Where We're going next!

Just got off the phone with my recruiter. It looks like we will be going to Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, NY. From their website and their Nurse manager, it seems to be a great place, so I am really excited about it. I wanted to be a little closer to the city, but in the end, I chickened out because I really don't think a nurse-patient ratio of 1 to 8 or 1 to 10 can ever be safe, no matter how stable the patients are. It looks like we will probably be housed in Tarrytown, NY which is about 15 miles away. Not sure about any of this yet, but wanted to show you all what I've been looking at. Any opinions?

Happy Early Birthday!

This is what William got for his Birthday. It started as just a driver ... then he needed a new bag ... then the salesman talked him into new irons ... then the putter was such a good deal that we had to get it too. So here is his Birthday present. A complete set of golf clubs. I got just a putter, but I already liked the clubs that I had.

I can cook!

After reading the pioneer woman's website, I have been inspired to start cooking things that don't come out of boxes. My latest experiment ... biscuits and sausage gravy. Of course, I cooked them for dinner, not breakfast because I am not a morning person, but I still thought they turned out well. I took a picture so you could all salivate over them too. And the sliced tomatoes ... just because we're good Southerners.

Don't you just love the 1970's Corelle plates.

OK, we're really not that attached to our cellphones, we do eat without them. It just happened to make it into the picture.

More pictures

I must be bored! This many posts in one day! I just wanted to show you our surf fishing tag. I was talking about it in an earlier post, but I just think that it is so cute. They are on the front of all the cars here, so now we look like locals driving around with it. It's important to fit in you know!

Tiny TV

So this is my husband's beef about the housing here (besides the antique furniture which is uncomfortable and comes with constant reminders from me to use a coaster). The TV is tiny. I really thought he was over-reacting at first, but lately I've found myself squinting to be able to see the letters on Wheel-of-Fortune or read the final Jeopardy question, so I guess I have to admit too, that it really is small. Notice the Jenga game and the books for a size comparison, then realize that it is in a rather large room, so the couch is about 12 feet away. I know, very unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but just wanted to share (in case anyone actually reads our blog).

P.S. The DVD player doesn't even work, so we've been watching movies on the laptop.

Banana Tree

When we moved into our housing, this was in our sunroom. A nice decoration, but kinda big for a houseplant and it was looking really sad (wish I had a before picture). Well, when we moved it outside, we kinda broke the leaves and it looked like it was going to fall over, so we leaned it against the fence to die. Then, we noticed this little sprout (like the one in the middle) and we decided this thing might stand a chance after all. William cut off the dead leaves and it now has 2 huge leaves again, with a 3rd one just barely out. He also put it in a bigger pot a couple of days ago and I think it is much happier. Doesn't it look happy? Oh, yeah, some birds built a nest in that square pot too, but I haven't seen them in a week or 2. We must have scared them off.

Jackson

Many of you got my e-mail about my nephew Jackson who got burned in a bonfire on Saturday before the 4th. He has his own site, but I wanted to share some pictures that my parents took of him on Sunday when they visited. He's having surgery today, skin grafts to his thigh and arm. It's a shame he needs that nasty feeding tube, but burn patients need all the protien they can get so they're having to supplement him.

Jackson with his older brother Judson

OK, so I know this one is blurry, but I just think he is so precious with those little house shoes! That's my OLDest brother David blowing bubbles for him. He and his wife Jeannine were visiting from Louisiana. Notice how I put OLD in caps. David will turn 50 in September and I don't intend to let him forget it!