This year we are staying close to home. To be exact, we're actually only heading 1.4 miles southwest to my brother Mike's house for Thanksgiving.
When Mike sent out the invites, he made it clear he would be attending one, just one, Thanksgiving dinner and if anyone wanted to see him, they could come to his house. So, his in-laws are coming from Mexico, outer Nevada and I think other parts of Vegas, and my uncle Mike and family are coming from LA, grandma is here from Tahachapi or Bakersfield or wherever she is actually calling home now, and then the rest of us from the valley. There is supposed to be about 25-30 of us. I'm really quite excited about the whole thing.
I'm in charge of green bean casserole, as usual. Jenny's doing an assortment of potatoes, as usual. Mom's doing pies with Uncle Mike. Mikey's making 3 turkeys. *sigh* Thinking about all the food makes me tingle inside.
I hope you all have a tingling Turkey Day!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Mentha Foot Lotion
Mentha. Merriam-Webster describes it as Spearmint. When I say it, it reminds me of menthol. I've never been a smoker, never tried it in fact, but I have heard my menthol light smoker friends say that the menthol is cooling.
Menthol. Merriam_Webster says 1 : a crystalline alcohol C10H20O that occurs especially in mint oils and has the odor and cooling properties of peppermint. HA! So I'm right!
Well, a while ago I got this fantastic mentha foot lotion from Bath and Body works. It is a heavenly feeling when I put it on my feet. The cooling sensation is supposed to relax my feet and oh boy, does it! I have a few peppermint lotions too which are fantastic.
Well, this morning, I was getting ready for church and had just gotten out of the shower when I sat on the bed to put my make up on. My face lotion fell, and as I was trying to lean down to get it, it rolled further under the bed than expected, and so my towel wouldn't fall off, I asked Jason to pass me the Mentha lotion sitting right in front of him.
I thought to myself, that makes my feet feel so good, I wonder what it will do for my face! I squirted a little dab on my knee and started rolling my q-tip in it (I was trying to start my make up session with removing the leftover mascara underneath my eyes, left by the cleanser I used). I brought my mirror to face level, brought my q-tip to eye level, and began to clear under my right eye. For a short instant, there was a wonderful cooling sensation followed by horrible wretched BURNING!!! I started freaking out and Jason says, "You didn't just put that on your eye, did you?!"
Um, ya. I did. He offered a different lotion, water, and other stuff but I just kept thinking, if it's a chemical burn, don't put any other chemicals on it, so I just kept fanning my eye with my hand til I could stand the burning. Shortly thereafter Jason came and got my lotion from underneath the bed. I rubbed the leftover mentha lotion into my knee and to make sure I didn't get more on the other eye when I used the other lotion, I squirted some on my left knee. Ya, I'm a big dork.
So, My eye finally calmed down, but as I was dressing for church, I felt like my leg was still wet. It felt like the ceiling fan was still drying my right knee. I grabbed my towel and tried to dry it, but it was still cold! DUH! That was the knee I rubbed the excess lotion on. ha ha ha
K-to make this story even funnier, here it is, 10:20 at night, and Grandma is going to bed. She comes into the computer room, where I am typing furiously trying to tell you all about my day that she had no clue about, and tells me, "if you want to use something good for your face, use this." It was aloe vera gel. ha ha ha thanks grandma. Next time my lotion falls on the floor, I will either 1. get up and get it and rewrap my towel if it falls off my head, or 2. use aloe vera gel.
Menthol. Merriam_Webster says 1 : a crystalline alcohol C10H20O that occurs especially in mint oils and has the odor and cooling properties of peppermint. HA! So I'm right!
Well, a while ago I got this fantastic mentha foot lotion from Bath and Body works. It is a heavenly feeling when I put it on my feet. The cooling sensation is supposed to relax my feet and oh boy, does it! I have a few peppermint lotions too which are fantastic.
Well, this morning, I was getting ready for church and had just gotten out of the shower when I sat on the bed to put my make up on. My face lotion fell, and as I was trying to lean down to get it, it rolled further under the bed than expected, and so my towel wouldn't fall off, I asked Jason to pass me the Mentha lotion sitting right in front of him.
I thought to myself, that makes my feet feel so good, I wonder what it will do for my face! I squirted a little dab on my knee and started rolling my q-tip in it (I was trying to start my make up session with removing the leftover mascara underneath my eyes, left by the cleanser I used). I brought my mirror to face level, brought my q-tip to eye level, and began to clear under my right eye. For a short instant, there was a wonderful cooling sensation followed by horrible wretched BURNING!!! I started freaking out and Jason says, "You didn't just put that on your eye, did you?!"
Um, ya. I did. He offered a different lotion, water, and other stuff but I just kept thinking, if it's a chemical burn, don't put any other chemicals on it, so I just kept fanning my eye with my hand til I could stand the burning. Shortly thereafter Jason came and got my lotion from underneath the bed. I rubbed the leftover mentha lotion into my knee and to make sure I didn't get more on the other eye when I used the other lotion, I squirted some on my left knee. Ya, I'm a big dork.
So, My eye finally calmed down, but as I was dressing for church, I felt like my leg was still wet. It felt like the ceiling fan was still drying my right knee. I grabbed my towel and tried to dry it, but it was still cold! DUH! That was the knee I rubbed the excess lotion on. ha ha ha
K-to make this story even funnier, here it is, 10:20 at night, and Grandma is going to bed. She comes into the computer room, where I am typing furiously trying to tell you all about my day that she had no clue about, and tells me, "if you want to use something good for your face, use this." It was aloe vera gel. ha ha ha thanks grandma. Next time my lotion falls on the floor, I will either 1. get up and get it and rewrap my towel if it falls off my head, or 2. use aloe vera gel.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Luck on our side
So, Wednesday we went to San Fran for the day. As mentioned in the blog about the newlywed trivia game, the day was starting out pretty normal.
WARNING: Some things in this particular blog are not for children and certain adults.
For those of you who aren't up to date on different cultures, the Chinese are very superstitious and rely a lot on luck. (i.e. Fortune cookies, crickets, shoes off at front door, etc.) While shopping in Chinatown I found that the little scary maneki neko cats bring good luck, fortune or customers. I prayed that even though I didn't buy one, they would forgive me and still be willing to bring me luck. I also prayed that the big fat happy man, Buddha, would also grant me some luck.
**On a side note - I don't know if it's cause I have too much testosterone in my system, but I am ALWAYS feeling quite saucy. Because we get bored at night, I like to take Jason's attention away from WoW by kissing his neck, biting/sucking on his finger, among many other things just to get his blood pumping a little. I also love holding his hand whenever feasible, so when we're out walking, or sitting on the couch, or cooking, if he's not holding my hand, I will stick mine out and if he isn't aware that I have my hand out to him and he doesn't grab it, I will sneakily tickle his "boys" so I can get his attention and pretty soon there after we are holding hands. Ha ha ha
Well, quite a few things happened at Fisherman's Wharf, that I'm hoping will help get more luck on our side. Throughout the day we all got walking next to each other, me and Shelley, me and Toney or me and Jason. Right by the welcome sign to the wharf it's very crowded and we were trying to bypass the food stands selling fresh crab cakes and soup and other delights. I paused for a moment, which in this particular situation felt like an hour, and tried to get Jason to hold my hand. I was at the beginning of all of us trying to maneuver through this crowd and didn't want to lose him. Due to all the many things to see and so many different things going on, Jason didn't grab my hand. So, I resorted to tickling. About 3 seconds into my tickling I heard Toney clear his throat. Ha ha ha Whoops! I did my "CRAP! OH MY GOSH I'M SUCH A DORK!" and apologized many times to Toney who just kept laughing, and then many times to Jason who was trying to console me, and quite a few times to Shelley too, who was laughing at me while trying to console me.
They were all good sports about it. Toney promised he wasn't going to tell anyone about the incident, til I left. ha ha We all joke about Toney being very fertile. He kept promising me how he would love telling our kid about the time I got pregnant at his motel (if indeed it happened).
Also while shopping on Pier 39, we came across a Fairy store. Not a fruity rainbow fairy store, but a magical fairy store. I was stoked when the owner told me that I could get fairy dust on my cheek. I picked out a pretty hot pink color, made a wish and he then waved his wand and put fairy dust on me (sorry, that sounds dirty, but whatev). And yes, of course I made Jason get some too! Great, so I've walked through Chinatown with all their good luck stuff being crammed down my throat, tickled a fertile mans penis, and now got fairy dust on me. I was thinking, there's no way I can't get pregnant on this trip!
Jason and I prayed quite a few times for us to get pregnant this trip, and as we were driving home, somewhere between Bakersfield and Stateline, Jason and I saw a shooting star. We both wished on it.
***I wish this month is THE month!***
WARNING: Some things in this particular blog are not for children and certain adults.
For those of you who aren't up to date on different cultures, the Chinese are very superstitious and rely a lot on luck. (i.e. Fortune cookies, crickets, shoes off at front door, etc.) While shopping in Chinatown I found that the little scary maneki neko cats bring good luck, fortune or customers. I prayed that even though I didn't buy one, they would forgive me and still be willing to bring me luck. I also prayed that the big fat happy man, Buddha, would also grant me some luck.
**On a side note - I don't know if it's cause I have too much testosterone in my system, but I am ALWAYS feeling quite saucy. Because we get bored at night, I like to take Jason's attention away from WoW by kissing his neck, biting/sucking on his finger, among many other things just to get his blood pumping a little. I also love holding his hand whenever feasible, so when we're out walking, or sitting on the couch, or cooking, if he's not holding my hand, I will stick mine out and if he isn't aware that I have my hand out to him and he doesn't grab it, I will sneakily tickle his "boys" so I can get his attention and pretty soon there after we are holding hands. Ha ha ha
Well, quite a few things happened at Fisherman's Wharf, that I'm hoping will help get more luck on our side. Throughout the day we all got walking next to each other, me and Shelley, me and Toney or me and Jason. Right by the welcome sign to the wharf it's very crowded and we were trying to bypass the food stands selling fresh crab cakes and soup and other delights. I paused for a moment, which in this particular situation felt like an hour, and tried to get Jason to hold my hand. I was at the beginning of all of us trying to maneuver through this crowd and didn't want to lose him. Due to all the many things to see and so many different things going on, Jason didn't grab my hand. So, I resorted to tickling. About 3 seconds into my tickling I heard Toney clear his throat. Ha ha ha Whoops! I did my "CRAP! OH MY GOSH I'M SUCH A DORK!" and apologized many times to Toney who just kept laughing, and then many times to Jason who was trying to console me, and quite a few times to Shelley too, who was laughing at me while trying to console me.
They were all good sports about it. Toney promised he wasn't going to tell anyone about the incident, til I left. ha ha We all joke about Toney being very fertile. He kept promising me how he would love telling our kid about the time I got pregnant at his motel (if indeed it happened).
Also while shopping on Pier 39, we came across a Fairy store. Not a fruity rainbow fairy store, but a magical fairy store. I was stoked when the owner told me that I could get fairy dust on my cheek. I picked out a pretty hot pink color, made a wish and he then waved his wand and put fairy dust on me (sorry, that sounds dirty, but whatev). And yes, of course I made Jason get some too! Great, so I've walked through Chinatown with all their good luck stuff being crammed down my throat, tickled a fertile mans penis, and now got fairy dust on me. I was thinking, there's no way I can't get pregnant on this trip!
Jason and I prayed quite a few times for us to get pregnant this trip, and as we were driving home, somewhere between Bakersfield and Stateline, Jason and I saw a shooting star. We both wished on it. ***I wish this month is THE month!***
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
How well do you know your spouse?
My friend Toney is a huge trivia fan. I think he enjoys being the question giver 1. cause he gets to control the points, and 2. he likes to see what people know.
So, on our trip to and from San Francisco (from Sacramento) we played the Newlywed Trivia game but the Toney Meredith Version. It's really interesting when put on the spot to see what exactly you do know about your significant other. Toney and Shelley have been together for a few years, but only recently got married in August. Jason and I are approaching 2 years of being married, but we've been friends for quite a while. You would think you would know all the basics, but how the answers are given were a huge part in the world of "*undecisivers".
*An undecisiver is someone who doesn't have a favorite. So when asked favorite color, food, etc, instead of saying 10 different things cause they don't have a favorite, they come up with, "Right now, my favorite is ____, but it changes.
First question given by Toney-Jason, what is Jessica's favorite color?
Jason-Right now it's probably the color of my eyes.
Toney-Jessica, is that right?
Jessica-That is a favorite, but right now it's blue. ha ha ha
(no point)
Toney-Jessica, what is Jason's favorite food?
Jessica-Right now, anything. He's looking hungry.
There were also questions that I think Toney was a little skeptical about the answers.
Toney-Jessica, if Jason won the lottery and won 21 million dollars, what would be the first thing he would buy?
Jessica-He wouldn't buy anything. He would pay the debts and then invest.
Toney-Jason? Seriously?
Jason-Yep, that's what I'd do.
Toney-Ok, let me rephrase this. If Jason won 21 million dollars, and paid all his debts and invested some, what would be the first thing he would buy.
Jessica-(with some giggling cause I know Toney's not going to believe me)He wouldn't buy anything. We would travel. So, I guess it would be tickets to somewhere.
Toney-Seriously?
Jason-Ya, she pretty much nailed it.
Jessica-We don't buy things, we experience things.
Things I can't believe we got wrong:
Food that Jessica hates (correct answer is Strawberries and Jason kicked himself when I said the right one cause it's his favorite!)
Strangest place we made out (Jason said on the side of the highway coming back from Lake Las Vegas through Lake Mead highways. I thought it would have been one of our parent's houses. lol)
So, on our trip to and from San Francisco (from Sacramento) we played the Newlywed Trivia game but the Toney Meredith Version. It's really interesting when put on the spot to see what exactly you do know about your significant other. Toney and Shelley have been together for a few years, but only recently got married in August. Jason and I are approaching 2 years of being married, but we've been friends for quite a while. You would think you would know all the basics, but how the answers are given were a huge part in the world of "*undecisivers".
*An undecisiver is someone who doesn't have a favorite. So when asked favorite color, food, etc, instead of saying 10 different things cause they don't have a favorite, they come up with, "Right now, my favorite is ____, but it changes.
First question given by Toney-Jason, what is Jessica's favorite color?
Jason-Right now it's probably the color of my eyes.
Toney-Jessica, is that right?
Jessica-That is a favorite, but right now it's blue. ha ha ha
(no point)
Toney-Jessica, what is Jason's favorite food?
Jessica-Right now, anything. He's looking hungry.
There were also questions that I think Toney was a little skeptical about the answers.
Toney-Jessica, if Jason won the lottery and won 21 million dollars, what would be the first thing he would buy?
Jessica-He wouldn't buy anything. He would pay the debts and then invest.
Toney-Jason? Seriously?
Jason-Yep, that's what I'd do.
Toney-Ok, let me rephrase this. If Jason won 21 million dollars, and paid all his debts and invested some, what would be the first thing he would buy.
Jessica-(with some giggling cause I know Toney's not going to believe me)He wouldn't buy anything. We would travel. So, I guess it would be tickets to somewhere.
Toney-Seriously?
Jason-Ya, she pretty much nailed it.
Jessica-We don't buy things, we experience things.
Things I can't believe we got wrong:
Food that Jessica hates (correct answer is Strawberries and Jason kicked himself when I said the right one cause it's his favorite!)
Strangest place we made out (Jason said on the side of the highway coming back from Lake Las Vegas through Lake Mead highways. I thought it would have been one of our parent's houses. lol)
Sunday, November 8, 2009
So it begins...
Since I was little I have dreamed of going to San Francisco. Jason and I have desperately needed to get away from our house. Get away from Vegas. Away from work. Away from our everyday lives and we were planning on going to Tahoe, but a few weeks ago, as I was telling my friend Toney we should meet up with him while we are up north, I thought, you know, we should just go to Sacramento and hang out there. Then we'll be a few hours from Reno and San Fran. SAN FRAN?!
With hardly any persuasion needed, Jason let me plan our trip to Sacramento. It snuck up on us real quick and now here it is, time to go! I will check off one of my items on my "to do before I die" list. WOOT!
We are leaving after Jason is done singing at the Priesthood session of Stake Conference and won't be back til Friday night. See ya'll later!
With hardly any persuasion needed, Jason let me plan our trip to Sacramento. It snuck up on us real quick and now here it is, time to go! I will check off one of my items on my "to do before I die" list. WOOT!
We are leaving after Jason is done singing at the Priesthood session of Stake Conference and won't be back til Friday night. See ya'll later!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Not this month...
Well, here it is November first. I was really really hoping that October was our "special" month. I have been on a higher dose of metformin for a few months now, and in September I had my first real cycle in many many months. (sorry for those of you who this is too graphic for-I'm trying not to be too gross)
I checked the ovulation calculator on parents.com, using 28 and 32 day cycles as a guideline and made sure to get the stuff I needed. Towards the middle to end of October I was expecting Mother Nature to visit me again. I had tender breasts, a little cramping, I was feeling nauseous a lot, getting headaches (which I haven't had in a while), and had a couple lashing out's at Jason which there were no reasons for. I took a test a few days before Mother Nature was supposed to be here and though I prayed for it to be positive, it was negative. On day 30, I was still having symptoms and broke down to take another test which again was negative. =(
I joked with my friend Krystaly that I wished we came with buttons. Your pregnancy button goes off when you're pregnant, that way you aren't confusing pregnancy with regular cycle symptoms and you don't waste a lot of money trying to figure it out!!!
By the end of week 5 (day 35), I was down in the dumps again. I was mad at my body for not working the way it should. I was frustrated with myself for having all the cycle signs, but for not getting the most important, a visit from mom letting me know that yes you have all the parts and they are working accordingly.
All week long I was trying to be a good sport. I felt bad for not dressing up as much as I could've at Jenny's party, I was slacking in keeping the house up, laundry, work... it sucked. By Wednesday I was feeling better and Jason gave me a pep talk and I was getting back to normal. I kept taking my pills, getting focused on life again and proceeded. Then,Thursday, before our ward Halloween party, it started. I was so excited!!!!
I may not be pregnant, but my body is picking up to where it should be! Jason and I celebrated that I have a 41 day cycle. Hey, 41 is a lot better than 90+ something. Though I would greatly dread being pregnant in Vegas in the summer, and I swore I would never let it happen, I would be just fine with whatever I get. Here's to hoping for this month!
I checked the ovulation calculator on parents.com, using 28 and 32 day cycles as a guideline and made sure to get the stuff I needed. Towards the middle to end of October I was expecting Mother Nature to visit me again. I had tender breasts, a little cramping, I was feeling nauseous a lot, getting headaches (which I haven't had in a while), and had a couple lashing out's at Jason which there were no reasons for. I took a test a few days before Mother Nature was supposed to be here and though I prayed for it to be positive, it was negative. On day 30, I was still having symptoms and broke down to take another test which again was negative. =(
I joked with my friend Krystaly that I wished we came with buttons. Your pregnancy button goes off when you're pregnant, that way you aren't confusing pregnancy with regular cycle symptoms and you don't waste a lot of money trying to figure it out!!!
By the end of week 5 (day 35), I was down in the dumps again. I was mad at my body for not working the way it should. I was frustrated with myself for having all the cycle signs, but for not getting the most important, a visit from mom letting me know that yes you have all the parts and they are working accordingly.
All week long I was trying to be a good sport. I felt bad for not dressing up as much as I could've at Jenny's party, I was slacking in keeping the house up, laundry, work... it sucked. By Wednesday I was feeling better and Jason gave me a pep talk and I was getting back to normal. I kept taking my pills, getting focused on life again and proceeded. Then,Thursday, before our ward Halloween party, it started. I was so excited!!!!
I may not be pregnant, but my body is picking up to where it should be! Jason and I celebrated that I have a 41 day cycle. Hey, 41 is a lot better than 90+ something. Though I would greatly dread being pregnant in Vegas in the summer, and I swore I would never let it happen, I would be just fine with whatever I get. Here's to hoping for this month!
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