Productivity 2

I'm happy to report that out of the 10 "To Do" items listed below 3 only remain undone.

Now I think I'll get going on the vacuuming so the house looks nice for when Mom gets home this evening!

That leaves the law class...ugh. I'll do that Monday.

Unfortunately the flower garden planting is the one item that gets left entirely out in the cold - guess it won't get done til' July.

Not bad over-all I'd say! List-making can certainly help ya out sometimes! ;)

Productivity

Alrighty! I've got 3 days of having the house all to myself and a "To Do" list" which is rather long. What shall I do first?

-Mow the lawn

-Vacuum the entire house

- Clean my room

- Clean up the Basement

- Go to the Bank

- Hoe the Daisy Garden

- Plant something in the Daisy Garden :)

- Complete the Massage TN Law Class (5 hr minimum)

- Call about observing surgery

- Help out at the School

Hmmmmm... guess I'll go get some breakfast.

Day Away...

Sometimes there comes a time to take a day away and do something unusual...

...and enjoy the unconventional.

...it was wonderful!

I'm an Ephesian

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands...I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent , and do the works you did at first."

~ Rev. 2: 1,4,5

How silently, gradually...almost imperceptibility my "first love" experience slips away from me. I do not realize it until I am jolted from my daze and find myself painfully far from the One whom I once loved with such passion.

How do you find your way back? He tells us to "remember"...remember the first time His sacrifice became real to you,... remember the time you cried because He gave all to buy back unworthy little you, ...remember the joy of total surrender...remember...remember from where you have fallen and repent.

Run back to the place you last saw the light. Cast off everything that might hold you back. The Ever Patient One is waiting for you...

Thoughts on Nursing

All of us have seen those pictures of nurses looking much akin to stylish angels in white. Starched and the very picture of cleanliness they were more apt to be holding a lamp (tribute to the revered Florence Nightingale) than a Foley Catheter (which would not be in good taste of course!). This image of nurses is a very pleasant one indeed. What little girl doesn't want to grow up to be like the pretty lady in white? In fact, the day I got my student nurse uniform in the mail was a happy one indeed! Here was my chance to look like a starched angel in white! Putting on that uniform made me feel composed, knowledgeable and incredibly professional! It was marvelous!

This morning I step foot in a hospital for the first time in uniform. I experienced many conflicting feelings: awe, fear, euphoria...I couldn't quite decide how I felt. As I devotedly trailed my clinical instructor, flipped tentatively through charts and was shown medication scanners etc. I saw things a little differently. One look and I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that my "starched angel with a lamp" image was grossly inaccurate. You might think I was disappointed, but indeed I was not! What I saw instead were highly talented "wonder women" who juggled baths, meals, meds as if it was second nature! They read the doctors chicken scratch notes with ease and worked around nitty gritty policies with unstudied efficiency! Jaw-dropping! Truly jaw-dropping! It may be hard for you to see the astonishment factor in what I just described if you have never tried filling the shoes of a nurse before. Let me enlighten you...the hospital beds can out smart an average person, the docters handwriting really does looks like chinese and once translated might as well be greek! In order to just get your patient a toothbrush you must not only remember a certain combination to get into the storage room, but also know how to scan and charge to either floor or paitent etc. etc. When I pictured being a nurse I picture many challenging situation, but not these!

I guess my image of nurses has shifted from gliding angels of white to a more realistic view. I may be far from composed and stately as I rush around, but I'll still be helping people and thats what counts.

I Surrender

I Surrender

Lord I know You see this fear in my heart what my future holds
I feel you softly ask if I can trust You more and give you control,
so I kneel before you now and I offer everything
Come and be the Lord of all, all I am or ever hope to be
I've been living for myself, and now I want to live for You alone
Come and help me when I'm weak, and when my path seems so unknown
You will be beside me still, I know You want what's best for me
So when I want to take control, Lord please come and help my unbelief

I surrender, I surrender to the One Who loves me more than life
I surrender, I surrender here is my heart,
I open it wide- to the One Who cannot be unfaithful
I now offer You all that I am

I surrender, I surrender from this day on I'll be in Your hands.

Lyrics by Leslie Ludy

Fall Break

I went home to Greeneville TN for Fall Break. It was wonderful to see the mountains again.

Margie and I had a wonderful break and the following pictures show some of our home-made edible masterpieces we made in our spare time.

These delicious looking apples became...

...A most delicious pie!

Likewise, this dough became...

...those wonderful looking bagels! I had never made any before. Margie was a good teacher and I had a blast boiling them! :)