tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39795542316823087392024-02-19T22:06:18.716-07:00LIFE WITH THE SWANER FAMILYlife with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-55642851898374354112013-07-25T20:52:00.000-06:002013-07-25T20:52:01.177-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I can't believe how time goes by so quickly and these little guys are already 1 month old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This grandma misses her boys already. Can't wait to see Bridger on next week for his baby blessing.</span></div>
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life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-22982098916815892212013-07-21T22:01:00.000-06:002013-07-24T11:40:34.185-06:00CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING SUMMER SO FAR. WE HAVE HAD TWO GRANDBABIES, FIRST WE VISITED BRIDGER IN WALLA WALLA AND NOW WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO SEE CAMERON. THIS TRIP IS DEFINITELY TURNED INTO A FAMILY AFFAIR, NOT ONLY ARE JEFF AND I GOING, BUT JESSICA IS JOINING US AND WE ARE PICKING UP GRANDPA CLIX IN OGDEN ON OUR WAY TO THE AIRPORT AND HE IS GOING WITH US AS WELL.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">THIS TRIP WAS JAM PACKED WITH THINGS TO DO BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SEE BRANDON AND DAYNA IN THEIR NEW HOME, AND OUR LITTLE HAILEY WHO WE MISS SO MUCH AND CAMERON OUR LITTLE/BIG BUNDLE OF JOY.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">EVERY MORNING THE WHOLE GANG CAME DOWN TO THE HOTEL FOR BREAKFAST. IT WAS A FUN WAY TO START THE DAY. HAILEY LOVED TO GET A WAFFLE. AND BOTH GRANDPA'S TOOK ADVANTAGE OF GETTING SOME CAMERON TIME FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> BRANDON AND DAYNA WANTED TO TAKE US TO THE BEACH FOR A PICNIC. WE TOOK A DRIVE DOWN LAGUNA CANYON AND UP PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY THROUGH LAGUNA. I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK OFF SEASON AND GET OUT AND DO SOME SHOPPING. IT LOOKS LIKE A FUN PLACE TO DO THE TOURISTY SHOPPING THING. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO GET A PARKING SPOT AT THE FIRST BEACH WE WENT TO, HOWEVER WE ENDED UP AT ANOTHER SPOT CALLED STRANDS BEACH THAT WORKED OUT IDEALLY. WE FOUND A PICNIC TABLE LOOKING OUT OVER THE OCEAN AND ENJOYED OUR SUB SANDWICHES. THE OCEAN IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL, EVEN IF THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE</span></b>. </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> BEING THAT IT WAS THE FOURTH OF JULY AND THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT, IT JUST MADE SENSE TO HANG A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME. AFTER A WALK DOWN THE BEACH WE WENT BACK TO BRANDON AND DAYNAS. WE HAD A LITTLE BBQ AND THEN HEADED TO THE PARK BY DAN AND CAROLYN'S (DAYNA'S PARENTS) TO WATCH FIREWORKS. IT IS CRAZY TO THINK THAT ON THE FOURTH OF JULY IN CALIFORNIA YOU NEED A COAT, BUT IT WAS VERY COOL AND THE HUMIDITY EVEN MADE THE BLANKETS ON THE GROUND WET.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">FRIDAY WAS ANOTHER VERY BUSY DAY. WE WENT TO THE OAKLEY OUTLET TO SHOP. YEAH! (I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYMORE). </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">HAVE YOU EVERY SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">WE GOT A WONDERFUL SURPRISE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND THAT WAS THAT BRANDON AND DAYNA HAD DECIDED TO BLESS CAMERON AT CHURCH THE NEXT DAY. HOW EXCITED WE WERE TO KNOW THAT CAMERON WOULD BE BLESSED BY HIS FATHER AND THAT HIS GRANDFATHER AND GREAT GRANDFATHER WOULD BE THERE IN THE CIRCLE AS WELL. THE ONE PROBLEM WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WAS WHAT THE GUYS WOULD WEAR SINCE WE DIDN'T TAKE CHURCH CLOTHES. LESSON LEARNED IF YOUR VISITING OVER THE WEEKEND, ALWAYS TAKE YOUR CHURCH CLOTHES.</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">THIS WAS THE PERFECT END TO OUR VISIT TO SEE BRANDON AND DAYNA, HAILEY AND CAMERON. WE LOVED OUR TIME THERE AND I LOVED CALIFORNIA. I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE THERE (SORRY KIDS), BUT I AM GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY TO GO BACK ANYTIME TO VISIT.</span></b><br />
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life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-37912385443081297372013-07-10T22:19:00.000-06:002013-07-10T22:28:17.210-06:00OUR TRIP TO WALLA WALLA<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">OFF TO WALLA WALLA WE GO TO SEE BABY BRIDGER. JEFF AND I WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM.</span><br />
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WE LIKE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY WHAT <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">WALLA WALLA HAS TO OFFER, WE WENT TO THE FAMER'S MARKET, TOOK BRIDGER FOR A WALK UP WILLOW CREEK, MICHELLE AND I TRIED TO GO TO THE LAVENDAR FARMS, BUT THEY WERE CLOSED, TO BAD. BEN AND JEFF WENT FISHING, WE BBQ'D OUTSIDE, WENT FOR ICE CREAM AND BEST OF ALL WE SPENT AS MUCH TIME AS WE COULD HOLDING THE BABY WITHOUT THROWING OFF HIS SCHEDULE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">GOING TO BECOME A NECESSITY WHEN GO TO WALLA WALLA. OH THE PEANUT BUTTER AND JAM WITH BANANA AND BACON FRENCH TOAST. IT IS DELIGHTFUL.</span></div>
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life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-43522771814515575582013-07-10T20:56:00.001-06:002013-07-10T20:56:23.464-06:00NEW BABIES WE ADDED TWO NEW BABY BOYS TO OUR FAMILY IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. BABY BRIDGER WAS BORN SUNDAY JUNE 9TH, WEIGHING IN AT 7LBS AND 21 INCHES LONG<br />
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BABY CAMERON WAS BORN ON MONDAY JUNE 10TH, WEIGHING IN AT 12 LBS 14OZ AND 21.5 INCHES LONG. <b>YES, THAT'S RIGHT HE IS A BIG BABY BOY</b>. WE ALL THINK THAT THE DR. WAS A LITTLE OFF IN HER TIMELINE AND THAT THIS LITTLE BOY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN A FEW WEEKS AGO. </div>
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<span id="goog_177751425"></span>life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-58656393640736691912013-06-05T12:18:00.000-06:002013-06-05T12:41:06.660-06:00BUSY, BUSY, BUSYI know that sometimes I wonder why I can't make it down to my sewing room to work on any of my projects and Karen asked me the other day if I had been down there and I had to say no and then I started reflecting on what I am doing that is keeping me so busy and away from doing the projects that are waiting for me in my sewing room.<br />
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Saturday<br />
9:00am: Headed to Lower Palisades lake trail for a day hike<br />
3:00pm: Finished hike and headed home<br />
4:00pm: Town and Country gardens to purchase a couple plants for the yard<br />
6-8ish: Fixed dinner, worked in yard<br />
9:00pm: showered<br />
Exhausted after hike, I think I just hung out while Jeff watched Hatfield and Mccoys, I would not recommend this show unless you like a lot of old fashioned Western killings because there was a lot of that and I really disliked this show.<br />
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Til 1:00: Fixed dinner, got ready for church and misc. things around the house<br />
1-4:00: Church<br />
4-6pm: Dinner<br />
6-7:30: YSA fireside <span style="color: magenta;">(one of the things that was touched on in this fireside was that one of the tools that satan uses to keep us from doing the things we should do is to keep us busy doing other things. I know this is true for me and I have decided that on Wednesdays, since I get off work early, I go to the temple. If you don't plan it won' happen and I know that before I could always find something else to do, but if I put a dress on in the morning I know I will go.</span><br />
7:30-8:30 Visit with friends<br />
Wind down and get ready for monday, finished laundry ( have to be sure the underwear is done before Jeff leaves for the week :) ), talked to kids on the phone etc.<br />
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6:00am: Get up, exercise till 7:00<br />
7-8:15am: Get ready for work<br />
8:30-5:00: Work<br />
6:00-7:00: Gym<br />
Fixed dinner, laundry, talked to my mom and Michelle on the phone, Put preparedness binder together, made a few more invitations for YSA on sunday. I dont what else I did but I didnt get into the shower until 10:30 and went to bed.<br />
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7:00- get ready for work, ran an errand before work<br />
9:15-5:30 Work<br />
after work: UPS store to ship a box, Fred Meyers to get pineapples 10/$10, groceries and potting soil<br />
Home: Planted plant out front, pulled weeds for a bit, watered garden, <br />
fixed dinner, timmed and cut up 6 pineapples to freeze for smoothies, made treats for neighbors and<br />
YSA on sunday. Took polish off nails, ( you would think that is easy but with gel polish it takes forever)<br />
cleaned up kitchen, folded and put away laundry (always have laundry washing or drying or ironing)<br />
10:30pm Went to bed.<br />
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Work-12:30<br />
Temple<br />
Bank set up CD, make a return at Sams club<br />
Gas in car<br />
3:30 eye appt<br />
5:15 gym<br />
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Sometime it doesnt seem like I do a lot after work, but when I dont get home till after 7 because of the gym or running errands and such, the couple hours that I have left just aren't enough to get a whole lot done. :(<br />
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Next week Dr. is on vacation. I am planning a few days in Utah and I am taking my sewing machine, we will see if I have any time to sew at night at Karens. I am hopeful.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">TODAY IS JUNE 1ST AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. JEFF AND I DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO HIKE UP TO THE LOWER PALISADES LAKE. IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A BETTER DAY, THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAD A COUPLE LITTLE CHIPMUNKS CHECKING US OUT AND ONE WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME AND EAT LUNCH WITH US. I LOVE SPENDING THE DAY WITH JEFF AND AFTER ABOUT 8+ MILES WE WERE HAPPILY EXHAUSTED. TIME TO GET OUR HIKING LEGS AND FEET IN SHAPE.</span>life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-45847415256529728262013-05-13T11:11:00.001-06:002013-05-13T13:05:11.922-06:00MOTHERS DAYA pre-cursor as to how my mothers day went<br />
Saturday night 11pm<br />
Jeff: I would like to make you breakfast in bed tomorrow, what would you like?<br />
Kathy: Well if you had asked me earlier I might have been able to help you out, but seeing its 11pm<br />
and what I would like we dont have and you dont know how to make Amish oatmeal my favorite, you don't need to worry about it. (really I did try to be nice and understanding, but seriously you don't ask this at 11pm if you really want to do this, especially when you haven't checked to see what is in the fridge first)<br />
Needless to say I got up before Jeff ( not on purpose) and made my own oatmeal. Happy Mothers day to me.<br />
<strong>Thanks to Pinterest who regularly gives me an attitude adjustment with some of the quotes that come my way. On purpose perhaps?</strong><br />
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My Sweet baby. Lexie is in the last days of her life. She is almost completely blind and deaf and has a hard time finding her food, her bed and get disoriented when I put her outside. I don't know how much more time she has with us, it is hard to see a loved one get old. I love this little dog.<br />
SINCE THIS WAS POSTED OUR LITTLE LEXIE HAS GONE TO PLAY WITH HER PALS...JAKE, NIBS AND WHISKERS. I HOPE SHE IS HER OLD SELF AGAIN AND RUNNING AND PLAYING LIKE THE OLD DAYS. I WILL MISS HER DEARLY.life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-17228465233523872852013-04-12T12:05:00.000-06:002013-05-13T13:06:09.395-06:00 VISIT FROM MY MOM<strong></strong><br />
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MY MOTTO HAS ALWAYS BEEN NEVER SAY NEVER BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THANKS TO KAREN AND WYNN SHE MADE IT BACK HERE AND WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND WE HAD. MOM'S BIRTHDAY WAS COMING UP AND SO KAREN AND I DECIDED TO TAKE MOM OUT FOR THE DAY....WE TOOK HER TO GET HER HAIR DONE, THEN WENT TO MACYS FOR A LITTLE SHOPPING, MACYS IS ONE OF MOM'S FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP AND SHE GOT THE BARGIN OF THE DAY 3 SWEATERS FOR $17, WE WENT OUT TO LUNCH AND DINNER, AND FINISHED THE DAY WITH A LITTLE BIRTHDAY CAKE AND ICE CREAM. I THINK WE WORE HER OUT HAPPY.</div>
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I HAVE HAD MY NEW SEWING MACHINE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING IT OUT OF THE BOX. THANK GOODNESS KAREN CAME TO MY RESCUE. SHE HELPED ME GET MY MACHINE OUT, STOCK MY SEWING ROOM WITH NEEDED GADGETS AND HAD JEFF HELP HER MAKE ME A IRONING PAD TO USE WHEN ( I SAY THIS LIGHTLY) I GET READY TO USE IT. I FINISHED THE EDGE OF A BABY BLANKET WITH ONE OF THE MANY CUTE DECORATIVE STITCHES THAT IS ON MY NEW MACHINE.</div>
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life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-59209209338257289932013-03-31T22:00:00.000-06:002013-05-13T13:06:55.745-06:00EASTER IN WALLA WALLAJEFF AND I WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO WALLA WALLA TO SEE BEN AND MICHELLE OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND. WE GOT THERE ON FRIDAY AND BEN AND MICHELLE TOOK ME TO A PLACE FOR LUNCH THAT I WON'T SOON FORGET. "GRAZE" WAS THE NAME OF THE EATERY AND I LOVED MY LUNCH, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK. <br />
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WE HAD A GREAT EASTER SUNDAY, BEN AND MICHELLE KEPT US FEED ALL DAY WITH YUMMY FOOD. BEN'S PORK CHOPS FOR DINNER WERE THE BEST AND YOU CAN FIND THE RECIPE ON OUR RECIPE BLOG. WE'VE MADE IT A HABIT TO GO FOR A WALK AFTER DINNER AND TONIGHT WE WENT TO A CUTE PARK WITH AN AVIARY. THERE ARE SO MANY NICE PARKS AND PLACES TO WALK IN WALLA WALLA, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THAT LITTLE TOWN.<br />
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COEUR D' ALENE, IDAHO. JEFF MADE SALES CALLS AND I ENJOYED SOME DOWN TIME, THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS GIG IS THAT JEFF LIKES TO GET ON THE ROAD EARLY, SO NO SLEEPING IN. WHEN WE PULLED IN THE WEATHER WAS SO NICE WE WERE ABLE TO EAT OUR DINNER ON THE RESTAURANT PATIO, BUT IN TRUE IDAHO FASHION, THE WEATHER CHANGED OVERNIGHT AND WAS VERY CHILLY IN THE MORNING BUT I STILL GOT A 4 MILE WALK/RUN IN DOWN BY THE LAKE BEFORE WE LEFT TOWN. <br />
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So lately I have not been myself. I have been on overload and have a lot of things cluttering my mind and this has led me to doing things that I wouldn't ordinarily do. Recently I got to work and realized that I had on blue pants instead of black, and then I almost went to work with my slippers on another day. Well just when I think things are back to normal today I find myself again with my coat on and slippers still on my feet. I have to admit these are petty comfortable slippers and if I thought I could get away with it, I would wear them to work, but I'm thinking it wouldn't look so good. I also got to work today and realized that I had my shirt on backwards and didn't put my rings on. What is up with this? I'm thinking I am in early stages of dimensia, or... the thing that has been cluttering up my mind (RS) is still bothering me and I need to take care of it. I am surely looking forward to a couple of day traveling with Jeff and seeing the kids in Walla Walla maybe that will clear my head.</div>
life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-21377733157822075682013-03-11T12:39:00.003-06:002013-03-11T12:39:57.868-06:00OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I AM A GLASS HALF EMPTY KINDA PERSON AND JEFF IS A GLASS HALF FULL KIND OF GUY. GENERALLY HE IS RIGHT WHEN HE TELLS ME THAT IT IS GOING TO BE SUNNY ON THE HILL ESPECIALLY WHILE WE ARE DRIVING THROUGH THE FOG... WHAT CAN I SAY...ANOTHER BLUEBIRD SKI DAY. WHERE WERE THE BLUE SKIES WHEN WE WERE IN CANADA A MONTH AGO? HUH?</div>
life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-17882213516307122622013-03-10T18:15:00.000-06:002013-03-10T18:16:23.674-06:00OUR LITTLE CALIFORNIA GIRL GETS AROUND...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HERE IS OUR LITTLE CALIFORNIA GIRL HAILEY. WITH ALL THE CUTE PICTURES THAT DAYNA HAS BEEN SENDING ME I JUST COULDN'T RESIST MAKING A SLIDESHOW WITH A LITTTLE BEACH BOY MUSIC. I MEAN REALLY HOW CUTE IS THIS LITTLE GIRL. life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-90493073925081806242013-03-02T21:29:00.001-07:002013-03-02T21:29:30.549-07:00SPRING SKI<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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TODAY WE SKIED JACKSON HOLE SKI RESORT. I HAVE NEVER SKIED THERE AND I WAS EXCITED BUT A LITTLE NERVOUS. THANK GOODNESS THE SUN GODS WERE WITH US TODAY... IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A PERFECT SKI DAY. THE SUN WAS OUT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LITTLE CLOUD AT THE TOP OF THE GONDOLA FIRST THING THIS MORNING BUT NOT TO WORRY THE SUN CAME OUT IN ALL IT GLORY.<br />
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SO LAST SATURDAY THE WEATHER WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE. IT WAS SO WINDY AND SNOWY THAT IT CAKED MY KITCHEN WINDOW TO THE POINT THAT I COULDN'T SEE OUT. JEFF BRAVED THE SKI HILL AND I STAYED HOME, A GREAT DAY FOR A WEEKEND ORGANIZATION PROJECT....</div>
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NECKLACES IN HER CLOSET AND I KNEW I JUST HAD TO HAVE ONE. ALL YOU NEED IS A BELT HOLDER/ORGANIZER FOUND AT HOME DEPOT IN THE CLOSET SYSTEM SECTION, FIND A PLACE TO HANG IT, PUT YOUR NECKLACES ON IT AND VIOLA! A GREAT WAY TO GET THOSE NECKLACES OUT WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> THANKS KAREN FOR THE GREAT IDEA</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I saw this today on facebook I knew that I needed to post it on my blog. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a new church calling and to say it has been challenging is an understatement. I have great people on my board, but because of the differences in personalities I feel like sometimes I am either getting side swiped or bullied a little into doing things their way. This is my calling and I don't ever want anyone to think that things should be my way or the highway, however, if I feel compelled that things should roll a certain way, maybe it is because they should, maybe and I say this because I feel that I am entitled to inspiration, things should go a certian direction for the benefit the sisters of my ward. I know that I can be a strong personality, but in situations like this I tend to roll over and let people walk on me for the sake of not causing any feelings especially because this is a church calling. I want to keep the peace, but it leaves me a wreck on the inside and I have been in tears since Sunday over just planning our RS birthday party. This shouldn't be difficult, it should be fun and was totally shocked when I had someone overstep their bounds in making assignments without my knowledge assignments that were someone elses to give and then to be chastised for not doing the musice "right" according to the other. I am trying to find peace and the faith I need to know how to work with these different even challenging personalities. I know it will be fine in the end, but this journey has been difficult so far. I am trying to find joy in the journey, isn't that what the saying is?</span>life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-92090870425197156542013-02-13T21:35:00.000-07:002013-02-13T22:56:33.323-07:00CANADA 2013WELL TRY AS WE MIGHT, WE HAD NO SUCCESS IN GETTING ANYONE TO COME WITH US TO CANADA. WE ASKED OUR ITALY FRIENDS, OUR GYM FRIENDS, OUR SKI CLUB FRIENDS AND EVEN OUR FAMILY FRIENDS, AND WE HAD NO TAKERS, SO OFF TO CANADA JEFF I WENT ALL BY OURSELVES. <br />
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JEFF IS SO SILLY, HE WILL DO ANYTHING I ASK HIM TO DO. TO BAD FOR HIM HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT I PLAN ON DOING WITH THIS PICTURE.<br />
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THIS WEEKEND WAS THE THE HOCKEY TOURNEMENT ON THE LAKE. THIS IS A HUGE LAKE BUT IT FREEZES OVER ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN DRIVE CLEAR ACROSS IT. JEFF JUST READ IN THE PAPER THAT THE ICE ON THE LAKE IS 17 1/2 INCHES THICK. IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY THICK TO ME BUT EVIDENTLY THAT IS THICK ENOUGH FOR ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THIS LAKE. THERE WERE ABOUT 6 HOCKEY RINKS GROOMED ON THE ICE FOR THE TOURNEMENT. NO SUPER BOWL WATCHERS HERE. THEY EVEN PLAY HOCKEY IN SKIRTS HERE. HA HA HA...</div>
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FINALLY OUR BEAUTIFUL CONDO. EVERYTIME WE COME HERE WE GET AN EVEN BETTER PLACE THAN THE ONE BEFORE. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY COMFORTABLE HERE THIS WEEK.</div>
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THEY EVEN HAVE GIRL SCOUT/GUIDE COOKIES HERE, I THINK IT IS TIME TO TRY THEM AND SEE IF THE THIN MINTS FLAVOR IS UNIVERSAL.</div>
life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-20478059166576374332013-02-11T20:33:00.000-07:002013-02-13T22:57:04.933-07:00 CANADA DAY 2<br />
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HE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SKI THERE, BUT THE ODDS WERE AGAINST ME TODAY. THE DRIVE OVER WAS NICE AND WE EVEN SAW SUN PEAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, I WAS OPTIMISTIC, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN WE TURNED UP THE ROAD TO THE RESORT. CLOUDS, WIND, SNOW AND FLAT LIGHT IT WAS THE MAKINGS OF A DIFFICULT DAY FOR ME. <br />
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SUNSHINE IS A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE TO SKI, I AM SO ACUSTOM TO RIDING A LIFT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND SKIING DOWN, THIS PLACE HOWEVER, IS NOT LIKE THAT, THERE WILL BE A SMALL HILL AND JUST AS YOU START MAKING SOME TURNS THE TERRAIN GOES FLAT AND YOU HAVE TO GLIDE TO FIND THE NEXT HILL, SO HARD TO EXPLAIN BUT I REALLY WASN'T LOVING THIS RESORT. WE WENT IN FOR LUNCH AND VISITED WITH A COUPLE THAT WE MET ON THE GONDOLA RIDE UP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND THEY SUGGESTED A COUPLE PLACES TO CHECK OUT AND AGAIN IT WAS THESE LITTLE SHORT RUNS, BUT WE DID FIND ONE AT THE TOP OF GOATS EYE. THE PROBLEM HERE WAS THE WIND, IT WAS SO WICKED AND I DONT USE THAT WORD LIGHTLY, IT WAS SERIOUSLY BRUTAL. WE WERE BEING SANDBLASTED WITH SNOW AND IT WAS SO STRONG THAT HELD YOU BACK ON THE MOUTAIN. BUT WHEN WE GOT BELOW THAT, WE FOUND THE FIRST LONG RUN OF THE DAY AND IT WAS SO GOOD THAT WE BRAVED IT MORE THAN ONCE. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE SUN WOULD TRY TO PEAK OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS BUT NEVER QUITE MADE IT.<br />
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THIS WASNT THE LONGEST DAY WE'VE EVER SKIED AND AT THE COST IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LONGER DAY BUT I JUST COULDN'T ENDURE ANY MORE. THE WEATHER ITSELF WORE ME OUT. I AM HOPING FOR A BETTER DAY TOMORROW BUT THE REPORTS AREN'T PROMISING, WE ARE SEEING RAIN IN THE FORCAST EVEN AT KICKING HORSE. UGH!!<br />
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ONE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS TRIP IS THE VIEWS OF THE MOUNTAINS ARE ALWAYS SPECTACULAR.<br />
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WE DECIDED ON THE WAY HOME AND FOR OLD TIMES SAKE WE WOULD STOP AT STORM MOUNTAIN FOR OUR TRADITIONAL PICTURE, BUT ALAS, IT WAS CLOSED. (See the fine print at the bottom of the sign, closed on Mondays) <br />
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ONE MORE THING, WE FOUND TWINKIES IN CANADA, AND NO MATTER THE NAME, A TWINKIE BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL A TWINKIE, BUT THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE FILLING IN CANADA.<br />
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TODAY WE WENT TO KICKING HORSE. I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO GO AND WAS HOPING FOR A BETTER DAY ON THE SLOPES, BUT THE FOG HAD NOT ELUDED US YET. THE CLOUDS WERE WAY DOWN ON THE HILL AND THIS MORNING WAS NOT FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, WHICH WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING AWAY MY VISION SENSE AND PAIR THAT WITH MY BALANCE ISSUES, IT WAS A DIFFICULT MORNING. COMING OFF THE TOP OF THE TRAM WAS COMPLETE PEA SOUP BUT THE SNOW WAS REALLY GOOD. SO WE JUST KEPT ON GOING AND EVERY NOW AND AGAIN THE THE SUN WOULD PEAK ITS WAY THROUGH AND MAKE THE LIGHT JUST A LITTLE BETTER. I NEVER LIKED A LITTLE POWDER UNTIL I GOT MY NEW SKIS AND NOW I LOVE A LITTLE POWDER, IT IS SO MUCH FUN. I DID DECIDE HOWEVER , THAT IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE BITING WIND THE DAY BEFORE AND THE FOG, I WOULD PREFER THE WIND BELIEVE IT OR NOT.<br />
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IF I EVER FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT THE GO PRO VIDEO OR A EDIT A SNAPSHOT OF THE FOGGIEST DAY EVER, IT WILL PUT IT ON HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS A RESORT I WOULD LIKE TO SKI ON SUNNY DAY, IF THERE WERE ANY SUCH THING.<br />
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FINALLY MY KIND OF SKI DAY. I KNOW I AM A LITTLE PICKY BUT SUNSHINE ALWAYS MAKES FOR A GOOD DAY SKIING EVEN IF THE SNOW IS QUESTIONABLE. THIS WAS THE DAY THAT I HAD BEEN ANXIOUSLY AWAITING. THERE IS NOT MUCH TO SAY EXCEPT IT WAS A GREAT DAY. WE STOPPED AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD (i think that is what Jeff called it) HAD A CUP OF HOT CHOCOLATE AT THE SUMMIT HUT, SOMETHING WE NEVER DO.<br />
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WE FOUND A COUPLE RUNS THAT <br />
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life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-35873259855331297352013-02-08T22:50:00.000-07:002013-02-13T22:57:57.824-07:00THE FERNIE ADVENTURETODAY WE WENT TO FERNIE, A LITTLE SKI TOWN A FEW HOURS AWAY. THIS IS A RESORT THAT HAS BEEN GETTING SOME BUzZ LATELY, ONE OF THOSE HIDDEN GEMS OF A RESORT. WE DECIDED THAT THIS TRIP WE WOULD GO SOMEWHERE WE HAD NEVER BEEN BEFORE. PRIOR TO THE TRIP WE TRIED TO SECURE HOTEL RESERVATIONS AND FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A ROOM AT A REASONABLE PRICE AND WE FINALLY ENDED UP AT THE TRAVELODGE. THIS WOULD NOT BE MY FIRST CHOICE, BUT IT WAS LOOKING LIKE OUR ONLY CHOICE. IT WAS THE BEST OF THE WORST PLACES LEFT IN TOWN TO STAY. WE PASSED THE TIME TILL CHECK IN WANDERING AROUND THE OLD PART OF FERNIE A CUTE LITTLE TOWN THAT IS GOING THROUGH A REVITALIZATION, WE LOOKED THROUGH THE TOURISTY SHOPS AND HAD LUNCH AT "LOAF" A GREAT BAKERY WITH YUMMY FOOD. IT WAS A NICE RELAXING DAY, THAT IS UNTIL WE CHECKED IN. JEFF CAME OUT TO THE CAR TO INFORM ME THAT I HAD BETTER GO CHECK IT OUT TO SEE IF IT WOULD PASS MY INSPECTION. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION IT LOOKED OK. HERE IS THE REPEAT OF THE TEXT I SENT THE KIDS, SHARING OUR ADVENTURE...<br />
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<strong>MOM</strong>..."Learning what ski bumming is all bout. Staying at the Travelodge, the best of the worst hotels in town. No heat they gave us an osliating heater to stay warm. Probably because of the fire they had here this week. I not sure I'm cut out for this. We are going to check out the super 8 they said they would move us if we want. I haven't taken my coat off since we checked in an hour ago. Wish us luck<br />
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<strong>MICHELLE</strong>...Ha ha just enjoy the adventure!! Sounds like fun.<br />
<strong>BEN</strong>...Ski bums don't stay in hotels. They sleep on strangers couches and in their cars :) Good luck!<br />
<strong>MOM</strong>...Funny thing they said they upgraded us from a room with one queen bed to two queen beds. But we had to give up something, I guess that was heat. Your dad said that was the Canadian upgrade:) I guess we aren't the roughing kinda people so we are off the the Super 8. They have free breakfast.<br />
<strong>MICHELLE</strong>...Lol this is all so funny to me!<br />
<strong>DAYNA</strong>... Ha Ha<br />
<strong>JESSICA</strong>...Ha Ha good luck, I think you'll be ok.<br />
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THE SUPER 8 IS MUCH NEWER, AND HAD HEAT. MUCH BETTER AND A LOT TO LAUGH ABOUT.<br />
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I TRIED, AND TRIED, BUT THE BLUES ON THIS MOUTAIN WERE STEEP. AND IT WAS HARD. WE DID GET SOME SUN ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOUTAIN, BUT THE MOUTAINS WERE SO HIGH AND THE SUN COULD NEVER QUITE GET OVER THE TOP OF THEM FOR VERY LONG.<br />
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BY THE END OF THE DAY I FELT LIKE THIS MOUNTAIN HAD CHEWED ME UP AND SPIT ME OUT. ROLL ME OVER AND POKE ME WITH A FORK, I'M DONE.<br />
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FERNIE IN A NUTSHELL. I THINK THAT I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY CLOSER TO HOME TO SKI AND THAT THE NEXT VACATION THAT I TAKE WILL BE ONE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO WORK SO HARD TO HAVE FUN.<br />
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<br />life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-37938069089276624412013-01-21T13:48:00.000-07:002013-02-19T22:20:57.316-07:00NOT ONE BUT TWO BOUNCING BABY BOYSWE ARE SO EXCITED THAT BOTH OF OUR KIDS HAVE REVEALED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE BOUNCING BABY BOYS. BOTH IN JUNE AND WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.<br />
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AND BRANDON AND DAYNA DID THEIR REVEAL ON JANUARY 22ND.</div>
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VIA WEB CAM...THEY CUT THE CAKE TO REVEAL THE COLOR...BLUE FOR BOY! YEAH!</div>
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HOW MUCH FUN CAN ONE FAMILY HAVE IN A MONTH. life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-40947513779084773862012-12-11T12:46:00.001-07:002012-12-11T12:46:39.593-07:00THANKSGIVING<strong><span style="color: #741b47;">FOR A WEEK IN REVIEW THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A LONG POST...SORRY</span></strong>.<br />
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THIS YEAR JEFF AND I WERE LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES FOR THANKSGIVING.WITH NO FAMILY COMING HOME WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING AND ESCAPE TO OUR FAVORITE RETREAT, PARK CITY. I KNOW THAT I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO GO, IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THE R & R THAT I NEED...NICE KING SIZED BEDS, HOT TUBS, SHOPPING AND BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS, (I THINK MOUNTAINS ARE WHAT I MISS THE MOST LIVING IN IDAHO). I PACKED UP MY CHRISTMAS CRAFTS, SEWING MACHINE AND COMPUTER IN HOPES OF GETTING SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE DONE, AND I WAS SEMI-SUCCESSFUL IN AT LEAST STARTING A COUPLE OF CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. </div>
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WE WERE SO HAPPYTO BE ABLE TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS HANGING OUT WITH BEN AND MICHELLE. THEY CAME TO UTAH TO HAVE THANKSGIVING WITH THE MCPHERSON FAMILY BUT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GETTING TOGETHER UNTIL WEDNESDAY, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH HAVE A COUPLE DAYS TO HANG OUT. BEN AND JEFF DID A LITTLE AUTO REPAIR IN HEBER AND THEN WENT FISHING ON THE PROVO RIVER. MICHELLE SPENT SOME TIME WITH CALLI AND THEN THEY BROUGHT NASH UP TO THE CONDO AND MADE COOKIES. WE WENT TO DINNER AND THEN CELEBRATED MICHELLES BIRTHDAY WITH CAKE AND ICE CREAM. WE ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.</div>
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UTAH HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH A LITTLE EARLY SEASON SNOW THIS YEAR AND ALTHOUGH IT HAD BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS SINCE THEIR LAST STORM WE WENT SKIING AT BRIGHTON AND HAD A GREAT TIME. THE SNOW WAS GOOD AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD RESORT FOR ME TO GET MY LEGS WARMED UP FOR THE SKI SEASON. IT SEEMS LIKE I HAVE TO RECONNECT THE SIGNALS FROM MY BRAIN TO MY FEET BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON SKIING IS NOT LIKE RIDING A BIKE FOR ME, I CAN'T JUST GET ON MY SKIIS AND TAKE OFF, I HAVE TO DO A MENTAL READJUSTMENT, ESPECIALLY AFTER MY CONFIDENCE GETS SLAMMED WHEN I FALL ON THE FIRST RUN. BUT ALL IS GOOD, THE DAY ENDED WITH ME FEELING GREAT ABOUT THE SKI YEAR AHEAD, LETS JUST PRAY FOR SNOW IN IDAHO BECAUSE THERE IS NONE.</div>
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NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE STOPPED TO SEE MOM ON OUR WAY HOME AND SHE SEEMS VERY HAPPY IN HER NEW HOME AND MARILYN IS TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF HER. I HOPE HOWEVER THAT I DIDN'T PASS ON MY NOVEMBER COLD (THE ONE I GET EVERY NOVEMBER) TO MOM. NOW ON TO THE NEXT EVENT...<strong><span style="font-size: large;">CHRISTMAS!!</span></strong>....EVERYONE WILL BE HOME AND TOGETHER AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR AND IT WILL BE A BLAST.</div>
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life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-7828962420713325462012-11-27T16:57:00.000-07:002012-11-27T16:57:24.630-07:00DO YOU GET IT?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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IF YOU DON'T I WILL GIVE YOU A CLUE... CHECK OUT THE BABY BOOTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUS. WE ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE BEN AND MICHELLE ARE EXPECTING A BABY IN JUNE. THAT MAKES TWO BABIES NEXT YEAR. YEAH! WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR OUR KIDS.
life with the swaner familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857202180321514792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979554231682308739.post-49027930737123156892012-11-08T16:02:00.000-07:002012-11-08T16:02:05.149-07:00A TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have I ever said how great my mother is. Well she is great and has been a wonderful example to me my whole life. I only wish that I was half the mother to my kids that I feel she is to me. Through all her ups and downs she never focuses on her downs, she is always so positive and supportive when I have my downs. Example...I have had some issues with my ears and my Dr. has not been able to get a handle on what is wrong so he wanted me to go have and MRI on my head. Jeff said they just want to be sure that I really do in fact have a brain. Ha Ha. Anyways, the last time I went for an MRI I had a bout of clausterphobia and I was a little nervous, so nervous that this time I had to take a valium before I went. Just knowing that I was going into a tube and had to be perfectly still was bad enough but when I got there they informed me that I would have to put this helmet thing on my head to be sure that I didn't move, that was not so cool with me. Begin the Mini meltdown. At this point I started telling myself that if my 91 year old mother can have shots in her eye I could and would not complain about this... I could do this. She is my inspiration, and my MRI was completed. </div>
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I on the other hand was an emotional wreck. I had such a hard time knowing that these last couple weeks that we spent working and cleaning out the house would be the last days that I would spend in my childhood home with my mother and my silblings. Oh the memories...thank goodness that we get to take them with us, that they don't go away even if the house does. </div>
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