time

here it is, the last day of january already
the first month of 2006 is already gone

today

poooor kc
he was in the deck room and the neighbors cat was on my deck
one piece of glass seperating the cats
kc was prancing back and forth
the other cat was just sitting there, squalling at him

it didnt take me long to chase that cat off my deck
its not supposed to be there
i'd be willing to guess its a daily occurance while i'm gone
grrrrrrr

made some choc chip oatmeal cookies today
from scratch, at that
(yes, i'm becoming quite domesticated)
prob is, i like soft choc chip cookies
these are crisp
had nothing to do with how long i baked them, either
am thinking the oatmeal may have had something to do with it
anyways
they did have a good flavor
and best of all?
i put lots of choc chips in them!!

phlegmatic

well, i guess this one is pretty accurate

You Have a Phlegmatic Temperament

Mild mannered and laid back, you take life at a slow pace. You are very consistent - both in emotions and actions. You tend to absorb set backs easily. You are cool and collected. It is difficult to offend you. You can remain composed and unemotional. You are a great friend and lover. You don't demand much of others. While you are quiet, you have a subtle wit that your friends know well. At your worst, you are lazy and unwilling to work at anything. You often get stuck in a rut, without aspirations or dreams. You can get too dependent on others, setting yourself up for abandonment.

What Temperment Are You?

don't tell my repairer of walls that last statement.
he'll work OT if i let him.
he'll even build new walls

here's another one

You Are Not Scary

Everyone loves you. Isn't that sweet?

How Scary Are You?

yeah, right....

kc

kc is running up and down the steps like an idiot
he's got more energy than i do!

that goofy cat is insistent on getting into the heater duct, too
he better not end up in the furnace
i wouldnt be any to happy
i have it blocked off, but he manages to unblock it
i gots to find another system

today

today has been a very slow day
no calls at work
i think i've forgotten how to run an emerg call
all i seem to be doing, is LDT's
thats ok, tho, i guess

today, i washed the truck,
set up 2 transports
almost allowed a sudoku to drive me bananas
but i fooled it
i beat it!
hung out in the ER for a bit

and thats abt it

peanuts

You are Franklin!


Which Peanuts Character are You?
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grumpy

am in a grumpy mood today
have been all day, mostly

am 35 today
am not really liking that at all
but nothing i can do abt it

md has been down more than its been up today
i grumped on several threads
i must be pms'ing

was to my bro for supper tonight
the kids liked the sudoku game
but it was just a bit too much for an 8 yr and a 9 yr old
i should have started them on the mini's
i actually took hte game along for my bro
but they latched onto it

i have to start back to work in the morning
ewwwww

gossip says that one of the girls in church started dating
several wks ago
she's 36, soon to be 37
well, that was the wrong thing to tell me today
along with the statement, "maybe theres hope for "ry" yet"
coming from my sis in law
as if there's something wrong with me
maybe thats why i'm such a grump tonight

i think i'm signing off early tonight
maybe i'll get a phone call, maybe i won't

i'll be in a better mood tomorrow

sudoku

short and sweet posting again this evening
i bought myself a game
ultimate sudoku
and installed it
i believe that i shall be quite addicted to it!
gotta get back to the game!

steaming

ok, so i have been grilled thoroughly tonight
in fact, i think that i might have been steaming

odds n ends

i've got 3 days off
in the middle of the wk
am looking forward to them
not sure what all i intend on doing
station stuff of course
but as far as home stuff?
haven't quite decided

i've got kc hair all over me
he bites at the brush, when i brush him
so, i brush him with 2 brushes
one for him to bite
and one for me to use
works pretty good, i must say

tommorrow it will be a yr since matt's wreck
i still miss him and his outrageous stories

relaxed

its been a relaxing weekend
and back to work in the morning
but,
i only work monday,
then have off tue, wed, thur
it will be a lovely wk

i hope

hmmmm
there went the cinder truck
i guess it is supposed to be nasty weather tomorrow
it wasnt doing anything tho, when i came home tonight

tagged

i've been tagged
thanks to tony from md

7 things I want to do before I go to be with the Lord:
1. work thru all my hangups
2. learn how to trust Him completely
3. learn to accept myself for who i am
4. lose weight. maybe this one would take care of itself, if i got 1, 2, & 3 taken care of
5. finish all my half-started needlework projects
6. have a blackberry patch, with thorns, its more fun that way
7. rip down the old barn, and the falling down shed, and build a garage instead

welcoming

i worked last night again
am tired, and ready for bed

i pulled in my driveway this morning
sat there, listening to the rest of the song
and watched kc jump on the window sill
and then, when i got out of the car
he jumped off the window sill,
and headed over to the door
i could hear him meowing before i ever put the key in the slot

so nice to have a welcoming committee:)

time

as i was driving home, tonight, i saw a set of christmas lights
it got me to thinking
when i was a kid, christmas lasted so much longer
than what it does now.
time stood still as a kid
and now, as an adult, it adds that time that stood still to each day
and puts life into fast forward.

thanks :)

big al called me up shortly after 7
why dont you come up to the fame for supper?
we've got roast chix, potatoes au grautin, green beans, salad,
brownies
so i did
it was quite good
thanks :)

and i got to see his baby
and hold him
such a cute little thing
he doesnt weigh but a pound, i'm sure
he takes after his mom, not big al, thats a certainty!

mine

kc went with me to the station today,
while i was doing my billing duties
he behaved very nicely
so much so, that i think he will be going along some more

i had taken the pet taxi along, and set it in the corner
several times, he crawled in the door, and sat there napping
he must have recognized it from home

right now, he is sprawled out in the doorway of my bedroom
dunno if he thinks he is protecting my room or not
oops, i lied, he must know i'm talking abt him
he just came over to meet me
jumped up on my bed, crawled onto my back
and now he is lying there, purring
he seems to like lying on my back
of course, i dont complain
he's my kitty cat

anticipation

am looking forward to tonight

contentment

the birds have found the bird feeder
and kc is sitting on the window sill
his tail is twitching furiously as he watches

thanks clinton :)
this little corner of my world is quite content
the birds have food
kc is going nuts watching them
and i am gaining a lot of enjoyment
out of watching kc and the birds

company

i declare
there's times i dont even know myself anymore
done something tonight that i havent done before
(i'm doing a lot of that, these days)
i met up with my cousin at a church function
and invited them for ice cream at my place

i havent invited someone to my place,
spur of hte moment, after church, ever
it was a very nice evening, tho
i enjoyed it
i hope they did, too

awake

well, i guess i haven't succumbed to toxic fumes
i woke up this morning
and went to work
sorry to disappoint everyone,
but i was rather happy to wake up today
much as i hate waking up in the morning

and then, today, i had another trip
and this time i told them,
do not bring the fried battery ambulance
i'm not riding in it!

this one went much better!

nasty

i had quite the interesting experience today
or not so fun, i should say
if i dont wake up in the morning, its cause of toxic fumes
make sure you post a note, saying you miss me

a fried battery in the ambulance
smells like a cross btw a rotten egg and a rotting deer carcass
its nasty
reeealllll nasty

and of all things, this is fri 13th

on a lighter note
a really good thing did happen today
i found my stethoscope that i was sure was gone forever

de-lurking

i understand this is national de-lurking week
sooooo....
if you read regularly
(or not so regularly)
leave me a line or two
thanks :)

adventure

adventures
there are all sorts of adventures
from physical adventures, i'm big and strong
to mental adventures, i am capable of changing my world
and even online adventures, the wished-for world

i plan on connecting all three of those, in the near future
turning online into real life is an adventure in itself
its a scarey one, i'll admit
thats where the mental adventure comes into play
i AM capable of changing my world.

protocols

the new als protocols came out, will be in effect the middle of jan
we had our mandatory class on them this evening
it will make it nice that morphine is now above the command line
not to mention bipap
and adenosine

agreeable

had a lovely soak tonight in a tub of hot water with some mineral stuff thrown in. supposed to be good for aches and pains, and to relax a person. i laid in the tub so long that the water turned lukewarm, my feet shriveled, and kc went to find his own entertainment. am feeling very mellow, just now, and even agreeable to most anything, i think.

tired

worked last night again
and kc's been running around like a wild cat since i got home
either he's that excited to see me,
or he got into something he shouldnt have

got stuck behind numerous school buses on my way home
i'd get rid of one, and half a mile down the road theres another
grrrrrrrrr
not fond of stopping 20 times on my way home from work

am tired, am headed to bed

domesticated

i been quite the domesticated woman today
i baked a batch of cookies
and i baked some brownies
i did my laundry
and i cleaned my house
and then i made supper for mom, dad, and my bro

hamburger helper and green beans
doctored up the hh with mushrooms, chili powder, red pepper flakes
it was quite good, if i do say so myself
and fruit, cookies and brownies for dessert

this was the first time i did baking in a long time
not counting helping mom get ready for country memories day

the most interesting part of the baking experience?
was attempting to keep kc off the counter and away from my cookies
mom wasnt too thrilled when she heard that!!

pride

got some station duties done today
which was quite necessary

performed surgery on my computer too
last night it started running really loud
as if the fan was running constantly
it felt like it was drawing air, tho
and it was really, really slow in loading pages

when i went in to the station, bruce was there
and i asked him abt it
he tells me that he cleaned out his fan, once
there was an inch of dirt, he said.
so he told me how to check it

came home this evening, opened up my laptop
took off the keyboard
took off the other piece in there, and found the fan
hmm, its not dirty
it looked pretty good
but there was this 5 inch hair sticking out of the fan
so, i pulled out the hair
made sure there were no more
and put my computer back together again

and interestingly enough,
my computer sounds better
and it still works!
the pages are loading back at normal speed
i didn't ruin it, by me doing surgery on it
with no one here to back me up and tell me i was doing it right.

i'm all proud of myself!

biting

kc is in a biting mood lately
i need to dig out the squirt gun again
he needs to learn to associate NO with a squirt of water, again

he's biting my ankles
he's biting my hands

and i can't have that

plans

so much for my well laid plans this afternoon

i had to take the suburban to the hosp, and switch out with the trailblazer
so i decide, i'm going to wait until shortly after 5 30 to go up
that way, i'll be getting back to central just after 6 30
and i wont have a late call to go on
smart, wasnt i!

welllllll,
it all goes well
i get back abt 6 40
my relief walks in the door as i'm pulling in the bay
we head into the office
and i start to tell her abt the full time opening we have
and tones start dropping
2 vehicle mva, 3 pts
possible entrapment
and its only 6 45
so, we both hop in the trailblazer
and put us responding
county, medic 29 responding, with 2 providers
and i never left work until 9 12 pm

so much for my well laid plans!

kc

i laughed at kc this afternoon
i decided its time he gets used to a harness
so i put one on him
he wasnt thrilled, of course
he kept rolling over and over trying to bite it off

then he sat and glared at me for a bit

and i've found out how to keep him from pesting me abt my food
if i give him a bite of something he doesnt like,
he goes and lays down at the end of the table
and doesnt bother my plate anymore

he doesnt like pickles
he doesnt like tomatoes/sauce

work

worked last night
droll called me, can you come in for me?
i'm sick
grumble, snort, yeah, i'll come in

all in all, it was a very nice night tho
had a cancellation run up to the end of the county
so i stopped off at the station
and ate a leftover hotdog and some sauerkraut at 3 30 AM
heres hoping i can sleep now!

2006

first day of 2006 today
as holidays go, it was an ok one
didnt do anything special
just worked

looking ahead:
this yr i'm going to concentrate on landscaping
i've got hte major stuff done to the house
now i want to start on the lawn and garden
i have to rip down the barn
and the old shed
and figure out what to do with the blacksmith shop

i want to concentrate on my personal walls
i want to break them down
i want to spend more time with family
i want to allow folks to get closer,
rather than keeping them all at arms length
i want to learn to accept all my emotions
rather than keeping them bottled inside