Another Adventure

This is their destination.

Mike and Jim are at it again. Climbing some crazy high mountain peak. They left Sunday night, slept in the car. Got up super early Monday morning and started out.  Not much snow.

Mount Langley! 14,026 feet

It will be a short trip. They should be back late Tuesday night or on Wednesday.  Avalanche danger is low (or they wouldn't be going, right?)  Last night as they were leaving we officially changed Mike's name to Mike 'stare death in the eye SAFELY' Wagner!

Be safe boys. We would like to see you again.

Riley's Future

Thank goodness for YouTube.

Without it, I don't think Riley would have ever decided what he wants to be when he grows up.  As a young child, if you asked Riley what he wanted to be he would simply reply, "Rich. Rich, rich, RICH!"

As he's grown, he's thought about a lot of different options. Baseball pitcher (he is left-handed in sports, so that was a plus), a doctor, an engineer, an orthodontist.... and the list went on.

It went on until he saw this.

This narrowed the choices to two.

Rocket Science?

or

Brain Surgery?

Seeing as how rocket science isn't as secure during recent times...  Brain Surgery it is!!

So, friends and family, don't say I didn't warn you. He is planning on having many experiences at gatherings like the one portrayed on YouTube.  It's okay. I've already realized that I'm only a teacher, which is not exactly brain surgery.... now is it??

NO!!!! not me please!

 Not the best week for me.

The sore throat started on Thursday.  Friday was more of the sore throat and sinus pain. Some serious sinus pain. Diet Coke couldn't even touch the headache.  I knew it wasn't looking good. I quickly made an appointment with the doctor. 

Sinus infection. check.

Bronchitis. check.

very congested ears. check.

prescription for a z-pac. check

prescription for nasty cough syrup. check.

Luckily the doctor's office was quick. Got Riley to his soccer game. Headed to Target to pick up my meds.... along with a few other things I found. Shopping always makes you feel a little better.

Made it to Riley's soccer game. He played AWESOME. It was worth sitting in the cold, sucking on cough drops.  Didn't make it to the dinner party with the Bishopric.  Sorry Bishop!! I had to send Jim on his own.

Headed to bed.

Z-pac is working.

Took a little longer than I'd like.

Cough syrup also working.  Thank you Target for the syringe so that I can just squirt that crap syrup down the back of my throat: far, far away from my taste buds.  It does put me right to sleep. Thank you codeine.

Halls!!  Where would I be without you!  These black cherry sugar free numbers are the best.  They rate right up there with Diet Coke.  I didn't make it out of bed yesterday.  I've been out of bed a little today.  This bug did a serious number on me.  I honestly can't remember when I've been this sick!!

Jim has been a good nurse. Brought me an egg mcmuffin yesterday.  Loved it. It was the only thing that sounded good.  Kind of crazy because I rarely eat those.  I woke up in the night once because I literally couldn't breath. I couldn't get any air in!! Scared me right awake it did!!! I was able to cough it out and breath again. Talk about scary. I can totally relate to people dying from that. I was worried for a moment. At first I thought someone was choking me!!!

I've watched enough tv shows and movies to last a lifetime. I'm hoping tomorrow brings even more improvement.  On Friday, when I went to work sick, one of my students even told me, "Mrs. Wagner, you should have stayed home in bed today."  I know they will be great for the substitute tomorrow.

And bug.  Be GONE.  I'm tired of you.

Slow Week

Nothing too exciting this week.... Here's a little humor to brighten your Friday. It brightened mine!!

Love

Thank you to all my friends and family who helped out me and my class! We are in LOVE with our iPad 2!!

90% DONE!

Our brightly colored room had been outgrown by the girls.  With Marissa and Jacquie off to college, Andrea wanted to make the room all hers.  It was a big job, but we hoped we could someday get it done.  Painting was a HUGE job.  It took some great primer to hide our bright orange, turquoise, hot pink, and lime green walls.  But is was worth it...

Boy those girls had A LOT of stuff!

Slowly the calm, peaceful grey took over the room....

The grey walls turned out great!

We LOVE the vinyl tree branch we picked up from a great groupon deal :)

Jacquie found the perfect mirror at a yard sale in Provo...

It turned out to be just what we needed.  We love the shiny dark grey! Much better than the nasty gold it was previously!

As for that white dresser...

It needed some cheering up too!

Sooooo.......

Wait for it.  Wait for it.

And POW!  Here's the new room....

Here's the mirror and the lovely ombre dresser.  Pretty cute, yes?

And holy. The purple dresser with grey handles turned out awesome.  We are in love with the new decor.  The curtains aren't quite done.... Hopefully I'll get those done on Monday!! Then I'll post pics of the rest of the room.  Andrea worked so hard redecorating.

She did an outstanding job!! Don't you agree??

Best 2012 Purchase

Warm drinks from Starbucks make me happy. Too bad Starbucks is so blasted expensive!! As a teacher I always get gift cards to Starbucks from students.... People still think that teachers always drink coffee. (which is kind of funny because not many of my colleagues drink coffee every day--- iced tea and diet coke is what you usually find in their hands....)

Anyway-- I love me some hot vanilla milk. Soooo good. For about $10 I bought a WHOLE bottle of sugar-free vanilla syrup! And yes, I'm addicted. Andrea loves the cinnamon dolce. It's mighty good too. You can add it to hot milk OR hot apple juice.

I'm saving all sorts of money. :)

And I'm super warm in my tummy!!

Happy New Year!

Sorry my New Year post is a little late. It is still the first week of the year, so I figured it was still good!

I saw this cute little idea on PINTEREST (my new addiction!)!  I thought it would be a cute little neighbor & friend gift to celebrate the new year.  They turned out pretty cute-- even if I say so myself!

Happy New Year!  I have a feeling 2012 is going to be a GREAT, yet busy, YEAR! We Wagdogz have many, many things to look forward to this year.  I predict there will be future posts on lots of great events like these:

a WEDDING

a 1/2 Marathon

a Reunion

Soccer Games

Swim Meets

EFY

completed projects ;)

and much, much MORE!

projects, projects, projects!

It's a Brand NEW Year!

That makes it the perfect time to complete some projects. I've been working hard to finish some projects that are LONG overdue.  Lucky for me I had a helper. Kevin was so kind to FINALLY finish painting these doors. I'm not kidding around about the 'finally' part. Seriously this project has been needing completion for about 8 years. I'm quite the procrastinator. And, I never go in the computer room-- so it really didn't bother me. LoL.   BIG thanks to Kevin for getting this bad-baby DONE for me :).

Yes, it's true.  The hall closet got a thorough cleaning.  Too many people (yes kids-- I mean YOU) just toss stuff in this closet when they're done with it. After awhile, I even join in on that bad habit.  But NO more. :) Its spic and span and HIGHLY organized.  Don't even think about using stuff and not putting it away correctly. I promise to hunt you down if you do!

Marissa and Jacquie both moved into new places at school. Marissa shared her super cute color coordinated bookcase. I love it! What an easy way to decorate in an apartment :)  

And these little drawers....

Ahhhh. This is only a sneak peak.  Get excited because the unveiling of the finished project will be coming soon. It is looking super good so far. I can hardly wait to get it all done. Neither can Andrea :)

Rest assured that I am completing many projects before school resumes on Monday! It feels great!

Bell Helicopter Bowl

 Jim and Riley were lucky enough to fly to Dallas, Texas and go to the Bell Helicopter Bowl. They watched BYU beat Tulsa. It was a great game (we watched on TV at home)!  Although we were excited that Jim and Riley got to go, the rest of us were a little jealous.

 They got to hang out with Uncle Russ, Aunt Suzanne, Keith, Kelsey, and Linsday.

Super jealous :)

 They even flew in some cool helicopters for the game.

Riley watching the Cougars warm up!

 Ha. I love this picture!  I like to think the shadows are Keith and Kelsey (even though it is just some random people who were willing to take the picture!)

 Pregame.

Very cool.

A great Bowl win for the Cougars.

A great trip for 2 big Cougar fans!

One more little moment of Christmas cheer.

Kevin really enjoys opening presents :)

Christmas Day

Warning :)  Lots of Christmas Cheer!

Santa came :)

 The 'Arrested Development' Series for Kevin!

 A new Mac cover for Marissa!

 Riley got some new kicks.

 So did Andrea :)

 Jim got some crackers and cheese!! (He got more stuff too-- lol) 

 Kevin is a straight up G!

Awwww. Jacquie got a cute hat from Marissa :)

And we all received lots, lots more.  The best gift of all...

Being together! :)

I hope your Christmas was as Merry as ours!