Saturday, June 27, 2009

Vacation?!?

I took this last week off for a "vacation" filled with surgeons, flowers, sleep tests and lots of movies. It wasn't the most desirable time off but very needed.

We started Monday with a trip to the hospital to get my gall bladder removed. I have been dealing with some odd stomach problems for a while and after a few tests, they found a gallstone lodged in the opening of my gall bladder. Everything went very well despite my nervousness. We got to the hospital at 8am, I went in for my procedure at 10am and we finally left at 2:30. They wouldn't let me leave until I could keep down food or water. I was doing really good until the nurse handed me my discharge papers to sign and I got dizzy and nauseous. But I still managed to get home and climb in bed. I spent the rest of the week in bed watching a variety of movies such as; PS I Love You, Made of Honor, Fools Rush In, Oceans Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen, I Robot, Enchanted, Wedding Planner, Bourne Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum and I think a few more.
I told Chad that these scars couldn't have come at a better time: Bikini Season! Ugh!

On Tuesday I got surprised when the florist stopped by with not one but two bouquets for me. My mom surprised me with yellow tulips and my sister got me yellow and pink (looked more like light purple) flowers. They were beautiful!!! On Wednesday, the florist came back with another basket from my co-workers. I felt very loved!!

Thursday night I had to spend alone. Chad got to spend the night at the hospital for a sleep test. He was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and now has to sleep with a CPap machine. This is great for both Chad and I. I don't have to deal with his horrendous snoring and he will get some actual sleep at nights. For those that don't know what Sleep Apnea is: While sleeping some people have a difficult time getting enough oxygen in because the throat closed up, which also causes snoring. I have witnessed Chad quit breathing while he is sleeping and it is very scary. What happens when the body quits breathing is, it wakes itself up to start breathing again making it very difficult to reach REM. So Chad has not had a good night of sleep in a very long time. The CPap constantly pushes air in so the body never has to wake itself up, therefore getting better quality sleep. It also reduces the snoring!

And that was our vacation...

Sunday, June 21, 2009

You asked for me to blog so here it is!

For those of you who haven't heard from me in a while, here is a quick recap of my life so far:

I went to beauty school and got me cosmetology license. Then I met Chad...


We decided to move in together at the same time that Chad was moving to Albany, OR to finish school at OSU. So we moved to Albany. Had several different jobs and finally decided to get married. On July 21, 2007 we said our vows...


We purchased our first home and on January 12, 2008 (my birthday) we moved in...


Then on May 1, 2008 we got to say hello to our first nephew, Keller Davlin Matthews...


Presently Chad has been a Real Estate agent for 2 1/2 years. He is working with Re/Max. I have been with Linn-Benton Housing Authority for over a year helping low income familys get housing. We love what we do but with the market the way it is, we are trying to help Chad find a job to bring in some extra finances. Other than that we spend our days with our baby Denali...


and when we have the chance we see our families.