I don’t normally enter blog giveaways, but I decided to enter Erika’s wedding-related post giveaway, and I won! Thank you Erika for hosting this, and for the cool stuff! Here’s some images of what I won… A $10 Starbucks gift card – yummy! A blumebox vase in jet-set black Thanks so much, Erika! If you… Read More Yay for Blog Giveaways!
My posts over the next few weeks will be somewhat random and scattered, so please bear with me. My work schedule is going to be kind of crazy right up till we leave for St. Thomas, and there’s also the fact that the next few weeks will be jam-packed with activities: Christmas-related stuff, our anniversary… Read More Scattered
I am finished with all of my Christmas shopping! At least, I think that I’m finished. I have a tendency to say that I’m done, only to wait till a few days before Christmas and decide that I need to get one last thing for someone. But this year, I really think that I’m finished.… Read More Christmas Shopping
My feet hurt. This may be due to the fact that I’m on them all the time, walking (or jogging) up and down the unit hall. And it may be due to the fact that my current pair of shoes is over 2 years old. Either way, it doesn’t really matter – part of being… Read More New Shoes (but they aren’t very pretty…)
We’re going to need to board Bear while we’re in St. Thomas (January 3rd – 10th). Being new to the area, I wanted to make sure that we selected a good place. I don’t need to put my dog in one of those places where they’re on carpeted floors, watching flat-screen doggy TV, but I… Read More Compatibility Appointment
This song was on Chris’ Pandora playlist the other day. I liked it so much that I investigated a little further and found out that it’s by Matt Nathanson off his “Some Mad Hope” album. I downloaded it off Napster and have been listening to it for the last day or so, and I really… Read More Come On Get Higher
I just wanted to share with all of you my distaste for the common cold. It keeps you up at night, makes you all stuffy, blocks your ears up, and you have a constant run of fluid coming out your nose and down the back of your throat. Yep – I have a cold. I’m… Read More The Common Cold
Bama Belle over at Bama Belle in the Big City tagged me! I’ve been following her blog for a little while now, and I really enjoy reading about all of the stuff that goes on in her life. In particular, I’ve liked hearing about all of the insane things that people do in the publishing… Read More TAG – I’m It!!
I’m in this 3-month-new-RN-rotation-thing at the hospital where I work. It’s a brand new program that started September 29th and will finish on January 2nd. So far, I’ve rotated to acute inpatient psychiatry, urgent care, the spinal cord injury unit., and transitional care. I’ve attended workshops, conferences, rounded with the IV team, worked days, evenings,… Read More Rotating
At the moment, I’m reading “This Present Darkness”, by Frank Peretti. I’ve never read it before, even though it’s like over 20 years old and was really popular when it first came out. Anyway, I’m really enjoying it. Have any of you ever read this book?
This story is long, but it’s funny, ridiculous, and has a happy ending! Yesterday, Chris got a free 1lb box of 36 dark & milk chocolate truffles. Boy, was he happy 🙂 He was so happy that he opened up the box and promptly ate 5 of them. Then, he was called away from the… Read More The Most Expensive Box of Free Chocolate. Ever.
Hi Friends 🙂 I wanted to share some of the lovely ornaments from our Christmas tree. Enjoy! This ornament was made the year that I was born Christmas Angel Some friends gave us a set of ivory ornaments they bought during a trip to Africa. This camel is one of them. One of… Read More Christmas Ornaments
(click on image above to make it larger) We put up our Christmas tree on Saturday, and I was so pleased! In the almost 4 years that we’ve been married, we’ve only put up a tree once before, making this time numero dos. We were in Spain during our 1st Christmas (on our honeymoon), put… Read More O, Christmas Tree!
My parents, Bruce + Mary, had a formal picture taken for their church directory, and this was the result. Don’t I have good looking parents? This March will make it 37 years that they’ve been married. Love you, Mom & Dad! We’re glad that you had a great Thanksgiving 🙂
This story takes place a little over a year after Chris and I were married, and it’s another example of why I sometimes refer to him as my very own “Absent-Minded Professor” 🙂 I had to work the day after Thanksgiving. I get a call at the office around about noon. It’s Chris. He sounds… Read More A Funny Black Friday Story
In no particular order, here are some of the things for which I’m thankful… …Chris …Parents, siblings, brothers- & sisters-in-law, nieces, & nephews …My in-laws …Having a job, especially considering the current economy…The fact that Chris has a job doing what he loves…Bear …Living in the United States of America…Freedom of speech…Living in a… Read More Thankful For
So, Chris and I are out here in New England for Thanksgiving. Our families are pretty spread out (his is about 16.5 hours south of us, mine is 14.5 hours to the west). I’m working Friday night shift (which means coming in at 11:45pm on Thanksgiving to work 12mn – 8am Friday), so visiting the… Read More Missing Family at Thanksgiving
Today, I did a lot of walking and riding the elevators at work. Pretty typical, but with one exception… I’m in the basement and catch the elevator to head on up to 4. A guy gets in on 1, and I ask him which floor he’s headed to so that I can press the button.… Read More A Cigarette + a Winter Coat + an Elevator
Yay – another award! Thanks so much to Lindsey over at …and baby makes 3 for nominating me as a “Superior Scribbler” Lindsey is new to the blogging world, so be sure to head over to her site, check it out, and give her a welcome 🙂 Thanks so much, Lindsey!
One of the yummy finds of New England is Legal Seafood. I don’t think I’d ever actually tasted chowder before, and I am so glad that my first bite was one of their creations. So far, I’ve only tasted their “Alaskan King Crab + Sweet Corn” and the “New England Clam” chowders. Both were delicious,… Read More Legal Seafood
