Christmas Slideshow

For my lesson in Young Women's this week, I decided to make a slideshow of the life of the Savior. Enjoy!

My new favorite website

Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms Computer Geek,

I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for creating the website www.logmein.com. Your website allows me to crawl in my bed, still in my jammies, with my ouchie foot elevated, and still be able to work. All I have to do is go to your website, type in my username and password and tada, I am now on my work computer. It's heaven!

Your forever grateful customer,

Ouchie Foot Girl

ps. Thank you, Mr Boss, for letting me use this awesome modern technology

I'm thankful for.....in pictures

A busy day

This is what I did today. All....day.....long.....

Another Surgery

It's 1:29am and here I lay. Anesthesia wires me. I can not sleep for anything and my foot is throbbing. I'm hoping by returning to blog world, I can pull my frustration away from not being able to sleep and the pain and side track myself for a bit.

This morning I had surgery to once again fix a ruptured achilles tendon. Some people say it's good that I've already had the surgery once because "you know what you are getting into". I say it's not so good to have already had the surgery once because "I know what I'm getting into".

I must say, I quickly remembered how to use the crutches. Last time it took me 10 minutes to get to the bathroom and back, this time, it only takes 3.

I remember how to get in the tub. I attempted it tonight because I smelled like a hospital, and I hate that smell. I was successful and did not kill myself or drown because I remembered how to do it.

I remember how to carry things. You get creative. I needed crackers or some sort of food to take my meds. I crutched to the kitchen, grabbed a package of crackers, tucked them under my chin and crutched back to the bed.

So you might say I'm lucky that I can remember how to do all these things. I guess I am lucky.

What I don't like and what frustrates me the most is that I have lost my independence. I will be the first to admit that my nickname should be "miss independence". I hate, hate, hate asking for help, and when I do, I feel guilty for pulling someone away from other things they could be doing. I've come to a conclusion tonight. Maybe if I would learn to let others serve, I would quit being put in these situations. Maybe I need to learn that others want to help, that they are more then willing to help, maybe I had to have this surgery twice so that I can learn this lesson. And for those of you that are willing and do help and serve me, (and you know who you are), I am so very grateful. Thank you for looking past my stubbornness. :)

I'm also grateful for a great doctor. I've seen him at least once or twice a month for the last 14 months. He is dedicated to fixing me and trying to return me to 90%. He said to me this morning before the surgery that he would be sad when I was all fixed because then he wouldn't get to see me anymore. He then grabbed my foot and with a tear in his eye said "I consider you a friend, and I will try everything I can to fix you". I have been blessed with good doctors in my life.

Stay tuned for my adventures of life on crutches. If it's anything like last time, I will have many comical stories to tell.

Liberty's having a Birthday!

Another girl's having a birthday!

This little girl is 6!

Here is her birthday video. She picked the songs and really, really wanted Frosty the Snowman, and because I love her, I obliged! Enjoy!

Birthday Girl

This girls having a birthday! She's 3 today!

For my nieces birthdays every year, I make a video for them with pictures from the last year. I've been doing this every since Libby was born. She has 5 videos and today London gets video number 3! It's fun now that they are older and are expecting them every birthday. London actually told me what songs she wanted on her video....she wanted "enchanted" and "widdle mermaid" and of course she is so dang cute that I have to comply to all her wishes.

Here is her video. Happy Birthday to my London!

The Foot!

It's about time I give an update on "the foot"....

The cast came off on November 30th...

still on crutches though.

"the foot" before the stitches came out...

"the foot" and leg after the cast came off....it was NASTY! My leg hair was so long.....

A closer picture of "the foot" before the 2 hour long soak in the tub....

Shock therapy to break the scar tissue down so I can start real therapy. This happens every Monday and Thursday until February 18th....This picture isn't of the worst part, the worst part is when they stick my foot in that tub of water that you can kind of see....then they shoot electricity through the water. It hurts so bad I didn't even take a picture...bad memories......

and this is how "the foot" looks tonight.

....and my beautiful black accessory......I will be grateful when I never have to see this boot again..... hopefully I can get rid of it in March. This has been an awful surgery and recovery. My doctor says this is one of the worst surgeries you can have on your foot. My advice to you? Don't mess with the achilles tendon..

Back into the workforce..

I'm back in the workforce again....actually, I never really left, I just had the blessing of working from home for the last 4 years. Luckily it came to an end after I was off crutches and walking again. I'm working part time (30 hours a week) for the CPA firm Prince Hansen Gray & Associates. I have been hired on as their staff accountant. If I have to be back in the workforce, crunching numbers is where I want to be. It's also a blessing that I work from 11-5 and can still spend the mornings doing rehab on my foot. Speaking of my foot.....stay tuned for new pictures and an update on the recovery......