I love you Grandma!

On Thursday July 9, 2009, I received a call from Eric (oldest brother) while at work. Now our family doesn't call just to chat so I knew something was up. I answered the phone and asked him what was up. He said that Grandma Fairchild had passed away earlier in the day. I wasn't sure if he was serious and all I could say was "your joking". Unfortunately he was not. Grandma died of a massive heart attack while at Physical Therapy. She was on the treadmill and had gotten off to grab the sanitizer spray. As she was walking to pick it up, she collapsed. The Physical Therapists began CPR and revived her for just a moment, but then she was gone. Grandpa Fairchild was there with her when she passed. Grandma was laid to rest on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, next to her parents in Nampa, Idaho. The following is Grandma's obituary:

Lorraine (Geisler) Fairchild 1925 - 2009 Lorraine Fairchild, 83, a long-time resident of Nampa, Idaho, died suddenly Thursday, July 09, 2009 in Nampa of causes related to age. Lorraine was born September 1, 1925 to Lester Fredrick Geisler and Ada Andersen, in Central, Bannock (now Caribou), Idaho. She moved with her family to Nampa in May 1929. While attending Nampa High School, she met her future husband, Wayne Oliver Fairchild. They married on June 20, 1942. Their marriage was later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on October 8, 1959. The focus of Lorraine's life was her husband Wayne and their children: Terry Wayne (Nancy) Fairchild of Nampa, Diane (Lynn) Christiansen of Boise, Loanne (Terry) Adler of Caldwell, and Kevin Jon Fairchild of Nampa; their 17 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. A life long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lorraine held various callings including Relief Society President, Primary President, and Temple Worker in the Boise Idaho Temple. She served a full-time mission with her husband in the Denver Colorado Mission from 1986 - 1987 primarily serving in Fort Collins, Colorado and Guymon, Oklahoma where they made many friends. She spent her last years providing service for LDS Humanitarian efforts and LDS Family History Indexing. Her talents were many, but remembered most by her family will be her pot roasts, homemade chicken & noodles and potato salad; the many wedding quilts that adorned her children and grandchildren's beds; the canned fruits, jams and jellies, pickles and other assorted vegetables, much of which came from her large garden; the personally monogrammed baby towels that greeted each new descendent; the birthday cards she sent on each child, grandchild and great-grandchild's birthday; the many and various family histories and stories of her progenitors and descendants alike. Besides her parents, Lorraine was preceded in death by a daughter Judy Ann, a son Darwin G, her brothers Keith Lester and Lyle Andrew Geisler, her sister Maxine (Geisler) Bristow and one great-grandchild, Jessica Dawn Fairchild. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 15 in the Nampa 33rd Ward LDS Chapel, 6111 Birch Lane, Nampa. A viewing will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Zeyer Funeral Chapel, 83 N. Midland Blvd. Nampa, and at the church on Wednesday from 12-12:45 p.m. prior to services. Bishop Shawn Adams will preside. Interment will follow at Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Nampa.

Health News

Okay so the health in mine and Bill's little family has not been so great lately. Bill was sick with the flu for about a week (starting 2 weeks ago). We happened to catch it early enough that he only missed 2 days of work. That and I work at a doctor's office and made him go in to be seen. I can report, after some meds and rest, that he is feeling much better and only has a cough still hanging on.

Now for myself, it is not that easy. For the past 7 months I have been having what I refer to as episodes. It all started out with flashes of "memories". Now I don't know if they are memories of things that actually happened to me or were in a movie or a dream. All I know is I would have a flash of this memory and try to concentrate on it to figure out what it was. I would then get light-headed, nauseated, and kinda disoriented, all of this followed by a headache and sometimes a cold sweat. I would have to either lie down or put my head between my legs so not to pass out. Since it all started, I have had upwards of 20+ episodes, with some being worse than others, but not all with the memory flash. I have had them while lying down, sitting, standing, talking to someone, eating, sleeping, working, or just being plain lazy. There is no common denominator between all instances. They only last for about 2-3 minutes, or at least I think that is the timing. I am just baffled.

Well most recently I had them Monday, Tuesday night and Wednesday day. I finally got fed up with feeling this way and decided to be checked out by one of my bosses (remember I work in a doctor's office). I had my blood sugar, blood pressure, and heart rate tested, all of which were normal. I then had blood drawn and tested, everything normal and in tip top shape. So what could it be? We don't know. So next Friday, I will be going to have a CT Scan of my head to see if there is any neurological damage. (I know I just left myself open for jokes.) If nothing is found, I am not sure what is next. Maybe just forget about it or do more extensive tests. We shall see. Until next time...

Dreams...

Okay so I need a dream interpreter. I have been having some very odd dreams lately. First, I have a dream that I am pregnant, but don't tell my husband because I am afraid that he will be mad at me. I am afraid that he will think I got pregnant on purpose so I wouldn't have to work anymore (I want to stay home w/ the kids).

The next night I had a dream about Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. They look the same, but a more teenage version of themselves. They are singing a duet, not odd, but it was not a song they have ever sung together. It was a Shania Twain song. I can't quite remember the name of it, but it was about being a woman. I'm sure if I heard it, I could point it out.

Then a couple of nights later I had a dream about some famous lady. I can't remember who it is, but I know she is well known (we'll call her Susie). Anyway, she was being threatened at her home and ran to the neighbor's house. He was some creepy guy that only wanted to do harm to people. The guy's daughter (let's say Donna) came home and took Susie away before her dad could do any harm. As Donna and Susie are walking down the street, things just start flying at them. First it is newspapers and then it escalates to larger items like cars and buses. I can't see what is throwing/blowing these items at them, but I know it really freaked me out. It scared me enough to wake me up.

Last night was the weirdest of them all. I was on some outing with my entire family. I can't remember where we were, but we were ALL there. My right hand started to hurt so I looked at it. The top half of my ring finger was all red and swollen. I have no idea what caused it so I decided to squeeze my finger. As I was squeezing it, little thorns started to pop out. It didn't hurt so I kept squeezing. I got about 5 thorns out, but my finger was still swollen. I thought there might be more so I continued to squeeze my finger. With this one last squeeze, out came a 3-4 inch long snake (less than a 1/4 inch round). Once it came out, the swelling and the dream were gone.

So tell me, what do my dreams mean? They are starting to scare me. Until next time...