Posts About domestication

On Being A Wife

August 22, 2009

My husband and I have been married almost a year. Although I’m not planning on trading in my scrubs and stethoscope anytime soon, I have this crazy idea that I can be both a full-time, successful nurse and a fantastic, domestic wife. In my mind that means everything from keeping the house clean, doing chores, cooking frequent meals, budgeting and saving money, decorating the house, entertaining, and gardening to birthing babies and keeping my husband happy. In some of those areas I am quite deficient, which bothers me if I’m honest with myself. So yesterday, my day off, I resolved to be the perfect housewife. First there were the four piles of dog vomit that needed to be cleaned. Step…
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Keeping Me Cooking

August 12, 2009

Not all of my stories about patients are sad. Ms. R, only 54, came to us with thyroid cancer. She had a mass that was obstructing her airway so she had to have a trach put in. She then went through many rounds of chemo and got radiation to her neck, which is a tough place to have that treatment because it left her skin burned and the tissue inside her mouth fragile and sore. Since she came into the hospital in May she hasn’t eaten or spoken. She gets fed through a tube in her stomach, and if she wants to say something she uses a whiteboard to write it down. The thing is, Ms. R has been very…
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Chicken and Dumplings

August 7, 2009

Here is a recipe that I used to complete my goal of cooking dinner 4 times in 4 weeks. (Don’t judge, I have to start somewhere!) This was one of my husband’s favorite meals so in order to learn exactly how to make it, I asked his mom to come over and cook it with me for the first time. It turned out so good that I decided to make it again today, only a couple of weeks later. Ingredients: Chicken 1-2 pounds of chicken tenders (or whatever kind of chicken you like) 1 cup Bisquick 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1/4 teaspoon pepper Vegetable oil 1 26-ounce can cream of chicken soup Ingredients: Dumplings 2 1/4 cups Bisquick…
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Honey Mustard Chicken

July 6, 2009

As far as homemaking goes, I may be a little behind the curve. Strengths: cleaning, organization, scrapbooking, getting the bills paid on time, and taking care of you if you’re sick. “Growth areas” (this is therapy speak): sewing, gardening, decorating, and COOKING. I am completely inexperienced with cooking, which at times makes me feel like less of a woman, or something. (I’m exaggerating, people.) Anyway, I know I’m not going to go from newbie to chef extraordinaire overnight, so I’m starting slow. Hence my goal #2, cook dinner once a week for a month. This is the meal I cooked on Friday, and hopefully I can follow it up for the next three Fridays to complete the goal. Honey Mustard…
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How I Spent My First Month’s Pay

July 4, 2008

Gave my tithe to my church Paid a huge chunk of money on my credit card bill Car insurance and phone bills Miscellaneous gas and food Donated to my four monthly charities (Compassion, Tabor College, support for two friends who are missionaries) Bought my cousin’s wife a baby shower gift Bought the CD Ampersand by Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken Paid to have my address changed on my driver’s license Premarital counseling And lastly… Bought Coldplay tickets. Yes! Still have some to spare! I’m liking this “real job” thing. Even though it does wear me out, it’s also very fulfilling. I had the option of taking the holiday off, but I chose instead to work to save up more personal…
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