Lots Done!

Today we got a lot done.  My Mom's bedroom is all cleared out AND painted!!  I hope she likes it. We also got Emily's new room almost all cleaned out.  The garage is all full of stuff for a garage sale. 

My palm will love it here!

This guy will enjoy the sun, maybe get some darker green!

This guy is a little pale too, but he will like his new home.
He has two buds waiting to blossom!

Calvin - Enjoying his new view!

Emily - helping paint Grandma's Bedroom. 

Relaxing Evening

Tonight I relaxed, I had a few drinks and some appetizers at Capt. Eddie's with Jen and Dave, then I hung out at their house for a couple of hours waiting for Emily to get off work.  How nice it was to just sit and relax..... I loved it!  Thank God for my loving Family!


Capt. Eddie's - Nokomis, FL

Me - Relaxing..... at the Warings.

LOL - Maggie trying to relax - afraid of the cat!!!

The Move Starts Today

Well, The first ones to move tho the new place (AKA Grandma's House) was my plants! I think they will be happy there - so will we!

"Dad's" Plants.
They started in one tiny basket, now they are in three pots!

Calvin - Greg bought me Calvin when I moved into the house!

Change

Mamie is TEN

We Celebrated Mamie's 10th Birthday Today.

It was another great

FAMILY DAY!!!

Here are some pictures of how the day went!



Ella

Andrew

Maggie

Garrett

Steve

Yvette with Sleepy Ella

Chicken

Boys will be boys

Mamie's Cake

Beautiful Mama

The three of us stick together!

Jen, Jean, Mom

Happy Birthday Mamie

We hope you liked what we got you,
aunt Jeannie, Greg, Emily and Garrett!
XOXOXO

37th B-day

March 20, 2012

My Birthday started with a day of clinicals with my students.  Then it was off to the courthouse for the sentencing of Missa Billib for DUI manslaughter.  Nothing can get my dad back, but she will be serving 13 years.  After the sentencing, Greg took me for a drink at Fin Daddy's in Sarasota so he could give me my birthday present.  After that, we picked up Emily and Garrett and headed to Sharky's for dinner.  We had a great time, and I really did have a great birthday.  Thank you to my family and friends for making this time in my life, that is so difficult, a little easier!  I love you all!

A glass of White Zin for me, a Miller Lite for Greg.
There's my gift, hiding behind the bow - you can't even see the box!

Greg saved the candle from my birthday last year and brought it from SC.
How sweet is that. We ordered jalapeno poppers so he could put the candle
in something and sing Happy Birthday!!  Look close, you can see the box now (under the bow)!

Perfect card - I was wearing my birthday Princes tiara!

My Gift.  thank you Greg!!!  XOXOXO

My Birthday Sunset at Sharky's

It's hard to tell, but this is a pic of Emily and Garrett walking on the beach
TOGETHER...
I love you guys!!!

My Babies!!
Emily and Garrett!
Thank you for helping me celebrate my B-day!

Justice is Served

Woman gets 13 years for DUI manslaughter

By LEE WILLIAMS
Correspondent

Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 6:20 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 6:20 p.m.

SARASOTA - Missa L. Billib was driving drunk — more than twice the legal limit — the night of Nov. 6, 2009, when she left Hoosier's Bar in Osprey and drove into the path of two oncoming motorcyclists.

One rider managed to avoid the collision.

The other, Robert K. "Kenny" Sheaffer, 57, a postal worker and married father of three, was not so lucky.

Sheaffer tried to stop, left more than 38 feet of skid marks, overturned without striking Billib's 2008 Chevy Tahoe and was thrown from his 2005 Harley Davidson.

The accident left Sheaffer brain dead. He died 13 days later, after his family made the difficult decision to remove him from life support.

Billib was convicted of DUI-related manslaughter earlier this month after a three-day trial.

Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Charles E. Roberts sentenced Billib to 13 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation, just two years shy of the 15-year maximum sought by the prosecution and Sheaffer's family.

"Fifteen years is an extremely small price to pay for taking my dad's life," Sheaffer's daughter Jenny told the judge.

Court documents show Billib, 45, has had previous arrests for DUI, battery, habitually driving with a suspended license and grand theft from a victim over 65 years of age.

She did not testify during her trial, but told the courtroom Tuesday she was sorry for what she had done and that she had been in an abusive relationship.

"I somehow became an alcoholic myself. I can only imagine how you feel," she said. "Through these past two years I have suffered a lot too."

Sheaffer had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for more than 25 years. He married Margaret, his high school sweetheart, in 1971. The couple had one son, Kenny Jr., 41, and twin daughters Jenny and Jeannie, who are 37.

"He was a wonderful guy who worked his butt off for me and our three kids," Margaret Sheaffer said. "He would do anything for anybody. If he became your friend, you'd be friends for life."

Sheaffer also said her husband's death has forever changed her.

"I lost my partner, the love of my life. I don't feel safe going anyplace," she said. "I haven't been out of the house in two years, except a couple times. I don't want to go to church or to meet new people. I'm having a real hard time of it."

Kenny Sheaffer Jr., was satisfied with the sentence because of what Billib put his family through, especially the decision to remove his father from life support.

"She's had a previous DUI and other arrests, so obviously babying her isn't working," he said. "It wasn't her right to take my father away. She acted like judge, jury and executioner."

The Sheaffer family has filed a civil suit against Billib and Hoosier's Bar. The case is pending.

Missa L. Billib

Our B-Day

Family Birthday Celebration at Mom's House!

All the Kids!
Jordan, Garrett, Steve, Emily, Mamie, Andrew, Maggie and Ella

HAPPY B-DAY Jeannie and Jenny (37)

3-18-2012

My Birthday "Girls Night Out"!

"Girls Night Out"

Celebrating my Birthday!!!

3~16~2012

Bentley's - Osprey Beach Tiki Bar

"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Gift Bag!"
Gretchen
Tara
Deanna
Jen
Jeannie

RNC-OB (I still got it!)

I may not currently be a practicing OB nurse, but that doesn't mean I am not going to keep my certifications up to date!!  I just maintained my Inpatient OB certification!  Next year I do the EFM. 

Doing this made me realize that I really do love nursing and I WILL be at the bedside again in the future!!!

_______________________________________

NCC is pleased to announce that ELIZABETH ADAMS has successfully met the requirements to maintain the NCC national credential as a Inpatient Obstetric Nurse (INP).

The credential is earned by meeting educational and/or practice requirements and taking a rigorous examination that covers the specified specialty areas.

ELIZABETH ADAMS joins the over 100,000 health care professionals that have earned the prestigious NCC credential since 1975. Maintenance of the credential is required every three years and involves a continuing competency assessment and earning continuing education.

NCC congratulates ELIZABETH ADAMS on achieving this professional milestone.

NCC is a not for profit organization that sponsors a national certification program in the obstetric, gynecologic and neonatal specialties. NCC is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.

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"Blessings"

I heard this song at the perfect time..... 

________________________________________________

Blessings

Laura Story

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdomYour voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise

http://youtu.be/pGmKC34UZ68

 

Well....

This will Help

Why...

Why does it have to be so painful???

Stressed

And this is how I feel toinght!!!

Time to Whine a Little

Just curious................ Can one job really take up this much time???  I feel like I spend more time doing paper work than I do teaching.  I know I don't, but I thought my time off would be "time off", at least some of it any way.  Memos, Probation letters, Cumulative notes, Holy-Moly it's a lot.  I didn't even get a chance to look at the student's documentation tonight!  

This is how I feel at the end of the day!!!  I just wanna whine and cry!

Sunday Afternoon at Mom's!

We had a great afternoon at Mom's today.  She made Sloppy Joes, Jenny made potato salad, I made the yummy salad (shown below) and Yvette made her turtle cookies.  It was so good and I had such a good time.  We have been doing this a lot recently and I think it is just what our family needs!  FAMILY TIME!  Thanks for having us over Mom!! 

XOXOXO

I made this salad.... first time I think I have ever bought avocados.
As silly as it sounds, I never knew what to do with them, but today I wasn't scared.
I figured this salad could count as one of my "Dinner Time" meals! 

Relaxing afternoon with a glass of White Zin (My favorite drink)

Chicken, Yellow Rice and Corn

Here is another quicky dinner I whipped up.  I actually did it on Wednesday the 29th but never posted the picture..... well I think it still counts for today because Emily had some left-overs for lunch, and I finished it off for dinner.  Nothin' fancy, but it's something.  It was actually a very nice dinner on Wednesday, just me and Emily.

Guilty DUI Manslaughter

Well, the verdict is in.....

Missa Lee Billib has been found guilty of DUI Manslaughter. 

What does this mean?  Well, honestly it does not change my life one bit.  That was done on Nov. 6, 2009 when she drove while intoxicated and carelessly pulled out in front of my Dad as he drove his motorcycle. 

She will be sentenced on March 20, 2012.  How will that change my life...?  Again, it will do nothing to effect the way I live, or anything about my day to day life.  She did that when she decided to drive drunk over 2 years ago.

There is nothing about her, or anything that can happen to her that will have any impact on me personally.  So why do I feel happy that she was found guilty?  Why do I want her to pay the maximum possible penalty??  I don't know, but I do.  I think it is only fair. 

My entire family's life was changed that night..... forever!  There is nothing that can ever put things back the way they used to be.  I just hope that as she sits in prison for up to 15 years, she will remember and reflect on how her decisions changed our lives. 

My sister said this, and I am going to try to say it as nicely as she did.....

My Mom is the true victim in this case.  She is the one who has to wake up every day and look at an empty bed.  She has to look across the dining table at an empty chair.  She has to walk in a garage and see tools that were once used by the love of her life, never to be touched by him again.  She is the one who has to go to bed every night without a good night kiss...

It is Missa who emptied her bed.  Missa took away Mom's conversations at the dining table.  Missa is the reason those tools will never be touched by my Daddy's hands.  And she is ultimately the reason my Mother will never receive another goodnight kiss from her husband. 

I hope that her guilt will in some way help my Mom have some closure.  Of course it will not bring back any of her hopes and dreams, but hopefully it will give her some peace. 

I think that answers my question.....

Why does the guilty verdict make me happy..... because this will help my Mom be able to have some kind of closure.  That's why I'm happy.  I am happy for you MOM!!!!

And why do I want Missa to pay the maximum penalty..... because no sentence can be as horrible as the sentence my Mom is serving for life.  So, no matter what they hand Missa, it will never be what she deserves!!

Mom, I love you with all my heart and am ALWAYS here for you.  Of course, you do not have to read my BLOG to know that!!!  XOXOXO

Thank you Dr. Johnson!

This is Jeffrey Johnson, M.D., FACS.  I saw his face for the first time yesterday when he testified in my Dad's trial.  Why does he mean something to me.... Well, when I saw him walk into the court room, I realized at that moment that it was him, with the help of God, that allowed me to give my Dad that one last hug.  Dr. Johnson is the trauma surgeon that attended to my Dad the night he was brought to Bayfront Medical Center... The night of the accident (Nov. 6, 2009). 

If it wasn't for this man's skilled hands, my Dad may not have made it from the ER to the Neuro ICU. 

Dr. Johnson, the chills I felt when I saw you walk in the room, came from no where other than God.  He was telling me, "Jeannie, this is the angel I sent to take care of your Dad so you could give your him one last a hug and kiss before I took him home." 

Thank you Dr. Johnson for helping my Dad.  And thank you God for letting me say good bye.