Girls Night Out

This past year I have been so thankful for Heather.  She has been here to spend time with me while Doug has been gone so much during his third year of residency.  Her boyfriend is in the Air Force and leaves for months at a time.  We have been keeping each other company.  We have dinner dates, movie dates, and my all time favorite dates…Karaoke at my house!  Heather is so hilarious and keeps me on my toes not knowing what is going to come out of her mouth next.  She has introduced me to her terrific circle friends.  I don’t know what I would have done this past year without Heather and her group of friends.

Just a Little Yard Work

Last Spring Doug and I joined our two flower beds in the front yard.  There was a little strip of grass that was in between the two that needed to be removed.  I started digging up the grass and stupid me I let Doug talk me into just using the weed eater to beat the grass out of the way.  When we finished the flower bed it looked really nice, but of course a year later the grass was growing up through the dirt and needed to be dug out the correct way.  I made it my mission a couple of Saturdays ago to redo the bed.  Only one plant that we planted last year survived and the rest I pulled up.  My neighbor gave me a few rocks to toss in the flower bed to draw some of the attention away from the electrical boxes and I love them.

I planted some Gerber Daisy on the corner and I hope they make it.  Stupid Slugs have started to invade them and eat away at their leaves.  I put some Sluggo (slug killer) out and hopefully the slugs will leave the premises soon!

Happy Birthday Jenn!!!

This past weekend we spent celebrating my friend Jenn’s Birthday.  We went north of Seattle to Tulalip, a casino/hotel.  It really felt like a little mini Vegas.  There were bars and clubs in the hotel and the boys enjoyed spending time in the poker room. 

One of the things I was looking forward to was finding a new coach purse at the outlets that were right next door to the casino.  I have been looking for a spring colored purse, but not one too terribly bright.  This one is similar to the one I got…

I also found a wristlet that works perfect for when we go out.  It holds my camera and phone just right. (I am too lazy to actually get out of bed to take a picture of my new purchases…so I found the closest pics online)

I  brought a few decorations to hang in the room for Jenn’s Birthday celebration.  As all the girls were headed out to the outlets, I told the guys how I wanted the room set up before they went down to gamble.

The food was set up just right…

The cupcakes were placed in the stand like I asked (except for the blurry picture)…

 

The rest went downhill…  The guys took apart the streamers that were supposed to hang down in front of the door and hung it all over the room…

But when I saw how they did the streamers, I laughed a little and then said if you want anything done right you have to do it yourself…

Well I guess they did everything that I told them to do…just with a little twist.

We had a great time and can’t wait to go back!!!

Superhero Birthday Party

This weekend we celebrated Kathe’s Birthday with a superhero themed birthday party!  I had the idea of going has a super tooth fairy, but once we got to looking I thought I could just be a super banana for way cheaper.  I love recycling Halloween costumes.  I didn’t know if Doug was going to be able to go with me until Friday night.  We started brain storming and Quail Man from the Nickelodeon cartoon Doug popped in my head.  Doug loved the idea and we put it all together with only two stops at two different stores.   We got ready for the party and headed out.  We had to stop at the grocery store to pick up Kathe’s cake.  I loved seeing the look on shopper’s faces as Doug walked by.  Everyone was so confused and couldn’t help but laugh.  I was not brave enough to go into the store with the banana on….and even tried to walk as far away from Doug as possible…I love this guy and oh how he makes me laugh!!!

 

And what is a superhero birthday party without a superhero birthday cake…

I am so looking forward to having a huge margarita tomorrow to celebrate Cinco De Mayo…..after working out of course!!!!

Let’s try this again…

So it has been forever since I have blogged and I know everyone is wondering where I have been…insert hint of sarcasm here.  I have been reading and following a lot of blogs lately.  I have enjoyed sneaking a peek into peoples lives that I have never met…it is like the ultimate reality show.  I love it when Doug looks over at the computer and asks whose picture is on the screen and I reply “I have no idea.”  I am a creeper :P   But hey they wouldn’t be blogging if they didn’t want people to follow them, right?

Well why I was at work today I thought I should keep up with all the crazy things that patients say to me at work and what better way then to keep up with them on here. 

Funny Story #1…Last week I had this lady who hasn’t been in for a cleaning in over 3 years ask me over and over and over and over again what I was finding, while I am scrapping away at her teeth.  I kept telling her I was finding stain, tarter, and plaque.  I wanted to say to her, lady what do you think is in here diamonds, money, your lost puppy…you haven’t had these things cleaned in years and you obviously haven’t been taking care of them.  I am finding tarter, tarter, tarter, and ummmm yes more tarter.

Funny Story #2…Well this isn’t really a funny story, but just an inside look at what we as hygienist deal with.  My last patient of the day tells me that he brushes his teeth when he remembers and by the amount of crap in his mouth a toothbrush probably hasn’t been in his mouth in over a month.  I want to say to people that don’t brush  “how can you go so long with brushing?”  I mean I brush twice a day and by the end of the day my mouth is so “fuzzy” that it is driving me crazy.  So for the record, you should brush twice a day for at least two minutes and floss once a day.  Please do this…I am begging you!  Your teeth and your hygienist with thank you!

Funny Story #3…Today while at the gym with my friend/co-worker Lisa this young guy gets on the treadmill in the row in front of us.  Lisa notices it first and she keeps looking at me and then at the guy on the treadmill.  I finally get the hint and look at the guy on the treadmill and about fall off the stair climber laughing.  This poor guy has either a half a roll of toilet paper or the paper seat cover (we couldn’t quite figure out which it was) hanging out the back of his shorts.  I felt so bad that I was laughing at him, but I couldn’t help it.  He finally noticed it when he looked in the mirror.  He did a double take and quickly grabbed at the back of his shorts and puts it in his pocket.  The sad thing is he didn’t get it all.  He kept on running and noticed he didn’t get it all and grabbed at it again.  I swear it had to have been half the roll.  After about 5 minutes and 5 swipes he finally got it all!  I have to give him mad props for finishing his run.  I know if it were me I would have ran to the bathroom as soon as I saw the toilet paper trail coming from my butt and then probably would have called it a day.

Weekend recap to come tomorrow!

Love me some Jules!!!

One of my best friends from Hygiene School came out for a visit over a long weekend in May. We had a great time...didn't take many pictures, but we did enjoy our time together. She arrived on Thursday night and luckily I didn't have to work the next day. We had a little mini spa day on Friday, showed her around Olympia...aka as shopping ;)...and when Doug came home we went out to eat. We spent Saturday up in Seattle. We had our own little personal tour guide Jenette show us around. Julie got to see Pike Place Market where she loved looking at all the flowers. They are simple amazing. So she could see more of Seattle we took the Ride the Ducks tour, which I always recommend. After the tour we went to see the Fremont Troll...a cement creature that lives under a bridge, kinda odd, but neat.

Julie and Jenette on the Ducks...

Weird Fremont Troll

We stayed the night up in Seattle. About 10 others girlfriends of mine came up to Seattle on Saturday night and we all went out to eat and then danced the night away. Since our night didn't end until about 4 in the morning we relaxed at home on Sunday. I was sad to see Julie go on Monday, but am super excited about coming home in September to be her Matron of Honor and see her walking down the aisle. Love you Julie Momlickivickicvokakjdflkajdkja!!!!! hahaha

Heather and Julie...

Reshma and Me...

Reshma, Heather, and Lynn...

Jenette, Reshma, and Me (Heather didn't get the memo that we were smiling for this pic...but props to Heather for an awesome crazy face!!! hehehe)...

Lena and Reshma...

Mary and Jenette...

Bath Time

We have found the best place to give Wrecks a bath. Dirty Paws is a life saver! Wrecks is a huge dog that takes forever to bathe. He has tons of fur that can get all nappy. At Dirty Paws we don't have to lean over in the tub or chase him around with the hair dryer. We put him in the walk up tub and he just stands/sits while we shampoo, use face wash, put conditioner in his hair, clean his ears, and blow out his hair. I wouldn't say that he loves getting a bath, but he does tolerate it very well!

Whistler Weekend

When we went to Whistler in January we bought a 3 day pass. We only used 2 days of the pass and had to use the third before the end of the season. We drove 4 hours after work on a Friday up to Whistler, skied on Saturday in good to crappy snow, went out on Saturday night in the village, and then drove back on Sunday. Whewwww...what a weekend!

Enjoying the slopes with Jenette and Christian (the dentist that I work with)...

Night out in the Whistler Village...

MIA

I have fallen off the face of blogger earth! I can't say that I have been super busy with work or play...I have been just completely lazy! I mean I haven't even updated my dry erase calendar since April!!! I am going to try and get caught up on this blog. My goal is to be up to date by the time we leave for....wait for it....our Alaskan Cruise!!!! We are so excited to finally start marking vacations off our to do list. We have always gone to Mexico since we were getting such good deals. When we moved out here we had a list of vacation to go on. 1. Alaskan Cruise 2. Hawaii 3. Cities in Cali. Going to Mexico was never on the list. I am so excited to be scratching these places off.

When I last blogged we were about to head to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to meet up with the Harpers and Ellen. We had a great time with family. Skiing was not the best though, the cover was really thin. I put one heck of a scratch in my ski because I went over either a root or a rock. I am glad the even Doug realized that the skiing was not that great. I do have to say that Jackson Hole offers a great military discount---half off a daily ski pass!


We saw some really cool wildlife---Coyotes, Big Horn Sheep, Moose, and something that left blood on our back porch. HA!



Beautiful views from the porch...

The Harpers

Bennett playing in the snow...

At the top of the mountain...

I love the views from the top...

We surprised Henry with a party and a cake...after the shock on his face faded he proceeded to tell us how we didn't surprise him right because we didn't jump up from behind the couch...such a little stinker....

Everyone came to the top via the Gondola to join us for lunch...

Showing off our matching hats...Thanks Ellen!

Hope you enjoyed the pics....

More to come tomorrow!