I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!! This year was our year to be with Kyle's family. So after I got off of work Friday, we headed over to Shelbyville. I was actually glad I had to work because they had real bad tornadoes that came through Murfreesboro (about 20-30 minutes away from Shelbyville) that did quite a bit of damage. The sirens were going off in Shelbyville so i would've been a nervous wreck!!! We had a good weekend though. Our original plans were to go motorcycle riding all day on Saturday, but it was so cold that we decided to go shopping instead. So off we went to Nashville and the Cool Springs Mall!!! It ended up to be a real nice day. MaryGrace and I did quite a bit of damage in Victoria's Secret and we were able to find Kyle some comfy dress shoes to wear at the hospital. We went home through Murfreesboro so that we could eat dinner at Toot's (fried pickles!!!) and saw a lot of the damage from the tornadoes. It was pretty bad!! Power poles bent in half, roof's and sides tore off of buildings and gas stations flattened!!! Makes you count your blessings when you see stuff like that!!!
Sunday was a wonderful Easter!! We went to church and then came home to have a cookout with Kyle's grandparents!! There was so much food it was rediculous!!! I ate so much that I couldn't even think of having dinner that night!!! I definitely take after my Daddy with the fact that I LOVE hamburgers on the grill!! :) We had a real nice visit with Kyle's grandparents though.They are so sweet and always have lots to tell!!
I do have prayer request though. Kyle's grandfather, his Dad's Dad, receive Chemo treatments for a spot on his face about a month ago and has been in a nursing home ever since. He has the beginning stages of alzheimers. He is a widower so it is up to Kyle's parents to take care of him. Anyways, we found out this weekend that as a result of the chemo and him not washing his hands he has contracted C-diff for the 2nd time!! So he was moved back into isolation this past Saturday. Kyle and I both felt bad because it meant that we could not go by and see him. It is hard seeing him in a nursing home! So please pray for his recovery as well as Jan and Mary Grace as they take care of him.
This week has been pretty uneventful for Kyle and myself. Kyle's rotation is going well still. When he left on Thursday, he did not think that his 16 year old car accident patient was going to make it. But she has pulled through!! They were trying to keep her sedated, but she has had other ideas and has been moving her eyes as well as arms!!However, he has a new 15 year old patient that has also been in an accident. She was ejected from the vehicle and they are not thinking she is going to make it. On Monday they decided not to even start nutritional support on her, but she pulled through and yesterday they decided to start nutritional support on her. Kyle says though, that no one on his team thinks she is going to make it. It is so sad! It breaks my heart whenever I hear about things like that, especially when they are so young and have so much life left to live!!!! Kyle does not show signs of it bothering him, that is why he can do this and I can't. I get too emotionally involved with everything and he looks at it professionally.
Will post pictures of the few pictures we took this past weekend in Shelbyville!! Have a great rest of the week!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
On our possible tornadoe day, this is the view I had driving home!!
Harley enjoying his birthday cake
Its almost all gone!
Harley Birthday shirt
Isn't this cute?! He crawled in the backseat of my car and fell asleep on our way to Knoxville!
He caught me taking a picture of him!!
So I finally got around to posting pictures of Harley and our Knoxville weekend!! :) Isn't he just the cutest dog ever?!!!
Today is hump day!!! YAY!!
So good news!! The storm last week was not as bad as they predicted it was going to be! It hit early too! I was working out during lunch and it came a flood.. HARD! I think we might of got some hail during that time as well but not sure as I was in the gym. The second line of it held off and came through that evening around 7. The picture is of what came through during lunch. I thought it was a pretty cool pic!
We had a good weekend last weekend. Nothing too exciting. I had training all day on Friday, which turned out to be nice since I got off at 3!! I was home so early I was able to take Harley to a local dog park to run around..which is his FAVORITE thing to do!! That night Wal-Mart was holding a special pharmacy night at the grizzlies game. So Kyle and a friend went. From what I hear it was pretty cool! They had club level tickets, free dinner, and got to go on court and shoot around after the game. He really seemed to enjoy it!!! Saturday as a working day for Kyle. After he got off, it was such a pretty day that we decided to go shopping at the outside mall in Collierville. I got a new pair of shoes and an Easter dress!! So it was a VERY good trip!! :) Sunday was a typical Sunday for us.
This week has been good for us so far. This weekend is Easter so we are heading to Shelbyville Friday night as it is our year with Kyle's family. I am in DESPERATE need of a relaxing trip away from home so am hoping I will get it this weekend.
The hospital is keep Kyle busy. He seems to really be enjoying it. I think he would enjoy it even more if he was doing something other than nutritional support. He does not like it because it deals with electrolytes instead of medicines. He had a 73 year old woman today that had lit a cigarette while wearing her breathing mask. It ended up exploding, giving her 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over her body. Yesterday he had a 16 year old girl who had been in a car accident. She was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle and had a breathing tube and was sedated. She was the first "white" patient that he has had. He is doing well. It is hard to believe that next year at this time we could be preparing to move!! Time sure does seem to fly!! Of course it all depends on where Kyle does his residency.
It has been a pretty good work week for me. Pay day is Tuesday so I am busy with payroll and of course purchasing. FEDEX cut 1000 jobs last Friday 500 of which were Memphis employees. Business for us continues to decline slightly but nothing too terrible. NCUA bailing out those 2 Corporate Credit Unions hurt us more than anything. It is hard to explain, but in order to be a certified credit union you have to pay something like dues each year (which is based on your total profit from the previous year). Well NCUA said that all credit unions had to assist in bailing these two CU's out. By this we had to pay a certain percentage of our 2006 profit so our payout totaled approx. $2 million. Obviously, this has made things tight for us. We are trying all different kinds of things to cut costs. It amazes me though... I get people complaining because I do not order Dum Dum lollipops and order "regular" ones. But guess which is cheaper! The regular lollipops. You would think people would be greatful they have a job and focused on making themselves more valuable to the CU instead of worrying about lollipops. I order the cheapest that I can find on everything... people know that. Oh well! I look at it as people have got to find a reason to complain about something!!
Have a wonderful Easter!! :)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Crazy People and Strong Storms!
Good Morning!!So we renewed our lease this week. :( I was hoping I could talk Kyle into moving but did not have any luck! i thought i would be able to do it when we found a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2 story house in Midtown (cutting both of our commutes in half) for $700.00 a month which is unheardof in midtown!! But ultimately decided it was not worth it when we do not know where Kyle's residency will be and it is too much work to move and then in a year move again!! I am sooo tired of where we live now though:(. So many times (especially when I go to the pool in the summer) I feel like we live around nothing but trashy people!! But someday I will look back on our days in our apartment as the "good ole days"!
So Kyle had his first day of his rotation at The Med yesterday. I made a mistake in my last post...he is in the ICU, not in the trauma unit. He called me at work at approximately 3:30 and sounded absolutely exhausted and overwhelmed!! He had orientation for about 2 hours and then for the rest of the day he rounded with the Pharmicist, 1st and 2nd year Resident Pharmacists, and dieticians. The Pharmacist put him on the spot several times, which Kyle was very proud that he answered each of the questions correctly.The Pharmacist is pretty hard core (which in my opinion is good!). In reference to a particular study... he expects them to be able to tell off the top of their heads the article name, author, and location. Kyle has quite a few articles that he is required to have read by next week. He came home with some interesting stories already!! My favorite story is a perfect description of Memphis people:
There was a woman (yes she was black) who was cooking fried chicken when she got in a fight with her husband. So guess what she does! She pours cooking grease on her husband causing him to have 2nd degree burns over 60% of his body. So now, he is in ICU on nutritional support because he can't eat! The sad part is... the wife was not arrested!
So this morning, he was up before me (a FIRST!) since he had to be at the hospital, which is downtown (a good 30 minute drive with traffic), by 7:00. He was going to be assigned his first 2 patients which he had to examine and prepare to present by 9:30 rounds. We will see how it all goes! I am sure he will do wonderful!! This is the type of patient interaction he wanted and he is good at!!
On another note. They are calling for severe thunderstorms, strong winds, hail and TORNADOES this afternoon!!! Please be praying that it is not as bad as they are predicting!! After last years deadly tornadoes it makes me extremely nervous!! They are suppose to hit around the time that we will be traveling home from work, my drive is all interstate... so if it gets bad then there is no where to pull off!! Plus Harley is home alone and, like most dogs, thunderstorms scare him. So of course I worry about him!! Please be praying!
So Kyle had his first day of his rotation at The Med yesterday. I made a mistake in my last post...he is in the ICU, not in the trauma unit. He called me at work at approximately 3:30 and sounded absolutely exhausted and overwhelmed!! He had orientation for about 2 hours and then for the rest of the day he rounded with the Pharmicist, 1st and 2nd year Resident Pharmacists, and dieticians. The Pharmacist put him on the spot several times, which Kyle was very proud that he answered each of the questions correctly.The Pharmacist is pretty hard core (which in my opinion is good!). In reference to a particular study... he expects them to be able to tell off the top of their heads the article name, author, and location. Kyle has quite a few articles that he is required to have read by next week. He came home with some interesting stories already!! My favorite story is a perfect description of Memphis people:
There was a woman (yes she was black) who was cooking fried chicken when she got in a fight with her husband. So guess what she does! She pours cooking grease on her husband causing him to have 2nd degree burns over 60% of his body. So now, he is in ICU on nutritional support because he can't eat! The sad part is... the wife was not arrested!
So this morning, he was up before me (a FIRST!) since he had to be at the hospital, which is downtown (a good 30 minute drive with traffic), by 7:00. He was going to be assigned his first 2 patients which he had to examine and prepare to present by 9:30 rounds. We will see how it all goes! I am sure he will do wonderful!! This is the type of patient interaction he wanted and he is good at!!
On another note. They are calling for severe thunderstorms, strong winds, hail and TORNADOES this afternoon!!! Please be praying that it is not as bad as they are predicting!! After last years deadly tornadoes it makes me extremely nervous!! They are suppose to hit around the time that we will be traveling home from work, my drive is all interstate... so if it gets bad then there is no where to pull off!! Plus Harley is home alone and, like most dogs, thunderstorms scare him. So of course I worry about him!! Please be praying!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Been Awhile!!
Good Morning!! So it has been awhile since I last posted.. sorry!! Things have been crazy busy at work, which is where I update these from.
First of all, our Knoxville trip a couple of weeks ago. It went real well!! Kyle, me and Harley left early Friday morning and got to the Knox airport right as Dad was getting off of work. Dad took us around and we got to see where he works and meet some of the people that work for him. We know how much Dad likes his new job, so it made it wonderful to be able to see where he works! He has a window in his office that overlooks the runway, I think if that were my office I wouldn't get anything done b-c I would be too busy looking out of the window at the planes! Kyle and Dad went on to play golf while Harley and I went home to see Marty, Kiersten, and Mom.
We ended up going to dinner that night and then to Michaels to plan out wedding stuff. We were even able to get some wedding stuff!
Bright and early Saturday morning Mom, K, Marty and I all got up and went out to the wedding site! Oh my!! The view is absolutely AMAZING!!!! And in October, when the leaves are changing it will be even more beautiful!! It might be kinda chilly but it will be worth it. We spent some time planning out decor at the site with a nice lady from Mom and Dad's church who has offered to handle that and then it was off to David's Bridal. It was fun to see Martha trying on different gowns. She looked beautiful in them all. I won't give away details of the dress, but all I will say is it was the very first one that she tried on!! :) We came back home and waited for the guys to get back from golfing and then it was time for Dad to hit the grill!! We had a wonderful dinner filled with Brats, hamburgers, baked beans and Harley Birthday cake!!! After our meals at the table we always end up sitting around the table talking, which so reminds me of when we were growing up!
Harley, Jacques and Smokey enjoy Harley's birthday cake. And Harley's birthday boy t-shirt looked so cute on him!! I forgot my camera at home but took pics with my IPhone so as soon as I figure out how to move them from there to my computer I will post them!!
Sunday was a good Lords day worshipping with Mom and Dad. Unfortunately, shortly after it was time to go home. :(
Last week was pretty good. Harley got sick again so off to the vet we went. She said that she believes that he has an extremely sensitive stomach and anything that he is not used to having could make him sick. We have him on a special diet and meds until we find food that he can tolerate. Which will hopefully be soon! I have stains all over my carpet and am ready to get them steam cleaned!!
Nothing too exciting this past weekend. We had a date night Friday night and then Saturday after Kyle went off work we went to the Germantown Rec Center where I got to swim laps :) while Kyle and Andy played Raquetball!! It felt absolutely amazing to swim laps!! Swimming does the same thing for me as running does for so many people!! I seriously solve the worlds problems in the pool!! I told Kyle that someday when he is a pharmacist and we build our own house I want an INSIDE lap pool!! After we cleaned up, we went to Andy's for steaks and to look at him and his wife's vacation pics. Sunday was a typical sunady for us, church, eat, watch golf and do laundry, church again.
Tomorrow is Kyle's first day of rotations at The Med, which is our government funded hospital. He will be doing nutritional support in the trauma unit. He will have some interesting stories I am sure!! Am sad he starts back, cause that means no more house husband for me :(
First of all, our Knoxville trip a couple of weeks ago. It went real well!! Kyle, me and Harley left early Friday morning and got to the Knox airport right as Dad was getting off of work. Dad took us around and we got to see where he works and meet some of the people that work for him. We know how much Dad likes his new job, so it made it wonderful to be able to see where he works! He has a window in his office that overlooks the runway, I think if that were my office I wouldn't get anything done b-c I would be too busy looking out of the window at the planes! Kyle and Dad went on to play golf while Harley and I went home to see Marty, Kiersten, and Mom.
We ended up going to dinner that night and then to Michaels to plan out wedding stuff. We were even able to get some wedding stuff!
Bright and early Saturday morning Mom, K, Marty and I all got up and went out to the wedding site! Oh my!! The view is absolutely AMAZING!!!! And in October, when the leaves are changing it will be even more beautiful!! It might be kinda chilly but it will be worth it. We spent some time planning out decor at the site with a nice lady from Mom and Dad's church who has offered to handle that and then it was off to David's Bridal. It was fun to see Martha trying on different gowns. She looked beautiful in them all. I won't give away details of the dress, but all I will say is it was the very first one that she tried on!! :) We came back home and waited for the guys to get back from golfing and then it was time for Dad to hit the grill!! We had a wonderful dinner filled with Brats, hamburgers, baked beans and Harley Birthday cake!!! After our meals at the table we always end up sitting around the table talking, which so reminds me of when we were growing up!
Harley, Jacques and Smokey enjoy Harley's birthday cake. And Harley's birthday boy t-shirt looked so cute on him!! I forgot my camera at home but took pics with my IPhone so as soon as I figure out how to move them from there to my computer I will post them!!
Sunday was a good Lords day worshipping with Mom and Dad. Unfortunately, shortly after it was time to go home. :(
Last week was pretty good. Harley got sick again so off to the vet we went. She said that she believes that he has an extremely sensitive stomach and anything that he is not used to having could make him sick. We have him on a special diet and meds until we find food that he can tolerate. Which will hopefully be soon! I have stains all over my carpet and am ready to get them steam cleaned!!
Nothing too exciting this past weekend. We had a date night Friday night and then Saturday after Kyle went off work we went to the Germantown Rec Center where I got to swim laps :) while Kyle and Andy played Raquetball!! It felt absolutely amazing to swim laps!! Swimming does the same thing for me as running does for so many people!! I seriously solve the worlds problems in the pool!! I told Kyle that someday when he is a pharmacist and we build our own house I want an INSIDE lap pool!! After we cleaned up, we went to Andy's for steaks and to look at him and his wife's vacation pics. Sunday was a typical sunady for us, church, eat, watch golf and do laundry, church again.
Tomorrow is Kyle's first day of rotations at The Med, which is our government funded hospital. He will be doing nutritional support in the trauma unit. He will have some interesting stories I am sure!! Am sad he starts back, cause that means no more house husband for me :(
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
1st Blog!!! Woo Hoo!!!
Good Afternoon all!!! So welcome to our first blog!! I created this with the purpose of keeping our family and friends that we do not get to talk to up-to-date with what is going on in our lives.
Kyle is in Shelbyville until Thursday afternoon. He and his Dad are playing golf today and tomorrow. For those of you who don't know, Kyle has started the rotation portion of pharmacy school. Each month he is a different location, however this month is one of 5 off months he gets. Kyle's next off month will not be until September so he is trying to enjoy his time off as much as he can... which means lots of golf and video games.
So it is just Harley and I this week! We have been thoroughly enjoying eachother! When I got home from work we took a long walk and played on the tennis courts with Harley's ball. He scared me so bad last night- I was laying in the bed, almost asleep and all of a sudden Harley jumps to his feet and starts barking like crazy!!! I so thought someone was trying to break in!!! I got up and checked everything and am still not sure what set him off, but we had a long talk after that as to when it is ok and not ok to bark!
We are leaving Friday morning to go to Knoxville for the weekend. Kyle and Dad have a golfing date Friday afternoon and Saturday morning and Mom, Kiersten, Martha and I have a David's Bridal appointment to find Martha's wedding dress. I am soo going to have to bring the kleenex box when we go! Am still a little emotional about my baby sister getting married.. just wait til its Kiersten's turn!I will be 10 times worse since she really IS my baby sister! Harley is pretty excited about Knoxville, he always has so much fun playing with Jacques all day! His birthday is saturday so I am making a doggie birthday cake for him, jacques and smokey to share! You should see the recipe, it has flour, baking soda, beef baby food, beef jerky, cream cheese (YUM!)!! I also ordered him a "birthday boy" t-shirt for him to wear!! He will be the cutest yorkie birthday boy ever!! Will definitely post pictures for all to see!!
One more thing!! After years and even decades of being a blonde I did the unthinkable this weekend!! I dyed my hair back to its natural color... brown!! Yep thats right, I am no longer a blonde!! I got tired of always having noticable dark roots, not to mention the upkeep was too much! Best part is.. I LOVE being a brown-head!!! :)
Have a Blessed day!
Kyle is in Shelbyville until Thursday afternoon. He and his Dad are playing golf today and tomorrow. For those of you who don't know, Kyle has started the rotation portion of pharmacy school. Each month he is a different location, however this month is one of 5 off months he gets. Kyle's next off month will not be until September so he is trying to enjoy his time off as much as he can... which means lots of golf and video games.
So it is just Harley and I this week! We have been thoroughly enjoying eachother! When I got home from work we took a long walk and played on the tennis courts with Harley's ball. He scared me so bad last night- I was laying in the bed, almost asleep and all of a sudden Harley jumps to his feet and starts barking like crazy!!! I so thought someone was trying to break in!!! I got up and checked everything and am still not sure what set him off, but we had a long talk after that as to when it is ok and not ok to bark!
We are leaving Friday morning to go to Knoxville for the weekend. Kyle and Dad have a golfing date Friday afternoon and Saturday morning and Mom, Kiersten, Martha and I have a David's Bridal appointment to find Martha's wedding dress. I am soo going to have to bring the kleenex box when we go! Am still a little emotional about my baby sister getting married.. just wait til its Kiersten's turn!I will be 10 times worse since she really IS my baby sister! Harley is pretty excited about Knoxville, he always has so much fun playing with Jacques all day! His birthday is saturday so I am making a doggie birthday cake for him, jacques and smokey to share! You should see the recipe, it has flour, baking soda, beef baby food, beef jerky, cream cheese (YUM!)!! I also ordered him a "birthday boy" t-shirt for him to wear!! He will be the cutest yorkie birthday boy ever!! Will definitely post pictures for all to see!!
One more thing!! After years and even decades of being a blonde I did the unthinkable this weekend!! I dyed my hair back to its natural color... brown!! Yep thats right, I am no longer a blonde!! I got tired of always having noticable dark roots, not to mention the upkeep was too much! Best part is.. I LOVE being a brown-head!!! :)
Have a Blessed day!
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