I Wanted To Let You All Know...

Our stuff gets here in the morning! Whoo!

And that's all for now.

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Look out! Here's more bullet points coming at you:

*I failed to mention in my last update my time at the DMV. Times, I guess I should say. I went last Thursday, before my tooth cleaning appointment, to try and get my Alaska driver's license. Well, I sat there for almost an hour while the same TWO people hogged all the action. I went back later in the day, while the boys were napping, to try again. After sitting there for almost an hour again, my number was finally called and I was told I would have to take the driver's test. Which, by the way, Josh ASSURED me I would NOT have to do, and that getting my license here would be EASY. So, I took the test and promptly failed. They allow you to get four questions wrong, so once you get your fifth wrong answer, it just turns off (it's computerized). Well, it only took me seven questions to get five wrong. Yeah baby! In my defense though most of the questions I got wrong were Alaska specific. So, I left without a license.

*Picking up where we left off now...Wednesday I dropped Josh off at work in the morning, so my mom and I could take the boys to the zoo. After we got home, and I blogged and what's it, Josh texted to say he had found himself a ride home so I wouldn't have to go get him. An hour later or so, he pulled up to the house in my car! Whoo-hoo. Now I just have to get that license thing taken care of.

*Thursday I got my wisdom teeth pulled. The oral surgeon and his assistant were both very nice and I'm assuming everything went smoothly. Afterwards though, things did not go very smoothly. I spent (and this is gross, so skip to the next bullet if you want) the rest of Thursday (literally from the moment I walked in the door until I fell asleep for the night) throwing up blood. It was awful. It took until Friday afternoon before my stomach felt anything close to normal again, and I could contemplate eating. And by eating I mean swallowing since I'm not allowed to chew anything.

*I'm not allowed to chew anything (that was a repeat statement for those who did skip the rest of the last bullet). I go back tomorrow for a follow-up visit, and was told I'm not allowed to chew until then because my top teeth extend a little past my bottom teeth and they're worried I might get food stuck in my holes if I chew. So, it's been a diet of macaroni and cheese, ice cream (tough, I know), yogurt, pudding, and apple sauce for me.

*They let me keep my teeth. They're pretty gross, and I'll post a picture sometime. I have to take it first. When I was asked if I wanted them I very clearly said no. I still got them somehow.

*Sunday, Josh, my mom, and the boys went for a drive. They found a neat little boardwalk area type thing and played with rocks and sand and cigarette butts. They saw a bald eagle and a moose too. It was a beautiful day and they had a great time. I stayed home and napped.

Now, here's a little bit of backstory. There are squirrels living in our house. We hear them constantly chattering, running, climbing, falling, behind the walls and such. We see them running around outside. We see our insulation falling from the roof. Josh has set out traps and such, but they are ninja squirrels and do fall for them. In fact, a trap had actually caught one, but he somehow managed to get out of it. They've figured out how to open the trap, grab the peanuts, and then go on their merry way. Ninjas. Now, here's my last bullet point and closing picture for the day...

*Last night, Josh got two of the squirrels. And by got them I mean, he got out the BB gun and shot them. There are now two fewer squirrels running around out here. The house has been very quiet so far today. We'll see if/how long it lasts. My hero.

Sorry for the blood.

I Do Apologize

I know, I know, I've been terrible about keeping this thing updated lately. What can I say? I don't enjoy blogging/dealing with my pictures from computers that aren't mine, and mine isn't here yet. That being said, I will now attempt to update you to the best of my ability with little bullet point snippet type things, with promises of pictures on Flickr soon (note: not today, or even tomorrow, but soon) and better posts once my computer is here and all set up and ready to blog. Now, off we go!

* My dentist appointment last Monday was FABULOUS (she says in a sing-songy voice). Everyone was very friendly, and they managed to get me an appointment to get my wisdom teeth pulled while my mom is still here!

* My wisdom teeth are being pulled tomorrow. I have never been through any kind of surger before and thus have never been "knocked out" before, and I have to admit, I am a little anxious about that. I'm not worried about the surgery or the pain afterwards so much, just the being put to sleep thing. I think it has something to do with my not being able to control it and is God's way of telling me I am trying to control too many things in my life again (and let's face it, if I'm trying to control even one thing, I'm trying to control too many things), and I need to just let go and trust Him fully. BUT I suppose that could be a whole nother post for a whole nother day.

* Saturday Josh drove us an hour and half out to a glacier. Pretty cool. The boys did great on the ride out and the ride back. The glacier was quite impressive. I didn't realize how wrong I was as to what I thought a glacier was until I actually saw one. It's not a giant mountain of ice flowing along the open seas. It's actually a GIANT (we're talking miles and miles and MILES) of ice slowly flowing down a river. It was really cool.

* Sunday we went to a church Josh had been attending before we all got out here. I don't think I am too crazy about it. We had to keep our kids with us through the singing portion - which I think is a great idea, but starting at an older age. My boys were good, but they were all over the place, wanting to be picked up, put down, up, down, sit, stand, go to the window, up, down, etc. So, I was not able to enjoy the worship time. This week Josh wants to try a different church, so we'll see how that goes.

* Last week I got yelled at by a neighbor for shooting Josh's new BB gun (oh yeah, just start calling me Annie Oakley) in our backyard. I think she's a wee bit on the eccentric side (seriously), and she told me I wasn't allowed to shoot a firearm in our neighborhood (which, by the way, I AM allowed to do, provided I keep it in my yard - which I was). She then stood there and stared at me. Everyone has a deck in their backyard and they're all about the same height so you can see what everyone else is doing who has a yard on hte same side of the street as you. This is how she was able to see what I was doing and yell at me and stare at me. When I asked her to quit staring she did, but it was to come to my fence and yell at me again even though I wasn't doing what she was yelling at me for. Sigh.

* The incident with my neighbor made me realize just how ugly and sinful my heart really is, and just how much I still need a Savior, and how good it is that there is nothing I can do to get myself into heaven, because I know that I will never be able to get it done myself. I realized how blessed I am that Jesus paid the price for my sin so I can have an assurance of heaven and all the glory that will come with it. Again, this is all probably another post topic for another time.

* On a different note, yesterday we went to PWOC out here for the first time. It was great. The ladies there were very happy to have a newcomer (me). I joined the class that is learning about the book of James. You know, just in case you were interested. Also, I met a woman there who has two boys the same ages as my boys, so I got her info and hopefully (once I've healed from my teeth extractions) we can get together.

* And today, my mom and I took the boys to the zoo. We tried to find the Botanical Gardens as well, but ran out of road somehow. Not sure what happened there. But we did find the zoo, and it was fun! Zeke had a great time seeing all of the animals. Deacon enjoyed it for the first half hour I guess. I'm not sure how much he really saw, but the last half hour wasn't as much fun for him and he got a little melty. But it was fun, and I bought us a year-long family pass (which covers grandparents too - nice!). I expect we'll be spending a good amount of time at the zoo this year.

And that's about all. I hope you enjoyed the bullet points (and all the parentheses) and to hopefully tide you over until I get around to Flickring (that's right, I just verbed the word Flickr, and apparently the word verb), here is a picture of Deacon on our ride home from the zoo today:

Another Post With No Pictures

I know, I have to stop writing these. But I just wanted to let you all know we made it safe to Alaska! The boys did great on both airplane rides. I got sick on the first one (I think it's just small planes that really get me), but felt much better on the second one. The house is fabulous. The snow is gone, except for the tops of the mountains. And there are a lot of mountains. There is a particularly nice one right out our front windows. Walmart is about a mile away. And so far we are adjusting pretty well. I'm not sure the boys have fully grasped the concept that this is home now and we won't be going back to Oklahoma (at least not any time soon), but they'll get there. And since I'm still worn out from the past couple of days, I am going to go now. But know that we are here, we are safe, and I am FINALLY going to a dentist tomorrow!