Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

Breakfast   What is your current favorite song?   Hmm, my current favorite song?  That is an extremely tough question, I pretty much like everything.  Usually my favorites include the songs the choir is working on.  Right now we are working on, "If the Savior Stood Beside Me" which I love.  I also love, love, love Christmas songs! Lunch   What  is something that can always brighten your day no matter what?   A neck massage.  I just love it when someone comes up behind me and starts rubbing my neck! I just feel the tensions start to fade away. Dinner   What is something you feel like you have improved on the past week?   I have improved on blogging!  I have been slacking for awhile, and it's good to get back into it. Midnight Snack  If you could go back and change one thing this week, what would it be?   Honestly, I can't think of one thing this week I would change - there was good and there was b...

When I first completed my Master's Degree I decided to just see what was out there, so I sent out a few resumes and had a couple of interviews but the overall consensus was that I would be better off to get some more floor experience under my belt.  I totally agreed!  Even after all of my schooling, there is much more about nursing that I do NOT know than what I DO know! So, I worked, both as a Labor and Delivery nurse and also as a clinical instructor.  My tasks as a clinical instructor included supervising students as they work with nurses in the clinical settings such as long-term care facilities and hospitals.  I rounded on the students, was available to help with any new tasks or questions, ensured that they had a good hands-on learning experience, and conducted a post clinical conference each day reviewing the day, putting their experiences into practical situations, and even some debriefing of traumatic experiences.  I assumed that I would ...

Breakfast  What three things made you the happiest this week?  1- I was recruited to interview for a full time teaching job,   I interviewed well and they offered me the position  2- I was in the right place at the right time to help when a ward member was having a heart attack 3- Heavenly Father hears and answers my prayers, He has a plan for me Lunch   What three things made you the saddest this week?   1- I had to give my notice to the hospital 2- It was the angelversery of BJ's death 3- Financial dilemmas Dinner   What are some of your quirks that most people don't know about?   1- I eat oatmeal for breakfast about 300 days a year 2- After a long day at work my favorite dinner is cold cereal 3- I am addicted to playing board games on the computer (Ticket to Ride and Settlers of Catan) 4- I watch "The Love Boat" almost every night to fall asleep 5- I quite often get the overwhelming urge to dance - or som...

I had the great opportunity of teaching a Relief Society Enrichment Meeting this week.  The topic was  "Getting Negativity Out of Your Marriage" It was good to study techniques to help keep positiveness in marriage - especially things that I could work on myself.  And it was fun to share these things with my Relief Society sisters. When I was first preparing my lesson I asked Kim his advice - and since he always considers himself to be the negative one in our marriage he jokingly suggested that I take a picture of the two of us, rip him out of the picture, and throw his part away.  Well, I know that would NOT be the best way to improve our marriage - but I decided that it would be a great attention-getter for the class.  And, it was.  there were tons of gasps and groans when I ripped up our wedding picture (of course it was just a copy I had printed!) I talked about several things, among them were found on a website entitled:  to love ho...

For many years I have looked at the names in my family history.  Over and over I would stare at the names and wonder what good it did me to have the names.  I know that we are instructed by the Church leaders to do our genealogy, and I was trying to obey, but it appeared that all of the names were filled in by other family members and I didn't know what to do. A little while ago I decided that I could start posting pictures of my mother and her family from the scrapbooks she kept.  I also posted some pictures of BJ.  I was hoping that by doing so someone could benefit.  But once that was completed I felt the familiar sensation of being lost. Fast forward to just a couple of weeks ago.  My favorite cousin, Bob, has a much younger sister that I never got to know very well.  She lives several states away from us.  Through the boundless assistance of social media, namely FaceBook, I was able to connect with this cousin, Jamey.  Jame...

My friend Jodi started posting Food For Thought again, and I'm so glad.  I find that as I review my past blog posts Food For Thought posts are my favorite! Food 4 Thought Friday ~ This week's questions:   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥      Breakfast  What is something you are looking forward to right now?  Our first annual sister's retreat!  My sisters and I decided that we need to get closer and enjoy each other more so we are going to have a 3-day retreat at Wolf Creek next month.  I CAN'T WAIT! Lunch   What was your greatest accomplishment today?   I was teaching clinicals - I always feel a great sense of accomplishment as I see the light in my students' eyes as they "get" something I help them learn.  Love this job! Dinner   What are your plans for Valentine's Day?   My sister, Ashley, and I decided to be Valentines and have dinner tonight.  My sweet husband offered to babysit for her.  (I celebrated w...

Thanks to Tasha I found fabulous flights round-trip to San Diego for only $100!  Of course we know what that means - a visit to San Diego to see Tasha and Zane!  Fortunately the timing was right to also celebrate our anniversary.  We stayed in the WorldMark Mission Bay condo again because it is literally 5 minutes to Tasha and Zane's house!   When we arrived, Tasha suggested we go to the nearby Waffle Spot for breakfast.  What a fabulous choice!  I am somewhat of a pancake and waffle snob, being very picky about the taste of  my breakfasts.  The Waffle Spot did not disappoint!  The waffles are the best I have ever tasted!  If fact, we liked them so much that we went back the next day! King Waffle stopped and posed with us while we were waiting for our table.   It was SO great to be with Tasha and Zane again!  It is truly amazing to me how the second we are together again it feels like we have never been apart. ...