Bring on the pain

I have made a giant decision in my life. I am saying goodbye to caffeinated soda. I have such a horrible addiction to it, and it is so horrible for my body; especially in the large amounts that I drink per day. I have finished off every drop that I already had purchased, so the day is today to quit. 

Wish me luck, and maybe steer clear of me until the headaches cease to exist.

Painful tonsils

When Jon and Mindy first learned about Harvey's rather enlarged tonsils, Cher had told them about Tony's childhood tonsil problems. It looks like those tonsils have decided to pester him again.

It all started later Saturday night. Tony started feeling a little under the weather. His only symptom was a high fever. It started at 101 and peaked on Sunday night at 105. This is when he thought I should take him to the ER. We were seen, had some tests done, and were sent on our way with no answers.

 I stayed home with him on Monday, and we went into his primary care physician Monday afternoon. She did more tests, and we went home to wait for the results. This morning Tony was called with the results. He did not have strep, no respiratory issues, and blood tests looked good. Hmm...now what? The doc said to call her at home if there were any more concerning symptoms that arose.

Well, they arose! A very high fever again, loss of appetite, very painful throat and bright red tonsils. We called the doc. She started him on penicillin because it now sounds like tonsillitis. We hopped in the car and drove to Walgreens. We waited for 15 minutes, and Tony drank a big jug of Gatoraid to try and get some electrolytes back in his system. He took his first dose on the car ride home.

Now he's very wiped from the trip, and his mother-in-law is on her way to bring him some chicken noodle soup! What a lady!

Tony's tonsil issues just so happened to fall on the big day for the T and A for Harvey. This morning he had his tonsils and adenoids removed. He was such a big boy going into the operating room, according to Mindy! I stopped by to see him after work tonight. He was very very sleepy and in some pain, but I just got a report that he is happily watching Dora and eating mac and cheese! Let's hope he can go home tomorrow!

I'm sending in some big prayers for Tony's large tonsils and Harvey's recovery!

Change of plans

Yesterday afternoon some of my closest college friends came to visit, Kelly, Jenna, Liv and Becky. Our plan was to eat a nice dinner at our house, drink some wine and work on some craft projects and help Jenna plan her wedding (she just got engaged after Christmas). However, those plans changed quickly!

It started with a text from my mother. She said if we all wanted to meet her and my dad at the DU, the local watering hole, they would buy us a drink! So, we headed down there and had a good time visiting with my parents.

When we got back to our house, I got a text from my brother Will's girlfriend Amanda. She said there was a free country concert at the Wicked Moose at 8pm. It was Hitchville, whom we all had seen at Country Fest last summer. We decided plans needed to change. We got all cuted up, and Tony drove us up there. We had a blast with Will, Amanda, Tony and some of Amanda's friends.

This morning, we all slept in and gradually made it to the kitchen for some chocolate chip muffins and socializing. Becky and Liv worked on some lesson plans for work, and we all chatted. Liv, Jenna and Becky tried out Fruit Ninja on the kinect. And Liv and Jenna tried Wipeout and Just Dance(demo). They just left to make the drives back home.

Even though plans changed, it was a fantastic weekend!

Jenna, Becky and I getting ready to leave for the Wicked Moose.

Will, Amanda and I. It was great to see my baby brother!

The girls. 

One of my longest college friends, Becky. I hate that we live so far apart!

Here begins a little photo shoot. I just had to include it in the blog post. Pretty funny...
Normal Happy Faces

Tony-mad face
Tricia-happy

Excited!

Sad

Scared

Really?! Angry

Yeah, we're married. No big deal!

Connor's 8!

Tomorrow is my cousin Connor's 8th birthday!

 I remember his birth so vividly. I was attending a regional competition for Business Professionals of America. I was in high school and did not have a cell phone. So, I gave my mom my friend Amy's cell phone number so she could call me with any news. I kept calling her however because I never heard anything. She would get mad at me because she was wanting the phone line clear for Rob to call. Finally, he was born that late afternoon. I was SO incredibly excited! Connor has always had a special place in my heart!

I might not make it to his birthday party on Sunday because I have some friends in town visiting. I brought his present to him last night. He invited me to stay for dinner and then to watch Wipeout afterwards. We had a pretty great night!

I went with an outer space theme this year. He has really been into astronomy, and knows way more than I do. I got him this outer space science kit. You can turn your room into a planetarium. It's pretty cool. I also got him binoculars for star gazing, glow in the dark stars for his ceiling and these online codes to look through the Shooh telescope.

Here's Connor and his really cool Pirates of the Caribbean ship he got in the mail from his grandma and grandpa Myhrvold. He had to explain every part to me in detail!

They're putting the planetarium together. What a ham!

This one's for Harvey. I haven't had any Luna pictures up for him in a while. We have found Luna resting on the planter right when you walk into our house on many occasions. The heat run underneath it makes it a nice toasty resting spot. I thought she just missed Tony and wanted to sleep on his work gloves. 

The Big 27!

Today is Tony's 27th birthday! He'll be spending the day lounging around while his wife is working hard, then he'll be working until the wee morning hours while she is lounging around!

Happy birthday to my wonderful husband!

Where are my blog posts?

Some of you may have noticed my lack of posting recently. I just thought  I should give an update.

My hard drive has decided to crash on my laptop. This means that I have to use Tony's laptop or my Nook if I want to use the Internet. I can't upload my pictures to them either. After my computer is fixed, I will update you all on our comings and goings, and hopefully all of my pictures and documents are not erased....

I can give a brief written update:

A week ago Friday, Tony and I went on a double date with Adam and Emily for Adam's birthday. We went to the Cannon River Winery in Cannon Falls. I forgot to take pictures.... We had quite a fun time tasting wine and then going to the Mill Street Tavern for supper afterwards.

Tony and I were asked to be the official directors of Celebrant Singers at Bethel as well as help to plan a contemporary church service that could possibly be starting next fall. They want us to organize a praise band/team to lead those worship services.

I have been working on my homework...I am taking 4 classes this trimester, so I am quite busy! I had class in the cities today, and my professor showed up! He brought doughnuts as a peace offering.

Tony works evenings this weekend and week, so we won't see each other for more than a few minutes here and there until next weekend. It just so happens that my college friends are coming to visit for a girls weekend!

I may not even get to see him on his birthday Wednesday unless he wakes up early or I stay up late!

Oh well, the life of overbooked people :)

Hopefully I can give photo updates soon!

Award Winning.

I have a confession to make. I have a lot of clothes. When I say a lot, I mean enough fill 2 rather large closets in our house and 1/2 of a large walk in closet at my parent's house. I tackled the closets at our house today. 6 hours later, we have some nice storage space in one of our spare rooms, and my closet is neat and tidy.

I didn't think to take a before picture of my full closets, but here are some shots of them empty. Try to imagine them jammed full of clothes!

Here's the finished product in our bedroom. Luckily there are 2 of these closets in our room. One for me, and one for Tony.

I decided to fold all of my hoodies (on the right) instead of hanging them. It saved A LOT of space. I have over 50 t-shirts folded there on the left. I have 2 totes full of shirts in storage as well. High school and college sure give out a lot of free shirts!

We found these cool hanger thingies in our basement. They came in handy. I might have to invest in some more. I can hang 5 shirts on 1 of them!

Here's the middle of the closet.

 Here's the bottom.

Don't forget our dresser. I have 1/2 to myself and Tony has the other half. 

I will be making a donation to Salvation Army or Goodwill in the near future. These are the clothes that just don't fit right anymore.



Now it's Tony's turn to clean his closet! Can you spot Luna in this picture? She just can't belive how Tony has more clothes than me....