It's the weekend, and I am at work....

     Well, here it is, Saturday, and here I sit at a small hospital in L.A. for my monthly stint at work.  I have been a Radiologic Technologist for, 20 *cough* years *cough*, but I really didn't work full time after 1993 when we had our beautiful first baby, Eryn.  I continued working part-time through my pregnancy with Jeffrey in 1995, and then became a full time SAHM just before he was born.  Then I went on to have Mary Glenn in 1997, and SURPRISE! Colin in 2004!!  After being diagnosed with R.A. in 2005, also right after I lost my Daddy, I really became depressed.  The meds weren't working, the meds they put me on were so expensive, and I just retreated into a hole for a while.  Then in 2006, I decided that I needed to get out of the house, so I applied for this job, and started in June of that year.  I work a 48 hour weekend and technically I am on call, (ha-ha), but I stay in house, and go home early Monday morning. 

     So, while I have breaks, I tend to surf the Internet.  Sometimes I shop, but what I really love to do is read other peoples blogs! There are sooo many creative, talented people out there in cyber space!!! I had no idea!!  On the subject of Radiology, I want to share some great art I discovered several years ago.  Steven N. Meyers is an Xray Tech. who began experimenting with the art of taking Xray pictures of flowers and other living things.  They actual pictures are quite difficult to produce so he doesn't have a huge catalog of prints, but what he does have is absolutely beautiful.  Picture the inner workings of  a flower but the colors are quite muted and beautiful.  I have three dogwood prints in our bedroom, and I adore them.  Here is and example of one print that I have, I will have to take a pic of my framed prints and post!!                                                                                                                                                                                        





Another really neat thing Steven has done is tinting his prints.  I am planning to get a few for my girls rooms!  I highly recommend you check out his website www.xray-art.com, there are prints there for purchase and also links to other sites that carry his work.  Did I mention that these prints are REALLY affordable!!! They are!!  Well, back to work for me now!  Only 31 hours left to go!!   Let's be safe out there ya'll. 

"Here we goooo!"-Peter Pan

     I have been thinking about writing a blog for some time now, mainly because I lay awake at night with all of these thoughts running through my head!!  Now I can express those thoughts to whomever, whenever, and maybe, just maybe get some sleep!!

     First, a little about myself.  I am a mother of five children, four whom I gave birth to, Eryn, Jeffrey, Mary Glenn, and Colin, and one who came into our life at age 18, and has become one of ours, Ike.   More on that later.....I am a UPS widow, meaning, my husband is there more than he is home, unfortunately.  This October 26th, I will be married for 20 years.   My children are my life, everything pretty much revolves around them.        I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, and I sometimes want to pretend that I don't, but then it comes back and bites me on the behind when I don't take care of myself.  Basically, it SUCKS. 

      We own an OLD house.  I mean like about 150 years old, old.  We like to call it the money pit.  We have done a lot of renovating on the inside, but the outside continues to be a money sucker! I have come to the conclusion that if this old house is ready by the time one of my girls (or boys!) is married, I will be satisfied.  (yeah keep telling yourself that La)  Anyway, some of my posts will be about the house, and things we have done or are working on.  I love interior design, and I love floral arranging.  I would love to one day have a business where I can put my love of flowers and greenery to work. 

     So, who IS Lally???   First the name, my best friend of  30-something years,(we met in the First Grade), is also named Laura.  We quickly came up with nicknames for each other, La, Lallypop, LaLa, Lally, and they stuck.  Most of my friends call me La, or Lally.  I am a daughter, wife, mommy, sister, and friend.  Sometimes, I am a community activist.  Especially when it comes to public education.  I am a wannabe artist, and designer.  I love to take things that aren't too attractive and turn them into something new and fun.  I love to find cheap ways to make things stylish.  I am not very organized but I am working desperately to change that.  I am a Cheerleader, football, baseball (and anything else my kids do) mom. I am a part time Radiologic Technologist and I love taking care of people.  

     So, I guess that's it for now, if you were experiencing insomnia and this put you to sleep, great.  If you were bored and this killed some time for you, fabulous!   It's been a long time since I sat down and just started writing.  I hope to get better at this in time, so we'll see!  See ya'll later!

Where is the good in goodbye?  ~Meredith Willson, The Music Man