What's new with the Matlocks?

Well....here I am a week free from puking! YEEHAW! I feel pretty confident that I am over the nausea. Cross your fingers. So, basically I am loving my life since I can now enjoy food and am eating A LOT! Get ready for me to become a blimp :)
Tyler's family gets here tonight. I feel like a kid again. I swear I've been counting down for about 2 months now. Between that and the baby count down, I have ZERO patience. haha. We are sooooooo excited to see them! We will miss his parents, but will be out there in Oklahoma with them in less than a month for Christmas :) I have been cleaning and organizing all day. We just did a huge deep clean last week, and I am so glad because it made today so much easier. I think the job that I loathe the most would have to be laundry. Seriously, does it ever end???? I'm sure when I have a baby it will be about a hundred times worse. I need a maid!!!
Basketball started bright and early at 6am on Monday for Tyler. He is soooo excited about it. His first game is next Thursday. Good Luck!
I got a calling....Nursery! I'm not sure how heels will go over in there, but it should be fun! Peace out Relief Society. I mean, I'll miss it....or will I? hahaha. No, but really I will ;)






(this was on Monday morning)

We've had a few pretty big snow falls. Nothin like waking up to slick steps outside your front door. Which reminds me, Tyler needs to buy salt for the front steps before I break my face. The snow brings many memories of college back to me. I drove little Betty (my old honda) off the road and did many a 360 in that weather. Good times!
I have been having WILD dreams lately. I have been so freaked out that I have taken a lot of time to research it online. Just as I suspected, it is common in pregnancy. Last night my dream consisted of me...on a surgical table having a tracheotomy. In my dream, I was not numb and was wide awake. Mid procedure, I begin to flat line and basically die. Um......I seriously woke up in cold sweats. I also had another dream that I was in Ireland with people from the branch that I grew up in and some guys from Alamo buying Irish Chocolate. I woke up right as I was putting the Cadbury's chocolate into my mouth. It was so real though....like I swear I could almost taste the chocolate. IT WAS AWESOME!

Finally....today while I was home "cleaning"...I stumbled upon this show Toddlers and Tiaras. What a TRAIN WRECK! I was appalled and disgusted at this whole idea. Ridiculous! Take a look at this picture....this kid is like 4...also they all have fake teeth....CREEPY! What is this world coming to?

Ultrasound Pictures

Exciting News.

We found out on Friday that we are having A BOY!!!!!!!!!!! We are still tossing around names, which is fun! I will go ahead and apologize now for the lack of ultrasound pictures. I cannot find a scanner. Remember, we live in the sticks. The ultrasound was probably one of the coolest things I have ever seen. The lady took about 100 shots and was really nice and explained everything. She said I was measuring at over 19 weeks, and that our little man was weighing in at 11oz. We checked out the heart, spine, kidneys, legs, arms, everything. It was so awesome to see our little one shaking his head, and covering his face. Must be shy...like his mother :) There is a cool shot of his legs. His ankles are crossed and I can already see the "Matlock feet" lol. Everything looked great and it was truly amazing! Now...LET THE SHOPPING BEGIN!!!!

Today I decided I wanted cafe rio, but since we live 35 miles away, and it is Sunday...I decided to make my own. It was delicious and tasted the very same. Tyler is always still hungry after eating, but today he is lying on the floor whining that he is soooooooo full! Can't win, I guess.

In other news, cross country season is over. Basketball starts later this month so Tyler has a little break, which is nice. However, it is STILL football season! Ugh, does it seriously ever end? It's like everywhere I turn...college, pro's, fantasy, and even high school. I did go with Tyler to his school's playoff game on Saturday.....The things I do!

I decided to add the baby countdown to my blog....I am still undecided weather that was a good idea. On one hand, it's like...I'm half way there, but on the other I'm like "Shoot, I still have that much longer?" Also, my doctor told me that my due date is April 8th, but I believe that I am a week more than he thinks. When I went for the ultrasound, I measured over 19 weeks, so I am right and might have this baby in March.

p.s. Excuse the font, I don't know what's going on there.

Follow Up to Last Blog

Take a looksie at what I found in this mornings newspaper:
(if you're lost, read my previous post)

The citizens of Burley, having elected Mayor Jon Anderson twice before, replaced him with a relative unknown in the community. Robert "Terry" Greenman, a businessman who moved to the area seven years ago from Utah and first became politically active in the community by registering his opposition to selling liquor by the drink on Sunday within city limits, will become the new mayor.

Greenman received 908 votes. Anderson received 449 votes.

Last spring, Anderson broke a tied council vote that repealed the prohibition of Sunday booze, a move strongly opposed by the city's predominantly Mormon community.

Anderson, while disappointed, remained characteristically nonchalant about the election results.

"Well, talk about being outspent, outworked, and out of work," he said. "He (Greenman) ran a tremendous campaign - and, with the views presented of me in the community, I knew I was in trouble a long time ago."

Yeah, that's right...he lost. Look's like I probably wasn't the only one who had a run in with this poor excuse of a public figure.

TICK TOCK.

This is me at 19 weeks.

I have zero patience and I HATE waiting, which leads me to my next topic. So I was supposed to go to my Dr. on Friday and then he was supposed to send me for the gender ultrasound. but I went to state with Tyler and had to reschedule for tomorrow instead. Now before I write a ranting novel, let me just say that I do not understand the way they do it here. My doctors office is brand new, super nice so you would think that he would have an ultrasound machine right?!?!? Nope. Here is how it will go: I will go in for my monthly appointment tomorrow and then he will order an ultrasound through the hospital. Then I will have to wait for the hospital to call me and schedule the ultrasound...Um, what is this 1982??? Get with the program people. Annoying.

In more exciting news....I had a fight with the mayor the other day on the phone. Yes, this is a true story. I have noticed three extra charges on our bill totalling $70. Anyway, Tyler called the city last month and they transfered him to the mayor who said he would take a look at it and get back to him. Needless to say, we never heard back from him so we paid it. We got our bill this week and I saw the same extra $70 on there. So I called up and asked to speak to the mayor. The phone call went like this:

Me: Hi..sorry to bother you but my husband and I just moved here and (then he cut me off)
Mayor: Yeah, I know. I already spoke to your husband last month.
Me: Okay, well we never heard back and that is why I'm calling.
Mayor: Look, I never got back to your husband because while researching I found out that you actually should be paying more, and I didn't want to rock the boat. If you want I can put you on the agenda for the city meeting and we can all explain your bill to you.

UH WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!

At this point, the Sh%# hit the fan. The conversation continued with him telling me that this city is in major debt so they had agreed that if they charge every household these "debt recovery fee's" for approximately the next 30 yrs, then the city would be out of debt. So basically my bill is about $115 a month, and $70 of it is for the city's debt....NOT INTERESTED! By this point I was screaming, "$70 per household times 30 yrs?!?!?!? How much debt is this city of 10,000 people in?" The guy was a total tool bag. About a week ago, the local newspaper had printed his salary so I took the opportunity to let him know that he is making $15k annually to do jack squat. He replied with "Look lady, some people feel that teachers make too much, isn't your husband a teacher?" At this point, I could hardly catch my breath and was screaming. There were a lot of other things that took place like him offering to pay the $2.50 extra charge on the bill if we couldn't afford it. I will spare you the rest of the details. All I know is elections were today and I hope this tool loses. Also, I swore to him that I would be writing a huge letter to the paper about him. He told me to "go ahead, because they love that type of thing." I'm still going to do it though. I think the most frustrating thing about this is the way I was treated. He totally acted like I was a woman who had no right to call the mayor. He didn't treat my husband like this which makes me think the jerk is a total sexist pig. Oh man, I still get fired up thinking about it. I called Tyler after I hung up on the guy and told him we were moving....BUT....I will make it.

Seriously, no offense if you are reading this and hail from Idaho...but I am sick and tired of the backwardness of this place. I refuse to keep quiet about it and WILL NOT stand for it. Between this and the hospital not billing me as insured...I swear. OVER IT!



Finally, I literally want to kick my tv in when I see Tracy's face on the biggest loser. She is soooo annoying. I seriously can't even watch the whole episode because I can't stand her face. But, tonight she got the boot. Peace out ninja breath.

Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm

Tonight I decided that we needed to take a break from Mexican food. I have been craving Mexican like crazy, and I feel like I have made either tacos, burrito's, enchiladas, quesadillas, or carnitas every day. I have even branched out into making home made salsa. So....tonight I decided to switch it up and make this. SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! My husband sure is lucky...jk :) ALSO...it's snowing. Not interested.

Catching Up!

-I finally decided to post a pic. I don't know how much longer I will get away with wearing my own clothes....bring on the tent-like maternity clothes. Can you tell I'm excited? Also, I can't find long maternity pants anywhere :(
-I am still sick. Yes, still up-chucking. The other night Tyler said "Asian Buffet" and I was gagging. The good thing is, I feel like this baby likes spicy foods...which I LOVE, so I can deal with it. I also feel like I am growing by the second. I feel like I resemble a pumpkin. I had a nightmare one night that my doctor messed up and I was really having twins. I was freaking out, but I think I am good now.
-Tyler's team made it to state...holla.....and I get to go with....double HOLLA. It is up in Coeur De Lane, Idaho. I have always heard that it's way pretty up there, but never had the chance to go when I was up at BYUI. We are staying in Butte, MT the first night and then up there the second.
-I have been substituting almost everyday. My very first day I made some 8th grader cry...BUT it was only because I took her phone away after she tried texting right in front of me....THE NERVE. haha. I believe that I am being punished for the hell I gave some of the subs in Alamo back in the day....Mr. Sullivan, bless his heart. lol. I also caught the tail end of a conversation the other day in which a 6th grade boy was talking about all the girls he's made out with. I couldn't help myself but jump in, so I said..."making out?!?!?!? what are you 10?" To which he replied..."Uh no, I'm 12, thanks." I am strongly thinking about home schooling my kids. haha. I have decided that I prefer subbing at the Elementary. Basically, they don't talk back, they are cute, and they do not attempt to flirt with me like some of the high schoolers :)
-Tyler's high school got shut down last week. Too many kids called in sick, so they called a flu epidemic and shut it down. A lot of kids were sick, but we all know some probably knew if they got so many to call in...then they would have a 5 day weekend. Gotta give them props! Anywho, we headed off to SLC and spent the weekend with his grandma. It was so much fun. For once in our lives, it didn't rain and we were pretty much busy the whole time. Tyler's g-ma is on a mission at the church office building, so we got the VIP treatment and ate lunch with the brethren....ok, I made that last part up. haha.
-I would also like to give a shout out to all you Insurance Companies out there....NOT A FAN! I just spent about 8 weeks fighting with you and then, you finally paid my bill. I feel like I am continuously getting screwed over by you, even though I am paying A LOT for you every month. I almost threw down at the pharmacy today when I went to pick up more meds for the nausea. The lady at the counter tried to tell me that I owed them $15 for 3 pills....even though I paid $15 about 3 weeks ago for 12 pills. Of course, I almost lost it. I told her "you either give me 12 pills for $15, or divide the cost for 3 pills." She looks at me and in her little condescending voice says "Look, your insurance company only allows you to have 15 pills total per month." I suppose they think that women will get addicted to zofran...whatev! I swear, it took everything in me to not reach behind the counter and pummel her....(slightly emotional). Anywho, I ended up not backing down and they divided the cost for the 3 pills. People it's only $15, but it's the principle and I am sick of getting screwed over by insurance companies while my taxes are paying for other people to have their 25 kids!
-On a lighter note, Tyler's sister, her husband and son are coming for Thanksgiving. His g-ma also got permission to come up from the mission. We are soooooooo excited. I have been craving Thanksgiving food since about August, so I cannot wait. Mashed potatoes.....mmm, mmmm, mmmm. Tyler and I are going out to Oklahoma for Christmas. We're so excited. I can't wait to spend the holidays with the Matlocks and eat....I mean, what? haha. Don't worry Devine's...we'll be back for the traditional New Years Eve PARTTTTAY! Bring on the karaoke and risk. Here's hoping for no punches being thrown this year!!!!