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So Many Things Going On!

There are so many things for me to blog about today, where do I start. To my friends, these are in no particular order and I have many best friends so please don't be sad or offended.

Today is a big day for two of my best friends. Stacie came home from the hospital and it's Tammys birthday. I was able to be Stacies nurse on Monday and let me tell you, it was one of the most amazing things but also one of the most nerve racking things ever. It was something I don't know if I ever want to do again. It was great to be able to care for a best friend but it got very stressful when things weren't looking too hot for her healthwise and when she had to endure some invasive procedures that were both very risky and very painful. I feel sorry for my other patients who were neglected that day! I wish I could have been her nurse 1 on 1. So anyway, it's both amazing and a miracle that she was able to come home so soon. She is an amazing friend, mother, daughter, wife, nurse, and person. She is loved by so many people, including my family. I feel so lucky to even be on her list of friends. Love you Stac!




Happy birthday Tam! I won't mention how old you are but man, you are getting up there! Some of the things I love about Tam:

1. She is a great friend, mom, wife, and person
2. She REALLY KNOWS how to blog, makes me jealous
3. She is freakin hilarious
4. She drove my butt around in high school when I didn't have a car, even though it was a klunker and it was purple (the perfect color for you though. Do you have any pix of that car, I would love to reminisce).
5. She is GORGEOUS!
6. She is an amazing piano player and seamstress and house decorator. She is so stinkin talented!

Love ya Tam!



I have the flu, don't know if it's H1N1 or Heiny as it is now known to me (get it? put i's in place of the ones = Hini or heiny), or the regular flu. I had the symptoms for 3 days and I guess after 3 days, it's too late to do the heiny swab or to even treat it with Tamiflu. So, they gave me a shot of Toradol (an anti-inflammatory) and Decadron (a steroid) because I had the worst headache and backache of all time. It helped and I am feeling better. At least my head does. I should've kept my mouth shut, last week I was saying "Geez, all the staff at the hospital are sick, I am in contact with sick patients all the time at the hospital, and my kids are sick. How come I never get sick? I must be Superwoman or something." Well, I spoke too soon. I just hope Rielly doesn't get sick because I was loving all over him the other day. I'm also mad because Stacie needs major help right now and I was only able to go see her once in the hospital and am not able to help her right now. We all know how stubborn she is, especially when she is sick. So I want to be with her and make sure she takes it easy.

In n Out Burger opened! Wow! How can it be after years of wishing they would come to Utah, they finally do, and to my city even! I must be living right. I attempted to get a burger on opening day but it was way too busy. By the 2nd day though, I decided I was going to sit in the line and wait no matter how long it took. It only took about 45 minutes and it was worth it.

Grandma Cowley

 

My Grandma Cowley is in a care center and is on hospice and doesn't recognize any of us anymore. It makes me very sad. Her appearance has changed quite a bit, this doesn't really look like her to me. I was going to go see her today but am sick so I wasn't able to. I miss my Grandma.

Customizing

Wow, that was ALOT of work but I just changed the font of my blog. I really like it. What do you think?

Dad and Ruff

My dad loves my dog Ruffles, and Ruffles loves him too. Ruffles gets so excited when dad comes over. He loves to lick him like crazy, and from the looks of it, dad loves it too. I have no idea how he can stand it. He calls it his "shower".

11 Months!

Rielly is 11 months today (11/6). I can't believe that this fragile baby, whose chances of ever being normal or of even surviving were pretty slim












has turned into this cute, happy, and perfect baby



We love him!

Funny!

This is one of the funniest commercials I've seen

How is it that Braden has owned more cars than I have in my whole lifetime, and he's 19? Here is his new car. Acura TSX

Tori and I went to Cali last week to see one of the greatest bands around, U2.


We also went to the Ellen show where we got to see this man, who seemed reserved compared to previous interviews I've seen, but still hilarious



And this woman, who is very pretty by the way




We also got this for free! (Don't tell anyone of my kids, it's a Christmas present)


And Faith Hill gave us all a bottle of her new perfume! It's actually smells pretty good.




You can see a clip of the Ellen show here and if you look real hard, you can see me

My goals for today WERE



1. Get this goofball off to school



2. Read through all these emails that have been piling up



3. Start digging my way through all this laundry, and at the same time start washing a pile just as big as this one



4. Clean out this closet (this is the 4th closet I've gone through since yesterday, which is why I have all the extra laundry to do. Nice to have hand-me-down clothes though.











INSTEAD, I ended up picking up this cutie pie and Morgan



And going to this place



How does that happen?

Fall 2009, Little Cottonwood Canyon

Trick or Treat!



Give me that CANDY...
And noone gets hurt






Has there ever been a cuter monkey?







I love everything about this baby