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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Visiting Teresa
I thought I would go ahead and blog about last weekend. Teresa's friend Chauntel and I headed down to Salem to visit Teresa on Friday evening. We got to Corban around 9:30pm despite following google's directions (not helpful). :)
It was a really good visit. Friday night we went out and rented movies and watched one in the movie lounge. It was pretty late by the time we got to bed. Chauntel and I slept on the hard floor, but it wasn't too bad. Then on Saturday we woke up at about 10:00 and got ready to go watch the movie Twilight in the theaters! It is a movie based on the popular book series on vampires that is set in Forks, WA. Most of the school scenes are filmed at Kalama High.....Anyway, we were all really excited to see it since we just finished the book not too long ago. We all liked it a lot and can't wait until the rest of the series is made into movies! :)
After the movie we ate at Sonic and then headed back to campus for a tour. It was nice to see Teresa's college and get an idea of her daily life. After the tour we headed for the Woodburn Outlet Mall for some shopping! :) We were all successfully able to spend too much money. lol. It was great though; I got some new sweaters to wear, which makes me happy.
Then after the shopping we ate dinner at a diner in Woodburn. Nothing to rave about... Then it was back to Corban where we surfed the net for fun videos, and browsed facebook for a while before starting our 2nd and 3rd movies. The three movies we watched this weekend were: Definitely Maybe, Penelope, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. I think I would recommend all of them. They were cute.
We got to bed really late Saturday night too and slept in on Sunday. We didn't go to church because we were tired. :) We ate lunch in the campus cafeteria and then packed up to go home.
It was a really fun weekend and I am looking forward to being able to do it again next semester. :)
It was a really good visit. Friday night we went out and rented movies and watched one in the movie lounge. It was pretty late by the time we got to bed. Chauntel and I slept on the hard floor, but it wasn't too bad. Then on Saturday we woke up at about 10:00 and got ready to go watch the movie Twilight in the theaters! It is a movie based on the popular book series on vampires that is set in Forks, WA. Most of the school scenes are filmed at Kalama High.....Anyway, we were all really excited to see it since we just finished the book not too long ago. We all liked it a lot and can't wait until the rest of the series is made into movies! :)
After the movie we ate at Sonic and then headed back to campus for a tour. It was nice to see Teresa's college and get an idea of her daily life. After the tour we headed for the Woodburn Outlet Mall for some shopping! :) We were all successfully able to spend too much money. lol. It was great though; I got some new sweaters to wear, which makes me happy.
Then after the shopping we ate dinner at a diner in Woodburn. Nothing to rave about... Then it was back to Corban where we surfed the net for fun videos, and browsed facebook for a while before starting our 2nd and 3rd movies. The three movies we watched this weekend were: Definitely Maybe, Penelope, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. I think I would recommend all of them. They were cute.
We got to bed really late Saturday night too and slept in on Sunday. We didn't go to church because we were tired. :) We ate lunch in the campus cafeteria and then packed up to go home.
It was a really fun weekend and I am looking forward to being able to do it again next semester. :)
Saturday, November 15, 2008
2nd post of the day
I got this off Teresa's blog....for some reason mine doesn't add up to 100% though...odd.
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Today was quilting day. This time it was at Mom's house. The attendees were Mom, myself, Susie, and Jeanie. As always we spend the first hour or so discussing our latest projects and having show and tell. :) Eventually we got around to actually sewing. Today I was working on a Christmas panel to hang on my wall. I added a green border and a green backing to it. It turned out great! So now I have something to put on my wall at Christmastime to make my apt more festive. :) I can't wait until Christmas!!
I am currently waiting for Reuben to come pick me up for our date night. :) We are going out to dinner and then we are going to see "My Fair Lady" at RAL. I really enjoy seeing plays and it has been a while, so it should be good. Gabbie Stiltz is in the play so that is another great reason to see it. :)
Anyway, guess that is all for now. Check out the picture below of my creation.
I am currently waiting for Reuben to come pick me up for our date night. :) We are going out to dinner and then we are going to see "My Fair Lady" at RAL. I really enjoy seeing plays and it has been a while, so it should be good. Gabbie Stiltz is in the play so that is another great reason to see it. :)
Anyway, guess that is all for now. Check out the picture below of my creation.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Life in Laura Land has been pretty busy lately. It is kinda rare for me to have an evening at home to catch up. :) I have been busy hanging out with friends and family.
Last weekend Mom and I went up to JonTon's to learn how to make Christmas ornaments from the master: Tonia. :) It was great fun. I am very happy to have learned a new craft. I am always on the look out for new crafts. This was is particularly great since it helps me with Christmas gifts. :)
This week has been good. Work is actually slowing down a bit which means I can catch up on everything I have set on hold while I was "putting out fires." I am glad tomorrow is Friday though.
Earlier this week I had a semi-minor apartment disaster. I came home from visiting Grandma and Grandad and on Sunday evening and found that my kitchen had flooded! Gah! It wasn't very deep at all, but it was still a mess. I do not think garbage disposals are all they are cracked up to be....meh.
Anyway, this weekend I will actually be in Longview! :) First time in a while. I don't have any plans for Halloween...I think I am hiding out at Diane's house. Then on Saturday Kristen and I are going shopping! It will be nice to buy new clothes and have more options. :)
So....I guess that is the update from me. Maybe I will have more to say after this weekend.
Last weekend Mom and I went up to JonTon's to learn how to make Christmas ornaments from the master: Tonia. :) It was great fun. I am very happy to have learned a new craft. I am always on the look out for new crafts. This was is particularly great since it helps me with Christmas gifts. :)
This week has been good. Work is actually slowing down a bit which means I can catch up on everything I have set on hold while I was "putting out fires." I am glad tomorrow is Friday though.
Earlier this week I had a semi-minor apartment disaster. I came home from visiting Grandma and Grandad and on Sunday evening and found that my kitchen had flooded! Gah! It wasn't very deep at all, but it was still a mess. I do not think garbage disposals are all they are cracked up to be....meh.
Anyway, this weekend I will actually be in Longview! :) First time in a while. I don't have any plans for Halloween...I think I am hiding out at Diane's house. Then on Saturday Kristen and I are going shopping! It will be nice to buy new clothes and have more options. :)
So....I guess that is the update from me. Maybe I will have more to say after this weekend.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
a-MAZE-ing
I have been traveling the 1-5 corridor a lot this month. Two weeks ago I went up to Seattle to visit my Moyer friends and last week I went up to Seattle to visit Megan and Veronica. I was able to see both of their new places. We just hung out mostly eating food and watching tv/movies. We did however request tickets for 2010 Olympics! Woohoo! We are planning on going to 2 events: Speed Skating and Snowboarding Half-pipe. :)
This weekend Reuben and I went up to JonTon's Harvest Fest. We decided to go last minute. :) I had made David a pumpkin hat that I wanted to give him so Reuben agreed to go with me. :) We drove up early Saturday and arrived at the Pumpkin Patch/Corn Maze around 10:00. We wandered around the maze for about an hour or so and then went back to JonTon's to eat the Harvest Feast. It was a good day all around. :) Good food, good company...
Next weekend it is back up to JonTon's to make Christmas ornaments with Tonia. :)
See pictures below. :)
This weekend Reuben and I went up to JonTon's Harvest Fest. We decided to go last minute. :) I had made David a pumpkin hat that I wanted to give him so Reuben agreed to go with me. :) We drove up early Saturday and arrived at the Pumpkin Patch/Corn Maze around 10:00. We wandered around the maze for about an hour or so and then went back to JonTon's to eat the Harvest Feast. It was a good day all around. :) Good food, good company...
Next weekend it is back up to JonTon's to make Christmas ornaments with Tonia. :)
See pictures below. :)
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Has the rumor reached you yet?
So I thought I should go ahead and post a blog concerning my new boyfriend Reuben. :) Yes, it is true, I have a boyfriend.
Diane Miollis introduced us to eachother about a month ago at one of our weekly Sunday dinners. We have been slowly getting to know eachother over the course the month and started dating officially last week. He is a really great guy who has many qualities I respect and desire. He works as an IT consultant for a local business and lives in Rose Valley (...er Kelso for you out of towners). He is also going to school for a degree completion program at Multnomah Bible College.
We have had fun being together and going out to dinner. We celebrated his birthday last Monday at a Chinese restaruant (I know what you are thinking - "Laura doesn't like Chinese"...however it was a Chinese buffet which allowed me to try a bunch of different things. lol) And then on Friday we went out to olive Garden. It was a nice drive and we got to talk a lot while we waiting for a table to open up. After dinner we came back and watched Stargate (the movie...the first one).
On Saturday I went up to Seattle to visit my college friends and say goodbye to one of them as she is going to Alabama for graduate school. It was great to see everyone and some of their new apartments. We played apples to apples and it was probably the funnest experience I have had with that game. :) I left Seattle at like 8 p.m. and drove back to Longview. It was a quick trip, but a good one.
On Sunday after church Reuben came over to Mom/Dad's and met them as well as Teresa. He made a favorable impression (as I knew he would). For more on their opionion you should ask them yourself. :) Then after Mom/Dad's we hung out for a while before Sunday dinner with the "Miollis" crew. It was a good weekend.
Since then I have been adjusting to life as a girlfriend and enjoying it. :)
Work is still going good. I have been really busy the last week, which is both good and sorta annoying, because I would kinda like a bit of a dull day to catch up on everything. lol.
Anyway, that is my life right now. Hopefully you can all meet Reuben soon. See picture below for what he looks like. I will be posting more pictures of us together at a later date.
Diane Miollis introduced us to eachother about a month ago at one of our weekly Sunday dinners. We have been slowly getting to know eachother over the course the month and started dating officially last week. He is a really great guy who has many qualities I respect and desire. He works as an IT consultant for a local business and lives in Rose Valley (...er Kelso for you out of towners). He is also going to school for a degree completion program at Multnomah Bible College.
We have had fun being together and going out to dinner. We celebrated his birthday last Monday at a Chinese restaruant (I know what you are thinking - "Laura doesn't like Chinese"...however it was a Chinese buffet which allowed me to try a bunch of different things. lol) And then on Friday we went out to olive Garden. It was a nice drive and we got to talk a lot while we waiting for a table to open up. After dinner we came back and watched Stargate (the movie...the first one).
On Saturday I went up to Seattle to visit my college friends and say goodbye to one of them as she is going to Alabama for graduate school. It was great to see everyone and some of their new apartments. We played apples to apples and it was probably the funnest experience I have had with that game. :) I left Seattle at like 8 p.m. and drove back to Longview. It was a quick trip, but a good one.
On Sunday after church Reuben came over to Mom/Dad's and met them as well as Teresa. He made a favorable impression (as I knew he would). For more on their opionion you should ask them yourself. :) Then after Mom/Dad's we hung out for a while before Sunday dinner with the "Miollis" crew. It was a good weekend.
Since then I have been adjusting to life as a girlfriend and enjoying it. :)
Work is still going good. I have been really busy the last week, which is both good and sorta annoying, because I would kinda like a bit of a dull day to catch up on everything. lol.
Anyway, that is my life right now. Hopefully you can all meet Reuben soon. See picture below for what he looks like. I will be posting more pictures of us together at a later date.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
A+
So, I just have to brag on myself a little. (I figure I have the right to do so on my own blog...)
At work we have these forms we have to fill out whenever we get new patients and whenever a patient dies (2728 and 2746 forms). You may remember me talking about them before in regards to the fact that they were impossible to reorder. lol. ...Anyway, so these forms are required to be turned in within a certain time period of the patient event (new/death). It is monitored by the Northwest Renal Network. The forms are rather difficult to fill out --the questions are confusing at first and occasionally a question is missed.
So these forms are turned in and we get a compliance report based on how timely we are and how accurate we are. Previous to my taking over the position we were at about a 75% compliance rate. The goal is to reach 90% and any Dialysis unit that doesn't has to fill out an action plan each quarter stating their plan to improve. I have had to fill out 2-3 of these action plans. Ew.
However, we just got our most recent compliance report and we are at a 94% compliance rate! :) I am quite please with the fact that in the year I have worked there we have not only surpassed the Network's goal, but have beaten the Network average and the state average! Woohoo! :)
It is kinda funny because I have posted the compliance report graph showing our growth and current 94% compliance on the back of our office door and enjoy pointing it out to all the staff that enter. lol.
Anyway, I thought I would share that with you so you can share in my happiness. lol.
At work we have these forms we have to fill out whenever we get new patients and whenever a patient dies (2728 and 2746 forms). You may remember me talking about them before in regards to the fact that they were impossible to reorder. lol. ...Anyway, so these forms are required to be turned in within a certain time period of the patient event (new/death). It is monitored by the Northwest Renal Network. The forms are rather difficult to fill out --the questions are confusing at first and occasionally a question is missed.
So these forms are turned in and we get a compliance report based on how timely we are and how accurate we are. Previous to my taking over the position we were at about a 75% compliance rate. The goal is to reach 90% and any Dialysis unit that doesn't has to fill out an action plan each quarter stating their plan to improve. I have had to fill out 2-3 of these action plans. Ew.
However, we just got our most recent compliance report and we are at a 94% compliance rate! :) I am quite please with the fact that in the year I have worked there we have not only surpassed the Network's goal, but have beaten the Network average and the state average! Woohoo! :)
It is kinda funny because I have posted the compliance report graph showing our growth and current 94% compliance on the back of our office door and enjoy pointing it out to all the staff that enter. lol.
Anyway, I thought I would share that with you so you can share in my happiness. lol.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Since everyone else with a blog seems to have already posted wedding pictures from this last weekend I guess I will not. :) I did post them on facebook though if someone is reading this and wants to see them....
It was a lovely wedding and it was great to see everyone again. It was the first time seeing JonTon+D and Teresa in a while. I enjoyed having everyone together. We definitely need to do that more often. :)
Other than that I am not sure I have a lot to blog about. It was a crazy day at work so I am glad to be relaxing at home now.
My weekend looks pretty full. I guess Teresa comes back in town Thursday night, so that will be cool. :) Then on Saturday I am headed up to Seattle to visit my college friends and say good-bye to one of them as she is heading off to grad school. It will be a quick visit, but a good one.
I guess that is all for now. If you want more details ask me in person I guess.
It was a lovely wedding and it was great to see everyone again. It was the first time seeing JonTon+D and Teresa in a while. I enjoyed having everyone together. We definitely need to do that more often. :)
Other than that I am not sure I have a lot to blog about. It was a crazy day at work so I am glad to be relaxing at home now.
My weekend looks pretty full. I guess Teresa comes back in town Thursday night, so that will be cool. :) Then on Saturday I am headed up to Seattle to visit my college friends and say good-bye to one of them as she is heading off to grad school. It will be a quick visit, but a good one.
I guess that is all for now. If you want more details ask me in person I guess.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Gah! A spider just tried to attack me! It attempted to get me when I am most volunerable...almost asleep. Lying in bed minding my own business and it sneaks up and tried to get me!
Ew..ew....ew. I hate waking up to spiders in my bed...close to my head. It was no small spider either....well it's body was, but it's legs were not. Bigger than a quarter which in my books warrants freaking out. (There are two exceptions to this quarter rule however: any spider in bed, and any spider in the shower.)
What makes it worse is that this is the 3rd spider I have killed in my apartment tonight...each of varying size. I am being over run. It is probably good I am going to the beach for a few days. Hopefully they won't take over. :(
Now I have to figure out where to sleep tonight as my bed is obviously off limits. Grrrrr.
On the bright side Casablanca is on OPB...
Ew..ew....ew. I hate waking up to spiders in my bed...close to my head. It was no small spider either....well it's body was, but it's legs were not. Bigger than a quarter which in my books warrants freaking out. (There are two exceptions to this quarter rule however: any spider in bed, and any spider in the shower.)
What makes it worse is that this is the 3rd spider I have killed in my apartment tonight...each of varying size. I am being over run. It is probably good I am going to the beach for a few days. Hopefully they won't take over. :(
Now I have to figure out where to sleep tonight as my bed is obviously off limits. Grrrrr.
On the bright side Casablanca is on OPB...
Monday, September 15, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
A trip to Medford
Here are some pictures from my trip to Medford with the Miollis'. :) They are kinda lame but Jacob is pretty slow about getting me his pictures. We left Thursday early afternoon and got there in time to put Andrea's horse in its stall at the horseshow and eat dinner. Then on Friday I hung out with Andrea at the horseshow and afterwords Diane, Jacob, Andrea, and I headed to Ashland to hang out and see a Shakespeare show in the evening. We saw Comedy of Errors as a western musical. It was really good. I enjoyed it a lot. I definately want to go back to the Shakespeare festival sometime.
Then on Saturday it was back to the horseshow in the morning. It was nice to see Andrea in her element. :) In the afternoon we went on a hike near Crater Lake where we saw several waterfalls.
On Sunday Andrea finished her horseshow--she won high point! Then Andrea and I packed up and headed home. We got home pretty late, but it was nice to be back. :)
I had Monday off too so I had a day of relaxing at home. It was a good trip. It was nice to see Andrea/Diane's Mom and get away from Longview. Hopefully I will get the pics from the hike that Jacob has soon. Enjoy~
Fancy sleeps on the trip down
Random picture of me due to 6 hours of boredom in the car. :)
As Andrea's Mom's house is a work in progress I thought her sign was cute. :)
Then on Saturday it was back to the horseshow in the morning. It was nice to see Andrea in her element. :) In the afternoon we went on a hike near Crater Lake where we saw several waterfalls.
On Sunday Andrea finished her horseshow--she won high point! Then Andrea and I packed up and headed home. We got home pretty late, but it was nice to be back. :)
I had Monday off too so I had a day of relaxing at home. It was a good trip. It was nice to see Andrea/Diane's Mom and get away from Longview. Hopefully I will get the pics from the hike that Jacob has soon. Enjoy~
Fancy sleeps on the trip down
Random picture of me due to 6 hours of boredom in the car. :)
As Andrea's Mom's house is a work in progress I thought her sign was cute. :)
