Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow. I have many things to be thankful for this year. Among those, my family is at the top of the list. It was so great to go to two thanksgiving lunch/dinners filled with love. Here are some wonderful pictures with the Foley family. Boy, am I grateful for them. 

 Packing up those Thanksgiving left-overs. Dad's stuffing won this year, but I have next year!

 Mitch & Dutch

 Celebrating the November babies!

 A family picture...we miss you Caballero family!

:)

Jaycee's Turkey Baskets

This fall, I was lucky enough to join the Raleigh Jaycees and meet some wonderful people. Soon afterwards, I was coaxed into running their Thanksgiving project. This lead to shopping for 4 cart-fulls of food, 300 lbs of potatoes in my bathtub, and a few hours in the pouring rain. It was all worth it to do some good. Here are some pictures from last weekend:

Wreath Party!

After my last full week of work, my lovely coworker invited me to a DIY holiday party. We drank wine, had dinner, and made wreaths for the holiday season. My coworkers have become some of my closest friends this year and have been with me through all of my growth as a person and a professional this year. I am forever grateful to them as I make my transition from long term care/short term rehab into outpatient holistic physical therapy. Don't worry! I will still be working a few weekend half-days a month. I won't leave my friends that easily. :)

My wreath in all its glory!

So much deco mesh in this picture! I am pretty sure I still have glitter on my phone.

PA School Friends

So, let me just say that through Braxton's PA school I have met some great friends. It's always fun getting to see them after a long work week, listen to their funny clinical stories, and have a glass of wine. We went out to celebrate Nick's 31st birthday this weekend, but I also have some pictures from weekends beforehand to share. Here's to good friends an good memories. 

 Now we have cycling buddies!

Happy Halloween!

This year I was very excited for Halloween and the possibility of getting trick-or-treaters. You see, I have a porch now. That means I get to make it scary and have fun meeting my neighbors, right? Wrong. Well, kind of. Upon decorating my house, my neighbor decided to tell me that she has never ever gotten a trick-or-treater. Another time she wanted to reiterate that I not be disappointed. Well, I went to Big Lots for my last minute halloween decor shopping which consisted of some purple string lights, a halloween door mat, tombstones (thanks Dollar Tree), and a skeleton with a bow tie. I also had two strobe lights and the good old witch head in a magic ball. Needless to say, I got some trick-or-treaters! The kids were totally scared by my wicked witch and parents gave me compliments on my house. 

 To wrap this up, this was my costume for work on Friday. I went as a 50's sock hop girl. One of the CNAs asked if I was Amish *facepalm*. many of the residents called me Happy Days and said, "I remember when I had one of those!" Again, I don't think I will ever grow up.