tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177491482012-02-16T15:26:15.620-08:00Flirty at 30Thirty two - what to do?Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.comBlogger1711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-36109693891896788372012-01-25T13:29:00.000-08:002012-01-25T13:30:07.381-08:00I am absolutely addicted to this song! It's from Midnight in Paris and listening to it just transports me!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-44783722108970150532011-12-04T00:29:00.000-08:002011-12-04T00:29:22.179-08:00Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-49542537735130162702011-12-04T00:28:00.000-08:002011-12-04T00:28:02.884-08:00Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-83583174220121781542011-10-17T23:57:00.001-07:002011-10-17T23:57:34.867-07:00Oops, sorry for the long delay in posts! Here are some pictures from my recent trip to California with my aunt.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-68980350072360641872011-03-05T17:30:00.000-08:002011-03-05T17:30:54.993-08:00Bowdrie race 03/05/11When did sweet little Bowdrie get this big? Oh to be young and fearless!!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-62601866768495269632010-12-26T22:55:00.000-08:002010-12-26T23:02:15.965-08:00Happy 1st Birthday, Chantry!I'm sorry that your big sister kept taking all your noisy toys yesterday and proclaiming, "Mine!", and I'm sorry that Bowdrie nearly crash landed his remote control helicopter into you when you were trying to crawl, and I feel terrible that your mommy forgot all about getting a cake for you so you had to settle for blueberry muffin mix. Oh yeah, and I'm sorry that Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-53761138941098455502010-12-23T16:59:00.001-08:002010-12-23T17:09:27.601-08:00I'm going to run this!! I'm so excited - I was able to get the time off and I've already registered and made all my travel arrangements! I had given up on doing the race this coming year and was planning to wait until 2012 because I wasn't able to find anyone who could go with me, either to run or just go along, and I thought it would be so lonely to go alone. However, I was so disappointed toPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-6807910117654841402010-12-16T00:12:00.000-08:002010-12-16T00:25:19.279-08:00So much for that idea!I've been thinking about getting a dog lately. It seems like everyone around me is getting one and they seem to be enjoying them so much, the dogs are such great companions, and I started to think that maybe a dog is just the thing I need. How fun it would be to come home from work and have a little puppy excited to see me, and I could talk to it and tell it about Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-6634949080394732102010-12-11T23:57:00.000-08:002010-12-12T00:01:43.809-08:00Hooray for Mom! She probably won't mention it but I will mention it for her! She saved Dad's life last night after he choked on bread and grapes. His face was blue and he was foaming at the mouth, and it wouldn't have been much longer before he collapsed. Scary how quickly it happened! It makes me a bit leery about living alone! :-( I better review the self-heimlich section! (Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-5587185596268123502010-12-08T16:52:00.000-08:002010-12-08T16:57:44.933-08:00Pictures from the recent trip to Montana~Sunday was Cassidy's 2nd birthday and Kalispell Special Meeting. We went out to HuHot with Kahl & Hannah afterwards and then home. Monday I went to Bowdrie's school for lunch and then met him at the bus stop after school. Unfortunately I got sick on Tuesday so I missed going for Bowdrie's cupcakes but Velva got to go. I was just happy to make it home!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-38120125191726046622010-11-28T20:58:00.000-08:002010-11-28T21:21:19.762-08:00St Thomas, USVISt Thomas, USVISt Thomas USVI was where we woke up the next day. We found our tour after breakfast, one with shopping, island tour, and beaches. In retrospect, I wish I would have given myself more time for shopping, but oh well. The town of Charlotte Amalie has tons of stores with jewelry, jewelry and more jewelry, plus liquor - particularly rum. We did some shopping, picked Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-3975998897370150462010-11-28T20:43:00.001-08:002010-11-28T21:26:29.823-08:00Caribbean Cruise, Part 3Day 5 - GrenadaGrenadaI went for a run the next morning and the fitness center is at the very front of the boat on the 17th level, so you're way up high, and it looked like I was going to run right off the treadmill all the way into St. George's, Grenada! It was fun looking over all the people outside who were watching as we got closer to the island. Velva signed us up Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-71515029756777452772010-11-27T21:57:00.001-08:002010-11-28T21:26:04.754-08:00Caribbean Cruise Part 2Day 3 - Aruba ArubaI woke up and looked outside at the beautiful turquoise water of Aruba! Hello, Caribbean!! It was great! I hurried and went to have breakfast and then came back and grabbed my scuba gear and headed down to get off the boat and get to the meeting place. Of note - the previous afternoon at lunch, we'd heard this man talking and talking and talking with Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-63973210872235480552010-11-24T17:28:00.001-08:002010-11-28T20:43:38.513-08:00I'm not very smart sometimes! Why, exactly, did I come home from vacation?!! Thank you, Odhett, for pointing that out! hahaAaah, the cruise and vacation ... divine!Velva and I flew out on Nov 6th, a lovely day of course, and now that I've done so, I don't recommend taking an overnight flight on the night we turn our clocks forwards or backwards! It's quite confusing when you land! Oh yeah, USPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-90443184342084535392010-11-22T11:03:00.000-08:002010-11-22T11:03:36.364-08:00Bonaire divingDiving in BonairePharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-71044692851669412732010-11-22T11:02:00.000-08:002010-11-22T11:02:41.067-08:00DominicaDiving video from Dominica.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-42531721870340664432010-10-04T16:56:00.001-07:002010-10-04T17:27:27.740-07:00Pictures from recent trip to Seattle with Mom for her birthday.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-80201539606610054202010-09-17T23:05:00.000-07:002010-09-17T23:06:57.657-07:00Anybody wanna go traveling? I've got a couple stretches of time off and feel like going somewhere but don't feel like going alone.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-89065896481978872242010-06-01T08:58:00.001-07:002010-06-01T09:02:40.742-07:00Pictures of the little darlings from this weekend Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-6558055459319697582010-03-27T20:43:00.000-07:002010-04-13T20:12:40.825-07:00Latest kid pictures :)Ok so the one of Cassidy in the bathtub made my heart stop! I thought she had Chantry for a second!!! Aaack!I just love Cassidy's dress and how sweet Carson is with Cassidy!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-67065541875573710702010-03-12T20:39:00.000-08:002010-03-12T21:39:19.571-08:00After I read Rory's blog I decided it was time to write a post about my ... life revolution of the past few months. I decided on my birthday to make this year a year of health. I didn't know exactly what that would look like at the time, but that was my theme. Then while in Hawaii, well - there's something very sobering about trotting around in a swimsuit in public. "You can fool some of the Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-71394546311042727182010-03-09T19:57:00.000-08:002010-03-09T20:02:12.054-08:00Why I don't have kids - but they sure are cuties! hahaPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-32667800783169648522010-03-08T22:47:00.000-08:002010-03-13T11:01:26.139-08:00Spring is on the way!Signs of life!Spring is going to come! It is, it is! I'm so excited to see green things coming up that I planted last year :-) I even decided to try my hand at growing things from seeds too - some herbs, some flowers ... wish me and them luck!! I'll keep updating it as they grow.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-54742899984743202992010-01-29T12:31:00.001-08:002010-01-29T12:33:40.970-08:00Poooooor Bowdrie! He and Carson were horsing around on top of the changing table upstairs and they fell off and Carson landed on Bowdrie. Jen called Mom, who said you better take him in! He has 3 broken bones in his arm and they had to call in an orthopedic surgeon and he has pins for 3 weeks in there and he has to miss the rest of ski season :-( Looking at these pics, even though he's okay Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-85148720553340660652009-12-25T14:13:00.000-08:002009-12-26T13:18:45.715-08:002009 Recap~Last year, the new year started with a trip to Montana where I got to see little Miss Cassidy Jane, my new niece! YAY! A niece - I always wanted one of those because I remember having such fun being a niece myself :-) People had to fight me for the chance to get to hold that little dolly! She was so alert - I loved her instantly!I came back home and went on a Little House on the Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-85716950187793542112009-11-22T20:02:00.001-08:002009-11-22T20:02:11.981-08:00Hawaii picturesPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-42575907272969653332009-10-31T19:38:00.000-07:002009-10-31T19:56:52.450-07:00Pictures from my Halloween and my decorations around here and some stolen pictures of the cutest little pirates ever!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-31472865165586730642009-09-29T21:42:00.000-07:002009-09-29T21:46:27.298-07:00Pictures from my trip to Montana and playing Dress-Up with little Cassidy in the Li'l Dolly dresses that mom was so excited to buy as soon as she heard she was getting a granddaughter. I might have bought her the red outfit now that I think about it. Anyhow, with all the frills and lace, she was just as cute and girly as could be! A living doll!The boys were sooo good and really love having Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-50505709639458825712009-09-18T11:56:00.000-07:002009-09-18T12:08:17.195-07:00Last fall I became interested in cooking and talked to my coworker Ted about knives. He used to be a sous chef in Denver before he went to pharmacy school. He said the only knife I need is a chef's knife, and he recommended this particular brand. I received it for my birthday but I never was brave enough to use it because well gee, it's so sharp! The interest in cooking passed and I continuedPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-39492301268550356342009-08-21T21:28:00.001-07:002009-08-21T21:34:15.710-07:00 I just have to say that today was a great day - I gave myself permission to stay home, rest, weed, cook, clean, and just do things that I never seem to have enough time to do. This morning I started the day with a Yoga stretch class - wow, I have a long way to go to be as flexible as the teacher!! -- and then came home and decided to tackle this quilt. I've had the pieces cut out for ages and Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-33050245557717311382009-08-21T21:13:00.000-07:002009-08-21T21:54:24.529-07:00Cassidy 'n me in North Dakota. I think she was a little upset that someone interrupted our conversation just when she was getting to the really good part of the story she was telling me :-) Either that or she's thinking "Don't mess with my aunt!"I added more photos to the North Dakota reunion album - go check those out too! :-) All the aprons and chicken hat stories will make sense.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-90744044328711246652009-08-03T23:19:00.000-07:002009-08-03T23:20:44.911-07:00I went hiking this evening with a coworker. It was nice to be up in the mountains away from the heat!! Beautiful little hike, Naches Peak Trail Loop.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-6760725873580718562009-08-02T20:41:00.001-07:002009-08-02T20:51:46.992-07:00Photos from recent trip to North DakotaPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-6434595675404286102009-07-13T22:18:00.000-07:002009-07-13T22:22:50.118-07:00Did you expect any less from a girl named Cassidy Jane with two big brothers?! Good work, Lily, for setting this up!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-41511466629810711262009-07-05T09:27:00.000-07:002009-07-05T09:28:20.802-07:004th of July fun with Urrutias and friends.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-47435503474116707752009-06-29T21:20:00.000-07:002009-07-05T09:30:27.209-07:00Pictures of some of the blooms in my yard. I love to sit outside and look at everything and watch it growing and surviving!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-82888816210017081992009-06-24T21:13:00.001-07:002009-06-24T21:24:55.630-07:00My new toy!Sorry - you have to click on the picture to see the whole thing. And no, it is not shown in actual size ;-)I sold my old bike and got this one when I was up in Montana. Luckily they hadn't assembled it so it was still nicely packed up and they shipped it to me and it was waiting on my front porch the evening I got home! Now all I have to do is go get it put together by someone that Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-29645612604950717562009-06-24T15:58:00.000-07:002009-06-24T16:05:18.484-07:00Pictures from some recent adventures:Mom and Velva and I went to Birch Bay, WA for a little get-away. While there I learned to knit and this little knitting shop overlooking the bay. How fun! I'm well on my way to being an eccentric little old lady. Maybe I should start knitting little sweaters and hats for all the cats I will have :-) just kidding.Velva and I went to Canada to see Il Divo.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-2544925903432530072009-05-26T19:48:00.001-07:002009-05-26T19:57:28.486-07:00Lawn SurgeryPhotos from when Jonathan and the boys came over to help me put in a dry well/french drain. Mom was over and was able to talk to the boys into sitting inside where they could watch. Apparently watching me shoveling was the funniest thing they'd seen -- they'd throw their little heads back and giggle and giggle. I can't wait til they get bigger and can help! haha So far so good Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-49553746367889190082009-05-21T20:25:00.000-07:002009-05-21T20:42:38.027-07:00Yay, I passed my scuba final!Now I'm just trying to decide whether I should go with yellow mask, yellow snorkel, and black & yellow fins or if I can go all crazy and get the hot pink & black fins even though they don't match the yellow stuff.Oh these decisions can be so hard sometimes!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-26831148655935671142009-04-28T17:48:00.000-07:002009-04-28T17:54:24.702-07:00Just some pictures of my recent landscaping activities. Mount Beauty Bark thankfully has disappeared and is now spread out all over my flower beds. The photo is just to prove that I was doing some of the work and didn't make Dad do it all. I really love geraniums, especially red ones, so I've planted a few of them, and then finally, my cute new polka dot door mat. Doesn't that just make you Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-54011188659868750042009-04-28T17:35:00.000-07:002009-04-28T17:46:38.303-07:00Sorry to those of you who already saw these pictures on facebook, but it makes me so happy I just have to share it on here too. I just love those two pictures of Dad & Bowdrie. Bowdrie wanted his hair like Grandpa's. I wasn't sure what he meant, so I clarified ... you want a combover? Yeaaaaah! So that's what we did to his hair and here he is with his hair style role model!I just love the Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-24132190710656019912009-04-17T09:31:00.000-07:002009-04-17T09:38:26.772-07:00Oh my goodness I am in awe of moms of little babies and little kids! I applaud you for even bothering to get dressed or comb your hair in the morning/afternoon! I've been hanging out with mom and velva at Jon & Jen's watching the 3 kids while Jen works on moving to the new spa. My once perfectly nice white t-shirt is covered in yellowing baby spit up, juice stains, and green marker marks & Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-59367878369727871472009-04-08T18:51:00.000-07:002009-04-08T19:09:18.104-07:00Homeownership is getting to be an expensive little hobby! I had a few days off last week and two off in the middle of this week (today being one of them) so I've been outside working on the yard. Landscaping, you might call it. My aunt and I got all the dead leaves and gunk cleared out that has been hanging out in the flower beds and under/in/around the current plants. Then I decided the Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-51477730707224308552009-03-31T13:27:00.000-07:002009-05-31T13:28:08.069-07:00Somehow I put this on the wrong blog! Oops.I am on my way back from some wonderful days and nights in Arizona~I drove down to Tucson to see my friend Heather and to see Tucson. It hardly seemed right that Cassidy had been there and I hadn't, so I had to correct that! We went to the botanical gardens (different than some of the others that I've seen) there and saw their butterfly exhibit. There Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-83381963946023350222009-03-30T20:38:00.000-07:002009-03-30T21:13:04.289-07:00Another month has gone by! I can't believe how bad I've been about posting on here.I started the month in Arizona, enjoying the sunshine and wonderful warm weather. It was divine to just simply lay by the pool and not talk to anyone, not be paged by anyone, etc! I did send out a few text messages with a picture of the sunshine and palm trees to friends back home :-) Shame on me, I'm sure!A Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-79454106154839549602009-02-21T00:06:00.000-08:002009-02-21T00:20:09.706-08:00What a busy week!I had a great trip to Montana to see my little Valentines. My super shopper brother spied some skis that he thought were what I was looking for, so he and the guy measured how tall they were, and all that, I did some research (mostly to see what colors they came in) and bought them over the phone. It was a great deal and so I could hardly wait to get to MT to go skiing.We (mom,Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-7411240528322181322009-02-11T21:40:00.000-08:002009-02-11T22:00:14.107-08:00 Oops, I've been so busy flirting that I haven't taken the time to update this! As if I could compete with this little cutie!Mostly I've just been working a ton and that's never a thriller to hear about, so moving on...For Valentine's Day, I'm going to Montana to see my little Valentines from last year, plus an extra one for good measure :-) Mom, Dad, and I are going up there on the train and Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-62911564839074555422009-01-10T14:43:00.000-08:002009-01-10T15:14:23.196-08:00Oops, I've been neglecting this!I had a wonderful trip to Montana recently to meet little Miss Cassidy - oh what a little doll! I guess I forget how teeny little babies are when they start out -- her little legs and wrists just crack me up. She's got the cutest clothes, including a darling little denim skirt which is probably 6 inches long, and lots of little dresses. Awww.The boys were super Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-86021250728764382742008-12-20T22:00:00.001-08:002008-12-21T19:30:52.230-08:00Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas!I'm probably breaking some sort of etiquette rule but I'm going to skip the christmas letter and do a christmas blog instead. This way I can write, delete, write, delete, save drafts, etc and no one will be any the wiser! It is, after all, pretty hard to sum up a year and every year I tell myself I'll keep a running list of all the good memories, and every year at thisPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-76383814595751588822008-12-13T13:33:00.001-08:002008-12-13T15:29:44.775-08:00More pictures of my sweet little niece and her loving brothers... Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-8060239629931996332008-12-06T18:52:00.000-08:002008-12-06T18:55:33.027-08:00According to Bowdrie, Jen's still at the hospital on the 'doctor board' (bed) and the doctor cut her tummy with scissors and took the baby out. :-) I'm utterly biased, no doubt, but isn't she just precious? I just wonder what she's thinking. I wish these people would go home?Why does that guy keep taking pictures?Well yes, as a matter of fact, I WAS born yesterday!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-34223211584248226282008-12-05T20:17:00.000-08:002008-12-05T20:22:29.110-08:00Hooray Hooray! I got a little niece today!Cassidy Jane Krack6 pounds 14 ounces20 inches longLots of dark hair, and already totally nosey and looking around at everything! I'm sooo in love.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-65834312482962090542008-11-29T21:49:00.000-08:002008-12-03T23:14:25.099-08:00I love Thanksgiving!This year, I am thankful for a lot of things.1. Health-related things ... like the fact that I still have my mind and my memory, I have a fully functional nervous system and messages get from my brain to my toes. I don't have nerve pain, I don't have Shingles or Post-shingles pain, I don't really have any pain at all. Aside from the occasional cold or headache, I haven't beenPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-64822499675801393212008-11-26T20:06:00.000-08:002008-11-26T20:24:22.837-08:00You've simply gotta love a guy named Gus. (That's the name of Mom's neurosurgeon)Mom had her surgery this morning, so we got to the hospital bright and early ... well, dark and early (5:30) and got her all checked in. She got to put on the lovely gown and tin foil shower cap, get an IV and her vitals done, and then once she was pretty much squared away, I headed upstairs to work. I told her Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-47870316115598656782008-11-21T22:32:00.000-08:002008-11-21T22:46:39.454-08:00Mom update:She's scheduled for surgery on Wednesday with Dr. Varnavas here in Yakima. It will be a resection of the L5/S1 area of her spine. He thinks he can help her by doing some more of that rotor-rooting in there to give her nerves more room, and maybe work some magic with those discs in there too. She's lost pretty much all feeling in her left foot and leg plus some on the right side. Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-31035260499803637202008-11-14T22:45:00.001-08:002008-11-14T22:57:22.106-08:00A disappointing epiphany or two....So are these post-30 blues normal or are they a result of a recent visit from my brother?! Nice of him to get right down to the heart of the matter and have me wind up admitting that indeed, nobody (young male and single) is interested in me. I've been having a great week as I'm sure you can imagine, self-reflecting and being all introspective. I've come to aPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-33624527340041726102008-11-13T22:13:00.000-08:002008-11-13T22:22:45.501-08:00Ok never mind, I'll just keep my blog here since I've already got mom's bookmark tab set up for this one, and I don't feel like remaking all those gadgets. :-)So for those of you who have already reached and passed this milestone and still remember it --- did anyone have the blues shortly after the high? That's where I'm at right now. According to CNN, all major organ systems in the body start Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-60026472754475375692008-11-11T21:00:00.000-08:002008-11-13T21:54:23.973-08:00Today I zipped home from work to pick up Mom and take her to see the neurosurgeon I work with here in Yakima. She had surgery June 23rd and woke up feeling like they broke her ankles during surgery or something, and since then she's just had horrendous pain, making sitting a very painful activity, and then yesterday her leg gave out and she fell...again.... drat - that's why she had the surgery Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-74031749974509398222008-11-08T21:52:00.000-08:002008-11-13T21:59:16.652-08:00This birthday was the best one in recent memory! The past few years we've all gone down to Portland for the Pharmacy Girls Shopping Getaway and shopped ourself into exhaustion. This year due to mom's health and work schedules, it didn't work out to go for that, so I took a few days off and went to Seattle with Velva. I was deliciously lazy. I went to Ummelina Day Spa in downtown Seattle for 4Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-77598143238767855152008-10-30T22:38:00.000-07:002008-10-30T22:44:33.331-07:00I think I may have just discovered the fountain of good looks when it comes to choosing clothes! I'm really not even sure how I stumbled upon this website, but ladies, you have to try it! www.myshape.comI put in all my measurements, preferences, and its calculator figures out your shape, which is either letter M-Y-S-H-A-P- or E.Not only that, somehow it has a database of things that will lookPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-38202761103197294472008-10-29T18:09:00.000-07:002008-10-29T18:23:38.056-07:00Human Growth & Development, as it applies to me...I've cooked for guests three times already, since getting my dining room table! Mom and dad were my first guests/victims, then I had two retired couples over after meeting 2 weekends ago, and then I had a single college girl over this past weekend :-) I'd like to think I'm getting less and less scatterbrained, and I think I've mastered the use Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-67079294863078567832008-10-23T19:37:00.000-07:002008-10-23T19:41:52.191-07:00I got a new toy!The Slice machine that I saw at the Mall of America Scrapfest finally arrived at my local Scrapbooking store today :-) I've been playing with it since I got home. Who has time to actually cut out little circles?! I'm loving it~Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-1171858986959253132008-10-16T23:27:00.000-07:002008-10-16T23:37:56.245-07:00On this date in history?I'm not sure how to title this entry so you'll just have to read it and decide if you're interested!Today was a very special day for me - one of those life milestones, I suppose. Today, for the very first time, my Mom got to see my house in person! :-) She hasn't been over to Yakima since probably before April, so... several months ago. It was like a coming of age Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-62416420457514316902008-10-12T20:25:00.000-07:002008-10-12T20:44:49.412-07:00A fun weekend:I went to the west side for a couple birthday parties (Danny turned 1 and Cameron turned 30) and I also got together for lunch with some ladies from the Europe tour. It was lots of fun to see all of these people again. It motivated me to put up pictures from my time in Paris, so head back over to when you get a chance.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-71038002036649186152008-10-07T06:48:00.000-07:002008-10-07T07:08:04.540-07:00200019901984198219701968196619601950Not your average digital makeoverI learned about this unique site from Tami's blog so I decided to give it a shot and see how I would've looked back in the day.I've put up a voting section for which look you like best, but I am not committing to adopting it! :-)Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-63877186544110028722008-10-06T23:38:00.000-07:002008-10-06T23:55:36.941-07:00iCookedHooray - I got my cooking project done! It took the better part of the day and I was proud that I only had to make 2 extra trips to the Safeway store down the street! I'll skip the details. Anyhow, over the next month or week or whatever, I'll have lots of food essentially ready for me when I come home! I hope I like how it tastes! It can't help but beat running to the grocery store 2-Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-46210964095819085732008-10-06T01:20:00.000-07:002008-10-06T01:22:56.053-07:00Big day tomorrow!While signing off a bunch of 'batched' IV orders, I got to thinking ... why can't I do that with food? There must be some way to just cook once and get it over with, and then eat that stuff for a while. So after much googling, I found a website called Cook Once A Month, or something like that. I picked what sounded good and if I wanted a half, full, or multiple batches. Then Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-10612673981558007212008-10-03T10:13:00.000-07:002008-10-03T10:14:32.446-07:00Photos from my time in Minnesota. Unfortunately I didn't take more pictures of people because they were the reason this trip was so awesome. I'll remember that next time.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-28426640304096188732008-09-29T21:16:00.000-07:002008-09-29T21:25:23.539-07:00The Grass is Always Greener...I was having a brief moment of envy towards my friends who are married with families and doing so well and seem so happy. Then I get great reminders of why I should be more thankful for my lifestyle :-) I have to thank Beth for this one and I hope she doesn't mind me telling on her little angels.While we were doing some swimsuit research online, we heard holleringPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-37147921247247085332008-09-28T19:54:00.001-07:002008-09-28T20:05:48.360-07:00Mom update:Hard to say if this is good or bad news from the pain doctor she saw on Friday..... (the quick review: June 23rd she had a laminectomy for severe spinal stenosis causing falls at least once a week. Since about 2 weeks after the surgery, she's had excruciating pain, like being stabbed in the foot, leg, thigh, etc, and horrible pressure so she can't bear to sit. Oh yeah, she can't bendPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-88200464826162429282008-09-28T19:41:00.001-07:002008-09-28T19:54:18.230-07:00I made it home to Washington, but I wasn't in any hurry to leave Minnesota. I'm glad I had an extra day after the program ended so I could enjoy the Minneapolis area and the new people I met. It was so fun to spend time with Dave & Debbie again and spend some time with them. Debbie's such an 'upper' - you always feel good about yourself when you're around Debbie! I also was very impressed by Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-22874167680222917562008-09-21T17:41:00.000-07:002008-09-21T17:49:05.697-07:00I better post something to let you know that I'm still alive and well and not out man-shopping!I'm writing this from my cozy little room in Minneapolis. I found a great little place to stay that's quite close to campus, called Wales House. It's not a hotel/motel, but it's not really a bed and breakfast either. I guess the description is that it's a victorian guest house. When I first got to Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-31565447293282103172008-09-08T22:32:00.000-07:002008-09-08T22:40:28.285-07:00Wow, you really CAN buy everything at Harrods! How great is this -- drop by to do some shopping and maybe have some of their divine food, and browse through the man selection at the same time! I wonder if they offer alterations ;-)Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-26560839766281515542008-08-29T21:56:00.000-07:002008-08-29T22:00:11.562-07:00I'm still playing catch-up with the albums and postings. This was from late June, when I took a mini get-away from it all, out of cell phone and electricity range! I guess I was too busy enjoying myself to bother with taking pictures! Thanks for the fun times, guys!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-79347214435104564792008-08-26T20:42:00.000-07:002008-08-26T20:46:35.762-07:00I've added new pictures of my house and garage to my house album~Happy 100th blog posting!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-12827030407560344032008-08-25T18:00:00.000-07:002008-08-25T18:02:01.793-07:00These are starting to get out of order, but my pictures from London and Florence are done. yippie - only a few more to go!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-51810226301142694882008-08-24T22:26:00.001-07:002008-08-24T22:26:40.494-07:00Venice photos are up~Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-22032986100779325832008-08-23T23:15:00.000-07:002008-08-23T23:17:34.793-07:00Whew, I made it!I am done with my housewarming parties and if anyone ever invites me to anything, I'm totally going to RSVP right away! I had too much food for one, not enough food for the other one. I bought a book called, "How not to be a little old lady" and one of the things it said is that little old ladies expect people to RSVP ... I think I agree with them on that one. Oh well, it was Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-47165707721010744232008-08-17T18:16:00.001-07:002008-08-17T18:18:54.834-07:00Look at me go - two posts in two days! With photo albums, no less!This is from my hike with the "Glacier Lilies" (group of women who hike together every Thursday) up in Montana.Enjoy + go there!!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-10083164866635799802008-08-16T23:13:00.000-07:002008-08-17T00:03:30.355-07:00Hooray! I am done studying and now I can get back to the fun stuff for a week or two! I've been putting up more pictures from my trip so go visit my picasa page. I'll try to embed a slideshow of that to make it easier since I still don't know how to make click-able links.My first housewarming party was a success and I feel so fortunate to have such wonderful friends who take such good care of Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-15074224138004047442008-07-30T20:55:00.000-07:002008-07-30T21:13:31.497-07:00It's been another one of those months -- whoosh, it flew by! I am in Montana right now, preparing for an ultra-restful sleep so I'll be energized for my hike tomorrow. My first with the legendary Glacier Lilies! I am so excited :-) I will likely have just enough time to hike and make it back to civilization to catch my flight home! gulp! Incentive to go fast, I suppose. Last time it was thePharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-7724072765342070712008-07-29T23:45:00.000-07:002008-07-30T00:36:52.742-07:00Ok, now that I've been tagged twice I guess I'm obligated to do this 7 facts about me thing.1. As I've gotten older and have gone through life stuff, I've become more introverted and private. I sometimes miss my ditzy social butterfly days but I think that's the price we pay for growing up and becoming 'mature'2. When I was little, I wanted to grow up and sell Icees at K-Mart3. Like Elaine, I'm Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-83236735575299376002008-07-16T23:40:00.000-07:002008-07-16T23:49:49.049-07:00I've had a great two days off, which gave me a chance to putter around my house! I ache from head to toe and my fingers are started to get calluses -- eew! Sheesh, I sound like I'm 50! I should go get a floppy hat to complete the look! Last night, just for kicks, I slept in one of my guest bedrooms! It felt kind of weird, as if I were somehow intruding! I guess I've never had more than one Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-339112721686029572008-07-11T21:27:00.000-07:002008-07-12T06:55:16.432-07:00Exciting news out of Montana! Carson is talking!!! So far he has said "boat", "MINE!", and "Bowdrie" :-) I'm looking forward to finding out what he's been thinking inside that little head of his all this time! I predict that he's going to have loads of personality. I'm heading up there later this month to see those guys and teach him all the words his mommy and daddy don't want him to know (Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-12430149188708439122008-07-06T14:38:00.000-07:002008-07-06T14:45:01.881-07:00I am so delighted - I have had my first guests at my 'home'! Is it normal for it to seem really really quiet once everyone else has gone? Maybe it was because 2 of my guests were under age 3! Anyhow, we barbequed steak and chicken, and had corn on the cob, and some drinks and desserts from El Salvador for some ethnic flair, and we just hung out on my deck and enjoyed summer. Little Hannah Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-67330611099899377632008-06-25T20:12:00.000-07:002008-06-25T20:13:21.388-07:00Some newer pictures of my house, taken today. (Skip through the first ones you've already seen)Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-83355266514327549322008-06-24T20:17:00.000-07:002008-06-24T20:24:03.706-07:00In other exciting news ... I am now officially out of my apartment! While I'm happy because that's one less thing on this insane list of deadlines I have, I leave with a touch of sadness. That apartment was good to me and I'm sure I will miss it from time to time, like when I'm paying the bills for this place! hahaSo for those of you who planned to send me lots of cards and mail ... you'll Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-43303872955855933872008-06-24T19:50:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:16:45.938-08:00Oh it's been a while since I've put up any pictures of my cute little friends so here are some of the latest ones~ See what I mean about them being nearly the same size and harder and harder to tell apart?!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-29134248568139290662008-06-24T06:54:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:16:46.216-08:00Happy Birthday to Carson! It was yesterday (23rd) but I'm slipping in my aunt duties. I didn't even make it up there for his birthday! I shall miss his "ornery ones" and look forward to the terrible twos! haha He's a little stinker and I absolutely love him for it. I imagine somewhere in the next few months he will pass up Bowdrie in size!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-23137110975154302122008-06-19T06:54:00.000-07:002008-06-19T07:00:14.147-07:00I've got another album done, but check back in a while because I might add more to it.Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-62874256793044252172008-06-18T19:00:00.001-07:002008-06-18T19:04:59.215-07:00Hello Bob, Nora, and Maggie, if that's you visiting my page from way-the-heck-up-there in Canada! :-) I miss you guys!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-11222628017044081352008-06-16T18:08:00.000-07:002008-06-16T18:18:13.733-07:00Disregard my earlier statement that now would be a great time to meet the love of my life. Once I got all my clothes and coats moved over, I didn't have nearly as much extra closet space as I thought I would! So never mind :-) My apologies to you very excited matchmakers out there.In other news, I loved the report from Montana about Jonathan's Father's Day. Bowdrie and Carson got to go take Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-70939061771313876262008-06-15T11:15:00.000-07:002008-06-15T11:19:20.825-07:00Moving is fun! It makes you appreciate order .... like today when I discovered that I hadn't moved over the shower curtain yet so I had to come home to the apartment to shower. Fine except I had moved all my towels to the house! Aargh! Luckily my aunt had brought over some ugly towel that had been in my hopeless chest and smells strongly of cedar, so I at least had a towel to use! Oh the funPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-88076844930353847142008-06-10T20:03:00.001-07:002008-06-10T20:03:46.972-07:00And heeeeeere's Amsterdam and Haarlem~Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-79222125809397331282008-06-10T11:41:00.000-07:002008-06-10T11:42:18.048-07:00My first album is done - Belgium.... (I'm breaking it down by place or by theme). Many more to come!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-52092376054171264122008-06-05T06:59:00.000-07:002008-06-13T08:54:48.536-07:00Hello from HOME! Yes, we made it! I'm in Puyallup this morning and mom even had some mountain dew in the refrigerator for me in case I was in total withdrawl. Thanks to the magic of the world wide web, I was able to email her from one of those countries and let her know that we were going to need massage appointments this morning, so those are already scheduled!! I can't say I'd be sorry if IPharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-57176350832885541232008-06-02T00:43:00.000-07:002008-06-02T00:44:08.944-07:00In case you don't know about my trip blog -- that's the only one I have been updating lately. I come home in a couple days and I can't wait to see what all of you have been up to in my absence!!Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-60543720892532762372008-05-04T22:29:00.000-07:002008-05-04T22:33:53.318-07:00I have lost count of how many loads I've taken over to the new place! I had a productive 24 hours - I bought a bedroom set, a red leather chair, the guest bed mattresses, and a mattress for me. Whew! Best of all, it's all going to be delivered and set up by people much stronger than me! Oh what fun!I have super nice neighbors and already gave the one lady the grand tour. She's lived next Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17749148.post-60891430092875066152008-05-02T21:08:00.000-07:002008-05-02T21:17:39.775-07:00Oh my aching hands!I got this bright idea I'd save money by tearing out my own carpet and burn off a little energy that way. I kept thinking to myself how proud I'd be that I did something with my own hands and all that stuff. That lasted for about an hour or so, and then my hands and legs were absolutely killing me and I wasn't very far into what I thought should be an easy project. After Pharmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677372108889453146noreply@blogger.com0