My favorite food tradition centers on the holiday season. Although the family has grown to have families of their own, and many now spend holidays with their new families, the one thing we all try to do each year, is get together and do all of the holiday baking. Pies, cakes, cookies and candy we make them all.
The annual event usually gets started with the host preparing a nice batch of homemade kahlua. We usually plan to make this a weekend long event since we can’t have a bunch of drunks driving on the roads. As guests arrive, there is a lot of hugs, and excitement. While the men scurry off to do some Christmas shopping (AKA getting away from the chaos), or other “guy” thing, the kahlua comes out and some serious Christmas cheer begins. While many of the recipes are from my childhood, new ones have emerged as my brothers have gotten married, and their wives have shared their childhood favorites. Sadly, this might be the only time that we all get together each year so, we spend it catching up on everyone’s lives. The kids, who are all teenagers and young adult now, have a blast as well. At the end of the weekend, every family takes a bunch of baked goods to share with other friends. Tearful goodbyes are said and we all head off for another busy years. As some of the kids are having kids of their own, I am looking forward to continuing this tradition for years to come.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Unit Two Blog Assignment: What's Your Community?
The Everett Clinic is a community. The Clinic is a community because it is a group of people that are bound together by a common interest. Not only do we share health care responsibilities, we also share a strong commitment to helping others in the community. The group is held together because it’s a great place to work. We get to go to work everyday and have fun, and we get paid for doing it. Being able to make a difference in people’s lives is also very rewarding.
With such a large community of workers there are varied interests: from community work, to skiing, to just hanging out with family, we probably have a group that does them all! The biggest interest we all share is to support the community through various charity events. We recently had a very successful bake sell for Haiti relief. The biggest need is obviously to support the family, but a need to be happy in ones job, certainly plays a large role as well. Commitment to good patient care and the team work and community involvement, show there’s some real values in this community.
For the most part there aren’t many tensions and everything goes pretty well. The most difficult part of this community is probably the rare, but irritating, chronically late co-worker. Working with chronically ill patient can be very physically and emotionally draining as well. This can lead up to job burn out which is why we are encouraged to use our vacation time. Occasionally, working with the same people everyday can be nerve-wracking. If you happen to work with someone who thinks they know everything, you probably know what I mean.
I fit in with this group because we work together. It’s really more than that though, after working together in the same department for five years, we have really become more like family, sharing joys and sorrows throughout the years.
I want to be a part of this community because it is a great place to work. Being able to help sick people and knowing they appreciate it, really makes me feel good at the end of the day! I get to learn new things on a regular basis and interact with a wide variety of people. I never get bored on the job because I am constantly busy which makes the day go by fast. Being a part of this community is very rewarding!
With such a large community of workers there are varied interests: from community work, to skiing, to just hanging out with family, we probably have a group that does them all! The biggest interest we all share is to support the community through various charity events. We recently had a very successful bake sell for Haiti relief. The biggest need is obviously to support the family, but a need to be happy in ones job, certainly plays a large role as well. Commitment to good patient care and the team work and community involvement, show there’s some real values in this community.
For the most part there aren’t many tensions and everything goes pretty well. The most difficult part of this community is probably the rare, but irritating, chronically late co-worker. Working with chronically ill patient can be very physically and emotionally draining as well. This can lead up to job burn out which is why we are encouraged to use our vacation time. Occasionally, working with the same people everyday can be nerve-wracking. If you happen to work with someone who thinks they know everything, you probably know what I mean.
I fit in with this group because we work together. It’s really more than that though, after working together in the same department for five years, we have really become more like family, sharing joys and sorrows throughout the years.
I want to be a part of this community because it is a great place to work. Being able to help sick people and knowing they appreciate it, really makes me feel good at the end of the day! I get to learn new things on a regular basis and interact with a wide variety of people. I never get bored on the job because I am constantly busy which makes the day go by fast. Being a part of this community is very rewarding!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
What's in Your Wallet?
What’s in your wallet?
If someone was to find my wallet they would probably think that I was a total slob. I don’t really have a wallet, it’s a purse and it has just been upgraded from a small, easy to manage space, to a larger, more open backpack. In there you will find the usual assortment of credit cards, store cards, library cards etc. You will also find an (large) assortment of old receipts, gum wrappers and probably a couple of pounds of change. There is no pictures in there, or any other identifying documents. Even though there are a few pockets for organizational purposes, everything is really just thrown in there.
Based on what’s in my wallet, the assumption might be made that whoever it belongs to must be very disorganized. There is no indication that this person has any children, or any family connection due to the lack of personal pictures. The assumption might be made that the lack of a health card membership indicates that the person is not athletic. The library card could mean the person is intellectual. The professional membership card would indicate that the person is in the healthcare field.
If a person had no other information about me than this, they would miss the fact that the owner of this purse is really a very detail oriented, organized, semi-healthy (but not really athletic) individual. The person who owns this purse is just very busy pursuing a Bachelor’s degree while working full time. They would miss the fact that this person is actually a dedicated, loving, very busy, single mother. The mess doesn’t represent a slob, it simply represents a very busy person!
If someone was to find my wallet they would probably think that I was a total slob. I don’t really have a wallet, it’s a purse and it has just been upgraded from a small, easy to manage space, to a larger, more open backpack. In there you will find the usual assortment of credit cards, store cards, library cards etc. You will also find an (large) assortment of old receipts, gum wrappers and probably a couple of pounds of change. There is no pictures in there, or any other identifying documents. Even though there are a few pockets for organizational purposes, everything is really just thrown in there.
Based on what’s in my wallet, the assumption might be made that whoever it belongs to must be very disorganized. There is no indication that this person has any children, or any family connection due to the lack of personal pictures. The assumption might be made that the lack of a health card membership indicates that the person is not athletic. The library card could mean the person is intellectual. The professional membership card would indicate that the person is in the healthcare field.
If a person had no other information about me than this, they would miss the fact that the owner of this purse is really a very detail oriented, organized, semi-healthy (but not really athletic) individual. The person who owns this purse is just very busy pursuing a Bachelor’s degree while working full time. They would miss the fact that this person is actually a dedicated, loving, very busy, single mother. The mess doesn’t represent a slob, it simply represents a very busy person!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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