Okay it's been a long time and I have decided my long lapses are all related to having to use my laptop to post. I have totally become an iPad person and wish I never had to use any other form of technology. My laptop takes forever to come on and has several crappy buttons, namely the spacebar and the backspace buttons are sticky and have to be hit repeatedly to work properly...I downloaded the blogger app to my phone and iPad but it just acts crazy and puts my pictures in crazy places, if it puts my pics on the post at all. Arrrgh! I love to post but need a new way to do it so I will be inclined to do it more often. But anyway...
Welcome FALL!!! The temperatures are perfect, the flannel sheets are on the bed, the windows are open, the mums are gorgeous and there is a corn maze in my near future :) What an awesome time of year! The kids are coming next week and we are going to Gallatin for a corn maze and hayrides and lots of autumn fun times! I just can't wait.
I am always torn this time of year by my love for the season and its festivities and my fears that some aspects of the season are very unChristian. I have never been in to the dark, scary kinda Halloween stuff but have always loved the "anything goes" kinda feel of the season. I don't like blood or scary movies and don't even like being scared at all. It is always a fine line to walk for me and now that I have grandchildren, even more so. I bought some stuff to make them tricks and treats cards and then decided maybe vampires, skeletons and ghosts weren't the right thing to expose them to. But they are such cute vampires, ghosts and skeletons, smiling and happy, not creepy or scary...I just don't know and not knowing bothers me more because if there was nothing wrong with the imagery, would it concern me at all??? Anyone have any thoughts out there?
Decidedly "unscary" tricks and treats stuff
Work is going well and Tracy and I worked our first weekend together this past Saturday and Sunday. It was great to ride to work together and something about him being there made the day go by faster. The little old ladies at the nursing home are in a whirl about us being married and working there. Actually the ladies just love Tracy because he is so sweet and takes the time to listen to them and have conversations with them :) One lady asked me this weekend if my hair was natural or dyed and when I said, "natural," she reminded Tracy, "it won't be for long!" LOL She is trying to make the moves on my man! He is very kind and they pick up on that just like I did!
Wednesday is the two month anniversary of my heart attack. It is still very surreal and sometimes almost seems as if it did not happen. I haven't had a cigarette since then and for that I am VERY happy but otherwise life seems pretty unchanged. I am still walking, still trying to eat clean and trying to de-stress my life. Being off night shift has helped so much although I must admit getting up at 5AM feels very stressful when the alarm goes off but I think overall I am better off. I miss the ER a lot and have a PRN job offer but will have to think about it :) It still feels funny when I say I had a heart attack and people's response is always surprise and hyper-concern. Next month I get my labs all checked including triglycerides and cholesterol. I have not been taking Crestor as I was instructed to because I believe I can lower these levels through diet and exercise. We will see...
Autumn on the Greenway (it looks like I am carrying a cat in a bag LOL)
Somewhere along the way I decided to try to make all the Christmas presents we give others this year and have been working madly on the projects. I don't know if I will be successful and may end up at the mall Christmas Eve feeling like a failure but I am gonna try! Someone told me there are 6 paychecks 'til Christmas which is totally true and unbelievable!!!
Still working hard to eat right and here are my roasted brussel sprouts...cut sprouts in half, toss in garlic, olive oil, and a few drops of honey and cook for 20 minutes in the oven...Verdict? Yummy!!!
Come and visit us and I will cook you some delicious meals...Love!
