Rain, Rain, Go away

Yep....that's right. Flooded basement. Not completely, but enough to soak some of my boxes. Our dang window well decided it was cool to fill up with water and seep through the bottom of the window. There is a down-spout from the rain gutter just a few feet away from the window well outside, and that side of our house is graded on a down-slope towards the window well. So as you can imagine, it was like a giant waterfall flowing into the window well.

Since we have lived in our house we have had problems with that particular window. We even had a rubber hose coming off of the down-spout to direct the water in a different direction, but it just didn't cut it on Saturday evening. There was just too much water. We ended up getting a much longer piece of tubing and directing the water towards our lawn. I'm not sure if it really helped or not, because as soon as we did it, it started snowing......UGH....Let's just say that we are getting this problem fixed....and soon.

D-Dog & Stuff-Dog Reunited

I don't think that anyone else will understand the title to my blog except for Darci. Haha.

This weekend I got to see my BFF Darci! I don't get to see her very often because she lives in Arizona, and well, we live here in Payson. So when she text me to tell me she was actually going to be in Payson last weekend, I was SO EXCITED! I don't have any pics....I know, shame, shame! I forgot my camera. But I'm sure Darci will have some on her blog. :) I got to see her little one, Ainsley, for the first time EVER! She is the most well-behaved baby I think I have ever met. We went out to lunch at Los Hermanos, went to the mall, back to the car, down the road to Babies R' Us to get a little stroller, and back to the mall, and I don't think that Ainsley cried once! She just smiled and cooed away. She's a natural borne shopper! You have her trained already Darci!

In other news: We are now down to one vehicle. Robby's dad decided to put his company truck on the lot at Chatwin Motors.......SIGH. I'm not upset about the fact that Robby doesn't have a company truck....his Dad has been great to us. There is just a lot more to it than that. But if I open up my mouth about it, I may not be able to stop. Rar. That's all. Cate...I love your fam, but sometimes....I could just scream. It hasn't been that big of a deal because Robby and his dad just carpool to work....on the days they are working. But the trouble is, they haven't been doing much work. So while I'm at work...Robby is stranded at home. Or if Robby drives me to work, then I can't run my errands for work, the whole situation is just ridiculous. I'm not happy about it, to say the least. So we may be getting something new here pretty quick, then we won't have to rely so much on the company for a vehicle. That is it...That's all. I'm not saying anymore because it just makes me upset, and when I say upset....it means mad, and I don't usually get upset. I'm a pretty calm person generally.

Anyway....

We have officially decided that we are going to Sturgis, SD with my Dad and Lori this year! If you don't know what it is then I'll leave you with this:




Yeah....

This is what we do...

Well as of now, I am officially a blogging slacker.

On January 1st, Robby went to California for (I bet you can guess) the season opener of the AMA Supercross, and also to practice his dirt biking skills. I unfortunately (very, very unfortunate), had to work the day after New Years, which was Friday. So I had to stay home......while my husband ventured off to sunny California to enjoy the luxury of no snow or freezing temperatures. Quite literally. I had to endure some SERIOUS coldness while he was gone. For some reason, our thermostat started acting up the day before Robby decided to leave. It was just randomly shutting on and off at it's own will and pleasure. So we replaced the batteries, and that wasn't it. But it started working, so we thought nothing of it.

Robby left for California Thursday morning, and all was well with the thermostat, as far as I knew. I was out with Whitney for most of the day. Friday, again, all seemed well with the thermostat, but again, I was gone for the majority of the day. On Friday night, Robby's parents came over to help me set up my new shelves....and yes, they are SO NICE! Then Natalie came by with Mckenna and Mason to hang with me for a little while. In the process, Natalie lost her contact in her truck.....let's just say as soon as she lost it, it was too the point of no return. Losing a contact is probably not a big deal for most people, but when you have such retched eye sight as Natalie, Whitney, and I all have....Then yeah...it's a HUGE deal. We're talking on the verge of blindness. Whitney told me, "I've just come to the conclusion that as I get older, I'm just going to be blind, deaf, and dumb." There is so much truth to that statement. :)

Luckily, I had some extra contacts, and Natalie and I are pretty much the same prescription. So she didn't have to call Aric to come all the way down from Alpine to pick her up. Yay. Saved the day. After all the confusion, we went out to dinner at Mi Ranchito in Payson. I have a couple pictures below.



Here are my fabulous shelves. I can fit so much stuff on them!

Mason being a little ham. He would probably drink the salsa if he could.

He has the "I don't think I'm supposed to do this, but I am anyway" face. He is playing with his truck in our bowl of Jelly-Bellies. Very nice. :)

Back to the thermostat.....after dinner, it wasn't working properly as it should. It was doing the same old thing, being possessed and such. So I just shut it off, as to not incur a gigantic gas bill. Luckily, I had my little electric heater, so I had Bodie sleep with me in my room, shut the door, and turned that little baby on. It worked pretty good. In the morning, thermostat...still out of service...Robby out of town...Me: Don't know what to do. So I just carted my little heater, and tons of blankets with me around the house. THEN....my electric heater QUIT WORKING!!!!!
So I froze. Seriously. It was only 52 degrees in my house. But I was leaving in an hour to go ride up with Robby's parents to his cousins sealing at the Salt Lake Temple. So I just hopped in the hot shower and took off. Poor Bodie, he had to fend for him self with the blankets.

I'm not sure why I didn't tell Mom and Dad D. about my little issue until like the end of the night...but that is just how my mind works sometimes. So once Mom D. remembered what I had told her, and told Dad D., I had like two texts and three missed calls from him that morning. I was just trying to sleep and stay warm in my bed. So he took the liberty of just showing up at my house. :) I'm very glad that he did, because Dad D. has the magic touch. He took the thermostat off the wall, wiped it off a little, and stuck it back on, and voila! It works. Just fine. No problems....why didn't I think of this???? Then only an hour later, Robby came home. This is a perfect example at the kind of luck that I have. Ugh. Robby even came home sunburned, while my fingers were about to break off like icicles.

In other news: We just found out that we're going to be Aunts & Uncles again!!! Josh and Alecia are prego!!! YAY!