Cooking Thursday

I bet you've all had No-bake cookies, made with oatmeal.  They are one of Bob's favorites.  We aren't big fans of the coconut that is in the regular recipe, so I make this recipe with no coconut but it has some peanut butter.  You really don't taste the peanut butter, it just gives a creamier texture, and the cookies are yummy. I made these when the girls were here, so Ruby was helping!

Chocolate Peanut Butter No-bake Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 1/2 cup oatmeal
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix cocoa and sugar together. Stir in milk, and add butter. Heat in saucepan and bring to full boil. Add peanut butter and vanilla and stir in. Remove from heat, then add oatmeal.
Drop by tablespoon onto wax paper or cookie sheet. Let cool and enjoy!

Wordless Wednesday

A Day in my Life

It's the first of the month; time to share my day with you!
I work every Monday, so I was on the road at 6:35.  When I got to work, the night nurse was busy filling out paperwork because someone had fallen about 30 minutes earlier.  Falls are a big deal, even if the person is not injured.  If the fall is not witnessed, we have to do vitals and neuro checks every 15 minutes for an hour, every 30 minutes for 2 hours, every hour for 4 hours, then every 8 hours for 3 days.  This ensures that any head injury would be noticed.  There are also lots of forms to be filled out.  Thankfully this fall didn't cause any injury except a small laceration.

It was a misty morning.  This is the view from one side of the nursing home.

 Since I can't show pictures of the residents at work, I thought I would show some things I use.  One of the things I do, that takes the most time in my work day is passing medications.  We pass meds each morning from about 7:30 to 10am, then have another med pass around noon that takes about 45 minutes.  This is the med book for one hall.

This is one drawer in our med cart.  Each medication comes on a blister pack card that usually has 30 pills in it.  We punch the pills out into a med cup.

 Another thing that was happening today was our activity department decorating for Valentines Day.  This is the front office.

This is the nurses station.

It was a busy day, and we had an admission late in the afternoon.  The person admitted had an unusual name.  Her name itself isn't so unusual, but she married someone who has the same last name as her first name.  She has now lived for about 50 years with the same first and last name!
Because of the admission, I got out late, leaving close to 4pm.

It was a pretty afternoon, the temperature was 37 and the sun was trying to shine!

 When I got home, I made some treats for Tuesday.  It's a MOPS day and my group is providing brunch.  I made this orange bread...

 and some coffee slush.

I also made this Two Timin' Pasta Bake for supper.

After supper we had a church meeting. 

We've been meeting in a school and we got to review plans and drawings for a building which we're hoping to start on this summer!
It was a busy day, but a good one!