My latest knitting addiction!

Teeny Tiny Mochimochi

Boo! Teeny Tiny ghost! Today I made three ghosts for my boys and they loved them and of course I have orders (from them) to make every single teeny tiny in the book!

First day of clinicals

Due to HIIPA rules and regulations I can’t say much about my first day of clinicals but all in all I really enjoyed myself. I give credit to those who are CNA’s who truly care about their jobs and residents. It is  a tough back breaking job and really really icky. Changing an adult diaper is nothing like changing a baby by any means. BUT I handle it better than I expected. In class I was very uncomfortable with the idea of seeing a grown adult naked but once the moment happened the part that got me through it was the fact that these people need someone to care about them and give them the respect and dignity they deserve.

I am actually looking forward to going back next weekend. Some of the residents were a hoot and others broke your heart but I could really see how much our presence meant to them. I had so many residents genuinely thank me for just being patient and kind and doing a simple task for them like adjusting their foot in their wheelchair or adjusting them in their beds. I think without really realizing it having a mom who was in and out of a wheelchair and who lived in a hospital bed most of my life really had an impact on me and even though I was only 14 when she died those years of taking care of her taught me a lot.

When I first started this class it really made me second guess my decision to become a nurse but now I am positive that this is what I want!

High Five dude!

Wednesday Without Words

 

Think Crafts winner!

I had an awesome surprise waiting for me today when I visited a crafts website that I recently found through Pinterest!  Last week I repinned a Halloween project for a Henna Pumpkin that I'd like to make from a site called Think Crafts! While I was there drolling over all the projects I'd love to make I entered the weekly giveaway and today I found out I won!

I won an ArtBin Super Satchel. How cool is that? I’ve never won anything online before! Sometimes I enter because I really really like the prize (like the ArtBin Super Satchel) but most times I don’t enter if I don’t have a real use for the prize, I’d rather have someone else win it. I always enter yarn contests and sadly have never won so this was a nice surprise! When I showed my husband I won this giveaway I made him laugh when I said "Do you know what I could do with this!?" Apparently I was really giddy and serious when I said it and he knows how I am about products that feed the need to organize!
Thank you Think Crafts!