The Game of Life

So everyone that knows me knows I love playing board games. I could play an Hasbro game any time any place and have a blast. Lately I feel like I have been playing the game of LIFE. Maybe it's just cause I'm approaching 25 way too quickly... but It seems like I'm hitting all those Life stops. You know, get a degree, get married, get a job, get a promotion.... Oh yes that brings me to the purpose of this post.

I GOT A PROMOTION!

haha. I am very excited to announce that I am now the Surgical Scheduler for the Virginia Spine Institute. I get my own office and a raise. Pretty cool huh? Not bad for only working at VSI for 7 months.

If you would have told me 2 years ago when I graduated BYU-Idaho that I would be doing what I do now I would of looked at you like you were crazy. I have never been interested in a medical career and then bam side door opens and smacks me in the face. Now I'm learning how to schedule OR procedures and communicating with Reston Hospital every day and learning about surgery clearances and laminectomies and spondylosis. It's crazy. And what's even more crazy is that I absolutely LOVE it.

Weird. Whats next on the board of LIFE do you suppose?

xoxo

The Mrs.

Home Sweet Home

As many of you know by now, John and I ended up moving from his parents house into a beautiful 2 bed 2 bath condo. YAY! It is so exciting to be on our own schedule and have all of our wonderful wedding presents back out and in use. We are making decent progress unpacking....

haha I swear its much better than this right now, but I'm waiting until I have the place decorated before I post finished pictures. That picture above is of the kitchen. I know hard to recognize...

Anyway we are loving the new place, everyone is super friendly in our new Ward too which is a HUGE bonus. The neighborhood we are living in is pretty quiet and super convenient to Costco, a mall, and all sorts of delicious eateries!

xoxo

The Mrs.

Hello fellow bloggers! I have some exciting news! John and I are moving! We have spent the past 7 months living with my In-laws here in NoVa. And I am ecstatic to announce that John and I got a lease approved on a 2 bedroom 2 bath condo in Potomac Falls, VA! I am so excited to be out on our own again. Living here with Johns parents has definitely helped us to save and pay off debt, but I'm ready to be with my husband on our own again, and little Carlos too! We got so lucky and found a place that is close to work still and that we both absolutely love and now I am just itching to move into it and decorate!

I will post pictures of the place once we get settled! Yay for moving forward!

xoxo

The Mrs.

March Madness... in a totally different way!

Crossing my fingers...

I am really hoping I will have a flurry of exciting posts for this week and next... cross your fingers and wish me luck! More details to come, hopefully good and now sad!

xoxo

the mrs.

Getcha game face on!

It's been quite awhile since I posted a recipe so in light of the impending Super Bowl, I've decided to post my must have Super Bowl recipe. Enjoy and may the best team win!

Touchdown Chicken

Ingredients:

chicken breast or tenders

lays potatoes chips

eggs

salt and pepper

Instructions:

Line a baking sheet with foil and apply a light coating of Pam or cooking spray.

Clean the chicken and chop into small bite size pieces. Beat eggs and salt and pepper to create a egg wash. You can add Franks's hot sauce to the egg wash for a little kick! Smash the Lays potato chips into small pieces.

Now take the pieces of chicken coat them in the egg bath and then roll and coat them in the potato chips. Put them in rows onto the baking sheet and bake at 350 F for about 10-15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

Now if you want to score that extra field goal try this dipping sauce to go with it!

1/2 cup sour cream and some worcestershire sauce to taste with a sprinkling of paprika!

Have a little Glitz with your Glamour

VSI does the Holidays a little differently. We have our Holiday party in January, so that all the Docs can still take time for Christmas and not miss the big she-bang. Let me tell you this was an awesome way to keep the Winter Blues off.

The theme for this years party was Old Hollywood Glamour, black and white attire.

It was such an awesome party and the company did a great job. There as a cocktail hour, and then we had a sit down dinner and of course some speeches. After dinner was dancing and gaming. They brought in these huge casino tables and gave everyone 25,000 in funny money to go play games with. It was so interesting and fun to see everyone out of work mode and more relaxed. One of our Doctors and his lead PA even performed a rap song for us.

I may have some really bad days, and some really crazy experiences at my job, but I love it and I love the people I am lucky enough to work with!! Hope you enjoy the pictures from our Old Hollywood Party!