The Ripe Old Age of 21

Today I got a root canal.

I told the dentist “ Great, I’m the ripe old age of 21, and getting a root canal” he just laughed and I told him “ I feel like when I tell people I am getting a root canal, they assume I don’t clean my teeth” he told me that my teeth and gums were actually very healthy! It was just that tooth.  There you go! right out of the dentists mouth :)  Dumb tooth. Cost me too much money.

As can be assumed, things are pretty expensive around here. So my Aunt Sylvia was a great mom for me for the day, and we drove 2 hours to get to a endodontic school, to get it done for a lot cheaper.

It went well. At least, I think. I’m on pain medication so…. I could be wrong.

The doctor was very nice, he made sure I was very numb. In fact, every time I thought I could feel even a little bit, I let him know and he gave me more shots. This happened at least 4 times. It was great :) ha.

Nothing like sitting in a chair, with your tooth being drilled on for an hour and a half!

They recorded the procedure…. maybe I will be cool enough to be shown to other students :) The screen was right in front of me, So I tried not to watch it, but the few times I did, I could see a lot of blood coming out of my tooth ( weird to see your tooth bleeding?) … he said I bled a lot.

It’s only a temporary filling, and I still have to go back in to get a crown, and a permanent filling… which means more money…. But so far so good! He said the 3rd day is usually the worst.. we’ll see.

When things like this happen, I am reminded of all the people that care! I’m grateful for the support and concern of family :)

It’s looking like I am going to have a nanny job! Although I don’t feel like I can say it is for sure until I actually start working… so hopefully!

Even though things have been stressful for us in the past week or so…. we are blessed! And I am grateful.

Weekend

Weekends are now reserved for sightseeing. Since Hans is working everyday now, we only have Friday nights and Saturdays to go out and do fun things in DC.

Well, I take that back. Those are the only days that we can go out and do things together. I am able to go out and do fun things with the girls who’s husbands are also in the program and are here in DC, and I have also been able to do some things with my cousins Kaitlin and Megan!

I am grateful that there are so many people from Hans’ program out here. All of the wives get together and do things while our husbands are working! We have planned some fun things!

On Friday night We went out to dinner and played games with the people in the program, our friends!

It is so good to be able to do things with people who are in the same situation you are!

On Saturday I had an Interview for a nanny job….. hope it works out! We could use the extra income :)

We decided to go to some of the Smithsonian Museums. Those Museums are HUGE. It is ridiculous. It was interesting. But very tiring. 1. because it was packed with people, and 2. Because it was so hot outside. Here are a few pictures of that.

I know, cheesy. But still a little funny  :)

The hope diamond.

Hans loved the stone/gem part.

When we got home we decided to try out our “as seen on TV” dent popper. After using it about 5 times on the same dent, we may have made a little difference. It was entertaining nonetheless.

Before. ( don’t pay attention to my reflection )

Yep. You twist it until the glue pops off.

After

Like magic! Well… actually the dents are still there, but they aren’t big enough to need to get fixed…. I think. Either way…. $20 and 2 hours of hard labor later… we may or may not be charged for it. Lets hope not.

Frugal Friday

Today’s post will be about a jumble of things.

First thing being couponing. I’m not doing it at the moment. We are staying with family right now, and we just don’t need to. I have thought about doing a little, but it is just too difficult, with Hans working, and us being in a place that we aren’t used to…. But if any of you are still interested in couponing…. here are the sites I use again….

www.fabulesslyfrugal.com

www.thekrazycouponlady.com

Once we get back to Idaho, I plan on ordering multiple Sunday papers, and jumping right back in!

On another note, I would like to talk about the show Extreme Couponing. I’m sure most of you have seen this show by now.

Since the show has started, things have been getting more difficult in the land of couponing. People have been paying for 1 paper and taking them all, or taking all of the coupon inserts out of each one. Store shelves have been cleared, Sunday papers have been stolen right off of front doors, and I have even heard of peoples coupon binders being stolen….

Now, I don’t know if all of that is true, but I believe it, because I have experienced it. The last few Sundays before we left for the internship, when I went to go get the Sunday paper, all of the papers were gone, and if there were some there, my paper was ALWAYS missing inserts…… I hated that the things I wanted to get weren’t available at the stores I went to (Albertsons, Walgreens, Walmart…) all because someone came in super early, and grabbed all of the items.

I think that it is mostly happening in Idaho and Utah, but my mom has told me that she has seen changes in Colorado as well.

It makes me frustrated that people are acting this way. I hope that things will die down after the summer.

Some current things going on in our life:

Today marks 1 week of being in DC. Only 9 more weeks to go!

I know some people might think that this is a “great opportunity” and an “adventure”. yeah, yeah, it probably is….. but I am in NO way an adventurous person. Stepping outside of my comfort zone is something I AVOID at all costs.

That is why I am SO grateful that we are staying with family right now. They have been so helpful to us, and it is a huge blessing!

I went to the dentist here, and I found out that I’m probably going to have to get a Root Canal, while we are HERE! And oh yeah! We don’t have dental insurance! (being a student is great) Yeah, that can cost up to $2,000…

I would just like to add, that my teeth are Healthy, floss and brush everyday ! I have only ever had cavities in that darn tooth…

Someone also backed into our rental car the other day. We think it was while were were parked in downtown DC. Don’t worry, we bought a dent repair kit that we saw on TV. haha. Hopefully that works, it should be interesting either way. And if it doesn’t, I hope that we don’t have to pay too much to get it fixed!

Life is expensive sometimes! Just when I thought we might get ahead…..

But we still are blessed to be with family here. This really is going to be an adventure!

More Pictures

Since I know no one could wait to see more pictures….. here are some more pictures of our beautiful faces at Disney World.

Yeah, I don’t know why Hans didn’t take off his sunglasses in some of those pictures, and the guy made us do some weird poses in some… and then added a “stitch” in there….

That’s all :)

Sometimes….. we do fun things

Yes. Sometimes we do fun things, like go to Disney World!

Going to Disney World has NEVER been a thought that crossed my mind. We thought about going to Disneyland again, but Hans said that he wanted to go to Disney World. When he first told me, I though “yeah right, like we have the money to do that…” but I told him to go ahead and look at prices and dream about it…….

What do you know?! We actually went. After we decided to fly to Washington DC, we found out that it was the same price to stop in Florida, as it would be to fly straight to DC. Not to mention we were able to get a really nice place to stay, and ended up paying for only Disney World tickets… and food!

We got to the Denver airport at 4 AM. But before getting on our flight, I decided to leave my phone in the bathroom…. great way to start a trip. But luckily someone picked it up and brought it to lost and found. So lucky!

We had a few rough patches that day… and an interesting couple of days.. but it was still great!

We were in Disney World for 4 days….. and we were able to get everything done! It was a miracle!

Here is a video of the place we stayed. SO nice!

Let me explain to you how Disney World works.

There are 4 different parks. Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, and Animal Kingdom.

The first one we went to was Epcot. Here is a map

The biggest part of Epcot, is the part that has different countries. You can walk around the back part of it, and it is like you are in a different country! They have France, Norway, Canada, and many more! Out of all of them, I would probably say that Epcot was my favorite park.

By the way, Florida is SO humid! and it was SO hot while we were there! The second we walked off the plane, we could feel our clothes start sticking to our bodies. It really is like a sauna…. and I’m not even exaggerating! There was NO point for me to even try to do my hair… I wore my hair curly… and “all natural” the whole time. :)

We loved the aquarium part.

This guy was in France… I think. I had a video of him Juggling 5 balls, but it was sideways, and not as easy to watch… so here is the other video!

Can’t you see the nasty stickiness on my face and hair by the end of the day? It’s all in the experience :)

The next day we went to Magic kingdom. This park is the one that is Just like Disneyland.

We spent the least amount of time in Magic Kingdom. and the day that we did, it decided to rain really hard. Which was actually kinda fun. If was so hot and sunny that we didn’t even think to bring ponchos. It seemed like everyone else was prepared. We decided to run through the rain from ride to ride….. it seemed like a good idea at the moment…. yeah. We got drenched.

And to think…. that was the One day I actually decided to spend time doing my hair…. what a waste.

One of the fun parts of Disneyland/ World… is all of the parades going through the streets!

It’s not easy to take pictures together…I wish we just had someone to follow us around and take pictures whenever we wanted. Hans was SO sick of me saying… ok! Lets take a picture!

Yes we took a lot of videos.

The Third day was Hollywood Studios!

The back lot tour is always a must…

As well as a few shows…

Our last day was Animal Kingdom! Right after we went to Animal Kingdom, we jumped right on a plane and flew to Washington DC!

At Animal Kingdom, they have a safari that you can drive right through where all the animals are… it’s really cool!

It was pretty cool!

We also got to see fantasmic. It’s kinda like fantasia…. they use water and all sorts of things…. it’s really cool…. we had to wait in line for an hour to see it!

And.. here are some more pictures of Animal Kingdom

Riding the train

Listening to sounds of the rainforest

It’s tough to be a bug!

Tree of life

We got into DC late on Friday night, and we got lost as soon as we drove out of the airport in our rental car. … The roads in DC are so ridiculous… and we have driven in LA… enough said.

Since then we have been searching for a place to live and Hanging out with the Westergards, my family, and we love them!

We have visited one place since we have been here. The Jefferson memorial.

I feel like we are living in the woods here. There are so many trees everywhere, it is crazy! And I grew up in Oregon! Green. Everywhere. It is very pretty :)

Hans started his first day of work at his internship yesterday.

So things are good!

*Oh, and I have more pictures of Disney World, but they are on Hans’ computer, and I can’t get to them at the moment. don’t worry, I will put them on later :)