My Little Corner of the World

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

A Day in My Life

It's time to share my first day of the month with you again. New Years Day was my holiday to work, so I don't have a lot of photos from the day.
I started the day watching the ball drop and drinking some sparkling juice with Bob, Tom and Bonnie. By 12:45, I was in bed.
At 5:30, it was time to get up and get ready for work.

6:35 am - on my way to work, admiring the lights our town put up this year. They lit all the trees on the center boulevard and there have been lots of good comments about it. I imagine it's about time to take them back down again.
I drove all the way to work without seeing a single car. Every one must be sleeping in this morning!

I can't show you pictures of the people I work with, but I can show you this IV pump, which was giving me trouble on this morning. These pumps are wonderful at getting IV fluids and medication into a person in a nice, regular rate, but when they act up and keep setting off alarms for no reason, they can drive you crazy! After numerous resets, it finally ran well. The patient who was getting this is a sweetheart, who has a good sense of humor and was laughing with me while it acted up. Other than that, I had a good day at work.

Here's a view out the side door at the nursing home. We have just a little snow on the ground.

On the way home from work, I stopped at the grocery store for a few items.

When I got home, I settled into my chair for a short nap before supper. I need more than 5 hours of sleep at night!

After supper Bob helped me get out Christmas tree put away, and I changed my Dining room centerpiece from Christmas to a winter look.

We had a relaxing evening to end a nice day!

Monday, January 4, 2016

New Years Eve

We've been seeing in the New Year with Bob's brother and SIL, Tom and Bonnie, for quite a few years now. We used to have our kids , theirs and a few cousins too, but the kids are grown up and now it's just us 4. We usually go out for supper, then go to one of our homes and spend time together till the ball drops.
This year we did something a little different. Tom had this idea that since we had the whole evening we should go to a few different places to eat. So - we went to Applebees for appetizers, a local Italian place for pizza, and then to a restaurant in our town for dessert. We took our time at each place, so we didn't get too full or feel rushed.

I didn't think to take pictures until or last stop, but here's a picture of my yummy dessert!

Here's the four of us having a good time.

By the time we finished here and came to our house, it was 10:00. We chatted and then had a midnight toast of sparkling juice to bring in the new year. Then it was off to bed since I had to work in the morning.
What a fun night!