So I decided today that I am going to participate in the Subway Scrabble game. I have been to Subway 4 times since it started and have been an instant winner all 4 times, so maybe my luck will continue on to the online scrabble game too. Today I entered in a bunch of codes and was not an instant winner on any of them, but I do have a lot of letters so far so maybe I will win a vacation or something.
Anyway, if anyone goes to subway and is not going to participate in the online game, I would love to have the codes on your game piece. You can feel free to email them to me at ande8262@umn.edu.
Maybe if I win I'll even share the prize!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
so disapointed
Well family, I am a little disapointed in all of you. Josh has officially been a part of the family for 3 birthdays, unofficially for 6 and yet no one wished him a happy birthday. I know he doesn't have facebook or update his blog any more but that doesn't mean he is totally unreachable. He does on occasion still answer his cell phone.
At least I remembered and even showered him with gifts for the big 2-6. Josh is now the owner of The Office season 1-3 (and soon to be 4) and of Heros season 1 (and soon to be 2 also). He also got the standard gift for dad, a tie. Well three actually, to match his new brown shirt and a whole drawers worth of dress socks. Back to school shopping is now complete for Josh.
So if you get a chance, wish him happy birthday soon. It sucks getting old and its even worse when no one remembers.
At least I remembered and even showered him with gifts for the big 2-6. Josh is now the owner of The Office season 1-3 (and soon to be 4) and of Heros season 1 (and soon to be 2 also). He also got the standard gift for dad, a tie. Well three actually, to match his new brown shirt and a whole drawers worth of dress socks. Back to school shopping is now complete for Josh.
So if you get a chance, wish him happy birthday soon. It sucks getting old and its even worse when no one remembers.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
back to work
Well my week of vacation sure went fast and I am now back for another week at the CUHCC clinic. Yesterday was rough. The patients were difficult, the instructor in my face, and my hands not quite done with vacation. Today is going much better. The patients have less involved lesions, the in my face instructor is on vacation the rest of the week, and I seem to have regained fine motor control in my hands.
Next week I will be on the mobile dental unit, which is a lot of fun. And as an added bonus I get to spend Wednesday at the state fair giving tours of the RV! I will also have some free time, and can stay at the fair as long as I want, so if anyone will be there Wednesday, let me know.
Coen started daycare yesterday and had a really good first day. The instructors (they consider it a school) said usually if a child has a good active first day the second and third days are more difficult, but when we dropped him off this morning he jumped right in with no hesitations. I think Coen might be an exception to the rule. He absolutely loves playing with the other children. I've been really worried that he is behind other kids his age socially, and physically but from the little I have observed of the other children his age he is right on schedule, if not a little ahead, especially physically. Socially he does pretty well too, but I'll feel better once his vocabulary improves. Josh and I think daycare will really help his language develop.
Friday Coen gets to take his first fieldtrip to the Children's museum. He will even be riding a bus! Its hard to believe how grown up he is already, this past 16 months went so fast! I think I really am ready for another baby in the house because Coen just really isn't a baby anymore.
Next week I will be on the mobile dental unit, which is a lot of fun. And as an added bonus I get to spend Wednesday at the state fair giving tours of the RV! I will also have some free time, and can stay at the fair as long as I want, so if anyone will be there Wednesday, let me know.
Coen started daycare yesterday and had a really good first day. The instructors (they consider it a school) said usually if a child has a good active first day the second and third days are more difficult, but when we dropped him off this morning he jumped right in with no hesitations. I think Coen might be an exception to the rule. He absolutely loves playing with the other children. I've been really worried that he is behind other kids his age socially, and physically but from the little I have observed of the other children his age he is right on schedule, if not a little ahead, especially physically. Socially he does pretty well too, but I'll feel better once his vocabulary improves. Josh and I think daycare will really help his language develop.
Friday Coen gets to take his first fieldtrip to the Children's museum. He will even be riding a bus! Its hard to believe how grown up he is already, this past 16 months went so fast! I think I really am ready for another baby in the house because Coen just really isn't a baby anymore.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
A big day for the soon to be dentist
Today I shadowed a dentist and then we sat down and talked business. Basically I have a job. Hooray! There will be an official contract in January, after he buys out his partner so nothing official yet, but still very very exciting.
:)
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
My favorite things right now
10. That our health care for the fall got figured out
9. That Josh has a chemistry job
8. Being 6/10 done with this pregnancy.
7. My small amount of weight gain
6. Scrap booking
5. Dumpster diving
4. Being on vacation!
3. The Olympics, especially synchronized high diving and water polo- amazing that they are treading water the entire time!
2. Hot days, cool nights
1. Coen laughing in his sleep
9. That Josh has a chemistry job
8. Being 6/10 done with this pregnancy.
7. My small amount of weight gain
6. Scrap booking
5. Dumpster diving
4. Being on vacation!
3. The Olympics, especially synchronized high diving and water polo- amazing that they are treading water the entire time!
2. Hot days, cool nights
1. Coen laughing in his sleep
Sunday, August 10, 2008
A whole month crammed into a week
Last week was so busy, with a lot of major events happening, it really seemed like a whole month went by.
I finished my last final on Friday, I will never have to take another class or test if I choose not to. Hooray!
Thursday our car was spray painted. Filed a police report, made a claim, then I decided to attempt to scrub it off with finger nail polish remover, it actually worked without taking the car paint off. It doesn't look perfect, that side of the car kind of looks a little dirty, but maybe I will have some time soon to go over it again to try to get the rest off.
Thursday Josh was also offered a job teaching high school chemistry at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. It is only a .6 position (just a little over half time) but it is all chemistry and it has full benefits and the pay wasn't too bad so we decided it was worth it. All of the other positions that Josh has been interviewing for have been mainly physical science (9th grade) and other randoms such as physics or engineering. Josh's dream position is chemistry so we will keep the belt tight for one more year so that Josh can get some really great experience and also be a little less busy than a full time position which will really help when the baby comes this winter.
Since Josh will be starting work soon I emailed the daycare at CSCC and asked if Coen could get in soon, and they have an opening now so he will be starting as early as Wednesday! There is a lot of paper work to fill out and medical forms to get from the doctors but once those are done Coen will be in day care full time. I think I am going to try to push his start date to next Monday, I would like one more week to hang out with him.
Yesterday we went and bought Coen's first big boy twin mattress. It was kind of frustrating though because 2 weeks ago we went to Slumberland to check out their mattresses, and found one we liked for $199. A little expensive for us, but we figured it would last quite a few years (10 or more). So yesterday we went back to Slumberland to buy it and it was now $219 and had their big flashy sign saying "hot buy" right next to it. We asked the sales man how come it wasn't $199 any more and he said, "well the price of petroleum is going up so that means that the price of steel is going up also." Load of crap because actually the price of gas has been dropping! So then I asked him how they could label this mattress a "hot buy" when there had been a significant increase in the price, and he really didn't have an answer for us, so we walked out. It was kind of shady... We ended up at the original mattress factory where a very helpful salesman sold us Coen's first mattress, and mattress pad, which was the same one they sell at slumberland for double the price!
Coen slept in his bed last night, he did wake up twice but we walked him back to bed and he fell asleep both times. He was already asleep when we put him to bed so we'll see what happens tonight when we put him to bed when he is awake. We made sure to pick out a mattress that both Josh and I thought felt comfortable just in case we end up laying with him for awhile.
I have this whole next week off, and am very excited to just get housework and errands done. We thought about taking a mini vacation but decided to just stay around here. We might end up at the beach one day and we are going to a movie one day and the Renaissance on Saturday so overall I think it will be a nice relaxing week off.
I finished my last final on Friday, I will never have to take another class or test if I choose not to. Hooray!
Thursday our car was spray painted. Filed a police report, made a claim, then I decided to attempt to scrub it off with finger nail polish remover, it actually worked without taking the car paint off. It doesn't look perfect, that side of the car kind of looks a little dirty, but maybe I will have some time soon to go over it again to try to get the rest off.
Thursday Josh was also offered a job teaching high school chemistry at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. It is only a .6 position (just a little over half time) but it is all chemistry and it has full benefits and the pay wasn't too bad so we decided it was worth it. All of the other positions that Josh has been interviewing for have been mainly physical science (9th grade) and other randoms such as physics or engineering. Josh's dream position is chemistry so we will keep the belt tight for one more year so that Josh can get some really great experience and also be a little less busy than a full time position which will really help when the baby comes this winter.
Since Josh will be starting work soon I emailed the daycare at CSCC and asked if Coen could get in soon, and they have an opening now so he will be starting as early as Wednesday! There is a lot of paper work to fill out and medical forms to get from the doctors but once those are done Coen will be in day care full time. I think I am going to try to push his start date to next Monday, I would like one more week to hang out with him.
Yesterday we went and bought Coen's first big boy twin mattress. It was kind of frustrating though because 2 weeks ago we went to Slumberland to check out their mattresses, and found one we liked for $199. A little expensive for us, but we figured it would last quite a few years (10 or more). So yesterday we went back to Slumberland to buy it and it was now $219 and had their big flashy sign saying "hot buy" right next to it. We asked the sales man how come it wasn't $199 any more and he said, "well the price of petroleum is going up so that means that the price of steel is going up also." Load of crap because actually the price of gas has been dropping! So then I asked him how they could label this mattress a "hot buy" when there had been a significant increase in the price, and he really didn't have an answer for us, so we walked out. It was kind of shady... We ended up at the original mattress factory where a very helpful salesman sold us Coen's first mattress, and mattress pad, which was the same one they sell at slumberland for double the price!
Coen slept in his bed last night, he did wake up twice but we walked him back to bed and he fell asleep both times. He was already asleep when we put him to bed so we'll see what happens tonight when we put him to bed when he is awake. We made sure to pick out a mattress that both Josh and I thought felt comfortable just in case we end up laying with him for awhile.
I have this whole next week off, and am very excited to just get housework and errands done. We thought about taking a mini vacation but decided to just stay around here. We might end up at the beach one day and we are going to a movie one day and the Renaissance on Saturday so overall I think it will be a nice relaxing week off.
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