Catching up....as usual

As usual, things have been so busy around here I haven't been able to collect my thoughts enough to make a proper post. So I am making myself sit down today to do so.

Lately, I feel like I have been falling to peices. For the past year, (and if you are a guy we are about to briefly talk about girl stuff) I have had problems with my cycle. It comes around every 3 mths and is horrible. It makes me ill. My hormones are completly off and i can starve myself and work out every day and still not lose weight. Matter of fact I have gained weight and I feel horrible. It is the most I have ever weighed in my entire life, and no, I am not going to tell you how much I weigh b/c it is horrifying to me. So, last Thursday I went to the Dr. and he took some blood work. Next Friday I am going in for an ultrasound so they can look at my ovaries and then we are going to discuss what is going on. Oh, and he found a lump in my left breast that we are hoping goes away soon. If not we are going to have to check on that soon. There is a chance that I have PCOS, if you don't know what that is I suggest you google it b/c it is a lot to explain. I am hoping it is just a fibroid and can be removed, nothing serious.

So the other thing that is wrong with me, I have a wisdom tooth that grew in weird and is really hard to get to when I brush, well, a month ago, a peice of it broke of in my mouth. I freaked out. You see, I love my teeth and work really hard to take care of them. When this happened I thought I was going to pass out for reals! Anywho, b/c of the way it has grown in and is obviously tied up in my sinuses I have to go to an oral surgeon to have it removed which is gonna cost us a lot since we don't have dental.

Hopefully after all my maintenance is done I will be back to normal and hopefully back to a normal weight. I like having lots of energy, it suits my personality.

Other than that, we have been enjoying our van soooooooooo much. Ben tells me all the time how much he loves it.

We had a great birthday party, which I forgot to invite some people too. Sorry. There will be Jacksons coming up in August!

Jesse is now 30, me 28 and Ben is 7. Crazy how time goes by so fast. I think this is going to be a great year though. I miss all of my friends that have moved and I miss the 3rd ward so much. Hopefully we can all get together some time this year and hang out.

New Car

Lately, I have had things pop into my head, you can call them promptings, about ways to do things. Well, Jesse and I have been searching for a van for a while(and praying ALOT) secretly wanting a Honda or a Toyota (b/c you just can't kill them) but we would gladly settle for a Dodge b/c that is really all we could afford. Now remember, things are getting scary with Chrystler and we were not all that thrilled about that. So one morning I was sitting at the computer and something told me to look up Honda Odysseys within my price range. There were 3, one being spectacular and super cheap, the next day there was 1 the super spectacularly cheap one. I told myself it would be gone in a few days so I should probably forget about it, but no, the next day it was still there. Middle of the night I woke up and felt urged to call the dealership the very next morning and ask them some very specific questions. So I write them down and go back to sleep. The next morning I called them and they said that a couple was looking at it yesterday but the financing didn't work out so it was available. I told them we would be down there that very afternoon to look at it, and we did, and I drove it home in disbelief. We just purchased a 2004 Honda Odyssey EX-L, the super of the Honda Odysseys for $6800 (by the way it retails for $11,500) Neither Jess or I can believe that not only did we get a van, but we got the brand we wanted, one that was perfectly taken care of before us, and has the nicest leather seats you have ever placed a behind on. I feel so very blessed to have something so nice that my kids can sit back and relax in. That if my friends and family need help I can be there in an instance. That I can run all my errands during the day and have more time in the afternoon to spend with my husband and kids. That I can participate more actively in playdates and other things done during the day. I just feel lucky! Here are the pictures of my birthday present (don't worry my birthday is June 19th, Jess just got it for me early)