Saturday Conference...

Today while watching Saturday LDS General Conference Sessions... it rained and poured at our house!

A perfect day to stay inside! It was cool outside and it felt so good!

I loved watching the rain come down and keep coming down...

watering all the trees and plants and the grass, and clearing all the junk out of the air.

The boys left for the priesthood session in the evening. We have a brand new ice cream shop a block from our Stake Center; so they will try it out and move their traditional ice cream afterwards from DQ to the new place. I hope this little shop has a clue and is ready for all the men that will be coming through there after the priesthood session (after all they did not make up this tradition, it has been handed down... what a great tradition).

My boys!

(finally the teenager is smiling, and now my strong silent mysterious man is being dorky trying to be tall)

The Ideal me...

The ideal me...

Rules: if you're tagged, make sure to add one more ideal "thing" to the list, besides the items that are already there. Be as descriptive and random and silly as you want.

My ideal...

Snack: Muddy Buddies, made by someone else, with just the right amount of powdered sugar on them, eaten outside, in the fall, under a blanket, watching a football game, with my Strong Silent Mysterious Man holding my favorite cocoa for me.

Day: Wake up and stay in bed, laughing, watching movies, cuddling with my strong silent mysterious man, having snacks and juice brought to us by the teenager (who would need nothing from us all day, not mess up the rest of the house, and feed the dogs without me having to ask), and only getting out of bed at 6pm to go eat a nice steak dinner off the grill.

Book: one that would instantly turn itself into a movie (I don't like to read, but I love watching movies)

Weather: a nice 75 degree day, at the beach on the Pacific Ocean, with just enough breeze to tossle my hair around

Adventure: spontaneous, maybe something at the North Pole watching Polar Bears

Music: gotta be something toe tapping, and bum wiggling that doesn't make me cry

Vacation: no clocks, all inclusive lodging, meals, entertainment and transportation-so no money is needed, ocean and mountain views, 3 weeks, adventurous



I tag: Patsy and Lindsey

More crash em up drama...

Well the good news... the visit to the orthopedic doctor went well.

Doc is a golfer... so he could sympathize with the teenager, and wanted to avoid the dreaded cast!

So he got a new splint... and Doc was nice enough to explain to me that it was a fancy "3 point pressure" splint, that would put pressure on the joint equally and keep it in place as well as a cast would.
... and that the teenager could get right back to his golf game! Yes, first things first of course. This is his xray... all four of the other knuckle joints go up smoothly into the joint... but that last one on the left jags out and that is where it is broken. It's often called a boxers break. (the teenager liked that it had a cool name, it was much easier to explain)
Oh and the bad news... the insurance company hasn't released the car yet, so in order to avoid having to sell our teenager to pay for the storage charges, we had to bring it to our house... yes, for real, here it is, and yes, he is dumping it in my driveway!!!!

fancy "3 point splint" $112

doctor visit $150

towing and storage bill $430

cast (avoided) $500

smunched toyota $3,500

Teenager Safe and in our arms... PRICELESS!!!

(really, I have hugged him everyday and it is AWESOME, I hope I never ever take that for granted!!!!)

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(However, Mom is definitely going to need a massage and pedicure when this is all over with!)