Our Name

I got a question from a friend asking where the name for our blog came from. Well, it is our family motto.

One day we were out to dinner with Sean's grandma Nancy, I think Michael was about four, and she commented on how polite the kids were. I was thinking about that one day when they weren't using their manners and I just said it.

So, if you ask either one of the kids "what is your family motto", they will tell you, "We're the Prideaux's and we have manners".

An Update

I know, I know, I've been really bad about updating our blog. I'm "a little busy" with something.

In a nut shell:

• I'm back at school, very hard semester that includes micro biology
• Working
• Sean and my dad built the paint booth for the shop
• Noelle had a meeting about her trip
• Michael won first place in his den for pinewood derby

Michael has been going through "mommy" withdrawal pretty bad for some reason. I know it's because, as he told me with big tears, "you're never home". I think I'm going to put a calendar with a count down to graduation. Maybe that will help. I feel so bad when he cries and it makes me want to drop everything, but I know I can't.

I know that, in the end, this will all be worth it. Right now, it doesn't always feel that way.

Not A Floater

I decided I wanted a home and no longer desired to "see where I was going" when I got to work.

I now am working on 10 south. I really like the people I work with and we all work well together. My plan is still to return to the emergency room. I may, however, do a stint in the ICU. I would really like to be a flight nurse. In order to do that, you have to have ER and ICU experience.

I worked with several nurses in the ER that worked flight a couple of days a month. It's something exciting and I think it would be very rewarding to be one of the first people on the scene to help someone.

One of the nurses I work with has almost the same last name as I do. She has an "m" where I have a "d". How strange is that?

A Little Behind

I know, I know it has been a while since I have updated our blog. I have been busy, doing what, I don't really know.

Since my break started I have:

• went out with some school friends
• worked, worked & worked
• waited until the last minute to do Christmas shopping
• celebrated Christmas
• watched my twin nephews turn one (here's a slide show of the party)
• celebrated the New Year
• celebrated my dad retiring after 37 years 8 months working for Uncle Sam
• worked some more
• rearranged Noelle's room
• almost caught up the laundry
• kept the house straightened up
• babysat the twins
• thought about repainting the bathroom off the kitchen
• taken the Christmas lights down

Since my break, I have not:

• worked on removing wallpaper from the kitchen
• worked out (I did think about working out and will start before school does)
• taken down the Christmas tree (am planning on taking it down Friday)
• ordered my school books
• updated our blog
• written our Christmas letter
• bathed the dogs (Molly went to the groomer)
• listed the stuff on eBay I wanted to get rid of

Considering the "have done" list is longer, I think this break has been successful.