A Day in my Life - May 1

May is here - what a wonderful month!  The snow is gone, the temps are rising, flowers are popping out.  It makes me happy!
Here's how I spent the first day of the month.

I was up at 6 and left the house at 7.

This was my view as I left for work, dreary and lots of rain!


I started work a little before 7:30.  I have a little flip calendar on my desk that has a different  verse or quote for the day.  Here's what it said on May 1.

Good verse for my job!

It was a very busy day.  Shortly after I arrived, 2 nurses came from our corporate office to do a mock survey.  They do this every year to try to prepare for our annual survey with the state. This involves them watching lots of things like treatments, med pass, meal delivery...   They also look at a lot of charts and ask lots of questions.
I am the Infection Control Nurse for our building so I had to bring my book for this year in and go over everything with them.  I'm happy to say they found no issues and had no suggestions for anything that I should change.
In the beginning of the month, I review anyone that had antibiotics ordered for the previous month, make sure I had them all entered into a computer program, mapped out to see if anything could have been spread from resident to resident or staff to resident. I'm always happy to have all the reports done on that for another month.
Our Physician Assistant also came in and I rounded with him to see several people.
When any survey is happening, whether it is a mock survey, or the real deal, the managers can't leave until they leave for the day.  So - I was there until 6:30.

When I left, the rain has stopped, but it was still cloudy.

 You can see that it is getting more green!

 When I was almost home, I had to stop to let these turkeys pass the road in front of me.

Bob had a meeting at church that night, so he had already been home, ate supper and was on his way when I got home. I made some lunches, hopped into the shower and got my pj's on, then grilled myself a turkey, tomato and cheese sandwich.

It was 7:30 by the time I ate.  I did a little reading, then watched Survivor when I am a huge fan of.

Bob got home before it was done and we did a little catching up.

After that I spent a few hours reviewing these online courses I have to do for work.  There are 20 parts to this course, and I just keep plugging away - have to get it done fairly soon!
When I finished them, I was off to bed.

Another good day!

Friday Funny

Cooking Thursday

Today's recipe is one I've shared before, but I know more people have gotten Instantpots since then, so when I made it last week, I thought I would share again.
This is one of the easiest recipes to make, because everything gets thrown into the pot, you turn it on, and soon you have a yummy meal!  I made a batch of this for Heather and Andrew when they moved, because it reheats well and they both liked it.
It's called a burrito bowl, not sure why because it's not really like a burrito, but it's kind of like Chipotle's burrito bowl.

Instantpot Burrito Bowl

2 tablespoon minced onion
1  tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon chili powder 
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, rinsed  
1 cup long grain white rice uncooked
1 cup salsa
2 cups OR 1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth 
1/4 cup chopped cilantro for serving, optional
1/4 cup grated Cheddar cheese for serving, optional


Stir together the minced onion, garlic powder, chili powder and salt in Instantpot.
Add the chicken, black beans, rice, and salsa. Stir.
Pour chicken broth over the mixture. Lock the lid in place. Set a 10-minute cook time on high pressure.
Once the cook time completes, quickly release the pressure.
Open the lid away from your face. Stir with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. 
Serve with chopped cilantro and grated cheese.