I posted this song a year back or so but need to post it now too (love you xoxo):
For my mom, sister & brothers (red team)
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Monthly Archives: October 2010
The problem with sleeping on the floor
This home IS fully furnished, albeit the bed is a twin. So we brought our guest bedroom queen mattress for the month we are here and have it on the floor in the loft. We quickly discovered the problem with this when we had a bird’s eye view of our dogs’ beds. To them, we bought them another giganto dog bed with pillows and blankets. To them its fair game…I’m counting down the hours to Saturday morning when the Mayflower arrives and puts our bed together and I am up off of the floor away from the fur.
Fall Ball
Saturday night was the hospital foundation’s 2010 Fall Ball. They host this annually to induct person’s into their hall of fame. There is a speaker, wonderful dinner, silent auction, live music and dancing~you name it. We were told of it weeks ago and warned in advance that it was formal but not quite sure how much. Adam wore a suit and I a dress with 2″ heels. A car pulled in next to us and a woman got out with feathers in her hair and we immediately knew that we certainly were not OVER-dressed!
I had ordered my shoes online and had them sent to my sister’s address earlier last week and my 18 and 21 year old nieces saw me pick them up Friday night and asked if this was “uh, like a prom for adults?”. Turned out to pretty much be. And let me tell you….it was awesome.
There were truffles with a cute lil’ go box by our name cards at our table. The room was draped in chiffon from the ceiling to the floor. Live music all night. Prime rib was served and the speaker was LeAnn Thieman~AMAZING!
LeAnn Thieman is a nurse but is also a well-known writer and speaker. She wrote Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, in addition to many other of the Chicken Soup books. Most interesting, however is that she was one of just a few people that were a part of Operation Baby Lift in 1975 where she helped take 100 babies out of Vietnam to the U.S. She had photos where they literally took babies 2-4 per cardboard box in a cargo plane. Very inspiring.
There was a photographer there that took formals of each couple and I am told we will be receiving this in the mail. It was wonderful to meet my partner’s spouses and the other 270 people there!! As we dress up NEVER, Adam had his camera out OF COURSE and caught me coming down the stairs. Remember when I fell and broke my arm last March. Yeah, well that was the last time I wore heels. This was almost a fall but I caught myself:
And, one final photo of us (isn’t Adam a hottie!)…the night just confirmed even more that we realllly want to take dance lessons. Too bad we have never lived close enough to a bigger community that offers them.
First day of school….ahem, err….new job
Adam couldn’t resist:
It went great. Everyone is very kind. My nurse, Janna rocks. My day was actually booked with patients (yay!). Best of all, my mama sent me a humongous plant. I think it is a peace lily and it is now time for me to go research on how to keep it alive. My nurse says she doesn’t have a green thumb either. The good news is that it is a very large plant for my very LARGE office. I’m going to get this plant it’s very own stand and Adam and I will pray for its well-being this very evening, poor thing….
We’re Here!
Whelp, we made it! And our supplies for the next month are unpacked and we are fairly settled in, dogs and all! Adam even has his temporary “home office” set up, two computers and all. With a trip for groceries in the morning planned and then to my new clinic to move my stuff into my office we should be ready for Monday!
The place is a beaut. A quaint gorgeous bungalow type home that she has decorated with antiques. There is a bedroom on the main level that Adam is using as his office and the loft upstairs is where we are using for our bedroom. It is a really sweet place, though with little things scattered here or there that catch you off guard. For example I switched on a light switch and some lights turned on above some windows that you wouldn’t expect, ditto later on only under the stairs going down from the loft! Kudos to our realtor for taking care of us this month as far as putting a roof over our head all for the cost of only the electric bill and mowing the lawn~we are blessed! Here is what we saw when we walked in:
