What am I, a lion or a tiger?

i love grandma's house. you love grandma's house. everyone loves grandma's house. there are so many reasons for this-homemade egg rolls, christmas time, unconditional love and spoiling. one reason grandma's house seems different is that time stands still in her house more than any other place. my grandpa designed and helped build their house of 50 some years. besides just loving that place because it means family, i just love the actual house itself. these are just some of his special touches that i love.

my grandpa made these personalized cups with his label maker for us dang grandkids (he labeled e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g). i'm sure it's cause he was sick of us leaving a million cups everywhere, half filled with a&w rootbeer.

handcut tile something-or-others in the kitchen. grandpa had skilllls.

stove top heat dial. i just like this.

the volume/channel control for the mini tv in the kitchen. i thought a tv in the kitchen was the most advanced thing a person could have, thought my grandparents must have been so loaded. loved watching tv at the kitchen bar while eating my reeses puffs. the tv's gone, but this still is around to remind me of watching looney tunes on saturday morning.

i have no idea how old this is, but everytime i open the cabinet to get a cereal bowl, i see this taped to the inside of the cabinet door. grandma could never tell the difference between the two, so good thing grandpa pounded it into all of our brains. after a few decades, i can testify-along with my grandma- that this is in fact a tiger.

thank you mr. clooney, but you are too much

i had an ER immersion this week. immersion as in i watched at least 4 discs worth of episodes of the show.  i took care or someone who had it on continuous play all day, and i had to be in the room the entire day . i don't normally watch a lot of medical shows, maybe just an occasional "house." however ER has a special place in my heart ever since i started watching it at grandma's house when it all began (grandma's house with cable). the uptight dr. green, the young dr. carter who my mother adored, and that charming dr. ross (george clooney, of course) are all such good characters, although who doesn't like a dr. stamos running around on tv?!?

i loved the throw back to the mid-90's tv drama. that's not so bad for work, right? but it's not so healthy for me i realized. i dream a lot. and remember my dreams a lot. for whatever reason, televsion characters like to hop in on my dreams when i get too much. so this past week i haven't been able to sleep as my work and dr. ross worlds have collided; i have only been able to dream about busy hospitals and all the things i haven't done yet to help dying patients. i don't love to wake up after that kind of stress. so for now, i think i better stop work or stop that ER. or at least take them in smaller doses.

little george, compliments to lifethouch portriats

germs and me (first day of school)

on a side note, i would like to say thank you to little boy george. i've been a fan since i was in my youngest years. as children we had similar mushroom cuts, and similar ambitions (obviously). he gives me hope that i can rise above that silly ol' wedge haircut one day.

Auld Lang Syne: Here's to you 2010, you were good to us.

i have always loved the song "auld lang syne." i always get a liiiittle emotional at the end of "it's a wonderful life" when they sing it as george bailey realizes how much he's loved/how much he loves everyone. i don't know if that's where i first heard it, but i can remember singing as a kid at my grandma's house on new year's eve, glasses of welch's sparkling grape juice raised. although i didn't know a single word to the song, i loved it. i think grandma was the only one who did. does anybody really?!? i found out the other day WHAT those puzzling words actually were let alone meant.

"should auld/old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?" "for auld lang syne" means something like "for the sake of old times," i like that a lot. it kind of changed the meaning of new year's for me. i guess when i say changed, i mean actually gave it meaning. i guess the new year is a good time to look back at the old year and remember the good ol' days and great people that filled it. with this in mind, i'd like to honor a few of the best moments of 2010.

.grand canyon trip, hiking down to the colorado river with one million flies swarming our heads. but just when we were happy to be in a safe haven from the flies, we turned right around, ran, and jumped into the ice cold river.
.when i kissed richard simmons on the cheek. ohhhh, that wasn't me, never mind that was lisa. i'm uncontrollably jealous.
.kat's wedding back in illinois, dancing to justin bieber with PC and J. was like no time had passed, and i couldn't stop smiling.
.a much needed trip back to see the family in TN
.ski days at sundance...and not-so-ski days at sundance(i.e. going for one run and one run only with KJ and then directly to the park city outlets. found out trying things on with sno pants IS HARD! you got the foofy bum)
.oh yeah, getting my first real job. and then subsequently getting punched in the face and scratched by loving patients. (but seriously, i'm so grateful for a job right now. i'm lucky to have one)
.DTR bench every day of the spring and summer.
.getting destroyed tubing in tahoe. every time destroyed. also so fun i couldn't stop laughing or smiling.
.friday night babysitting ashtrash.
.lots of summer fireworks.
.hazing rachel into byu
i could go on, but no one wants to read all that! thanks friends and family for filling up 2010 with all good things.
here is a little shout out to Grandma. she's always good for a good booty drop or two on new year's eve.