Plants vs. Zombies

I do love to play Plants vs. Zombies on my i-Pad.  So naturally it was the first thing to come to mind when looking at myself in the mirror this week...

I feel pretty, oh so pretty! I feel pretty and witty and bright! (Name that musical)

This picture doesn't begin to do justice to the color array.  Purple, blue, green, yellow, I've got it all.  The stitches were removed today, all 19 of them.  It feels pretty tender.  I was more than a little unhappy with the size of the darn thing until I talked to the PA at the dermatologist's office today.  She assured me that:

1) The cells they removed were dangerous, deep, and wide.  But not cancerous.

2) Dr. Young did a terrific job of sewing me up and it is healing well.

2) The scar will fade to a fine white line after about a year.

3) Make-up will cover the scar (eventually) if I care enough to hide it.

Best of all, I can make a really good impression on my students on the first day of school. 

Welcome to Statistics!  

If you don't do your homework, I'll eat your brains!

Huntsman or Smart?

I married well.  The pick of the litter.  Good hair.  Long eyelashes. Cries during greeting card commercials and whenever the primary children sing.  Looks like Governor John Huntsman.  Here is your quiz!

Huntsman or Smart? 

Huntsman or Smart?

Oh wait!  That last one wasn't a fair question because of the cute clue in the backpack.

Huntsman or Smart?

I'm not telling, but let's just say I'm constantly surprised that Larry is in the news.

Huntsman or Smart?

Again, not fair!  Larry's name is on the bottom!  Besides, would Gov. Huntsman wrap his face in plastic wrap and then plunge it into a tray of wet cement?  This piece of fine art can be found at the Bear Lake cabin, along with the immortalized faces of his brothers, Craig and David. 

Heck of a day

I went back to work at school today.  As much as I love my job, playing with family and in my garden is my preference.  After work it was all downhill from there.  As you can see from the lovely photo, I got a chunk o' cheek removed and a bunch of stitches.  My left eye socket is coloring up.  I might have a good shiner to go with the stitches. Dr. Young also took a chunk off my ankle.  While I was getting worked over at Dr. Young's my phone rang a couple of times and I hurried and silenced it.

Come to find out, it was Beaners, calling to let me know that our mommy was in the emergency room.  I ran across the parking lot from Dr. Young's office to see what was up, and found mom all lively, complaining about the pressure cuff on her arm being too tight, and worried about Dad.  Her right foot was white from lack of blood flow.  The diagnosis was a clot in her leg, and there was a big concern about keeping her leg healthy and also about clots flinging about and causing further damage.  LifeFlight was on its way to transport her to the SLC Inter-Mountain Hospital and a vascular specialist there.  Beaners left the emergency room so that she could run back to mom's house to reassure dad, to get books (mom needed entertainment), some overnight stuff for herself, and then to drive to SLC.  Mom was pretty excited about the helicopter ride, and the flight nurse assured her that she could be propped up so that she could enjoy the ride.  Mom waved and I took pictures on my cell phone.  If I ever figure out how to get the pictures off the phone, I'll post them!  For now, we are praying for successful treatment and a quick recovery.