Weekend with our girlies!

We haven't been able to have Alaina and Ruby over for several weeks because of training I was having to do at work on Saturdays, but this past weekend it finally worked out.

 They started the evening by playing Dr.  They had the flu at their house earlier in the week and it seems to have left an impression.
This is Ruby's baby, who they said was sick and seeing the Dr.  The wastebasket was left near her in case she had a problem!

 This is the note Alaina wrote for "the Dr."  It says "barf" and shows someone vomiting!  Thankfully Ruby said the baby was better after the visit to the Dr.   :)

Bob got a new chair for his workshop and was putting it together.   The girls were happy to find it spinned!

Bob showed them some strong magnets he picked up. They had fun playing with them.

Alaina had fun making this tile mosaic.  When I tried to take a picture she did what she usually does - makes a goofy face and crosses her eyes.

Ruby told her - "this is how you do it Laina", and made this face.

 I picked up some slime for them to play with.  They had great fun, but then we discovered the slime was very sticky and didn't want to come off their hands or the table!

As you can see, it was terrible to clean up!  We had a hard time getting it off hands and the table.  Once it was cleaned off, we threw it away!

The next day, Alaina spent some time drawing.

Ruby looked cute in this shirt we gave her for Christmas.  It says "fierce:.  Quite fitting!

 We had fun making shrinky dinks and watching them shrink in the oven.

They each made a necklace out of them.

 When I took them home, we stopped at my Dad and stepmoms house so I could get pills ready for the next few weeks,  After I was done, I went into the family room and found my 88 year old step mom on the floor, coloring with Alaina.  She's quite something!

In the meantime, Ruby was teasing my Dad, sneaking his chair and laughing when he tried to sit on her.

Then it was time to go home.  We had such fun!

A Day in my life

February!  I'm thankful to be a little closer to Spring, another month of winter done - more sunshine and warmer temperatures are one month closer!

Here's what I did on the first day of the month.

February one fell on a Thursday which is always my longest day at work.  It's the day our Dr comes in and makes rounds.  He leaves sometime after 4, and it always takes a while to input orders, print med and treatment sheets and notify families of changes.  On this day, he was on vacation so I had hopes of leaving on time, but that didn't happen as another Dr came in to assist and didn't get there until 3pm...   Because I was at work, I don't have many pictures, but here is how the day went.

Leaving for work at 7:35.  It had been a little warmer, and we even had some rain so a lot of our snow melted.

 Here is the hall to my office shortly before 8am.  It was still quiet.  Later in the morning it gets busy with people coming and going to PT, plus the beauty shop is a busy place on Thursday.

This is the condition I found my desk in.  I had the day before off, so there were notes taped to my phone, my computer and laid on the desk.  Job security, right?   :)


There is a daily meeting at 9 for the management team, which I always think takes too long.  It usually lasts until 10 and we go over admissions, discharges, any issues our residents or families are having, and then review the nurses notes for the last 24 hours so we are aware of how everyone is doing.  It's important, but I am not a fan of meetings!

After that I gathered charts for the Dr, printed off recent vital signs and blood sugar reports for the diabetics, got all the labs that have been drawn that needed to be reviewed... and put them all together for him.

I have also been working on annual competency reviews for our nurses and nurse aids, so I did some of that.  I worked on entering lab requisitions for the February lab draws as well.

Here is the Dr's desk with some admission charts, and folders from different departments that have papers that need to be signed.

He came at 3 and stayed until 6.
I finished my part of it and left at 6:20pm.

 Here's that same hall I showed you at 8am.  Now it is dark and was closed when I left.

Here's our time clock - we punch in and out by using our hand which is recognized by the computer in it.


We have friends whose Mother passed away last week at the age of 91.  Bob was working late and unable to go to visitation, which was only happening that day.  I picked up another friend and we drove to the funeral home.  We got there about 7:15 and were able to spend a short time with our friends.

After coming back to our town and dropping my friend off, I stopped at Jimmy Johns and picked up a sub for Bob and I for supper.

While driving home, it had been snowing quite hard, and it was cold - only 9 degrees!  After picking up the subs, it quit snowing and the sky got clear, allowing me to see the moon which was just gorgeous!  This isn't a great photo but the moon was huge and kind of red.  I pulled into a parking lot to get this shot before returning home.

When I got home, I started up my Instant Pot, which I am greatly enjoying!  I used it to get some eggs boiled so I would have them ready for breakfast or lunches in the next several days.


Bob got home from work about 8:20.  We had our subs for a late supper, and then relaxed for the rest of the evening.

It was a busy day, and a long one - but a good one!

Friday Funny

I must admit that Bob would appreciate this occasionally!