Jordi saying Hi... and me ..

Just got back from a High Priesthood dinner and Quorum meeting... the very first I have been able to attend...President carpenter is a great and worthy man of God...
reminder to me... take a pen and paper...words are powerful...My memory is not...

I have two callings in my church ward...I love Dove Valley...it was a really good move from Castle Rock...many of my work friends are close by....my neighbours have become friends and a great support to me..I hope they feel they can count on me too...I will introduce them all to you ,later...

what can I say about the spirits who make up the Dove Valley Ward... a lot!...I have been welcomed with open arms and a very large heart...

I co-teach with Pam...who is also a nurse...we teach Primary..the CTR 7-8 yr olds.. that 40 minutes is way too short to enjoy the sweet boys and girls of our Primary.. all the children and our class....there are 2 girls and 7 boys..not all come ...who knows what each child will remember of Pam and myself in years to come.. hopefully whatever we have said will help them to remember who they were then ..who they will become..and pull them out of the grasp of those who will take their soul given the opportunity...here are a few photos...enjoy..

Where am I?

How time flies...
I have been back at work full time since June 21st... my knee required a steroid injection to get the final kink out... I can extend it ..woohoo.. still feel the "band'.. scar tissue etc....now it will lock up at the end of a long day and occasionally inbetween....and they both look like very very old ladies knobbly knees..or plain arthritic..lol!

I finally had a sleep study....are we not all a little sleep apnoeic? Heidi has complained about my snoring for years..indeed, she has thrown pillows and whatever else would work to shut me up....I myself would nudge my mother to move and quit her snoring...now that we all know more about this major complaint...I would say both my parents ..Mom being the worst...exhibited signs of sleep and obstructive apnoea... my point being????..look below...


My first night of sleeping with prongs in my (broken) nose... no xray confirmation...but notable healing signs show that about 2 weeks ago, when I turned and promptly saw the ground rising up to meet me,my nose..taking the full brunt...did get broke...

I am now a fully fledged lifetime member of the group "the walking wounded and afflicted"....

My mother has always accounted my accident-prone-ness to the fact that a nurse has to experience most of what her patients go through....I'd rather not,mom...


Jordi...will be 16 months in September...I think I can say she has finished growing up and out!... She is still the loving,rambunctious and not so awkward lanky puppy that she was....she most definitely looks like a Grey Hound..and Lab. Retriever..Loves water..so much that after a sprinted run chasing rabbits and birds...has almost caught a rabbit..did catch a low-flying bird..I swear those birds fly low and just ahead to tease the dogs who think they are in for the score of the hunting field....Nico and I found her cooling off in a "stream" ..a trench filled by water from broken sprinklers... stagnant,green scum smelly water....up to her shoulders...panting...licking it up...looking at us with a smile of happiness plastered on her face...like the scum was plastered all over her...here is a short video of us taking her home..no, she was not allowed in the car...



Jordi getting hosed off ..don't laugh..her paddling pool is not small! it's a step in and step out size...