Lots of Lists

Since I will have a milestone birthday next month, I thought I'd list a few things from my life. Feel free to make your own list someday - I would love to see it!

Places I've lived:
Afton Wyoming
Kemmerer Wyoming
Riverton Wyoming
Provo Utah
Mexico City DF (mission)
Also served in
Cuernavaca Morelos
Morelia Michoacan
Cuautla Morelos
Toluca Estado de Mexico
Leon Guanajuato

Winnemucca Nevada
Billings Montana
Seattle Washington
Renton Washington

Musical instruments I learned to play:
Piano
Clarinet
Contra Bass Clarinet
Tenor Drum
Organ
Guitar

Memories from high school:
Early morning Seminary
Playing in the band
Performing in the half-time show for the MSU vs UW football game
Participating in All-State Band
Taking daily swimming classes one quarter each year as part of the Phys Ed requirement
Being junior editor of the yearbook and spending hours working on layouts
Being a member of FTA (Future Teachers of America) and getting to “sub” on Fridays when the coaches were gone for away games
Being selected for National Honor Society
Spending Senior Sneak Day in the high school library of a neighboring town, working on a research paper
Being in 4-H and winning one purple ribbon, many blue ribbons and a few red ones
Winning a Make It With Wool contest and winning cash, a ten-year supply of Woolite and more wool fabric for the next year's contest
Going to 4-H leadership camps
Going to MIA camp when it was co-ed
Working in a photo studio, in a gift shop and as a carhop at an A&W

Memories from College:
Living in a dorm with my sister
Climbing the stairs to the 3rd floor of Heritage Halls while in a cast and using crutches
Being in the BYU Marching Band
Meeting Neal
Performing with the band in Kalamazoo Michigan, El Paso Texas and Stockton California , as well as many half-time shows in Cougar Stadium
Travelling by train to Chicago with the band
Exploring the Harris Fine Arts center by flashlight at night while it was under construction
Living off-campus and painting the mailbox red with white polka dots
Living in an apartment with returned missionary companions
Going on a winter survival trip near Price Utah , sleeping in a sandstone overhang cave, making tortillas and cooking them on a rock near the fire, and skinning, cooking and eating a sheep after someone killed it. (I have never eaten lamb since then!)

Trips I took with my parents:
Canada
California
Wyoming and Utah
General conference each April and October for many years
Yellowstone Park
Teton Park
Camping trips and one October elk hunting trip

Trips I took with my daughters:
Jackson Hole every summer
Thermopolis Wyoming weekend escape
Wyoming and Utah for family reunions
Camping trips
Washington DC and North Carolina

Trips I took without family:
Bighorn Canyon- canoeing and hiking
Cross country ski trips
Saskatchewan - fishing
Mexico several times
Puerto Rico
Oklahoma
Wyoming, Utah , Nevada

Trips I've taken with my husband:
Hawaii several times
Arizona
Oklahoma
Canada
Florida
Montana
Utah
Nevada
California
Oregon

Accidents, broken bones and major illnesses:
Bike wreck - knocked unconscious, two black eyes
Bus wreck in college - broken ribs
Fall in dorm - broken foot
Fall on icy steps while in college - broken elbow
Multi-car accident resulting in head trauma and memory loss
Fell off trail in Hawaii - broken leg
Measles, mumps, chicken pox, scarletina, bronchitis, walking pneumonia
Allergic reaction after being stung by wasps in Bozeman and in Renton

Jobs I've had:
Babysitter, beginning at age 9
Photo studio assistant
Gift shop- sales and window cleaner
Carhop at A&W
Clerk in a meat packing plant
BYU Photo Studio - retouching and sales
Microfilm camera operator at Montana Oil & Gas Commission
Teacher for 33 years
Gymnastics coach
Debate coach
Seminary teacher - four years
(Volunteer) clerk at LDS Family Services
Ordinance worker in Billings Temple

Hobbies at various times in my life:
Shooting
Hunting for arrowheads
Fishing
Cross-country skiing
Cooking
Sewing
Cross-stitch
Crochet
Music

Other things I've done in the past:
Sung a solo with a dance band
Slept under the stars
Gone rock climbing
Rapelled with my brothers and my mom
Chartered an airplane to fly my daughters to Jackson and got caught in a lightening storm on the way home
Grown vegetable gardens
Cut and wrapped a deer
Slept on an overnight train
Rode a snowmobile from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful on New Year's Day 1970
Did my student teaching in two cities - Salt Lake City and Las Vegas Nevada
Earned BA in Spanish from BYU, and MS in Personnel & Guidance from MSU-Billings
Have held teaching certificates in Utah, California, Nevada and Montana
Taken more than 20 students to Mexico - twice!
Went on a cruise while in Acapulco
Bought dinner for LDS missionaries while visiting Logan Utah
Donated time at a food bank
Donated blood with my dad, with my daughters and alone
Organized a quilt class for 20 women, and made a Lone Star quilt top in one day
Eaten caviar on my birthday
Ridden the gondola at Teton Village
Canoed on the Big Horn and the Snake Rivers, in Leigh Lake and Lake Washington as well as several lakes in Saskatchewan
Served on a jury
Drove through Yellowstone Park during the big fires and had to be escorted through a bad section by a forest ranger
Was invited to participate in the groundbreaking of the Billings temple representing the women in the temple district, and turned over a shovelful of dirt

Temples I've Been In:
Billings Montana
Cardston Alberta Canada
Idaho Falls Idaho
Jordan River Utah
Logan Utah
Manti Utah
Mesa Arizona
Mexico City Mexico
Mount Timpanogos
Oakland California
Ogden Utah
Portland Oregon
Provo Utah
Salt Lake City Utah
Seattle Washington
Washington DC

Church Jobs I’ve Held:
Primary Pianist - started at age 10
Priesthood Pianist (love the opportunities in small branches!)
Ward & Stake YW counselor
Ward YW president
Ward & Stake RS counselor
Ward & Stake RS president
RS teacher
Sunday School teacher
Teacher development instructor
Ward music chairman
Ward chorister
Ward organist
Temple committee member in charge of history and white children’s clothing and altar cloths….was selected to pack and seal the cornerstone box
Ordinance worker in Billings temple for three years
Temple organist
Spanish ward missionary
Stake website administrator