Happy Birthday Chicken!

I wish I could be with my sis today! Happy Birthday Cin! I love you!

Facebook is a timesuck! (compliments to Cass)

I have not blogged in forever because I have been on Facebook reconnecting with practically everyone I have ever met in my life. That takes time! 2009 has been a busy year so far. I have started working a prn job. I wish it was part-time or full-time because I love doing what I am doing. I teach MS patients (that's multiple sclerosis, not Mississippi) how to give self injections of a particular medication. I love teaching!





Carlyn turned the big 1-2! We had a few of her friends over for pizza (and almost bowling). She is of legal babysitting age and can no longer eat off the kid's menu.A few weekends ago, Ann Wyndham and Rob came to spend the night with us. Rob was preaching and Ann was singing at a church in Coldwater, MS and it worked out perfectly for them to come stay with us. We also invited JB, Myra and kids over for dinner Saturday night. Yes, I cooked....don't pass out! It was the best night. JB's kids and my kids got along great! In fact, they are begging to get back together again. We are working on that! We were missing some friends though. Mickey and Beckyanne are a little busy right now. Little Sam will be here tomorrow!! I am praying constantly for a perfect delivery for them.

Claire and Noelle playing in the bathroom
Collin on the Stairs (spitting image of his dad)

The Indianola 'kids'

The whole group (Dean, Sandra, Ann, Rob, Myra and JB)

Noelle had a music program at her school for Grandparent's Day last Friday. Granny and Granddaddy came up and went to the program. She said it was "the best day of her life". She has a lot of those!

Well, I have kinda caught up on everything. We are waiting on soccer to start. I am dreading my birthday in 9 days. Man, how things change! When you are younger your birthday can't come soon enough. The big 4-0. YUCK!!

What's going on?

It has been a long, long time since I posted anything here. I have been a little busy I guess. I have been working some flu clinics which I really enjoy and I hate that they are ending soon. I have been to Olive Branch, Southaven, Starkville, Oxford, and will be going to Germantown and Memphis next week. I am really going to have to find something part time in nursing. I just don't want any old job though. I don't really want to work for Maxim next year though. They do not pay well enough. There are plenty of other nurse staffing agencies out there. I just have to find a good one.

Molly had her surgery last week and is recovering well. She was spayed and declawed.

The girls are really busy with school and both have projects coming up soon. They both have Reading Fair and Carlyn has to make a biome. I am tired of school projects. We just got finished with a bug collection. Noelle has 2 more soccer games and she is done for the year. Carlyn finished in mid October.

Dean has been busy at work as well. He is going to Nashville the weekend before Thanksgiving to go to a Titans game with his old college roommate, Tim. They are staying with Courtland Finnigan (starting free safety for the Titans). Tim used to coach him in high school so he asked Tim to come stay with him and bring a friend to go to the game. Needless to say, I am green with envy!

The girls and I joined Cindy and Cass and Granny and Grandaddy in Starkville for the Kentucky game. It was fun despite the final score.

I have not done any Christmas shopping yet. I probably will wait to the last minute again. We are going to make a trip to Nashville in December to see the Christmas decorations at the Opryland Hotel. There is an outlet mall less than a mile from our hotel.

I wish I could say things will slow down soon but you know how the holiday season is!

First win of the season!

The pink panthers had their first win yesterday! They beat the #1 team in the league 2-1. Our record is now 1-2-2. Carlyn had an assist on the first goal. Go pink panthers!

Didn't see that one coming...

I love Clay Aiken, but come on. We've known this for 6 years!! Must be a slow week at People.

Ever heard of...

Today I called Maxim Healthcare in Memphis to try and schedule some flu clinics to work in October and November. This is part of the "make your own work schedule" that Dean and I are trying for me so that I can be here when the girls are here.
I went to a training session in August at Maxim Healthcare and they called this week to schedule me. I was talking to the staffing person at Maxim and she says "Have you ever heard of Starkville, MS? We have a few flu clinics there in October." I said, "Why yes, I've heard of Starkville. I lived there for 18 years!" I am hoping to work at least one of them so I can go to Strange Brew and get an iced mocha. Lordy, I miss those! I've got to figure out if it is worth the travel. At least they pay milage.
Then she says, "Well, I know you've never heard of this town....Indianola, MS." Imagine her surprise that I lived there for 18+ years too! I think she was excited to know someone had actually heard of these places! The clinics are from 10:00am to 2:00pm. That would put me home after 4:00pm. I am not sure if I can work these or not. The girls get off the bus at around 4:00pm.
I may have to stay in the North MS area for now. Stay tuned. I'll let you know how it turns out.

By the way, there are several clinics in Oxford too. Should I put on a brave face and march into he**? Good question.

Kitty ER

I have been letting Molly out at night to chase bugs, etc... Last Thursday night I went out to get her and couldn't find her anywhere. I even had the treats out to try to entice her. I gave up after about 20 minutes of looking and came inside. Then I heard meowing at the door so I let her in. She was limping. I was kind of concerned and noticed a drop of blood on her shoulder. No big deal I thought. I picked her up and looked at her abdomen. LOTS of blood there. Being a nurse, I started to investigate further. She had several punture wounds, mild abrasions and one huge 2 inch laceration. This was 10:30pm. There is no 24 hour kitty ER that I know of so it would have to wait until tomorrow. I cleaned the wounds as best as I could and put her to bed.

Friday morning I woke up and went into the kitchen to fix my coffee. No meowing from Molly. This is unusual. She usually meows as soon as she hears me in the kitchen. My heart dropped. I went to her room and opened the door. She was still laying in her bed. As soon as I opened the door she stood up and stretched. Thank goodness!

I called the vet and took her in at 8:00am. (Carlyn even rode the bus that morning so I could take Molly in ASAP) The vet was GREAT. I asked if he was a Mississippi State guy. His response was "Is there any other school?" I thought, "you are the vet for me!" He shaved Molly's abdomen and looked her over and decided he needed to suture that large laceration. I picked her up after lunch and she did great. She is on clindamycin and has already licked 2 of her stitches out but the wounds look good.

I think one of the tom cats next door got her. He really tore her up. Now I won't let her out of my sight when we are outside. I hate that she can't go out on her own anymore. But I am scared of what that animal might do to her next. I can't afford too many vet bills or losing my Molly Mac.