tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-326140132024-03-14T04:35:27.484-06:00zimmerhouseLife and Times of a Suburban Family in Middle America.tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.comBlogger509125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-72879019542828468932017-09-28T15:18:00.000-06:002017-09-29T21:47:56.782-06:00The Prodigal Son<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The Prodigal Son<o:p></o:p></div>
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So this is one of my least favorite stories in the Bible
(yes, yes, I know all of God’s word is extra special and I’m supposed to love
every single thing written to be a good Christian; but I’m a very very bad
Christian who questions everything. If I were God I would have failed my ass and
told me to go ‘seek’ elsewhere. Lucky me, God is a much better Christian than I
am :D )Anyhow, Prodigal Son, yup, never liked it. Also didn’t like the story
where Jesus rebukes Martha for asking Mary to work when Mary was sitting at
Jesus’s feet soaking in his goodness. I
get why that’s an important story and I know the message I’m supposed to glean,
BUT as I am a ‘martha’ I can only imagine her saying, ‘yeah wouldn’t it be nice
if we could all soak up the Lord’s awesomeness, but someone has to fucking do
the dishes and feed all these followers” (okay, poetic license, I’m pretty sure
she didn’t drop the f-bomb – mostly because they didn’t actually have that word
at that time). The reason both of these stories piss me off is because I am the
hard working loyal do everything that’s right (okay except maybe I need a
little help in the language department) only to be set aside when the damn
rebel bypasses the work and comes home and is glorified. It’s like, “hey,
assholes, I’ve been minding the sheep and looking after the fam or cooking and
cleaning for a bunch men, one who is a traitor, a couple of others who may or
may not be a tad misogynistic and somehow I get set aside or rebuked” hmmmm –
so not fair.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And then look at that, I gave birth to a prodigal son.<o:p></o:p></div>
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God in his ultimate ever-lovin’ wisdom has a warped sense of
humor.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And enough with the lessons. I want the lesson of what to do
if you win the lotto.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My son is one day from being a year sober.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The last couple weeks I’ve been thinking about ways to mark
that moment, what kind of gift to give him, how to celebrate this. He has
worked so amazingly hard at this. I look at him and at times think ‘son, if you
keep up on this path, you will be an amazing contributor to society’ I swell
with pride at the hard work he has done to become and remain sober – for a
whole year. In a society that glorifies drug and alcohol use. Where everywhere
he looks he is being bombarded with temptation. He, with the help of his friends,
AA groups, the steps and yes, God (his choice of a higher power) has made it a
whole year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A WHOLE YEAR<o:p></o:p></div>
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So it came as a surprise to me when I am driving to my
therapist’s office (so yeah, I’ve been doing that for over a year – and it
doesn’t look very promising that I’m going to get to stop that soon) – oh sorry
tangent – so on my way to the therapist’s office, and BEFORE my stop at
Starbucks, I have a full blown panic attack. Complete with crying, not able to
catch my breath, dizziness &---- feeling.out.of.fucking.control!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I do NOT get panic attacks. I am fabulous at repressing my
emotions so that I don’t have to panic. It’s what makes me a good nurse.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So here I am trying to control my emotions so I can one make
my Starbucks order in a coherent fashion and two, not die on the highway. So
after one deep goddamn breath after another and some coffee I make it to the
therapist’s office.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tell him about it between shallow breathing and tears – and
he’s happy as a clam and is telling me how great it is that I am having this
break through.<o:p></o:p></div>
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WTF and FU – if this is what a breakthrough is
NOTHANKYOUVERYMUCH<o:p></o:p></div>
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You know what’s even WORSE<o:p></o:p></div>
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He was right.<o:p></o:p></div>
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DAMNIT<o:p></o:p></div>
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I thought it was all about being scared, scared of what
could have happened – seriously Jake could have died, he could have gotten into
serious legal trouble, he could have not stopped using and been lost to us for
longer or forever. I also thought it was me being scared about the future, what
if he uses again? What if he doesn’t get his life together and he lives his
life on my coach surrounded by dirty laundry and bags of half eaten chips. And
a little warped part of my brain thought (for just a couple of seconds before I
discarded it as pure idiocy), what if he does get it together and doesn’t ‘need’
me any more (yeah, see the reason I may be in therapy for a bit longer…okay a
lot longer). <o:p></o:p></div>
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We talked – and guess what, my reaction, more about grief
than fear.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You’d think as a hospice nurse I could have figured that out
– but again, that’s really how awesome I am at repression (I could teach
classes). I have been on shut-down-get-shit-done mode (channeling my
inner-Martha) and have not had a chance to grieve the loss of my son. My
beautiful green-eyed, curly haired, handsome, talented sweet, funny, rebellious,
darling boy (oh look at that, I’m crying again – damn breakthroughs, they
fucking SUCK). I am thankful he is physically with us and I look forward to
getting to know who he is now, but I need to let go and grieve who he once was.
And I have to grieve who I got to be as his mom because she too no longer
exists. I need to get to know the woman I am becoming because of all of this
(I’m pretty sure I’m going to like her, she has a good sense of humor).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Circling back to the prodigal son – I don’t think Jake has
quite come home yet – he’s still out there exploring, learning, getting hurt
and figuring out how to survive and more importantly he will eventually realize
the importance of home where he is loved – his physical one with his earthly
parents and brother as well as his heavenly home and spiritual father. But I do believe that he’s on his way back.
We will celebrate. This year of sobriety will also be celebrated, because it
should be recognized. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And me, I need to do some more being in the Word.
Spirituality is very important to me, and I have been a bit resentful of it in
the last couple years or so – face it, for those of us less perfect Christians,
with less than perfect Christian homes, churchy people can be a little
insufferable. So while my inner Martha has served me well, I do need to get a
little more Mary in my life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And to my other son, the one who is more like me in his
attempt to do what is right I want to say, ‘you will not be cast aside when
your brother finally makes it home, and son, you do not have to be perfect, you
are loved regardless of how good or how bad you are”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I might add to son number two though, ‘but if you do go off
the rails, wait a bit until I have built up a little strength’<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, yes God, you are right. And I am learning this lesson.
But for the love of all that is holy – how about learning that lesson where I
wake up skinny and my hair stays in place for more than an hour. That’s a
lesson, I’d so appreciate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-64032947957894265372017-06-21T20:48:00.000-06:002017-06-21T20:48:38.065-06:00....and then he disappeared I just read a great book called, The Girl in The Red Coat, by Kate Hamer - it was about a girl who was abducted. The author talked about both the mother's journey and the child's journey (if you're looking for a good read, I recommend it, it was an interesting twist an abduction theme). What struck me is I really understood what the mom was feeling. I think as moms we all feel this at times, those times in our kids' lives when they move toward independence. I think that is one of the reasons why these stories are so frightening, not only are we all terrified of losing our children, we see the reality that we will indeed lose our children. That's where I am. I lost my child for a year to drugs. One of the things I was so scared about, happened (not the drugs - didn't see that coming, but about my kiddo disappearing).<br />
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It was when I read this book that it hit me. The year he was doing drugs, selling drugs, stealing -- doing all the stuff that drug addicts do to keep themselves in drugs, he was not my son. He looked like my son, he was still living in my house, but he wasn't that sweet boy we raised. That boy that loved baseball, who would sit and put his head on my shoulder just to be near me, the kid who would talk to me (granted about baseball, and I learned how to talk that language for him). That boy was gone for a year. And my heart was broken. He was essentially abducted from our lives by drugs.<br />
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We couldn't find him.<br />
Drugs wouldn't, couldn't stop their hold on him.<br />
He had no power to leave this stronger, meaner, horrible captor.<br />
He was lost to us.<br />
He was lost to himself.<br />
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We did all the things we thought to do to find him again. Private school, drug tests, give him a car, take the car away, ground him, stop giving him money, keep him from his friends.<br />
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But the drugs always won.<br />
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We didn't give up. At times, I admit I wanted to. It was too painful to care when he did not.<br />
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Thankfully, we found an enthusiastic sobriety program. Thankfully Jake has embraced it. Thankfully he's been sober for almost 8 months now.<br />
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Even though it's been 8 months, it's only been in the last month or so I've seen glimpses of the 'real' Jake, not that drug ladened impostor. Every time I see the 'real' Jake, my Jake, my heart soars. For my birthday, he asked with that charming half crooked smile if I could take him to lunch so we could spend time together, he had the grace to say that if he had some money, he'd take me. But, while this might seem like a sucky present, he knew that really time with him was all I needed to make my birthday special (yes time with my other son too -- but these posts lately have been about our journey with addiction). We went out, we talked, we actually talked about some of his experiences with drugs, I talked about my sadness - it wasn't upsetting to either of us, just honest discussion. We also talked about silly things. It was lovely.<br />
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I know I will lose him again to adulthood. and that's coming sooner than later. That feels less gut wrenching. It feels right, because he will come to visit, he will grow, he will be the strong independent charming leader that was his original destiny, because he is no longer doing drugs.<br />
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That is, if the menacing black monster of drugs doesn't get hold on him again. This terrifies me more than Jake flying into adulthood (mistakes and all). For now I will take the gift of our precious Jake's return to our lives. Each day I'm given this gift, I am thankful.<br />
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<br />tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-26083218724805975912017-05-21T20:35:00.000-06:002017-05-21T20:35:01.786-06:00I'm A Mom - Don't Judge<div class="MsoNormal">
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When your child has an addiction it rocks your world. I’m
not talking about all of the things you might imagine, like how do I save my
boy? Will he finish school? Can he still play baseball….the second two seem
silly to me now. Really the most important thing when you have a child who has
an addiction is -- will he live. But beyond that – what really rocked my world
was how I defined myself as a mom.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve wanted to be a mom since I was a little girl and the
days of both my boys’ births were the happiest days of my life. If you could
bottle up the joy I felt when I first held each one of them for the first time, you’d be a
billionaire. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then from that point on I questioned everything I did. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I didn’t trust my ability to be a mom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And good lord are people opinionated (me
included). I tried hard, I read books, followed advice…..I made my own baby
food, fed the kids low sugar diet, made sure they did sports, took them to
school, dinner on the table every night, making sure we all ate together, I
showed up and worked hard. Either Jason or I read to them every night. We went
to church. I sent them to Christian camps – nice ones in the mountains. We’ve
travelled all over the world together. One thing this experience has taught me
is that all of this was surfacy -stuff. I really thought this is what society
says makes me a good mom – but what probably made me a good mom were some of
those things I was too embarrassed to admit to ever doing because of all the
opinions of others – like yeah I did let my kids sleep in bed with me. Sometimes
I was just too tired, or they were crying too much, or I just wanted to love on
them. When they did scary things like jump off the fence on to the trampoline,
I looked the other way, with my heart in my throat because they were having a
blast. I let them jump in mud puddles, more than once, sometimes they would
lose a shoe or a sock because of that weird mud-suction thing. I would hose
them down in the front yard before letting them in the house. I yelled at them.
I spanked them too. Then I realized I wasn’t spanking out of discipline, but
out of my own frustration so I stopped doing that. I let them talk back to me,
let them roll their eyes at me and laughed when they attempted sarcasm. When
they were done acting out, I would tell them I didn’t like being treated that
way. I was inconsistent. I changed things around because sometimes shit didn’t
work – no matter how well it worked for the experts or other moms. I used guilt
– a lot (and was sort of proud of that one). Sometimes things worked for my kids
that didn’t work for others – sometimes not.<o:p></o:p></div>
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PARENTING IS FUCKING HARD – even when your kids are well
adjusted (oh yeah, I sometimes cursed in front of them – no fucking wonder I
have a drug addict as a son –right).<o:p></o:p></div>
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I won’t give advice on parenting, because I don’t know what
the hell I’m doing. Well – that’s not entirely true – the advice I would give
is to let go of taking advice and have fun with your kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I had done more of that and less
worrying about ‘getting it right’<o:p></o:p></div>
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So for me, even though I wanted it more than anything,
parenting was hard because I wanted to be perfect at it and I was constantly
finding fault in my own ability to be a mother – the thing that should have
been so easy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then one of my kids turned out to be an addict.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And I had proof that I didn’t just fail at being a mom but
colossally failed. Like kicked out of the mom-club fail. Because what kind of a
mom raises a drug addict (let me answer that – a bad mom).<o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t think that debate between SAHM and Working moms is
really the issue – if you look closely, it’s moms judging moms. SAHMs will
judge another SAHMs just as much as they would a working mom, and don’t think
working moms don’t judge other working moms – and then they all judge each
other. Because each and everyone one of us are super freaked out we’re doing it
wrong. And we are doing things wrong--- BUT and listen to me closely here – WE
ARE ALSO DOING IT RIGHT.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In my Al Anon meetings, I’ve learned, “I didn’t cause it, I
can’t cure it, and I can’t control it” – as hard as this is to believe, it’s so
freeing. I did NOT hand my kid his first joint. I never even had that laissez
fare attitude about any kind of drug or alcohol with them either. My
expectations on this matter were pretty clear given the amount of addiction in
my family. He chose to smoke that first joint and then he was lost for a year.
I made some mistakes during that year. I thought we could help him, I thought
we could bribe him, or punish him into quitting. It took us awhile to figure
out this could not be willed away, he needed help and we got it for him. He did
the hard work though – we just provided the resources. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So really, deep in my heart, I know I am a good mom. Not
everyone is going to believe this about me. And I’m really beginning to not
care. I know that I did everything in my power to help my son with a
debilitating disease – a disease that most people think is just a character
issue. And once I did what was in my power, I gave the rest over to God (which
is what I call my higher-power). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here’s my take-away – letting go is really the part that is
making me a good mom for this particular kid, rather than all the things I ever
did for him. It is also the hardest thing I’ve ever done.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What I want you to know – YOU’RE A GOOD MOM. Don’t let what
others may think of you cloud your judgment on your mothering. You do not have
to comply to the rules of society to prove your mom-worthiness. Let’s stop
judging ourselves and those around us, and just enjoy the limited time we have
with these miracles that have been entrusted to us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-79072878014087094962017-05-16T21:12:00.000-06:002017-05-16T21:16:49.744-06:00And so it begins....<div class="MsoNormal">
I was told I need to blog again by a friend. What’s hard
though is beside a few fun glimpses into my life on Facebook, I’ve had no
desire to write. Frankly, my life has been really painful the last three years
and I fell into a pretty harsh depression. I still had moments of laughter, I
went to work every day, I enjoyed time with my family and friends. But there
were days that getting out of bed was almost too much to bear. I did it. But
without joy. I plodded along through the day and buried my sorrows in my work –
easy to do as a hospice nurse, because frankly everyone one of the families I
helped were having a worse day than I was.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I didn’t even know I was depressed because I was so
depressed. There was no introspection, there was, work, life, husband, kid-crap
– rinse and repeat. It was like being a robot. I was without life. I never
wanted to kill myself – but if a semi ran me over, I would have welcomed it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m finally crawling my way out of it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My therapist has also suggested I write. He doesn’t care
about what, nor did he recommend blogging per se. But it seems to be what I
know.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What started it all? August 2014 my sister died. Then my son
started using drugs and within almost a year he went from ‘experimenting’ to a
full-blown addiction. People who love people with addiction know that really
addiction starts with that first taste of whatever ---- but it took us a year
of trying different things to ‘help’ him before we realized the extent and got
him the right kind of help (we sent him to private school, drug tested him,
took away his car, out-patient, and finally in-patient).<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was thinking today about the night he went to his
in-patient program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found out he was
continuing to use while in his out-patient program. I came home one day to find
one of his ‘user’ friends standing in my kitchen. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must have just broadcasted rage, because he
sort of backed out of the kitchen and out the front door without saying
anything to me. When Jake came downstairs, he tried, in the manipulative way
that addicts try, to make me feel this was more my problem than his. He left
the house and I called the out-patient program. I asked my options, we did a
dance back and forth – I think it was hard for them to come out and say, ‘yeah
he needs a stronger, more intense program’ so finally I said, “MAKE IT
HAPPEN”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may, or may not have sounded
possessed. They took Jake out of the ‘class’ and it was then he confessed to
them he had continued to use. And then he confessed it to us. We got it all
planned and he left to Arizona two days later.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He stayed with other people during those two days.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He came to dinner the night he left, he did not want us to
drive him to the airport. He and his friends (friends from the program – kids
who are good kids who had made the same mistakes that Jake made and were now on
the mend, kids that knew what he was going through, kids that understood him.
His family were no longer the ones that understood him, or the ones he would
turn to. In fact we were the last people he wanted to be around.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He wasn’t angry about going to in-patient. He embraced it.
It was the first time he really wanted to admit to a problem and wanted to
start working on getting sober. So his anger at us wasn’t about sending him
there. He just did not want us in his life at that moment for reasons we still
aren’t privy to and may never understand.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We ate dinner with Jake and his friends, the friends he had
been staying with, the friends that were taking him to the airport. Great boys
who got it. But they also got us. I couldn’t speak, couldn’t eat. I just wanted
to hold my boy and never let go. I wanted so badly to go back to when he was a
toddler and I could take away his pain by hugging it away. But this man-child
had to be told by his friends to hug me good-bye.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And he got into the car and I had to wait almost 8 weeks
before I could see or talk to him again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was probably the hardest night of my life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But it was also a beginning. Not just for his healing but
for my own.<o:p></o:p></div>
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tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-56068911185855940822015-08-12T06:18:00.001-06:002015-08-12T06:18:55.667-06:00Another why I suck moment -- <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before you get all concerned about my apparent self-esteem issues, I don't actually think I suck, I actually think I'm a pretty nice person. I just happen to enjoy self-depreciating humor...and in this case I also enjoy knowing it's got some shock value because not many people think I suck either (and those that do think I suck, don't actually share their thoughts with me, and I'm okay if they don't).<br />
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Alright, now that you've put your therapist's phone numbers away because I don't need a referral, we can get to the post at hand.<br />
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I totally dropped the ball last Christmas. I mean, I bought the presents on time -- actually purchased them in October, because normally I'm good like that. Even had them wrapped in mid-November. And here's where I lost steam -- the frickin' box. I couldn't find one that would fit the big-arse bag of toddler legos. So the presents sat in my room (even my parents' presents - and I was able to find a box that fit those presents) for months. I would look at them daily and just cringe because I wasn't getting them sent out. Christmas passed and Jason moved the them to the basement. I would move them back to our room so that I wouldn't 'forget' to mail them out every.freakin'.day. He would move them back to the basement. We would never really discuss it, we just kept moving the boxes of Christmas presents up and down the two flights of stairs. FOR 7 MONTHS.<br />
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So I finally did it. I mailed them out. With this note:</div>
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And then the boxes were stacked in my car for a couple of weeks and it became Christmas in August</div>
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Arggggg</div>
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This picture reminds me I need to clean out my car.</div>
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This got me to thinking....why did I do this? What's going on? It's not the only thing I've messed up on this past year. I missed paying the kids' dentist bill for a few months (seriously, I hate those bills that aren't auto deductions because I forget them normally, but this past year, I forgot on steroids). It got to the point though they fired us. (So suck as a consumer, a mom, a the family financial keeper). My desk is a mess, my filing has piled up into two TWO laundry baskets and now my laundry is folded and piled on the floor near the washer and drier. It took me like 8 months to get to the hairdresser, and I went way too long without a pedicure. I've read maybe like 2 books for pleasure and except for making some Christmas ornaments I haven't done anything creative. I picked up a lot of extra shifts and changed jobs (really a good way to keep my mind off of my life).<br />
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I'm kind of a hot mess.<br />
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And I realized, I've been depressed. It wasn't this obvious depression (well to myself) but this sort of underlying lack of energy, motivation, and ability to do MORE. I was still able get the kids where they needed to go (for the most part), I kept most of my appointments. I was able to still decorate for Christmas and entertain...but didn't send out cards or gifts (local people got their gifts). But some of the extras -- forgotten birthdays of some really good friends, not doing extra things like cards for no reason, paying attention to the needs of the people around me (except the kids), and more importantly not having overall joy in life -- just glimpses here and there. I laughed, I cried -- but not my normal loving life kind of person.<br />
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You see, I'm generally a pretty happy person -- not one of these exuberant shout to the roof tops life is grand...but a mellow happy person (apparently depression looks pretty mellow on me too). And this past year that was gone. And it's taken it's toll on me. But I didn't realize it was some low level depression because I pushed through and lived my life -- just wasn't enjoying it much AND things fell through the cracks (more than usual -- because even though I'm generally a mellow happy person, I'm also seriously ADD). It kind of sucks. I'm happy to say though just realizing what was going on (I'm also a little slow and it took awhile to figure it out) has helped me realize why I've been doing (or really not doing) what I've been doing this past year.<br />
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Death of a loved one can do that to you. It's coming on the year anniversary of when my sister died. I miss her. As I wrap up her estate and am ready to send the paperwork to the court, I realize this is it. It really hit me when I sold her condo a couple months back. I cried off and on all day and had to tell people my allergies were acting up (because God forbid I let people know I'm freaking out because I sold my dead sister's condo). It was hard, it was a teminder she wasn't coming back. I'm doling out her ashes soon, some to my mother, some to my niece and nephew, and some to me. I'm going to spread my share in the mountains in a beautiful peaceful spot. I want her to have peace in death in a way she couldn't have in life. I think she would have liked it that a little part of her will go to the people that loved her the most and loved her with out conditions. It's sad, but she never really felt that love but she was loved. One son at her funeral was so heart broken, and another, who didn't shed a tear, later designed his baseball glove to honor her and his other aunt (who has MS).<br />
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He had "for Nini" the nick name he actually came up with for my sister, because he couldn't pronounce Leyni. and he also had 'for shaina' stitched to his glove. He doesn't really show his emotions, but it was when he ordered this glove that I realized he felt that loss too.</div>
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It's time to move on now. Not forget, or even stop missing her. But to get back the part of my life that I miss and love - the joy of life. A part will be always be missing, but isn't that true of all of us? Every time we experience loss we lose a little part of ourselves. But then we also fill those losses with people that bring us joy and love (and sometimes we fill the loss with chocolate cake - did I also mention I gained 30 pounds this past year as well - I wish I was one of these people who don't eat and over exercise when I was depressed). We just have to allow that love in -- for some of us that's harder to do, and during some times in our life it's harder to do.<br />
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I know I'm coming out of this, different but whole and strong. I'm lucky that depression for me comes in periods of my life and it is not (thankfully) something from which I suffer all the time. For me it's usually related to a major life event like a death in the family, or hormonal changes, in the case of some postpartum depression (and thank you Lexapro for getting me through that). I know there are people who suffer from depression all the time and it sucks - I'm sorry this is your lot in life.<br />
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In the mean time -- I'm crawling out of my little dark depression hole and bonus, my nephews got a mid summer surprise (okay late summer). I'm wrapping up my sister's estate so will not have that weighing on my mind, taking up space that should be devoted to my family, friends, and self.<br />
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Seriously....put away those therapists' numbers, I don't need a referral...I got this.<br />
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<br />tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-81059039787215176872015-07-30T07:17:00.000-06:002015-07-30T07:17:43.910-06:00Why It Sucks to Have a Mom as a Nurse<div class="MsoNormal">
Some of you may have seen those Memes that say things like,
“I’m sorry mommy’s a nurse and you had to bring yourself in because she thinks
you should just suck it up” and yeah, I’m one of those moms/nurses. My oldest a couple
years back twisted his ankle and I made him sit out a couple games, and ice
it…telling him to suck it up. Well it didn’t get better and my husband, a
layman, thought I should take him in. Turns out it was nerve damage and he
needed some PT. He kept asking the physical therapist to say to me, ‘you suck
as a mom and a nurse’ – yeah, they BOTH had fun with that. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> <i>Jake, icing his foot</i></o:p></div>
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A couple weeks ago my younger son rode his bike to swim
practice (in flip-flops) and was driven home before practice even started by
one of the younger coaches (a teenager). His toe was bleeding but he seemed
really nonchalant. The teen-coach looked ill. I sighed and told Isaac to run
upstairs, get me some Band-Aids, and wash his foot with soap and water. The
teen-coach assured me he rinsed Isaac’s foot off with hydrogen peroxide. I felt
the need to give him a lecture that evidence-based-practice has pretty much
proven hydrogen peroxide is a horrible idea and that in the future he should
just use soap and water. He tells me that’s what they taught him in teen-life-guard-school
and I replied, “well maybe they should get some one who isn’t using antiquated
information”….. I couldn’t just shut up and the look on this kid’s face was
like “geeze lady, I’m a teen-coach who just drove your bloody kid home
shouldn’t you be doing something for him since you’re a nurse and all instead
of lecturing me”. But in my head, my kid was FINE and could suck it up (which
is probably why my kid wasn’t crying and washing his foot like I told him to).
Teen coach left and I took a look at Isaac’s foot, after he washed it off….and
‘yikes’. It looked like a flap of skin was coming off, which they can’t stitch,
but there was some pretty bad gashes. So I took him into the ER.<o:p></o:p></div>
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ER nurse and ER doc were like, “Whoa Dude, never ride your
bike in flip flops, that looks bad” After X-rays, Lidocaine shots (which he did
NOT like), and a tourniquet it was decided stitches weren’t going to help but
they did need to cauterize to stop bleeding. Isaac, a true Walking Dead fan
says to me “I just need to look at the flowers”. The ER doc, also a Walking
Dead fan laughed – which scared me just a bit since he was holding the
cauterizer. Then says, ‘you know the thing about that show is that every doctor
on there is a total wack job’ (FYI Wack apparently is NOT a word that word
check recognizes, so I ask Jason, how do you spell wack as in wack job, and he
asks, you aren’t charting are you? – and no, but wouldn’t that be fun to
actually say, this family is full of freakin’ wack jobs…oh wait, maybe it’s
whack …ah yes, that computes…keeping my original mistake here though to let you
into to my scary ADD mind --- squirrel). So I bring up, “yeah, like Grey’s
Anatomy never has a nurse in the rooms with the doctors and the doctors are
doing everything nurses do”…so we start complaining about how shows just don’t
show the medical field appropriately and Isaac is lying in his ER stretcher
rolling his eyes at us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So no swimming for 10 days. And we got a prescription for 30
vicodin…seriously for a 12 year old who was rating his pain at 1/10 – probably
because he’s learned from a very young age what suck it up really means. I
briefly thought of filling the prescription and selling it just to pay for the
co-pay….but that would be illegal and bad and I don’t know anyone who would buy
them (although also briefly thought of asking my high school nurse friend
because I’m sure she’d know who was dealing at the local high school…but again,
illegal, bad and contributing to a minor doing bad and illegal things). So it
went unfilled and I threw some Advil at the kid. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jason, had already volunteered to be a timer at the swim
meet so he went and when asked by another parent who his kid was, he explained
about the ‘injury’ and the parent was like, ‘oh I heard about him, they thought
he lost his toe it was so bad’<o:p></o:p></div>
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Really? Bunch of babies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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started in February with my friend Colleen – and now that I’m thinking about
it, I think I may have forgotten to get her a present. I kinda suck. Anyhow
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not be 50 because she’s 3 years older than I am and I’m not….oh my God I am, or
will be (in February it was “would be” but I’m writing this in July and so
already am) FORTY-SEVEN. Holy shit, so her turning 50 was really more about me
realizing I’m not in my early, or early-to-mid forties, but now in my
mid-to-late-forties. What the hell!<o:p></o:p></div>
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A mutual friend is throwing her a party. I’m used to being in my
mid-to-late-forties so it was not such a shock and I actually decided to do
something creative. And by creative I mean stealing someone else’s creative
idea. Because that’s MY talent – recognizing good ideas and copying them. So I got onto Pinterest and looked up a bunch
of fun ideas for birthday presents. Found a cute idea here:<a href="http://imperfectlybeautifulms.blogspot.com/2010/06/over-hill-birthday-gift-ideaand.html">Imperfectly Beautiful Blog</a></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<i>Here’s my rendition of it. As you can see, mine looks like a
hack job – but whatever, it’s the thought that counts…and any way, I added a
gift certificate for a pedicure, so that really rocks.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Speaking of pedicures. I could not remember if she liked
pedicures (and really who hates pedicures? I guess some people do because I
recently remember being in a conversation with someone who did hate them but
couldn’t remember if it was her). So I Facebook messaged her husband – who had
no idea. I had the bright idea of inviting her and another friend to a girl’s
day at the spa (little place next to Safeway with massage chairs with people
who may or may not be licensed and who barely speak English). She said she
would love to. YAY, so now I know she likes pedicures. Then she tells me, she’s
only had one pedicure and that was from a gift certificate I gave her three
years ago. OMG, if only I had remembered that, I wouldn’t have had to gone
through this whole ruse to find out if she liked pedicures....but I needed one,
terribly, and it was fun to hang with her an our other friend (oh, the one I
mentioned before who turned 50 in February). So above present, hopefully will
be much enjoyed by her.</div>
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I texted another friend (one who is even younger than I and
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presents for people turning 50) a picture and said, look what I stole from
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I got all prettied up (capris and a linen shirt – but I did
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time thing. A couple months ago I woke up in a complete panic that my husband
and second born did not make it back from Grand Cayman (father son trip
celebrating the younger one’s 13<sup>th</sup> – we’re not actually Jewish, well
my husband kind of is by blood, not by religion so this wasn’t a Bar mitzvah,
just a nice thing we do for the kids). Anyhow, I woke up at midnight, they
weren’t home yet and I had a major freak-out for about an hour until I realized
they were supposed to come home that next night. A couple weeks after that, I
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co-worker asking if there was an issue with the conference call and she texts
back, “did the meeting get moved to 0715” – I look at clock and text back ‘um,
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<i>See a necklace, and I actually combed my hair. I just realized I still have Good Luck written on the chalk board in my cool command center where I'm supposed to list our weekly activities. I wrote that Good Luck and drew the dice when I hosted Bunco -- like last February. I hate those bloggers who have the cool command centers and actually use them. .... and my best friend who uses hers too, although doesn't blog it, so I don't hate her quite as much (the one who is younger and constantly reminds me of it.)</i></div>
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But while chatting with the hostess, I find out we’re also
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well, sort of a last minute add on. What the hell is wrong with my neighborhood
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there, done that’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good news is I had
time to ‘research’ another 50 year old gift and go put it together. I um
‘researched’ it from this <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/158896929/kiss-your-20s-30s-40s-50s-60s-70s?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share">shop on Etsy</a> (which I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to pin...but oh well).<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Because that’s more personal and thoughtful – yup, that’s
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<i>and here are the birthday girls -- on the left, Sherry, and the right Martha. You won't find two more lovely ladies. I'm so glad they've been a part of my life over the last 10 years.</i></div>
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I have wanted to learn how to quilt forever. I did take a class once, but got too stressed out because I got too perfectionistic about it. Sadly, I actually took the class in hopes to find something to help me relax. I envy people who can quilt. I have a whole board on <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/traceyzimmerrn/crafts-i-need-to-learn-how-to-quilt/">Pinterest</a> dedicated to quilting....because some day I will learn how. In the mean time I'm going to blog about this project I got to be a part of.</div>
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First a bit of back story: my sister-in-law is a lovely woman who has touched the hearts of many people. She unfortunately, however has MS and it has affected her to the point where she needed 24 hour care. This was an incredibly hard transition for her and the rest of the family.</div>
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We wanted to do something to brighten up her room and let her know how loved she was. So a group of us came up with the idea of making her a quilt. We wrote personalized messages and a friend who does quilt (and I so want to be her when I grow up) did some crazy blocks and pieced it all together.</div>
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This is how it turned out. </div>
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This is Susan - she's the quilting maniac who put this all together in just a couple of days.</div>
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As a thank you to Susan for doing the piecing, sewing, designing, binding and finding someone to do the quilting, I made her a this jar to put her quilt scraps in. And by 'making' I actually mean buying a jar at IKEA, and slapping some stickers on it. I added some colorful scraps, and a gift certificate to her favorite quilting store. I am so thankful for friends like her who give up her time and skills for someone she doesn't even know. She also donates a ton of quilts to Children's Hospital. That's the kind of gal she is. So below are pictures of the gift - I got the idea off of Pinterest (of course) and it's so much cuter thank what I threw together. Here's the <a href="http://mapleandmagnolia.com/my-sewing-studio/">LINK</a></div>
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NOVEMBER? I haven't posted since November. Good lord, I'm the worst blogger ever. I have to tell you since going part time last November/December, I've actually worked more hours than when I worked full time. What the hell is wrong with me? I took on a teaching job at a local Nursing College and was working part time doing the social media for my husband's company, BookFuel (a self-pub company). I'm reigning it in. I told my mentor I didn't want to teach anymore (turns out, not quite as fun as I thought it would be. In fact, it stressed me out terribly. It was like being in nursing school all over again) and they are looking for a full time social media person at BookFuel so I can step down. I'm also thinking of going into hospice and getting out of floor nursing all together (more on that on another post -- maybe in June?). The reason for THIS post is because I got all creative (rare now, see above as to why) and wanted to share.<br />
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I was invited to a bridal shower where every person was given a theme idea to bring as a gift (cool idea for a bridal shower). My assigned theme was date night (okay, I kind of badgered the hostess for that particular theme - I'm bad that way). I have to tell you I was so excited about my idea (probably seen somewhere on Pinterest and it embedded in my reptilian brain because reptiles are known for their awesome crafting skills and then kind of made it my own).<br />
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So here's what I did: I figured out 52 different things to do in Colorado, ranging from free to expensive. Some needed planning, some could be done spur of the moment. I printed each idea out and glued them on card stock and the tied the cards together with ribbon. Jason, who must have had some excess estrogen coursing through his veins for like a minute, suggested I tell the bride-to-be to take a picture of each date and attach it to the back of each card. Have I mentioned how brilliant I think my husband is at times? Then he suggested I include condoms in the picnic and when I replied they want a baby pretty soon, he told me to include the condoms after I poke holes in them. So much for the estrogen and brilliance (hmmm, is their a correlation?) I then packed a picnic basket with a waterproof blanket, some picnic yummies, and sparkling water.<br />
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And Yay, she loved it. Of course I couldn't contain myself so for the past couple of days I kept telling her how excited I was about her gift, so given how nice she is, there's no way she'd say she didn't love it. I also texted picture of said gift to my best friend, who gave me a whopping approval - again because I couldn't contain myself and had to share with someone. But again, she's my best friend, so her exuberance might have been more about being my friend than the brilliance of the gift.<br />
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Whatever, because I'm still super excited about it, I'm blogging it and sharing it with my readers. All 3 of you.<br />
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Here's a list of the date ideas -- if you don't live in Colorado (and if you don't, so sorry, best place on earth here nestled in the Rockies) you can adapt it for the cool unique places in your neck of the woods.<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->(Moderate cost, some planning) River rafting the
Arkansas river (near Royal Gorge, best trip)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->(Weekend getaway – expensive) Go to Glenwood Springs,
stay at the Denver Hotel (Roosevelt’s ‘White House’ of the West.) Have fun
exploring the town, & take a dip in the Springs. Leave early in the day and
hike Hanging Lake on your way home (just outside of Glenwood and a beautiful
hike).<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->(Low cost) Take a tour of the Molly Brown House,
have lunch at Angelo’s Pizza on 6<sup>th</sup> avenue (locally owned and has
been there forever – at least since I was a kid) and go home and watch Titanic
and/or the Unsinkable Molly Brown.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->(Moderate Cost) Have dinner at the Melting Pot
(warmer months better) sit outside in the courtyard and take a walk around Old
Littleton.<o:p></o:p></div>
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cost) Take a day trip to Estes Park, walk around the Stanley Hotel, have lunch
in a local restaurant and come home and watch the Shining together.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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– low cost) Pack a picnic lunch. Go to the city zoo in the morning and then
have a picnic lunch in the Gazebo at the City Park Lake.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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expensive) Have “Tea” at the Brown Palace the walk around 16<sup>th</sup>
street mall and people watch.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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people-watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Order an outrageous
doughnut, then go to the Museum of History and Science and spend the day at the
museum. <o:p></o:p></div>
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– Weekend Getaway) Go to a winery on the Western Slope to tour. Find a bed and
breakfast and have an adventure.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cost) Go to the Art Museum and then have lunch at Le Central (Denver’s
affordable French restaurant),<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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to low cost - Friday night date) – First Friday of each month is the Art Walk
in the art district on Santa Fe in Denver. Walk around, look at different art
shops, studios and have dinner at one of the food trucks.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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Cost)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tour the Air force Academy, & <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Olympic Center and then go to lunch at <a href="http://www.solosrestaurant.com/">http://www.solosrestaurant.com</a> in
Colorado Springs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pagosa Springs. Go to Mesa Verde, hike the ruins. <o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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in Boulder. Walk around Pearl Street and stop for ice cream.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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cost) Take the tour of Coors Brewery and have lunch at Bob’s Atomic Burgers.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
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stores on Broadway, have dinner at the Imperial Chinese Restaurant <o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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Caberet, dinner at Panzano’s.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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Racine’s restaurant, if it’s warm, take a walk along the Cherry Creek path off
of Speer.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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free) Go to Tattered Cover Lodo, have some coffee, walk around LoDo, Tour the
train station, and take a walk around Confluence Park.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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free) hike Castlewood Canyon<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
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series, pick one and go<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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– almost free) Ice skating Southlands, have warm pretzels and walk down the
mall and then sit by open fire pit.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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pastilitos from Cuban Bakery on Chambers and Mississippi (SW corner), take them
home and watch Scarface. <o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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Creek Art’s Festival. Have lunch at Zaidy’s Deli (low cost – the blintzes are
way yummy)<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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cost – Fall) Octoberfest – Larimer square<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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Wynkoop Brewery <o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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Pick a play to watch at the DCPA, dress up, have dinner at Texas de Brazil<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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cost) Aquarium <o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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picnic<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
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Center – off of Hampden and Picadilly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-
Picnic lunch<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
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home CU or CSU football game. <o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
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cost) – spend the day at Elitch Gardens<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
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Visit Garden of the Gods – hike and eat a picnic lunch<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
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picnic lunch<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
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old cog train up to Pike’s Peak. Go to Cave of the Winds (if you’re brave – do
the swing off the canyon)<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
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Mint (need to request permission about 6 months in advance)<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
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walk the steps<o:p></o:p></div>
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My job is all about the details. The details on how my patient looks, what his/her history is, what meds are being given, what the home meds are, when thing need to be given, what everything sounds like etc....You have to be seriously organized.</div>
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I love how my nurse friends have made some great organizational 'brains' to help them get through their days/nights. I end up spending too much time trying to plug in what I need to in the slots provided in the various 'brains' out there. I'm more of a let's be free kind of person. (wheeee, picture me in scrubs singing and twirling -- never mind, don't picture that). I also have to have everything on one page to make sure I don't miss anything through the night. I'm not good at continuously flipping through individual sheets for each patient to see if something is due for that patient. So this is how I organize my night.</div>
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At our hospital we get our assignment sheet and individual information sheets for each patient. I just used blank sheets for my demonstration here -- because you know, HIPPA, they frown on us sharing personal patient information. So my top page is our assignment sheet, and the bottom sheets are the individual patient information sheets, all folded so if I leave my 'brain' anywhere personal information isn't in plain view. I put the room numbers on each folded patient sheet and if there's something really important to know about a patient I'll add that too - i.e., DNR, or NPO, or a PICC line.<br />
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The top sheet is where I put everything I need to do for the night. I organize it out by times. In my job there are some time sensitve action items, and I find this helps me stay on target. Mostly it's when my patients' meds are due. I also give myself a note in case the meds are not in the Pyxis and they are in the patients' med bins, or if it's an IV antibiotic (then I'm queued into making sure I have lines etc to hang it). I'm on a neuro joint spine surgery floor so we need to do neuro checks every four hours. For our safety no falls protocol we also need to check on their toileting needs every four hours and check for pain every four hours if they're on a PCA (NO ONE EVER GETS TO SLEEP IN THE HOSPITAL). Our 730 am meds are kind of a gray area between night and day shift, technically they're a day shift medication, but I try and give them if I can, so I put them on my list (I'm nice that way). I also put down when my patients can get their PRN pain and nausea meds. Because it's a surgical floor with a lot of people with chronic pain people, those PRN pain meds are really important. Like REALLY important.</div>
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So on each individual page I put down what I get and what to give in report. What I need to tell the CNA about the patient in my report to them, the patient's assessment, their fluids, their diet, what arm bands they have and if I need to add a band (i.e., if they don't have their fall band, or missing an allergy band) pain, times I do things since I'll be charting later.<br />
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And there you go. The <i>detailed</i> way and unorganized person, organizes her day. Because in my job, those details are important.tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-71887190860464997002014-11-03T08:34:00.000-07:002014-11-03T08:34:34.726-07:00Day 3 - Dreams - 30 days of Gratitude - in pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I had many dreams of what I would be when I was growing up. One was being a decorator. I would even make doll house out of cardboard boxes, creating walls, doorways and windows, making sure the floor plan was usable. I would draw furniture in each of the rooms. My sister would then ask for the finished product so she could play with it with her dolls. Pretty much the only time in our young lives I didn't care she wanted something that was mine (such are the feelings of an older sister). I gladly gave them to her, because the joy was in the designing. I wanted to go to an art school to study interior design, but my father insisted on a four-year liberal arts degree. I would be more marketable he thought. He died after my first year of college, but I continued with his advice. Because, pleasing a dead man makes so much sense, no? I majored in creative writing and minored in history (completely and totally NOT marketable). One of my other dreams was to be a writer. The problem was and still is, is that I'm mediocre at best and didn't have the discipline to make writing a career. But let me tell ya, it was a fun major to have. I got married, worked job to job, not very fulfilled. Then had babies. </div>
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Another dream -- being a mom. I love love being a mom. I love parenting. As much as I complain about it, I don't mind the numbing-tiredness that parenting can be at times. I love my children with all my heart and love the men they are becoming - metaphorical warts and all. When the kids were older, I needed to think of a career, one that would be fulfilling, one that would tap into the caring person my children taught me to be, one that would give back. I thought about teacher, because how much fun would it be to inspire kids to want to write and read and have wonderful discussion about great works and newly discovered authors. Yeah, I'm an idealist. I also thought about nursing. Nursing won out, I enjoy the science of health, I think the nursing ideal of loving care of those who are in need fits right in with my personality. It was hard, nursing school was hell (seriously, if Dante actually went to nursing school, this would be the closest ring to Satan himself). But it was all worth it. Nursing was a newer dream, but one of the hardest to achieve and I'm proud of the work I've done to get here. I also get to add teaching back in as I volunteer to precept, speak at nursing schools, mentor and encourage new nurses. I also do a lot of patient teaching....so nursing was a great choice, even if I'm not discussing great works and encouraging writing (although, I do talk to patients about the books they have on their bedside tables and have had great discussions about books and authors).</div>
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I haven't given up my dreams on decorating and designing. I just use my own house as my canvas and once in awhile my friends will ask for my advice and I gladly and enthusiastically give it to them, sometimes with swatches. I, and I can't believe I'm admitting this, am starting to write a novel. I'm not sure how good it'll be, or what will come of it....but if I don't try, I'll never know.<br />
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That's the thing about dreams, the first step is the hardest, but once you take that first step you are that much closer at achieving whatever it is you dream.tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-26213406731592904732014-11-02T01:30:00.000-06:002014-11-03T08:34:51.352-07:00Day 2 Gratitude Challenge <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Thirty days of gratitude....yeah yeah, we should all be grateful daily and I am. I just don't announce it to the world because I really believe the world enjoys my whining so much more. I'm going to do this thirty day gratitude thing (don't worry, I'm sure I'll still whine). It won't always be on my blog...because let's face it, I've been sucking at blogging. Day one was on my FB page -- I just posted a picture of the Front Range and thanked the Lord I live in one of the more beautiful cities in the US (because I really do, I mean how many people get the beautiful view of the Rocky Mountain Range on a daily basis). Today (as you can see by the nifty challenge graphic below) is laughter. And I LOOOOVE ME some laughter. I really do have one of the funniest husbands ever, he makes me laugh all the time -- he sometimes even does it intentionally. I am also always finding amusement in my children, who are both growing up with wonderful senses of humor -- sometimes even appropriate. I love laughing and I love to make people laugh.</div>
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For this post I am thankful that although my sister was full of pain to the point she lost her life to alcohol, drugs, and depression, she had the most contagious laugh of anyone I have ever met. Her smile and laugh would light up a room and you couldn't help but laugh when she was laughing. We grew up laughing. I am grateful I was able to hear my sister's laugh for over 40 years of my life. My sister and two of my brothers are pictured here laughing.<br />
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After she died, one brother and I went to Florida to be with my mom, step dad and other brother. We spent the weekend crying, fighting (good-naturedly), and <i>laughing. </i>I am grateful for such two awesome, talented, handsome brothers who can do silly like no one's business.<br />
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Look at my hubby's smile...how could you not laugh all the time with this guy, and the youngest -- he is such a lovely sweet boy who says the wildest things, and the teen, who has that typical teen expression, has a dry sly wit that catches you off guard. I am grateful for all of them. I am the luckiest mom and wife in the whole entire world.<br />
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And my coffee lady book club neighborhood peeps -- crying, laughing, gossiping, hugging group of women who give me strength -- All have wonderful senses of humor. How can I not be thankful with these lovelies.</div>
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One of the best pranks ever played and it still makes me laugh is when a group of my friends added a bunch of extra wives to my sticker-car-family -- a little making fun of my weird obsession with plural marriage (okay, all of us had a little obsession, we got together to watch Big Love every week and we call each other sister-wives).<br />
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My marriage started out in laughter...the best way to begin a life together. My sister and sister-in-law laughing along with me, one of my best friends from high school and my best friend from college joining in (the three of them also came to my sister's funeral, to say good-bye because they too knew my sister, loved her and laughed with her). We have all had our own journeys to live, one with a mother and husband who had cancer (and are still alive and doing well). She and her husband make me laugh all the time. One whose daughter has Down's syndrome with autism, but posts the cutest and funniest pictures of her son and daughters on Facebook, and the third, my sister-in-law has advanced MS and she still is able to laugh and enjoy life.<br />
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So, yes, I am grateful for laughter. Without it life would be unbearable.</div>
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We like to have a vegetarian meals a couple times a week. It cuts costs and in theory can be healthy. Found a yummy recipe on <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/05/baked-lemon-pasta/">the Pioneer Woman Blog</a> and who doesn't just love her recipes? They've become our family staples -- especially her restaurant style salsa. Anyhow...I made this lemon pasta awhile back and it was yummy -- but, I always have to fiddle and so adjusted some things and came up with the following:<br />
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16-17 oz of whole wheat spaghetti – olive oil<o:p></o:p></div>
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6 tbs butter<o:p></o:p></div>
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1-2 tbs minced garlic<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 lemons, zest and juice and ¼ cup of extra lemon juice<o:p></o:p></div>
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5 cups Fage Greek yogurt plain <o:p></o:p></div>
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2 cups shredded Parmesan and another cup for topping<o:p></o:p></div>
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2 cans of quartered artichoke hearts drained<o:p></o:p></div>
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Italian parsley chopped<o:p></o:p></div>
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Boil pasta in salted water to al dente, drain and toss with
olive oil<o:p></o:p></div>
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In skillet melt butter and sauté garlic. Add lemon rind,
Greek yogurt, artichoke hearts,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Parmesan
(2cups), and lemon juice, stir until warmed through and blended. Toss with
pasta.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Place pasta mixture into 9x13 baker<o:p></o:p></div>
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Top with 1 cup of Parmesan and parsley<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cook covered for 15 minutes, then another five minutes
uncovered.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Serves 8-10 people<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-66196854324118219852014-08-16T08:42:00.001-06:002014-08-16T08:42:57.619-06:00Follow Your Dreams, Just Don’t Write About ThemI've been blogging, just not here on Zimmerhouse. Here's why -- I've been nagging my husband about the lack of social media in his company this past summer and to shut me up he's letting me help them out -- for free -- wait, what? Free? Whatever, it's been fun. Here's one of the posts I wrote there. Because we all know how much fun I have making fun of myself:<br />
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<a href="" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a href="" name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">One of the first lectures in my first
Creative Writing class in college was to never write about your dreams. Well at
least if you do write about them, don’t turn them into the class for a critique
and certainly don’t send it as a story to the college literary magazine for
possible publication.<o:p></o:p></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">Why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">Well, the professor said because
we don’t always know what our dreams mean, or are aware of the symbolism
because we’re so close to the dream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">I heard, blah blah blah. Because I
was barely 20 years old and I knew everything (sigh, I wish I was still knew
everything).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">Here’s how I learned this particular
lesson because I was too arrogant to actually listen to my professor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">I had a story due and had no idea
what to write. I decided to sleep on it. I had this great dream that seemed to
me like some awesome mysterious fable and I knew when I woke up this story was
going to rock the world of my class (I know, I know, keep in mind, I was 20 at
the time). I was pumped, I was energized and I wrote my heart out. It was a
story about <i>secret passages</i> leading to a <i>hidden cavern</i>. The heroin
<i>died</i> by <i>drowning</i> and
every time someone entered the secret passage by <i>canoe</i> she haunted the
cavern with her eerie <i>moans</i>. I’m sure you can see where this is
going.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">I turn it in. No one says anything.
Seriously, the lack of a response was disturbing. The professor did reiterate
that it is a bad idea to write out our dreams so literally. I do believe she
sighed afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">They just didn't get it, but surely
the crew at the literary magazine would, so I sent it to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">When I didn't hear anything, I
just assumed they didn’t get it either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">Because it couldn't have been my
story...my brilliant story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">A few months later I was at a writing
conference and saw a fellow student who also happened to be on the literary
magazine committee. I asked him what was up about my story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">And he asks, “the one with the sexual
imagery?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">A flood of images clouded my mind
turning my cheeks bright red and I realized I just wrote surreal porn and
shared it with my teacher, my fellow students, and the entire committee of the
school’s literary magazine – truly a Freudian nightmare. In this case a canoe
was -- well -- NOT just a canoe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">Not my proudest moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-size: 16pt;">Dream journaling can be inspiring; can help you work
things out; and can help you with images as dreams can be amazingly vivid.
Dreams can help in writing and I would never discourage anyone from writing
about them in.your.own.<i>private</i>.journals. But, like my very experienced
and insightful professor from 20 plus years ago, I suggest that’s all you do
and don’t write the dream out verbatim as a story.</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->The link to my post on BookFuel's blog: https://www.bookfuel.com/blog/2014/08/dreams-great-journal-not-good-your-storytzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-15633124710065735152014-06-04T21:28:00.000-06:002014-06-04T21:28:30.141-06:00Social Media in Nursing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As most of my loyal followers (all three of you) know I am in school to get my post-master’s teaching certification for nursing (I don’t know why, I suspect I may be insane). My assignment this week can be an APA style paper (yawn), a PowerPoint presentation (call me a geek, but I really do love my PowerPoints), or a blog post (Whee, a blog post).<span> </span>I can so do that (even though, I haven’t been doing that lately). Because my subject is about social media in nursing, I thought the blog post option would be the best (and okay the most fun).</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Nurses can
be afraid of social media, mostly because of media coverage about nurses
getting fired for inappropriate postings, or postings during work which may
have been a safety matter. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Stokowski,</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> (2011) reports one nurse was fired
for posting on Facebook while dispensing medications, another nurse was fired
for posting a picture of one nurse removing a splinter from another nurse’s
foot in an operating room. The excuse for firing the first nurse was patient
safety and for the second scenario was because the hospital claimed it was an
unfavorable representation of their hospital (</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Stokowski</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">,
2011).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was one case where a nurse
posted a picture of a placenta. She was fired and then took the hospital to
court. The court found in her favor as she had permission and there was no way
to identify the patient (Shah 2011, </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Stokowski, 2011</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">).
The court maintained the court case created more coverage of the picture than
the original Facebook posting; even though the nurse took the picture down the
news showed it and it was picked up various internet sites (Shah 2011, </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Stokowski, 2011</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">). Both Shah (2011) and Stokowski
(2011) maintain social media does not have to be scary and can be used for many
ways, such as nursing education, patient education, networking, and for nurse
venting (and if anyone needs to vent, it’s nurses). It is important for the
nurse posting information about work to be very careful that she or he does not
reveal any patient information, or any information where a reader could discern
who the patient is. It is also a good idea to keep from posting any disparaging
remarks about your place of employment. Shah (2011) mentions that nurses who
are very familiar with social media forget whatever is posted on the internet
is not private, even if their intention was to share with only their friends.
It is important to remember whenever you post something on a social media site,
your boss or future employers could find it and read it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">On a
personal note I do post on Facebook about experiences at work but when I do
it’s for a specific reason and I always protect the identity of our patients
and speak of my employers with respect. I will share with you some of my own
posts as an example of what types of posts are appropriate and professional for
a nurse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The other
day I took care of a patient who was dying of cancer. It was very sad. I
posted:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Very sad night with
my patient. It’s a reminder for all of us to see our doctors regularly and do
our screenings. I made my appointment for my mammogram this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">This is my
version of a public service announcement. I also reposted a picture of the
nurses in our department from the hospital Facebook page to let my friends know
about the kudos our department received. Mostly, I write posts about my family,
our personal activities, repost funny cartoons or I make fun of myself. Such
as:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Most people who wake up with a numb arm
and a headache reposition themselves because most likely it was positional -- I
wake up with a numb arm and a head ache and think stroke. Glad I repositioned
myself before I called 9-1-1<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We’ve
established social media does not have to be scary for the nurse if used
appropriately – remember don’t write anything your boss or future boss would
find inappropriate. But what can social media do for nursing or patient
education. Not only can it help spread information, it can open up a dialogue
between nurses and between patients and health care providers. Social media can
help with marketing, networking, and maintaining friendships. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fraser (2012) states social media
can have an impact of modifiable health behaviors such as medication compliance
and provides an opportunity for interactive communication with patients. Health
promotion is another area where social media can be used by posting
health-promoting messages on Twitter or Facebook (Fraser, 2012). When I was the
Bariatric Coordinator I set up a blog, Facebook page and Twitter accounts for
the surgeon. I wrote blog entries about diet, exercise, emotional eating, and
information about the different surgeries offered and what to do for self care
after surgery. I also wrote informative and motivational posts for Facebook and
Twitter. These were avenues to give patients information about healthy eating
as well as helping patients stay motivated. Often patients would ask questions
on our Facebook page and it gave us an opportunity to have a discussion where
others could learn or contribute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Social media can be used in nursing
classrooms as well as with patient education. Linked In, Blogging, Facebook,
and Twitter are the most common social media sites, but for classroom work
there are presentation sites such as Prezi, Slidesrocket, or Vimeo (Schmitt,
Sims-Giddens, & Booth, 2012). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
using social media in the classroom it is important to consider the following: everything
posted is public, understand your audience, will your post add or detract from
the discussion, keep professional boundaries, and always keep patient
information private (Schmitt, Sims-Giddens, & Booth, 2012). </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">American Sentinel (2014) gives
suggestions on nursing sites via blogs, Pinterest, Twitter and Linked In to
help nurses and nursing students find information needed for their positions.
Following certain nursing blogs, or nursing websites can help nurses sift through
information and hone in on their own specialty or interest (American Sentinel,
2014). If I find I don’t have time to read an article, or want to keep an
online article handy for future reference I will “pin” it to my nursing board
on my Pinterest page so that I can access it later. Linked In is not only
valuable for networking; something important for new graduate nurses as well as
veteran nurses (Doksai, 2012). The last semester nursing student can network by
joining nursing organizations on Linked In in order to see what is current in
the industry as well as reading professional tips such as resume writing.
Linked In doesn’t just help directly but can help indirectly as well. I was
recruited on Linked In for a home health job, while I did not want the position
I contacted a new grad and was able to get the two together and she found a
nursing job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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scary and can be quite beneficial to the nurse and nursing student.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be careful when using social media. Always
protect patient’s privacy (you may have noticed this theme running through this
post), protect the reputation of your institution, and be aware of your
audience. It is a wonderful way to exchange information for both the nurse and
nursing student. It can be a way to network for new positions. The advantages
far outweigh the disadvantages and those disadvantages can be minimized with
careful planning. Most importantly, have fun with it – it’s not like it’s an
APA formal paper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">American
Sentinel. (2014). Nursing Together. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.nursetogether.com/use-social-media-for-professional-developme"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.nursetogether.com/use-social-media-for-professional-developme</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Docksai,
R. (2012). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Working and
Networking – your way to a job in nursing using social media & available
tools</i>. Nursing Licensure. Retrieved from
http://www.nursinglicensure.org/articles/nursing-jobs-using-social-media.html<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Fraser, R.
(2012). Overview and Summary: Social Media and Communication Technology: New "Friends"
in Healthcare. <i>Online Journal Of Issues In Nursing</i>, <i>17</i>(3), 1.
doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol17No03ManOS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Schmitt,
T., Sims-Giddens, S., & Booth, R. (2012). Social media use in nursing
education. <i>Online Journal Of Issues In Nursing</i>, <i>17</i>(3), 2.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Shah, A., (2011).
Don’t be afraid of HIPAA, say nurse bloggers. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reporting on Health</i>. USC Annenberg. Retrieved from
http://www.reportingonhealth.org/blogs/2011/11/11/dont-be-afraid-hipaa-say-nurse-bloggers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Stokowski, L.,
(2011) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Social Media and Nurses: Promising
or Perilous?</i> Medscape. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/753317_3">http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/753317_3</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ingredients (2 pies - one to eat, one to freeze or give away):<br />
2 packages of Pepperidge Farms Pastry Sheets<br />
1 red pepper, chopped<br />
1 sweet yellow onion, chopped<br />
1 Tbs crushed/minced garlic<br />
2 bags of fresh spinach<br />
oregano and basil to taste<br />
2 cups of crumbled feta<br />
3/4 bag of Monterey Jack cheese<br />
6 eggs, half a cup of milk<br />
1 beaten egg to brush pastry<br />
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Saute peppers, onions, & garlic in olive oil, stil browned and soft<br />
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Sweat Spinach<br />
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Put in mixing bowl and add cheeses and spices, mix together.<br />
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So lost a couple of pictures...weird, anyhow, place a pastry sheet in bottom of baking dish, and repeat with second baking dish. Place spinach/cheese mixture in bottom of each dish. Beat together milk and eggs and pour half of mixture into each dish.<br />
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Place remaining pastry sheets on top and cut away edges. Brush with egg. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes until golden brown and flaky.<br />
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And serve and enjoy!<br />
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Yes, yes, I haven't blogged in awhile, which is how I've been starting all my blog posts. School is kicking my behind, working night shift, is well -- hell, and the kids have one heck of a schedule. My house is pretty much condemnable BUT I found some time to finally make my bench.</div>
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So I had these chairs in the basement - oh for about a year (and that's probably a generous estimation). The arm broke on one of the chairs. I've been seeing these really cute chairs to bench ideas on Pinterest and other blogs that I saved them to do that. So finally did it.</div>
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Removed the arms.</div>
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Made a template for the bench seat</div>
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Wood putty'd the holes -- only to realize I putty'd the holes with stuff that doesn't dry or you can't paint. Why would anyone need that -- so started all over with stuff that worked -- and made sure I read the packaging this time</div>
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Spray painted the heck out of them. </div>
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Then I rubbed some dark walnut stain into the chairs to 'antique' them.</div>
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We -- actually I -- yes, Jason let me use the jigsaw -- cut out the bench seat.</div>
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Foam, cotton batting and...</div>
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My bed spread. It was getting thread bare, but I love it, so figured this was a great way to keep it around.</div>
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We screwed the front legs together in two spots, glued the bench down. The glue didn't work, so we screwed the bench seat in.</div>
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so excited</div>
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we have a bench now</div>
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This isn't its final resting place--but it'll be a little bit before I can get it together to do that. Im hoping to go to part time days and to finish my nursing education program in August and then I will have some more time.....well maybe.<br />
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Linking up on these cool blogs:<br />
<a href="http://livelaughrowe.com/starbucks-verismo-giveaway/">Live Laugh Rowe</a><br />
<a href="http://www.aglimpseinsideblog.com/2014/05/catch-glimpse-party-182.html">Glimpse Inside</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2014/05/take-look-tuesday_19.html#more">Take a Look Tuesday - Sugar Bee Crafts</a><br />
<a href="http://www.notjustahousewife.net/2014/05/show-me-what-ya-got-165.html">Show Me What Ya Got - Not JUST a Housewife</a><br />
<a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/tutorials/tutorials-tips-link-party-159.html">Home Stories from A to Z</a></div>
tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-91951184403231542812014-03-11T11:35:00.000-06:002014-03-11T12:59:10.851-06:00No Spend February -- well not so muchThe black hole that is my family's spending habits changed a wee bit -- but not enough to write home about or even blog about -- yet will share my results with you (all two of you) anyway.<br />
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I have to say, reading some of these blogs where people save thousands on their no spend month and have these a-ha moments like being able to live with a budget of 300$ for groceries for a family of one hundred, makes me feel like a colossal failure.<br />
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Well, not really, I have a lot going for me.<br />
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Frugality is just not one of them.<br />
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sigh.<br />
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I did actually learn some things though with my attempt at a <i>"no spend"</i> month. 1. I suck at it. 2. There are some things that I nor my family missed, and 3. I do not have good control or even understanding of my finances or finances in general.<br />
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Here's how it ended:<br />
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128$<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yup</div>
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I suck at this.</div>
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Here's the strange thing.</div>
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I didn't go into over draft</div>
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I may have saved money on utilities because we kept our heat lower, didn't use our gas fire place and were better at turning off lights.</div>
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I somehow paid extra on our credit card and got our savings up by 700$.</div>
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At the beginning of March, I had enough to pay for my class outright, rather than putting it on the credit card.</div>
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I did work some extra hours for an extra 300$ this month.</div>
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The math for the extra payment, my school, and extra savings though doesn't work out. Maybe it's because I was a little (though not much) more aware of our spending and things that creep in that I maybe didn't record were a greater savings than realized?</div>
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I don't need to take the toll road -- I didn't save much time doing it and it's not worth 3$ a day.</div>
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We can continue to make the boys' lunches.</div>
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If I'm better prepared, we can make sandwiches for game days and keep the fast food at bay.</div>
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We'll do this again in the fall -- with hopefully better results. Since I won't be in school, I'll also take more time to really make a more detailed accounting of our spending habits as well as take an average of the year to have a better idea of what we spend and what we actually save during a 'no spend' month.</div>
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For now? Well, we'll definitely eat out less, we'll continue to make lunches, and we'll not take the toll road - as well as reduce our heat and turn off lights. I'll try and be more aware of what I'm spending at the store and plan less expensive meals.</div>
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It's a learning curve</div>
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<!--EndFragment-->tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-66128230214865880952014-02-11T09:15:00.001-07:002014-02-13T08:21:21.738-07:00Sport's Team First Aid Kit (for Jake's baseball team) OR Why you don't ask a nurse to do your first aid kitSo the coach of Jake's baseball team off handedly said to me, "hey you're a nurse, why don't you put together a first aid kit for us".<br />
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HA</div>
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Well since I vacillate from saying things like, "you call that a wound, suck it up buttercup and get back on the field and PLAY", to over-thinking all possible scenarios and planning for them, this may have been a bad idea (middle ground? balance? these are concepts I do not understand).</div>
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I went with the second option and will now share with you what I did. And yes, I'm sure there are support groups out there for people like me.</div>
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I put everything into a <a href="http://www.thirtyonegifts.com/catalog/product/27/catid/22/swid/917a/">a Thirty One Utility Tote</a> that I had around the house.</div>
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Here's where the insanity gene in my family manifests itself with me -- what's included:</div>
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coke (migraines, low blood sugar, asthma), water, eye wash, wipes, vaseline, q-tips, finger braces, two ace bandages, 10 instant ice packs, chapstick, sun block, cortizone cream, antibacterial cream, Benadryl cream, aspirin (for adults experiencing chest pain), Advil,Tylenol, Benadryl , bandaids, 4x4 gauze and tape, saline wash, Icy-Hot, hydrogen peroxide (not for wounds, but for cleaning blood out of uniforms) and water.</div>
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I also put together a little manual to help people triage and treat (I'll post these later if any of you want to also go off the deep end in over-prepardness)</div>
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I lumped like things together in baggies to help in grabbing what is needed, rather than digging through the bag -- I also labeled the aspirin as "Adult Only" - in this bag, Ibuprofin, Tylenol, Aspirin, and Benadryl. </div>
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In this bag, Icy-Hot, cortizone cream, bacitracin (stay away from neo-sporin and other triple antibiotic creams), and Benadryl lotion.</div>
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In this bag, 4x4's, bandaids, finger splints, bandaids, ace bandages, and tape.</div>
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In the side pockets I put some quick grab items -- this pocket, q-tips (for application of chapstick, or if you need to put vaseline in someone's nose for a blood nose etc), chapstick and vaseline.</div>
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wipes</div>
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Eye wash and sun block -- we play is some dusty fields and there's always a kid who forgets his sun block</div>
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Water -- emergency hydration, taking pills, or washing wounds</div>
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Putting it together</div>
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Now for the binder (each heading has it's own page, that I put in plastic page protectors)</div>
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Contrary to popular belief, unless the bone is sticking out
of the skin or there is an obvious deformity there is no way to know if
something is broken. Pain is not an indicator of a break. Soft tissue injuries
can actually “hurt” more and pain is relative and what the person says it is
(as much as we want to roll our eyes at our children :D )<o:p></o:p></div>
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RICE<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rest<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ice<o:p></o:p></div>
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Compression (wrap snugly with an ace bandage)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elevation<o:p></o:p></div>
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If tingling and numbness may be nerve damage, do the above
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Because your kid is an athlete, it’s always a good idea to
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Scrapes</u><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Irrigate
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Wash
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Bandaid
if needed<o:p></o:p></div>
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If
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Can
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<br /></div>
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Once
game is over wash again with soap and water and leave it open to air, can
reapply antibiotic cream if needed<o:p></o:p></div>
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Don’t
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Don’t
use hydrogen peroxide<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If has fainted<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<u><o:p> </o:p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stroke</b></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Symptoms:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Speech
difficulty<o:p></o:p></div>
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Drooping
on one side of face<o:p></o:p></div>
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Headache<o:p></o:p></div>
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Vision
changes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Numbness
tingling loss of movement<o:p></o:p></div>
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Use
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FACE</b> to help determine if possible
stroke:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #030303;">F</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #030303;">ACE </span></b><span style="color: #030303;">– Does one side of the face
droop? (have the person smile)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #030303;">A</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #030303;">RMS </span></b><span style="color: #030303;">– Is one arm weak or numb?
(have the person lift both hands to the side and see if one drifts down)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #030303;">S</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #030303;">PEECH </span></b><span style="color: #030303;">– Is the speech slurred?
(have the person talk to you, are the words garbled, are they using the wrong
words in the sentence?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #030303;">T</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #030303;">IME </span></b><span style="color: #030303;">– Time is critical.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #030303;">Call 911 and let them know when symptoms started</span></b><span style="color: #030303;"> (time is critical) If it’s a stroke caused by an obstruction
they need to give the person tPA within 3 hours of symptoms starting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #030303;">Do NOT give aspirin; you don’t know
if it is a bleed (Hemorrhagic) or an obstruction (ischemic) type of stroke.
They will need to do a CT and/or MRI at the hospital to determine treatment and
what type of stroke it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #030303;">(adult)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u>Hit to the Head</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The force of the hit to the head isn’t always an indicator
of whether or not there’s going to be a concussion, so it’s always a good idea
to be concerned.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Take player to emergency room If player experiences (1&2
– depending on severity may need a 911 call):<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Loss of consciousness<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Seizure <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Severe head ache<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Nausea and vomiting<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Direct hit to the eye with immediate bruising
surround the eye<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Assessment:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Physical<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Check pupils, see if equal and reactive to light
(if not, 911)<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Have player stand on one foot, then the other to
check for balance<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Have patient put both arms out and then bring
hands together<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Questions<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->have player rate pain<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->have player remember 3-5 words and have him
repeat it to you<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->have player rate irritability <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->does player feel ‘right’<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->is player getting drowsy<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">f.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->vision problems<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">g.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->hearing problems<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">h.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->feeling in a fog<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->neck pain<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
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Treatment:<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->If player has any of the above symptoms, have
him stop playing and go to the doctor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(ER if any symptoms severe or getting considerably worse)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->If player does not have symptoms, have him sit
out an inning with an ice pack and reevaluate<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->If there is ever a S<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ECOND</i> hit, have child sit out game and get evaluated by MD.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->If there is a concussion, player has to be
cleared by MD before being able to play again<o:p></o:p></div>
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Follow up:<o:p></o:p></div>
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So a week into it -- we're not doing too badly, haven't really felt the 'pinch' so much. There were a couple of times I really wanted to head over to Starbucks but I just made myself a cup of coffee and that was just as good. Well not really but it gave me my warm soothing caffeine fix. The first day I forgot I wasn't going to use the toll road and ended up on the toll road on the way to Costco but on our way back home used the more scenic longer route. I also used the toll road one other time -- I accidentally left some narcotics in my pocket and didn't realize it until I got home (UGH) and I was soooooo tired. Like on my third night shift in a row tired. So instead of taking the long way to work, I took the direct toll road so I could get back to the hospital as quickly as I could, returned the meds and came home and fell asleep -- like fell asleep still in my scrubs AND coat.</div>
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The boys ran out of their lunch money -- so they get to brown bag it from now on -- not a bad lunch. I actually think it'll be healthier for them if we make their lunches. I'm just going to have to be less lazy and get them their lunches made --- or better yet, let them make their own lunches -- but then if they did that they would just take a bag of chips.</div>
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Jason and I went to a funeral today. It was for a brother of one of my high school friends. He died of a stroke (only three years older than myself). He had kids my kids' ages. It was so sad to see how devastated they were by the loss of their father. It was lunch time when we were leaving and Jason mentioned he had a gift certificate for Bonefish Grill. We weren't really ready to go home yet, we wanted to just spend some time together after the funeral. So we drove by and saw they were open. Turns out this was their 'soft' opening for lunch (they were only open during dinners before) and the whole menu was free.<br />
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FREEEeeeee wheeeee<br />
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so for 7 dollars for the tip we got a fabulous meal!<br />
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If you ever go there, try the edamame hummus.<br />
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What have I learned so far:<br />
1. I only get to work like a couple minutes later by using side roads instead of toll roads -- will keep going that way<br />
2. Probably won't save any money on heating bills by going down in temp (or at least feel like it) because it's been so cold our heater has been on non-stop (13 below --brrrr) we still have it set at 66.<br />
3. We didn't go into over draft before we got paid today -- it's been awhile since we didn't dip into over draft (we were really close -- but never dipped down).<br />
4. We're not going to get away without having to buy a garage door opener this month (insert frowny face).<br />
5. Found a target gift certificate so got 15 dollars off of our last grocery trip.....I don't know why I never use gift certificates -- but it's working in our favor this month because it's helping us out in no spend February.<br />
6. The kids aren't really complaining yet about it (this may change by the end of the month).tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-31336525459465285292014-02-01T19:51:00.000-07:002014-02-01T19:58:06.747-07:00Healthy Version of Shepherd's Pie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Jason's been in the mood for some comfort food and he specifically asked for Shepherd's pie. But Shepherd's pie isn't really on the super healthy side of things and so I tried to come up with a healthier yet yummy version....and I did. And now I'm going to share it with you.</div>
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Potato topping was a combo of cauliflower and potatoes, instead of whipping cream, butter, cheese, whatever, I used fat free greek yogurt</div>
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Lots of sauteed vegetables</div>
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Combination of lean beef and turkey</div>
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One for us, one to give a way and one for the freezer</div>
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And dinner was a hit for everyone...even hubby, who didn't look very convinced when I was putting it all together.</div>
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The Recipe:<br />
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3 pounds 93%/ lean ground beef<br />
1 pound 93% lean ground turkey<br />
1 cup of chopped up carrots<br />
1 cup of chopped up celery<br />
2 cups chopped up mushrooms (Isaac didn't even know they were in there)<br />
1-2 tablespoons of garlic<br />
1 package of frozen peas<br />
1/4 cup of worcestershire sauce<br />
1 15 oz can of tomato sauce<br />
2 cups of vegetable broth<br />
3 pounds of potatoes<br />
1 head of cauliflower<br />
1 cup of fat free Fage greek yogurt<br />
pepper and parsley to taste (I didn't add salt because of the worcestershire sauce and vegetable broth)<br />
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boil potatoes w/ skin and steam cauliflower, whip with yogurt and set aside.<br />
while boiling and steaming, saute vegetables<br />
set aside<br />
brown mean<br />
mix with vegetables<br />
deglaze pan with vegetable broth and pour into meat mixture<br />
add peas, tomato sauce, pepper & worcestershire sauce<br />
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Divide evenly between 3 8x8 pans and top with potato mixture<br />
sprinkle pepper and parsley on top<br />
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freeze two and bake one at 350, covered for 45 minutes and uncovered for 5 minutes.<br />
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ENJOY<br />
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each 8x8 serves 10<br />
calories 162, fat 4.5, carbohydrates 15, protein 15, sodium 247, fiber 2g<br />
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Update on no spend February<br />
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well bought a new fancy lock for the front door -- the premise was to save energy on using the garage door to get in and out and to hopefully save the garage door opener which has been acting up lately for another month. It's a key pad lock because the kids always lose their keys.<br />
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also totally spaced the no spend thing and ended up on the toll road...but we remembered and took the more scenic less expensive way home.<br />
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did remember no spend February started today and did NOT partake in my post watched my kid play basket ball Latte at Starbucks (and by the way my kid scored more than half the points -- they still lost, but Jake did great :D)<br />
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Pinterest is amazing in the ideas that people have and share. One that I've seen going around is a 'no spend month'. Different blogs have different ways of doing this, but the gist is -- <b>don't spend on things that aren't necessary and spend less on things that are necessary. </b>Here<br />
are a couple of blogs where they did this successfully: Click <a href="http://smallnotebook.org/2010/07/01/the-no-spend-month/">here (small Notebook)</a> and <a href="http://www.motherhoodonadime.com/living/what-i-learned-from-a-no-spend-month/">here (motherhood on a dime)</a> There's a ton out there, just google 'no spend month' -- or get on Pinterest.<br />
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For me this is a reminder about what is necessary.<br />
And to teach my spoiled, entitled children the difference between <i>need and want. </i>(I write this like it's all them, but in truth this was totally a parenting fail on my part)<br />
(If I am going to be totally honest, I too am a little spoiled and also need to know the difference between <i>need and want -- ugh).</i><br />
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For us our family rules are going to be:<br />
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No lunches out (I work nights, so this isn't a problem for me -- now for Jason? We shall see)<br />
One dinner out for Jason and me which will include paying our older son for babysitting (it's for Valentine's) We did get a gift certificate to PF Chang's for Christmas and we saved it knowing this was coming up.<br />
Minimize our groceries -- by <b>1.</b> shopping our freezer and pantry (it'll be a good way to figure out what's in the back of our freezer and get rid of stuff as well as save money). <b>2</b>. More vegetarian meals. <b>3</b>. Eat more basic meals, no fancy 20 ingredient fancy spices meals. <b>4. </b>Limit entertaining --we do cook extra meals every week for my sister and brother in law, as she has MS and they could use the help -- so we will continue to at least shop for two meals a week and double the recipes for ourselves -- but this experiment is a lesson on how we can get on less, not how to stop helping those we love). <b>5.</b> We also got a gift certificate to Sprouts for Christmas, so we've got a couple of dollars to go towards groceries this month.<br />
No clothes shopping this month, we have enough. Period.<br />
We prepaid Jake's batting lessons, and there are no tournaments in February, so we should be good there. We decided on reducing his pitching lessons to two days this month instead of four. (That'll save us 80$ right there). We've already paid for league fees and most of his uniform (there will probably be another payment in February, depends on how well the team did in fundraising).<br />
Isaac's karate tournament is in April, so we probably don't have to pay until March.<br />
I will wash our own dog and clean my own house this month (I did mention I was spoiled -- feeling that as I type right now).<br />
We will pay however for someone to clean my in-laws house, because I don't have time to do both.<br />
No new home projects, instead we will use what we have to clean the house up (touch up paint, clean baseboards etc). We will also clean out our basement this month.<br />
I will have tuition and books to pay for this month, that's an expense we will just have to deal with, unfortunately (my long term plan, however is to continue to nurse and work part time as a nursing instructor until I have paid us back for the tuition, THEN just be a nursing instructor).<br />
No more pay-per-view movies, but we will get Netflix -- we also already got rid of our premium cable channels.<br />
Yes on the Kuerig cups, NO on Starbuck's (although again, we both got gift certificates for SB at Christmas and have been saving them for this month -- but for getting together with friends or if we can squeeze in another date night).<br />
Reduce our heater temperature control to 66 at night and during the day, kick it up to 68 when we're home. I'm the only one that's cold, and I can put on a sweater. Don't run our fire place. TURN OFF LIGHTS (I type as I reach over and turn off the lamp next to me)!<br />
Wash our own cars<br />
For this month, I'll buy some box hair dye, and catch up with the highlights in March. I was kicking around the idea of growing my hair out, so this will be a good opportunity to get a head start.<br />
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I'm also going to add how to bring in some extra income -- during this month:<br />
1. I signed up for extra shifts -- however we've been over-staffed so I haven't been working any that I signed up for, in fact have been getting my actual scheduled shifts cut too.<br />
2. When we clean out basement we'll need to set things aside for a big garage sale -- and Ebay/Craigslist<br />
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It's not that I want to suck the joy out of life -- I just want us to get back on track. We need to remember<br />
what the important things are in life -- it's not what we can buy, spend etc -- it's about family, friends.<br />
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With that said, I'm in no way one of these people who think money is bad, or even corrupt. I just know that I have become relaxed about our debt, our financial goals, and what money really means -- it's just too easy to spend, even when we don't have it. This month will help us all come to terms with what money means to us, what we need to sacrifice if we want to achieve our goals (and wouldn't it be nice to achieve <a href="http://www.viewalongtheway.com/2014/01/that-one-time-when-we-paid-off-our-house/">paying off our house</a> like <a href="http://www.viewalongtheway.com/2014/01/that-one-time-when-we-paid-off-our-house/">this blogger</a> did? Or even get our credit cards paid off (AGAIN) and maybe NOT run them up (AGAIN).<br />
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We'll see how it goes -- I'll keep you informed.<br />
and Pray that our garage door opener lasts until March -- it's been acting up.tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-88210592678176235022014-01-18T09:58:00.000-07:002014-01-18T10:06:48.794-07:00Bunco Girl's Night Made Easy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Bunco night is such a fun way to get together, hang out with some fun, talkative, gossipy (in a good way) women. It's girl time. It's get the husband and the boys out of the house time. It's getting to entertain time (this is actually fun for me, I get that not all people think entertaining as fun). I belonged to this Bunco group a few years ago but had to quit when I started nursing school. I since got asked to come back and I got January as my month. Even though I really like entertaining, I don't have a lot of time. So I thought I'd share some of my time saving tips.</div>
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Here's the Bunco layout, you need three tables for four. I had to borrow a card table and one table got a hodge podge of chairs. I have a collection of vintage table cloths and it was fun to add some color and pattern by using them. I'll drop them off at the cleaners and they can deal with cleaning and ironing them (time savings here is worth the expense of the cleaners -- and we're talking 10$ for the three)</div>
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Table "2" in the kitchen</div>
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So the food and drinks -- a lot of time this is what takes a lot of time. I decided to go really simple and only make a couple of things and buy everything else pre-made. A total cheat and really if I had a lot of time I would have put more effort in this area because I really do enjoy cooking.<br />
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Drink choices -- bottled water, wine (including chocolate wine-yummo), and a variety of coffees and teas (I love my Keurig) I included some creamer and sugar etc for the coffee.</div>
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Okay, so I did take some extra time to fun up the water bottles.</div>
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I admit, this is way over the top, but what a fun detail. I found the free pattern <a href="http://amandaparkerandfamily.blogspot.com/p/freebies.html">here</a> (man I love Pinterest) and Jason (amazing husband) changed the pink to red and the kids were brow-beaten, bribed and guilted into helping me attach them (cut them out and scotch tape them to the bottles).<br />
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The starters -- another way I took the easy time saving way out. I bought some frozen Spanikopita and some pre-made some cheese and salami/prosciutto roll ups for the appetizers and filled it out with a relish tray.</div>
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The main meal -- nothing's easier than a crock pot and the cooler temperatures of January just scream soup -- so made a simple Italian sausage soup, salad with a store bought citrus vinaigrette, and cut up some yummy bread with a nice crunchy crust.</div>
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You won't believe how easy this recipe is. My friend, Shannon, who always makes cooking, baking, decorating seem so easy, gave me this recipe (to which I added peppers the peppers) and it's become a family favorite. I doubled the recipe for Bunco and still had a lot left over:<br />
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Italian Soup:<br />
1.5-2 lbs of your favorite Italian sausage<br />
1 sweet yellow onion, chopped<br />
1 red pepper, chopped<br />
1 tbs of minced garlic (I use the jar stuff)<br />
1/2 carton beef broth<br />
2 cans, with juice, of diced tomatoes (it's really good with the Hunt's fire roasted tomatoes)<br />
1/2 bottle good red wine (if you won't drink it don't cook with it)<br />
2 tbs of Italian blend spices<br />
1 - 2 cups of pasta<br />
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saute peppers and onions together<br />
brown sausage<br />
place in crock pot with all other ingredients (except pasta)<br />
cook on low for 8 or so hours<br />
add pasta last 1/2 hour-45 minutes<br />
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serve with parmesan cheese<br />
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see -- really really easy.<br />
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It's obvious I'm not a teacher, I can't seem to write on a chalk board in straight lines -- but I thought I'd fancy up the menu. I so wish I had that ability to do the whole chalk art stuff -- but I don't. Even sans talent anyone (if I can, anyone can) can make it a little fun (everyone can draw hearts and squares - right)</div>
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My living room -- nothing to do with Bunco, but it was actually clean, so thought I'd post pictures. Jason did such a great job with my book shelves -- they're an Ikea hack that I should blog about some time.</div>
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Another time saving tip -- didn't clean the upstairs because who cares! Just concentrated on the first floor.<br />
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Most importantly it's not about the house, about the food, the cute decorations, or really even about the game -- it's about an opportunity to spend time with people, to open your home and be gracious, and to carve out some time to do something you love.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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So we spent the day in Denver today and stayed for <a href="http://www.denver.org/what-to-do/museum-art/first-friday-art-walks">First Friday</a>. The kids did their normal amount of whining. They did have fun though, even if they won't completely admit it.</div>
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We walked by Coors Field and Union Station (which was closed for construction) and then stopped by <a href="http://www.tatteredcover.com/">Tattered Cover</a> a very cool Denver book store in <a href="http://www.denver.org/what-to-do/colorado-day-trips/lodo-daytrip">Lodo</a>. And what do my kids do -- my non-book-loving-must-have-been-switched-at-birth children do? Well they play on their phones. UGH, I am a failure as a parent.<br />
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Welcome to Colorado, where pot is legal -- should have taken a picture of the line in front too.<br />
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Good plan, especially for those partaking in legal pot (see above), also good for really tired nurses.<br />
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These are cool, mosaiced concrete forms to play checkers and chess. </div>
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Playing some 'drums' on the 16th street mall</div>
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Denver Pavillions</div>
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<a href="http://www.brownpalace.com/">Brown Palace</a> Lobby. I've lived here all my life and only just now learned the Brown Palace has nothing to do with Molly Brown, another Brown family -- whadayaknow.</div>
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Trinity Methodist</div>
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So some local news guys were out looking for people to interview about the Broncos. My non-sport-loving son was wearing a Broncos sweatshirt and so they stopped us. We forgot to watch the news last night to see if they were on. Of course even though we live 40 minutes away from downtown, Jake saw one of his class mates as this was happening -- Denver really is a small town.</div>
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<a href="http://www.denver.org/what-to-do/museum-art/first-friday-art-walks">First Friday</a> is when the 'art district' (10th and Santa Fe area) open up their galleries and private studios and let people wander in and out and see what's going on in the Denver art scene. There were some pretty neat, beautiful, quirky things. There a bunch of food trucks (of which we did not partake because we were going to <a href="http://www.jerusalemrestaurant.com/">Jerusalem's</a> later - awesome and cheap Middle Eastern food).<br />
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So in one of the galleries they had a make up artist who does zombie effects. Jake decided to have him paint a 'bite' out of his face.<br />
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Not bad and really gross. When I said, "oh my gosh that's gross"The artist said, "Normally I would take offense, but in this case 'gross' is a compliment"<br />
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So -- how does one do Christmas when going to school, working full time and raising a family. Well let me tell you, it doesn't look like a perfect Pinterest scene and there may be a melt down or two )melt down coming from me, not anyone else).</div>
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To start, I found this super easy, super inexpensive gift idea for the neighbors (um, yeah it was on Pinterest -- but I dumbed it down a little). So little work but a nice little something to let them know we were thinking about them. You can see original post <a href="http://itsalwayscrafttime.blogspot.com/2010/12/neighbor-gift-idea.html">here</a>. I didn't bother using fancy paper, just printed out the cute little poem on regular paper and attaching that.</div>
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So Christmas Eve we have a party with family and friends. This year with my schedule I had to be super organized and to keep it simple (and for those of you who don't know me this really is simple -- and I can be organized - once in awhile)</div>
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A couple weeks before the party I started baking cookies, I had a variety of five different kinds (mint chocolate chip, lemon cookies, oreo rice kirspie bars, praline bars, & ginger cookies). </div>
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The five days before Christmas Eve I was scheduled to work every (EVERY) night (I work 7pm-7am). So I'd prepare the chilis, salsa and some other things each morning I came home then I'd go to sleep. I'd also give Jason (the best husband ever) a list of things to do and hired my sister to clean the house. (Oh and I know people hate me but I finished my shopping by the beginning of December and had the presents wrapped)</div>
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Bought some pre-made artichoke dip and threw in into a mini crock pot, bought shrimp and veggie tray. I did make the salsa and 'cowboy cavier'.</div>
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Chili 'bar'</div>
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Ahhh, Hannah, letting us play with her -- she looks thrilled doesn't she</div>
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Drink area -- wine, drinks, keurig hot drinks and bottled water -- again, keeping it simple</div>
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And.....the most important part of the evening -- friends and family</div>
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Niece Bridget and her boyfriend, Ryan</div>
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Cousin Emily and adorable son, Hudson</div>
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My own adorable son and fabulous husband</div>
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Isaac with our close friends Abi and Caitlin</div>
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Abi and her dad, Kevin</div>
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And what are cousins for, if not to rabbit ear your head during a picture (here's my other so, Jake, with his cousin, Bridget, and her boyfriend)</div>
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Jason's aunt, Laura-Jane and her grandson, Hudson</div>
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Collen, Caitlin, Katrina and Ag</div>
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Us -- and my husband who thinks he's terribly amusing (okay, he is and I really shouldn't be putting this on the internet, but hey, we're keeping in real here at Zimmerhouse)</div>
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Glenn (brother in law) and Mike (cousin in law)</div>
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(Mike and Emily)</div>
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(mother in law, Sher and Mike)</div>
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Aunt Laura Jane and Bob (doesn't everyone have an Uncle Bob? I think so)</div>
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Brother in law's brother, Russel and his bride Carrie</div>
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Jason and his mama, Sher</div>
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Every Christmas we do a White Elephant Gift exchange that's loads of fun</div>
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I suck at selfies -- I look like I'm having a stroke here -- or I look really tired -- worked the night before and only got three hours of sleep earlier that day</div>
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The aftermath</div>
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More fortification before putting out the presents from Santa and stuffing stockings</div>
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So -- Christmas day -- everyone super happy with their gifts -- we went to my sister and brother in law's for breakfast and cam home and hung out.</div>
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Isaac putting together his new Minecraft lego set</div>
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I got a cute pair of Danskos and some baseball flip flops for next summer</div>
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Jason likes his new Darth Vader Potato Head</div>
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Jake wanted clothes and Elite socks -- and he was quite pleased</div>
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I don't get the whole elite socks thing -- but okay/</div>
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And my favorite tradition of all -- hubby and I play super scrabble in our pj's all day while the kids play with their new toys. He always wins -- ugh, I even got to use all my letters one play and he still won.</div>
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And what was I most thankful for today? I got called off of work for a low census (yes I was scheduled) so spent the day with the family.</div>
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I hope that all of you had a wonderful holiday season, that you didn't work too hard, and that you enjoyed the warmth of your family and friends.</div>
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Merry Christmas</div>
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