...the answers...

"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified." --Isaiah 61:3

“Be ye Transformed by the renewing of your thoughts” --Romans 12:2

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not he weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." --Isaiah 40:31


...some things that I need very much to be reminded of...

Snow...

So, I thought I might just post a few pictures of the snow from out at the farm were I grew up. This was the biggest snow storm that we've had in at least 3 year! (And I think its been much longer than that.) I would have taken pictures around here in Albany, but its still a little hard to get out and around here. They are still working to clean things up around here and its been 4 days now! Rumor has it that we are looking at more snow on Thursday, but we'll see.

This is what is left of the big old barn - Papa and Ty had to pull it down over Christmas - it just wasn't safe any more... So many memories I have in that barn - we used to make forts with the hay bales when it was still my Grandfather's farm. And as teenagers we spent a whole lot of time swinging on the rope!

Just another view of "what was"... I'm sure that it will look much different without all the snow. Sadly I wasn't there to watch the day it came down.

Just some snow drifts...

More snow...

So Valentine's day was about snow for us. I had to work that day and I was afraid that I was going to get stuck and have to spend the night at the hospital. Several people did - and let me just say that it's not fun to work on a day that everyone else calls in. Makes you wish you were one of the ones that couldn't make it. Lets just say - way too many patients for the number of nurses - if you know what I'm saying... Anyway - we only live 10 miles from where I work and it took me about 2 hours to get home - what fun that was! Its pretty, but somehow I'm just not into snow as much as I used to be...

From my Honey...

I had to take a CPR class on my birthday... How terrible of me - I accidentally let my card expire about 5 months ago and didn't realize. OOPS! Anyway, it was a blessing - the class was supposed to be 5 hours and we were done in 2 1/2 - tested and everything. So I had the rest of the day off. So, what did I do? I went home and fell asleep like a dead man on the couch :) And my Honey came home with 2 dozen roses for me!!!

I'm so thankful - my finger is all better. It actually hurt worse for about a week after the injection, but I suddenly realized yesterday that all the pain was gone and I have full range of motion! I'm so happy! No therapy for me! Praise God.

Well, I'm going to begin the proses of looking for a new job. Its time for a change. Not sure what that will mean in the end, and I'm nervous, but I'm going to start looking. I'm calling Belleview (a woman's hospital) to see what they have available and we'll see... I've always wanted to do OB and I figure that the longer I wait to make a career switch the harder it will be.