And Yet Another Hat That Is TOO Big!

I started this hat a couple of months ago and forgot that I was making a hat until yesterday when I got my crochet bag out of the closet.

I picked it up and finished it between yesterday and today.

Though the hat is very cute, it is also very big.

B is my hat model and every hat seems too look super good on him.

He says that it is comfortable, just big.

It is awful holy too.

Nonetheless it looks super cute on him.  Perhaps it will get worn in the cold months, and perhaps it is just a waste of yarn.

I am still learning, and still making lots of mistakes.

Back to the drawing board for me.

Hats are hard to make.

All Is Well And Safe And Sound

All of my cute lil' residents made it back into the building safe and sound.

The first night back out elevators were still not working, so that was a lot of stair well runnin', but that was ok.

We had to keep about 8 residents at Sunshine Terrace because of their inability to get up or down the stairs, but for the most part, it was a good move to get them back in the building.  We did this move on Wednesday.  When they first decided to move them, I was absolutely upset.

They decided to move them during a very busy dinner-time med pass.  Nobody seemed to care whether or not they would get their meds but me, however, there was so much to do I was only able to medicate one of my 40 residents on time.

I don't think anybody really understood why I was so mad either.  They don't know or really care (it seems) if meds are given or not.

So I threw my fits, then put my head down and got the work done.

Then I apologized to the managers that I threw my fits out and stayed until 9:00 PM getting all the medication delivered.

It was a 15 hour work day.  I was supposed to have the next day off, but I had to go in and help out.  I thought I might only be there for a couple of hours, but it turned into 10.

As of 10:30 PM on Thursday night, everyone was safe and sound in their rooms at Terrace Grove.  So that is good.

I did have yesterday off.  I did laundry and went on a 30 mile bike ride with my friend Winfrey.  She is a darling girl who is going to ride the 111 mile ULCER with B and me on August 8th.  That is gonna be super fun!

Anyway, I hope you guys are all doing super!

OH! And Raw...you could keep me, but I would have to make B and my pups come stay too!

Did You Know...

Today at 5 minutes and 6 seconds after 4:00 AM and PM, it will be:

4:05:06 - 7/8/09.

This will never happen again in our lives!!!

Just a fun fact!

Love you all.

A One Sentence Post For Raw Chicken...Ok two!

My blog background reminds me of your drink at our ONLY dinner together!

Love you and miss you so much!

Today, I Fell!

Today B and I went for a mountain bike ride.

B got a demo bike from Al's for me to use.  He also picked up some super cute clip-less mountain biking shoes that are mine all mine.

When we can buy the bike that we are getting for me, it will have pedals on it that require this type of shoe.

Below here is a retarded picture of the demo bike.  B has the bikes locked up outside our house right now so this was the best picture that I could get.

It is a Specialized SumpJumper Elite FSR.  It is a mens bike and it is a little too big, but it is still super fun to ride.

So today was the first time I tried out my new shoes.  I was all clipped in and ready to go.  B told me to ride around in the parking lot and clip in and out of the pedals to make sure that I had the hang of it.

I felt that I did pretty darn good, and I did too.  I didn't fall in the parking lot.

We threw the bikes in the back of the Tundra and drove up the paved rode of Smithfield Canyon.  Once we had parked I hopped on the bike and was ready to go.

We got up the canyon pretty far with no falls.

We then got to a gate.  I thought to myself 'well this is a small path, but it is a way to get around the gate, I bet I can make it.'

I got started up the path, got to the part of the path right next to the gate.

Lost my momentum.

Clipped out my right foot.

Started falling to the left...kept falling to the left...tried clipping out my left foot...kept falling to the left...screamed as I fell.

B was off dinking around and heard me scream.  To him it sounded as though my scream had become muffled, so he thought that I was tumbling down the side of the mountain and into the river.

Nope.

All I can show you is this little left ankle wound:

Extreme close-up photo I know.

By the time B had caught up to me I was sitting on my butt with my bike to the side.

I felt my eyes swell with tears as B sat next to me.  He asked me if I was okay, and I said 'yeah, just my pride is hurt.'  I then wiped my tears from my eyes.

Below here is a picture of my rode biking shoes, just in case you all were wondering what I wear on my other bike. :)

I hope you all have had a very happy 4th of July!

B Fell

B went biking with our neighbor the other night and well...he fell.

Below is a self portrait.

B failed to take pictures of his arm.  We took photos again tonight to show his healing.

His leg looks worse if you ask me.

Pretty soon we will be ordering my mountain bike and you never know, the next wounds that we take photos of might be me!!!!

Hopefully there is not a next time, but you never know.

This weekend we plan on doing a road ride, and that is gonna be fun!

Hope you all have a happy 4th of July weekend!

A New Haircut, A New Faucet, and HOLY JEEBUS My Work Was Hit By LIGHTNING!!!

My oh my, there seems to be a lot going on lately!!!!

Below is a picture of me and B.  I am not too fond of myself in this picture, but I wanted to take a picture of the front of my new hair cut.

I like the cut, I just think this is not my cutest picture!

B looks cute though!

Here is the back!

My my, what a lovely lookin' lady!

And wow I have a lot of freckles on the back of my neck and upper back.

I had no idea!

And now, debuting for the first time ever...OUR NEW FAUCET!!!!

We had to get a new one because our old one was leaking.  I sure do like this new faucet.

So does B.

Below here is an action picture!

This is featuring the shower feature.

Below here is again, another action picture.

This is featuring the plain old boring normal water stream.

And might I add, that tomato is very clean!

So these pictures were all taken on Friday, 6/26/09.  This day was very eventful.

After having taken the pictures I sat down and blogged about our vacation.  As I blogged I received a text message from a co-worker that said "Terrace Grove was just hit by lightning."  I really didn't believe her at first, so instead of texting her back, I called her immediately.

She told me about what she knew.  I then tried to call one of my supervisors.  She did not answer, so I called my friend and co-worker Nicole.  I asked her if she knew what was happening at our work and she said no, so I told her.

Nicole said that she was going to head that way.  She brought her husband with her and called me when she got there.  Nicole told me that they could use all the help they could get, so being ever so diligent and a perfect worker, I put my scrubs back on and headed to work.

I got there at 9:00 PM and all of the residents had already been safely evacuated.  NOBODY WAS HURT!  That was amazing and lucky.

I jumped right in and did what I could.  I had already put in my 8 hour day from 5:00 AM to 1:00 PM.  I worked from 9 to midnight and then had to be back the next day at 5:00 AM.  That was a short night.

A handful of residents went home with their families.  28 were moved over to Sunshine Terrace, Wing 4 (my new place of business for a while).  6 were moved to Sunshine Terrace, wing 5, 2 to wing 2, and 5 to wing 7.  Sunshine Terrace had closed wing 4 to do some upgrades and had to open it, clean it, and get it ready for our residents all in the span of 3 to 4 hours.

I am VERY impressed with how everyone came together to help and get things done.  We all did such a great job.  The next day, a bunch of volunteers came out and went through the Terrace Grove building and packed up belongings for the residents to get them through the next few days that we will be residing at Sunshine Terrace.

It never ceases to amaze me how people help each other when there has been an event that calls for a major need to be met.

Yesterday and today at work have been really quite fun.  I have been enjoying trying to get everything pieced together and making all my cute lil' patients feel more at home.

My brother and his wife and their friends are up riding the MS Bike Ride.  It has been fun having them here.  They all have had successful and happy rides.

Good for them.

I hope all is well with everyone else -- Yogurt, you are still in my thoughts, I love ya lady!

I hope none of your buildings/homes or other things have been hit by lightning!