Monday, May 21, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
for my Love
I really love you more then words can describe. You are constantly in my thoughts. I always want to be at your side. I love your touch. I love each and every moment that I have to talk to you. You are everything that I dreamed plus more. I am blessed to have you in my life. Each and everyday I love waking up by your side and can't wait to get home to see you. You motivate me and give me strength and faith. Thank you for your example of service, it brings the spirit into our home and reminds me what life is all about. Our home that you have constructed so carefully is where I feel most comfortable and can relax. Thank you for your hard work. I love you and I will love you forever.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The mystery has been solved!
To all that do not understand my likes and dislikes when it comes to food I present you with "Paul's Food Theory". Remember a theory stays true until proven false.
"Hurry up and eat so that we can have dessert"
I only crave desserts. I am not interested in eating unless it is followed by dessert. I will eat anything so long as it is followed by dessert. I have never met someone that hates food so much and loves dessert as much as I do. I finally have an answer to questions about food that people constantly ask me.
"Hurry up and eat so that we can have dessert"
I only crave desserts. I am not interested in eating unless it is followed by dessert. I will eat anything so long as it is followed by dessert. I have never met someone that hates food so much and loves dessert as much as I do. I finally have an answer to questions about food that people constantly ask me.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Is El Nino to blame for this?
Snow in Seattle again. Who is to blame? Each night that I put my daughter to sleep she now gets excited and says, "Maybe it will snow tonight." With the weather that we have been having it is easy to believe it. Maybe a long cold wet winter will be paid off with a really nice summer.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
I think my beautiful wife is Superhuman
Have you ever wonder if your spouse has super powers? I am past the wondering part, I know that my wife has super powers. She could put Wonder woman away. For example please see http://aubreyannie.blogspot.com for her modest explanation of her surgery, power outage mayhem, Christmas prep, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Then please read the following to see what really happened. Only someone with super powers could go through this, I was just hanging on for the ride.
Surgery-- Not only did she have surgery she had at least two very painful occurrences of twisting of the cyst that she had. First is Denver on the 4th of July when she ended up in the emergency room and then another time here and she ended up spending the afternoon in a Dr's office figuring out what the problem might be. I am sure that there were more uncomfortable times but those are the two major ones. Then the surgery. Drs. And Nurses are casually blunt about surgery. **Warning blunt and not for someone with a weak stomach** e.g. "Ok, we will cut you open, then pull out your ovaries, find and slice off the cyst, put everything back in place and the sew you back up." The actually surgery went as good as planned. Cyst removed and recovery started. They tried everything but the way that her body reacted to being invaded and trying to put itself back together again was worse then the surgery. Nausea set in on the way up to her hospital room. They were able to settle her stomach some through medicine via IV enough for her to rest a little and eat and drink some. Each time she would try and get up the nausea would come back. The day after she got enough strength and we felt that the recovery would be more comfortable at home, so we went home. After she ate dinner she decided to get in bed and rest, but that did not happen. Pain killers and two different nausea meds were not doing the trick. Days without rest and nights without rest until the surgeon, drs, and nurses decided to stop all drugs, drink ginger tea (to clam the stomach) and rest. It did the trick, she was finally able to sleep through the night and start eating. So let me put my perspective on it. After major invasive surgery my wife, lets call her superwomen, does not rely on medications for the pain or for the nausea. She just deals with it. During this time she still managers to coordinate many different things that were going on in her home, with friends and with church. Maybe ginger is her kryptonite?
Power outage-- Ok, big storm, lots and lots of wind, trees falling down, etc... Our power went out in the middle of the night on Thursday night. Our daughter came into our bed and at that point now one got much sleep at all. Friday I came into work and my super human wife entertained the kids all day with no electricity, fed them and continued to go on even without power. That night we all slept by fire to keep warm. The next morning at about 6:30 am our power came back on. When we started to get up, the phone started to ring, people came to the door. Many of our friends were still without power. Rather then saying, I am sorry I hope your power comes on soon, my wife said "Come on over, we have power, do you want breakfast?" Families started to pour in. I am not sure how many people Aubrey made breakfast and lunch for that day, but I know that she fed 16 for dinner, then another 7 came for after dinner activities. 16 people stayed the night in our 3 bedroom apartment. Again she fed them for breakfast. As power came on for people they started to leave. Are good friends stayed with us until Tuesday night when their power finally came back on. Also on Monday 3 friends showed up from Bend, OR. That same evening/night she prepared a huge thanksgiving type feast for us, two other families and another friend. During all of this our home stayed picked up and clean. I don't think there is a hostess as a super hero, but my wife deserves those honors. (Please see hotess in the dictionary, you will find my wife's picture.)
Christmas prep-- My sometime 8 hrs in the office to not compare to the 24/7 career of my wife. Thank you cards, christmas cards, presents for family, friends, primary teachers, and primary children, holiday activities, fudge, sugar cookies, cinnamon rolls, and peperiment bark, shopping for meals and treats, all happened during the aforementioned activities. Are you serious? Please no questions, my wife is superhuman.
Christmas Eve-- Although things changed at the last minute and we switched our Christmas feast from Eve to actual day, she still managed to make a wonderful Christmas Eve feast of Raspberry Glazed Pork Chops.
Christmas Day-- With the last minute changes our friend had to go to the hopsital, so plans were changed again. Best of all the feast that she made for our small family or four, was quickly motified for our friends family because they had just got out of the hospital and did not have dinner ready so my wife after talking to them on the phone when they got out of the hospital that is five minutes away and letting them know that they could eat with us, she had the table set for them and when they came to pick up there son insisted that they eat with us. Do superhumans perform miracles?, because my wife did.
I know know what it is like to live with and have a superhuman as a wife. Power, courage, boldness, meekness, pure love, charity, optimism, without guile are a few of the laundry list of charateristics that I love about my wife.
Surgery-- Not only did she have surgery she had at least two very painful occurrences of twisting of the cyst that she had. First is Denver on the 4th of July when she ended up in the emergency room and then another time here and she ended up spending the afternoon in a Dr's office figuring out what the problem might be. I am sure that there were more uncomfortable times but those are the two major ones. Then the surgery. Drs. And Nurses are casually blunt about surgery. **Warning blunt and not for someone with a weak stomach** e.g. "Ok, we will cut you open, then pull out your ovaries, find and slice off the cyst, put everything back in place and the sew you back up." The actually surgery went as good as planned. Cyst removed and recovery started. They tried everything but the way that her body reacted to being invaded and trying to put itself back together again was worse then the surgery. Nausea set in on the way up to her hospital room. They were able to settle her stomach some through medicine via IV enough for her to rest a little and eat and drink some. Each time she would try and get up the nausea would come back. The day after she got enough strength and we felt that the recovery would be more comfortable at home, so we went home. After she ate dinner she decided to get in bed and rest, but that did not happen. Pain killers and two different nausea meds were not doing the trick. Days without rest and nights without rest until the surgeon, drs, and nurses decided to stop all drugs, drink ginger tea (to clam the stomach) and rest. It did the trick, she was finally able to sleep through the night and start eating. So let me put my perspective on it. After major invasive surgery my wife, lets call her superwomen, does not rely on medications for the pain or for the nausea. She just deals with it. During this time she still managers to coordinate many different things that were going on in her home, with friends and with church. Maybe ginger is her kryptonite?
Power outage-- Ok, big storm, lots and lots of wind, trees falling down, etc... Our power went out in the middle of the night on Thursday night. Our daughter came into our bed and at that point now one got much sleep at all. Friday I came into work and my super human wife entertained the kids all day with no electricity, fed them and continued to go on even without power. That night we all slept by fire to keep warm. The next morning at about 6:30 am our power came back on. When we started to get up, the phone started to ring, people came to the door. Many of our friends were still without power. Rather then saying, I am sorry I hope your power comes on soon, my wife said "Come on over, we have power, do you want breakfast?" Families started to pour in. I am not sure how many people Aubrey made breakfast and lunch for that day, but I know that she fed 16 for dinner, then another 7 came for after dinner activities. 16 people stayed the night in our 3 bedroom apartment. Again she fed them for breakfast. As power came on for people they started to leave. Are good friends stayed with us until Tuesday night when their power finally came back on. Also on Monday 3 friends showed up from Bend, OR. That same evening/night she prepared a huge thanksgiving type feast for us, two other families and another friend. During all of this our home stayed picked up and clean. I don't think there is a hostess as a super hero, but my wife deserves those honors. (Please see hotess in the dictionary, you will find my wife's picture.)
Christmas prep-- My sometime 8 hrs in the office to not compare to the 24/7 career of my wife. Thank you cards, christmas cards, presents for family, friends, primary teachers, and primary children, holiday activities, fudge, sugar cookies, cinnamon rolls, and peperiment bark, shopping for meals and treats, all happened during the aforementioned activities. Are you serious? Please no questions, my wife is superhuman.
Christmas Eve-- Although things changed at the last minute and we switched our Christmas feast from Eve to actual day, she still managed to make a wonderful Christmas Eve feast of Raspberry Glazed Pork Chops.
Christmas Day-- With the last minute changes our friend had to go to the hopsital, so plans were changed again. Best of all the feast that she made for our small family or four, was quickly motified for our friends family because they had just got out of the hospital and did not have dinner ready so my wife after talking to them on the phone when they got out of the hospital that is five minutes away and letting them know that they could eat with us, she had the table set for them and when they came to pick up there son insisted that they eat with us. Do superhumans perform miracles?, because my wife did.
I know know what it is like to live with and have a superhuman as a wife. Power, courage, boldness, meekness, pure love, charity, optimism, without guile are a few of the laundry list of charateristics that I love about my wife.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Did I ever tell you about my beautiful wife?
As we approach one week after surgery things are going well and my love for my love has been expanded to new levels. She is amazing. She is powerful. I love her.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Mortal Turf
"Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial."
--Neal A. Maxwell
--Neal A. Maxwell
Friday, October 20, 2006
Crab anyone?
Does this look like someone that loves crab? Ava loved it. I could not get the meat out fast enough for her. The ironic part is three days later she didn't want any crab. I guess she is still trying to aquire an expensive taste.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Failure
Failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.
We all have mistakes, we all fall, but do we all get up again?
We all have mistakes, we all fall, but do we all get up again?
Monday, October 16, 2006
Children's books
Why do I learn more reading children's books then I did reading all throughout high school? It either proves how dumb I am or how pathetic high school was.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
