Ticker

I just put a ticker countdown for my wedding on my blog. They also have a "menstrual calendar" I can post. I'll spare you...

Halloween Zoe

Tonight I was going through the costume box to find some devil horns to wear to work tomorrow. I found the two costumes that I made for Austin when he was 2 and 3. One was a clown outfit that shows some pretty sweet sewing skills and is adorable. The other is a pumpkin outfit, complete with a pumpkin top that had an elastic to hold it on his head. I am hoping in a couple of years I can dress up a grandson (hint!hint!) in the clown outfit.

Obviously my kids are not going to let me dress them up and haven't for years. Fortunately for me, I have collected a couple of cute dog costumes for Zoe. Unfortunately for her, I must put them on her day after day around Halloween and then laugh my butt off!!

She has become smart over the years. She lets me dress her up, then sits for pictures and waits with that evil look in her eye for me to take off the ghastly get-up.

The complete clown outfit. Not to be confused with the home-made outfit I made for Austin. This is the only one with all the parts.

This is actually one of those hair elastics that you put on a bun or ponytail. Why anyone ever did I have no idea, but me and the kids found an old one once and put it on Zoe. It always makes me laugh!! We call it the LION costume!

This is her princess cape. She had the cutest princess hat that went with it, but I pressed her patience last year and she went outside, scratched it off and buried it. We have never found it. She never ever looks at the camera, unless she is a princess!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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Condo for Sale!!

Matt is selling his condo, saying goodbye to his bachelor pad!! I am sure that if you are reading this, then you have already heard about the condo. If not, then I obviously need your email!
Check out the link to the right of the page!!

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Body Worlds

A couple of weeks ago I bought tickets to Body Worlds for Matt, me, Daniel and Samantha. It wasn't cheap, but I thought it would be worth it. Last night we went. At first Daniel and Samantha could not grasp the idea that we were going to go see bodies without skin and that they were real bodies.

When we got there, I was really impressed by the ability to be able to preserve the body and show what is inside. Samantha loved it and wrote down a lot of the sayings on the walls. Daniel didn't say much, he wasn't thrilled.

Matt loved it and could have told us all of the research being done on the devices we saw. We were both impressed by the fetus's and how very small they are.

I realized how much I have actually seen of the human body. As a nurse, I see lots and lots of naked bodies. To me, a naked body is just that and nothing more. I try to maintain patient dignity while doing my job the very best I can. Fortunately for me, and somewhat unfortunate for the patients, I have seen the inside of many bodies in different areas.

I have watched both an abdomen and a chest opened up bedside and very emergent. I have been to the OR and watched an old heart taken out and a new heart put in. Granted I basically just watched the exchange from the anesthesiologists point of view, I can stay in the OR to watch for about 10 minutes and then I get bored. Unless something really great is happening, but that is a whole different blog.

There is something about seeing a human opened up emergent to save their lives that gives you a little extra bit of information on the magic of it all. I have seen limbs that were ripped off in car accidents and exposed all the inside of the arm. Many times we open up arms and legs that have compartment syndrome and it's like a lesson in anatomy.

To sum it up, I liked it, but realized that I've seen most of it. That the magic of the human body is a miracle I work with every day.