One of my worst fears was recognized today. My patient fell.  On my watch. She likes to have some privacy in the bathroom - as would anyone - so I normally help her in there, help her get her underthings down, and then leave her in peace.  She hollers when she's ready to get up, and I'm never far away (usually in the bedroom or kitchen, both of which are on either side of the bathroom). I go back and check on her every few minutes, knocking on the door and asking if she needs any...

I'm hooked on Jelly Belly jellybeans.  The Commissary here at Scott AFB sells them in bulk for $4.29 a pound; you can either get the 49 flavor mix, the Fruit Bowl mix, the Sour mix, individual flavors or a mix of all of the above should you so desire.  Every time I go to the store I make a point of getting some - I keep them in a Mason jar on the kitchen counter and have a little tin that I carry in my purse so I can have Jelly Belly beans whenever, wherever.   I've tried...

I've been given permission to teach my not-your-common-or-garden knitting class, and once I've saved up enough money I'm hoping to apply for a TM for the title of the class.  I'm also gathering patterns that I've come up with myself in the hopes of some publisher liking my TM'd title and thinking that a book would sell well.  Knitting has become very popular and I'd LOVE to be able to capitalize on that. I've searched the TM/SM database and there isn't any TM in existence for the na...

Yesterday was my birthday - the first one since my dad died. Today is Father's Day. I didn't think it would be this hard. I didn't know I'd cry so much.  I was ok all day yesterday; I did fine until my husband and kids sang 'happy birthday' for me last night - that was what did me in.  My dad used to call and sing that to me over the phone every.single.birthday. Today has been bad.  It wasn't as if I was thinking about it, fearing what would happen and how I'd be; I hadn'...

I got a call from my LYS yesterday.  They're under new management, apparently, and have recieved a LOT of enquires about knitting classes - but have no-one teach them. So, the new store manager has asked me to bring some samples of my work in on Monday afternoon to show him and the events coordinator, with a view to making me their new knitting instructor. If I get the position, it'll be the first time since before I was married that I've had two jobs at the same time. ...

An hour and a half from now, I will be holding one half of a giant pair of scissors and cutting the ribbon to oficially open the new homes that have been built on the other side of this base (the VP of the housing company will be holding the other). My family and I have been chosen to be the ribbon cutting family because we've lived in the crappy homes the longest - homes that will be demolished a week or so after we move out.  The military is recognizing the role that the...