March wrap-up

Well, there has not been alot that has happened in March. I have been very busy at work, it's not even the busy season yet. I really love my job. It is really great. I get to do lots of design work, but in addition I get to meet with clients (which I like) and I get to interact daily with the Latinos (which I love) Alot of them are Hondurans who speak similar to Salvadorans so I get to practice my Salvadoran accent. I get to be outdoors about 1/2 of every day. This job is better than I could've imagined.
My fingers are better. The Doc said most stitches stay in for about 10 days. Some of mine where in for 21 days. It's been 24 miserable days since I cut them.
You can see where the blade went thru. I now have 95% full use of my fingers. I need to wait a little longer for the internal sutures to dissolve to be able to really use my hand with confidence, right now I'm still a little hesitant to really yarf on on em. The weather has been quite pretty and everything is in bloom. I wanted to post this pic:But then this happened:What month is it anyway? I took Henry to see "Horton Hears a Who" last night (his first time to a theatre. He loved it by the way. After the movie we went out and it was nearly blizzarding. We walked over to Jack-in-the-box for some fries and we stopped to play in the snow. then when we got home (at 10:30pm) we made a big snowman. We had alot of fun. Even though we are freezing! Well, till April, here is a parting shot of us (well most of us, someone had to take the pic)

Great /slash/ painfull start.

Get it? Wait just a sec.
So my first week at my new job was fabulous. I heard nary a curse word the whole week: which is unheard of in my industry. My boss is Mormon and one of the other Project Managers is / was too. I got a nice Ford F-250 extended cab to drive. I got my business cards and phone already. In contrast other companies have taken months to do the same. My laptop will be delivered tomorrow. This is the first job where I feel that I am neither "in over my head" nor "wasting time and talent". I return calls from people looking for our services, meet with them, design/ determine the program, put a crew on it, make sure the crew does it right, order materials, and help with the technical stuff. I love it. This is also the first company where I can see a long term future.
Well you are probably dieing to know why I said a "painful" start. Well Thursday I was teaching the crews how to prune hedges the right way. "look is that a rabbit?!" [name that movie] I was working with motorized Hedge Shears. They function like Hair Clippers but for hedges. Ther were 2 pairs, both turned off. I was trying to start one, and I couldn't do it. As I let go of the cord my hand slipped backward into the 2nd set. The freshly sharpened set! Any how it hurt my thumb, as I looked at my thumb I felt something warm on the back of my hand, I turned it over and saw 2 Hollywood style large gashes or slashes (get my joke?) on the back of my 1st and 2nd finger. Well after forcing myself out of shock, I cleaned them up in the garden hose and determined that I would need stitches. I called my co-worker to come get me. While He was getting there I finished lining the crew out on the job. To shorten things up I ended up getting 19 stitches; 3 in my thumb, so 8 on both fingers! Don't worry it hasn't slowed me down hardly at all at work. A cute anecdote: Henry found a Band-aid yesterday and put it on. He said to Lyn "I need this, I hurt my finger." "How" replied Lyn. "I cut my finger, real bad!" "really?" Lyn said. "yeah with pruners... Wanna see it? it's pretty gross." Wow I knew Henry looks up to me, but even to the point of pretend wounds!? Wow!
Well that's it for now.
.........................There is a picture below in the picture section IF you want to see my stitches, otherwise your imagination will suffice.

Trip to Utah

I'm trying this new way to post pics; within the text. Let me know if you like it or hate it or just leave a comment for fun.
Well alot has happened but not alot to write about. We flew to Utah last Friday and stayed till Friday the 29th. We visited with Mom and Dad Tidwell, Grandparents, brothers and sisters (on both sides) and old friends from school. It was pretty cold down there. When we arrived there was almost two feet of snow on the ground. It was sunny most of the time we were there although it was not very warm. The kids had a blast, and got very little sleep and got colds too. :) oh well! I enjoyed seeing my old professors and friends from school . Two of them took jobs with the University. Seeing my bother and sister was a high point. I am trying to get them to move to WA. [Audrey, you know you want to be up here, think of all the hiking... :) ] On Thursday we went to a cool park and had a great time. It had some toys that were even fun for adults. It was sunny and peaceful.
Well church was nice today, I bore testimony in front of the congregation to the fact that God knows each of us and is aware of our sufferings and blesses us, usually through the kindness of other people. Like the song says "I have no hands but yours".
I start my new job tomorrow. I am very excited, yet very nervous at the same time. I will have a lot of responsibility, more than I have ever had, and while I know I can do it, it still makes me nervous. Life is going well. In addition to this great new job, we cannot describe the happiness that we feel for the blessing that it is stay in our lovely house and in our great ward. I put up a new light fixture in my kitchen and it transformed it. It completes the 'Retro' look that I was going for. It also adds more depth to the room while improving the lighting. I get so excited about aesthetics; inside, outside, home, garden, or auto. I am turned on by enhancing things. This house has been alot of fun.