Have Nurse Will Travel

So April has always been one of my favorite months.   OK, so it is my birthday month, but this year there has been a different reason why I love April.  Visitors!  Out of the past 28 days, we have had visitors for 17 days.  First, I brought Mom over to see Isabell's play and be here for her 79th brithday party.  Then,  Joanie came from Durango for Mom's birthday party.  Kathy, John, Josh and Hannah came for the party from San Diego.  Matt and Rachel drove down from Idaho for the big party.  Then Mom, Matt and Rachel left and the Rennie's came from Cape Cod.  After 6 days the Mendenhall's left.  Then Matt and Rachel came back the following weekend.  The Rennie's left on Sunday and the younger Mendenhalls left on Monday.  Ten days of quiet before Susie came for 5 days.   I love company.  We took the Mendenhalls riding and had so much fun.  Josh held on when his horse took off.  Way to go.   Everyone loved Isabell's play.  Matt and Rachel love to play games! We pla...

I am not sure what to title this entry.  Last week my dear friend Jennifer's son died.  So it was a week of trying to be a good friend and trying to help out as much as I could.  Last night I got a call that another friend just died as well.  My study abroad friend, Linda.  Man, we had some great times.  Like the time we were on a train leaving Paris in the middle of the night, and the entire French Army got on and we were afraid for our.........lives.  After a few hours they finally all got off.  We were so glad and lied down on the seats, anticipating some rest finally.  Then we thankfully noticed that our train had been disconnected from the rest and we had to grab our bags and run to the front of the train.  We didn't get much sleep that night.  And then there was the time that Thomas and Peter asked us to go with them to church in Graz.  They picked us up on motorcycles, just before the bus to church for the rest of the group left.  Dr. Jones was not happy, but let us go a...

OK, I know I told myself, and Scott that I would cleanse at least 5 days, but today was really hard.  Never mind that it's almost valentines day, and I've been at school all week  and there is candy flowing all over the place.  But today I was just thirsty.  My mouth was so dry, so I ate an orange.  It was so totally delicious.  And now I'm not sure I can ever drink the lemonade drink again.  I'd be happy eating just fruit tomorrow.  We still have a few oranges left.  I just might.  No more lemonade.  I'm really thinking now.   

Yes, it really is just like is sounds.  CLEANSE.  The first time I remember being on a diet was when I got home from Austria in 1985.  Six months in any european country can really add on the pounds.  Chocolate, zimmels, whole milk, chocolate, pastries, italian ice cream, etc.  It wasn't really hard.  But since then, I've pretty much stayed the same weight.  I didn't even gain a ton of weight with my kids.  24 pounds with the twins and Amelia and only 14 pounds with Cameron. But here I am, day 1 of the master cleanse and I'm feeling a little annoyed.  Yes, I know that it helps to have a "cleansing buddy", but I'm not feeling very buddy like tonight.   I know that the cleanse is not really for losing weight, but to cleanse my body of toxins and waste that are making it unhealthy.  But I also know that if Scott didn't have 50 pounds to lose, he wouldn't be wanting to do this.  I do like the idea of cleaning everything out and starting to just put hea...

This has been a wonderful week with the Lockharts here. Tuesday Sue, Clint, Nick and I went up to Salt Lake to the Draper Temple Open House. Nick has wanted to go in to as many temples as he could before he leaves on his mission, so we took in that one as well. It is a beautiful building, of course. Most notable was the chandelier in the celestial room. Wow! We called Mom to tell her we were on our way to pick her up, but she was back to sleep and still in bed. She was up and ready quickly and we hurried to the Salt Lake Temple for the 2:00 session. Here's a little something to remember, Mom doesn't need to go to the temple anymore. She couldn't remember any names, even hers. All she managed to pay attention to was Nick. "Oh, there's that cute Nick. He's such a great young man." True enough, but she kept saying it over and over, and over and over. She paid absolutely no attention to the session at all. She wasn't even bothered by not being able to rem...

I am home after the last weekend at Sundance and saw a few more good movies.  I'll add them to the list.    I had a great time talking movies with so many people.  Sue, Carly and I have been having a great time.   I spent the first few nights up there just hanging out with them, since I didn't actually have to work until late Sunday night.   So here are a few of my favorite movies.......so far: Prom Night in Mississippi- a documentary about a school in Miss. that still has segregated proms.  Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the prom if they would have just one.  Who would have thought that 1 1/2 hours of listening to high schoolers talk could be so entertaining.  I really liked it. Rough Aunties - a documentary about a group of women in South Africa that work for a nonprofit organization that counsels sexually abused children and works to bring their abusers to justice.  But mostly it was a film how these women strengthen and support each other in tragic situations.  And two...