Well this is really a post to catch up on what I've been up to since I last blogged.
* Was so surprised when all the staff where Mark & I work put on a surprise afternoon tea to celebrate our recent wedding. Everyone from the ward came (even those on days off) and brought some lovely food and gave a us a voucher to spend (just need to decide what we want to buy). I can't believe that I didn't guess what they were all up to.
* Kiara had her first ever Tap & Jazz exams. Not sure who was more nervous her or me. I think she went quite well..... won't get the results for another couple of weeks. She also has been in two school band competitions over the last week. Kiara joined the band this year and is learning to play the trumpet. They scored to silvers. She & Maddie have also started doing tap duos together and I think there dance is coming along nicely.
* Mark unfortunately didn't get the security coordinators position at the hospital but was offered full time security position. It's turned out to be the best financially for us anyway as he will be on quite a lot more money than he was as an orderly and even then what he would get as a security coordinator. His main goal is to join the police force.
* I currently work one day a week as a hospital bed manager, the rest of the time on the neuro/ortho ward. The other girl I job share the position with is about to start maternity leave. I interviewed for the position this week and should hear next week how I went. Not sure if I will get it though as am not keen to do the position full time as the drop in pay and extended hours would impact on the family too much. I'm hoping that they offer it to me as an increase in my jobshare hours but not sure what the hospital really wants. Either way I'll be happy as my current hours won't be affected and I do enjoy working with all the staff the rest of the week on the ward.
* On the craft side of things - I went to the stitches & craft show and became so inspired to start stitching again. I really want to get my design business "Brackleberry Gully" up & running again. Will be a bit of struggle next year as I'll be working fulltime at the hospital and doing my graduate certificate in neurosurgical nursing through RMIT.
* I also bought a 7gypsies ATC stand and have entered a challenge at Blue Bazaar where we do a different ATC each week based on a preset theme. Should be able to fill the stand nicely with this challenge. It is so cute. I'll take some photos when I get it a bit more filled.
* Wedding photos - a few of you have commented that you'd like to see some more of them. At the moment even though I've been sent the proofs I'm still to decide on the final ones for the album. When I do that they'll send me the DVD of all the photos and then I can post some up. The one I did I scanned into the computer but it was such a lot of mucking around that I've just not had the time to do anymore. I'll see how I go this week.
That's about all for now.
TTxx
