Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Liam's new playgym




Okay, this is from April, so I'm a little late. Liam got a new climber/slide/ball play area and he loves it! We finally got gates placed in the front and back yards so he's free to roam in our yard safely and we don't have to worry about him running off. Everytime we walk outside he wants to play with his "BALL!" (like he's never seen one before) which sometimes poses a problem when we just want to walk through the yard to get to the garage...

M-I-C-K-E-Y....





Yup, that's the whole fam in Orlando at Disney World. We had a really good time. Liam had his first plane ride and we were pleasantly surprised

that he handled it rather well. We stayed at a resort near Disney and went to parks 4 of the 7 days we were there. We visited the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Epcot. Also visited friends in Tampa, - Steve, Heather and baby Jackson Darrey for an afternoon. Rest of the time spent at the resort pool, playgrounds and just lounging around. The weather was perfect - mid 80s, not at all humid (!) and down to the 60s-70s in early am and evenings. Especially since Milwaukee during that week was averaging in the 50s! At 18 mos., Liam won't remember a thing but he had a great time while we were there! Oh! And I got to spend my 31st birthday in "Japan" at Epcot eating yummy sushi...

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Shave and a Haircut?

Liam received his first haircut this January at daddy's barber. He was young enough that it wasn't scary and he sat very nicely the entire time! He was just curious about the place and wondering what the heck was going on. No complaints! Oh, and his first haircut was free! An added bonus...

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Liam's Playground (my kitchen)




Liam has been enjoying making a mess out of the kitchen for several months now, but I couldn't resist taking pictures of him climbing into the cupboards and oven drawer.

Oh, what fun it is to ride...


We went on a walk in Door County during Christmas week after some newly fallen snow. Liam had his first sleigh ride! He loved it and actually fell asleep, ( as you can see in the 2nd pic) which cracked us up!

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Owww.

So, I wore a pair of shoes (boots with heels) this weekend that I haven't worn in a while and I ended up taking them off after a couple hours because my toe was bothering me. I've had this pain before so I really didn't think anything of it. Monday and Tuesday go by and it still irritates me, but no biggie. Go to work on Wednesday and by the end of the work day, I'm hobbling around like a gimp and people are looking at me funnily. What the heck?

Turns out I broke my sesmoid bone in my foot (tiny bone right beneath the base of the big toe)! The doc said it may have been an old injury from my running days that was just re-irritated by wearing those damn shoes, because it looked like where the bones were split apart, part of it was rounded instead of jagged, indicating that this rounded part may have started to heal itself. Okay, so am I ever going to be able to get back to running again??? And, um, it's kind of hard to do the job of a physical therapist with a broken foot bone! Luckily, I'm wearing this walking boot and I have nice co-workers that are going to help out with difficult (hard to lift) patients. As for chasing Liam around the house when Joe's at work or out of the house, I guess I'm on my own with that one...

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Money vs. Convenience

Crap!  I was all set in taking this new job really close to home, cutting down my commute time by 30 minutes or more (even for a pay cut!) But it did have a sign-on bonus which helped, too.  

So today, my boss at my current job asked if I would stay on for considerably more money per hour (it would be $8 more an hour than the job I accepted).  The only drawback would be that I would be considered "pool" staff instead of part-time so would not earn benefits (which I don't use now) nor would I earn vacation time, etc but she said I could still work my 3 days per week.  BUT, with the increase in pay I'd probably only want to work 2 days per week, thus reducing my weekly commute.  

Ugh!  I was so excited about FINALLY making a decision, now I'm confused again.

There are other benefits to working at this other setting besides being close to home dealing more with my professional development as a PT.  

Comments welcome!