Sunday Stealing

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?

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..

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?

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

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,

ME

Texting

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

Thank You

PSO

Sunday Stealing

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

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?

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

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:)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!!!!

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

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

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.