Oh hello! I can't believe that it's almost September!
I am sitting on my couch in my duplex, thinking of what is new and exciting in my life.
One of the coolest experiences of my life happened last Friday. As most of you know, I am a sign language interpreter. I had the opportunity to interpret for a lady who is Deaf, while she was giving birth to her baby! I was in the room the entire time, and it was really a neat experience. It's definitely during times like that, that I am baffled by those people who don't believe that there is a God. What a miracle it when human life comes to be and to be able to witness that is incredible.
I just found out last week that my sister who is expecting twins is having a boy and a girl! I am just thrilled for her and our family. There are already 2 grand daughters in our family on the account of my 2 older sisters, and 1 grand son. I already know that my dad is excited to have another grandson. And of course my mom is thrilled to pieces that she is getting more grand babies to spoil beyond all reason!
I am also grateful that recently I have been able to get in contact with some old friends that I haven't talked to since high school. Websites like facebook are so awesome, because it enables me to see how people have changed and how they are doing! I just can't believe how gorgeous everyone has become, and how well they are doing! It's just hard to imagine that it's already been 6 years since high school ended. People are getting married, and are starting their families! Yikes!
I am sure that y'all think I am some kind of cheeseball, but hey, we could all use some extra cheesiness in our lives.
Well, for those of you that do actually tune in from time to time to the episodes of dopfdetails, hope you continue to do so, and stay tuned! You never know what to expect!
Wednesday, August 29
Wednesday, August 15
Tired.....
Hey Y'all! Here I sit at the end of another seemingly long day.
I have had several days of waking up crazy early, followed by days of sleepless nights. I don't know what is wrong, but I hope it doesn't last much longer.
I am trying to think of what is new and exciting with us... and here is one exciting thing, my sister Jenny is visiting here from Seattle with her daughter Caroline! We haven't seen them for over a year and it is SO good to see them! She is expecting twins, and she will soon go to the Dr. to see if she's having 2 boys, 2 girls, or one of each! We are looking forward to this upcoming news! She has a little bit of a tummy showing, but other than that, it's difficult to know that she is expecting!
In other family news, my nephew Joshua just turned 4! I can't believe that it was 4 years ago that that little stinker came into our family! He is such a blast!
I do not have too much to say this time in regards to myself, but sometimes no news is good news!
I hope y'all are doing well, and that life is treating you great! Love to you all!
I have had several days of waking up crazy early, followed by days of sleepless nights. I don't know what is wrong, but I hope it doesn't last much longer.
I am trying to think of what is new and exciting with us... and here is one exciting thing, my sister Jenny is visiting here from Seattle with her daughter Caroline! We haven't seen them for over a year and it is SO good to see them! She is expecting twins, and she will soon go to the Dr. to see if she's having 2 boys, 2 girls, or one of each! We are looking forward to this upcoming news! She has a little bit of a tummy showing, but other than that, it's difficult to know that she is expecting!
In other family news, my nephew Joshua just turned 4! I can't believe that it was 4 years ago that that little stinker came into our family! He is such a blast!
I do not have too much to say this time in regards to myself, but sometimes no news is good news!
I hope y'all are doing well, and that life is treating you great! Love to you all!
Friday, August 3
AUGUST ALREADY??!!
Well here we are folks... it's August! Time flies when you are having fun!
I hope you all are keeping cool in the midst of this hotter than H%&$ summer! Not having any air conditioning in our car has been quite an adventure! It makes me appreciate the few precious moments of the day when I get out of the shower and feel clean! The sweating starts during my getting ready in the morning, and continues until I get home at night from working. It really makes me think about how the heck people did it 100 years ago! I don't know if I could have done that. I am a little too spoiled in our day and age.
Well since it has been our summer for spontaneous spoilage, (all the car boo boo's, apartment ac going out, etc) I guess the Man upstairs didn't think that was enough! I went into my weekly Cinderella mode, and decided to vacuum our house. I plugged our 3 year old Dirt Devil vacuum, and it didn't take long for me to realize that it sucked, or actually, it didn't. I then within seconds smelled the often occurring burning rubber smell that usually meant that the belt that helped spin the brush wheel needed to be replaced. In the 3 years that we have had that, occasionally the belt would burn and it was 3 bucks for replacements at Walmart. It was our frame of mind that it was cheaper to just replace the belt and the vac would work just fine and dandy! For a limited time. This time, I disassembled the part of the vacuum to replace the belt, and I found that the belt had a mind of its own this time... it decided to melt itself onto the wheel, thus preventing me from replacing the little sucker! I couldn't do anything but laugh! I just thought about the last couple of months with financial bloopers, and it was either to react with laughter, or crying and swearing. I chose the former, thank goodness. I just looked heavenward and asked "You just had to throw me another curve ball didn't You?" So needless to say, Brandon and I went and bought a replacement for our vacuum. It was one of those "biting the bullet" moments along with the many others that we have had this summer. I immediately called my mom and told her about it, and we had a good laugh because it really has been "one of those" summers. My sister Katie found my misfortune quite amusing as well.
Today I took Lexi to the groomer's because she needed her teeth brushed (she had some serious DEMON breath) and her nails clipped (something that can be compared to pulling teeth) which is something we leave to the Heaven sent professionals! For those of you that haven't met our dog, she gets really excited when we ask "Do you wanna go Lexi?" She will start to jump up and down and get really excited to get out of the house. She also really enjoys car rides. It was a short ride though since we just went to the nearby groomer's. As soon as we got there, she didn't want to go inside because she knew what was about to happen. It was really cute because she was trying so hard not to be drug into the shop. Well if you have any idea what dogs go through in there, you wouldn't want to be subjected to that type of thing either! I think that if someone tried to clean my rear like they do in there, I would give someone a black eye!
Well, that is about as exciting as it gets at our house! AT LEAST FOR NOW!
Heaven only knows what tomorrow will bring!
I hope you all are keeping cool in the midst of this hotter than H%&$ summer! Not having any air conditioning in our car has been quite an adventure! It makes me appreciate the few precious moments of the day when I get out of the shower and feel clean! The sweating starts during my getting ready in the morning, and continues until I get home at night from working. It really makes me think about how the heck people did it 100 years ago! I don't know if I could have done that. I am a little too spoiled in our day and age.
Well since it has been our summer for spontaneous spoilage, (all the car boo boo's, apartment ac going out, etc) I guess the Man upstairs didn't think that was enough! I went into my weekly Cinderella mode, and decided to vacuum our house. I plugged our 3 year old Dirt Devil vacuum, and it didn't take long for me to realize that it sucked, or actually, it didn't. I then within seconds smelled the often occurring burning rubber smell that usually meant that the belt that helped spin the brush wheel needed to be replaced. In the 3 years that we have had that, occasionally the belt would burn and it was 3 bucks for replacements at Walmart. It was our frame of mind that it was cheaper to just replace the belt and the vac would work just fine and dandy! For a limited time. This time, I disassembled the part of the vacuum to replace the belt, and I found that the belt had a mind of its own this time... it decided to melt itself onto the wheel, thus preventing me from replacing the little sucker! I couldn't do anything but laugh! I just thought about the last couple of months with financial bloopers, and it was either to react with laughter, or crying and swearing. I chose the former, thank goodness. I just looked heavenward and asked "You just had to throw me another curve ball didn't You?" So needless to say, Brandon and I went and bought a replacement for our vacuum. It was one of those "biting the bullet" moments along with the many others that we have had this summer. I immediately called my mom and told her about it, and we had a good laugh because it really has been "one of those" summers. My sister Katie found my misfortune quite amusing as well.
Today I took Lexi to the groomer's because she needed her teeth brushed (she had some serious DEMON breath) and her nails clipped (something that can be compared to pulling teeth) which is something we leave to the Heaven sent professionals! For those of you that haven't met our dog, she gets really excited when we ask "Do you wanna go Lexi?" She will start to jump up and down and get really excited to get out of the house. She also really enjoys car rides. It was a short ride though since we just went to the nearby groomer's. As soon as we got there, she didn't want to go inside because she knew what was about to happen. It was really cute because she was trying so hard not to be drug into the shop. Well if you have any idea what dogs go through in there, you wouldn't want to be subjected to that type of thing either! I think that if someone tried to clean my rear like they do in there, I would give someone a black eye!
Well, that is about as exciting as it gets at our house! AT LEAST FOR NOW!
Heaven only knows what tomorrow will bring!
Sunday, July 29
Wedding Bliss!
We had the awesome opportunity of going to a good friend's wedding reception on Saturday. It reminded me of the day Brandon and I were married. So to spare you the details, I just realized how lucky I was to have the husband that I have!
In the Deaf Community, it is always good to go to receptions and things like that, because you are able to catch up with people that are all somehow connected to the same friend in some way. So it is always this big social event when people who haven't seen each other in a long time come together and linger longer than most people. I love that!
So if you were there and I was able to catch up with you, thanks for letting us catch up and spend a few wonderful minutes with you! They are precious indeed!
In the Deaf Community, it is always good to go to receptions and things like that, because you are able to catch up with people that are all somehow connected to the same friend in some way. So it is always this big social event when people who haven't seen each other in a long time come together and linger longer than most people. I love that!
So if you were there and I was able to catch up with you, thanks for letting us catch up and spend a few wonderful minutes with you! They are precious indeed!
Wednesday, July 25
CAR CURSED!
Words don't do our situation with cars any justice! So to put it mildly, we are CAR CURSED!
We just got back from Idaho and from visiting Brandon's parents for the weekend, and the trip was really long in getting there. Allow me to explain.
We found out last Wednesday that we have to have the Neon's main computer replaced! Our ac on the Neon hadn't been working, and with this hotter than you know where temperatures it has been awful trying to drive anywhere! It turned out that while we thought it was the ac needing a charge, we went and got it charged and as soon as I drove it off the lot, for about 15 minutes all seemed well, but then it started blowing hot again! So I called and they said to bring it in again the next day and they did some further investigative work, and found out that is was the main computer's part that sends a charge to the ac in order to tell it to come on and stay cool, it wasn't working the way it should! So they said that it really needed to be replaced! ARGH!
So needless once again to say, we have not been happy about this! Oh well, it will all work out! Just gotta keep the faith!
This last weekend was fun! We went to Joseph, Oregon where we had lunch by the beautiful lake, and looked around the little street of shops. It was a really cute and serene place to visit! It was a little cooler there than it was in Cambridge where Brandon grew up in Idaho. We drove the 3 hours over the GORGEOUS mountains to get there, and then drove back later that day! It was in the wind and sunshine, but there was also lots of smoke from the fires in close proximity to where Brandon is from! We drove to a look-out of Hells Canyon where Brandon grew up water skiing on the Snake River, and there were two different fires that we could see huge clouds of smoke! It was so sad but cool to see those.
Monday we went to the lake in Hells Canyon, and water skied (sp?) and hung out in the sun. It was a nice day. Then Tuesday morning, we went to a lower dam in the canyon and picked lots and lots of wild blackberries! They were sooo good. But be careful, here's my warning from experience... don't eat a lot of them at once or you'll get sick! I ate and ate them off the bushes (all of us did really) and we all got sick! The only qualms I had about picking them were the HUGE and DISGUSTING spiders that made their home in the bushes and vines of blackberries! You could have peeled me off the side of the boat when I saw some of those spiders! The other not so fun part of picking berries is that they have thorns galore! Every time you went to pick a berry, you had a good chance of pricking your finger! YIKES! IT REALLY HURT! But all in all, we brought home more than enough berries that we froze to use in future jams and black berry cobbler recipes! (If any of you have a good recipe for either, just send me one!)
Well it seems like that is really all that is new with us, sorry to bore you with the details! But as always, take care everyone! I love you all!
We just got back from Idaho and from visiting Brandon's parents for the weekend, and the trip was really long in getting there. Allow me to explain.
We found out last Wednesday that we have to have the Neon's main computer replaced! Our ac on the Neon hadn't been working, and with this hotter than you know where temperatures it has been awful trying to drive anywhere! It turned out that while we thought it was the ac needing a charge, we went and got it charged and as soon as I drove it off the lot, for about 15 minutes all seemed well, but then it started blowing hot again! So I called and they said to bring it in again the next day and they did some further investigative work, and found out that is was the main computer's part that sends a charge to the ac in order to tell it to come on and stay cool, it wasn't working the way it should! So they said that it really needed to be replaced! ARGH!
So needless once again to say, we have not been happy about this! Oh well, it will all work out! Just gotta keep the faith!
This last weekend was fun! We went to Joseph, Oregon where we had lunch by the beautiful lake, and looked around the little street of shops. It was a really cute and serene place to visit! It was a little cooler there than it was in Cambridge where Brandon grew up in Idaho. We drove the 3 hours over the GORGEOUS mountains to get there, and then drove back later that day! It was in the wind and sunshine, but there was also lots of smoke from the fires in close proximity to where Brandon is from! We drove to a look-out of Hells Canyon where Brandon grew up water skiing on the Snake River, and there were two different fires that we could see huge clouds of smoke! It was so sad but cool to see those.
Monday we went to the lake in Hells Canyon, and water skied (sp?) and hung out in the sun. It was a nice day. Then Tuesday morning, we went to a lower dam in the canyon and picked lots and lots of wild blackberries! They were sooo good. But be careful, here's my warning from experience... don't eat a lot of them at once or you'll get sick! I ate and ate them off the bushes (all of us did really) and we all got sick! The only qualms I had about picking them were the HUGE and DISGUSTING spiders that made their home in the bushes and vines of blackberries! You could have peeled me off the side of the boat when I saw some of those spiders! The other not so fun part of picking berries is that they have thorns galore! Every time you went to pick a berry, you had a good chance of pricking your finger! YIKES! IT REALLY HURT! But all in all, we brought home more than enough berries that we froze to use in future jams and black berry cobbler recipes! (If any of you have a good recipe for either, just send me one!)
Well it seems like that is really all that is new with us, sorry to bore you with the details! But as always, take care everyone! I love you all!
Thursday, July 19
Happy Birthday!!
Well... it's official! I am now OLD! I am 24! I can't believe it! (hehe, enjoyed making Brandon feel really old when I teased him about being 25 or otherwise 1/4 of a century old!)
This week has been eventful! I neglected to mention in my last blog that we sold the stupid car that gave us all that grief on the trip to San Diego, and just a few days after we got home from our So Cal trip, as the heat started getting worse here in Utah, our air conditioning in our Neon went out! How fantastic is that??? Let's just say that when it rains, it POURS! We were not too fond of this happening, and when we went to visit my sister's friends house, the husband said that it might be something as costly as the compressor, but it turned out to be something much worse as we discovered this week. So we spent a week waiting to go back to this friends house, but it turned out that he had to go out of town on business, and we wanted to go to Idaho for Pioneer day weekend. So we went to Firestone near our house, and we got some maintenance done, and then we discovered that they main computer in our car isn't sending the appropriate charge to the ac in order for it to run properly, so much to our dismay, we are going to have to fork out MORE money on our car! So Happy Birthday to me!
Today as my birthday was spent working this morning and early afternoon, and then this evening was great with friends from Orem driving all the friggin way here to go to dinner with Brandon and I. They were so nice in bringing a gift, they had been planning to come to dinner maybe last night, but tonight was a better night, so it was all the more the merrier for my birthday dinner! It was a blast having them come with us. Always good times with Nielsen and Kami! I mainly got cards for my birthday so thank you to all of those who were so thoughtful to remember me on my birthday! Our friends were thoughtful and brought me some Bath and Body Works stuff, and then Brandon bought me a really special gift! He bought me one of those Willow Tree things (figurines??) and I think that they are beautiful! They are what I call simply understated. There are no faces to them, the message they send are told through the body language and poses of the figures. I think that this might turn into a collection thing, who knows, I would have to find the space for all of them first! Also I was given money from generous family members, so shopping mall or outlets in Park City, HERE I COME! My mom was here earlier in the month and went with me to the outlets, and bought my husband and I some nice clothes for our birthdays! THANKS MOM!
The thing about shopping is that I have the mindset of an interpreter... I will explain to all you non-interpreters. The ideal interpreting clothes are dark colors that contrast with one's skin in order to make it easier for the Deaf consumer to see your hands in order to understand you better, and it's easier on the eyes. So when I go shopping, all I buy are solid colored blues, blacks, and dark purples. So lately I am having to step out of my usual interpreter motif and buy some fun clothes! Clothes colors that I used to wear! Reds! Pinks! Yellows! I have forgotten how fun these colors are! (for my fellow interpreters, I know you understand my joy!)
So tomorrow, we are going to make the fun 6 hour drive with no ac to Idaho, but thankfully we are going later in the day as it starts to somewhat cool down! It has been in the near 100's if not in the 100's this week. And the good news about today being my birthday, I was able to come home to a fixed air conditioner! We had been without air conditioning for about 3 weeks! So when other people have complained about it being cold in a building, I am just thanking my lucky stars that I am not sweating for a change! So this is a special treat! YAY!
Well before I keep going without stopping, I shall bid you all adieu and good night!
Have a great weekend, because I know we will!
Love to y'all!
Lisa
This week has been eventful! I neglected to mention in my last blog that we sold the stupid car that gave us all that grief on the trip to San Diego, and just a few days after we got home from our So Cal trip, as the heat started getting worse here in Utah, our air conditioning in our Neon went out! How fantastic is that??? Let's just say that when it rains, it POURS! We were not too fond of this happening, and when we went to visit my sister's friends house, the husband said that it might be something as costly as the compressor, but it turned out to be something much worse as we discovered this week. So we spent a week waiting to go back to this friends house, but it turned out that he had to go out of town on business, and we wanted to go to Idaho for Pioneer day weekend. So we went to Firestone near our house, and we got some maintenance done, and then we discovered that they main computer in our car isn't sending the appropriate charge to the ac in order for it to run properly, so much to our dismay, we are going to have to fork out MORE money on our car! So Happy Birthday to me!
Today as my birthday was spent working this morning and early afternoon, and then this evening was great with friends from Orem driving all the friggin way here to go to dinner with Brandon and I. They were so nice in bringing a gift, they had been planning to come to dinner maybe last night, but tonight was a better night, so it was all the more the merrier for my birthday dinner! It was a blast having them come with us. Always good times with Nielsen and Kami! I mainly got cards for my birthday so thank you to all of those who were so thoughtful to remember me on my birthday! Our friends were thoughtful and brought me some Bath and Body Works stuff, and then Brandon bought me a really special gift! He bought me one of those Willow Tree things (figurines??) and I think that they are beautiful! They are what I call simply understated. There are no faces to them, the message they send are told through the body language and poses of the figures. I think that this might turn into a collection thing, who knows, I would have to find the space for all of them first! Also I was given money from generous family members, so shopping mall or outlets in Park City, HERE I COME! My mom was here earlier in the month and went with me to the outlets, and bought my husband and I some nice clothes for our birthdays! THANKS MOM!
The thing about shopping is that I have the mindset of an interpreter... I will explain to all you non-interpreters. The ideal interpreting clothes are dark colors that contrast with one's skin in order to make it easier for the Deaf consumer to see your hands in order to understand you better, and it's easier on the eyes. So when I go shopping, all I buy are solid colored blues, blacks, and dark purples. So lately I am having to step out of my usual interpreter motif and buy some fun clothes! Clothes colors that I used to wear! Reds! Pinks! Yellows! I have forgotten how fun these colors are! (for my fellow interpreters, I know you understand my joy!)
So tomorrow, we are going to make the fun 6 hour drive with no ac to Idaho, but thankfully we are going later in the day as it starts to somewhat cool down! It has been in the near 100's if not in the 100's this week. And the good news about today being my birthday, I was able to come home to a fixed air conditioner! We had been without air conditioning for about 3 weeks! So when other people have complained about it being cold in a building, I am just thanking my lucky stars that I am not sweating for a change! So this is a special treat! YAY!
Well before I keep going without stopping, I shall bid you all adieu and good night!
Have a great weekend, because I know we will!
Love to y'all!
Lisa
Tuesday, July 17
Which one are you?
| You Are a Believer |
 You definitely believe in God - and you're very unwavering in your religious beliefs. In fact, religion and spirituality are definitely big parts of your life. Religion shapes how you view right and wrong, as well as the decisions you make. It's hard for you to imagine how your life would be without your beliefs. |
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