Hitler on Recent Holy War

So it's the day before Thanksgiving and I just don't feel like doing too much at work, so I give you another great video for you viewing pleasure:

The Hoff

My friend Derek has officially ruined my day by posting some lyrics to a song originally made in the 1960s and remade by the Hoff. I'm sure most people have seen it already, so hopefully watching it again will make your lives as bad as it just made mine as I rewatched it. If you haven't seen it, well, enjoy! (If you liked this one, may I also recommend viewing his remakes of "Secret Agent Man" and "Jump in My Car")

3 years

This week marks my three-year anniversary with Wal-mart. That means a replenishment of vacation days, sick hours, and personal days...and one full year closer to complete retirement! Woohoo! Reflecting back on my last 3 years, I thought I'd share some of my favorite things about working for Wal-mart.


* Getting to see a mullet or wife-beater shirt almost every time I work.

* Listening to the 80's butt rock music that my cashier insists we listen to every time I work

* Having patients question why every prescription we fill isn't 4 dollars

* Hearing a 10-minute-long story about someone's extreme constipation

* Telling parents that it's not okay to drug your new infant just to have them sleep (unless you're on my flight, then I'll supply you with the good stuff)

* Having a patient ask my advice on a product, then not take my advice "because Oprah said..."

* Telling patients that "no habla espanol."

But I think my favorite thing is telling people that yes, I did, in fact, go to college for 7 years just to work for Wal-mart! Hey, for %^ bucks an hour, you would too!!

Bowling (the fun kind)

Orange, Sugar, Tostitos....MMMmmmm....they all sound tasty to me! Go Utes!!!

What 1/3 of a ton of food looks like

So, for the last year or so, Dave and I wanted to get our food storage supply up to snuff. So last Tuesday, Dave had the afternoon off (happy Veterans Day) so he spent it at the cannery taking care of business. Three hours later, he had cranked out 106 #10 cans of food, which included 150 lbs of rice, 105 lbs wheat, 200 lbs beans, 120 lbs sugar, and 25 lbs of powdered milk. Now we just need 60 more lbs of sugar and 650 lbs of grains (is that right?) and we'll be all set. So, here's what 1/3 of a ton of food looks like.

Don't worry, we still have our 3-month rotating supply:

If anyone is looking for a good cookbook to use all this stuff, let me suggest The Essential Food Storage Cookbook and Pantry Cooking. Happy cooking!

Number 2

So, if you haven't seen me in the last month or so, you wouldn't know that I've gained a little weight. It's not entirely due to the fact that I haven't been to the gym consistently for the past 4 months. And I'm not extremely plugged up (as the title of this post may imply:) We're actually expecting child number 2 in late April. And we just found out on Friday that it is also boy number 2. We're really excited to have another kid in the house and it will be really fun for Ryan to a little buddy here full time. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to someone that is stealing a lot of his mommy time and is taking over his bed, his old clothes, and before long, his cars and other toys. So far he seems to be doing all right. Every now and again, he'll pat my tummy and say "nice baby." Pretty funny. So, if any of you have good ideas for boys names, we'd love to hear it!

Go Utes!

Okay, so we're crazy die-hard Ute fans. We braved the cold weather last night to watch the game. Don't worry - we left Ryan with Dave's sister. The child-swap thing is nice - we take her 15-year old boy to the game and she takes our 2-year old. I think we have the better end of the bargain by far, but we'll let Jill keep believing what she wants. Anyway, Emily and her 8 degree trick-or-treat weather would have laughed to see just how many layers I put on in the 28 degree football weather (it's all the same once it gets below 32, right?), but I was determined to stay warm! Although for most of the game there wasn't much to cheer and jump around for, I did stay warm! And can I just say - what an exciting 3 minutes of football! Go Utes!

Halloween Fun

The week continued with the strange ritual of pumpkin carving on Halloween Eve. Ryan had fun watching Dave and me clean out and carve the pumpkins. I think he got his mom's strange obsession with keeping his hands clean because he wouldn't even touch the guts, let alone put his hand in the pumpkin. But my mom would be proud to know that I cleaned out my pumpkin all by myself. Yes, it's okay to have messy, sticky hands for a few minutes (as long as I know there's a sink within 5 feet).

On Friday, we started out the evening at Dave's parents house and ate soup & chili with Ry's cousins. Then the kids played in the big pile of leaves Jerry had raked for them. After dinner, we headed to Dan & Lindsey's house for the annual doughnut cookoff. Once again, the doughnuts were fabulous and we had a great time. Then came what we've all been waiting for - trick-or-treating! Ryan had to have a sucker in his hand the whole time, but he did leave his hat on for about a half-hour (but no eyepatch). He was really good about saying "trick-or-treat." We even heard him say the whole "smell my feet, give me something good to eat" at one house. I wish we got his reaction on camera when we dumped out his pumpkin and checked out his loot. His eyes got big and he said "whoa!" Yeah, pretty excited about the whole thing.