LOST...Spoilers from last season

The 2 main reasons I watch LOST

Well fans...Lost is back on Thursday night. If you're feeling Lost yourself tune in Wednesday night for a recap. My highlights from last season are:

• Sawyer and Kate kissing...etc.

• Charlie's message via sharpie "Not Pennys boat"

• John Locke killing his father and carrying his body across the island to "the others."

• Jack does surgery on Ben and almost kills him.

• Jack brings Juliet back to the group.

• Sun finds out she's pregnant but isn't sure who the father is...her husband or her lover

• The episode with the flash fowards...everyone has been rescued and they return to their lives but they are miserable. They realize that they never should have left the island. Crazy stuff.

• I also loved the episode with the flash backs of Ben. We learn he came to island with his father who was hired as a janitor. Ben encounters "the others" as a 12 year old boy and he helps them form a mutiny and kill everyone that works for the company.
  

Welp, I've been tagged by Shannon

So here we go.

Four jobs I've had:

1. Staff Auditor at Ernst & Young
2. Product Marketing Intern at Veritas Software
3. Business Development Director at Informera
4. Account Manager at Cisco Systems

Four places I've lived:

1. Orange, CA
2. Provo, UT
3. Morrisville, NC
4. Reeedondo Beach, CA

Four movies that I love:

1. LOTR Return of the King
2. Mystery Science Theater 3000 = City Limits
3. Dumb & Dumber
4. The Godfather (...edited version...)

Four favorite foods:

1. Rachel's chicken broccoli sandwiches
2. Chips & beans from Rubio's
3. Oatmeal cookie dough
4. Poppycock

Four weird things about me

1. When I walk on the sidewalk with every step I try to position my feet so that they intersect with an imaginary line at a 45 degree angle coming from the corner of each sidewalk section. Does that make sense to anyone?
2. In my closet, all my shirts MUST face left, as in the buttons must be facing left as you are looking into the closet. KILLS me when the dry cleaners put my clothes the "wrong" way on my hangers.
3. I can fall asleep in almost any setting. Examples: At the movies when Star Wars episode 4 was re-released back in 1997; In Russia during visits with members/investigators I often zonked out mid-conversation; As a teenager I was a math tutor, and several times fell straight asleep at the kitchen table teaching geometry; While driving a car I fell asleep & crashed through a stop sign; When I worked for SRS as a teenager I fell asleep while scanning bank statements; On the couch watching TV...need I say more?
4. My favorite weather is overcast, especially late afternoon when the sun is almost down

Four favorite TV shows:

1. Heroes
2. Lost
3. 30 Rock
4. Scrubs

Four places I'd love to go:

1. China
2. Caribbean
3. Thailand
4. Italy

Code Blue

It finally happened. I had my first code blue today since returning back to work. My elderly patient was choking on her dinner and a nearby nurse jumped onto her bed and did the Heimlich maneuver. The patient was still choking pretty bad so we called a code blue and after a few minutes the food came up and she was ok. Today was so busy at work. I felt like a crazy person running around all day.

Please tell me! Do I look really young? Someone thought I was in high school and then someone else thought I was 21. When I look in the mirror I see...well I don't see a 21 year old. Matt was telling me people at his work usually think he is 24 or 25. (It could be worse...right Brooke?). Matt is so excited when he finds a gray hair. He wants to go prematurely white...he thinks it will make him look distinguished.

This blog entry is really random. I just needed to vent after work.

Tag I'm it...again

Four jobs I've had:

1. Mom
2. Nurse
3. Giving shots to missionaries at the MTC
4. Teacher's aide at a daycare

Four places I've lived:

1. Redondo Beach
2. Provo...I miss Brick Oven
3. Tustin...Still feels like I live there because I visit so much
4. Mountain View (San Jose)

Four movies that I love:
This one is impossible for me so I'll put 4 movies I've recently watched or want to watch

1. Spider Man 3...fell asleep after 45 minutes
2. Batman Begins...It's on my DVR
3. I want to rent Sense and Sensibility because I just finished the book
4. I really want to see Juno because I'm a crazy Jennifer Garner fan :)


Four favorite foods:

1. Homemade pizza with sausage, mushrooms, and olives
2. Rhonda's rolls
3. Brownie Sundae from CPK
4. Most Mexican food


Four weird things about me

1. I have major OCD about how I organize my grocerys on the conveyor belt
2. I hate driving
3. I always pack for trips at the last second...drives my mom nuts
4. I love to play Zelda on game cube...the Hollywood Video guy seriously thought that was weird!


Four favorite TV shows

1. The Office
2. Project runway
3. House
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. Survivor Man...he keeps me company when Matt's out of town


Four places I'd love to go

1. Paris
2. Carribean Cruise
3. China...to walk on the Great Wall
4. Mount Rushmore...since I was a kid I have always wanted to go there


I tag Brooke, Jackie, Amy, and Ashlie

Lessons in Modesty

Jackie watched the girls for me a few days ago when I had to work. While Sabrina was napping at "Maga's" house Jackie took Halley and Natalie to Target. This is of course Natalie's most favorite shopping destination...mainly for the popcorn (she is a Riley after all). Jackie told me that while they were there Natalie lifted her shirt above her head and said, "Look, I'm Ariel!" Jackie said everyone was looking at her. (I am used to that). She told Natalie that Ariel is not modest. Natalie then pulled her shirt down but proceeded to pull her sleeves off her shoulders. She said, "Now I'm Sleeping Beauty but she's not modest." Jackie pulled her sleeves up and encouraged her to be Cinderella for the rest of the shopping trip. Thanks Jackie!!!

I forgot to tag someone

Mom...your turn!

Matt here:

The ladies get to have all the fun in the blogosphere, so I want to take a moment to join in. I have taken the liberty of acting as proxy for my spouse and "tagging" myself. Here are my responses:

Three names you go by:
1. Matt Riley (literally, most people call me by my full name, even to my face)
2. Riles
3. Dr. Riley

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Gold Toe socks
2. Jeans

Two things you aren't wearing right now:
1. Purple cowboy hat
2. Ski goggles

Two of your favorite things to do:
1. Mario Kart Double Dash
2. Rhyme, dart trouble cash

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. Poppycock
2. Red Vines


Two favorite pets you have had/have
1. Harlowe. Is the plural form of Harlowe "Harli?" Yes I think so.
2. A Gecko. No, he didn't have a name, and yes, he can still qualify as a favorite pet, namelessness notwithstanding.

Two things you did last night:
1. Drove to Palos Verdes Estates
2. Set the alarm clock for 5:45am. Why?? Because apparently I hate myself.

Two things you didn't do last night:
1. None of your business
2. Whittle an altar out of a single block of wood

Two things you ate today
1. Cocoa Puffs
2. Bean & Bacon soup

Two people you last talked to:
1. Rachel
2. Paraag

Two longest car rides:
1. Irkutsk to Ulan Ude (Not the longest in terms of actual time spent, but it felt the longest due to -30 weather, windows down because the taxi was old & beaten up/Russian, etc., and it was from 11pm to 8am).
2. Irvine to Saddleback hospital (When Rachel went into labor w/ Natalie, it was 5pm on a weekday & rush hour traffic was unbearable, so Rachel's brother took her to the hospital & I got there as soon as I could).

Two favorite holidays:
1. Christmas
2. Ivan Kupala (Ivan "bathed," the day in Russia when you throw water balloons & buckets of water on anyone & everyone. No one is exempt, no matter how well dressed or important you THINK you are)

Two least favorite holidays:
1. Arbor day
2. Bedding Manufacturers' Appreciation Day Observed

Two favorite beverages:
1. Martinelli's
2. Whole Milk

Two words I've made up:
1. Kholodnyatina (Russian mixture of "chilly" and "tasty")
2. psychomological. Try saying it, the extra syllable just makes it sound better.

OK, that's my contribution to the internets for today.

-Matt

Cell Phone Pictures

Looking CuteSitting in front of Grandma's house

Sabrina riding with Paga

Natalie loved talking to Santa!

What are you doing Sabrina?

Sickos

Natalie and I are both sick. She has some sort of stomach virus and I have a terrible cold with body aches. Luckily, Sabrina and Matt are still healthy. It's amazing to me at how often I get sick. I just got over a cold about 3 weeks ago and here I am again. I always seem to get sick when I am super stressed and I guess I have been these last couple weeks. I think I can count on my hands how many times Matt has been sick since we've been married. He usually never gets a cold but he will lose his voice and get a little cough.

The best was the night Natalie was born and Matt spent it in MY hospital bathroom throwing up. I asked the nurse if she could get him some gatorade and she informed me there was a vending machine on the first floor. Thanks a lot. He went home to recover and came back to the hospital to be with me the next night. I woke up in the morning and he was gone. A little while later he staggered into my room and said he had been in the ER with chest pain. He had severe inflammation in his esophagus from throwing up so much and to him it felt like chest pain.

Another memorable sick moment for me was when I passed out in front of my nursing class during our lab and hit my head on the counter top on the way down. I later found out that everyone was really excited to practice their nursing skills on me. They took my blood pressure and pulse and even wheeled me out to a car where someone drove me to the student health center.

Hopefully, we'll be better soon and I will post some pics that I downloaded from my cell phone.

Tag I'm it!

I got tagged so I have to fill out this fun little survey.

Two names you go by:
1. Rach
2. Hot stuff

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. shirt
2. Jeans

Two of your favorite things to do:
1. Taking my kids to Disneyland
2. Going on dates with my hubby

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. Lunch
2. To lose 10 lbs


Two favorite pets you have had/have
1. Natalie
2. Sabrina

Two things you did last night:
1. Watched Matt play Burn Out
2. Made dinner

Two things you ate today
1. Oatmeal
2. Oatmeal cookies

Two people you last talked to:
1. Matt
2. Brooke

Two longest car rides:
1. Orange County to Utah
2. North Carolina to New York

Two favorite holidays:
1. Christmas
2. 4th of July

Two favorite beverages:
1. Crystal Light
2. Diet Rootbeer

Now I have to tag someone...I tag SHANNON because she might be the only person who looks at my blog!!!

Fun with Elmo

Sabrina got this huge Elmo for Christmas from our babysitter Halle. Sabrina was pretty skeptical about the whole thing at first but now she's starting to warm up to him.

Thanks!

I had so much help this week from my family. I just wanted to tell everybody thank you.

Shannon watched them Monday and Thursday and even got them new outfits!!!

Grandma Rhonda had the girls on Wednesday

Daddy was director in charge of logistics

Grandma Rushton took them on Tuesday

Little Company of Mary

I started my hospital orientation this week. I shipped Matt and the girls off to Orange County to float between JoAnne, Rhonda, and Shannon. I got to see the girls Tuesday night and Matt will be bringing them home tomorrow night. I hope they haven't been missing me too bad. I have had fun going out to lunch with co-workers and then shopping on the way home. I always feel like I'm forgetting something. I check my purse like 12 times an hour and then I realize that I'm kidless.

Anyway...I wanted to let you all know, since I have been bugged about this several times, what "little company of Mary" means. It's a reference to the “little company” of faithful followers who stayed with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, at the foot of the Cross throughout his suffering and death. Yes...it's a catholic hospital. I've been looking for the scripture reference...help Dad!

Sabrina Talking...with her mouth full

My Top 10 Holiday Memories 2007

1. Cousin pajama party with new pj's
2. Steph losing her car at the spectrum
3. Our tree dying after one week
4. Boxing on the wii
5. Matt and I sleeping on Rhonda's couch/ottomans
6. Getting a coco motion and using it everyday
7. Getting a pedicure with Nicole and Rhonda thanks to Ron
8. Natalie sleeping in until 7:45 on xmas morning
9. Natalie singing "Christmas Mells" at the family talent show
10. Being with family

Back to Work

I decided to get a job out here in Redondo Beach. I will be working at The Little Company of Mary Hospital. Yes...that is a weird name for a hospital and no it isn't "little." I will be working 3 times a month on the orthopedic surgical floor. My orientation starts next week. I am so excited to get back into nursing. Unfortunately, I don't get to wear this awesome white nursing dress to work...I have to wear scrubs. Wish me luck and hope you're not my first patient!!!

Riley Family 2007

I made this video in imovies on my new mac. I was just messing around trying to figure out how the program works. I thought it turned out pretty cute.