Fun Time!

Yay! For feeling better! I've been feeling much better this last week which is great since we just had a couple of Tyler's Florida friends come up to hang out with us and play games. Our gamefest with Jared and Nathan included:

1. Left 4 Dead
2. Last Night on Earth
3. Settlers of Catan
4. Citadels
5. Monty Python Flux

The guys also played some other random video games as I baked yummy jelly cookies. I need to practice my first person shooter skills as the guys had another objective during Left 4 Dead gameplay which was keep-Kelly-from-being-eaten-by-zombie-hordes. We had a blast though!

It was a good way to relax after working Sunday and then cleaning like a crazed Mary Poppins without the magic Monday after having been sick the whole week before. Praise God for feeling better! And we are prolly going to have some fun time when we go to Florida next week to take care of some business stuff (which includes checking into getting a valid Florida nursing license as so far the only things they have not required besides a DNA sample is the kitchen sink, a leg, our firstborn, the cat, and the soul of an unsuspecting visitor).

Also what I think will be fun is the giveaway Angela is hosting. It is unlikely that anyone who reads this blog does not know who she is BUT just in case.....Angela is my recently acquired really sweet, fashionably wise sister-in-law who is expecting my soonly-to-be-acquired new niece Dallas! And if you did not know, I am REALLY excited about meeting Dallas this year and my sweetbean of a husband, Tyler, has had a challenge keeping me out of the baby sections (and keeping the cutsie baby girl stuff out of our cart).

So if you would like check her giveaway out here!


God bless and have some fun! = )

Yuck

Head colds, sinus infections, allergy attacks......whatever you would like to dub them....are YUCK. Especially since both Tyler and I have them. A little blessing came today though because we thought we were going to need to figure out how to open our air circulator thingie and replace the filter. Typically once every three months someone comes to vacuum the grossness off the filter *cringes* BUT this person actually came and REPLACED the filter. YAY!

And because of our yuckinesses we had a very quick trip to Jacksonville yesterday. We had meant to stay over night and do some yard work and visit people but it's better to be home and just rest up. Not to mention we would not have found out about the filter being replaced otherwise.

Our trip was a productive one looking into our financial future and to sum up all the technical boring stuff it looks like though things might be kinda tight the next month or so that we are going to be doing pretty well in the long run. AND because of the economy's condition we did discover that there might be one more reason for us to move to Florida before the end of December. Even though we are finding fewer reasons to stay here we are still praying over the decisions we are facing.

My only other irritation besides the yuckiness is that a sweet nurse tech (prolly one of our best) has decided that if she tells everyone I am pregnant that it will come true. She hopes that having a baby means we would stay put (which in reality means we would try to move closer to family as of immediately). I have at this point stopped her from spreading this false information with the threat of flooding her locker and mailbox with empty chocolate wrappers. Score one for me!

Other than that we just have to start crossing things off our seemingly never ending to do list before company comes next week. Therefore toodles for now and God bless!

Praying, Planning, Preparing

I suppose it's been a little while since I've blogged....and a lot has happened since then!

We had a lovely visit from Tyler's parents who brought the rest of our things up from Florida. We are STILL organizing, cleaning, arranging, throwing things away....but we are having a blast living together. It is such a blessing to have your best friend live at home with you.

I have seen all the Terminator movies so far in preparation for a future date night with Tyler when we go see Terminator Salvation. We enjoy cooking together and it has been nice using the table set that Dustin and Angela gave us while watching those movies. Which reminds me that I am only about a third of the way through the thank-you notes.....

Last week we had a lovely visit with Tyler's Nana and Mom in Perry. Yay! for yardsaling. Boo! for losing so badly in Pinochle. We had a blast though. I found a really nice iron hook rack for 50¢ and Tyler found an awesome steel printed poster of the Black Knight's Security System! Guaranteed that none shall pass!

We are really looking forward to some visiting and visitations in the next couple months. We are going to go meet my parents (a lot of prayer here, please) and hopefully get to North Carolina so Tyler can meet some more of my family. It will prolly be a while before we can get all the way to Pennsylvania. We hope to see more of Nana as she is so close. My brothers will hopefully be coming this summer to spend time with us and go to the beach since we are just an hour away and I believe some friends of Tyler's are going to pop up from Florida. And of course family is always welcome. *hint hint* Just more motivation to get things organized!

And far as work goes......it has been superfantasticular coming home from work and having someone to greet me! I was blessed to ease back into working after having been gone a month but the last several days we have been getting slammed. We are also going through quite a few changes! I do not like the additional paperwork we have to do but hopefully our accuity research project which will occur over the next five months will show we really do have a need for a smaller nurse-patient ratio. For a cardiac floor right now on nights we have seven patients for every nurse and fourteen patients for every nurse tech. We really could use another tech at least!

The BIGGEST news is that Mata, our clinical supervisor, over our ICU, PCU, and telemetry units is resigning so she can move back to Florida at the beginning of July so she can be with her family. *YIKES* As of yet we have no clue as to whom shall attempt to fill her shoes. Our clinical supervisor is the person who manages us and takes care of our needs for just about anything. Basically our spokesperson if we are being treated unfairly. She also manages our schedule. We have been blessed with self scheduling so far which is really nice because we basically get to pick which six shifts out of a two-week pay period we want to work. This allows us the ability to schedule our life instead of having to schedule our lives around how we work.

Tyler and I have been planning to follow Mata's example and move to Florida sometime next year before our lease runs out. We were hoping to transfer to another HMA (the company that owns us) hospital. This would keep a lot of things simple with trying to find another job, the transfer of benefits, and such. The only thing I would need to do obtained a Florida nursing license. HOWEVER.........it appears that there are no HMA hospitals near any of our friends or family. We are still praying about it but Tyler and I are really considering looking at other hospitals and not transferring to an HMA facility at all. This means we will need LOTS of prayer and research on where we may go. This also mean that exactly when we can move is a bit undecided. So much to consider!!

Anyways, more updates to come in the future! God bless and love ya!

Just the beginning...

Isn't it strange how you never pick up on your own habits and methods until someone else moves in with you? Married, honeymooned, and now I think we can finally begin to answer that infamous question, "So how do you like married life?" Mind you only begin to answer that question cause it's going to take a lifetime to learn all of Ty's little quirks and preferences. It still takes some getting used to when people say "Mrs. Ryan" or ask "how's your husband?"

It's weird having him here instead of Tyler calling me and talking to me all day. It's also amusing to attempt to distract Tyler with kisses while he is fiddling with anything electronic or untangling (I believe in plug and play). I have to say Tyler's expression was absolutely precious when he saw the condition of my cords, electronics, and unalphabetized music/movie collections.

Though we have our little quabbles (which are mostly like: "Why did/do you do that?!?!?!" follow by "Because >insert dramatic explanation here<." and ending with "Oh!") we have had a lot of fun cleaning and cooking together. And as proof I'm going to offer photos! Last night we cooked lasagna. Originally I was going to bake lasagna for Tyler but he couldn't resist being the man and stepping in to season the beef as I was cooking it with onions, garlic seasoned mushrooms, and blackened bell peppers. Much more fun to cook together.
Next is a picture of Tyler's slice of lasagna on one of our new plates with our new silverware. Just plain ol' bread for dipping cause we decided to bake cookies instead of biscuits.


As you can see my husband enjoys using our new silverware:And lastly here are a couple of pictures of the cowgirl cookies we made. We called'em cowgirl because we did not put the nuts in them since I am allergic. They turned out delish and best of all we have something for mom and dad when they come to visit tomorrow!

EASY POST

WOW! So I am married now. Had the honeymoon. Just moved back in with my handsome husband Tyler today. SOOOO much and now we have a ton of things to do and are about to run out the door (as soon as I do my hair and Ty finishes the current progect he is doing). The wedding went amazingly and you can check it out over here at Angela's blog. She is the one who tagged me by the way and the lovely person you have to thank for the following:

Rules for this award:

1. List 7 things that make you "awe-summm."
2. Pass the award onto 7 bloggers that you love.
   
3. Tag those bloggers to let them know they are now Queens too (and link back to the Queen who tagged you).

1. I am 27 years old today!
2. I am a cardiac nurse.
3. I LOVE to doodle and have been told I do so very well.
4. My husband liked the breakfast I pulled together this morning even though I had to wing it cause we have yet to get groceries.
5. I can get lost even with a GPS. (I have named my GPS George Percival Sullivan).
6. I can make really yummy cookies which I usually love delivering to my nursemates on my nights off.
7. I have the ability to lose something that was in my hand instantaneously.

Mention the person who tagged you.

1. Complete the list of 8's.
2. Tag eight of your wonderful bloggy friends!

8 things I look forward to:

1. Finishing assembling the apartment with Tyler.
   
2. Introducing Tyler to people I know.
   
3. Mom and Dad visiting on Saturday. (And bringing our bed).
   
4. Having nicely organized and functioning electronics. (Thanks to Tyler).
   
5. Sending out glitter and stickers with all the thank you notes we have to write.
   
6. Playing video games with Tyler after everything is set up.
   
7. Decorating the apartment with Tyler.
   
8. Having a lifetime of fun-filled adventures with Tyler! ♥

8 things I did yesterday:

1. Packed up most of Tyler's belongings into two vehicles.
   
2. Said goodbye to mom and all the puppies. = (
   
3. Drove home with Tyler.
4. Made a list of all the things we need to do today that we have not yet.
   
5. Unpacked the car.
   
6. Watched Tyler start setting up the electronics after only being home 15 minutes.
   
7. Decorated the bathroom while Tyler finished with the electronics.
   
8. Logged on to facebook.
   

8 things I wish I could do:

1. Make the laundry do itself.
   
2. Find all the things we need to get on sale for half price or less today.
   
3. Remember where I left things after I sit them down.
   
4. Visit family more often.
   
5. Reconcile with my parents and start anew happily.
   
6. Snap my fingers and have my style itself instantly.
   
7. Make the dishes do themselves.
   
8. Fast forward through all necessary paperwork.
   

8 shows I watch:

1. LOST

8 bloggers I tag:

1. Dustin

I tag Dustin because Angela did and I can. Not tagging anyone else cause we have to run. Pictures and posts another time. Blessings all! ♥ TOODLES!

So close!

So close to wedding day and I have been sick with fever and sinus infection. This really is suck beansy! My grandparents arrive later this afternoon and we plan to drive down to Florida early Wednesday morning. I am so excited.....I just wanna feel better. I am still a bit anxy about everything...mayhap a bit more since being sick. Last thing I wanna do is say "I do" and coat the groom in boogies. *yucks* I have to go out and get more medicines. Nyquil by the way is NAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTY! and it makes me unconscious for at least four hours. Dayquil is not much better far as flavour goes.

One Week

One week from today I will be a married lady.........and I just now finished moving into my apartment since I left Augusta last March.....well sorta....somethings will be shoved into the appropriate over-sized tupperware until a later date. (Meaning AFTER I am a married lady).

I am so excited....and anxy....I have had a breakout of hives everyday this week. There is just so much spinning through my head I feel like I could do laundry in there. But do you know what calms me down for the most part? Prayer and Tyler. Especially those two combined. And I hafta say that Tyler is a sweet, supportive, encouraging spouse-to-soonly-be. I hope his brother has mercy on him at his bachelor's party.

I am quite happy all the wedding stuff that was ordered arrived this week. I now know the location of the post office!

And lastly if you ever feel a bit bummed something that cheers me up is a tube of glitter and the spray air in a can (meant to clean your keyboard). Spray air spreads glitter like pigs spread the flu. (Okay.....that was lame).

Still lots to finish cleaning and packing.

God bless ya!