Sunday, November 10, 2013

"Why didn't you write a blog for my birthday?"

That was the question Taylor asked me when she noticed that while i posted on FB a picture of her for her 17th birthday, i didn't write a whole blog dedicated to her, her life, her big day.

Well here it is.  A blog for Taylor Lynn Dahl's 17th birthday.  In Pictures.

Oh wow- look what i found y'all.....don't kill me for digging up the oldies but goodies!


                     Minutes old                                    Hi Drea, ME, and Rebekah!


Grandpa Dan, Debbie, and Grandma Patty


Uncle Paul                           and                             Auntie Leslie

                                         Debbie
                         Papa
                                                     
                                                        Dan, Sara, and Emily Pribus

Hello Liz and Allison.   :)


Josie Sheatsley




Here are some more oldies but goodies.  :)

6  months old

 3 years old






Kindergarten




With me when i had "Match Day" during 4th year Medical School.


 Medical School graduation present- Atlantis!








 Christmas 2009









Summer 2012

 16th b-day, Nov 6, 2012

Dahl family -2013 Summer


17th birthday!














Thanks for the little trip down memory lane.  Hope you enjoyed it!

Friday, October 25, 2013

Happy Friday

Since it has been a while, i figured this will just be a random assortment of.....well things.

1st off-
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
 
Forecast for Today
Updated: Oct 25, 11:05am EDT
Right Now-
58°F
Sunny
HIGH - 61°
LOW- 43°

It is officially fall....or maybe fall/winter
-i am already longing for mornings of snuggling
-i have already put my electric blanket on my bed
-i have already gotten out my sweaters, leggings, and boots (super cute outfits thankfully!)
-i have realized i have no (and i mean NO) sweatshirts.  I had one, my obligatory Duke sweatshirt that Taylor has stolen and refuses to give back......sigh....guess i need to go shopping (!!!)

2nd- 
trying to make a smooth transition into the next topic (but failing), would you believe that Taylor turns 17 in 2 weeks?  17?!  Unfortunately we don't have a super fun trip planned like Harry Potter World last year, but i do have a pretty cool present for her!!  But with her birthday comes more driving (although she has been doing that), ACT/SATs, and college decisions.  As i told her dad the other day "this shit just got real."  Who would have thought that two scared 17 year olds would bring a little baby girl into the world (only being children themselves), and now they are preparing for her to go off to college.  I feel like i have grown up with her and am so excited to watch her go on this next journey.
So plans as of now- first i am going to read this and this (because i am a dork and like to be prepared) and then taylor does the rest- she will take a SAT prep course, take ACT twice, take SAT twice. Then College visits (Duke, UVA, VA Tech, VCU, JMU, Boston College, College of Charleston) during spring break.  I think we are going to be busy!






3rd-
Halloween is in 6 days.  Soooo soon!!  I am bummed that i didn't have a pumpkin carving party this year (work and life was too busy)....but you know my house is still all decked out (see previous blog).

Anyway, in the spirit of Halloween, I am going to make these for my co-workers (but i am not going to talk with them because that is against the RULES...hehe):
 
 
And these:
Pudding Filled Dirt Cupcakes - chocolate cupcakes with a pudding center and cookie crumbs and gummy worms on top  http://www.insidebrucrewlife.com


Well, that is it for now.  I'm excited for the weekend- lots to do around the house (gonna try my hand at the ladder light above my dinning room table), hopefully will have some good mother/daughter time, i'm hoping for some good dinners out, oh...and i am going to play dress up with the pups and their halloween costumes.  Pictures to come (ba ha hahaha- my evil laugh).  :)

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

This Is Halloween....

....in the Lambert/Dahl house.  We love it.  We are obsessed with it.  Taylor and i go crazy for Halloween.  So i thought i would show y'all some pictures of our house, all gussied up for the holiday.

The outside:
Skeletons escaping


 My ghost walk

























The inside:
My Halloween Tree

My dinner guest


My bar 
(when you pick up the phone a creepy voice goes
"don't you dare hang up the phone")

The mantle

It's the little things, you know?  :)

Sunday, September 29, 2013

MY tv watching recap for the past week :)

Who knew it was the start of Fall TV shows this week????  This girl didn't.  I have been too busy with the new jobby job.  :)

Let's do a rundown of what i watched this week:

1) How I Met Your Mother, Mondays 8 pm
I never watched it during the last 7 seasons, just caught the reruns on Fx over the last two years.  But now that it is the last season and we meet the "mother," i am hooked.

In Monday's episode Ted (the main character married to the "mother")'s best friend Lily (Alyson Hannigan) met his dream woman on board a train headed to the fictional Farhampton, Long Island, where Robin (Cobie Smulders) and Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) are set to wed. It marked the first major scenes for Cristin Milioti, who made her debut as the much-anticipated mother in last May's season finale. We didn't learn her name or much about her, but as the show progresses towards its series finale in 2014, the audience will continue to learn more about Ted's as-yet unnamed wife-to-be.

What was learned is that she has a great sense of humor.  She has cookies with her on the train that she shares with Lily and she calls her recipe "sumbitches," something she admits after Lily happens to refer to the cookies by the same phrase. And guess what?  I made them!  They are amazing- they have peanut butter, chocolate and caramel.  How can you not like that?!?!?!

Jennifer Garner Buys Apples at Farmers Market


2) Hostages- CBS, Mondays 10 pm

Toni Collette plays Ellen Sanders, a CT Surgeon chosen to perform surgery on the President of the United States who has lung cancer (hmmmm a pulmonary twist!  i like it!).  The night before the operation, she and her family are taken hostage in their home by Duncan Carlisle (played by Dylan McDermott- so hot!!!!  Hello American Horror Story -1st season!), who right up to that moment seemed to be a perfect FBI agent by day. 
If the President lives through the operation, Duncan tells the surgeon that her family will die.
This is an issue they don’t discuss in medical school people.  And it won't be on your boards either. 

Anyway, back to the story line- we will get to boards later in October (hint hint).  The  good doctor proves that she's not just going to go along with this, despite the leverage the kidnapers have on he- and instead of doing what they say to do, she had the president actually injected with Coumadin (blood thinners), which forced his surgery to be postponed.  At the press conference afterward, that she knew Carlisle would be watching, Sanders was asked if she was upset or discouraged. Looking directly into the camera, Sanders said, "No. I don’t give up that easily." In other words, your move, Carlisle. 

I'm curious to see how they will keep this stamina up for the 1st season.  And unfortunately for me, i fall in love with shows that don't last (My So Called Life, Roswell, Sunset Beach just to name a few).  Let's hope my good (or poor) judge in tv shows doesn't ruin this show for me!


3) Grey's Anatomy- ABC, Thursdays 9 pm

This episode started where the last episode of season 9 ended- in the midst of a storm with the city essentially shut down and people dying from car accidents and mud slides.  Of course the drama at the hospital is still continuing.  April is still waiting for Jackson to give her a reason not to marry her new paramedic hunk, Matthew, Callie is still bitter (understatement of the century) that Arizona slept with the hottie visiting doctor, Cristina is still under the impression that she and Owen are over, Richard is still lying electrocuted on the floor waiting for someone to find him, and Jo and Alex are yes – you guessed it, still getting it on in the on-call room (jealous!)…MerDer’s adorable new baby boy, Bailey, is about the only thing going right at Seattle Grace Hospital.
At the end of the 2 HOUR episode (waaaay past my bedtime), Jackson told April he didn't love her and she reproposed to her boyfriend and he like a pansy ass accepted, Callie still hates Arizona, Cristina and Owen are over, Richard is alive and the intern "Mousy" has died trying to save him, Jo and Alex never had sex because of the amount of people he previously had sex with in the call rooms (cough cough you know who you are), and MerDer are happy (so unusual).  *whew*  That is a lot to digest.


So, those are the three shows i am dedicated to watch for the next few months.  Taylor reminds me that Supernatural starts in 9 days 2 hours 4 minutes and 40 seconds.  And American Horror Story Season 3 starts the next day.  Oh boy!  We aren't obsessed at all.  :)

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Thank you Buzzfeed for entertaining me during my downtime......

Oh how i love your posts.... in between admitting patients at work, at night with a drink in my hand....pretty much all the time you have something that allows me to occupy my time!

The good.....

22 signs you are addicted to Friends









The bad
21 Awkward Sex Scenes
Boogie Nights


The A-MAZING! (We all know how much i love GG).

20 Life Lessons from "Gilmore Girls"







What will YOU find on the website? Buzzfeed

Sunday, September 15, 2013

From this.....to this

Trying to explain my lack of blogging would take too long.  So here are some reasons why i have been lacking in blogging.
 
From this (my fellow picture)............................................to this (my first set of orders as an attending!)



From this.....

 .
...............to this



From this (Taylor at 7 months)...........

to this (Taylor almost 17).....





Lots of changes.  Lots of going from one thing to another.  It is an exciting and scary time!
Love to you all!