great! We took those pumpkins home to display on our steps for Halloween. I will post those pictures later.



One fun thing that happened this year was that the Alpine Garrison of the 501st came to entertain the crowds on Thursday & Friday.




Both Nick and I had a great time with our friends getting ready for the pumpkin walk, and we are already looking forward to next year.

School Starts!

Just like so many others I've spoken to of late, school starts for me later this month. I've enrolled in a couple of online classes at Weber State University. I took only two classes, six credit hours, partially because I waited too long to take some of the other classes that I was looking to take and partially to get back into the swing of taking classes. I've heard that taking classes online is much more difficult, and I've heard that taking classes weren't too bad. I'm excited and a little nervous, starting school again in the fall.

CPAP Update

So I'm still getting used to my CPAP machine, but I realize that it's doing its job. Went camping for four days, and the tech said that I shouldn't use the machine off of an extension cord, I didn't use it at all. I felt exhausted each morning when I woke up and felt run down through the day. I realized that even though I still toss and turn a bit, I'm getting much better sleep than I had been.

Sleep Study Results

Today I met with my Doctor to get the results of of my sleep study. I had an interesting time at my sleep study, and I learned a fair amount about Sleep Apnea and how to recognize the symptoms in myself. I was told that I have a severe case of Sleep Apnea, which wasn't really a suprise to me. The Doctor told me that people have 5-7 apnea incidents a night. I was above 92% per hour. (I will admit that I don't know everything that I'm talking about, but I'm trying to give as much info as possible!) He did say, however, that once I got the mask on, my sleep became much better, and it didn't take a lot of pressure on the machine to help me. Now I have to wait until the Doctor's nurse contact's my insurance. Once that happens, the insurance will contact the provider of their choice to provide me with my sleeping machine! I'll post again once I find out how well I sleep!