Peggy

I'm a temple recommend holding member of The church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know that I am blessed when I pay attention to what the Lord has asked all of us to do. My interest is in interior design & my home reflects it. I love beauty wherever I can find it. Raising a family of 6 children with one son, born first & 5 daughters was a delight. My late husband made sure that when they reached high school age, that he drove all 6 of them to seminary every day of the week for years. Today, I can honestly say that everyone of my adult married children are active in the church along with my grandchildren. Family home evenings were interesting. The girls all listened & our son, Mike, would sit on the family room carpet, cross his legs, bow his head & sleep. His father wouldn't let him do it. He'd always say, Mike, pay attention. The next question is for you. Yes, he did pay attention. We also planned our family vacations. It was fun as every child had their own day for what they wanted to eat. There were 4 years between child number 4 & child number 5 & 2 &1/2 years before number 6 came along. The little ones wanted spaghetti iOS or macaron iOS. The older children would whisper in their ears something else like steak, hamburgers & you name it. Our kids loved to camp in our large Rockwood trailer prior to owning a large trailer. Their favorite thing to do was to go houseboating at Lake Powell. As far as my work experience goes outside of the home, I went to work for the renowned City of Hope National Medical Center when child number 6 was in first grade. I worked for the oncologists for 12 years & then when JCAHO & OSHA came to town, I was chosen to be the executive secretary for the Safety Department in order to keep the COH in complete compliance with the regulatory agencies. It was one huge job that necessitated 2 secretaries of my own & finally hazardous waste. There was never a dull moment and I was constantly on the go around campus making sure that every department was in compliance. My secretary who took care of the MSDS"S could never complete them all in one day. The oncologists who were trying their best to save lives were changing drugs constantly. The MSDS"S had to be in every office & in a box in their departments in case of an emergency & a building needed to be evacuated. I finally needed to retire but to my credit there was never one single nick in over 10 years while I was on the job. It was a great place to work. My husband was a doctor of medical science with 2 Whos Who's to his name. The best Who's Who was the Presidential. This is as high as they go. He was one smart man. i converted him to the church as a teenager & he had the missionary discussions in our TV room. He had to tell his parents that he was helping me with my math in order for it to be believable. They were Presbyterians & I was a Mormon & not what my in-laws wanted. My mother -in-law was not having a Mormon daughter-in-law or grandchildren that would be raised in the Mormon church. She didn't get her wish. As soon as we were married & at BYU as husband & wife, he was immediately baptised & served for over 30 years in high callings in the church. My 4 medical degree father when he was "chief" of anesthesia, took my late husband by the hand & took him up to the OR at silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Illinois & taught him how to be a terrific surgical scrub tech. We never went without a job while he was in pre-med. We need to save money prior to medical school. Right after graduation from BYU, he worked in Salt Lake for 2 heart surgeons using Dr. Russel Nelson's newly developed heart lung machine. He signed a contract with 2 heart surgeons just 2 week prior to Dr. Nelson asking him to please go to work for him as he had been invited to teach the Chinese doctors how to use his heart lung machine. He also needed to learn the heart parts in Chinese that would take him about 6 weeks & then they would be off for probably one month or more. He came home & discussed it with me. He didn't want to leave me at home with 2 very young children & one new infant & turned Dr. Nelson down. He regretted it for the rest of his life. I love my roses. Until this spring we had the front half acre of our yard in hedges where the rabbits lived. they ate my beautiful long stem roses & killed them all. I finally this spring put 9 rose bushes in large & medium resin buckets to keep the rabbits out. Then I had all of the hedges removed along with the roots. they are all still thriving but the heat of the sun has been frying them in the bud state & only a few actually open up this summer. Hopefully in September, the heat will decrease & may be able to enjoy my rose bushes. Once the 1/2 acre of hedges were gone, the rabbits left, fortunately for me & my plants.