[starbuck8]

UHOH,this looks like it is getting habit forming:)

How many professions DO we thank for their services?

Our garbage man gets a card(maybe a six pack too...:D)as well as the paper carrier/postal carrier,,they are easy to deliver,,right in the box..or right on top of the can as the case may be...lol

Remembering those who 'serve' not just the armed forces or the police,they are important in the larger picture,but the little people we tend to look past...they do more for society than we truly return to them.A card(or a six pack) can say a lot.

Remember those that serve you this year.

KBC

You're making me feel guilty now Ken. Geez, I guess my shopping isn't almost done like I thought! :eek: But sorry, the cops are getting coal in their stockings from me this yr! LOL!

[KBC]

COAL? That would WARM them,, give them the garbage from the trash man... HA

OK some KY jelly at least... :p

[JudyKayTee]

You know, when I was still working outside of my home as a floral designer, I'll never forget this one guy who used to do something every Christmas for me and one of the other girls.

He used to stop by every so often in the morning and bring us doughnuts. Then right around C'mas, he would have someone order a special exotic flower, or a pretty poinsettia to be picked up usually early on C'mas eve day. At the last minute, he would call the shop and say Merry C'mas, those flowers are actually for you! Although after the C'mas season we were a little sick of lookin at the darn things, it really was nice to take home flowers that someone had bought us, since we had spent weeks before C'mas making them for everyone else.

yr. that he passed away, his wife ordered them, and sent a card along saying that these once again were for us, from him. It made us cry, that she thought of us of all people, and how much we appreciated that he always remembered us at C'mas. :)

Sometimes it's the kindness of strangers that touches us the most because it's so unexpected. And, yes, I remember the people who go the extra mile all year long - the UPS man, the people who collect the trash, certainly the woman who delivers my paper.

Sometimes it's a gift, sometimes it's a card. It's just nice to be thanked.

I'm in touch with the ICU nurses who were so wonderful to my husband and have sent them a basket of fruit - I don't know if anyone looks back after a medical ordeal but they truly are unrecognized, underpaid heroes. The Doctors sort of swaggered around but it was the Nurses who every day held me up, explained things and treated my husband with such kind, gentle hands - and who cried with me when he passed.

So - hug a Nurse today! (If one isn't available, hug a Pharmacist.)

[starbuck8]

COAL?? that would WARM them,,,give them the garbage from the trash man....HA

OK some KY jelly at least............:p

Why, so they can go screw themselves? Did I say that outloud? Oops, that was baaaad wasn't it! :o

[starbuck8]

Sometimes it's the kindness of strangers that touches us the most because it's so unexpected. And, yes, I remember the people who go the extra mile all year long - the UPS man, the people who collect the trash, certainly the woman who delivers my paper.

Sometimes it's a gift, sometimes it's a card. It's just nice to be thanked.

I'm in touch with the ICU nurses who were so wonderful to my husband and have sent them a basket of fruit - I don't know if anyone looks back after a medical ordeal but they truly are unrecognized, underpaid heroes. The Doctors sort of swaggered around but it was the Nurses who every day held me up, explained things and treated my husband with such kind, gentle hands - and who cried with me when he passed.

So - hug a Nurse today! (If one isn't available, hug a Pharmacist.)

Yes, the nurses are the ones who do most of the work sometimes, and yes the pharmacists too! The Dr.'s always seem to get most of the credit, when they wouldn't be able to do their jobs if it weren't for the others who take care of things for them! :D

[KBC]

Why, so they can go screw themselves?? Did I say that outloud? Oops, that was baaaad wasn't it!! :o

Get out of my head dam*it... lmao

It was for the people they arrest:eek:,they could have a LITTLE compassion for the bad guy.:p

[J_9]

So - hug a Nurse today!

I feel so warm inside now. LOL

[starbuck8]

Yes, hugs to you J! Oh what the hay... group hug! :D

[KBC]

I feel so warm inside now. LOL

Don't tell me starby sent the coal to the wrong place?;)

Hi J,how are you? Are you ready to do the holidays?My surgery has been advanced to tomorrow at 10:30 AM,I am VERY ready for it.

[J_9]

I'm doing well Ken, thanks for asking. A little headache today as I celebrated a bit much last night though.

I'm glad the surgery has been advanced. I'm sure you are ready to get it over with.

An aside, I have a doctor I would like to thank also. This particular doctor actually takes orders from me!! :D:p I just make a phone call and poof... he does what I ask. :D

[KBC]

I just make a phone call and poof.....he does what I ask. :D

Doctor on command?

Wow,a truly powerful nurse you are... :p

[J_9]

Doctor on command?

Basically, yes, doc on demand... and it's NOT the OB doc I work for, just a family physician. Well, he was the one who wrote my recommendation for nursing school. :D

I made a phone call about my FIL, who is quite ill at the moment, and voilà... he got admitted, not through the ER, is having blood and wound cultures done, being rehydrated, and broad spectrum antibiotics.

I feel so special. :o

[KBC]

Basically, yes, doc on demand....and it's NOT the OB doc I work for, just a family physician. Well, he was the one who wrote my recommendation for nursing school. :D

I made a phone call about my FIL, who is quite ill at the moment, and voila.....he got admitted, not through the ER, is having blood and wound cultures done, being rehydrated, and broad spectrum antibiotics.

I feel so special. :o

Sorry for the illness,hope that hospital is all right without you being there... ;)

[J_9]

Sorry for the illness,hope that hospital is alright without you being there....;)

Unfortunately, he's not having a baby, so there is little I can do aside from communicating with his doctor.

Is your surgery out-patient?

[KBC]

OH yeah,outpatient all the way.

Scope work then kicked out 2 hours after time in recovery.

[JudyKayTee]

Basically, yes, doc on demand....and it's NOT the OB doc I work for, just a family physician. Well, he was the one who wrote my recommendation for nursing school. :D

I made a phone call about my FIL, who is quite ill at the moment, and voila.....he got admitted, not through the ER, is having blood and wound cultures done, being rehydrated, and broad spectrum antibiotics.

I feel so special. :o

I didn't know you read here or I would have said "J9 and all the other Nurses." In my husband's case I saw Nurses say to Doctors, "We're here 24/7. You're here for 10 minutes. Believe us." Amazing -

They pulled me aside and said not to believe this Doctor but to trust that one.

And I don't know how you/they do that every day. I come home sometimes sad about what I do. I can't imagine dealing with the thin line between life and death every day. And the ICU Nurses - how they stay compassionate is beyond me.

And they were great to me during my recent about of surgery. Maybe the bad ones are locked away in the basement, or something.

<hug>

[KBC]

"Caring is the best medicine, so no wonder <Insert Pharmacist's name> is able to help so many people get better"

In the top ten, Thanks Synnen. ;)

[starbuck8]

I didn't know you read here or I would have said "J9 and all the other Nurses." In my husband's case I saw Nurses say to Doctors, "We're here 24/7. You're here for 10 minutes. Believe us." Amazing -

They pulled me aside and said not to believe this Doctor but to trust that one.

And I don't know how you/they do that every day. I come home sometimes sad about what I do. I can't imagine dealing with the thin line between life and death every day. And the ICU Nurses - how they stay compassionate is beyond me.

And they were great to me during my recent bout of surgery. Maybe the bad ones are locked away in the basement, or something.

<hug>

You're right Judy! If you ever want to find a good Dr. talk to his nurse! ;)