where I blog

I am linking to Centsational Girl's Where You Blog Party.

Here is my space in its most real and day to day element. I indulge in my blogging while lounging on my living room sectional. Here is what it looks like right NOW at 7 in the evening:

Thurgood watching a movie on his daddy's computer while my computer is on the sofa...and yes, that IS a light saber on the ottoman.

On evenings when I get to sneak into your worlds...both Mr. B and I will be on the couch, feet or legs draped over one another...him on youtube or working on school stuff and me "pretending" to study Top 200 Drug Flash cards but really catching up on all your lovely rooms and precious moments.

It is my favorite place to be when my day is done...and maybe if I am lucky, I get a foot rub too. :)

Cheers~
e

making a list & checking it twice

Thurgood rolling down a hill after a family picnic

So, I remember how several weeks ago it seemed like the summer would stretch out before me endlessly…and then within a blink of an eye...fall is slowly creeping towards me. I saw this sweet 101 things to do in the summer, and I think I’m going to post it to our fridge next year because it’s just about the loveliest of to-dos :) gratefully, my little family including my parents & sister have done pretty well – I think that’s the mark of a summer well spent (insert happy sigh here).

1. Picnic under the shade of a tree
2. Star gaze
3. Fly a kite
4. Set up your own lemonade stand
5. Throw an outdoor party
6. Play in the rain
7. Go to the zoo
8. Surprise someone you love with a special gift
9. Make homemade ice cream
10. Plant a flower, watch it grow
11. Lay on a big blanket outside and read
12. Trace your body and footprints with sidewalk chalk
13. Make s’mores around a fire
14. Go on a treasure hunt
15. Climb a tree
16. Walk to a gas station and get your favorite treat
17. Ride your bike to the supermarket
18. Doorbell ditch a friend with treats
19. Discover a new park
20. Make fruit smoothies
21. Paint something
22. Make chocolate covered strawberries
23. Take a million pictures and make a stop motion movie
24. Rollerblade ---(we opted for wagon rides)
25. Take your conversation out to the front porch
26. Memorize a poem and recite it to someone
27. Camp in the backyard --- (this is a MUST do next year)
28. Enjoy a candle light dinner outside with friends
29. Go barefoot for a whole day
30. Drive with your windows down and sing really loud
31. Study and learn about an ancestor
32. Run through the sprinklers
33. Go to the county or city fair
34. Write a poem
35. Visit a neighbor
36. Play ghost in the graveyard
37. Collect rocks and paint them
38. Do play dough outside – use bark, cement, leaves, grass and sticks to make imprints and patterns
39. Have an outdoor movie night
40. Read story books outside
41. Make an “egg carton” garden
42. Set up a bird feeder in your yard
43. Wash your car in the driveway
44. Make a homemade candle
45. Go on a hike
46. Photograph nature
47. Walk to a park
48. Eat corn on the cob
49. Make boats out of popsicle sticks and race them
50. Sleep out on a tramp
51. Open your windows during a rain storm
52. Bake a loaf of homemade bread
53. Make homemade jam
54. Go fruit picking at a local orchard
55. Roll down a hill

56. Hang up post it notes that say “you are loved” all over in a public place
57. Drink lots of water
58. Throw rocks in a lake
59. Join a book club
60. Turn off the television
61. Play dress up
62. Watch the sunrise
63. Eat at a café that offers live music
64. Keep a journal
65. Blow up balloons, put kind notes inside of them and hand them out to friends or strangers
66. Play in the mud
67. Visit a museum
68. Change up your hair style, even if it’s just a little
69. Paint your nails a bright color
70. Make and fly paper airplanes
71. Make homemade cards
72. Blow bubbles
73. Spend a day at the pool
74. Donate unwanted things to charity
75. Discover some new music
76. Hang white twinkle lights up somewhere in your house or yard
77. Stay up late and dance with lightening bugs
78. Attend an outdoor performance
79. Hang up wind chimes
80. Reconnect with an old friend
81. Sit out on the roof
82. Create and go on a scavenger hunt
83. Make a paper kite
84. Have a water fight
85. Feed some ducks (Haha! Be careful with this one. Our ducks were a bit aggressive.)
86. Drink from the hose
87. Paint a birdhouse
89. Go backpacking
90. Help someone with house or yard work
91. Invent a new dance
92. Read to someone (I do this every night to my little sweetpea)
93. Go canoeing
94. Build a sand castle
95. Make a time capsule
96. Write a song
97. Start a collection (I think I do this every week)
98. Write a fairy tale
99. Arrange a beautiful bouquet of flowers (done AND done for several LOVELY brides)
100. Take a road trip
101. Live in the moment

Cheers~
e

limbo

That is where I have been lately. (And yes it IS an Xbox game, that oddly enough Mr. B and Thurgood enjoy conquering).

Now that my rotations are in full swing...I am averaging between 40-60 hrs a week in perfecting pharmacy as a profession.

I spent 5 weeks at Krogers which was crazy intense. They have 3 pharmacists, 1 intern, and about 6 techs..plus little ole me (this is A LOT of people in one space..you would not believe the number of prescriptions we fill in a day). Plus I had the honor of EVERY transfer, consult, new prescription from the MD line. I am THAT good...Ha! I am the FREE labor.

So obviously I had little time for you my dear friends.

It is amazing how close I became with Pinot Grigio though.

After that chaos of 5 weeks, I am now in my Acute Care hospital rotation. I am on the ICU/CVCU floor. From open heart surgeries to the mobile health van, I am EVERYWHERE. I can not even to begin to tell you what this rotation is like. It is a completely DIFFERENT environment, but I am learning beyond any note or textbook.

When you see a beating heart in an open chest cavity...well it is most awesome. (I also have found myself skipping french fries as a side and opting for stairs when I can.)

I am beyond busy, but it is good busy. AND...I MISS YOU.

So outside of pharmacy, I have had other projects..if you can believe it.

I did flowers for my cousins wedding in downtown Indy (here is a teaser).

And my mom and I have been commissioned by a friend of mine (and former teacher too) to create fascinators for 2 of his boutiques in Louisville. We are presenting 10 for review this Sunday. I promise to keep you posted and take pics of our little beauties.

Oh...and did I mention I am potty training?

My son at Colleen's wedding....oh my. He is such a ham. Where does he get it?

Cheers~
e