So I had this patient the other night who required a lot of my time so I was in his room a lot. Luckily came with family members who were an amazing help. Well this was the night of the BCS game which was a huge deal down in these parts with FL being the recurring winner so many times. Since I am not from here and couldn't care less about the Jags, Gators or Seminoles for that matter, I don't know much about their players. Well after the game was over, the one particular family member turned the TV on just to watch the post-game interview with the FL QB Tim Tebow. She said she just had to turn it on a for a second because I think she said, Tim was her boy. This wasn't out of the ordinary since just about every person in NE FL thinks this guy is the best thing since sliced bread. Well then she went on to say that Tim goes to her church and is the nicest, most respectful guy. So I started picking her brain and asked what his plans were regarding being drafting since he still has one more year at FL. Well what I didn't know is that he and his family are huge missionairies, going all over the world with their church. Welll, this is the kicker... she said Tim is anxious to get in the NFL because of all the money he can send back to the Philippines where they often go since his parents are from there. I was so suprised. Normally with these huge NFL contracts you see the players spend it on cars, houses, drugs, dog-fighting rings. Seldom do you hear they want the huge contract so they can send it back to a poor country. Amazing!
Having learned that the legendary Tim Tebow is a great, generous person, it will not make me a Gator fan. Seeings how I married into a Buckeye family, I must stay on that bandwagon!!
Enjoy!
http://www.ufl.edu/spotlight/tebow.html
Monday, January 12, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Something I came across while cleaning up email
GEORGE CARLIN - POST 9-11
The paradox of our time in history is that we have
taller buildings but shorter tempers,
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences,
but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We've added years to life not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.
We conquered outer space but not inner space.
We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.
A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it.
A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
The paradox of our time in history is that we have
taller buildings but shorter tempers,
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences,
but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We've added years to life not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.
We conquered outer space but not inner space.
We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.
A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it.
A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
When in a hurry...
think about this: so I was riding my beach cruiser around this morning, the one my awesome sister got me for graduating nursing school.
I was at a red light getting ready to cross A1A (what an odd name for a road). The cars across the way get a green arrow after we get the green. Well I see this massive Lincoln Continental come barreling across the intersection and thought to myself, "gee, that seems like a long green for them to have." Well then I see a cop who was sitting at the red light on A1A. Immediately he put his lights on, turned across traffic and went after this car. So obviously this car probably had, at best, a yellow light, if not red and was in such hurry to get where they were going (most likely the country club) they felt the need to zoom across the road, running the light and potentially killing someone (like me on my pink beach cruiser).
I was at a red light getting ready to cross A1A (what an odd name for a road). The cars across the way get a green arrow after we get the green. Well I see this massive Lincoln Continental come barreling across the intersection and thought to myself, "gee, that seems like a long green for them to have." Well then I see a cop who was sitting at the red light on A1A. Immediately he put his lights on, turned across traffic and went after this car. So obviously this car probably had, at best, a yellow light, if not red and was in such hurry to get where they were going (most likely the country club) they felt the need to zoom across the road, running the light and potentially killing someone (like me on my pink beach cruiser).So needless to say I was glad to see that the cop was there and went after them. So many times I see that happen when I am in my car and just think, where is a cop when you need one??
So next time you are in a hurry, slow down, take a deep breath, slow down for the light rather than run through it. You could save a life, a ticket, or both!!
Have a fun day!!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Inspirational story of the day
Here is the story of a guy named Henri Landwirth. I wish there were more people in the world like him who can give of their time and money so generously.
Like the special children Give Kids The World serves, its founder, Henri Landwirth, knows all to well what it is like to give up his childhood. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, on March 7, 1927, Henri and his family were separated and became prisoners in the Nazi death and labor camps during WWII. Henri spent the years between the ages of 13 and 18 in camps including Auschwitz and Matthausen. By war’s end, both of his parents had been killed, but miraculously Henri and his twin sister, Margot, survived and were reunited. Henri worked his way to America on a freight ship, arriving in New York City with $20 in his pocket and little knowledge of the English language; soon after he was drafted to serve in the Army.
Henri used his GI benefits to learn hotel management and landed a position in a hotel, taking every opportunity to learn each job in the industry. This first job became a lifelong career.
Landwirth moved to Florida in 1954 and began to manage the 100-room Starlight Motel in Cocoa Beach, near Cape Canaveral. Space exploration was in its early days and the original Mercury 7 astronauts and newsmen covering their adventures made the Starlight their temporary residence. It was during this time that Henri forged lasting friendships with the astronauts and newsmen, including Senator John Glenn and Walter Cronkite; friendships that continue today.
Since his retirement in 1986 from a successful, innovative hotel industry career that spanned more than 50 years, Henri has devoted himself to improving the lives of those in need through numerous foundations and non-profit organizations he has founded in addition to Give Kids The World.
With the original astronauts, Henri founded the Mercury Seven Foundation, now known as the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships to promising young science students. Through the Fanny Landwirth Foundation, named for his mother, he has built a senior citizen center and a children’s school in Orlando and created a scholarship program for underprivileged children in Israel.
In 2000, Henri founded Dignity U Wear, an organization that provides hope to children and their families who are homeless, abused, abandoned, or neglected by providing them with new clothing. Today this organization supports shelters in nine states.
Henri has earned numerous honors, including being named in 1988 as one of the 12 Most Caring Individuals in America by the Caring Institute and the Parent’s Magazine Humanitarian of the Year and the Orlando Sentinel’s Floridian of the Year in 1994. On June 13, 1997, Henri received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Cincinnati. He has twice been invited to carry the Olympic Torch.
His latest initiative is called Hate Hurts, a program that shares the message of how important it is to forgive those who have hurt us, as well as ending our own acts of hatred, no matter how small. Henri now tours colleges and high schools speaking about the lessons he has learned about the virtues of forgiveness.
Henri’s life and the story of Give Kids The World are chronicled in his book, "Gift of Life," which was published in 1996.
-Biography from GKTW website
Like the special children Give Kids The World serves, its founder, Henri Landwirth, knows all to well what it is like to give up his childhood. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, on March 7, 1927, Henri and his family were separated and became prisoners in the Nazi death and labor camps during WWII. Henri spent the years between the ages of 13 and 18 in camps including Auschwitz and Matthausen. By war’s end, both of his parents had been killed, but miraculously Henri and his twin sister, Margot, survived and were reunited. Henri worked his way to America on a freight ship, arriving in New York City with $20 in his pocket and little knowledge of the English language; soon after he was drafted to serve in the Army.
Henri used his GI benefits to learn hotel management and landed a position in a hotel, taking every opportunity to learn each job in the industry. This first job became a lifelong career.
Landwirth moved to Florida in 1954 and began to manage the 100-room Starlight Motel in Cocoa Beach, near Cape Canaveral. Space exploration was in its early days and the original Mercury 7 astronauts and newsmen covering their adventures made the Starlight their temporary residence. It was during this time that Henri forged lasting friendships with the astronauts and newsmen, including Senator John Glenn and Walter Cronkite; friendships that continue today.
Since his retirement in 1986 from a successful, innovative hotel industry career that spanned more than 50 years, Henri has devoted himself to improving the lives of those in need through numerous foundations and non-profit organizations he has founded in addition to Give Kids The World.
With the original astronauts, Henri founded the Mercury Seven Foundation, now known as the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships to promising young science students. Through the Fanny Landwirth Foundation, named for his mother, he has built a senior citizen center and a children’s school in Orlando and created a scholarship program for underprivileged children in Israel.
In 2000, Henri founded Dignity U Wear, an organization that provides hope to children and their families who are homeless, abused, abandoned, or neglected by providing them with new clothing. Today this organization supports shelters in nine states.
Henri has earned numerous honors, including being named in 1988 as one of the 12 Most Caring Individuals in America by the Caring Institute and the Parent’s Magazine Humanitarian of the Year and the Orlando Sentinel’s Floridian of the Year in 1994. On June 13, 1997, Henri received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Cincinnati. He has twice been invited to carry the Olympic Torch.
His latest initiative is called Hate Hurts, a program that shares the message of how important it is to forgive those who have hurt us, as well as ending our own acts of hatred, no matter how small. Henri now tours colleges and high schools speaking about the lessons he has learned about the virtues of forgiveness.
Henri’s life and the story of Give Kids The World are chronicled in his book, "Gift of Life," which was published in 1996.
-Biography from GKTW website
You know you're a Nurse when...
(The starred ones apply especially in the Baptist ER)
-You believe that all bleeding stops ... eventually.
-You find humor in other people's stupidity.
*-You believe that 90% of people are a poor excuse for protoplasm.
-Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you.
-Your idea of fine dining is anywhere you can sit down to eat.
-You get an almost irresistible urge to stand and wolf your food even in the nicest restaurants.
-You plan your dinner break whilst lavaging an overdose patient.
-Your diet consists of food that has gone through more processing than most computers.
-You refer to vegetables and are not talking about a food group.
-You have the bladder capacity of five people.
-Your idea of a good time is a cardiac arrest at shift change.
*-You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac.
-You disbelieve 90% of what you are told and 75% of what you see.
-You have your weekends off planned for a year in advance.
*-You encourage an obnoxious patient to sign a self discharge form so you don't have to deal with them any longer.
-You believe that "shallow gene pool" should be a recognized diagnosis.
*-You believe that the government should require a permit to reproduce.
-You believe that unspeakable evils will befall anyone who utters the phrase "Wow, it's really quiet isn't it".
-You threaten to strangle anyone who even starts to say the "q" word when it is even remotely calm.
-You say to yourself "great veins" when looking at complete strangers at the grocery store.
-You have ever referred to someone's death as a transfer to the "Eternal Care Unit".
*-You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled "Suicide ... Doing It Right".
-You feel that most suicide attempts should be given a free subscription to "Guns and Ammo" magazine.
-You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there".
-You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably.
-Your favorite hallucinogen is exhaustion.
-You think that caffeine should be available in I/V form.
-You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience.
*-You believe the waiting room should be equipped with a Valium fountain.
-You want the lab to perform a "dumb shit profile".
-You have been exposed to so many X-rays that you consider radiation a form of birth control.
*-You believe that waiting room time should be proportional to length of time from symptom onset.
-Your most common assessment question is "what changed tonight to make it an emergency after 6 hours / days / weeks / months / years)?".
-You have ever had a patient control his seizures when offered some food.
-Your idea of gambling is an blood alcohol level pool instead of a football pool.
-You shock someone with an unrecognizable rhythm ... until you get one you DO recognize.
-You believe a book entitled 'Suicide: Getting it Right the First Time' will be your next project.
-You can identify what kind of diarrhea it is just by the smell.
-You will never name a daughter "Melena" or anything along those lines.. and laugh to yourself every time you hear someone by that name
-You call subcutaneous emphysema "Rice Krispies".
-Your immune system is so well developed that it has been known to attack squirrels in the backyard.
-You can only tell time with a 24 hour clock.
-Every time you walk, you make a rattling noise because of all the scissors and clamps in your pockets.
-You don't get excited about blood loss ... unless it's your own.
-You've told a confused patient your name was that of your coworker and to HOLLER if they need help.
-Eating microwave popcorn out a clean bedpan is perfectly natural.
-You've ever had a patient with a nose / belly / eyebrow / lip ring/ tattoo tell you, "I'm afraid of shots."
-the front of your scrubs reads 'Nurses... here to save your ass, not kiss it!'
**-you believe some patients are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
- you believe there's a special place in hell for the inventor of the call light.
all so true, and I have only been at this for 6 months now!!
Enjoy!
-You believe that all bleeding stops ... eventually.
-You find humor in other people's stupidity.
*-You believe that 90% of people are a poor excuse for protoplasm.
-Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you.
-Your idea of fine dining is anywhere you can sit down to eat.
-You get an almost irresistible urge to stand and wolf your food even in the nicest restaurants.
-You plan your dinner break whilst lavaging an overdose patient.
-Your diet consists of food that has gone through more processing than most computers.
-You refer to vegetables and are not talking about a food group.
-You have the bladder capacity of five people.
-Your idea of a good time is a cardiac arrest at shift change.
*-You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac.
-You disbelieve 90% of what you are told and 75% of what you see.
-You have your weekends off planned for a year in advance.
*-You encourage an obnoxious patient to sign a self discharge form so you don't have to deal with them any longer.
-You believe that "shallow gene pool" should be a recognized diagnosis.
*-You believe that the government should require a permit to reproduce.
-You believe that unspeakable evils will befall anyone who utters the phrase "Wow, it's really quiet isn't it".
-You threaten to strangle anyone who even starts to say the "q" word when it is even remotely calm.
-You say to yourself "great veins" when looking at complete strangers at the grocery store.
-You have ever referred to someone's death as a transfer to the "Eternal Care Unit".
*-You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled "Suicide ... Doing It Right".
-You feel that most suicide attempts should be given a free subscription to "Guns and Ammo" magazine.
-You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there".
-You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably.
-Your favorite hallucinogen is exhaustion.
-You think that caffeine should be available in I/V form.
-You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience.
*-You believe the waiting room should be equipped with a Valium fountain.
-You want the lab to perform a "dumb shit profile".
-You have been exposed to so many X-rays that you consider radiation a form of birth control.
*-You believe that waiting room time should be proportional to length of time from symptom onset.
-Your most common assessment question is "what changed tonight to make it an emergency after 6 hours / days / weeks / months / years)?".
-You have ever had a patient control his seizures when offered some food.
-Your idea of gambling is an blood alcohol level pool instead of a football pool.
-You shock someone with an unrecognizable rhythm ... until you get one you DO recognize.
-You believe a book entitled 'Suicide: Getting it Right the First Time' will be your next project.
-You can identify what kind of diarrhea it is just by the smell.
-You will never name a daughter "Melena" or anything along those lines.. and laugh to yourself every time you hear someone by that name
-You call subcutaneous emphysema "Rice Krispies".
-Your immune system is so well developed that it has been known to attack squirrels in the backyard.
-You can only tell time with a 24 hour clock.
-Every time you walk, you make a rattling noise because of all the scissors and clamps in your pockets.
-You don't get excited about blood loss ... unless it's your own.
-You've told a confused patient your name was that of your coworker and to HOLLER if they need help.
-Eating microwave popcorn out a clean bedpan is perfectly natural.
-You've ever had a patient with a nose / belly / eyebrow / lip ring/ tattoo tell you, "I'm afraid of shots."
-the front of your scrubs reads 'Nurses... here to save your ass, not kiss it!'
**-you believe some patients are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
- you believe there's a special place in hell for the inventor of the call light.
all so true, and I have only been at this for 6 months now!!
Enjoy!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Family Irvin
So this is us, the Irvin's, Ryan & Lisa. This first pic is from Lithuanian Day back in 2004. We look so young!!
The was at our engagement party in OH in 2005.
ah, our beach wedding in Sea Bright, NJ May 13, 2006. I wish my mom could have been there. She helped me plan so much of it.
This was at a cousin's wedding in OH this past summer, 2008.
Straight No Chaser
So here is what I discovered today, an a cappella group from IU named Straight No Chaser. This is a group of guys who got together to start the first male a cappella group at IU 10 years ago. They did small gigs here and there around the town and university. In 2007, someone posted a video of theirs on YouTube. Well the video spread around and got 6 million hits. This caught the attention of the Atlantic Records CEO who contacted one of the members. He met with them in LA a few days after their first contact and had a deal inked almost immediately. This is out of the clear blue, the group wasn't even together anymore and the video was 10 years old!! Can you imagine? This all happened at the beginning of 2008. Their holiday CD was #1 on Amazon & iTunes during this past holiday season and sold over 100,000 copies. How crazy is that?
Stories like this make me the warm and fuzzy because of the great fortune these average, normal guys have had. Good for them, just trying to share their wonderful talent with the rest of us who can't hold a tune!!
http://www.sncmusic.com
Stories like this make me the warm and fuzzy because of the great fortune these average, normal guys have had. Good for them, just trying to share their wonderful talent with the rest of us who can't hold a tune!!
http://www.sncmusic.com
a start
so this is my happy place. I decided to create this so I can share neat stuff I come across. I am easily amused and by the most random things sometimes. I know that if I find something that is uplifting, heartwarming, amusing, gives me chills, makes me laugh, makes me cry, or makes me mad, chances are it will have an affect on someone else too. In my job, and in life in general I see and hear so much negativity and sadness. Put the news on, read the paper, all there is are reports of murders, crimes, unemployment, the crappy real estate market. how often do we hear happy, positive things? rarely I think. But when I do come across a major news outlet reporting something positive, it usually sticks with me and think, gee maybe there is good in this world.
so here I want to focus on the good stuff. I am sure I will find time to b*tch as well, because sometimes that is what I do best. but along with that will come the good stuff too.
Smile!
so here I want to focus on the good stuff. I am sure I will find time to b*tch as well, because sometimes that is what I do best. but along with that will come the good stuff too.
Smile!
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