Do I qualify?

So I was looking at this website (thanks Jess) for a change of job during the summer, and this was one of the jobs that is available:

Seeking brainy and attractive Egg Donor, 10K++

I am an accomplished 40ish year old US Physician living in the US and Asia, and would like to find a mixed Asian looking egg donor. If you are super smart, talented, beautiful and have done great things in the world, please contact me. I plan to raise the children in a very warm and loving environment and have all the support and resources one could hope for.

Ideally you might have graduated at the top of your class, attended a competitive University, are athletic and gifted in the arts, and have an IQ of over 130. You should also be very attractive, between 18-30 years old, in good health, with a healthy family history.

In relation to compensation, I am happy to be generous for the right donor. You would be compensated $10,000++ for your egg donation. For the right donor, I would be willing to financially support you in freezing your own eggs for your own personal use, offer you comprehensive genetic testing for your own purposes, and set up an educational fund for your own children. The value of these added benefits could be upto $50,000. I am offering this in hopes that this opportunity could be mutually beneficial especially for that amazing woman that would have never considered being an egg donor.

I DO look Asian you know...

Good things

Sorry the posts lately haven't been all that entertaining. But just for update's sake and something to write about, here are some things that made our MLK weekend enjoyable:

1. Had some friends over for dinner Sunday night, then had even more friends over for some games, it was a lot of fun!

2. Went to the beach on Monday, and even though the weather wasn't amazing, the waves were spectacular and fun to watch, and I still managed to get sunburned. I've never been so happy to get burned, because it's been a LONG time since we've been to the beach (relatively speaking I guess, considering out circumstances).

3. Before beach time we got acai bowls, mmm MM!

...and that's all my little fried brain can think of right now. Other good news include Wolfgang will be starting his new job (hopefully) soon, whooohooo!!!! Also I'm on the road to getting back into shape. We exercised w/ Janelle yesterday via our Bob DVD, and today I went to the fitness center....then dominated 4 chocolate chip cookies. don't judge. :)

and even MORE great news, is that tomorrow we will be taking pictures for, and turning in, the GREEN CARD APPLICATION! FINALLY! whoooooohooo! Time to get that boy legal! ;)

"We believe in peace and love, not in the display of power to destroy mankind. If maintaining peace means killing and destruction of the fruits of man's efforts to build himself a better world, we desire no part of it."

-'From a 1968 petition signed by a majority of the displaced islanders of Kwajalein Atoll, asking that they be allowed to return to live on their islands.'

Sincerely, Me

Dear Immune System,

Look, I know we've had a very long relationship, 23 years to be exact. In the beginning we started out rough, but we survived, and from there on we've had a few big bumps here and there, with a side of your occasional cold every few months, or less. I understand that you could be a whole lot worse, but there is something I need to bring up that has been hurting me for a while now.

You may not understand, but letting me be susceptible to colds/sinus infections/whatever-crap every week and a half or so for the last couple of months, is totally unacceptable. You know they do say, you need to put in a full100% into a relationship, and not just 50/50, it just doesn't work that way. I hate to be threatening, but if I could I would sell you, immediately, on ebay or even craiglist, but recycling you would probably be the best choice. Seeing that I can't, it looks like we are just going to have to work this out, so please, step it up a little, ok?

Sincerely Yours,
Jaimie

Christmas Break

Christmas Break was simply wonderful. It was nice and relaxing, and very therapeutic just to be able to spend lots of time with the fam. I'm grateful for the time we had, but it still didn't seem like enough time at all! Here's a little recap in pictures of some things we did over the break

After two full days of traveling due to the fact that(one flight was cancelled and we had to stay in the airport for 8 1/2 hours...it was a party in the PHX and it finally ended with flying into Page on the world's most ghetto plane ride. You could even seen into the cockpit!

Finally showing Wolfgang horseshoe bend with the family

Fondue goodness (thanks Danielle!)
some really attractive pictures...

Going to the St. George temple for the first time since we got married, and surprisingly crossing paths with some friends of ours in the temple from Hawaii we haven't seen in over a year! They got married too since we've seen them, and now live in Rexburg.
Ben and Kara's beautiful wedding and reception in Denver!
Ben is a good friend of ours from school that just graduated. Kara is an awesome girl and we hope to spend more time with them some day

Look at that BIG grin on Ben's face! I've never seen him smile THAT big! They were so cute
Visted the Mesa AZ temple almost on the exact date that my parents were sealed there!

...and much more that we don't have pictures of. We really had a great time and it was very hard to leave, and now we're back to the hustle and bustle of school and jobs. ugh. but we only have ONE year left! whoohoo!

Da Big Island

So here I am, finally giving a recap on our Thanksgiving break on the Big Island. Wolfgang and I had been talking since at least the beginning of last semester that we both really wanted to go to the temple on the Big Island, and so we came up with the idea that going during the Thanksgiving break would be perfect! So Wolfgang mentioned it to a co-worker to see if her and her husband wanted to go, and in no time they were game.

I don't want this post to be painfully long so all in all, it was a lot of fun and the Big Island is TOTALLY different from Oahu, but we really enjoyed it! I made a little picture slide show below, and I added some commentary to the pictures, so don't forget that part while looking at the pictures.

Enjoy!

Oahu X (obviously)
Maui X
Big Island X
Kauai ...next destination!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I hope that so far you've had a wonderful Christmas, and that you continue to enjoy it. Here at the Dudley house it's been great, in fact it couldn't get any better. I feel truly blessed to be with my family during this Christmas season, and it's exciting to spend my first Christmas with the hubby ;)

It's funny how different Christmas is when you are "big kids" because instead of us, the kids, waking up my parents at the break of dawn, they now have to wake US up to open presents. Needless to say, Wolfgang and I woke up to Jessie coming into our room, standing on our bed, and jumping; it reminded me of old times when she use to do that and I would get SO mad at her. Also usually as soon as we wake up we open presents, but this year we even ate BEFORE presents! That's unheard of.

Another fun thing about this Christmas is that our cousin Danielle and her dog Bassie are spending time with the crazy Dudleys. Wolfgang and I always have "discussions" about whether later in life we'll get a dog (or cat) or not, and I'm always for a big YES and Wolfgang is a big NO. Growing up I always had dogs (Golden Retrievers to be exact) and Wolfgang never did, I guess it's not a big thing in Europe, or other reasons.

Anyway, so I was curious when I found out that Bassie was going to join us, to see how Wolfgang would react. He was a little iffy about it at first, but then guess who pet her a ton last night while watching a movie? Guess who's been playing around with her with a big smile on their face? Guess who is playing with her currently?

I rest my case. He still 'claims' that he doesn't want a dog, but we'll see about that...