My favorite tomato soup=baby food...

So this week i had 2 Dentist appt. 3 hours each!  I have fillings in the front top 6 teeth, they figured I'd need 6 root canals....but I only needed 1!  My ma and I have figured that it is only God that is carrying me through this.  On my very first appt. they asked me if I had any pain (after seeing all the decay/cavities/inflamed gums/holes and gaps) and I didn't, which kinda shocked them.  And we figured it must be God taking away the pain for me.  But anyways, after my appt. on Wednesday i had to be real careful about what I ate, cuz they built up a very cracked tooth so it was very sensitive.  I decided to have some Campbell's tomato soup for dinner that night.  i broke about a million crackers in my soup, so it became all mushy and soft (like how a baby would eat it).  And Dave looked at me like I was insane, and I realized I have some very odd eating habits.  Ive eaten my tomato soup like that ever since I was little. In my kitchen I have a million cups, but i only use 2 for my Pepsi.  The other ones just aren't the same!  With lucky charms (I haven't had any for ages) i have to leave all of the marshmallows for last.  With cupcakes, I have to take the top off with the icing, and eat the bottom, and then eat the iced top (Hannah does the same thing).  I'm also weird with my dishes too, there are these little bowls I have and those are the only ones Ill use.  I bought a set, but the large plates are massive so I always use the little ones.  And I swear any food tastes better on my daffodil plate (my Ma got that for me, many years ago, and saved it for me for when I moved out). 
Oh and I ALWAYS have to have a straw to drink my Pepsi out of (and I rarely drink it straight out of the can).  So basically if you ever have me over for some Campbell's tomato soup, make sure you have a ton of crackers!

A little side note....I'm not sure if I mentioned this in my Christmas blog, but I was out shopping for Dave's stocking stuffers, I bought a few for myself too!  I am obsessed with Russian dolls, and at winners they had these adorable measuring spoons that all go into each other with little dolls on them.....so I though that was a perfect stocking stuffer for myself.  So I wrapped up all Dave's and then wrapped up mine, and I wrote on mine To the best cook ever!  Haha!

Christmas!!

Dave went out and got us a pine Christmas Tree on Saturday, with my Dad and Amanda.  Dave looked hard for the perfect one, I would have gone with them but I had to work all day.  So after work I came home to a decorated house!  Dave had some branches hanging on some nails on the walls, and he hung up our stockings, and set the tree up!  My most favorite kind of tree is Birch trees (they remind me of grandma and grandpa's house) so he found a big birch branch for me.  It was really cute that he put so much thought into things.  We decorated the tree on Sunday, and I set up my nativity set Last night.  This Christmas tree is actually the very first real one we've had.  My mom has given me an ornament every Christmas, so I have lots to put up, and I am very particular about which ones I want to put up.

My Baby ornament with a pine cone!

My Nativity set, I put the sheep right next to baby Jesus,
and yes the donkey is sitting on top of the cow.
I told Dave they aren't perverted....they are just
playing!

The lights I bought weren't very long, so me and
Manda put them around the trunk!  We
left it like that, and I really like the way it
looks!

The Dentist's office is my new home away from home...

Well it has been almost a whole month since I have shared anything on my blog.  I feel a little bit like my mind has been taken over.  I need very extensive Dental work done.  It has been shocking in many different ways.  BUT, it has to be done, and I will be brave!  My teeth are filled with decay, seem to crumble weekly, and have a bazillion cavities in them.  I have to get many root canals, bridges, and crowns.  It will be really expensive, but Dave's health insurance through his work is helping alot.  It took me a few years to get up the courage to just bite the bullet (well....that might break every tooth in my mouth), face my fears and just go in.  Ma went with me, and that helped tremendously.  I had an appointment last week, getting my gums checked out to see if there was any disease.  And luckily there wasn't anything concerning....so I breathed a sigh of relief!
So I have 4 appointments for this month.....extraction time next Thursday.....I'm trying to keep myself positive about it, and just be brave enough to go through the pain.

So please pray for me if you read this, that would mean the world to me!

UpdatE

Well I am going to write a little update!
Dave has been working out of town alot lately, last week he was in Penticton from Monday to Friday.  I went and visited him at his hotel in Penticton last Tuesday, and brought dinner for us.  It was fun, we watched the hockey game, and watched our favorite show (3rd Rock from the Sun), then I drove back home.  This week has been interesting, Dave came home early Monday and Tuesday....which has never happened.  i had both those days off, so it was fun to be together!  Dave went to osoyoos today, and will be home tomorrow night.  And who knows where he will go next week.
Yesterday i had to go to the dentist, and i was so nervous! Ma came with me to calm my nerves and for support.  Once I got there i was okay....but by the end of the appointment (90 minutes later) I was a little horrified. They took a million X-rays, awful pictures, and poked around on every single tooth I have. there is ALOT of issues in my mouth, and ALOT of work that needs to be done.  So basically the dentist's office will become my second home.  The dentist was nice, and so was the assistant, so i have no complaints there.
Next week me and Ma are going back to have a consultation, and talk money and what needs to be done.  and how many teeth have to get pulled out, and all that. 
This month I am planning to have all my Christmas shopping done, and be able to send Christmas cards out on time!  I have 1 gift so far, and a bunch of ideas.....so I feel ahead of the game!  Hopefully I stay that way, and can reach my goal!

Costco!

So me and my Ma went to Costco on Thursday, and it was an interesting trip!  I haven't gone for years and years, so I was excited to see what it would be like again.  I don't normally buy anything in bulk (except Pepsi, I tend to stock up....I hoard it!)so it was different to see anything you can imagine in a four pack.  I also found it interesting to see what was in other people's carts.
When we first got there we got lunch, the line wasn't too long.  We decided on some hot dogs (I think ma's was a polish sausage).  For $1.50 we got a hot dog and a drink, and it tasted so good!  i don't normally have hot dogs often so it was a great treat!  We figured the food prices haven't changed in maybe 15 years.

Then we got to shopping!  We weren't doing a fill-our-cupboards-to-their-max kind of a shop, but we had in mind a few things we were looking out for.  I wanted a case of 36 Pepsi (Surprise surprise!)and ma wanted a new frying pan....and some (really good) hot chocolate.
We went down every single aisle, and the same aisle i loved long ago, was still my favorite now.  The book aisle!  They have always had good prices, and interesting books you don't see everywhere.
as we are going down all the aisles i was keeping my eyes peeled for a case of Pepsi.....and of course it was down the very last aisle!  Ma said my face just lit up when i saw it, and brought it back to the cart!  ha ha....how silly is that?  that a case of 36 cans of Pepsi can make me feel so happy!
But it was a fun trip to take, and we will definitely go again!!



Ha ha!  My already fully stocked fridge, with
my Costco purchase!  Love!



The Queen of Fair

Well...it's been awhile since my last post.

Awhile ago, I was watching that show "Anderson" and it was about parents having favoritism for one child.  It made me feel crazy inside,i probably also yelled at the t.v.!  I have said for as long as I can remember that my mom is "the Queen of fair", she has always always been fair with everything.  In the show one of the moms said she has more fun and enjoys doing things with her older daughter more than her youngest.  They were also saying that the eldest child is often the favorite because they are first born.  If someone was to ask me if it was a bad thing being a middle child  when i was 14....i would have said "yes, I'm always left out."  Do i think that now? NOT A CHANCE!  I was really thinking about this, and thought it's a blessing to be in the middle, Because I have an older sister to look up to, and a younger sister who i can be a good role model to!  My mom has always been fair to me and my sissys, even now she's still the queen of fair.  Amanda and I are 2 years apart, Hannah and I are 4 years apart, so things for Han in high school were alot different than me and mand.  just cuz the times had changed....cell phones were needed and rides to school were needed more often.
i think my mom even asked me and Manda if that bothered us that Hannah had a cell phone and we didn't....and the times had changed dramatically in high school...so it didn't bother us.
I do feel lucky to have my parents the way they are.  They are there to help us always, and support us in whatever we choose to do!  my sissys and me all have different things we are interested in and my parents are very clued into those things.
The other week my Dad picked me up from my house and I thanked him for it, and he said "oh id do anything for you Laura", so simple just so sweet.  he really is the sweetest man I know, I feel so lucky to call him dad, and I cant wait till he gets called "grandpa"!!

ThanksGiving

Well Thanksgiving was great this year!  My parents, Ryan and Amanda, Me and Buck all went over to my mother-in-law's house to have a turkey dinner.  Dave's Step dad has a daughter with 3 kids, and they were there as well as Dave's Grandma and husband.  It was all delicious, and at the end i was stuffed!  My parents know Dave's mom and step dad quite well, cuz they have gone to our church for many many years now.  Jim (step dad) even helped my parents set up the hot tub, and set up some censor lights outside for them.
My Mother-in-law also gave us some big news!  They are celebrating their 15 year anniversary next year, and want to celebrate in Hawaii.  And...they want US to come with them for the 2 weeks!!  They want to go in November 2012, cuz it works good for them with work, and it's a bit of an off season.  And it's basically the last Holiday we can take before Buck and I have a little one!  We still have to work out all the details, and hotels and all of that.  But it's really exciting to think about!

On a side note, today is the 9th day of having a cold....and I'm finally feeling better.  Last night i came home from work to find the sinks cleaned out and the dishes put away and all the garbage gone.  Which...has never happened!  So i was very happy with Dave!

Oh..2 things I am Thankful for this year is FAMILY, and my beautiful Car!


They have just the sweetest little faces!  There is 3 of them that
live near me now.  But I still love sheep more!