Removal of the cyst

So in the spirit of getting rid of things (one of my New Years Resolutions) I decided that I had held on to my cyst long enough. I actually brought it home intending to blog then but am the world's worst procrastinator. So here is the story of the cyst.

Clear back at the end of October I started to notice a rather unpleasant odor about myself. I thought it was because I was spending a lot of time with a woman from town that has a cat-dog-moldy house-garbage smell but after a shower one night I ran my hand across my neck where I have had this really big bump for a long time and my hand came away smelling like old dirty sweat socks. Once before I went and had this cyst cleaned out because it got really sore so this time I had dad just squeeze and squeeze and a lot of creamy white stuff came out. We decided that it was time to just get it dug out. I went to the clinic in Downey because it is next to impossible to get in to Dr. Eskelson. The Dr. said there was no real medical reason that it had to come out unless it was really bothering me but I decided to just get it done. It took her almost an hour to get it dug out because they like to get the whole sack at once instead of cutting it up. Because of scar tissue from the other time I had had it worked on it was a real challenge to get it out intact. After digging it out she didn't want to stitch it because it needed to heal from the inside out so she just bandaged it and I would go in every three or four days for them to repack it. After two weeks they just sent me home with a syringe to keep it clean and let it heal. I had a big gapping whole for quite a long time but it has finally healed completely over. The picture doesn't do the size justice because after having it for this long it has shrunk a great deal. It was about the size of an small acorn and now is just the size of a large grape. It is just a mass of white fatty tissue and they don't know what causes them. Now I have a tiny little scar on the back of my neck.

All this just because I wanted to throw something away today.

More on the frog

This cartoon was in the paper some time ago and I actually started to blog about it then but couldn't get things to work right so here it is. I still don't like eating my frogs but feel so much better when I get them done first thing in the morning.

Tagged by Kellie

5 things I was doing 5 years ago
1. Working on the bookmobile
2. Meeting Mike for the first time--he was already a goner for Kate (Her too.
3. Laughing at John's funnies--still am
4. Enjoying the nursery calling
5. Still trying to learn to cook for 4 people instead of 13.
That was hard. I can hardly remember what happened 5 days ago let alone 5 years.

5 Things on my to do list for today.
1. Mail the application for Dad's birth certificate
2. Mail the book I sold
3. Stop at school to see if any of their books on sell fit my needs
4. Make some phone calls I don't want to make.
5. Go to town and do a gazillion things with no money and little time.

5 things I would do with a million dollars
1. Travel to see all my kids
2. Travel to see all my kids
3. Travel with all my kids
4. Travel with all my kids and grandkids
5. Buy a little house that is warm


5 Places I have lived
1. Monticello, Utah
2. Logan, Utah
3. Wellsville, Utah
4. Lewistown, Utah
5. Arimo, Idaho

5 jobs I have held
1. Telephone operator--"Number please"
2. Lab assistant
3. Vista Volunteer
4. Bookmobile Dragon
5. Cashier

5 people I tag

There aren't enough other people I blog with that haven't already been tagged but any of you that want to please do.

Singing with angels

Three weeks ago there was an announcement in our bulletin at church that our stake was being invited to sing with the other stake for the Forgotten Carols. The other stake has put it on for the last several years and it has just gotten bigger and better every year. I told dad that I thought he should go sing with them and it ended up that we are both going. There are others from our ward doing it as well so we have a good carpool to go to Inkom on sunday evening. I feel like I am singing with angels. Many of the people have done this before so it isn't as if we are just beginners and I must admit that we sound wonderful.

Two years ago I went to it the first time they did it in our performing arts center at the school. I was so impressed. It was just as good as the professionals that do it every year with Michael McLean. It seemed even better to me because I knew so many of the talented people that performed in it. Dale Belnap, Brian Burke, Carol Barker and many other friends from my bookmobile days.

We will be performing The Forgotten Carols on November 20 & 21 if anyone would like to come. I can get tickets for the Friday night performance. The tickets are free but you have to have one to get in. This has become a really big thing in our area and it is hard to get tickets towards the performance dates. They have packed crowds both nights. If you would like to see it just let me know.

Once again slave labor

When we did the storage room several weeks ago, Dad said that maybe he would take the duct work from the furnace out to make more room. I agreed it would be nice but didn't really expect it to happen so fast. The very next week he tore some of the ductwork out and made the biggest mess There was black soot everywhere. I wanted to get the shelves out and everything cleaned but he wanted to do more of the ductwork. On Columbus day he didn't have to work but I did. He took the rest of the ductwork out and made an even bigger mess. when I got home from work I took all the stuff out of the room again and with the help of the Shelton boys brought some sheetrock and the old blackboard downstairs and we put it up on the walls of the storage room. I then spent parts of the next three days washing off every can, bottle, shelf and bucket and then put it all back together.


Dad would really like to take out the whole furnace but that is an even bigger job and I don't want the mess again. It would make that room a great storage room but I am satisfied with it the way it is. The wheat grinder is actually inside the furnace in the space dad emptied.

Treasures ( junk) from the dryer

So, the dryer was making a horrible grinding noise and after several times of reminding dad that it was on his to-do list but not on Saturday when I can actually use the dryer, he finally took it apart to find out what was wrong. I expected to find all those missing socks but they must have wasted away to lint. Instead here is what he found.
Kellie student body card 1993-94
Jim lunch card grade 11
Jake Middle school card 1995-1996
Kate Middle school student body card 98-99 8th grade
Jared middle school student body card 2002-2003
Evan Fullmer Preston library card
7 pennies that have slightly melted from the heat and one good quarter.
Now we know where all those cards went.

The dryer makes less of a noise but still doesn't sound very happy about working. It must be mine ;) Maybe John still has a card melted in there somewhere.

From the Newsletter

This picture and article were in the newsletter that I get about every month. Way to go John. We know you are the best.
Marine funny

Soon after being transferred to a new duty station, my Marine husband called home one evening to tell me he would be late. "Dirty magazines were discovered in the platoon quarters, " he said, " and the whole squad is being disciplined."

I launched into a tirade, arguing that Marines should not be penalized for something so trivial.

My husband interrupted, "Honey, when I said 'dirty magazines' I meant the clips from their rifles hadn't been cleaned."

Keep it clean John.