1 day post marriage:
drove to Las Vegas and got honked at in response to car decorations for example windows that say 'love train'. Also enjoyed many odd looks at me while I was driving since the drivers window said "baby makin machine".
6 days post marriage:
Returned from honeymoon and went directly to family xmas activities. A long day but not bad.
7 days post marriage:
Woke up and opened lots of gifts (wedding gifts that is).
8 days post marriage:
Woke up and opened lots of gifts (xmas gifts). Two mornings of gift opening, not likely to ever happen again..very fun.
15 days post marriage:
Woke up, went to instacare, followed by smiths. Now armed with 3 perscriptions I am ready to again face married life....or at least life with a cold, an ear infection and pink eye.
Well, that about covers the highlights. :) More once I am feeling better.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Why I don't Blog much
Well, with 11 days to go before the wedding, I thought I would upload a few pictures. Enjoy!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
A Non-Wedding Note
For all you interested readers....I got a job! As of May 2007 I will be working here: http://www.carlsonent.com
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Bride update
Days till wedding: 43
Thank you notes that need to be written:2
Wedding advice recieved today: (from a patient) "A desperate woman is in for a hard life" (honestly what is he trying to say here!)
# of people who have tux measurements:5
# of people who need tux measures taken:3
Object I have the largest number of in the house: envelopes
.... Not being a "desperate woman".....priceless
Thank you notes that need to be written:2
Wedding advice recieved today: (from a patient) "A desperate woman is in for a hard life" (honestly what is he trying to say here!)
# of people who have tux measurements:5
# of people who need tux measures taken:3
Object I have the largest number of in the house: envelopes
.... Not being a "desperate woman".....priceless
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Brides log
Days till the wedding: 57
Thank you notes written: 48
Free weekends between now and the wedding: 1
Weight: 150lbs
Days till dress fitting: 8
Well now that you have some basic stats I thought I would fill you in on my day and plans for the days to come. Today I made a major step toward my married life; I moved my twin bed out of my room to make room for Jon's queen size bed to move into my house. Jon helped a lot of course. This will be an interesting turn for Jon and myself since Jon has been staying here for months but now his belongings will be as well. Not to mention that for the next two nights this means Jon will sleep on the couch until the other bed can be moved. I of course will be a big help learning how to sleep in the same twin bed but in a different bedroom.
Other plans for the upcoming week include my spending a day observing audiology at the VA hospital in SLC. Hopefully an enlightening experience that I can fill you all in on later.
Thank you notes written: 48
Free weekends between now and the wedding: 1
Weight: 150lbs
Days till dress fitting: 8
Well now that you have some basic stats I thought I would fill you in on my day and plans for the days to come. Today I made a major step toward my married life; I moved my twin bed out of my room to make room for Jon's queen size bed to move into my house. Jon helped a lot of course. This will be an interesting turn for Jon and myself since Jon has been staying here for months but now his belongings will be as well. Not to mention that for the next two nights this means Jon will sleep on the couch until the other bed can be moved. I of course will be a big help learning how to sleep in the same twin bed but in a different bedroom.
Other plans for the upcoming week include my spending a day observing audiology at the VA hospital in SLC. Hopefully an enlightening experience that I can fill you all in on later.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
A little fun for all of you
In lieu of pictures on the past several posts....
http://www.orbitzweddings.com/dancebridedance/index.aspx?id=2dfbb73a-6b66-441a-97bf-f5b6b270943d
http://www.orbitzweddings.com/dancebridedance/index.aspx?id=2dfbb73a-6b66-441a-97bf-f5b6b270943d
Budge and Band
Life continues here on Penny Lane.
I have now been at the Budge Clinic for a few weeks. It is an interesting site and I've seen several rare cases since I started there. More importantly for all you readers....I have a name badge. The most dramatic case I've seen is a 16yr old male who had a seizure during testing. It wasn't something I ever imagined encountering in audiology but at least the internship isn't dull.
The latest 'fun' adventure outside of audiology was the USU football game. Our first home game of the season against University of Utah. This was a very good news and bad news experience. Good news: the Aggie band has new uniforms. Bad News: our football team lost 48 to 0. I'm working on getting band pics up on my blog and for those of you who are wondering, yes I did stay for the whole game.
I have now been at the Budge Clinic for a few weeks. It is an interesting site and I've seen several rare cases since I started there. More importantly for all you readers....I have a name badge. The most dramatic case I've seen is a 16yr old male who had a seizure during testing. It wasn't something I ever imagined encountering in audiology but at least the internship isn't dull.
The latest 'fun' adventure outside of audiology was the USU football game. Our first home game of the season against University of Utah. This was a very good news and bad news experience. Good news: the Aggie band has new uniforms. Bad News: our football team lost 48 to 0. I'm working on getting band pics up on my blog and for those of you who are wondering, yes I did stay for the whole game.
Friday, September 08, 2006
Today
Today was better....eventually. Today was my first day with my internship at the Budge Clinic. I arrived at the clinic at 7:45am and parked in my assigned area (far away from the door in the 'blue lined' spots). At first I was told 'blue lined spots' today I found out (but was not surprised) to find out that blue lines=peon. I went into the Budge Clinic and headed for HR to turn in my second round of paperwork. The happy girl there took my paperwork and proclaimed that my name badge was still not done..."could you come back this afternoon?" After this I went upstairs to the second floor (took the stairs) to Audiology. Note:Audiology/ENT at Budge is right next to OBGYN, who organizes these things? Upon arriving to Audiology I found that my supervisor was not there yet and our first appointment was not until 8:30am. I went back downstairs (taking the elevator). I walked back to the blue lined spaces and finished my coffee while sitting in my car (I'm a big chicken). After a short pep talk and half a cup of coffee I walked back inside (took the stairs again). By this time my supervisor had arrived and asked, 'where's your name tag?' and then introduced me to everyone who works there due to the fact that I had no badge to proclaim who I was.
2:15pm Took lunch. Went to USU Health Center and got my TB shot checked. Knowing I was TB free I got back in my car and ate grapes on my way back to the blue spaces. Once I parked I went back in to HR, name badge still not ready, "how do you spell that last name again?" Went upstairs (took the stairs, hey who's proud?). 2:40pm was back at work.
6:00pm all patients gone, begin paperwork. After practicing medical coding and record keeping I put all papers that had been important all day in the shredder. All in all a good day. Seems like things will go well with my new supervisor. However, I remain nameless until Monday where I will try to conquer HR again. Perhaps I should mention to them that I have been a good girl and park in the blue spaces? Remind I have turned in all my paperwork and have no TB? Who knows. Have new resolve. Will Prevail. Will get name badge!
2:15pm Took lunch. Went to USU Health Center and got my TB shot checked. Knowing I was TB free I got back in my car and ate grapes on my way back to the blue spaces. Once I parked I went back in to HR, name badge still not ready, "how do you spell that last name again?" Went upstairs (took the stairs, hey who's proud?). 2:40pm was back at work.
6:00pm all patients gone, begin paperwork. After practicing medical coding and record keeping I put all papers that had been important all day in the shredder. All in all a good day. Seems like things will go well with my new supervisor. However, I remain nameless until Monday where I will try to conquer HR again. Perhaps I should mention to them that I have been a good girl and park in the blue spaces? Remind I have turned in all my paperwork and have no TB? Who knows. Have new resolve. Will Prevail. Will get name badge!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Is it all worthwhile?
I have been in class for 1 full week and I officially have begun to question why I am there. Well its not the first time I have wondered this its just my first official time this year, I think it may be a record. Life has been so busy and stressful lately with Portland, the new school schedule, the wedding and just trying to keep things going around the house. Have you ever asked yourself why you do what you do? Today I have been thinking about why I even wanted to be an audiologist. Do I like ears?...no. Do I like people?...no. Do I like hospitals?...no. So even though I don't technically have time I wanted to post this; just to see if anyone else contemplates if all their efforts are really worth it. Why do people put all their time and effort into jobs that they end up hating? Could really use some advice/motivation. I know getting a job should be motivating but its not, the job will only produce more bills. Having more bills means needing to get a better job. I'm not sure if any of this makes sense, just let me know if you have days where you don't know what you are doing with your life anymore.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Portland Trip Pictures
This is a picture of my classmate Johnny in our training room at Starkey.
This is a picture of our group with George Frye (owner) and his wife Sally. For those of you wondering George is 6' 7" tall....I asked him.
This is a picture of inside Frye, where they manufacture hearing aid analyzers and audiometers. To quote Sally Frye, "George likes to have his tools."
Here is another group shot of all of us in front of Starkey, pretty much the only rainy day we had, not bad for Portland.
This is a picture of our group with George Frye (owner) and his wife Sally. For those of you wondering George is 6' 7" tall....I asked him.
This is a picture of inside Frye, where they manufacture hearing aid analyzers and audiometers. To quote Sally Frye, "George likes to have his tools."
Here is another group shot of all of us in front of Starkey, pretty much the only rainy day we had, not bad for Portland.I have some other pictures coming from a classmate and will try to write more later on....having a bit of trouble getting my text and pics on the way I want!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
quick post
Hello everyone
I decided since I am on the computer that a mandatory short post is necessary. SO I will tell you all about my evening. Tonight I returned from a school trip to Portland. My flight got in around 6:30pm. I then rode back with my professor and several other students to Logan. Somewhere around 8pm my professor dropped me off at home.
Now before I can continue I must give you a little background on my home. If you don't already know I live in a condominium. There are two ways into the house the front and the back. The front door has a lock and a deadbolt, in front of that is a storm door which locks only from the inside (not a key lock). The back door has a deadbolt and leads to a small patio area. the other end of the patio has a door leading to my garage which can only be opened with a garage door opener; I do not have a keypad or handle to open the door manually from the outside.
On with tonights story. So my professor dropped me off and I head toward the front door. My car was safely shut in the garage. When I got there the storm door was locked.
.... So there I was. Standing in the dark with my purse, a suitcase, several sets of keys and no way at all into my home. After several phone calls I managed to get back in by having a generous friend take me to Jon's work to retrieve his garage door opener. Now it is 11 pm I am sitting at my computer blogging away waiting for Jon to get off work because as you all are now aware he cannot enter the house. Anyway its time to get back to my emails I have 20 new messages and class starts tomorrow morning. Hope to put pictures and a better blog about Portland soon.
I decided since I am on the computer that a mandatory short post is necessary. SO I will tell you all about my evening. Tonight I returned from a school trip to Portland. My flight got in around 6:30pm. I then rode back with my professor and several other students to Logan. Somewhere around 8pm my professor dropped me off at home.
Now before I can continue I must give you a little background on my home. If you don't already know I live in a condominium. There are two ways into the house the front and the back. The front door has a lock and a deadbolt, in front of that is a storm door which locks only from the inside (not a key lock). The back door has a deadbolt and leads to a small patio area. the other end of the patio has a door leading to my garage which can only be opened with a garage door opener; I do not have a keypad or handle to open the door manually from the outside.
On with tonights story. So my professor dropped me off and I head toward the front door. My car was safely shut in the garage. When I got there the storm door was locked.
.... So there I was. Standing in the dark with my purse, a suitcase, several sets of keys and no way at all into my home. After several phone calls I managed to get back in by having a generous friend take me to Jon's work to retrieve his garage door opener. Now it is 11 pm I am sitting at my computer blogging away waiting for Jon to get off work because as you all are now aware he cannot enter the house. Anyway its time to get back to my emails I have 20 new messages and class starts tomorrow morning. Hope to put pictures and a better blog about Portland soon.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Hello everyone,
I heard that my blog pictures were 'gone' so I decided to put up this lovely, inspiring, academic scene. You can all gaze at it while dancing to the tune I posted earlier (truly the best of the 365day project).
Not too much new here, just about to take finals and have my first committee meeting on my capstone project. I am then free until I start clinic at my summer place in Ogden. Which reportedly is 'right across the street from that school near the hospital'....such a proud well known school Weber State. I'm also taking a summer statistics class however, that doesn't start until June 12th. So I plan to do things around the house and work on wedding plans. But until The Month of Freedom aka May you can like I said enjoy this great view and sing along.
A Spring tune
Just a little spring work out tune for y'all! (October #3)
http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/10-1.html
P.S. Thought Paul would especially appreciate this one, I'll be waiting for your comment!
http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/10-1.html
P.S. Thought Paul would especially appreciate this one, I'll be waiting for your comment!
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Final Say....
Since spring finals are coming up there isn't a lot of time for posting. So for your entertainment you can make plans for celebrating Noise Awareness Day on April 26th. Basically its a day to promote hearing conservation, you can check out organizations such as SHHH and HEAR or you can just check out http://www.lhh.org/noise/index.htm
Have a tinnitus free day everyone
Have a tinnitus free day everyone
Friday, March 31, 2006
4 things
Because Paul asked me to do it, 3 months ago....
Four Jobs I've had
1. Extended daycare school of St. Peter
2. Administrative Assistant for Anteon Co.
3. Parking Booth attendant at Utah State U.
4. Audiology intern.
Four movies I could watch over and over
1. Oscar
2. While you were sleeping
3. My big fat greek wedding
4. When Harry met Sally
Four places I've lived
1. Layton, Utah
2. Santa Barbara, California
3. Elon, North Carolina
4. Logan, Utah
Four TV shows I love
1. ER, its not really about medicine and I don't care
2. West Wing, just finished season 5
3. Gilmore Girls, don't even see them in order still love it, I want to move to Stars Hollow
4. Scrubs, didn't understand until I started watching them on DVD now love it.
Four places I've vacationed
1. Florida, Disney good humidity bad
2. Bryce Canyon- can I count this as vacation?
3. Maryland-a fun vacation when you go with Kacey Platky
4. Barrington, IL- when you're in grad school 1 day with your brother = vacation
Four sites I visit daily
1. yahoo mail
2. utah state university (in one form or another)
3. www.fborfw.com I just have to see if Elizabeth stays with that cop
4. last spot is a toss up between wunderground and theknot if I have time that day
sigh enough of the four things, get back to work people!
Four Jobs I've had
1. Extended daycare school of St. Peter
2. Administrative Assistant for Anteon Co.
3. Parking Booth attendant at Utah State U.
4. Audiology intern.
Four movies I could watch over and over
1. Oscar
2. While you were sleeping
3. My big fat greek wedding
4. When Harry met Sally
Four places I've lived
1. Layton, Utah
2. Santa Barbara, California
3. Elon, North Carolina
4. Logan, Utah
Four TV shows I love
1. ER, its not really about medicine and I don't care
2. West Wing, just finished season 5
3. Gilmore Girls, don't even see them in order still love it, I want to move to Stars Hollow
4. Scrubs, didn't understand until I started watching them on DVD now love it.
Four places I've vacationed
1. Florida, Disney good humidity bad
2. Bryce Canyon- can I count this as vacation?
3. Maryland-a fun vacation when you go with Kacey Platky
4. Barrington, IL- when you're in grad school 1 day with your brother = vacation
Four sites I visit daily
1. yahoo mail
2. utah state university (in one form or another)
3. www.fborfw.com I just have to see if Elizabeth stays with that cop
4. last spot is a toss up between wunderground and theknot if I have time that day
sigh enough of the four things, get back to work people!
Sunday, March 05, 2006
A new post!
Hello everyone,
I know this looks bad, more than a month between posting. In my defense I tried to post again in Feb. but their was a scheduled outage I didn't kn0w about so it never posted. I will do my best to bring you up on all the fun news. I have one week until spring break and all the midterm projects/tests are approaching so sadly I'll have to make it quick.
New things I have done:
1. Played Bunko
2. Played Jon's saxophone (with help)
Wedding News:
1. Have finally settled on purple (plum for all you women out there), a light purple, and a green (kind of a sage-y color girls)
2. Hired a photographer
School News:
1. working on my autobiography so it can later be sent with resumes
2. Midterm is in 5 days...nuff said.
Well I think that is all the highlights, I am going to try and get online again during spring break to fill out the survey Paul requested a Loooooong time ago..... so be looking for that.
I know this looks bad, more than a month between posting. In my defense I tried to post again in Feb. but their was a scheduled outage I didn't kn0w about so it never posted. I will do my best to bring you up on all the fun news. I have one week until spring break and all the midterm projects/tests are approaching so sadly I'll have to make it quick.
New things I have done:
1. Played Bunko
2. Played Jon's saxophone (with help)
Wedding News:
1. Have finally settled on purple (plum for all you women out there), a light purple, and a green (kind of a sage-y color girls)
2. Hired a photographer
School News:
1. working on my autobiography so it can later be sent with resumes
2. Midterm is in 5 days...nuff said.
Well I think that is all the highlights, I am going to try and get online again during spring break to fill out the survey Paul requested a Loooooong time ago..... so be looking for that.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
February
Date: February 1
Time at the gym today: 30min
Weight: still the same (but not higher!)
Daily Activity: Studying for tomorrows balance test
And now since I don't have too much time some quick balance facts so you all can study too.
5-10% of all Dr. visits are balance related (thats ~11million people a year)
42% of people report dizzy symptoms to the general physician at some point in their life
40% of people over the age of 40 have balance problems
80% of people with head injuries will report dizziness, these symptoms could last up to 5 years.
Happy studying everyone!
p.s. bought a wedding dress!
Time at the gym today: 30min
Weight: still the same (but not higher!)
Daily Activity: Studying for tomorrows balance test
And now since I don't have too much time some quick balance facts so you all can study too.
5-10% of all Dr. visits are balance related (thats ~11million people a year)
42% of people report dizzy symptoms to the general physician at some point in their life
40% of people over the age of 40 have balance problems
80% of people with head injuries will report dizziness, these symptoms could last up to 5 years.
Happy studying everyone!
p.s. bought a wedding dress!
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Got Belly?
I know I know, its the same day but this one deserved its own post. This year 2006, the year of my brothers wedding and my wedding, I have decided to lose some weight. So this special post is to invite whoever else wants to get on the weightloss train to get on! Several of us who will be attending both Paul's wedding and mine have decided to get fit together. We are planning to have several small goal days, and then some larger ones. For example, the first small goal is Valentines day, while the first big goal day is Paul's wedding. I figure days like this will keep me going through the whole year. I know that we all still have some holiday goodies hanging around but if we waited till they were gone then we would wait until Valentines, and then until Easter, and then we would say 'I'll start in the summer'.....until it was gasp 2007. So emotional support is here! Feel free to join us and find yourself a buddy to weigh with and encourage!
For those of you interested in some other online support check out the National Weight Loss Challenge which offers meal plans, exercise advice, and most importantly ecards with talking belly buttons.
For those of you interested in some other online support check out the National Weight Loss Challenge which offers meal plans, exercise advice, and most importantly ecards with talking belly buttons.
January
Hi Everyone! Hope that everyone had as good a Christmas and New Year as I did. Since last posting I have had a much needed vacation. No one has the flu anymore (thank God!). I spent a whole day wedding dress shopping. Still haven't found 'the dress' but had a great time. I got to see lots of family and friends, including Jake and Erin, Jyana, and Jyana's grandparents! I had a really nice time seeing people I don't get to see very often. Anyways now I am getting back in school mode and start class again Monday the 9th. I'll have one week of class and then I am off to Chicago! I am a representative for a student organization for Audiology students and we are having our spring meeting in IL. We generally have our meetings sponsored by various hearing aid companies and this meeting is being sponsored by Phonak, in Warrenville, IL. This is very good news for me since I now will get to see Paul for one day before having to be in meetings! To learn more about the student organization you can check out www.nafda.org I think I may even have a 'bio' somewhere on there under Board Representatives.
Happy 06 everyone!
Happy 06 everyone!
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