sticky bun

I'm always up for a good laugh, even better if I can capture the moment with a photo. Its no secret in my house that my husband and sons most favorite food/sweet in the whole world is sticky buns. I am thankful there is no cinnabun in close proximity otherwise.... This past weekend my husband and son got up early to take trash to transfer station. My husband decided to treat my son to a sticky bun from local coffee shop as a Thank you and I guess a father son thing? Anyhow can you believe the size of this thing. Guess you had to be there, I don't know who was more excited the big kid or the little kid, anyway that's all I got this week.

Harmony

Most weeks I live for Friday, that last hour of the work week, thoughts racing about weekend plans... I don't dislike my job, (well maybe the paperwork). I love working with people. On even the busiest or craziest of days I will have at least one patient teach me something even though it is my job to teach them. I have learned so much about different cultures, beliefs, values... The stories I could tell (the stories I cant tell because of confidentiality). while I became a nurse to make some sort of difference, (when we are young seems like we are anxious to save the world) what I did not realize was the difference it would make on me. I could not even put into words the growth I have had over the last 10-15 years. Any good nurse can tell you not the stories about how many lives they saved but rather the stories about the patients that left some impression on them.
Recently I was telling a patient this who was lonely and wanted to talk. She asked me if I liked what I did?, I started telling her that most days I loved it, that I loved that everyday meant a new person, new experience. She wanted to know if working with people different from me and my beliefs every bothered me? It was a funny question but I told her that no, I had no issue with being respectful of others beliefs . That is when in a most heartwarming touching way she took my hand and said "good for you, If we all sang the same notes there would never be any Harmony". Can I just tell you that it is moments like these that make me love my job make me proud to do what I do. What a beautiful thing to say. What a beautiful way of seeing the world.
"If we all sang the same notes there would never be any harmony"

Fearless

It makes my knees weak and my stomach churn every time my kid takes on a new "adventure". For instance the day he hollered to me from outside, I went racing out thinking the worse only to find he was hollering for me to see he had climbed to the Tip Top of the tree.
On vacation last week we went to Bush Gardens. I took comfort in the fact that I was sure he would be to short to ride some of the crazy coasters, no such luck, the kid grew over winter and was able to get on two of the four coasters one of which went upside down, and loop de loop. It was without a doubt five of the longest minutes of my life, I could barely breath with thoughts of being the 1100 o'clock news story about amusement park disaster. yeah a bit morbid, but I'm one of those mothers who worries a bit much, much to my relief he survived coming out the exit hollering "That was Awesome, I wanna do it again", (Ugh....).
Later in the week the boys went tubing. This year my son decided he didn't want dad to go with him and he went alone. Again my heart went in my throat and stomach quaked every time he gave the thumbs up indicating he wanted my brother-in-law to "go faster". I have decided that if he is this adventurous at 8 years old, I am doomed, as he gets older I am told it only gets worse.

benifit to driving

I was not overly excited about driving over 600miles(600 miles each way)for vacation, but I was unable to find any last minute flight deals. My husband was thrilled about taking his baby BIG RED (his super big, red truck, not to be confused with my fathers longtime fishing pole also named big red). Traffic over the holiday week was gridlock, and I swore I would never drive To Maryland again, that is until I unloaded our little souvenir and discovered that traveling with a big truck does have its benefits......... During our week long stay, it only rained once and even then only a few hours, but a good time and excuse to take our activities indoors and go antiquing. That's when I found my new (OK, really its old but new to me) whitewashed corner cupboard. Something I had wanted for a longtime, had considered building one, but to many other projects at the top of the list, and here it was in front of me for pennies. I would not be able to even buy the lumber to build one for what this was going for. It was a perfect fit in the back of BIG RED, and now it is a perfect fit in my dining room. And as I grumbled about the traffic my husband was quick to remind me that had we flown we would not have been able to buy my big souvenir/corner cupboard.

VACATION

Just got back from a terrific vacation starting in Maryland with family then on to Virgina to Bush Gardens and Williamsburg then back to Maryland for more fun. In the past we have flown, however this year my husband wanted to drive his new truck. Lets just say they should make a bumper sticker that says "My marriage survived gridlock traffic during the holiday weekend"! Anyhow here are some of my favorite pics from Williamsburg.

Have a safe and happy 4th!