WALL-E

I know it has been awhile since my last post, so here is a review of the last few weeks. I was in L.A. until Monday evening, then Nick and I had bible study Tuesday night, friends over Wednesday night, Thursday night we rested, Friday night dinner and a movie with friends, Saturday afternoon I hosted a baby shower, Sunday morning church and I volunteered in the Pre-K sunday school class, amd Sunday evening we hosted a birthday party. So needless to say I have not had many chances to breathe....and I have dirty piles of laundry to prove it.

But on a lighter note! We went to see WALL-E. I must say it greatly exceeded my expectations. There was little talking and it was so creative. It focused on our wastefulness as humans and gave a ugly picture of what the future could hold if we continue on our path. So all of you who need a boost in moral, go see WALL-E you will fall in love with him. And maybe we will all think twice about creating so much garbage.....

21

Nick, Joelle, Brad and I all went to 21 last night (the movie). I would recommend it to anyone. It was very fun, and surprisingly little nudity and swearing. It was fun and definitely worth the $19 we spent. Anyways....why are you reading this, and not playing outside in the sun?????

A few things you should know......

And if you know me at all you know that I am a sucker for animals! My animals are my little children. I am pretty sure our dog has more pictures of him than my first child ever will. Nick told me he was going to build our cat (Olive) a cat condo. The first thing I though was "NOOOOOOOO, they are so tacky!" But once he finished it, I really liked it. He matched it to our furniture and color scheme (he knows me so well). So here are a couple of pictures of Olive enjoying his new condo.



Even though it takes up most of our dining room, we have a happy cat, that doesn't get on the counters as often, whoo hoo!



Some books and papers are laying on the floor in our office at the moment, and somebody made it his home. OKAY, a lot of books and papers are lying on the floor, maybe he is laying there because my house is a mess and there is no where else to lay.


And here are some pictures I took of Gage, because I can't help it, and I don't have kids to pose yet. He got a bone because I just gave him a bath and he didn't create any tsunamis this time. You can tell his face is still wet.

Nothin' like a Montana Spring

Nick and I had the pleasure of driving 7hrs Friday after work (3:30pm) to Big Sky, MT for a glorious day of skiing. Spring skiing has never been so wonderful. Even though the wind and the temperature (12 degrees) felt like January, the 4 inches of brand new powder clouded that fact. Nick's sister, Libby, won two nights in a condo in Big Sky. This condo was three times the size of our house, with heated floors. Needless to say, we did anything but rough it. Oh just look at the pictures...I don't feel like typing anymore.

It's hard to complain when this is the view...

It's been awhile.....

Life is good! But very busy. Things are pretty crazy right now. I am trying to get used to my new job and schedule. I love my job, and I know God has placed me there for a very special reason. But, off the lighter note... I have been blessed with back problems (darn snow I had to shovel). My left shoulder blade is numb 60% of the time, and when it's not numb it hurts. So I went to a massage therapist. It really helped, but she told me that she needed to work on my back once a week for awhile. Well at 50 bucks a pop, that's expensive. So I talked to our insurance and they will approve me going if I get a referral from my family doctor. So I called Dr. Peters and he said he would be glad to send me to one if I tell him who I want to go to. Well...my insurance had a list of 18 Massage Therapists in the area that they approve. So I called one (it was close to my house) and they couldn't get me in until July....yes I said JULY!!! Man oh man. So I preceded to call the rest of the list, including the ones in Post Falls. It turns out that since a few insurance companies have started to cover massage therapy, those massage therapists are a busy bunch. I finally talked to a woman that had a cancellation that day, so my first appointment is March 17th. So until then, its ibuprofen and ice 2xs a day. Pretty crazy. But $15 a week, is a pretty big difference from $50. Anyways...that's my story.

Also, Nick and I went to P.F. Changs and to a movie on V-Day. If you live in Spokane, and want some really great Chinese food, and really great service I recommend P.F. Changs. It's not light on the wallet though. We also went to Jumper. We really liked it! The end was very anticlimactic though...I think they were setting the idea for a sequel. But its a fun movie, so I would recommend spending the $9.50.


Does anyone really read this???

Juno

Yesterday afternoon I went to Juno with a couple of girlfriends (we all left our husbands at home). I have to say it was definately the best movie I have seen in a long while. But I have to say it was anything but a chick flick, the boys would enjoy it as well. It was funny and refreshing. So long story short, go see it. I recomend paying $9.50 to see it (although we went to the afternoon showing so it was only $7.50). Have fun!