Retro Bridal Shower

Saturday is Bryttan's bridal shower. I'm bringing a salad... either a fruit salad or frog eye salad.


I may opt for the fresh fruit so I can actually eat it. I'm back on Hcg. Just started this week.


So a retro, 50's type theme is kinda neat.


Hope I can find a cool gift. The bride is not registered anywhere.... so that makes it kind of hard....



But that just means we get to use our IMAGINATION!!!

I'm taking Friday off, to hopefully see the doctor about the cysts in my wrist. And so I will shop for a gift and stuff then.

Oh so scary!

Huge fire raging in Herriman. And that is where Elizabeth, Mike, Dave and Sheri live. Mike and Elizabeth live RIGHT where the fire is. And I haven't heard how things are with them.

I didn't get much sleep last night. Worried about them.

And Michael and Bryttan don't live too far from them either. If the wind were blowing north.....

As of this morning the fire is ZERO percent contained.

It's just sooo scary.

I hate the devastation that fire causes.

It's mesmerizing and frightening all at the same time.

We know at least 4 homes were destroyed. Which actually is a SMALL number considering how huge this fire is. But it's a devastation for those 4 families who have lost everything.

*sigh

It never has been my nature to inflict pain on anybody. Yet sometimes, we do it without realizing how deeply the wound that is inflicted will be.

I realize I'm not perfect. And I make mistakes. Some big. Some small.

And it has NEVER been my desire to hurt people, especially those I love.

So if I have offended, hurt, disappointed, caused pain....... please know I have begged forgiveness. I am begging forgiveness.

Life is too short. Too short to hold onto negative. Too short to hold on to grudges. Too short to let wounds fester til they can never heal.

I honestly don't think I have much time left on this earth and I would prefer to live it joyfully. With my family. Whom I love dearly.

Please forgive me for the pain I have caused. Cast it aside, and embrace tomorrow with all of it's hopes, dreams, and promises.

May the Lord bless your heart and mind.

Dream Symbols

David has been dreaming about scorpions. I've been dreaming about school. Karin has been dreaming about tornados. What does it all mean?

I did a little bit of research on dream symbols. Dreaming about a scorpion represents fear and anxiety. Fear of judgement, criticism, or "stinging words". That fits David to a "T". It can also mean a situation of tension, or unsettled emotions in waking life.

Dreaming about tornadoes has many interpretations, the spinning vortex can signify that one feels their life is spinning out of control. Tornados leave massive amounts of destruction, so it could signify that one feels powerless over some random misfortune. It also signifies fear. Tornadoes rip everything away. Are you afraid of something being torn from you? Is there a situation in life that you fear will cause you to lose everything?

Dream tornadoes can also mean abrupt life-altering changes. Maybe you're afraid a decision you make will change your life forever (marriage, divorce, new child, new job, a move, etc....)

It also says that if you watched "The Wizard of Oz" a lot when you were young, the tornado in the movie is seen as a portal to another land. If you associate strongly with that story, it can mean that you are wishing you could be carried away to a land of fantasy. Remember, as much as Dorothy desired escape, she realized that happiness was in her own backyard!!

My dreams of being in school are almost always the same.... I'm NOT PREPARED. I have lost the combination to my locker.... can't find my classes, can't find my locker.... have no money for food, can't find my way to the office.... I'm so FRUSTRATED in the dreams. And yeah... I'm frustrated in life too. I don't feel prepared. For ANYTHING. LOL.

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Ganglion Cyst

It's been a year since I had my carpal tunnel surgery and suddenly my wrist has started hurting again. I thought it might be a recurrence of the carpal tunnel. But apparently I have not one... but TWO ganglion cysts on my wrist and they are pressing on the nerve.

More surgery on the horizon. I have decided NOT to do the tonsil thing after talking to Bryttan who almost died getting hers out in August. (and I mean she LITERALLY almost died).

She and Michael are getting married Oct. 16th. I'm excited for them!!!

I've been letting David drive since he got his permit. Two nights ago he did a big boo-boo.... pulled right out in front of an oncoming car. Scared him. Scared me. But I held my tongue and did not scream at him.

Consequently, however, he did not ask to drive last night.

Weekend With George

Spent Thursday night at the Peppermill Casino in Wendover. Neither of us had been there before. We took a certain amount of money to gamble with and agreed that when it was gone... it was gone. We managed to amuse ourselves for 7 hours! George has the touch... Man... every machine he played he was winning. My luck was not as good but I had a lot of fun. Except they allow smoking in the casino.... I had the worst headache! Oh I hate the smell of cigarettes!!






We also amused ourselves for several hours at Nickel Cade. Wow... some of the arcade games there are so OLD!!! (Pac Man, Space Invaders)... we had a blast!! Again.... real cheap entertainment.






My our favorite place is Fat Cats. It's got pool, bowling, arcade, and the one in Ogden has mini golf. I didn't see golf at the SLC one. But we played arcade games and won 1470 tickets!!!! The kid at the ticket place said he had never seen anybody win that many tickets before. George picked out a lamp and told me to give it to David. (Its like a flashing intersection light).

Lots of families at Fat Cats. I just love that place. It's clean. It's fairly new. Its affordable. We had a blast. We planned to take David there, but I guess we will do that next time. He was busy out driving the roads all weekend.

I dropped George off at the airport yesterday and cried for 4 hours. LOL. I hate goodbyes.

He gave me the coolest gift. One of the guys he lives with in Kauai had a HUGE bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey (I think it's whiskey) anyhow... He gave George the empty bottle and George washed it out and had used it as a bank. He had a $100 bill inside, and $20s and tons of change. This thing must have weighed like 30 pounds. And he brought it home to me and said, "Here sweetie, this should cover your car repairs." (I had to spend $280 on tire alignments and stuff recently.) But he said I could NOT smash the bottle to get the money out. I had to figure a way to get it out so we can reuse that bottle for our "Go back to Wendover" fund for his birthday if he is here.

It took me TWO hours last night but I got all the money out and there was over $310!!!!

That was like the funnest gift he could have given me!!!