Friday, August 29, 2008

I only thought I was tired yesterday...

Little did I know I didn't really know what tired was. I worked today from 8:30 this morning until 10 pm tonight. I think we put out over 100 pizzas! Today was an exception and I will not normally be working that much, but it was good to get experience I guess. Jim and the kids are en route to Mission Viejo for his grandmother's memorial service tomorrow afternoon. Thanks Tami and Dan for keeping them tonight in Vegas! We truly consider you to be part of our family. MUAH! I am taking a trip to SLC tomorrow with "the girls" but will be home tomorrow night. Church on Sunday followed by homework and hopefully taking my first quiz. Jim and the kids will be home mid-day Monday and then Jim and I hop in the car for a jaunt to SLC for Jon Hooimans wedding Tuesday, then home again Wednesday. (I have to work Wednesday night from 6-10.) So, life marches on and I am doing my best to keep up with motherhood, wifeyness, nutrition class, yw president, new job and being a good friend. Phew......

Thursday, August 28, 2008

tired....

OK, so I'm 4 days into the new job. I am wondering what to say about it. Perhaps.....I think it will be a place where I can learn a lot about myself and how I interact with others? The pizza is yummy? People have many different interpretations of what it means to "be working?" I never knew that so much went into making a pizza? How many pepperoni's go on a large "Breath Buster?" I DO know that it is going to take a while for me to get the hang of this new adventure. Combined with beginning my college class (Nutrition 223) and trying to keep up with school and extracurricular stuff with the kids (AYSO began this week) etc...I am one tired mom. This weekend however, Jim is taking the kids to Southern California for a memorial service held in honor of his grandmother who passed away a few weeks ago. That means I will have a few days to try and get ahead in my class--or is it to catch up in my class? We'll see how the weekend flows.

Monday, August 25, 2008

New new new....mew mew mew....






Well, I'll bet all of you figured that the "newness" had worn off and that I wasn't going to blog anymore...wrong! I just haven't had the time or the inspiration to sit down and dish. Speaking of dish, I started my new job today! I am managing the newest pizza place to arrive in Elko. It is located directly across from Bil Toki on Silver Street, right next to the Telescope Lanes bowling alley. In fact, it is connected to the bowling alley. My hours will be from 9-2 Monday thru Friday. Great timing for me as I can send the kiddies to school before I have to be to work and be home before they get out in the afternoon. I will be making food, bussing tables, serving drinks, mopping up and washing dishes--pretty much whatever might be required of me while I'm there. I made 6 pizzas today, even though we aren't officially open yet. It's not something I want to do for the rest of forever, but I think it'll be a good job for the interim. Watch the blog for my upcoming poll on which pizza from the Blind Onion is the "fav" of all those who can get to the restaurant to try them. Jim and Ryan ate one today and they seemed to think it was pretty tasty... Here is a picture of Ryan eating my delicious creation! Doesn't he look happy?


Other news of note from the weekend? Jim played on Saturday afternoon in the Elko High School alumni soccer game. This is a tradition he began several years ago while he was coaching and this year was the first he was able to participate fully as a player and not have to divide his time between player and coach. He even scored two goals! Also this weekend we have had a visit from my "sister" Mary Baer. I cannot remember a time when Mary was not part of my life and it has been so fun to have my kids get to know her as well. Shortly after Mary arrived on Saturday evening, Oscar also arrived! Who's that, you say? Oscar is our newest pet--an adorable kitten that we adopted from our friends the Gardners. He seems to be adjusting very well to living with us--Katy is not very happy, but we are trying to make sure she doesn't feel left out. Here is a picture of Jim catching a few zzzz's following his big soocer game!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Am I crazy?

So today I signed up for a college class and received academic advisement on entering the nursing program at Great Basin College. I'm still having sticker shock over purchasing my one book for an online class. YIKES! $166!!!! For a book? I realize that knowledge is power, but holy moly. Anyway--I am really nervous but excited to be getting back to classes after all the time away. (My last college class was when Scott was only a brand new baby.) My goal is to finish all the necessary pre-requisites by the time Ryan is in school all day, so two years from now. I am hoping to be accepted into the nursing program for fall of 2010, and have my RN before Scott graudates high school, followed soon after by receiving my BSN--hopefully before Ian graduates high school. Wish me luck, and keep me in your prayers.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

more family to introduce


Hooray! The toilet is working! YAY! Kudos to Jim who manhandled the porcelain throne into our bathtub and weilded his wire hanger to combat the clog! MY HERO!


Well, you've all heard about the people that live under this roof--so now I thought it time to introduce you to the 4 legged critters who reside here as well. Neither one of them was overly thrilled to be posed for this picture. Perhaps it was because they had to be next to Ryan? Anyway--Katy is our 4 year old bassett hound. She is really a good pet (except she's a dog)--mellow with the kiddies, only occasionally terrifying the neighbor's daughter. (Sorry T.) She doesn't bark too much and it could be said that her biggest faults would be that she likes to lick toes and has been known to eat a poopy diaper. (However, if you read yesterdays post, you'll already know that we don't have anyone living here wearing those! )HOORAY! Stanley, named after the character in HOLES, is our Bearded Dragon. He is nearly 3 years old and has been living in my kitchen for the last 2 1/2 years. He was only the size of a palm when we brought him home from the pet store but he has grown quite a lot. It's because of Stanley that we also have additional transient pets--live crickets and meal worms that we buy to feed him. It's pretty exciting actually at feeding time. The whole family gathers around the tank and it's like watching the Gladiator and the Lions! (Thankfully, the crickets NEVER get the best of Stan--he's tops at stalking them.) Interesting note--if Stanley is not hungry he is not tempted to eat them and in fact will even let them sit right on his nose without so much as a twitch. Perhaps there is a lesson here for me in self control?

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

...I guess it could be worse


got this in an email from Jim's aunt. It's a short newsclipping. Hope you can read it...

Indoor plumbing....wonderful to have--when it's working...


I'm taking suggestions for the caption on this picture.....in the meantime, here is a list of 5 things I hate going to Wal-Mart for after 11 pm

*diapers (although thankfully, we have passed this milestone!)
*feminie hygeine products (also no longer a concern! Let's hear it for hysterectomies!)
*toilet paper
*ginger ale (usually means I have a puking child at home and it is going to be a long night.)
*DRANO, Liquid Plumber, drain snake etc....see above picture.
So last night before retiring to bed I stopped off at the loo to make a liquid deposit. As in most households, this is standard bedtime operation. I finished, wiped and flushed, then left the room. Jim followed suit, but upon his flushing something went backwards, somewhere someone whispered some sort of voodoo hex and before you could say "obesity and bunnions" my bathroom was filling up with water. (And not nice clean water, but icky toilety water--YUCK.) I rushed to find our trusty plunger and began to work my magic (I am quite handy with the ol' plunger if I do say so myself) but to my chagrin I was not making any headway. (Pun intented for all you sailor types.) Soon, the floor of the master bath was covered in wet towels, and there stood Jim and me in our undies, puzzling over what to do next. It didn't take me long to decide for us that we needed a trip to the store to buy something to combat the clog. Long story short, we bought what we thought would fix the situation, poured it in the drain and went to bed. A few short hours later we awoke to the sun streaming in the bedroom window, and birds singing. (Much like in the cartoon of Cinderella....there could have even been little speaking mice, but I am not sure.) Jim went to the bathroom and hovered over the toilet....he flushed the toilet....he ran to the hall closet for more towels...we turned off the water and duct taped the toilet closed and tonight (OH GOODY!) we get to take it apart and see if we can find the obstruction. Never have I been so excited to get to the end of the day. Does anyone else ever have days like this?

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Early bird or night owl?

The kids were full of fun news upon arriving home from school yesterday. Scott was just giddy over several things--all of them connected to a few girls on whom he has a carefully trained eye! (He even gets to sit next to Elizabeth in 3rd period English!) If you think of it, be sure to ask him about the suprise he had in 7th hour! Ian was very excited that he was able to pet the class snake--Lily....I hope he gets his "fix" at school because I draw the line at snakes. Lizards--ok, snakes--not ok. Carly LOVED her first day in the first grade despite feigned exasperation that the boys were chasing her at recess--AGAIN. Ryan enjoyed having mom to himself and also loved playing with his best bud Dallin Bates. Late last night found Jim and I at Wal-Mart (sigh) shopping for yet more school supplies, even though I thought I had been really on top of things and had purchased them all last week. And, speaking of Wal-Mart, can I just say, "OPEN ANOTHER #*#*&&(&)(* CHECKSTAND PLEASE!" (Sorry, should I have marked my blog for adult content?)


OK, so now on to the topic for today--are you kids early birds or night owls? Three out of four of our clan have adjusted really easily to the new schedule. They trot happily off to bed saying, "Thank you kind parents for caring for our welfare. We love that we now get to retire to our beds at 8:30...." However, Ian is struggling. I have to admit that getting him up to get ready for school is not my favorite thing, but I must need more practice because the last two mornings, I have had to waken him multiple times before successfully getting him up! He does not move very quickly in the morning so at times it is a bit stressful getting him ready to go out the door on time. To his credit (and it is one of the things I love most about him) he has a wonderful sense of humor most of the time and we can usually get him to school with a smile.

Monday, August 18, 2008


So, it's the first day of school.....WHOOPEE!!!! I put this picture on because it's just Ryan and me here at home today. Very very strange to think that I will not have to change one single diaper today! So glad Scott went to school so they take care of it there! (Just kidding---I KILL ME!) The three older kids were very excited to go back to school and greet friends and meet their new teachers. Each one of them is in a different school that begins at a different time. Isn't that fun? Scott is in 8th grade this year at Adobe Middle School. Ian is in 5th grade at Flagview Intermediate school (the old Elko Jr. High for those of you who used to live here) and Carly is in first grade at Mtn View Elementary. After Labor Day, Ryan will be in preschool 3 mornings a week as well. That means there is a lot of picking up and dropping off to be done. I am starting a new job (ta dah!) one week from today. More news about that very soon. I hope you will all check back regularly and post interesting comments so that I feel doing this blog blog gloggity splog thing is worth my time! Love you all!

Watch out now we're sneaking into your lives!!!


OK OK......after much pressure I have finally decided to begin a glog to try and entertain all of you "out there" with the antics of the Nisbet clan. I have always enjoyed reading everyone elses glogs. Glogging seems to be the new "it" thing so here goes.....What? What do you mean? OH! It's BLOG.....wow. I feel dumb.