My Salt Lake Tribune Debut!

So about a week ago I was out on my daily walk with the hounds, looking like crap because I never do my hair or make-up before I go out...anyway, we were walking down the road and a guy passed me in a car and I have horrible vision without my glasses, so....he drives past us and parks about 1/4 a mile ahead of us and I thought he had a rifle in his hands. My heart sank to my feet. I thought we were all getting shot, but he proceeded to kneel down in the middle of the road and was taking pics of us! Little to find out he was from the Tribune and said he wasn't sure if it would make the paper but he couldn't believe I was walking so many dogs and had to get a pic, well the next morning Dr. Brian Nelson called me and said he saw me in the tribune! So...here is the pic and it looks like I have an extra hip on the right side, that would be my insulin pump with my shirt hanging over it, so besides the 8 extra cheeks and 4 extra chins on me lol, I love the pic of my critters!

Horrible Sunday Night....

Tonight was awful. We went to my cute parents like we always do for Sunday dinner and everything was going great until my Mom was carrying Gracie down their front stairs and her heel caught the stair and she went down them on her knees! She landed on her knees on cement and these are all cement stairs and she was so worried about dropping Gracie she held onto her so all the damage is on her poor knees. She was bleeding and so scraped up and I felt terrible. The worst damage was done to her knee that she had knee surgery on last June! Didn't think my night could get any worse until we went to Mark's to play games and Gracie turned into a little turd! She screamed and screamed and screamed and given she is teething, but I was so afraid we were going to give Mark a bad head again we left. So now here I sit with the bum head! It might just be a little of everything. With Gracie teething she gets me up all night long and this has gone on for months! I just feel like I am living on 3 hours of sleep and everything came crashing down tonight! Literally! Thanks for listening!

Beware: Tons of Pics!

It has been a long time since I have blogged due to the computer not wanting to download my pics but of course when Luke tries it, it works like a charm! I have Halloween pics, cute outfits from Scarlet pics, Gracie taking a ride in the laundry basket pic, Gracie in her princess costume from her cute Aunt Suzanne and her doggie costume from cute Grandma and when she would walk, the tail would wag, it was sooo cute! Gracie and Sadie, etc...




























Here's Gracie showing me how pretty she is in my hair band...





Tonight I had a ton of coupons to use so I ran to Albertson's and Smith's and I got 180 bucks of groceries for only 25 bucks! I was soooo excited! There are so many awesome deals right now! Here is a pic of the goods!



My cute, cute friend's dog passed away this morning and I sure have been thinking about her and her little Reggie. I love them both so much and I wish there was something I could do to take away the pain, but only time will heal that. Know you are loved and that I am here if you need ANYTHING!

Cute Steph took me to a Pinching Your Pennies class in Ogden Thursday night and I learned so much and I have so much to share, so I will probably be posting more deals I find and what is a screaming deal! I want all of you to score as big as I have on the coupons! If you ever have a question, I am more than happy to help!

I went shopping today with my cute friend Michelle and tried to show her some of my couponing skills that I learned from my cute Steph. She saved a bunch and got a whole trunk load of groceries which makes me happy!

As for the bleeding behind my eye update: Last year when I had Gracie I had so much bleeding on the brain that when I went in for my regular eye appt, I had bleeding behind my right eye and my doc said it was either from the trauma I went through or from diabetes and that only time would tell, so he had me come back a year later and I am so happy to report it was baby related and that it has all cleared up and my vision was great! Wahoo! The feeling has come back in my left arm and hand which is also awesome! I think things are coming right along!

Michelle got me back on the Weight Watchers Wagon since I can't drop a pound! I can't afford to weigh in every week, and since I have my lifetime already I am going to just follow the program from home and hope that works, so wish me luck! I just want to be the weight I was before I had Gracie or the same size as Jennifer Aniston, but don't we all lol.

Gracie had her shots this past Monday which is always more traumatic for me, but she survived, and yes, so did I lol. It is always about a week before she seems back to her normal self though. She is cutting teeth like a mad man. Her top two are now coming in and you know what that means? Lisa hasn't slept in a long time! Of course Luke sleeps through all of it and doesn't hear a thing lol.

I promise not to take so long to post next time! Hope everyone is doing well and is staying warm! Winter is on it's way!

Family, Freebies & Food...

I am so officially behind on blogging! I have been sitting here for the past 20 minutes trying to get my pictures to load off the card and for some reason it won't, so here is yet another post with no pics. Sorry! I tried!

Suz and the kids were up here tonight and we got to see them and spend some time with them which is always awesome. Eldon took us to Hamilton's and it was the first time I had ever been there! Gracie thought she needed to flirt with the waitor the whole time which was pretty cute lol. Hayden and Addison are growing up so fast and they are so cute. Wish we got to see more of them! Gracie only has 4 cousins and the other 2 live in Salt Lake and we don't get to see much of them either!

In the mail today I received a coupon for free Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls and then they sent me 10 additional 1.25 off coupons for them which I thought was awesome. How sad is that, that something like that excites me so much lol. I even took a pic of the coupons to share with you, but the dang pics won't load!

Gracie has to have her 15 month shots on Monday which I am dreading! But I have to just think of my cute friend's nephew that is having major brain surgery and worrying over shots is sooo silly. I do wish Ethan the best of luck on Thursday. He sure has been in my thoughts and prayers lately.

I have been addicted to 2 wonderful food blogs that you all have to check out. The links to them are on the left side of the screen. The first one is Our Best Bites. My cute little friend Kate Randle and her friend Sara are geniuses! I love their recipes and all the pics they put on their blog so I can follow the recipe better. This week they are doing Halloween treats and can I just say YUM! Friday there is even a give away, so check it out! My other new fav is called Your Home Based Mom. Great recipes! I just tried the Cafe Rio sweet pork burritos and they turned out soooo good. The lady that runs the website is a doll! She posted a very evil recipe that I made and was instantly addicted to which is horrible for me being diabetic, but I should rename it: Death for a diabetic, by Caramel Apple Dip. It involves 1 block of softened cream cheese (which I am not a big fan of, but in this case- Yum!), 1/2 c. packed brown sugar, 1/4 c. white sugar and a Tablespoon of Vanilla. Right before you are ready to serve it, cut up your apples and then add 2/3 a bag of Heath or Skor bits too the dip, mix and inhale. Oh my heck it is delicious! Great for a party or just to gain 10 pounds. I highly recommend!

Sorry for talking your ear off tonight, I promise to post pics soon. Hope everyone's Halloween is "Spooktacular"! Love you!

Gracie is Officially Walking!

So Gracie is officially walking now, she has been taking little steps here and there, but now, she just walks everywhere! It is sooo cute. I got her walking on the IFlip, I just need to download it so you can all see her! So dang cute! And she is now cutting teeth like crazy. She has had her two bottom ones for months and that is it, but now they are all starting to move in! Poor baby!

Tonight I had a great bargain shop run at Smith's that I had to share! I got $140 worth of groceries for $24 and it felt soooo good! Revlon mascara, Revlon powder, Revlon eye shadow, 10 bags of dog treats, 4 toilet paper, 12 BRUT deoderant, teething tablets, 2 packages of alphabet macaroni, 5 baby foods, and 4 Johnson & Johnson Little Buddy Bars! Here are the goods!




Here is a picture of a potato I bought that is larger than life! It would make an awesome baked potato!



And thanks to my cute, cute, cute friend Steph that took these amazing pics of my little Gracie! Isn't she a doll! And thanks to our cute friends Scarlet and Chellie for the adorable outfit!!!!!!!

Families are Forever!

Today is my cute sister-in-law's birthday! So, Happy, Happy Birthday Suzanne! I hope you eat an extra big piece of cake for me and we can't wait to see you next Wednesday!


Tonight was pretty emotional for me. I attended two very lovely viewings, but so sad! The first one was for a remarkable, wonderful, loving man that I used to work with at the Flying J Corporate Offices years ago. I had the pleasure of working with his cute daughter Tricia and she married our good friend Clint. Preston died of a massive heart attack this week and he wasn't even 50! He has such an incredible, beautiful, strong family. I am just so sad that this happened to them and that I can't do anything to make them feel any better! We also had a wonderful man in our ward die this week who was right around 50. He died in a car wreck and left behind a beautiful family also. I ended up waiting over 2 hours just to see his cute family. Lots of people came to the viewing. He was a very loved man also and will be remembered my many. My thoughts and prayers sure are with these cute, sweet, humble families at this time. It just goes to show how sudden our loved ones can be taken away from us, so we have to enjoy every moment! Live each day like it is your last! The only thing that gets me through times like these is knowing that this truly isn't the end, it is just the beginning and FAMILIES ARE FOREVER! Since I have had 2 brushes with death in my lifetime, it really has made me think that everyday is the last. I used to never tell the people around me including my dogs how much I love them on a daily basis, and now that is a have to! I don't hang up the phone without saying I love you, or write an email without an I love you in it. I just want all of you to know how much I love you and appreciate the place you have in my heart. Love to all!

Headaches! Grrrrr!

I have had headaches now every night for the past two weeks and I honestly think it is all from stress, but I had the chance to go to this new doctor and he is nice, but that is about the only great thing I have to say about him. I hate going to new docs and I realize he has giant shoes to fill after having the awesome doc I have had for so long. He just turned 30 and is brand new to the medical field. He knows nothing about diabetes. He didn't check my feet which is soooooo important if you are diabetic. I ended up taking a shoe off so he could look at all of those lovely blisters I shared with all of you weeks ago that are still there! I asked him what he thought my headaches could be from and he said diabetes. Great answer. I just don't know what to do about a doctor. I like that he is young and that I don't have to worry about him retiring anytime soon, but I can't wait years and years for him to become more experienced in diabetes and I need someone that can help me and my health now! Logan sure lacks great diabetic docs, but I need to find one in the valley since I see the doc so often! So frustrating! Luke is very frustrated with all of the headaches I have been having lately too. I think the stress of him getting cut back to 3 days a week now and me staying home with Gracie scares me money wise with the way the economy is. I am still doing the medical transcription classes online, but they are sooo slow due to my memory loss. Grrrrr! I just need to win the lottery!

Conference was sooo good. It is funny how some talks just seem to be directed right at you. I haven't felt the spirit so strong as I did on Saturday listening to the first session of conference. I decided to make homemade chili and cinnamon rolls and while it was all cooking, I sat on the couch and held Gracie in my arms and listed to all of the amazing talks. I don't know how many you watched the history of Thomas S. Monson right after the first session, but I cried the whole way through. It was so beautiful and what an incredible man. I knew he would have huge shoes to fill after Gordon B. Hinckley, but he sure is doing a great job. Wow. Such an inspiring man and such a great example to me and my cute family. I sat and looked at how beautiful and peaceful Gracie was as she laid in my arms and just how truly blessed I am to have that little girl. No matter what happens in this life, she is mine and I am soooo truly grateful and blessed that families are forever!