p.s.

It's really weird to try to kiss when you both have a half numb face.  You should try it if you ever get the chance.

Mouth

We went to the dentist today.  It was very NOT pleasant.  They did the "deep cleaning" on the right side of my mouth today and it's still pretty numb and awkward.  Jake looks hysterical since only one half of his mouth is moving normally.  We'll see if he lets me post a picture at some point...

Turns out I don't have to have my wisdom tooth pulled right away, which is good.  I already am going to max out my max benefit from insurance with the cleanings and root canal, so we'll probably do it next year if we still have dental insurance.  Jake has to have two pulled though... poor Jake.  I scheduled my root canal for Monday and my other cleaning on the 17th, so I'll basically just be sore until the 19th and then hopefully should have no more pain in my mouth!  It'll be good to have it all done in one period of time, but it stinks that is all surrounds my birthday.  Maybe I'll eat something really good and soft!  Mmmm.  Yummy birthday food.

Busy

I'm getting kind of bad at blogging.  Whoops.  Life has been pretty busy!  We were blessed to have my health benefits kick in recently so we've been spending a lot of time with catch up doctor appointments.  I had one this morning and I have another one that I will be heading off toward soon.  A lot of them are dental appointments for the both of us (I have to go see the endodontist in a couple minutes because the tooth I previously had a root canal done on is giving me problems.  Boo.).  It also turns out that I only have one wisdom tooth and it has to be pulled.  Jake has all 4; does that really make him more wise than me?  I think it mostly makes me cheaper. :)

We were also blessed to be able to get Jake a bike and the necessary accessories for pretty cheap (with a combination of an old bike that needed to be sold at Dicks, lots of coupons and rewards cards, and babysitting money).  Boom baby.  I think we're doing better about budgeting recently, but that means we spend less money on fun stuff (again- boo.).  We're going to be getting me a new running watch soon because mine keeps dying on me.  I can get it for super cheap too because I got the "ins" as a retail associate.

We've also been busy being intentional about spending time with friends from our life group, church, and a group specific to our church.

And I'm also busily trying to finish up my training for the half marathon next month while having a pulled muscle (probably my hamstring) behind my knee/leg.  You could pray for that!

So all in all, busy stuff, but good stuff.  :)  Now to figure out when I have time to take a nap.....

hoops and yoyo

So I have a friend that posted a link to this hoops and yoyo greeting card and I laughed hysterically.

Poor Jane Seymour.

79%

I just came across some numbers I had written down a couple weeks ago that I had wanted to share.

We had a clearance sale at work that was pretty amazing, which entitled us to get some pretty awesome stuff at pretty awesome prices.

In fact, we purchased items retailed at $259.95, but instead spent only $55.32!!  Just in case you're interested, that is 79% off the retail price.  Score.

My most impressive purchase was a pair of UnderArmour compression shorts for Jake for 50 cents.  I found them as I was going through the pad and they must have been an old style.

Now if only I can get myself motivated to be training for this half marathon that is coming up, that'd be great. :)

One

So I think I'm finally done with my contract job.  I closed out my two final cases this week and will be turning my work phone off probably this weekend.  Phew.  No more paperwork!  I'm pretty excited about that.  I will no longer come home and feel like I still have "homework" to do.  I mean, I know that will happen again whenever I get another counseling job because writing notes is just part of the name of the game.  However, I'm hoping that I never have a job like this one again where there is SO much super excessive paperwork.  I'll let someone else do that part cuz I'm sure there is someone out there that is really good at that stuff and really enjoys it.  Anyway, I'm excited to be down to one job!

Resolutions

Turns out I made a few New Year's Resolutions.  They weren't really intended to be resolutions- in fact, I don't think I've ever actually consciously decided on a new year's resolution- but they were decided right around new year's, so ya know... I guess they're resolutions.

Wanna know what they are?

First, I'm going to read through the Bible this year along with Jake.  He came across a reading plan that takes you through the Bible chronologically, so I'm going to read with him.  I'm thinking that it could be pretty good for me because I haven't been reading my Bible very consistently in the past couple of years.  I really need something to push me.

Second, I've got my next race picked out!  I'm going to run a 1/2 marathon in Littleton in April.  I haven't been running very regularly, but I did run an 8 miler a little while back, so I know that with a bit of longer training I could do another 1/2 with no problems.  I think I'm going to go for time on this one, so I'm in the market for finding a training program that will work on speed.  Anyone know of anything good?  My goal is to run it in less than 2.25 hours, but I'd really love to be under 2 hours.

Since this race is local and has the option of 3 people running a relay, I also challenged people in our life group to run it with me.  I know at least one other person who is going to run the 1/2 by themselves, and at least 3 will do the relay.  Exciting stuff!  And I can buy Gu SUPER cheap, so I'll probably do that at some point for myself and the other 1/2 marathoner.  AND... the after party is going to have some really great food, including a bison burger.  YUM.

I'm just excited.  These are good/fun things, huh?