Since today is Veteran's Day I thought it would be appropriate to remember our friends and family who have and do serve (apologies to ones I may leave out).
Current:
Mary Camille Hiott (USAF)
Morgan Lee Ard (USAF)
Jennifer Franklin (USAF)
Past:
Floyd Berry Hiott, Jr. (SCANG)
Herman Marion Ridgill, Sr. (Army Air Force, Belgium WWII)
Hereld Prather (Army, France WWII)
Paul R Lambert, Sr. (Navy, WWII)
Perry Reardon (Army, Killed in Action, Battle of the Bulge WWII)
Donald Ard (USAF)
Charlton Ard (USAF)
Adam Ard (USAF)
David Hill (Army, Vietnam)
Daniel Cantey (Army, Iraq)
Mike Black (Navy, Saudia Arabia)
Tony Rigdon (Army)
Bill Erikson (Marine Corps)
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
George S. Patton
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
From the creek to the beak
Ok, so poor play on words but i am trying to be creative....
Yesterday i got a text message from berry saying that he got me dinner.....the text was this....
Ummm....seriously??
The rest of the conversation went like this:
Me: "what IS that?"
B: "Fish."
Me: "Duhh but what type?"
B: "Spotted sea trout."
Which then led me to Google "sea trout recipes," which led me to a recipe i thought i would try.
Charleston Sea Trout Cakes
1 lb sea trout fillets, cooked and diced
2 stalks of celery, diced
½ red pepper, diced
1 small onion, diced
1 small red potatoes, cooked and diced
1 egg, beaten
1 cup bread crumbs
½ teaspoon seafood seasoning
dash Worcestershire sauce
dash hot sauce
Mix all ingredients and blend well.
Form into cakes.
Heat olive oil on the stove and sauté cakes lightly on both sides.
Don't overcook, serve as soon as cakes are golden brown.
The result:
Now, my pictures don't really do our dinner justice. My friend Diana inspired me to take a picture...she and her fiance cook and post pictures of the food on facebook- amazing stuff people...i would want her to be my personal chef if i had the money! Anyway, i digress. If i cook more, i will get better with my photography skills.
Yesterday i got a text message from berry saying that he got me dinner.....the text was this....
Ummm....seriously??
The rest of the conversation went like this:
Me: "what IS that?"
B: "Fish."
Me: "Duhh but what type?"
B: "Spotted sea trout."
Which then led me to Google "sea trout recipes," which led me to a recipe i thought i would try.
Charleston Sea Trout Cakes
1 lb sea trout fillets, cooked and diced
2 stalks of celery, diced
½ red pepper, diced
1 small onion, diced
1 small red potatoes, cooked and diced
1 egg, beaten
1 cup bread crumbs
½ teaspoon seafood seasoning
dash Worcestershire sauce
dash hot sauce
Mix all ingredients and blend well.
Form into cakes.
Heat olive oil on the stove and sauté cakes lightly on both sides.
Don't overcook, serve as soon as cakes are golden brown.
The result:
Now, my pictures don't really do our dinner justice. My friend Diana inspired me to take a picture...she and her fiance cook and post pictures of the food on facebook- amazing stuff people...i would want her to be my personal chef if i had the money! Anyway, i digress. If i cook more, i will get better with my photography skills.
For dinner tonight, I made 8 Charleston Sea Trout Cakes and served them with broccoli and cheese grits. A VERY southern dinner.
And it was delicious! Taylor even had a second helping! I say that is success!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Just another birthday dinner
So, this weekend was taylor's birthday and as usual, we had dinner at my parent's house with all of the family to celebrate. And Taylor brought her best friend, Cali, who had to endure our family (yes, she was asked if she was taylor's "goth" friend.....poor girl).
My mom cooked spagetti and bread and my grandmother made salad and of course there was birthday cake. Oh- and let's not forget the red wine.
:)
And what better way to top off the night.....but with a push-up contest! I kid you not. My brother always asks taylor if she "works out" and tells her what to do to get stronger (he is a pretty athletic guy...and his wife might even be more athletic, and she is pregnant, which is soooo exciting!). And last night he asked tay to do a push-up. Well...i caught it on video!
Not your typical birthday dinner .........but in our house, it is just another Lambert family dinner!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Taylor's 14th b-day
Hard to believe that my 14 year old daughter who looks like this....
....use to look like this. HOW ADORABLE!
I don't have a scanner or else taylor would be sooo embarrassed by all the pictures that i would post. She was such a beautiful baby!
So yes, 14 years ago i had a baby. I went for a check-up on Nov 5th (don't remember my actual due date) and was told my blood pressure was high and had protein in my urine. To a 17 year old i had no idea what that meant. Now i know that means i had pre-eclampsia and needed to get delivered sooner than later. So my OB said "come to the hospital tonight and we will have that baby!"
I went home, packed, and went back to UVA (9th floor) with Josh and my mom. Josh brought me shrimp for my "last meal" which unfortunately i threw up all over him hours later. Around midnight they broke my water and thus labor started. It was an uncomfortable night, which i don't remember much of, but i got an epidural at 8 am and slept for 3 hours. Around 11 am, it was time. One hour and 12 minutes later, a baby girl was born.
A GIRL? I hadn't found out the sex but everyone was telling us we were having a boy because of the way i was carrying it (to me, i was just fat, not "carrying" it one way or another), so i had a name all picked out- Kaleb Joshua. And now a girl? Dang it! :)
We named her Taylor Lynn- Taylor after my favorite soap opera star (nice, eh?), and Lynn after both his mom and my mom's middle name. Thus, TLD had a name and a birthday.
I honestly don't remember much about the labor/birth etc. I remember josh, my mom and his parents were in the room when Taylor was born. Oh- and the best part, my nurse was an ex-boyfriend's mom. I KNOW she was thinking "thank god this is not my grandchild." Haha! My friends, brother, sister, and dad came to visit Taylor after she was born. And i remember Josh calling to get insurance for her and us registering her for a social security card (which was stolen when berry's car was broken into and i haven't replaced yet).
An intersting thing- Taylor is 14 today. My sister was 14 when Taylor was born. Isn't that crazy?!?! I can't believe how fast time flies. When she was born, i didn't think about the fact that i was going to have a grown kid. I just focused on having a baby, raising an infant. I didn't realize that she would grow up as i grew up. That she would do homework while i did my homework. And that she would say things like "mom, you are ruining my life" or "chicks before dicks."
Anyway, it has been an adventure. 14 years and counting.
Happy Birthday to my little girl!
....use to look like this. HOW ADORABLE!
I don't have a scanner or else taylor would be sooo embarrassed by all the pictures that i would post. She was such a beautiful baby!
So yes, 14 years ago i had a baby. I went for a check-up on Nov 5th (don't remember my actual due date) and was told my blood pressure was high and had protein in my urine. To a 17 year old i had no idea what that meant. Now i know that means i had pre-eclampsia and needed to get delivered sooner than later. So my OB said "come to the hospital tonight and we will have that baby!"
I went home, packed, and went back to UVA (9th floor) with Josh and my mom. Josh brought me shrimp for my "last meal" which unfortunately i threw up all over him hours later. Around midnight they broke my water and thus labor started. It was an uncomfortable night, which i don't remember much of, but i got an epidural at 8 am and slept for 3 hours. Around 11 am, it was time. One hour and 12 minutes later, a baby girl was born.
A GIRL? I hadn't found out the sex but everyone was telling us we were having a boy because of the way i was carrying it (to me, i was just fat, not "carrying" it one way or another), so i had a name all picked out- Kaleb Joshua. And now a girl? Dang it! :)
We named her Taylor Lynn- Taylor after my favorite soap opera star (nice, eh?), and Lynn after both his mom and my mom's middle name. Thus, TLD had a name and a birthday.
I honestly don't remember much about the labor/birth etc. I remember josh, my mom and his parents were in the room when Taylor was born. Oh- and the best part, my nurse was an ex-boyfriend's mom. I KNOW she was thinking "thank god this is not my grandchild." Haha! My friends, brother, sister, and dad came to visit Taylor after she was born. And i remember Josh calling to get insurance for her and us registering her for a social security card (which was stolen when berry's car was broken into and i haven't replaced yet).
An intersting thing- Taylor is 14 today. My sister was 14 when Taylor was born. Isn't that crazy?!?! I can't believe how fast time flies. When she was born, i didn't think about the fact that i was going to have a grown kid. I just focused on having a baby, raising an infant. I didn't realize that she would grow up as i grew up. That she would do homework while i did my homework. And that she would say things like "mom, you are ruining my life" or "chicks before dicks."
Anyway, it has been an adventure. 14 years and counting.
Happy Birthday to my little girl!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
A post to make me smile....
My puppy Tiberius sleeping.....seriously, this is how i found him!
Berry and me
Taylor and Berry (notice the bloodhound in the corner)
sometimes you just need some pics to make you smile....like these!
:)
a little off this week
So, it is no suprise that when something happens that is unexpected, it can cause a ripple effect, making other things unexpectedly happen, and then more unexpected things happen, and then so on and so forth.
I had a pretty bad weekend last weekend. Despite the holiday (i sooo love halloween) and the fact that i didn't have to work, it was pretty crappy. In an effort to not let it get me down, i looked at Nov 1st as a new day of a new month and it was going to be good. Besides, i am currently working in the ICU (which i love) and the weather is turning into fall and the other holidays are coming up, so.....in my mind, it was going to be a good week. That hasn't been the case. So, let's see what has happened.
First, i stabbed my intern with a thoracentesis needle.
OUCH!
Then i had 2 really sick patients come in at one time and i ran around work like a crazy person trying to "fix" them. The kicker was that it kept me at the hospital a lot later than i usually work, causing me to come home just in time to eat, shower, and fall into bed.
My poor neglected family!
THEN today while trying to instruct my intern (the same one who i poked) on a line placement, i failed miserably and spent 1.5 hours trying to place a line. I was sweating in places i shouldn't be sweating in. And of course, it was a mistake to wear heels today.
I had a pretty bad weekend last weekend. Despite the holiday (i sooo love halloween) and the fact that i didn't have to work, it was pretty crappy. In an effort to not let it get me down, i looked at Nov 1st as a new day of a new month and it was going to be good. Besides, i am currently working in the ICU (which i love) and the weather is turning into fall and the other holidays are coming up, so.....in my mind, it was going to be a good week. That hasn't been the case. So, let's see what has happened.
First, i stabbed my intern with a thoracentesis needle.
OUCH!
Then i had 2 really sick patients come in at one time and i ran around work like a crazy person trying to "fix" them. The kicker was that it kept me at the hospital a lot later than i usually work, causing me to come home just in time to eat, shower, and fall into bed.
My poor neglected family!
THEN today while trying to instruct my intern (the same one who i poked) on a line placement, i failed miserably and spent 1.5 hours trying to place a line. I was sweating in places i shouldn't be sweating in. And of course, it was a mistake to wear heels today.
I know i shouldn't complain because i do love my job but i feel like i have had a "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day."
:(
Monday, November 1, 2010
different authors
I forgot when i made this blog it allows me, Berry, and Taylor to author posts.
I really wanted it to be a "family" blog that allows friends and family to see the ins and out of our lives, like a mini-reality show, but just to read. Something to chronicle the good and the bad, the sad and the happy, the ups and the downs.
Just this morning i sat down to check my friend Megan's blog to see if she had her baby yet (she hadn't). And discovered that someone had posted on my blog 1 day ago. It wasn't me....my weekend was filled with working, celebrating birthdays, more working, and then some sadness. However, i didn't have time to blog.
To my suprise, and enjoyment, i found taylor's reply to my blog. Apparently she IS going to kill me for telling her funny story about "chicks before dicks." I laughed out loud. She is such a crazy girl...i have NO idea where she gets it from!
:)
Anyway, all of this is in good fun. I'm excited that Taylor is writing...just hope she is working on homework as well!!!
I really wanted it to be a "family" blog that allows friends and family to see the ins and out of our lives, like a mini-reality show, but just to read. Something to chronicle the good and the bad, the sad and the happy, the ups and the downs.
Just this morning i sat down to check my friend Megan's blog to see if she had her baby yet (she hadn't). And discovered that someone had posted on my blog 1 day ago. It wasn't me....my weekend was filled with working, celebrating birthdays, more working, and then some sadness. However, i didn't have time to blog.
To my suprise, and enjoyment, i found taylor's reply to my blog. Apparently she IS going to kill me for telling her funny story about "chicks before dicks." I laughed out loud. She is such a crazy girl...i have NO idea where she gets it from!
:)
Anyway, all of this is in good fun. I'm excited that Taylor is writing...just hope she is working on homework as well!!!
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