Nick: Some people may think Nick doesn't have much to do much in the winter, but he remains really busy and away from home much more than we want! He still has his cattle to feed twice a day which still takes time in the winter. He's going ice fishing (again!) tomorrow with his dad and brothers-in-law to Lake of the Woods. I hope they have fun and catch tons of fish! It should be a good "bonding" experience for all of them!
Stef: I've been very busy with work as well. Since the week of Thanksgiving, we've had a full Hospital Joint Commission survey, a full Lab Joint Commission survey, a full MN Dept of Health/CMS Validation survey, a one-day survey at our satellite clinic by the MN Dept of Health and a return one-day Validation Survey from the Joint Commission! And with the Holidays being in that time frame we've all be a little stressed to say the least! But at least we should be done with any surveys now for awhile! Now we are working on our action plans to fix the findings from our survey which has also proven to be difficult. I'm glad our hospital has been very busy lately, however it also makes the Nurse Leaders busy with taking care of patients so they aren't able to come to meetings. It's very frustrating when we only have 45 days to fix things! But things are going smoothly now and we're submitting our first set of action plans to the Joint Commission on Monday.
My winter volleyball league also started up again. I play every Thursday night in Hutch on a women's team. We have a ton of fun! We played in an all-day tournament last Saturday in Crystal. We played really well, however only got 3rd in our pool so didn't go on in the tournament. That was okay with me though - 10 games of volleyball was plenty for me! Plus that meant we got to start our "road trip" back a little earlier. Below is a picture of my team at Champs in Eden Prairie
Julianne: First things first... I think I can officially say she's Potty Trained!! Hip, hip, hooray! She does extremely well during the day, however still wears diapers during the night. I think that may take a little longer... I've been so proud of her - she did so well right from the beginning - even through the Holidays and all the traveling. Although there was the one time on the way home from my Mom and Dad's she fell asleep in her carseat and then peed alllllll over!!!! But that's the only time she's had an accident in the car. This whole potty training thing went a lot better than I expected it to!
Julianne painting during one of our weekends at home.
What a difference a year makes - we haven't even had any snow days yet! Last year by this time I think we had a couple already. But that is just fine with me!!! When I have to drive 25 miles one way everyday to work I can live without the snow!!! 2012 has been off to a great start for us and hopefully we have more "blog-worthy" events soon!
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