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  • Good Things: March 2012

    At the end of each day I write down at least one GOOD thing that happened, then I share them all here monthly.

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    1 – An easy work day

    2 – A favorite patient finishing chemo & giving me a gift card; our A/C getting fixed for only $80

    3 – Walking the Stride for Stroke 5k with work friends; Pappasito’s for dinner and seeing Meredith eat lemons

    4 – Dinner with my parents at 59 Diner

    5 – The adorable artwork Meredith made at daycare, and how she went to bed so easily before 7

    6 – Meredith’s reaction when she saw me at daycare and when David came home, and how she laughed at the dogs

    7 – Playing on the couch with David and Meredith after work

    8 – Meredith being so happy & fun in the evening

    9 – Hanging out with my parents after work; quality time with David at home

    10 – Seeing my friend Emily & her son Elijah

    11 – Scott’s birthday dinner where there was delicious food and I spent a long time playing with Meredith on the floor while the family chatted

    12 – Meredith wanting to play WITH me; scrapbooking & reading time

    13 – A surprisingly easy work day; the drive over & back from David’s parents’ house chatting & laughing together

    14 – Handling a busy work day well; how easy Meredith’s bedtime routine has become

    15 – Family time with all three of us on the floor in the play room

    16 – A patient telling me I did better on his IV than the “expert”

    17 – Touring Bayou Bend; Meredith laughing over and over (more than ever!) dropping her toy, especially when I caught it –  it was a game!

    18 – Buying a new computer

    19 – Getting through the day intact

    20 – Free burgers for lunch with delicious buns

    21 – Home to take care of a feverish baby; she slept in my lap all day forcing me to relax

    22 – New shoes, belts, & headbands

    23 – Feeling so rested and having lots of energy for work

    24 – Getting everything done that I wanted to, plus brunch with Lauren & going running

    25 – A shorter haircut & visiting Emily; meeting a neighbor

    26 – Meredith being so happy to see me – hugs, cuddles, laughs, joy. Making a good dinner that David loved; crafting while he read in the same room.

    27 – Sitting outside with Meredith and reading while she played with the grass

    28 – First church life group game night

    29 – Dinner at my in-laws’ house, Meredith waving to me for the first time

    30 – M crawling a bit; seeing my friends Karlene & Krisann and learning about essential oils

    31 – Craft club, David’s sweet text, getting a 3DS from the lovely Nintendo folks!

  • Good Things: February 2012

    At the end of each day I write down at least one GOOD thing that happened, then I share them all here monthly.

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    1 – Meredith laughing and reaching for me when she first saw me come pick her up from daycare

    2 – Time to relax alone with David

    3 – My in-laws treating us to dinner; Meredith staring at me & smiling while rocking to sleep

    4 – Brunch with Maggie, lots of crafting time, and dinner with my family

    5 – A laid-back birthday, the card David gave me from Meredith, and balloons & cupcakes with his family

    6 – David picking Meredith up from daycare and washing bottles & diapers before I got home

    7 – Watching Parks & Rec with David and working on cross stitch

    8 – Meredith laughing so much when I tickled her, cuddling Lily, and falling asleep while rocking Meredith

    9 – A smooth day at work

    10 – Getting my skills check-offs done at work; seeing my mom’s elderly neighbor Ruth with Meredith

    11 – Picking out new clothes for Meredith & craft supply shopping; Meredith sleeping through the errands in the Ergo

    12 – Church with Meredith in her new clothes, my brother-in-law Scott fixing our printer, and David making dinner

    13 – Putting together my Valentine for David & thinking of all the reasons I love him

    14 – David  picking up Meredith, cooking dinner, getting me treats (chocolate covered strawberries & ice cream), and watching Parks & Rec while cuddling

    15 – An overall smooth day: on time to work, to leave, and to bed

    16 – My meeting being canceled, playing games with Meredith and making her laugh, and finishing the night by reading magazines in silence

    17 – Leaving work early

    18 – Discovering Paper Source; cuddling with David and watching TV

    19 – Amazing worship in church, getting caught up on Project Life, and lots of Meredith time

    20 – Taking a bath with Meredith

    21 – Doing chores with David and getting some down time

    22 – Very easy work day

    23 – Comforting Meredith after her vaccines, and how happy she was a few seconds later

    24 – Not letting the rude patient get to me

    25 – Meredith laughing at Peekaboo; her napping  on me twice

    26 – Coffee! David playing with and asking me all about my scrapbooking supplies

    27 – Going to bed at 8 pm

    28 – Meredith reaching for me when she saw me after work

    29 – My first headache-free no-caffeine day

  • Good Things: January 2012

    At the end of each day I write down at least one GOOD thing that happened, then I share them all here monthly.

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    1 – A quiet morning just Meredith and me, and an easy drive home from Irving where we spent NYE.

    2 – David making dinner.

    3 – Rocking Meredith to sleep and watching her just lie in my lap, doze, nurse, and smile.

    4 – Prayer time while pumping & being filled with joy and peace.

    5 – Dinner at Scott & Vanessa’s with the whole family.

    6 – A patient (another RN) complimenting my needlestick technique, starting a difficult IV, and Meredith napping on my lap when I picked her up from Grammy’s house.

    7 – The Texans winning their first playoff game on David’s birthday; my good friend Carmen’s wedding.

    8 – Forbes birthday dinner (for David, my sister-in-law, and my nephew).

    9 – Getting through the day as charge nurse without any problems; finishing and truly enjoying The Marrige Plot.

    10 – An argument with David turning into a good conversation about how we can show our love better.

    11 – The whole evening at home with David.

    12 – Meredith’s milk experiment (giving less per feeding with snacks in between if needed) going well at daycare; David making Meredith laugh a lot before bed.

    13 – Doing a crossword puzzle at lunch.

    14 – Getting the house cleaned; Meredith napping in my lap.

    15 – Going to a church that David and I both liked.

    16 – A nice evening with David: sitting down to dinner together and helping each other with chores.

    17 – Finishing a book; Meredith nursing to sleep in my lap (apparently this is one of my favorite things).

    18 – My niece Lily was born! Ending the day with some paper crafting.

    19 – Meredith actually swallowing a bite of banana.

    20 – Relaxing on the couch with David; scrapbooking research.

    21 – Brunch with my good friend Lauren at Happy Fatz.

    22 – Mom’s birthday lunch with the whole family.

    23 – Taking Meredith’s 6-month pictures & video – she was in such a good mood!

    24 – Bell-ringing ceremony (for completing chemo) for one of my favorite patients.

    25 – Slow day at work and being able to leave 2 hours early.

    26 – Meredith falling asleep so quickly at night.

    27 – Meredith laughing when I kissed her all over.

    28 – Making a lot of progress organizing the craft room.

    29 – Church legacy celebration.

    30 – Putting Meredith’s hair in pigtails and seeing everyone’s reactions to how cute it is.

    31 – Meredith playing in her crib alone and falling back asleep, providing me with time to work on my cross stitch project.


  • Good Things: December

    Oops, meant to post this the other day! I still don’t have my blogging act together, but I’m working on it!

    1 – Meredith not being fussy at daycare & an easy night with her

    2 – David being really helpful and encouraging when I was having such a bad day

    3 – Breaking Dawn with Lauren

    4 – My friend Carmen’s mad hatter wedding shower in Austin

    5 – A very smooth morning at work

    6 – My nephew Cameron pointing me out by name

    7 – Quality time with David

    8 – Staying home with Meredith, doing ALL the laundry, making her smile and almost laugh even though she’s sick

    9 – A patient requesting me to be her nurse

    10 – Putting up the Christmas tree and other decorations

    11 – Meredith putting first ornament on the tree, Lucas hugging her over and over, Messiah singalong with Mom

    12 – Figuring out how to give Meredith her medicine

    13 – Treating myself to Starbucks on the way home & the drive through girls singing; making Meredith laugh

    14 – Getting off work early for jury duty and not being needed

    15 – Family Christmas party at assisted living with grandparents

    16 – Finally getting a big refund from our wedding photographer and using it to order Christmas gifts

    17 – Katelin’s wedding (a girl from my old church that we watched grow up)

    18 – Sitting on the couch alone with David for 20 minutes at the end of the day

    19 – David winning $612 in the lottery

    20 – Successfully getting Meredith to sleep early again

    21 – Playing with my nephew Lucas

    22 – Pizza at my in-law’s house

    23 – Extra affection from David

    24 – Shopping with Dad, dressing up Meredith, Christmas Eve dinner with family, wrapping gifts with David and opening the necklace he got me

    25 – Christmas!

    26 – Megan’s visit (one of my best friends who lives out of town now)

    27 – Having an hour to sit on the couch and relax with hot chocolate before bed

    28 – Seeing old church friends

    29 – David’s recording of “All aboard the Mermaid Express!” (a new little game we play with her)

    30 – Meredith only falling asleep when I lay down next to her (a bit annoying but also sooo sweet)

    31 – Deciding last minute to travel to Dallas for Carmen’s NYE party that we’ve been to every year we’ve been a couple

    Happy January!

  • Holiday Weekend Fallout and November Good Things

    This really should be broken up into two or three posts, but since time to blog is hard to come by these days I’m smashing it all together here. So, onward:

    The long Thanksgiving weekend was wonderful. So much time spent with the family, especially quality time with Meredith. By the end of the weekend I really felt connected to her again. And she saw Santa:

    Meredith and Santa

    It was kind of impromptu. We were visiting a Christmas tree farm with David’s family, even though we didn’t get a tree (we’re getting a secondhand fake one this year). But we wanted to go to hang out with them and see our nephews, plus we wanted to get into the spirit of things. It was actually cold out, I drank an apple cider, bought an ornament, and Santa was there. Meredith told him that she wants new carpet in the house before she learns to crawl.

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    Oh, so anyway, the long weekend was awesome but going back to work/daycare has been ROUGH. Meredith was fussy at daycare for three days and isn’t napping as well, and at home with us at night she wants to be held constantly. As for me, I’m back to nearly crying when I drop her off, and if I’m late getting home I feel sick about it.

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    For Thanksgiving I contributed one dish to each family dinner. For my family I baked macaroni and cheese. My greedy little brothers took all the leftovers home with them and left us with none. For my husband’s side, I made a chocolate sheet cake, mostly because I wanted to eat it. I guess that’s how everyone felt about dessert though, because there was a lot of it. Most of my sheet cake was left, so I just had it sitting at home in the kitchen all weekend. WAY too easy to just eat a few bites every time I walked by it. By Monday, I was kind of disgusted by myself. It took much willpower, but I threw the rest away. And I’ve been eating less this week, and hardly any sweets because I’ve GOT to shake these cravings. I’m sick of not fitting in all of my clothes. Next step is to break out the 30-day Shred.

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    Here’s another video I took of Meredith over the weekend:

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    Now for some good things that happened in November. Because it’s DECEMBER now!

    1 – Watching GG (David’s grandmother) hold Meredith.

    2 – In bed by 9:00 p.m.

    3 – Day off because of Meredith being sick, lots of relaxing and getting things done, David bringing me flowers.

    4 – A really smooth day at work and getting to leave early.

    5 –  Seeing Carmen, one of my best friends, and her fiance Steve who live in Austin.

    6 –  Lots of (sick) snuggles from Meredith.

    7 –  Leaving work early to be with Meredith & the feeling of her needing me.

    8 – Meredith is healthy enough to go to daycare; seeing Nicole, a high school friend, and her son James.

    9 – Taking care of a “difficult” patient with no problems.

    10 – Getting off work early again; David bringing me a brownie with dinner.

    11 – Chatting with my parents after work when I picked up Meredith.

    12 – Cleaning, massage, pedicure.

    13 – Lunch with my parents, our dog Oliver (who they are keeping) lying in my lap.

    14 –  Quiet reading time in the evening.

    15 – Finishing work early, Meredith nursing a lot.

    16 – David’s sweet protective text in the morning.

    17 –  An inspiring conference for work.

    18 – A first-time chemo patient who was crying from anxiety when she came in ended her day laughing.

    19 – A wedding shower for a church friend & seeing old friends.

    20 – Dinner at Lupe’s with all the Forbes kids.

    21 – Getting to do injections at work & leave early

    22 – A glowing report of health from the doctor for Meredith.

    23 – Beating my brothers in plasma car races.

    24 – Thanksgiving!

    25 –  Day of recovery lying around doing nothing.

    26 – Cracker Barrel & Target with David.

    27 – Christmas tree farm with David’s family.

    28 – Back to our routine, Meredith napping in my arms.

    29 – Time to catch up on blogs and browse Pinterest.

    30 –  Quality time with David after work.