Time to close up shop....

It's been a very long time since my last post, but it's not been for lack of things going on. Over the last year I've practically lived in doctor's offices, hospital rooms, emergency rooms, a rehabilitation center, MRI and CT rooms, labs and the pharmacy, not to mention dealing with my mother's unwillingness to participate in her own well being.

It's been physically and mentally exhausting and I've discovered that it's also taken a toll on my own health. I've lost contact with all my friends and even my family to some degree. I actually hit a wall a few weeks ago and broke down and until this moment the only person that knew was an acqaintence from work. Although I've shared a few frustrations or some bumps in the road, I've kept most of it hidden in the proverbial closet. Everyone is busy and have good things going on so I just hated to dump "stuff" on anyone else (my decision), but why make others feel bad or uncomfortable. So to anyone I've neglected or hurt by not being there for them, I'm sorry. It was never my intention to push anyone away or not be supportive.

Things have finally settled down with my mother's health and I'm trying to regain control of my life and hopefully get myself back to a healthy, happy place and find some balance. At least that's my hope.

After giving the few people that have followed this blog a chance to check in one last time ;-) I will be taking down this site. Know that I wish you God's richest blessings and I love you all.

Wishful thinking....

If Calgon could take me away I would have bought a case of it long ago. Funny, the commercials never mentioned being able to come back, but in my case that might not have been a bad idea. LOL

Winter hat....

This is my Landen....I love the way he looks in his winter hat.

This and that...

I have a habit of checking my friends and family's blogs, but I don't spend any time sharing on my own blog. I'm not sure that it really matters much. I think the only people "following" are my family and they already know anything I would write. LOL But.... on the off chance that someone other than my family actually stops by here's the news.

I've been at my job with the hospital for several months now and I'm actually feeling pretty comfortable. I still learn something new every day and I hope that never changes. I don't relish the idea of becoming stagnant on the job. The staff are, for the most part, helpful and encouraging, which I appreciate so much. I think I'm the only one that has no medical training and/or experience, but I think I'm quickly getting past that "small" handicap.

I'm still working on my special project, but still don't feel ready to share what it is. I don't work on it every day, but I'm plugging away and really enjoy having this opportunity. It's impacted my life more than I would have thought.

My granddaughter Emerson got her first pair of glasses this week and she looks so cute in them. She got to pick her frames and I think she did a super job.



My oldest granddaughter, McKenna, is headed to Washington (state) with All City Children's Chorus next week. I'm so excited for her. She loves to sing and this is a great opportunity to share with other vocal groups and learn new things. I hope she takes lots of pictures so we can see some of the things she will experience.

My mother bought me a Kindle a few weeks ago and I'm loving it. It's so much more convenient than carrying around a book. I'm working on my fourth book already. I got about 16 free books from Amazon to get me started, but if you know me at all you know which books I'm looking forward to downloading. What can I say....I'm a Twi-hard through and through.

There's plenty more going on around here, but this should at least get me current. In the meantime....take care of each other, do something fun just for yourself and go see Remember Me at the movies next weekend. Some good things are being said about it.

Time change....

Now that New Moon has hit the theaters I thought I should change the count down clock in anticipation of the next sequel. (not that I'm anxious)

The job.......

My mind seems a bit muddle from all the things I'm learning on the job. You just don't realize how much paperwork there is for labor and delivery, mother and baby, nursery and ped's. It feels like it's slow coming, but with having worked only 4 - 12 hour shifts I guess I'm hanging in there. This is the first job I've had that I felt like I was learning at a snails pace and I'm not used to that, nor do I like it. I have to find a way to step it up.

On a more exciting note......New Moon is only days away.

F@#&ing Stupid.....

Got your attention with that title, didn't I?

Day after day I read and/or hear people use the crudest language and I'm really sick of it. Are we so lacking in our child rearing skills or is our education system so terrible that people can't think of any way to express themselves without throwing in a few "F" words or any of the other crude words they know? Surely people are smart enough to know that using "garbage" words doesn't make them look good, fit in better, appear intelligent, or make them more interesting.

Hollywood feeds this senseless use of unintelligent words. Contrary to what they say it's really not the norm. I've been around drug dealers and users, alcoholics, homeless, rich, poor, bikers, military, even felons, and most don't spout this stuff anything like they portray in the movies. Hollywood has said that they don't set the tone or standards for anyone, but look around when the next big movie comes out and see if the kids aren't mimicking the actors in their dress and their speech.

Come on people. Surely we're better than this. Would you really look your grandmother in the face and say "what the f---?"