Little Projects

have been getting done.

Nothing too crazy or Big lately. Just some small stuff that we have been thinking about doing for awhile. We planted 3 young Aspen trees in our front yard. We needed something in front of our bedroom window so that the neighbors across the street weren't our only scenery.

We also have been having fun with our niece and nephew. We don't get to see them nearly as often as we used to, so we take full advantage when we do. Aspen is SO FUNNY!!! She is the smartest little girl I have ever met. She blows me away with the things that she says. The other day she was looking for the moon. She just was wondering where it went. "Moon at wook?" So cute!! And Jack has a huge imagination. Just during car rides he'll be looking for Alligators or Aliens. It's really fun. He also has a huge love for heavy machinery. He loves bulldozers and diggers. He also loves anything with lights and sirens. The picture below is the two of them sitting on a dining room chair with their drinks. They have to be sitting to have their drinks and they wanted to sit together. (Aspen kept saying "cheeeeese" and Jack isn't really into pretty smiles these days. Also notice Aspen's 1 sock on and 1 sock off look)

Congratulations...

Scott & Cheryl!

My cousin Cheryl got married this past weekend. RD did the pictures for her and got some amazing pictures. I'm not sure if he has them posted yet, but check out his blog.

Stuck...

I don't want to be a whiny blogger. I don't want to be a whiny person.

I've been feeling a bit down. I'm not looking for sympathy. I'm looking for a much needed slap in the face. I need someone to tell me to snap out of it! STOP WHINING!

But for now, I whine.

I've realized over the past few days that I don't really know who I am. I have become someone I don't know. Who is this girl who is sad? Who is this girl that is mad? Who is this girl that is so lost that she doesn't even know who she is?

My poor husband. I used to tease him about false advertising when we were dating. But jeez Michelle, I'm sure the poor guy wasn't expecting this. I used to be so strong. I used to be so fun! I used to take pride in everything I did. I used to be a hard worker. I worked for everything I got!!!

I don't want you to think that I am sad all the time. There is just something about me right now that is very different. It is easy to blame it on stress, but I think it just maybe the villain here. I don't know. I used to have very few "low" moments. But it is all I can do lately to pull myself up to "lowish"

I said in an earlier post that I realized while doing Yoga that I need to reconnect with myself. But I think I need to all together FIND myself. I have no idea what I want to do with my life. This is going to sound stupid but I don't even know what I enjoy doing. I'll think maybe it would be fun to scrapbook, so I get the stuff out and then I don't feel like it. I think maybe I should go to the gym, but then I think"nah, take a night off" Getting together with friends sounds so fun until the day we have plans, and then I just don't feel like going out. I mean...what is the deal?

I think this is coming on realizing that I am 27 years old and I don't know what to do for a career. I see where I am working and I am unhappy, but where do I go? What do I do? What do I want to do????

I don't know.






Do you know me?

FIRE

the dreaded word!

My 2nd job is at a hotel. Last Wednesday I went to work after having 3 wonderful nights off. I knew it was going to be a busy night because we were sold out.

We checked a guest into room 329. She called down and let us know that her AC was not working. We sent maintenance up to take a look. She called back down to us asking if she could switch rooms because Maintenance was having a hard time fixing it. Luckily we still had 2 rooms and were able to move her. I told Maintenance that he needed to get that AC fixed because we were sold out and we would need that room.

Well around 6:20pm while I was checking a guest in, a regular guest came up and said that there was a fire. That it appeared to be on the 3rd floor coming out of a window. My coworker and I looked at each other and she said she would go check on it. While she was gone another guest came running up and said "you guys are on fire!!" So at the point I decided to call 911. While giving the operator our address Kelsie came running in saying "We are on fire!!" right then the fire alarm started going off.

Talk about your body reacting... mine just sort of took over. We told the lobby they needed to evacuate, we called the restaurant and told them they needed to get out. The housekeeper on duty and the girl that runs the bar at the social hour also jumped in and between the 4 of us we started banging on doors (since people don't pay attention to fire alarms) and telling them that we were really on fire and to GET OUT!

Maintenance reacted amazingly as well. Since the maintenance guy on duty was having problems with that AC his supervisor had just gotten there to help. They ended up getting the fire out before the fire department even got there. They got the fire out before the sprinklers came on also. They saved the hotel from a lot of damage and from losing a lot of money!!

We all sat outside the building for a little more than 2 hours. Finally they let the employees back in to help clean up some of the mess. I was so nervous that all of our guests would want to stay somewhere else and was worried because all of Ogden was sold out except for 1 hotel that had about 30 rooms. When the guests were allowed back in not a single person was upset or asked to change hotels. We ended up having to evacuate the 3rd floor again due to carbon monoxide levels, but they were allowed back up once it got to 3%.

So what happened???? Well, that stupid AC unit! Maintenance switched out the faulty unit and replaced it with an older unit that had been repaired. When he plugged it in, it tripped the breaker. Well, that started a fire in the unit that the maintenance guy didn't notice. So while he went to work on the breaker, the unit started spewing flames outside. Well the room over looks the roof of the pool so the roof of the pool started on fire and the flames curled up and broke the window to the room. Maintenance got the fire out before the curtains and bedding caught on fire. I honestly believe if even 2 more minutes had passed that room would have gone up in flames and we would have lost half the building!!! Not to mention if we hadn't of moved that one guest to a different room her stuff would have been damaged.

Talk about insane!!!! But of course I had my camera with me :)

4 fire trucks responded! (could you imagine if had been worse! Thank goodness they responded as quickly as they did. I don't know what would have happened if maintenance hadn't have been there!)

Before the guest were allowed back in I caught these firemen hangin out by the pool!

Room 329

This reminds me of a little story I forgot to share about the family reunion!!! Just as the day was winding down in Nampa ID the fire alarm to the hotel that we were staying at went off. We all had to evacuate. Turns out an employee had been popping popcorn and it caught on fire. They thought they had gotten it out and threw it in the garbage where it started smoking. Guess who followed the smoke into the break room and stomped the fire out.... That would be my husband!! While we are all evacuated here comes RD strutten' his stuff out the front door. One fire truck still responded just to be on the safe side and that made the kid's day!!!

Betts Family Reunion 2009

Well, it has been almost a month since the Bett's Family Reunion in Nampa, Idaho. Guess it's about time I blogged about it.

It is the first family reunion we have had since Grandpa's 80th birthday 7 years ago.

It was held at the Sleep Inn in Nampa. August 1st, 2009.

1st on the agenda... some much needed family photos!
Grandpa & Mardel with his 3 kids that were able to make it to the reunion.

Missing: Cliff, Bonnie, and Diana (even though I am pretty sure Diana was there in spirit)

Bett's family that was able to make it. This is a 5 generation picture!

The whole Pickett clan was able to make it!!!

Representin' the Fischers!

And a good chunk of the Gardner group!

Next up... Mingling, Games, Wii, Swimming, and FOOD! Oh yeah, and lots of pictures!

Eventually it came time for Grandpa and Mardel to go home. Goodbyes were hard, but we are so grateful that we got to see him!! We love him so much!!! And I know I speak for my whole family when I say that we will miss him. Our family reunions will never be the same without him there. He was so wonderful and I am so grateful to have had him for a Grandpa, roommate, and friend!

The goodbye was really hard for me. But I promised him that I would be better about coming up and visiting him. I wish I would have had a chance to make good on that promise, but I think Grandpa knew.

The next morning it was the rest of our turns to head on home. We had a great reunion. It was so fun to see family that I haven't seen in years. I even met some family that I had never met before. It was great for the younger kids to get to make friends with their "cousins" and by the end of it everyone was great friends.

I am NOT going to let another 7 years go by before we have another Bett's family reunion. I miss everyone too much already.

We missed the family that wasn't able to make it up:

Cliff

Hawaii Fischers

Stelzners

Brian & Lacey Gardner

and the rest of Dan's Clan.


Hopefully we will all be able to see each other soon!

Blow up his car

We did this video last night for my brother to submit to the Conan O'Brian show. We found out today that the deadline was Friday the 21st. Bummer. I think he could have won.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rOL9ECqnoA

Down Home Cookin!

These days with our crazy schedules it is just easier for both me and Rob to run through a drive through and grab a quick bite between jobs. Especially with Rob working out of town. This is taking a toll on our pocket book as well as our overall heath.

This weekend I was thinking about how much I miss cooking. I really do enjoy cooking. And ever since we got the kitchen done, I have started enjoying it even more (even though our next house will have a larger kitchen!!) So we came up with an idea. On Sundays I will make dinners for the entire week and send them with Rob to Vernal and keep a single portion here for me.

Rob ended up not having to go out of town until Tuesday this week, so I did my cooking last night.

Any meal ideas or recipes that I should try that refrigerate or freeze and travel well??