2009: Day 30 Colorful Constuction

2009: Day 29 Photos of Day 28

2009: Day 28 Yellow Wednesday

2009: Day 27 New RAM

2009: Day 26 New Comforter

Above is the pillow sham (ignore the stripes; that is a pillow I didn't buy). I'm taking suggestions on painting the bedroom!

I also bought the middle brown pillow.

2009:Day 25 Overcast Sky

2009:Day 24 And I thought MY car was dirty!

2009: Day 23 Can't get enough

We southerners don't get a lot of ice, and it continues to fascinate me!

2009: Day 22

2009:Day 21 Orange Wednesday

I love the orange glow of my new friend, the gas log fireplace.

2009: Day 20 Inauguration Day

The meteorologists said I would get 3 - 5 inches of snow last night. Yes, well.

I may take photos more appropriate for the historical nature of today, but since I'm headed to work pretty soon, that may not happen.

2009: Day 19 Biohazard Duty

Last night I dumped, weighed, and boxed up 350 pounds of blood samples.

2009:Day 18 More ice

It may be old hat for many, but frozen ponds are not the norm in the south! Each day I'm amazed at the ice formations on my fish pond!

2009:Day 17 What is it?

2009: Day 16 The Deep South

It was 11 degrees this morning with the promise of being colder by tomorrow morning. It won't get above freezing today. Not a usual thing in this part of North Carolina!

2009:Day 15 A look back...

So I'm cheating. I took no photos today, I didn't even take the one above, and it was not even taken in 2009. It was with my camera, though--does that count? And it was at the very end of 2008.

2009:Day 14 Red Wednesday

Since I don't think I will have time the rest of the day for a more creative approach, I just looked around my living room/kitchen for "red."

My "red" stack. :-)

2009:Day 13 Found in spare closet

Anyone want to claim them? They don't fit me. :-)

2009:Day 12 It's that time of year

Reorganizing. Simplifying. (Always trying to find a way to streamline filing!!)

2009: Day 11 New Aquisition

Day 10 I'm doing my best!

I'm trying to support the Panthers' playoff attempt, but unless they have a very different second half, it's not doing a lot of good!

Day 9: Even more disoriented

Day 8 The Flood

Not a great shot (taken "after"), and one that certainly does not do justice to the flood in the lab at 3:30 this morning. We had standing liquid under and behind two chemistry analyzers, the clean and dirty sinks, and on into Immunochemistry. It took a good while to locate the source of the problem, and I'm still bummed I didn't have the camera out when a coworker was standing in the flood, behind the analyzer, phone in one hand (talking to very disinterested hotline guy) and rouge tube in the other...and the tube began spewing liquid. At that time of the morning, after a major computer outage had shut down operations for hours and then three of the four chemistry analyzers went down--well, let's just say the giggling hysterics were not entirely out of the question.

Day 7: Christmas Casualty

Day 6

This is a portion of the "compost pile" as we prepared Christmas dinner. I thought it was lovely!

Day 5 Disoriented

After 10 days off work, living in a "different world," it has been quite disorienting to put the scrubs back on, drop my guest of several days at the bus station, go back to work, then come home to an empty, quiet house. But I did remember the combination to my locker! :-)

Day 4 Does it get any better than this?

2009: Day 3 Tools of the Trade

Home Improvement Projects: Fun, Fun

If You Give A Mouse a Cookie

Or, in my case, if you decide to paint your kitchen.

First, you will remove everything from the counters and pull out the oven and refrigerator (rendering the kitchen useless for food preparation, but how long can it take to paint a kitchen?).

After you get over the mortification of what lurks beneath the oven and fridge (blaming the acorns, cat food, cat hair, and other unmentionables on the previous owner), you take time to give all a good cleaning.

Remove all outlet covers.

Begin taping the kitchen, discovering that one cabinet is pulling away from the wall.

Decipher the hitherto unknown clips holding shelves in place (after removing everything from cabinet...you are now almost out of room in the dining room), remove shelves, spend a lot of time strategizing about method of repairing cabinet.

While Tony carries out complicated cabinet repair, continue taping kitchen, discovering that several cabinet doors and drawers need to be removed (something else to place in the dining room). Add drill to the growing pile of tools migrating to the kitchen.

By now it is time to eat, with no access to refrigerator, oven, microwave, toaster oven....make a run to McDonald's; eat on living room floor.

Finally, begin painting (miracle of miracles--you already have paint trays, rollers, drop cloths, brushes, and the paint!).

Constantly shift ladder, step-stool, stove, and fridge so that everything can be reached.

Survey the wreckage: every tool you possess is now in the kitchen.

Decide to go out to eat since you are again hungry, there is no way to use the kitchen, and the Sugar Bowl is on...but not on a channel you can get.

Order an appetizer to draw out dinner, as you wonder if sitting in the smoking section could be worth seeing the game.

Long about half-time, realize that they are setting up for karaoke, and the game may very well be turned off (you have already ordered your entree, of course).

Mid third quarter (while you are still amazed at Utah's performance), the game sound goes off and karaoke begins.

Finish dinner and silent game while listening to (pretty good) loud karaoke and trying not to inhale.

Go to bed, realizing the next day the kitchen needs a second coat.

New Year: 2009

Certainly not the greatest photo to start the New Year, but it's the only picture that got snapped! My hair is no less curly, but it is certainly more gray.