WARNING: Not for the faint of heart!

So Chad seems to have had a lot of in-grown toe nails in the past few years.  He has gone to the doctor to have them removed before, but he has started to just try and remove them himself the past few times.  And now working for a surgeon he has access to all the instruments and lidocaine so this last time he decided to set up his own O.R. in our bedroom and take care of those darn toenails himself.  He painfully endured numbing up his own toes but then realized that to really get the toenails out that he couldn't get the right angle and asked me to perform the "surgery" for him.  
I really didn't want to do it.  I stalled as much as I could thinking that he would get tired of waiting and just do it himself.  But the only pair of sterile gloves that he had was a 6 1/2.  Much too small for him (and me for that matter).  I finally gave in and started what will go down in books as my "first surgery".  He wanted to make sure that it was done right this time and so he got some kind of chemical to apply to the toe matrix to kill the root so it wouldn't grow in that area again.  It smelled like framaldahyde (I have no idea how to spell that) and the smell alone was making me sick.   I started to feel all flushed and my hands were starting to feel numb (probably the too small gloves).  Chad gave me step by step instructions and with great hesitation, I started to cut.   

I kept telling Chad that I was starting to feel sick.  He said how are you going to be a nurse if you can't handle this?  I told him that as a nurse I won't have to do the cutting.  And that the cutting (and the smell) was what was bothering me.  
I did finally finish, both toes on both sides of the toe (with the help of my noble assistant, Lafe). And for the record, I could never be a surgeon!

Oh, and if you got through this post and you are feeling a little bit queezy,  don't say I didn't warn you.

First and Last!

Here it is April and we have planted our seeds for next seasons garden and they have started to sprout and we cut the last of our squash from last years garden!  Who would have thought that our veggies would last this long!  

Dance competitions!

Shina and her cousin Elle have were lucky enough to make the same dance team at Alpine Peaks dance.  They have been working hard for months to get ready for the spring dance competitions.  It has been so fun to watch Shina work so hard and practice as much as she does.  They had a lot of success at their first two competitions.  It is so fun for me to remember when I was competing and I hope that Shina enjoys it as much as I did.

Sagerino turns 5!

It's crazy to think that my little "Flo"  is five already!  She is such a special girl and it is so fun to watch her grow up and learn so many new things!  She started asking me in October how many days it was until her next birthday.  I was very glad for the big day to get closer so I didn't have to count so many numbers!  
Chad made Sage's favorite breakfast of German pancakes for her birthday!  
How fun it was to take a few of her friends and siblings to build a bear.  



That night we all went to dinner at Tepenyaki.  Both Lafe and Sager we a little scared when the chef lit the fire!  




The long awaited moment of opening her presents!  The day after Sage's birthday she asked me how many days until her next birthday!   Aaaargh!