Saturday Photo Hunt

This week's theme is "Miniature"
This was a hard one. The first thing that came to mind was miniature figurines. Well I don't have any of those nor do I have photos, then I started thinking about something the same that is big and small, but again I didn't have anything. Then it dawned on me. When my sister got married as part of the table favours at her wedding we put miniature champagne bubble bottles.

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SkyWatch Friday

I took these photos on Thanksgiving morning as I was getting ready for work......

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Words......

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Well you didn't know my mother.

When I was growing up my mother had what I would have considered an extensive vocabulary. At times I swore she was making words up. I loved listening to her stories and how she spoke, I could always imagine the places she spoke about and the adventures. There were certain words that my mum(that's how she spelt mum)used frequently, and to this day I use many of these same words, even though I may get a quizzical look from the recipient.

What sparked this flashback of memories you might ask. Well I'll tell you. Are you familiar with Reader's Digest? If so you will know they have a section in there called "Word Power". It tests your vocabulary IQ or Word Power. I love that section. You go through the words pick your answer and see how many you got right and then you are rated fair, good or excellent. Some months I am just so pathetic, I haven't a clue as to what most of the words mean. Each month they present the words based on a theme. The July issue was "Manly Man" celebrating all things manly. In another edition they did it on newspaper names and their meanings. This month's theme "Words of Yesteryear". Of course my curiosity was piqued so I quickly looked down the list and out bounced words I haven't heard of in a while nor had I used since my girls were little.

Here are a couple of the words.....Ragamuffin(I love that word and how my mum made it sound), Lollygag(again another of my favourites it use to remind me of Lollies{lollipops}) of course that isn't what it meant. Or what about Rapscallion.....awe yes that was one of my mums all time favourites. It's funny you know even as a little child I knew what those words meant only because of the tone and the situation in which the words were used. I still use those words to this day, however, as I said I do get the odd look as if I made it up.

If you want to know the answers to those words check out Reader's Digest September 2010 edition.

A Thanksgiving Poem

TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING,

BUT I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.

I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS,

I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.
THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED -

THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE,

BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION

WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.

TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION,

THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.

SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR,

AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE, FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.

GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,

PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES.
I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,

'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.

I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING, FLOATING INTO THE SKY,

WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.

BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES....

HAPPY EATING TO ALL - PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE.


MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,

MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.

MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.

MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS.

MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,

MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS!!


HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

Nature at it's finest....

Oh I am long past due for making a post. Holy cow how time flies. Summer is over and we are well into fall.

This weekend Canadians will be celebrating Thanksgiving. As a child I knew we celebrated our thanksgiving earlier than our neighbours south of the border, but I never understood why. In simple terms, Canadian Thanksgiving is all about celebrating the harvest.
Being farther north we harvest our crops earlier and we give Thanks for their bounty.


I have always loved fall. I love the smells, the crisp leaves the beautiful colours it's so gorgeous that I am in awe of it's beauty and at times it takes my breath away and draws me to tears.

Last weekend my youngest daughter and I went on a lovely walk/hike to a place called Seal Bay. The trails as Seal Bay are on both sides of the road. If you

Melda's Marsh

go to the right you make a long steep trek down to the water...it's great going down but can be challenging coming up. If you go to the left you follow along a lovely trail which takes you to a marsh and you can observe so much of what nature and fall can bring to such wooded areas. My camera was misbehaving, and hence I didn't get as many photos as I would have liked. It would appear by the photos that I did take that I was in awe of the variety of mushrooms and how and where they grew. My daughter and I walked both sides ....the marsh and the water......

My peace plant in bloom.....

And with that I leave you.....Peace Out!!

SkyWatch Friday

Last weekend I was hiking on the Wild Pacific Trail. This is an amazing trail with some beautiful scenery. People from all over the world come here just to take in the sights. Renowned Actors and musicians have homes in this area and I can see why.

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When have policies gone to far?

For most of us, our work environment is controlled by polices, procedures, and standards. In most cases these are good safe guards ensuring safe practise is followed. Certainly you want to make sure that the person who is starting your IV or drawing your blood knows what they are doing and that their practise is guided by standards, policies and procedures. There is a certain comfort knowing that your pharmacist is dispensing your medication in a safe and accurate fashion, again based on practise, policies and standards.

There are many safe guards in place to ensure that these individuals meet certain standards and are following policies and procedures.

However, there does come a time when policies that are written and established leave you just shaking your head. Case in point, the other day I was having a casual conversation with one of my colleagues when some how the conversation got turned and twisted to us discussing undergarments. Don't ask me how we got there....we just did. We were casually chatting when another colleague walked by and my co-worker calls out "I hope you are wearing your panties under those scrubs". I giggled, I thought what the heck are your talking about. I truly thought she was making a silly comment, but truth been known there was more to this than I knew. My co-worker has an interesting sense of humour so I wasn't sure if she was joking or not so I called her on it. True enough she goes on to tell me that our employer is currently in the process of having a policy written on the wearing of undergarments!

Yes, you read that right. My employer in it's wisdom feels it necessary to have a policy in place with regards to staff wearing undergarments. Of course I was stunned by this, so I did a little investigation of my own. I contacted our nurse educator who indeed confirmed what my co- worker had told me. "Are your for real" was my response. WOW!!! So, now I am left with a couple of questions. First who is going to patrol/monitor this? How are they going to monitor this? Am I going to have to drop my scrubs to prove I am indeed wearing underwear? Is my employer now going to tell me what kind of underwear I can wear?

My employer keeps telling us they don't have money for certain projects, or extra help, or they need to cut back on supplies etc., but somehow they seem to have the funds available to waste on establishing such a policy. Am I the only one out there that thinks this is just crazy and a waste of valuable resources, time and money?

Unfortunately there are always individuals who push the dress code issue. But I question does undergarments come under a dress code policy? Personally, I don't look that closely at my colleagues to check to see if they wearing undergarments and I really don't care and or think it is any of my business. Again, how are they going to enforce this policy?

What about you, do you work in an environment where your employer has policies in place that just leave you shaking your head?