The Schlicht Family: January 2009

On Friday we had our Post Holiday Party for work. Mike was unable to attend so I went "stag" and took many pictures...Just call me the paparazzi!! I had a lot of fun. One of my co-workers asked me if I was "Lit" because my face was a little on the red side, it was just very warm in the place where we were at. The party was held at the Eagles Lodge. It is a new building on the north side of Spokane. It was a very nice place. For dinner we had prime rib, baked potato, green beans, salad, shrimp, dinner roll and cheese cake for dessert. YUMMY!! (I couldn't eat all my prime rib, so I took it home for Mike to enjoy)

Yvette and Maria, social services

Yolanda (dietary)

My nurse, Tammie and her husband Dennis

Susie (Admissions)

"Strike a pose"

Jill, Halley, Beth and Jackie

Stephen (Activities) and Brett

Starla-winning smile! (DNS)

Stacey (Supplies) and Regina (nursing)---"I'm always ready for a picture"

Sarah and Jen (activities)

Sara and DeAnne (social services)

Rena (payroll) and Robin (social services)-welcoming everyone

Peggy and her husband, Steve (Medicare nurse)

Doing a relay game, nice pose Tammie!!

Getting busy!

Nice shot, Tammie!!

The winning team won $1 gift certificate to McDonalds---but they had lots of fun!!

LeAnne (nursing) and friends

Kathleen and Shirley (EVS)

Monica and Jan (nursing)

Mike and Yvette (social services)

Robin (social services) and Matt (administration)

Lea and Sherry (nursing)

LeAnne and Laura (health information management)

Laura (nursing)

Lance (OT)

Kim Taylor and his new wife (dietary manager)

Julie (HIM)

Chad and Joni (administration)

Jill, Chad, Joni and Matt

Jan and Kathy (nursing)

James-the "puppy man"-he brings puppies in on Friday and makes me wish for a dog...he starts to bug Mike about it also!! (double duty, restorative and activities)

Heather and her little girl (HIM)

Halley and Jackie enjoying the evening without their spouses and kids (nursing)

This table was loaded with wonderful gifts and gift cards. I received a camping chair that had footrests on it!! YEAH. I also won a gift card to Olive Garden and received a gift card to Walmart.

The Drink Line-not the conga line!

Erica (staff development) and Darren

Edde and Lisa (nursing)

Carey and Denise (nursing-my work partner)

Greg and Debbie (my charge nurse)

Chow Line!!

Charles-he won Employee of the Year. He is one of my nursing assistants. He was well deserving of the award!!

Roylene, Charlee and spouses (nursing)

Catina-this is so not you with your mouth closed!!! (nursing)

This is more like it "Cat"!!

It was a wonderful evening. The staff that had to work, received dinner from Panda Express, which is a "fast food" chinese place. They also received gifts. I think I got a better deal than Mike. He got a photo album and a gift card to Walmart. BUT we both share!! Next year, he will be able to go with me and we will have a much better time!!

I wanted to add....I absolutely love my co-workers. They are a great bunch of people and seem more like "Family". They have helped me become more situated to life in Spokane without feeling so lonesome, especially with Mike working evenings.

Sighhhh...The kids are gone now and it is so quite around here with Mike working the evening shift. He is next on the list if a day shift opening occurs. One bad thing, I am a supervisor on the largest unit in our building and he cannot work under me, so if an opening comes up on our unit, we have do some major shuffling of staff. That's okay with me as long as he is able to get to day shift soon!! Here are some last pictures of fun with the kids before they headed back to Helena.

Caite trying to walk through the snow

Can you see Caite peaking over the snow berm?

A view from our bedroom window

All the snow on the roofs

The city and fire departments have asked that if people knew where there were fire hydrants near where they lived, to please dig them out. Mike and Caite were on a mission until they finally found it!