OKLAHOMA

Went to go see my brothers in the high school musical.
OKLAHOMA
I thought they did a good job on painting the back wall and the sets were pretty cool. My phone only took this semi decent picture. I tell ya, its just not convenient to have any other kind of camera. I'm getting a new phone on tuesday though with a better camera.

Justin was so funny to watch on stage. Such a HAM... Loved watching him dance and just make himself at home on stage. Pretty proud of him that he had a part with some lines too.

And this is Jeromy. The one who wishes I was younger or he was older cause then, who knows...maybe then he could really be in the family. He is a super good friend of Jordan and Justin.

Jordan! LOVE YA! It was so much fun to get to hear Jordan sing a solo on stage. And all the dancing and things. I just can't handle any of these boys with soo much make up on though. I hate stage make up.

Awww Alex is so cute. She was the student director this year. AND my favorite thing is that this dress she wore was the one I WORE when I was in Oklahoma in 1997. (my sophomore year) My mom made it. When we were cleaning stuff out my mom found the box with my costumes in it. I showed alex and ta da! she ended up using it. SHE was so good in the play too. Gertie-perfect! Loved her laugh. She did so good!

Scrapbooking...

Today was a pretty long day. I woke up late, but not a big deal. The scrapbooking day was supposed to go from 9-9. But I got there at 10. All in all it was a good day. I started helping my mom with all the planning on friday. I made this cake. I also put some other stuff together.

There was a good turn out. I think the count was around 16 people. I am not sure I even finally decided what pictures I was going to scrapbook until 1 or 2 in the afternoon. THEN...I got down to business. I started putting together my peru trip finally. Basically I just wanted to say I'm happy with what I completed. 22 pages filled with pictures. Its fun to look at my peru pictures again. I did one page of getting my first speeding ticket (yes I took a picture that night in 1997). I still have a little more of my peru trip to put in this book, but I'm sure the next time I sit down to scrapbook it will get done. Super happy. Loooonnnng day.

AND....two more things

Parents are moving tomorrow....

AND...this old friend of mine said the nicest thing to me tonight...

He said:

I am always thinking.... and when I picture my happily ever after the woman I am with no matter if she is a brunette or a blond, big or small, that womans heart, mind and dedication is always like yours. You are truly an inspiration to me. Thank you for suffering my friendship.

Fixing things up...

This would make things better if I had before pictures, but I don't. Sorry. This is the shed in my parents back yard....which will soon become Jared's back yard. So they have painted it and painted the privacy fence in the back yard as well. They planted grass in the back and got a spot ready for a garden too.














They have been working hard on fixing everything they can on the outside until the parents leave so they can do things on the inside too. They decided to paint the shudders/ shutters? i dont know how you spell it. BUT...the left is the old and the right is the new. They have sealed the back porch area slab of concrete too. Slowly but surely things are looking better. They also put a picket fence in a couple places in the back so that if the girls are playing in the back they will be confined to one area.

St Patricks day activity....

Happy Birthday Emily... :) my friend had her birthday and is now a quarter of a century old. So what better way to celebrate??? Of course. We went on a lil adventure to cincinnati to do some service.

This friend of a friend is trying to finish fixing up the house he bought last summer...and has been living in ever since he got it. I'm not so sure it would be livable for me, but to each his own.

So we were sanding down rough spots on all the doors, scraping off tape and junk then filling holes...and just in general getting a lot of dust all over ourselves.

Just sporting the only green I wore that day thanks to Emily. (note to self: Self-return that bracelet along with a movie that you borrowed)

We had a little sit down to eat some ice cream for Emily's birthday. This is Ben (who owns the house) and Ben (who doesn't own the house) and Holly (the fearless leader & my roommate)

This is Ben (the amatuer) who put screws in his mouth to make working a little easier. Ben (who owns the house) told him that "professionals dont put things in their mouth"

I got a good laugh out of the stuff in his mouth though...and he didnt die, so its ok now. We all learned somethign new. apparently professionals dont put things in their mouths, alright!

Holly was somehow the only one who ended up with a mask to keep the dust out of her mouth. I guess she was the only one sanding over her head.

Ashley was priming the doors.....

after they had all had their holes filled.

I think that was all of the pictures I got from the evening. We had fun riding down there together and it was the perfect day. Weather was great and I never once got pinched by anyone. That night I went home to my mom's instead of my apartment.

Monday Monday

Just felt more like journaling than telling any specific story, but this is how my monday went down. Bright and early to go to work at MVH. Its always something with that place. I almost clocked in late because the back entrance by the ER where I go in everyday had a lil malfunction. The badge scanner was falling off the wall. It just took me a few minutes longer the route I took. Got clocked in and then saw a few coworkers that no doubt were talking about me as they rounded the corner and then got surprised to see me. One of them (who I might add is always in everyone's business...sometimes good and sometimes bad) asked me if I even knew that there was a second room to one of my assignments?? uh, funny thing is...I had no idea. They switched things up at the beginning of March and put me on a few rooms that I had never even stepped food in before and didn't ask me how it was going? Didn't offer any help...and they hadn't given me any feedback on a single thing until i ran into these coworkers. I guess everyone was getting annoyed at me because this room with all the personals was empty after every time I had finished this assignment. DING DING DING...yep, kids, I didn't know about it. I get so frustrated with the training or lack thereof. So someone showed me what I was missing. I felt overwhelmed with this assignment BEFORE I knew there was a whole other room involved. I asked this one guy what everyone had been saying about me behind my back the last few weeks....he basically told me, you don't want to know. Well that was the major thing at work. That and I had a little sit down with my boss and told her I want to go support. I forfeited my part time status. I think it will go into effect at the end of the month. I know its a hospital and lives are at stake and what have you, but I really have had a hard time feeling good about working on sunday's at this place. I think it would be more beneficial for me to find something that I didn't have to work every other sunday. I told Boss Lady that I have been looking for other work for a long time now. So it wasn't a surprise to her.

Then after work I went to take a few more boxes to my mom's house. They still have plenty of packing to do in order to be out in two weeks. I think I should thank the hospital for all the empty underpad and adult briefs boxes we have used :) in the packing. I had some dinner over at my moms, filled out a job application online....looked a few things in craigslist. I'm still a little surprised that the place I interviewed at posted that they are hiring still. I never got a call back, but didn't really push it. I'm not sure the woman who interviewed me was the type of person I really wanted to work for. I applied for a summer type job. I just need to know that wherever I find employment they will be okay with my summer plans. (hill cumorah pageant july 2-19 and a trip to AZ for a ten yr HS reunion) So as I was sitting at my moms house talking to a friend about my sunday night on the phone, a got a message about an interview for next week. I guess I have a couple options and I probably dont need to give too many details, but this could be an interesting summer for me. I'm excited at the possibilities.

After leaving my parents house I went back home to get ready for a massage I was giving to a friend. Its been awhile since I've given such a structural bodywork only type massage. I pulled out a few of my text books to remember some strokes and overall I think it went pretty well. It felt a little like I was in classes again with my client holding my text book for me while I made sure I was doing everything correctly. I enjoy what I can do in the way of massage and sharing a little of the knowledge I have. I also love a good solid few hours spent with a friend.

Then my roommate got home from FHE and going to the gym....haha she basically walked in, gave a funny look and said, yep, smells like you have been giving a massage in here. Hahaha I guess my lotion has a potent smell. Then we went grocery shopping and I rented a rexbox movie. It was a very full day.... Now i'm off to get some things done and then to a little service project today in cincinnati.

sleepover pic...

I wasn't on my own for most of the night, but for some reason I wanted to get a picture when I was the only adult home. yeah right?! Like I would even be able to get them to stand as still as i need them to for a picture from my phone camera. haha. This is about as good as it gets. I have many many many more pictures that Holly took throughout the rest of the evening once she got home and after they all woke up, made breakfast and brought it to me upstairs. HILARIOUS. I can assure you of one thing. I will never be having 6 kids of my own. The two littlest girls didn't even stay the night, but 11:30 pm....well thats practically the whole evening. Just wanted to post this picture. I survived, but now I have to go visit a friend at the hospital and write my talk for tomorrow.

Sleepover....

I cant wait. My kiddos are coming over to play tonight.... (ooo that means I shouldnt be up late tonight since I have another late night coming my way). Basically I wanted to have all my neices and nephews over because....I just wanna play with them or watch a fun lil movie. It is friday the 13th so I think some goosebumps is in order. I think I will be having 4 stay the night. Jennifer and Angela might not make it even for a few hours. I think they got sick. BUMMER> Oh and my favorite story of all is about Brandon today. While at school today he went to the nurse with an upset stomach. I guess he "wasnt feeling well". He went to the nurse twice so they finally called my brother. My sis in law is out of town. I think Brandon is trying to MILK his dad for everything he can right now while MOM is out of town. Well he talked to brandon and said he could come get him if he wanted, but he wouldnt be able to go to guitar practice tonight if he came home sick. He was super bummed, but still wanted to go home. Then Jake said, well what about going to Beth's house tomorrow. Are you going to be able to go to that. Brandon then said, "I think I can tough it out" hahahahaha! that was too great. I guess he is probably just faking it and is learning early of all the many ways he can get out of school. Anyway. They should be coming over later in the evening and we will play games and watch a movie and probably eat some popcorn. I'm not sure how late they are going to try to stay awake, but this should be interesting.

My roommate likes plants

:) I got a phone call last night from my roommate asking if she could buy a big plant for our home. I kinda just laughed. I mean i wondered how big this thing could be if she had to call and ask permission to buy it. We do have others in the house but two of these we are babysitting cause our friend got deployed for a few months.

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To answer or not to answer

This blog is about our question answering fhe... So here is reilly deep in thought as to which law should would break if she could break any law. Other questions asked... What wouldnt you do in your backyard? These are fun questions and answers... Learning about friends is fun... Perfect picture of reilly awww

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TAKE TWO...ROLLING DOWN THE HILL

Here is the last attempt at rolling down the tiny hill outside grandma sandys house. Jennifer is kinda catching on. I had to keep her occupied somehow while everyone else was busy packing boxes. We played with sticks and leaves and a stray golf ball too!

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TAKE ONE...ROLLING DOWN THE HILL

Jennifer made three attempts at rolling down the hill. I forced her to do it the first time which might have been a little too much for this timid neice of mine... So this is how she decided to do it on her own. Not exactly the way i showed her how to do it. Next video will demonstrate that she got better but they are both pretty funny if u ask me.

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Work

Just had a funny little story or two I wanted to share from work. In case I haven't mentioned it before, I work for the supply department at the hospital. (I'm fully aware that I'm one of the little guys)There is the back room where most everything is stored in bulk. There is one or two people that work back there stacking boxes and filling empty spaces as things come off of the loading dock at the hospital. So we listen to music in the back and are forever breaking down boxes and chatting as we do it. ( I've been saving lots of these boxes because my parents and my lil brother are moving in April) Well this coworker of mine and I have strange conversations about music and life and jokes and all sorts of random things. Well my roommate and I had stopped by to pick up some extra boxes one day and so she got to meet the back room workers. (this is my cute lil peruvian roommate) Just a polite hello and then back to work. Fast-forward to the next day at work....I was telling him about some of my friends and what we did at our last activity. (The coworkers are always asking me if I have any good stories) And he asked about my friend, and I said, oh she is my roommate. He asked if she was Indian or something. I said no she is Peruvian. And we talked about how she is fluent in Spanish. I am pretty sure she lived a few years in Peru for real before she and her family ended up in the states. He thought it was cool she is bilingual and then I was like, well yeah, my other roommate is almost bilingual. My other roommate spend a year and a half in the Dominican Republic and a lil time in Mexico and Guatemala. SO yeah they speak Spanish to each other sometimes and I'm almost completely clueless...BUT I LOVE IT! He was then in super amazement that I have such strange friends. He was like, "you know some different kind of people. WHERE DO YOU MEET THEM?! Do you go to DIVERSITY CONFERENCES??" hahaha I about lost it! We had a good laugh and I told him I meet most everyone I know at church. Then we talked about how interesting it is that christians are so diverse...and that there are even some whale hunting Eskimos that are christian. *don't ask me why he brought up that* hehe

That very same day I was having lunch with my friend up in the ER supply room. I was telling her about when I worked for Americorps in a family literacy program downtown....and I trailed off because she interrupted me by laughing. I just wanted to tell her that I ran into someone when I was at the mall. But I guess it seems that every time I bring up a different job I've had she is amazed that I keep such a straight face or something. I have told her about a few random odd things I have done in the last 10 yrs I guess. She said, "one of these days you are going to start your story off by saying, 'one time when I was rolling cigars in Cuba, or picking bananas in Guatemala' and act like that is totally normal". :) I love her. I guess I failed to see the humor & how unique some of the stuff I have done really is. I think I have told her about one too many of my trips and other experiences. Anyway. My work friends think I'm something else I guess.

My favorite part about that last story was the "diversity conferences" comment. Both of these coworkers gave me the same kind of...what the heck...comments in one day. Made me laugh a little and I wanted to share. Those are happy times...when I talk about things unrelated to work while working.

Then other days....ugh.... I can get super annoyed at work. I have to go in and out of supply/med rooms. PCT's, RN's, cleaning people, RT's...basically all kinds of hospital personnel go in and out of these rooms. We are all now color coded in our scrubs, so you can get a general idea of what someones job is by the color of their scrubs. My simple job is it fill the cart and make sure things are where they need to go when I bring them in. I'm not sure who all touches the supplies when I leave but basically SOOO many times a day people complain that they cant find this or that. or we NEVER have what we need and yadda yadda yadda. Some days nurses will talk under their breath and say stuff like....they never put stuff where it goes anyway...and they never bring this or that. "THEY" FOLKS...would be me &/or my coworkers in general. Please don't make comments like that in an angry tone when I'm standing right there.... as if I can't hear you?? really.... Matter of fact. I can hear you. I may not know what you do, but that doesn't mean you really know what I do either. We both have a different agenda and if we could treat each other a little bit better BOTH of our days would go more smoothly. (can I just wear a sign that says that?) So some days people act like I don't exist. AND then other days....for one example.... Someone was looking for some tubing. Well, I offered to help. Which one are you looking for? Oh, um, yeah, that doesn't sound familiar. Basically, I may not know all the function for these different packages of tubing for different machines, but I recognize names at this point. (9 months later, I'm still learning) So I said, I don't believe that's one that is regularly kept on your cart. then the response was "WELL IT BETTER BE! THIS IS FOR...^%#%@***" she might as well have said that. Whatever that is, because. She acted like I even knew what THAT meant. sha. So in one minute/breath to one person I don't exist or don't know anything, and then the next, I'm supposed to know and care what this specific tubing is and how important it is for her to have it on their cart at all times. hmmm, go figure. Can't win. Funny thing is...I am pretty sure I knew most doctors would have a thing about being hotshots, or wanting to be recognized for all their achievements and hard work they have put in over the course of their life...and whatever. Basically....Its good to know that there are people who are educated and can take care of us with the things they have learned, but when coupled with a super bad attitude or a holier than thou attitude, I could care less what you know. Common courtesy and decency to other people are higher on my list as someone to be respected.