I Completely Believe-The Freaks Come Out at Night.

My most famous post-Smoke coming from your vagina

2012-01-31T23:48:00.000-05:00

Well, hello everyone.......my most famous post was called, "My vagina is on Fire". And for years it has bothered me , the keywords that are used to find my blog: so here they are in no particular order:

Smoke coming out of my vagina
Smoke coming from my vagina
Why is my vagina on fire
"smoke" coming from my vagina

and thankfully some normal keywords:

broke elbow
dilaudid

Let me tell you, first hand...any smoke coming from the vagina is NOT normal and you should contact your Dr. not a Nurse, or better yet the Fire Department!!

Second a broken elbow, should always require Dilaudid-that is normal

Too funny!!

2012-01-31T23:25:00.000-05:00

This post is from: Dr. Grumpy, with whom I love dearly!! Enjoy!!

I've got a junkie over in the ICU, who overdosed on a bunch of stuff yesterday. She was on a ventilator (a breathing machine) this morning, but they were going to see if she improved enough today to get her off it.

So I called over there a minute ago to talk to her nurse:

Dr. Grumpy: "How'd she do this morning?"

Nurse Icu: "She's more awake, and we got her off the ventilator, but may have to put her back on again."

Dr. Grumpy: "Why? Is she still having trouble breathing?"

Nurse Icu: "No, she's just a bitch."

Swimming Any One?

2012-01-27T21:57:00.000-05:00

Yeah, yeah, I know sorry for the lack of posts lately.....I want to say welcome to my new followers, please be sure to comment every now and then!

So how was your day at work?

Thanks for asking, it sucked BALLS.....

Crazy-assed patient comes in with an inflatable pool to give birth in......and she thought I was going to help blow it up too!!

Crazy, crazy, crazy....never a boring day at work!

A day I Really miss my Dad and I can't believe what he told my daughter

2012-01-02T02:08:00.003-05:00

Today being the New Year and I felt a little down today...... I miss my Dad so much! I thought someone once said, "time heals all wounds", well it doesn't and that person is an a--hole just for saying that! But anyway today I miss my Dad a lot, he was a very funny guy

Now, as many of you know, my #2 daughter has been labeled as, "somewhere on the autism spectrum," I'd like to shoot that person too, because where exactly on the spectrum she is, I'd like to freaking know!!!!....

My daughter #2 is now 9 and she takes things too literally...but enough about that, onto the funny crap--- my dad told her once.

Many years ago, my Dad unfortunately had a toe amputated, about the 3rd one in, don't ask why because I have know idea, I'm getting old and in all honestly it really doesn't matter...

But anywho, we went to the hospital to visit him, me, the Otherhalf and back then just the two oldest kids, so I imagine #2 was about 4-5 years old...she was very curious as to who took his toe....And in complete utter seriousness, he looked at her dead in the eyes, not even cracking a smile and told her the "Tooth Fairy did!"

Today, at the dinner table, she kindly told #3 who has a loose tooth, "you know, once Grandpop had a loose tooth and a loose toe, and the Tooth Fairy took his toe instead! I personally had to leave the room because I was laughing so hard.

Now tonight my little man is asleep with 2 pairs of socks on, thick winter boots, scared out of his mind, worrying that if his tooth does fall out or not--- The Tooth Fairy is coming for his toes instead

It is days like this I miss him dearly.......

I miss you Dad.......

Happy New Year!! The New York Rangers Can Suck It!!!!!

2012-01-02T00:25:00.001-05:00

Happy New Year!

Tonight, I am working with Dr. A--hole, you know, the kind of person I'm talking about. I'd rather be standing on the corner of 34th and Spruce Streets---- giving out free blow-jobs than to be working with this prick.

He's the same goof ball, who's license plate says' "GoldFinger!" I think that is enough said!

Happy New Years anyway.....I have to finish this lovely shift without getting fired for saying something like,"Don't be such a _____Fill in the Blank Yourself", so I can get a few hours sleep before the Winter Classic tomorrow!!

Thank you to the NHL for backing-up the game by 2 hours, so I can read the inside of my eyeballs a few extra minutes, and to all The Rangers Fans, SUCK IT! Let's GO FLYERS!!!!!

Don't accept candy from a stranger

2011-12-19T01:26:00.000-05:00

This is the number 1 reason not to accept candy from a stranger!

Murphy's Law of Nursing

2011-12-14T00:48:00.000-05:00

Here are just a few of my Murphy's Law of Nursing

1. Never bring anything to work that you need to get done!
Over the years I always see many nurses coming to work with an extra bag of things, like crafts, bills to write out, children's projects, addressing Christmas cards etc....
I have learned on the nights that I would bring in things like that to finish up....it would be a horrible night! Whether I worked in in ICU or labor and deliver my bag would sit there....NOTHING ever gets done, so honestly do not bother!!

2. Dr.'s are horrible at saying, "I was wrong, you were right", no explanation needed there!!

That is it for now....Oh I forgot, if you like the Foo Fighters like myself, they are going to be playing at the Bamboozle Festival in May in New Jersey with Bon Jovi and Blink 182:-)

Dave Grohl vs. the Philadelphia Flyers

2011-11-18T07:41:00.000-05:00

Dave Grohl vs. the Philadelphia Flyers

I have partial season tickets to the Philadelphia Flyers this year. I absolutely love it. I reason I was able to convince the Otherhalf on getting the tickets was that I promised him and the children I would take turns-taking each of them to the hockey games this year.

So far this season, I have managed to take 4 out of 5 of them. I'm going to take my mother to a game on her birthday, it will be her first hockey game and even cooler is that the Flyers are playing the Boston Bruins:)

Now, as most of you know, I'm a HUGE, Foo Fighters fan. I have been teasing the children the next time, the Foo Fighters tour the area I would take them to a concert, however I lied-because the tickets were too expensive, way too expensive!! But the Otherhalf and I did see them for our anniversary last week.

My little one #4 since she could talk could sing any of the Foo's songs, she is absolutely the cutest thing and talks about Dave all the time and she is only 5.

Last night while I was at the Flyers game, my husband put her on the phone and she told me she doesn't want to go to a Flyers game, she wants to see Dave and the Foo's----how sweet!!!!

VS.

Mice, A Cat and a Python, Oh My!!!

2011-11-15T23:57:00.000-05:00

So, the Otherhalf calls me from work, and I love him, but some days I really wonder about the fellows he works with!!

Now, in case you do not know the Otherhalf is a Firefighter in this great City of Brotherly Love.

He called me this evening and is a little freaked out because they have or had a pretty bad infestation problem with mice at their fire house for YEARS.

They had tried everything from exterminators, to buying a cat or two, who by the way are missing, I'm not sure why but they are and they have been missing for some time.

Now one of the firefighters had a great idea a day or two ago. This crazy nut purchased a 3 foot python to handle the problem....they put the python into the hole that they are positive that the mice come out from in the kitchen, the only problem now is the python has been missing for over 24 hours, good news is that no one has spotted a single mouse, hence the reason none of them can now sleep.

My response is seriously you can not make this stuff up!

Not much new here.... I'm apologizing in advance

2011-11-01T04:02:00.000-04:00

Hello All,
Nothing new to report here, well there are a few things but until I take #1 to the Dr.'s tomorrow I will not know the how bad his injury is....so for right now I'm leaving it at that!!

All I really want to report is, " Sometimes you are the windshield, and sometimes you are the bug......today I am the bug"..........

Chris Progner time to grow up!!

2011-10-26T09:11:00.001-04:00

As many of you know already I am a HUGE hockey fan!! And I love the Flyers and I like a few other hockey teams too, but for right now I feel my need express my concerns about what happened to Chris Progner.

Let me begin by saying, I am sure as heck that they are probably a pain in the ass, especially to an older(no disrespect) NHL hockey players, who for the life of their career have not worn them.

I am an RN who started out prior the Universal Precautions; you know before we wore gloves for everything. I placed a million IV's without wearing gloves, changed shitty sheets, emptied foley catheters etc...you get the idea, but as time passed and healthcare made it mandatory....I had to learn to place IV's with gloves on, I did not like it but I did it and now I can not imagine for my life doing it any other way. It is a learned process.

I am happy that we were forced to wear gloves, masks, gowns when needed. I definitely think it is time for the NHL to step up and protect their players and as for Chris Progner, I am sure as hell certain that you want to see your children grow up, it is time to grow up put on a visor not only for yourself but for your children's sake too.

Chris, I wish you the best of luck and am looking forward to seeing you back on the ice in the next few weeks with a visor on. Lets Go Flyers!!!!

Thank You Dilaudid!!

2011-10-04T11:57:00.002-04:00

Hello Everyone!
Yes, I am so happy and SUPER pain free right now! Thank you to whomever invented Dilaudid:-) I am feeling much better compared to having the same surgery performed less than 8 months ago. The pain is a lot less or the pain meds this time are way better-lol....

Thank you to Jenny-The Bloggess for keeping my spirits up and keeping me in stitches(literally).

I included a picture, sorry it's a little yucky..... I desperately needed to re-wrap my Ace-Bandage that was falling off today, and I tried to take the best picture I could with one hand.....my elbow looks worse than it feels, I'm still very swollen & bruised, and I estimated the sutures to be about 8 inches in length.

I will keep everyone updated, take care!
Purple Stinky Onion (PSO)

Time to put on my Big girl panties!!

2011-09-26T20:04:00.001-04:00

Yes, that is right, it's time for me put on my Big Girl panties!

My arm & elbow are bleeping throbbing but no one in the this unit seems to care about that or me. It's been to important to talk about me in the hallway and how my *pain* is!!!
Just let me explain,......it's the third time I've been through this in the past 15 months and today I'm pretty f-ing angry about how I'm being poo-poo'ed away........

So, remember this.... bitchy nursing staff............ I am a nurse too, I try to never put down another nurse, but I was a manager at one time and I plan on taking names and take you girls & guys down during the survey I was given upon my arrival this morning BEFORE my surgery.

Yeah the Big Girl panties are on.....but your names are being placed on my list!

Let the countdown begin!

2011-09-23T08:16:00.002-04:00

On Monday, I am getting my elbow reconstructed AGAIN, why not right? Because breaking it on my own, did not hurt bad enough the first time and then having reconstructed in January did not hurt enough either....so, here we go again....Let the count down begin!!!!

I am really looking forward to some serious laughter provided by The Bloggess, Jenny over the next few months, after all laughter is the best medicine, but a little dilaudid does not hurt either:-)

Take Care everyone and I will try to keep you informed...I included a picture of my last surgery without the brace on my arm, just to show you what my arm will be looking like for months.

I am going to win an Oscar !

2011-09-17T03:00:00.000-04:00

I was assisting in a delivery a few hours ago, and I did the whole Happy Birthday singing, during some resuscitation etc....told the parents how handsome their new baby boy was but, let me tell you, he was truly a FLK(funny looking kid) at first I was a little concerned, because Mom & Dad looked pretty normal, but then the Dad's brother showed up along with the Paternal Grandparents and all my concerns disappeared:-)

Did you really just ask that???

2011-09-13T02:00:00.001-04:00

As many of you know, I had my left elbow completely reconstructed in January. It was pretty uncomfortable, to say the least! I had 4 c/sections-two were classical c/sections(I was cut up and down inside and out) and two nice little bikini cut c/sections. All 4 combined after surgery did not top the pain that one little surgery on my arm caused. I could sum it up on a scale of 1 to 10 as 100, yes, I know I sound like one of those crazy drug seeking patients, but really it was 100.

Maybe, it was due to the fact, I had my arm dislocated again, because in all seriousness it didn't hurt enough the first time, then they reset by bones, because even though they healed nicely the first time, they healed 1.5 inches away from each other, I got new ligaments from a cadaver because it turns out I had NO ligaments holding my arm in place. My favorite part of the surgery was all sorts of holes being drilled into my bones to suture the new ligament/tendons in place.....and I hate general anesthesia so I asked to be happily confused during the surgery until after they dislocated my arm I definitely remember screaming something like M-fer.....

A quick little public service announce- Never, Never Fall on Outstretched hands!!

Which finally brings me to: What did my kids say today? I have another follow up appointment in the am with Ortho.

1. Mom is that Dr. who always tries to pull out your arm of it's socket going try it again tomorrow?

2. Does the doctor actually know the dead guy who's ligaments/tendons you have?

3. Doesn't your new arm gave like a 5 year warranty?

I.love.my.kids!!!

I Love My Patients

2011-09-08T01:52:00.001-04:00

My patients are cracking me up tonight again!

This is the second time in the past 6 months, while my patient was in labor and trying to push a 10 pound, 11 ounce baby out of her vagina-she grabbed my arm so hard and said, she was going to kill her husband::giggle::
It definitely did not help he was SCREAMING, "And Push, One, Two, Three", etc....

Public Service Announcement #321 again, she is not deaf, and neither was any other person in the room!

If I was him, I would sleep with one eye open because after she is sown back together again and gets up to walk around in the next few hours, she will probably give New Dad some pillow therapy!!

Out of the mouths of Babes!

2011-09-02T20:20:00.002-04:00

Out of the mouths of Babes!

Me-"How was school today?"

Kindergartener-"Good"

Me-"How was your teachers today? She is great, isn't she?"

Kindergartener-"Yeah, she is really, nice, I like her!"

Me-"Wow, that is so nice!"

Kindergartener-"Mom, can we get her a Christmas present?"

Me-"Sure, what do you think she would want or needs?"

Kindergartener-"Something for her eyebrows, it looks like she has caterpillars on her face"

Me-"::giggle:: what do you mean?

Kindergartener-"Something to remove them"

I Can Ice Skate, Biotch! Watch Out........

2011-08-17T00:05:00.001-04:00

Hello Everyone, sorry for not posting the last few days or so...........

This is what's new with me, Thank Goodness-The Bloggess, Jenny is back up and running, she has returned from vacation with some really funny post, you can link to her website via the sidebar {- that way, enjoy!
I'm really happy she is back, The Otherhalf is not, he wasn't too impressed with the Banana's I have imprinted with bad sayings and left out for him to find the next morning:-)

On another note, I was Happy to see that The Flyers are having try-outs for their, "Flyers Ice Team"! So happy I reviewed all the information-----carefully:-) Then I decided to, look up some of the requirements: perfect I'm off, I can perform all of the requirements, specifically the age, I'm over 18 and better yet no age limitations.
Then, I carefully looked up what do The Flyers Ice Team girls/boys look like?

Well, let me first tell you I have partial season tickets, and I have never seen a male, so what do these girls look like? Shit, they are young, good-looking girls, wearing small outfits!

I'm a good looking woman, under 35- read my blog- I've been 33 for a few years, but I keep myself in shape, seriously who has time to eat running around after 4 kids and get them to their multiple sporting events, like ice skating lessons, playing for multiple soccer teams all over the city!
I ice skate has much as I can and exercise to the best of my ability..............

I decided to then call, the number provided for more information: definitely no age limits, just need to pass the obstacle course, so I decided to mess around with the person who took my call.

I proceed to tell the woman that I told my Grandmother all about the Flyers Ice Team try-outs and she wants me to bring her to New Jersey, and that she has Ice Skated her entire life and plans on trying out, I want to make sure that if I'm driving her 60 miles round trip that her age will not be counted against her.
I was completely reassured, my Grandmothers age is not a factor and if she can do all of the ice skating requirements and obstacle course she will be picked, also her interview counts, which I told the woman, my Grandmother was sweet and charming, sweet as pie-she will definitely make it, and I will make sure that her dermatologist does not do any skin cancer scrapings prior to the tryout, she does have amazing skin for being 88. I want to make sure her pictures will look great that day.

The woman was more than happy to get me off the phone at that point and she did seem completely confused and was like WTH by the end of our conversation:)

My job was then complete, I need an old lady outfit, complete with rubber mask and hair to pull this off, just to prove the point they would never pick an old lady:)

Funniest thing I read in a few days-The Bloggess

2011-08-04T02:44:00.003-04:00

Sorry but this has to be hands down the funniest thing I read in awhile!

http://thebloggess.com/2011/08/listen-to-the-bananas

Shit, you should NEVER see!!

2011-08-04T00:21:00.001-04:00

Now this was scary!

A few days ago, during our lovely heat wave, I had promised an old friend I would mail her some information about vacationing in The Outer Banks.

Now, my family and I had been home for about a week. Still unpacking, putting things away, climbing over loads of laundry to catch up on, and I'm feeling guilty. "Crap", I think to myself I have to mail that information to my friend.......

Really, not wanting to do it, but after passing by the information for a few days, I just had too. So, I tell the kids, "Come on, get ready to go out, time to blow the stink off you guys, I have to run an errand or two".

So, there we go, the 5 of us......first stop--the Post Office-one of my favorite places to go and stand in line with 4 kids for like EVER, just to mail some shit.

We make our way out of the post office and directly across from our car/Some Super Old Dude got out of his car-wearing ONLY his underwear........All of my kids, including myself are now scarred for life!!!

Yes, LIFE......me, because I really can not believe WTF I'm seeing and now I have 4 kids who cannot stop staring at this weirdo, not to mention my youngest 3 have ALL sorts of questions about "what's he doing/is that normal/can you drive just wearing underwear?" etc.......like I have time for this.............................................

Then this Super Old Dude proceeds to put on his shorts and it took him forever to get those fuckers zipped up right and put on his wife-beater shirt in the PARKING LOT....oh yes, and his shoes too and then he walks into the Post Office.

Okay, I really should not comment any further, but in all SERIOUSNESS: if it is SO HOT that you need to be driving around "just" wearing your underwear and you do not have the common decency to put on your clothes in your car THEN ....I think that letter or whatever you needed to mail so Desperately could probably wait a day or two, but hey that's just me:-)

Sometimes life will surprise you!

2011-08-03T23:45:00.000-04:00

Sometimes life will surprise you!

Life as I expect, surprises many people for MANY different reasons at Very different moments in time etc., but when it comes to certain situations, I believe over the years of being a nurse...I'm just not that surprised anymore.

People in the medical field, I find after telling a story, oh don't worry.....read my disclosure at the bottom of my blog........the names are definitely protected under HIPAA......I find us medical/emergency/police officers/firefighters saying, "Seriously this happened, really you couldn't make this shit up even if you wanted too!"

There is something absolutely wrong with our society....my story is true, it has nothing to do with the medical profession, but you Really can't fix stupid/dirt and or the just plain weird, this I know for a fact, you can not, you can't, so don't waste you time trying...................

INSOMNIA-HAMSTSERS-THE BLOGGESS

2011-07-31T01:49:00.002-04:00

Yes, it's time for one other quick post....well sort of........

I've mentioned in the past my horrible insomnia issues, and thank you to my husband who decided in the middle of the night to get up and go to the bathroom- that would be yesterday now, at 3am---I'm still awake!
So, in 2 hours I will be awake for now what is going to be 24 hours! Imagine that!!

Now my favorite Blogger- "The Bloggess" otherwise, known as Jenny, has the same issues with insomnia as I. Recently she was up all night googling shit...insomnia, and jet-lag after returning from a trip and found amazing information about hamsters on Viagra and how it lessened their jet lag by 50%!

Even though I read her blog about those hamsters and laughed my rear-end off...I never once thought again about those hamsters in the study or jet-lag or pretty much anything else, seeing that I am so freaking tired and ALL I want to do is sleep, but seriously cannot.....I described it as having Red Bull running through my veins, so tired I'm going too vomit but yet when I closed my eyes to read the inside of my eyelids, I can't...........

But starting around 3am last night (thank you again to my Otherhalf) until about 10:30am. I was a googling, insomnia, which lead me to all sorts of other things like circadian rhythm, jet-lag & delayed sleep stuff and shift worker syndrome etc.....

When I arrived at jet-lag via Wikipedia, damn......... if there really was not a study that was done on fucking hamsters and Viagra!!!

Of course I always believed Jenny, but that is some serious shit, really hamsters with hard-ons being flown around the world to look at jet-lag and recovery times?

Hopefully now that I have gotten that off my chest maybe I'll sleep-maybe not and I'll actually be like the first person to stay awake forever:-)

Who know, but stayed tune, because when I'm in this state of mind who the heck knows what I'll post....

Thank You again to all my new followers, why you follow me is beyond me, but I like that someone out there is reading this occasionally, hardly ever gives me any feedback & hopefully they do not think I'm too crazy:-)

Yours Truly,
Purple Stinky Onion(PSO)

Monday Mayhem, it is after midnight right?

2011-07-25T01:01:00.001-04:00

Monday Hot Mayhem

Welcome to Monday Mayhem/
Thanks for coming back!

Today we are just going to answer some random questions.

1. Were you a fan of Amy Winehouse? Were you surprised about her?

Yes, totally liked her unique singing, completely not surprised about the OD. Now, she'll probably get factored into the 27 club, it is a "curse" for the rich and famous.

2. What have you always wanted to do try doing during a heat wave? Have you done it? What's holding you back?

I always wanted it to be about 20 degrees or more cooler, I was not able to make it happen!

3. "Judd" from Sunday Stealing is having a party. Are you going? What are you planning to bring with you?

Absolutely I'm going and I'm bring a bottle of Southern Comfort with me.

4. Do you think other countries deserve a set of twins (kind of like the "French Twins")? Which country would you designate a twin country?

5. Would you ever trade your lifestyle for the lifestyle of someone rich and famous? Why or why not?

No, I like my life, I wish I had enough money for a maid, but money does not give one complete happiness, yes money can buy some happiness but at least when your poor you know who your true friends are.

6. What's the stupidest thing you heard last week?

You can't fix stupid....after some guy hooked his own finger fishing, it was pretty funny, yes I'm a sick person:)

Thanks for playing and stay cool amigos!

#2-isms!

2011-07-25T00:23:00.001-04:00

I think occasionally I post about my #2, she looks at the world around her in a different way.

The Otherhalf and I just keep saying to ourselves: One day she will open the eyes of others to view the world as she sees it!!

It's not a #2-ism it's her friend- Go figure.

Looking off the end of the Pier.

Girlfriend-" there are sure a lot of jellyfish down there".

#2, "yup there are, what are those things hanging from them again?"

Girlfriend, "Oh, those things are called testicles."

#2, "that's right, testicles!"

Nice Adirondack Chair, No it's about a SHARK

2011-07-25T00:01:00.001-04:00

So how was your vacation?
We arrived home two days ago, but below is a little tidbit that happened to us on our vacation:

Okay, are you wearing your pull-ups because this is CRAZY! We are on vacation getting vocal with the locals etc... Having a blast and today, the ocean water is Absolutely FREEZING, like 56 degrees, it went from bath water to--the water is so cold you feel like there are ice cubes in the water. Hardly any brave souls at the beach attempting to get in the water it is mind numbing. The winds are coming from SSE or maybe it was SSW, but according to the locals it makes a big difference in the ocean temp.

Did you see the picture of the adirondack chair I posted?? Well look above because you may need to refer to it again.
Today it was hot here, okay very hot on the beach I would say.
The Otherhalf and #1 decided to get in the water, they couldn't take it anymore. "Polar Plunge", they yelled as they ran into the freezing ocean.

I'm sitting on the beach having a great time with one of the locals, who has lived here about 40 some years, watching all the other kids playing in the sand. Then, after a bit I see The Otherhalf and #1 running out of the water and I mean RUN--I'm thinking some sorta race between the both of them?

As Mr. Local starts to tell something,The Otherhalf & #1 who are wrapped in towels, speechless just staring at the ocean, they were not even blinking(I found that sorta odd,) I'm thinking they are just numb from being in the water because they can not even talked yet.

It turns out Mr. Local tells us there is a "pretty big shark, ya' all know, he has been coming in closer and closer to the beach, ya' all better be careful, I hear he is very long, well geez maybe 16 feet?, n'a maybe it was 18 feet give or take a foot, well heck my memory is not what it was before."

The Otherhalf and #1 are shivering, okay maybe it was shaking, either way, they are not talking, but I saw them blink a few times. They are looking at the ocean & then each other and then looking at Mr. Local.

Mr. Local says "Oh, by the way, nice to meet ya all, be safe now, I got's to get going the Mrs. is making some fine dinner & she does not appreciate when I'm late". I say goodbye great to meet you, hopefully we will see you tomorrow & maybe the Mrs. I help him pack up, his belongings and The Otherhalf and #1 are still not saying anything at all!

Me-- I'm thinking WTH to The Otherhalf & #1, what is wrong with you two, geez no manners! "well that was pretty scary, about the shark stuff? Well, Mr. Local was a cute thing. How was the water you two?? You two look cold?"

Then The Otherhalf tells me what just happened.

He says a few feet in front of them a LARGE fin, about the size of the back of an adirondack chair slowly came out of the water for what felt like forever--it was not a dolphin or porpoise, it never came up for air. It swam around in front of them, they just stood frozen trying to see what it could be, then after what felt like an eternity they could not see any of the large fin around them it completely disappeared, the two of them then ran as fast as they could to get out of the water.

Okay, I'm terrified of sharks and I mean terrified, yesterday a 6 year old was attacked in 18 inches of water! It's the third attack this year in this area. I don't care if the winds change directions and the ocean temperature is like bath water, sharks scare me & obviously The Otherhalf and #1 are now scared too.

For Jenny The Bloggess Again

2011-07-19T04:08:00.004-04:00

I sent the following e-mail to my Mother & and old friend of mine, while we are on vacation.....I can not imagine how the conversation is going to go in the next few hours with my Mother, but I imagine something like this....Are you Okay? Are you on drugs? Do you think you need to see a specialist......and to top it off.

I'm sorta like Jenny-The Bloggess, I have horrible insomnia too, it sucks and it's been my curse of working Nightshift forever, I'm going to hell, I know, hopefully I'll have lots of friends their with me...so let me figure out how to get the e-mail onto this page and off to sleep I must go, my mother is an early person and she is usually up by 0500, which means I have to like force myself to sleep for about an hour in a half or something!

Hey, there Dear Friend,
I'm on vacation in the Outer Banks but figured you may get a kick out of the email I sent my Mom! I need therapy....
P.S.-Michele is my Aunt, married to my Dads brother Chris
P.P.S.- The Hamsters wheel squeaks like a MO-FO!
P.P.P.S- I forgot the mention to my Mom the kids were only drinking soda @ least my cousins swore that to me today!

purplestinkyonion
(PSO)

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Date: July 18, 2011 21:58:32 EDT
Subject: A Note from my #2:)

Hi Mom,
Hello!! OMG, the weathers been great but boy those waves are killers:) The kids are getting tossed like pancakes, they are having a fun time. #2 asked me to take a picture of this for you....I took about 10 pictures of it and I still have to ask her what is says....she wrote,"Dear Nana, Feed my frog on Tuesday"-LOL, she cracks my up....remind me to tell you the story of drinking 2.5 bottles of wine, probably got Roofied by Michele but she's blaming Chris(Uncle) now instead, oh and I'm DEFINITELY not getting the "Mother of The Year Award" because while I was completely intoxicated on Reisling, I think Roof-ied, Cousin #1, #2 and the triplets taught the kids how to play Beer Poing......which I found out at 10pm last night.....

According the all of them #3 as the best skills and is a ringer!!

P.S.-How are the hamsters? Did Pop-Pop WD-40 them yet??
Okay I gotta go...
Love Ya,
Me

This Post is for Jenny

2011-07-15T00:47:00.003-04:00

Hi Jenny,
This post is for you!

This is a story about my 5 Foot bear, he is a pain in the ass to move even an inch to clean around......

For about 16 plus years I've been asking for one of those Umbrella stands, yes I do have an addiction to totes umbrellas, but this is what my "lovely" bear is good for.......hanging shit on and hooking things around his ears, his nose, his head whatever, oh yes, and he ROCKS my purse on occasions and a Santa's hat at Christmas!

When you do not want to put your belongs away---sometime very soon(Thank God school starts in about a month), the 4 kids I have.... will be placing their backpacks, lunchbox items, shoes and all sorts of other thing on and around him.
And when the Otherhalf brings home is extra set of bunker gear from the Fire Department, the bear rocks a fire helmet.

And last, but not least is our 2 foot bear...I actually like him, since I ice skate regularly, I usually throw my light weight jacket on him & sometimes a purse of sorts off one of his ears. He is actually not that heavy, maybe 50-100 pounds....I would actually keep him in the house,

He is pretty cute, but that other Freaking Bear that 5 foot has got to go.....

The OtherHalf has always been afraid someone would steal him, yeah right! He's 450-500 pounds.

Holy Moly, it took a bunch of us to get him in the house... The people stealing him will be suing us because they will be throwing out their back(s), possibly need surgery & physical therapy forever!! See what I have to put up with????

PurpleStinkyOnion(PSO)

NOTHING IS GOING TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER

2011-07-14T02:37:00.002-04:00

Nothing is going to make me feel better....so please do not even try.......My Father died a year ago and today would of been his birthday.....

Nothing will make me feel better....not front row seats to every Flyers Home Game and NOT even meeting The Foo Fighters.....so, leave me alone a let me have my day a peace, quite and misery!!!

Your Friend
PurpleStinkyOnion(PSO)

Meat Loaf - Heaven Can Wait

2011-07-14T02:36:00.000-04:00

Starting another job too!

2011-07-10T02:33:00.004-04:00

Yes, I'm going to start another job too!

It's bad enough I have like a million jobs already, why not add another....thanks to this Wonderful economy....I'll be sure to keep everyone updated, with the new impressive ramblings a of a completely pissed off nurse....with 4 kids, one Otherhalf and another job to boot!!

Oh yes, and Thank You Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo's----my anniversary to the Otherhalf is November 11th.....and I can not Thank You enough for coming to Philadelphia, the closest city to which I live for your tour which is on November 10th, hopefully I can remain sane until then..........your friend PSO(purplestinkyonion).

Sunday Stealing-again!

2011-07-10T01:14:00.005-04:00

Sunday Stealing........

1. When showering, do you start the water and then get in, or get in then start the water?
I like to start the water first, because I really like HOT showers and as far as I know the cold water usually comes out first....

2. Have you ever showered with someone of the opposite sex?
Absolutely, every chance I get.....

3. Were you ever been forced to shower with one of your siblings?
Thank God NO......

4. Have you ever dropped your soap on your foot?
Who hasn't??

5. How old do people say you look?
Most patients think I'm 32.....LOL......that's the only thing I like about my job most days!

6. How old do you act?
I act old enough that I can do my job, but honestly...I can act like my 9 year old most days, like a complete ass!

7. What’s the last song you sang?
But Honestly by the Foo Fighters

8. Have you recently become a member of anything?
Screen Actors Guild of course! There is no difference between nursing and acting for me- I always act like I give a darn!

9. What are your plans for next weekend?
The Outer Banks, Baby!!!!!

10. Do you kiss with your eyes open or closed?
It depends, whom I'm kissing

11. Whats the sexiest thing about Sarah Palin?
Her Brain

12. Who’s the sexiest famous woman alive?
Me

13. Who’s the sexiest famous man alive?
The Otherhalf

14. Does your family have a crazy uncle?
Doesn't every family has at least One?

15. Have you ever smuggled something into another country?
Yes, a sandwich

16. Do you live in a city with a good sports team?
Have you ever heard of the Flyers?

17. What is the most unusual?
What?

18. How do feel about the Goth people?
Nothing

19. Can you fix or your significant other your own car?
The Otherhalf is pretty good with the car, BUT forget about anything water related, he sucks!!!

20. Would you want to kill Casey Anthony yourself if you were guaranteed to get away with it?
I don't know, she deserves it it, but I'm not the one to do it, hopefully someone else will

Welcome

2011-07-06T23:31:00.004-04:00

Welcome to my new followers! Do not expect much from me for this social media shit is hard to keep up with!! I do not post much anymore but maybe that will change, who knows....

Well, if you haven't read to much into my blog, I'm a nurse/actress....functioning as a nurse, but acting like a give a damn most days....sorry to say that but it is the truth.....

I always wanted to be a vet, but they have fucked up jobs like nurses too, however my take is animals are way more cooler than humans on most given days.

I would personally like to thank my patient for bring in her Toy Dog while she was in labor nothing like having to babysit her sorry ass in labor and watch her puppy until a family member could pick the little thing up and also thank you for making me have to clean up your dogs shit----it's not like my day didn't suck already!

Thursday Thunks!

2011-05-05T01:14:00.003-04:00

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011

I am who I am because of them
Welcome to the May 5th edition of Thursday Thunks!
(which we always seem to post on Wednesday)
Where we make you think a little bit before you blog!
We pick a subject, and your job is to interpret it anyway you want.
Write about it on your blog... simple as that.
Maybe you can interpret it as a picture - we don't care!
Please only leave a link if you have written a Thursday Thunks post.
Don't forget to go visit the other participants' blogs.
Read and comment about all their Thursday Thunks responses!
That's what all this is about after all, isn't it?
We'll have so much fun and become lifelong friends....

The TT questions are brought to you by Berleen, the color of the shark that nomnom'd on Osama and the number eight

*We will now be publishing updates for Thursday Thunks on Facebook via the InsanityCafe fanpage. Please "like" us there to get your TT reminder!
And please remember not to take these questions literally. I got a message last week questioning the questions. This is meant to be a fun, think about it meme... there is not supposed to be serious answers! Have fun with it for pete's sake! Whoever Pete is....

1. Name 5 famous people that you wouldn't be you without them.
Dave Grohl, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin,the Beatles, & Pink Floyd--I love music

2. So yeah, did you hear Osama is dead? If you could take any letter out of the alphabet and have it never ever used again, which letter would it be?Yes, I did hear about Osama's death, and a letter I think I could due without is the Letter Z

3. If you were to swallow a guitar pick, would you tell anyone?
Nope, I'd just wait a few days to see if it comes out the other end:-)

4. My tummy hurts. Do you know anyone that eats strange things like toilet paper, chalk or some other off the wall thing that shouldn't be eaten?
Sorry to hear your belly hurts! I have met many strange pregnant women over the years who had God aweful crazy cravings, everything from sniffing white-out and also eating it too, and working in pediatrics it always amazes me how many children will eat strange things because they like it...I took care of a 3 year old who was eating all of his sisters barbie shoes, he said they tasted good, like bubblegum--Go Figure

5. Whats your favorite kind of noodle?
Macaroni noodles

6. So yeah, back to this Osama stuff. When someone says "the event that everyone will remember where they were when they heard the news", what event do you think of?
JFK shooting- I was not born yet, but that always comes to my mind

7. Someone last week mentioned that I don't have to have exactly 10 questions, so should I stop here?
NO

8. Name 5 not-famous people that you wouldn't be you without them.
The Otherhalf, and my 4 children:-)

Sunday Stealing-Happy Easter!

2011-04-24T04:49:00.003-04:00

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!

Today we ripped off a blogger named Mejis from the blog Southern Discomfort. She explains the she was tagged for the meme from Miss Angie over at My So-Called Chaos. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: The "It's All About Four Freakin' Things" Meme

Cheers to all of us thieves!

Four Places I go:

1. To Bed, of course

2. To the Bathroom, like who does not!

3. To the Kitchen

4. To work

Four Crushes I Have:

1. Dave Grohl

2. The OtherHalf, nothing like a FireFighter in uniform, yummy!

3. Eric from True Blood

4. The Foo Fighters

Four Smells that I Love:

1. The perfume-Lavanila

2. The smell of chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven

3. Opium perfume

4. The smell at Christmas Time

Four Favorite TV Shows:

1. True Blood

2. Nurse Jackie

3. The Borgias

4. Burn Notice

Four Favorite Movies:

1. Home for the Holidays-nothing like someone else family being just as screwed up as your own

2. Ethan Frome

3. Elf- I tried to stick to the four basic food groups: candy, candy cane, candy corns and syrup, (LOL)

4.

Four Recommendations:

1. Get an iPod

2. Purchase Plants vs. Zombies, it's addictive

3. NEVER fall on out-stretched hands, you may have such an impact and break your elbow-see previous post, I'm speaking from experience

4. Do something that you have enjoyed from the past

Four People that I'd love to read their Fours:

1. Bud

2. Harriett

3.

4.

Four Things about me that you don't know:

1. I'm not currently working outside the home

2. I have brown hair, and green eyes

3. My first child was born at 29 weeks, he is now 12

4. My in-law irritate the heck out of me, oopppss, maybe you already knew that one

Four bands that I love:

1. Foo Fighters

2. Led Zeppelin

3. Nirvana

4. Beatles

Watery Wednesday

2011-04-13T20:14:00.003-04:00

I love this picture from this past summer, I like to call it the Pool Below!

The Queens Meme #78

2011-04-12T00:08:00.003-04:00

Welcome to The Queen's Meme #78
7 Royal Questions on Tuesday

Today we are discussing the wonders of Spring. But it's not all about blooming flowers and Easter cards this time. Just a simple play on words with a twisted smack of alliteration and snark thrown in. You know, the usual. Now do me a favor and add your smack to the smack.
K?

1. What about spring ticks you off the most?
People wearing inappropriate clothes, seriously the overweight woman who should be wearing a size 16, but instead she is squeezing herself into a size 6, God Bless her for trying, but it drives me nuts, also men who wear socks with sandels, WTH!!

2. How many blooming idiots have you met lately?
All of my patients husbands are blooming idiots, now I know for a fact because I do some childbirth classes, and I do NOT teach them to scream at their wives during labor to push...... one two, three....Okay, we are NOT deaf, she is in pain and so I am, your are hurting my ears, and to top it off your wife whispered in my ear she is going to kill you during your sleep, and I never tell a secret!

3. If spring springs early when you're in the middle of a spring fling, does that mean you must flung 'em out of your life early or can it wait until summer comes?
I'll do the fling now---Out with the old and In with the new, thank you.

4. If you could toss one thing or person out the window during your annual spring cleaning, who would it be?
Anybody in the way, I take spring cleaning VERY seriously.

5. Do you have seasonal defective disorder?
Yes, I do thanks for asking:-)

6. If you left the windows open on a cool spring night, what would the neighbors see?
Me in my birthday suit, I love to be naked, just ask my neighboors.

7. Name your most potent allergens during this season of (achoo!) bliss.
Grass and not the good grass:-)

Goodbye

2011-04-11T23:42:00.003-04:00

How to say Goodbye......

There is no easy way, Mothers are always more upset, mostly being because they knew their baby longer, the little kicks, movements and the funny hiccups.....I really dislike my job on days like today, with every infant my parents have lost---I feel as if a piece of myself goes with them.

Helpless and hopeless, I have no explanations for them and no words to comfort them come to my mind, just a wide-eyed nurse with the look of being caught in headlights.

If my job does not suck enough, try to imagine telling them it is time to let go........

Again enough about Chris Progner!

2011-04-11T16:24:00.005-04:00

I had no idea the Flyers relied that heavy on Chris Pronger the biggest a-hole in history of the Flyers team. Really, the team needs to pull up their big boy panties and play some hockey!! They can not skate or make a goal without Pronger??

One player does not a TEAM make ---- wake the heck up boys- Good Grief!!!!!!

Great Performance!

2011-04-10T10:13:00.002-04:00

Loved SNL last night with the Foo Fighters, it was a great performance!

Now, onto other news .......... a topic dear to my heart.....Congratulations to The Philadelphia Flyers for clinching the Atlantic Division. It's been a little crazy during your past few games but you'll be fine.....stop putting all your hope in Pronger and his return, he may be good- okay maybe great, but he is a complete butt-hole. I have no tolerance for self centered jerks!!!!

Make due with what you have, everyone do their job, chins up and smile---LET'S GO FLYERS!!!

A Foo-tastic 5 days

2011-04-09T00:42:00.003-04:00

Yes, indeed kiddo's we are in the mist of a fabulous 5 days of Foo. We will be Foo fighting here on the East Coast why you ask? Tonight we got to see the Foo Fighters Back & Forth on VH1, tomorrow we have the pleasure of watching the Foo's perform on SNL with the lovely Dame Helen Mirren, only to be followed up by watching them perform yet again on David Letterman Tuesday Night. What else could be better?? Oh yes, having a Foo Fighter weekend on 93.3 WMMR all weekend long! Okay kiddo's it does not get any better than this......

Enjoy,
PSO

Best of Luck to the Philadelphia Flyers:-)

Foo Fighters

2011-04-06T01:15:00.004-04:00

Wow, am I sorry I do not live two hours closer to where the new Foo Fighters movie was released and the fact I could not find a babysitter to watch all of the kiddo's. Hopefully someone will get it on YouTube.

Thanks,
PSO

Quick Note on Elbows!

2011-04-04T02:41:00.002-04:00

A broken elbow, really, sucks...If you learn one thing, just one thing while reading my blog---let it be NEVER fall on outstretched arms because you may break your elbow. And since I am speaking from personal experience over this past year....do not let this happen to you, this is just a general service announcement:-)
Take Care,
PSO

Geez, Many Thanks!

2011-04-04T01:37:00.002-04:00

Wow, all!!!
I went from 4 followers to 39, geez I am honored...maybe I'll try to blog more--Welcome aboard, hold on to your pull-ups, grab a diet pepsi and enjoy the ride.......

Don't count me out

2011-04-04T01:10:00.003-04:00

To the lovely Dr. who created the: push-one, two, three, four etc..... and to the asshole fathers who scream this at their wives/ baby mama's during delivery.... if your having a kid you better know how to count, and secondly STOP yelling this at your wife and your nurse because it make me want to do some serious pillow therapy on you AND your wife just whispered in my ear she wants to kill you in your sleep!!!!

Your favorite Labor and Delivery Nurse:-)

Nothing New

2010-11-17T03:46:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone,

Sorry I have not posted in a while but I've done some posting on Twitter instead but I think it's about time to get back to blogger:)

My patients are still crazy as ever, nothing has changed and most parent are still dumb! I also think doing any type of newborn teaching to Mom and or Dad is usually a complete waste of my time. No one pays attention and Mom is either to sleep deprived or too overwhelmed to process anything I'm trying to teach. Still trying to do a survey or how to handle this the best.

Saw the Flyers pay a few days ago--They Rock:) More to Follow

sunday stealing

2010-09-19T01:35:00.005-04:00

Sunday Stealing: The Threesome Meme

Cheers to all of us thieves!

1. At what time of your life were you happiest and why? I was the happiest in the 90's>

2. Where and when did you meet the love of your life? I met my husband in college in 1989

3. Favourite item of clothing ever or most treasured possession? Any jewelry from my mother, grandmothers, father, husband or from the children is precious.

4. Must-have makeup or beauty item? Mascara, even if they decide to incinerate me....I had better be wearing mascara!!!

5. What do you think is your worst vice or fault .. honestly? Cursing on occasions

6. Would you tell your friend, if you knew her husband/wife was cheating on her/him? Sorry I can not go there, I do not even like to think about it.

7. What ambitions, wishes or desires, for your life, do you still hold close to your heart? To have a happy and healthy well adjusted family, other than that learning how to play the piano well, publishing a novel, and learn how to do an axel in ice skating.

8. Where do you see yourself five years from now? Hopefully the other half will finally have a new contract with the city, he has been working without one for almost two years, and in that contract we will not have to live in the city anymore:)

9. If you had the choice of any talent with the penalty that you would lose a talent in exchange, what would you want to gain, and what would you be willing to loose? I would like to be a famous author and you could have my talent of being a nurse and acting like a give a damn.

10. Name three things that you do want completed in your life before retiring? Winning the lottery because I really want to call out RICH, not SICK, I would like to go to work just one day, and not have it be more stress than the previous shift and have the other people I work with actually do their job.

11. Of all of the people out there who would have been your fantasy date? Date, not romance...Dave Grohl, of course:)

12. Google put another spell on you, you have just changed genders for 48 hours... what are you going to do with your 2 days? Pee outside, scratch myself in public, and of course pleasure myself at least once:)))

13. If you owned your own island, and got to make it your own country, what would you call it? And why? Jenny 867-5309.

14. If you rubbed the lamp and got 3 wishes, what would they be? Win the lottery, move far, far away and buy a huge piece of land , so my in-laws could never find us!

15. What is your earliest memory of puberty? OMG, the TALK from my grandmother no less, oh my! My ears are burning right now.

16. If you got banished to your Island alone and could only bring 5 things, what would they be? A wind mill for electric, Iphone, one charger, mascara, and sunscreen.

Really?? Are you sure?

2010-07-30T10:26:00.000-04:00

So this has been my life for the past 6-7 weeks.......

As some of you know, my father recently passed away.....I was finally able to make it back to California, mostly to get away from all the insanity in my life, cleaning out my father home, fixing the property up, putting it up for sale, and coming to the realization and sadness that he is never coming back:(

The Otherhalf had an entire tour to be on vacation and the kids were still in school, he said leave, go away, clear your head and relax, do whatever you need to do, but come back.

He was willing to stay behind--- still cleaning out my fathers house, even he didn't like to go there he is almost as sad as I am/ and have been.

I do not think he has ever trusted me to go by myself to California and now with my fathers death, turning the big one and knowing how much the being a Firefighter in the city of craziness and insanity is...HE Knew, I was already looking for the home in California, I already applied for my nursing license to be granted through reciprocity and had multiple homes I was interested in viewing.

For as much as I hate the fake people in LA etc and that TMZ shit...I like southern California. I just love it, It's warm, NO humidity, thank goodness...it's like spring everyday or at least all of the times we had visited. I would move in a heart beat and the other half knows this!!!

So, I purchased round trip airfare, packed my ice skates and left for one week. I planned on visiting family but my cousin was deployed to the Gulf for that oil spill and it sort of changed a few things.

First my dad was a Marine Corps Brat(Semper F)i, he was born in California, so I was looking forward to visiting family---getting as close to the naval base he was born at and let some of his ashes go......the naval base closed in the 90's.

I ended up doing nothing but sleeping, ice skating and laying by the pool, it actually was sorta great. No kids, no family commitments now just me and my thoughts.....

My dad won a Porsche 911, drag racing for pink slips in the late 70's....oh now, how much I miss that car looking back and the way it sounded, all the work, time taking to rebuilding it to his liking, I remember to way it hummed and when to shift gears just from the sound.

I rented a Porsche Boxster for the week, I couldn't afford to rent a 911 for a week but the boxster worked out amazingly....they say they can go up to 255 mph, but It got once over 100mph---and I thank the lord I didn't get caught.

Because when I get pulled over in this city. I get let go, something about when the Otherhalf Officially worked as an administrator for our Police Dept.(as he has said himself he hired, fired and retired cops, oh yeah helped push through all of there promotions for 10 years), before he jumped ship and decided to become a Firefighter....pretty much our name is notorious in this city of Brotherly love.

If I'm stopped by a cop who is new to the force---I go through the crap of you need to contact your commanding officier, the otherhalf is a fiefighter and I'm a nurse....and you know you burn in hell if you give a nurse a ticket, pretty much....always works, that and dude I have a horrible case of the shits if you want to follow me home and wait until i go to the bathroom and then give me the ticket as NEVER failed!!!!!

So, after looking at house number 12 or so, I take a wrong turn get completely f-ing lost, even with the gosh darn GPS and tumble into a nice neighborhood . I see a home for sale, google the information, get out of the car and walk up to the home, find the current owner after 20 minutes of searching between the people help cleaning it out etc...

I take some amazing views but the money I'll have to sink into it is going to be crazy....I have 4 kids, need to relocate 2,685 miles, so the owner and I talk for an hour or so, I take some pictures, ask about 90 million questions, call my realtor and then ask to me, "The most important question".

I do not want my young children being exposed to any celebrity like figure or so, no Lindsey's, no Nothing!!!!!!! Just everyday life, go to work come home and be quite!!!

So, what is the million dollar question???? Is there anyone anywhere around this neighborhood that would be considered famous, popular, no one get photographed no cameras, no nothing, right???

The owner says, "Well the family who lives over there, up there around that way, "He's the lead singer of Nirvana", I was like WTF??? Nirvana?? What? He says, "Yeah, yeah, Nirvana!" In his slightly broken english.

I said sure, "I bet so does Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin". The comment flew over his head & I hauled ass out of there as fast in my little Boxster could get me, I was still lost for an hour or so.

I returned home within a week, puppy sat my best friends 20lb. 7 month old baby f-ing beagle--the fucker got out of our fenced in yard and ran like frogger into two way traffic----I ran after him tripped and fell broken my left elbow in 2 places, managed to take most of the skin off the other side of my body like I was dragged by a truck for 4 blocks.

yes, I caught him, finally...and i will not say anything else other than that and we are still friends with the owners:)

Needless, to say I have seen 3, yes 3 Ortho specialists, had 2 MRI's, have to go to physical therapy 5 days a week and to top it off now have Frozen Shoulder Syndrome due to being in a sling...................and the Director of Shoulder, and Elbow services stated that if my elbow isn't working better in 2 weeks now, he's going to do it for me---how you ask--surgery, yeah I don't think so...good luck in two weeks I'm going to The Outer Banks, N.C., good luck finding me!!

Celebration of my BIG one!

2010-05-02T00:50:00.004-04:00

So, I recently turned the Big one---yes, 33 again and it was beautiful! The Otherhalf took me on a world-wind weekend vacation to Vegas, someplace I had absolutely no desire to EVER go...but after all it was the thought that counted. We stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and got to see a really good band play...Them Crooked Vultures in the best VIP seating! I was so happy not to only see Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and of course the legend himself John Paul Jones it was all a girl of my young age could ever ask for.....Thank You, Thank You!

The Foo Fighters Return to the Studio - Spinner

2010-04-08T10:23:00.001-04:00

The last few months of my life has truly been horrible with the passing of my father, the latest news has lifted my spirits:

Foo Fighters Return to the Studio - Spinner

I'm thinking road trip in the next year:)

Change is good right?

2010-02-15T23:28:00.006-05:00

So, I decided to change a few things on this blog. Why not, right? What do I have to lose.

I'm sick of my job almost everyday I work. I really and truly thought the transfer to a new unit would be great, and in all honestly it has not been. It has been quite depressing to say the least.

While we were told, we would be the first ever of it's kind....and we are, there is so much more despair than any of us could have imagined, death and lack of hope, human experimentation in my book all in the name of research, well thats just my opinion.

I've come to realize in the past 2 years, we have lost OVER 9 employees, doesn't that send a red flag to administration that something is wrong? It's not getting much better, just busier.

We are at our wits end, we lost HOPE, it doesn't live here.

From your employees.......

Other news....I'm getting old....Seriously, I am...I was planning a trip back to California--hopefully, but that has been knocked down....trampled on-- no less!

When are the Foo Fighters getting back together and touring? I need a fix. Turning older really sucks for sure and seeing them would just make this year a little brighter.

If anyone out there is reading this from Southern California and you want to send me a burger from Carney's--send me an email, Okay!

Sunday Stealing

2010-02-14T20:08:00.003-05:00

Cheers to all of us thieves!

Sunday Stealing: The Clown's Meme 1

1. How old will you be in five years?

I'll still be 33-I haven't aged in a few years:)

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?

The kids

3. How tall are you?

5'5

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?

The f-ing end to the snow.

5. What’s the last movie you saw?

The Hurt Locker- is was pretty great.

6. Who was the last person you called?

My Grandmother

7. Who was the last person to call you?

The Other Half

8. What was the last text message you received?

From an old friend

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?

See the above

10. Do you prefer to call or text?

Call

11. What were you doing at 12am last night?

Sleeping

12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?

Divorced

13. When is the last time you saw your mom?

Yesterday

14. What color are your eyes?

Green

15. What time did you wake up today?

To darn early

16. What are you wearing right now?

Scrubs

17. What is your favorite christmas song?

I'll be home for Christmas

18. Where is your favorite place to be?

Either under the covers or in Southern California-WHERE IT'S WARM

19. Where is your least favorite place to be?

At Work

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?

California

21. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 years?

Not sure

22. Do you tan or burn?

Burn

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?

The Dark

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?

My kids

25. How many TVs do you have in your house?

Too Many

26. How big is your bed?

Not big enough for four kids and the OtherHalf, that's for sure.

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?

One

29. What color are your sheets?

Brown flannel with snowflakes

30. How many pillows do you sleep with?

2 or more

31. What is your favorite season?

Autumn

32. What do you like about Autumn?

The way the trees look and the way the air smells

33. What do you like about winter?

I'm really enjoying the 70 plus inches of snow we got in less than one week, oh yeah and they are saying we are getting more tomorrow and Tuesday- can't wait:(

Thursday Thunks?

2010-02-04T01:14:00.004-05:00

This week we will answer some crazy questions brought to you by Kimber, the color of

doom, and the number 999.

1. You walk into a room, someone turns and looks at you and laughs. What do you do?

Smile because I know he likes my outfit
2. You find an egg, take it home and keep it warm. It hatches. What type of dinosaur is it? Do you keep it and name?

I really would like a hippo like dinosaur , because "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas"

3. Which superhero would you want to be related to and why?

Superman, he's cute--he can come over and fly me to where i need to leave

A drunken sailor coo you on

the pier...he begins harassing you in a most repulsive way....what'll be your defense?

L'll take away his crappy liquor and give him some good alcohol- I'll offer to take him to lunch and or dinner his choice, but then we'll be friends

5. Entering a CLASS A piano bar, you're encouraged to sing atop the grand instrument...you grab the microphone and sing.....

Black Dog, by Led Zeppelin, nothing like getting the lead out:)

6. If you were a character in a Dr. Seuss book/movie, who would you be and why?

I would be the little bird, in the book, "Are you my Mother?" It is just a cute story and one of my childhood favorites

7. If you have just been called to be a substitute in the Winter Olympics for your country (apparently everyone else was busy), what sport(s) will you compete in?

Figure Skating, I was in competitive ice skating as a child through some of my teenage years, I'll need some new outfits and a better pair of skates.

8. Did the audience from the piano bar in question #5 applaud when you were done with your song?

Not really they were stunned:) LOL

Can I leave Now???, Please..

2010-02-03T21:35:00.004-05:00

Memo, from the "Organization".....

"We will be installing a jacuzzi in one of our delivery rooms in the next few weeks".

Great, I can't imagine, or wait maybe I can imagine... how much of a mess that is going to be to clean up-YUCK!!!!!!!!

Thanks!!
Your Truly Faithful Employee
PSO

Sexually Active?

2010-02-03T21:32:00.003-05:00

So,....I asked the age old question to my patient, "Are you sexual active?"

The response, " No I just try to lay there."

I kid you not,...jeez...it's going to be a long 12 hours....

The patient from hell

2010-01-29T22:54:00.002-05:00

I've been a nurse of 17 plus years now. And this past week I had the pleasure of taking care the the most Annoying patient EVER since I graduated nursing school. The says a WHOLE lot!

Thank you for making this past week a living hell for me and now to your new newborn too.

Good luck on not making your child dislike you as much as I do.

Very Best,

Texting

2010-01-17T23:28:00.000-05:00

Please do not text and drive or text and Ice Skate, geez!

Thank You

PSO

Sunday Stealing

2010-01-17T01:27:00.004-05:00

Hold on...It's a Long One.............................

Do you get regular

massages?

All the time, my second oldest is the perfect weight and foot size to walk on my back and when I really have crappy day or night at work, I call her school and tell them there is some sort of emergency at home and I need to pick her u

p---forget the other two, they are either to heavy or light-they can just come home on the bus!

Do you have an answering machine?

Yeah, my husband his crazy! I'll never get it- thanks for calling:)

What cuss word do you use the most?

The f-bomb comes out occasionally

Are you underweight or overweight?

I'm perfect.

Can you see your veins?

Sure I'm a nurse for goodness sakes.

Favorite…

Soap?

Dove

Fruit?

Strawberries

Kind of red meat?

Steak

Fish?

Tuna from a can

Candy bar?

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Have You Ever…

Eaten a whole bag of potato chips?

Who hasn't

Eaten lobster?

Don't eat ANY seafood, except tuna from a can

Climbed a mountain?

Sure I climb over mountains of laundry all the time.

Been skydiving?

No freaking way

Been water skiing?

Yes

Do You…

Wish you could change something about your life?

Yes

Like your nose?

Yes

Like salt and vinegar chips?

Yes

Eat salsa?

Yes

Own a boat?

No

What Is…

A small thing that people let slide but that actually has dire consequences?

Where to start....okay, how about the morons that use the 911/411 system-- like calling for an ambulance for a ride to the hospital for the pimple on their ass, when they have 10 friends following behind the ambulance in THEIR car. Now the poor guy having a heart attack- which by the way is a REAL emergency can wait at home for a few more minutes because all the ambulance in the city are tied up.

Your most macho trait?

None

The longest relationship you’ve ever had?

The one I'm in now

Your most embarrassing thoughts?

I better not answer this one

Your most shameful moment?

Like I would tell anyone.

This/That…

Bath/Shower?

Shower

Markers/Crayons?

Crayons

Pens/Pencils?
Pens

Jelly/Cream Cheese?

Cream Cheese

Bagel/Toast?

Whatever you are making

Finish…

My greatest weakness is…

My children

I wish I was…
Rich

Three things I wouldn’t do for a million dollars are…

Steal the money from a bank or atm machine, kill someone for money

The oddest thing I’ve ever put in my mouth is…

An ant

Firsts…

Credit card you had?

Visa

Loan you got was for?

A car

Paycheck was for how much?

Can't remeber but it wasn't for enough money, hence the loan

Time you had stitches?
Are you kidding me I had stitches and staples for each c/section, but I needed stitches a few times and got never got them-we have this great glue at the hospital- I grab it ever thing I'm in the OR

Time you went to the hospital for something?

Each time I had a child

Lasts…

List everything you ate in the last 24 hours?

Diet snapple

Last thing you used a credit card for?

A birthday present for #2.

What was your job previous to the one you have now?

I was a waitress.

Last thing you celebrated?

My oldest daughters birthday was Friday, other than that I managed to undecorate 99% of the house today from all the Christmas decorations--tell me go grab a beer:)

Last time you were at a sports bar?

I have no idea.

sunday stealing

2010-01-10T03:22:00.003-05:00

Sunday Stealing: The Current Obsessions Meme

Book: I do not have one right now, but any recommendations would be appreciated:)

Snack: Anything Chocolate

Restaurant: Guido's-We have not been there since our anniversary, if your willing to babysit-email me.

Beverage: Starbucks- Cafe Mocha

Decor: I like the things in the Restoration Hardware store- can not afford the items but love them.

Actor: I do not have one

Actress: I do not have one

Movie: Home for the Holidays

TV show: The Closer

Hobby: Sleeping

Band: Foo Fighters

Song: I'm pretty sure I like all of the Foo Fighters songs, I could never pick just one.

Meme: This one, of course

Blog: Nurse K

Lover: My husband, geez

Friend: Lisa

Quote: Hindsight is 20/20

Peeve: Pregnant women- read my blog

Sport: Sleeping, if that could be a sport

Singer: Dave Grohl

really dude?

2009-10-25T22:11:00.003-04:00

sorry i have not written in so long, i don't have to much to say except that i'm very busy with the kiddo's and yes, my job still sucks most days.

the only new things are:

a. if you are going to stay overnight with your loved one, please where pajamas. i do not like seeing you come out of the bathroom in the middle of the night- in your underwear, it's bad enough i have to look at perineums, and lochia, let only your ugly ass in stained underwear!

b. evidence based practice has confirmed that rm#2 is graded to the right- if your wife does have a postpartum bleed, it will run out of her to the floor and if we're lucky enough down and out into the hallway---watch you're step!

c. don't take the liberty of showing you're loved one how to use the breast-pump you look like an idiot, seriously ring for a nurse to show your wife---that was gross and i really would prefer seeing her use it correctly than you!

d. why on god's green earth would the two of you EVEN consider to have sex only 2 days post delivery than not only ruined my day, but my year---good grief

2009-09-10T01:45:00.003-04:00

School officially started yesterday am, well at least for my oldest 2. #3 starts his first full day in the morning and is scared out of his mind, you can just tell. Of course the old two are telling him wild and crazy stories about taking the bus---but I guess that is just what older siblings thrive on:)

Number 4-started preschool 3 days a week for 6 hours, she is also nervous, and is just starting to give up her, "baby"-- Baby is a small , and at one time flurry stuffed animal Grover- now his fur is matted down- she mostly carriers him. by one leg, now that leg is 1 inch longer than the other. Over the past year, because she loves Dave Grohl/Foo Fighters, she has started to call him Baby Dave Go-Go and occasionally will say, "baby Dave Do-Do:)).God Bless her little heart

Hope all the other mothers are surviving the start of school too.

PSO

Patients:)

2009-08-29T22:27:00.002-04:00

Today, I had the honor of taking care of a patient who is not only a Pharmacist, but wears multiple caps, Pharmacist/RN/Dr/new mother, she is an utter complete a-hole along with her husband, God Bless her new infant, she'll have a long life to bear.....

Saying Goodbye is not easy

2009-08-29T21:51:00.003-04:00

On the one year anniversary of this blog, I have a few things to say, or a story to tell:

Goodbye to Mr. G

This is a true story though the names have been changed.

Today, I said Goodbye to Mr. G. My longest life-time friends, father. Katherine and I lost touch for a few years during our early twenties, but found our way back again in our late twenties. After, I started to have children, her daughter Angie started to help us out during the summer with months as a mother's helper. I told Katherine, Angie was so good that's why we continued to have more children, because she was such a great help:)), and Katherine smiled at me and said that is why she got pregnant so young, so Angie could help us out.

If you do not know Katherine already:

Katherine had Angie very young. Katherine's mother was very unsupportive of her pregnancy. Katherine once told me in tears the first thing her mother said to her, when she announced she was pregnant was, "what am I going to tell my friends?"

I was Katherine's best friend for 11 years and did not even know she was pregnant, she keep her pregnancy hidden from everyone else except her immediate family, looking back I can not believe I did not even know she was pregnant in high-school.

Katherine's father never hide the fact that she was his favorite child, mostly because I'm sure it drove her mother crazy. This was well known to me even as a young child. But, he become her biggest supporter I have ever seen. When Katherine announced her pregnancy at home, her father supporter her, when the relationship with Angie's father failed, he supported her-- never financially but always emotionally. Mr. G was a rock.

Mr. G was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease many years ago, but only about 8 years ago did it become well evident. I once, had to pick Angie up at Grandpop's house, and there Mr. G was on at the front door, shaking uncontrollable, with a smile on his face, kisses and hugs to me as always and a compliment on my children.

He once stood in that same doorway not to many years before as the man, who could literally put the fear of God into me, but there he stood feeble and frail, not the man I remembered.

Today, it was like saying goodbye to my own family member, the realization my best friend will never be the same, it changes you, makes you more tough around the edges, sad to know, my best friend will never be as she once was..................

Happy Anniversary!!!!!! 1 Year

2009-08-29T21:47:00.002-04:00

Well, Thank You for reading for this blog over the past year.

I'm really not sure, why I even started this blog, but it is here for me and my thoughts and expressions, and I thank you for sharing it with me this past year, therefore Happy Annivary to me and you:))

Purple Stinky Onion (PSO)

The Queen's Meme

2009-07-21T21:52:00.005-04:00

The Queen's Meme #2-Mission Impossible

1. You are a guest on the space shuttle. You just arrived on the moon and realize you forgot something back home that you can't live without. What is it and how do you convince them to go back and fetch it? I can't live without my iPhone-I definitely need my music!

2. Pretend you are a teacher in a rough public school for one day. You have been assigned to teach Manners 101. You have the "challenging bad butt kids" class (remember this is a pretend school and anyway I can't say ass on my blog 'cause it's so unQueenly and I might get fined or something).They are jumping up and down, cursing, and throwing things at you. Please sit down, followed by the next time I tell you to sit down and be quite and you do not follow my request we'll start with one tsp of chlorahydrate...that will definitely work.

3. Someone in your family or a friend has started a blog. They think it is anonymous but you have figured it out. They are saying derogatory things about you. Do you tell them or do you read it for awhile?How would you handle it?

I would read the blog for awhile and then I would take that person out to lunch, a drop hints about things they have written on the blog to a point that they will know I am onto them.

4. If you had one dollar left in your pocket, what would you spend it on? Diet Lemon Snapple

5. President Obama and the First Lady are coming over for dinner. What do you serve? A nice home cooked meal---probably Hamburger Mush-it's like Shepard's Pie-it's my Grandmothers recipe...Every time I have made it-I've gotten compliments.

6. You walk in on your lover. They are trying on your clothes. What do you do? Probably die laughing! The OtherHalf is 6'1 and I'm 5"4-ish. I hope he does stretch out my favorite clothes.

7. Every astronaut must have shots! Choose your vaccination: You only get one and you can't enjoy any of the attributes of the other choices. You choose either: (1) The fountain of eternal youth and sexual vigor but only for 10 years (2) perfect health for a lifetime (3) eternal mind-numbing nirvana and peace of mind (4) unlimited hedonism for one year with no negative consequences.

#4, why not you only live once!!

Sunday Stealing

2009-07-19T08:32:00.004-04:00

Sunday Stealing: The Heretic Meme

1. Who was the last person of the opposite sex you lay in a bed with? The OtherHalf- God I love a man in uniform

2. Where was the last place you went out to eat? Burger King

3. What was the last alcoholic beverage you consumed? Champagne in LA, so it's been a few weeks

4. Which do you prefer - eyes or lips? Eyes

5. Medicine, fine arts, or law? I'm an RN, so I'll say medicine.

6. Best kind of pizza? I don't like Pizza, but if I have to eat it---I like it cold

7. What is in store for your future? I have no idea, let me consult my crystal ball.

8. Who was the last band you saw live? Foo Fighters

9. Do you take care of your friends while they are sick? What??? I can't even take care of myself when I'm sick.

10. How many songs are on your iPod? 803

11. Where is the last place you drove to? Work

12. Where did your last kiss take place? In my kitchen, my 4 just kissed me when I came home from work:)

13. What were you doing at 11:59 PM on Monday night? I was working, so probably I was delivering some crazy-ass screaming woman who decided she wanted to go, "natural"

14. Are you a quitter? No

15. Who was the last person you had in your house? My Babysitter

15. What do you think about people who party a lot? Good for them, I wish I could.

16. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? Yeah right, I work in Labor and Delivery...I talk about sex and procreation all the time.

17. What was the last CD you purchased? Can't remember

18. What are two bands or singers that you will always love? Led Zeppelin and Foo Fighters

19. Which of the seven deadly sins are you guilty of? Sloth-this exact deadly sin referred to was believed to be the failure to utilize one's talents and gifts

20. How is your last ex doing? Don't have one.

The problem with healthcare medicine

2009-07-14T01:26:00.002-04:00

One of the many problems with medicine is all the freaking, unnecessary tests.

I was a patient recently of some, "Big Named hospital" and I recently received an itemized bill for all the test performed, like the pregnancy test, that I insisted I did NOT need. Why, you ask?
First with the last pregnancy not only did I have a completed previa, it turned out my placenta loved all of my previous c-section scars, especially since I had already had 3 c-sections- therefore I had an accreata, which I was monitored very closely with during the ENTIRE pregnancy, only to find out after my delivery a few days later, it was a percerta(worse case scenario), noted I said a few days after I delivered I was told this, because that's how long it took them to finally decide to wean my from the vent, replace more blood and bring my back from the otherside in the ICU etc.......

I had a great Oncologist, who helped with the c-section(better at identifying large and small vessels), anyway they removed my uterus, tubes and cervix no less, and it was preformed at the same f-ing hospital were I was sick, they have EPIC(medical/online medical records) and I told them this and said really you have EPIC access, yes, then look it up?.....seriously now they are charging my insurance for some stupid test that couldn't even be true, and trust me I'M NOT THE VIRGIN MARY!

UUgghhhh! Family

2009-07-14T01:10:00.002-04:00

Well, I guess I really pissed them off, the in-laws, I wrote, " I was going to write something nice about my, "family members", but I decided not too, on facebook.
Now their not talking to me...aaaaa go f-yourselves. Really, did you think I may have been talking about something else or someone else entirely? Get a Grip! My Life and The Other Half's do not completely and entirely revolve around you folks.

I really wish I could have enough money to get up and move the my family to the otherside of the country.

I have to go to work again on Thursday and over the weekend. We have a lot of gastroschisis babies due in the next month or so, "They'll fuck ya, everytime". They have a shittest fetal strips and 15% die in utero by 35 weeks, we end up delivering those babies for one small possible decel, and sleep cycle that looks at little flat...good times ahead, good times.

I saw a super cool TRAP sequence at work. We did an RFA on the "blob" and then cut the cord so there was no cord entanglement later, pretty interesting to say the least.

Long Live the Queen!!!!

2009-07-13T22:13:00.004-04:00

The Queen's Meme ~ Blog Outside The Box

Welcome to our first edition of The Queen's Meme.

1. You are in court. You are in deep doo-doo. What did you do? ('Cause if you want, I might could talk to the judge and get your sentence reduced to Bloggingham dungeon time.)

I was caught flirting with the King, God, he's cute.

2. Your blog just became a best-selling book . What is the title of your book ?

Absent minded mother of 4, RN, wife to Other Half a Firefighter, short-tempered woman, fearless healer, night-shift slave to many, baby-catcher, and Preparation H wearer since 2004.

3. It is midnight. The phone rings. It is Michael Jackson calling from the Great Beyond. What would you like to ask him? Really, Michael Jackson who's that????

4. You are having your future told. The fortune teller looks in the crystal ball, screams and leaves the room in fright. What did they see? Me naked:)

5. You're blogging along minding your own blusiness (that's blog + oh...you know) when Google unexpectedly puts a Objectionable Content Warning on your blog. Your own mother is afraid to enter! What, pray tell, did you do to warrant it? How did this happen? Do you think you deserve it? Just how objectionable are you? Do tell.

Since I work in Labor and Delivery, I talk about vagina's, vaginal deliveries, foley caths in not so cool areas, the craziest tattoos I have ever seen in the strangest places, firecracker deliveries, where one actually rips and tears all around their vaginal area and down into their a*&hole. It was really uncalled for, it's my job and it's true so F-ing deal with it, I do.

6. You suddenly become God Of The Universe. What would your first Commandment be? IQ test prior to procreation, of course:)

7. And finally, what secret would you like to tell the Queen?
Not to worry. What happens in Bloggingham, stays in Bloggingham.

I really didn't flirt with

the King--Long Live the Queen!!

Sunday Stealing

2009-07-11T23:11:00.004-04:00

Sunday Stealing: The Double Stealing Meme

1. If you could turn back the hands of time to correct one wrongdoing, what event would you choose and why? My oldest friend and I were not close by any means right out of high school. She became pregnant and I did not even know until after she had her daughter. I can not believe how scared and unsupported she was by her own family. I wish kept in touch with her during that time. Good news is we have been very close since I got married.

2. Are you one for tradition? If so, what traditions do you strongly believe in? If not, what makes tradition hypocritical? I try to keep the family traditions of spending time with my family on holidays, however being a nurse and having to work every other holiday pretty much put a damper on that.

3. You were taking part in an event and you had to crossplay, who would you crossplay as and why?

4. If you only had one day left to live, how would you spend your last day? Would you be tempted to live fatally if you knew you were to die the next day, and if so, what extreme measures would you take? I would spend my last day with my husband and kids doing absolutely nothing but lying around snuggling in bed--yes, I'm completely boring:)

5. What are your top five sinful materialistic items, ones you'd expect from others including those closest to you? I don't really think I have any, but I do LOVE my iphone

6. I am...completed exhausted, recovering from night-shift again is like functioning in a haze

7. I feel...tired

8. I see...sick people- (Nurse's Humor)

9. I need...a mental day off from work soon!

10. I love...The sound of a thunder storm

11. I wish...the weather will be nice tomorrow, and we can sit at the pool club all day.

12. I think...I'm going to go to bed soon.

13. I hear...the sound of rain hitting my window.

14. I crave...a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

15. I fear...one day I'm going to explode at work.

16. I hope... "Hope Lives Here"

Tupperware

2009-07-09T23:47:00.002-04:00

I love Tupperware just like most other women I know...BUT stop bring shit in Tupperware containers to the Triage Room in the Labor and Delivery Unit, it is just f-ing gross!

Public Service Announcement # 41.

No Way!

2009-07-06T00:45:00.002-04:00

An old patient of mine, decided to call the Labor and Delivery department to let me know she is expecting once again this August!

It was very thoughtful of her, you see... she is a G14, P12 and I delivered her last 7, yes, thats right..I was the nurse on when she delivered her last 7 children. Hard to believe but true, she specifically asked if she could call me when she goes into labor with number 13. Kind -of - an -honor, kind-of Crazy!

Sunday Stealing, Baby!!!!!!!!!

2009-07-05T01:28:00.010-04:00

Sunday Stealing: The "I've Come to Realize" Meme

1. I’ve come to realize that my chest-size. . .Is obviously bigger than I ever thought...I caught my PCP either trying to reading my Johnson Motor T-Shirt or checking out my Boobs this past Thursday, then once I took my prescription to get filled the pharmacist was doing the same thing!

2. I’ve come to realize that my job. . .Is not anything like I ever imagined it would be like.

3. I’ve come to realize that when I’m driving. . . I always feel like I'm in a rush, must be an East Coast thing

4. I’ve come to realize that I need. . .A mental day off from work...SOON!

5. I’ve come that realize that I have lost. . .My Mind most days--Have you seen it???

6. I’ve come to realize that I hate it when. . .I have to much to do and not enough time to do it.

7. I’ve come to realize that if I’m drunk. . .It is a rare occasion

8. I’ve come to realize that money..."Money Changes Everything" by Cyndi Lauper, just ask Jon and Kate plus 8!!!

9. I’ve come to realize that certain people. . . never change, thus you can't polish a turd.

10. I’ve come to realize that I’ll always. . .Always worry about my children

11. I’ve come to realize that my sibling(s). . .Is very funny in his own way...and he is deathly afraid of bears ::snort::

12. I’ve come to realize that my mom…Can always say something to make things look better and brighter.

13. I’ve come to realize that my cell phone. . .is great I have an iPhone

14. I’ve come to realize that when I woke up this morning. . .what, wake up in the am---I work nights for God Sakes!

15. I’ve come to realize that last night before I went to sleep. . .????????

16. I’ve come to realize that right now I am thinking. . .Geez, how many more questions are left?

17. I’ve come to realize that my dad. . .Is quite generous

18. I’ve come to realize that when I get on Facebook. . .I need to be careful about what I post, there are too many ppl on it from my work

19. I’ve come to realize that today. . .I enjoyed live streaming from the whitehouse to see the Foo's!

20. I’ve come to realize that tonight. . .I need to go to bed very soon!

21. I’ve come to realize that tomorrow. . .I'll probably take the kiddo's to the pool club!

22. I’ve come to realize that I really want to. . .WIN the lottery

23. I’ve come to realize that the person mostly likely to repost this is. . .What???

24. I’ve come to realize that life. . .is short, it's the small things that matter

.25. I’ve come to realize that this weekend. . .Means the summer is half way over, seems like a week or two ago the kids just got out of school.

26. I’ve realized the best music to listen to when I am upset. . .Is Rock and Roll, there is nothing like getting the Led Out

27. I’ve come to realize that my friends. . .are few but truly special

28. I’ve come to realize that this year. . .Is flying by...

29. I’ve come to realize that me exes. . .?????

30. I’ve come to realize that maybe I should. . .Take a deep breath and think before I speak

31. I’ve come to realize that I love. . .The Foo Fighters

32. I’ve come to realize that I don’t understand. . .Much that is for sure!

33. I’ve come to realize my past. . .Is just that, my past...Live and Learn...and move on!!!

34. I’ve come to realize that parties. . .are sometimes overrated

35. I’ve come to realize that I’m totally terrified. . .of losing love ones, and riding in elevators and heights

36. I’ve come to realize that my life. . .is fun, busy and flying by...Time to go!!!

Super Delivery

2009-06-17T00:22:00.003-04:00

Last night, I had a wonderful delivery for me--- anyway. Patient was a G2, P1 laboring patient, who was pretty sure her water broke on the way to the hospital---husband pretty much confirmed this too.

She came in pretty upset, she only started to have ctx. over the past 30 minutes, and her water probably broke 10 minutes prior to her arrival. She was screaming or shouting something about an epidural, but after making it through triage in a record time of 2 minutes she delivered a beautiful Baby Girl via her pant-leg and amazingly enough, did not sustain an tears and or lacerations. Though her pants were laid to rest and the fact she was insisting on an epidural post delivery---it was an amazingly fast delivery.

Mother and baby were healthy and happy as could be:) It made my night. See, somedays I really do enjoy my job!

Really!?

2009-06-14T23:19:00.002-04:00

So, today I spent much of the day at the Pool Club. I finally broke down and decided to buy some extra snack foodie things for the kiddo's. The total came to $5.50. I handed the young girl, she was about 16 yrs. old a $20.00 bill. She turned to the girl behind her, who looked about 10 and asked her how much change she should give me. WTF?! Is this what I have to look forward to as these young people take over the world.

Good Grief!!

Preeclampic patients!

2009-06-02T16:07:00.002-04:00

So, many of you know how I feel about preeclampic patients they can be VERY, VERY Scary!

Like last night.....Patient had Major Neurological event dispite proper interventions and protocols=MAJOR lawsuit.

Pretty much can say this was the worst night to date I have ever worked in 16 years!!!!

Sunday Stealing

2009-05-31T08:42:00.002-04:00

Cheers to all us thieves!Sunday Stealing: The Monkey's Meme

AN FYI TO MY READERS, I JUST GOT HOME FROM NIGHT-SHIFT, BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Name one person who made you smile today: The patient who came in at 0441 with her mucus plug in a Tupperware container, seriously I didn't need to see it...I believe you:)))

2. What were you doing at 8am this morning? Trying to get the thought of that thing out of my head, YUCK!!

3. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? Driving home.

4. What is your favorite candy bar? Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

5. Have you ever been to a strip club? Of course

6. What was the last thing you had to drink? 2% milk

7. What was the last thing you ate? I can not remember, but it was not in Tupperware container thank GOD!!

8. The last sporting event you watched? The Phillies against some other team the other night, we won...thats all that matters:)

9. Do you go to church every Sunday? No

10. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza? Neither thank you.

11. What are you doing tomorrow? Sleeping a few hours before going to work hopefully.

12. What do you think of when you hear Australia? That guy from Wolverine

13. Biggest annoyance right now? That fact I just got home and all 4 are awake, and husband is at work until 1830 or later... I will probably not get more that 3 hours sleep before we go to a party at 4pm.

14. Last song listened to? Love Her Madly by The Doors

15. Do you have a maid service clean your house? Haahhh

16. Are you jealous of anyone? People who have maids

17. Is anyone jealous of you? I don't think so

18. What do you usually do during the day? Sleep, since I work night-shift.

19. Do you hate anyone that you know right now? No, I'm a lover, not a hater.

20. Are you thinking about someone right now? Not someone, something--My BED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goodnight to All, Have A Wonderful Sunday,
Purple

2009-05-29T23:03:00.003-04:00

Saturday 9: Uninvited

1. Do you mind people to show up uninvited? Not usually, but 10 people came to our wedding who were not invited.

2. Last person you talked to on the phone? My Dad

3. Last person on your missed call list? My Dad, we love to play phone tag:)

4. Who calls you the most? My Mom

5. What is your favorite song about breaking up? Meatloaf's two out of three ain't bad.

6. If someone sent you an unexpected gift, what would you like it to be? In California, the other half dragged me into the Hustler Store, and it was not nearly as trashy as one would expect, the man in the store showed us this crazy sex toy for $140.00:))

7. Your classic rock station plays the top songs of all time. What is number one? Led Zeppelin's, Stairway to Heaven or Lynyrd Skynyrd's- Free Bird, it would be a toss up.

8. Do you live for today or tomorrow? Both

9. What movie villain scared you as a kid? Freddie Kruger

Welcome Home!!!!

2009-05-25T23:57:00.004-04:00

Yes, I have returned from my wonder trip to California, and while I truly enjoyed my time on the West Coast, it is good to be home again with the children.

I can not believe that we managed to get away from the chaos of home life for 7 days and 6 joyous nights. AAHhhhhh!!! What a joy:))

So, how was the trip, you ask.......????? First, what is up with American Airlines charging $55.00 for one extra bag?? The airport and flying is always my favorite thing to do:))

When we arrived to the airport there had to be 200 military men and women checking in at the same time...and lucky for me when my bag weighed over 54 pounds and not the required 50 pounds, my husband unzipped my suit case, there on the floor and tossed the contents all over the place to grab some things that were heavy, like shoes, by the way which were on the bottom to place those items into another bag, and when he was doing so, he managed to toss my cute hot pink bra and xxx- panties etc... all over the place...thank you the compliments, Uncle Sam, it was great for the servicemen to have something to think about for their flight, and yes, thank you to the Other Half too!

I am the biggest chicken when it comes to flying, and mental note to PCP- Ativan 2 mgs. does NOT work, yet again! I only screamed out loud two times, making the stewardess, comes and ask if she could anything as when were ascending into the beautiful skies. The Other Half, I think asked for a gag but that may have been me just hearing things. My knuckles were so white and the Rosary could not be said fast enough....I swore we were never going to get off the tarmac and into the air. We seemed to bounce up and down way to many times and not seem to be going fast enough to actually get off the ground, but yes, we did...I had the crazy thought that we would possibly skid off the runway and explode off the side of the road, maybe due to the weight of all that luggage, mine being the main reason, or possibly that the crew would just drop the load onto the ground and I would never see any of my things again...Yes, crazy I know...what an imagination.

First stop was The Sunset Marquis, I would highly recommend staying there, we had a wonderful time. We met many musicians, of course. And experienced our first earthquake and aftershock while at the Sunset. We had free passes to Equinox gym and saw more celebrities there. I made reservations at Mr. Chow a month before our trip, the food was fantastic, Do NOT drink any champagne! I was kidding when I said it would probably cost $30.00 per glass,---no it cost $45.00, and I drank two glasses. I'm glad The Other Half picked up an extra 24 hour shift prior to us leaving for the trip. Gosh, I'll be paying for that meal for a while, but it was worth it!!

The Grove was okay, same stores as in this area, nothing fancy, however the Farmers Market had great food and vendors. I had some delicious butter cookies with Jimmy's on them!!! Yummy!!

We stayed in Pasadena at The Langham Hotel and Spa for the rest of our 3 days. The hotel is gorgeous!!! We met Dennis Rodham and his family was very nice, but that dude is tall and freaking scary to say the least!:))

Venice Beach was quite depressing, something very one should see once, but then get the heck out of there. Some homeless man had a cardboard sign, stating he would work for marijuana?....Really are you serious???

Santa Monica was lovely, along with Malibu and riding up the Pacific Coast Highway was breathtaking.....

We saw one Large bush fire in the distance only to realize it was not far from the hotel...that was a little scary, but overall,....I would love to move out there and soak up the sun, sand and surf with the mountains in the background for the rest of my life, AAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday Stealing

2009-05-09T23:21:00.002-04:00

Sunday Stealing: The 2 for 1 Meme

1. What is on the walls of your room? It depends on the room, of course!

2. What type of music do you listen to? Everything and anything, you name it it's probably on my iPod.

3. What do you want more than anything right now? Go to bed and pray the kids sleep until noon:) Happy Mother's Days!!!

4. Do you get scared in the dark? Sure, who doesn't!?

5. What's you worst fear? Anyone I love dying.

6. If you could anything right now, what would it be? Sleep.

7. What’s the meaningful gift that you’ve received? Anything the little ones make me for Mother's Day is Always the Best. I have saved almost all of them expect for the flowers and plants.

8. Do you have a crush? Sure, on the kids and Other Half.

9. Who is your favorite celebrity? Not Sure??? BUt I like Dave Grohl, does he count?

10. Could you fall in love with someone that you know must leave? My husband leaves most days and or nights for work and that scares the heck out of me---he is a Firefighter.

11. Share a favorite quote of yours. "Look at how he treats his mother, because that is how he will treat you." I also like, " Hinde-sight is 20/20."

12. What’s your weakness? Not being able to say NO.

13. Do you believe that we all have a soul mate? Yes

14. What were you doing before Sunday Stealing? I was at my Niece's First Holy Communion Party, with about 100 adults and 150 kids. Boy, the family is getting big!!!

15. What do you get complicated about the most? My sense of humor and always looking on the big side of life....

16. What turns you off the most from a potential partner?

17. What is you worst habit? Cursing.

18. When was the last time that you were jealous? I don't remember the last time that happened.

19. Have you ever had a “friend with benefits”? No

20. Do you use sarcasm? All day everyday.

21. At the moment, what’s you favorite song? I don't have a favorite song....Too many to pick from.

22. What is you favorite day of the year? Thanksgiving

23. Describe your love life. When we see each other, it's great!

24. When was your last one night stand? Over 21 years ago

25. How many past lovers are too many? When you can't remember all of there names??? WTF, kind of question is that!?

Happy Mother's Day, Ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

another day, another crazy night!

2009-05-09T23:17:00.001-04:00

Last night was crazy ass busy in the unit as always! Stat c-section, baby with a bad diagnosis and not enough help. Begged for help for administration, only to hear we are doing what we can???WTF!!!!! Wait until someone dies and or better yet a baby dies, then we will have more help than we need!

Sunday Stealing!

2009-05-02T23:24:00.006-04:00

Sunday Stealing: The Twenty Firsts Meme

First Job: When I was twelve, I worked for one of my father's friend filing for him and his business on Saturdays...It totally sucked!

First Real Job: I worked at a Dunkin Donut @ 15, where we actually made the donuts-I still cannot eat a Boston Creme donut to this day!

First Favorite Politician: Go Bill Clinton!

First Car: Dodge Neon

First Record/CD: Saturday Night Fever and Meatloaf-I had great taste even back then:)

First Sport Played: T-ball

First Concert: Born in the USA tour, I was about 15. My Mother and Aunt went to six sold out shows... it was a religious experience.

First Foreign Country Visited: Guatemala-I was about 7, my Uncle had lived most of his life in Latin America as a missionary until he passed away last year. Guatemala had a huge eartquake about the same time we went to visit, so we kept busy getting supplies to the people and families. He drove us up the mountains and we drove through the clouds it was amazing.

First Favorite TV Show: Happy Days.

First Favorite Actor: The Fonz

First Favorite Actress: I liked Laverne from Laverne and Shirley.

First Girlfriend/Boyfriend: Steven something or other, my family did not care for him or his family and that's probably why I liked him so much.

First Encounter with a Famous Person: Jon Anderson from Yes.

First Brush With Death: I was locked in an old refrigerator, thank God my uncle found me fast but it felt like eternity, I was really panicking!

First House/Condo Owned: Was about 15 years ago I bought it with the other half one year before we got married. Yes, we lived in sin for one year. I loved that house, but our neighbors were crazy--bat ass crazy and we moved after 5 years.

First Film Seen: Was Mary Poppins, I can't remember how old I was...but probably 3 or so. I started to scream and cry because she started to float either up in the air or down, I really don't remember but I swore she was some sort of witch. My Mother was starting to get real upset and got me out of the movie theater fast!!!

First Favorite Recording Artist: Meatloaf-Bat out of Hell

First Favorite Radio Station: 99.3 Wmmr

First Book I Remember Reading: ???

First Meme You Answered on Your Blog: Sunday Stealing, of course!

Whats New?

2009-05-02T23:10:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone! Yes, I have been MIA. We have been ssooooo busy at work and I've been to tired after night shift to post, but here is bits of craziness from my last two shifts or so:

A. Does having a baby really hurt that bad? Response to her was I had a patient ask me to shoot her once! Did you sign for the epidural just in case?

B. I had a patient refusing to push just at the end, she needed to reconsider ,"this whole Mother thing"! That was the smartness bit of information I heard all day:)

C. This was from working in triage: So, if my water breaks and say I'm like swimming, like in the ocean, how will I know? Response was Good Grief!

D. This was overheard by my the patient who didn't get the epidural to her sister who was pregnant, "Be prepared to die, it hurts make sure you get the epidurally thingy"

E. And last but not least, My patient who wanted to go natural who was doing such a great job, begged me to knock her out with my reflex hammer!

How was your day???

2009-04-22T10:00:00.002-04:00

How was your day??? Well, here is an update on the last day or two I have worked.

We had an emergency C-Section, that took over 2 hours to close her. Why you ask because I was working with Dr. Slow-Pants good Lord I hate doing sections in the middle of the night. My feet were actually starting to ache in the OR, and by the way, seriously an 11 sutures count and 40 laps, she was a prime section for Christ Sakes!!!!

Second delivery was the second most bloody delivery I have ever attended. I am NOT kidding when I say, the vaginal delivery room looked like a triple homicide, blood was not only pouring out of MOM, due to the lovely 3 rd degree laceration and uterine atony, but the room obvisiously is slight graded to the left because the blood ran out into the hallway, boy nothing like making the NICU team uncomfortable and wanting to throw up(that was actually funny:). Mom will not sitting correctly for a long time let alone sex will probably never be the same, I think it was a 4th degree but that was just me, but what would I know I was too busy massaging her uterus, hanging IV fluid, giving methergine, getting blood and calling for more backup. It took over 3 hours to sow her up. Her doo-da was so swollen and bruised, she will most like have a hematoma, putting in the foley was horrible. Good Lord!!!

2009-04-19T01:08:00.003-04:00

Sunday Stealing: The 40 Meme

1. My uncle once : Took me to the local ice-skating rink, walked me out to the middle of the ice and left me there, he made his way off the ice and stood on the side lines. I learned how to ice skate on my own when I was 7. I am so grateful to him ... I still love to ice skate!!

2. Never in my life : Could I imagine my life without my children.

3. When I was seventeen : Life was so much easier, no worries, no bills, hardly any responsibilities.

4. High School was : Okay

5. I will never forget : The day we were finally able to bring #1 home from the hospital, he was a 29 week preemie. After 41 days in the NICU, we were able to bring him home, one week before Christmas, that was my favorite Christmas to date.

6. I once met : Gordon Jump from the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati- he was so funny!

7. There’s this girl I know who : can always make what seems like a bad situation, into something positive---she is my best friend.

8. Once, at a bar : Okay maybe twice, I have been asked to leave---I liked to party hard when I was younger.

9. By noon, I’m usually : Hopefully in a good REM sleep, especially if I've come home after working a night-shift.

10. Last night : I worked and it sucked!

11. If only I had : Enough money to pay off all our bills.

12. Next time I go to gym/church : Will be a miracle:)) Only kidding today I plan on going to Church, now the gym, that is another story.

13. Susan Boyle : Has an amazing voice.

14. What worries me most : Losing my loved ones.

15. When I turn my head left, I see : The T.V.

16. When I turn my head right, I see : A wall.

17. You know I’m lying when : I do not look you in the eye.

18. What I miss most about the eighties : Big Hair teased to the moon, perms, Aqua-Net Hairspray.

19. If I was a character in Shakespeare, I’d be : Juliet

20. By this time next year : I will either losing my mind because I'm working in the same department in the hospital or out of my mind because I did not transfer to another department.

21. A better name for me would be : ????????

22. I have a hard time understanding : Why bad things happen to good people?

23. If I ever go back to school, I’ll : Be a DVM

24. You know I like you if : I smile and talk to you.

25. If I ever won an award, the first person I’d thank would be : My husband, then children.

26. When I compare 80’s rock to 90’s rock : I like the music better from the 90's.

27. Take my advice, never :Drive if you are completely exhausted!!!!

28. My ideal breakfast is : Chocolate milk

29. A song I love, but do not own is : Not sure, I'll have to get back to you.

30. If you visit my hometown, I suggest : A soft pretzel, from Federal Street.

31. My favorite Beatle is : The one my mother owned when I was about 6, it was so cute, a convertible bug.

32. Why won’t people : Mind their own business?

33. If you spend the night at my house : Please let my husband and I sleep in for just once! The cereal is in the cabinet next to the frig, the kids will show you where the bowls and utensils are...enjoy!

34. I’d stop my wedding for : Nothing

35. The world could do without : criticism

36. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than : Eat Liver.

37. My favorite blonde is : My best friend.

38: Paper clips are more useful than : Rubber Bands.

39. If I do anything well, it’s : Make each of my children think that they are my favorite.

40. And by the way : Today is my Birthday......today I decided I have been 29 a few too many years, today I'm going to turn 32:))))

tattoo to tooth ratio vs. IQ score and pregnancy ratio?

2009-04-16T22:17:00.002-04:00

If the combined total of my patient and her husband's I.Q. was 70 or more, then I would be utterly shocked and probably willing to take back this comment.

Good Grief and they are about to become parents.

Overheard at the grocery store!

2009-04-07T22:42:00.004-04:00

The other day, I ran to the store to pick up a few things for The Other Half's Big Birthday dinner.

Not to bad considering I only needed a few items. I was completely and utterly exhausted after working a 12 hour night-shift that some how turned into a 14 hour night shift with a 2 hour commute, but that in itself is another story.

Overheard while placing my groceries from my shopping cart to the register was: "I make loads of money....And since my wife and I are newly divorced, meeting new women has been harder than I thought." Me, I'm thinking, "Really because I'm sure your appearance has nothing to do with it!"

Man was 50 something, almost totally bald, dress shirt- nice shirt by the way, buttoned down, one button to low, sort looks like Chewbacca, 2 thick gold chains wearing sweat pants--too loose and too short, and a pair of black socks with navy blue crocs.

Go Figure!

Purple

Some people just Smell!!!

2009-04-04T23:18:00.002-04:00

Okay, it's bad enough, I deal with Labor and Delivery and Afterbirth's screaming women, and incensitive FOB's and Family Members and or whatever......but please Lord, give me one patient soon who literally does not smell.

Please Lord, do not let them bring in horrible smelling McDonald's that will sit at the bedside or have them place it some where in the room that I can not find so it does not stink up the entire room and or floor of the rest of the night. Also, if you could just give the family a bad stomach virus if they even think about eating in front of their woman, while she is laboring that would be great too. Because that is just down right rude.

Please Lord, let one FOB/Husband not have the worst smelling feet under the beautiful sun you have created for just one week out of my life I would be forever grateful.

Please Lord, let us not have another patient and family members with a bad case of Pediculosis capitis for the rest of the year.

Please , Please....

Purple

writer's block

2009-04-04T23:07:00.002-04:00

I really belive I was having some sort of writers block...or something like that....my job has really been stressful......and the other day it was like christmas....there are BIG CHANGES at work in motion and I am finally excited again about my job....................................................................................................

Yippy for Me!

Sunday Stealing

2009-03-28T22:57:00.003-04:00

Today we ripped this meme off a blogger called Sama at Lazy Artist Girl. She doesn’t say from where she stole it. But, it was probably stolen at that blog as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Cheers to all us thieves!Sunday Stealing: The Ginormous Meme

1. Are you single? Nope- I have 4 children and one husband who acts like one some days.

2. Are your parents still married? Heck no, they have been happily separated since I was 6 months old and gloriously divorced since I was 5. My mother has been remarried for more than 30 years, but my dad...well that's another story:))

3. Are you in love? Yes, I am.

4. Do you believe in love at first sight? I do, especially when #1 was born at 29 weeks...I work in deliver unit, there is absolutely love at first site, all day, everyday.

5. Who ended your last relationship? I did.

6. Have you ever been hurt by a break up? Yes, when I was a teenager and swore that he was the person I would end up marrying, God works in mysterious ways:))

7. Have you ever broken someone’s heart? One time that I know of, and I still feel guilty about it.

8. Have you ever had a secret admirer? Yes

9. Prefer love or lust? I like a little of both.

10. Prefer a few best friends or many regular friends? Few best friends

11. Wild night out or romantic night in? It depends on my mood, I could REALLY go for a Wild Night Out, only if you can promise me the 4 kids will sleep in the next day!

12. Back in the day: Been caught sneaking out? Yes, more than once---I was a wild girl, I hope my girls are not like me and it skips a generation.

13. Ever wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? Yes, after my 4 th c-section I was so constipated, all I wanted and prayed for was to poop! I begged my husband to go to McDonald's- and after 1 large french fry later---relief!

14. Who are/is your best friend(s)? My husband

15. Ever wanted to disappear? Sure right after I clock into work, however it is sort of hard to hide.

16. First attraction: Smile or eyes? Smile

17. Prefer intelligence or attraction? Attraction is good, but a little intelligence helps too. He would not have to be the brightest in the crayon box, but please not the dullest!!

18. Last phone call you received? From the other half this afternoon, he wanted to make sure I was not completely losing my mind with the kiddo's---how thoughtful!!! I worked two night shifts in a row, after my last shift I needed to attend a class, so I was up for more than 24 hours and #4 has been sick, she was up whining and crying all night.

19. Last thing you drank? Diet Pepsi

20. Before your current one, when was your last relationship? 1987-1988

21. Do you and your family get along? I love MY family, my mother, father, grandparents and my children, --HIS family not much anymore. I really should of listened to my father when he asked if I was ready to get married, because not only was I going to be marrying him, but his family too.(GREAT WORDS OF WISDOM)

22. Would you say you have a "screwed up life"? Sure, every one does to some extent.

23. Have you ever gotten kicked out somewhere? If yes, do tell. 2 weeks before our wedding, my husband and I were out partying with a lot of our close friends. We were at a local night-club, seeing some local bands.....some of our friends were giving us a hard time about not being allowed to invite a date....this was something me and the future other half really put a lot of time into, we had discussed this situation over and over again and we came up with a plan. But this night he was partying more with the boys and I with the girls and he started to say things like, well maybe we should let ____ bring a date. And I lost my cool, started to really, really yell at the EXACT time the band stopped one of their songs, about 150 people turned around as I was yelling at him and since he was not playing attention to me I grab and punched his arm...he is 6 ft. 1.5 inches and he pushed me away, gently when the bouncers started to remove him from his club and then I jumped on one of the bouncers back hitting him. Needless to say, we were thrown out of the bar in freezing November weather with no ride home, and yes, we were totally hammered and had great make-up sex later:)

24. Do you trust all your friends? Yes, I do

25. Who knows the most about you? My Husband, then Mother

Saturday 9

2009-03-28T03:26:00.004-04:00

Saturday 9: Inside the Actors Studio

The host of the famous Bravo series, actor, professor and host James Lipton asks actors these 9 questions (among many others).

Today we will ask you those questions!

1. What is your favorite word? Love

2. What is your least favorite word? A_ _-hole

3. What turns you on, creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? Heart-felt Kindness

4. What turns you off? People who believe they are better than you.

5. What is your favorite curse word? Unfortunately @ the present time it is f*&^-tard.

6. What sound or noise do you love? I love hearing children laugh and giggle, especially my own.

7. What sound or noise do you hate? Any type of whining and or crying, especially when my children are doing it.

8. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? A veterinarian

9. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? I bet you did not think you would end up here, welcome home:)

Sunday Stealing

2009-03-14T22:42:00.006-04:00

Sunday Stealing: A High School Meme

1. Did you date someone from your school? Nope, I went to an all-girls Catholic High School.

2. Did you marry someone from your high school? No

3. Did you car pool to school? Occasionally

4. What kind of car did you have? None, I hopped rides with other girls

5. What kind of car do you have now? A Mini-Van- it's quite depressing...I once considered myself, cool, but the kids(yes, all 4) took over--so now it a mini-van....But I really miss my Dodge Ram V8, extended Cab 8 foot flat bed pick up truck---It was Cherry Red:)))

6. Its Friday night...where are you now? Either at work or up late---gosh darn night shift has me still messed up after all these years!

7. It is Friday night...where were you then? Out partying like No tomorrow, boy I miss those days

8. What kind of job did you have in high school? I had a billion jobs from working a Dunkin Donuts (still can't eat a Boston Creme) to working at The Coat Gallery---I hated that job the most... after a night of partying I crawled between the long winter coats for a nice nap on the floor---The owner was walking up and down the aisle trying to find me(Ha-Ha)

9. What kind of job do you do now? I'm a Registered Nurse working night-shift for the past 15 years

10. Were you a party animal? Absolutely, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

11. Were you considered a flirt? I'm not sure?

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? No

13. Were you a nerd? No

14. Did you get suspended from school? Yes- for being late.

15. Can you sing the fight song? Yes, I can.

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher? Mr. MC C. he taught American history and coached track, he used to call me Lard Ass, and tease me every time I ate French Fries for Lunch:) He still teaches at my High School.

17. Where did you sit during lunch? On my rear-end.

18. What was your school's full name? Can't say But it goes something like ____ ______ Catholic High School for Girls.

19. Where did you party the most? Where ever the beer an or liqueur was ....

20. What was your school mascot? Can't remember

21. Would you do it again? Not in a million years, it was hard enough the first time.

22. Did you have fun at Prom? Yes, I did.

23. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with? No, not either of them, from the Junior and or Senior Prom.

24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion? It depends.

25. Do you still talk to people from school? Absolutely, most of the girls I went to High School with also attended my grade school and a couple were in my Wedding too.

26. What are/were your school's colors? Now this is funny...Grade School Maroon and White, High School was Maroon and White and also College Maroon and White(even though the school song said Cherry and White, it was definitely Maroon)!

Sunday Stealing

2009-03-01T01:30:00.002-05:00

Sunday Stealing: The Procrastination Tool Meme
Cheers to all us thieves!
1. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Michelangelo's- it is a small little family owned Italian restaurant.
2. What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of it? Michelangelo's Chicken Piccata- yummy!
3. Have you ever had anything removed from your body? The 4 kiddo's.
.4. What is the last heavy item you lifted? Being a nurse I would have to say a patient.
5. Have you ever been knocked unconscious? Yes.
6. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Yes, I like to be prepared- it is an OCD thing.
7. If you could change your name, what would you change it to? No, thanks I like my name.
8. What’s your goal for the year? To be financially stable, and to lose 5 pounds.
9. Last person you hugged? #4- she is the best hugger.
10. First place you went this morning? To the bathroom
11. Do you always answer your phone? No, thank Goodness for caller ID
12. It’s four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? I work night-shift and we carry these pagers at all times, so it's probably the IPC telling me a patient wants something.
13. If you could change your eye color what would it be? A beautiful shade of purple
14. What’s on your wish list for your birthday? To remain 29 again this year too.
15. Does the future make you more nervous or excited? Both
16. Do you have any saved texts? A few, from the The Other Half.
17. Ever been in a car wreck? Yes
18. Do you have an accent? According to some people I have an East Coast accent.
19. What was the last song to make you cry? Stay- by Sugarland
20. What did you do last night? I was at home with the kiddo's while the Other Half was at work, we stayed up very late watching TV
21. Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? Yes, I did a few years ago.
22. Current hate right now? I'm a lover not a hater.
23. Met someone who changed your life? Besides the Other Half, I think it would have to be my first born, having children pretty much changes the way you look at life for the better.
24. How did you bring in the New Year? I worked, of course, bring in the New Year with a new life.
25. What song represents you? Everlong..."if everything could ever feel this real forever if anything could ever be this good again"

kitchen sink

2009-02-28T01:11:00.001-05:00

Yes, the kitchen sick is leaking again, months after it has been fixed not once but two to three times, not only by the Other Half and one plumber, but others too.

Now set at a rate of 100 cc/hour. If anyone knows a good plumber...drop a note!

don't like to say this, but....

2009-02-26T20:40:00.004-05:00

Al rightly then....

I really do not like working with some of our doctors.......

a). Dr. Know -It-All...seriously, he does...he writes all the medical and surgical stuff on what our Unit does....pretty crazy---he has the sickest sense of humor---very dry, not sure on how to read him...but over all I would want him to take care of me.

b). Dr. Mc Lovely-very smart-very good looking, the patients love him...hard to not like him.....sometimes, he can be a smart-ass(okay pretty much all the time)...but who cares...he hardly gets along with his co-horts in crime, but it is a love hate relationship, kind of has the same relationships with the nurses too.

c). Dr. Overly-Cautious...Love her, but almost too caring...thinks every patient is going to... abrupt, is in preterm labor, is pre eclampic etc....-Love her...teases relentlessly..in a good way and is a great teacher!

Then the others.......

d.) Dr. Who? never work with her...maybe once in the past 3 months....

e.) Dr. Nip-Tuck- get surgeon, great at managing the patients, does not get enough/or take enough credit.

f.) Dr. Don't -bother me---takes the cake.....he has his own issues...fifty going on three, completely lazy and immature, bordering on sexual misconduct.....he is going to either get killed by a nurse soon or he is going to kill a patient soon...not sure which will happen first, but I'm betting on one of us to take him out!

Don't look!

2009-02-26T20:28:00.002-05:00

Oh Lord! That is all I have to say....it was so strange! You know, when you shouldn't look, but you can't help yourself, mostly for curiosity sakes...well now I wish I had not.........

thank you

2009-02-24T01:10:00.003-05:00

There are so many days that I question myself, if I should continue on with my new job....because it has been the most emotionally challenging job I have ever held.

As soon as I decide, tonight is going to be the end of it...I will officially request a transfer, something big happens at work and I change my mind.

Saturday night- shift was one of those days...I decided that I will call Human Resources on Monday and beg for a transfer.

Then I was told by another RN to check my mailbox.....in my mailbox I found a lovely card from a patient and her family...thanking me for all of the time and emotional support I gave them, during the lose of their infant, along with gifts.

It is something we as Rn's do got see often enough, or if ever, and then it reminds me why I choose nursing as a career in the first place.

Looks like I'll be staying a little while longer.

After all, "Hope Lives Here"!

Sunday Stealing

2009-02-15T08:19:00.002-05:00

Sunday Stealing: The Q & A Meme
1. where is your significant other? In Bed
2. your favorite thing? My iPod
3. your dream last night? I just got home from working night-shift-I guess I can fill this in later:)
4. your goal? To be happy
5. your hobby? Running the kids around to events, reading when able and sleeping.
6. where do you want to be in 6 years? Not at my current job!
7. where were you last night? In the hospital, monitoring a VERY sick mother and baby, the baby has a horrible diagnosis and I'm sure they have NO idea how bad it really is going to be after the little one is born.
8. what you're not? Happy with my new job, it has been almost a year and I'm ready to leave...I think we are playing God, some things are not/ or should not be in our power to change..
9. one of your wish list items? To work the least amount of hours and make the most money possible so I can spend time with my children.
10. your pet? He is a cute little Hamster, named Mousetracks.
11. missing someone? I'm missing the Foo Fighters
12. your car? a minivan
13. something you're not wearing? Normal clothes, still in my scrubs
14. love someone? Yup
15. when is the last time you laughed? At work this morning while giving report.
16. last time you cried? Last night with my patient, when we told her we my have to do an emergency c-section, her baby is very little and very sick, I at least made it out of the room before I started to cry for them.
17. favorite past time? Sleeping
18. are you a hater or a lover? Lover
19. any vices?
20. favorite meme other than Sunday Stealing? Can't spell DVM, she and Dr. May B. Insane are great.

Sunday Stealing

2009-02-08T22:39:00.002-05:00

Today we ripped this meme off a blogger called Adrienne J. from Definitely Not Technical Writing. She said that she swiped the meme via her husband and his sister. But, it was probably stolen at that blog as well. But that is as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing! Cheers to all us thieves!

1. What is your occupation right now? Mother of 4, personal healer, homemaker, cook, professional driver and taxi, preparation H wearer since 1998 and oh, yes a Registered Nurse.
2. What color are your socks right now? Red and white stripped Christmas socks
3. What are you listening to right now? The Grammy's
4. Last person you spoke to on the phone. Myself, I was trying to locate my cell phone, God I have a sexy voice!
5. How old are you today? 29 again
6. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Football
7. What is your favorite drink? It depends on the time of day
8. Have you ever dyed your hair? Of course I have I'm a woman
9. Favorite food? Anything salty and of course anything chocolate too.
10. What is the last movie you watched? 21
11. Favorite day of the year? Thanksgiving
12. How do you vent anger? I f...ing curse
13. What was your favorite toy as a child? My Spirograph
14. Living arrangements? I live with the Other Half, 4 small little ones and one cute hamster.
15. What was the last thing that you cried about? Losing another baby on our unit, Life sucks sometimes.
16. Who is the friend you have had the longest? My Mother
17. What did you do last night? I worked a 12 hour night shift.
18. What are you most afraid of? Losing someone closest to me.
19. In how many areas of your country have you lived? 3
20. What is your favorite flower? Daffodils, they look happy to me!

what are your thoughts?

2009-02-03T16:13:00.001-05:00

Opinions are like assholes...everyone has one and everybody thinks theirs does not stink!

Pretty much wraps up my weekend at work.........

Purple