Christmas

    Christmas was pretty fun this year.  I was a little worried how things would go because I had bronchitis weeks before Christmas.  Luckily I got better right before Christmas, but it did make me really behind on everything.  So instead of two trees we only had one and I did not get any Christmas goodies made that I wanted.  However, Christmas day was good and I had lots of fun.  Christmas Eve we spent the night with Jason's family and opened pajamas with them.  Christmas day my family came over and we had breakfast before we opened our presents.  Jason had the most presents to open because I bought him a bunch of stuff.  He is super spoiled.  I got him a bunch of blu rays that he wanted, a couple of daily calenders, socks, a dress shirt, a new pillow, and a helicopter which I think is his favorite present.  Jason got me some gift cards to Michaels, Joanns, Nordstroms, and a set of self-healing mats that I wanted for sewing.  I am excited about the Nordstroms gift card because I have found a pair of shoes that I want that I can get with it.  After opening presents I started on dinner and Jason went to play with his helicopter.  Almost everyone else took a nap or just talked.  After dinner we watched Muppets Christmas Carol, because we watch it every year, and then ate pie that my sister made.  After my family left Jason and I spent the rest of the night watching some of the new shows that we got.  It was just a really nice holiday week and pretty relaxing.  I am glad we got to spend time with everyone and that Jason and I got to spend some time just the two of us because it feel like we don't get to do that as much as we would like.  Jason enjoyed Christmas but he is glad that it is over because it ends his busy season at work. 

Festival of trees

  I don't know what is going on with blogger I have been having a hard time getting pictures to upload so this post is long overdue.  (I am probably doing something wrong I am not the greatest with figuring out websites.)  A few weeks ago I went to the festival of trees with Jason's family.  I have never been before.  It was pretty fun.  I did not know that there were so many people that go, it was sort of crowded.  It was neat to see all the different trees and see all the care that people put into them.  It was also neat to go because Jason volunteers every year through UPS to deliver the trees after it is over, so I was able to see some of the trees that he helps deliver.  I will probably go again but maybe earlier in the day when it is not so crowded and also when I am not sick.  I probably would have had more fun if I was not sick.   Here are some of my favorite pictures. 

My neice did not want her picture taken.

Upside down ice cream tree.

This tree was made out of pop bottles.  Not something
I would buy but I thought the concept was neat.

I thought this would be Jason's favorite tree.

My little pony tree.  This was one of my neices favorite trees. 
It was super cute. 

Reading

     This year I found a list by the BBC of the top 100 most loved books.  The list is a few years old, but they had viewers vote on their favorite books and then they ranked them.  I counted the books on the list that I have read and I had read 22.  I thought that was pretty good but not good enough and I decided that I should try and read at least half of the books on the list.  So I have been a little slow, but I have read four more books on the list in the last couple of months: Middlemarch, Black Beauty, Treasure Island, and Little Women.  I think I might have read Black Beauty years ago but I did not remember so I read it again.  I did not really like Treasure Island, I am not really into pirate stories.  I liked Little Women and I am surprised I have not read it before.  I think that it is suppose to be a book that all girls read.  Middlemarch was not easy to get through.  It is like 800 pages and the language is kind of different, but it was good.  I was proud of myself for getting through it.  Right now I am trying to get through Anna Karenina.  It is another long book which is kind of deep.  It is not easy to get through.  I have also tried to get through the Wind in the Willows, I know it is a beloved children's book, but I can not get through it.  I tried when I was younger and did not like it, and I still don't.  After I get through Anna Karenina I have a few other books that I started to read and never finished that are on the list.  I have also thought about reading the Lord of the Rings books.  They are on the list and I have read The Hobbit so I thought I should read the other books. 
    This year I also read some books not on the list, some Agatha Christie books and the Hunger Games trilogy.  I was probably one of the last people to read them, but I really liked them.  I was worried that they were going to be like the Twilight series with a huge teenage love triangle, so I was relieved when it was not the same.  I liked the Twilight books but Bella trying to decide which guy to choose got super annoying.  I have also read several books this year that I have read before; Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, The Moonstone, The Woman in White, and Jane Eyre.  Most of those books I read once a year because I love them so much. 

Shoe Surprise

  Anyone that knows me, knows that I love shoes.  When I go into a store I usually gravitate towards the shoe section.  I love pumps and the higher the better.  Lately I have been loving the shoes at Nordstroms, especially the ones that I can't afford.  While looking online I found these wonderful shoes that were nude and black with a little bow and about a four inch heel.  I fell in love with them right away.  On a shopping trip I was looking for a different pair of shoes when I saw the nude and black ones.  They were so pretty, even prettier than what they looked like online.  They were so pretty, but so expensive and so I left the store thinking about them.  Tuesday Jason said he had something for me and he hoped I would not get too mad because it was expensive.  He handed me a box and in it were the shoes I wanted.  He was so sweet to go to the store and order them for me.  They had to order them from another store because they did not have my size and he picked them up to surprise me.  So now I am the proud owner of these wonderful shoes and I am grateful that Jason thinks about me and tries to get things that I love.  I told him that I won't get any shoes for awhile since he was so nice to get me these. 

Aren't these so great.  I am so excited to wear them.

Tulips

  Just a warning this post has a lot of pictures.  I don't think that it is a secret that I adore tulips.  I have a ton in my yard and every year I pay money to go look at thousands of tulips at Thanksgiving Point.  Luckily Jason likes tulips almost as much as I do, so I can go crazy buying tulip bulbs to put in the yard and he is okay with it.  This year I have gone sort of crazy.  Last year I had tulips that did not come up and I was very disappointed and decided I needed to put in some more bulbs.  Also I just figure that I need more because they are just so darn pretty I love how my yard looks.  However, I don't want just normal tulips, I want interesting ones.  So this year I have been looking at nurseries and I have ordered some online so that I can plant them next month.  Right now I have probably ordered close to 150 bulbs.  First I thought  that was overkill, but the more that I think about it and keep thinking of new places I can plant bulbs I wonder if it will be enough.  I found pictures of some of the ones that I have bought this year and I thought I would share.  

 

I can't remember the name of these, but I thought they looked kind of different and interesting.  I like that they are two different colors.

I am super excited about these.  This is an ice cream tulip, which is a double tulip.  Aren't they neat and so different.  I love that they look like vanilla ice cream in a pretty bowl.

This is a Rai parrot tulip.  I just loved the color and thought that it was different and bright. 

This is another parrot tulip.  I did not have any parrot tulips in my yard so I bought like four different kinds so that I had some.

To be honest I can never remember the name of this tulip it starts with a v.  I feel in love with these last year when I saw them at Temple Square.  They look almost like a lily when they bloom and I love the pink and green.  I took a picture of them so I could figure out what they were and after a couple of hours of looking online I finally found them.  I ordered these online so hopefully I get them ok. 

These are a blue tulip called amible. I bought two kinds of blue tulips this year and I am going to plant them with the black tulips that are pictured below. I think that they will look neat together. 

I love black tulips.  I think that they are so pretty and I decided that I needed to add more to my yard.

  So that is a sample of some of the tulips that I got that will be blooming in my yard next year. I know hard to believe that I bought more kinds than what are pictured here. I swear I will not be a crazy tulip lady, if there are crazy tulip ladies. It is also probably pretty obvious that I am super excited, I can't wait to see what they look like next year and I hope they are as pretty as the pictures. 

Wedding

  There is going to be a wedding in our future.  My little baby brother, who I guess is not that little anymore, proposed to his girlfriend.  They are getting married in January.  I honestly would have picked a different month because January is freaking cold, but it is not my wedding.  I am sort of having a hard time imagining my brother getting married.  He is 7 years younger than me and I keep thinking of him as a little boy that we used to dress up in our old dresses and who loved Garth Brooks songs.  I am just surprised because I did not have a hard time when my sisters got married. 
  Something that I am grateful of is that the girl that he is marrying is a nice girl who seems very sweet.  They seem to be very happy together and she does make my brother happy.  Although sometimes I wish they were not so lovey dovey.
   But with a wedding I need to get a new dress and I have been looking around and most of the dresses are ugly and would not look good on me.  I need to get something that I will not freeze to death in the middle of winter.  Also maybe I can get a new pair of shoes.  I do love new shoes. 

Wicked

      August 2nd we went to see Wicked at Capital Theater.  Before the show we went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.  It was good like usual and like usual I got the raspberry lemon cheesecake that I think everyone except for Jason thought was the best cheesecake. 
  The show was really great.  I did not know what to expect because I had never heard any of the music.  It was really fun and I did not expect it to be so funny.  My favorite character was Glinda because she was such an airhead it made me laugh.  Also I thought the girl who played her did a really good job.  I really had a good time.  I am grateful that Jason is so thoughtful to think of fun things for us to do.  Well I think that technicallly Tyler thought about it, but Jason agreed. 
    So watching the play made me think I should read the book The Wizard of Oz and so I downloaded it on my little Kindle I have on my phone.  I was surprised at how different it was from the movie.  The Wicked Witch is so important in the movie and she is really not in the book that much.  But the book was interesting and I thought it would be a good book for kids to read. 
     Also this weekend we went out at 3 am to see the Perseids meteor shower.  We did not get to see as many as I would have liked but we did get to see some meteors even though it seemed kind of hazy and the light pollution seemed worse than usual.  I really want to see it next year so I am hoping we can take a trip somewhere out of the city where the lights arn't as bad.  Also I need to remember to get some bug spray because the mosquitos got a nice little treat of my legs. 

Ten years

  Friday morning I was shocked when I woke up and saw that Jason was still in bed at 9 am.  I freaked out thinking that Jason had slept in and missed work.  I woke him up telling him that it was 9 in the morning and he needed to wake up.  Jason acted like he did not know what I was talking about.  Then he rolled over, looked at me, and said happy anniversary.  Well I did not know what to say because it was not really our anniversary and I was in shock.  Jason had taken the day off to surprise me with a weekend away to Park City.  He reserved a room at a bed and breakfast and had a special dinner planned for us at a fancy restaurant.  I got kind of worried because some bed and breakfast have shared bathrooms, and a romantic getaway is not as romantic if you are sharing a bathroom with strangers.  My fears were needless, as our bathroom was spacious and private.  In fact our room was huge because Jason got the master suite.  There was a door to go outside to a little deck, but unfortunately it was raining most of the weekend so we could not sit out there much.  We did some shopping in Park City.  The restaurant we went to was so great.  It was super expensive, but I think that I had the best halibut ever.  Jason got the Kobe steak, which was wonderful.  We also ordered a little appetizer sampler and it had these goat cheese wonton things which were to die for.  I could have eaten a hundred of them.  It was a wonderful weekend and nice to get away. 
   Then tonight Jason had a present wrapped up for me.  He let me open it, a little early, and it was a binder full of pictures and memories that he had compiled about our ten years together.  It was such a sweet gift that he had worked on for the past year.  I love how thoughtful he is and how much he obviously cares about our marriage and the ten years that we have been together.  It makes me feel good that even the little things mean so much to him.  The gift brought tears to my eyes and I am always going to treasure it.
   I am so lucky to have Jason and I am so grateful for our marriage.  It is hard for me to describe how much I care about Jason and how I feel so lucky to have found him and that he wanted to marry me.  He is one of the greatest men that I have ever known.  He is kind and caring, supportive, and loving.  He would do anything for me.  We have had a wonderful ten years and I hope that our next ten years are just as wonderful. 

Baby Shower

The last couple of months I have been planning and preparing for my sister's baby shower.  Saturday was finally the day of the shower and luckily it all went basically as planned.  I made her two diaper cakes that she loved and most of the food worked out the way that I wanted.  There was a good turn out and she got some great stuff.  It is weird when you plan something for so long and then it is done.  Now I am wondering what I need to plan.  I do know that I will not be planning another shower for a little bit, they take a lot of work. 

 Me with the food and decorations.  I made the little pom pom things on the ceiling.  Thank you pinterest.  My mom got the balloons.

 After the shower we all played in the pool.  It was so nice.  Jason got a new solar cover and it keeps the pool a lot warmer so we can swim longer.  We had piggy back races and thanks to Jason's stealth and long arms we beat my sister and her husband.  We had lots of fun. 



Birthday and Blessing

  Last weekend we went to Idaho to celebrate my nephew's birthday and my nieces blessing.  It was really fun.  Conner had an angry birds party, which was really cute and Elizabeth did such a good job.  The kids were really cute playing the games and throwing water balloons at each other.  One of the funniest things was watching Jason play with 9 kids at the same time.  He started by playing with our three year old niece and one of Elizabeth and Tom's nieces.  Within ten minutes all the kids were chasing Jason around the yard, hitting him with play sword and axes and hanging on him.  We all laughed so hard, because they were pretty funny and almost toppled Jason over a couple of times.  Elizabeth and Tom really have very sweet nieces and nephews. 
  The next day was Taliya's blessing.  She looked so beautiful.  Elizabeth made her dress and it was so pretty.  There were three blessings in her ward that day, which we had to laugh at because we could not think of three blessings in our ward for all of last year.  There are a lot of kids in her ward.  Unfortunately we had to leave after the blessing because we had the long drive home, but it was great to see them and share in their special day. 

 Isn't Taliya so cute.  And doesn't she look gorgeous. 

 I finally got her to go to sleep during the party.  She is so sweet.  Don't tell my other nieces and nephews, but she might be my favorite.

Jason pretending to put Conner in the next door neighbors yard.  Conner seems super scared, huh.  There were other pictures of him with the kids but I did not want to put pictures on our blog of kids that are not related to us without their parents permission.

The foolish man made his sewer line out of ...

pipes that can be broken (Catchy huh.  I am thinking it should replace the foolish man built his house upon the sand).  This week we found out that we have a twelve foot crack in our sewer pipes.  This has allowed water to seep out of the pipe, that has eroded the soil beneath the pipes causing them to sag, which has made our sewer line not work very well anymore.  So tomorrow the plumbers are coming to our house to dig up our front yard to replace that pipe.  The wonderful thing is that insurance or home warranties do not cover anything like that so we have to pay for the whole thing and it is not cheap.  So unfortunately we have to postpone going through another adoption agency presently.  We are still going through LDS Family Services, but other agencies are considerably more expensive and we don't think that it is prudent to go through another agency right now.  It is still something we are considering but after we pay for the sewer line.  So although that is a negative, there are a lot of positives to think about even though we have a broken sewer.
1.  At least it did not back up when we had a bunch of people here like it did one year.  It did break on a holiday weekend, but I just think it likes to break when it is the biggest pain in the butt.
2.  It is expensive, but at least we have the means to pay for it.  It is not what we were planning on doing with our money, but it could be so much worse.
3.  It is not in the street.  It does go under the sidewalk which is not the best, but it would have cost us a lot more to dig up the street.  My dad also pointed out it was good it was not under the house because they would have had to dig up our basement.  So that is a huge positive.
4.  There is a 50 year warranty on the work that is being done, so we don't have to worry about fixing that part again. 
5.  They are fixing it quickly so it is not like we have to live for months with a broken sewer.  Also we will still be able to use the sewer and water while they are working on it.
So I guess once it is done people can come over and use our new sewer line.  Haha, who would invite people over to do that.  Well I am glad that it will be fixed and that we will not have to worry about it for awhile (knock on wood).

last two weeks

    So the last couple of weeks since vacation and graduation have been fairly boring.  This is why I don't have a Twitter account.   My tweets would be things like, went to the grocery store, just cleaned the bathroom, threw a snail against the wall, played on my phone, watched t.v., ect.  Riveting stuff huh.  I would have like one follower and it would be a relative that felt obligated to follow me, lol.  But seriously the last couple of weeks I have been busy getting yard work and house work done.  I got my garden planted and already have some tomatoes on some of my plants.  My roses are looking really good and I am really happy with my new red one. 
     I have decided to start indexing genealogy records.  So what it is, is volunteers look at old census records or other records and type up the information so that when someone is searching through records they can just type in information and have it pop up instead of looking through thousands of names in the hope of finding the one they are looking for.  It has been interesting but kind of difficult because you have to read handwriting that is not always clear and is in cursive.  I am hoping it will give me something to do, that hopefully helps people who are trying to do their genealogy. 
    Well that is about all that is going on, I know super exciting.  I am hoping next month that we will go on a hike and we will probably have the pool working so I can start working on my tan.  Also next weekend is my nieces blessing and we are celebrating my nephews birthday so that should be fun. 
 

Graduation

May 4th I finally graduated.  Jason, my mom, Jennifer, my mother-in-law, Kirsten and Marianne all came to the actual graduation ceremony.  It was so nice of them to come.  I am so glad to be officially done.  Last week I got my actual diploma in the mail.  I am just so grateful for all the people that supported me, especially my parents and Jason who made a lot of sacrifices to ensure that I could go to school.  I am still not quite sure what I am going to do with my degree, but it is nice to have a sense of accomplishment that finished something that I started.

 

   Don't you love how my dad and brother wore Oregon Ducks shirts to my graduation celebration.  We laughed at that.  Go Ducks!

 

 Me, Jason, Kirsten, Janene (Jason's mom) and Marianne

Isn't it great how all gowns for graduation look like Mumus. 

Vacation (Part 3)

Day 9

We had to leave my grandma's which was really hard.  I miss her a lot and she is such a wonderful person.  It makes me sad we see her so little.  Grandma's dogs were sad that Jason left, they really liked him. 

We were not sure what we were going to do when we left.  We had planned on going on a hike around a bunch of waterfalls, but I confused Silver Falls State Park with Golden and Silver Falls, which is a different park.  So I got directions to the wrong park.  I was not sure if we could find the other park, but after my grandma told us that Golden and Silver falls was not that exciting, we decided what the heck and decided to try and find the park with 10 waterfalls.  Boy am I glad that we did.  Jason found a travel kiosk which had directions to the park and we found it easily.  We parked and started for the hike.  Almost immediatly we heard a waterfall and not too far from the start of the hike was the first falls.  It was amazing, partly because we were able to walk behind it.  That was so cool.  It was one of the neatest things that I have done. 

We then started to hike to the other waterfalls.  There are a couple of different hikes that you can do.  One is two miles and you see two waterfalls.  You can do the five mile which you see seven of the waterfalls.  Then there is an eight mile hike were you see all ten.  We decided to do the five or at least see if we could.  After we got to the point where we could decide if we should go on to do the eight mile hike, we decided we were not tired and decided to try the whole thing.  We actually only got to see nine of the waterfalls because one of them was on a side trail and we missed it but nine out of ten is not bad.  Also the hike was so beautiful.  We hiked by a river and along the trail there were little waterfalls, trees, and moss covered rocks dripping water.  We are going to do it again because it was so fun and just so great, next time we want to bring lunch to eat on the hike.  I don't know if we hiked eight miles because we accidently took the wrong trail and kind of went in a weird circle, but we did go at least 6 miles and probably close to 8.  (Sorry for the picture dump, but this was one of my favorite parts of our trip)

After we were done hiking we went up to Portland and checked into our hotel and ate dinner.  We were pretty tired from hiking but it was worth it.

Day 10

We spent the day in Portland.  We wanted to go to OMSI to pick up a cool present for my nephew, but of course they were closed on Mondays.  Jason wanted to go the Japanese Gardens, which were pretty, but I always feel underwhelmed.  We then went to the zoo which was pretty fun.  We then drove to Vancouver because we promised my nephew we would get him a Washington state keychain.  We drove all over stupid Vancouver for two hours and could not find one keychain.  We were so frustrated.  We then went to a mall and did some shopping and ate dinner at a mexican resturant. 

Day 11

We headed back to Idaho, but on the way we stopped at Multnomah Falls because we always look at it from the freeway, but Jason has never seen it up close.  The falls looked beautiful and we were both glad that we stopped. 

I always have a hard time leaving Oregon because I think of it as my home so whenever we leave I get really sad.  Well just to show how great Oregon is we stopped in Pendelton to get gas at an Indian reservation and I found a Washington keychain.  We could not believe it but it proves that you can get everything you need in Oregon, ha, ha.  When we got to Idaho the kids were excited to wish Jason a happy birthday and we went to dinner at Outback steak house.  Elizabeth was so nice and made Jason a birthday cake and we stayed up late playing Dominion.

Last Day

  We were able to spend some more time with Elizabeth's family and we went to the Boise aquarium with the kids and Elizabeth.  It was really small, but the kids had fun.  We then drove back to Utah, which is not an exciting drive.  We did hit a lot of bugs on the way, which was pretty gross.  So I guess it is back to reality and having responsibilities.  It was nice to leave them behind and have a wonderful vacation.  I can't wait to go back to Oregon.  I think that we are still planning on getting a beach house when we retire, so I am really looking forward to when we retire. 

Vacation (Part 2)

Day 5

We left Lincoln City to go to Coos Bay to stay with my grandma.  We decided to spend some time in Newport.  Of course it was raining hard that day, making it difficult to go store to store.  We also found out that restaurants in Newport are closed on Wednesdays.  I don't know why every town we were in places were closed when we were there but it was sort of annoying.  We did got to a glass blowing studio.  They were not doing any demonstrations, but we did buy this amazing glass float.  When we got in Coos Bay we had a little run in with the Wal-Mart photo department over the pictures Elizabeth took, lets just say I am not going to Wal-Mart again to print photos.  We then got to see my grandma.  I have not seen her in two years so it was so good to see her and we spent the rest of the night talking. 

Day 6
We went to Shore Acres, which is a garden in the Charleston area, with my grandma.  It was really pretty with spring flowers and close to the garden there are views of the ocean which are really neat. 

 After we left my grandma bought some fresh crab from a little store on the dock.  We ate the crab for dinner with melted butter and it was so good.  It has been so long since I had a whole fresh crab and it was heaven.  She was so nice to do that for us. 

Day 7

We had a laid back day walking around Mingus Park and downtown Coos Bay.  We then played games with my grandma.  Jason won all of the games which was annoying.  My grandma and I wanted to beat him up.  One great thing about spending so much time with my grandma was getting to hear a bunch of stories about my family I had never heard before.  I thought that was so great.

Day 8

Last time we went to Oregon Jason loved the drive down to Brookings, so we decided to do it again.  My grandma came with us and it was great.  The beaches and ocean are so beautiful down there and you can see some of it from the highway.  It was just so nice to stand out and breath the fresh ocean air and stare at how pretty it was.  I know I am biased but I think that the Oregon coast and the western part of Oregon is the most beautiful place in the world and I wish we could move there.  I would love to live there again.  We then took my grandma to dinner and played more games.  This time my grandma actually beat Jason on Quiddler, but he won all the other games. 

Vacation (Part 1)

   We just got back from our vacation to Oregon.  We had so much fun and it was super hard to come back home.  So here is a quick synopsis of how our vacation went. 

Day 1

We left for Idaho to stay with Jason's sister's family.  Elizabeth and Tom made us hamburgers for lunch and we played our new game, Dominion.  (Thanks Rosanne and Jeremy for introducing us to the game.  Jason had to go out and buy it right away.)  It was so fun to see them and see our new niece, who is super cute and it was really fun to hold her.  Elizabeth also took new pictures of us, which was so nice of her and she is so talented.  She did such a good job and although we don't have all of the pictures here are a couple of pictures that she took. 

Day 2

We left Idaho and headed to Oregon.  We stopped in Portland to eat at Shari's, which I had not eaten at in years.  It was just ok.  We then went to Tillamook because Jason really wanted cheese curds and ice cream.  Tillamook makes the best ice cream.  After that we went to Lincoln City where we had reservations at the same hotel that we stayed at last time that is right on the beach.  We immediately took a walk on the beach and walked on the beach until sunset.  We also watched the waves from our hotel room at night. 

Day 3

 We decided that we would wonder around Lincoln City.  We had found this place online that we wanted to go to for breakfast.  We drove down there and they were closed.  They were closed Mondays and Tuesdays.  So we just drove down the main road in Lincoln City and found this little hole in the wall place that only had six tables.  Jason ordered the crab omelet and I got the pancakes.  The food was so good and I could not believe how much crab they put in Jason's omelet.  We then walked to little stores around Lincoln City and then went to the outlet stores.  We then decided to drive down to Depoe Bay and looked around there.  When we got back to Lincoln City we ate at a seafood restaurant for dinner, which was really good.  We then walked on the beach. 



Day 4

We got up early to drive to Cannon Beach to look at the tide pools at Haystack rock.  We had never been up there before so we were pretty excited.  It was pretty fun.  We got to see starfish and anemones.  I really wanted to see a puffin, but we could not see them.  We then walked on the beach for a couple of hours, because the beach was huge.  It is one of my favorite beaches we have been to. We then decided to drive up to Astoria because we had heard how great the city was.  No offense to Astoria, but I was underwhelmed and wished we had spent more time in Cannon Beach.  We then went back to Tillamook for more cheese and ice cream. When we got back to Lincoln City we walked on the beach one more time, as we were leaving the next day.  When we got back we were hungry, but found out that every place in Lincoln City closes before 9 pm.  That was kind of frustrating, luckily Dairy Queen was open.