What is this craziness? Personally, I feel like many people are overreacting to this "epidemic"....and, maybe I just see all the crazies because I work in a children's hospital. But, seriously.....today I saw probably 100+ families come in all wearing masks (granted, I'm totally with it for those immunosuppressed kiddsos), many parents had CNN on in the rooms where it's 24 hour coverage of all 16 americans with "swine flu", AND as I was literally logging off my computer to leave when a code yellow was called and we were required to stay an hour and a half late at work (good think I'm an hourly employee!) . For what you ask? And, what is this code yellow you speak of? Well, my blog friends, our ER was overflowing with all the crazy parents wanting their kids tested for swine flu....so, they made a special "swine flu testing area" in the auditorium. That's cool, whatever. THEN, the auditorium overfilled because it seems like every kid in Dallas with a cough now is a suspect for swine flu. So, code yellow called, which means it's lockdown and all medical personnel are to be available to help hand out masks, do screenings, forms, etc. I was actually kinda excited to go see all the crazies, but they ended up not needing us. So, my productivity went from 60% to 50%. Too bad :).
Okay, that's my soap box :). Last night we went to trivia night and it seemed like 80% of the team names had "swine flu" in them. However, none of the names are appropriate for this family friendly blog, much less, my ears :).
On a slightly more positive note, maybe it was good I got home late today....remember all that bulk trash that we hauled to the curb? Well, I drove out front today and saw that they had picked it all up except for the 100 lb mirror. I was already heated up from the "code yella" (the way our announcer at the hospital says it, we joke it's like a SNL skit) so I just went and found those bulk trash men 2 streets over and told them to come pick up my "mirra" (haha). And they sure did come back and get it. Then my neighbor sticks her head out the door and says "you go girl! those guys are so lazy! way to call them on it!". Whew. Feel much better :)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Back on the blogwagon :)
I was perusing photos on the computer tonight for a 'lil house deco project and came across these that I thought needed to get on the blog :).
What do you think about blowing these up for the "Texas" themed gameroom upstairs? Hahaha! These are from a recruiting event when Caleb was a clerk. This is when the economy was doing well and the firm could just have a BBQ....and why not a live longhorn to take pictures with all the adults (as this was an adults only shin-dig). Cracks me up but so glad I kept these! Happy Monday Y'all!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
I wish more weekends were like this
What a great combination of being productive, relaxed, alone, and with others :).
Friday night: Money and Marriage event at church, asleep by 11 pm :) Although I feel like Caleb and I are united on our thoughts of saving/spending/giving/investing, it's always nice to refresh my mind that all we have is really not ours, but the Lord's. Our time. Our money. Our gifts. We are to be good stewards of what He has given us.
Saturday:
1) "Run the Highlands" 5K in our neighborhood--I got our bibs/chips switched so Caleb was actually wearing "Julie" and I was wearing "Caleb". No big deal, right? Right, what I thought....until "Julie Wood" won 2nd place in the women's 20-29 division! Although Caleb wanted the silver metal to hang on the mantel, I frantically found the award announcer prior to announcements and the rightful owner when home with the silver :). My forever true runner buddy Shannon ran with me....as a bandit (shhh!) ! It was so fun and so encouraging to run with her again....I think we're going to start training for marathon #2! I also want to start running more races with Caleb, it was a great start to our Saturday.
2) Indoor/Outdoor house stuff:
-donned the workgloves and hauled all of our demolition/boxes/remodeling waste to the curb for bulk trash pick up--Caleb is convinced that my Bible study book is telling me to do things, because this was "the most I've ever done hard, manual labor without complaining". Haha, thanks for the confidence, babe!
-vacuumed house
-laundry
-clean out/sweep/hose out garage
-mow/fertilize front and back yard (again, Caleb...but, I picked up the sticks in the yard if that counts for anything!)
-dig out 15 foot tree with ~100 pound root and haul to front (I can take no credit, this is all Caleb while I was inside, showered, reading my new book! this is probably more like me!)
*there was a break in there that included Sonic (diet cherry limeades and burgers! yum!) and a Home Depot run!
3) Took the Cavalier to the shop....we had a scare on Friday as it overheated. Thankfully, we took it in about 10 am, they called us about noon saying some sort of fan that they replaced this past July went out, so they repaired it all FREE OF CHARGE and we picked it up! Caleb looked at his last receipt and it was almost a $500 bill. Yay! Caleb also repaired his rear view mirror...please read last post for explanation!
4) Watched the Mavs/read my book/chillaxed at home
5) Fun, relaxing dinner with friends
6) Asleep by 11 :).
Sunday:
1) Awake at 8! Yes! Sleeping in!
2) Einstein's for breakfast/coffee
3) Church--I love our church. Not the ins and outs of worship style, sermon style, etc but the honesty, vulnerability, and accountability that our pastor exhibits and encourages in us every week. We're doing a full year series studying the book of Mark and praying the prayer "Jesus, we want what you want". I will hopefully blog one day about what I've learned, as it's amazing to really study who Jesus WAS and how He still IS today.
4) Grocery shopping together--for those at church today, I was craving colby jack cheese and ham from the deli....so then we went home and had healthy, yummy sandwich lunch!
4) Read the Sunday paper together (well, each took different sections of course, but sat next to each other)
5) Met my Mom and went to see a movie and did a little shopping/Caleb went into work for a few hours then met up with ultimate guys for a finance meeting
6) And here I am.....clean house, relaxed, and it's only 6:45 :).
Ahh...what a great weekend. I'm refreshed to start the week :).
Friday night: Money and Marriage event at church, asleep by 11 pm :) Although I feel like Caleb and I are united on our thoughts of saving/spending/giving/investing, it's always nice to refresh my mind that all we have is really not ours, but the Lord's. Our time. Our money. Our gifts. We are to be good stewards of what He has given us.
Saturday:
1) "Run the Highlands" 5K in our neighborhood--I got our bibs/chips switched so Caleb was actually wearing "Julie" and I was wearing "Caleb". No big deal, right? Right, what I thought....until "Julie Wood" won 2nd place in the women's 20-29 division! Although Caleb wanted the silver metal to hang on the mantel, I frantically found the award announcer prior to announcements and the rightful owner when home with the silver :). My forever true runner buddy Shannon ran with me....as a bandit (shhh!) ! It was so fun and so encouraging to run with her again....I think we're going to start training for marathon #2! I also want to start running more races with Caleb, it was a great start to our Saturday.
2) Indoor/Outdoor house stuff:
-donned the workgloves and hauled all of our demolition/boxes/remodeling waste to the curb for bulk trash pick up--Caleb is convinced that my Bible study book is telling me to do things, because this was "the most I've ever done hard, manual labor without complaining". Haha, thanks for the confidence, babe!
-vacuumed house
-laundry
-clean out/sweep/hose out garage
-mow/fertilize front and back yard (again, Caleb...but, I picked up the sticks in the yard if that counts for anything!)
-dig out 15 foot tree with ~100 pound root and haul to front (I can take no credit, this is all Caleb while I was inside, showered, reading my new book! this is probably more like me!)
*there was a break in there that included Sonic (diet cherry limeades and burgers! yum!) and a Home Depot run!
3) Took the Cavalier to the shop....we had a scare on Friday as it overheated. Thankfully, we took it in about 10 am, they called us about noon saying some sort of fan that they replaced this past July went out, so they repaired it all FREE OF CHARGE and we picked it up! Caleb looked at his last receipt and it was almost a $500 bill. Yay! Caleb also repaired his rear view mirror...please read last post for explanation!
4) Watched the Mavs/read my book/chillaxed at home
5) Fun, relaxing dinner with friends
6) Asleep by 11 :).
Sunday:
1) Awake at 8! Yes! Sleeping in!
2) Einstein's for breakfast/coffee
3) Church--I love our church. Not the ins and outs of worship style, sermon style, etc but the honesty, vulnerability, and accountability that our pastor exhibits and encourages in us every week. We're doing a full year series studying the book of Mark and praying the prayer "Jesus, we want what you want". I will hopefully blog one day about what I've learned, as it's amazing to really study who Jesus WAS and how He still IS today.
4) Grocery shopping together--for those at church today, I was craving colby jack cheese and ham from the deli....so then we went home and had healthy, yummy sandwich lunch!
4) Read the Sunday paper together (well, each took different sections of course, but sat next to each other)
5) Met my Mom and went to see a movie and did a little shopping/Caleb went into work for a few hours then met up with ultimate guys for a finance meeting
6) And here I am.....clean house, relaxed, and it's only 6:45 :).
Ahh...what a great weekend. I'm refreshed to start the week :).
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Is that you, Woody?
Yes, it's me Buzz.
I was just perusing blogs and realized a friend is "following" my blog on the side which said "last updated 2 months ago". Ouch. Then I remembered my friend Alison telling me about a month ago how she was looking at my old blog posts and how interesting it was to read from 2 years ago. So, after going back and reading things I had forgotten, I decided I need to keep this 'lil journal going. Even if I don't have pics. Even if I don't have anything to say. One of the funniest things I had totally forgotten about is that Caleb said when I'm ready to have babies he's going to set the alarm every 3 hours and make me hold a flour sack for 20 minutes! Ha, he's such a funny.
What's going on in the woodworks? Well...
We spent Easter weekend in Hot Springs, Arkansas. LOVED it. Seriously one of my favorite weekend getaways yet (like we do them all the time, right?). We stayed at fabulous bed and breakfast named Wildwood Inn that I would highly recommend. Experienced horse racing for the first time, during the Arkansas Derby of all days! Now, when I found out it was the derby I was like "Caleb, it's derby day! That means I have to wear like a dress and a hat" (my good friend Lindie lives in KY and I do think that's true for KY), but Caleb quickly reminded me "Julie....it's Arkansas.". Not to hate on Arkansas.....I'm just sayin, he was right :). We saw a little of everything! Not only did Caleb experience his first horse race, we also got a couples massage which was Caleb's first massage and I think (although he probably won't admit it) it won't be his last. Sabai Massage Therapy--great rec as well if you're heading to that area. We lounged, each read an entire book, played checkers, played Ticket To Ride (with our new edition, thanks to Ava!), napped, ate 3 course breakfasts on china, and most importantly....spent 3 whole days without checking the blackberry constantly. Bliss!
We're still loving the house, and the bed, as the angels still sing every night as I crawl into that big 'ol bed of love (please see post from april 08) :). Edil came in January and brought his friend Lorenzo with him and they stayed with us 3-4 weeks and remodeled upstairs. Speaking of him, I hear him upstairs right now laying tile in the bathroom :). That's right, he's here again remodeling the jack and jill bath upstairs. He plans on coming back in a couple weeks to make us a 'lil backyard patio and then, my friends, that list of ~300 projects will be finished :). I'm not saying we're done by any means, that decorating bug has still yet to bite and as all you homeowners know, the work is never done. We do have on our list to buy a baby gate.....community group will start meeting at our house and we got to be careful with those babies and the stairs! It continues that more and more of our friends are prego....and we love watching the babies grow and become little toddlers! I saw my post of Hudson on his birthday and that little guy is now 16 months and walking and talking like crazy! They grow up so fast! Hayden just turned 5 on Monday! Geez, I saw him on his birthday too......
Caleb's still doing ultimate, club season is about to start back up. I've taken a long hiatus from running, but ready to get back into it. I think I'm going to do marathon training again this summer. More for motivation and accountability.....we'll see if I do a 2nd marathon :).
Caleb' s still driving the Cavalier. He drove to lunch today with some guys from work and the rearview mirror just FELL off while he was driving. I'm stilling laughing out loud about that.
We planted bushes in the front yard about a month ago. They're still alive! Have yet to plant those flowers....
I'm now on a trauma/neurosurgery/hem onc rotation at work. It's a nice change of pace from the cardiac babies, but I do miss them. I like working with teenagers :). I do have some crazy stories though....there I things I see on the trauma unit that I could never even imagine or think up. Like....ATV vs. car (car always wins, please don't drive ATVs!), handlebars going through the chest wall and out the other side, and sadly, way too many "nonaccidental traumas" (or child abuse, shaken baby, etc).
Speaking of work, today I emailed Caleb and told him I felt like I was in a disasater area. We had a water mane break and it took out all the running water and air conditioning for all of the hospital. Sheesh. Just picture biohazard bags on toilets, very hot rooms, and people walking around providing bottled water. Granted, it only lasted 4 hours, but boy was it a sight. A nice little change of pace, I guess you could say :).
Caleb has a trial set for May. He's not working too crazy of hours yet, but we shall see.
I think that's...
all I got, how'd you like that?
I was just perusing blogs and realized a friend is "following" my blog on the side which said "last updated 2 months ago". Ouch. Then I remembered my friend Alison telling me about a month ago how she was looking at my old blog posts and how interesting it was to read from 2 years ago. So, after going back and reading things I had forgotten, I decided I need to keep this 'lil journal going. Even if I don't have pics. Even if I don't have anything to say. One of the funniest things I had totally forgotten about is that Caleb said when I'm ready to have babies he's going to set the alarm every 3 hours and make me hold a flour sack for 20 minutes! Ha, he's such a funny.
What's going on in the woodworks? Well...
We spent Easter weekend in Hot Springs, Arkansas. LOVED it. Seriously one of my favorite weekend getaways yet (like we do them all the time, right?). We stayed at fabulous bed and breakfast named Wildwood Inn that I would highly recommend. Experienced horse racing for the first time, during the Arkansas Derby of all days! Now, when I found out it was the derby I was like "Caleb, it's derby day! That means I have to wear like a dress and a hat" (my good friend Lindie lives in KY and I do think that's true for KY), but Caleb quickly reminded me "Julie....it's Arkansas.". Not to hate on Arkansas.....I'm just sayin, he was right :). We saw a little of everything! Not only did Caleb experience his first horse race, we also got a couples massage which was Caleb's first massage and I think (although he probably won't admit it) it won't be his last. Sabai Massage Therapy--great rec as well if you're heading to that area. We lounged, each read an entire book, played checkers, played Ticket To Ride (with our new edition, thanks to Ava!), napped, ate 3 course breakfasts on china, and most importantly....spent 3 whole days without checking the blackberry constantly. Bliss!
We're still loving the house, and the bed, as the angels still sing every night as I crawl into that big 'ol bed of love (please see post from april 08) :). Edil came in January and brought his friend Lorenzo with him and they stayed with us 3-4 weeks and remodeled upstairs. Speaking of him, I hear him upstairs right now laying tile in the bathroom :). That's right, he's here again remodeling the jack and jill bath upstairs. He plans on coming back in a couple weeks to make us a 'lil backyard patio and then, my friends, that list of ~300 projects will be finished :). I'm not saying we're done by any means, that decorating bug has still yet to bite and as all you homeowners know, the work is never done. We do have on our list to buy a baby gate.....community group will start meeting at our house and we got to be careful with those babies and the stairs! It continues that more and more of our friends are prego....and we love watching the babies grow and become little toddlers! I saw my post of Hudson on his birthday and that little guy is now 16 months and walking and talking like crazy! They grow up so fast! Hayden just turned 5 on Monday! Geez, I saw him on his birthday too......
Caleb's still doing ultimate, club season is about to start back up. I've taken a long hiatus from running, but ready to get back into it. I think I'm going to do marathon training again this summer. More for motivation and accountability.....we'll see if I do a 2nd marathon :).
Caleb' s still driving the Cavalier. He drove to lunch today with some guys from work and the rearview mirror just FELL off while he was driving. I'm stilling laughing out loud about that.
We planted bushes in the front yard about a month ago. They're still alive! Have yet to plant those flowers....
I'm now on a trauma/neurosurgery/hem onc rotation at work. It's a nice change of pace from the cardiac babies, but I do miss them. I like working with teenagers :). I do have some crazy stories though....there I things I see on the trauma unit that I could never even imagine or think up. Like....ATV vs. car (car always wins, please don't drive ATVs!), handlebars going through the chest wall and out the other side, and sadly, way too many "nonaccidental traumas" (or child abuse, shaken baby, etc).
Speaking of work, today I emailed Caleb and told him I felt like I was in a disasater area. We had a water mane break and it took out all the running water and air conditioning for all of the hospital. Sheesh. Just picture biohazard bags on toilets, very hot rooms, and people walking around providing bottled water. Granted, it only lasted 4 hours, but boy was it a sight. A nice little change of pace, I guess you could say :).
Caleb has a trial set for May. He's not working too crazy of hours yet, but we shall see.
I think that's...
all I got, how'd you like that?
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