Weekend Mini Trip South

This weekend was the baby shower for my cousin Tommy and Jenny's new son Carter. Of course I wanted to go meet the newest Tolman so I left Logan Saturday morning and made an event filled "mini trip" out of the whole thing.My day started at 4:00 a.m thanks to my 20 lbs orange alarm clock that goes by the name of Canon...thanks Canon!! I left Logan at about 7:30 a.m. I arrived in Salem around 10 a.m-ish. I went straight to my cousin Emily's house cause the shower wasn't until 11 a.m. Em was making deserts for the shower and realized she forgot to buy mini marshmallows for one of the deserts. I offered to run to "Fast Gas" gas station to pick some up. While I was looking for the marshmallows I discovered that "Fast Gas" had my absolute favorite gum: "Extra Cool Green Apple Gum". Now you must know that Logan, or Cache Valley for that matter hasn't had even one package in the whole county for nearly 2 years. I can say this with great certainty cause I ALWAYS check whenever I'm in a store that sales gum. Needless to say I was ecstatic to see that Fast Gas had 11 packages just hanging out on the shelf. I bought all 11 packages!!

We then headed to Jenny's mom's house for Carter's shower. This is a darling picture of my cousins Emily (L) Megan (R). Aren't they beautiful! Now why didn't I get some of those beauty genes? Megan being Megan...completely spastic! Can you believe she is going to be a doctor in a mere 15 months? Yeah, I know......

Me and Carter....so perfect...him not me. Course I look fab too. :)

The newest Tolman! Well done Tommy and Jenny! Well done!

My Great Aunt Marda holding Carter.

My Great Aunt Shirly doing some visiting at the table.

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After the shower I headed north again to Deb and Jesse's house to stay the night. Deb and I planned to go out to eat. It's always fun to go to SLC cause they have so many restaurants that Logan doesn't have. Deb and I love seafood so we decided to go to "Red Lobster." As we were headed out the door Jesse came home so he got to go with us. Perfect timing!

This is what I had. It's called the "ultimate feast." It was a bit spendy but oh so worth it! Delish!!

For desert I wanted something fab. I was thinking ice cream, particularly ice cream that you can't get in Logan. As we were driving around looking for something fab we stumbled upon the most fantastic frozen yogurt shop "Spoon Me." They specialize in "natural frozen yogurt"....whatever that is. They have 3 flavors, natural, green tea and acai. I had natural and acai mixed with pineapple, kiwi, & blackberries. Truly delish and completely fab! If you're ever in SLC you must stop at "Spoon Me." It's located at 532 E. 400 S. in Salt Lake. Seriously give it a go. I'm for sure going to be a return customer. Yum!!

Deb and I then decided to help make "He's just not that into you" the weekends top grossing movie. Total chick flick, but so funny and cute. I for sure want to see it again. Loved it!!

After the movie I decided that I needed to purchase yet another copy of the book that the movie is based on. I have purchased this book twice previously, but I keep lending it out cause it's so brilliant. Trouble is the people I lend it to never return it. I now own my third copy of the book. Well worth it? Yes! Cause reading it is like having a secret way of decoding guys right in your hands. If you are a women for sure get your hands on a copy. Maybe if we all become aware of why guys do or do not do things perhaps guys will shape up and start treating us like we should be treated...with respect. Actually that will probably never happen but at least we're on to them now.

I also ended up finding some other books I wanted to purchase...of course! Really I should not be allowed inside bookstores. It's a sickness, really it is! I just can't help it.....
I started reading this book this morning and am completely fascinated by it thus far. Actually I have big plans of continuing my reading as soon as I finish this ridiculously long post.

I scoped this book out the last time I went to SLC & couldn't resist buying it this time. Can't wait to read it.

Deb and I got home at 10:30 pm. from our adventures. Good times but I was completely exhausted! Don't forget that Canon had waken me up at 4 a.m. I went straight to bed and slept like the dead. Thank God for that cause I was beyond tired.
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This morning Deb & Jesse cooked breakfast. Deb found this fabulous recipe for Greek taziki (sp?) yogurt & cucumber sauce. Yum! Deb made sausage and eggs and Jesse was in charge of the hash browns. So tasty and fabulous.
After we had breakfast we just hung out and I tortured Deb and Jesse by making them listen to many of the songs on my play list & singing along to them. There is nothing like a live Kins rendition of "Jambalaya!"

Deb busted out the hookah....to deal with my singing? Perhaps. :) This is a tradition every time I go to SLC. Don't worry we only use hookah tobacco cause Deb doesn't want any of that "other herb" in her hookah.

Jesse being Jesse! I love you Jesse!

Then I decided it was time to head home. Deb and Jesse walked me out to my car. This is Deb being fab.

I gave Deb & Jesse one of my 11 sacred packs of "Extra Apple Gum" as a parting gift cause I love them. Jesse decided that the occasion deserved a special dance of appreciation. This is Jesse preparing for the dance. Inspiration is coming........

And....."the apple eagle" is born!!!

That was my weekend mini trip south. Good times!

Ya gotta take your shit!

So last night at about 6p.m. I realized I was completely out of Levothyroxin the med I take to deal with the fact that my thyroid has decided to go on permanent vacation. "No prob," I thought "I'll just run to the pharmacy after work tomorrow. No big deal if I miss a day right?"

Wrong! Oh so very wrong!! If any of you know anything about hypothyroidism you know that your thyroid is incredibly important and when it's not working it pretty much effects every system in your body from your hair, nails, weight, energy, skin, mood, digestive system, & reproductive system just to name a few. I've been taking synthetic thyroid hormone for so long I completely forgot how horrible one feels without a happy working thyroid. Don't worry it all came rushing back today. I won't go into great detail, I just don't have the energy to. Just know that I have NEVER been so tired and run down in my life. I truly can't believe I made it through the day at work without falling asleep. Don't worry I got my prescription filled so tomorrow will be so much better. I'm going to go wash all the makeup off my face, put cocoa butter on my painful skin and go to bed. Yes, I know it's only 4:36 p.m. Sweat dreams ya'll!

FYI: the pic is a real picture of all the drugs that keep me alive and make me the happy fabulous Kins that you all know and love. Thank God for meds!!

Oh and thanks Dr. Megan for answering all my panicky med emergency phone calls.

This, that, & the other....

Here's an update on all that has been going on in my life lately:

• My new phone arrived! Yippee...sort of. Much to my despair I realized that not every phone comes with a camera as a standard feature. My Razr had one so I took it for granted that all phones have cameras. I realize that not all phones do but during the drama of when my Razr actually broke I wasn't exactly thinking about extra features that I want. I was just thinking "send me a phone NOW!" Opps! The day after my new Samsung arrived I called T-Mobile and ordered yet another phone. This one with a camera.

• Even though today is a holiday it was a very good mail day for me. Who knew UPS still delivers on Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Good thing UPS was out and about cause they brought me my 2nd new phone of the month. Camera & all. Yippee! Now I can take more darling pics of Canon & Daphney and send them to ya'll. Come on...I know you love pics of my boys as much as I do. :)

• UPS also brought me my new electric blanket. This blanket is replacing the one I got for Christmas that broke 2 weeks ago. Yippee for a WARM comfy bed.

• Day 13: Yup today is the 13th day that I have been sick. I now have gone through:
• 10 vacation hours missing work!
  
• 9 boxes of Puffs Plus w/Lotion. How can one human produce so much mucus?
  
• 5 bags of Ricola cough drops. One of the more tasty cough drops, but not in mass quantity!
  
• 2 bottles of cough syrup. Used in an attempt to sleep through just one night without waking up coughing to death. Hasn't worked yet but I still have hope. :)
  
• 1 doctors appointment. I only went as a last resort.
  
• 1 strep test, it was negative
  
• 85 dollars for doctor to tell me that I have a virus and she can't do a damn thing for me.

• I'm still in "Numbers" in my Torah reading. Now I know why it's called "Numbers." :)
  

I now have big plans of taking some cough syrup, crawling into my nice warm bed, and trying to get a bit closer to "Deuteronomy".

Bloody Graveyard!

Yesterday I had to work 11 a.m-7 p.m. I know most of you are thinking "so, what's the big deal?" Well let me tell you.... I normally work 6 a.m-2 p.m. & have done this for almost 2 years. My body is very set to this schedule. If you know me at all you know the I have NO sense of urgency unless I declare it's time to hurry! To make it to work at 6 a.m. I set my first alarm for 3 a.m.! Yup THREE hours before I have to be at work! Don't worry I normally don't get out of bed until 3:30 a.m. On occasion that I'm still not up by 4 a.m. then panic starts to set in cause I'm running behind schedule! Needless to say but the 11-7 shift was EXTREMELY HARD & felt exactly like working a graveyard!

This is how my day went:
1:30 p.m: I thought I was going to starve to death. Normally I have lunch at 11:30 & the one bowl of Life cereal at 7a.m-ish wasn't cutting it.
2:30 p.m: I decided I was in Hell. I was so tired that I was getting that tired headache...you know the one you get when you're exhausted? Yeah, that one! Not to mention the fact that my eyelids hurt to keep open.
5 p.m:. I was in the "EVERYTHING IS SO FUCKING FUNNY" tired mode. Where NOTHING is actually funny but you're laughing so hard that you have tears in your eyes!
7 p.m.: Finally came and I was free. Of course by then I got a second wind and decided to go shopping!!!!

I found the cutest outfit for my cousin Tommy & Jenny's son, for $2 dollars at Kohl's! Yup I'm a bargain shopper & I don't mind bragging about it either....hehe.....