Last day of the year...

As it is the last day of 2008, so it is time for reflections on the year, and time to make a resolution. Okay, so maybe not an official resolution, but everyone should take the time to think about things that we can change to make ourselves better people and make a better year.

Merry Christmas!

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and kept in mind that there is more to Christmas than just getting gifts and Santa. We should all take time to remember the true meaning of Christmas, the Nativity story, and the love and family involved. And as Tiny Tim would say in "Christmas Carol" "and God bless us, Everyone!"

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Toby

Toby wanted to wish everyone who reads my blog a Merry Christmas! He is very excited and hopes that Santa brings him all of the things that he asked for. He said he gives lots of puppy kisses to everyone!

Christmas Eve!

As it is Christmas Eve here in the US, it is Christmas Eve night in places like Australia and New Zealand, and Santa has began his famous journey. NORAD has began its annual Santa Tracker, and above is some video that they were able to find of Santa traveling over Auckland, New Zealand!



I wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Next Assignment

As I know many of you have been awaiting my final decision of where in the US I will travel next, I finally know. After much debate and consideration, I decided to go to Texas for my next assignment. I was looking at assignments in the larger cities, and interviewed and was accepted to work as an acute care PT at the Medical City Hospital in Dallas, TX (click the link above to view the webpage). This hospital is a large hospital, and offers 5 specialty hospitals of: Cancer, Heart, Transplant, Women's, and Children's. I should be able to have the opportunity to learn many great things at this hospital, as well as hopefully learn to work with patients who have just had transplants or other difficult procedures. I am very excited, plus, Dallas will be a fun city to live in!

Toby on the Beach

Toby wanted to go for a walk on the beach today, and he had a blast! He was such a good boy and enjoyed sniffing the shells and looking at the seagulls.

Sunrise at Wrightsville

Here are some pictures of the sunrise this morning as seen from the 3rd floor deck area at the beach house on Wrightsville Beach. The pictures do not do it justice, it is really beautiful!

Candy Time!

It's that time of year again! My mother and I spent time tonight making our yearly Christmas Candy. We made peanut butter fudge, chocolate fudge, chocolate covered peanut butter balls (shown in the picture in the before and after chocolate coating phases), and Ritz peanut butter crackers coated in white chocolate. Yum, yum!

And the verdict is...

My step-sister is having twin boys! Congratulations Kellie and Josh!

Christmas Deliveries!

Tis the season for Christmas cards and package deliveries! The vendors at work have been bringing yummy goodies, so that is nice. Also, I got two packages in the mail today from friends. One was a wonderful goody basket for myself and my family and the other was a gift from my best friend. Toby was very happy with the latter gift, as it contained a nice set of small bones for him. As you can tell from the pictures, he was very anxious to get into the present!

Thank you to all for the Christmas Cards and presents!

Hallmark Snowmen

This weekend, my mother and I went into Hallmark and purchased this year's dancing/singing snowmen. She has gotten them every year for about 4 years or so, so we couldn't resist. Here is a video of the dancing/singing snowmen, they are quite cute!

The "herd" is emerging...

At night, you can barely see the wreaths

As seen from the front door

Before the wreaths

Last night, we began to unpack the deer and trees and put them together. Today, we finally got our deer placed in the yard. After a break to thaw out, we then hung the wreaths on the windows and the garage. There still may be a few changes to come, as in we are trying to decide what to do with the upper windows and also if we should put the moose out as well. If you cannot tell, at this point, there are two trees (one that changes from blue to white lights), and 5 deer (two large, two medium that are animated, and one small baby). We also have some other things that we may place outside in the next week, you'll just have to wait to see!

Neighbor's House

Our same neighbor who had the fun Halloween decorations up, now has an entire yard full of Christmas decorations. On the way home from work a few days ago, I snapped these pictures. They really do not do it justice as there are so many fun decorations in their yard (front and back). I hope that you enjoy! We should be getting some of our "herd" out this weekend, I'll be sure to share pictures when it goes up.