I Hope Everything Is well For All Of You

Dear family,
I hope that all is well for everyone.. Mom and I are doing great, Mom is working very hard at her new job and spending long hours.. She seem to like the interaction with all the people she is meeting and helping to learn about Hospice and Home Health.. She drive to kanab, Cedar city, and some times Page AZ.all for the purpose of educating folks about Zions Way Co.
we are both feeling well and greatful for that blessing.. My last Lab draw was good.. I am scheduled for another one this Monday right after my early morning dentist appointment to start fitting me for four front teeth caps..It should be a fun day..
I miss all of you and wish I could spend more time with each of you and the grand kids.. I guess Mindy will becoming the weekend of her birthday and staying until Monday morning.. Christi and her family are planning to come about the same time and stay with us until tues morning.. I think that sounds fun, and hope to see the rest of you all very soon.. I love each of you very much! I pray for the the Lords greatest blessing upon each of you... LOVEDAD

Since I really have nothing else....

So here I am again entering another bolg post. Since there really hasn't been much going on these last couple of week (other than the usual) I figured I would tease you all with yumminess of the food I made for dinner today!

First off I made a ham cooked in the fryer. It's like a turkey fryer, except that is doesn't use oil or grease! BONUS! but I have found it make some of the most tasty and moist cuts of meat! I have made a turkey, a pot roast, a pork roast and spiral cut ham twice now! It is amazing! I love it!

Next on the menu is the ever tasty, green bean casserole! Yummm!! I add a few extra onions on top simply because they are one of my favorite things!

Next I boiled some red potatoes and heated up some cream corn to put on top. (If you have never tried it, don't turn you nose up till you do! It's very tasty, if a bit more starch than one should ingest in one sitting!)

beautiful dinner rolls with butter and for dessert Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting! OH MY!!

Ok, First of all I have already eaten WAY more than I should have! I didn't even have room for cake! YET :) But typing that all out I think I gained a few pounds all over again!

Wish you all could have been here with us for our mini feast! Love you all! Have a great week!

Jana

UP DATE

Dear Family,
I hope everyone is doing very well to great.. Mom and I are doing very well.. Mom is working extra hard trying to get the right start in her new position as nurse educator.. but she realy seem to enjoy it a lot.. She went to the Celebrity Concert Series, last night with some friends here in the ward, and saw Romeo and Juliet and Chopiana Ballet, she had a a very good time and really enjoyed her self..
I had my Dr's appointment last Wed. My blood is staying in the low high range, which means that I am almost normal but not quite.. The doctor reduced my one med by one pill, that may not sound like very much but to me it felt like a gaint step.. we are trying to reduce the med very slowly to allow my body to make a slow adjustment.. The last time they reduced my med they did it one lump sum, this made my body start to react funny and I got really sick and my blood went down very fast which caused me to have to be transfused several times before everything started to turn around...
Our weather has spoiled us the last month in the middle 60's, well tonight we are having winds in the 30-45 mile an hour range and bring us some rain and a cold snap.. Reports are that more rain and cold weather is due on sat./sun.. oh well!!we must learn to take a little bad with the good..
My family It would be so nice to have some one beside Jan, and I, do an entry on our family blog.. If you could find the time it would really mean alot to me..
Jan, I really did enjoy the thoughts you shared on you personal blog and on the family blog.. You are very right when you reflect, it is not easy to be a Mom.. there are times when you ask for the wisdom of the ages to help protect your children from the pains of growing up.. Parents would do almost anything to keep them from going through the hurtful things we went through as we grow up.. The one thing I have learned over the many years is, our children often want to expeirence the chance to see if they can do it better than we did.. And sometimes they do because they may have watch us closer than we knew.. As for when our children want to move out on their own I know there was never a good time.. I know I was wrong to feel that way because everyone must learn to make it in this life on the own.. just like you did when you turned eighteen.. I don't think you will ever know how many sleepless nights I had worrying about how you safe you were etc.. but you did great, and learned life was not all fun and games,but also filled with alot of hard work..
Well my special Family, I want to tell each of you how very much you each mean to me, I am so very proud of each of you for the great example you are to me by the way you live your lives... LOVE DAD

Shall we have another?

Ok so here is another update from the Parker's.

Chet is doing really good with his shoulder but his back has been out for over a week. It is finally starting to feel a bit better. I think the cold weather has taken its toll on both of us this last couple of weeks as my knees have been giving me fits when I run for very long.

I have decided that I am going to attempt a 5k sometime this year, just to say that I did it! That is if my knees will cooperate and let me keep training for it. I am up to 3 mile in just under a half an hour, if I can finish the half hour. Sometime my knees hurt to bad and I have to drop to a walk. I will continue to work towards this goal however.

I started another type of manager training this last week, where they actually put me in a school all by myself and told me to manage it. The regular manager is working at a Jr High for the manager there who had knee surgery! I am SO glad they didn't put my in a Jr or Sr high school!!!! There is so much to remember to do just at an elementary school and even more so at the secondary schools! I think I might just have dropped dead of a heart attack at one of those schools. Truly though, that is why they did things the way they did.

The kids at the elementary are so stinking cute!!! I really have enjoyed being there with them. The work isn't hard, just stressful trying to remember everything that has to be done. I spent 4 extra hours of my time there that I will not get paid for as they do NOT give any type of over time. Bummer :(

Megan made it through her interview for the other job and now has to jump through some hoops before she can start working for them. The place is called "Chrysalis" and it is a place the special needs adults who can live on their own for the most part, but still need help with things like shopping and that sort of thing. She is planning on staying with Subway for the time being as well and trying to get some things paid off. (smart on her part)

Ford is still working for Arctic Circle but not many hours at all. He currently has a girl friend that I have yet to meet :/ I am not sure how I feel about this at the moment because all I have heard of her so far is drama!!! I asked him if that was the type of person he really wanted to end up with. He isn't talking to me much about it right now. His grades are still not good, but he is doing some make up stuff in a class he is taking at school. Hopefully he will pull off some sort of miracle and get himself graduated. I decided after all the fighting and stress I had with Megan, and trying to get her through school, that I wasn't going to go through that again with Ford! I ask him if he has homework and encourage him to get it done, but that is the extent of things really. If he doesn't want it there is nothing more I can do to make it happen, and I am too tired to fight with him about it. So I am hoping at some point that he will care enough to make it happen.

As for now, that is the update on things here at my house. I hope to hear SOMETHING from some of you soon! Miss and love you all! Jana & fam

Just a little update for The Parker Compound... Not much new is happening here. Chet is back to work pulling "light" duty...(as if). Megan is still working for Subway but has applied for another job that looks promising. I am not exactly sure what it is so I can't even tell you about it.

Ford is still working at Arctic Circle and school. If I make it through the rest of this year and next without having a nervous breakdown I am going to have such a party! Even if I do have a breakdown, I think I will have a party anyway, just for the heck of it!

I am wrapping up the last of my manager training. I will be done with it as of the 28th. I have applied for a managers position but haven't had an interview yet. I don't know where it would be as they never tell you before where you might be going. (in case they change their mind at the last minute, I think) I will keep you all posted one way or the other.

Well, that really is all I have! Love you all Jana

Wonderful Weather

We have had some interesting times so far this winter.. flooding that took out bridges and some roads in Wahington Co. .. Athough no one lost their homes here in Washinton Co. the folks in Beaver Dam Az. lost eight homes.. This years flooding had 2 x's the amount of water we received in the flood of the 2005 flood that hit washinton co.. Our area was much better prepared this time around,by having the river channels open and people in place to bring their equipment to differant points in the county to help keep the brides open from all the garabge that was washed away.. there was 30-40 foot trees taken down and broken up like tooth picks.. a bridge was wash into the river and had to be lifted out of the water by track hoes so it would'nt block the river and cause more damage..
That said I want to report the weather here is the kind we would like to bottle and use at a later time it has been beautiful! in the high 50's to 60-64.. Come on down and visit us..
Mom and I are doing very well.. Mom is very busy trying to train her replacement at work plus trying to do part of her new job.. She spent most of friday up in Cedar city helping do a health fair.. she reports great succese..
I want to express my best wishes to Dave and Jan, and hope they had wonderful birthdays.. I would also like to thank Mindy for making me a birthday list with everyone birthdays on it...
This past week end Henry and Judy Post come down to St george, and while they were here we showed them several places that was new since their last trip here.. They left for home this morning because Henry, has a Dr.s appointmment at the UU med center on monday, they said to tell everyone hello!
I love each of you all very much and hope to seeyou very soon.. My you all receive his greatest blessings I pray.. Love Dad

Happy New Year

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season... Mom, and I had a very quite New Year, she was down stairs putting her holiday puzzle togather and I was watching TV until about 11:56 then we watched the ball in time square fall to help bring in the year 2011... Our weather has been most intresting this year they say we have received over 300% of the water we normally get in the water year.. that is alot of wet...
I went monday, for my monthly blood draw I still haven't received the ressults yet so hear's hoping that I will be normal in both numbers range; that has not happened in almost 4 years.. Mom is doing very well and is anxious to get started in her new assigment at her work place that would be as a nurse markter...They did have interviews for her position today so that person should be ready for mom to start traing some time next week ??..
I was wondering what we had decided about starting the family letter? It was suggested that we send a notebook around so that everything can be togather and after it is filled up that it be sent to mom and for keeping.. There are so many special thing that are shared that it would be a shame to lose it again.. Anyway please let me know what you all think about this suggestion... I will buy the notebook and start the first letter if this is what everyone wants to do..Please think about it and let me know... Love Dad