Humphries Family History

 Monday: This evening after work, I was making supper and suddenly I felt extreme fatigue, like I was an appliance and had just been unplugged. It was difficult even to lift my arms. Very weird, but it passed in a few hours. (I have felt stronger each day and am back to normal now (3-31) Tuesday: Busy day at work, still tired tonight, but nothing compared to last night. Wednesday: work, laundry, finished the online portion of the BLS class (CPR) Thursday:  In one of my pre-op cases today a strange thing happened. I called the number listed in the patient's chart, asked for her by name (Juana), told her why I was calling, got from her a list of her medications and then her health history (allergies, surgeries, etc.) Had a nice conversation, then entered the info in her computer chart. About 5 minutes later she called me back and said, "I don't have an appointment coming up; could it be my mother you wanted?" Turns out she and her mother have the same first name and her...

  Hi all,    In a recent meeting, we were challenged to spend at least one minute a day writing in a journal of some sort. So my plan is to make this email even more like a journal, adding a line or two each day. The speaker who gave that challenge used the diary of one of his relatives, born in 1884. He felt that because she had written almost every day, sometimes only a word or two, such as "canned peaches," he knows her, and she is someone he loves and that they have "a tie that binds." Monday: on the flight home, from Minneapolis, Dad and I were in separate seats, about 10 rows apart. When we landed in SLC, we discovered we had chosen to watch the same movie during the flight, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. I thought it was neat that we picked the same movie! While at Sam's and Nat's, I was introduced to juicing and the health benefits it can bring, many that I need. We discussed it and ordered one which should be here tomorrow! Tuesday: ba...

  Hi everyone,     It's been a great week. Dad got to Minnesota on the 6th, I got here the 7th and Natalie's mom, Nan, later that day, and the Colorado Humphries, including Brad, arrived on the morning  of the 8th. Friday was a pretty, sunny day. Lots of sledding down the hill and preparing for the baptism. One night we watched The Karate Kid (1984), and another night there was The Farming Game! The baptism was great and all went smoothly. Then after lunch, the guys went to a car show and the girls went to the Mall of America, where the highlight was Maddie getting her ears pierced! Overnight we got about 5 inches of new snow. Church in the Apple Valley Ward was very nice. They had Ward Conference. We had a nice afternoon, but then it was time for Bradley, Ben, Lynsey, and Joseph to head back to Colorado. Now there's a rousing game of Sleeping Queens going on!    That's all I have to say, but I do have one question: did James buy a tractor this we...

  Hi everybody,    I hope you're all doing well. Dad is in Washington DC for a NACO conference. Then on the 7th, I'll meet him in Minnesota for Maddie's baptism. It's always nice to make one trip and see two families! I think we'll get to see Nan too!     I apologize to the birthday people this week; I'm using my bad knee as an excuse for not having your packages in the mail yet. Anyhow, the first Happy birthday goes to Spencer, who will be 7 on the fifth! Happy birthday all. Hopefully you'll get something soon! :)    Jocie and Janie came out Friday evening and the four of us had a nice visit. Then last night, Gran and I had a birthday supper at The Hickory, in Rexburg, with Jim, Clark, and a friend of theirs, Nick Haws. Turns out we all 5 had birthdays between Feb 18 and March 13. We had a nice time.     My knee immobilizer wouldn't stay in place; it kept sliding down, no matter how tight I cinched it up. Gran and I came up with a ...

  Dear everybody,    There are two things I need to clarify from my email last week.  First: I'm not sure how I did it, but the Stake Relief Society activity I'm helping to plan, is the same weekend of our "girls" get together. So obviously, I'll be in Meridian with Aimee, Lynsey, Natalie, Heidi, and Dixie that weekend. I'll do all I can to help prepare for the RS activity, but it's not the most important thing to me. Second: I said I have "so many" stumbling blocks, when referring to my ponderizing scripture, I didn't mean I have lots of problems or trials, I meant I have lots of weaknesses; that's the definition of stumbling blocks I was thinking of.    We're getting lots of snow, sometimes cold temps, but it's February, so I'm not complaining. I think winter is to make us appreciate the other seasons more.     At work, we're trialing a new position, that of an Intake Nurse, in the surgery department. My boss chose me to...

  Hi all,    First, something I forgot to include last week: Joseph Haeberle's wife, Mary's dad, Richard Mauery, passed away, on Mary's birthday (Jan 18), just a few weeks after her mom and dad had moved in with them. Her dad had cancer and was on Hospice. Gran and I got to go to the service they had for him in Rexburg, and I think the Mobley's went to the one in Pullman.     Sam, thanks for the email last week and all the wonderful pictures! It's so fun to see the girls in their dance recital, the ice fishing, and I love what you, Natalie, and Bradley are doing with your "mud room." Lots of work, I'm sure, but you'll enjoy it so much. Glad to know you survived the cold!    Moose and I just got back from taking a walk. The temperature is great, about 38 degrees, but the WIND is crazy strong! We headed south, which was a good thing; we got the worst of the trip over first, pushing into the wind. Then we turned around and headed north and it blew us...

  Hi everyone,    I know there is a lot of sickness going around; more than half of our patients at the hospital recently have been influenza and primarily RSV. Normally, the most common age of our patients is over 70 years old, but now it's been less than one year old! I hope you all are doing well and that if sickness comes, it passes quickly!    Also, I'm hearing that some of you (Minnesota) are having some extreme cold! Our winter, so far, hasn't been too severe. Please stay safe and warm!    Recently, over Marco Polo, I told Aimee how I feel that Stephen's mission will be a blessing to our whole family. Today I went to the Spanish Branch's Ward Conference. President Moon told about his son Bubba (Branson), who is in the Arkansas, Bentonville, mission. President Moon told about his younger sister, who isn't a member of the church, is married to a guy from St. Anthony, who isn't a member either. He said his younger sister was the roughest, toug...

  Hello everyone,    Happy birthday to Sam, this Friday! I hope it will be a good one!     The other day, Dr. Gary Lovell passed away. He was the doctor who delivered Heidi and Dixie. I got to thinking about the doctor who delivered Aimee, Ben, and  almost,  Sam. Dr. Orson Mabey, and his brother, Dr. Rex Mabey, had been our doctors for many years. The day Sam was born, I hadn't been making much progress, so the nurse hadn't called for the doctor yet; he lived just across the street from the hospital, so there was no rush. But suddenly, Sam was on his way and the doctor wasn't there. The nurse had Dad help her and all went well. Sam was the only one of you kids who came before their due date . . . even though it was just 3 days.     Today I spoke in Relief Society for the Egin Bench Ward Conference. Denise Rydalch, the Ward RS president, spoke first, then me, then President Jed Stoddard, the 1st Counselor in the Stake Presidency. Our...

  I was looking at the Playmill website recently and saw that they are doing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat this summer. My kids know the music, but have never seen the play so I'm planning to take them! The only night it is playing, that we are available to go, is Friday night. I know James and Noah, and possibly some of the other guys are going up to Darby Canyon on Saturday. So I'm thinking the earlier show would be better, if they want to go at all. They aren't going through the whole cave, not even close, but will probably be gone a good part of the day. It's a pretty good hike just to get up to the cave and then back. Anyway, here is a link to the website,  http://www.playmill.com/ . I think I'm going to go ahead and buy tickets for our family in the next couple of weeks. There are still lots of seats available right now, I just don't want to wait too long. Ticket prices have gone up since last time I was there, 5 years ago or so, so please d...