1. What were you doing 5 years ago?
March 2003..... I was working in gynocology, and looking for any another practice to work in. oh well. Lori was about to have Olivia! She was 'great' with child and had just had 4D Ultrasound done by a friend of mine with Olivia's first portrait (in utero); Hannah was 3! Mandy and Katy were living in Layton and used to come up and spend lots of time with us! Scott and Kennedy lived in that neat old house in SLC! Chris was dating Regina! We had family pictures done, so so cute; we had asked Chris if we should include Gina in the pictures, or some of the pictures! Two weeks later...engaged! (We still need some more pictures you guys!) Our little family has almost doubled in 5 years.
THEN: Kids and kid in laws: 10; Grandkids:7, 1 boy and 6 girls. So there were 19 of us! We have been so blessed to add 4 daughter in laws, 1 son in law, and 7 more kidlets (4 of them boys!)
NOW: In May it will be 15 kidlets, 5 boys and 10 girls!! That makes 32 of us for heavens sake!!Whew! I have not heard of any new announcements after Lori's baby comes in May.......anyone? Richard was a junior in high school; Chris,Jon,Joe were at USU and living with us, Tommy and Shari in Wa in the navy! Tom said "What was I doing? Same same, huh?" Not same same, he was busy with his practice, but Landmark had not entered the picture yet! He did still travel a bunch, but now those hearings he does can be telecommuted ...via phone and internet rather than in person! Much more high tech! This was pre iPod days as well! He dragged his HUGE CD collection in the car!
2. 5 things on my to-do list today:
Lorna:
Laundry,
Family Search Indexing,
Work out,
Clean bathrooms
Tom:
See patients,
phone calls for Seminar Leader Program,
Study,
Work out
Fix dinner, Do dishes, Scrub Floors, Clean garage, fertilize yard, Take out garbage cansCall mom, study scriptures, manicure nails. When those jobs are complete then.....
3. 5 snacks that I enjoy
L: Diet Coke with Lime and Diet Coke without Lime,
Diet Cherry Choc Dr. Pepper yummy!
Super Muffers,
lately almonds, dry roasted unsalted
veggies
T: Chips,
Crackers and cheese,
Nuts, mostly cashews
Ice Cream,
cold pasta
4. 3 bad habits:
L: Clean the kitchen counter every 2 1/2 minutes?
I really do not like to get up in the morning, the rest of the day is easy after that! Once up I am glad I am up, it's the waking up part!
I often fall asleep without washing my face!
I LOVE to read in bed, and I can lose all sense of time easily
T: Tom has only one: Drives while eating french fries and dipping them into catsup, drinking a
diet coke, getting things out of his briefcase, dialing the phone, writing e mail (seriously we have wireless/mobile internet), shaving and showering, reading newspaper, cleaning the windshield, tuning the music and mowing the lawn!
5. 3 good habits:
L: I leave a room cleaner than it was when I came in! Something my mom taught me to help keep things organized.Then imagine my surprise when Landmark taught this principle!
I read and study every day!
SSheesh I don't know....I shower regularly, do not drink or smoke, put my clothes away
I stop for pedestrians...
T: Call my mom regularly!
Punctuality (this is a real victory, but I am on time now!)
Tell Lorna I love her every am and pm (at least) , make her laugh, and thank her
6. Places I've lived:
L: Torrance, Saratoga, Sunnyvale and Concord CA
Provo, Orem, Layton, Ogden, Clearfield, and Smithfield,UT
Middleton, and Monroe, OH
Alexandria, Groveton, Falls Church, Vienna, and Annandale, VA
Tempe, AZ
T: Davis, CA Phelps NY Filer ID
Hollister, CA Gilroy, CA
Twin Falls, ID Logan UT Provo UT, Rupert, ID Hayden Lake, ID
Terre Haute, IN Lakawana, NY LaCrosse, WI
Jerome, ID Kaysville, UT Smithfield, UT
7. Jobs I've had:
L: Paper route, Imagine that for 5 yrs!
bank teller
grocery checker
waitress, (one horrible day)model
receptionist,clerk
Medical Assistant
Aerobics and exercise Instructor for 8 yrs
PA-C
Tom:
Insulator
Cashier, Bag Boy
Cement work, Framing, Laborer
Head Resident
Interor Design Store Owner and designer
Cook, bus boy, dishwasher
Psychologist, Coach
8. 5 things people don't know about me:
9. Favorite Self Indulgences:
L: Sleeping in the sun on the beach or even poolside!
my perfume
Designing and making a pieced quilt
Having a Cleaning Service
Tom: Sports,
Road Trip!
Out to a nice rerstaurant
Create a great meal
10.Favorite Movies or shows
Lorna: Remember the Titans,
Nightmare Before Christmas,
Dances with Wolves
Blazing Saddles
Witness
Scent of a Woman
Twelve Angry Men
Don Juan deMarco
My Fair Lady
Funny Girl
Simon Birch
Scrubs
Tom: Law and Order
Family Thing
To Wong Fu
Young Frankenstein
Men of Honor
Schindler's List
Rob Roy
The Fisher King
Hook
The Scent of a Woman
Bambi
The Teletubbies Do Dallas
Witness For The Prosecution
South Pacific
Second Hand Lions
11. Your Dream Vacations
L: 1) A Christmas in an isolated cabin, high up and deep in. The cabin is large with huge stone fireplaces, 4 cords of wood stacked in a shelter, and big down beds and lots of great animal fir throws. We'd cook and bake everything for Christmas in the enormous kitchen, from the wonderfully stocked pantry. We'd snowshoe out and cut a great big fir tree, drag it in, and make ornaments. We'd have music, but no TV. We'd have Wii, but no playstations! Of course there is a hot tub right outside on the deck! We could cross country ski, build snow forts, tubing, ice fish on the lake. We would be there for a few days before Christmas, our kids would come up by Christmas Eve, and stay a few more days
2) Tahiti, and South Seas
Tom: Tahiti, Tahiti, Tahiti
Golf Pebble Beach and Spyglass
12. What would you do with 10 Billion Dollars?
L: Taxes and Tithing, pay all debts! Meet with a genius financial analyst and set up a plan for self perpetuation of wealth. Build a home somewhere south of here on a few acres for some animals, garden, and caretaker; with a library of my own filled with wonderful books for kids of all ages; We would build homes nearby for any of our kids that want to be there and participate with garden and animals; build an air strip, and buy a small jet. Think of the small farm in Conn. that Martha Stewart just sold! Set up a Non profit Foundation to Feed, and Educate and provide Immunizations, this would be a Foundation that raises funds for these projects. Set up a All Moms at Home Business to keep the girls all home with their kids! We would design and produce children's stuff....games, furniture, music, toys, clothes, bedding, develop nourishing packaged foods for kids that travel easily.....whatever we decide to produce! Set up a Family Trust Fund with diverse investments; for missions, college (to fund student loans), reunions etc . Develop the software for a cooking, shopping, storing and tracking foods and recipes in a website, that includes UPC scanner and mass calculations for freeze ahead....and tracking all storage items shelf lives! Test the recipes in a test kitchen and market the thing! Publish Children's books; for children but also BY children! Publish a Parenting DVD and website with some great parenting theories and programs!
Tom: Well Just see the above cause now I am done! I will just go to work I guess!
3 comments:
Good post guys. It was fun to learn more about you and your past. And I love your detailed vacations and what to do with your money. Your funny. It does sound like a great vacation.
That was fun to read. I love your vacation description, too. Let's make that happen! :) j/k
I didn't know you lived in Saratoga, Lorna. I have a good friend from there.
I enjoyed reading this, too. Dad, I didn't know about the interior design store thing. Tell us more. We really will have to make the Pebble Beach/Spyglass thing happen some day, too. Lorna, I love your Christmas vacation description and what to do with money ideas. I like you guys.
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