Henderson Happenings

funny wipeout

2011-08-28T23:43:00.000-07:00

sunset at lake

2011-08-28T23:41:00.001-07:00

more surfing

2011-08-28T23:37:00.000-07:00

Nelson.

2011-08-27T17:19:00.001-07:00

houseboat trip

2011-08-14T20:15:00.000-07:00

good view

2011-08-14T20:02:00.000-07:00

surfs up

2011-08-14T19:49:00.000-07:00

Timelapse Video Lake Mead

2011-08-06T00:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry for poor quality, but I had make the video smaller in order to upload it. This is three different sunsets. 653 photos. Enjoy.

Lake Mohave

2011-07-05T21:45:00.001-07:00

Lake Mead 3

2011-06-26T23:01:00.001-07:00

Colorado Kayak

2011-06-26T22:35:00.000-07:00

Lake Mead 2

2011-06-19T21:32:00.000-07:00

Lake Mead 1

2011-06-12T22:34:00.000-07:00

I couldn't pass up this opportunity

2011-05-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

I like Freemont Street way more than the strip. Penny slots, yard long margaritas, hourly light show/dance party, concerts, costumes, artists and guys like this.

new wakesurf board

2011-05-22T15:29:00.000-07:00

Only in Vegas

2011-05-22T15:24:00.000-07:00

The Southpoint Casino filled their rodeo arena with water and had jetski and wakeboard show.

Washington DC Urology Conference

2011-05-22T15:14:00.000-07:00

Highlights: staying with an old friend, Burmese food, Thai food, Brazilian food, Charlie Palmer's Steak House. Yep- good trip. :)

This is how I celebrate Spring

2011-04-10T20:24:00.000-07:00

This is a match made in heaven. I went to the lake last weekend. Can't wait til its hot, hot, hot.

cappuccino

2011-04-04T23:17:00.000-07:00

Today a patient's wife admitted that when she first met her husband 30 years ago and he asked her if she wanted to join him for some cappuccino she thought that was some kind of rough sex.

Guatemala/Honduras

2011-02-27T23:57:00.000-08:00

I spent 10 days in Guatemala and Honduras with my dad and uncle. We ate lots of good food, went to 4 different Mayan sites, saw some crazy animals, jumped off cliffs, rode on top of a van, in a tuk tuk and in the back of a Toyota truck. And I'm not sure what scared me more- crossing the Honduran border at night or riding on top of a van holding on to the luggage racks for dear life while holding a dog. And yes, of course I was only holding on with one hand and videoing with the other. Hope you enjoy the sampling of photos.

All in One Weekend!!!!!

2011-01-30T19:28:00.000-08:00

Vegas New Years

2011-01-02T13:13:00.000-08:00

charger game.

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shooting with sam.

2010-12-19T22:51:00.000-08:00

my new countertops!!!!

2010-12-19T22:45:00.000-08:00

My new fireplace my roommate made me!!!

2010-12-07T20:33:00.000-08:00

Going to Haunted Houses with Scott and Sam...late post

2010-12-05T21:24:00.000-08:00

Universal City/Hollywood

2010-12-05T21:18:00.001-08:00

triple kill!!!!

2010-10-22T23:16:00.000-07:00

Mt. Charleston

2010-10-17T22:15:00.000-07:00

11,900 ft.!!!!!! 18 miles. 4,300 ft. in elevation gain. 10 hours.

Rim to Rim!!!

2010-10-10T18:32:00.000-07:00

south to north rim. 24 miles. descended 4,200 ft and climbed out 5,600. 13 hours. last three hours in the dark.

New Mexico

2010-10-04T00:06:00.001-07:00

Lake Mead

2010-09-28T17:14:00.000-07:00

dolphins in the channel...hope this video works...

2010-09-19T22:40:00.000-07:00

Santa Cruz Island

2010-09-19T22:23:00.001-07:00

sunset

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Hope this video works.....

2010-09-10T22:17:00.000-07:00

2010-08-17T01:30:00.001-07:00

Lake camping

2010-08-01T18:47:00.000-07:00

Mo' Lake

2010-07-11T20:19:00.000-07:00

wakeboarding- day 4

2010-07-06T17:13:00.000-07:00

Kayaking

2010-06-09T19:38:00.000-07:00

Urology Conference in San Francisco!

2010-06-01T00:29:00.001-07:00

Canoe

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Southern Utah

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Nelson, NV

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yikes

2010-05-20T08:17:00.000-07:00

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2010/04/another-death-at-angels-landing.html

my patio makes me happy

2010-05-11T21:25:00.000-07:00

Happy 80th grandpa!

2010-04-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

Fireplace

2010-04-12T22:45:00.001-07:00

tile job

2010-04-12T22:41:00.000-07:00

guest bedrm

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master bdrm

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half bath

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master bath flooring

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guest bath

2010-04-10T21:43:00.000-07:00

garage

2010-04-10T21:36:00.001-07:00

Scrubs

2010-03-24T23:39:00.000-07:00

So today on the way home from work I stop by a Mexican place around the corner to pick up a burrito for dinner. I have been there before but I don't go often. The following conversation occurs with a guy I have never seen before.

worker: So hows the dentist?!?
me (wearing scrubs): um, I'm not a dentist
worker: oh yeah, you are a vet!
me: nope, not a vet
worker: a doctor?
me: no, not a doctor. I'm a physician assistant.
worker: oh yeah, I KNEW you were SOME assistant to SOMETHING!!

Detour

2010-03-22T22:44:00.000-07:00

So this morning I had to drive across the valley to buy some carpet and therefore I had to take a different route to work. This new route was so much more interesting. I kept seeing random funny things that I wish I could photograph to show you. So I guess you will just have to picture these things in your head.

1. McDonald's sign advertising 50 piece chicken mcnuggets for $11.99
2. Man on moped with 6 ft. ladder attached to the back. It was totally South America style in the middle of Vegas!
3. Construction site porta potty in the median of a super busy road. I would feel so exposed.

shocking!

2010-03-21T18:49:00.000-07:00

So I believe that I'm more of an electricity conductor than the average person. And this problem is compounded by the fact that I live in Vegas where there is NO moisture. I can grab the kitchen faucet to turn it on and shock myself, then touch the water with my other hand not a second later and shock myself AGAIN! I have tried alot of things to reduce this. I had my carpets cleaned thinking that might reduce any excess fuzz and therefore reduce the static. I will take off my shoes when I walk on carpet. I bought a humidifier. I have tried putting static softeners in my pocket. (I read that one on the Internet) I will try to touch my keys before I touch anything metal. I close the car door with my bum. I stopped using a hair dryer. I won't by any clothing that I think will create lots of static. And the list goes on. Well I just had the worst grocery store experience EVER. I shocked myself on both the bell pepper and potato. And then I shocked myself SO bad on the grocery cart that my eyes started watering. I quickly rushed to the laundry isle and yes- I shocked myself on the anti static spray!!! Then without caring if anyone was watching, I proceeded to spray myself in the store. This is getting out of control!

Banff report

2010-03-18T22:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, as always Banff Film Festival lived up to my expectations. The films were amazing! I'm proud to report that I attended this year's Las Vegas festival with 6 Banff virgins and one veteran. Of course the quality of the films are motivation enough, but the icing on the cake is the raffle at intermission. In Santa Barbara we started experimenting each year by crumpling the paper in forms that would perfectly fit the human hand increasing our chances of winning. I have never won a Banff raffle but I have attended the festival with some winners allowing me to leave feeling a little bit of victory. My friend James won some hiking boots one year, and Jerry sports a Banff fleece that I hope he leaves for me in his will. Tonight not only did one of the Banff virgins win, but TWO! CJ walked away with a Deuter backpack and Ashlee is sporting a fancy pants MRS stove that can boil water in like 2seconds. Bless you Banff! May I live long and prosper so we may meet annually for many more years.

"Its the most wonderful time of year"

2010-03-06T23:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Mom! Hope you like your present..

2010-02-09T18:11:00.000-08:00

Redneck Redhead

2010-02-04T07:32:00.000-08:00

Brianhead, UT

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Los Alamos

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New Mexico!

2010-01-28T17:52:00.000-08:00

My Christmas List. I have been good this year.....

2009-12-11T21:09:00.000-08:00

Grad Weekend Day 3

2009-12-06T23:13:00.001-08:00

Grad Weekend Day 2

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Grad Weekend Day 1

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Be jealous. Very, very jealous.

2009-12-04T10:49:00.000-08:00

40 days and 40 nights...left to go

2009-10-27T21:01:00.001-07:00

More target practice

2009-10-27T20:42:00.001-07:00

I know, I know....its been over a month since the last post. Material is becoming more difficult to come by. Sorry if this is disappointing, but these were the only pics taken since then.

"Jenny's Got a Gun"

2009-09-19T23:01:00.000-07:00

Get in the boat fish fish!

2009-09-14T15:14:00.000-07:00

My dad (left) with his Mahi Mahi and Sailfish (in the back).
My uncle (right) with a Grouper.

Vegas Staycation

2009-09-13T21:49:00.000-07:00

GL(ASS)

2009-09-03T01:13:00.000-07:00

I started my surgery rotation yesterday and our first case was a foreign body removal from the rectum. A man decided it was a good idea to pleasure himself by inserting a juice glass (about the size of a soda can) upside down into his rectum. Lets just say that for the next three months he will have a colostomy bag.

Today I just got home from an 18 hour day that ended with yet another foreign body removal from where? Yes, the rectum. This man put homemade Ben Wa balls(sex toy) up his rectum. I will spare you the photo, but I will give him props for creativity because he made these out of Taco Bell toys and golf balls.

I'm affraid for tomorrow.......very affraid.

Meet Barney the kayak

2009-08-30T13:29:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I have good ideas and sometimes I have not so good ideas. Well, this one was a good idea. I decided that I wasn't using my patio set as much as I thought I would. So I decided that I would sell it and buy a kayak cuz I might use that more. Thats when I met Barney the kayak. I took him to Lake Mead to play. He liked it.

Turkey Stampede!!!

2009-08-16T22:26:00.000-07:00

USS Midway, San Diego

2009-08-11T19:20:00.000-07:00

Oh Santa Barbara, how I love thee.....

2009-08-02T18:43:00.000-07:00

I'M A DESIGN STAR!!!

2009-07-30T23:17:00.000-07:00

I did this all in 6 days. I knew watching hours of HGTV would pay off.

Reduce, reuse, recycle

2009-07-15T08:59:00.000-07:00

This post is to make fun of my roommate for suggesting that I take 18lbs of aluminum blinds to the recycling center (the closest one was 15 miles from my house). So I did. And guess how much $ I got? $.80!!!! Man, at 5 cents/lb I think that I can recycle my way through school. Next I'm going to start collecting styrofoam, that stuff must go for at least 2 cents/lb.

My New Rotation...

2009-07-05T22:02:00.000-07:00

I'm at a homeless clinic in North Las Vegas. Here are a couple pics of my drive to work.

Expiring....

2009-07-05T21:59:00.001-07:00

A friend made this website for me a few years ago and its expiring in 10 days so enjoy it while it lasts. It takes a second to load.

jenurena.com

The 4th, Ojai style

2009-07-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

Another home improvment project

2009-06-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

My tree wasn't getting enough water so I removed the grass around the base and made this planter and replaced all the sprinkler heads. All this in 108 degree weather.

Zion Adventures

2009-06-28T18:48:00.000-07:00

This weekend my uncle and I had a blast in Zion. We got a rad campsite, ate good food, hiked to Observation Pt., hiked up the Narrows and drove up Kolob Terrace Rd. which takes you to the top of the west rim of the park. From there you can access alot of back country trails and see some beautiful horse pastures and reservoirs.

This post is dedicated to you Viv.

2009-06-24T15:10:00.000-07:00

da Vinci da robot

2009-06-16T15:46:00.001-07:00

This morning I got to watch a da Vinci assisted prostatectomy. It was pretty cool. The Dr. operates it from that module with the eye piece. The machine costs about $1.5 million and although it takes longer to do the procedure, it causes less trauma to the patient, and plus it looks cool.

Cirque du soleil

2009-06-11T23:14:00.000-07:00

I'm making good progress on my "Vegas Shows To See" list. So far I can cross off KA (x2 cuz it was good), MYSTERE, STOMP OUT LOUD, MAMA MIA, BLUE MAN GROUP, MAC KING COMEDY, V THE VARIETY SHOW, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LA REVE AND NOW BEATLES LOVE.

Let it be known....

2009-06-09T23:06:00.000-07:00

...that my uncle and I smashed the competition at this year's egg toss. At to add salt to the wound we beat my dad and brother. No mercy!!! My life's mission is complete.

My first "meeting"

2009-05-31T20:45:00.000-07:00

So what do you do if you want to go play on Lake Mead in a boat really bad but you don't own a boat? You join a boat club that doesn't require you to own a boat. I'm so freakin' smart sometimes.

Colorado Canoe

2009-05-31T20:40:00.000-07:00

Zion favs

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Zion Narrows

2009-05-26T20:25:00.000-07:00

Not the ER, but still funny

2009-05-26T20:22:00.000-07:00

Pt: Want to see what my daughters got me for my birthday?
Me: Sure (as he is pulling up his shirt)
Pt: (referring to the tattoo on his chest) They designed it. Those are their names. And it covers up my gun shot wound!!!

Algorithms make life easier

2009-05-07T22:39:00.000-07:00

Spiderman

2009-04-29T21:18:00.000-07:00

So when I moved into my new place, I never really had a chance to meet the neighbors because I was in a cast for the first few months. I went to get the mail today and the following conversation ensued with a very bored looking 9 year old pacing up and down the street.

boy: "Are you a Dr.?" (I'm in green scrubs)
me: "Nope"
boy: (really confused look) "I can jump really high"
me: "You should play basketball"
boy: "You know when you get bit by a spider?"
me: (never recalling this, I nod anyways)
boy: "That's why I can jump high"
me: "No. You can jump high because you are tall and coordinated."
boy: (Another confused look) "Where is the other girl?"
me: "The one with the car? She moved."
boy: (another confused look) "I can jump as high as the roof"