Sunday, October 31, 2010

HALLOWEEN

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CLEOPATRA NEVER LOOK SOOOOO GOOD.  LOOL AT THOSE CURLY RED LOCKS.  NO ONE COULD BE CUTER.

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CLEOPATRA TOLD THE HORSE THAT SHE WAS HER HORSE AND ASKED IF SHE COULD RIDE HER.  NO HORSEY WAS EVER HAPPIER, HER SISTER IS VERY JEALOUS THAT SHE DID NOT GET TO BE THE HORSE.

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RIDE ON HER BROOM STICK HAS NEVER BEEN SO MUCH FUN

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ALL THE KIDS NEEDED TO TRY IT OUT.  WHAT SWEETIES WE HAVE.

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HALLOWEEN TIME AT HAPPY APPLE.

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AT PIANO GROUP LESSON.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

4TH OF JULY

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THIS IS MY COUNTRY LAND OF THE FREE.  ON A HOT STICKY JULY 4TH MORNING WE WENT TO OUR WARDS ANNUAL CELEBRATION.  WE HAD BREAKFAST AND A TALK ON THE FOUNDING FATHERS.  HOW THEY WERE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR OWN LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM OF THIS COUNTRY.  I WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP APPRECIATING THEIR FREEDOMS.

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ON YOUR MARK.  GET SET. GOOOOOOO!  THIS YEAR KNOW FELL OR CRIED ALL THE WAY AROUND, I THINK ITS THE FIRST TIME.

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SOMEONE IN OUR WARD DRESSED UP AS MARTHA WASHINGTON, I COULDN’T RESIST TAKING THE PICTURE.

HOSPITAL TIME

THIS PAST SUMMER I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH RIGHT EAR CELLULITIS.  IT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL THING I’VE EVER GONE THROUGH IN MY LIFE.  MY WHOLE HEAD FELT LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE.  VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO EVEN TOUCH IT PER ME OF COURSE.  BUT I ALSO LEARNED MANY LESSON WHILE I HAD MY STAY. 

LESSON 1; DON’T TAKE MY FAMILY FOR GRANTED.

WHEN I WENT TO MY FAMILY DOCTOR AND HE IMMEDIATELY SENT ME TO THE HOSPITAL I WAS NOT ABLE TO SAY GOOD BYE TO MY CHILDREN BEFORE I WENT IN AND THERE WERE SIGNS POSTED THATSAID,  NO CHILDREN ALLOWED.  IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE BUT NOTHING LIKE GIVING A HUG.  THE HARDEST TIMES WERE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THEM AND THEY WOULD BEGIN TO CRY, I’D CRY INSIDE TOO.

LESSON 2: FORGIVENESS

I GOT ALONG WITH ALL MY NURSES EXCEPT ONE OF THEM WE DID NOT HIT IT OFF.  I FELT MY NEEDS WERE NOT BEING MET AND SHE HAD BEEN HAVING A DIFFICULT NIGHT.  THE LAST STRAW WAS SHE DROPPED MY WATER CUP AND THE NURSE STATED,”I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THIS NIGHT IS OVER.”  MY HEART WAS CHANGING.  ABOUT 2 AM SHE CAME IN TO CHANGE MY IV.  I TOLD HER,”I’M SORRY”  IN RETURN SHE SAID THE SAME. I HAD HER 2 MORE NIGHT AND WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS.  TWO LITTLE WORDS CAN MAKE A HUGE CHANGE IN A RELATIONSHIP.

LESSON 3: REPENTANCE

SOUNDS FUNNY BUT I HAD AN INCISSION AND DRAINAGE PROCEDURE WHILE I WAS THERE TO GET RID OF MOST OF THE INFECTION.  IT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL THING I’VE EVER FELT, I SCREAMED AND CRIED .  AT ONE POINTY THE DOCTOR SAID, “THIS WILL MAKE YOUR EAR PRESSURE GO DOWN.”  IT WAS AMAZING THAT NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO SLEEP BETTER THAN I HAD IN A WEEK.  THE SAVIOR WENT THROUGH GREAT PAIN BUT IN THE END HE MADE IT BETTER.  A WEAK COMPARASION .

LAST WEEK I HAD SURGERY FOR THE CYSTE BY MY EAR.  THE DOCTOR SAID IT HAD ABOUT A 3/4 INCH SAC.  IT MUST HAVE INCREASED IN SIZE BY AT LEAST 50% LAST SUMMER.  I FEEL MUCH BETTER AND DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING CELLULITIS THERE AGAIN.

BIRTHDAY PARTY FUN

 

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IT WAS LINDSAY’S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT!  WE STARTED WITH A TREASURE HUNT THAT NATALIE WAS IN CHARGE OF.  SHE DID TERRIFIC AND WE FOUND THE PRIZE OF A PINTA.  IT WAS OPENED QUICKLY. 

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WE HAD A WATER FUN PARTY.  SPRINKLERS WERE ON ALMOST THE WHOLE TIME.  EVERYONE WAS ENJOYING THE THE COOLNESS OF IT IT WAS ABOUT 98* OUTSIDE.

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SHE HELPED MAKE HER BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

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DAISY DOG CUPCAKES.

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DID YOU SEE ALL THE LOOT.