Can Finally See The Light

Before I went to nursing school I wanted to be a midwife.  When I lived in DC I went to doula training with DONA.  I also went to a four day childbirth education training class in Boone, North Carolina with Lamaze International.  I dreamed of delivering babies.  It seemed so long and impossible at the time because I had four very small children and a not so supportive husband (the ex factor now).  After my divorce I put myself through nursing school, while working on an OB floor in administration for 6 years.  So at that time I was submerged in OB related stuff.

After graduation I was fortunate to slide right into labor and delivery.  I was thrilled.  It was magical.  I was living my dream...sort of.  That was the reason I went to school in the first place.  Devouring Ina Mae's Spiritual Midwifery Book and dreaming of baby catching.....after about 3 years into it things sort of got jaded.  I wasn't sure what I wanted anymore.  4 years into it I started suffering from a little burnout.  Working at two hospitals started wearing me thin I think.

I was getting disheartened by people around me saying it wasn't worth it...the crappy pay, the responsibility, the liability....how it was so not worth it.  We can make so much more at the bedside.  Well, I began to look around and realized that bedside nurses are by far getting rich.  I started to read my midwifery books again, started to do some serious soul searching.  Began to feel my dream and aspiration coming back.  Realized that regardless of money, other peoples opinions, call hours, ect. in my heart I have always wanted to deliver babies.

I am happy and excited to say that I am getting my application ready to submit to grad school to start in the fall this year.  I picked Frontier School of Midwifery due to it's stellar reputation and recommendations.  I am hoping to relocate back up North in three years, back to New England, and practice.  One day at a time.

Fresh Food Means Clean Eating

I love fresh food...well I love food period...it's not hard to tell, but freshness is important. I am going, and putting my family on the clean eating diet. That means cut the sugars, white flour and a no brainer...processed food. I am waiting to see the movie Food, Inc. I could rent
online, but am waiting in que at the library like a good frugal person. It was recommended to change the way we view the food that we eat.

I made a sauted chicken breast with tomatoes and capers. It was delicious and really looked pretty after it was cooked. It was simple with only chicken, garlic, oil oil, capers, parsley and grape tomatoes. We made a chick pea salad with feta as a sidedish, Even Noah ate it which was saying alot. Addy loved it! It was a keeper! I love keepers.............................

Sam and I went to lunch today. He has been waiting to take me to this
place for awhile claiming it to be authentic Latin food. He knows I
love ethnic food so much and never choose the chains to eat in. I was
skeptical at first because he hasn't done so well in the past. The
pita pit....the Italian quarter. Yuck...he should have known never to
suggest an Italian place. I am waaaaay to picky for that. When I
know how it's supposed to taste and how to cook better forget about
it.....

Now this Latino place was really, really good. When the cooks don't
speak a the English it's a good sign. There empanadas were awesome.
So were the churros. Can't go wrong with fried bread and sugar!

See Addy doesn't need expensive toys.....just give her a box and she's
content!

I was at Wards Market the other day and saw these peppers tossed in the
reduced bin. Wards is my favorite grocer by far. Lots and lots of
locally grown produce, organic stuff and meat farmed in the good old
USA.

Alot of people snub the reduced produce section. However, there are
some really good buys there. Sometimes they are a little bruised, but
a knife can take care of that easily. My two bags full of red peppers
were only 2.32. That was a deal!

I fried them in some olive oil and had pepper sandwiches that night.
Now that's good Italian eating!

Look....no ears......

Now that we live downtown, Hardees is our new best friend. It's close and the kids love their milkshakes. So does Addy. So we walk there sometimes....we are regulars...something to be proud of!

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