Jobs?

Hey all! I'm coming back to Provo at the beginning of January. I've got my Utah license in my hot-lil-hands. Now I just need to find a job. I'll only be there till April though. If anyone knows of any openings available, put in a good word for me? Thanks. Love ya bunches.

Lacey

TWILIGHT
Hey Girls! Kim M and I (S) were thinking it would be fun to have a girls' night and go see the Twilight movie with whoever wants to. It might be too late to go opening weekend but maybe the next weekend or whenever everyone can. Leave a comment on here or give either one of us a call to let us know if you want to come. We think it would be a fun way to get together because we miss you all so so much! Hope everyone is doing well and that we will see each other soon.

Peanut Butter Bars!

Wow!! I almost don't dare to post on the blog after the ridiculous intrusion on the last one! However, I promised Kristin and I think a couple other people I would post the recipe of these delightful...

Peanut Butter Bars!
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup peanut butter
2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups quick oats
2 cups flour

Cream butter and sugars, blend in eggs, peanut butter and then dry ingredients. (will be sticky).
Press into a greased jelly-roll pan and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Than sprinkle with chocolate chips and let them melt the nspread. After they cool a little put on the frosting.

FROSTING:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
4-8 T. evaporated milk.
Mix well then drizzle over the chocolate chips!
Then you have heaven!

Fluoride = Poison?

Kim Swain here and I have an experience to share.
I am always amazed at the astounding ignorance of Utah County citizens when it comes to the subject of water fluoridation. So I was at church this morning and one of the ladies in my ward told me that she can no longer fill her prescription for fluoride supplement tablets for her children at the pharmacy. Why?? Because almost every other area of the country except Utah County has fluoridated water and the extra supplements are no longer being produced.
I just find it ironic that the place with the highest concentration of Mormons in the entire world, the nucleus of super-moms is so ignorant and backwards on the subject of oral health. We are supposed to take care of childrens' physical well-being, right? And we have more kids here than almost anywhere. Yet, it's a government conspiracy and unsafe to add Fluoride to our public water sources. Even though it is the most cost effective cavity prevention and reaches the at risk population the best out of any method available. It is toxic and unnatural and they don't want it.
We all hear stories all the time about moms taking their kids to the dentist and finding out his teeth are rotting out of his head and the traumatic dental experiences that follow. Of course, putting fluoride in the water isn't a cure all but we all know many of those horrible experiences could be avoided if people here would just realize what the rest of the country has already figured out.
Ok, obviously this is a sore subject for me and gets me very irate and I just wanted to rate to people who understand what I'm talking about.

Funny

So... I usually wind down by reading my friends' blogs on my Google Reader. After watching The Office tonight, I thought I would do just that. Then I got to thinking: I wonder if there are hygienists out there blogging about their calculus-filled lives. So I googled "dental hygiene blog."

Judging by the links I found, I think Weber must require their students to blog about EVERY clinic experience! Man, I would've thrown a fit. Talk about pointless. As if we didn't have to document enough on a mountain of paperwork. I'm glad they didn't make us write about our feelings on a public network. Man oh man.

Here is a link that supplies an inside look into Weber hygiene alumni. Mostly boring, but there are some interesting tid-bits. One girl had to retake the NBDHE because she and another girl had too similar of wrong answers. Talk about bad karma.

~Lacey

Pictures!

Hello everyone! Hope you're all working and happy!
I've meant to put an ultrasound picture up for awhile, and now I finally remembered! This is the little squirt that keeps kicking and punching me. In fact she just did it again right this moment. I like to mess with her when she does by flexing my tummy muscles. She usually kicks me after. Apparently she's as fiesty as I am!




I swear my belly has doubled in the last month! And I really don't have that much of a double chin...Ray was on the floor when he took that!






Aren't these the cutest little shoes! I had to buy them! I figure she'll be born in January and we don't want her feet to get cold, right?

TAG EVERYONE!

So I saw this tag on my friends blog and thought it would be fun for all of us to do. So be cool and play along. :)
Kim S.
4 Random Things I Like About My Husband:
He will make me laugh
He will love to be outside and we will go on cool trips together
I will think he is ridiculously good looking
He will be very sweet and caring
4 Movies That I Can Watch More Than Once:
Tommy Boy
Pride and Prejudice BBC version
Gladiator
10 Things I Hate About You
4 TV Shows That I Watch:
The Office
Heroes
Weeds
Entourage
4 Places I've Been:
Ghana
Alaska
New Mexico
Washington DC
4 People Who Email Me Regularly:And I email back?
My Sealants for Smiles boss
My brother on his mission (mostly he emails us)
Kristen Mecham recently
Out N'Back dirt cheap emails
I guess I don't email that many people.
4 Favorite Foods:
Anything Mexican
Pizza
Fresh peaches
Bread and Cheese
4 Places I Would Like To Visit:
All of western Europe
The United Kingdom
Brazil
Iceland
4 Things I'm Looking Forward To In The Next Year:
Getting my own apartment (hopefully much sooner than in a year)
Watching my debt decrease instead of increase
Getting back into shape
Having my brother come home
4 People I Tag:
All of you reading this!

Funny Blog Post

I just happened along this blog last night. She wrote a funny post about taking her 4 year old daughter to the dentist for a prophy. Anyway, there is some language in it, but I thought it was funny.

Anyway, it is funny to catch a personal glimpse into our profession from the patients viewpoint. I'm sure we have all worked with children like this.

~Lacey

It's a Girl!!

I had to wait until there were some votes! It's a girl...and there's only one! But don't worry, we're gonna make her tough enough to play with the boys. Nobody's allowed to baby her just cuz she's a girl. She can pick herself up and dust herself off when she falls down just like any boy! :) Plus, she's already been fourwheeling with me. Ray says she'll be able to shoot and take someone to the ground long before she starts dating too. :) He's in so much trouble! He's already practicing the phrase "go ask your mother."

Anyway, that's the exciting news! Hope to see you all at the BBQ!



Heather

Boy or Girl?

We find out tomorrow (Thursday) if we're having a boy or girl, so I thought it would be fun to have a vote. What do you think? Boy or Girl? I know, I should have done this sooner, but I'm busy and scatter-brained...bad combination!

Heather

Kudos!

Kudos to whoever added the "memories" slide show to the profile. Who did that? I love it and it totally brings back memories of all of you and school. Aww, the lunch room and sterilization corner. So many "good" times. Miss you all and I will hopefully see many of you at the BBQ.
Love,
Kim S.

Annual BBQ!!

Hi all of you wonderful girls,

I'm planning a BBQ at my house on Saturday Sept. 6th at 5 pm. The girls from Ghana (Edna, Sarah, Lydia, and Charlotte) will also be there. (woohoo!) I hope this will be a good time for everyone. I will do the main dish (don't know what yet--any suggestions?) and if those that are coming could bring either a salad, dessert or drinks that would be great! Please contact me and let me know if you will be there and what you would like to bring. Do we want to have any activities planned or just have fun visiting--any thoughts? I hope to see everyone there (we will miss you Lisa, but know we are thinking about you and wish you the best in your endeavors!).

Kim M.

hawaiian haystacks!

Mmmm they sound good right now. Lacey, or whoever else has the recipe, what all do you put on them again?! Let me know and I will be so happy!

Baby Update!

We went to the doctor again on Tuesday. The baby's heartbeat was still there...so that's a good sign! Apparently we have a little stinker on our hands, though. The poor medical assistant would just get the heartbeat, we'd hear it strong for two beats and then it would start fading away. Jr kept moving away from her. It was so funny! She had the hardest time getting the heart rate. I swear it was on purpose!
We find out what the little stinker is on Sept 4th. Don't worry, I'll be sure to let you guys know!

Love you all!
Heather

CE credits!

Is anyone planning on going to the LDS academy of dentists conference this weekend? Just wondered if anyone else would be there. I'm not about to pay a bunch of money for these ce credits!! I hope some people are! Kristin's email made it sound like some people are just wondered who was planning on it!

Just by chance

Hey girls! I miss you all! Hopefully I will get to see some of you soon!

We are moving back in just a couple of weeks. I have been searching for apartments online but I just thought I would drop a line to see if any of you know of anything available.

Also, I was wondering what everyone is up to with life, jobs, and what everyone thought of the grandfathering (you know what I mean right?) getting passed for our DH classes. Has anyone applied for the Bachelor's program or planning to?

Can you tell I just want to talk to you all! Ok, hope you all are enjoying the Olympics like me! I want to be a gymnast, look for me in 2012! But seriously do check out this link http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/photos/galleryid=194013.html

Kylee

Oh MY!

Hello all of you from P-town (this is not provo just in case any of you are wondering). I wanted to let you all know that I love and miss you all. The note burn was intense, but the best was just being able to sit around and talk about good old/terrible times:) Lacey... Why the heck can't I be as funny as you?! I loved your last blog, and would have screamed and laughed really loud except I am in a library in price, with signs that say to shutup all around me... Hope all is going well for all of you!

For Real???

Brent and I are heading back to Utah in a few weeks. I've been procrastinating my application for a Utah license.

Do I seriously have to pay WREB fifty bones to send my scores to the Utah DOPL directly? What a crock. The DOPL needs to pull the stick out of their rear and accept notarized copies.

And WREB needs to stop being a bureaucratic leach. I already paid $1000 to take their horrible exams, now they want me to PAY them just to inform the anal nitpicky dopes at the DOPL that I AM indeed competent to scrape calculus 8 hours a day?

Get real. I thought the hoop-jumping would subside after I graduated. I'd better start streching- here come 30 hoops in a row that I have to jump through every two years for the rest of my life.

I hope everyone's CPR certification hasn't expired. I think the world might stop.

~Lacey

Snooping around for Ghana pictures

Yes thats right, I was snooping around facebook because I wanted to see pictures of Ghana and I thought I would share what I found, Thanks Lisa ;)

Burning Session!!!

Here are a few pics that I had on my camera of this past weeks burning session. It really was great to see all of you that came and catch up on things. I really do miss y'all! I'm SO glad, but also sad that I'm not going back to school this month. Isn't it WONDERFUL being done though?! Anyway, here are the pics. Love you all! -Kim Hanvey

All the girls before we started the fire.

Kim and Marie's banner of disapproval.

Kristin burning her Community Health book.

It sure felt good to burn those notes!

Our fire...it actually got pretty big!

Wedding Invitation!!

Hey everyone!!! Sorry for the change in plans but I just happen to be a horrible decision maker

which means I change my mind a lot!! I realized I'd be real sad if I didn't invite you all to my wedding lunch since i'm not having a reception!! You may think i'm crazy but the reception thing just isn't me!! Anyways the following is your "official" insert card!

You are invited to

a wedding luncheon

in honor of

TODD & ANDREA

at 1:00 p.m.

at the Magnolia Grove Reception Center

1117 West South Jordan Parkway

South Jordan, Utah

RSVP by August 5

Andrea (801) 718-4456

I hope to see many of your smiling faces but understand if you can't make it on short notice or during the middle of the day!! Let me know if you can make it or not!! I love you all!! I can't believe i missed the burning on Friday!! Tell everyone to check the blog!

I miss you all!!!

All of you that got my announcement I'm sorry I'm not having a reception simply because I'll miss seeing all your beautiful faces!! I am having a shower in Riverton on August 7 and you are all invited. I know it's far away and I have a friend that has offered to have one in Orem. Any thoughts on the matter...hurry fast my decision time is minimal I just want to see your faces...Let me know how much location affects your decision. I miss you all!

Burn Baby Burn!

Hey Girls! So remember how we always talked about having a bonfire to burn all our useless notes? Well, it is happening this Friday or Saturday (Aug 1 or 2) at Utah Lake. We want to get your input on which day would be better from all of you before we decide for sure what day and time. So let me, Kim S, know what day works best for you, ok? I hope everyone who is in the area can come and we will miss all of you who are out of town. So be gathering all your notes and anything else reminiscent of the program you want to see go up in flames. I will work on getting a UCDH banner of some kind that we can burn in protest.

Sister Allen's Box #?

Does anyone know Lisa's box number at the MTC?! I wanted to send her a little box of goodies since I am STILL working at the UPS Store a few days a week, I have access to same-day MTC delivery. So does anyone know?! Thanks! Love you all! -Kim Hanvey

Umbridge!

So, I finally saw the latest Harry Potter movie and now I get it!! :) By the way, it is the perfect description! Glad to finally be in the loop, even if it is 3 months+ late! Miss you girls!
Kylee

Addresses!

Hello everyone!! I'm obviously not really a blogger either...but I'm just wondering if everyone's addresses are the same so I can send you all a wedding announcement. Just let me know if it's changed from Cheryl's list!! It's so sad I can't just see you all and give them to you in person...and not just b/c of the price of stamps!! I really miss you all!! Update..just getting ready for the big wedding and everything that comes with it!! YAY!!

Just a Question

Hey Kim S here and I'm wondering how I can stalk all of you that have blogs other than this one. I'm not much of a blogger myself but I love reading everyone else's. I know that at least 4 of you have other blogs, but I can't remember the URL and there isn't a space for friends on here that I can find. So anyway, if you guys could let me know that would be cool. I hope all is going well for everyone. I miss you all!

Another Baby Update!

First, I don't want to take away from Lisa's 1st blog that's after this one so make sure you read it!

Just letting you guys know that Ray & I heard the baby's heartbeat today! We're excited. We didn't know they were going to do that today so it was a good surprise. The baby & I are looking perfectly healthy and apparently all of those annoying vaccinations we got before the DH program worked! Glad I didn't get poked for nothing! Besides getting tired, I feel pretty well.

Love you all!
Heather

I'm Blogging...it is a miracle!

So... thanks to Heather for the tips on how to be cool. Now I am writing my own post. How cool is that?

Haha... so those of you who have facebook already know, but I am leaving on my mission in 2 weeks exactly from today. WOWIE ZOWIE!!! I have had nervous feelings that is true, but not right now. I am ready to go... well... not literallly, but mentally I am. I am very excited. I love sharing the gospel. If you have any desire you are welcome to come here me speak or come to my house... just let me know
(471-9507 or allen4lisa2@yahoo.com) and I can get you the details.

Like Kim 2 (S) said... Africa was a delight of a lifetime. I know though that many of you would have been better instructors and clinical instructors than I was. The Ghanian girls are very very excited to come in come fall and they have asked us to pray for them to get their visas. Oh my... they are so great. I can't wait for you all to meet them. I wish that I were going to be here. Take good care of them for me when they come out.

PS... really good news from me... I sold my car yesterday so now I can pay off some Africa loans and go on a mission!! yay!!

PPS... I love you all and hope to hear more about your lives and how the job search or the actual jobs are going for you!

Baby Update

I've heard some of you have been asking Jennie about my wee one...you know, you could call me! J/k. Anyway, as far as I know the thing's still in there. Either that or I'm just getting fatter for no reason. I'm at the stage when people start to wonder if you're just gaining a little weight or if you're pregnant but they wouldn't dare ask. I'm due January 19th. Right now I'm in my 10th week. I haven't had an ultrasound yet. I guess my first one will be in about 6 weeks. I'll find out if it's a boy or girl in 10 weeks. So far, all they've done is told me congrats, given me some reading material, made me pee in a cup, and stole my blood. I have felt it move already, which isn't common. I first felt it when I was 7 weeks and then a little move a couple of days later. Since then, I haven't really felt anything, but that's normal until about 16 weeks. It felt like a fish swimming in my gut. It tickled.
Anyway, that's my news. If any of you want to call me that would be cool. I don't have a job yet (guess you have to look for one to get one!) and I'm getting really bored.

Love you all!
Heather

Greetings from Ghana!

Hey girls! Kim S here. Known in Africa as Kim 2. Just wanted to say hello to everyone and say that Ghana is amazing and I'm sad you all couldn't be here to experience it. Sorry I'm not putting any pictures up yet. I'm not that cool, but we will definitely share the memories and photos soon. Like the six hour tro tro ride, shower experiences, and the tasty food. :) We come home on Sunday! I can't believe how fast the month has gone by. I'm really not looking forward to coming back and doing liscensing crap and finding a job. Especially now that I've heard that there aren't any. Great! I did get a job offer to work in California from a dentist I met on the cruise I went on in May. Too bad my liscense is no good in California. Can someone please tell me why that is??
Ok well I hope everyone is doing well and being very successful in their job hunts. We will have to get together when we all get home and have a big Africa party!
Take care,
"S"

Mrs. Hanvey :)

So I am now officially Mrs. Hanvey! Well...I actually have had my named changed for over a week now...but just making sure that you all know. :) I just wanted to say thank you so much to all of you girls that came to my wedding reception! The hygiene girls were well represented and it was so wonderful to have you girls there and see you outside of school! I honestly keep thinking that I'm going to have to go back in August. It hasn't really hit me yet that I'm done yet. But it HAS hit me that I'm married. Holy crap it's fun, but so scary at the same time! (at least for me) But I honestly love it! I miss you girls SO much and thank you again!

ps - I have more pics on my blog...even more on my facebook!

Kim W. Hanvey

Licenses and Jobs

Hello all you lovely ladies! I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their freedom from school! I was just wondering if anyone has gotten their license? And if so...how long did it take for you to get it? Also has anyone had any luck finding a job? It seems like every job interview I go to there is a girl from UCDH there too!

Oh and a side note...I went to the school on Tuesday to finishing cleaning my boards patient and Dr. Veit came in and pulled up a chair and sat there and chatted with me (kind of funny). But he told me that our class will most likely place in the top 3 schools in the nation and that we scored the highest that UVSC has had on their nationals. Just wanted to pass along the good news!

Kristin

Funniest Simpsons Ever

I watched The Simpsons tonight. It was so funny. The whole family went in for their 6 month prophy appointments. My favorite quote:

Bart's Dental Hygienist: "Here's a new toothbrush. Make sure you brush and floss twice a day."
Bart Simpson: "Okay, wait. You want ME to do YOUR job?! Every night?! At home?! Yeah right." (and he throws his goodie bag in the trashcan).

Priceless.

Love, Lacey

I'm Pregnant!!!

I'm pregnant and so excited about it! We found out last Thursday and confirmed it with the doctor on Friday. It's still really early and I haven't been to the violating appointment yet, so I don't have an "official" due date...even though they are always wrong anyway. But, it should be mid-January. So, keep your fingers crossed that it all goes well!

Heather

Taking Control!

So I decided to change the blog layout. It's purple...the color of dental hygiene. If anyone has a problem...deal with it! (I was really bored at work)

Kim W.

How did this happen?!

Ok, so we all know that we all passed our national written. I was sitting here looking at my score today and the breakdown of the different subjects and how many I got correct etc. I looked at my pharmacology...9 out of 10?!!! I guess I did learn a few things in Dr. Schiffman's class...not because of anything he did, but because I freakin' taught myself! Another strong area that I was surprised at was Community Health. Thanks Mrs. Mecham!

I'm sorry about my rambling. I just pictured myself sitting and talking to all of you at lunch in the cafeteria....

Love y'all!

Kim W.

Ghana

Woops, We forgot to send the pictures. These are from the first day.
Lacey, Kim M. is here and Kim S. is coming next Tuesday.

Kim M, Andrea, and Tammy

Picture peek!

Here's a peek at the picture...I hope I posted it right! I'm not used to the whole blog thing!
Heather

Picture from the party

I'm sorry I haven't gotten the picture to you guys yet! I've been too busy playing! I'm back in town now and I'm emailing them to all of you. You'll probably get it in your email before you even read this.
I don't have text messaging...but so far it sounds like everyone has passed! I passed all three boards also, hooray!
Love you guys!
Heather

National Board Results

I just got a text from Kristin. She passed with a 99%. That's the highest score in UVSC history. Wowza. Jennie got a 91%. I just thought I'd brag about their amazing scores cuz I knew they wouldn't. Basically, I think our class proved that Board Reviews aren't necessary. (Although I still haven't gotten my results, and I probably was the first to FAIL). Anyway, I'd love to hear from everyone. How'd y'all do?

Love, Lacey

Hi everyone. Greetings from Ghana!

Well Andrea, Tammy and I made it to Ghana. Here are some cute pictures of our first day. We really wish Mrs. Mecham was here. We've already had many adventures, including the teenage boys that wanted to be our tour guides when they asked where we were staying Kim said "no thank you". She apparently didn't really understand them. Tammy informed us afterwards!

Also great news from me...I passed the clinical boards--99%! Woohoo!

More from Ghana later......

Kim, Tammy, and Andrea

Another Success Story...

Ok, I know that I texted just about all of you, but I thought I'd post it on here anyway...I PASSED!!! I did much better than I thought! I didn't get a perfect score like our golden scaler recipient, but I passed! What relief I feel. Now I can enjoy getting married! Hope to see some of you on the 23rd!

Love all your guts!
Kim W. [soon to be Hanvey ;) ]

Question:

Weren't we supposed to go through a "pinning ceremony?" I vaguely remember a discussion from our first year about the "pinning ceremony" at the end of our program. I thought we were supposed to raise our right hand and say the dental hygiene oath. I thought we were all supposed to get a pin or something.

Does anyone else remember this? Am I going crazy?

You guessed it, this is from
Lacey

Talk about a biohazard

Brent and I made it to Austin safely. So far all I have been doing is trying to make our apartment livable.

Brent was vacuuming last night and came upon something hard and heavy. Too heavy to get sucked into the vacuum. He looked more closely, and it was a TOOTH!

No, not some wimpy, reabsorbed deciduous tooth. It was a fully-formed adult molar! By the look of the anatomy, I'd say it was a mandibular first molar. Good thing he didn't touch it.

I accidentally kept a box of gloves from when I took my clinical boards. This box has been my saving grace.

To get the whole story, log onto my blog here to your left. So gross!

Hope all is well with my 13 ladies!

Love, Lacey

Board Results

I've heard from a few people. I know Jennie, Kristin, & Kim Swain have passed. I just got my results today. Surprisingly, I got a 93%. I wish we knew what we got docked for. Anyway, I just hope everyone has recieved good news. If anyone has gotten bad news, they can retake boards in Texas and come stay with me.

Good luck to the girls who are doing theirs this weekend! I'll keep a prayer in my heart for you!

Love you all and miss you already,
Lacey

Post your blog address!

Hey everyone! If anyone has a blog, add your address to the 'graduates' link! That way we can all stalk one another easier! LOVE YOUR GUTS!!!
Kim W.

Graduation!!!

I know we're all so excited and happy to be done! (well for the majority of you that actually ARE completely done!) :) WE SURVIVED! Not only did we survive the program but also the extremely long commencement with profanity. I know we're all excited to get our results and burn any remnants we have of our class notes. Anyway, here a few cute pictures of all of us at graduation. I will miss you all so much! I'm already going through withdrawls! Love you guys tons!

Boards: A Poem by Lacey Barberis

Drowning. Falling. Into a bog of eternal failure.

Mud so thick it paralyzes my limbs with it's heavy torture.

How can I breathe with this stress all around me?

How can I sleep with this pressure weighing down?
How can I think with this swirl of pending disappointment swimming in my skull?
Too much to know.
Too much to do.
Too much trivial nonsense being shoved down my throat and pushed into my brain.
My body is bursting at every pore with facts I will no longer need to know
after this traumatic doom has passed.
Each day it grows closer.
Not enough hours to absorb it all.
Not enough strength to cram it all in.

Not enough room in the facia and spaces to fit the curriculum.

Oh the memories...This picture is from our very FIRST day of clinic! Can you remember it taking us THREE hours to probe just half the mouth? Look at where we are today! We're so close to graduating and I know we will ALL miss each other so much...two years is a lot of time to spend together. This blog has been created for all of us to keep in touch and post things about our lives. Go graduates of 2008! May your days be long and your scalers be sharp! ;)