Christmas 2010 pictures etc.

I ended up working Christmas Eve but we decided to open 1 gift each that night.  We got up bright and early and opened gifts.  John made us a nice breakfast and then Molly and I started cooking!  We had Prime Rib, twice baked potatoes, deviled eggs, fresh beans, roasted brussel sprouts with bacon and shallots and lots of appetizers, cheese, crackers, shrimp (all thanks to a trip to Costco's)

Sue, Robin and Martha joined us for dinner.  We all had a really nice time.  The roast was done to perfection (thanks to John)

Trimming the tree 2010

John was able to actually work some over-time this weekend, both Saturday and Sunday!  Molly and I decided to go out to breakfast at the Castleton Diner then get a tree.  We ended up going to Brown's stand on Rt. 30.  They had a great selection and we didn't have to cut it down. (Which is what we usually do when John is with us).  We loaded it in the truck and came home, moved furniture around and got out the ornaments and lights from storage.  John came home around 3:30 and decided we needed to bring in pellets.  So....he fired up the Kubota and we brought in 50 bags.  (these are placed in the storage closet behind the pellet stove.  After we finished we were pretty wiped so decided to eat dinner.  I had slow cooked a venison roast all day with mushrooms, onions, red wine and tomatoes.  It was delicious!  Also had baked sweet potatoes with it.

Last year we bought a new tree stand, much easier to use, less grumbling from John!

The dynamic duo!

The senior observer.

Oh, the lights...always fun.

A Cosmo or two will make things better!

Cute Setter dog.

The finished tree!

Here are some pictures from trimming the tree.....

Molly riding Dolores at Colby Sawyer

This is Dolores a draft cross that Molly rides sometimes for her lesson.  Her favorite is still Monty the big gray thoroughbred.  I'll try to add some jumping pictures too.

Winter walk

Had a little more fluffy snow the other day.  Molly and I decided to take a walk out back.  Not able to bring Austin anymore :(

Some random pictures

The view from the back of the ambulance.

FAHC E.D.

The crew.

Had some strange days at the E.D.  Some crazy busy and some pretty quiet, although we never say the word quiet!  I haven't had to ride on a transport in over a year and last week I went on two.  The first was a bad MI patient who had chest pain since the previous morning (while driving his tractor trailer).  Sure enough he was having a heart attack.  The helicopter wasn't flying as the weather was bad so I got to ride along as we had given him thrombolytics.  Usually the medics can do all the transfers, but it someone is intubated, on Diprivan, receiving blood or had thrombolytics a nurse gets to go.  Anyway it was a peaceful ride, we gave lot's of good drugs and the patient slept most of the way.  He was so grateful for finally being almost pain free.  The ride to Burlington takes about an hour and 15 minutes with lights and sirens.  Middlebury is always fun as no one wants to get out of the way.  Here are a couple of pictures..oh and the next day I went  on a ride again with a bad head injury.  Again made it up safely.  I always feel a little guilty as I have a medic and sometimes even a respiratory therapist riding along and we leave the department short taking care of many patients and I only have one!