1- I was vegetarian for 7 yrs. No meat, no sugar, no eggs (except to bake with), no white flour anything! I was exceptionally aware of everything bad for me and hardly ever cheated! Then pregnancy with Whit changed everything....Big boned boy= meat protein + lots of carbs of any kind. Never went back.....but I must say I felt much better then.
2- I wouldn't let Aub pierce her navel until I did, I just couldn't have it and had to have a say in it. See #3.
3- My mom wouldn't let me pierce my ears until I was 13, thus I had Aub's done at one year old and Heathers much earlier than that! Debbie and mom were with me when I got my ears pierced.
4- I have three pierces on the left ear and one on the right, plus my navel, so 4+1=5 total piercings.
5- I was 28 years old when I went to a bar for the first time. It was fun! My sister Lori planned everything and provided the party favors, the balloons and the friends since I didn't have any drinking friends. The band was awesome. I still feel like a kid in a liquor store though!
6- I have an ear tag on my right ear (birth mark). Mom said I had another one fall off as a baby. It must have been the bottom of my R ear lobe because it is flat and it looks cut off!
7- Heather and I sound alike on the phone. Even Nate gets us mixed up. Funny thing about that is that Nate and his brother Ken sounded the same too. Once, Ken fooled Laura, his wife, and as she was sleeping on the couch, Ken laid over her, kissed her on the lips and said "Where's Ken?" She jumped out of her skin! My kids and Nate have called here and when I've answered they ask "where's mom?" thinking I'm Heather. Cracks me up every time.
8- I had all three of my kids at home, each with different midwives.
9- My biggest cleaning pet peeve is a dirty floor. I hate dirt on my feet.
10- My favorite animal is a dog
11- I am still mourning the loss of my mother, (may I see you again momma! I think about you all the time.)
12- I miss my sister Debbie, grandparents, and other family members who've left us too.
13- I have no allergies-----Hip Hip Hurrah for me!
14- I love cheese and milk products but avoid them as much as possible.
15- I lost my original wedding band. This really broke my heart. Have no idea where it went.
16- I do not loan my DVD's and my children know it all too well!
17- I used to loan my books but have lost too many of them to the loanee's thus no loans there either!
18- The number 5 has been both good and bad for me and my family. The number three is my good luck number.
19- I hate raw okra (slimy)
20- I collect tea pots and frogs.
21- I'm constantly fighting hangnails and chapped lips thus the blog title.
22-Gymnastics has left me an arthritic neck.
23- In high school I broke my butt (Literally!!!, Songleader tryouts, jump splits, tore my left gluteus maximus and broke the butt bone!)
24- I think this day and age has too many passwords and numbers to remember (blog, email, work, bank, phone number, cell number, other peoples phone and cell numbers etc, etc, etc)
25- My favorite perfume is Hypnotic Poison (thanx Aub), then Happy! I like Angel too!
26- Laying with my husband calms me.
27- My tongue burns when I'm dehydrated.
28- I wish I was an actor, but I'm too chicken.
29- I've been in about 5 plays in my life from childhood to adulthood. I played Glinda the Good Witch in our 6th grade Wizard of Oz play. I also was one of the wives in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I did a couple other town plays too.
30- I love to learn about health.
31- We named my son Whitney after a man who had the name before that Houston chick!
32- I love to fly, I love airports, I love getting my luggage, I love the take off and landing! Just love it all!
33- I can't brag about having 20/20 vision anymore......damn!
34- If the t.v. is on I can go to sleep faster (Nate turns it off for me).
35- My dream vacation consists of a white sands beach, water the color of the sky, a Margarita in one hand, a book in the other, sunglasses, and a day to do nothing but lounge and slip into oblivion.
36- I haven't had my dream vacation yet.......
37- Aside from the birth of my kids, the heart surgery I witnessed was the single most amazing thing I've seen in my life.....Thank you Dr Nene for allowing me in to watch (I can see why some surgeons think they are gods.......some practically are!)
38- I would like to witness an autopsy.
39- My husband is a better carpenter than your husband! (and cuter too)
40- I don't have nightmares about being in high school and missing the entire semester then showing up for the final totally oblivious anymore! That was a reoccurring one for me! You too?
41- I snore
42- I hog the bed.
41- My husband wrote #'s 41 and 42 without my permission when I walked away from my blog, and so I refuse to acknowledge them, however, he has it wrong, He snores and He hogs the bed (I guess that's acknowledging them, but it's hard not to since I am the one writing the blog).
42- I'm having second and third thoughts about having a puppy. I'm not sure I am ready for potty training, screaming in her cage, and taking her out to pee EVERY 15 MINUTES!
43- I don't care for carbonated drinks
44- I am a pasta FIEND! Spaghetti, linguine, fettucini, all of it!
45- I can't tell a joke unless it is short..... I always remember the punch-line but not the rest of the joke. So I don't tell them well.
46- I wanted to study computer science but Nate convinced me to go into nursing.
47- I wish I'd gone into computers! Nursing is demanding and not the "comfort, comfort, wipe your brow" sort of thing. Mostly it's dealing with over demanding patients and their family members.
48- I dream of going to England, Australia and France.
49- I took French in college.........Parlez vous Francais? Not much. I'd like to do the Rosetta Stone version.
50- I've kept a journal since junior high school. My blog has kind of taken over for it.
51- I was in a Chox Vitamins commercial when I was about 4 or 5 years old with Bernie Calderwood, a local T.V. personality. As an adult I was his wife's nurse at LDS hospital.
52- I used to get ingrown toe nails really bad as a kid. So in 7th grade the doc removed my entire toenail on my left great toe. My two big toe nails look different even still. Everyone stepped on my hurt toe too!
53- My hair was strawberry blonde when I was little......much like my granddaughter Clara's.
54- I remember having chicken pox when I was two years old and mom standing me on the table to dab Calamine lotion on my spots.
55- I feel like I'm behind because I only read music a little. It's like not being able to read a book to me.
56- I have an adopted sister, Lori. We got her when she was two days old and I can remember sitting in the back seat waiting to be able to hold her. Grandma Eggett got to hold her before me. The doctor accompanied my parents to our car with the baby and asked me if he could trade his kitten for our new baby. I can remember thinking he was a little Loo-Lee for asking! I was 3 1/2 years old.
57- My parents have never treated my sister and I any different regardless of blood!
58- My mom was Christian, my dad agnostic. I'm an Agnostic Christian.
59- I love pie over cake. I love tarts and pie and basically anything with fruit in it.
60- My mom never let us have candy growing up so I have very few cavities. However, I allowed tons of candy in our house and two of my kids have no cavities at all! Ha Ha
61- I don't kill spiders. Just catch them in a glass and set them free outside where they belong.
62- I love to sleep in. Problem is, sleeping in for me is until 7 or 8 am. 0500 a.m. has been my habit most of my life.
63- I've gone a whole twelve hour shift without peeing. Not bragging....just sometimes I don't get a break!
64- I wanted 4-5 kids. Nate didn't. We have three. I quote him all the time. "Two kids is just right. It took us three to figure that out!"
65- I love crackers and oysters
66- I love marinated artichoke hearts......... I can eat a whole jar myself (the big big jar)
67- I don't miss high school
68- If I had the time I'd go back and get my masters degree.....just not entirely committed to what subject I'd get it in.
69- I just got a new job in Cardiac Rehab. I'm excited
70- I got married at 21. Too young!
71- I had my first child at 23......two young
72- Aerosmith is one of my favorite rock groups. I saw them live with my sister and we were the only ones on our feet screaming with the music in our section. Drove out the people around us.
73- I was pregnant with Aubrey when I saw John Denver live at BYU
74- I was depressed for two weeks after seeing Michael Hedges live, largely because of his freedom of creativity and how uninhibited he was. I kinda felt like a creative retard after seeing him.
75- A fellow nurse at work said I reminded her of a hippie type, and I felt complimented. I remember growing up around hippies and wanted to be like them.
76- I wouldn't even take ibuprofen or aspirin for a headache when I was pregnant. I suffered through all kinds of aches and pains when I was pregga.
77- Later, I smoked pot off and on for ten years. Then I realized I felt like crap, worried my kids would think down of me and started to look and sound like a smoker. I asked the universe for help to quit. I've been straight for 6 years. (Yes, I smoked pot to get me through nursing school....tee hee).
78- I liked the escape I got from pot, and I liked how free and uninhibited I felt. My biggest reason for quitting is that it's just not my nature. I really like the study and practice of health.
79- I have a hard time remembering names. This has been ongoing since forever (not related to my pot-smoking days). I had a hard time remembering the names of some of the kids I was in school with every day! Some people don't look like their name to me so I subconsciously give them a name that seems more like they look to me and I have gone so far as to actually call someone the name I thought they should be (haha).
80- I sing like a rock star in the bathroom. My favorite song to sing to is Ricky Lee Jones "Danny's All Star Joint". I'll repeat it at least three times before I feel done.
81- I did a Marilyn Monroe act a few times for fun. One time I was hired for a huge group of people (over two hundred)! It was a surprise for a guys birthday. My wig sucked, and my costume wasn't all that great! I wasn't that great at doing Marilyn's impression either. That one was the last one I did (totalled about 4). My agent asked me to cut my hair! NOT A CHANCE!
82- I sang in a group called "Night Owl" with my husband and his brother Ken. I was the drummer.
83- I started learning to play the drums when pregnant with my second daughter Heather.
84- I hit the drum and Heather jumped in my tummy! It was awesome!
85- Our last gig was for a church group and we couldn't even get anyone out on the floor to dance. Ken's wives didn't approve of some of our lyrics (they were all covers) which put a damper on things. Some family members still have our demo tape.
86- Aubrey jumped in my tummy when John Denver sang at BYU! That was awesome too.
87- This is getting more tiresome than I thought.
88- I have always been really good at spelling.........as I age this isn't always the case.
89- I don't want to live to be 100
90- If I become incontinent I think I'll probably want to be "put down"
91- I have chronic tinnitus (ringing in my ears). It's quite annoying, and have to have the t.v. turned up beyond the ringing
92- I used to walk around on my toes (curled under my feet). Since I broke my pinkie toe I can't do it any more.
93- I also used to be able to do the splitz! Only on my left side. Left sided cartwheels, left sided splitz etc. But I write with my right hand.
94- I was Miss Riverton in 1982. I tried out one other time and lost. I also won best talent.
95- I hate beauty pageants
96- I have a big mole on my face that I would gladly have removed.....except because they aren't cancerous or tumerous their removal would be considered cosmetic and would cost too much to take off.
97- My daughter Aub fills my loneliness gap alot!
98- My grandkids are the light of my life
99- I can count on my hands twice over how many times I've help my grandson James
100- I hope to vacation in Michigan this summer to see my daughters family........and my sweet grandchildren!
101-I rebel against he name "Grandma". I like Meme or grammy. My daughter, the mother of my grandkids, has not followed suite.
Happy Birthday my little Monkey cheeks! I wish I could hug you and squeeze you and give you your presents myself. 
The swelling on the right side of her jaw was considerably more and it's a hard swelling. 
We thought this was bad until it became.................
AND THIS
(You know it's really awful of us when we know how bad she feels and how much it hurts but we still can't help laughing a little under our breath because she looks like Goldie Hawn in her fat suit!)
These were taken on Friday Sept. 11, Post Op day #2
Can you believe this swelling?
POD #5
She doesn't look very happy because her wounds are draining an awful tasting something and she's still on pain killers, but the swelling has gone down so much and she can actually give us a little smile. Oh, and she can use a regular teaspoon instead of a rubber coated baby spoon.
Belly shot
No idea about the nose powder! (No wonder he's so hyped ha ha)
These pictures are out of order but Nate and Whit are removing all the wood that was once a wall to reveal a bigger open space. Follow the big beam seen here in this picture and you'll be able to decipher what wall is being removed! He's going to stain that beam so it will be really beautiful when it's done. 
The picture above has the wall removed. Just need to take off the board on the floor.
All the boards coming down
Almost done
Out of order, this is the wall being taken down.
Whit has become quite a skilled worker. I can't believe he once looked up at me from below my hips and held onto my pants. I kept looking at him with awe knowing that he is now a full grown man. It's as amazing to have your kids grow up and become adults, and live in an adult world doing adult things. I think this is a hard transition for me (but a good one, kinda like becoming a grandmother). 
My carpenter hubby
The wall before it was removed
Our rooms smell so clean and they each have a tiled bathroom with a hand held shower and blow-drier. The strip above the bed has oxygen and suction on both sides of the bed as well as electrical outlets which makes moving the patient around to sit on the chair much easier. Each room has a recliner, desk with computer plugs and nightstand. The couches we ordered make up into a bed, but they didn't get to us in time so we have these really beautiful rented couches in each room (Pictured). I don't know if I'd want to rent these couches from that place knowing where they were before! We will be getting the futon couches sometime in October. 
Each floor has a lobby complete with a working fireplace! The smell of new carpet is so wonderful!
Janet RN CNC (floor manager) and Theresa CNA posing in front of the Dynamaps (blood pressure machines). Everyone was getting everything ready for the big move downstairs. I really had no idea how hard moving an entire floor of patients would be let alone all the equipment, supplies, office stuff, telemetry station, etc. It was a lot of work and we all went home exhausted but it was so worth it because now we have computers in the rooms, so we don't have to push around the C.O.W.'s (computer on wheels). Everyone loves all our changes. 
