chez Colleen

chez Colleen is the internet blog and creative outlet for Colleen Berding, located in the middle of America. Recipes, reveries, and recess in no particular order.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Some quizzing entertainment

In a couple of hours, I have to got to work, so I found a cool little quiz to try. Here are my ratings. While they're pretty simplified, you just might have some fun reading the questions.

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:
7.8
Mind:
7.5
Body:
8
Spirit:
7.6
Friends/Family:
7.1
Love:
7.3
Finance:
8.2
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

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Saturday, August 04, 2007

Articles of note

I'm surfing away and the boys are sleeping. It seems like this happens a lot. Now that Hubby is back from BigLab, hopefully, he'll get some rest.

I found these two articles that address families of those with disabilities and how they affect their lives. One man filmed a documentary of his experience. Have a look!

Where's Molly - Families get help finding loved ones in institutions (from cnn.com)
Shaw: A mother remembers a special life (also cnn.com)

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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

No, I'm not dead

...just dead tired sometimes. Working as a nurse is not for sissies and they do physicals for a reason. Rehab nursing, in particular, is a physical endeavor. I'm not slinging patients from here to there...all the time, but I have noticed that I am tired when I get home at night more often than I have been before.

Thankfully, I wear good shoes--Danskos. You can check out a pair at ClogCentral. Some people say they're heavy, but they keep my legs from getting tired!

I've been lucky enough to see the St. Boniface crowd at IC in the last couple of weeks. Most everyone is doing well. A couple of people are ill, so keep them in your prayers. I baked zucchini bread and the one without nuts disappeared. (We put the walnut version in the freezer for this week.)

Well, here are a couple of interesting tidbits I found in some recent surfing. Enjoy your week!

Growing front yard food (from cnn.com)
If I could do it, I would. Beats cutting grass all the time!

Kids take on the lunch lady (from cnn.com)
No, no violence here. Just the power of the pen is mightier than the pea.

The new face of fitness (cnn.com)
Think you're old? Don't until you check this out! Maybe they really need to go here.

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