Can't sleep

Well, since I can't sleep I might as well finish where I left off.

Okay, next busy thing- surgery. I got ankle surgery on my right ankle on the 5th of October. It's not all that painful it just sucks to be in a cast 24/7. I can't do hardly anything and I have to have help bathing myself. Seth was nice and washed some of the dishes this morning though. Then my sister moved in briefly with us. There was a big controversy going on with us and her parents and it just sucked really bad. I don't even want to go into it. She was a big help around the house. She took care of Porter which was probably the most helpful of everything. She did laundry and dishes and everything.

Then we went hunting yesterday. Me, Seth, Porter, Vanessa, and Kevin. Kevin is Vanessa's fiancee. Amazing I know. Anyways, Kevin drove my car up to the summit while me, Seth and Porter were in the truck. My car is not registered, so thank goodness we didn't get pulled over. So once we got to the summit, Kevin and Vanessa got into the back of the truck for the ride up to camp. Poor Porter got sick and puked all over his seat and his shirts, so we had to pull over to clean him up. He was standing out in the cold until we could get his coat on him and his hat. He was screaming. :( When we got up to camp, I took off my shirt and put it on Porter. He needed it more than I did. We rolled up the sleeves and tucked it into his 2 pairs of pants and put his coat, hat and gloves back on. Well, the altitude was getting to him too. Mind you we're at over 8,000 feet. So he puked again, but we were able to catch it that time. So we lit a fire in the stove in the tent and he slept on a cot for a couple hours.

Now a funny story about me. So my foot is in a cast and I had a walking shoe thingy on over it, but my toes were still exposed and it was FREEZING up there. So I put some foot warmers over my toes and then put my foot in an empty budweiser box for insulation. So I'm sitting by the fire ring watching the guys chop wood and stuff. Kevin was like "Cover your face" when Seth put the gasoline on the wood. Well, we didn't realize that the wind was going towards me and that the flame was going to be huge. So Seth throws in the match and I was screaming cuz I thought that I caught on fire. I have never been so scared in my life. I was scrambling to get out of my chair and Kevin and Seth were scrambling to get me. Needless to say, I landed right on my bad ankle when I jumped out. After the shock wore down and I was laughing, I desperately needed my Percocet. I went into the tent and took a little nap once the meds kicked in. When I woke up I heard that some other people had come back from the hunt. Bert and his son Ryan. Friends of the family. I come out with this box on my foot and they gave me really weird looks. And when I told them that it was intentional and that my foot wasn't stuck, boy did I get made fun of. LOL. It really was funny though. Three elk were shot. Uncle V got one, Donovan and Riley. It was the first time Don's shot one, so that was cool. Uncle V is commonly known as the Troll in the family. That happened 2 years ago when Vanessa thought he was a troll. Anyways, on our way down the mountain, Seth spotted a grouse and quickly pulled out his shotgun. He got 2 of them. Mmmm... prairie chickens. Yummy. Here's a link to the hunting day: http://picasaweb.google.com/tinlizzie85/Hunting2007

And now on top of everything, I am helping my sister plan a wedding for January 18. Busy, busy.
Oh yeah, my brothers turned 9 on the 1st. We had a party at my grandma's house. Ben is on the right and Joe is on the left. He's the one that looks posessed. Ben looks normal.

Also my cousin Felicia had her baby on the 8th. His name is Westlee Merlin Bird. And I found out today that my cousin Hashim is a new daddy. His name is Bryce Gordan O'Grady. 2 new cousins in one week. How awesome is that?! I can't wait to meet them both!!

And Porter can say ball now. And he can find my nose and unfortunatly he says no. Well, actually he just shakes his head no. And he has two little teeth on top. He looks like a beaver.