How I love thee, Part III

Here is the last of the things that I love and cannot live without!!

I love my Dansko shoes! In the fall of 2001, I was doing my clinical rotations for PA school. My second rotation was surgery. It was very long hours and lots of standing. I had very unhappy feet and legs.

In all my years of healthcare (14 total now), I had always worn tennis shoes to work. As I looked around in the OR's, no one wore tennis shoes. Most wore Dansko clogs. I indulged in my first pair that fall. These babies are not cheap, but worth every cent!!

I have since added to my collection (my latest acquisition picutred above). I still wear my original pair that are now over 5 years old! My feet could not be happier! I wouldn't dream of wearing any other shoes to work (and these shoes are great for a day of shopping). Plus the American Podiatric Medical Association endorses them!! What more you could ask for??

Happy Friday!!

How I love thee, let me count the ways....Part II

Now I dedicate this post to my U2 iPod.

This was a Christmas present (ok-present from myself) two years ago. My first download was the U2 digital collection of all their music plus a ton of live songs=450U2 songs! Now that's a lot of Bono, but I do love my U2!

I listen to my iPod everyday, usually in the car and lately on the treadmill. I have most of my CD collection on this little beauty! Isn't technology great? 2000 songs at my fingertips-anywhere, anytime.

Of course Apple has come out with bigger and better-the video iPod-even comes in U2 special edition (Pictured above). Would you expect anything less from Bono and Apple? I'm tempted, but I think I'll keep podding with my old friend.

Now my iPod and I will have more time together as I commute to Chelsea. After long debate (with my head and heart), I have decided to take a job with a female dermatologist in Chelsea. I will begin working with her in March. I finally broke the news to my current doc who I have worked with for the past 4 years. I will be working same hours, more $. My new doc is very cool, a working mom, family oriented and all around nice person!

How I love thee, let me count the ways....

How I love thee, let me count the ways.
I have decided to dedicate my next few blogs to the "things" in life that I love.
Oh the coffee bean.
My love of coffee started around 1999 in the EMU library late at night studying organic chem, human physiology-the good stuff. Somewhere between work, school and maintaining a home, I found myself experimenting with cappuccino. I started with the french vanilla and moved on from there. The next thing I knew it was regular coffee with flavored creamers, now just coffee, sweetener and plenty of cream. But I’ve always had a soft spot for the cappuccino. When Tim Horton’s opened in Adrian, I found myself ordering a large English toffee cappuccino whenever I passed by.
Now I have a new love (Thanks to Cindy and Tracy), hazelnut cappuccino at McDonald’s! The hard part is that McDonald’s are much more convenient (and open all the time!!) than Tim Horton’s or the recently closed Mustard Seed (very sad to see that very cool and christian coffee shop closed). All I can think about is hazelnut cappuccino-when I wake up in the mornings, when I hit the mid-afternoon slump.....
And what a deal-all that caffeine, sugar, milk and coffee bean somewhere in there for a mere $1.59! If you are a lover of the cappuccino, I highly recommend the hazelnut cap at your local McDonald’s!!

"Life is full of choices..."

This is one of my boss's favorite sayings. He makes this comment to women who complain about their wrinkles but have a nice tan, teens with acne but won't use their prescription products..
In the New Year, I started thinking about my choices and making choices isn't as easy as it sounds.
For months (more like over a year), I have been trying to make a choice over where to spend my time Monday-Thurs. I have weighed the pro/cons of staying put or moving on. My final decision will be forthcoming. But I have lost sleep, worried and fretted over making the right choice.
Another choice that I am trying to make is where to spend my Sunday mornings. This debate has been going on in my head since May 2005. I have made a choice to find another place to be spirtually fed. This has not been an easy choice because I have spent so much time worrying how my choices affect those around me.
So what's this about free will and choice? I'm beginning to think there is no such thing!