Colorado

Michele, Rich, Casey and I went to visit my aunt Lynda and Steve in Colorado this weekend. We were also very lucky to catch my grandma there also, and got to spend time with her too. It was the perfect trip. It was so much fun to spend time with family, we got to relax and visit cool places (we rode the gondola in Telluride-very pretty) and Lynda's cooking could not have been better.

I have a picture here with my family when I was about eight. Casey has actually been to MY aunt and uncle's house more recently than I have cause he went with thier son on a scout trip before Casey and I even met. Cool, huh!

This is in the gondola that takes you over the mountain into the village.

Telluride ski hill.

We went to a restaurant called brown dog recommended by one of the locals- and it was DELICIOUS!

No- not in London... but someday we will make it there!

Okay- so funniest (also a little disturbing) part BY FAR on this trip: none of us could get each other straight! This picture was taken right after we all got in a gondola and thinking that I was Michele, Casey sat right up against her... and right at the exact same time I thought Casey was sitting next to me and I put my hand on Rich's knee. Michele pulled a fast one and quickly grabbed my hand off. There were a few times something like this happened. Apparently Michele and I just look too much alike!

Sorry michele... a snowflake is covering you in this picture. Right after this was taken, the wind picked up and I thought it was going to blow me away!

I'm sure one of the best parts of this trip for Casey was finding an Indian. Ever since he was a kid, he has LOVED cowboys and indians.

The whole gang right before we took off for home. We can't thank Lynda and Steve enough for such a wonderful trip!

Power tools

After Casey and I bought our condo over the summer there were a few projects that we've been meaning to get to. Putting some extra shelves in our laundry closet and furnace room were one of them. Casey has been so busy lately with working full time and going to school full time that he doesn't have too much free time. So when I wanted it done, it was up to me to do it.

This might show how lame my life is right now, but I felt like doing this was such an accomplisment! I had never used a saw, drill, or really any power tool before this. I got the wood, the different screws andthe brackets that we would need... I even got a stud finder. It was almost scary as I went to drill in the first screw. But I did it! After I got the first shelf up I was so happy!

And now we have the space we need to start a good storage (also with the help of http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/)! Julie, I hope you are proud of me too ;)

Hockey

When Casey and I were dating we went to hockey games A LOT. Since Julie's kids have gotten older and the games are normally pretty late it's harder for her to make it to them so Casey and I haven't been going as much. I'll have admit I go to the games mostly to hang out with this adorable kid. Tyler is one of my favorite people to spend time with. Isn't he just SO cute?! Seeing how cute Casey is with him isn't too shabby either ;)

I miss summer

I should have posted this a long time ago... but I just found it on my camera and made me miss summer SO SO bad... not only because I'm missing the sun, but also what Casey and I ate over summer. When we got back from our canada trip we had this competition-type thing going with my sister and her husband... eating enough fruits and veggies each day. Casey and I did great! This is pretty much what we ate everynight for months. We also had lots of homegrown tomatoes and zuchinni. This was probably one of the best thing I have ever started cause it has been over six months now and I am still doing pretty good. Everyday for lunch I have atleast a fruit and two veggies (thanks to costco). I am definately a fruits and veggie lover no matter what, but boy... I miss the farmer's market, my sisters garden, and those stands by the side of the road where you can get the good stuff. Summer: please come.

Valentine's Day

Casey did good this year! He knows that i'm not crazy about flowers, chocoloate and the like so I feel kinda bad for him cause there's nothing really "traditional" to fall back on. We had actually talked about not getting each other anything because we are saving for a cruise (which happened to have booked on Valentine's Day-yipee!)... but then Casey surprised me with this frame.

This frame is fantastic for a number of reasons. The first reason is that it's black. One of the first things he told me when he pulled it out was that he made sure it would match the rest of our decorations. He must have known that if it didn't match, I wouldn't put it up. Not bad for a guy. The second reason is because Casey surely knows the way to my heart...he made sure I knew that he bought it at 50% off. Yes, I know most girls would have gotten offended by that... but not me. I was thrilled, and even more thrilled that he was proud of that. And last, but surely not least, he said he got it for the quote. It says "together is a wonderful place to be".

Yes Casey, together is a wonderful place to be. I love you.

Dear Susie

Since I won't ever be able to actually give this letter to Susie, I thought I could at least put what I want to say to her on my blog. Susie works in billing at the hospital.

Dear Susie,

You don't know me and you have to deal with people like me all day. I called at least three times today to try and get my concussion bill worked out, and find out what options I had. After talking with two other ladies, they basically put me through the run-around and told me there was nothing I could do. I wish that I could express my gratitude to you for going the extra mile and asking the right questions. You were able to take about $300 off my bill. Do you know what $300 means to my husband and I? It means so so so much to a newlywed with a husband still in school. The world needs more people like you. Right now I feel like if I am ever in a position to, I would LOVE to give you the money you saved us, just because you were willing to make an extra phone call. So thank-you Susie. That meant a lot to atleast me.

Concussions

So I wanted to write down everything I remember about last night (which is not much) before I start to forget... I figured this is the perfect place.

• So I believe my first memory is talking with Casey in the car. I remember saying "Ok Casey, I'm think I'm coming to right now. What just happened?" Apparenlty I did this over and over again all night.
• I remember one of the nurses at some point when we were in the ER say, " I know her, she can be my patient". It was a friend from highschool.
• I KINDA remember some guy ask me to move from the gurney to the CT scan bed. I remember saying "if you make me lie down right now I'm going to throw up all over your machine". I remember him telling me no problem, and to lie down when I was ready.
• I remember a nurse trying to put an IV in my arm. As she was doing it I told the nurse that I have a really hard arm to put an IV in. (when I had mono... the nurse told me that in her 30 years of nursing, she's never seen such a hard vien). Putting it in my arm didn't work out... so she had to put it in my hand.
• I remember throwing up. A lot. And it hurt my stomach really bad. Casey told me that i'm a very violent thrower-upper (sorry- TMI).
• I remember my head hurt SO bad, and the only way I could get it to feel better was that I laid it down on the rail to my gurney... and put pressure on the spot that hurt really bad. Apparently shortly after that I fell asleep.
• I remember leaving... and the nurse wheeled me out into the FREEZING cold. I was still wearing my soccer shorts, shin guards and socks. I was shivering and pointed to the building where I work and told the nurse "that is where I work".

There are a few other bits and pieces... but that's pretty much it. It is so weird to me that I got hit, went to my appartment, went to the ER, had a CT scan, and was in the ER for four hours and I hardly remember anything about it.

On to more of how it happened... I was playing defender at our indoor soccer game. Apparenlty this jerk ( I only say jerk cause he was totally rude about it after and wouldn't even say sorry..or so Casey says) went to shoot the ball at the net. It had to of hit the right side of my face because there were soccer ball marks on my face. Also my jaw really hurts. My head hurts, and I have some chipped teeth. Oh and did I mention my head hurts? After the guy hit me and I fell to the floor, he still tried to play the ball and keep scoring to Casey, as the goalie, kicked the ball as hard as he could right at the guys's stomach. By then the ref was there and gave the guy a blue card and kicked him out of the game. Here's my two cents on him and not feeling the need to say sorry because I knew I was playing with guys: you a$$wipee. Yes, I take full responsibility to playing with guys, and I understand the risks I took by signing up. But on that same note- you are playing with GIRLS... so you should know better. Also you idiot, I was hit so hard I was knocked to the ground and my freaking teeth are chipped. Whether I was a guy or girl... I would have had a concussion.

So Casey's facebook status sums up well what happened from there:

casey did we win? casey what happened? casey where are we? casey why is my tooth chipped? casey my head hurts. concussions are the most annoying things in the world. i got asked each of these questions by Nicole Godfrey Houghton at least 10 times each in like 15 min. she is a trooper though, the nurse said it was one of the worst consussions she had ever seen. i am glad you are ok.

We tried going to the instacare but it was closed so we went to the ER. After a CT scan, they told us (well, mostly Casey... I still wasn't coherent) that everything looked normal. Apparently I was in quite a bit a pain cause the 8 miligrams of morphine they gave me didn't seem to help at all. They said my head would hurt for at least a few days... and I need a lot of sleep. On that note... I'm really tired and I'm gonna go rest. I will try to look at the positive and that I'm okay... and that only one Godfrey needs brain surgery this week ;).