The House of Remmes: January 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

For Sale

This month has sure been a CRAZY one.

Jan. 1st (New Years Day) I was at work chatting with one of the OB/GYNs and she said she knew someone who builds in this area and would know of any lots available. She gave him my email...and wham bam....3 1/2 weeks later our house is on the MLS, we have walked through a model home, made a purchase agreement....yada yada yada.

Holy Crap.

I know....I feel like our life has been a little NON stop for 3 weeks.

We rented a storage unit, brought all of our "stuff" there (and keep in mind this was during the week of our lovely zero degree weather). Cleaned, organized, de-cluttered, painted....to make this place pretty pretty pretty.

The best was when I quickly brought the kids down to my mom's place. We had about 10 minutes to load the car up with 'stuff.' (Candles, pillows, pictures, lamps etc. to help stage the house). Carter just stood there and watched me run around like a crazy woman and said, "How come we are stealing all of Nana's things?"

I know, I know....why would you move?? You worked so hard at making your current home all pretty. Especially our gorg kitchen re-do. Well....we found a (lot) in our neighborhood that is great. It is very close to our current spot/neighbors and we thought that if we are going to do this, we might as well go for it :) We found a beautiful layout that Josh and I both LOVE. And with interest rates....it wasn't really a question.

I get tears in my eyes when I think about REALLY leaving this place. I just try to think of what is to come! And who knows....if it's not meant to be.....well then it wasn't meant to be. We LOVE our neighbors/neighborhood and LOVE our house. So if it doesn't sell....we aren't out ANYTHING. But hey...it's worth a shot? Well wish us luck on this crazy journey. I know there are a lot of people out there dealing with a lot more stressful things, so I definitely am not complaining about this opportunity....but just wish us luck on keeping a house "immaculate" for showings with a 3 year old and 11 month old who tend to make a tad bit of a mess :)

ta ta for now.

I probably won't have very much time in the next hmmm I don't know month...to blog.

Labor and Delivery training, planning a first birthday party and selling a house...ooofda

(What was I thinking :)

Here is the listing:

Our Home

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

What I Do....

I had an Amazing opportunity to sit with some college students last week at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis to discuss 'my life as a health care worker.' My very good friend Natalie asked if I would attend and since I volunteered there and wanted to see the hospital updates....I thought I would try it! I am so very glad I did. Poor Miss Natalie texted me the night before and said Influenza had struck and she wasn't able to attend. Poor gal. So I arrived at Children's (oh my gosh has it changed!) and talked with some students with another great friend and coworker Hanna. I also got to see a fellow Ole Cross Country Runner (Jenna who was in charge of the discussion!)

Any ways....The reason for this post is to sort of reflect on my AMAZING job that I get to go to everyday (well maybe not every day as Josh would correct me) Maybe more like 2-3 times a week :)

Most of the discussion was about why we chose nursing, what a typical schedule looks like, what are the challenges etc.

Oh my...I really haven't sat down for an entire hour to reflect on my life as a nurse.

My family and friends know me as a friend, 'previous' runner, cousin, auntie, sister, mother, wife, scrapbooker, blogger..... But I feel as though my coworkers are truly the only people who get to see me as a nurse. I thought it was so neat last Thursday. I gave a 97 year old a back rub when I went upstairs to help the girls on 3rd floor. I did discharge education for 45 minutes on an elderly women who was going home, I attended 5 birthday parties! Including a set of twins. And I ended my night with being in charge. (That's a lot of random things in a 13 hour period)

I love what I do.

Being a Nurse Means

You will never be bored.

You will always be frustrated.

You will be surrounded by challenges.

So much to do and so little time.

You will carry immense responsibility

and very little authority.

You will step into people's lives

and you will make a difference.

Some will bless you.

Some will curse you.

You will see people at their worst and at their best.

You will never cease to be amazed at people's capacity for

love, courage and endurance.

You will see life begin and end.

You will experience resounding triumphs

and devastating failures.

You will cry a lot.

You will laugh a lot.

You will know what it is to be human and humane.

-Melodie Chenevert

When I was talking to the small group about what it is like to work in the obstetric/neonatal world I described how incredibly amazing it is to be a part of such a life changing experience in someone's life. But I also explained that there are days that each and every one of us will remember forever. Those days are hard....those are days that you wish you did something else. I always joke (If I worked at Archivers would it be this stressful? What is the worse thing that could happen? Someone is upset because they don't have the paper or stickers they are looking for?) I also think....holy cow....I work will ALL women, My patients are ALL women and most of the physicians are ALL women.

(drama-ville much :) hehe.

I also was incredibly surprised at what has happened since college.

2007-2010 North Memorial

Cardiac/Telemetry Nurse

Unit Charge Nurse

Float Nurse

Postpartum Nurse

2010 Maple Grove Hospital

Postpartum Nurse

Special Care Nursery Nurse

Pediatric Nurse

Postpartum Unit Lead

Maple Leaf Award Winner

PCF (charge nurse)

(and keep in mind we got married, bought a house, got a puppy and had 2 babies during this time too :)

I am starting a new adventure!

Next week I will begin classes and orientation to become a L&D nurse.

I attend deliveries now (as the baby nurse) but will cross train to Labor and Delivery with 2 other wonderful gals. I am petrified.

I am (as all of you know) a type A, OCD type of gal and I don't like being soso at my job. So not knowing things is going to be scary. I know though that I have the most amazing coworkers, preceptors and educator in the world. So here we go....Laboring Women here I come! I promise I will do all that I can do to make your experience what you always dreamed :) hehe.

And here are some nursing quotes I found off of pinterest that are just OH so True.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Skating!

Well I would say I experienced a first.....crying in a warming house......because my 'little' boy is growing up so fast! We took Carter skating the other day. Him and Daddy bought some new skates this fall and wanted to try them out. Carter did great! (I could tell Josh was excited to be on skates again too :) They had this great 'walker' there and Carter just skated around pushing that. (With Josh's help of course) It was a rather chilly day, and little Reese hadn't been feeling the greatest so it was a short trip to the rink, but by the end of the 1/2 hour Carter was walking around the warming house on skates, like it was no big deal. It's amazing how fast they catch on. Carter can't wait until our next trip to the Rink!

Sunny...but FREEEEEZING out.

Go Carter Go!
The theme of the day was "walk like a duck"

Sweet baby girl, cozy and warm in the warming house

Thumbs up and ready to go!

A little bit more work putting on someone else's skates!

So so so cute! Such little skates!

Uh oh.....this post kind of makes me sound like I could be a hockey mom down the road.....hmmm I don't think we'll get that far :)

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Thompson Family Christmas

Christmas Day with the Thompson Family Crew. Always such a fun day at the Lundeen House!

Aaaaand Santa even visited us! This is Josh's favorite part each year :) He can hardly wait to do it again next year! And here are a whole TON of pictures from the day!