two year anniversary

It was Max and my two year anniversary last Sunday, August 8th. I think I'm supposed to say, "I can't believe it's been two years" but I'm not. Maybe it's because Max and I argue like we have been married longer, or that we dated for about 4 years before getting married but, I can't believe it's only been two years.

I love being married! I love having a companion that is fully devoted to me and I to him. I love having Max to come home to, especially on a particular stressful day. And I love being able to be there for Max when he needs me. Being married definitely easy. I think as soon as you say "I do" life comes at you full force, at least it did for Max and I. With each bump in road Max and I hold on even tighter to each other and get though it.

Enough with the mushy stuff, how did we celebrate? Last year we did absolutely NOTHING to celebrate our anniversary, so this year we decided to go somewhere nice, The Melting Pot! We invited my parents to join us to celebrate their anniversary (Aug 18th). We had a nice three hour meal with good company!

{balloon bouquet center piece}

{cheese fondue}

{max and i along with some steam from the fondue pot}

{dad, mom, max, me and dessert}

{it didn't take us long to finish this}

{strawberry dipped in the turtle fondue: milk chocolate, caramel, pecans and flambe}

{pretty much!}

Our Future House

Yep its official this should be our house August 25 around 5pm! It's on the north westside of Albuquerque, about ten minutes from my parent's house.

{ladder not included,it belonged to the inspector}

{over sized door}

{entryway front room, kitchen/dinning area}

{we have to buy a fridge and a stove}

{one long staircase, max has a count down until i fall down these stairs}

{Bedroom #1}

{the view from bedroom #1 a pretty good view of the sandia mnts
behind the papers taped to the window}

{the door to the bedroom #2, we affectionately call the Winnie the Pooh, you'll see why next}

{how cute! i'll be studying in here, once the pooh comes down}

{master bedroom}

{master bath}

{i know what your are thinking, what a nice garbage can!
i love flag stone! we plan on putting in a pergola in}

{view from the master, the undeveloped land will be a park, we don't know when but it's coming
it's not much of a yard but give max and i a year}

What Are The Odds?

I'll tell you, one in 1,103,697 of finding this can in a 12 pack of Diet Cherry Vanilla Pepsi

Max and I purchased the 12 pack on the 4th of July at the Smith's where I work. We very rarely buy soda, the ONLY reason we decided to buy so was because it was on sale, 4 for $9.
We didn't think much of it, I decided to try a new flavor for no apparent reason. Over the next two weeks I had a can here and there. Last Saturday Max and I bought a watermelon but didn't have enough room in the fridge. Max began cleaning out the fridge making room, in the process Max started emptying the last 7 cans in the pack. The first six cans fit in the refrigerator door, the seventh can Max placed on the shelf. The next morning I grabbed the milk for my cereal, I noticed the can on the shelf was red, unlike the other silver cans but I didn't think much of it and ate my breakfast. After church we made lasagna, salad and garlic bread. Max asked me what I wanted to drink, "Diet Pepsi" Max grabs the lone red can off the shelf.
"Wait a minute!" he says
"What?"
again, "Wait a minute!"
"What?" I asked as I urgently walked into the kitchen, Max shows me the can! I could not believe it, neither one of us realized we purchased a promotional pack. We were both shocked!
I guess our bad luck(most on my post are about the bad news Max and I have) may have turned around!

Drug Of The Day: METRONIDAZOLE

For those of you who don't know we that well, I LOVE DRUGS! No I am not a drug addict, although I do frequent an ibuprofen for a headache. But I love to learn, talk and educate on drugs.

This is something I have wanted to do for a while, do a short post on a drug I find interesting or want to learn more about, to share with you and help me reinforce the information I'm learning! It's funny working in a retail pharmacy almost everyday there is at least one drug that 'stands out', a drug we see an odd increase in prescriptions for. Today we got prescription after prescription for metronidazole.

Generic Name: metronidazole Brand Name: Flagyl
Pharmacological Class: amebicide, antibiotic, antiprotozoal
Use: Treatment of susceptible anaerobic bacterial and protozoal infections
Dosage forms: Tablets, Extended Release Tablets, Capsules, Inject-able Solution, Vaginal gel and Topical: cream, lotion, gel.
Important Counseling Info: Alcoholic beverages should be avoided for at least 1 day to 3 days after discontinuing.

Why I choose this drug: It was fresh in my mind, due to the an increase number of scripts. A lot of drugs have an 'avoid alcohol warning' but this is no joke for metronidazole. Drinking alcohol in any quantity(even OTC cough syrups) while taking metronidazole will make one violently ill, with symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. This interaction with alcohol is the similar to a drug called Antabuse, which is used to treat alcoholism, because of the violent vomiting.

That is metronidazole in nut shell! I don't know how long I will keep this up, but I'm going to try while I'm on summer break. Feel free to ignore these post if you are not interested, but you might just learn something!

{all information came from my brain, AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill and Facts & Comparisons}

Toy Story 3

I absolutely LOVED this movie and encourage everyone to go see it!


I was excepting the target audience to be 3 to 12 years old. But seemed to me, the movie was made for me, my age, for the kids that loved the original Toy Story! Barbie and Ken cracked me up! Old Andy's voice didn't seem old enough to me, but other than that I don't have any complaints. You may want to bring some tissues, I didn't need any but my Mom bawled like a baby and my littlest sister Holly teared up a bit. Treat yourself to a good, clean and hilarious movie!

Hooray for Max!!!!

I don't think I have given enough information on Max, so todays blog is dedicated to him. Today he gave me call to tell me on his way to his first service. It was a little later than he usually get started, so I asked him why so late, he said "I had to meet with the bosses this morning", "what about", "They have asked me to do lawn care and gave me 1% raise." Max has worked for Preventative Pest Control for almost two years, since we got married and moved to Albuquerque. Since starting out at there at the bottom of the totem pole, Max got a termite certified and has gotten several commission raises. Max is now one of the highest paid techs in less than two years. WAY TO GO HONEY!!!

I'm not at surprised at this, Max has always been a hard worker. It is so nice to see Max's employer notices, appreciates and rewards all his hard work. In fact when Max couldn't work for 3 month because of his broken leg, his bosses let him work as a secretary and put him on salary so he was still making what he usually would. That was a huge help because Max makes all the money and I could work more because of school.

Speaking of school, Max has also been super supportive as I have been stress beyond belief with school. Max has been making dinners, doing the laundry, and most of all putting up with my stressed out mood swings! I love my husband, he is amazing!!!!

It's been six months!

Yes Max and I are still alive and doing well. The second semester of pharmacy has definitely been much harder. It seems like there is test after test after test, but its April which means only FIVE MORE WEEKS and I don't have to think about school until August!

So to update: Max's leg is getting better, he still isn't up to 100%, his ankle will swells in the evening when he gets home from working on it all day. Lucky for us we always have ice packs available thanks to a ice pack recipe provided by Max's physical therapist.

Ice Pack: 4 parts water to 1 part isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol, we put it into two zip lock bags keep from leaking.

Max and I are still looking for a house, we have made several offers on different house and it seems like nothing is working out. We did take a break from house hunting while Max wasn't working, it didn't seem very responsible buying a house while not working. We do have an offer on a house in Albuquerque close to my parents house, it's a short sale but we are supposed to hear more on the house tomorrow!

This summer I will have a four week internship, and I have arrange to do them in Utah, so I'll in Utah from May 24 to June 18 working (for free) at Dick's in Layton. I'm super excited to visit friend and family in Utah especial my two nieces and nephew.

Here are some updated pictures/video from the last 6 months
Rafe at Christmas riding a horse that was my mom's when she was a girl, I think my mom has some nine mm film of her riding it.


Max and I had to get my dad a present, so we gave him a riddle which lead him out side. Max gotTobyKeith's Greatest hits and I think it hasn't been taken out of the CD player yet.

Ok this is the cutest thing ever... around Christmas time Rafe started making this face a lot and we realized she was doing it when ever we talked about Uncle Max or when he was looking at Max. It turns out Rafe was trying to mimic the crooked smile Max would make when he saw Rafe. So now we just have "what does uncle Max do" and he responds with this face.

I love Owls!!!

In Feb Max and I, along with my two best pharmacy friend and their significant others went to MONSTER JAM!!! This is my friend Adam and his wife Kelly. Max and I were the designated drivers.

Rafe is so handsome , we call Max the Rafe whisperer

Conference weekend/Easter: Max had a mohawk for a days!


My new favorite thing Rafe does is he is starting to say everyone's names, well his version of our names but I love the way he says Mo!