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Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Today is Thursday
It's a brisk Thursday morning and I have a lot to do and only two more days to do it. I've got to finish filling in holes for the website content, finish and send off two ads and get quotes on printing the Foundation brochure. I've also got to work on the job description for my new Media Specialist. Because I need somebody with more skills than general clerical, we'll have to code it differently. Otherwise, I'll be selecting from a pool of folks with only $20,000 in salary expectations. Uh, no.
So, I'm working on that. Oh, and I have a baby shower (as I mentioned before) and a Theatre Gala Planning Meeting and my mother's theatre festival tonight. No problems sleeping here.
Have a happy day, folks.
So, I'm working on that. Oh, and I have a baby shower (as I mentioned before) and a Theatre Gala Planning Meeting and my mother's theatre festival tonight. No problems sleeping here.
Have a happy day, folks.
Magical Meatballs
So, we're having a baby shower for our ED of Administration and his wife today. Their new baby just arrived and I can't wait to meet her! Like all good Southern gatherings, we eat at all social functions. There is a lady in the office who, traditionally, brings these really delicious meatballs. She isn't going to be here today so I volunteered to make the magic meatballs.
The recipe is really easy and in no time flat I had a pot of really scrumptious meatballs, simmering in my kitchen. I can't wait to taste them. Here's the recipe:
1 family size bag of frozen homestyle meatballs
2 bottles of Heinz chili sauce
1 cup of grape jelly
dash lemon juice
Pour frozen meatballs in crock pot. In pan, combine chili sauce & grape jelly until jelly totally mixes into chili sauce. Pour over meatballs. Cover and heat on low for 6 hours (or more). The longer they simmer, the better they are.
The recipe is really easy and in no time flat I had a pot of really scrumptious meatballs, simmering in my kitchen. I can't wait to taste them. Here's the recipe:
1 family size bag of frozen homestyle meatballs
2 bottles of Heinz chili sauce
1 cup of grape jelly
dash lemon juice
Pour frozen meatballs in crock pot. In pan, combine chili sauce & grape jelly until jelly totally mixes into chili sauce. Pour over meatballs. Cover and heat on low for 6 hours (or more). The longer they simmer, the better they are.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Official Ribbon Cutting
Welcome to Crazyville!
If admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery, then I, fridaynightgirl, am coming clean - I'm crazy. I live with crazy people. We live in Crazyville. And boy what fun we have! (most of the time!)
Our Cast of Characters (and boy aren't we characters!):
fridaynightgirl: Queen Bee Crazy
Munchkin (the five-year old): Princess Crybaby (no, she's not really a crybaby - I'm being clever, dang it!)
My mother: the Queen Mother
Crazyville kitty mascots - Oscar & Kali. Oscar's my roly-poly baby and Kali's my grumpy princess.
You'll see other characters around here, I'm sure, so feel free to stop by any time. It's a safe bet things will be loony.
The population changes, depending on who wants to play Playstation but we average in between 3 and 10 on any given day. There's usually coffee going and I can almost always find something to snack on. So, pull up a chair and get comfy!
Monday, November 26, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Ho, Ho... *yawn*
We've dragged the boxes down and are preparing to embark on that great undertaking called decorating for the Holidays.
Now that I've got everything down, I find that it's the time of day when I am tired and don't particularly want to delve into the boxes - even though I'm excited about decorating this year.
I've pulled all of the autumn decorations down and cleared counter spaces and table tops. And that's as much as I'm going to do tonight.
*yawn*
Thanksgiving was great. We still have LOTS of ham and dressing left over and that's terrific. More for left overs. Yes, we passed on the turkey and made ham instead. Now, before you have a kitten, hear the logic. Mom likes dark meat, I like white. Neither of us eat a lot of meat, preferring instead to eat oodles of dressing. So, why buy a turkey which is going to be WAY too much meat when I can buy a little spiral sliced ham and be happy? DUH. *grin*
Folks, I am beat. Tomorrow, we'll decorate. Tomorrow, we're also going to work on Munchkin's letter to Santa.
Until then, good night.
Now that I've got everything down, I find that it's the time of day when I am tired and don't particularly want to delve into the boxes - even though I'm excited about decorating this year.
I've pulled all of the autumn decorations down and cleared counter spaces and table tops. And that's as much as I'm going to do tonight.
*yawn*
Thanksgiving was great. We still have LOTS of ham and dressing left over and that's terrific. More for left overs. Yes, we passed on the turkey and made ham instead. Now, before you have a kitten, hear the logic. Mom likes dark meat, I like white. Neither of us eat a lot of meat, preferring instead to eat oodles of dressing. So, why buy a turkey which is going to be WAY too much meat when I can buy a little spiral sliced ham and be happy? DUH. *grin*
Folks, I am beat. Tomorrow, we'll decorate. Tomorrow, we're also going to work on Munchkin's letter to Santa.
Until then, good night.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Close Calls
Monday, my mother called me and said that my brother was in the emergency room in Arlington with an inflamed wisdom tooth. He was waiting for an oral surgeon to come and extract his tooth.
...waiting
...waiting
So, 3am rolls around, my brother has been in the ER since afternoon and still no surgeon. Realizing that my brother is 1. not going away and 2. getting worse, they transfer him to Harris-Methodist H-E-B. (that's in Bedford). Mom decides to go up there and wait with them.
He is assessed at 6am and 10 minutes later, they are wheeling him into emergency surgery. The infected tooth has now abscessed and is blocking his airway. This has gone from a painful to a very scary and dangerous situation.
45 minutes later the surgery is over and they removed a fist-size abscess from his throat and lymph area. They are VERY concerned about if the infection moved from the vulnerable lymph into his lungs, heart or brain. They were concerned about the amount of trauma inflicted on his trachea and vocal chords by the infection and subsequent surgery. He was placed on a ventilator to help him breathe until the swelling in his throat went down.
Mom calls me frantically while I'm touring the County Courts Building with Leadership Temple. I am completely stuck there, as we left our personal vehicles at the Chamber and rode a bus. I decided that was the best place for me to be because Munchkin was in school and the stress would really frighten her. So, I tried to encourage Mom as much as possible from where I was and I tried to distract myself with the activities of the day.
I will forever be haunted by the terrible thoughts that raced through my head that day. There was a very real possibility that my brother could die.
As soon as work was done, we threw some things in a bag and raced up there. The next morning, we went to the hospital to join Mom and J's wife (lissa) as they held what would become a four-day vigil in the ICU waiting room.
My brother looked positively horrible when I first saw him. I was shocked how little he looked like himself and I was amazingly terrified for him. He drifted in and out most of that day - he wasn't really there with us although he seemed to respond to us. By the evening, he was regaining a little consciousness and was a little more responsiveness.
I had intended to only stay until early evening on Wednesday and then come home. Once I got up there, though, I knew that I needed to stay. J's little glazed over eyes seemed to light up when I went back in that night and told him I was staying.
Thursday morning, J was responding much more and getting a little more demanding. That's how we knew he was on the way back. Friday's prognosis was very good - they took him off the ventilator and put him on clear fluids and said they'd move him out of ICU as soon as a bed opened up.
Munchkin was excellent throughout this process; tedious as it was for her. She made friends with other children also waiting with anxious families in the ICU and was usually the most popular child as we had lots of activities for her to do and movies to watch on one of several laptops (mine, mom's or lissa's). Kids gathered around the movie and watched as I sat nearby and read.
J is well on the road to recovery and may even be released tomorrow (Sunday). It will be a while before he's back to work and even longer before he'll be running any marathons with his classmates but he WILL go back.
You know, out of all the things he could have been anxious over, his very first concern upon waking up after his surgery was his standing as a cadet in the arlington police academy. It took a couple of days to reassure him but multiple visits by police officers, his instructors and classmates has reaffirmed his place as APD. It was really heart-warming to see how they rallied to his side. The police wives made several visits to the hospital with baskets of goodies and lots of support.
I observed several interesting things while we were rotating in and out of J's room during visiting hours.
1. I definitely found a new home for all of the magazines that build up around the house. In less than three days, I think I read every magazine. Yesterday (Friday), I ran home to pick up a few things and feed two very irate kitties and I grabbed as many magazines and books (kids and adult alike) to stock up the waiting room. As I get magazines built back up, I will take them to one of the area ICU waiting rooms.
2. If you want to see a visible presence of the Host, visit your local ICU. You will feel the brush of angel wings, I promise.
3. ICU waiting rooms were not designed with children in mind. While the waiting room at Harris was great because it split the chairs into little living-room arrangements, there were no puzzles or books for younger children. While we were there, we observed no less than four children there the entire time and a rotation of another three or four children coming in and out. I would like to see hospitals with playgrounds somewhere on the campus so kids who are waiting can have a place to run some of that energy out.
So, we're home. I cannot wait to sleep in my own bed and put Munchkin to bed at a decent hour. *yawn* That may happen sooner rather than later. I am so tired.
Tired and thankful.
Thankful it was a close call.
Thankful to see such a visible and reassuring presence of the Lord.
Thankful to be home because he's going to be just fine.
...waiting
...waiting
So, 3am rolls around, my brother has been in the ER since afternoon and still no surgeon. Realizing that my brother is 1. not going away and 2. getting worse, they transfer him to Harris-Methodist H-E-B. (that's in Bedford). Mom decides to go up there and wait with them.
He is assessed at 6am and 10 minutes later, they are wheeling him into emergency surgery. The infected tooth has now abscessed and is blocking his airway. This has gone from a painful to a very scary and dangerous situation.
45 minutes later the surgery is over and they removed a fist-size abscess from his throat and lymph area. They are VERY concerned about if the infection moved from the vulnerable lymph into his lungs, heart or brain. They were concerned about the amount of trauma inflicted on his trachea and vocal chords by the infection and subsequent surgery. He was placed on a ventilator to help him breathe until the swelling in his throat went down.
Mom calls me frantically while I'm touring the County Courts Building with Leadership Temple. I am completely stuck there, as we left our personal vehicles at the Chamber and rode a bus. I decided that was the best place for me to be because Munchkin was in school and the stress would really frighten her. So, I tried to encourage Mom as much as possible from where I was and I tried to distract myself with the activities of the day.
I will forever be haunted by the terrible thoughts that raced through my head that day. There was a very real possibility that my brother could die.
As soon as work was done, we threw some things in a bag and raced up there. The next morning, we went to the hospital to join Mom and J's wife (lissa) as they held what would become a four-day vigil in the ICU waiting room.
My brother looked positively horrible when I first saw him. I was shocked how little he looked like himself and I was amazingly terrified for him. He drifted in and out most of that day - he wasn't really there with us although he seemed to respond to us. By the evening, he was regaining a little consciousness and was a little more responsiveness.
I had intended to only stay until early evening on Wednesday and then come home. Once I got up there, though, I knew that I needed to stay. J's little glazed over eyes seemed to light up when I went back in that night and told him I was staying.
Thursday morning, J was responding much more and getting a little more demanding. That's how we knew he was on the way back. Friday's prognosis was very good - they took him off the ventilator and put him on clear fluids and said they'd move him out of ICU as soon as a bed opened up.
Munchkin was excellent throughout this process; tedious as it was for her. She made friends with other children also waiting with anxious families in the ICU and was usually the most popular child as we had lots of activities for her to do and movies to watch on one of several laptops (mine, mom's or lissa's). Kids gathered around the movie and watched as I sat nearby and read.
J is well on the road to recovery and may even be released tomorrow (Sunday). It will be a while before he's back to work and even longer before he'll be running any marathons with his classmates but he WILL go back.
You know, out of all the things he could have been anxious over, his very first concern upon waking up after his surgery was his standing as a cadet in the arlington police academy. It took a couple of days to reassure him but multiple visits by police officers, his instructors and classmates has reaffirmed his place as APD. It was really heart-warming to see how they rallied to his side. The police wives made several visits to the hospital with baskets of goodies and lots of support.
I observed several interesting things while we were rotating in and out of J's room during visiting hours.
1. I definitely found a new home for all of the magazines that build up around the house. In less than three days, I think I read every magazine. Yesterday (Friday), I ran home to pick up a few things and feed two very irate kitties and I grabbed as many magazines and books (kids and adult alike) to stock up the waiting room. As I get magazines built back up, I will take them to one of the area ICU waiting rooms.
2. If you want to see a visible presence of the Host, visit your local ICU. You will feel the brush of angel wings, I promise.
3. ICU waiting rooms were not designed with children in mind. While the waiting room at Harris was great because it split the chairs into little living-room arrangements, there were no puzzles or books for younger children. While we were there, we observed no less than four children there the entire time and a rotation of another three or four children coming in and out. I would like to see hospitals with playgrounds somewhere on the campus so kids who are waiting can have a place to run some of that energy out.
So, we're home. I cannot wait to sleep in my own bed and put Munchkin to bed at a decent hour. *yawn* That may happen sooner rather than later. I am so tired.
Tired and thankful.
Thankful it was a close call.
Thankful to see such a visible and reassuring presence of the Lord.
Thankful to be home because he's going to be just fine.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Moving the Piles Around on My Desk
I found some completely funny cartoons that are completely relevant today. Enjoy!
It's been that kind of day around the PR Office. But now I'm back to work. Board meeting tonight - that should be fun... I'm presenting two lighthearted things, a significant but not life-changing item and then the rest of the meeting should be oh, gosh - exciting.
Cartoons by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
It's been that kind of day around the PR Office. But now I'm back to work. Board meeting tonight - that should be fun... I'm presenting two lighthearted things, a significant but not life-changing item and then the rest of the meeting should be oh, gosh - exciting.
Friday, November 9, 2007
This Week was brought to you by....
District Spokesperson fridaynightgirl said, "wah, wah, wah, wah..."
"Sure, I can get that website tree organized and the general brochure copy to you THIS WEEK."
Vacation, anyone? *hands raised* Fiji sounds very appealing right now.
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Somebody SAVE me from all of the candy!!!!
And with that, I am closing the book on this week. Bring on the weekend!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Earning those lines
You know the phrase, "earning my stripes?" I think it actually means circles and lines - wrinkles and under-eye shadows from a lack of sleep.I guess I've been in a funk. I'm feeling more calm today and that's been a nice change. I certainly hadn't intended on staying in a funk for a couple of WEEKS but I guess that's where I've been.
Work is killing me. I love it but it's a little more than I can handle some days. I am carrying the workload of two or three of me. It's probably no more than everybody else around here - the difference is that I don't have an assistant.
Yes, I'm whining.
So, work is crazy (as usual) but I did get the yard mowed last weekend. Yes, you read that right - I mowed the yard. It wasn't that bad, actually. Except for the fact that I had to sweat, it was quite nice walking back and forth in my yard. Gave my legs a nice little workout. *laugh*
Munchkin's getting bigger and smarter and mouthier by the day. Actually, she's not that bad. It's that she's so smart and she's surrounded by kids who are growing up being allowed to mouth off to adults so she's trying it out. Too bad for Munchkin.
Well, my 2pm meeting is here so I'd better quit for now. Is it time for vacation yet? fridaynightgirl could use a sabbatical. I thought about pulling the site down for a while but can't stand the thought of being away. I miss writing. That's my pre-new year's resolution - get back to the blog like the "good old days" before I was "district spokesperson."
*sigh*
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