OH NO.......

More snow????? After the mid 70s this weekend!!! Predicting 3 to10 inches tonight!!! WAHHHHHH!! And the flu is in full swing here. There are no hospital beds open in Springfield. BOTH hospitals full (which means we house them in the Emergency Department!!!)

Catching Up.....

We have all been so very busy. So I thought I would quickly blog to catch you up.

*Tobi got a big promotion, she is now HR manager
*Clint changed jobs, he is still working for St. John's, but he is now Applications Specialist for our new EHR (electronic health record)
*Speaking of EPIC (our EHR), we go live Wednesday in the clinics. My portion (ER & Hospitalists really go live in December),
*CB is changing jobs. He will manage a clinic at Smith Glenn (OB/GYN). He is excited!
*CB gets to go on the trip I won to St. Thomas in April!! YIPPEEEE
*My trip to Milwaukee for the Hospitalists was very productive, except, I cannot take that job on (opening another department). I have agreed to get it set up.....but that is all I can do.
*Have a Strategic Planning mtg today for the Hospitalists at University Plaza, which means I will miss Truth Project!
*I LOVE Truth Project!
*Someone is having a birthday....(maybe Kathy Arnold?????)
*LOVED the weather this weekend, but another cruel joke from Mother Nature, I am afraid....
*Very busy with Wedding stuff!!!

Ok, done for now, gotta get to church!!

I FELL.....again!

OK, so I get to church yesterday, running about 5 minutes late, so EVERYONE in the Praise Team and Praise Band and the tech people are there. As I approach the stairs to the stage, they turn of the auditorium lights, checking the red lights only. I do think to myself, maybe I should wait until the lights go back on, but, I can see the bottom 3/4 of the stairs......so off I go! Of course I get to the top, I have navigated the stairs wonderfully....BUT the dang speaker is there, to which I trip right over (I am laughing as I type this). Dana said I made a moaning sound as I am slowly falling to the floor. And when you fall on the stage, it is LOUD!!!! There was a second of silence, prior to me laughing my head off, and then other's (Especially DANA) laughed with me. I got helped up, and I even went to sleep last night laughing.... No, I wasn't hurt!

I am leaving tomorrow for the balmy state of Wisconsin to attend a 4 day Pallaitive Care conference. I will be back Friday. I will miss Wednesday's Praise Team rehearsal, and of course CB! But thank goodness, I think I kicked this awful cold (thanks Barbara for getting me medicine Saturday!!).

ICE STORM 2008

This is just an example of the ice coating, to all you who DO NOT live here. I think it is over for now, but no chance of melting today. Suppose to be 10 tonight. We do have some tree damage in the back yard this time. And this is my monthly early morning Emergency Department meeting. One of my docs is coming to pick me up this morning. Thanks Daryl, you are precious!

BIG BROTHER 9...HERE IT COMES!!!!

Thanks to the writer's strike, we have an EXTRA BIG BROTHER this year!! I know there is alot of you BB fans out there......

Circle of Care

We had quite the time Saturday in our Circle of Care group. 2 of our 3 groups met at Lighthouse Lanes at 10am Saturday (you can view pics at Kathy's blog http://kathrynrenae.blogspot.com/ ) and then the Hesses' group went to Acambaros for lunch. We had a great time of fellowship!

FINALLY!!!!! SNOW.....

I think we received about 4 inches. It was so beautiful. I road to work with CB yesterday, I had meetings all day, and we were sure glad to be home last night. I had put a big pot of stew in the oven before we left for work, and it was so nice to walk in smelling dinner ready. We got our pjs on (ok, ok, CB doesn't have pjs, but he DOES have lounge pants), started a fire in the fireplace, got our warm blankets, and had dinner and watched LOST!! Great night!!!

A fun weekend ahead. Errands tonight, and we will be meeting with a couple of Circle of Care groups from our LifeBuilders class tomorrow morning for bowling and lunch! And of course, going to the Arnolds for the Super Bowl. Kathy said we will have enough food to feed the neighbor hood.

I think Clint will have trouble getting back from Wisconsin today, he is flying through Chicago. Well, have a great Super Bowl weekend! Go Patriots!!