Just Me!!

I slept in till 9am! I am currently enjoying 8 hours of low census..which I hope turns into 12. I just helped Mark make fresh salsa for us and am excited to make fish tacos tonight and spend some extra time with my precious family. Although Mark had a few moments of non preciousness today...haha! We had a great time talking about life this morning...without trying to solve problems. I believe those are the best talks. I’ve also tried to come up with different career ideas this past week. My kids and mark have suggested several options, the best idea was State Representative! Mark said I would look great on paper, whatever that means. As I contemplate that idea, I have stumbled across a position working in nursing informatics. Interested. Although I would be leaving bedside nursing, I would be joining a team that helps nurses document better and work more efficiently. Maybe. My kids have been talking Christmas. I don’t want to talk Christmas. Christmas is expensive. I enjoy getting the ...

Room check day has become a thing in my house now for 4 weeks. Charlie won once and Ethan has won three times (Val was runner up last week). The goal is to have a cleaner room than your siblings. Whoever wins gets ice cream with mom or an exciting fun treat. We have created very competitive kids! Ethan keeps his room spotless all week and then does one extra special clean up to sweep the competition😊 Currently he chose to go through three years worth of homework assignments and reorganize his closet. He is close to not having much else to do every week because his room is spotless! He even vacuumed! Valerie is readying her room for next week already. She wants the win so she is clearing out her closets and going through her high school paperwork as well. She has a bit of decluttering to do. Charlie has lost the drive to be present in this competition so I have to find a way to bring her back around! New prizes might entice her!! Participants: Charlie 3rd Place🥉 Valerie 2nd place 🥈 E...

RSA vrs FWFC was an exciting game mostly because we have an enthusiastic soccer mom who makes some great comments. Her son Spooner is fun to watch on the field. He has great ball/foot work! He is also never disrespectful of other players. He and Ethan together make a great pair of Strykers, when they get paired up. The game today was poorly refereed especially since they didn’t have line judges for some reason. Wigs (that’s what they call Ethan) did great but no goals today for him. His team has only lost 1 game this season. We are home now chilling out and going to watch the Hawks game together! Perfect Sunday!

Sunday’s have been room clean up day and since Val and Ethan won last week and Charlie the week before everyone got ice cream. Ethan got a large and the girls a small because they were runners up! I got a hour off work so we all met at Black bear 🐻 and enjoyed some ice cream 🍨. The lady weighed our ice cream and the scale wasn’t working so we only paid $1.59 for all four ice creams (I didn’t get any). I asked the kids to tell me some cool new sayings. I learned a few teen lingos and a cute demonstration of a Fortnight dance. At one point both girls were dancing 🕺🏻! Charlie even showed us a new running technique that helps her go faster. The kids had me laughing. 

Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep  Keep me safe unto the night and wake me with the morning light

The top of my night stand usually contains most of these items all the time, and some some of the time. It’s always busy and my glasses never seem to have a space when I rip them off at night. My Cpap takes up a lot of space and I usually unhook all the cords and put them under my pillow because it looks cleaner and kind of like a Bluetooth station. I wish. It has become to me the same as my fan....a absolute must. The Cpap almost feels like a fan because it belows so much pressure of air to keep everything working better. Neurologically I find it the most helpful! My stack O books contains one book I purchased in Port Townsend by a local author, a book about the Obama Administration and the top one which is a pure Costco pleasure read that I’m sure will be a movie. Very “girl on a train” type. I just put my African weaved bowl on the nightstand hoping that I can make sure my glasses have a nice place to rest. Usually it sits on my dresser. The lamp was purchased from Target and I was ...

Gardening in Blueberry Park has been a great experience. I love the community I am working with to create clean food for my family and theirs. Our monthly meeting was tonight. I like how every month we get to have a demonstration of how to use/prepare our yummy vegetables. Tonight the food centered around Kale. We had a yummy Kale salad with homemade dressing. It was really good, so much so that I will probably visit my garden box tomorrow for some of my Kale. I will probably also grab some more beets when I’m there! I think next year our garden will involve different vegetables and a bunch of different squash. I can’t wait.