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Friday, October 28, 2011

Crazy for Fall Dayz

One of my many obsessions: Fall/Autumn.
I love this season so much! However, I hate that Fall only lasts a couple weeks here in Utah Valley. We usually get gipped and it skips straight to winter. I love when there is that crisp cold that stings your nose, but you can still wear a light shirt. The sound of crisping (is that even a word?) leaves under your shoes. Pulling out the scarves and beanies. I just enjoy seeing the seasons come alive and... decorating!

Some fun things I have to document:
First is my wreath! Thanks Pinterest for the great idea. And thanks for giving me all those other ideas that I will never ever have time for.

I love the fun fall colors that it brought into my living room. Obviously an indoor wreath due to paper and Utah weather don't mesh well together.
Next were this delicious little treats I made for a Relief Society get-together. Once again, I owe my thanks to Pinterest. These were so easy and all the girls loved them! Yum!
Donut Holes + Nutella + Sprinkles = Acorn Bites.I even made some on sticks for Stef! Little Acorn Pops you could say.

As of late, I have been a little bit obsessed with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Yes I capitalize because when I was in elementary school, I was taught that you capitalize "important" nouns. These are very important to me.
This girl.. has a wicked cool blog devoted to Grilled Cheese's. grilledcheesesocial.com
She has all these awesome ideas. I never knew so much could go into, what I once thought was a simple sandwich of bread and cheese. Why not pump up the flavor, give it some kick and your taste buds will thank you later!
I am nowhere near as talented as her, but you gotta start somewhere.
For this GC Sandy - I used herbed butter that I DIY'd. The filling consisted of mozzarella cheese, tomato slices, green pepper chunks, basil, and love. You always have to cook with a little love. Any GC Sandwich ideas you would like to share would be greatly appreciated.
Also, does anybody know how the heck to keep a loaf of french bread from going hard so fast??
Please advise me. Thanks!

So Halloween is right around the corner, literally. One day, I was just riding in Stefan's work truck with him and I saw this nifty roll of caution tape. I thought it would be a great Halloween decoration. So I snuck it into my purse and used it to embellish our boring door. I also came up with my own idea for a wreath and made one completely out of popsicle sticks. Pre-School craft? Most likely. But our door is the only one decorated in our whole complex/building so I feel pretty cool about it.
We did have our cute pumpkin on our porch too, but we carved it so early in October that it has already rotted and been thrown in the dumpster. But it was super cute in the days of it's youth.It's a mummy face! If you couldn't tell...

Stay tuned for my next blog post where I tell you all about how I HAND MADE our fun Halloween costumes! Yay!

Friday, October 7, 2011

A Day at the Doctor

As some of you may know, I have been a little sick lately. Nausea and vomitting, along with some other unexplained symptoms. I had been seeing a family doctor for quite some time concerning the issues, and after some blood work, she noted that my potassium was low. So low that she wanted to hospitalize me. Low potassium can be really life threatening. It can quickly alter your mental status and it can affect your heart function. But physically, I felt fine, aside from a little light-headedness. She sent me to get an EKG and the results came back OK so she just told me to be really careful, eat a banana or two, and come back the next day for more blood work. After 2 weeks of daily blood draws, tests, and EKG's, she had no answers for me and referred me to a Gastroenterologist. It takes about 2 months to get into a specialist and since there was some confusion concerning my referral, it took a little longer to get me an appointment. Finally, I saw Dr. Dickinson. He was very confident that he knew what was going on. He was pretty positive that there was some sort of blockage in my stomach or intestines, or that the pyloric valve (the valve that lets food pass from the stomach to the duodenum, or small intestine) was not functioning. It was really promising how confident he was and he scheduled me for a scope the next week. That day was yesterday. I was really pumped about getting to the bottom of things and finally having some answers. After 4 tries from 3 different nurses to get my IV in, I was ready to be done. They took me back to the OR and put me right to sleep. The next thing I remember is crying (anesthesia makes me very emotional), and waking up in the "recovery room". Luckily, my wonderful husband was ready with a camera when I came out of surgery to catch any funny things I might have said. And I did.



Am I speaking gibberish? Haha. Thanks Stef for the lovely videos!
The results were not so informative. Unfortunately they didn't find what they thought they were so sure about. I am still waiting to hear back about a couple biopsies they took.
The next step from here is an isotope swallow study. I am ready to have some answers!

Thanks to my handsome husband for taking the day off of work, taking care of me all day, treating me to Costa Vida, and letting me sleep on your lap all afternoon.
And helping me laugh by taking silly pictures.
And helping me smile by wearing those adorable glasses.
I love you!







Thursday, October 6, 2011

Nourishment for the spirit.. and the body.

I love General Conference. It gives me time to re-boost my spiritual strength. These sessions seemed to answer my prayers very bluntly, and I am so thankful for that.
Saturday night, after the priesthood session, Stefan and I had a little picnic. I had originally planned it for tons of couples to join us, but people got busy and had other plans. I am glad that it turned out to be just Stefan and I. We don't get tons of time together with school and work so it worked out really well. I made delicious cornbread and chili in mason jars.
So maybe this isn't a picture of my creation, BUT mine did turn out just as cute and probably more delicious than these! I just have this curse where I forget to take pictures of my adorable things, also my camera sucks.

We went up to Rock Canyon Park and found a little spot where we laid down a blanket and watched the stars. It felt like we were dating again. (:
We did a lot of talking and it was so fun. I had this impression all weekend to ask Stefan to bare his testimony to me, I decided this would be a good time to do it.
Ladies: If you haven't heard your husband's testimony in a while, I suggest you ask for it. It's like falling in love all over again. What is it with spiritual guys that makes girls get all googley eyed and emotional? I love it. Stefan has the strongest, purest testimony and it makes me so thankful that I married somebody so amazing, strong, and knowledgeable in the gospel.

Sunday morning we had the Bird's (Clayton and Brittney) over for Conference Breakfast. Go ahead and laugh at me, but I had been looking forward to this for weeks. I wanted it to be the most delicious, cute, and fun breakfast ever.
It didn't exactly make it into the hall of fame, but for my first Breakfast Extravaganza.. I was pretty proud!

Breakfast Bar! French Toast Skewers, Ham and Egg Muffin Cups, Baked Oatmeal, Lemon Blueberry Muffins, and OJ!

Remember these guys?.. Delicious Lemon Blueberry Muffins
181st General Conference (:

Yummy Breakfast!

Stefan's French Toast Skewer...

It was such a great weekend. I was nourished spiritually....
...and physically (;