Announcing: Baby Boy NelsonETA: April 21, 2010 I am the Ultimate Rosie Yes, folks, Bron and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first baby boy in April! We were awfully coniving and decided to keep it a secret from family...
Bron turned 26 years old last Sunday. It was an excuse to spoil the man and celebrate! He totally deserved it. Friday evening we drove over to Burlington, VT to eat dinner at none other than our favorite place:...
Tis the season for PARTIES! The Branch Christmas Party: Our Branch held their big Christmas Party on the first Friday evening in December. It was well put-together. We ate a giant feast of turkey with all the trimmings and finished it off with...
(For those of you who might not know, I work for a pharmeceutical research company. Our site specializes in drug research and safety. The opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions the study directors would want me to have.) This...
12 days until we fly to Salt Lake City to visit family for an entire week 10 days until Christmas 9 days until my last day of work 5 days until Bron's 26th birthday 2 days until I get my hair cut We've got a lot to look forward to. I'm excit...
My husband is a man of many talents, and cooking is one of them. I have to admit, he's better in the kitchen than I am. He's a very creative cook. Plus, he can properly marinate or grill any kind of meat into a little piece of perfection...
My mom used to have a little poem on the side of her fridge: It can be done It should be done It shall be done... tomorrow Last night the dishes were begging to be washed (again), the laundry carefully folded (yet again), and the bathroom could have...
Four days off from work was bliss. Bron and I were actually quite social over the long weekend, despite being so far away from family. We spent Thanksgiving Day at Pete and Rachel's home, a fellow Miner student. Lindsey, a tech...
Thanksgiving is almost here! I can't wait to devour all the traditional holiday foods...and then eat the leftovers too! It's also a great time to express "thanks" and what we are thankful for. I've actually felt very blessed these last...
Just when I was securely settled into a life of uneventful routine, fate decided to keep me on my toes and change things up. It all started last Monday when news broke that Pfizer is exiting our Chazy facility. Hundreds of people in the...
The anxious wait is over. It's official: Pfizer is indefinitely shutting down the Chazy research facility site. In fact, Pfizer is closing down the entire area, which includes sites in Rouses Point and Plattsburgh too. Some employees will be absorbed...
Our weekend began with a social get together on Friday evening with the folks at Miner. It was great! We had fantastic food and fantastic conversation. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Bron and I even tried our hand at homemade root beer since...
This morning I found that a mouse had left me little gifts in my kitchen drawers again. Gross! Just the thought of the little creature climbing over all of my stuff gives me the heebeejeebees.But I work with mice and rats everyday. What's the big deal,...
Halloween is my favorite holiday next to Christmas. I get so excited! I'm not sure why, but I absolutely LOVE it! Maybe because it's all the real scary stuff all rolled into one faux event; you know the slimy eyeballs are fake, but can't help feeling...
Meet beautiful, cute, Corinne! Corinne is one of the young women in our small branch here in New York. She's a convert to the Church and is what we like to call a "rock". She's awesome and knows her stuff! I've been so impressed with her. She's been...
How in the world can a city just an hour from home feel so foreign? Oh, I know. They only speak French! (Though I must admit, some Quebecians do speak very good English.) Bron and I spent our Saturday in Montreal. My lack of French aside, I'm really...
Bron is home! Yay! He spent almost three full days at the Cornell Nutrition Conference in Syracuse. We stayed up all evening just talking. I love having him home. It was the first time I fell into a really deep sleep in two nights! One of the topics...
Our lives are still plugging along with work, school, and church. Friday night I had my very first Sinfonia performance in the Giltz Auditorium at the college. It was called the Prism Concert because various musical groups were situated around the auditorium....
Today is Day One. Yesterday Pfizer officially closed the merger with Wyeth. We are now Pfizer. I arrived at work today to find brand new blue Pfizer signs out front, in my computer browser, and on my phone screen. Weird.Is this a time of celebration...
The cool weather and shorter days make me want to bake! Fall time encompasses the best traditional comfort foods: pies, carmeled corn, carmeled apples, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, sweet potato everything, and the...
I bought myself a new toy! Yes, folks, it's an expensive, professional grade SLR camera: the Canon Rebel Xsi. Isn't she pretty?Friday night's purchase wasn't a spur-of-the-moment splurge. No, this camera has been meditated and contemplated on for months....