Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down 2012 #19

FYI this was written on Sunday, so there may be some retractions next week!
Up:

• It's not often that I get time to do things I enjoy or am passionate about by myself. My schedule generally revolves around the kids. This week, Mike took off work Wed.-Fri. to watch the kids for me while I attended the Idaho Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics state meeting. It was in Sun Valley which is a place we'd been wanting to go since moving to Idaho. The conference was amazing and had some really knowledgable guest speakers. I was able to get a lot of continuing education hours to maintain my registration. Mike had a good time exploring the town with the kids despite the yucky weather.  We will definitely make our way back to Sun Valley before moving from Idaho!

Unfortunately this was the only pic we got while in Sun Valley - Jackson thought he was hot stuff sitting in the big chair!

• Mike has gets to work in Salt Lake City all this week for a training. Sun Valley and Mountain Home are the same distance from SLC, so we decided to make the trip with him. Ok I will admit, my motivation was purely selfish - Ikea! I love this store and we were able to go get a car full of stuff I'd been wanting for a while. If you've never experienced this awesome place, I highly recommend it. Anyway, we are heading home Monday, short trip, but always a fun place to visit. Mike won't be home until Friday, but glad he'll be home for my birthday and Mother's Day!

Down:

• Apparently Mike thought it was a good idea to leave the computer open for all to play with while he went to the restroom one day when he was watching the kids. Of course, when he comes back Jackson has turned on some type of closed captioning thing on my computer that narrates EVERY thing you do. I have no idea how to turn it off and it is highly annoying. Mike thought it was hilarious and has made no efforts to fix it. (Thank you Krista Hughes for fixing this for me!)
• This week there was another F-15E crash. Thankfully both the pilot and WSO ejected and are fine. It is really hard for me to understand/accept why these things are happening. Obviously I have always known that Mike's job came with risks, but two crashes in the span of a month seems a bit much. My only hope is that they figure out what went wrong so it won't happen again.

Favorite Thing:

As mentioned above - IKEA!!! As an organization enthusiast, this store is packed with economically priced things for storage/organization. I've been wanting the Trofast organization storage system for the kids' toys for awhile, but just haven't made it down to Ikea to get it, plus there is always the part of convincing my husband of the necessity of my purchases. To my surprise, Mike put more in the cart than I was originally planning to get! Also, they sell the best gingersnap cookies there that I can't ever leave the store without. It is absolutely worth the trip if you've never been to one. If you don't have one in your neck of the woods, check out their catalog/web page to see all their great stuff!

So this was a pic from last summer when JP and I went to Ikea. I failed to get any pics this visit.