Finally Finished

As promised, I finally got around to taking a picutre of the quilt I finally finished. It's not quite Katie or Mom quality, but for a couch blanket it will do just fine. Plus it was fun putting it together all on my own without a pattern. And it's a nice was to keep all those memories close even though I don't wear the t-shirts anymore.

I'm in the process of packing and I'm reminded how much I hate it. I didn't think I had that much stuff, but once I got down to the basement and started sorting all that stuff out I realized I was quite wrong! Good thing I've roped a lot of people in to helping me next week! The best thing about buying a house? I won't have to move for a very long time...

Countdown...

Today by either the grace of God or the simple stupidity of the loan company, a date was set on which I will close the sale of my new house. Next week Thursday, December 8, 2005, I will be the proud owner of my own house! We met with the mortgage guy today and he said that everything looks good and is in order for us to sign all the papers next week. Yea! And just in time for Christmas. I'm not sure if I'll get a tree and do all that decorating this year. There's not really enough time between when I move in and when I leave to go home. So I guess I'll just concentrate on the normal decorating - that's the part I love! And man have I got some good ideas...! But in the mean time, I still have to move... I hate that part.

Christmas Ideas

Alright kids, so I finally got things together and have a list of ideas for Christmas presents - and it's illustrated!

First, I need a new stethoscope. I really like the 3M Littmann Master Classic II. Color doesn't really matter, but blue or black always works.

And since I returned the dishes from my registry (heehee!) I might need a new set for my new house! I found a set at Kohl's that I like - it's called Sakura Samba and it's all white and square in shape.

There are also a couple cookbooks that I'd like. Yes, I cook. Just ask Bob about my awesome salmon! The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook and Tyler Florence's Real Kitchen are at the top of my list.

Ok, that's all I've got for now. Hope this helps whoever. Now I think the only list we're missing is Alec's...

Going once...Going twice..

Big news! I'm in the process of filling out paperwork so that I can - you guessed it! - buy a house! I've been looking into the option for over a year now and found the perfect house. It's out on the eastern edge of Aurora where there isn't anything yet. The backyard looks out over a huge, empty field with grass and sunflowers in the summer. And there won't ever be anything back there because there's a main gasline that runs through there all the way to Texas and they can't mess with it! Yippee! Over the past two years of living and working in the cities of Denver and Aurora, I've learned that I'm not really a city girl. I love the open space of this area and it's actually quiet! (Who knew that would be something I would value!)

The house currently belongs to my friend Mike, but he's moving and selling it to me. So now comes all the fun stuff like my meeting with the mortgage broker on Wednesday and moving - again. Yuck. That's the worst part. I think I've moved 7 times in the last 6 years - I can't wait for the permanency of a house of my own. (As you can tell, the "gulp" factor of my own mortgage hasn't quite set in yet!)

But I'm super excited. The house was finished in March so it's still new. There are three bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms upstairs. Downstairs there's a half bathroom, family room, living room and kitchen. And the basement is another 700 square feet that has great finishing potential. There's also a 2 car attached garage with lots of storage and cupboards that Mike put in.

So that's the latest big news out of Denver. Nothing's set yet, so I don't know when I'll close or move. But probably at the end of November/early December. Just wanted to show you all what my new place will look like! Obviously it needs some "Beth" touches, but that will come. Now for Christmas ideas. How about a new couch? :)

Why I Love My Job

The other day we transported preemie twins back home to Ft. Collins after they had spent the first 91 days of life at the University Hospital NICU. They were teenie boys - about 3 pounds each, but man were they cute! While waiting for the nurse to finish paperwork I got to feed the smaller of the two and my medic snapped this picture on my phone for our work scrapbook. I'm always amazed at how easy things like this come to me. Changing diapers, giving bottles, comforting little ones - maybe it has something to do with all the babysitting I've done over the years, but I've come to realize that I'm pretty good with kids. My co-worker at the hospital calls me the "Pedi Queen" partly because I always end up in peds when I work the mid shift, and partly because kids respond to me. See Mom, I knew there was a reason that I never wanted to grow up!


Anyway, the twins did pretty well on the hour long trip up North. They both have pretty significant lung problems just from being born so early - they were born at 24 weeks and normal is 40! The little one decided to drop his oxygen saturation so I flicked his feet to wake him up. He pinked up and then he pooped for me, so I guess he was feeling fine! Then the other one decided that we weren't giving him enough attention, so he dropped his sats and I had to suction him and wake him up a little. Sounds scary, but all things to expect when babies are born so early.

These pictures alone remind me why it is I do what I do.

New pictures of a still-new car

So I realized the other day when I was looking back through Katie's blog that I never posted a picture of the latest Denver Bosscher car. So better late than never!

And no, that's not actually my car in the picture, but that's what we were doing this weekend! I went to an Emergency Medical conference up in Keystone this weekend with a bunch of friends from work and we got dumped with 8 inches of snow on Friday night! So that's what the good 'old Pilot looked like in the snow.

The conference was pretty great, too. I did a cadaver lab on Thursday and was able to get some practice at a bunch of procedures I don't normally get to do. I put in a chest tube, did a cricothyroidotomy (emergency airway procedure), did a needle decompression of the chest, did a cut-down (last-ditch attempt for a difficult iv line) and even learned how to put stitches in! The class was run by a trauma surgeon and a surgical PA from Vail who both knew very well what they were talking about. I think the PA's job would be something I could do someday. He works with the trauma surgeons in the ER, but also does elective surgeries. Two medical aspects that interest me greatly. But we'll see. I think that would require me to go back to school...And we know how Beth feels about going back to school...

When I got back in town today I discovered that Hal had eaten some red gift ribbon and then barfed it back up on my bed. So everything's in the washer right now. Guess the picture of that quilt will have to wait. Now he's hiding from me because he knows he's in trouble!

Hmmm...

You Should Get a MFA (Masters of Fine Arts)

You're a blooming artistic talent, even if you aren't quite convinced.You'd make an incredible artist, photographer, or film maker.

Very interesting...I'm the one in the medical field and yet supposedly I'd make a good artist. I guess all those photography classes in high school were trying to tell me something...