Moose Alert

Driving home the other day my dad and I spotted two moose, a cow and her calf, just below our house. They were covered in burrs and disgusting! No wonder they are always so moody.

Look at the steam coming out of her nose.

There was a magpie that kept landing on her back.

Trick Trick Trick

Guess who doesn't like tricks? ME!!

So this kid asks me last week if I wanted to go help a lady count some fabric. Well I like to be a nice little helpy helper so of course I will go, no big deal right?? We were to meet at nine (at night), so we all get in this car and SURPRISE...the fabric store is in Burley (an hour and a half away) and we are going to be counting every yard of fabric ever made since 1911. Here are some things you might not know about me, when I go without sleep I get extreme stomach pain which converts to anger which makes me Godzilla. The challenge: count all fabric by row and shelf with cost and amount of yards...by morning. I hate going into a JoAnn's for 10 minutes with my mom, so I knew the next 13 HOURS were going to be miserable!There was even better news, no one brought a cd player. So two people played music off their phones. We had anywhere from Enya (if the goal was to put me to sleep you nailed it!) to the Ying Yang twins to random chapters of a book on tape. Also you can't count and talk to people, so there was no talking.These are some of the sheets of rows and shelves. Hardest $60 I ever made

Moral of the story: always think twice before reckless service!

FINALS!!

I just finished my last final. I haven't seen my grades yet, so the worrying continues but for now I need to get myself together and clean up my act. This is what happens to your room during a semester of Med-Surg nursing...

There is a crappy book shelf with books exploding off the edges. The floor is full of papers and careplans and clothing. There is a bike tire, pilgram hat and cd collection strug out everywhere! How can I live like this? (Thanks to my roommate for introducing me to the show Horders, I have a great desire to clean all this crap up before I have to strap myself to a chair so I don't fall and get wedged in my clutter!)

Bad Day

Do you every thing you are having a bad day? It could be worse, you could come home to the sound of gushing water to find your basement flooding and your ceilings caving in. Broken pipes always ruin the holiday cheer!

Grampa Kirkham in his snow boots vacuuming up water.

Trying to catch the water flowing through the ceiling

What used to be a ceiling.

Christmas Spirit

The city of Pocatello is probably on a very very small budget, but despite that they still managed to string some Christmas lights professionally.

Things that bug me...

1. Finding mold on my brand new cucumber
2. Waking up to a clogged toilet (I assure you I am not the clogger)
3. Having the bottom of my pants be wet...all of the time
4. Studying so long my bottom feels like it has a pressure sore
5. Being so tired I fall asleep trying to decide what I will do that is productive
6. A messy room (which it looks like Hurricane Katrina right now)
7. People leaving rotten milk in garbage cans so it smells like vomit and I begin to dry heave
8. Almost breaking my neck in adorable high heels that I apparently can't walk in
9. Having to pay 42 cents for a stamp (or more, I can never keep up with these dang increases)
10. People talking as loud as possible in a clearly marked no-talking zone of the library
I really am full of holiday cheer somewhere deep down!