funny how the older kids really like the owls and elephants, even my step boys are begging for custom versions (or some kind of super mario brother monster doll, dont ask!) i had a request from a really great friend who has had a pretty crappy year...her two girls really grew up fast and we miss hanging out! so here they are, ready for the mail!
we might have to wrestle the elephant from liz.
my new tags, i am soooo in love with these!
a wacky elephant made from cotton kimono fabric.
i am sure there are plenty of jobs that run 24 hours...but hospital jobs have to be the worst. when i first started doing ultrasound, i thought it was so cool to wear the beeper and be called out from my dinner to do a stat patient from the emergency room, WOW, so neat! well, after 15 years, i am OVER it! this has to be the biggest cause for burnout in techs, i am sure (other than obstetrical patients, which i have spoken about before).
i was "on call" a couple fridays back and after taking a one hour nap...was called out three different times. first at 11:00pm, then as i was driving back home at 1:00am....called back in. i got home at 3:00am, got nice and toasty in my bed only to be called out at 3:30am. now, if i get called in i start getting grumpy and i am not too pleased when my patient arrives eating mcdonalds cheerfully and asks me how i am doing. these are the patients who say they have a pain somewhere that has been there for a couple years. i ALWAYS want to say, "and you decided 2am on a saturday nite was high time you came in to check it out??" ughhhh!
yesterday i worked a full day and then was on call after, luckily i only had to stay two hours overtime and never got called back in, YAHOOOOO!!! that is why i am not in a total coma as i write this.
time for my "second shift" as my friends without kids often say as we head home from work. family is calling!
can you say picnic basket???
work in progress...trying out something new:
a spring owl...part of a series of lighter colored owls.
yes we are addicts...we have a standing pizza party every thursday night when survivor is on....years and years of tradition (we are all about traditions!).
liz sorts her cars....actually her brother's cars....
love this movie, i know, i know....but james bond holds a special place in my heart. for many years my brother and i spent weekends watching james bond marathons on tbs....lets just say my brother was going through some serious stuff and we "bonded" while watching these movies. i always think of him when i watch a new bond film or see a marathon advertised...dont seem to have hours on end to watch back to back movies these days...too busy with kids and work. funny how you associate one thing with something else...james bond and a little brother struggling with life, forever bonded, so to speak.
did i mention my brother turned me on to soundgarden too? what a sweet coincidence, ahhh chris cornell....xoxoxo to matt.
