The title of this post pretty much gives it away – Chris has a job interview in New Zealand! He got the exciting news last night, offering to fly him out all expenses paid. Awesome! Unfortunately, he doesn’t need an assistant, or else you’d better believe I’d be going with him! The interview is with… Read More Interview in New Zealand
Thanks so much to the lovely Jess from Keep it Together and Rebecca at I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess for the cute Valentine’s Day cards 🙂 We all participated in the Valentine’s Day card swap, and it was neat to get cards from all over the country. Aren’t their cards cute? From Jess From… Read More Valentine’s Day Thank Yous 🙂
Why is it that, even after 4 days off, I still don’t feel like going back to work? I’ll be counting down the hours till 4 o’clock today, believe me. When I get home, I plan to work out then head to the library. Chris is going out with a philosophy-friend who’s in town tonight.… Read More Back to Work
Happy Anniversary to my younger brother E and his wife, A! E is number 2 out of my 4 brothers, and number 7 out of the 10 kids 🙂 They were married a year ago today, and have gone through a lot of life changes since then! The above was taken as they were “announced”… Read More Happy Anniversary!
Interesting article about the turnover rate for newly minted RNs
Yesterday, Chris got a call, inviting him to interview for an assistant professor position at a university in Pennsylvania. The interview is set for this coming Saturday at 11am at one of the big conferences that take place each year for Chris’ line of work. It’s pretty common for schools to do the interviews at… Read More Job Interview
My mom always made fudge for all of us kids for Valentine’s Day, and she always made it in the shape of a heart, and she always used the Never-Fail-Fudge recipe from the back of the Marshmallow Fluff container. I decided to continue that tradition this year by making heart-shaped Never-Fail-Fudge for Chris’ Valentine’s Day… Read More Never-Fail-Fudge is the Perfect Valentine’s Day Treat
People are contending that Miss Piggy has lost weight, based on these photographs showing her 13 years ago compared to today’s appearance on “The View”. What do you think? Yes, I’m aware that we are in fact talking about a Muppet and that given the current state of the economy there are certainly more pressing… Read More Has Miss Piggy Lost Weight?
Did any of you catch the Joaquin Pheonix interview on David Letterman last night? Hoooo boy! Things started out bad, then went downhill from there. I just have to ask, “What’s up, Joaquin?!” **Apparently the clip’s been removed. If you didn’t get to see it, he was acting so bizarre. Chris and I were watching… Read More What’s Up with Joaquin?
Firstly, thanks again for all of your encouraging words – I really mean that. Reading your comments and emails has made me feel a lot better. Today was the 1st day of my “educational detail” rotation. It started out by meeting with the NM who’s handling the rotation and all of the displaced staff. I… Read More Today
Yesterday was an interesting day in so many ways. Not only was I more open and honest than I’ve been before on this blog, but I also learned that my unit is temporarily closing. For 8 weeks. I get to work in the morning, sit down for report, we do report, and then the NM… Read More So, my unit is closed…
I said that I would post a response to yesterday’s post, and so I am. First of all, thank you so much to all of you who commented. Your words were thoughtful, encouraging, and challenging. I appreciated them so much. Secondly, I realized that I need to be honest not only with myself, but about… Read More Response
Hello to all my lovely readers 🙂 Bama Belle is having a fabulous giveaway! She is giving away a Bliss kit full of awesome stuff (I know, because I’ve used several of the products). I love reading her blog, and it’s so cool that she’s doing this! You should definitely head over there and enter… Read More Bama Belle’s Bliss Giveaway!
I like Bill Bryson books. I can’t vouch for all of them (I’ve only read two), but the ones that I have read are so good! Right now I’m re-reading “In a Sunburned Country” for about the 4th time, and nearly every other page I’m bugging Chris by saying “Oh, oh! Listen to this! This… Read More "In a Sunburned Country"
Wow. That was all the husband and I could say after hearing Christian Bale’s rant at the director of photography on the set for the new Terminator flick (click on the link for the edited version). Seriously, he goes off for over 4 minutes, using the F-word at least 39 times (no, I didn’t count!… Read More Bad Christian Bale!
Hi Readers! If you haven’t already, then head over to Erin’s site to enter her cute Valentine’s Day giveaway – a Hanky Panky gift set from Nordstrom! Cute, huh? So, go to Blue-Eyed Bride and sign yourself up!
I was Charge Nurse all week. At the beginning, it was nuts. By the end of the day today, it was not bad, not bad at all! Some of the other RNs were talking about how they hate being charge. I found myself saying that I actually liked it. They stood there, mouths agape, and… Read More Taking Charge (or, "Reflecting on Changes Since High School")
Okay, enough work-related drama! I’m getting sick of typing about it, so I’m sure that you are all sick of reading about it! Today, I’m going to share some of the DVDs that we’ve watched over the last few weeks. I think that the 1st one we watched was “The Duchess”. I wanted to see… Read More Reviews: The Duchess, Wanted, Finding Forrester, Friends, and Gossip Girl!
Yesterday I was all set to take Bear for a walk, when I opened the door and found a package on my front stoop! I knew that I hadn’t ordered anything in awhile, so I wasn’t sure what it was. Turns out, my lovely older sister Shelly (one of my 5 sisters) had mailed me… Read More Thankful for Big Sisters
PamperingBeki is having a giveaway! Up for grabs is this beautiful necklace… …which can be personalized with any word that you like 🙂 To enter, here’s what you need to know: Head over to her Etsy shop and take a look at all of her lovely jewelry Leave a comment on her blog post, stating… Read More Jewelry Giveaway!
