keep smiling!

Nov 09

I recently bought this Pecan Pumpkin Butter from Williams-Sonoma and made these bars. They are the perfect dessert bar and disappeared right away at work when I brought them in.  

I recently bought this Pecan Pumpkin Butter from Williams-Sonoma and made these bars. They are the perfect dessert bar and disappeared right away at work when I brought them in.  

Jun 18

Drinks outside with the family before dinner at Piece

Drinks outside with the family before dinner at Piece

Jun 06

favorite pictures from our weekend in NYC

Clinton Street Baking Co. in the Lower East Side

Washington Square Park

West Village

dinner at Little Owl

hotdog stand in the Meatpacking District

Standard Biergarten

John and I having drinks at the Other Room

Babbo (where we later had dinner)

Flatiron Building

Newsstand near Central Park

Central Park

Bethesda Fountain

Ten Bells in the Lower East Side

Jun 04

Picnic in Central Park!

Picnic in Central Park!

Apr 18

Banana Crumb Muffins from allrecipes.  One of the best things i’ve ever eaten.  And now I have a fresh batch to enjoy in the morning.

Banana Crumb Muffins from allrecipes.  One of the best things i’ve ever eaten.  And now I have a fresh batch to enjoy in the morning.

Apr 15

from Stylizimo blog

from Stylizimo blog

from Pottery Barn

from Pottery Barn

Jan 10

Bucket List for Wisconsin grads -

Proudly checked off most things on this list in undergrad

Jan 04

One of my new favorite holiday traditions:  ’It’s a Wonderful Life’ at the Music Box Theatre on Southport.  Pre-show entertainment (that the crowd got really in to) includes a sing-a-long with Santa.

One of my new favorite holiday traditions:  ’It’s a Wonderful Life’ at the Music Box Theatre on Southport.  Pre-show entertainment (that the crowd got really in to) includes a sing-a-long with Santa.

Oct 04

a few of my favorite nursing stories…

today while putting off writing a paper, I got to looking at a Word document I created about some of my most “memorable” patients at work.  Thought you’d like a few of them…

- after finding a patient naked in hallway he says to me, ”I want to lay on you.” I went on to ask him why that was and he just said, “because you look soft.” (how flattering)

- while fixing a patient’s cardiac lead on her chest she says, ” Hey! You pinched my titty!”

-  a patient said to me..”I love you like a cousin, but right now you’re treating me like a nobody!” (after scolding her for pulling out her IV and foley catheter)

- and the same confused, crazy patient said to me..”Get your hands off me they smell like shit.” (because I was cleaning up her poop in her bed).  So being the mature nurse I am I couldn’t resist saying back to her (and I knew she wouldn’t remember)…  ”That’s because i’m wiping your ass!”

*hopefully you find these stories as entertaining as my friends and family have (and not too gross or offensive)*