tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45346798021708625042012-02-15T09:58:51.515-07:00uptownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-19784243941341861442010-08-19T19:43:00.000-06:002010-08-19T19:43:10.303-06:00

I was reading my post from June 7th, and it reminded me of this little gem.  And it is little.  Not the novel I usually write. The other morning a lady dropped off her dog for surgery.  She was one of those very attached, emotional, worried owners.  As we took her dog back she says to us in a pleading voice, "Don't treat my dog badly."  Now, isn't there a better way to say that?  Because the way

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Yesterday a man brought his female dog into our clinic for an incision check.  The dog was spayed five days ago at our clinic and he was worried that the incision might be getting infected.  The vet took a look at it, and sure enough, the incision was infected.  Most infections post-surgery are related to licking.  Now, normally female dogs incisions do not get infected from licking because the

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Today we had a group in SLC transport several animals to our clinic to be spayed and neutered.  The girl who brought the animals down was really great. Except one small thing. The only dog that she kennelled for us she didn't latch the bottom latch. Dogs always know when you didn't latch one of the latches, and even if the other latch holds, a determined dog can slip out of the kennel regardless.

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The other day a man walked into my work with his cat on a leash and harness. I could tell by the look in the cat's eyes that he was as unenthused about walking into a lobby full of dogs as I was about him being on a leash. I much prefer him to be in a carrier, owing mostly to the number of scars that I bear from cats that have come in without a carrier. As I went to take him from his owner

uptownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-31317355303151938802010-04-07T11:23:00.003-06:002010-04-07T11:34:41.239-06:00

I have this seedling (pictured above) that is growing in my plumeria plant pot. At first just the leaves appeared and I thought for sure it was a Goldfish plant. (The mommy plant is pictured below.) And then it started growing more and now I'm not so sure it is a goldfish plant. They say the seeds do not grow true, meaning they don't look like the mother plant. But come on! How did a Goldfish

uptownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-51277543446971461322010-03-08T21:09:00.002-07:002010-03-08T21:41:06.398-07:00

Ahh...sometimes the extent to which we love our ferals cats just amazes me. (Feral cats are wild cats, can't handle them any more than you can handle a wild racoon.) This story proves the point perfectly.It was a typical day, with a typical lady who brought in a feral cat in a carrier to be spayed. The surgery went as usual, the cat was returned to its carrier and the lady picked the cat up

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-84088698089159543092010-03-08T20:26:00.005-07:002010-03-08T21:09:29.523-07:00

I think it's story time again. The other day at work, this guy brings his cat in on a harness for surgery. Intake at my clinic is like the state fair, in all sorts of ways, but most specifically there are too many people in one space and lots of nervous animals (really just dogs and cats) making a lot of noise. So animals tend to get freaked out. Especially if that animal is a sweet (big)

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-83299191402763363902010-03-08T20:07:00.003-07:002010-03-08T20:21:25.400-07:00

I am going to share with you a recipe of the most simple ingredients from which I received my best review ever. I cooked this chicken tonight and before dinner Kam sampled a piece and exclaimed, "WOW! That is really, really good!" And he really meant it. His eyes were quite large, like he really couldn't believe that I had made something that tastey (can't blame him. I've had my share of

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-44242631354287670692009-11-27T14:48:00.000-07:002009-11-27T14:48:43.705-07:00

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-829778068625950092009-10-26T21:18:00.002-06:002009-10-26T21:40:32.680-06:00

So I get this call at work today. A lady wants to schedule an appointment to get four kittens from a wild cat fixed. We make the appointment and then she proceeds to tell me how her entire neighborhood is overrun by wild cats. "In fact, I was looking out my window today and I could see seven or eight wild cats in my backyard. I can't catch them and they just keep having babies..." I explain

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-83598556333475815292009-10-18T15:11:00.003-06:002009-10-18T16:15:46.058-06:00

The other day at work, we were just finishing up with everything. All the animals had gone home and we were just finishing up with the last of the cleaning when my co-worker got a call on the emergency line. From the sound of it, the lady on the phone was quite upset. I could hear my co-worker explaning some things to her, and I couldn't help but laugh as I continued to eavesdrop. And the

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-39042444751856005052009-10-09T13:18:00.002-06:002009-10-09T13:29:05.256-06:00

So, today I was driving in the car with Kam. You know the song that says "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you have til it's gone? They paved paradise and put in a parking lot." Written by Joni Mitchell and most recently sung by Counting Crows. Anyway, Kam starts singing the song, but the lyrics were a little different. He sang, "Gay paradise and put up a parking lot, ..."He

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-4917812948770291592009-04-15T10:00:00.000-06:002009-04-15T10:01:25.947-06:00

Apparently someone complained to the labor union about our clinic and we had an investigator come by today to interview a couple of us about three things - hourly labor, overtime records and child labor laws. That last one still baffles me. He needed to talk to an employee and the veterinary working that day. It just so happened that the vet was in a huge hurry to get done with surgeries, so

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-88788191685084479472009-04-15T09:29:00.001-06:002009-04-15T09:31:32.254-06:00

I admit, I teared up a little bit with this one. But I think it's touching.

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-15556161081108284692009-04-15T09:15:00.002-06:002009-04-15T09:22:52.549-06:00

The other day at work an older couple brought in their little beige and white female shih tzu, Daisy, to get spayed. The dog looks similar to a shih tzu, Cooper, that my co-worker brings to work every day and we let wander where ever he wants. There are some distinct differences though. Cooper is about twice her size, Cooper is a boy and she's a girl, Cooper has a buzzed haircut, Daisy's hair

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-56068957733780925842009-04-15T08:58:00.003-06:002009-04-15T09:15:03.173-06:00

So, for anyone who doesn't know, I work at a Spay and Neuter clinic. That's what we do. Spay and neuter. And part of that process is spaying pregnant animals, and in the process "solving" their pregnant problem. It sounds sad, but most people don't realize how many hundreds of thousands of homeless animals there are out there, and if you think about it, a quick painless death is better than

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-10847150274995724852009-04-15T08:53:00.002-06:002009-04-15T08:57:46.040-06:00

This is from my mom:My five-year old students are learning to read.Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said,"Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!"I took a deep breath, then asked, "What did you call it?""It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!"And so it does . . . " A f r i c a n Elephant " Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-55519407718560108582009-03-21T14:18:00.002-06:002009-03-21T14:55:13.167-06:00

Yesterday at work I kept smelling something rotten, like when you leave your laundry in the washer for a couple of days before drying it, that smell. It seemed like it was there everytime I was at a certain table. So I smelled the towels there. Nope not them. I smelled my gloves, thinking maybe it was something I had touched. Nope. I wanted to find the smell because it was pretty strong and

uptownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-10747951590312978372009-03-14T10:16:00.002-06:002009-03-14T10:44:48.688-06:00

Hey everybody! It's been a while, I know. Sorry about that. Some items of interest that have happened lately are that my little brother went into MTC the other day. If anyone is interested in viewing the blog my sister made for him, it is in my sidebar, or it will be as soon as I am done with this blog. Raschel has posted a ton of pics of Ryan and will continue to post things as soon as the

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-65701540720853004792009-02-17T13:23:00.007-07:002009-02-17T13:55:26.904-07:00

Here's a video from my work! Just thought I'd let you all know how important it is to help out a good cause. And since my efforts at embedding the video failed, here's the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhC1UfRSy8cHappy Valentine's Day!

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More to come soon.

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I'll let Christy comment.... I just provide the pics.

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-22288839009614684112009-02-17T12:58:00.004-07:002009-02-17T13:00:20.738-07:00

Here are some pics of the day Ryan opened his missions call.

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-65907052560077398202009-01-13T09:53:00.002-07:002009-01-13T10:06:22.392-07:00

Here are some pics of the Christmas pageant we had for Christmas. We've never held one before but I think it turned out beautiful. The costumes are designed by Raschel who graciously cut up one of her blankets to make shepherd cloaks and managed to pull the rest of the costumes out of Keilani's wardrobe. Jimmy as a shepherd watching his flocks. Kaipo as Joseph meticulously watching after baby

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Last night I went to my work Christmas party in Bountiful. Since almost everyone that I work with drinks, we decided to carpool and I was the DD. Yeah! Our going was contingent upon a lack of snow, and with the huge snow storm that started at 4:00 this morning, we were set upon not going at all. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on which part of the night you look at) the snow cleared

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-65770216035533841302008-12-13T15:45:00.003-07:002008-12-13T16:20:33.420-07:00

When we first got Kala from the pound, we decided to microchip Monte there because it was cheap, like $17. He was only 5 months old then and we left the back door of our house open since he was still potty training and that was the only way to ensure that he didn't go inside while we were gone. We ran a high risk of losing the little guy and didn't want to risk that he wouldn't be returned to

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-49967776028691072082008-12-13T15:35:00.003-07:002008-12-13T15:44:58.772-07:00

I have to say that this is one of my favorite videos. It is so touching, especially the ending.

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My sister Raschel has this video posted on her blog and I loved it so much that I had to put it on mine as well. It has a beautiful message and is beautifully put together.

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For my brother Ryan's birthday this year (which was Nov. 12) our family went to the all-you-can eat sushi bar "Sushi Ya". I can't believe how much sushi those boys could eat. Plates and plates of sushi were brought out as Ryan, Kam, Keaka and Raschel consumed as much as they could stuff in their stomachs. Seeing all of that made me want to gag. I can only eat about one roll before I am full. In

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-16603515522581721612008-12-10T10:14:00.005-07:002008-12-13T17:50:42.367-07:00

Last month the dogs and I took a hike up to Stewart Falls while Kam was at work (what are men compared to rocks and mountains?) I was curious if there was snow up there and I knew it would probably be my last chance to check it out this season since it is bound to snow sometime. I was so grateful that I did. The top half of the trail was a little treacherous because it was covered in ice and snow

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-13238916377509501162008-11-02T14:30:00.006-07:002008-11-02T14:37:02.371-07:00

Christy went ring shopping with her friend and brought Kamien to our house to play. Keilani was in need of a friend and they had lots of fun playing.First they made pumpkin pie by request of Keilani.Then Keoni and Ella came over just in time to eat pie and ice cream with us.The girls had lots of fun playing outside and putting puzzles together.

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-32690676209506288272008-11-01T16:56:00.003-06:002008-11-01T17:20:25.776-06:00

I just wanted to personally thank Raschel for livening up my blog with pictures of her beautiful kids. Kam absolutely loves playing with them so i am sure that he will me more than happy to get high yah'd by them again.So, it's the day after Halloween and we made quite a relaxing evening out of the holiday. I cooked us dinner and we sat together and watched two movies - "What Happens in Vegas"

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Jimmy's favorite thing to do as of late is to high yah people. Kamalani was nice enough to humor the kid.Jimmy was having so much fun that Keilani wanted in on some of the action. Kamalani took quite a beating but I'm sure he'll be coming back for more soon!

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-15747111755603599892008-10-14T20:11:00.002-06:002008-10-14T20:20:51.633-06:00

So, guess who showed up on our porch this afternoon...I had just gotten home and was taking care of the dogs outside and Kam was pulling in the driveway when this man comes up to Kam selling Direct TV. He asked Kam if he could go inside and talk with Kam about the deals he had for them, so Kam, being the kind and patient man that he is, invited him to come on in. I had no desire to speak with

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-31156548615751785472008-10-04T19:17:00.003-06:002008-10-04T19:26:52.524-06:00

No pics yet, sorry, but here are some funny stories of my babies. I was putting labels on bags for my work while listening to conference today and Monte, hearing the sound of bags rustling, had to come and smell everything that I pulled out of them to see if anything was edible. Since he wouldn't leave me along, I offered him a label, sticky side out and he eagerly went to sniff it and instantly

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-88025558811146410802008-09-09T17:09:00.003-06:002008-09-09T17:26:17.954-06:00

So, it's been a long time since I last wrote and that's because I don't have internet anymore. But I am stuck here at Kam's work waiting for him to get off and his co-worker was kind enough to show me the internet while Kam stalwartly ignored all my questions and probings. So, here's the DL on what's up with me and Kam. We moved again...and is anyone surprised? Nope. We've been a week in our

uptownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-59664104560596161902008-07-27T17:29:00.003-06:002008-12-11T08:42:44.480-07:00

No No it's not the Wicked Witch of the West it's just Christy.Kamalani doing some heavy overlooking.

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-76554968174230774362008-07-22T20:22:00.002-06:002008-07-22T21:25:40.689-06:00

So, here's information that is long overdue, though most of you who ever see me already know about it. Two weeks ago I found out that after all the months of job searching, I finally found a new job, and it is better than any job I ever thought that I'd get. I've been looking at a lot of office jobs because that is what I have experience with, and then started applying to any veterinary job

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-12180578429365345902008-07-19T23:04:00.001-06:002008-12-11T08:42:44.623-07:00

Here's the girls at the farmers market today.

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-13477680626701448132008-07-19T22:50:00.002-06:002008-12-11T08:42:44.878-07:00

My kids had lots of fun pretending Christy's laundry basket was a boat! Nothing is what is seems when they're are involved! They are always there to make things fun.

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-72787527792746419222008-07-08T07:13:00.002-06:002008-07-08T07:17:13.440-06:00

So, I am going through my old journals and typing them into the computer so that I don't lose them and I came across this particularly funny entry. I thought I'd post it to give everyone a good laugh, especially anyone who is familiar with our family. And yes, for any of you who are wondering, this was a normal situation growing up. There was quite a bit of bickering.(all original grammer and

uptownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-68483703381553625962008-07-07T14:19:00.003-06:002008-12-11T08:42:45.124-07:00

I found these pics of Summer and Christy while looking through some pics. I thought I'd post them just for kicks!

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-91357611376987722232008-07-04T10:27:00.004-06:002008-12-11T08:42:45.400-07:00

Watching fireworks at Haruko's house for Koa's Bday!

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-2926753864210062112008-06-23T01:57:00.003-06:002008-12-11T08:42:45.525-07:00

So we were going out to eat at L&L's and Jimmy tried to talk to Kamalani while he was ordering. Well Kam understandably ignored him for a minute and one heart broken little boy came crying to me "Kamalani won't talk to me!!!" By the look on his face he was clearly devastated by this.... that quivering little Jaw. I only tell this to illustrate how much somebody obviously LOVES his uncle Kamalani!

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-25472186996492786022008-06-14T14:11:00.003-06:002008-12-11T08:42:45.725-07:00

In lieu of father's day I thought I'd post this extra cute picture of Christy and her Grandpa Loveless!

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-22069158817274063572008-06-13T08:42:00.003-06:002008-06-13T09:31:27.635-06:00

So, there are a couple of things that I haven't posted that happened that others besides myself might be interested in.Last Friday: we had two surgeries in our family...We dropped Monte off to get neutered in the morning. I mistakingly thought that because he wasn't with Kala that he would behave himself in the vet but I was oh so wrong. Monte's obsession with other animals is all his own. Even

uptownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-85731297549939876532008-06-11T11:08:00.001-06:002008-06-11T11:10:50.625-06:00

I have a cute story from church this Sunday. I was in charge of the sunbeams (3 yr olds) and there is a little boy in that class named Isaiah who has the hardest time sitting still. He is super cute and has a little mohawk. It was closing exercises and there were no talks assigned so one of the leaders was bearing his testimony. Then Isaiah just took off out into the hall. I took off after

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-12995818259940241722008-05-28T20:11:00.002-06:002008-12-11T08:42:45.949-07:00

This is what happens when you fall asleep in a play room with 4 little kids. Kam and Christy somehow managed to catch some shut eye even with 4 very determined children trying to wake them up! The wake up call consisted of toy fire truck sirens, a school bell, and high pitched pooh bear whistles. This was accompanied by a bombardment of toys and in Kam's case a poi ball to the eye! Still

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-44935420704875172812008-05-25T00:12:00.002-06:002008-12-11T08:42:46.385-07:00

Sorry Kam she's not listening!

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-74586427902453239602008-05-22T09:49:00.003-06:002008-05-22T10:05:54.748-06:00

This weekend I spent a significant amount of time reading the new book by Stephanie Meyer, "The Host". So much time, in fact, I started it on Saturday and finished it on Tuesday. Well, that is pretty typical for me and a Stephanie Meyer book. And for those of you who don't know, she also wrote Twilight. "The Host" is in a totally different field from "Twilight" in my opinion. I loved "

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-18423989175015169672008-05-19T09:30:00.002-06:002008-05-19T09:48:55.751-06:00

Yesterday Kam and I threw a small party to celebrate Kam's birthday, which was actually on Thursday, but the during the week is always pretty busy for us. It was all pretty last minute. I called half of the people in the morning and got so caught up in baking pies and brownies that I forgot to call the other half of the people until 1 hour before the party started. Yeah, that's pretty lame,

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-19229907599642378682008-05-18T23:34:00.002-06:002008-05-18T23:41:19.806-06:00

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-79777383728193653422008-05-14T11:35:00.002-06:002008-05-14T11:50:54.648-06:00

As I walked out of my office today to go get the mail, I heard strange sirens coming up the street. It sounded as if the officer was barely hitting the siren knob, like they do when they pull you over, but it was going on for quite a while. So, out of curiousity I looked down the street to see what was going on. Here comes a silver car right in front of the officer with the sirens. But as the

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-56160537756147637302008-05-05T10:24:00.003-06:002008-05-05T10:47:53.895-06:00

Ok, so I got a complaint that I never update my blog, so I have to get this one on here. It has been a long time, I admit, but I haven't really had anything very good to say, so I just kept my blog quiet.This last week Kam and I got our house back from the tenants in Eagle Mountain. They were acting really shifty the last month or two of dealing with them and they started blaming us for

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-39432172910208109202008-03-20T14:58:00.002-06:002008-03-20T15:20:16.161-06:00

Kam and I have moved once again. I am really getting good at this. If any of you need help packing, just call me, and I will hook you up with my wicked skills at packing. I now have one more dumpster full of cardboard boxes and one more newspaper recycling bin to raid. So, here's the story:Tuesday we get a call from the guy we are buying our house from and he tells us that if we can't close by

uptownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-82974096545594433832008-03-07T14:37:00.002-07:002008-03-07T14:42:16.849-07:00

So, I have been wanting to hike to Havasupai for a couple of years now and this is the year for me. I am extending the invitation to anyone who reads this to come with me. For everyone who doesn't know, Havasupai is on the property of the Havasupai tribe in Arizona. It is a beautiful desert paradise with some of the most extraordinary waterfalls in the world. Absolutely beautiful, but quite

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-70343984267310445452008-03-03T09:46:00.003-07:002008-12-11T08:42:47.308-07:00

Courtesy of my sister Raschel. I want to share some of my favorites with my fan base. Now, this one is the sexiest one ever...

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-18187751205263672232008-02-29T09:32:00.003-07:002008-02-29T10:37:33.523-07:00

Poor Montecito met with a sad occurrence yesterday evening. In the midst of playing with his buddies, Monte and Kala pushed Apples, who in turn pushed Little Man who became fairly upset about the whole thing and decided to bite Monte in the nose, who in his turn became fairly upset about that and decided to bite Little Man in the backside -- and then there was blood, everywhere. "Now, where did

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-85377081459887857812008-02-28T10:10:00.003-07:002008-02-28T10:43:44.218-07:00

This Saturday Kam and I went to a funeral for a friend of his from high school. They played football together for six years, so Kam knew him pretty well. The funeral gave me a sense of the amazing perspective on death that members of our church are privvy to. I have been to many LDS funerals in the past and none of them were as in tune as this one was. Throughout the whole thing I was completely

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-37425568390939455972008-02-17T16:33:00.003-07:002008-12-11T08:42:48.236-07:00

And those who don't have kids post pictures of their dogs.

uptownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-49522117224689168082008-02-17T16:22:00.002-07:002008-12-11T08:42:48.633-07:00

So, here are some pictures of the pitbulls puppies that I talked about earlier. They are way too cute. But, I have quite a soft spot in my heart for puppies. It's a good thing I don't have room for anymore because I might become a regular Cesar Milan and bring home all kinds of dogs!

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-16602095787814391512008-02-15T14:14:00.003-07:002008-02-15T14:24:16.725-07:00

So, this is odd, but I think it will be helpful to someone. When we moved into our townhouse the main bathroom had a slight clog in the drain. Over time and use and quite a few q-tips (our garbage can was in storage, it backed up even more to the point where the water would just hang out in the bowl, slowly draining over time. Plunging helped only a little bit. The snake didn't do anything.

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-13252258329619364602008-02-15T13:13:00.002-07:002008-02-15T13:26:06.721-07:00

Last week Kam's cousin Brandon was driving down the street and he saw a six-year old little boy walking down the street with three little pitbull puppies following behind him on the street. Apparently the boy had been walking near 800 N in Orem and found these three puppies (roughly 10 weeks old) and was trying to get them to come home with him. So Brandon took them home with him and is now

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-76035507687587958032008-02-13T14:12:00.003-07:002008-02-14T15:07:00.760-07:00

On Saturday someone at my dad's work put together a retirement party for him and two other men. The party was held in Evanston, WY where my dad has worked for 30 + years, 1.5 hours from Provo, so all of my family decided to attend to show my dad our appreciation for him. For everyone that doesn't know, my family lived near Evanston for about six years in two little god-forsaken towns called

uptownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-534032439595204912008-02-06T09:59:00.000-07:002008-12-11T08:42:48.810-07:00

This post is for any frustrated dog owner or anyone contemplating being a dog owner. I recently went out and bought some dog head harnesses called Gentle Leaders that I have had my eye on for a while. The reason that I wanted them is that I hate walking my dogs. I know they should go on a walk every day but I hate walking my dogs, so I never do. For anyone who doesn't know, I have two black labs

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-28282376014694490322008-02-06T09:10:00.000-07:002008-02-06T09:59:31.703-07:00

We have finally moved into our house. Our things have been sitting in a storage unit for two months just waiting for us to make up our minds to move in. And why did we live in a place for a month before we decided to move our stuff in? Well, that's all complicated and stupid but it has to do with the fact that due to complications with our loan, we can't buy the house until February 10 instead

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-69496147400341402852007-12-31T09:28:00.000-07:002007-12-31T09:47:35.656-07:00

We found a new home! We are so excited. After looking everyday for more than a month, Kam and I have finally found a home that we LOVE and can afford. It is a townhouse located in SE Provo. The previous owners bought it to flip it (though they didn't put much work into it) but they did put in new carpet (which looks wonderful) and new stainless steel appliances (minus the fridge). We are

uptownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-9764297005965529692007-12-03T09:38:00.001-07:002007-12-08T17:22:52.545-07:00

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free! If you can't watch the above, click this link http://www.jibjab.com/starring_you/receipt/3708974

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-64274765632559769202007-11-30T12:38:00.000-07:002007-11-30T12:54:53.083-07:00

So, Kam and I have settled in to our new place. My sister, Amber, and her husband, Jordan, have graciously allowed us to stay in the basement of a condo that they are selling. Jordan spent hundreds of hours meticulously remodeling the whole place and so we are being very careful about everything there. We pretty much occupy one room and one bathroom in the basement, since 95% of our belongings

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-47023986717761965882007-11-20T10:43:00.000-07:002007-11-20T11:41:57.548-07:00

So, I just have to update all my faithful readers (I think I have 5) about my telemarketer friend. I am calling him that now because we have talked so many times I have started to feel a certain camaraderie with him. But, it is not a very nice one, as you will see, so maybe friend isn't the best word for it.My telemarketer friend has continued to call me every couple of days. Each time I tell him

uptownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-29388758373351249822007-11-20T10:34:00.000-07:002007-11-20T10:39:23.777-07:00

Hip hip hooray! We sold our house last week! We sold it to this nice couple with two kids. They are lease optioning it until next February or March and then they will buy it then. But we are out of Eagle Mountain on Saturday and moving back down to Provo. Things will be a little crazy in the next couple of weeks, but then things will start calming down. We are currently looking for a cheap house

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-81207921985737751432007-11-09T23:25:00.000-07:002008-12-11T08:42:49.078-07:00

ohana=)mamanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-30381874494906384402007-11-09T16:35:00.000-07:002007-11-09T17:00:48.190-07:00

Yesterday I was sitting at work, and the phone rang. It was a telemarketer trying to get me interested in the services of a local dentist who is offering free exams. At first I listened to him robotically tell me about the deal and I thought, this is cool. I haven't been to the dentist in a while. But then I remembered all of the "speciail offers" I had been interested in in the past, and

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-76295109340401555772007-11-08T10:08:00.000-07:002007-11-08T10:24:04.380-07:00

So, last night I had an experience that reminds me so much of one that my friend, Megan, just blogged about. So this blog is dedicated to Megan. I found a tube of superglue in a drawer while I was looking for a pencil to draft with. It got me sidetracked because in my closet is a dish that broke 4 houses ago (yeah, so like 2 years ago, i think...it takes me a lot of time to get around to

uptownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-30822476107436521312007-11-07T17:01:00.000-07:002008-12-11T08:42:49.632-07:00

It has been a while since I last blogged. So much has happened since then, it is crazy. We moved again soon after that last blog, sometime in July though I don't remember the date exactly. We are living in Eagle Mountain, which really is a beautiful place to live. I love the drive, even though it is crazy long. The scenery is gorgeous and oh so peaceful. It makes it so that when I get home I

uptownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534679802170862504.post-52150332628274041312007-07-01T16:28:00.000-06:002007-07-01T16:34:14.977-06:00

Hello. So, this is my first real blog. I have to say that having this blog thing is one day going to come in really handy for all of you when I move away or you move away, or for those of you (Megan) who already have moved away and never communicate with me. I could see it becoming one of those Sunday activities for me, like today when all of us are doing our own thing. I obviously don't have

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