So...a little of this, a little of that

So I haven't really written a blog in awhile. I am not really sure why, I can't really say that there is any particular reason. I haven't felt myself lately...kinda unsettled. But can't really put my finger on anything specific.

When I got laid off from my corporate job last Jan I also lost my health insurance and so since my expensive Cobra went away I have been paying a ghastly amount of money to have insurance that doesn't have prescription co-pays and I have been trying to figure out how I am going to pay $400 a month for my insulin alone, not to include syringes, test strips, doctor visits for my diabetes alone. Then there is my sleep apnea and my way over due need for new masks and hoses for my machine. Does anyone want to commit insurance fraud and get me these things at your co-pay? Did I just say that on a public forum...yep! Normally I am quit the honest little one, but man could our country use GOOD public affordable health care! With over 45million uninsured American's you would think someone would take notice and help! I guess I would like to ask Hillary Clinton exactly what does "Universal Health Care" mean? Would it help people like me?

Anyway, tangent, the reason I brought this up is I have been thinking of looking for a new job. Honestly for the sole purpose of having health insurance as I don't have health insurance through my current job. I LOVE MY JOB...I mean, as job's go that is, but I really enjoy it, I enjoy the people I work with, and what I do is amazing. Searching for a new job makes me kinda nauseous! We'll see what comes as the days progress.

A few weekends ago Patrice and I went to see Suzanne Westenhoffer, a comedian, with K&B. What a great night, it was nice to go out, enjoy each others company, and just be entertained. We went for a beer at Squatters afterward with some other friends and caught up on their lives. It was just a nice night out. THANKS!

Last weekend was Tristan's weekend with the Ex. He goes one weekend a month with her as well as two nights a week. I can't say that schedule is the best one for all involved, but it is what it is right now and so I will try to keep my opinions to myself and just accept it for what it is. But I wanted to try to keep Patrice's mind off him not being with us so I decided to surprise her with an all night gambling adventure in Wendover. (For those of you that don't live in Utah...we can't gamble here, so we have to take either a 2 hour drive to the border of Utah and Nevada West which is Wendover or take a 5 hour drive to the border of Utah and Nevada Southish and go to Mesquite. Mesquite is more like a mini Vegas vs Wendover being like a mini armpit of the world Reno. Ha Ha. ) So I had to work friday night at the cd store, and got off at 9:30pm...told Treec to be ready to go and I picked her up and we headed out. We got to Wendover at about midnight Utah time (11 Nevada time) and went to the Peppermill to start our night of gambling. I found a penny slot machine that I started hitting big on and in about 5 hours we had gambled (winning and losing) and had over $160 of the $200 that we started with. We went back to the hotel for a little sleep eye at about 6:00am. Check out was 11:00 so we drug our not so 21 anymore butts out of bed and went to breakfast before our 2 hour drive back home. I had planned on sleeping the day away when we got home but Treec had different plans, so we went to Costco for the next 3 or so hours which mind you I always love to shop so it wasn't a bad plan! :) We went to her Grandma's for dinner and watched 3:10 to Yuma (which I promptly slept through) and then home to get a good night sleep before Tristan came home sunday afternoon. We had a lot of fun though...and reminded me that I am defiantly not even close to 21 and can stay up all night anymore!

So I have been watching the L-Word...I am not really sure how I feel about this season. It's kinda buggin. I have read a few of Karen's comments about her favs and I am happy to say different strokes for different folks. I very easily could be pretentious Bette's friend, I can't stand Jody, she is so obnoxiously bleck to me. Tina is slowly creeping back into being a fav again. I love that they are talking about doing the breast cancer walk and finally talked about Dana again. I so miss her...I love Alice, not really sure about her and Tasha being together but love Alice's devotion, she's someone I could totally hang with! When did Jenny become such a BEEYOTCH I mean, she's always been a bit of a freak, but come on, they totally ruined that story line which had the potential of being good! And then there is Shane. Some of you may be saying to yourself, come on, there is no one out there like that! They are few and far between but I happen to know someone who would like to think she is as "Shane" as she thinks she is. But she's pretty damn close. I just hope they can someday let her have some peace...Can Kit catch a break? I am kinda excited to see how she handles being robbed at gun point. My story isn't as dramatic, it was only knife point, but it's not an experience I would ever like to have happen again and still sometimes gets me right in the pit of my tummy when it's dark outside and I have no customers in the store. Kinda got the shivers just typing this.

Thought I would start posting new (or old) artists or movies that I feel noteworthy, thought it would help some of you musically challenged to have a bit of my favorite culture.

So the noteworthy artist's of this blog are Emerson Hart:Cigarettes and Gasoline
& Colbie Caillat:Coco (who has an uncanny resemblance to Jennifer Aniston who is on my list! YUMM-O :)
And my DVD pick for this blog is (and some say I have my own taste when it comes to movies) in the dawn of Heath Ledger's death :Monster Ball which Halle Berry won Best Actress for at the Academy Awards.

Hope you have a great night...until next blog TTFN.

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I am not sure how to paste links on this thing...but I wanted to put it out there for any that want to go read this article.
I am proud to read such and article and wanted to publicly thank those involved in this article for putting your names and faces out there for ridicule and for praise.
I am proud to call you friends!

Meter...

Saw this on Kori and La's blog (http://lovemytwins.blogspot.com/)...thought this was interesting!

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Our weekend

So this weekend has been great! I wanted to share a few of the fun things we did...I don't have photos, so you'll have to let your mind visualize.

Friday night Tristan and Treec went to the (not so Monster) Monster Truck rally at the E Center. I stayed home and worked on putting my Christmas stuff away and watching friday night tv. Not such a fun night for me, but I got most of the holiday stuff put away.

Saturday morning I got up, did a few things around the house and then Treec and Trist picked me up and we went to lunch. We then headed to Target to let Tristan use his gift cards that he got for Christmas. He had a dream the other night that he had R2 D2 pj's and legos so he was heart set on spending his gift cards on an R2D2 lego set. OH MY...I really worried that that would be a difficult set to find...but thank goodness for Target. Right there on the shelf, a new Anikan (spelling?) and his jet with an R2D2 in the front flying right along with him. PHEW...he grabbed it off the shelf, I explained who Anikan is and we headed to the checkout stand with a new understanding of the pre Darth Vader and his flying buddy R2. "Oh wait...I need a new wallet Heid" Okay...so we headed to the boys section to find a wallet that would fit into those little pockets on those little jeans. There was the difficult task! Finally we ended up in the mens section and found one black leather wallet that has a chain hooked to the corner and a clip on the other end so he has this little silver chain hanging half way down his leg. IT'S SO AWESOME! I showed him how cool the chain was, and it's been hooked to ever pair of pants he's had on since...SO cute!
Then he went with the ex to his aunts b-day party for cake and ice cream, so Treec decided to take me to a movie that I had been wanting to see. Even though she had no idea what it was about, and thought it looked weird she took me to see Sweeny Todd. I wont ruin it for anyone, but her comment was "my stomach is sick from all the blood". I loved it! I am a musical geek...so I wont recommend it 'cause most aren't, but I LOVED IT!

We ended up sleeping at my house saturday night, so we picked Trist up and then come home and worked on his new Lego set. I love that he's 5 and putting together age 8+ lego sets by himself. Patrice or I would remind him to go step by step but all in all, he put the whole thing together! And it's a cool little flyer jet with Anikan and R2.

Sunday morning we got up and made breakfast, looking out the window we saw it starting to snow so we bundled up on the couch and watched Hairspray (again, with musicals! :) Trist likes em too!) Then Trist started to get antsy so I suggested getting out the 4wheeler and going to the big field behind Wal-Mart and pulling a tube behind the 4 wheeler. I didn't think it would be as great as it ended up, but OH MY HECK...I had such a great time. I was driving first and Treec and Trist were on the tube, they came whipping around the side of the 4-wheeler and Trist goes rolling off: FLASHBACK: when I was about 7 or 8 I remember my family went out with friends on snowmobiles and hooked tubes to the back. I remember going whipping around the side of the snowmobile and rolling off fell into a fire pit that my parents had built to keep us warm while we sat and ate lunch. Part of my coat melted, and I got really warm, really fast, but I didn't get hurt. BACK TO TODAY: I hit the brakes, and turned in fear knowing Trist was going to be laying there bawling for his mom...no, he'd jumped up, thumbs up as far as he could get them yelling "THAT WAS AWESOME! do it again!" I laughed, he jumped back on, and we kept going...what a great afternoon! We will definitely be doing that again next snow storm! :)

Dinner at Chili's with Treec's mom and now back home about ready to crash for the night.

WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND...Thanks Sweet...it was a blast!

TTFN...enjoy your week.

Update...

So I wanted to give those of you that read and are wondering an update.

The ex was told that she couldn't sleep over, she threw a temper tantrum because she just isn't used to boundaries. Treec and I are working on us being on the same page so that we can sit down with the ex and set more concrete boundaries. We are working on us being a unified front, working as a family side by side with the ex as his other family. I hope it all works out for the best, because I do respect that the ex will be a part of Tristan life for as long as their relationship allows I just want to make sure it doesn't disrupt our life as a family along the way. I think with solid communication, and with the main focus being our love for Tristan and what is best for him, we will succeed. Keep your fingers crossed! :)

It seems like Christmas was so long ago...I am glad it's Jan...time for a new start, time to say out with the old, in with the new and make some positive life altering changes in my life so that I can continue on my journey toward happiness.

New Years Eve was spent with good friends, I have a few photos but they are on the camera at home so I will have to update the blog with those later. We had a delicious prime rib dinner, garlic mashed potatoes, salad, stuffed mushrooms, cheese ball and crackers, rolls, green bean casserole. IT WAS AMAZING...thanks again for all those who participated! Then we played Guitar Hero all night until it was about midnight, when we ran outside banging pots and pans cheering Happy New Year. What a great night...thanks again!

Guess that's it for now...TTFN

(I will be in Hawaii in 6 months)