My hubby.....I like you a lot.

I had to work in the ER this morning and I was so tired I felt like I was walking into walls. I don't love mornings...I might be at work at 0600 but I don't "wake" up until around 10:00 or so. It has been a tough week for me. Of course having a major blizzard today didn't help my mood. If you want to see HOW major of a snowstorm we "enjoyed" click here. My twisted friend Mary posted a picture on her blog. I personally just want to sleep until it's all over. I want Spring and I want it NOW!

Anyway, my hubby called me this morning from the bishop's office. He had arrived early to prepare for the day...he loves mornings by the way, ick. Anyway, he called to wish me "happy Anniversary"....I'm thinking "this is NOT June".....and then I remembered, it was the anniversary of him asking me what I thought about getting married. Awwww, he made my day. He remembered after 31 years. (sniffle)

I wonder if he had ANY idea of what he was getting into?????

He's an amazing guy. I'm lucky to have him. I'm blessd to have him.

Honey, I'm glad you asked me what I thought about getting married, I don't remember telling you what I thought about it, I remember being in shocked silence...I wasn't expecting that. Thanks for telling me you liked me a lot! I liked you a lot too. I still do!

A Room FULL of Lawyers!

Today we were honored to be able to go to a ceremony honoring our dear neighbor at his retirement. He has served as a judge for many years and has implemented many great things that have had an affect across this country in his untiring work with the drug courts and mental health courts. I've always just known him as a wonderful neighbor, as our Bishop when we were new to the area and an all around great guy. I can't believe he is old enough to retire! Congratulations on such a great legacy Judge Moss! You are wonderful! Lawyer jokes don't fit you.

His wife is like my best friend. She's a riot and she's slightly sassy...I just love her!

People just don't come as awesome as these two.

However, on a different note.....lawyer jokes fit this guy. At this ceremony, no one would sit by him. He was asking everyone who walked past..."please sit by me"....my hubby being the compassionate soul that he is, took pity. He's a lawyer, the jokes fit him.

He stalks my blog. He's a blog stalking lawyer. He makes fun of my blog. He really is a nice person...for a lawyer. Please leave lawyer jokes in the comment section! Address them to Stephen!

I'm typically not politcal......

BUT, I have an opinion. My parents were talking to me last week about some legislation "out there" that would limit or make illegal the ability to plant gardens, have seeds or produce or store food. This morning I visited one of my favorite blogs here and this person was showing the site and links to go to.

I don't know about you, but I don't believe the government belongs in my kitchen, in my garden or in my food storage room. I don't think that we should be forced to purchase mass produced food. Produce purchased from the store travels an average of 1500 miles to get from farm to my plate. I don't want to be told what I can eat. I'm not sure the government has my best interest in mind with this legislation. I'm sure it is to protect the large corporations of food producers, but the legislation is so vague and broad that who knows where we could end up next? Click here to read about this latest wisdom from the government. I love the way they use their time with my money don't you? NOT!

I crave every summer when I can play in the dirt and grow and can my own food. If I didn't have that I might be VERY VERY cranky!

Click here to sign a petition against HR 875

As Jan pointed out on her blog....there have been other governments that seized control of the money (I think that's going on right now...isn't it?) and then seized control of the food.............isn't there a name for that kind of government?

Be informed! Check the facts! Take a stand!

I'm not gonna lie....

I'm vain! I don't want to get old! Sorry Wendy at No Botox Allow....will you still let me be your friend? I work for Derma Chic once a month. I do it to get my "fix" at cost, I believe in acid peels, botox, juvederm, microderm, great skin care products like Epionce. I'm fighting wrinkles like crazy! Have I used all of these products? Not necessarily, but I inject it on clients and see beautiful results. So don't hate me please....accept me for trying to be the new 20 year old......well, ok, but can't I try? I love lasering off those nasty stray facial hairs, microderming off dead skin cells.

The newest thing I'm VERY excited about is the newest product called Latisse. From the Allergan company (makers of Botox) Latisse is an FDA approved product to grow and thicken eyelashes. Who doesn't want thicker, longer lashes??? I got a free sample from Allergan because I work at Derma Chic. I'm expecting that I'll soon look like this:

So can you all forgive me for being a shallow person?

In real life I'll probably look like this:

Cause in real life there isn't enough "product" to take care of the saggy eyelids and dark circles under my eyes..............sigh..............maybe my thick lush eyelashes will be so stunning that no one will notice the sags and bags! NOT! You're right Wendy...."Carpe rhytid" (seize the wrinkle)

Wow, I won an Award!

I haven't had a chance to make up a speech or anything. My hubby would say that I'm never at a loss for words. I love words. Maybe that's why I love the medical field...they really have words. Words so weird you have to make them into plain old initials, just because they are soooo huge. For example look up in a medical dictionary the word for ERCP. Unbelieveable!

Oh, where was I???? Oh ya. I got an award yesterday for my blog. It's not like an award, but maybe recognititon. I was flattered and then I was warmed. Yesterday was a very difficult day for me and this was really so nice. Nice to be thought of by someone I don't know. Thank you Farmer Gal! You'll never know how that lifted my spirit! Your blog is darling and I recommend that everyone go there. She's funny. Her mom's on a trampoline! She's the youngest of 10 kids and that totally fascinates me! (I had 1 older brother). She put cute little words on her pictures, it made me laugh. I needed to laugh. Thank you Farmer Gal.
So this is the Award that I won!


Farmer Gal awarded me the Honest Scrap Award for my entry several days ago about urine samples and meatloaf.
Well, who knew that I could be recognized for something so icky. Well, whatcha see with me is whatcha get.

So now I need to pass these awards on to someone else. Actually three someone elses.

Before I do that I must tell you about my interesting day today. Well, not really interesting but it involves bird poop. (Ya, I'm all about body secretions)
So I finished cleaning the house and had both the front and back door open just to let some fresh air in after 23 long months of winter...maybe I'm stretching it a little, but not much. I've been out shoveling snow from my lawn onto the road all day!
Anyway, I was sitting on the couch doing a crafting thing, house is clean, quiet and I'm zoned out. The phone rings and I go to the kitchen to answer it and there on the oak window seal of my dining room is this:

Dang it my flash didn't work! Anyway, it's a bird! Poor thing thought the inside of my house was outside! And he left this:

Maybe it's a good thing my flash didn't work cause it's a picture of bird poop!
I left him in the window seal and waited for someone to come home to rescue me from this attack bird. It looked very viscous and scary...OK maybe I'm stretching that too, but still... I didn't want to do anything to scare anymore poop out of him.
I had to put the kitty out named Baby that should really be named Goofy...see previous post! He was verrrrry verrrry interested. Big pupils, tail wagging, ears back, all sorts of preditor moves!
Thank goodness my mom and dad came over for a visit and mom rescued me. There were a few tense and scary moments, but luckily we are all OK! The bird happily flew away out of my mom's hands.

So my three someone elses that I'm going to pass the Sister Award to are:

Jan from Crazy Lady on Road 80. She gets the Honest Scrap Award. She's funny and makes me smile. She posts funny stuff and serious stuff and I think we might be close to the same age. It's nice to know that there are other bloggers "out there" in blogland that are old enough to be all the other bloggers mothers! She also takes awesome photos.

The Kreative Blogger award goes to Kristina at Pulsipher Predilictions. This gal is totally certifiable, but because she's a social worker she knows how to slide under the radar! I never know what to expect when I go to her sight but I'm never bored. I wasted ONE WHOLE DAY OFF reading her blog from it's birth. I also hope to someday be like her and have a snuggie of my own.

The Sisterhood Award goes to Kim at The Simple Things. She's turned into a friend. She's been kind and said such nice things to me. I feel like I know her. She's soon to be an RN and there's a connection there. Hopefully, if we ever meet, it won't be at a restaurant while we are eating...with other people at the table, cause I'm sure we'll start telling patient stories and before you know it we'll have cleared the table...maybe even the restaurant.

So, there you go. My awards to people I've never met. But people that make me happy.
So pass it on Sistas!

Winners of my very first Giveaway!

OK, I know it's late but it's been a very long, exhausting day. It's began at 0-dark-thirty and I had to get up at the butt-crack of dawn! So, forgive me for being late!

I meant to take pictures of my weird friends at work drawing the names out of the hat, except it wasn't a hat it was my hands... but they were clean. It was a very busy day and there wasn't a lot of downtime so we had to hurry between patients. I was being very thoughtful of you all and wanted to get the drawing done fairly and without bias. It was irritating to be interrupted by someone having chest pain or broken bones......."pleasse people...can't you see we are busy here?".....no I really didn't say that or delay treatment, but I just wanted ya'll to feel important.

So the winners of my first giveaway were.............

Cherie @ Backow Babble. She gets her choice of watches, the brown or the red! I don't even know this gal, but I like that she says that's it's OK that I'm dysfunctional! Her blog is really cute too.

The second winner that wins the Drug Rep Pens is Mandi @ Moss Posse! I know this gal, her hubby grew up across the street and I've know since he was a pup. He was a brat, but he did grow up.
Thanks so much for playing and entering the drawing. I had a ton of fun.

So Cheri and Mandi email at taunae@gmail (dot)com and I'll get your addresses!

My next giveaway is going to be soon and it promises to be hilarious!

What is IT????

Do ya see the teeth? He might look like a saber-tooth tiger and very scary if he didn't look so much like this...

I mean seriously, should I have gotten some braces for him when he was a kitten? He probably gets made fun of by all his cat friends. (I know we sure make fun of him.)

Maybe they had the same mother...

Pinch Me!!!!

And not because it's St. Patrick's Day...even though it is! I want someone to pinch me because after over a year...440 days to be exact....the bathroom is finally grouted!!! On Jan. 11th of 2008 the Hub demolished the 2nd bathroom. He LOVES demo!
It's easy to take a sledgehammer to the walls, shower tiles and stuff, but the putting back together, well, that's a different story. Remodel is painful, expensive and time-consuming! Besides being busy at work and having to travel more than we like him to and being the bishop, well, let's just say he doesn't have a lot of free time. I have been patient and understanding until TODAY! Now I have to wait for the grout to cure for 4 days and then I can wipe it all down with a vinegar solution and then wait for another 3 days! Grrr... I don't want to wait anymore! I want it done NOW!


I know, I'm very high maintenance.

Be sure to post on my Give away (previous post) to win a watch or awesome drug rep pens!