I welded for the first time today! I used an oxyacetyline torch to butt weld together five pieces of steel to make a super ugly mini-coffee table (fits in your palm). It’s not pretty but it’s my first welded thing! I was definitely a little intimated but the instructors were really cool [...]

I’m back to using my online food diary to help track what I eat. I was doing really well about two months ago, lost about seven pounds from just tracking what I ate without any significant increases in my activity level. And then the holidays hit and after Thanksigiving, everything went out the [...]

So I’ve been threatening for the last few months and I finally got a new cell phone, the LG Venus. Dan isn’t excited because now I have to buy new travel chargers. Our old Motorola Razr phones and Motorola headsets all used the same charger which was convenient but hey, a girl’s gotta [...]

The affection of a cat… Cole will come sit on my lap while I’m watching TV or reading a book or falling asleep. Sometimes, he’ll do it first thing in the morning and wake me up with his treading which is a bit annoying but I really am very fond of that cat.

Being able to chit chat with my husband in bed before falling asleep at night. Several things to be thankful for, 1) I have such a nice husband to chit chat with, 2) I have such a comfy bed with warm blankets and a roof over my head, 3) who wouldn’t get grateful for [...]

At work the other day, we got to talking about some of the unhealthy habits I have, mainly not eating while at work. It actually started in residency. I would very regularily work entire shifts without eating. Usually, I would bring some snacks with me but I often wouldn’t eat them and [...]

At 8:13 PM, the thank you count is 1,312,760. It just keeps going and going…

At 8:09 AM, the count is 793,080 and counting.

At 2:11 AM, the thank you count is 535,940… and counting. More than half way there!

At 2:41 PM, the count is about 40,700. It’s a little silly since I probably won’t be around for the grand finale….