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Monday, May 31, 2010

Pictures of our office









Ok, so the quality of these isn't great (taken from a moving car) but I just have to show you how much better the view from my work station is than it was a week ago. We've been crazy, crazy busy the past week, but it's been well worth it. Someday I'll do a full catch up... Happy birthday to Soli and Denali!

Monday, May 17, 2010

Poor Jud is...Tired.

So Jud has a place he's been chewing on his side. It's been there for months. We had it checked a while ago, put him on antibiotics, etc., and it's been sort of the same for a while. About a week ago, his eye started to get puffy. It didn't seem to really get any worse, but I thought I might as well take him in and get both issues fixed.

I went in, and the vet said I'd get more bang for my buck if we had him put under for a teeth cleaning, and she'd remove what she thought was a cyst on his side. The guy was already scared after being harassed by an unleashed dog in the waiting room, and now I was just gonna leave him there? Boo. (If you've never seen Jud get harassed before, here's a mental image of how submissive he is: I once took him on a walk past a house with a black lab. The lab ran to the sidewalk and Jud tucked his tail between his legs--while wagging it--sat down, and generously wet himself. Then the lab lifted his leg, and peed on Jud. Yeah.)

OK, so we go to pick him up, and the poor buddy's been put through the wringer! They found an extra adult incisor behind his front two teeth, which was infected and consequently pulled. The vet inserted a needle (Jesse, don't read this or you'll pass out) into the place below his eye and extracted like 6 c.c.'s of fluid. When it was gone, she could see that the bone underneath was chipped. When she cut into his side, she found much more "weird looking" tissue than she'd anticipated, and had to remove a good chunk. She couldn't get it all, as she would have had to cut into his abdominal wall. It just gets better and better. So we're sending a sample to be tested, and we'll just hope it's not something more serious than, well, a hole in his side.

So this is the state of my dog: tooth pulled, teeth cleaned, micro-chipped, IV'd, collared, stitched, drained, shaved, poked, drained some more, drugged, and harassed. This is what that looks like. It's so pathetic it's almost funny. Almost.





Thursday, May 13, 2010

Thorson & Thorson

Yippee! Jesse and I are officially independent contractors for a mortgage occupancy inspection agency. I gave my two weeks' notice at M yesterday, and Jesse is giving WM notice today! We will be working together, driving around taking pictures of mortgaged houses all day. This job comes as a huge financial blessing for us right now! We'll be able to save about three times as much fundage for England and school than we would have with our two retail jobs combined. Happy, happy day.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Our Worst Baby Names

We're big on Top 5 lists. You know, top 5 movies, top five books, top 5 people to get stranded on a desert island with, top five favorite pies. And no, we're not pregnant, but sometimes we indulge ourselves and stay up late talking about baby names. Last night was one of these nights, only we decided on our

Top 5 Worst Baby Boy Names:

  • 5. Erwin Walter Thorson
  • 4. Kermit Thorson (a Thorson family name)
  • 3. Wilbur Deathridge Thorson
  • 2. Adolph Thorson (also a Thorson family name)
  • 1. Orson Thorson

Yeah, Orson Thorson is so bad, it's almost good. Almost.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Silly Survey

Well, we did indeed go dancing last night! We had a great time remembering how to rumba. There were only 8 of us in the class, which made chit-chatting fun. Then we decided to skip our workout and go for frozen yogurt.

So with our recent rumba-ing fresh in my mind, I'm wondering... If, say, someone were to invite you to a backyard dance party, would you dance or just feel awkward?

Monday, May 3, 2010

weekend happenings

This last weekend had its highs and lows, that's for sure! After work on Saturday, Jesse and I went over to our friends Megan and Josh's house for a double date. That girl can cook! We had a great time just being goofy with them.

Sunday we had stake conference, which is when all of the wards have a combined church meeting at the stake center. We knew what was coming, but it was still sad when it happened. Our ward boundaries were all rearranged! This means that our family and several other families in our subdivision are now in a different ward. The worst news is that we all got released from our callings. No longer am I a Young Women's leader. Boom, just like that.

I guess it's not the end of the world, and the blow is softened slightly by the fact that we're leaving soon anyway. Still. Sigh.

On a happier note, Jesse and I are going ballroom dancing at the Y tonight. Can't wait!