3 things you need to know in order to be updated on my life.

One Tomorrow is my second annual Bob Lebow charity bike ride. 2nd year for me, 11th year for them. Tomorrow's weather prediction is saying sunny with a high of 88 degrees. Thank goodness. Last...

Getting in touch with your inner Charles Dickens

I wanted to share something pretty cool with you guys today! A while ago, my brother and brother-in-law joined forces and started their own online business! Let's call them... Adam and Steven....

white girls like me burn even on cloudy days.

Fact: I didn't wear my swim suit once in 2012. The opportunity just never came up. So when Mo's parents announced that they were planning a trip to Idaho City's hot springs for Memorial Day, I was...

a couple of things

1. I started a blog for my roller derby team. :) You can check it out here, if you want. 2. There's a winner for this giveaway! Congrats Misty! Watch for an email from me, okay? 3. Have a great day.

Nurses Week- day 6 and 7

I hope all you nurses out there had a wonderful Nurses Week and that all you mothers had a beautiful Mother's Day weekend! And here's the last of the Nurses week posts! finally. I'm kind of excited...

Day 4 & 5 of nurses week: Dansko review and giveaway!

This ends the brief intermission of nurses week. I'm hoping to get caught up on all my posts today! Here we go. As Nurses Week was approaching, a Dansko rep contacted me about reviewing one of...

I'm holding off on a post today. I have excuses and everything! :) A 12 hour shift at work, a 2 hour roller derby practice, and a shower to boot... I'm exhausted. In the meantime, feel free to...

Nurses and Humor, day 3 of nurses week

When I was in nursing school, we had a class in the skills lab to teach the basics of placing a suppository and administering an enema. Awesome, right? The instructor came into the classroom...

Nurses Week 2013: ugly scrubs link up

We've all seen it.The ugly scrubs out there in the nursing world. Maybe you even own some? See, I'm a solid color scrub gal myself. I'm trying to stay opened minded about all these prints but, what...

Happy Nurses Week!

Pay it forward/pay it backward is a little something we're doing at my hospital for nurses week, and I'd love for you all to join me! It's all about paying it backward- recognizing those nurses who...

Nursing link up: the pre/post work routine

Nursing can be an incredibly challenging career at times. well, most of the time. This means coping strategies and lots and lots of practice being mentally prepared for your shift, and trying to...

Nurses Week 2013

How many of you were around for Nurses Week 2012? If you were following this blog back then, you may remember the my favorite things: nursing edition giveaway... or you might remember the story of...

Dickies scrubs review

A little while ago, Uniformed Scrubs contacted me to see if I'd be interested in reviewing one of their pieces from the Dickies spring/summer line. Being the indecisive person that I am, it was at...

Giveaway winners!

a Rafflecopter giveaway(from this giveaway) Expect an e-mail from me soon, ladies! :) and congrats!

first time tent owners

imageI'm on call today! That means extra time for blogging and extra time to look at more houses! Providing I don't get called in. We've looked at 8 houses so far. How many did you look at before...

WhoopTee Giveaway! (with 3 winners!)

See the shirt I'm wearing? I made it!well, sort of. I doodled the design and then WhoopTee made it. WhoopTee is an online business that helps you create custom shirts.They contacted me about...

Nursing Tuesday: sitting can kill you.

Lately, the only nursing posts I've done have been link ups... that's all fine and dandy, but I'd like to continue sharing little tid bits from the field of medicine, if that's okay. :) *This one...

No, we did not go to New Zealand.

We found a hobbit hole here in Nampa. So of course I had my 6 foot 4 inch husband go and stand next to it so I could take a picture. and now we're done house hunting!*I joke.

Best part of Easter...

...hidden eggs that are just out of reach...abandoned jelly beans... and overfed ducks who could care less that whole slices of bread are being thrown their way.

12 Things revisited. Again.

At the end of every month, I'm trying to review my 12 goals for the year to see what kind of progress I've made: 1. grow spiritually. I teach the 12-year old girls at church and March's theme was...

what you've all been waiting for... a roller derby update.

I've been skating with Nampa's roller derby team, the Beet City Bombers, since January. It's been incredible and for some reason comes as a shock whenever I tell people about it. ;) (ps. they're...

March Nurse link up: Getting into Nursing School

Welcome! Paige and I are talking about what it takes to get into nursing school and we would LOVE it if you nurse bloggers/student nurse bloggers joined in. :) And if you, dear reader, are someone...

I need a F21 intervention

I realized as I was thinking about blogging these pictures, that this entire outfit is from Forever 21. seriously. shirt, skirt, cardigan, belt... all F21. The hair bow was from a shop in Portland...

at long last.... a blog post

Dear friends, I could bore you with details excuses of how work has been crazy and how when I DO have a day off, I've been spending time with husband... but I'll just go ahead and jump right back...

the unconventional easter basket.

It's amazing what some people think will sell... If I saw these "gummy bunny teeth" as a kid, I'd probably have mental images of bunny farms where teeth are harvested and sold on the black...

him & her: dream house

We love to talk about the house we'll own someday. In fact, we'll sometimes go driving around our favorite neighborhoods, just to see if there are any 'for sale' signs out front. No luck yet, but...

a trip to the thrift store.

Mo has had some time off the last couple of weeks. We joke that he's 'unemployed' and 'trying out the stay-at-home-person' gig, but really, he's just enjoying some well deserved time off before he...

Linkup: Birthdays as a Nurse

Wanna link up?Paige and I would sure love it. :)This theme is most apporopriate because today is actually Paige's Birthday! Happy Birthday Lady!!! (I know another nurse/blogger lady who's birthday...

we like our eggs.

I was cleaning out the kitchen drawers for the thrift store run we're making later today, and I realized just how many egg-specific items we have...egg molds, poach pods, egg slicer, egg shaper,...

flashback.

The year was 2006. I was a senior in high school. My mom and I went to the nearby canyon to take pictures and this is what we got.To all those people who tell me I look like I'm 18... no. THIS is...