Katie's night off

Katie is taking the night off. Her mom had a rough day so they decided to treat themselves to movie. I would have loved to have gone but someone needed to put the boys to bed. And besides, they went to see the new Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn Part II. Da da da. I'll watch it when it goes to the dollar theater. I can't wait.

So, I guess this concludes today's episode of the blog. Perhaps tomorrow's will be better. Katie should be refreshed and totally stoked to go to the Killers concert and hang out with her man. Until then!

Book Review: Hot Six

Hot Six by Janet Evanovich

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Another cliff hanger ending.  I own the next book, "Seven Up", but it's in storage, which I won't have access to until I get a house, so I guess I'm going to have to take a break from these for a month or two.  It's going to kill me. I love these stories!



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Jonah's Ear's update

To catch up on Jonah's ear issues, see here and  here.

Since moving to Utah we finally met Jonah's new ENT who will be continuing his care and performing the second look surgery to make sure there is no more cholesteatoma in his ear.  Unfortunatly, during the visit, we found that he also now has a large hole in his right eardrum (same ear as the ear with cholesteatoma), so he will repair that as well during the surgery.  He hasn't had an ear infection since the beginning of October, so hopefully that will continue.  We go in for a CT scan and hearing test on December 10, so I'll keep you updated of how that all goes.

Thankful

I don't talk about this enough, but have I ever mentioned that I'm grateful for my husband, Jerry?

Well, I am.  He is such an amazing man, father, and husband.  I really try not to compare my life to anyone elses, but sometimes I will be talking with a friend, or spend time with another couple and I frequently have this thought "Thank goodness I'm not married to that guy".  (btw: don't worry, If your reading this I'm not talking about you.  I promise) I'm sure people will say the same thing about me, and really, that's the way it's supposed to be.  I don't want anyone else wishing they were married to my husband, and I shouldn't be thinking that about anyone else.  Anyway...(this is starting to get weird)...

What I mean is that even though my life, my marriage, and my husband isn't perfect, I'm so glad for the type of imperfections I have to deal with, because they are one's I can handle.  I suppose what I meant above was that the issues that some people have are not ones that I have, and I am so grateful.

So thanks, Jerry, for being so great, and so perfect-for me.

All the places I've visited.

Thanks for the idea Anna

Here are all the countries I've visited, in order:

USA
Canada
Mexico
Austria
Egypt
Jordan
Palestine
Israel
Italy

Oh man, that's only 9. And numbers 4-9 were all visited within a 3 month period, so it seems like I'm more traveled than I really am.  I just went on one really cool trip the summer of 2007.  Anyway, I'm also going to list the States I've been to.  There's no way I could tell you the order they were visited, so I'll do it alphabetically.  And there is always the question if you have a layover at an airport, can you count that state as being visited?  What do you think?

Black is yes, red is no

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas (Airport only)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Phew, 26, just over half!  The Northeast is, by far, the area of the country that I've least explored.


Also, I have a (probably unrealistic) goal  to visit all 7 continents before I die.  I've got 4 of 7 (North America, Europe, Africa, Asia).  Although Egypt and Jordan really are the Middle East.  Which isn't it's own continent, but it's more of a unique culture. So It kind of feels like cheating. Since I really don't feel like I've really experienced what I imagine as the culture of Africa and the culture of Asia, so I probably still need to visit Madagascar or South Africa, and Vietnam or Japan.
I still need South America, Australia, and Antarctica.

Antarctica will be, by far, the most difficult.
South America is, by far, the most frightening to me.
Australia is, by far, the place I most want to visit.
And, of all the places I've been so far, Hawaii was my most favorite and the the place that I most want to live.