A Day in my Life, March!

 It's March!  I'm always happy when March comes because it means winter is coming to an end.  We've had a crazy winter, with big storms followed by above freezing temps.  So the snow melts - and then we have another storm. In my photos here you will see very little snow, although 5 days earlier we had a big snow and ice storm.  But they were predicting another big storm on Friday (thankfully that fizzled!)

Anyway, I'm thankful for March.  Here's how the first day of the month went for me.

I start the day going downstairs and walking on the treadmill.  
It was a work day for me, so after that I get ready for work.

I give myself enough time to spend some time on the class I'm doing on Parables.  It has a little homework for every day.

At 7:40 I'm in the car, heading to work.  It was kind of a dreary morning, no visible sun.  It stayed that way all day until I left work.

Here's my office.  There were 4 of us working in the office this day and 2 working from home.  We each have a different job assigned to us and those jobs change from day to day.  On this day, my job was nurse follow up.  This involves taking care of all the faxes we get from different facilities with concerns on patients.  It may be someone is sick, someone is having increased pain, they are refusing meds, they have fallen...  Each one has to be written up as a telephone encounter and sent to the physician.  Our doctors are not in the office on most days, they are out at facilities seeing patients.  So they answer back, and they we send a reply or orders back to the facility that sent it, and we call the family or the patient to update them.  All of us take phone calls as well.  We get a lot of calls from facilities, patients and family members.

You may remember me talking about our lead doctor having to be on medical leave because she had cancer and was going to be having surgery and chemo.  She was off for about 9 months, and came back to work last week with no restrictions!  When you finish your chemo treatments, many of the treatment centers have a brass bell to ring, to signify that accomplishment.
This doctor ordered this brass bell to sit on our front desk and she brought it on this day.  She said it was for us to ring whenever we accomplished something.  :)  She is so glad to be back and thanks those of you who were praying for her.

It was a good day at work, and before I knew it, 5pm came and it was time to leave!

On Wednesdays, I always stop at my Dad's house to check on him and write out any bills he needs done.  As you can see the sun was shining.  It was actually 44 degrees!

I found him sitting in the family room.  Ann was cleaning as usual.  She's 93 and never seems to sit!  Dad is dealing with a sinus infection so he was more tired than usual and wasn't feeling the greatest.  I wrote some bills, talked a little and was on my way.

I stopped to get some groceries on my way home.

Here I am about 5 minutes from my house.  The sun was still shining and the snow is melting.

When I got home, Bob was about to leave for his mens group at church.  I heated some leftovers for supper, made lunches and did some dishes.  

I was sitting down reading when my sister called and told me to look outside at some lights in the sky.
I didn't take this picture, one of my neighbors did.  Everyone was talking about these 2 lights, just hanging in the sky.  You may have seen them too!  They were Jupiter and Venus.  They were in an unusual alignment and close, so they really showed up.  I saw an article where they said they were the kissing planets on that night.
It was very cool to see!

The rest of the night was quiet.  Bob came home about 8:30 and we just relaxed.
Yes - it was another good day!  I am blessed.

Friday Fun

 

Cooking Thursday

 Have you heard of the recipe called Marry Me Chicken?  I haven't tried it but the story is that it's so good, you'll get a proposal if you serve it.  :)  Well, I saw a recipe that was a twist on that, but it was made into a dip.
You can do this one in the oven or in a mini crock pot.  I used my little crock pot and it worked well.
So the next time you need a dip recipe, here's one for you to try!

Marry Me Chicken Dip

1 lb shredded chicken breast
1/2 cup of chicken broth
1/2 tsp each of pepper, paprika, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, oregano, and thyme
1/2 cup of chopped sun dried tomatoes
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 cup of Parmesan cheese + more for topping
1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese + more for topping
1 8oz block of cream cheese, softened
4 pieces of bacon chopped

Spray a baking dish with cooking spray ( 7x11 baking dish)*
Add chicken, chicken broth, and all seasonings
Add chopped sun dried tomatoes
Stir in minced garlic, sour cream, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and block of cream cheese
Stir everything together well
Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes
Remove dip from oven and stir well
Sprinkle a little bit of Parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, and chopped up bacon over top
Bake for about 10 more minutes
Serve with tortilla chips, pita chips, crackers, or naan

*You can also put all ingredients into a mini crock pot, cook on low for 3-4 hours, then sprinkle the extra parmesan, mozzarella and the bacon over top, put cover on and let cheese melt.