Nellisms & Life

For those of you who read my mothers blog www.iluv2prshim.wordpress.com you may have seen that I recently graduated from Dental Assisting school. Which for me was a great accomplishment! (pats self on back) I really loved going to school and learning new things and it really never got boring!! The teacher moved incredibly fast covering about 4 chapters a day. The first part of the class dealt solely with the dental aspect. Such as dental anatomy, terminology, temporary and permanent cements, making impressions, pouring up, trimming, etc … and it was a blast!! The second part was completely focused on Radiation safety which was also fun but quite a bit more work!! God bless the people I had to take xrays on I know it hurt!!!! All 21 films!!!  We had to pass a state run test and you had to pass with a 85% or more the first time you took it to pass!!! WELL!! I completed my test going through and marking answers then I went back and changed like 4 answers and wouldn’t you know it!! If I had kept my answers the same I would have passed the first time !!! I got a 84% !!!!!!!!!! How totally frustrating!!! So I had to take it again and of course I passed. So about half way through the class you start your internship.

You get to choose the place and what kind of dentistry you wanted to do etc… There were only 175 hours to complete so I chose to do Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and I have got to say I LOVED IT !!!! At first they started me off as a sterilization tech. Cleaning and setting up the room, washing the instruments and such. One thing that was REALLY GROSS was the suction that you use to suck out all the blood went into this huge bottle under the sink and they made me clean that out EVERY DAY !!!! ANYONE that KNOWS me knows I have a gag reflux and a seriously strong sense of smell!! Not to mention it looked horrible, all these different peoples blood mixed together, clumping together, with bits and pieces of mucosa or tissue … EW EW EW EW !!!!! They could hear me gagging all the way in the front office!!! So cruel…. Then they started me doing Anesthesia Assistant. And that was fun. Seat the patient, take all vitals and chart. You have to chart every little bit of medicine that you use and at what time, what their bp is pre op and post op. I even got to shoot meds into the IV. It was incredibly fun. Although I’ve got to say the first time I ever saw a implant I SERIOUSLY almost passed out!!! First they slit the gums open, and then DRILLED A HOLE IN THE BONE !!!!! OW!!! They told me I got very white and was swaying on my feet, I don’t doubt it!! But after the first on I was totally OK. Same with the extractions. However I will NEVER get Botox or Collagen injections, if you are watching it be done…. uhhu, no way, nohow, never! And I prayed and prayed that they would hire me, or that I could find a job as a O.S. Asst.

And no doors ever opened. So I transferred to a general practice office in Salinas. And they were very nice people, one of the Doctors liked to have “religious discussions”. He was a great person to talk to! I didn’t assist but one or two times there though because a GP is totally different than a O.S office !!! I only knew how to set up and break down and sterilize. But I did realize something at that office …. THE PATIENTS GOT ON MY NERVES !!!! Like this one lady in particular, calls the office says she had an emergency but didn’t show for her appointment, we called her and she got upset at us for checking on her !!!! And when she finally did come in she was a “tlc” patient!!! And gripe gripe gripe I can’t handle that!!! The spirit of Nathan Hurst got on me and I wanted to shout NO WHINING !!!!! I did not however! And I wasn’t so great at the irrigation and suction part either. lol that might be an understatement… I sprayed water all over this one lady, LOL but she was nice about it. And I probaly would have gotten the hang of it eventually but I didn’t feel at home there.

I didn’t want to be just another dental assistant in a large office that nobody really knew and it was day in day out and no matter if you are fresh out of dental school get a mean doctor that likes to yell!!! Well that’s just not me!! It doesn’t fit my personality or temperament… So I kept looking for a job. One day on a whim I googled all the dental labs in salinas. ALL OF THEM SAID NO except the last one I called said hey we’re gonna be needing someone at the end of this month!!! So I went over and said hi and filled out an application and such. I wanted that job SOO SO SO SOOOOOO bad I called my husband and told him to pray and my dad and mom and on and on… But the weeks passed and I never heard from them so I started to give up. I got another job as a D.A. and needless to say me and the doctor did not click! At all! He’s very kind but our personalities… NO. The all the sudden they called and asked if I could come in and try it out for the day just to see if I liked it. So I went EVEN THOUGH I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO SHOPPING WITH MY MOM !!! WHAT A GREAT SACRIFICE! And I got the job! And I absolutely LOVE IT!!! You’ve got to understand that this is the first full time job I’ve had in about a year or more !!! What with being sick and having surgeries and on HORRIBLE medicine I couldn’t keep a job to save my neck.

I think I finally found my niche. I do some accounting, some reception work, pour up impressions, polish dentures, pick up and deliver products. It is a multi faceted job. And it’s a small operation as far as people go, just 3 of us but we have about 40 clients throughout the city. So I don’t sit at the desk all day, I’m in and out, up and down, I get to work with my hands. It gets a little dirty working with stone and plaster, but I love working with my hands!! We strictly do dentures and I still can’t believe how much fun it is!!! So if your teeth fall out, come see me !!!! I really hope I can stay at this place for many years. The bosses wife is a trip! You think I talk a lot ??? HAH! That woman can out talk a auctioneer. So far they like me, and I like them and I hope nothing changes in the near future !! Also a GREAT blessing out of this is that Matthew is able to quit his second job and I actually will get to spend time with him again. It has been a difficult 6 months being apart this much but it had to be done and I am SO lucky to have a wonderful man like him. Anyways that’s the end.

SO last weekend our youth group went to Pismo Beach for the weekend, well actually just one day. We got there Friday night and left late Saturday night. I admit at first I was VERY skeptical, I mean come on ME camping ?!?!? As if !! But being the good, obedient, loving, caring, and the list goes on wife that I am =) for my husbands sake I put on a good face and told myself I was GOING TO HAVE FUN!!! No matter that we had to stay in a tent, sleep on the sand, in slippery sleeping bags that don’t stay still, with sand in my hair, and no running water just a little NASTY blue box to go to the restroom in, which was a little bit of a walk from the camp!!! NO COMPLAINING I bravely told myself! Very bravely. So we get there and everyone is setting up and we have our tent but not the rods to keep it up which my mother – in – law had. When she gets there Matthew is setting up the tent, he wouldn’t let me help and I just can’t figure out why???? I really wanted to! But he’s setting up and WHAM !!! One of the elastic cords hits him in the eye!!!! THE POOR GUY!!! His eye was all red and swollen and I was SO scared that he was gonna go blind!!! It was horrible !! So then we all stayed up and ate hot dogs that were pretty much coated with sand, but hey a little sand never hurt anybody, right? And it was actually pretty good. Then my favorite part, we went to bed. Right. I was told by my wonderful mother who betrayed my every confidence, Oh Nelle you don’t need a air mattress, its too much work, just sleep on the sand, it will be comfortable, the sand will mold to your body, its soft. WRONG !!!! It was hard as a rock, it was uncomfortable, I had to scoop out a hole for my body to lay in, hoping that it would make if feel more like a place to sleep and not just SAND!!! And it actually worked!!! BUT, there always seems to be a but!!! There was this very, very, very drunk man that was talking very loudly about his childhood and he had the WORST VOICE THAT A MAN CAN EVER HAVE !! You know the kind, that sounds like a pesky little mosquito buzzing in your ear, and it’s high pitched with that stupid whine in the voice!! THATS what I was listening to, and it wasn’t so bad until he started spouting off theology and what he thought was right and wrong and about heaven and hell and God!!! THATS IT !!! I could take the never ending parties with the blasting music all around. Rock, rap, country, mariachi.. And the ATV’s that NEVER stopped until about 3 am. But the guy NEVER was quite! So I went to sleep in my truck and that made it all better. whew. And then came the morning, early riser our youth leader is. 7 am rolls around and we all get dressed, make our trip out to the dreaded blue box which isn’t a easy feat in the morning!!! So we all pile in Cassandra’s truck (mother in law) and head out to the atv place. Me, I was personally scared to death because the last time I was at Pismo I almost got killed and that’s really all I could think about. So we FINALLY get the four wheelers and off we go and I have got to tell you, all the mess the night before was all the sudden worth every bit of misery!!! We had SO MUCH FUN!!! I of course a tweaker bike that kept shutting off on me and I may have got stuck once or twice. Or five or six times. LOL! But once I figured out how to use the bike, ( it was a semi automatic) It was SO MUCH FUN !!! We tried to stay in a group but there were some younger kids that couldn’t keep up, so some of us broke off and we hit it full speed across those dunes. Up and down and then we found this jump that we all had to try and then there was this hill that seemed like it went down forever and it was just AWESOME!!! But we only had them for 2 hours which wasn’t nearly long enough!!! But we couldn’t afford the 8 hours. So when we were done we all headed back to camp and the younger kids wanted to get into the water and i of course being half fish said hey i want to go! Not really realizing exactly how cold the water was !!!! OOOOOO MYYYYYY WOOOOOORD !!! EVERY SINGLE STEP I WAS SCREAMING TO THE TOP OF MY LUNGS !!! ITS SO COLD ITS SO COLD ITS SO COLD !! People staring but did I care and did I have enough common sense to get out of the freezing water ?? NO !!! And once my body became numb it actually wasn’t cold anymore! So swim we did, and it was fun until I had to rescue the kids who got caught in an undercurrent and was getting farther and farther away from shore. I mean so far out that I could not even touch the bottom. So the first little guy I told him to wrap his legs around my waist but DO NOT put your arms around my neck because I couldn’t breathe!! HE DIDN”T LISTEN!!! He was so scared that he pretty much lost his mind. So not only did I have a 9 year old boy on my back but I couldn’t breathe. Being that far out there the waves were coming at almost a non stop pace. DEEP BREATHE!!! PLUG YOUR NOSE !!! I normally would not get scared because I am a excellent swimmer, but I started to get scared. And believe it or not I said GOD PLEASE HELP US !!!! I can’t do this on my own!!! And seriously all the sudden I had a burst of energy and somehow got us back to shore. Which was just in time because as soon as I prayed that my little cousin was screaming for help!!! So I got the little kid back to to shore and then went back out to get her. And just in case you didn’t know. IT IS NOT EASY TO SWIM IN A JEAN SKIRT !!! NO MATTER IF IT IS SHORT OR LONG !!!!! Tory was so scared that she was started to panic and was not listening to me, and poor kid I knew I had to get her attention so I yelled at her, not because I was mad but that was the only way she would listen, and I don’t know how but some way we finally got back to shore. I was thoroughly exhausted!!! We made our way back to camp and had some lunch which again was a lot of sand in every bite. And then all the OLDER kids decided to go swimming and did I say no ??? NO!! I went in again !!! I went and put back on all my wet freezing cold clothes!!! and you know what the same exact thing happened except this time it was a younger kid, and 2 older kids. And it was horrible! But after the crisis was over it was fun. And if I could still be there I probably would be. In fact I told my husband we could make this a yearly vacation. Although I would want a air mattress, and some other niceties to make it a smidgen more comfortable. I actually shocked my self by how much I liked it!! Maybe we could even stay in some seedy motel thats very cheap, I could take my own sheets to put on the bed, but at least we would have a bed and running water. Who knows??

For one tiny second my “spiritual side” kicked in up there. I was looking at the immense amounts of sand I couldn’t help but remember that scripture that says God knows every grain of sand in the world…. AND this was just pismo !!!!! I couldn’t count it if I tried !! If God knows every grain of sand, how can He not know us and care for us and our needs and wants and desires??? Theres no way!! Think of all the oceans all the sand under the water, all the beaches, and deserts, and lakes, and mountains. And to me it really put things in perspective. Things I had been worrying about, and stressing over. It was like a lightbulb went off in my head and all the sudden I wasn’t worried anymore. Which was good because I was able to have a good. Isn’t it funny how God works sometimes?

Until next time …..

Ok. So when I clean or cook do anything around the house I sing, sometimes it’s pretty sometimes its not!! One of my favorite things to do at family gatherings is to get everyone around the piano and sing the old old songs.. I just love it. But I LOVE TO SING !!! And while I love Israel songs as much as the next person ( nathaniel) haha I love you!  And yes I’m all for progress, and moving on, ect… and I know that “church music” is not the same as it was when I was a kid and part of me is grateful!! But the other part is SAD!! Because I got awesome blessings to these songs !!! And if you ask me, which I know you didn’t but you are reading my blog … hehe.  We don’t sing enough about heaven or mercy or the cross anymore. Maybe that’s why I like these SO much. I still like the OLD SONGS!!!! So sue me !! I can only repeat the same refrains so much. Praise him praise him praise him praise him praise him praise him. JUST STOP !!! SOMETIMES and I stress <<<< sometimes>>>>> older choir music and such speak to me more. So I wrote down some of my favorites … Songs of every genre. Country, black gospel, swing, I like it all! Songs that I remember bawling to, or getting incredible blessings to, or just songs that are SO good and in my humble opinion nothing has been written that I’ve heard that compares to them … I hope some of these songs are brought back to your mind and touch your heart the way they have touched mine. P.s this is a VERY long post, Sorry about that! and this is my CONDENSED version. See your blessed and didn’t even know it!

I’m going to lift up holy hands in the presence of the Lord. WEIRD CHORD HERE! Lift up holy hands in the presence of the Lord — I love the >> God is Holy, He is Holy, He’s Holy, from the rising of the sun, to the setting of the same, He is holy, God is holy.

Lord I Worship You, Lord I worship you, with all my heart and mind and soul I worship you there’s nothing I would rather do than lift my voice in praise to you. Now and forever more dear Lord I worship you.

Hold on to the masters hand!! I’ll let nothing I’ll let nothing I’ll let nothing I’ll let nothing turn me around!!!

Baptize me Jesus with the Holyghost!! DRUM ROLL!!! I Shall have power, I shall have power, I shall have power!!  hang in there, hang in there, hang in there DON’T YOU DARE GIVE UP!!!  ANOTHER DRUM ROLL!!!!!

Redeemed, redeemed I’ve been bought with a price redeemed by the blood of his sacrifice. He as ransomed this captive, set this prisoner free, I will sing his praises forever! I am redeemed!

Heaven is My home. Ima  (texas word) going to heaven someday! I wanna go there! I wanna see my saviours face! Where there will be no more sorrow or pain! Heaven is my home and I wanna go there!

His grace and mercy brought me through I’m living this moment because of you. I want to thank you and praise you too, your grace and mercy brought me through!

He made the difference in my life !!! He give me joy that cannot be surpassed, I’m on a cloud from the first moment to the last !!

If I’m gonna praise Him, GIVE ME SOME ROOM!!! I’m gonna dance, I’m gonna sing, I’m gonna lift my hands to the holy king. If I’m gonna praise my Jesus, give me some room!

Clap your hands all ye people! Shout to God with a voice of praise! Oh oh majesty we worship thee, and we give your name the praise. Oh great Jehovah in you I trust and we exalt your name!!!!!

Does He still feel the nails every time I fail ? Does He hear the crowd cry crucify again?? am I causing Him pain then I know I’ve got to change, I just can’t bear the thought of hurting him.  I love the bridge on this song — HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD – The harmony is beautiful if done right!

BEAUTIFUL thats how mercy saw me, though I was broken and so lost, mercy looked past all my faults, THANK GOD !!!

ONE of my favorite get down songs and I haven’t heard one that is better yet!!! I got a story to tell you of how God saved my soul how his blood washed and cleansed me and how he made me whole !!! It was his amazing grace that saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I’m found was blind but now I see ! and when I think of his goodness and aaaaalll he’s done for me.. My soul cries out hallelujah THANK GOD FOR SAVING ME !!!

****** LOL Ya’ll I’m typing so fast, like to the beat of the music!!!! Ok NEXT >>

I”m running with heaven on my mind! I like the second verse. I hear voices of those who’ve gone before, their cheering me onward onto heavens golden shore, their saying don’t give up child keep pressing on, cus it’s gonna be worth it all when you see your brand new home !!!

A song that my Uncle Keith wrote. I miss him. NOBODY can sing like he could. I’m not certain of all the exact words.. I think I might have changed a few, but I love this song. I have cd’s of OLD records of Uncle Keith and Aunt Ginger singing. And grandma, grandpa, and Aunt Bobbie. And Aunt Linda.  I love listening to them.

He helps me when I need someone to share my load, I find Him cheering me when I’m walking through the valley low, everything I need I find in Jesus, He takes good care of me.

When we step inside the shining gates of splendor, where toiling ends and tears are ever gone. Among that crowd for you I’ll be watching (i’ll be watching) so look for me in front of the throne!

Lord I get so tired on this troublesome way, I get so lonesome I don’t know what to say, Oh Lord Hasten that day! Oh Lord hasten that day.

There was no crown for Him, no silver robe, no diadem for Him to hold. A rugged cross became His throne, His kingdom was in hearts alone, in hearts alone He wrote his Love in crimson red and wore a crown of thorns upon his head.

When I stand before my maker and the book is opened wide and the deeds of men both good and bad are recorded there inside, DONT KNOW THE WORDS HERE,! OH the pages have been stained by the blood he shed for me, praise God I can’t read them neither can He! Whats been forgiven is forgotten! And I don’t know the rest of the song. Blood stained pages stained by blood shed for me!

No one can touch you like Jesus can, no one can give you peace you cannot understand!!! No one can bind your wounds with nail scarred hands, No one can touch you like Jesus can!

Me and the devil we had a tussle but I won!!!! I hate the devil and he hates me!! Need an organ here !!!!

I’ve got a mansion, Just over the hilltop, in that fair land where, we’ll never grow old, and some day yonder we will never more wonder, but walk on streets that are purest gold.

Jehovah Jirah, My provider you are more than enough for me. Jehovah rapha your my healer by your stripes I’ve been set free, Jehovah shamma you are with me, you supply are my needs. Your more than enough, more than enough, you are more than enough for me!

Order my steps in your word dear Lord, lead me, guide me, every day. Send your anointing Father I pray order my steps in your word!

I went down to the fountain and my soul!! MY SOUL GOT ANOTHER DIP !

Come let up worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness. Give Him the honor, Give him the praise. bm,bm,bm,bm, Come let us worship the Lord lets give Him the praise !!!

You who are broken! stop by the potters house !! Give Him the fragments of your broken life, my friend. The potter wants to put you back together again, oooooh the potter wants to put you back together again. In case you have fallen by the wayside of life, dreams and visions shattered you are broken inside. you don’t have to stay in the shape that your in, the potter wants to put you back together again!

Jesus, I’ve got to say that I”m loving you more every day, for every trial that you bring me through my love grows stronger and stronger for you, so with all of my heart Lord I’ll say, I”m loving you more each day.

There is a GOD !! Who reigns up in heaven with a heavenly host and mighty angel band in a thunderous voice they cry holy holy all glory and honor to the great I am !

Let everything that hath breath praise the lord! We give you honor oh Lord we give you praise. Everlasting father, Hosanna, that prince of peace, alpha and omega beginning and the ending!!!!! AMEN!!

We lift you up ! And worship you Lord! Words can’t explain how great that you are. Your vast domain crosses every heart. You are our joy, our peace, your my hope Lord your everything! And we lift you up, and worship you Lord!

For He is more than all the world to me, the dearest friend that I have ever known. And it will take the whole eternity, just to thank Him for the love that He has shown.

NEW SONGS THAT I LIKE — JUST A FEW. I have more but maybe for another post!

To worship you I live, to worship you I live I live to worship you … Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh ….

You are alpha and omega, we worship you my Lord you are worthy to be praised! We give you all the glory, we worship you my Lord you are worthy to be praised !

Matthew 28! He is not here! He is not here! He is not here!!!! I’ll rise, I’ll rise again !! What an AWESOME SONG!!! And a brilliant mind that put it all together !!

I am a friend of God, He calls me friend!

I’m still standing! sway with me now … uh uh !

Jesus, something special, supernatural, about your name Jesus! When I call on your name the very at mos phere has to change !!

*** These are just a few of the songs that I love and I want to teach every last one of them but I’m not sure that will happen!!! Maybe they don’t touch peoples hearts the same way now. Maybe their old fashioned and maybe, just maybe I’m a little weird. But these songs mean more to me and have taken me through many hard times. I can’t just throw them away. I hope you can’t either.

Also if you see something you like and want to know who does them, I know most of the artists.

 So I think I told you guys already that I love to cook! I have so much fun experimenting in the kitchen, and I thought of this dish that I think is going to be wonderful. Except I’m not really sure what to call it!!!  LOL!  It is a pasta with crab, bacon, green peas, white beans, and mushrooms in a chipotle cream sauce! Mmmm. At first I was going to stuff the raviolis with the crab and white beans but i couldn’t figure out how to do that !!!! So I bought ravioli stuffed with artichoke and cheese. Soooo I guess I’m going to sautee the mushrooms in butter and olive oil until tender. Then add the bacon, peas, and crab so the flavors mesh. Then add a little bit of chipotle seasoning… oh so good. Then I’ll puree the white beans with the sauce and pour in the pan until its hot! I know it  might not sound good to you, but I make all my own sauces!! NO canned sauces for me !!!  I can totally tell a differnce in the real thing and a fake gross canned sauce. EW.  I had a similiar dish at a mediteranean cuisine restaurant before and can’t wait to see if I can recreate it or something similiar!!!  So off to the kitchen I go.. psh my husbands so lucky …. =)