Miracle Drug

Ash has wanted to post about when she went on Acutane (Isotretinoin) for a while now and I'm going to finally do it for her. Here are a couple pictures of her acne from random times over the last few years. In the past she usually had me touch up and hide this stuff.

This medicine seems to be associated with a lot of negativity and a lot of people tried to warn her not to do it. Ashley wanted to post this to encourage people to do it if they can. It's definitely worth it. I didn't even notice how much her acne bothered her until it was gone and her whole attitude changed. She is happier and more comfortable.
So I went and took a quick picture tonight of Ashley to compare. She's not wearing any Make up and I didn't do any touch ups to the picture. Here it is.....(I love seeing her happy)

After

Before

Awards

The other day, Mike brought home two new awards from Bank of America. I was in a grumpy mood and he tried to cheer me up by saying that they were prizes he won for me. Actually, they're incentives because he's doing so well at work!If you can't tell, we have a B of A keychain, a grooming kit and a $25 gift card

He's already number 2 on his team and he's only worked there less than three months! I'm so happy to know that he's doing something he's good at and is making him happy too!

Need more space

So recently Ash and I finally got tired of living in a one bedroom apartment, so we made it into a two bedroom. Here's our second bedroom.

Which we put right in the middle of our living room.

I actually really like it. Especially because I sleep right next to the sliding door that I always leave open at night. So we're definitely growing out of the place and we put a bid on a house, and after a little bit of negotiation they've accepted our offer.

I've heard that the house is not yours until you have the keys, so we'll see if we actually buy the house later but it looks like we're heading that way for now. It's a pretty small modest home, and not to mention old, probably just right for us.

Things Have a Way of Working Themselves Out

I wondered when I gave this to Mike for Christmas if it was the right thing to do. I've heard/seen a lot of horror stories...
Seeing as I included this with it...I was probably just asking for trouble.
I thought we'd at least be using Rock Band a lot.
Crazy thing is, he hasn't done much of either since he discovered this:
We learned you can stream Netfilx instantly through the XBox and it's basically Mike's dream come true! It's pretty much all he uses it for (and the only thing I know how to use on it). If you have an XBox 360 and haven't signed up for Netfilx, you're missing out!!

Mike's mom also gave us an awesome TV for Christmas (another dream come true for Mike!). I found this in the instruction manual when Mike was setting it up.
It didn't have an English side to it...maybe it said these things somewhere in the English directions but what do you think it's trying to tell us? The one of the little guy jumping on it was what killed me. Imagine if I had to get after Mike for doing that. Haha!

Better to Prepare & Prevent than Repair & Repent

Today I threw away my Crocs (or whatever brand they were, they weren't really Crocs).

I've been suffering from chronic foot pain since trying to learn to skateboard almost a year ago (while wearing the Crocs). Once the pain started up my ankle, knee and hip, I decided I should go to the Podiatrist.

Apparently I've made a tiny bone in my foot called a sesamoid pretty angry. I have to go in again for an MRI to hopefully rule out a break.
He pretty much said that Crocs (or Croc type shoes) are horrible for your feet. Then he folded my shoe up into a little ball to demonstrate...I guess shoes that are good for your feet aren't supposed to do that.

From now on, I'm going to pay for good, quality shoes...maybe even research a bit before I buy. Regardless of how much they cost, I'm sure they'll be cheaper than a couple of Dr.'s visits, an X-ray, an MRI, prescriptions and whatever else is in the future for my sad little foot bone.