Certified Pharmacy Technician

Congratulations to me! I am finally a Certified Pharmacy Technician after one year and 1500 hours worth of on-site training. Yeah! I now only work Fridays and Saturdays, while I am finishing up my teaching degree but, I've finally made it to the top, completed my goal for the year and even got a huge raise to go with it.

"Hi, how are you today? So, it looks like your doctor wants you taking this medication twice daily, with food. I made sure to run it through your insurance and saved you about 60$. Do you have any questions for me today?" -my daily repitoire

Zoey's new haircut

My little stinkerpot, Zoey, got into my hair cutting scissors and gave herself a hair cut, which included "bangs" and one entire side of her curls missing. With out much ado, we promptly took the child to the professionals and let them have a go at it. I think they fixed things quite well considering what they had to work with. Here is my little Pixie Girl!

"Hi, I am Zoey and I like to play with Mommy's things. I still look cute, Mommy says, even when I am a stinkerpot. In fact, everybody tells me I am so adorable."

"Heee Heee, What else can I cut?...Pony hair next?"

New House Photos

Our New House

Almost every Sunday, after church, we take a drive across town to see the progress on our new house. We can't wait to move in October and have the benefit of lower mortgage payments. The area in Mountain's Edge community is really nice and family oriented and there is a nice park for Zoey to play at only minutes away. There are also several elementary schools in the area that I am hoping to get hired at come graduation time. Also, just an interesting fact, we will be zoned to attend church in the building as I grew up in; The Desert View ward church building.

Here is our street. They are just finishing our row of houses.

This one is ours. We are so lucky to have help making this move across town; we could never have done this alone. This will be our home for years to come.

Here is the inside. The wood stacked up in the center of the room is our walls. The front of the house faces west and there is a tiny reading room downstairs that will get the beautiful western sunlight. The backyard and downstairs windows face east and will catch the morning sun.

This will eventually become our kitchen. I like how they put a window in the north wall to bring in extra light. That was my biggest complaint about the last house, was that it was always so dark. I miss the sunlight that I was used to growing up in my childhood home.

Here are the stairs leading to the second floor. Unfortunatly, we dont have another loft area for Zoey to play, but I am glad because her newest trick is climbing the railing and looking over the side with a 20 foot drop down to hard tile. Talk about a Mother's nightmare. This home will be much safer.

This is the view out of our bedroom balcony. We are out on Rainbow, past Blue Diamond, the furthest reaches of town in that direction and have a veiw of the desert and railroad tracks. For now, we have been told, there are no plans for building, which means no visual obstructions or breach of privacy, for at least ten years. Nice.

Here is a close up of the train cars.

This is Zoey's bedroom. The baby's room is just next door with a bathroom in between. I wanted to give the western sunlight to my children. It is the best and most precious gift I can imagine. I want to hang little crystal gems in front of the windows to catch the light and make rainbows dance on the walls just like my mother's chandilier did when I was a little girl.

Here I am sitting in the proposed baby's bedroom thinking about my hopes and dreams and of our future in the making.

The Neighborhood

In our neighborhood, there is a set of houses that all live on streets with names straight out of The Lord of The Rings, Rivendale, such as Baggins Street and Lothlorian Avenue. Awesome.

Zoey slept the entire car trip. Here she is With her head proped up on her purple slipper and the window shades. I am so creative when it comes to convenience.

We were driving around the back streets when we found this crazy house. We can't decide if it is like some millionares fun house or just a home of some crazies. They even have thier own gate code system. Freaky.

Thus, ends our tour. Bye, Bye.

We're Moving!

This is a picture of what the new house will look like when it's done that we will be moving into in mid-October. We have had a very hard year so far, financially, and have been very lucky to have help from Brian's parents with living costs, including my health and car insurance and even to help us make the move into this more affordable home. I just finished summer school and had all my work hours cut, so I have decided that July is going to be my month for packing. I start tomarrow with Zoey's room and will be pulling one of the cars out of the garage for now on to make room for boxes and bins. So, anyway, it appears that we are going to be living in Las Vegas for quite some time now but, I am happy with the new home and surrounding area and hope that we will have a promising future here.

Our Second Wedding Anniversary

To Celebrate our wedding anniversary, Brian got us free tickets, through work as a cab driver, to two of the hottest shows in Vegas. The musical, The Phantom of the Opera and the incredibly unique, 3-man team, The Blue Man Group.

The Phantom of the Opera

Here are some scenes I found from the show, they are tiny but, give you a sense of the beauty portrayed. We totally got dressed up for this show and had a ball. I absolutely loved it! It was so incredible, I was amazed at the scene settings, costumes, lights, sounds and simply dazzling performances! I think was my first real Broadway show. I want more. Thank you, Brian.

The Blue Man Group

The Blue Man Group night was totally fun too. Brian took us out to eat at fancy restaruants both nights, justifying that we didn't have to pay for our show tickets. He got them free as as taxi cab driver, so that he can give passengers/customers great reviews on the shows. We had awesome seats both times! The Blue Man Group was incredible too with electrifying music and drum beat that made you move to the music. It was bright neon, glowing lights, and a quench for thirst of the sences. Very cool.

Happy Anniversary Bri! Two years down and an eternity to go, Love Jenn.

"Ultimate Disasters"

I was so inspired after writing about my diagnosis for Zoey Monster Disorder, ZMD, (found in the previous 2 posts), that I have decided to put together a fabulous new post of all the absolute worst messes ever captured on film. Warning-some images may not be suitable for young viewers or those faint of heart. I repeat, this is an uncut, unedited version with solid waste products included. Here is my masterpiece, "Ultimate Disasters", Starring, Zoey, age 1-3 years old...

Worst Body Paint (next to poop, which takes first place)

To start off our Ultimate Disasters marathon, we begin with little Miss Zoey, who climbed out of her crib, and then, completely covered herself in Desitin baby cream!

It took 3 days to get it all out of her hair, the clothes had to be trashed and her poor room stank to high heaven for weeks afterwards.

Worst Play Day (I still love you, Eve)

One day, our neighbor's daughter, Evika came over to play with Zoey...I am still amazed at the creativity of these two girls who, within minutes, turned Zoey's entire bedroom into one big "puppy playhouse."

Cute, however, I was not all that happy to have to clean it up myself.

And, of course, here they are hiding, like smart little mess makers.

Worst Loft Mess (before the nail polish incident)

Raisins, baby wipes for changing her baby doll, couch cushions pulled apart (with her hiding inside the covers)...

and again, Zoey, after emptying out every one of her toy drawers.

Worst Idea for a toy (but, she loves them)

Magnetix, they seem so harmless...

Until dork head realizes that they stick to metal! Now, I find them everywhere around the house, on the furniture, the fridge, even in the door jams.

Worst Bedroom Messes (no contest)

What can I even say?

My worst nightmare?

Not even...

You haven't seen the end yet.

Worst New Trick (next was the food pantry shelves)

"Up I go, la-de-da"

"I'm so smart, I don't even know Mom's behind me with the camera. Woops!"

Worst Animal Feedings (Do not put fingers inside cage)

A nightly occurance, Zoey the terribly ferrocious wild-a-beast, eats her meal and when becoming bored, proceeds to splash and throw her food onto the floor, and ending with a final smile at Mom, she carefully pours her milk onto the clean kitchen floor.

Worst Potty Training Accidents (non-censored)

Zoey used to think that she was helping Mama with potty training by trying to change herself and then, dumping the poop out of the diaper by hand into the potty chair as an after thought. What could I say? "Why, thank you, honey."

Soon after, I discovered that we learn best through example. Right, Zoey?

Worst Bathtub Disasters (Okay, get ready)

Just a quick prelude, this is the towel that I had to ring dry two days ago after Zoey decided to pull it into the bathtub to wrap herself inside, making a "boat", as she called it.

Don't Stop Now...This Is It!

Yup, THIS is my worst nightmare ever! In fact, this actually happened tonight, while I was creating this blog post, no less, (how ironic is that?) and no, I'm not kidding.

"Hi, my name is Zoey and I poop in the tub!"

I think this is a real problem. (refer to the definition of ZMD found in post #3 below.)

Of course, now Mommy has to clorox scrub my bath clean, give all my toys a nice little bleach bath and then, give me a brand new second bath!

Here is Zoey's explaination for why she still poops in the tub at age 3.

(She didn't want to get out because it was "freezin'", too cold to sit on the pot, Mom, why not stay in the warm water? Well, it makes sence at least, I'll give her that.)

Worst Funny But, I Shouldn't Be Laughing Episode (okay, it's cute)

And last, but not least, the grand finale'...

"See no evil."

"Speak no evil."

"Hear no evil."