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Sunday, October 26, 2008

My Daddy.....


So I have been putting of this post ever since I started this blog. I kept blaming lack of time as my reason to post, but the reality of it is...I just wasn't ready. Am I ready now? No, but if I wait until I am ready, it will probably never make it on here and my Dad deserves at least that.


Most of you already know the story, but I am just typing what is in my heart. I lost my sweet Daddy on October 4th to complications from lung cancer. He was diagnosed in March 2008 and he had been doing chemo. He was actually doing ok (probably better to say he could have been doing much worse). The tumors in his lungs had shrunk substantially (Dr's words) but the lymph nodes near his collar bone had gotten bigger. The Dr. decided to do a type of chemo that targets lymphoma cancer to see if it would shrink the tumors in his neck. About a week after he had chemo, he began to get very sick. Not chemo sick, just a different sick. He deteriorated a little every day, they admitted him to the hospital to have a blood transfusion and he never got to leave. His kidneys couldn't handle the chemo. So really, he passed away from renal failure. One part of me is so sad that he left us sooner than we expected and the other part of me is so thankful that he didn't have to go through the end stages of cancer. He had been out mowing his lawn the week before and he got to come and see Rach cheer at a Hunter High game.


Words can't even begin to express the heart break I carry with me everyday. A part of me died with my Dad. I will be the first to admit that we had our rough times when I was growing up, but I was always a Daddy's girl. When I was a baby and he was a new detective on patrol (he was a Salt Lake County Sheriff) he use to work nights. But every night when he took his lunch break he would come home, give me my bath, powder me from head to toe, give me my bottle and put me in bed. That was the routine.....every night. When he would go away for work or for schooling he would send me cards in the mail telling me he missed me and to be good for my Mom and he would be home soon. He was strict with me growing up, but now that I am a parent myself, I know why he was so over protective. My Dad made sure that we took a family vacation every year, he managed to always give us not only what we needed, but what we wanted as well while at the same time showing us to appreciate what we were getting and be humble.

Since my Dad died, I have heard so many people use the word "Integrity" to describe my Dad and his character. I couldn't agree more. He had more integrity in his little finger than some do in their entire body. He was loved and admired by so many, but especially me. I love him more than life itself.

He didn't just stop at being a great Dad, he was an amazing Grandpa to all of his Grandkids. Everyone of them have special memories of him and fun things he did with them and for them.


I could type forever and never run out of things to say about my Dad, but I have made this post long enough. So here's to you Daddy, my friend, my mentor, my hero. Watch over me until we meet again. I love you!

Chelle Bug

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Tagged by Angie

TV shows I love to watch:
1. ER
2. Survivor
3. Boston Legal
4. Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

Places I Love to Shop:
1. Target
2. Walmart
3. Aeropostle (obviously not for me, I couldn't even fit my leg in the clothes there...but my girls like it)
4. Online
5. Kohls

Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. I went back to work after being off for almost 3 weeks!
2. Went to Apollo Burger for dinner (YUM!!!)
3. Went to look for Halloween costumes (unsuccessfully, I might ad)

Things I Look Forward To:
1. The weekend.
2. Seeing my Mom again.
3. WICKED!!!
4. CHRISTMAS!!!! Only 64 more days! Whoo hoo!!!!

Things I Love About Fall:
1. Changing leaves
2. Warm (not HOT) days and cool evenings.
3. Sleeping with my windows open.
4. Fall colors.
5. Football (Go Vikings!)
6. Baseball playoffs and the World Series.

Things On My Wish List:.
1. To pay off my debts
2. Go to Yellowstone with the kids and my Mom.
3. Go on another cruise.
4. Lose weight
5. See my Daddy just one more time....

Okay, so I tag the following people:
1. Monica
2. Sarah
3. Allison

Monday, October 20, 2008

What a weekend!!!

Okay, so we were suppose to go camping with three of Gordon's brothers. We were all heading to Goblin Valley for 3 days of fun and sun. BUT, alas, it was not meant to be. The computer system at Gordon's work experienced a major melt down and they lost ALL of their computer systems; server and all. This was a BIG problem because nobody could clock in and out and it was payroll on Monday. SO, being that he and his boss are the only two people in the computer department, he had to work. Bummer. We decided to hurry and get as much done to go as we could. Me and the kids were scrambling to do the things that Gordon usually does to get us ready for camping. Poor guy was not only trying vigorously to repair the computer system so we could go, he was fielding questions from us on how to do things. Ha ha! Needless to say, we got it all done so when he got home all he had to do was change. Now, the other part of this story is that we had worked a concert at the E-center on Thursday night and we didn't get home until 1:00 a.m. and then Gordon had to be to work at 5:00 a.m. to take care of the computer problem. So, that meant 2 1/2 hours of sleep for him. Needless to say, when he finally got home and we were all packed up and ready to go, he was less than thrilled about the 5 hour drive to Goblin Valley. So there we sit, in the drive way, trailer hooked up to the truck, house locked up, kids in seat belts and Gordon says, "Are you guys ready for a LONG drive?" A chorus of "Yes" comes from the back seat and Gordon sighs and says, "Too bad, because I was thinking since we won't even get to Goblin Valley now until about 6:00 tonight, we could just go and stay at a hotel with a swimming pool for two nights and do fun stuff around here." I am not sure which child escaped the back seat the quickest in the quest to get their swimsuit! Needless to say, we had a great weekend of swimming, great food, pillow fights, haunted corn mazes, and miniature golf, and lets not forget, GREAT COMPANY!!!! It was so much fun.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Well, I did it...joined the crazy blogging world...

What can I say, peer pressure has always been my weakness. And, I probably need to go back to work....but this is funner. I don't know what else to say other than "WELCOME".