Living on Coffee and Love

This is what I've been working on tonight :) I've got just a bit more to paint tomorrow And then it will be time to do the drawers and start sanding the next one. I wish you understood how much fun I had tonight doing this on the back porch while listening to the radio and rocking out... More pics to come and of course, the final product :) muah!

Beeb

Sleep well been

Well, let's see. ... I'm very happy to have a job. How about that? I'm very happy to work for the hospital I work for. I love the hospital and the RNs and MDs that are here. I love the teamwork and the personalities of the people that work here, the culture. I must say, I am kindof stagnant in my career and looking to do something more...CONCRETE. Having my 2nd baby really threw me for a loop in a lot of ways, mentally, DEFINITELY physically and somehow has put my career on hold. I am totally and happily okay with that. However, I want to find my niche you know? I've been saying this over and over again to many friends, my poor tireless husband, and myself since well.....right after Sethie was born. I mean...I just want to pick! Emergency ? Pediatrics? Women's care? Surgery? Cardiac. I feel like I've been all of the above and now that I have 5 years of experience as an RN, I should be able to choose. So...I'm putting myself out there, I'm sending emails....

So friggn fun 

Lots of earrings, hairdoodads, and kitchen towels :) 

Crafts crafts and more crafts

I love my family. I love how my husband just seems to hold me together. He gives the best back rubs, knows when I need sleep, food, a hug. And, I feel like when I snuggle up to him I just melt. Ahhh, life is good.

So it looks like I figured out how to upload more than one picture at a time. Now, if I could just figure out how to post and have pictures all together from my iphone, we'd be doing pretty darn good. One of my favorite and funniest people in the whole entire world is @ home on bedrest with her second little boy (wink wink if you're reading this) and I'm just thinking back to some old days that we spent together in college, gossiping about how fat such and such was, and how stupid such and such was. And, now we're moms. Of 2 boys each. And, I think about how wonderful life would be if we lived around the corner or across the street and we could snicker about what our boys did today that a) we loved b) we hated c) was just like their daddy c)made us laugh but we knew we couldn't in front of them. I think about how nice it would be to be able to meet up with all the kids and go for a walk or to lunch. Because, there's just something about those old friends. The on...

My brain is just always running. Do you know that feeling? Always reeling, thoughts, things to do, dreams of tomorrow, happiness from today. Things we need from the store, things that need to be mailed, the family swaggerwagon needs an inspection and registration renewal, what are we going to plan for the boys' birthdays? You know. It's a wild conversation up there in that ole brainy brain of mine. And, then I remember a calmness. A quietness. A "peace be still" moment or moments. Boca Raton Florida--middle of July. Oceanside. Pay no attention to my grammar and fragments in this post. Anyways anyways...back to the oceanside. Breeze, salty-air. And, quietness. No rambling in my brain. No do this, do that. No don't forget about this or that. No checking the mail. No dishes or laundry. Just me and my silence and my soulmate and the moments. And, I realize it's mind over matter. I realize that I can sit here right now. With a phone ringing, a icemaker humming, and...

Hi guys! I just uploaded some pictures of Sethie today. Oh my he is just a charmer! He is getting more and more ambitious and brave and seems to be exploring more and more. I love it!! Today, he found the kitchen cabinets...thus the pots and pans! We gave him a wooden spoon and you would have thought we spent a ton of money on something fun. I hope he'll always be like that! Last week, I blogged about Drew Carey and all his weight loss. All I have to say is this: didn't do so hot this week :) But, I must say, I haven't gained any of the 12 lbs I lost with the cookie diet. It's almost been a month since I was on that diet and surprisingly I am the same weight as the day I stopped. This has me thinking....thinking of one day going on it again! I highly recommend it! Things are pretty much the same on the job front- no real changes. I am beginning to love the people that I work with .Which only makes decisions harder. The patients drive me bonkers most of the time but the...

So, let's talk about what I've eaten the last few nights @ work. NOT bad...but, not exactly the DREW CAREY diet I mentioned in Friday night's post :) Schnick schnick. Green beans (both nights) and  tonight I have rice with the green beans. I've had coffee both nights and tonight I felt a little frisky so got a big cup of Diet Mtn. Dew. The other nights I have drank water when I usually get Diet Mtn. Dew. Something must be done here. Oh yeah, and I had a pack of cheese on wheat nabs and a fiberone bar. One of my collegues lastnight told me that if I really truly wanted to fly...I had to stop waiting for the opportunity to come to me and I had to start doing a better job of seeking it out. Meaning, I really need to be more proactive about looking for a critical care job with drips and titrations and crazyness. I wish that I could afford to take the cut in pay and work nights during the week. Then, I could take the MICU job that just opened and I'd be set. I'd d...