Pearl, a resident who had recently turned 103, died on New Year’s Day. It wasn’t the most surprising thing she died considering she was 103 and she had been on hospice for the last few months. Pearl had one of those fascinating birth dates. She was born on December 12, 1912, so therefore her birthday was 12/12/12. Robyn was telling a couple ( Read more... )

Yesterday there was a HUGE fire in the kitchen! It was really scary! It was after lunch was served to the residents and I was sitting in the dining room on lunch break with Mike (the cook), Matt (the dishwasher) and Brittanie and Brooke (also servers like me). A nurse came to put her dirty dishes in the bus tub and she asks us, "Is there suppose to ( Read more... )

With my Francesca's gift card, I bought four pairs of earrings including Eiffel Tower studs. (They were buy one pair get the second half off)
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I worked Easter until three, then headed to Lincoln to have Easter dinner with my parents. We had lamb chops, corn casserole, twice baked potatoes, and fruit salad. Mom had a big Easter basket filled with candy we could all share: chocolate bunnies, Nestle crunch chocolate eggs, Reeses's peanut butter chocolate eggs, and jelly beans. I also got a ( Read more... )

I celebrated Christmas with my family this weekend since it was more convenient for everyone to get together then rather on the 25th. On Saturday my parents and I headed up to Klemme, IA where Aunt Sue and Uncle Terry were hosting Christmas for my mom's side of the family. There were 23 people there so it was a pretty good crowd. We had a lunch of ( Read more... )

Yes I am! For my mom I got Adele's CD, 21 because she told me she heard "Rolling in the Deep" on the radio and loved it (and yes, I realize that song came out in 2010...leave it to my mom to only discover it three years later!) For my dad, I got him two books: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini and The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri. For Bill ( ( Read more... )