Kitchen Update

Well, we finished the kitchen. There are other things that I would love to do, but we can only do so much at a time. We put on new paint and new wallpaper border.

My new fridge. I love it.

New Kitchen

Well, my fridge died again! The repairman that "fixed" it back in January killed it! Never use Appliance EMT as a repair service. They are horrible. Whatever he did to is blew out the control panel and melted the control box. So that made the compressor stop working. They wouldn't come back and fix things, plus they blamed it on us. Needless to say we needed a new fridge! We bought a new fridge on Saturday and so we decided to redo the kitchen...sort of. We are painting, putting up new wallpaper and new curtains. Hopefully some day we will be able redo the countertops. I really don't like the tile, but what can you do? Anyway, when we are all done, I will have to post pictures of my pretty new kitchen!

Tag your it!

Brighton tagged me with "Things I was doing 5 Years Ago". So here is my list:

Tricia was:

1. A stay at home mom with a 1 year old

2. Selling Avon

3. Relief Society Chorister

4. 30 pounds lighter

5. working nights at Convergys

Randy was:

1. a Performance Consultant at work

2. Traveling alot for work

3. Going to school

Tricia's to do list:

1. Try to catch up my scrapbooks

2. Get my house clean (probably will never happen)

3. Lose weight by exercising

4. Save money

Randy's to do list:

1. Work on his Master's Degree

2. Pick up playing the guitar again

3. Keep all the weight he lost off

4. save money

5 things I would do with a million dollars

Tricia would:

1.build a new home just the way I want it

2. Go to Europe

3. Buy my dream car (not really sure what that is but it would be nice!)

4. payoff my parents home

5. start my own scrapbook store

Randy would:

1. be a stay at home dad

2. build a new home

3. Go to Egypt

4. Pay off all debt

5 places I have lived:

Tricia:

1. South Ogden (before I was 2)

2. North Ogden

3. New Jersey

4. Riverdale

5. Pleasant View

Randy:

1. Riverdale

2. Pleasant View

5 jobs I've Held:

Tricia:

1. Cashier at Fred Meyer

2. Blaine Downs Photography

3. Matrixx Marketing

4. First Security Bank

5. Weber County Recorder's Office

6. America First Credit Union

Many more!

Randy:

1. Burger King

2. Supervisor at Matrixx Marketing

3. Trainer with Matrixx Marketing

4. Senior Training Manager with Convergys (used to be Matrixx)

5. Recruiting Manager with Convergys

I tag:

Dawnelle

Jeni

Katie

Lindsay

Where does the time go?

I know that alot of time has passed since my last post and that's because there isn't much time to spare around this house. We have 3 boys playing basketball and participating in scouts. I don't think that there is one night during the week that we don't have something going on. Plus, Randy is coaching Preston's basketball team so he is also scheduling practices.

Dad is doing much better, but he still can't put any weight on his leg. He is pretty much homebound. We are just glad that he is ok! Mom is doing great too. She has gone back to work and is feeling good.


Connor just got baptized on Saturday. He was so excited. He got a brand new scripture set from Grandpa and Grandma. Even Grandpa Craig was able to come and participate. He got worn out fast though. I was just glad that he could come. After the baptism, we came to the house and had dinner and played Rockband. It was a great night.

Dad's Accident

On Tuesday, January 6th, my dad was hit by a car while plowing his driveway. Their house is on a street that is known for having many slide-offs during the winter. There are many curves and blind corners and people don't realize how dangerous the road can be in snowy weather. They have already had 6 slide-offs this year. My dad knows that it can be dangerous and so he is very careful when he shovels the driveway. He makes sure there are no cars coming and if there are he goes back down the driveway until it's clear. This time he saw that there were no cars and so he started back down the driveway. Just as he turned around, a 17 year old kid came around the corner and lost control. He slid across the driveway and hit Dad. My Mom heard pounding on the garage door, but thought it was Dad stomping the snow off his boots. Suddenly, the kid bursts through the door yelling, "Call 911, I just hit someone!" Mom called 911 and went outside to find Dad lying in the snow with their neighbor (who has had many cars sliding into his yard and fence) sitting with him. The police, ambulance and fire truck closed the road when they arrived so that they could help Dad. What's really interesting about this...at least to me...is that just at that time I was on my way to their house. I came to the intersection to find it blocked. I asked the police officer if he knew where the accident was and if I could get to my Dad's house. He said he couldn't tell and so I should drive around the block and try to get there from another direction. As I started down the road, I decided to call Mom to find out what was going on. When I called, I asked what was going on and very calmly Mom said, "Oh nothing we are just sitting in the ambulance."
When they got to the Emergency Room they ran all kinds of tests to make sure that there wasn't any internal bleeding or injury. Dad broke his left leg below the knee. They say 3 places, I say it was pretty much shattered. He had to have surgery and put some metal plates, screws and pins in his leg and ankle. The surgery took about 3 hours and was alot more complicated than anticipated. The surgeon said that he had problems getting all of the pieces of bone to go where they were supposed to. After surgery, Dad stayed in the hospital for 2 nights. It's hard to see my dad in this situation. He is such an active person and he has never has any health problems. He really not happy because the doctor said that he won't be able to golf until May or June. I am so grateful that the only thing broken was Dad's leg. So much more could have happened and everytime I think about it I realize how precious my family is to me. I know that he will have challenges is front of him as he starts physical therapy, but I also know that he will come thru this with flying colors and be better than he was before!