Holiday in the hospital

My poor hubby finally had his surgery to fix his acid reflux. They basically wrapped his stomach around his his esophagus to tighten it so he won't have heartburn anymore. He's doing pretty well considering someone was rooting around in his belly and sewing things together. Hopefully he will be able to go home tomorrow is what were hoping. He's been a trooper but you know when a guy as tough as Paul is in pain, it must be pretty bad. It has been no fun to see him like this. We want to thank everyone that was thinking and praying for Paul, I know it has made a difference to have people rooting for you! 

Other than that, we have just been busy getting ready for the holidays and we are actually excited to have our own Christmas this year in wintery white Utah. It will definetly be a different experience!

Christmas Party

Once every 7 seconds?! Seriously?

As I was running errands today I was thinking to myself that my pants were feeling a little too tight and that I regretted missing Yoga for the 2nd time this week. If you're anything like me, you're planning meals based on how much protein it has or what percentage of carbs. And if those are "good" carbs for that matter! I have fallen into a bad habit, sad but true.
And I couldn't help but think how often I thought about my weight, my too-tight jeans, or feeling guilty for not getting to the gym. I was reminded of a statistic I've heard over and over. You know the one... that men think about sex every 7 seconds (or some interval equally as ridiculous). Now I know that this number is blown out of proportion, (hopefully, or I'm not sure how men get anything done), but I'm relatively sure that in contrast women think about weight more than their fair share.
And right after noticing this phenomenon a funny exchange of words came into my mind...
"Honey, am I going to get lucky tonight?"
"Honey, do I look fat in this?"
Am I alone in my thoughts or do I have some nutty girls feeling the same way?

What would you do with an hour?

You can do a lot of damage with just one hour. Please note that I'm referring to "doing damage" as a good thing. Nothing destructive. Maybe I should pick another word, but I think I'll stick with it. So, here are the rules of the game: Where would you go and what would you do, if you could spend a single hour doing what you want?Here are some of my thoughts?

-I'd read a good book by a huge fire.

-I'd cuddle with my hubby

-I'd hang out in Arizona with "my girls"

-I'd eat two slices of cheese pizza from NYC pizzeria down the road from Chip's old apt

-I'd go to a really great session at the temple

-I'd do a whirlwind visit to Paris

-I'd ask my Grandpa Woolf to tell me stories about his youth Grandma and their parents

-I'd watch a great movie. Well I guess half of one...

-And...apparently I'd blog!:)

Equador and Galapagos Islands

Here are the pictures I promised from Paul’s trip. He says that it was the most amazing thing ever and that it’s not worth going to the Galapagos unless you scuba dive b/c the land is mostly ugly but under the water is just amazing. Paul said he kept expecting the sea turtles to say “Dude, that was righteous jelly man!” like in Finding Nemo. His favorite parts were the eagle rays and swimming with the HAMMERHEAD SHARKS!! Yikes! He also loved spending time with his dad Charlie Brown:)

The Latest News

So I haven't posted for a long time because I've been waiting for pictures to put up but I never remember to blog at home, which is where all my pics are stored, so I'm just going to do a little update on whats been going down in the Brown house and more posts/pictures will be up coming...
We have been the doctors/vets best friend this last month. Paul has been having really bad heart burn since his mission which is no fun and as we found out can lead to esophageal cancer...yeah no good! So the doctor suggested he get a scope of his belly to see whats going on. We're thinking he caught a bug in Korea on his mish and hopefully can take some kind of quick pill to get it to go away. He is having this scope on Friday so hopefully all goes well. In the mean time his sister Heidi had us in the ER yesterday with wicked stomach pains for which they ran a myriad of tests and the genius doctors said they couldn't figure out what was wrong so she is having the same scope as Paul later this afternoon. I'm no doctor but she started having these problems after she picked up Paul from Korea....and its not so sanitary there so as Dr. Anne, I am diagnosing her with something similar to what Paul probably has.

My little baby dogs have racked up quite the medical bill this month as well. Scout had some funky mouth infection and was knocked up on drugs and pain killers all last week and Crash got some weed stuck in his ear for which the vet said he needed to be put under anesthesia to get out! Not cheap. Paul says that we need to have a cap on what we are willing to spend at the vet before we go spend our life savings on them! Now see my budget would be somewhere in the $1000 range and Paul is thinking something like $200 bucks. haha They are much to precious to me to do that though! I'm a little psycho about them I'm sure but I love the little buggers!
With all the craziness I have been preparing for my mom to come visit this week too. I am so excited to have her here! She hasn't come to visit just for fun in a long time and it will be great to have her stay with us and hang out. She is just about the cleanest woman I know though so I have been trying to get the house "Diane clean" so I wont be embarrassed!
Thats about all for now. We are just excited about the holidays coming up and getting to go back to AZ to celebrate!

Nightie Night

Paul and I finally got new bedding for our room!
I have been shopping around FOREVER trying to find something that both of us would like, and that is harder than it sounds. Paul and I have pretty different taste but finally agreed on this beautiful bedding at Macy's. Now all we need to do is find a bed! We've been sleeping on just the free frame that came with our mattress. I am finally getting around to decorating our apartment so I feel like its OURS and not a dorm room, which is what I feel like it is with no personal decor. Horray for cute decorations!

Tagged!

My Fav 5

I've been tagged by Lisa

5 things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Playing softball at Stapley Jr. High
2. Going through my awkward, I dont know how to do hair but I'm determined to do it myself, phase.
3. Moving for the 2nd time ever
4. Transitioning to having only 1 sibling at home instead of 9!
5. Being 13...I ran out of ideas:)

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Peaches in season
2. G0-gurt. I know its unnatural for yogurt to be green but its tastey!
3. Ice water
4. Ben and Jerry's ice cream
5. cold cereal. I eat this like 3 times a day

5 things on my "to-do" list today:
1. Finish my projects at work
2. call the car repair place
3. do the dishes and clean the house
4. do homework from my last BYU class ever
5. finish laundry

5 songs I know the lyrics to:
1. Sold!-John Michael Montgomery
2. All Jimmy Eat World songs
3. Freshmen-The Verve Pipe
4. The theme song to Saved by the Bell
5. Sadly, all Britney Spears songs-pre freakout, shave head, neglect children.

5 things I would do if I was a millionaire:
1. Pay off loans (car, school, etc)
2. Buy a house
3. Buy Paul his dream truck
4. Quit work and have a baby
5. Get my dogs groomed :) this sounds dumb but they are shaggy and smelly and currently I really wish I could get them professionally groomed!

5 bad habits:
1. pressing snooze WAY too many times on the alarm
2. in connection with #1, being late to most everything
3. Procrastinating
4. twirling my hair
5. not exercising

5 things I'd never wear again:
1. spandex stirrup leggings
2. really big shirts with a knot tied at the side
3. bonnebell lipstick
4. bow clips in my hair
5. jelly shoes. No one likes wearing plastic shoes in 100+ degree AZ

5 things I like to do:
1. Shop
2. Laugh
3. Catch up with girl friends
4. Spend time with Paul
5. play with my dogs

Come Back!

I am on day 7 of 11 days that Paul will be gone! He and his dad are on a scuba trip to the Galapagos Islands for 11 days and I have been super bored. I have been entertaining myself with dozens of DVD's from Blockbuster, especially the 1st season of Veronica Mars. Such an amazing show:)
For those of you who don't know, I sure didn't until a few weeks ago, the Galapagos are islands off the coast of Equador and are home to such things as hammer-head sharks, disgustingly large iguanas, the Island of Tortuga (from Pirates of the Carribbean) and the blue footed booby! haha I love to say that last one. We just bought a new camera for Paul to take so he can document his trip of a lifetime and make me feel like I was there. I'm sure he will have a zillion pictures for me to post when he gets back so stay tuned!

Graduation

Weekenders

A couple weeks ago Paul and I went down to St. George with a few friends to go to the lake and hang out. We had a blast. We even went dancing at this hillarious club in Mesquite called The Boot, or something equally white trash like that. We had about 12 people and were THE only ones dancing for about 2 hours and finally when all the rest of the people there got drunk enough they were brave enought to dance. Up until then the white mormon kids were the only ones on the dance floor.

Soon to be home sweet home

We will finally be in our home in the next month or two. It feels like it has taken forever to build but that is probably because I am so excited I can hardly stand it! It is in South West Provo, 9th W and about 250 N. We have been involved with this house since last September so needless to say I am excited about every new thing that they do to it. I never knew I could be so excited about shingles, electrical wire or windows! :) We will be glad to finally be out of an apartment and starting what feels like real life. Come and visit! Now you'll have a place to stay.

Scout and Crash

I begged Paul for about 3 months to get a dog and when we went to get ONE we came home with Two:) My mom convinced us that you can't have just one dog or it will be lonely. Paul's little sisters complain that they will never have nieces and nephews b/c their married siblings just keep buying dogs! Hey, I just need to practice on something a little less complicated first!

The Big Apple

Last summer Paul and I flew to New York to visit our two brothers for a week. We had an amazing time! New York is crazy and wonderful at the same time. Pizza, cheap purses and Broadway was all so great. Ok, maybe Paul didnt appreciate the cheap/cute purses in China town but I sure loved it! We went to the statue of liberty, time square, broadway, the twin towers site, a ton of museums and many many restraunts. Its a good thing we walked all day b/c the food was so good. I have a ton of pictures but these are a few of my favorites. The top of the Empire State Building was beautiful. The full moon was shining off the river and it was just about the coolest thing. Thanks so Chip, Steph, Britton and Lane for entertaining us while we were there!

My First Blog!

So my job is pretty lame, yay for getting a new one next week!, so most days I end up reading other people's blogs (you all have saved my sanity:)) Anyway I thought that I would make one for Paul and I so we could be in with the fad. haha
Lets see...Paul is still in school at BYU majoring in Construction Management, which is like THE longest major ever. I think he feels like he will never get done. He is also working full time for Vested Homes which buys old crummy homes and "flips" them...basically renovates the whole thing and sells them for a profit. He absolutley loves it.
I am a personal assistant in Draper, Ut but will soon be working in Orem, UT doing the same thing for the Pres., VP, and CFO of a company called StoresOnline. I am way excited b/c the job I have now hasn't paid me for 2 MONTHS!!! Yeah, try paying bills with no money! Anyway I found another amazing job and am way excited about it. I have been going to BYU to get a BS in psychology and walked in April but will officially graduate this December. YAY.
Paul and I don't have any human babies yet but we do have two dogs, Scout and Crash. They are Yorkiepoos which translates to Yorkshire Terrier Poodle mix. They are lots of fun and keep me company when Paul works/goes to school late.
Here goes my first blog. Enjoy!