Category Archives: The Ins and Outs of Us

Rockin’ the 80s

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Saturday night there was an 80s party to celebrate one of my partner’s wife’s 40th. It was awesome! There was a DJ and the only music played ALL night was from the 80s. Some of the outfits were outrageous. Guys tight-rolled their jeans, girls’ hair was BIG, heavy make-up was IN, leg warmers, neon colors-you name it!

Adam wore a “members only” jacket (courtesy of ebay), a Save Ferris t-shirt and some old jeans that we bleached the heck out of.

I wore a neon pink tank top under a GORGEOUS blue sweater and a knee-length jean skirt that I cut a few holes in and shredded the bottom a little, then bleached (all courtesy of Goodwill). Plus, some bling….pink gloves, ugly necklaces, earrings, jelly bracelets (all courtesy of Claire’s-the 80s is apparently coming back for young kids!). Oh! And, some awful ugly make-up courtesy of the Dollar Store.

One of my nurses and I (Renee)

While I do recall “ratting” my bangs a bit and wearing the occasional neon, I do not remember ever getting into this much make-up. Nor, did I crimp my hair. BUT-I ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS had a perm, baby! For Saturday, though I crimped it (courtesy of a crimper Adam found at goodwill for $1.95-and it was an additional 50% off!).

Gina-my boss' wife....came "pregnant and with her 80s glasses"!

These next two were a great pair….ALL night!

One of my partners, Kate & her Husband Matt. Surprisingly there were quite a few men in fairly short, fitted shorts. These men, I'd say, must be pretty secure with themselves!!

Rap-star, MC Hammer wanna-be....aka Tim, our awesome dentist (for real)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THEA! IT WAS GREAT CELEBRATING YOU!!!

OMG!

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I ran home at lunch to potty the dogs today and discovered this:

Nice, isn’t it?! This is going from the main entryway into our office. When our home was built the entire main level was carpeted and the owners opted to have oak flooring put in the entryway, 1/2 bath, kitchen and dining rooms. Which we love. We really, really do but the carpet in the office and living room is in really good condition so while Adam (especially) loves wood floors and we BRIEFLY discussed having the remaining floors done we decided against this unnecessary expense.

Thanks to one of the dogs we will now be going forward with these unwanted plans. Grrrrr….. Can’t they just chew on their raw hides?!?!

2011 Fall Ball

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Last Saturday night was this year’s Fall Ball, held by the Cozad Hospital Foundation. This is an annual event meant to honor several people that are inducted into the Healthcare Hall of Fame in addition to fundraising. You may remember that last year I compared it to “prom for adults”. It was, once again, gorgeous. Wonderful food and company and the speaker was fantastic. Having never heard of him I was not sure what to expect but he was absolutely inspiring. Steve Siemens is known as a “people-builder”. I can see why. I want to share with you a few things that I took home from his talk:

  • DIE LIVING (word!)
  • The more you give, the more you live
  • Live with enthusiasm
  • Live with loyalty
  • Live with passion
  • We were born to make a difference
  • Commitment, dedication & loyalty LEAD TO excellence, enthusiasm & passion

Miss Holly

Holly & Kalia (oh, and Adam, too)

The least crappy bag of crap EVER!

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ANOTHER bag of crap! But, this one is different, folks….it was a GIFT from our wonderful friends Jason and Missy. We received a heavy priority mail box in the mail last week and to our surprise it was a box full of goodies….for BOTH OF US! As Missy wrote, “This package is a custom made box of crap and other important things…”. She went on to write, “I’m sure you will be able to distinguish the “crap” from “the important things” as well as you will most likely be able to determine who sent the crap and who sent the important things”. Ha ha. I hope to be able to elude to more of what is happening in our life in a near-future post but Jason and Missy are a couple of the select few in our lives that know what is truly going on. As things have been tough recently, they decided to send us a box of crap!

First there was a beautiful card and letter….addressed to the “love birds” (that’s us, I guess!).

Next was a stack of magazines/journals from several different sources such as Joyce Meyer and the Word of Faith. While outdated, the material in these journals DOES NOT EXPIRE. Ever. God’s word is forever.

Then there is a beautiful book titled Jesus Calling. I LOVE this book already. It is a devotional type book with a VERY BRIEF reading for each calendar day. I like the VERY BRIEF part because it also gives me the time then to read the 2-3 recommended scriptures with it. Each night since we have received this Adam has read from the book and then I read the scriptures before we pray. My favorite so far was from 10/17 where it started out with “Anxiety is a result of envisioning the future without Me”.

We next have a $25 gift card to Scheel’s Sporting Goods. We LOVE Scheel’s! For those of you that don’t know, Scheel’s is like Sportsman & Ski Haus in Whitefish-only on steroids; ie: 10 times bigger!

There is also another book. One that Missy has personally used for years that she is now gifting to me for my benefit, titled Prayers that Avail Much.

Then we get to some of the “fun & interesting” treasures in the box. My guess is that these are special items directly from Jason and Jason, each item has touched our heart. Seriously. While we may not understand them, they are beautiful in their own way and fill us with happiness. Ha! We’ve got a broken ol’ toy helicopter thingy, a bottle-opener from the Texas State Aquarium and a lovely gold leaf in a baggie with multiple pieces that I believe were once attached to it. I like to imagine it was a real leaf….from someone’s yard that they covered in REAL gold and we are just lucky enough to have it!

Here is a photo of our prized gifts:

Now, all I want to say is thank you, thank you, thank you Jason and Missy. Your bag of crap blessed us at a much needed time. It lifted our spirits which were down, made us laugh when there has not been much laughter and made us cry good tears, not the bad ones. It made us feel “not so alone” at a time when we were and the reading materials have continued to do so each and EVERY day. Thank you. We love you both and miss you dearly.