Oct. 23, 2009 - Weekly Wrap Up
From the Heart and 
Refreshing my Spirit:
I keep having trouble getting the "refreshing my spirit" section to work when I post. I have been enjoying having lunch in the ER breakroom. It is much quieter in there and I can actually enjoy some time reading the Word.
I'm really looking forward to having a day off on Sunday. I will be off on Wednesday of next week too.
I am rejoicing right now. I just got online to check my emails and found out that a friend of mine had her baby. Her first baby, Nicholas, died of a heart condition when he was two months old. A few months later, the Lord gave me a dream where Janna had a perfectly healthy baby 
. And guess what? Janna delivered a perfectly healthy baby . 
My heart is overflowing with joy for God's goodness to Janna and Mark. The only bad thing is -- when Janna's dad emailed me, he failed to tell me the baby's name! 
Now we women, we would never leave out a detail like that! 
On the Homefront:
I have done a lot of Christmas shopping on Ebay. I am nearly done purchasing for this Christmas, and believe me, I didn't spend much. Like so many other families, the economic crunch has made us be very frugal about Christmas, as well as many other things. I am doing something quite different for our family this year, but my lips are 
until AFTER Christmas is over. Before you 
at me for not telling what it is, I must explain: dd DOES read my blog sometimes. 
Ty Pennington and his crew are in our area to re-do a house for a family in our area. I'm hoping that dh and dd might be able to take a field trip day when they "move that bus." I think it would be a really neat experience for them to see all the action on the day the house is unveiled to the family.
In the School Room:
Things are going quite well. We were struggling to find a way to fit all of her science in this year, but I think we have found a plan that will work to get most, if not all, of it completed.
On the work front:
Tuesday was just awful at work. I went in at 7:00, and was 
by 8:30. It would be too detailed to explain why, so I'll leave it at that. Thankfully, Wednesday was nearly a PERFECT day for me at work! 
With so much H1N1 out there, I do not understand why the doctors keep sending patients to be tested for it. 
If they have symptoms, 
send them home for a week, or until their fever is gone for at least 24 hours, whichever is later. 
DUH! From what I've heard, the tests aren't all that accurate anyway! 
Why continue to expose all of us who work at the hospital??? If their symptoms get worse (like respiratory distress or shortness of breath), THEN come see us! 
To our health:
I'm still taking lots of D3, Vitamin C, and other herbs to try to keep myself healthy over the winter months. Every day, I gargle twice with warm salt water, as well as use my netty pot twice a day. It really does make me feel better to do that routine. One day, I went to use the netty pot and noticed that what I was blowing was green. 
if that is TMI. However, using my netty pot enabled me to get rid of all the "gunk," and I didn't end up getting a nasty sinus infection or worse. 
Comments
Oct. 24, 2009 - I got your post up
Posted by ThreeLittleLadies
I'm glad that you get a day off tomorrow and Wednesday. So what is your plan to get all the science in? I hope today is a perfect day at work too.
Carol
Oct. 24, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by homeforgood
We had the Extreme Makeover team in our area a few years ago and we took the shuttle out to watch the demolition. Actually...it was after the demo as they don't allow anyone other than the workers there for that due to safety. You would have a great time going out for the "move the bus." Just a different feel being there watching it all happen in front of you!
I am with you on the H1N1 stuff. STAY HOME! Here people are just sent home anyway as most aren't going to shell out $900 for the blood test to confirm. The media has so many people just completely scared about this stuff.
Oct. 25, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by IllinoisLoriH
I'm a nurse, too, just happily retired. But I remember plenty of days being in tears for one reason or another!
Thanks for the reminder...I'm going to go take my D, C, my green drink (BarleyMax), and eat an apple...just for good measure! Oh yes, and bring the salt up to the master bath, so I can make gargle-mix!
Blessings,
Lori (aka Plans4You)
