Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day to you all! I went out of my usual cemetery craze and thought I would share a bridge.

As I was enjoying the non-rain moment in downtown Portland with Todd, the ship The Portland Spirit cruised by making the bridge go up. I have not seen the mechanics of this bridge going up and I was fascinated. Todd laughed at me. He is usually in traffic waiting for the bridge and being annoyed-I think that was a direct quote.

Yup I was too lazy to get off my rear end so I ended up with pics of rear ends lol

Todd took me to lunch at my favorite Rockbottom Brewery. Then we went for a walk to the waterfront. It was 1:30 pm and a parade was starting. We both agreed it was an odd time to start a parade but I guess that is what "keep[s] Portland Weird".  

Todd and I looking into the sunshine. It only lasted for about 2 minutes. All in all I had a pretty good Memorial day. The local country station played great patriotic songs. I loved it. I am so happy there are men and women who fight for my freedoms. I did take time today and think about my ancestors. I hope they know they are not forgotten.

It has finally happened.

It is official I have become the crazy aunt with yarn. All I need is a cat to make the nightmare complete.

I have been impatiently waiting for this post. I made the cutest crocheted sandals/booties. They are for my soon to be born niece. She will be the daughter of Brent and Jenni. The baby shower is today in Spanish Fork, Utah. I mailed the package and it should be there by now. I hope Jenni does not read this until after the baby shower or the surprise will be busted.

These ones are pink and green. I thought they were so cute.

My favorite were these tiny slippers. Just so sweet.

I also made a hat but forgot to get a pic with my camera so here is my phone version with my annoying blurry picture tv in the background. sorry about that. But look at the ribbon I found with the little white stitches to match. It is just adorable.

I vow not to make sweater vests or toaster cozys; but beware of purses, hats, gloves, slippers and headbands.

Definition of Irony-When something is Ironic

I have decided to date only LDS men. This decision has hurt my heart and hurt others.
I have only one online dating website profile. It is with LDS singles. What is the corker here is for the last 2 weeks every time I am online the only man from OREGON-from the entire freaking state-is a man named DANIEL FAUST.
We met on this website and he is getting all sorts of action. He is in Afghanistan. I blocked him so he cannot see my profile. He makes me sick. It makes me loose all hope in men. How is it that there is not one other man in all of the state that is online. I mean come on-how am I supposed to choose the right when there is no choice. I mean I am not going back to Dan. I am not making that choice again. I have no hope.'

#7

This is a continuation of the last post. I wanted to dedicate a whole post to patient #7.
She is a pharmacy technician at Albertsons hence why she came at lunch time so we could have lunch together downtown. She chose banh mi sandwiches.
Portland has a large food cart community. My favorite food cart has the banh mi sandwiches. They are the best!!! They are a wonderful flavorful vietnamese sandwich. . . check out this website. . . Banh Mi

Huongs is the food cart. He is a great old man who sells these completely loaded sandwiches for a mere $3.50. I have had bahn mi at two other places in the Portland area and they were lacking. The meat was not as flavorful and they skipped on the veggies. I mean come on I love the pickled carrots and radishes and cucumbers and tomatoes and cilantro and peppers!!!! The veggies make this sandwich amazing! The bread is crusty and wonderful. The pork is grilled and seasoned with such great spices that compliment the sour veggies. The cool cucumber cools off the fiery sauce. It is a wonderful sandwich. I like to pour a little nuoc mam (a wonderful fish sauce-not fishy but sweet and spicy) on my sandwich and dig in! It is a happy happy meal!!!

Great patients

How are you? How are you feeling? How is your family? How are your jobs? How is your health? Any new medications or recent surgeries? Let me get your blood pressure. . . .
This is how I start most appointments. It is amazing how much you can learn about someone in just 7 minutes-the average time it takes me from patient sitting in chair to me leaning them back. I love the randomness of my patients. This week was an especially good week of colorful patients. I would like to share a brief statement about them. . .

1. head biologist for Tillamook Creamery-gets all the free ice cream and cheese she can handle-drives clear back to Portland just so I can clean her teeth. She said I am like her hair dresser-someone that cant be given up.
2. Architect who designs dental assisting schools and hygiene schools-sadly she is really busy since schools are popping up everywhere.
3. Architect who designs dental assisting schools with #2 :)
4. Employee of ADEC. He gives me a hard time for out Pelton and Crane chairs. Adec has a showroom in Newberg (just south of Portland) and #2 and #3 were there last week with #4---small world!!!!
5. Hazel nut farmer who son was killed in Iraq and daughter who was killed in line of duty (cop).
6. Mom of a seriously cute boy. He will be 1 very soon. He is 100% swedish and his blue blue blue eyes are so adorable as is his healthy cheeks and stocky body. He looks like the perfect healthy baby boy. Truly a cute baby. His name is Felix I hope that is not a HIPPA violation- But how cute!

Those were my favs. I had a busy week. I was double booked for some of the time. My front office is really good at keeping my booked. She schedules me heavy and then usually with cancellations etc the days are just right. But occasionally they are a little crazy when no one cancels. Friday was such a day. I was double booked in the morning. Dr had zero patients until 2 pm. Due to that the dental assistant decided not to come into work until 2. I was alone to do double hygiene. It was hard. Dr M ended up cleaning up my room and setting it up again-he actually did a good job-almost everything down to how I like the floss under a 2x2 to keep it from getting tangled in the instruments!!! How many drs would do that? I dont know. He is completely amazing.

On my worst patient list we learned this week that one of our patients was arrested for dealing child porn. EWWWW I hope he is too embarrassed to ever come back because how do I work that closely on someone like that? I mean really? I can handle hepatitis, years of neglect, bad breath, soft debris, smokers, pot heads and non brushers. I dont know if I can handle pervs. But then again probably all are pervs and I dont know it.  Hmmm.

I better just focus on the good. It has been hard to. I hate giving up, loosing hope, failing with faith, and not getting what I want. I need to be happy with what I have-which is sadly a broken tv, dumb couch, and that is about it ha ha ha ha. I am blessed. I live in the perfect location. I have the best boss!!! I am a good woman! Summer is coming and so is my sister Lori! It will be a good summer! I look forward to it!

Good Times

This tale begins with my vastly improved state of health. I was honest to goodness SICK. I love the sick because it reminds me how lucky and happy I am to be healthy more often than not.

David brought me these roses Thursday when he picked me up to take me to the pharmacy. They have bloomed and add such great color and fragrance to my apartment. I am glad to have them.

I want to reminisce about my birthday. I had a wonderful birthday in Utah with my family. Prior to leaving for the airport Todd stopped by my office to deliver cards. He had previously arranged to take me to lunch earlier in the week for my birthday and still brought a card. This was it. I laughed and laughed. I cannot remember if Todd knows my family nickname of Wonder Ann. But this card started off my birthday celebrations.

I get to Delta and it was just like coming home. My heart calms and my spirits rise and my lungs drink in the air.

Every Easter weekend the local grocery store in Delta has a celebration. As per previous post there is hot dogs and cotton candy and ice cream cones and balloons etc. Even with the rise in costs of the hot dogs from $0.10 to  $0.25 my family managed to down 32. Nicely done family! I managed to have zero. My mom made a pot of chili and the dogs went well with that over the whole weekend.

Later that night David and I, Andrea and Jo Ann, Brent and Jenni were playing a pretty normal game of Canasta. We were at the end of a hand and not much was happening but the pile had a lot of really good stuff in it and we all wanted it but doubted we would get it before someone went out. Jenni kindly laid down a 6 knowing I had laid down 6s and the probability of having them in my hand to pick up the pile was low. But I had 2 cards only. 2-6s. It was a miracle. A birthday miracle. David and I got 3640 points in that one hand. 3000 more than our competitors. It was a wonderful game. It was a wonderful birthday present.

David and I stopped by Temple Square for a little walk before going to the airport. 

It was a beautiful day and the flowers were so pretty. Walking around there and seeing the square it has helped me to realize I want the Priesthood in my home. I have been single a long time and without it in my home on a daily basis. I have access to home teachers and friends etc so I have had what I need but this past week when I was so sick in the night I did not feel like calling someone. I just wanted it there in my house. For whatever reason I did not pick the right path. I chose the path I am on long ago and I must deal with it. It is hard. I think all paths are hard. I just know that I would like to try to get back on the path that will lead to having the priesthood in my home. I realize it is a bleak trail at best but I have to try.

So here I sit on this rainy Portland day and wonder what my next adventure will be. . .