so i got this letter in the mail a while back that said i needed to pay my parking ticket by such and such a date or it will be a higher amount. and i thought to myself.. " hmm that is odd, i never got a parking ticket, furthermore i was never downtown vancouver that day at all.. furthermore i havent parked in a metered stall downtown since last october." so unless someone stole my car and didnt put change in the meter while they were galavanting around, then this is a mistake. so i thought i would call the number and straighten this thing out. i talked to some lady and she said that all i needed to do was write a letter stating my situation and that should take care of it. a few days later after sending that letter i get a call from the city telling me that i need to fill out an appeal form and send that in by the end of the business day. which was impossible unless i was superman. and i certainly wasnt going to drive all the way downtown to fill out an appeal form for a ticket that was wrongfully given to me in the first place. the lady said that the car cited was a green honda, but it was a two door and ours is a four door. how there is another green honda out there with a similar license plate i do not know, but seriously what are the chances of that? sooooooooo anyways, i sent over a fax (she finally agreed to me faxing it over) with the appeal form and a note from my doctor stating that i was in her office at the time of the crime. i figured that this would be all i would need to do to clear my name and we would be getting a letter in a couple weeks saying so.... but when we got the letter it said that i needed to be in court on july 31st! i was outraged. sure the ticket was only 7 bucks but i wasnt the one who parked there i didnt want to pay money for something i didnt do. but now things were getting out of hand and i had to go to court... just ridiculous. so i forgot about this ticket since we just had a baby and all, but then remembered last week. i tried calling the lady i had talked to before but she never called back. finally today i call the court and they say that the ticket had been paid and i didnt owe anything and wouldnt need to come to court! i was hoping that the real felon would have paid it and gotten me off the hook. and he did! i was so stinking happy when i heard the operator tell me that, i said " are you sure?" she said yes. i said " positive?" she said "yes you dont owe anything" hooray hooray! all that hassle and i was innocent all along. what would you have done if you got a ticket in the mail and you shouldnt have? would you have paid it just to avoid the hassle? i agree time is money, but i am a stay at home mom i dont get paid for this (== oh by the way i went to the dentist today and the hygienist was very sweet, but i HATED it still. just the smell and the sounds and the feeling.... yuck, i still smell like the dentist right now! my teeth are fine and nothing terrible going on in there so i was relieved about that, but it was a little nerve racking for me as i thought it would be! i ended up going to Prairie Dental on 117th in vancouver. i really like it there and am going back again. it is a small private practice not some huge money hungry blood sucking corporate people (= well i dont actually know that, but i felt good about going there(=

I dont know what we would do without air conditioning in our house! we were so scorching last summer in our place in portland and i was so miserible! our new car has AC too now, i dont know how we survived without it! even in the rainy northwest it comes in handy.

Jusitn was gone for almost a week last week on "business" and i was worried about being alone. Mostly the fact that i would be sleeping alone though. but also trying to manage both babies 24/7 was a little stressful to think about. I asked justins sister to come down and stay for a couple days and that was very nice. she kept dahlia happy while i took care of Valen. Dahlia really likes his sister so she didnt mind having her here so much. (she doesnt like just anyone) then my mom was able to come over the next couple nights for a couple hours, what a relief. valen gets fussy in the late evening sometimes and that makes it hard to put dahlia to bed, but he was actually really good. dahlia didnt really seem to be bothered by the fact justin was gone.... she just seemed normal. but about the fourth day I was ready for him to be home, i started missing him very much! but it is either have him gone from 7:30 am till 6:00 pm monday through friday or have him here all the time except for a few weeks a year.... hmmmm... so i am very thankful for the job he has, even though they steal him from me sometimes (=

I have gotten mastitis (breastfeeding infection) twice so far this time around.  that isnt making things any easier )= but i know how to manage it and hopefully can prevent it next time! A lactation nurse from the hospital was very helpful and friendly, i really enjoyed the people at legacy! makes things easier when you feel comfortable with people.

I keep telling justin how disgusting i feel and how i need to get back into shape pronto (not that i was in shape before) but then he says, " you just gave birth 7 weeks ago, no one expects you to be skinny yet"... it feels like valen has been here for a long time and it hasnt even been 2 months yet! nuts! but still, anyone who has had a baby i am sure can relate. i was thinking about joining a gym, but seriously when will i have time for that? i really just want to go swimming! oh how i would love a pool! (but not the expensive upkeep!

and i made myself a dentist appointment! i am so excited! i told the receptionist that i am very sensitive and would like the nicest dentist they have(= she was very sweet and i felt good about the place. i will let you know how it goes monday. 

that is all for now (= 

so i REALLY REALLY need to go to the dentist!! no, seriously. i knew it had been a long time but i really didnt remember how long until the other day. i have not been to the dentist in EIGHT years! this should not be! the last time i went i didnt have any new cavities but then again most of my teeth are filled already from when i was little (= i do remember the hygenist telling me that if i didnt get gum surgery soon my teeth will probably fall out... or have serious issues. (i have receding  gums) so i was balling when he told me that and he was so cold hearted he didnt even care.... just kept on jabbering on.

but i dont hate dentists really, i just dont like how they make me feel. for instance, scraping my teeth with a metal hook is hardly something to look forward to! i cringe just thinking about this. i mean i might just have to request some laughing gas or novacane to get through that whole process(= and also when they give you the novacane... yikes... i didnt know what was actually going on till i was like 19 or 20. i wondered why they would jiggle my cheak and put so much pressure on it..... because they are shooting me up with a gigantic needle thats all!! i am so glad i didnt know that is what they were doing, i would have freaked out!

i am just a little nervous this time because it has been so long, there has got to be some issues in there! i got this coupon in the mail the other day for a local dentist office for $125 cleaning and x-rays and a free teeth whitening. but i am scared to just waltz into some dentist that i dont know, what if he is not sensitive to my needs? what if he doesnt care about emotional women? (= what if he (or she) goes against my wishes and scrapes my teeth! ahhhh i dont know if i will get through this without a tear. am i crazy? does anyone else have this fear!? there has got to be lots of people like me out there..... or am i just a nut case???

i am not quite sure why infomercials promise one thing but really provide another. i mean it doesnt really seem like success when you come up with a product that doesnt work well and try to convince lots of people to buy it, promising them that it will be fabulous... they will soon find out it stinks when they buy it and never come back... also telling everyone they know not to buy it. i never believe those commercial things, i usually just say to myself, " there is no way this is some magical product that will change my life and only costs 5 easy payments of .99 cents, who are they kidding?" but........ i have seen this one infomercial on all of the time and i usually just flip past it, but i decided to watch it a few months ago. then after that i kept seeing it every week. so i said to myself, " maybe it really does work, why would all of these people swear it does and seem so amazed by it? it must be good."

I really dont spend much money on makeup and hair products at all. i buy like cheap wet n' wild lip liner and suave shampoo..... i dont use specail soaps or facial stuff and honestly i was my face like once a day, sometimes not at all... that may seem disgusting to some people, but so is not getting a shower for four days(= having two babies does that to a person(= i just dont see the point in spending a lot of money on my looks. or for anything really. but i do like to feel pretty and look presentable to the public (= and my husband of course (= who by the way doesnt even notice when i do my hair or makeup! anyways, i have never been happy with foundation for my face. i have tried just about every kind of liquid makeup on the shelf and hate it. well maybe i just dont like my face and that is why i am never satisfied no matter what i buy. anyhow, i decided to try this new mineral powder called Sheer Cover. it promised that it would make the real me shine through! or my money back! and it was only 30 bucks for a startup kit. now that really seemed like a win win situation to me. so i bought it. and i used it but really didnt see anything great about it. my face felt like it had makeup on it and it didnt cover any of my dark circles or blotchiness... i went to coffee with my sister the other day and asked her, "does my face look different or better to you?" she said, "hmmm, you have dark circles." well thanks! )= (but also i am a little sleep deprived mind you and my circles might be a little more obvious! and maybe it does work for some people but i really have a hard time believing that it is just fabulous for some and not for me. so i canceled my subscription and am on the look out again for something good. i did like that it was a powder though, that was nice. i dont feel like it was a waste of money though since it was only 30 bucks and i got a bunch of other stuff with it that i will use... but i was hoping for that air brushed look (= have any of you tried Bare Minerals?