One Giant Headache And Lesson Learned

On Tuesday, Marsh, Emily, Heather, Dave and I went to lunch at McDonalds. I wasn't that hungry, and neither was Heather, so we got Happy Meals. We all sat down and ate our lunch, Dave finished eating before everyone else and had to get back home to get to work, so I sent him ahead of us in the Tahoe. Before he left, I placed my wallet in my happy meal box with my apples I planed on eating later, and asked him to take them home for me. He said ok and then left, nothing else was said.
Thursday afternoon/early evening, I was getting ready to take Heather to dinner on my Gift Certificat to Texas Roadhouse, compliments of Jordyn, when I realized I didn't have my wallet. I turned to Dave and asked him what he'd done with the happy meal box, and I got the response I was hoping I'd never hear. "You told me to throw it away." I was horrified. Not only did it have my ID, Debit Cards, and at least $15 in it, but it also contained all my medical cards, pre paid legal card and other important items.
Why I did it, I don't know for sure, but I called up McDonald's and asked them when their trash gets dumped. To my dismay, they said it was just dumped today. I tearfully (yes, I cried over it) explained to them that there was a HUGE miscommunication between my husband and I, and he accidentally trashed my wallet on Tuesday. The gentleman on the phone apologized, and we hung up. Not knowing exactly what else to do, I called and ordered replacement debit cards, and then tried to gain my composure.
Once I was calmed down, Heather and I went to eat at Texas Roadhouse though we really couldn't afford it, it was a sacrafice that needed to be made because we were in serious need of Sister Time. I talked to her about the incident a little bit, and was shocked to hear that Dave asked her to drive him to McDonald's so he could go "dumpster diving". What was more impressive, and really touched me was that Heather offered to go dumpster diving with him to find my wallet. It meant a lot, and to those of you who know Heather, you know it was a BIG gesture on her part.
We had a wonderful time at dinner, talked about different things, how much her husband is liked, her car, whatever was on our minds at the time. After dinner, we came home, she went to help Chas and I got online for a bit. Now I'm going to spend time with my husband, and try to make him feel better about the whole thing. I'm slowly getting over it, and kind of dread getting a new photo ID, oh well, it's gotta be done.

My Sister

This particular post is based solely on my sister, Heather. As everyone knows, she's been pretty hard to live with at times, and even harder on me. Though we've had some pretty rough patches, I would like to say that her and I have grown a LOT closer over the last few years, and I really love her to death.

Recently she's been feeling neglected by me, mainly because I've been busy with things here on the computer.
I feel pretty bad that I've been spending a lot of time on here, but there are things that need to be done, and unfortunately it takes a lot of my time.

To get back on track though, I want to let my sister know how proud of her I am. Though she has a knack for making enemies, she's also got a pretty big heart. I've seen her fall, hit rock bottom, and I've seen her pick herself back up and bounce back harder than ever. She survived abuse, a divorce, and finally found that one person who makes her the happiest in life. I see the way they are with each other and know they're in love. It's rare these days when she's moody and angry at the world, most of the time she's pretty laid back and loves her life. Heather, if you read this, I really love you, and am proud to call you my sister. I am happy you found your best friend, that you compliment each other and wish you the best in life.

Saturday Fun

Janelle asked me to watch Kaitlynn while her and Lee did 3 mystery shops. Normally they take her with them, but she wasn't allowed to go, so she spent the day with me. Meado and Chloe were supposed to come over as well, but their parents were having problems and I didn't get them. Anyway, to make sure she had fun, we went to the park, and played on the slides. They had a bridge there that she was afraid to cross, so I reassured her it'd be ok, and then when I got on it, I showed her how fun it was to jump and make the bridge shake. We played there for a while, then decided it was time to head on out to get Jamba Juices for everyone.
On our way to Jamba Juice, we decided to go to McKee's to see the animals. She requested to see frogs, so I showed the frogs to her. Kaitlynn had a lot of fun just seeing the different animals and saying Hi to all of them. When we got to Jamba Juice, she paid for the items we bought, waited for them, and then helped me into the Tahoe with them. When we got home, she took Dave's down to him, and then we watched a movie until her parents came to pick her up. Kaitlynn didn't want to go home, she was having too much fun blowing bubbles in the front yard, and even threw a fit when I took the bubbles from her and told her she could do it at home if it was ok with mommy. I hope I get more times with her in the future, she's a special little girl who is full of personality and love.

Quick Trip To Twin

On Thursday, July 9th, Dave, Joesph and I made a quick surprise visit to his family in Twin Falls. We expected Dad to be working, but when we got there, to our shock, he was out mowing the lawn. He had one of those rare days off, so we got to spend the whole day together. We dropped off Joe so he could do his laundry, but left it in the Tahoe while we went to lunch with Andy. We went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch. It took forever to get there due to construction, but when we got there, I got a chicken sandwich. I thought when I ordered it, that it'd be like any other chicken sandwich you'd order in a restaurant, about the size of a hamburger. Imagine the shock on ALL our faces, when I'm presented with a half a loaf of bread with a chicken breast on it the size of a frizbee. I am not exaggerating on this, and was done eating after 4 bites of this sandwich. Needless to say, I brought the rest home to snack on for the rest of the week.
After lunch, we did a little light shopping and then it was off to Wal-Mart to visit Jacob since he had to work. When we got back to the house, I gave the girls their hats that I bought for them. They LOVED them. Faith kept hers on most of the time, Sara did a lot of poses in hers for a bit then they came off. Because of all his scratching, I took Merlyn with us as well. Come to find out that Faith is terrified of dogs, it was a shock to see that she took to Merlyn, almost too well. She'd follow him around, talk to him, hug him, and just made him real nervous with not leaving him alone. All the nephews enjoyed him too.

As usual, since the visits are far and few between, I took my camera and took pictures, here they are, at least my favorite ones.

Sara Grace Hiedenblute Faith Hannah Hiedenblute
Faith Hannah, Sara Grace, Matthew Zachary, Isaac Lee, and Joshua Ryan aka "The Tank"