Endless Summer

last one for now....

2010-05-23T22:35:00.002-07:00

Just a few more cute pics of me and my girl!! And a chance for you to see two of her new favorite activities...lip smacking and playing with her sippy cup (although as you can see she is more interested in teething on the lid than the cup itself!)

Andy's world

2010-05-23T22:26:00.003-07:00

Some of the many things that are now a part of daily life with Andy....solid food, almost crawling, and a lot more interest in toys!

Updates....

2010-05-23T22:17:00.003-07:00

Hello bloggers! Well here are a few short posts to help you know what we have been up too. These pictures here are just a sample of some of the family visits we have had. Most recently we got to see Jon's Uncle Cliff and Aunt Lee. They came to meet Andy and say hello. We had a great visit and you can see Andy playing with a ball they brought her. Andy also was very interested in Cliff's cane but we managed to get her to go for the ball instead. One of the benefits to having a little one I suppose is getting a lot of visitors and catching up with everyone.

baby cryin=pics only post

2009-10-14T08:27:00.001-07:00

2009-09-22T09:51:00.001-07:00

more pics

2009-09-09T19:51:00.001-07:00

Birth Story (edited for 'content')

2009-09-09T19:37:00.003-07:00

Hi all,
Tried to put pics and the story but as usual ran into what could best be described as formatting issues. So pics below and story here for anyone who is interested! Let's see well the actual birth story itself began Friday morning at 4am. I rolled over in bed and my water broke, woke Jon and then mom to begin getting ready to go to hospital. Jon and mom put bags in the car for me while I had a snack (hey I know what's about to happen, ice chips, so had to get something) then Jon took final bump picture (seen below, looking good for being wet, in labor and it being 4am). Off to the hospital we went!

Arrived at hospital and spent about an hour in triage waiting for confirmation that my water had in fact broken. Got orders from OBGYN on call to start pitocin and move me to labor and delivery. Once in labor and delivery got all the normal things taken care of, hospital gown, IV, pitocin, 3 hospital bands, and 2 monitors, oh and a blood pressure cuff (no chance of me 'escaping' now). Spent about 6 hours with nurse coming to gradually increase pitocin meanwhile dilating etc. around 10am asked for epidural (bless that Dr Slone). Post epidural waited till about 1:30 before began pushing. Pushed with help from Jon, mom, my grandma and my nurse (truly an underpaid, underappreciated asset!!!). Andrea Kathleen Wheeler was born at 3:59pm almost 12 hours exactly from time my labor began. She weighed in at 6lbs 120z and was 20 and 3/4 inches long (truly that nurse couldn't just call it 21...sigh honestly). Jon cut the cord (so brave!). Various nurses miraculously appeared and began doing all the other routine exams, shots, measurements etc. (for those interested Andy's APGAR was a 7 and after 5min a 9).

All told a vary normal birth without complications (yay!) Healthy baby and healthy mommy! Now just coming out of a post delivery haze of breastfeeding, diaper changing, visitors etc. Hope to put new pics and more updates soon. Thanks so much to all for your thoughts and prayers as well as all the comments, calls and visits! Couldn't have done it without your help!

(for those hoping for more details please feel free to email me questions wink)

Baby!

2009-09-09T19:09:00.002-07:00

Time for blogging...what is this?!

2009-08-14T20:54:00.003-07:00

Hello Blog world! Well despite lots going on I finally have a spare moment for blogging! Lets see what can I report to you all? Currently 34 (35 tomorrow!) weeks pregnant, the temp outside!104 deg F, 'feels like'....a billion deg F. Baby Wheeler weighs in somewhere around the 4lb mark we think based on secret ultrasound tech calulations.

'The house' as you may have read on Jon's blog (aka the place we are moving to Makenna St.) now has stucco outside and has drywall, tape and mud inside. The race between house and baby continues and only time will tell what will occur first moving or becoming parents. Nevertheless we are prepared for anything....well as prepared as possible.

Hope everyone enjoys the pics!

Baby pictures....not bump pictures!

2009-07-21T19:39:00.002-07:00

Hello blog readers! Hope you are all enjoying our excitement as we have new baby pictures to post!! Typically for 'normal' pregnancy you only get 2 ultrasounds but Jon and I were very fortunate that the doc wanted to check up on me so we got to see our girl again. Here are a few of her profile and one zoomed in on her head. The ultrasound tech said she was 'pursing her lips' and was blowing us kisses!

The zoom in picture may look a little strange to you but very exciting for us. That blurry white line is our baby's hair! Guess she is planning on taking after mommy. Not much else to report, baby and I both healthy and happy. Her tummy and bladder were both full during her ultrasound so nice proof that all systems are go!

Enjoy!

Sometimes blogger helps me!

2009-06-30T18:24:00.002-07:00

Dear Blog readers,
Have just been encouraged to see that blogger posted all my pics backwards. I had intended to put them from earlier dates scrolling down to present day. Not sure why it didn't work out that way but the nice thing is now if you scroll...I get smaller! ta dah! Ok so maybe not so exciting for you all but for me its pretty nice. As you can see from the most recent pic (striped shirt) I'm starting to rethink taking these photos. This is added to by the heat (101deg F) and swollen ankles!

Of course some days still fun. You can see in this one from the week before. I was joking and laughing with Jon while taking pictures. I think I snuck this one in after work one day (as you can see by my shoes) before changing into 'mommy clothes' aka yoga pants and tank top, bare feet.

Absolute fav here in help via blogger. It didn't let me rotate the photo. I look a little sway backed! But I found it funny. Especially since I am giving a nice classic 'mommy pose' for all of you holding baby to show my belly. What would modern art lovers say to this depiction?

All in all things here are going well. I think last time I left the blog I had said we were going on our hospital tour. The tour went well and we were very encouraged by the facilities there. Everything looks safe and clean, not to mention excessive strategies to prevent your baby from getting traded, switched with another or altogether boosted from the hospital. All three of us (Jon, Baby and I) will all be tagged as soon as possible to make sure we stay together. Of course less excuses for later and possibly the end for shows like Oprah and Dr Phil but really I think I'll take it this way.

Hope you all enjoy the pics, am off for my evening walk with Jon followed by a run for fried chicken to take to 4th of July potluck at work tomorrow.

Rock hard abs in less than 25weeks!

2009-05-31T19:30:00.004-07:00

Well bloggers you too could have a physique like the photos here, results like this are typical within the first 20-25 weeks, this example here is your average white female at 24weeks!

Here is one from just a few weeks ago (may 9th)

I do have a few of my belly button progress but have determined that they are not blog worthy. Meanwhile you can see the bump progress. Baby Wheeler is getting bigger and stronger every day. She is now strong enough that Jon can feel her kick and if you push your hand on my belly she will get irritated (I'm assuming thats what it is anyway) and will push back with a little nudge! In order to perform such masterful feats she continues to cause cravings for Doritos, Chipotle steak burritos and lately chocolate chip cookies....yep she knows whats good. Also helpful is Daddy providing plenty of fluids including some juice to get her moving.

Jon and I have been studying of course as baby due date gets closer and are in our 3rd week of a 5wk baby course. This Tuesday we get to tour the hospital where our girl will arrive, no idea if they allow photos but don't worry, will have camera just in case.

The Latest

2009-05-25T20:14:00.004-07:00

Well hello everyone. As you an see the latest with us is our little Memorial day weekend project of crib building! After several trips Jon and I picked a crib and managed to get it back to the house; actually that turned out to be the hardest part. We ended up spending ~1hr putting it together, no missing parts or issues! Even for those of you who would (like we most likely would) lose the instructions and have issues the next time you tried to put it together this crib is fool proof. See below:

The crib comes with all instructions glued to the bottom of the crib (aka the part that holds up the mattress). So unless you lose that whole piece you cannot lose them. It also has all the instructions should you want to convert the crib to full size bed later.

Last but not least I don't have a good recent belly shot on the computer yet but I do have this cute pic of Chuck (my father in law) and myself comparing bellies. Good thing my secret is safe with him about whose belly is larger (wink)well I suppose with him and Susan and Jon....Ok so really no secrets at all these days when it comes to the belly. I knew I needed to update the blog, partly from Jon telling me 'update your blog' but also from questions at work...escalating when it comes to the belly. Example I had a student at our office ask me if my skin hurt to have it stretch so much. Thankfully I was able to say no but it makes you wonder when it looks painful to others! Lucky for her we are work colleagues and I didn't show her the hair, stretch marks etc. that come along with the rest!

More nursery, belly, etc. to come on some other quiet night. These days work stays busy as another coworker of mine is out on maternity leave but after a few weeks she'll return and blog time will increase! Of course that doesn't necessarily mean I'll be faithful but...I'll try. Best to all!

Baby pics

2009-04-23T19:28:00.003-07:00

In case you had any doubts, he he he

Here she is! Much better than the peanut photos, hope its easier for everyone to see!

Our girl saying hello (to us and bloggers everywhere)

2009-04-22T19:44:00.002-07:00

Ok...so one picture. Here is me circa 17wks...I should be putting up ultrasounds soon but have to figure out how to take names etc off the pics (apparently so other people won't steal photos of my daughter...or something)

It's A....GIRL!

2009-04-17T21:26:00.001-07:00

Not much time to type but pics to follow soon and couldn't wait to share the news!

March 29th

2009-03-30T17:42:00.003-07:00

Dear Blog world. Well here are a few new photos for you, the one above I put because Jon called it a 'good bump picture'. Personally I think its all in where my arm is that makes it look so..incriminating (wink) But I suppose a bump is a bump and he knows better than anyone else that looks at me!

Of course down here we have as requested a picture of me standing in the same spot (ok almost the same spot) as before for comparison. I have had the suggestion that I keep wearing the same shirt everyweek....but that prospect seemed at first boring (how to show off cute maternity clothes) and later on like it could be scary. I'm picturing something that looks like the incredible hulk in slow motion. My shirt tearing down the front AAARRGGHHH...not pretty. So for now will just go for whatever I'm wearing that day. Maybe later we'll do a repeat shirt appearance, if its not to scary.

-Note: Jon just fixed my formating on this so my pictures and text are better. So if you like this you can thank Jon and if you wonder why I never do it again...I don't know how.

In other news (since you're looking at bump photos it's baby related, hope you all don't mind). Jon and I are officially registered for Baby Classes. Actually if you ask the expert this means I am registered for Birth Information Courses along with my support partner. I'll be sure to keep everyone updated on class events. To start with I would like to vent about needing to register for 3 courses (along with 3 seperate fees I might add) in order to find out all the crucial information such as: how to be pregnant, have labor/give birth, feed, diaper, dress, bathe, and care for baby. Didn't this all used to be one course? and didn't it used to be free? Not that I've ever participated before but....honestly they wonder how so many people don't know what they need and take poor care of the their children. I'll tell you part of the issue, it takes a proactive person a good half hour not to mention 3 courses and $$$ to even get signed up to potentially learn the needed information! Of course if you want to know other information such as baby CPR that is actually a different course (and more $), thankfully I'm already certified. Who knows what other mom's do, "sorry I killed Junior, I just could never figure out how to get registered for baby life saving, and it cost too much" or something like this could happen, "if only I'd saved the $ from _______ and used it for Baby CPR class this would never have happened". Sigh if you're still reading at this point, thanks for listening to my ranting. Maybe it's the hormones talking.

All in all things are going very well, hope you enjoy the pictures and of course as soon as I learn more baby facts in class I'll be sure to share them with anyone who asks....and for free too! Don't tell you're doctors, I may get blacklisted.

Bump Watch

2009-03-08T20:22:00.005-07:00

Hello Blog world,

At this point I'm sure many of you have heard the news we're expecting and have also seen sonogram pics on Jon's blog. You may or may not know that Jon is attempting to take my picture once a week to 'watch the bump'. SO since its been a looong time between posts I am as always attempting to do better by posting a few of Jon's pictures for all of you. I of course don't usually like having my picture taken but for the baby I'll do anything and for all of you to follow along I'll do...well some things including having my picture taken!

Feb 1st Feb 22nd March 5th

March 5th again...if I put the shirt against my stomach... wink

Most of my street clothes still look like Feb 1st however (unfortunately) most of my work clothes look more like the 2nd one from March 5th. Baby isn't shy everyone he/she just wants to be seen! I personally am enjoying the moment this week as my regular jeans still fit without help. Especially since almost all work pants are being used with the help of the bella band. For those of you not familar with 'bella band' you can google it and see pictures. Its a large tube of elastic that is sort of transition clothing between your own clothes and...maternity clothes.

All in all not too much else to report. I'll do my best to keep up with the pictures. So far I've felt more fatigued than anything else but slowly its getting better. Baby is 12 wks and has just reached the approximate size of a plum!

* Note for Dad- took photos March 5th ...same day I called you simply for posterity. A rough day but hey I'm still wearing my own pants which they tell me I should be proud of!!!

Xmas prep-Thomas Arron

2008-11-26T19:45:00.002-07:00

Hi everyone. Well I must say blogging for me never changes. I think of ideas and never have time meanwhile quietly reassuring myself that it hasn't been that long....until I look and its been a month. Still 12 a year isn't bad compared to none. I've just included a few pictures of our house with xmas decorations up. We put things up a little early this year so between holiday trips we actually get to enjoy our tree etc. Also we were a little excited as many of our Christmas items were wedding gifts that had yet to be used. I particularly like the Christmas village shot here in which Wal-Mart in all its perfect timing showed a comercial right as I was trying to get my photo. All in all a pretty representative picture of our house, nicely decorated but like everyone else we watch too much TV.

Here is our Christmas tree, lots of new ornaments from the wedding as well as some donated tinsel. If you're feeling extremely curious you can look in the very back of the picture and see my new kitchen curtains, helpfully hung by Jon.

Last but not least is likely the 1 Christmas craft of the year, putting a new bow on one of our two wreaths. I picked the ribbon and made the bow all by myself....not too shabby! And if my mom is out there saying 'gosh that wreath looks familiar' its because it used to be yours, hope you don't mind me sprucing it up!

In closing my ever present (but often seemingly empty) promise to blog more soon, hopefully pictures of Thanksgiving in Wellton AZ!

Wedding pictures!

2008-10-05T09:23:00.002-07:00

As many of you know Jon and I had the pleasure of going to UT for the weekend to see Jon and Christina's Wedding. We really had a great time despite it being such a quick trip. Here are some photos from 'the big day'! One of my favs here at the top of Joe and Maureen,
The beautiful bride herself, after being Mrs. Christina Umbriaco for about ....10min.!
This is the reception center where we had dinner, dancing and general celebration afterwards. Everything was beautiful. The reception center told us we were their largest event ever, (obviously! It's THE wedding of the year!) they did a good job and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.
Just a little sneeky picture here, hopefully Aunt Dorothy will forgive me for taking this view of her but I had to catch Christina signing the license! Its official everyone!

SO thats all the big news around here, we had a great trip and are now at home and back at work!

Catch up!

2008-09-06T16:24:00.003-07:00

Here is a photo of our tent from when we went camping on Mt Lemmon. A pretty good time as 1)its 7000 ft so much cooler than Tucson 2)the campground had potties 3)real trees 4) didn't get attacked by any boogie men.
This is zuchinni bread made by yours truly. Pretty tasty too, its called Chocolate Zuchinni and is from my Mother in Law Susan W.'s family cookbook. Although it only takes 2c. of zuchinni so with the size of the zuchinni I had I still have a huge ziploc of frozen zuchinni in the freezer. Oh well will make more bread later!
These are some of the smaller Monster cookies I made for a work potluck for Labor Day. The recipe from Tracy Hiester of Aldersgade UMC in Brigham City UT. They taste great, have everything (m&ms, oatmeal, peanut butter...) The original instructions said to use a 1/4c measuring cup to drop the cookies-they were huge! Monster...obviously. But since that meant only cooking about 3 at a time then I had to scale down to 'large pampered chef scoop', which made these you see here.
This is a view of my new hanging plant picked by Jon! It has large waxy leaves and is sort of cactus like but pretty flowers. It's replacing the geranium I used to have there. The geranium was great, lasted from Nov. of last year until around April when it finally threw in the towel...really not too bad. We'll se how this one lasts, its called Euphoria or something like that. Meanwhile my small flower bed behind it plugs on. I have some Zinca (?) that have held up quite well as well as some petunias. I had some taller flowers but they bit the dust around 105 deg F (who can blame them). I also have a mint plant which I got from a friend at church giving me a cutting. It had a hard time in the beginning but is now sprouting up and beginning its takeover as mint always does. This is good though since who knows how many months petunias hold out in Tucson, and also plenty of foder for mojitos next summer.

OK well I think that is a quick sum up of 'life in pics' for now. I hope to take some pics of our adventures tonight but maybe not too many, it might spook our dinner guests if I roam about the table saying things like "work it!". If all else fails theres bound to be some pics of Jonathan and Christina's wedding coming up here soon.

The bite that bugs me

2008-06-15T15:36:00.003-07:00

Or....the bug that bit me? Hi everyone, as you can see lately something is attempting to eat me alive. Some of you may remember this happened last year....I had one or two bites from what I thought was some random 'Arizona Bug'. I then later found a spider in my office which I smashed...and killed. I felt victorious and my battle with AZ vermin had been completed. Or so I thought. As of Thursday the 12th of June I had zero bites and was oblivious to any office companions. By the time I got home Friday (note Fri. the 13th, how did I not expect something?) I had 8 bites. The general consensus is that they are from another spider. Jon remains bite free, although this year one of my coworkers also has bites. SO either last years smashing not quite as successful as I thought and lone spider has been lying in wait or he had some friends who wanted revenge. So I now have a series of itching, growing, hard, red bites. I also am armed with a large can of spider killer which will be used in my office ASAP.

On a lighter note no bugs in our new garden and despite it being 108 deg. the plants are doing fairly well. This is great news along with the news that monsoon should start early this year. The 'rules' for official monsoon season are that the dew point must be 55 or more. Several days ago it was again over 100 deg and the dewpoint was 29...life seemed hopeless. HOWEVER, today the dewpoint is 45! This means our plants have a good chance because the warmest part of the year is almost over. It also hopefully means that spiders everywhere will go back outside.

SO all in all some good news from our neck of the woods today. Although if you know something better than benadryl and calamine...let me know.

Brian Photos (because no one else is!)

2008-06-07T09:11:00.002-07:00

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post (as usual) to attempt more frequent postings (as usual, I know). I was going to write a nice little blog about my new flower garden. It's not a great achievement but having time for something like flowers is a big deal when you're me. BUT Jon posted a picture already so I decided to put some up of Brian. I know everyone is thinking, 'thats not your kid' and 'I wanted to do that' but lets face it Paul is ~5 months behind on this and the kid is growing like a weed. In fact I am sure if P or C sees this they will remark that Brian doesn't even look like that anymore. They will probably say things like 'he outgrew that outfit 3 wks ago'. Nevertheless I decided that those of you in blog land deserve an update on this. After all the other day I asked Paul if Brian can eat cherrios and he told me Brian eats everything. Yes, that's right folks he eats all real food and thinks cherrios are boring. (you are amazed I know, I told you he was growing).

SO finally here are the latest pictures in my possesion. Love to all from Brian's favorite Auntie.

Thomas Arron

2008-05-24T09:15:00.003-07:00

Hello blog world.

I'm attempting (as ever) to get on some sort of blog schedule. So I thought I would post some pictures of our new place. For those of you who don't know Jon and I have moved to Marana, AZ a burb of Tucson. This is a great acheivement for us to have left our apartment for 1)more space 2)less noise and 3) did we mention more space? Our apt. was approximately 600sq ft the new house is 1404 sq ft. We are renting a Meritage home which as far as Jon and I can tell is the Arizona equivalent of an Ivory Home so hope that sheds some light on where we are at to all our fellow Utahns. So far we love it. The commute is a bit farther however we now have a yard, real neighbors, and a great parks and rec system. There are plenty of paths that lead through the subdivision that can be used for walking, biking etc. and several parks near us with wait for it wait for it...grass. Jon and I both went out on one of the paths near us this morning, roller skates for me, bike for Jon. Which we are now undoing any benefits by eating pancakes. This is just another acheivement of our new larger kitchen as we are getting to use a griddle that we received as a wedding gift and are finally, finally, using for the first time. Basically we have been waiting because to attempt using same griddle in our apt would have caused some sort of fire.

So that's all the news that is the news around here; pancakes, more room and hearing our own washer and drying whirring away just down the hall. It may not be heaven to some but for us along with the holiday weekend it's nothing to sneeze at.

NEW POST YAY!!

2008-05-04T20:21:00.002-07:00

SO... finally a new post. Just putting up a few posts of pictures to fill people in on whats going on here in AZ. First off I have officially graduated from Utah State with my Au.D. This last weekend Jon and I went to UT for graduation. Here are a few pics of Jon and I, my parents, Jon's parents and a group shot with classmates/profs.
We had all 6 in my class come walk thru the ceremony (the largest graduating Au.D. class since USU's program began). All in all we had a great trip even if it was just a quick one! I don't know why the text on my blog is being so strange...But seeing as I have a doctorate I'll figure it out; and now that school is truly over hopefully I'll post more often.

No news AZ

2008-01-21T20:29:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
Just a quick hello while I'm sitting here at the computer. Not too much excitement to report. I've been spending a lot of time at work since my supervisor had to have a tooth removed and isn't feeling well. Jon is enjoying his last week of freedom before starting work at the U of A. Our raid of the Pima county library continues, we left this week I think with 4 books, a magazine, and three CDs. Other than that all is quiet, will try to get some new pictures up soon (63 deg F here) to compare to the snowy ones on dad's blog.

Her need parkle

2008-01-01T16:32:00.001-07:00

Just a few quick shots for all you readers. I know I saw most of you over the holidays so there really isn't too much to report. However, since I have checked everyones'blogs for Christmas photos, I thought I would put some up for you. The first one is Jon and I enjoying some year old wedding cake. Since it was stored in my mom's freezer we didn't get to eat it on our anniversary, so we ate it over Christmas. Below that is a picture of some of the best kids around. These are some of my nieces/nephews who were helping us polish off the cake. They are also responsible for my fabulous make-up in a lot of Christmas pictures. More fun and cheaper than any star's assistant. :)

New Pics

2007-12-27T19:24:00.001-07:00

Dec 1st

2007-12-01T14:35:00.000-07:00

Now that you are all semi-caught up on pictures, a short note just about how we are. Things are pretty calm. Jon and I spent Thanksgiving on Oahu for a family vacation. Now we are having a psuedo Thanksgiving meal (turkey etc) today and waiting for our trip 'home' to Utah. We're enjoying the ever warm Tucson weather, but definitley missing snow. We went to walmart to purchase Christmas decorations and found the entire garden area was in fact still a garden area. So not to be thwarted we purchased a hanging geranum for our porch. So now we have a Christmas wreath and a plant decorating small yard. Here are some pictures from today of our Christmas 'setup'.

Recap of Sept-Nov.

2007-12-01T14:24:00.000-07:00

There's no excuse for my lack of posting....or for my mis-ordered pictures. But beggars can't be choosers you few readers! This is a nice pic of Jon and my cousins relaxin on Waikii (right outside our hotel over Thanksgiving).
Here is a good view of Diamond Head. Jon and I hiked up to the top with my dad. Thirty min. up and thirty min. down.
This is the sunset view from my towel/place on the beach. I didn't see a green flash but it was too beautiful for me to care.

This is one of many views I got at the top of Diamond Head. Especially like the view of the lighthouse.

This would be the picture I intended to put first on this blog....Halloween pumpkins by Jon and I.

The Latest

2007-08-12T14:56:00.000-07:00

Here is some benefit of the monsoon, some beautiful flowers on the way to the mailbox. All the yellow buds will turn into these orange flowers (which close up at night and stay open in the afternoon).

Right near there you can see how the ocotillo look post monsoon. The good news is that the spine covered branches get leaves and look much fuller. The bad news is after one good storm the wind bends them and frequently uproots them.

This last one is our latest evidence of an AZ creature visiting our home. On a bright note we know we don't have trantulas in our house....

Nothing else too exciting to report. Jon and I have been learning the trials of apartment living during the monsoon. So far we have had a leak in the roof and a leaking window sill in our bedroom. This past week we had a water main break in our complex and went a whole day without water. The following day the monsoon storm caused a tree to fall and our power was out for 3hours. Which for all your non-AZ folks this is especially tragic because it means no AC.

On the work front things have been steadily improving. I have sold a few pairs of hearing aids from our recent ads for Phonak. And I've been learning how to fill out billing forms properly so that when we bill insurance they cover more. My latest upseting discovery regarding healthcare in the US is that now at my office it is cheaper for a person to have a cosmetic appointment than it is to purchase hearing aids. Example, the cheapest hearing aid we offer 950 dollars, botox injections 60 dollars. I note this especially for Paul, can we say reform?

Well, I think thats it. Miss you all!!

Quick Post

2007-08-07T20:06:00.000-07:00

A blog worthy picture (taken by Jon).... This is the moth that was outside our neighbors apartment this afternoon (directly across from our door). Welcome to Arizona....land of big bugs!

Monsoon Season

2007-07-07T17:43:00.000-07:00

Hi all. Well this weeks big news is not what you'd think....it was not a large 4th of July bash with loads of patriotism but rather the begining of the monsoon. While this may not mean much to all of you let me tell you it does to us. After almost 2months of no rain, fog, or even cloud cover it finally rained. This took the temperature outside down from 112deg F to 92 (enough to make new locals like us want to dance outside while wearing bathing suits). According to those in 'the know' it will now rain almost every day for ~3 weeks and will then return to sunny and hot every day. I put up a little picture there for you to all enjoy the rain too.

Updating...

2007-06-29T17:46:00.000-07:00

Hello Everybody,

I'm finally updating so let me give you the basic rundown on how things are here in AZ. This morning at 8am it was 85 deg F, this afternoon at 2pm it was 109 deg F....by 4pm it was 113F, temperature in my office 70deg F, nuf said.

SO above this (since I can't get them to move down) is some birthday pics. One of me and my grandmother talking about who knows what and the other of some beautiful flowers sent to me at work by my parents. I had hopes to put up some pictures of my office but I keep forgetting to bring a camera to work.

In general things are good. Some days I enjoy my job and some days...I don't. I'm getting to know most of the staff but still 5weeks later I met someone today for the first time. Someone from Billing who said "great to finally meet you" keep in mind I have not heard of this person. BUT he feels like we are close friends since he sees all the billing sheets (one for each patient) with my name on them.

Anyway I'm trying to 'stay cool' and will also try to post again soon with other pictures.

Tucson

2007-05-27T21:36:00.000-07:00

Hi....
Well Jon and I are settling in here in Tucson. If you read Jon's blog then you've gotten to see some pictures of the apt. maybe tomorrow I will take some updated ones so you can view our unpacking progress.

The job seems to be going well. Although not having any friends or feedback yet I'm not sure of how well they think I am doing. But so far I think I am doing alright. Its difficult to go from a school situation to a work environment due to the fact that you have no way to check your progress. In school this can be done by assignment and test grades etc.

Other news....Jon and I tried a church here in Tucson today, Catalina UMC. It was alright although we think we chose the wrong service time for finding other people our age. We are going to try and go there again next week since the bulletin says they have a age 18-30 group, SO we know they are 'there' somewhere. The 'young adult' group also meets Monday nights so we might try and join them if we can figure out where they meet and I don't chicken out.

We also enjoyed SamJo day a holiday invented by my extended family here in Tucson to celebrate my cousin and my Uncle's birthdays. We swam, ate burgers, and had time with the fam and didn't get sunburned (always crucial). Then we went to Westward Look Resort where my Uncle works and saw some fireworks. While this would normally be illegal they have a permit to shoot fireworks for Memorial Day since it is too hot and dry on July 4th. Jon and I got to see the fireworks from close up and it was a great show.

All in all we had a good day (enjoying the weekend!). Will try and post pictures soon.

American Academy of Audiology

2007-04-23T21:05:00.000-07:00

Hello Readers!

First off let me say this is my first posting on the 'new blogger' it has been forced upon me so I cannot vouch for anything bad that may happen on this posting. In other words, I have even less of an idea of how this all works now.

Now, on to more important items. This past week I attended the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) convention in Denver, CO. Almost everyone in my whole program here at USU attended and good times were had by all. Along with learning all sorts of audiology info. we also went to a Colorado Rockies game (Rockies 7 Dodgers 2 final score); and then after other long convention days that included 2 hour lectures our group attended some hearing aid company sponsored parties. I thought I'd post some pics from the trip to entertain all of you.

Here we have the ever fabulous Shalise Adams and I eating some great baseball food! Followed by a view from our seats at Coors Field. After those is a picture of our group wearing some snazzy USU t-shirts.

pictures

2007-04-10T16:39:00.000-07:00

Here are some promised pictures of life here at Penny Lane.
As you can see I seem to be having some format trouble but at least I got the pictures taken...
There is one of Jon making me some delicious calzones. Another is of boxes in our living room to demonstrate all the glory of moving (this is an 'after' picture minus several boxes going to the garage). And Last but not least is a picture of our garden. It is of course a glorious example of the splendor of graduate school. This year we are going for a multi theme that says, 'We're moving! We're working! Its cold and rainy!' I think Better Homes and Gardens will be right over, don't you :)?

What's new

2007-04-02T10:07:00.000-07:00

Hello blog readers... I'd like to start off with a fabulous excuse for not blogging but I really don't have one. So instead I'll just fill you in on the news.

School continues on, neverending group projects, reading, and meetings. Our semester finishes up the first week of May so not too much longer. Also continuing my capstone project with my wonderful committee chair. After 2 months of meeting every Tues. at 10am I am still unsure if he truly knows my name. However, Utah State now officially knows me as Amy Wheeler which is a triumph after much paperwork and 3 trips to the registrars office.

The move to AZ gets closer each day. Jon and I are busily packing and boxes are everywhere in the house both empty and full. The condo is officially on the market and hopefully one day soon someone will decide to buy it, freeing us up to pay rent to only one place in May as oppossed to two. I've also submitted all my paperwork to the AZ health dept. and hopefully my licenses will arrive soon.

No other truly exciting news, just ongoing wedding aftermath. Even though the wedding was 3 months ago we just recieved another gift and have just barely spent the last of those Bed Bath and Beyond giftcards. I'll try and get some classic 'moving' pictures for you all this week.

Seton

2007-02-26T14:43:00.000-07:00

Hello again,

Before I start a quick note for Jodi- I think the book is called 'I am the Cheese'

Today I just wanted to post a picture of my friend Amy Wusstig's baby in an effort to make up for all the wedding pictures of her while pregnant. So everyone this is Seton Wusstig, please oogle him and see how cute he is...

Who is "The Cheese"

2007-02-07T22:48:00.000-07:00

Well after several questions I thought I would explore for everyone the origin of the phrase 'The cheese stands alone'.

I learned it from the song 'The Famer in the Dell' in which the last verse is all about the cheese standing alone. In the song everyone 'takes' someone or something else except the cheese. Which is why (I think) thats the memorable part of the song. If you ever sang the song as part of a game you may remember the cheese due to your being picked last. You can play a game in which everyone stands in a circle singing. With each verse a new person gets to come into the middle of the circle. For example, the Farmer starts as 'it' and is in the middle, after this when the Farmer takes a wife he picks someone else from the circle to come into the middle. At the end of the song everyone is in the circle 'middle' except...the cheese. Then everyone else re-forms a circle around the cheese and sings about them standing alone. Which makes you wonder....what are we teaching our children?

If you are new to the phrase and have no idea about the song maybe you heard about it because you like to eat cheese. There is a cheese shop in NY (I think) called The Cheese Stands Alone. Obviously created by Wisconsin children who liked cheese or had a bad experience with the game....or possibly a good experience if the cheese became the farmer for the next round.

Hope you all enjoy singing this week about farmers, wives, children, cats, dogs, rats, and CHEESE!

Life and DNRs

2007-01-29T16:09:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,
I have finally stolen a moment to work on my blog and tell you about my life. So here is what's new: I'm taking two classes this semester Practice Management and Educational Audiology, I have an internship two days a week at the IHC Hearing and Balance Center in SLC, and I'm almost in the black as far as those wedding thank you notes are concerned. Today I have been exteremely productive working on my capstone and paying back library fines for books I never read. This is because I allow friends and family to use my University library account. I will be sad to see this account go once I graduate as it gives me access to USU's library, U of U's library and BYU's library.

Also here is my response to Erin Umbriaco's question of how I feel about end of life issues. I personally don't understand when keeping someone alive via machine truly comes into play. Such as when it must be done and how it is done. But here is my 'take'.

I am an organ donor so if being kept on machine means someone else can use my heart, kidneys, etc. then turn on the pump or whatever. I also am entering a time in my life where I may consider having children and I'm not sure if being kept alive by a machine may save my child. If I were pregnant and got in a car accident or something I would support my being kept alive via machine if that would mean my child could be born healthy. SO I would like to say that there is no blanket statement that can cover how I feel about it, each situation would be different. I think Jon would have to ask himself what that machine was keeping me alive for, if it was just for the sake of staying alive to prolong grief I would say thats probably not worth it. I do think that regardless of your feelings you should let your loved ones know, in a legal written way. Doing this may seem morbid but it prevents endless grief for your family. Hope this answers your question Erin.

Hope to write more soon!

Post

2006-12-31T10:57:00.000-07:00

1 day post marriage:
drove to Las Vegas and got honked at in response to car decorations for example windows that say 'love train'. Also enjoyed many odd looks at me while I was driving since the drivers window said "baby makin machine".

6 days post marriage:
Returned from honeymoon and went directly to family xmas activities. A long day but not bad.

7 days post marriage:
Woke up and opened lots of gifts (wedding gifts that is).

8 days post marriage:
Woke up and opened lots of gifts (xmas gifts). Two mornings of gift opening, not likely to ever happen again..very fun.

15 days post marriage:
Woke up, went to instacare, followed by smiths. Now armed with 3 perscriptions I am ready to again face married life....or at least life with a cold, an ear infection and pink eye.

Well, that about covers the highlights. :) More once I am feeling better.

Why I don't Blog much

2006-12-04T08:13:00.000-07:00

Well, with 11 days to go before the wedding, I thought I would upload a few pictures. Enjoy!

A Non-Wedding Note

2006-11-28T20:13:00.000-07:00

For all you interested readers....I got a job! As of May 2007 I will be working here: http://www.carlsonent.com

Bride update

2006-11-02T21:19:00.000-07:00

Days till wedding: 43
Thank you notes that need to be written:2
Wedding advice recieved today: (from a patient) "A desperate woman is in for a hard life" (honestly what is he trying to say here!)
# of people who have tux measurements:5
# of people who need tux measures taken:3
Object I have the largest number of in the house: envelopes

.... Not being a "desperate woman".....priceless

Brides log

2006-10-19T19:33:00.000-07:00

Days till the wedding: 57
Thank you notes written: 48
Free weekends between now and the wedding: 1
Weight: 150lbs
Days till dress fitting: 8

Well now that you have some basic stats I thought I would fill you in on my day and plans for the days to come. Today I made a major step toward my married life; I moved my twin bed out of my room to make room for Jon's queen size bed to move into my house. Jon helped a lot of course. This will be an interesting turn for Jon and myself since Jon has been staying here for months but now his belongings will be as well. Not to mention that for the next two nights this means Jon will sleep on the couch until the other bed can be moved. I of course will be a big help learning how to sleep in the same twin bed but in a different bedroom.

Other plans for the upcoming week include my spending a day observing audiology at the VA hospital in SLC. Hopefully an enlightening experience that I can fill you all in on later.

A little fun for all of you

2006-09-20T21:05:00.000-07:00

In lieu of pictures on the past several posts....

http://www.orbitzweddings.com/dancebridedance/index.aspx?id=2dfbb73a-6b66-441a-97bf-f5b6b270943d

Budge and Band

2006-09-20T20:44:00.000-07:00

Life continues here on Penny Lane.

I have now been at the Budge Clinic for a few weeks. It is an interesting site and I've seen several rare cases since I started there. More importantly for all you readers....I have a name badge. The most dramatic case I've seen is a 16yr old male who had a seizure during testing. It wasn't something I ever imagined encountering in audiology but at least the internship isn't dull.

The latest 'fun' adventure outside of audiology was the USU football game. Our first home game of the season against University of Utah. This was a very good news and bad news experience. Good news: the Aggie band has new uniforms. Bad News: our football team lost 48 to 0. I'm working on getting band pics up on my blog and for those of you who are wondering, yes I did stay for the whole game.

Today

2006-09-08T21:01:00.000-07:00

Today was better....eventually. Today was my first day with my internship at the Budge Clinic. I arrived at the clinic at 7:45am and parked in my assigned area (far away from the door in the 'blue lined' spots). At first I was told 'blue lined spots' today I found out (but was not surprised) to find out that blue lines=peon. I went into the Budge Clinic and headed for HR to turn in my second round of paperwork. The happy girl there took my paperwork and proclaimed that my name badge was still not done..."could you come back this afternoon?" After this I went upstairs to the second floor (took the stairs) to Audiology. Note:Audiology/ENT at Budge is right next to OBGYN, who organizes these things? Upon arriving to Audiology I found that my supervisor was not there yet and our first appointment was not until 8:30am. I went back downstairs (taking the elevator). I walked back to the blue lined spaces and finished my coffee while sitting in my car (I'm a big chicken). After a short pep talk and half a cup of coffee I walked back inside (took the stairs again). By this time my supervisor had arrived and asked, 'where's your name tag?' and then introduced me to everyone who works there due to the fact that I had no badge to proclaim who I was.

2:15pm Took lunch. Went to USU Health Center and got my TB shot checked. Knowing I was TB free I got back in my car and ate grapes on my way back to the blue spaces. Once I parked I went back in to HR, name badge still not ready, "how do you spell that last name again?" Went upstairs (took the stairs, hey who's proud?). 2:40pm was back at work.

6:00pm all patients gone, begin paperwork. After practicing medical coding and record keeping I put all papers that had been important all day in the shredder. All in all a good day. Seems like things will go well with my new supervisor. However, I remain nameless until Monday where I will try to conquer HR again. Perhaps I should mention to them that I have been a good girl and park in the blue spaces? Remind I have turned in all my paperwork and have no TB? Who knows. Have new resolve. Will Prevail. Will get name badge!

Is it all worthwhile?

2006-09-07T20:44:00.000-07:00

I have been in class for 1 full week and I officially have begun to question why I am there. Well its not the first time I have wondered this its just my first official time this year, I think it may be a record. Life has been so busy and stressful lately with Portland, the new school schedule, the wedding and just trying to keep things going around the house. Have you ever asked yourself why you do what you do? Today I have been thinking about why I even wanted to be an audiologist. Do I like ears?...no. Do I like people?...no. Do I like hospitals?...no. So even though I don't technically have time I wanted to post this; just to see if anyone else contemplates if all their efforts are really worth it. Why do people put all their time and effort into jobs that they end up hating? Could really use some advice/motivation. I know getting a job should be motivating but its not, the job will only produce more bills. Having more bills means needing to get a better job. I'm not sure if any of this makes sense, just let me know if you have days where you don't know what you are doing with your life anymore.

Portland Trip Pictures

2006-08-31T18:25:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of my classmate Johnny in our training room at Starkey. This is a picture of our group with George Frye (owner) and his wife Sally. For those of you wondering George is 6' 7" tall....I asked him.
This is a picture of inside Frye, where they manufacture hearing aid analyzers and audiometers. To quote Sally Frye, "George likes to have his tools."
Here is another group shot of all of us in front of Starkey, pretty much the only rainy day we had, not bad for Portland.

I have some other pictures coming from a classmate and will try to write more later on....having a bit of trouble getting my text and pics on the way I want!

quick post

2006-08-30T22:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone
I decided since I am on the computer that a mandatory short post is necessary. SO I will tell you all about my evening. Tonight I returned from a school trip to Portland. My flight got in around 6:30pm. I then rode back with my professor and several other students to Logan. Somewhere around 8pm my professor dropped me off at home.

Now before I can continue I must give you a little background on my home. If you don't already know I live in a condominium. There are two ways into the house the front and the back. The front door has a lock and a deadbolt, in front of that is a storm door which locks only from the inside (not a key lock). The back door has a deadbolt and leads to a small patio area. the other end of the patio has a door leading to my garage which can only be opened with a garage door opener; I do not have a keypad or handle to open the door manually from the outside.

On with tonights story. So my professor dropped me off and I head toward the front door. My car was safely shut in the garage. When I got there the storm door was locked.

.... So there I was. Standing in the dark with my purse, a suitcase, several sets of keys and no way at all into my home. After several phone calls I managed to get back in by having a generous friend take me to Jon's work to retrieve his garage door opener. Now it is 11 pm I am sitting at my computer blogging away waiting for Jon to get off work because as you all are now aware he cannot enter the house. Anyway its time to get back to my emails I have 20 new messages and class starts tomorrow morning. Hope to put pictures and a better blog about Portland soon.

2006-04-28T11:33:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

I heard that my blog pictures were 'gone' so I decided to put up this lovely, inspiring, academic scene. You can all gaze at it while dancing to the tune I posted earlier (truly the best of the 365day project).

Not too much new here, just about to take finals and have my first committee meeting on my capstone project. I am then free until I start clinic at my summer place in Ogden. Which reportedly is 'right across the street from that school near the hospital'....such a proud well known school Weber State. I'm also taking a summer statistics class however, that doesn't start until June 12th. So I plan to do things around the house and work on wedding plans. But until The Month of Freedom aka May you can like I said enjoy this great view and sing along.

A Spring tune

2006-04-28T11:22:00.000-07:00

Just a little spring work out tune for y'all! (October #3)
http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/10-1.html
P.S. Thought Paul would especially appreciate this one, I'll be waiting for your comment!

also recommend

2006-04-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

Also recommend this site.....www.dangerousdecibels.org

Final Say....

2006-04-18T20:48:00.000-07:00

Since spring finals are coming up there isn't a lot of time for posting. So for your entertainment you can make plans for celebrating Noise Awareness Day on April 26th. Basically its a day to promote hearing conservation, you can check out organizations such as SHHH and HEAR or you can just check out http://www.lhh.org/noise/index.htm
Have a tinnitus free day everyone

4 things

2006-03-31T16:30:00.000-07:00

Because Paul asked me to do it, 3 months ago....

Four Jobs I've had
1. Extended daycare school of St. Peter
2. Administrative Assistant for Anteon Co.
3. Parking Booth attendant at Utah State U.
4. Audiology intern.

Four movies I could watch over and over
1. Oscar
2. While you were sleeping
3. My big fat greek wedding
4. When Harry met Sally

Four places I've lived
1. Layton, Utah
2. Santa Barbara, California
3. Elon, North Carolina
4. Logan, Utah

Four TV shows I love
1. ER, its not really about medicine and I don't care
2. West Wing, just finished season 5
3. Gilmore Girls, don't even see them in order still love it, I want to move to Stars Hollow
4. Scrubs, didn't understand until I started watching them on DVD now love it.

Four places I've vacationed
1. Florida, Disney good humidity bad
2. Bryce Canyon- can I count this as vacation?
3. Maryland-a fun vacation when you go with Kacey Platky
4. Barrington, IL- when you're in grad school 1 day with your brother = vacation

Four sites I visit daily
1. yahoo mail
2. utah state university (in one form or another)
3. www.fborfw.com I just have to see if Elizabeth stays with that cop
4. last spot is a toss up between wunderground and theknot if I have time that day

sigh enough of the four things, get back to work people!

Congratulations Paul and Christina

2006-03-31T16:23:00.000-07:00

Just in case some of you haven't seen any wedding pics yet....

A new post!

2006-03-05T19:48:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,
I know this looks bad, more than a month between posting. In my defense I tried to post again in Feb. but their was a scheduled outage I didn't kn0w about so it never posted. I will do my best to bring you up on all the fun news. I have one week until spring break and all the midterm projects/tests are approaching so sadly I'll have to make it quick.

New things I have done:
1. Played Bunko
2. Played Jon's saxophone (with help)

Wedding News:
1. Have finally settled on purple (plum for all you women out there), a light purple, and a green (kind of a sage-y color girls)
2. Hired a photographer

School News:
1. working on my autobiography so it can later be sent with resumes
2. Midterm is in 5 days...nuff said.

Well I think that is all the highlights, I am going to try and get online again during spring break to fill out the survey Paul requested a Loooooong time ago..... so be looking for that.

February

2006-02-01T13:17:00.000-07:00

Date: February 1
Time at the gym today: 30min
Weight: still the same (but not higher!)
Daily Activity: Studying for tomorrows balance test

And now since I don't have too much time some quick balance facts so you all can study too.
5-10% of all Dr. visits are balance related (thats ~11million people a year)
42% of people report dizzy symptoms to the general physician at some point in their life
40% of people over the age of 40 have balance problems
80% of people with head injuries will report dizziness, these symptoms could last up to 5 years.

Happy studying everyone!

p.s. bought a wedding dress!

Got Belly?

2006-01-05T12:44:00.000-07:00

I know I know, its the same day but this one deserved its own post. This year 2006, the year of my brothers wedding and my wedding, I have decided to lose some weight. So this special post is to invite whoever else wants to get on the weightloss train to get on! Several of us who will be attending both Paul's wedding and mine have decided to get fit together. We are planning to have several small goal days, and then some larger ones. For example, the first small goal is Valentines day, while the first big goal day is Paul's wedding. I figure days like this will keep me going through the whole year. I know that we all still have some holiday goodies hanging around but if we waited till they were gone then we would wait until Valentines, and then until Easter, and then we would say 'I'll start in the summer'.....until it was gasp 2007. So emotional support is here! Feel free to join us and find yourself a buddy to weigh with and encourage!
For those of you interested in some other online support check out the National Weight Loss Challenge which offers meal plans, exercise advice, and most importantly ecards with talking belly buttons.

January

2006-01-05T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone! Hope that everyone had as good a Christmas and New Year as I did. Since last posting I have had a much needed vacation. No one has the flu anymore (thank God!). I spent a whole day wedding dress shopping. Still haven't found 'the dress' but had a great time. I got to see lots of family and friends, including Jake and Erin, Jyana, and Jyana's grandparents! I had a really nice time seeing people I don't get to see very often. Anyways now I am getting back in school mode and start class again Monday the 9th. I'll have one week of class and then I am off to Chicago! I am a representative for a student organization for Audiology students and we are having our spring meeting in IL. We generally have our meetings sponsored by various hearing aid companies and this meeting is being sponsored by Phonak, in Warrenville, IL. This is very good news for me since I now will get to see Paul for one day before having to be in meetings! To learn more about the student organization you can check out www.nafda.org I think I may even have a 'bio' somewhere on there under Board Representatives.

Happy 06 everyone!

The Fall

2005-12-15T11:49:00.000-07:00

hi everyone. I have wanted to update for quite a while but various things always get in the way. BUT today I actually have time! I have been taking finals, writing papers, doing presentations and all the wonderful things that happen at the end of the semester. This year I even had the special bonus of having the flu and rescheduling two finals. The flu actually is the reason I have time to blog, the silver lining if you will. Because I was ill and rescheduled finals I now have a random day in finals week where I do not have finals but the semester is not over. Of course I have plenty of other things to work on but since being sick has made me tired I have decided blogging is a better thing to accomplish.

So for all of you in blog land I thought I would outline some of the fun things I plan to do on xmas break. At first I planned to sleep for 2 whole days. BUT having the flu took care of that so I can now move on to laundry, wedding planning, and finding out the true color of my carpet. Somewhere in there I will also be spending time with family and family-to-be, sharing all the fun of the holidays....mistletoe, leftovers, presents, and seeing a great many people in their pajamas. Still on the list after all of that is trying to get an appointment at the eye doctor, and trying on dresses. I personally think if would be very fun to do these both in the same day, so that the bridal gown people have to tell me how wonderful I look in various gowns while I wear the plastic glasses they give you after dilating your eyes.

Thats about all the news from here....you can now put down your 3 things you learned from reading Amy's blog in an email and impress people all day long.
1. Do NOT get the flu
2. Pajama watching is a highlight of the holiday season
3. Wedding gowns and black plastic glasses is a new fad.

PICTURES!

2005-11-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!
Well a big thanks to my Aunt Patsy for her instructions on how to put pictures on my blog! Although I almost faked not understanding them just to have an excuse to talk to her on the phone. Will have to investigate how calling Germany works later.
Anyway for all you blog readers I have uploaded a picture of my Fiance Jon. Doesn't he look great everyone? This is a picture of us at our second prom a good 5...almost 6 years after our first prom. This prom happened to be a very fun church fundraiser for the youth to go on a mission trip. So a bunch of us went to dance and relive prom for a good cause.

Cattle Bat

2005-11-13T17:38:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,
Before I get going I am sad to inform you all that I still have no earthly idea how to put pictures on my blog, BUT you can check out enormous renditions of my hand with engagement ring on Jon's blog.
Secondly, a big congratulations to my favorite dog parents on the recent adoption of Battlecat!

Not much else to report, just thought for all the readers out there I would put up a new post. Besides it helps me get back into the swing of typing after driving home from Layton. This week should be a good one. I am testing a friend of dad's in the on campus clinic on Tuesday, always fun to have a client that you know. I am finishing up a theme on safety with Pioneer Club kids on Wed. night...and of course rounding off the week with yet another Friday at U of U hospital.

I wish I had some amazing stories to share with you all from U of U clinic 9....we did see a man with cotton stuck in his ear this last Friday, I have learned how to drill vents into hearing aids,
and I got to play with a new hearing aid that uses a remote control but thats about it for fun stories. Anyway will try to post a tale of excitement soon!

the news

2005-10-31T12:53:00.000-07:00

for all my favorite bloggers who already know the news but want to see it 'in writing' and posted for all to see....I'm engaged to be married to Jon Wheeler. He asked me to marry him on Saturday October 29th and I said YES. Will post pictures ASAP

quickest update ever

2005-10-10T08:16:00.000-07:00

Hi all here is the quick quick run down ( I think most of you are in on it but hey its blog worthy)
My grandparents have been married 50 years
My brother has been engaged for 2 days
despite bringing boyfriend to grandparents 50th anniversary party and my brothers engagement on the same day was still asked when there would be a ring on my finger because 'I'd like to see you married before I die' You gotta love family everyone.
off to catch up on loads of work
best to everyone!

financial aid, hurricanes, and the registrar

2005-09-27T21:03:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!
After many many days I have finally found a spare min. to blog about life. School has been going well but things are very busy. My latest triumphs include several trips to the registrars office, and reading about financial aid. The system here at USU is that once you don't attend a class they automatically drop you and send you a refund. So when you go into the registrar at the begining of the semester to drop one class and add one class you end up paying them and then later recieving the same amount in the mail later that week. Some days I wish a hurricane would decend soley on the registrars office and kill all their computers and shoes. Just a foot of water or so not more than that. Lets see other news? Oh yes reading about financial aid, lately since I have been considering marriage and self support etc. I have been reading on all the fun ways the Federal Government can help me. I think its a great idea to force the registrars office and the Federal Government to communicate.

Other fun school news from this week: I am almost done with my neuro anatomy class and have been coloring a bunch of brain diagrams to prepare for tests. My on campus clinic this week involved a man with alzhiemers who had ridiculous amounts of ear wax.

Home news: My printer is still broken, it just makes the paper uptake noise over and over. I actually got to see Paul for dinner two nights this week and the back door is warping with the weather so it doesn't close properly.

Hmmm I think thats all for now, my brain is tired so not sure how this blog is turning out. Much love to Jake and Erin glad to hear you have survived hurricanes! So much for docile confines! Hope to write more soon!

Don't want none unless you got book hon

2005-09-13T20:28:00.000-07:00

For all of you who are sad and depressed at my lack of blogging I have a very special link....which you can and should click on often to remind you of my great love for you and all the good entertainment that awaits you at my blog. Please enjoy this link until I have time to write more!
http://www.whiteboydj.com/babygotbook.html

Compressed Air

2005-08-22T21:35:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,
Tonights news starts with my current debate of 'does a confetti canon count as a firework or compressed air or neither'? I want to send my friend several confetti canons as a gift to show her how happy we all are for her that she is now engaged. BUT, I'm not sure if I'll get thrown in the clink by USPS for mailing them. I'd take them to the post office and just ask but I'm afraid they'll confiscate them or something. In other news there are exactly 10 days until my first comprehensive exam for the AuD program, guess how much I'll be blogging this next week. Emily (the band gal that has been staying with us) is now officially moved into her dorms. And last but not least the nail that was stuck in the pump of my parents washing machine has 'worked its way out' due to the fact that my dad called people on the phone (me, my mom, and the repairman) and played the weird noise for us all, this apparently the on again off again jostled it back to normality. Thats about it for fun and exciting adventures with Amy, I'll write again after comps.

finally found password

2005-08-17T13:54:00.000-07:00

hello all,
Well after several weeks of searching and emailing I finally found my password so it was possible for me to get back on and update my blog. Maybe this time I can aim for two posts in a month. Not that a lot has occurred but I know all you adoring fans are waiting for the next post and I don't want to disappoint. So here is the latest news: I have finished summer clinic hours at Tanner Clinic (~130 hours only 1,670 hours to go) and I am waiting for my new fall placement. I also have finished the summer research stats class and have passed the entrance exam into the next level of stats. I can now relax and do all those fun summer things like studying for the first week of class in which I have 4 days of comprehensive exams. This week we have Emily Sorensen staying at our house. She is a freshman who is here for of all things, band camp. USU doesn't open the dorms until the 22nd so she is crashing on our most uncomfortable hide-a-bed until she can move. So we are teaching her all the vitals like bus schedules and how to make easy mac. Anyways thats all the news for now. Hope to post again soon.

First one ever

2005-07-03T21:13:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my first blog ever! I am officially keeping up with the times and can now share fabulous stories about my life with whoever on the internet feels like looking. Nothing too exciting for the first blog post...sitting at my parents house wearing some great pants Jon U. brought me from Thailand. Catching up on technology, wearing all the latest in Thai fashion...its a good night. Anyway greetings to all who read my first blog, going to go see what my site looks like now!