Part of the Family

This is our Cody. He is the first dog I have ever owned. Growing up we had a couple of cats but they were always outside pets. He is so loveable! A few months back he had to have surgery to remove some bladder stones that had been formed. It was expensive but worth it! The Vet showed us the stones after he pulled them from Cody's bladder. Now I know why they call them stones. They really look and sound just like a rock. It was weird. But, he is our little "bundle of joy". Hehe. The Vet told us the stones were mostly formed from the fat in animal meat. So...Cody is a vegitarian now. Yep, you hear right, a vegitarian. I have never hear of a vegitarian dog. But the food is way cheaper then another surgery.

Cody HATES to take a bath! However, he LOVES the grooming after the bath. We brush and blow dry his hair. Plus after all of that he gets a cookie. So he endures it. He is a really good dog. We love him!

Lost Keys

Rob has finally topped all my "Richelleisms"! We have been searching for Rob's lost keys for at least the past three weeks. The collection included several important keys that if found by the wrong person could seriously put us in a bind. Recently the car alarm had been going off. It was really random but was happening more frequently lately. We tried everything. We took the battery out of my car alarm remote to see if that was doing it. Nope, the alarm still went off. Rob asked the neighbor if he had left his keys over at their place. We seriously thought a neighbor was pushing the button because every time we would respond to the alarm it would be turned off again by the time we got out to the car. Last night we finally decided to take the car into the dealership to see if there was something wrong with the alarm. Today the dealership told us there was nothing they could see wrong with the alarm. That the computer within the car told him it was the "Panic" button being activated. We now thought it had been the neighbor teasing us for sure. On the way home the neighbor told us he didn't find the keys anywhere but that he would keep looking. Well, when Rob got home tonight he looked in one of our recliner chairs and sure enough the keys were in the chair. So every time someone sat in that chair our car alarm would go off because it was pushing the "Panic" button just right. I swear we had looked there. Rob looses a lot of things but this tops then all! However, you gotta love him!

Lizard Sighting

I was in the Walmart in Ogden, Utah and was minding my own business when I thought I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw a lizard in the middle of the isle. I thought to myself there is no way that is real I must be seeing things. I started to walk towards it and it moved. I jumped back pretty fast. It really startled me. I stood there for a minute thinking of what I should do. Finally I went up to an employee and told her there was a live lizard on isle 10. She looked at me like I was crazy. So I said "Seriously, there is a real lizard on isle 10." She asked one of her co-workers to go check it out. For those of you who don't know Ogden it is very strange to have a lizard inside a store. I think it would be less weird to have a lizard in a store in Arizona or even in Ogden during the summer time but not this time of year.

That same day I saw a truck with a grate. Inside the grate was a plastic santa. On the outside of the grate was a sign that said "Help Me!" I didn't get a chance to take a picture of it but it was pretty funny. I called Rob and told him about the lizard and said the day couldn't get anymore weird. Then I saw the santa.

Ending My Days At Oce Business Services

My company has been what has been described to me as "bleeding" for some time now.  The economy is horrible and we are not getting much business.  Last Thursday I was taken into a room and told my job was being outsourced to the Philippines.  My scheduled last day would be January 27th of next year.  At first I was really upset because I had been trying to go through so many hoops to be promoted from a Project Manager Assistant to a Project Manager.  And now they were telling me I was no longer needed.  Sigh...I wasn't sure what we were going to do.  Rob and I have been praying a lot lately and somehow I didn't really worry about the future.  Of course on that horrible Thursday night I couldn't see how we could possibly survive .  However, both Rob and I felt like we would be ok no matter what happened.  Rob and I both feel really blessed in that so many people have already told me to send them my resume.  That they might have a job opportunity for me.  I think this "outsourcing" is going to benefit Rob and I more then we know.  I feel like the future looks good.  I might just be naive but I think you have too look for whatever good you can find or you will have a very sad life.  Well I am sure you all will be anxious to hear what happens.  I will keep you posted.  These just might be the ending days of working for Oce Business Services!

Bath and Body Works

I have recently accepted a part time position at Bath and Body Works. It is a fun side job. I told Rob at least I wasn’t coming home smelling like yucky pizza or chinese. I am actually coming home smelling better then when I left. The only bad thing is I have to control myself so I don’t spend all the money I am making there. The very first night I worked I got to the train station just as the train was leaving. I called Rob and he said the next train wouldn’t be there for an hour. So he drove down to get me. Well on the way home we ran out of gas on the freeway. So what I had calculated as being able to be home by at least eleven when getting off work at nine turned into getting home sometime between midnight and one. :P It was a pretty crazy night. But it was nice to hang out with Rob for awhile and work at a lower stress job for the night.

BodyWorlds 3 at The Leonardo

This past Saturday Rob and I went to the BodyWorlds exhibit with my niece and a bunch of our friends. There are no words to describe how amazing the exhibit was. We spent over two hours learning about the body. It was definitely a learning experience for me and my niece. She has a lot of questions. That was the first time she had ever heard the term "abortion". Although it was clearly stated that they don't use aborted babies, lots of people were still talking about it all around us. Wow! How do you explain that to a 13 year old? But I just explained it the best way I knew how and she seemed to understand it a bit better.

They have a room you walk into that has a ton of 50 gallon barrels in it. Did you know the heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood in a day? That is crazy! They also showed the heart of a bull, chicken, cat and some other animals. I didn't realize a bull's heart was so massive! It was like as big as a two year old head. One of the coolest things there was a huge camel. Yes they show more then just humans. They slit the camel into three pieces. Yeah I know that sounds a little gross but it was actually really cool.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I highly recommend it. Check it out with the websites listed below. Oh, one more thing. My sister told my niece we were taking her to this exhibit. They had seen this exhibit advertised in Vegas so my sister told her we were going to one like the one in Vegas. My niece thought that meant we were taking her to Vegas. That was not the case. I guess everyone has a little "Richelle's" in them. :)

The main website is:

http://www.bodyworlds.com/en.html

The Salt Lake website is:

http://theleonardo.org/bodyworlds/index.php