Hodgepodge Update

My nephew, Corbinigan or Little Man...when he's in a good mood, he's great!  Loves to laugh, dance, cuddle and talk gibberish.  These pics were taken the same day as the video I posted recently.

My parent's house is for sale, been on the market for about 3 weeks now.  Had an open house last Sunday, then lowered the price $5000.00, now have had one walk through with them visiting again this Monday.  That's a good sign. We checked out house today, a 4 level split and it didn't flow very well at all.....kinda like the family outgrew it but had to make do.  On to the next one....heading to an Open House on Sunday afternoon....looks a like a nice one.        

I got a couple books in the mail via amazon.ca a couple days ago; "The Year of Living Biblically - One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible" and "The Know-It-All - One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World", both written by A.J. Jacobs.  These books, true accounts, are supposed to be quite humourous and I love humour!  Here's the link to the books he's written: http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=a.j.+jacobs&x=0&y=0 

I haven't done much of any scrapbooking in about a month or more because of the Pharmacology online course I'm taking which has begun to take up more of my time in the evenings and wknds.  I think I'm half way done my research paper I'm doing on Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease.  I'm so very thankful I don't have either of those because they are both very horrible in many ways.  I feel for the people who do but they say after about a year, after the surgery (a couple diff ones) they can feel like their life is back to normal.  In my eyes, that would take a lot of change because of the results after the surgeries.  Anyhoo, still have about 1000 more words to write and it's due on March 14.

Till next time.....

Full-Time at Last

About 2 weeks ago, I found out I got a full time job at the Pharmacy I'm already working at.  The position I ended up getting was previously held by a lady named Maria who decided to leave pharmacy and work in a different department in the hospital. 

I applied for it and because I had the most senority of the people that applied, I got it.  Sooooo, that means I'm a Pharmacy Assistant 2A, with a catch.  The classification of 2a signifies that I have specific training in mixing CIVA products, TPNs and chemo.  Well I don't have that training yet.  It will come in the near future and it will involve 4 straight weeks of it.  (And I hear they are a lonnnnnnng 4 wks).  The position I just had was a Pharmacy Assistant 1A; so by upgrading I get a $1.05/hr more, so I'm now up to $22.95/hr.  Now I'm working Mon-Fri, 0700-1518, in a 12 wk rotation.  Two of the weeks require me to work 2 wknds....not so shabby compared to my previous position of working EVERY wknd.

I started on Feb 7 some project work that required a couple volunteers, so I volunteered for something different to do.  I'm working along side with the Regional Director of Pharmacy, her admin assistant, and the Pharmacy Operations Manager.  The projects are mainly regional and require A LOT of computer work and reading.  It is mentally tiring and I am mentally tired by the end of my work day.  The 4th floor is where the admin offices are and the nickname that goes with admin offices is "sweater girls" or something along those lines.  For kicks I wore a sweater a couple fridays ago and this past Thurs was the National Sweater Day so I wore one then too.  The bunch of gals I work with and hang out with at work are hilarious and it's fun (for me) to make them laugh by being a good sport and wearing a sweater cause I'm now a 'sweater girl'.  Unfortunately I couldn't sport the argyle print as it was too big. 

These same people also have the love of great food such as the Olive Garden.  We have found some recipes online on the actual Olive Garden website.  I've made 3 of the recipes so far.  Two of them were awesome!!  http://www.olivegarden.com/recipes/recipe_search/

The first one I made was Chicken Crostina.  If you attempt to make it, give yourself an easy 2 hrs to prepare and cook.  There's no walking away from the stove during the cooking of this one.  The second one I made was Chicken Milanese.  The sauces both have white wine in them, I used cooking white wine and the flavour is quite prevalent in them both.   The third one I made wasn't listed on the OG site so I did a search and found Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara.  It was good except I'm not a fan of strong cheeses and I didn't know Romano would be like that.  Other than that, yummy as well.

Back to the gals I work, well I thought of, one day, we will be called Olive Sisters.  I'm Molive, Colleen is Colive, Tara is Tolive and Rhonda is Rolive.   We all get a kick outta those nicknames.  (pound it!)

Well that's all for tonight.

 

p.s.  I hate the formatting of this site....hard to seperate paragraphs.

Hangin' with My Nephew 2/19/11

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Dad's Last Day

Today is my dad's last day of his 8 week vacation time at home.  He flies to Vancouver tomorrow morning.  Tonight everyone (except Dave) came over for dessert, fruit flan or as my dad said "fruit phegm", and hung out.  I played with Saibry and Corbin.....Saibry is really enjoying putting puzzles together and you'll never guess what my mom pulled out of the kids toy closet..... a 1981 Strawberry Shortcake puzzle from when Tenille and myself were really young.

After a few tries with help she was able to do most of it on her own.  She's got a good memory.  Then Corbin and I were playing with his Ikea wooden stacking toy.  He's got such a good grasp at stacking the round pieces on the stick.  Then he would tip over the tower of round wooden pieces, push it and it would roll around in a circle.  I took a video of this process.

Then I came to the kitchen table and Corbin wanted up on one of the chairs (gpa's).  I still had the camera so it was photo-op time.  He's really good at saying "cheese" in his own way....."eeeeeeeee". Super cute!  I got a video of him saying that too. 

Right now I'm trying to upload the first video using the One True Media website....slow going.  Anyways, mom and dad did chinese food buffet tonight for their dinner and Tenille and I scooted off to Kelly O'Brien's for my usual patchos meal.  That sure filled me up.  (I didn't take this pic but it's what I love to eat there!! mmmmmmm...)  The sauce is honey mustard, more like the Mississippi brand in the clear jar that's sold at grocery stores. 

Well perhaps I'll post a video another time....only at about 60%.  So it's dad's last nite and because of some set backs with his scheduling, we don't know when his next visit home will be....yes, they are visits.  He's home for 2 months in a row once a year and the other times it's 3-6 days (or so) at a time.  That's life up here in the north.

Short Update

I haven't blogged in a litte while cause I haven't really wanted to site in front of the computer more than I have to. My pharmacy job, right now, consists of project work that will take me to the end of March. The project work, which is offered on occassion to techs, entails of working with a couple of other techs, the Regional Manager of Pharmacy as well as some other 'big wigs'. I am currently working to standardize PPMOs. Of course, any body reading this will not understand my lingo. PPMOs are pre-printed medication orders. There are standard orders for docs to write for different situations in the hopsital. Since these ones are pre-printed with probably ticky-boxes, the orders are easy for the docs to write.....tick off the ticky-boxes, fill in some blanks, and sign the bottom. See...easy. Well for the project I'm working on, the goal is to standardize the PPMOs around the whole health region in Northern BC. There are many site specific ones that can either be turfed, modified or turned into regional orders. I have to weed thehrough them all, sort them, and make the process more streamlined. Ok, that was a boring topic, but it explains why I don't wanna sit at the computer more than I have to in a day.
I'm also enrolled in an online Pharmacology course through UBC & College of Pharmacy. I have to do 4 online courses, and some exams to complete the regulation process as described in a previous post. This requires more computer work after work and on wknds....still no time for blogging.
Another update is my parent's house is officially for sale, the sign is up and it's posted on www.mls.ca and in the property newspaper. We had an open house yesterday with many positive comments but many negative comments about the location, and we know about that....crumby location, great house. We are a bit overpriced as well for the location, unfortunately. This location, apparently, cost us $10,000 of our asking price. There are 1 or 2 houses of casual interest by my parents but still gotta sell this place before purchasing another. Reason for selling is to have a newer house, with more space. The house will be my parents' retirement house as well so the newer it is, it will be easier to sell later on when my parents move out.  So I'm sure there will be more updates about this topic later.Back to the pharmacy school topic....I had a great epiphany today at work.  With the money I spent so far on courses/exams, and what money I'll be remibursed can go to my savings as the credit card has been paid off.  So far, for what I've sent away for reimbursment, my amount back will be almost $300.00.  That's a good start.  My employer has agreed to cover up to $1500.00 over 4 years and the tuition reimbursement program via my employer has agreed to pay 50% up to $500.00 per fiscal year.  So a large chunk of what I pay out will be given back.    I may just be able to go on a vacation this summer.  I had almost completely written off that idea but it may actually happen.Well that's it for now...It's 9:44pm and time for bed.

A Dry Tribute to Mitch Hedberg - Comedian

Here are a few of my favourites:
- I bought a scratch off lottery ticket, but then I accidentally spilled calamine lotion on it, so it did not need to be scratched. Shoot! I will not know if I have won!
- I ate one anchovy, and that is why I did not eat two anchovies.
- If you can't sleep, count sheep. Don't count endangered animals. You will run out. I want to rob a bank with a BB gun. "Give me all your money or I will give you a dimple! I will be rich, you will be cute. We both win."  
- I got a belt on that's holding up my pants, and the pants have belt loops that hold up the belt. What's going on here? Who is the real hero?
- Swiss cheese is the only cheese you can draw and people can identify. You can draw American cheese, but someone will think it's cheddar. It's the only cheese you can bite and miss. "Hey Mitch - does that sandwich have cheese on it?" "Every now and then!