BUT we did play this game. Well, not a game- James bought a magazine and inside there was whole section about a balanced body. Flexibility, muscle, blah blah blah. So of course James and Luke want to do all of these "Tests"
10.17.2011
How Balanced are you?
My brother came into town this weekend. It was his fall break at Appalachian State and he wanted to spend it with his sister! Woohoo!! I felt very special. We had a wonderful weekend and I didn't take as single picture. Not smart, because now I am sitting here thinking that I will probably never get a picture of my brother here in my apartment ever. Bummer.
BUT we did play this game. Well, not a game- James bought a magazine and inside there was whole section about a balanced body. Flexibility, muscle, blah blah blah. So of course James and Luke want to do all of these "Tests"
Let's just say that neither one of the boys could do ANY of these. I could do 2 out of 3. Girls rule. Lesson of the weekend, we all need to work on our flexibility.
BUT we did play this game. Well, not a game- James bought a magazine and inside there was whole section about a balanced body. Flexibility, muscle, blah blah blah. So of course James and Luke want to do all of these "Tests"
10.11.2011
Oh, Fall
I'll be honest with you, I am a summer girl. I like the heat, and while it definitely got hot and humid here in south Georgia, I honestly didn't mind it. People have called Columbus, Ga the "armpit" of the South because of the humidity and heat- but I would have to disagree with that statement. It definitely gets hot and sometimes hard to breathe due to the 100% humidity, but you get use to it. James, on the other hand- loves fall. It is his favorite time of year. He loves wearing sweatshirts and long pants with this boots. So this household LOVES 2 out of the 4 seasons. Perfect.
Even though I am a self proclaimed "summer girl," I LOVE pumpkin. I use to have pumpkin pies for my June birthday. So when fall comes around- I am really pumped because I get to stock up on the pumpkin. And Starbucks has a pumpkin spice latte- so that helps.
This past week, I went a little over board on the pumpkin. But I made a pumpkin spice latte in the crockpot- amazing- and made pumpkin scones.
Both of these recipes I found via pinterest...another obsession. The latte was to die for...sadly I accidentally left it out over night and the milk definitely went bad. So I am going to make it again...this week. Then James can have a cup of homemade pumpkin latte every morning before work.
The pumpkin scones on the other hand looked great....didn't quite taste like a scone- more like a muffin. I do have a theory for why they scones weren't really scones- I think the pumpkin made the dough way too moist. I think I can correct it by adding more flour to counter act for the moisture that the pumpkin adds...but I also think I could add more pumpkin to make the taste full of more flavor, but then that is even more flour to add. Oh well. I'll let you know if it actually works and makes the scones actually taste like a scone.
More to come about our trip to North Carolina!
Even though I am a self proclaimed "summer girl," I LOVE pumpkin. I use to have pumpkin pies for my June birthday. So when fall comes around- I am really pumped because I get to stock up on the pumpkin. And Starbucks has a pumpkin spice latte- so that helps.
This past week, I went a little over board on the pumpkin. But I made a pumpkin spice latte in the crockpot- amazing- and made pumpkin scones.
The pumpkin scones on the other hand looked great....didn't quite taste like a scone- more like a muffin. I do have a theory for why they scones weren't really scones- I think the pumpkin made the dough way too moist. I think I can correct it by adding more flour to counter act for the moisture that the pumpkin adds...but I also think I could add more pumpkin to make the taste full of more flavor, but then that is even more flour to add. Oh well. I'll let you know if it actually works and makes the scones actually taste like a scone.
More to come about our trip to North Carolina!
10.03.2011
Right Place at the Right Time
Yesterday was eventful. It started out as a lazy day...we slept in past church, so we gave up on that- whoops. James spent the morning/afternoon reading and playing on the internet, and I read and did some cleaning- the floors were DISGUSTING. Then we headed over pick up our friend Mike when witnessed the worst accident I have ever seen. It literally unfolded before our eyes...
As we were pulling onto 185, still on the ramp going about 55-60mph we see this red car swerve- and by swerve I mean go completely perpendicular to the road. The red car( 3 cars ahead of us) ended up spinning off the highway and into the grassy bank on the right side, but then promptly sped away. Then, the next thing we know this black tahoe (2 cars ahead of us) crashes into a white sedan and pushes is completely off the road. James and I pull over and I tell James to go see if anyone is hurt and I start calling 911. After I miss dial 911 and have to redial again, I look up and James is waving at me to come over and the lady (probably around our parents age or a little younger) from the tahoe is standing behind her car screaming. So I think that she has just a dog or deer....wrong. It was a man. So I immediately run up and this guy is laying on the ground unresponsive with a massive pool of blood around his head that keeps growing. I walk up on this guy, who happens to be the Command Sergeant Major of the Ranger Battalion, kneeling at his side...(CSM is the highest enlisted rank there is-I learned that after the situation). He is asking if anyone was a medical profession so I told him I was a nurse and we started working together. We started to check him out- still unresponsive, not even responding to a sternal rub. And his pupils were the pinpointed...not good. I told the CSM to go get a flash light. At this point another guy rolls up and bring his first aid bag as well. Thank God- because we needed A LOT of gauze. I was literally about to tell them take off their shirts he was bleeding so bad. This guy's head was completely cracked open- from about 5in above his temple all the way to the back. I didn't get to asses the wound on the back of his head because I wasn't going to move him, but that is where all the blood was coming from. About 10min in he starts coming around- he tells me his name and I check to see if he is oriented and ask him about pain and his health history. Since we were all covered in blood it was comforting to know that according him he didn't have any blood borne diseases. From initial assessment he wasn't hurt anywhere else- as in no other major bones were broken and his stomach was soft and he didn't have a pain response when pressing on it. So I'm still trying to hold his head still while he is trying to get up which ends up working to our advantage because we were able to slip more gauze underneath the back of his head.
It was UNREAL. The ambulance finally arrived about 20 min after I hopped out of the car. We told the police, who was being a not nice person, what we saw and then left to go pick up Mike. Strange day. James worked the scene helping calm down the man's children, who were in the car with him, and talking to the 911 operator. He kept people out of the way and calm- what a good solider :)
While it was an awful wreck, I think the man will ultimately end up being OK as long as they can keep his brain from swelling. On a personal positive note, at least I still have some nursing skills...although I didn't tell the man on the ground that I was thankful for someone to practice on.
While I am sure that everyone would have managed just fine if James and I had left 10min earlier and missed the entire thing, I was glad to be there- to feel like I could help. I am so thankful for my knowledge and background and that I actually knew what to do and didn't have to just stand there helpless.
I am going to go read up on brain injury now!
As we were pulling onto 185, still on the ramp going about 55-60mph we see this red car swerve- and by swerve I mean go completely perpendicular to the road. The red car( 3 cars ahead of us) ended up spinning off the highway and into the grassy bank on the right side, but then promptly sped away. Then, the next thing we know this black tahoe (2 cars ahead of us) crashes into a white sedan and pushes is completely off the road. James and I pull over and I tell James to go see if anyone is hurt and I start calling 911. After I miss dial 911 and have to redial again, I look up and James is waving at me to come over and the lady (probably around our parents age or a little younger) from the tahoe is standing behind her car screaming. So I think that she has just a dog or deer....wrong. It was a man. So I immediately run up and this guy is laying on the ground unresponsive with a massive pool of blood around his head that keeps growing. I walk up on this guy, who happens to be the Command Sergeant Major of the Ranger Battalion, kneeling at his side...(CSM is the highest enlisted rank there is-I learned that after the situation). He is asking if anyone was a medical profession so I told him I was a nurse and we started working together. We started to check him out- still unresponsive, not even responding to a sternal rub. And his pupils were the pinpointed...not good. I told the CSM to go get a flash light. At this point another guy rolls up and bring his first aid bag as well. Thank God- because we needed A LOT of gauze. I was literally about to tell them take off their shirts he was bleeding so bad. This guy's head was completely cracked open- from about 5in above his temple all the way to the back. I didn't get to asses the wound on the back of his head because I wasn't going to move him, but that is where all the blood was coming from. About 10min in he starts coming around- he tells me his name and I check to see if he is oriented and ask him about pain and his health history. Since we were all covered in blood it was comforting to know that according him he didn't have any blood borne diseases. From initial assessment he wasn't hurt anywhere else- as in no other major bones were broken and his stomach was soft and he didn't have a pain response when pressing on it. So I'm still trying to hold his head still while he is trying to get up which ends up working to our advantage because we were able to slip more gauze underneath the back of his head.
It was UNREAL. The ambulance finally arrived about 20 min after I hopped out of the car. We told the police, who was being a not nice person, what we saw and then left to go pick up Mike. Strange day. James worked the scene helping calm down the man's children, who were in the car with him, and talking to the 911 operator. He kept people out of the way and calm- what a good solider :)
While it was an awful wreck, I think the man will ultimately end up being OK as long as they can keep his brain from swelling. On a personal positive note, at least I still have some nursing skills...although I didn't tell the man on the ground that I was thankful for someone to practice on.
While I am sure that everyone would have managed just fine if James and I had left 10min earlier and missed the entire thing, I was glad to be there- to feel like I could help. I am so thankful for my knowledge and background and that I actually knew what to do and didn't have to just stand there helpless.
I am going to go read up on brain injury now!
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