Day 1 (at the Hospital)

Everything went well in the surgery. I may have to stay the night because oxygen levels are low. I will post again in a few hours.

Before

I'm here at the hospital waiting. I've signed my left foot - so they don't operate on the wrong foot. I didn't sleep very well last night - so I'm tired (I could fall asleep right now). Mom is reading, I'm watching Good Morning America and am feeling very blessed that I don't live in Haiti. The nurse just walked in - I guess it is TIME.

My Adventure

Next Wednesday (Jan 13th) I have having Surgery. I think most of you know this -but I wanted to make sure, and to update you. The main surgery I'm having is Sinus Surgery. I've had a sinus infection for over a year and have been pretty miserable. The Sinus Surgery will make me more miserable for a little while - but should eventually make things better.

Last summer I dropped something REALLY heavy on my foot. I had X-rays taken and nothing was broken, but I bruised a nerve. I've been to the Foot Dr and have been working with him, but it still hurts most of the time. Yesterday I went in and he told me I had a bunch of scar tissue surrounding a nerve and that is what was causing me pain. He said it would eventually lead to Surgery. Half Jokingly I asked if we could do it next Wed - and he said he would talk with my ENT and see if they could work something out. The did work something out - so I'm having both surgeries at the SAME TIME (hahahahahaha). I'll be in a lot of pain for a few days - but should be recovered enough to go back to work in about a week.

I plan on updating this blog at least once a day - so you can follow my fun adventure. You are also welcome to call or come visit if you live close enough.

My Lovely Morning

This morning I must have turned my alarm clock off. It is set to go off at 6:15 - I usually hit snooze once or twice and am at work by 7am. My first class starts at 7:45 - so I usually need the 45 min to gather my thoughts and make sure I'm ready to teach. Well this morning I woke up at 7:25!!!!!!!!! I panicked, quickly got dressed and did my hair, then hopped in the car to drive to work. As I was pulling into the parking lot at work I realized I didn't have my glasses on!! I have no idea how I was able to drive 2 blocks w/out my glasses, but somehow I did. I almost made it to class on time (2 min late) and survived teaching w/out glasses. Now I have two more classes to go and then I can go home and get my glasses. What an adventure :-) (And I'm soooooo thankful for glasses - if I had to live like this every day it would be really really hard!)

My lovely, neurotic, dog Scruffy

I LOVE my Scruffy - he is so sweet and kind and loving - and having someone else alive at my house who is happy to see me is a major blessing. But he is a little neurotic - I've know he has issues with the air vents (they are SCARY and to be avoided at ALL COSTS - including never EVER going into the back bedroom). Recently I bought him a set of "doggie stairs" to help him get up on the bed. I tried for 3 months to get him to use them. I used LOTS of treats to convince him that the stairs were "good" not "bad" He eventually would walk 3/4 of the way up - eat the treat I'd left, then get off and jump onto the bed right NEXT to the stairs. After a little while I moved the stairs over to where he usually jumped on the bed and he was perfectly happy to use them.

Well his latest OCD trend has showed up in his eating habits. I recently got a bigger bowl for his food so I don't have to fill it up every day. I now fill it up about once a week. Turns out he is a very "clean" eater - he picks a spot in the bowl and eats straight down. Then he moves over a little bit - and eats straight from the top to the bottom. Here is the evidence:

Day 1:


Day 3:

Day 5:



So it turns out that if my lovely dog was human, he would need counseling just as much as I do :-) I sure love him!

What I did this Summer Part 2

I went on a family vacation to Banff, Canada. We had quite an adventure - but it was a wonderful trip.

Here we are at at waterfall in Waterton



One of my favorite things of the trip was walking on a glacier - so very awesome (and cool :-)!


Later in August Chris, Natalie and family came for a while. The boys went climbing and the girls hung out with the kids. One of our favorite adventures was swimming at the Logan Aquatic Center.



I also did some sewing - but haven't completed anything. I promise to post pictures later.

What I did this Summer Part 1

Johanna and Jared were Married in the Logan Temple on July 2nd. It was a lovely wedding

One of my uncles was taking "Family Pictures" off to the side - and I wanted my "family" picture. So I gathered ALL my nieces and nephews




Later the Summer my Sprinkler system was having some struggles. Josh and his family were very kind and came up to fix them. He had plenty of help from JJ :-)


JJ and Kelsie in my hammock