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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
A Girl Named Herman
I alluded to selling my truck to pay for nursing school, and driving my LandCruiser instead. Since she's a little special, I thought I'd introduce everybody.
She is a 1984 (25 years old this year, classic car status baby!) Toyota LandCruiser FJ60. She's definitely named Herman. And she's definitely a "her", moody as can be, and you have to whisper sweet nothings in her ear occasionally to make her happy. So, without further adieu, here she is:
Herman will be growing up over the next few weeks--a lift, some larger tires, tint, new windshield, so stay tuned for pictures.
She is a 1984 (25 years old this year, classic car status baby!) Toyota LandCruiser FJ60. She's definitely named Herman. And she's definitely a "her", moody as can be, and you have to whisper sweet nothings in her ear occasionally to make her happy. So, without further adieu, here she is:
Herman will be growing up over the next few weeks--a lift, some larger tires, tint, new windshield, so stay tuned for pictures.
Valentine's & Such
Valentine's Day was pretty good this year.My wife brought me flowers, and she wanted to make sure I let everyone know that she decided to that before she read my blog about only receiving flowers once before in my life.
I also got a card, and inside that card was an appointment card for a 50 minute massage at a new massage clinic in town! Never had a massage before, so that will be...fun? Stimulating?
There was much discussion with her and some of my other friends about whether the massuese will be male or female. To muddy the waters the appointment was made with "Jamie" a la Pat from SNL. Some one suggested that if it were a guy then I wouldn't have to worry about a certain parasympathetic reaction occurring. My retort to that was the only thing worse would be if that happened and it WAS a guy masseuse!!
My appointment is for in the morning, and my wife has promised to help me with some grooming functions in preparation--namely back hair, which I unfortunately can't reach with my electric clippers.
In return I got my wife a card and a pedometer so she can start counting steps.
Our small group had a couples only dinner, and then watched Fireproof. I'll be doing a review of the movie here soon. It was a really nice evening. Capped it all off with some painful but soundless (Baby Drofen was in his bassinet at bedside,) adult recreation.
So thank you Mrs. Drofen for a lovely Valentine's weekend. And thank you for trying to get us 'back in the saddle.' Mostly thank you for trimming my back hair for me. :)
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Spinach Olive Potato Fritata
Ingredients:
Coat bottom of an oven safe 10" omelet skillet with olive oil and heat until hot. Cut potato into 1/4ths lengthwise and slice thinly. Brown potato slices on medium high heat, then cover and turn down to medium low heat for 10 minutes, or until potato slices are cooked through. Meanwhile, crack 8 eggs into bowl and mix with fork. Stir in black olives. Turn heat on skillet back up to medium high, and add egg/olive mixture. Sprinkle chopped spinach evenly over skillet, pressing in until embedded in egg mixture. Cook until bottom and sides of eggs are set up, with only a liquid center. Sprinkle both cheddar and Romano cheese evenly over the top, and place skillet on top oven rack, 4" under hot broiler. Roast, checking often, until center is set and cheese is melted. Let stand at least 5 minutes before serving.
Variations:
I've tried this with diced tomatoes and grated onions added as well. If you're a big olive fan, sliced olives work well too--my wife isn't and the chopped olives are lower profile.
- One large baking potato
- 8 eggs
- 2 tablespoons chopped black olives
- 1 cup chopped fresh spinach
- 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
Coat bottom of an oven safe 10" omelet skillet with olive oil and heat until hot. Cut potato into 1/4ths lengthwise and slice thinly. Brown potato slices on medium high heat, then cover and turn down to medium low heat for 10 minutes, or until potato slices are cooked through. Meanwhile, crack 8 eggs into bowl and mix with fork. Stir in black olives. Turn heat on skillet back up to medium high, and add egg/olive mixture. Sprinkle chopped spinach evenly over skillet, pressing in until embedded in egg mixture. Cook until bottom and sides of eggs are set up, with only a liquid center. Sprinkle both cheddar and Romano cheese evenly over the top, and place skillet on top oven rack, 4" under hot broiler. Roast, checking often, until center is set and cheese is melted. Let stand at least 5 minutes before serving.
Variations:
I've tried this with diced tomatoes and grated onions added as well. If you're a big olive fan, sliced olives work well too--my wife isn't and the chopped olives are lower profile.
Friday, February 13, 2009
One Word
Stolen from Danasaur.
1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Your significant other? Reading
3. Your hair? Short
4. Your mother? Practical
5. Your father? Old
6. Your favorite thing? Happiness
7. Your dream last night? Anxiety
8. Your favorite drink? Water
9. Your dream/goal? Happiness
10. What room you are in? Living
11. Your hobby? Photography
12. Your fear? Failure
13. Where do you want to be in 7 years? Packing
14. Where were you last night? Couch
15. First kiss? Junior-high
16. Rockets? Houston?
17. Wish list item? Weight-loss
18. Where you grew up? Farm
19. Last thing you did? Walk
20. What are you wearing? Clothes
21. Your TV? Backyardigans
22. Your medium? Light
23. Friends? Some
24. Your life? Searching
25. Your mood? Tired
26. Missing some one? Myself
27. Car? LandCruiser
28. Something you’re not wearing? Hat
29. Your favorite store [designer]? J. Crew
30. Your favorite color? Olive
31. Your favorite food? Fresh
32. Your favorite smell? Rain
33. When is the last time you laughed? 2y/o
34. Last time you cried? Fight
35. Who will repost this? JK
36. One place that I go to over and over? School
37. One person who emails me regularly? Friend
38. Favorite place to eat? Colorado
39. Why you participated in this survey? Bored
40. What are you doing tonight? Daddying.
1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Your significant other? Reading
3. Your hair? Short
4. Your mother? Practical
5. Your father? Old
6. Your favorite thing? Happiness
7. Your dream last night? Anxiety
8. Your favorite drink? Water
9. Your dream/goal? Happiness
10. What room you are in? Living
11. Your hobby? Photography
12. Your fear? Failure
13. Where do you want to be in 7 years? Packing
14. Where were you last night? Couch
15. First kiss? Junior-high
16. Rockets? Houston?
17. Wish list item? Weight-loss
18. Where you grew up? Farm
19. Last thing you did? Walk
20. What are you wearing? Clothes
21. Your TV? Backyardigans
22. Your medium? Light
23. Friends? Some
24. Your life? Searching
25. Your mood? Tired
26. Missing some one? Myself
27. Car? LandCruiser
28. Something you’re not wearing? Hat
29. Your favorite store [designer]? J. Crew
30. Your favorite color? Olive
31. Your favorite food? Fresh
32. Your favorite smell? Rain
33. When is the last time you laughed? 2y/o
34. Last time you cried? Fight
35. Who will repost this? JK
36. One place that I go to over and over? School
37. One person who emails me regularly? Friend
38. Favorite place to eat? Colorado
39. Why you participated in this survey? Bored
40. What are you doing tonight? Daddying.
In Common
Q: What do the following have in common:
- a 2 y/o drenched from armpit to knees in pee.
- a baby sized wet spot in the middle of mommy & daddy's bed.
- 2 piles of cat vomit on the bedroom carpet visible only to daddy's bare feet.
- 3 onesies in under an hour soaked in vomit or urine.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Rite of Parenthood #9
The successful parent realizes that certain sounds in the English language are more difficult to pronounce than others. For example, the hard "C" sound can be particularly troublesome for the 2 y/o palate. Often the child will approximate the sound as best they can from the repertoire of sounds they have already mastered. For example, a 2 y/o might substitute a hard "T" sound for a hard "C" sound.
The successful parent realizes that to avoid discouraging a child from learning, it is important to maintain a straight face when this approximation makes for unfortunate mistakes in the pronunciation of words.
Even when the 2 y/o chases the cat around the house shouting, "Here "T"itty, "T"itty, "T"itty!"
The successful parent realizes that to avoid discouraging a child from learning, it is important to maintain a straight face when this approximation makes for unfortunate mistakes in the pronunciation of words.
Even when the 2 y/o chases the cat around the house shouting, "Here "T"itty, "T"itty, "T"itty!"
Significant Other Significant Facts
Another survey stolen from Christy because, well, I'm particularly succeptible to the power of suggestion lately.
This is a survey about you and your significant other and if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged:
♥ What are your middle names?
Dawn and a name that is never uttered aloud.
♥ How long have you been together?
Almost 10 years, been married for 3.5. It's complicated.
♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Again, complicated. How long did we know each other before we were emotionally involved? A few weeks. How long before we were officially able to date? 4.5 years.
♥ Who asked who out?
I asked her out, incessantly until she agreed just to shut me up.
♥ How old are each of you?
I'm 33, she's about to turn 30, HAHA!
♥ Whose siblings do/did you see the most?
Hers--she has 7 of them and most live within a couple hours. I only have one and she lives about 10 hours away.
♥ Do you have any children together?
Two, the 2 y/o and baby Drofen.
♥ What about pets? Names?
A golden retriever, Bo, two cats, Dusty and Babycat, and a Russian tortoise named Nadya.
♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Hmm, probably a tie between the stepmother/daughter relationship between her and the 9 y/o or the whole chiro school debacle.
♥ Did you go to the same school?
HS no, but we met in microbiology class in undergrad.
♥ Are you from the same home town?
Negative. She's from Greenville, TX (One time official motto: The blackest earth and the whitest people.) Seriously.
♥ Who is the smartest?
I know I have the smartass-iest mouth, does that count?
♥ Who is the most sensitive?
Toss up really. I get my feelings hurt way too easily I think.
♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?
We don't really eat out anymore, but when we did probably Mexican restaurants.
♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Probably Belize, or maybe NYC, I'd have to look at a map to see which is farther.
♥ Who has the craziest exes?
Dunno, the easy answer is me since I have that ex-wife we have to deal with on a regular basis. But she had an ex that would openly booty call her even after he knew we were dating.
♥ Who has the worst temper?
Blow the top, definitely me. But she gets testy much more often.
♥ Who does the cooking?
I do almost all the cooking.
♥ Who is more social?
I am, or at least I have way more people I talk to on a regular basis.
♥ Who is the neat-freak?
Probably her, although since we've had kids she cares less and I care more than we used to.
♥ Who is the more stubborn?
I am hands down.
♥ Who hogs the bed?
Right now, her & baby Drofen
♥ Who wakes up earlier?
Toss up. She's been up more in the middle of the night, but I'm the one up every morning to get the 9 y/o out of bed for school.
♥ Where was your first date?
Hmm, we went to an ultimate frisbee park to walk and talk soon after we realized we had feelings for each other. Official date, I'd have to play male and say I don't remember.
♥ Who has the bigger family?
Her--6 sisters and a brother.
♥ Do you get flowers often?
I've never gotten flowers from her. I occasionally buy some when I'm at the grocery store and on special occasions. Only one girl has ever bought me flowers (other than corsages) and I'll remember her for that for all time. So sweet.
♥ How do you spend the holidays?
Most get spent with hers, basically because of distance. We try and alternate the major holidays.
♥ Who is more jealous?
Used to be me. I was pretty bad when she was in nursing school. But somehow she always managed to be working with one of the boy nursing students--there were only like 8 or 9 in her whole class.
♥ How long did it take to get serious?
Way too serious, way too soon.
♥ Who eats more?
Me.
♥ Who does/did the laundry?
We do our own. I generally do the towels and she does the little kids. We both do the 9 y/o.
♥ Who’s better with the computer?
I am.
♥ Who drives when you are together?
I usually do. She says I make her feel like I'm driving with her dad.
This is a survey about you and your significant other and if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged:
♥ What are your middle names?
Dawn and a name that is never uttered aloud.
♥ How long have you been together?
Almost 10 years, been married for 3.5. It's complicated.
♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Again, complicated. How long did we know each other before we were emotionally involved? A few weeks. How long before we were officially able to date? 4.5 years.
♥ Who asked who out?
I asked her out, incessantly until she agreed just to shut me up.
♥ How old are each of you?
I'm 33, she's about to turn 30, HAHA!
♥ Whose siblings do/did you see the most?
Hers--she has 7 of them and most live within a couple hours. I only have one and she lives about 10 hours away.
♥ Do you have any children together?
Two, the 2 y/o and baby Drofen.
♥ What about pets? Names?
A golden retriever, Bo, two cats, Dusty and Babycat, and a Russian tortoise named Nadya.
♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Hmm, probably a tie between the stepmother/daughter relationship between her and the 9 y/o or the whole chiro school debacle.
♥ Did you go to the same school?
HS no, but we met in microbiology class in undergrad.
♥ Are you from the same home town?
Negative. She's from Greenville, TX (One time official motto: The blackest earth and the whitest people.) Seriously.
♥ Who is the smartest?
I know I have the smartass-iest mouth, does that count?
♥ Who is the most sensitive?
Toss up really. I get my feelings hurt way too easily I think.
♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?
We don't really eat out anymore, but when we did probably Mexican restaurants.
♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Probably Belize, or maybe NYC, I'd have to look at a map to see which is farther.
♥ Who has the craziest exes?
Dunno, the easy answer is me since I have that ex-wife we have to deal with on a regular basis. But she had an ex that would openly booty call her even after he knew we were dating.
♥ Who has the worst temper?
Blow the top, definitely me. But she gets testy much more often.
♥ Who does the cooking?
I do almost all the cooking.
♥ Who is more social?
I am, or at least I have way more people I talk to on a regular basis.
♥ Who is the neat-freak?
Probably her, although since we've had kids she cares less and I care more than we used to.
♥ Who is the more stubborn?
I am hands down.
♥ Who hogs the bed?
Right now, her & baby Drofen
♥ Who wakes up earlier?
Toss up. She's been up more in the middle of the night, but I'm the one up every morning to get the 9 y/o out of bed for school.
♥ Where was your first date?
Hmm, we went to an ultimate frisbee park to walk and talk soon after we realized we had feelings for each other. Official date, I'd have to play male and say I don't remember.
♥ Who has the bigger family?
Her--6 sisters and a brother.
♥ Do you get flowers often?
I've never gotten flowers from her. I occasionally buy some when I'm at the grocery store and on special occasions. Only one girl has ever bought me flowers (other than corsages) and I'll remember her for that for all time. So sweet.
♥ How do you spend the holidays?
Most get spent with hers, basically because of distance. We try and alternate the major holidays.
♥ Who is more jealous?
Used to be me. I was pretty bad when she was in nursing school. But somehow she always managed to be working with one of the boy nursing students--there were only like 8 or 9 in her whole class.
♥ How long did it take to get serious?
Way too serious, way too soon.
♥ Who eats more?
Me.
♥ Who does/did the laundry?
We do our own. I generally do the towels and she does the little kids. We both do the 9 y/o.
♥ Who’s better with the computer?
I am.
♥ Who drives when you are together?
I usually do. She says I make her feel like I'm driving with her dad.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
School Days
I remember reading other nursing student's blogs and wondering why they seemed to blog so sporadically. I thought, "Surely the class load isn't keeping them from blogging?!? I won't do that.
Ha. Here I am 4 days since my last meaningful post, with a couple of photos thrown in to pass the time.
We had our first exam of the semester this morning--Assessment. It was over a lot of material, half of which we were never lectured on because of our bad weather days a couple weeks ago. I did pretty well, having found one question so far that I know I've missed, and one question that possibly didn't have a correct answer at all. The exam had 65 questions on it, so that puts each one worth less than 2 points so I can miss 5 and still have an A.
I've been studying my butt off though, trying to get everything done. It's become more than a little ridiculous though, and near impossible to complete everything and be a participant in the outside world. I had two days of clinical last week because I'm a boy, and that got rid of one of my days off. Friday I lounged and did nothing, which turned out to be a big mistake. Saturday I started freaking out in the morning at the volume of material I had to do, so immediately after lunch I hit the books. I got most of my Foundations and Health Promotions reading finished by about 9 pm. Sunday, I got the family out the door to church, then hit the grocery store while making a pizza for their lunch. I was in Barnes & Noble (a favorite study spot,) by 1230 and I didn't get home until 9 pm. I finished my reading for Foundations, completed a LONG ASS online module, and studied 4 of 6 chapters for the exam. Monday I was in class all day long, got home at 430, made dinner for the family, and then got them out the door to small group meeting while I studied the last two chapters. Ugh. I'm tired just thinking about it. Or maybe I'm still tired from doing it.
No break though, because I have lab at 2 until 5, then home to fix dinner. Then I have yet another online module to finish before midnight tonight.
Oy.
Anyway, I hope to be around to all your blogs this evening sometime and do some catch-up commenting. Thanks to everyone for checking on me! :)
Ha. Here I am 4 days since my last meaningful post, with a couple of photos thrown in to pass the time.
We had our first exam of the semester this morning--Assessment. It was over a lot of material, half of which we were never lectured on because of our bad weather days a couple weeks ago. I did pretty well, having found one question so far that I know I've missed, and one question that possibly didn't have a correct answer at all. The exam had 65 questions on it, so that puts each one worth less than 2 points so I can miss 5 and still have an A.
I've been studying my butt off though, trying to get everything done. It's become more than a little ridiculous though, and near impossible to complete everything and be a participant in the outside world. I had two days of clinical last week because I'm a boy, and that got rid of one of my days off. Friday I lounged and did nothing, which turned out to be a big mistake. Saturday I started freaking out in the morning at the volume of material I had to do, so immediately after lunch I hit the books. I got most of my Foundations and Health Promotions reading finished by about 9 pm. Sunday, I got the family out the door to church, then hit the grocery store while making a pizza for their lunch. I was in Barnes & Noble (a favorite study spot,) by 1230 and I didn't get home until 9 pm. I finished my reading for Foundations, completed a LONG ASS online module, and studied 4 of 6 chapters for the exam. Monday I was in class all day long, got home at 430, made dinner for the family, and then got them out the door to small group meeting while I studied the last two chapters. Ugh. I'm tired just thinking about it. Or maybe I'm still tired from doing it.
No break though, because I have lab at 2 until 5, then home to fix dinner. Then I have yet another online module to finish before midnight tonight.
Oy.
Anyway, I hope to be around to all your blogs this evening sometime and do some catch-up commenting. Thanks to everyone for checking on me! :)
Monday, February 9, 2009
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