tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652800612324650822024-02-06T18:52:57.237-08:00PrattThe Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-20289475857962892242012-10-16T10:27:00.000-07:002012-10-16T10:27:25.931-07:00Peter, Peter...Pumpkin Eater.<div style="text-align: left;">
It's about that time of year-- and I haven't posted since August. Well let me update everyone on what's going on ;) {<em>slash</em>- document this for journaling sake}</div>
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Went River Rafting with the Dudley Family. We put in at the Gorge and floated down to Little Hole- like usual. Justin and me, my parents and my uncles little family camped on the mountain to make a weekend out of it. The rest of the family met us up there. It was a great time. </div>
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The 10th and 11th we played in a Softball tournament in Duchesne. It was cold and windy and rainy. We played from like 6pm on a Friday until 6 am Saturday. We were worn out! That was the first time in a long time I was so tired driving that I don't remember actually making it home. <em>Scary!</em></div>
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Then the 17th and 18th, I went to SLC to go shopping and checked out some cars. I ate some yummy food, and bought some boots for (then- the upcoming) Fall months.</div>
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The weekend of the 24th and 25th Justin and I and 2 of Justin's friends went to Denver to watch a Bronco's game. My <em>awesome </em>boss gave us tickets. It was a pre-season game, but still really fun to go watch. While we were there, we traded in my <em>older </em>Acura for a <em>new</em> Acura. I love love it! </div>
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September: </div>
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1st I went Hauling wood with my parents. It sounds crazy, but it's something I look forward to every year. It's such rewarding, good hard work for a good reason and I love it. I get to spend time with my family in the beautiful mountains and we work hard and always have good food. Sometimes it just doesn't get better than that.</div>
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Within the next week sometime, we got our house listed For Sale By Owner. Scary Exciting businesses right there.</div>
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The next weeks were so busy. We had my Wadsworth grandparents in town staying at my house for a couple days, while we celebrated Justin's, Hailey's and Natalies Birthdays. </div>
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We got an offer on our house 11 days after listing it, and by day 12 we were under contract. YAY! </div>
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The next few weeks/the last few weeks have been a mess of a scurry to get out of the house. Packing, Yard saling, Painting, Hauling- the works.</div>
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We had our home inspection on the 19th- and passed with no problems. <em>Thank Goodness!</em> </div>
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We celebrated my Dad's birthday on the 26th. (We have a lot of September Birthday's)</div>
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Then I got to reminisce in the 'good ole life' of living back in Jensen when we went to the Jensen Ward Harvest party on the 28th. We got to have a "Squash Recipe Contest" - and contrary to what is running through your head right now- it was really good :D I loved it</div>
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From the 3rd- 7th of October, Justin, Eric and I flew to New Orleans, Louisiana to visit with Monty and Melanie. Monty has an apartment in Covington, just North of New Orleans, for work so we stayed with them and spent a few days being tourists. We got to visit a few places that had been featured in the area on Diners, Drive-in's and Dives (one of the only shows I watch on TV- Gotta love the Food network) and it was really good. I tried a variety of Southern food and was fairly proud of myself for eating:</div>
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Gritz</div>
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Beignet's (who doesn't love fried dough!!)</div>
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While we were there we got to take a tour of down town New Orleans on the city street cars- similar to the ones in San Francisco. I loved getting to see all the old French and Plantation style houses with their adorable shutters, big front porches and rocking chairs. We got to walk around the French Quarter and walk through the old stores and cafe's. We witnessed some people playing the some "Blue's" music and dancing in the street. We walked down half of Bourbon street. It's not too scandalous in the daylight. We also got to go on a Bayou/Alligator tour, then went into the city for dinner and a ride up the Mississippi River on one of the only remaining operational paddle boats left in the US. It was a beautiful afternoon. We spent one day in Ponchatoola (sp?) The antiquing capitol of the world. It was such great fun! I wish I would have taken a truck with me so I could've brought it all home. We had a great time shopping and trying to figure out how to fenangle our treasures in our suit cases in order to get them home. It was a fun trip.</div>
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When we got home, it was crunch time in order to be out of the house by the 12th. I'm so grateful for my amazing family and friends that came and helped us with {what seemed like} the never ending packing and cleaning. We made it out of the house, just in time around midnight on Friday and have been unloading into Jensen ever since.</div>
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I got to spend Saturday the 13th at the Chapel doing Super Saturday crafts with my mom. Trish came and hung out for a little while, and we made some super cute decorations for the upcoming holidays. </div>
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We are grateful to be staying with Justin's parents while we wait for our floor plans to come back from the Architect so we can start building! Hopefully they'll be here on Halloween like he told us they would. {fingers crossed} We have already purchased 4 of the 6 lots that we want in order to make our 5 acre parcel in Jensen, and couldn't be more delighted. It's been fun being so close to family and back in an area where the dogs can run and play and get dirty. A Dirty dog is a Happy dog. </div>
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In the mean time, Justin sold his Titan and bought a cheaper, more fuel efficient Toyota Tacoma- which he has been loving. Then flag football started and Justin got called to be a Stake Basketball Referee. This Friday I get to go shotgun shooting with the Completions Department from work for our team building activity. It's going to be entertaining- to say the least.</div>
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The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-50688969817675250742012-08-08T09:45:00.001-07:002012-08-08T09:45:18.760-07:00Randomness to Beginning of August<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're buying Property in Jensen. This property actually. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're building a new house. {Dreaming of a kitchen like this!}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still loving my Thailand pearls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working around our house to get it perfect and ready to <strong><em>sell</em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This last weekend, we went on our Annual Dudley family Rafting trip and decided to camp for the weekend instead of just going for one day. It was great fun! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a much needed get away. I was so ready to get the heck outta Dodge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovin me some colors lately. </td></tr>
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I know it's been a long time, but I'm {vaguely} caught up. </div>
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I still can't believe it's August though! It seems like yesterday that I was getting on a plane to Thailand. </div>
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Happy Wednesday Everybody!</div>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-39307212940269951892012-08-08T09:34:00.001-07:002012-08-08T09:46:19.377-07:00Warren Family Reunion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what it looks like when the Cattle Guard parts as you're driving across it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-29626734468081369182012-08-08T09:32:00.001-07:002012-08-08T09:48:12.020-07:007/19-7/25<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thursday 19th. The Dogs found 3 Racoons in the Canal by our house on our walk. They got in a fight {of course} And one of them dragged Liddy down into the canal and was trying to drownd her. Justin was fishing, so I was super frustrated. Long story short- Liddy didn't die. The Racoons got beat, and the dogs were all super muddy and exhausted but we made it to bed about 1 1/2 hours later. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday 20th. Our once a month potluck at work. The theme was Red, White and Blue. So I did mini fruit pizzas with sugar cookies. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday 20th. We babysat the little girls over night, and went up to Dyar Park to have dinner with the Dudley's. We did Dutch Oven Pizza and the little girls walked up the creek with bare feet. Then they ran around picking Snake grass bouquets. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday 21st. I took the girls to McDonalds while Justin was at work. We did Happy Meals and played in the play place. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday 21st. Then we went to the park and played with the beach ball. They weren't interested in going on the slide or in the swings at all. They just kicked the ball around for close to an hour, then they were ready to go home. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday 21st. So we drove around for a few, and went home. We turned on some cartoons and konked out! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday 22nd. Got to wear my new skirt to church! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday 22nd. We went to Mammy and Pappy's for a big family dinner. Mont and his family were up from Arizona. I was sitting out back after dinner admiring Mammy's Hostas. They're so amazing! It makes me super jealous. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday 22dn. Family Picture with all the Warren boys. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monday 23rd. Pinterest found a new Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe for me, so I just had to try it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monday 23rd. Cookie time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monday 23rd. It must've been new recipe night, because dinner was an experiment also. It turned out good though. Yumm. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm getting that urge. Fall. Build something. like this adorable wreath. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wed. 25th. We went to Jensen and were having dinner at my parents house. The little girls were helping do chores and came and told us that one of Dad's three goats had her Kidd. He got the Lamoncha Ears like his daddy and is colored so pretty. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wed. 25th. He was pretty cute, learning to walk. </td></tr>
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On the 17-19 Anadarko sponsored a Geology tour in our area for Anadarko employees, so we had people come in from the Denver office, and a few other places to tour the Greater Natural Buttes Unit. We had a great time and I learned a lot. I had never paid much attention before, but as you drive North on US 191, all of the Geological formations are marked on Geology signs, that tell you the name of the formation, what Era it's from and what that formation is most likely make of.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is on the Sheep Creek road. There is an outcropping where two Mountainous formations collided, and I would never have noticed it before, but it really is amazing! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is in front of a formation called the Birds Nest. This formation is one that we drill through for most of our wells here in the Buttes. I deal with the names of the formations and their depths, etc. everyday when I am working with the Procedures for Completing our wells, so it was neat to be able to go and actually see the different formations and rocks that they're talking about. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday 7th. I was so glad to be back to the land of Flat Irons! Hallelujah.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wednesday 11th. Lovin the pearls I brought home with me from Thailand.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thursday 12th. Stopped and ate lunch at the park one day. So nice. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thursday 12th. We got to go on a date to the movies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday 13th. My Mom and Dad were babysitting Hailey and Natalie (It was Rodeo week and Tiffany had a booth on the court house lawn) so I met up with them and we all had Wendy's for dinner. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday 13th. They were a little bit hyper...so we ended up taking 5000 pictures on my phone to keep them entertained. Silly girls. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday 15th. After Justin and Tyler got back from the Gorge, we all went to Jensen for dinner and took the kids down to the Green River to catch some Cat Fish. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday 15th. They had a lot of fun and caught quite a few fish. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday 15th. My dad even came down and fished with us for a little while. Everything we caught was super tiny, but the kids had fun reeling them in and grabbing them out of the water. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday 15th. It rained on us at the River for about 5 minutes, and the clouds in front of the sun were super pretty! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday 15th. Melanie and I traded Louis Vuitton's that we brought home from Thailand. Love it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monday 16th. YAY! For my tiny Garden. It's such a trooper! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monday 16th. Super enjoying Home made French dips and fresh sqaush from the garden. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-45388398526629555392012-08-08T08:07:00.002-07:002012-08-08T09:06:31.954-07:00The end of Thailand...a Month later<div style="text-align: center;">
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I obviously never finished writing about our Thailand adventures. Sadly, I have forgotten a lot of the details, but I do remember a few things ;)</div>
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How it ended up working was that, after some incredible experiences and inspiration, Melanie and I knew we had to get Eric home. We decided this on a Sunday and once we got Eric and the Doctors convinced, they couldn't get us shipped out until Friday.</div>
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They agreed to Medically Transport Eric with medication and accompanied by a doctor. It took days to get all the paperwork and doctors lined out but we knew we were doing the right thing and it all worked. Monty put in a lot of time and phone calls to make it all happen and we were so grateful to have someone to correspond with the doctors and hospitals from their same time zone. The 13 hour time difference was quite the challenge. </div>
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Eric's condition went up and down for the last few days, but it was manageable. </div>
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Melanie and I actually got to leave the hospital room twice at lunch time on the last 2 days of the trip. We walked down to the Ploen Chit center and got another Thai Massage. I still can't believe they were only $10 for an hour. I Loved it! We walked through the little grocery center in the bottom of the mall and I found some Crispy M&M's. This sounds like the craziest thing ever but I used to love them when you could get them in Vernal and then they went away and I hadn't seen them ever since- until just then in Thailand. Needless to say, I bought a few packets ;) </div>
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We found a little Restaurant in the mall that was hidden under the back corner set of stairs, and they had the best grilled/brothy vegetables, so we went back and had them twice. </div>
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The ride home was interesting. We left the hotel at 2:30am Friday morning. We were at the hospital by 3am, where we came upon 14 nurses dressing Eric. They all had a crush on him and he <em>loved </em>all the attention. They had Eric loaded in the back of an ambulance with the Doctor that accompanied us and a crew of nurses. The hotel was so accommodating and sent their airport concierge to drive us to the hospital, then followed us to the airport while we were in the ambulance with Eric. They unloaded everything and helped expedite us through the airport. </div>
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Eric had to go through a medical terminal so the Doctor came in and got ticketed for him and Eric then he turned back and went with Eric the rest of the way. While Melanie and I were sitting at our gate, we saw them lift Eric up on a scissor lift into the plane, just like they do with the food/cargo- and they let us board first, so we were the first ones on. Eric slept through most of the first flight, and did great. </div>
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We left at 6am and it was a 6 hour flight to Tokyo. </div>
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Once we got to Tokyo, they took us to the Premier access lounge where they let Eric sit and rest for an hour before we had to go get on our second flight. When we got Eric on the plane the 2nd time around, he had an "episode" from the stress of moving so much and the pain meds were starting to wear off. There were other people on the plane, so it was hard to deal with everyone panicking around him and keeping him calm. The man that was in the seat next to Eric watched as I stretched out his arm and tried to get him relax, and whoever this man was- he was incredibly compassionate. He started to cry while he watched Eric struggle, and once Eric passed out, I got up to go back to my seat and he said "No- You stay here with him. I don't care if I have to fly economy- you stay with him,"</div>
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It was an incredible gesture and reminded me that there are still people out there that are human. I thanked him and assured him I was fine and went back to my seat. </div>
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The rest of the way home was smooth sailing. We got in and out of San Fran. in no time, and Eric did really well. When we landed in SLC, they escorted Eric to the Ambulance that was waiting out front and Monty picked us up. It was <em>so good</em> to see some familiar faces and be in a place where I could understand people.</div>
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We went to the IMC Center with Eric while they admitted and examined him. They quickly determined that some changes needed to be made with the medications he was taking, which stopped the tremmoring, and they moved him out of ICU into a regular room that night. YAY! </div>
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Justin came out to pick me up, and he stayed and visited with Eric and their friends- the Taylors, that came to see Eric.</div>
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It was an amazing adventure, and I will never forget a lot of the things that happened there. It helped me appreciate different cultures, for their different values, and appreciate my own even more. We were so very blessed and watched over on this journey.</div>
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Thanks again to Melanie and Monty to letting me go and be a part of this and see a whole new world. </div>
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<br /></div>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-82788187828463524232012-08-08T07:59:00.002-07:002012-08-08T09:06:38.713-07:00A few Thailand Pictures...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I took the majority of pictures on my camera, but I decided to upload the few I had on my phone. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning Thursday June 21st to head to SLC. I needed a Dr. Pepper. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melanie caught some zzz's while we waited for our <em>super</em> delayed flight. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Embassy Suites in San Fran. was beautiful!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All my luggage was checked so we ran and grabbed a new outfit for me to wear. It was cute and comfy for the long flight! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We boarded in San Fran. ate dinner, then laid our seats back and <strong>slept</strong>. It was so nice to have room to relax and sleep! <em>Thanks again Monty!</em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 1 in Bangkok, Thailand = Tunic and leggings. It was super humid. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of their food is so beautiful. I loved it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking out the window on the top floor of our hotel where we ate breakfast. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's hard to see, but traffic was always a mess! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep. You read right. That's a 7-Eleven.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute little boy gave me the Peace sign, while his mom worked around their street cart selling breakfast treats. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Panorama view out the window of Eric's first Hospital room. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were many Buddhist Shrines all over the place. They were always draped with marigolds and Jasmine. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the Super Yummy Red Velvet cake that we took back the Eric the day he started going down hill. He asked for it the rest of the time we were there, but we never made it back for any. Darn the luck..</td></tr>
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I have lots more/better pictures than these, but it's a start!!</div>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-89680976899290138422012-07-01T00:04:00.001-07:002012-07-01T00:11:58.562-07:00Thailand. Day ?? I don't rememberThese last few days have honestly been a blur. They moved Eric to ICU on Thursday afternoon and he has been here ever since. It has been a constant battle to keep him calm or out of pain or tremmor-free. I'm just going to throw out some highlights. After moving him to the ICU they did an EEG and MRI to rule out seizures- which was his doctors initial thought- that it was not a seizure. It resembles one and is difficult for people to deal with him or help him or to even watch. I don't shake easily though so we've been able to help him through most of them. The tests did come back to confirm that his brain activity was normal- remarkable even and that these were indeed muscle tremors. They are not life threatening and he is sable. He had four more "episodes" on Friday and required iv muscle relaxers which basically knock him out. Yesterday he only had 2 episodes that required iv meds, and the second one was actually for an excruciating pain after standing-with help- and twisting his foot causing a flare up with his hip pain. Then he choked on a watermelon seed and coughed and that sent his pain over the edge- starting the shaking and making the pain worse- thus iv KNOCK OUT. He's been sleeping quite a bit- luckily- and they've kept him on iv fluids to help flush his system. He went in for a full spinal MRI with contrast yesterday morning at 7am, and that came back normal- as well as a second spinal tap they did checking for proteins and white blood cells to suggest infection. Since they were both normal they have stuck to their initial diagnosis of immune mediated rediculitis. (I've been spelling it wrong for days now) the good news from all these tests is: no fever, no infection, no nerve damage, no progression of any symptoms/diseases. His tremmors are now slowing and have been reduced to stress triggers that set it off since the meds have evacuated his system. We have also been able o "calm the tremmors out of him" using pressure points in the shoulder and stretching of his arm and hand and fingers- it "releases" somehow and makes the shaking stop. Hallelujah!
We have been receiving many blessings and special experiences here and we are praying that what we have been instructed to do in our minds and hears will actually happen. We feel that Eric needs to go home. There is not much further care they can give him here, where as in the states he can see doctors that deal with neurology as well as naturopathy and have a more wholesome treatment approach. That is our belief but Eric is the one that needs to believe it now. We have no authority or control over him and the financial burden of health care in the us is a major weight to him and all of us so he is resisting. We can not and will not force him. All that can be done, will be done but we want him to go home. He can be med evac'd with iv pain meds to Utah.
Just pray.
We had a sweet experience in the elevator on thursdaybi forgot to write about. An elderly crippled Indian woman in a wheel chair was wheeled into the elevator with us. The backs of the elevator doors are glass and I could see her eyeing us. She wouldn't make eye contact though and it was kind of crowde. After
We "unloaded" some people and I could step back she could see Melanie more clearly. She had 2 little flower buds in her hands. She had been twisting them in her fingers in front of her nose and just enjoying them. When her stop came, the door opened and she finally looked over at Melanie and without saying anything just reached out and handed her the flowers. It was the sweetest thing and she didn't have to say a word. It brought tears to Melanie's eyes. She was a little angel.
Eric has eaten better today than he has in days, which is a relief. He has been more awake and coherent than the last 2 days also. Things are looking up. Now If we can just get him home.The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-15693069312254954372012-06-28T23:50:00.004-07:002012-06-28T23:50:54.813-07:00Thailand. Day 8. Thursday.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Yesterday started off with a lazy-daisy morning. Nothing out of the ordinary. We took our time getting ready at the hotel and had to hurry up to the Lounge for breakfast before they closed at 9am. It was super busy and loud in there for breakfast- note to self. Melanie and I both felt like we were intruding on a conference room full of business meetings, lol. After breakfast, we headed to the hospital with no problems and when we got to the hospital, we visited with Eric. His pain had not really improved overnight, and he remembered having some strange dreams in the night where he woke up and felt like he was jerking. He did it twice, but didn't think much of them- besides that they were strange dreams. He was extremely tired and couldn't keep his eyes open. He would be in the middle of a sentence and his eyes would start rolling back in his head, so we told him just to sleep- we would go out and let him get some rest and be back soon. We walked down to the Ploen Chit shopping center again- passing the Pakistan Embassy again. I didn't see my little girl. </div>
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We walked around and found a little Malikali Thai Massage shop that looked nice and clean, so we sat down for our 1 hour Thai foot and leg massage. It was awesome. A quiet room, comfy chairs and relaxing- amazing massage. They worked over our feet and legs and even did a head and neck and shoulder massage that moved down our arms and even included our hands. </div>
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We have a thing for getting a little more than we paid for lately! haha. The little ladies would gossip amongst themselves in Thai and giggle and it made us feel like they were laughing at us. I finally made eye contact with one of them while she was giggling and I smiled like- "I know you're laughing and if it's at me- that's not very nice ;) lol" She just smiled and the giggling stopped after that. </div>
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Melanie and I both spent our nice, quiet relaxing hour thinking prayers in our hearts for our family and especially for Eric.</div>
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We came out and paid for our massages- 300 Baht- so $10 for an amazing massage. Awesome. When we were finished, we went downstairs to the food court and ate something called Roti Spring Rolls for lunch at Lee's cafe. Neither of us were very hungry, so 3 springrolls each was more than enough to fill us up. We weren't entirely sure what was in them, but it resembled a white cheese, ham and seaweed. Surprisingly, I couldn't taste the seaweed- it was just more...stringy...and kindof "Gaggy"...is that a word?</div>
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Anyway- after lunch, with our Coke- in a can- with no ice and seaweed spring rolls, we stopped at a street vendor and bought some Mangosteen to take back to Eric. Then went to the Tajmahal custom tailor shop to pick up Monty's shirts and order Justin some custom shirts. I felt bad that I hadn't thought to order some for him the first time but without measurements I didn't think they could make any. Well- I asked-- and they said they would. Cause Sonnee is awesome. So I picked out some <strong><em>rad</em></strong> colors (babe, you're going to be so proud ;)) and they said they would have them ready the next day. Super cool.</div>
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At this point in time we thought that with some pain management, we might be breaking Eric out of the hospital early and getting him on a plane back to the US with us as early as Saturday. So we thought we would need Sonnee to hurry on the shirts. </div>
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Well- I paid for Justin's custom shirts- I'm so excited to see how they turn out! I hope he loves them. I'm kindof worried one of them might be too "Kablam! on the color, but we'll see! </div>
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We headed back to the hospital. We passed the fish tank full of dead fish again. Grody. I took a picture this time. I'm sure they fed those fish to some poor unsuspecting people too! (Not really...it's actually customary in Thailand to allow customers to pick which fish they want to eat- like we do with Crab or Lobster- so they know full well that their fish was already dead- and they don't care).</div>
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We passed by the Pakistan Embassy again on our way back and our little girl was there again, so Melanie gave her some of the Mangosteen she had bought for Eric, and the little girl giggled her little shy giggle again and it just pierced my heart. I just love her.</div>
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We got back to the hospital and Melanie and I settled onto the couch- as usual- I would do my writing and visit with Eric and Melanie cut up some fruit for him and would catch up on E-mails. Eric was still incredibly tired and wasn't feeling or looking very good. He kept saying that he felt disconnected and we couldn't get him to finish his sentences very well- like he would get lost in thought. </div>
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He called the nurses in to help him to the bathroom- like he usually does- and when they came to help him up, he got super dizzy- like you feel when you stand up to fast- and that's just what we thought he did, but he was super shakey. The nurse got him over to the bathroom but it took a long time and he was moving extra slow. We worried that he hadn't been eating much because of his lack or urgency to use the bathroom- he wasn't havin much of an appetite. He came back out of the bathroom and it took 2 nurses to steady him to get him back to the recliner by his bed. Melanie decided to heat up some soup for him so we could try to get him to eat and he sat in his chair half asleep while she was in the other room. </div>
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She brought his soup out to him and put it on the table in front of him and came over and sat back down by me. I looked up at him and he was slowly taking a bite of soup. I looked back down and back up a second later and he had his arm out to his side- not a normal "eating position" and he had glassey eyes and a confused look on his face. I asked him "Eric! Do you know what you're doing?" and that's when IT happened.</div>
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We ran over and took the spoon out of his hand and sat him back in his chair and his eyes started to spin and the right side of his body started to shake like he was having a seizure. I had Melanie hold his head to the chair while I ran and told the nurse to get a doctor. I went back to the room and Melanie held his hand while I held his face in my hands and tried to help him focus. His eyes were bouncing all over the room and he was getting frustrated and confused and tears started to roll down his face. He had no grip in his left hand and couldn't control the shaking in his right, and he was struggling to keep his eyes from rolling back in his head. Time stood still while Melanie ran out and demanded that the doctor come NOW. I just had to keep his eyes open and keep him talking. He couldn't muddle more than a few words, but that was good enough for me. </div>
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The doctor came after about 5 minutes. Felt like 5 years, and his tremmors had slowed down and he was starting to relax, but the shaking in his right arm and right side of his neck didn't stop completely. </div>
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She assessed him and asked him some questions. He could respond when she asked him to, but had an elevated heart rate and couldn't stop shaking and couldn't focus his eyes or attention. The nurse gave him an IV injection of a strong muscle relaxer/sedative that knocked him out and stopped the shaking. </div>
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Dr. Prinyurat (his neurologist- who has been primarily treating him since his diagnosis) called the ICU and they came and had to shove a blanket under him to lift him from his chair to his bed. They moved him downstairs for monitoring, and EEG, and an MRI. </div>
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We packed up the room and went down and talked to him. He wasn't very coherent and didn't understand where he was or what was going on. He kept waking up saying "This bed is so much more comfortable than my last one." We finally told him enough times to get him to understand where he was and why- what was going on and what they were going to do. He was frustrated and exhausted. </div>
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They called in the specialist who deals with seizures, and he assed Eric and said that he did not think this was a seizure for several reasons. Eric could control the muscles in his hand to grip the doctors fingers when she asked him to- and that's not typical with seizure victims, he was also coherent and responsive during his "episode" and that is also not typical. They have diagnosed it as a rare side effect to the pain medication which is affecting his muscles and causing them to spasm uncontrollably. He's also experiencing extreme fatigue and cottonmouth- which are other side effects of the medication. </div>
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They ran the EEG while we were there and it came out clean, and they kept Eric sedated for the rest of the night. </div>
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10 O'clock rolled around and they told us visiting hours were over so we had to leave. It was hard to leave him, but there was nothing else we could do for him, so we headed back to the hotel and tried to sleep. </div>
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*** I really wish I could post some of the pictures I've been taking** If you're like me- you don't like to read posts without pictures- haha, but I don't have any camera cords or SD card readers...so, you'll have to wait. </div>
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Pray for Eric. </div>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-49666773376669851142012-06-28T23:09:00.001-07:002012-06-28T23:09:24.651-07:00Thailand. Day 7. Wednesday.Yesterday morning, we got up early and rushed through getting showered and ready. We condensed our purses and backpacks as much as we could since we knew we would be carrying them all day and didn't want them to be super heavy. We got breakfast in the Lounge so it wasn't so crowded and it was great as usual. After breakfast, we hurried to the lobby and changed our cash for smaller bills. We met our tour guide in front of the Concierge desk. Her name was Chenya, and we were so glad to find that she was a young, fun, English speaking (mostly), clean girl. She escorted us out front to a little car, and there was an nice little gray haired man driving. <br />
They loaded us in the car and we took off, heading West out of the city, before we would evenutally turn South. She informed us that we would pass through 3 Provinces on our way to the Floating Market. <br />
As we passed through traffic, we learned that Bangkok is home to 12 Million People and about 8 million cars. In <em>just</em> the city. Thailand itself is home to about 68 Million people and that the word Thailand means "land of the free." Until about 30-ish years ago this was the Kingdom of Siam. We also learned that public school in this country is free- for a Primary education. Secondary Education and Private... {Pause- Eric just had a seizure. I will tell more about that in a minute} Educatoion have to be paid for separately, which means that very few kids get private or secondary education. English is now the 2nd national language for Thailand, and is currently required in all schools. The previous Prime Minister did not believe it was important for the children to learn English, so he didn't support the programs being pushed through schools. Now tourism is one of the largest industries for Thailand, and the older generations that do not know English are at a huge disadvantage. <br />
Chenya also told us that Thailand is divided into 77 Provinces, and those 77 are divided into 4 sections, like counties in states. 77 counties/4 states. <br />
The largest industry for the first province we drove through (I wish I knew the name), was Sea Salt production, or Slat Flats. They basically dug large shallow rectangle "pools" and laid pipe from the Andamans Sea into each "salt flat". Each piping system was powered somehow by being connected to a large industrial sized windmill, which would pump the water from the sea into the pits. Once the water evaporated from each pit, they gleen the salt from the pits, bag it, and sell it on road stands, or export it to neighboring countries. i.e. Malaysia. <br />
The next province's industries were Fishing hubs, honeycomb production and crab catchers (very technical term huh?) lol. We passed lots of stands on the road sides with Sea Salt and Mackerel fish for sale.<br />
Once we drove into the village that we thought we were going to the floating market in, we were driving very slowly through what looked like a large market. We passed a cart full of little brooms- which the street sweepers use, and I have thought are so cute, so I wanted to stop and buy one. We asked Chenya if we could get out of the car and just walk to where we were going, and she said yes. She did the negotiating for us, which was very cool, and we bought some brooms. Maybe weird- but I think they're cool.<br />
As we kept walking, Chenya explained that it was a "locals market" that was over 100 years old. Each vendor would come each day and sell their foods/goods to the other locals, and it had originaly been like a trading post. People used to come and exchange goods or food with other villagers, I thought that was awesome. <br />
We found one sweet old lady whose eyes didn't track together, who was selling really cute little wooden carved spoons out of different kinds of wood- coconut wood, bamboo and pineapple tree wood. I wanted to buy some, so I got a few medium sized ones, and Melanie decided to buy some from her too. She bent down and told her that she was a beautiful lady, and I pointed to show Melanie how cute some of her tiny tiny spoons were. She saw that we liked them so she gave one to Melanie "free for you madame" and we laughed and told her "Thank You!" and everyone around us laughed (it was very crowded) and she thought it was funny when we laughed, so she handed me a "free spoon" too, and this went on a few different times. About 4 spoons later- we handed her the change from our pockets and moved on. It was funny and sweet.<br />
After we came out of the locals market, Chenya took us over to some train tracks, and told us that there was a train that came every day, and the vendors usually sat right on or next to the tracks, until they heard the train, then some would move back, and move their stuff out of the way, and others would sit right still and move their stuff. Chenya said "they not scared of train, it could touch their noses, they sit so close and they no care." <br />
So- apparently this was quite the touristy place to be because a large group of people gathered right on the tracks, and the railworkers came and hand-lowered the crossing guards and had to 'shoo' the dumb tourists off the tracks.<br />
Here I am expecting this loud, roaring, fast moving train to come by? And here comes a 5-6 car, going 20 mph- maybe, little blue and orange passenger train. Pppft?? What? <br />
It was fascinating to see how the vendors just flocked back to their original positions though- as if nothing had ever happened. <br />
Life went on.<br />
After we witnessed "the train," we walked to the car where Chenya told us we were going to visit an Elephant village. A What!!!?? I had no idea we were going to an Elephant village. I instantly got my hopes up. Once we got to the village, you could see the "stalls" on the East side of the road, and the actual "park" on the West side of the road. We pulled in and they said we could buy an Elephant ride for 600 Baht, and we could buy a basket of bananas to feed the elephant for an extra 100 Baht. Of course, it didn't take long for us to shill out our money, and climb up what largely resembled an oversided tree house, to "load up" on our elephant.<br />
They called to him over a large microphone in the tree, and here they came, out of his stall, crossed the road, and up to our 'tree house'.<br />
Can you imagine if a car drove by. There should be a sign that says "Elephant x-ing"!!!<br />
So cool.<br />
They had built a seat for us, that was just a bench mounted to a saddle that looped around his tail, around his sides and back around his legs. The lady loading us into our seat told us that we were extra lucky because our Elephant had Ivory tusks, and not many of them did anymore. Chinya told us the only condition to riding an elephant was that we had to make a wish. So cute. <br />
His name was Bou Bam, and he was 10 years old. His "driver" said he eats over 700 lbs a day, and all he does is "eat, toilet, eat, toilet" haha..<br />
We rode around the swampy park area for about 25 minutes. We stopped at one point and the "driver" climbed off and asked for our cameras- he took some pictures for us, and Bou Bam put his trunk up on his head, between his ears- right in front of us, and we fed him the basket of bananas we had brought. He was funny and when the man came over to climb back up, he said something in Thai, and Bou Bam bent down so the man could climb back up. He balanced by keeping his toes behind Bou Bam's ears, and he steered him with his heels. Like a really big, leathery horse, lol. Right before we were about out of the park, our "driver" stopped Bou Bam on some quiet little corner and brought out a little tin of hand carved little ornaments- elephants, beaded necklades- all very white and "ivory looking". Melanie asked him and he said "No Ivory Madame" and was really pushy about us buying some so we got the smallest cheapest trinket, and moved on. The driver kept saying "To feed Bou Bam- to feed," I'm not sure if I believed him or not, but it was interesting. They wanted it to look like ivory-- just capitalizing on the appeal.<br />
After our Elephant ride was over, Chenya had cold waters waiting for us, which were just little plastic bags full of water, with what resembled a canning lid on the top and a straw poked through the top. Very interesting. Our driver took us to the loading dock for a Canal Tour on a motorized long boat. We asked why the canal tour- we thought we were going to the floating market- and Chenya told us we would take the canal for 35 minutes, and it would take us to the floating market. Awesome! We got more than we bargained for. Our long boat ride through the canal was interesting. All the little shanties along the canal were neat to see. They were built in the original Thai style out of Teak and painted all sorts of funky colors. There were some that were beautifully kept, and some in terrible disrepair. <br />
The water in the canal was filthy- and it was hard to think that the people that lived along that canal used that water for everything- cooking, cleaning, bathing, drinking, sewer- everything. I just don't know how everyone that lives there isn't dead or very sick. It was pretty gross. We even passed a lady hanging her (maybe) 1 year old boy off the side of the Canal in the water to bath him. He loved it and was playing in the water. He just doesn't know any different, and I had to remind myself of that. These people are resourceful and use what they have, and are grateful for it. It helps me to appreciate the ugly things- because they are what help us to seek out the beautiful things- and appreciate them even more when we find them. <br />
About half way through our long boat ride, we stopped to see a very large bronze/gold looking statue along the canal, and there was some sort of large lizzard- a cross between a snake and an iguana, sitting on the sidewalk in front of our boat, just staring at us. Chenya said we must have really really good luck to ride an elephant and see a lizzard all in the same day. Go us!<br />
We finally got to the floating market and they unloaded us from the long boats, and we walked through the many markets set up on the sides of the canal- where the merchants gathered to create the floating market. They had all sorts of little handi-crafts, just like the locals market. We bought a few things- with the help of Chenya and then she loaded us into a little paddle boat, which took us up and down and around the different streets of the floating market. We kept finding really cute (fake) Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Hermes knock off purses, and kindof looked at them- maybe wanting one and Chenya stopped us and said Very Quietly "If you like- I know better place. Better quality and good price- but tell nobody. Us secret." Hmmm..okay? <br />
Chenya told us that the canals had become a major tool for transportation and trade in that part of the Province, and had been expanded to include over 200 different "canal streets". Incredible.<br />
We bought a few things, and rode along and enjoyed all the unique sights, then went back to where we started and unloaded. <br />
We made our way back to the Car and drove back towards the city. We were both tired and hungy, and about 20 minutes outside of the city, the driver took an exit that took us back into the city- just through a different part than our hotel. Chenya explained that she had a friend that ran a souvenier shop and he had the purses in the upstairs, butu they would take us since she was with us. Melanie asked if they ever had trouble with the Police and Chenya said "Yes- but only for locals if no pay taxes- not for foreigners," She told us that her friend had already paid the taxes on these bags so we shouldn't have any problems taking them back to the US and wouldn't be causing trouble.<br />
We did it. Maybe we shouldn't have- but we did. And it was fun and exciting..haha. They snuck us through the back door of the Souvenier shop and up 3 flights of dark stairs to what I expected to be a dimly lit dusty little room- and it was better looking and cleaner than the souvenier shop was. They had put a lot of time and expense into making it look like a high dollar showcase. <br />
Melanie and I each bought a few fun little finds-- They accepted Visa ;) And decided we better go back to the hotel before we caused any more trouble. Oiy.<br />
We went back to the hotel and unloaded our bags (our many many bags) and walked across the street to the Holiday Inn and ate lunch at their little Cafe "Cafe G". I got a wok fried chicken with Vegetables and steamed white rice and Melanie got a Soup she knows and likes called Tom Kha Gai and steamed white rice. It was really good. We grabbed a taxi and came to the hospital. <br />
Eric had been feeling much better that morning and had walked down to the nurses station in the hall and back a few times, but since he had gotten back to the room he had started feeling a lot of deep aching pain in his hip and leg again and was suffering a little bit. We visited with him and tried to joke, but he still wasn't feeling well. He hadn't had much of an appetite and since he had a laxitive induced bowel movement 2 days earlier- has had no other urges since. It was becoming concerning, so we tried to get him to eat something substantial and visit, but he was in pain, so he took his pain killers and went to bed early. They had increased the amount of the "pain killer" they had given him called "nytriptoline" (sp?) which is actually a antidepressant that they were using to suppress the pain in his nerves. He had been taking about 15 mg, and they upped it to 35mg. The docot had said that they have used up to 200mg on patients- safely-before, so we were not concerned.<br />
We headed back to the hotel and had an early night. <br />
We had experienced a very long and very entertaining day.The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-80674919743299719622012-06-27T03:24:00.002-07:002012-06-27T03:48:28.452-07:00Thailand. Day 6. Tuesday<div style="text-align: center;">
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Yesterday morning, we got an E-mail early saying that the servers were still down for the body scan, which was what we were waiting for, so we slept a little later than usual. After getting up and showering, we went down for breakfast on the Mezzanine floor again, and we realized why Eric liked going to the Lounge for breakfast if it was after 7am. It was super busy. There were people everywhere, but we decided to brave it and eat down there anyway instead of going back up 37 stories to the Lounge. The staff was incredible and there was hardly any waiting for us to get our breakfast- with our "custom cooked Omelettes/Eggs" again. It is incredible that they put on such a high quality of breakfast for so many people at one time. Everything is clean and decorated beautifully and well arranged. These people impress me. </div>
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After breakfast, we headed to the concierge desk to book a tour for the next day. They gave us a pamphlet of options and we decided to do the floating market the first day, so we had to be ready at 7am the next morning for our tour. Then we got our usual-green cab to the hospital. Eric had continued to improve and they had finalized the diagnosis as immune mediated luticulitis of the t-10, and were treating it with a final day- day 5, of the IV steroids. </div>
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He was getting tired and frustrated from laying on his back for 7 days straight, so we rolled him over and took turns massaging, and I popped his upper back for him. It sounded like dominos. Once one popped, the others followed. I bet it felt good ;)</div>
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After that, the nurses came in to help him shower (super painful right?), so we went out on our adventures, yet again. This time we took a taxi to Central World. Its crazy how, in this city, it takes between 10-20 minutes to go a single mile. It's also crazy that it's so oddly named and twisty between roads, and so filled with crude men that we would rather pay the 80 Baht cab fee (almost $3) to drive 5 blocks. </div>
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I don't know how to describe Central World, aside from saying that it occupies half a block, and is at least 15 stories tall. It is filled with all different kinds of shopping. It's absolutely obnixious, and massive and mind boggling. There are different towers and each are named different things- i.e. Zen, and each tower has halls that connect to the other towers, it's an absolutel maze. Talk about overwhelming. </div>
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We walked through a few different sections- Jewlery, Clothes- etc. Then we found the food court and got some lunch. There was a little sandwich shop called Sweet Molly's that looked good, so we sat down to order, and low-and-behold a man/woman (he/she-it) came to take our order. </div>
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It's different in Thailand, but transvesdites are commonplace, and even accepted as a "3rd sex." So this- professionally dressed-dolled up- man dressed as a woman came and took our order and made our food and served us. It was just weird- and hard not to grimace. His voice was deep and you could tell he wasn't even trying to sound "feminine"? I just didn't get it...</div>
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Anyway-- I got a regular club, and Melanie got a Ham and cheese sandwich. Even though they sound the same on a menu, the food is still different. The breads here are thinner and have no crust. Each slice is perfectly square, and sliced boiled eggs are on almost any sandwich you order. They don't typically use Mayo/Miracle Whip like we do- and the only place you see butter is at the breakfast buffet at the hotel. </div>
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While we were eating our lunch, we noticed that kitty-corner from our little sandwich shop was a little Gelato shop called "Ge-la-te". The different containers were dressed up so pretty, we just couldn't resist. I got a mint chocolate chip scoop and Melanie got a Ferrero Rocher scoop. We noticed that in some of the fruit flavored Gelato's the tags were marked with a picture of the king and said "The Kings Projects" on them. Melanie explained that the king had created projects that would help the locals and homeless work to earn food, like farming fruits to sell to the local shops to use to make different foods out of- such as the strawberries used to make the Gelato's. I thought that was cool.<br />
He encourages his people to be industrious and work for what they have and help one another. The Gelato was delicious also. <br />
They had the coolest little spoons too- they had like...traction bumps on them? Weird, but I loved it- haha.</div>
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We got to stop at the Okley Shop that Eric frequents and see his Personal Collection that is on display in the store. We bought some things, then decided to walk back to the hotel and explore the little shops that were in the "Arcade" down stairs. I had been looking for some fresh water pearls and found some at a quiet little jewlery counter, and I was thrilled. We found a ring that Melanie and I both just absolutely loved, but it was big enough that it would match the "flinstone pearls" (the huge pearls Monty got her for her Anniversary a few years ago) perfectly, so I talked her into buying it. I'm sure she won't regret it ;)</div>
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After our Pearl adventures, we got a taxi to go back to the hospital. The traffic was terrible and it took us almost an hour to get 3/4 of the way there, before we came to a deal hault and didn't move for almost 20 more minutes. The people in the taxi's in front of us all started to bail out, so we did the same thing. We were right in front of a school and had been having fun watching all the school kids walk out in their uniforms, eating their afternoon snacks. We walked past the school and walked the other 4 blocks to the hotel. We got to pass some pretty rough and smelly street stands, and we were only 1 block away from our turn into the hospital, when we saw almost 30 police trucks and motorcycles that had the entire street blocked off. They were riding in a formation and were making everyone stop in their tracks. We wondered what was going on, if it was a protest? or a parade? or a demonstration of some kind. By the time we had walked up the block, the cops left and let the traffic go again, so we turned and came into the hospital. When we asked Eric what he thought was going on, he said that anytime a member of the Royal Family had to come through town, they shut down every street 5 blocks in front of and 5 blocks behind the car, and the entire city comes to a hault. </div>
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They love and revere their king and royal family so much. We learned that the current king has been reigning for 66 years. The longest ruling monarch in the history of the world. Longer than the current Queen of England and King of Spain. </div>
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After we got to the hospital, we contacted Destin and he said that the Servers should be up at 9am Utah time, which was 10pm our time, so we caught up on our E-mails and visited with Eric. He decided he was hungry for something Salty, so we got (terrible) directions from him on where to find a 7-Eleven, and went exploring out the back alley ways of the hospital. The 7-Eleven's here are not the same as back home. At all. No coffee/hot chocolate bars. No Dr. Pepper. No crackers. We had to try to decide what things were from the pictures on the containers because none of the writing was in English. We found him some Salted Cashews and some Sun chips and headed back. I took a nap until it was time to do the body scan, then I woke up and got it running. </div>
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Destin connected to us and ran the scan and confirmed that the Immune Mediated Luticulitis was in full effect, as well as having Lime disease fully fledged and attacking the nerves. They discussed how it was problematic because the treatments were cotradictory. Suppressing the immune system to stop the attack of the antibodies would allow the Lime disease to run wild, and pumping him full of antibodies to fight the Lime Disease would only compound the problem with the Hyper Active Immune system. </div>
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After discussing what we had discovered, Melanie and I headed back to the hotel. We had the concierge at the hospital get us a cab, like we always did, and this time the driver was a skinny, lurpey little guy. He saw me in the mirror and kept telling Melanie "You have very beautiful daughter. I have no beautiful daughter. My daughter Fat. She love to eat. Like wife. She Fat. She like to eat and she talk too much. Eh? I no lucky. I never have son in law. I no lucky."<br />
He was cracking us up. He asked us through very broken English why we were in Bangkok and if we had been there before. When we told him that we had a son/brother in law in the hospital, he asked "Why here? Good doctor but good doctor study in America to come be good doctor here. You have better doctor in US huh?" <br />
We just laughed and explained that Eric was here when he got hurt so he couldn't go to the US, he had to stay here until he was better. The guy kept saying "Lucky us- we take your money, good for Thailand. Good for me. Good luck for me- maybe my good luck find me a son in law cause me no lucky. My daughter fat. She like to eat. Like wife. She fat. She eat too much and talk too much."<br />
It was hilarious. <br />
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It was nearly midnight before we got back to the hotel and showered and to sleep. We had an early morning so we could be on time for our tour!</div>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-7588201522013883402012-06-27T01:58:00.002-07:002012-06-27T01:58:51.072-07:00Thailand. Day 5. Monday.<div style="text-align: center;">
Monday morning we got up and Melanie was feeling better. We got dressed and ready and went down to breakfast with the "normal people" on the Mezzanine floor. The selection was bigger on that floor. They had everything the Lounge had, but they also had a Noodle grill, a No-pork egg station, and things like baked beans, stir fry, Fish soups and "stone" waters. </div>
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They were waters that had been stored with certain rocks in them for different qualities- Amethyst, for example, was used to give people strength of heart and soundness of mind. So you basically drink water that has rocks in it. Some people are crazy. </div>
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After breakfast, we did our usual- get a green cab- go to the hospital- check on Eric. He had been improving since they started him on an IV Steroid. They had been speculating that what was causing his weakness and pain was an autoimmune response triggered by surgery that they were calling Immune Mediated Luticulitis, which meant that the Immune system was being hyper active and the excess antibodies were attacking the nerve bundle around the T-10 vertebrae, causing the pain in the hip and weakness of the intestines.</div>
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After we visited and struggled to get the Body Scan software downloaded, Eric got tired again, so Melanie and I decided to go on another outing. We walked down to Sukumvit road again, passing by the Pakistan Embassy again, and the same little girl was there with an elderly lady this time. She was sitting crosslegged on the ground in front of the lady, and was smiling this time. I saw her while I was walking so I grabbed the packet of Starbursts out of my purse so I wasn't digging through my purse right in front of them. She saw me coming and her eyes lit up, and I bent down to hand them to her. She put her head down and her hand out, so I bent over and looked her in the face and smiled when I handed them to her. She was so shy, and so happy- but she let out a little giggle and it completely broke my heart. I just wanted to pick her up and bath her and feed her and give her a warm bed to sleep in. She was darling.</div>
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We found some change in our pockets to give to the toothless elderly woman and she sang to us as we walked the rest of the way up the street. Once we reached Sukumvit, we walked East this time, instead of West, like the day before. Eric had given us directions to a new shopping center called Terminal 21, so we decided to go check it out. We walked about 7 or 8 blocks before we found it.</div>
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Walking the streets of this city is just repugnant. The smells and transvesdites and crude cab drivers are just crazy. There were a few really fun and cute street vendors that had fun trinkets and toys that we had to stop and buy some. The little handicrafts were fun and the merchants are always wheeling-and-dealing you. From the second you walk in-- "Madame- 500 Baht/ no I give you 350 Baht- special price, just for you." They were fun. </div>
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We found our little trinkets and walked back out onto the street and walked past a tall Arab man who was "guarding" the entrance to his little shop. He saw us coming and just shook his head and kept saying "Very lucky ladies, Very lucky ladies." Almost like he wad disgusted at us. </div>
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We got to Terminal 21 and it was really neat. It was 9 stories tall and each floor was designed after different parts of the world. There was London, The Carribbean, San Francisco, Tokyo- etc. They had miniature light houses, a miniature version of the Golden Gate bridge, Sumo Wrestlers, Trolley cars etc. It was really cool.</div>
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Melanie and I found a little grocery center on the ground floor and bought little brownies and sodas, and we bought some Red Velvet cake for Eric. The steroids made him cranky, and I love lifting peoples spirits with treats :D </div>
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We walked through a few more floors and found a little noodle shop and decided to stop for lunch. Melanie got a Carbonara Fettuccini and I got regular old Spaghetti with meat sauce. Ya can't go wrong with spaghetti in my opinion.</div>
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After lunch, we walked back down to the hospital, passing the same Arab man again, and he told us the same thing when we walked by "Very lucky ladies, Very lucky ladies." On the corner across from the road we had to turn North on to get back to the hospital, we spotted the Custom Tailor shop that Eric and Monty use for their trousers and button up shirts. We decided to go in and talk to the man and order some shirts for Monty for his birthday. His name was Sonnee and he was an Arab man that wore a purple Turbin, but he had excellent English and he remembered Monty and Eric perfectly. He described Monty (Bless his heart) with his hands around his belly section to suggest Monty's belly. </div>
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I loved their shop becauses the walls were lined top to bottom on both walls with rolls and rolls of different fabrics. You got to walk around and choose the different fabrics for whatever it was you wanted made. They were measuring out a British Man while we were there and were so specific in their measurements, it was really cool to watch- down to the 1/4". They also had a lot of really neat Old fashioned wooden yard sticks on all the counters. They were triangle shaped and I wanted one so bad. I figured they would think I was crazy if I asked if I could buy their yard stick from them. </div>
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After we ordered the shirts, we passed back by the Embassy and the little girl was gone this time. The same elderly woman was there and recognized us and sang to us again as we walked past. </div>
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When we got back to the hospital, a few of Erics friends had stopped by, so Melanie and I sat in the other room and visited with a few of them while the others sat in and talked to Eric. </div>
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We were still fighting to get the body scan to work. We had finally gotten the software to download, but now were having problems connecting to the Servers, so we had to wait until it was business hours in Utah to call the technichal help line, so we waited...</div>
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A little while later, we got hungry and decided to brave the food court on the Mezzanine floor, and found a neat little soup station. I got an Asian style (of course) chicken noodle soup, but it was made with the vermecelli noodles instead of larger- spaghetti sized noodles, and Melanie got a fish/sprouts soup. We brought Eric back a Green Tea Iced Latte', since he hadn't been able to eat much, and after we ate our dinner, we both crashed for an afternoon nap again. We woke up in time to go down to the Garden Floor with Eric in a wheel chair because he was going stir crazy. While we were there it started to drip a little rain on us, so we came back inside, and by the time we had gone up 5 floors to his room, it was a torrential downpour. I couldn't believe it. </div>
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We waited for the rain to stop, and visited a little bit, then we headed back to the hotel for the night.</div>
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Another day down in Bangkok Thailand.</div>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-17538795691508343612012-06-26T03:39:00.002-07:002012-06-26T03:39:36.694-07:00Thailand Day 4.<div style="text-align: center;">
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We woke up early Sunday morning and were both starving. We hurried to get ready- without a flat iron for me is kindof tricky. The voltage is different over here so Eric told me not to even bring it with :( Needless to say, I had to scrunch my hair. I re-wetted it from the night before and before I even turned on the blow dryer, it was curling and frizzing all over the place. Wowza. Anyway- after the Hair-Fiasco, we headed up to "The Lounge" on the 37th floor. Since we are staying in a Suite connecting to Eric's {He's kindof a fancy-pants} we got access to the "Private Lounge" - awesome huh? lol We got off and the receptionist already knew we were coming. Eric had called her, and knows her well, since he stays often. Julia- helped us get our seats, with an incredible view and we got to eat and eat and eat. This place has one thing going for it- you can eat amazing, fresh, delicious fruit until you think your mouth will fall off. </div>
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They also made your eggs fresh- however you order them. Something strange to me though- They do not serve traditional breakfast meats, (Ham, bacon, sausage- etc.) There were sliced Deli meats, fresh fruit, Home made Yogurt- Which sounds gross but was super good, fresh baked croissants, French Breads, Dried Fruits, Sticky Rice, Coconut jelly, Fresh honey comb....Ummm...I could go on forever.</div>
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We walked around and around looking at all the buildings for a while. It's just city as far as you can see. Sky scraper- upon- Sky scraper. And traffic- and layers and layers of city. Up high- they have the sky train- their version of a subway-kindof. Then there are the air walks- that are like bridges over the streets and they connect to the upper floors of a lot of the hotels and malls and shopping centers etc. Then theres the actual Ground that is jam packed with street vendors, and taxi's, and street scooters, and motorcycles and busses and vans. There is a person on every square inch of the ground, and under them are the bums and homeless- sitting/laying and begging for food, water, money, or candy. Under them are the street dogs and street cats, then the rats and the garbage. It's just a Big. Huge. City.</div>
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We got change from the front desk- we had exchanged our American cash for some Baht in the airport the night before, but they had given us all large bills. The exchange rate is about 30-1, but Eric told us to carry 20's because the cab drivers would notice Americans and claim not to have change. </div>
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The Concierge got us a taxi, and we Headed to see Eric at the Bumrungrad International hospital. </div>
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I had noticed the night before that the steering wheel was on the opposite side of the vehicle, but I had been tired enough that I did not notice that they also drive on the opposite side of the road. It was scary to me every time we made a right hand turn because there was always a car coming towards us. </div>
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When we got to the hospital, we visited with Eric and met most of the doctors and got an update on how he was feeling. They discussed different causes to the problems he had been having and different diagnosis'. He got worn out pretty fast from the morning, so he took a nap and Melanie and I walked down to Suhkimvit Road, to find the Phloen Chit shopping center. To get to there from the Hospital, we had to walk in front of the Pakistan Embassy and through all the street carts and bums. It was intense. In front of the Embassy there were a few beggars, one naked man- passed out in a tree planter, and a little girl. I wanted to give her something, but I couldn't tell if she was a beggar or not. She didn't reach towards the passers-by like the others, she hid her face in the cracks in the wall and wouldn't look at me, so we kept going. We walked through the shopping centers, and decided we were hungry. We stopped at a little Lebanese shop and ordered some Garlic Hummus, Nan bread, and Lemon Garlic Chicken 'pieces' and Pita cheese pies {smal pita rounds with cheese melted on top} for lunch. We have to make sure to ask for bottled drinks everywhere we go- so we don't have to drink the water from the ice when it melts. </div>
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The server was Lebanese man and was rude and obviously did not want us there. When he would walk away from our table, he would make rude references towards our table- but I could see his reflection since all the walls were lined with mirrors. Not very smart. </div>
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We ate our lunch and finished walking through the shopping center. The funnest part of it all was on the floor below the ground. It was where the locals set up their booths of all their Handi crafts, and there was a small local grocery store. I'm certain the store clerks thought I was insane because I just wandered around in all the fruit and vegetables looking at it all. It literally took up 50% of their store and they had So many cool fruits and vegetables and roots and sprouts....I just loved it. </div>
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We bought some little trinkets from the little shops and walked back to the hotel. It was hot and humid, but not unbearable. </div>
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The hardest part of the heat was that it just carried all the smells. That is one thing I couldn't ever get over if I lived in this country is the smells. And the rats. Don't forget the rats. Walking by the street vendors was difficult for me to do without gagging. One of the many street carts we passed had two fish tanks rigged up and they were filled with big dead stinky fish- still floating in the water. The gross part was that the fish were there when we walked by the first time, and after lunch- when we walked back they were gone. That means they fed those stinky dead fish to someone. Grody. </div>
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When we got back to the hotel, we visited with Eric for a little while and it got to where it was all I could do to stay awake. I finally gave in and went and took a nap on the couch in the other room of Eric's Fancy-Dancy two room suite ;) </div>
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I must have been tired because one of Eric's friends came and brought dinner in for us and Melanie visited with her and they clanged around trying to wake me up for dinner and I never knew she even came. </div>
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I woke up while Eric and Melanie were eating dinner, and I went and tried to eat, but I just couldn't do it. After sleeping so irregularly and all the smells and the filth of the city fresh in my head, I had absolutely no appetite. Not to mention the food was all pretty weird. I ate some Rice and sauteed vegetables, but that was it. I ended up getting lucky though, because Melanie ate dinner and by the time we got back to the hotel after dinner, she got sick. </div>
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When we left the hotel though, we got in a pink cab- which we learned later- the hotel only approves of the green taxi's for the tourists because they are the quality drivers and they run their metes honestly. This guy was a complete jerk and a terrible driver and took us to the back of the hotel so we had to go in the service entrance instead of the front door. Then he tried to charge Melanie 60 Baht for the same drive that cost 45 baht that morning. We finally just got out and left, so I guess he got the brunt of that deal. </div>
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Once again we were off to bed. Well-- I was off to bed. Melanie was sick for most of the night.</div>
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Friday morning, after getting up and enjoying the awesome breakfast at the Embassy Suites- where their chefs would cook whatever you wanted for your breakfast- right in front of you. After breakfast we both crammed our carry-on's as full as we possibly could and headed to the airport. Melanie had to hand check the medicine again, and it wasn't as big of a pain as it was the first time, but it was still an extensive process. We made it to our gate, after a quick stop at the Ghiradelli store near our gate to buy some treats for the trip. We made it on our plane rather uneventfully, and flew out around 11:39 am. Business Class was awesome. There was a ton of room. It was more than 4x the space, but they are usually 4x the price also. Thanks again to Monty! We dozed in and out, then they served us dinner-- Warm cashews and our drinks before our meal. Then salad and Mozzarella balls and Olives. Then cold shirmp and a California sushi roll stuffed with crab and avocado. I tasted the sushi- it wasn't all that bad- but had to give the cold Shrimp to Melanie- I just can't do the texture! Bleh. </div>
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She had steak and I had chicken for dinner with rice and mixed vegetables- followed by delicious Ice cream sundaes!! </div>
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After dinner, we fell asleep, and I woke up to the sound of Tinking dishes. They had served breakfast, and I looked and we only had 58 minutes of our 8 hour and 52 minute plane ride left. I woke Melanie up and we asked for our breakfast. We got Quiche, sausage, egg and cheese omelettes, mixed fruit, yogurt and a croissant with some amazing straberry jam. It was delicious. </div>
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After we ate, we got ready to land in Tokya/Narita. We landed at 2:06 pm on Saturday- Japan time. Which meant it was close to Midnight Utah time. Once we were off the plane, we had to go through yet ANOTHER security check, where Melanie had to keep the medicine out and hand check it- yet again. This time was the easiest of all our attempts and they didn't tear anything too terribly We found a kiosk and our gate was #57. We had to walk quite a ways to get to it, and we had to pass all the high end shopping centers, in the airport to get out. they were funny. There were ceramic cats and odd shaped confections in boxes. </div>
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We passed a lady handing out samples of whiskey to the general public on the way to our gate. I remember thinking "That would never happen in the States." Once we found our Gate, Melanie walked around trying to find the Lounge, and ended up runninng into our 2 friends from SLC. They had survived their flight and were headed to find their connection also. We both found the Wifi and sent out some E-mails to let people know we were alive and Melanie took a quick nap while I went in the bathroom and washed my face and hands and tried to become presentable after our very very long flight. </div>
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It was interesting because they had stalls for Bidet's and stalls for regular toilets. I had to remember when I brushed my teeth that I couldn't use tap water. We had to go and exchange some $$ for euro's and buy a water so I could brush my teeth. </div>
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We boarded our flight at 17:25 and were supposed to fly outo at 17:50 but were delayed for almost 30-45 Minutes because of a "foreign object" on the runway. I honestly didn't even notice because I dozed off, but Melanie woke me up when we actually took off. These seats-although amazing- were not as big as the flight from San Fran. to Tokyo. We still got to recline and nap most of the way though. We woke up long enough to eat dinner. They served us an Amuse Buche' that was super interesting. There were 4 petite servings of: Mozzarella Ball and Olives, a Mini Lemon muffin, Some Sushi of some kind with Caviarre sprinkled on top and some Tofu/brown sauce/Edomame thing that I tasted and immediately wished I hadn't. </div>
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We landed at 11:35pm Saturday nigiht in Bangkok Thailand. We {slowly} got off the plane, and walked off the ramp and the Humidity just stuck to us. It was incredible. As we entered the Terminal there was a little guy in a bright blue coat jacket and white pants with pointy white shoes named "Top" holding a piece of paper with our names on them. He worked for the airport and escorted us through Immigration and the baggage claim, then Customs and finally took us out to the curb where the hotel car was waiting for us. </div>
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We rode for about 45 minutes up a well lit interstate, there were billboards the size of football fields and Buddist Shrines and beautiful temples everywhere. There were also nasty boarded up Shanties and abandoned farm houses and beautiful sky scrapers. There was so much contrast in one square block, it was just....amazing.</div>
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We got to the Intercontinental Hotel, and they escorted us up to our room and checked us in. They even brought our bags up for us. We were being spoiled, and it was so cute. Eric had made all the little arrangements to make things super easy on us, and after our long 2 day journey- it was fantastic! </div>
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We got unpacked and showered and tried to sleep. It was hard since it still felt like 12 noon to our bodies, but we managed. </div>
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Somehow all the sleeping we did on the plane rides didn't feel very restful- but it was fortunate! </div>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-16377602974565373082012-06-25T21:05:00.001-07:002012-06-25T21:07:35.443-07:00Thailand. Day 1.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Tuesday afternoon, while at work, Justin called me and said that his brother, Eric, was getting worse. He checked into a hospital in Thailand on Sunday for severe pain in his right leg/hip area. Justin said that his mom was getting more concerned since the usual tests and explainations weren't panning out and he was alone. She was trying to find a way to get to Thailand to be with him and she didn't want to go alone, so he asked if I would go with her.</div>
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I said- I will if I can.</div>
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Well, the next day, she got the call that the plane tickets were booked and we would leave the next morning. We wouldn't be back until July 4th, which meant 14 days total.</div>
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So, after a busy day at work and a long afternoon of packing, shopping, and softball, and 3 hours of sleep, I woke up at 4am Thursday morning. Melanie picked me up at 5am, and we hit the road. We had to stop at Justin's Uncle Morris's house to pick up a fed ex package. After getting the package we had to navigate through/around a wreck, we finally made it ti diamond parking. We valet parked the car and took the shuttle to the airport. When we got inside we eralized Melanie's carry on- with all the homeopathic medicine she wanted to take to Eric, was still on the shuttle. We called them and had them loop back around 15 minutes later with the bag, and we were on the way again. </div>
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Once we got to the counter to check in and get our boarding passes, they informec us that our flight to San Francisco was delayed by 30 minutes. They tried everything they could to re-route us to make sure we didn't miss our International flight to Tokyo. They couldn't find any other way to get us there, so we decided to chance it and headed through securty. </div>
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Now- the homeopathic drops Melanie was bringint to help Eric can not be exposed to X-Rays so we had to talk to 7 different agents to finally recieve a hand check for the medicine and met the most Ronchy cow of a TSA Agent you've ever met in your life. After a full cavity search of her person and hand checking her bag and the medicine for "explosives" we finally made it to the gate.</div>
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Justin called me as I was watching this happen from afar off and asked me what was going on. I more accurately described it to him as her "being she-raped on the other side of a glass cubicle." It was intense. We finally made it to our gate, and it didn't take long for our flight to be delayed again- and again- and again. Our plane was supposed to leave @ 11, and we finally departed at 2:24. While at our gate we met two middle aged ladies who were traveling to Thailand also. </div>
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They visited with us about what was going on with Eric and were friendly. We all missed the connecting internation flight to Tokyo for sure, so Melanie booked a hotel and we flew over to San Fran.</div>
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Walking off the plane there was a sweet little agent named Lilly who hwas holding a sign with our named on them. She had been notified as a global support agent of our situation because of Monty's status as a premier meember which was what landed us the great flights in the first place. She had already issued us new tickets to depart the next day, hotel rooms, meal vouchers etc. She was an angel.</div>
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We didn't have to run to see if the plane was still there- hoping it had been delayed because of weather also. I was so glad to see her. </div>
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After she helped us, she also helped our two little friends from SLC, she change dtheir flights also and Melanie gave them the reservation she had made for us since we now had new ones.</div>
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We got our shuttle from the airport to the Water Front Embassy Suites where wee were staying and got checked in. We were both staving and so we ate at the hotel restaurant for dinner. Grilled Salmon for Melanie and Penne pasta Marinara for me. Their artichoke spinach and cheese appetizer dip was to die for. After we filled up on that we got back on the shuttle and went back to the airport to find the BART station, which is San Francisco's version of a subway. </div>
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We rode from the airport down to Powell street where we got on "the nations oldest moving monument" which were the calbe trolley cars that are sitll a major part of the city's transportation syste. While we waited in the long line, we watched brake dancers in the street and differen't homeless men playing the "drums" on 5 gallon buckets, wine bottles, frying pans- etc. They were actually really good.</div>
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Once on the trolley it got crowded really fast, but we would still see out the windows behind us. We headed down the city of "rolling hills" towards Pier 30 and the Fishermans Warf. All the hills and "bookshelf houses" reminded me of something you would see on an Italian country side. It was so picturesque. There were beautiful- and not so beautiful wrought iron gates over all the doors and windows. We passed one shop owner closing down his store and we counted him lock 4 different padlocks on the gate before he left. It was unique and creepy and beautiful at the same time. Once we got to the pier, we had to stop and buy extra jackets because it was freezing cold outside, and the cold breeze made it so much worse. </div>
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We walked around the Pier and saw the Berdidi store where they made all different kinds and shapes of an amazing french bread. We didn't go in, but walked by as Melanie told me all about it. We walked out to a lookout to take pictures of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate bridge. Then we went to the Ghiradelli store and got Ice cream and looked through the galss at the old original 1832 equipment that explained the process of making their chocolate while we got to see it in action. After ice cream, it was getting dark and cold and late so we went and stood in another huge line to catch the trolley back down to Powell street. We passed Lombardi street that time, which is the crookedest street in the world, and also passed China town. We landed right bck where we started and ran into the 3 story Forever 21 store to bouy me some clothes for today since my checked bag got forwardedto the international flight for the next day. We made it back to BART then back to the shuttle at the airport and finally back to the hotel. We were both so so tired. Neither of us remembered laying our heads on our pillows. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Justin wanted to donate a quilt to the Hit-Run-Score all night softball tournament that we are playing in in 2 weeks- so we went and chose this bad boy last night. It's going to be awesome! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I'm going to kill me some dogs...this is the 4th hole they've dug in the last week. {Cuss words!}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We finally hung my super cute clock that I bought months ago for the basement bathroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have a hummingbird that has decided our front porch light is going to be the home of her nest. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta Love Bountiful Baskets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It Cures what Ails ya.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very rarely will my hair curl. I promise- it went flat 5 seconds after this picture. <br />
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<img height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1i6WBvWVzCK1lKaeuew8vlYehsTidDLSQ5nirKxYmAtkLSWF0SeLd8x4tPuEqAGXlgrwwXpjL1E33ff9dhiVPYhbeYY5u6S3pAFAQhyphenhyphenxWPMredBGav1MJGnY4WSPOyeSh1jr8Axzhug/s320/photo+5+(3).JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 432px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 2221px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" />The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-76999189002502941322012-06-08T09:14:00.001-07:002012-06-08T11:20:59.438-07:00It's been One week...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goat Show</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Ace's Birthday- took the dogs to the lake. </td></tr>
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Tuesday</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Jensen ward Youth Auction</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's tradition to get Ice cream after the Temple. My cousin Blake got to go do his Endowments Saturday night before he leaves on his mission. He's going to Nashville, TN mission and leaves tomorrow. He gave a great talk the next day in Church too!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Natalie took 4th in her class and 15th overall in Showmanship. She did fantastic! Especially for her first year!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yesterday was also Ace's 1st Birthday! I can't believe it's been a year since that long stressful night, but he's such a sweetheart! We love having him in our family! </td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765280061232465082.post-64150211480620298122012-06-04T10:35:00.000-07:002012-06-04T10:35:19.228-07:00May odds-n-ends<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've been cutting lots and lots of stickers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hunny knows how I love Hot Chocolate, so he bought me this super cute ceramic/polkadotted cup to use at work every morning. Keeps my drinks hotter longer ;) Yumm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got to go see my good friends- Nichole and Taylor's new house a few weekends ago, and had to take them a "Happy New Home" Gift! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I spent a day on the farm a few weekends ago, and Trish and Ali came out to play too. Ali got to see her first camp-fire. Loved it! The girls' a natural! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of dad's Hens had been sitting really well, so he left the eggs with them, and look what happened! 2 Babies! So cute.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trish and My Thursday lunch ended up at Wingers one day, and you can't leave Wingers without eating one of these guys! Yumm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I want this Skirt SO BAD! And can't find it for sale, so my awesome mom is going to help me make it, when I can find the fabric. {We need a JoAnn's <em>so bad</em>}</td></tr>
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I spent April 30-May 3in Houston for work. Lots of traveling huh! This time was for a Quarterly Meeting for the Project Services group. It was a lot of flying, and hotel-ing, and flying, and hotel-ing, and flying again, but it was a fun trip! </div>
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I hadn't ever been to Texas before, and I was surprised at how Green it was! I was expecting Rusty Dusty Desert with Cactus and tumbleweeds everywhere. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My iPad saved me during my many lay-overs between Vernal-Denver-Houston Then Houston-Back to Denver- Overnight- Back through Denver Airport and finally home to Vernal again! Whew.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had originally booked us in some yucky hotel that we were all afraid to go to- luckily our boss got there before us and did not approve, so we got to move to the only hotel rooms left in town- which of course were the super fancy Suites at some Spa/Resort 12 miles outside of town. It was <em>lovely</em>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After our meetings that Tuesday, they took our whole group on a "Team Building Activity" to the Astros vs. Mets Baseball game at Minute Maid stadium.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We sat in row 5, at the end of the foul line. They hit quite a few foul balls our direction- thank goodness for all the little kids running around with their Gloves on catching all of them! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We also got to go to the Offshore Technology Conference while there, and it was super-duper fancy. The fact that I know just enough about offshore drilling to be dangerous meant, it was kindof boring- and kindof educational at the same time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, I landed in Vernal on Justin and My 4 Yr. anniversary and when I walked out into the parking lot, I immediately saw- he got the windows tinted on my car for me while I was gone.<br />
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So so nice in this hot summer sun!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also came home to one-sick-puppy. Ace hadn't been feeling good all week while I was gone and when I got home, he couldn't even walk up the stairs. Justin had taken him to the vet once already, but he just wasn't getting better. I had to carry him into the vet, and when I laid him down, he did the 'splits' - couldn't even hold himself up.<br />
Poor guy! He had lost 16 lbs. and was super dehydrated.<br />
Thank goodness for our amazing vet George that helps us with everything our sweet "kids" have to go through! lol</td></tr>
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All-in-all it was a good quick trip with lots of traveling, laughing, good food and lots and lots of walking {sore feet!}. I love working for such an amazing company that lets me travel and take opportunities to learn and see new places whenever possible. </div>
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Today is also little Ace's 1st Birthday!</div>
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I remember the long night- 1 year ago all those whiney little furr balls were born. I'm so glad they're all growing up and doing well so far!!</div>
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I decided to finish posting our pictures from the Super Busy/Super Fun Memorial Day Weekend, and I'll catch up the rest of my posts later.</div>
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We had a super busy weekend. Justin had to work, but I can't remember the last time I had a 3 1/2 day weekend {Lame sauce, I know}. </div>
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Friday I got off work early, so I had to run around downtown for a while replacing my debit/credit cards/checks, etc. since we never found/got my wallet back.</div>
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After Running errands, I went home and got ready for graduation. At the last minute, my plans changed, and my family wasn't able to go, so Justin took me on a date instead.</div>
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We went and saw MIB 3 in 3D. Justin thought it would be good, and I figured it would be <em>okay. </em></div>
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It was dumb. And ugly. and did I mention dumb? And ugly? </div>
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Saturday, I helped Trish build a Super Cute "growing board" for Ali.</div>
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It turned out great and matches her room so well! </div>
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I can't believe how big she is getting now too! She babbles, and laughs and smiles, and will stand and hold onto my fingers. She's starting to recognize who I am now too. <strong>score.</strong> I'm the awesome Aunt Chelsie ;)</div>
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After working with vinyl all morning, I cleaned the house all afternoon. </div>
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I mean cleaned! and cleaned! and cleaned!</div>
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Justin got home and he helped me clean even more!</div>
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It felt <strong>so good</strong> to have the whole house clean! </div>
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After all the cleaning, we went to dinner at The Quarry with his parents, since Monty was home for the weekend.</div>
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I got the Chicken Parmesan (thanks for the reccomendation Candice) and it was really good! </div>
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I'm so picky with how thin the Chicken is on Chicken Parmesan that I won't usually order it anywhere but Johnny Carino's- but theirs was perfect. Yummy!</div>
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Then we went back to the house and watched "Play the Game" on the big screen in the basement.</div>
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Oh.My.Funny!</div>
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We laughed so hard! It was Awesome!</div>
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Sunday morning, I got to go and watch Tyler bless Baby Zoey in their ward, and it was so sweet.</div>
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Then after going to my own ward, we headed to Jensen for a birthday party, and to visit with my Wadsworth Grandparents. </div>
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We also got to celebrate Grandpa Dee's birthday with him. He's always so fun to talk to and listen to all his stories about the farm and his family and what growing up was like for him.</div>
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On Monday- Memorial Day, I headed to Jensen again to go to the Garden Center with my family and buy some vegetables for the garden, and some flowers for the new flower beds I was planning to build, (aka my castle). After the garden center my Grandparents headed back over the mountain to Wyoming and Mom and Dad and I had to come into town to Basin Nursery to get a few things that we couldn't find in Jensen.</div>
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I got the rest of the things I needed and went home and started buildling "my castle."</div>
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When Justin got home, we went to Jensen to help plant the garden, but when we got there, we got a little distracted.</div>
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The girls and Tiffany and Jason were down and were buildling a "redneck slip n' slide/pool," so of course, we had to help.</div>
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Justin even got in his suit and went down the slide a few times. They had a blast!</div>
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After all the watery-fun we planted the garden with my parents and headed back to town.</div>
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Tuesday came and I was back to work- but right after work, we went home and finished buildling the flower beds, and got most of our plants in it.</div>
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I'm skipping ahead a little bit in my "catching up" timeline, but I had to share a picture of what we worked on for most of Memorial Day Weekend and most of last night. </div>
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I'm calling it my castle- cause it's just that awesome.</div>
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Now that I look through my pictures, I realize that they're 4/5 of food. I guess you can tell what I was excited about for this trip! </div>
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I got to go to attend a class with a co-worker of mine. Candice and I were "on the hunt" for good food. Although, the class we went to: "Petroleum Engineering for the Non-Engineer" was a <em>great</em> glass! I learned <strong>so much, </strong>and I also learned that I knew more than I thought I did, which is always awesome.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm basically a sucker for a good bakery. Candice got the "Cookie Dough" Cupcake and I got the "Snickers" Cupcake. They didn't disappoint.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lava Cake from "The Chophouse" -- I always expect lava cakes to be warm-- this one wasn't, so I wasn't amazed. Plus I don't love fruit and chocolate, and that red "drizzle" was raspberry. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stopped for Gelato at <em>Amore's Gelato Shop</em> twice while on this trip. It was super delicious. Candice tried starting with a small cup, but by the time she got all her "scoops" chosen, they had to graduate her up to a large cup. Pretty funny, but she ate it! It was super yummy! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every time I see a Horse-drawn carriage, I think of my dad. He loves his horses and loves to hitch them up to the wagon and have them pull, so I had to send him a picture of the one that was at the 16th street mall. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bruschetta from <em>Maggiano's</em>. Our entire meal at this place was amazing. I love Italian food, so that might have swayed my "vote" a litte, but still-- so delicious.<br />
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Also, Note to self. Anytime I have to go back to Denver in the future, it is <strong>so worth it</strong> to just Fly. It's a 1 hour flight on a tiny plane vs. 6 Hours of crappy driving a crappy company truck into a super busy city with crapp-ily named streets. </div>
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Never again, will I drive to Denver, unless I absolutely have to.</div>
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Little planes. They're the way to go! </div>The Prattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463758818128171420noreply@blogger.com0