John has been pretty "lucky" with his teeth, for the majority of his life, up until a few months ago that is.... Back in December we were at a Christmas Parade and he asked me for some Advil, I asked him if he had a headache, he said no a toothache. Needless to say, a few days later he was at the dentist.
He had an infection and needed to have a root canal. Apparently he has a baby tooth that never came out, and the adult tooth is sitting up there crooked and never came down. (Now we know why Ashlee has had to have some major dental work done. She also had a tooth way up in her cheek area that had to be forced down). He was put on antibiotics for 10 days and scheduled for a root canal, piece of cake!
A few weeks after he had the root canal, he developed another toothache. This time on the opposite side. A few days later he went to the dentist, the dentist couldn't find anything obvious, so he told him it has to be his wisdom teeth and sent him to an oral surgeon. Long story short, John had all four of his wisdom teeth removed on February 12th and it has been anything but pleasant for him.
John was sedated for the procedure, and it's a miracle I got him home and in the house without hurting himself. It took the nurse and I about 10 minutes to get him in the car and once he got in the car, he face planted himself into the center console. I finally got him in his seat and buckled in and as we were leaving he started playing with the visor, he was checking to see if he had lipstick on! As I drove home, I had one hand on him and one on the steering wheel. It was like he couldn't control his head and he was saying stuff and then he would go to sleep. Once we got home, it took about 20 minutes to get him from the car into the house. He was very "loopy", he could barely walk, he was wondering why his feet wouldn't work. I had to hold on to one side of him, while he held on to something else along the way with his other side. I finally got him to the living room, turned for a split second to get him some Kleenex and he had fell off the couch on to the floor. I knew I was stuck, there was no way I could lift him. I grabbed him a pillow, put it under his head and told him to stay there. Unfortunately, he didn't listen. He crawled to the couch, got himself back up on the couch and almost fell off the arm of the couch. I finally got him to stay put, and by this time he was asking for pain medicine. There was no way I could leave him at home and go to the pharmacy to get his medications, so I called my mom (who was getting ready to go bring my grandpa home from his prostate surgery) and she came to watch him while I went to the pharmacy.
While I was at the pharmacy, John started to become semi-conscious again, he was a little aware of what was going on around him. When he finally came completely to, about 3 hours after his procedure, he didn't remember anything. He doesn't even remember getting home. He was definitely out of it!
The plan was to have the surgery on a Thursday, John would miss work Friday, Monday was a paid holiday, and he would return to work on Tuesday. Things didn't go as planned, John was in a lot of pain and had lots of swelling. The pain medication wasn't working real well at controlling the pain, and the medication was making him, drowsy, nauseous and dizzy.
By Monday morning, John had went through and entire bottle of pain medication, so I took him back to the oral surgeon. The surgeon said he may or may not have a dry socket, and said we needed to wait a day or two more to know for sure, and prescribed a new medication for him. Tuesday morning, John got up and got dressed to go to work, but he was in so much pain, he just couldn't do it. All day Tuesday he was in pain, the new medication wasn't working. Wednesday morning I took him back to the oral surgeon and they started to treat him for a dry socket. The surgeon cleaned the area, packed it with medicated gauze, and within minutes, John had relief!
John still has packing in his mouth, every couple of days he goes to the oral surgeon to have the packing changed. Tomorrow he goes in, hopefully for the last time and has the packing removed for good. Saturday was the first time in 10 days he had an actual meal to eat. He is finally back to work and able to eat some food. Hopefully in another week he will be back to a 100 percent.
John says he is never having his wisdom teeth taken out again !!! Ashlee and Mikayla say they are never having theirs taken out!
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Monday, February 23, 2015
Sunday, September 21, 2014
John's Change of Employment
The past 14 months John has been working for Foster Farms. He has met many people there and has became friends with almost everyone. He enjoyed his job, but he (and the kids and I) have not enjoyed his schedule. Most days he leaves the house between 7-7:30am and doesn't return home until sometime between 7-10pm. He never knows when he is getting off and never knows if he has to work a Saturday or not until sometime Friday afternoon. Plus he was on salary pay, so he was being paid to work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, but was working way more than that.
Anyways, a few weeks ago John had to attend a two day safety training for work. One day he finished up early, so he stopped by my work and picked up Ashlee to take her to soccer practice. When he showed up, he noticed an employee violating a safety issue, so he jokingly came into the office and started speaking of what he witnessed. A couple days later, my boss was upset with some things that had been happening with our night shift crew and asked if John was looking for a job. I (jokingly) responded back yes (the night before this John had worked a really late shift and I was done with his hours). Over the next couple of hours, my boss kept asking me questions here and there. I didn't think he was serious, then a while later he made John a job offer. I knew right away that we would not be able to survive off the pay he was offering, but we penciled it out and discussed it, and decided that is would not work for us. A couple days later my boss began to ask more questions and came back with a better offer. This time, the offer was better than John's current job. John went and spoke with my boss a couple days later and decided to take the job. There are some draw backs to the new job though, John has to work night shift for the next few months 6pm-6am 7 days a week until this harvest is over. After that he will work from 7am-3:30pm 5 days a week 7 1//2 months out of the year. During harvest he will have to work 12 hour days 7 days a week, but we figured that would be better than his current job. So we just have to get through a few months of night shift hours and then hopefully things will get better. Wish us luck.
Friday, September 19th was John's last day at FF. For two weeks prior to his leaving, he was confronted on a daily basis by people, who were saddened to hear that he was leaving. John received compliments from many of his co-workers, his boss, the plant manager, the head of HR, etc. All of them admired him for his work ethic and the way he treated and respected others. An employee who had been employed by the company for 40 years, told John he "was the best supervisor she ever worked with." His last week there, he was given a gift daily by his co-worker supervisor, who ran the night shift in his department. On his last day his boss and his co-worker supervisor took him to lunch and his crew of 35 employees, showered him with gifts and hugs. Most of them wanted to know where he was going to work, so they could go too. John left FF on great terms. He was told if things don't work out he is welcome to come back.
Yesterday (September 20th) he started his new job. He is training a couple days on day shift, before starting night shift. Needless to say, he has adapted well, he seems to know what he needs to do, and is kind of bored. He is use to a much faster paced environment, so we will have to see how this goes. John doesn't like to be bored, and if he spends too much time standing his back hurts. Hopefully things will be a bit busier for him on night shift, so he can stay awake and get through this!
Anyways, a few weeks ago John had to attend a two day safety training for work. One day he finished up early, so he stopped by my work and picked up Ashlee to take her to soccer practice. When he showed up, he noticed an employee violating a safety issue, so he jokingly came into the office and started speaking of what he witnessed. A couple days later, my boss was upset with some things that had been happening with our night shift crew and asked if John was looking for a job. I (jokingly) responded back yes (the night before this John had worked a really late shift and I was done with his hours). Over the next couple of hours, my boss kept asking me questions here and there. I didn't think he was serious, then a while later he made John a job offer. I knew right away that we would not be able to survive off the pay he was offering, but we penciled it out and discussed it, and decided that is would not work for us. A couple days later my boss began to ask more questions and came back with a better offer. This time, the offer was better than John's current job. John went and spoke with my boss a couple days later and decided to take the job. There are some draw backs to the new job though, John has to work night shift for the next few months 6pm-6am 7 days a week until this harvest is over. After that he will work from 7am-3:30pm 5 days a week 7 1//2 months out of the year. During harvest he will have to work 12 hour days 7 days a week, but we figured that would be better than his current job. So we just have to get through a few months of night shift hours and then hopefully things will get better. Wish us luck.
Friday, September 19th was John's last day at FF. For two weeks prior to his leaving, he was confronted on a daily basis by people, who were saddened to hear that he was leaving. John received compliments from many of his co-workers, his boss, the plant manager, the head of HR, etc. All of them admired him for his work ethic and the way he treated and respected others. An employee who had been employed by the company for 40 years, told John he "was the best supervisor she ever worked with." His last week there, he was given a gift daily by his co-worker supervisor, who ran the night shift in his department. On his last day his boss and his co-worker supervisor took him to lunch and his crew of 35 employees, showered him with gifts and hugs. Most of them wanted to know where he was going to work, so they could go too. John left FF on great terms. He was told if things don't work out he is welcome to come back.
Yesterday (September 20th) he started his new job. He is training a couple days on day shift, before starting night shift. Needless to say, he has adapted well, he seems to know what he needs to do, and is kind of bored. He is use to a much faster paced environment, so we will have to see how this goes. John doesn't like to be bored, and if he spends too much time standing his back hurts. Hopefully things will be a bit busier for him on night shift, so he can stay awake and get through this!
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
John's 37th birthday
For the first time in John's life, he has a job that gives him a day off for his birthday, and he decided to go to work anyways! The girls and I made dinner for him and the girls did a little bit of decorating. His schedule is so unpredictable, that I never know when he is getting off work, one day it could be 6pm the next 9pm. We had dinner done at 7:00ish and he did not get home until 8:15pm. The kids and I were ready to celebrate his birthday without him, as wrong as that is. The girls go to bed at 8:30pm, so it was somewhat of a rushed birthday celebration. While typing this post, I just realized that I didn't get any pictures of anything else besides the decorations, because it was too late at night! Oh well, it's the thought that counts!
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Last day of school, Knotts Berry Farm, Midevil Times, Mason and Jessica's Wedding
June 6, 2013 the girls got out of school at 12:30pm. After cleaning up from the end of the school year carnival activities, we headed home around 1:30pm. 2:00pm we loaded up the car and headed for Knotts Berry Farm. The plan was to stay at the Knott's Berry Farm Hotel Thursday and Friday. Friday spend the day at Knotts Berry Farm, Friday night go to the Midevil Times Dinner with Dan & Teresa and Family for Mason's bachelor party and Saturday attend Mason and Jessica's sealing in the LA Temple.
About an hour into our trip, John received a phone call, he had interviewed three times for a position at Foster Farms, and they were calling to offer him a job! Half way through his phone conversation with them, he lost phone reception and the call was dropped (stupid cell phones)! This is not good, when someone is calling to offer you a job (especially when they had called him a couple months prior to tell him he was not accepted for another job he had interviewed for, and the same thing happened)! After several attempts to call them back, John was able to get through, got the details concerning the job, and accepted the position. Talk about excitment, nervousness, craziness, etc., all rolled into one. We have 3 weeks to find a house, move, and start a new job. Talk about hectic and stressful!
6/7/13 Today is our 16th wedding anniversary too.
Knotts Berry Farm-This was our first (and probably our last trip to Knott's Berry Farms) it was crowded. There were lot's of schools there,with un-chapperoned kids running every where. The lines where long, the rides were mostly fast, twisting, flipping roller coasters (not the type of roller coasters we like). We like roller coasters, but not the ones that jar your back and make you feel sick. We only rode 6 rides all day.
Midevil Times Dinner/Mason's Bachelor Party-Danny and Teresa invited us to have dinner with them and their family and Midevil times and celebrate Mason's last night as a bachelor. It was a great family filled evening. Dinner, family, and cheering on your team. Thank you Danny and Teresa.
6/8/13-Mason and Jessica's Sealing-LA Temple
Saturday morning we got up bright and early and drove from our hotel in Buena Park to LA to the temple for Mason and Jessica's Sealing. The sealing was great. The temple sealer did a great job. The temple sealer had such an affect on John, he said he would like to be a temple sealer!
After the sealing it was time for pictures. And walking around the temple grounds. Temples are always such peaceful places. It seems even when the temple surroundings are not in the greatest neighborhood, the area around it is peaceful. After the sealing we drove back to Anaheim for the reception. We spent a few hours at the reception and decided to head home. Ashlee needed to get packed for girls camp and we had a lot on our plate. We needed to find a home and start packing.
About an hour into our trip, John received a phone call, he had interviewed three times for a position at Foster Farms, and they were calling to offer him a job! Half way through his phone conversation with them, he lost phone reception and the call was dropped (stupid cell phones)! This is not good, when someone is calling to offer you a job (especially when they had called him a couple months prior to tell him he was not accepted for another job he had interviewed for, and the same thing happened)! After several attempts to call them back, John was able to get through, got the details concerning the job, and accepted the position. Talk about excitment, nervousness, craziness, etc., all rolled into one. We have 3 weeks to find a house, move, and start a new job. Talk about hectic and stressful!
6/7/13 Today is our 16th wedding anniversary too.
Knotts Berry Farm-This was our first (and probably our last trip to Knott's Berry Farms) it was crowded. There were lot's of schools there,with un-chapperoned kids running every where. The lines where long, the rides were mostly fast, twisting, flipping roller coasters (not the type of roller coasters we like). We like roller coasters, but not the ones that jar your back and make you feel sick. We only rode 6 rides all day.
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| Mikayla with one of the horses in the show. Ever since she hurt her foot, she has been obsessed with horses and wants to have one. |
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| Clearly John and Ashlee cannot read the sign. They did it anyways. |
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| Opening Ceremonies |
Saturday morning we got up bright and early and drove from our hotel in Buena Park to LA to the temple for Mason and Jessica's Sealing. The sealing was great. The temple sealer did a great job. The temple sealer had such an affect on John, he said he would like to be a temple sealer!
After the sealing it was time for pictures. And walking around the temple grounds. Temples are always such peaceful places. It seems even when the temple surroundings are not in the greatest neighborhood, the area around it is peaceful. After the sealing we drove back to Anaheim for the reception. We spent a few hours at the reception and decided to head home. Ashlee needed to get packed for girls camp and we had a lot on our plate. We needed to find a home and start packing.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Love Turlock-Community Service
As a requirement for one of Ashlee's classes at school, she had to do a minimum of 10 hours of community service. Ashlee's teacher was a bit of a stickler on what would and would not qualify as community service so it was bit of a struggle, but she was able to do it all.
Today, Ashlee and John (we would have all helped, but since Mikayla is in a cast, we could not) participated in a combined event through the community of Turlock and Mormon Helping Hands called Love Turlock. They completed a 4 hour community service project at an elderly persons home, cleaning up their yard and removing debris. Some of the volunteers commented on how hard of worker she is. She did a great job, came home with some scrapes, but she got up early and went to help and serve in her community.
Some other things Ashlee did for community service were:
Make brownies for the homeless
Serve food at a homeless shelter
Visit the elderly
Attend Interact Meetings (a community service club on campus)
Read books to Kindergarten Students
Work
Help others with homework (tutoring)
Today, Ashlee and John (we would have all helped, but since Mikayla is in a cast, we could not) participated in a combined event through the community of Turlock and Mormon Helping Hands called Love Turlock. They completed a 4 hour community service project at an elderly persons home, cleaning up their yard and removing debris. Some of the volunteers commented on how hard of worker she is. She did a great job, came home with some scrapes, but she got up early and went to help and serve in her community.
Some other things Ashlee did for community service were:
Make brownies for the homeless
Serve food at a homeless shelter
Visit the elderly
Attend Interact Meetings (a community service club on campus)
Read books to Kindergarten Students
Work
Help others with homework (tutoring)
Thursday, June 07, 2012
15 Years
15 years ago today we were married. John suprised me at work today and had these beautiful roses delivered to me.
The following day we went to dinner at Vito's in Modesto, and saw Brian Regan. There was also a car show going on in downtown Modesto near the Gallo Center where we saw Brian Regan. We got to watch the car show before seeing Brian Regan.
Sunday, May 06, 2012
John's 35th Birthday
We had a really lo-key birthday celebration for John. His birthday fell on a Monday, but Monday's are hectic and crazy around here between work, school, swimming,and the rabbits and chickens so the girls and I decided we would make his favorite cake and give him his gift on Sunday evening instead.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Christmas
On Christmas Eve we let the girls pick one gift they would like to open up. Ashlee got some shirts. Mikayla got the whole Ramona Collection of books by Beverly Cleary.
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| Putting cookies, milk and letters out for Santa. |
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| Two happy girls. Santa brought them both Ipod Touches. Something they have been wanting for a long time now. |
Ashlee got- shirts, duck tape, friendship braclet string, lanyard string, Cinderella Cleaners books, a robe, and a DS Game.
Mikayla got:: Ramona Book Collection, robe, slippers, sketch pad with Twistables, a DS Game, a multiplication facts computer game and a Crayola White Board/Black Board.
Libby got clothes, a dress, a necklace and some braclets.
We had Christmas Lunch/Dinner at our house. My brother and his family came over, my mom and Terry, and my grandpa and Kay came over.
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| Landon opening his gifts. |
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| Dylan with the gift we got him. |
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| Mikayla got clothes, money and some Target Gift Cards |
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| Ashlee got some clothes, money and Target Gift Cards |
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| Adam, Dylan and my mom. John made some rabbit jerky with his new jerky maker. Everyone who tasted it said it was good. John spent the day trying to get the girls Ipod's to work. After about 12 hours of trying to get the Ipods to work, he ended up loosing our internet connection in the process. The next day he drove the kids into town, parked in front of an At&T store and had the Ipods working in a matter of minutes. We should of just done that on Christmas day, instead of spending the whole day messing with them. We had a great dinner. Ate way too much food, and had a good time spent with family. The girls are both liking their Ipods very much. John say's he wants one too. We will have to see about that. |
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