30 Day Blogging Challenge

My super awesome friend is doing this 30 day blogging challenge. I've decided to join in. Though I may or may not change the topics, only do some of them, or not do them at all, according to my mood at the moment. Just sayin'. 


30 Day Challenge Topics

Day 1 - Your Favorite Song
Day 2 - Your Favorite Movie
Day 3 - Your idea of the perfect first date
Day 4 - Your favorite photograph of your best friend(s)
Day 5 - Talk about your pets
Day 6 - A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet
Day 7 - Your dream wedding
Day 8 - A song to match your mood
Day 9 - A photo of the item you last purchased
Day 10 - A photo of your favorite place to eat
Day 11 - What's in your make-up bag/purse
Day 12 - Your current relationship status
Day 13 - A few of your favorite quotes, mottos, or versus
Day 14 - TV show (or shows) you're currently addicted to
Day 15 - Something you don't leave the house without
Day 16 - Describe a passion you have
Day 17 - How you hope your future will be like
Day 18 - Five things that irritate you
Day 19 - Your reflection in the mirror
Day 20 - The meaning behind your blog name
Day 21 - A photo of something that makes you happy
Day 22 - A letter to someone who has hurt or OR made you happy recently
Day 23 - 15 Facts about you
Day 24 - A photo of something that means a lot to you
Day 25 - 5 of your favorite movies/books
Day 26 - A photo of somewhere you want to go
Day 27 - What kind of person attracts you?
Day 28 - In this past month, what have you learned?
Day 29 - Something you could never get tired of doing
Day 30 - A photo of yourself plus 3 good things that have happened within the last 30 days

And for my convenience, I'll be starting it tomorrow. The first day of February. That is all.

Surgery

Warning: If you are a squeamish person, this post is probably not for you. Avert your eyes.

Ready.


Go.

I had surgery to remove a VERY LARGE cystic tumor from my stomach area. It turned out to be totally benign (yay!), but the growth also caused some damage. 


Y'know. 


Inside of me.


So, the doc had to remove a few other things while she was at it. (a.k.a. One of my ovaries. Oh and my fallopian tube. Oh and my dignity). Just kidding about the dignity. I lost that later when the nurses had to sit me on the toity and squirt me down... as I sat basically naked. I know. Awesome. Well, it was either then or when I threw up in the hallway as my nurse and Mike were taking me for a walk. Luckily another nurse grabbed a garbage can in time. I know. Awesome.


Man, that hurt though. 
Ooh. 
Hurts just thinking about it. 


Anyway, whenever it was, I know I lost my dignity somewhere because now I have NO inhibitions when it comes to lifting my shirt and showing people my skin. 


MY STOMACH. C'mon people.


And so here I am. A few days after surgery. In all my stapled glory.

I know. Awesome.


I do have some more gruesome pics of the actual surgery... but I guess I'll draw the line somewhere.

Toetally!

There are sooooo many things that I wanted to post about, but didn't.  And they've added up.  So I've decided that even though some might be from months (and months, and months) ago, I'm just going to throw stuff in wherever I feel like it.

Because, it's my blog and I can.

So, first on the docket...
My "Toe"tally awesome birthday! 

Where Ame-dawg showed me some "toe"riffic makeup techniques

Where we got pedicures & ate this cake made by one Jenny Frame (and I tried not to look or think about it too much),

and where I turned the big 3-TOE!

At which point, Jennifer made this face.

I know! That's how I feel about it too!

And then Rikki counted this money.

She sure likes to count money!

Raegan was there too...

Which made Jenny do this...

Yeah. Good times were had.  Thanks gals!

Neglect...and pics!

Well, here I am.  Trying to keep up on the blog.  The blog that I have neglected. 

Unfortunately, there is sooooo much to catch up on that I am overwhelmed by the thought of it.  And therefore, I'm procrastinating it to another day. 

Instead, here...take a look at me & my hub.  And if that doesn't cut it, hop on over to Images By Sandy.  She took these.  And many, many more.  Thanks Sandy!!!!!

Gumball Art & other awesomeness

Look what happens when This Girl has a birthday!

And who knew chewing up gumballs & decorating Rikki's face with them could be such a blast?  Aside from the jaw surgery we're all going to need later, it turned out great. 

Hey, and something fun for YOU might be to vote on your favorite one in my next post! Yeah, that would be wicked cool of you.  You should do it.  And then you should ask yourself why you didn't come up with this awesome idea.  I know I am.  Asking myself that. (And apparently Jenny is too.)

Oh! The gambling was fun as well.  I mean, look at Jenny's face.  That's how much fun it was.

Rikki also liked it.

Happy Birthday, Rikks!

Ridiculous Vest Fest 2009!

I think the pictures say it all.  Don't you?

p.s. Check out Rikki's blog for more party pics!

Halloween

Mike, Ben, Me, Pam.  (Hope you guys don't mind having your faces plastered on my blog.)

Have a happy one.

(We obviously are.)

Reasons..Part 2

Okay. This "reasons" thing is getting old, I know. I'm sorry.
Here are the rest, so we can move on to other things.

Island Park/Yellowstone with Mike's fam. Um yeah. Lost my phone there. Which is why no one could reach me for a few weeks. (Go ahead. Just say it. I know you're shaking your head and thinking what an idiot for carrying my cell phone around Yellowstone anyway. Hey. At least I didn't drop it in the Mud Pots.) Not cool. But, thankfully, some awesome person found it and turned it into the Lost & Found. I know! Nice!

Boating on Glendale Res. That's pretty self-explanatory.

Mike's baseball games. Sadly, I have no pics. I know. I should not be allowed to call myself a wife. In my defense, I was in Mexico for most of the season. Okay, so maybe that doesn't help my case either. WELL. I never said I was perfect, people!

Hauling hay with my fam. Good times. Who doesn't love going back to the farm? There's something great about doing hard physical labor. Yeah, so maybe I did drive the tractor most of the time. But pushing that clutch in is quite a workout, you guys.

Watching Doug, Mel & B run. The best part was the mid-run diaper change. Now that is talent, my friends.

Girls' Camp. Oh Girls' Camp. Bless Girls' Camp's heart. I was the lucky gal who got called as Ward Camp Director this year. Lucky gal indeed. (Sorry, no pics.)

Everyday life. Eating. Sleeping. Working. Y'know, the usz. (That's how I've decided to spell the shortened version of "the usual". In case you were wondering.)

And Finally... I just didn't feel like it. I know. Anti-climactic, isn't it. Well, it's all I've got, amigos. It's all I've got.

Thanks for reading.