San Fransisco.... and stuff!

I know it has been forever since I even looked on here! I guess I should tell you of the Randomness of my very own Mother! On Friday the 13Th of this month my mother asked for my help to pull of this weekend wonder called San Fransisco! I went in on this Friday to help my mom who is a college professor...yeah she is that good!...Any way she calls me over to the computer in her office and asks me how to book a hotel from this one website. I help her do this. Then she asks me to look up Six Flags Discovery Kingdom! I know... Then We had to look up flights the one we wanted we missed by 1 seat. We needed 7 seats and that one only had 6. So my mom got miffed and left so I found one for later that day. She really wanted the one that left early in the morning but... sadly we couldn't do it. So my mom closes her office door and asks me in a not so nice manner to stay quiet about this trip, that no one was supposed to know about it till tomorrow. She tells me to come packed and ready for the weekend. We leave the next day jam packed in this TINY airplane. We get to SFO and it is an absolute zoo! So I guess you could be asking who all went... well here it goes... Mom,Me(of course),Chad, Kaitlin, Shamrae, Xavier, and Zach. So when we finally get checked into the piece of crap hotel, see there was a mix up of names so we spent 30 minutes explaining to the Indian guy who we were after telling him 16 different names we finally found the one we needed. We get our stuff up the stairs to our rooms and my mom randomly decides to take us to Fisherman's Wharf. We get there park and We walk around looking for something to eat. We finally decide to go to Fisherman's Grotto... I had the most amazing fettachini Alfredo of my life! After the 126$ dinner we decide to walk around and see the stores I of course couldn't help but get stuff for my man who lovingly stayed home to work! We get back into the crammed mini van and have the scariest ride home ever. My mom doesn't do well in new cities. So she was yelling at us like we knew how to get around when none of us had ever been there. Sunday we hop in the van and drive for and hour to Vallejo. We get into the park and we immediatly go to Medusa a FUN ride. Then Shamrae(shamwow) Katie and zach go on all the rest of the rides while Mom, Chad, xavier and I go and see the sites thats right kiddo's I only rode 1 count 'em 1 ride the whole day. I was told I was too FAT to ride any more rides. I decided I was going to enjoy the day and see the finer side of this amusement park. I made a promise to myself that i would loose some weight before going back. Monday we came home. The plane took off at 6:10 so naturally we had to be there at 4... Not so good for me! There you have it my trip in a nutshell! It was a blast and a really random trip

I feel so special!

My Grandma Sanders... My moms mom, sent me my scrapbook that she has been keeping for 21 years on Tuesday. I absolutely Love it! It reminds me of the good and the Great! I also got a couple of cookbooks. She also sent me some beautiful jewelry. Of course my birthday isnt till tomorrow... But I feel loved! I will post more about my birthday later... Sorry for the short post...

Toes..... Go OWCHIE

This is ADDish you have been warned. So the day before yesterday i had a doctors appointment to have the guy look at my ingrown toe nails.... he said that they had to come out as soon as possible... but he was totally swamped for the rest of the day and that we would have to come back the next day.... here is the problem.... I live in sugar house my doctors office is on 12300 south and 2300 w... For me that is a long ways away...So anyway we come home get settled in and i start to panic.. asking my self what ifs and stuff like that... So i go to the doctors yesterday... My doctor was absolutely amazing... He got me laying down to get me comfy. So he told me everything as he was doing it which for me calmed me down. The best part (yes the best) was that my fantastic husband stayed right by my side held my hand through the pain. He just sat and asked me questions to help him with his art work. I paid more attention to answering his questions i didn't feel hardly any pain during the procedure... Now is a totally different thing... They are sore and achy. The pain medication haven't kicked in yet so I am blogging to keep my mind off of the pain. My husband is the most caring guy... he is really squeamish about blood and stuff but he has been keeping me bandaged... he always runs and get me things because walking is painful... He is so freaking amazing... I feel like i cant love him more then he just steps things up another notch and makes me love him more and more... I love him more and more everyday. I never felt so much love for one person than i have for him...His art work is getting better and better. He has a website www.shatteredrealms.deviantart.com He does some adult things....just FYI. I love you sweetie.... OH if anyone out there in blog land knows about any animator jobs send me an email or whatever Darin would like to get going on working on what he graduated in. Please i would be eternally grateful. You maybe wondering how me and Darin are going to pay for this... well here is the story(i think we are receiving some luck) the person doing the coding and billing for my Doctor left him high and dry in a really bad situation... in comes my amazing step dad... He said in exchange for him doing the coding and billing that my doctor Kirt Larson would just give his family medical services. How luck am I to have such amazing men in my life. As i look back i have been really judgmental of him and he goes and does this for me... I am so grateful you have no idea the happiness i am feeling right now. As of recently Darin and I have been slowly paying off the bills thank goodness. I guess this is just a blog about the special men in my life. As for me i am happy to have the bad toenails gone...I can wear close toe shoes again without worrying about it killing my toes via the nail. The pain meds are finally kicking in...So I am going to say goodnight/goodmorning to all Luvs Claresa as usual

Christmas, and Religion

Our Christmas was absolutely the busiest that I have ever seen....We got woken up by Darin's brother Matt at 7 to open presents so we went up in our pj's and open presents then got dressed. We went over to my moms for a while to open presents and just hang out. By this time Darin and i were both on the point of exhaustion, we didn't go to bed till 4sh don't know why, but then at 2 we had to take my little sister from my moms house to my dad's house so we could open presents there.... Then at about 4 we all traveled over to my grandmas house to eat Christmas dinner. As we were heading home at about 8 we hit the big snow storm if you guys don't know where i live... I live in sugar house... I 80 was a mess... We thought we were going to die that night... But thanks to my hubbies cool head we made it in one piece... when we got home we crashed... We didn't move till 12pm the next day... But I am thankful that I have all this family that cares about me and has finally excepted Darin into their fold. I know we have been married for a year... But my family didn't want to believe that he was a part of their pristine clan... Darin as you know has long hair and a beard. Most of my family is LDS so that is not their view of how he should look... Darin has been raised Protestant and even then he has been exploring wiccanism with me and is liking it...I know that no one reads this so I know no one will care I am Pagan! I am not LDS... I am sorry if you dont like it but it is true. I love my Husband and I love my family. I miss my friends dearly and wish i could see them more!

Christmas Eve At Last

I am so stoked that it is Christmas eve already. That means that in like 3 weeks on the 11Th of January I will have been with Darin for 2 years(datingish) we have known each other on and off for like 5 though which is totally awesome in itself... Oh man do I love that boy... The other day we just spent the day just holding eachother and loving on eachother it was just so amazing to just be there with him with out interuption. We live with his parents so interuptions happen A LOT ya know... But we are getting things paid off slowly but every month a payment will be made till it is over and done with... Today we made Cranberry Orange Bread.... OH MY TASTY... we are giving it out to family and friends as Christmas presents... we cant afford any more than food with love.... But hey at least we are trying right? Well anyways. Updates updates.... what to type.... Darin is sleeping yet again behind me he seems to do that alot I worry about if there is something wrong with him. Anyway, I am looking for a few good friends to hang out with... if you are willing to just hang or what ever I would greatly appreciate it.... Who would have thought such a jam packed year would have been so much fun... It passed so much faster than I would have thought it had. I feel like just 2 or 3 months ago it was Christmas.... I guess time flies when your having fun... LOL I guess that is mostly it for now.... Contact me if you wanna hang.... mucho lubs Claresa