Rants, Recipes, and Running

It's a little crazy around our house right now. Okay, so it's really crazy. Thinking about these next 2 weeks gives me a little bit of an ulcer. But, it's exciting too! But, I will have to say these past few days I've been feeling a little "down-in-the-dumps". Not that I have anything to be sad about - I'm just a little overwhelmed! Today Ryan has guard drill, and then flight lessons. (he's getting his private pilot lessons...so I'm counting down the days until he can take me up in the sky!) So, I'm packing boxes whilst listening to Christmas jazz music today! And making my mom's Butternut Squash Soup recipe. Mmmm (soul-warming) I got up with him this morning at 4:30 am ready to get things done !! I was prepared to tackle the world! It was while I was building boxes at about 5:30 that I asked myself, "What are you doing, you crazy woman". It just hit me that ... Maybe I'm feeling frazzled, "down in the dumps"...

Greeting, bloggers! Yes, I am still alive. I'm not feeling wordy or creative at this moment. My heart wanted to write a post last week on what I'm Thankful about. ...but I didn't get to that. But, I'm thankful for lots of stuff :) I also wanted to do a post on our trip home to spend time with family. ...but I didn't get to that either. But it was an amazing, wonderful, fantastic time. I left feeling such gratefulness and happiness for my family. I enjoyed every second of time I got to spend with my adorable nephews. I was so overjoyed to spend time in the kitchen with my Mom as she cooked the most fabulous Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great weekend. :-) I will not be blogging much for the next couple weeks or so, most likely? Started my new job this week! It's going.... overwhelming & crazy well. :) I feel like my head is going to explode so happy to be learning so much and using my nursing skills! Finally !!!! This leaving the hou...

Oh, Lord. Get ready for a novel, folks. I'm going to turn this post into a complete political rant. ARE YOU READY to have me talk your ears off on my beliefs on health care, the housing crisis, GM, abortion,  illegal immigration and sb 1070, and the unemployment extension? ......I didn't think so. I had you going for a second, maybe ? I will save those thoughts for the book I write some day titled "Staying Put" (kind of an antonym to Sarah Palin's *Going Rogue*.....) Anyways, so here are a few of things that I BELIEVE: ( some more serious than others ) I came up with this list while I was on my boring 12 mile run this morning. Yes, I said boring. It was. I believe in God. And I believe in the power of prayer. I believe family and husband (who is my family) bring me more joy than anything . I believe Pinot Noir is better than Cabernet Sauvignon. I believe you can take the cheapest, shittiest cut of beef and make it taste delectable with a few ho...

This isn't a very difficult post for me to write about. I am such a "scaredy cat" about so many things. I could quite possibly turn this into a book. I was also the kid that wouldn't go on the monkey bars at school, out of fear that my arms may be ripped out of their sockets. I was the kid who got to the end of the diving board, and then shriveled into a ball at the end shaking in tears. I got to the top-climax spot on a roller coaster, and start saying "Oh my God, get me off this thing. I don't want to do it anymore! Get me off this thing!!" Then I went college, and majored in nursing. I leanred all the horrible ways one can reach multi-system organ failure. If I have too much coffee, and feel maybe the slightest heart palpitation - I am listening to my heart sounds with my stethoscope......... So here's my list of irrational some fears. ;) (some of these may be comical & pathetic to you):\ Heights Vomit (I've gotten better about th...

This day of the challenge comes at a convenient time, as we visited a new place this previous weekend! Bisbee, AZ A little history.... Bisbee, AZ is an old mining town founded in 1880. It has been named one of the most lucrative mining towns (The Copper Queen Mine) in the WORLD, once producing more than 3 million oz of gold, and 8 billion pounds of copper. In addition, they also mined silver, zinc, & lead. In the 1900's, Bisbee was one of the MOST "hopping" cities from San Francisco to El Paso -- filled with beautiful women and numerous Saloons. The mine closed in the 1970's, and many of the employees moved elsewhere. However, the town remained his rich history and buildings have stayed strong. It is now a tourist town, populated with artsy "hippies". Why did we chosse Bisbee..... It's been kind of a crazy few months for us with lots of new life events going on. We wanted to just take a get-away together. However, with how erratic our sched...

1. What is your favorite breakfast pastry? To be honest...I'm not a big pastry fan. Especially if it has any filling in it -yyyyuck! I freak out if I bite into something and some mound of "goo" comes squirting out of it. But if I'm going to have something, it would be monkey bread. 2. Were you ever in a Thanksgiving or Christmas play? Oh jeez. PTSD here. When I was in ?1st? grade (something like that) - our church did the annyual Christmas Nativity play for the Children's mass. ALL the little girls in my class got to be angels . Pretty white dresses. Wings. Their mom's probably curled their hair. They had me dress as....I don't even KNOW what I was??!! I wore an all-black cloak. With a hood. Maybe I was a sheppard? I felt like the fricking grim-reaper. On Christmas. Me and one other girl had to do this. It was purely devastating. My teacher must not have liked me very much. :-( 3. What is your favorite clothing accessory? Definitely scarv...

Happy Monday, everyone! I was going to skip the "30 Blogs" today to talk about our weekend getaway. However, tomorrow's subject is "A Place You've Traveled" -- so tune in tomorrow to hear about Bisbee, AZ! :) Today I'm supposed to talk about my favorite movies. I'm going to have to be honest and say I'm not a huge movie "buff". I do enjoy watching movies....but.... I'm " That Girl " who gets distracted in the 1st 20 minutes of the movie, so I miss the ENTIRE plot set-up. Therefore, the rest of the movie I'm asking Ryan, "Now who's that character?" "What does she do?" " Where is this movie located??" It's really annoying.... But here are a few of the movies that are favorites of mine... -Waiting for Guffman -The Sound of Music -The Pianist -My Best Friend's Wedding -Cool Hand Luke