Hey Ya'll

Well....we've officially been Southerner's (mostly meaning dwelling in the South....not adapted to the South)  now for about 10 weeks ....crazy how that works! (We still bleed Husker red :o)  )  I've been meaning to get on here and let you ya'll know just how things have been going over the past week or so...and then before you know it it's been about 2 or 3 weeks.  Anyways....I have a great friend who is a GREAT blogger....and she's inspired me to document what we've been up to time and again in pictures. She is an up and coming photographer and she has challenged me (and her readers) to document our week in 5 pictures.  This might be cheesy...but at the same time I feel like this is a great goal to make sure I'm updating more often than just once a month of our things. 
 
So shout out to  Brooklyn's Photography....if you are ever in need of a great photographer, check her out in the Omaha area!  I would also like to try and feature some recipes and DIY things from time to time to....so maybe this blog will get exciting!  haha

Okay...so this more or less is what we were up to this last week or so in 5 or more pictures:

We went "exploring" and driving around Slidell on a cool evening a couple weekends ago and drove across Lake Pontchartrain....the sunset made for beautiful scenery!





I've been hard at work studying to take yet another boards test, on top of doing online classes for the summer.  My goal is to take the SPI (Sonography Principles and Instrumentation) test by the end of the summer...and then the Vascular portion by the end of the year....and add RVT to my credentials. (aka pay raise!! yaya!!...and more expertise :-)) And then I'll have my bachelor's in Radiological Science/Healthcare by May 2013. 

We went golfing, also a week ago on a warm but BEAUTIFUL Slidell day...it had rained crazy the night before so it made for great golfing weather.  Although we both played....um...er....at about our handy cap....we enjoyed our little date...and ended the night at this pretty delicious cafe called "Southside"....a Slidell orginial!  You should check out Southside's website! We'll definitely be going back!

In other breaking news.....I started my job last week at Ochsner!  This is what I'll look like EVERY DAY....because we only get to wear ONE COLOR!  So...whooohoo!  I spent Monday and Tuesday last week in "new employee orientation"....which in all honesty was the easiest and longest 2 days of pay in my life!  Although it was interesting learning about the company I have become a part of....some of that stuff becomes a little redundant!  But all part of starting a new job!  A little known fact about Ochsner.....it began with 5 doctors who couldn't get a loan because of low equitty....and so on a house call that happened to be for a banker's wife by one of these doctor's, his quality of care of compassion brought the banker to grant this group of doctor's the money to start the health system that no one thought would work.....and now in the Southern Louisiana area there are 8 hospitals and 35 clinics!  Pretty cool! huh?!?!?

The weekend before last we took a jaunt out to the "Save our Lake" festival...which included live music, festival food (burgers, nachos, funnel cake (yum), pretty much anything fried on a stick....beer), a classic car show and a party out on the cove of the lake!  This was fun for about 2 hrs....and then we were SCORCHED from the heat/humidity...and the beers just weren't cutting it...so we called it a day! 

So....that's all "she wrote".  Our next post will be featuring our time in NEBRASKA as we come back to the "good life" this coming weekend for a quick visit with the family.  And I am SOOOO looking forward to it!  If you are in Northeast Nebraska Saturday night....get a hold of us for some drinks/backyard fire/catching up!

Until next time! 

C&K