Rants, Recipes, and Running

Ryan & I celebrated our first Thanksgiving as the "Nastase family" cooking our 1st feast! And looking back, I feel safe to say it was a success! We did take photos of some of the events, but being I purchased a new computer (thank you, Black Friday)...I don't have the energy to upload photos. I'm tired of "uploading" stuff! But I will recap on the great day! Let's start with the prep : Growing up my mom hosted Thanksgiving nearly every year. She has a giant family (8 kids) -- so Thanksgiving was very, very plentiful with lots of family, tons of food, and great memories! I remember she was always a little..... tense ....the days leading to this holiday. I always thought, "Gee, Mom. What's the big deal?! It's just Thanksgiving. You're family will love you no matter what!" Now I hosted my first thanksgiving, for a much smaller crowd. And let's just say I was also.... tense . This week I officially became My Mother's Daughte...

So it seems to be the trend this year to do a post on your choice of social networking to state what you are most thankful about. I thought that was a really night idea -- but never got around to starting to do it! Besides, I'm more of a "list" person. So here I am going go list, in NO particular order, my blessings in life that I am ever thankful for! My husband . He is essential. It's pretty amazing to get to call your best friend your husband , or vice versa. Coffee . It gets me through extraordinarily long periods of studying & 5 hr lectures! My health . I am reminded of this blessing every day in every aspect of nursing. Target . I would say 75% of my wardrobe is Target. My house . Since I have moved away, I learned that I was kind of sheltered (in a good way). I had never really seen a homeless person before. Now I see them every day, and have even had them has patients. I can't imagine the utter fear of not having a place to go at night. Education...

Here's my 10 for the week! Enjoy! Or ignore, b/c you're probably sick of hearing about Abby by now ;) Hope your week is wonderful!! 1. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? An Architect. I floated between architect and nurse. I even had this architect program on the computer where I would design houses -- but found I was more interested in the horticultural aspect of designing houses. The houses eventually had no walls -- just flowers and plants. 2. Name 3 of your irrational fears. -Vomit. I'm going to be a nurse too. When I have a patient get sick -- I still get reallly jumpy. -That I am forgetting to clean something in my house. Like there is a corner somewhere that I am consistently missing. And then one day, I'm going to find it and it's going to be infested with germs. However, with how crazy I am about cleaning -- I'm hoping this doesn't happen. But I check diligently every week!!!! -Having someone break into my house when Ry...