The international Medical Spouse Network - Grand Rounds http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/ The main hub of conversation. en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:13:30 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png The international Medical Spouse Network - Grand Rounds http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/ Tornado in Dallas today http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41439-Tornado-in-Dallas-today&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:21:09 GMT Came a little too close to Parkland...a friend of mine got to see it from a conference room in a downtown building. ... Came a little too close to Parkland...a friend of mine got to see it from a conference room in a downtown building.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/08/tro...eather/?hpt=T1 ]]> Grand Rounds SoonerTexan http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41439-Tornado-in-Dallas-today hiring someone to start a blog? http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41431-hiring-someone-to-start-a-blog&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:19:48 GMT I'd like to start a blog for my digital scrapbooking. I've looked at blogger, typepad, and wordpress. Blogger apparently is the easiest, but a lot of people have said that wordpress is better and more flexible once you're up & running. Right now this is just a personal hobby, but some of the better ones offer free downloads, or even sell stuff. If I ever get good enough to do anything with it, will I wish I hadn't gone with blogger?

I'm considering hiring someone to do the initial setup AND teach me the basics of how to add posts, change the background, etc. Then I figure I can learn as I go. I have a wordpress setup book, but the learning curve is just a little too steep.

How would you find someone to do the initial setup? Do any of you have web sites that were set up by someone else?

Maybe it's better just to jump into it with blogger, since right now this would just be to share pictures with family & friends, and it's likely that's all it will ever be. The problem is that if I ever do decide to switch, I will have wasted all that learning on a completely different platform.

BTW, this is an example of the kind of thing I'd be posting. I didn't know what digital scrapbooking was until a couple years ago. I just thought it sounded nerdy. It totally is! :) (eta - changed photo to one without key journaling)



Thanks in advance. ]]> Grand Rounds Deb7456 http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41431-hiring-someone-to-start-a-blog prom dress time machine http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41425-prom-dress-time-machine&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:45:02 GMT While searching Goodwill for Baby Gaga costume pieces for Ayla's Halloween, I came across this gem. I usually don't dress up, but will use ANY excuse to wear this dress. I wonder if I still have a hair crimper laying around...Attachment 990
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]]> Grand Rounds Zoe http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41425-prom-dress-time-machine home sick:( http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41423-home-sick-%28&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:03:26 GMT I have made friends, joined groups and kept busy, but today is one of those days that I really miss my family:( I even thought about packing my car... I have made friends, joined groups and kept busy, but today is one of those days that I really miss my family:(
I even thought about packing my car and going on a road trip.... ]]> Grand Rounds thegirlnextdoor http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41423-home-sick-%28 Indiana? http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41418-Indiana&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:51:26 GMT Okay, so I noticed there isn't an Indiana group. Is anyone from around here? Surely I can't be the only one! ]]> Grand Rounds Zoe http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41418-Indiana please tell me this gets better http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41416-please-tell-me-this-gets-better&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:14:56 GMT Someone..please tell me that it gets better after intern year. For Labor day my husband got a one day weekend. First day off in months, and...he's still at the hospital..working..doesn't make sense. I'm so tired of being a single mom. ]]> Grand Rounds Zoe http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41416-please-tell-me-this-gets-better judged because we are in the medical profession http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41380-judged-because-we-are-in-the-medical-profession&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:38:11 GMT I hope this isn't too much rambling and this all makes sense.
2 years ago when we moved for my SO to attend Medical school, I was honest with my job and they knew we would only be there for 2 years. Later on in the year, my hours were cut, they told me they didn't want to build up my patient load to later have me move in 2 years. Not only that, but the other girls at work would "try" to make me feel better telling me that I don't need the money/hours because I was going to be married to a doctor. :rofl: Not only were we in debt over our heads from my SO's 4 years undergrad, but I still had to pay back my student loans, plus the next 4 years of medical school debt.
So I applied for a full time position in another town, where no one knew my SO was in the medical field, and no one knew we would moving. So for the remaining of our 2 years, I lived a life where no one knew the real me. I worked lots of hours, my other employers didn't judge me for being a "doctors wife" no one assumed I was filthy rich, I felt like I was treated like a normal human being.

So now we have moved again. I will soon be going on interviews for a job. I don't want to lie, I just want to be the girl next door, a normal person, the one that you are friends with, the one that is treated fairly for being me and not judged for the the person I am with.

Have any of you experienced this? ]]> Grand Rounds thegirlnextdoor http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41380-judged-because-we-are-in-the-medical-profession Brazillian Blowout? http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41362-Brazillian-Blowout&goto=newpost Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:57:26 GMT Okay, I know that I have seen this discussed on here before, but I wasn't sure where.
The groupon for the Indianapolis area today is a Brazillian Blowout for $89. So I'm considering trying it because it seems like such a great deal!
Has anyone else had one? Does it really give you perfect hair right out of the shower? Do you use the BB maintenance products? ]]> Grand Rounds Zoe http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41362-Brazillian-Blowout Gym membership http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41359-Gym-membership&goto=newpost Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:02:17 GMT Do you have one? How much do you pay? I am normally a workout at home kinda gal, but I am also a big cheapo. I am thinking of joining just for the... Do you have one? How much do you pay? I am normally a workout at home kinda gal, but I am also a big cheapo. I am thinking of joining just for the classes. ]]> Grand Rounds thegirlnextdoor http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41359-Gym-membership Pumpkin Spice Lattes are here! http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41358-Pumpkin-Spice-Lattes-are-here%21&goto=newpost Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:36:29 GMT http://blogs.starbucks.com/blogs/customer/archive/2010/08/18/a-favorite-fall-flavor-returns-pumpkin-spice-latte.aspx Pumpkin Spice Lattes are... http://blogs.starbucks.com/blogs/cus...ice-latte.aspx

Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back!!!!! This means it is officially fall to me, even if the high is in the 90s.

Random fact--did you know there was a canned pumpkin shortage last year that has lasted into this year? Cant find the stuff anywhere! ]]> Grand Rounds SoonerTexan http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41358-Pumpkin-Spice-Lattes-are-here%21 Mercury in Retrograde http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41356-Mercury-in-Retrograde&goto=newpost Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:42:25 GMT Whatever. So we were at The Friendly Spot on Friday (of course, that's where we are every Friday night) and their computer was on the fritz and my friend's husband said, "of course the computer is on the fritz. Mercury is in retrograde." Oh, ok.

He said that when Mercury is in retrograde electronics and other systems tend to just act funky- one minute they work, one minute they don't. Essentially stupid stuff happens for no reason.

Whatever, dude.

Except that today? The sound on the computer stopped working, a document that I was working on disappeared, my laptop shut itself off and my roof leaked- almost onto the incredibly expensive TV- but thankfully appears to have only splashed it a tiny bit. But I also found an inch of water in a three foot section in the attic.

Fun times.

Jenn ]]> Grand Rounds DCJenn http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41356-Mercury-in-Retrograde Things you MUST do in New York City? Help! http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41351-Things-you-MUST-do-in-New-York-City-Help%21&goto=newpost Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:51:50 GMT I am going to see S in three weeks in the NYC area - we won't be in the city everyday but I want to make a point of visiting there. I want to make the most of my time in the city so please tell me, what do I HAVE to do while I am there?

Food?
Sights?
Night activities?

Any and all suggestions would be great! ]]> Grand Rounds http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41351-Things-you-MUST-do-in-New-York-City-Help%21 what are your biggest fears? http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41346-what-are-your-biggest-fears&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:43:29 GMT Currently it is working on our issue of choosing a specialty. All the what ifs is SCARY! My other fear is ending up on the people of walmart... Currently it is working on our issue of choosing a specialty. All the what ifs is SCARY!

My other fear is ending up on the people of walmart website. O, how embarrassing that would be! ]]> Grand Rounds thegirlnextdoor http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41346-what-are-your-biggest-fears changing his career choice http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41333-changing-his-career-choice&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:54:08 GMT So I don't personally do this, but sometimes I joke with my SO about it, like
"hey did you like your anesthesia, surgery, family practice, radiology, IM, ect. rotations?"
SO- no
Me- are you sure??

He is pretty sure he wants to do Surgery so I am a little scared on how many hours and years he will be putting in compared to other specialties. Do all specialties make you put in a crazy amount of hours/days/years? Or does it just depend on the program you are in?

I have a few friends that have talked their DH out of choosing a certain specialty, I don't want to be like that I want to be supportive of whatever he wants to do, but I am a little scared:( ]]> Grand Rounds thegirlnextdoor http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41333-changing-his-career-choice <![CDATA[Yeah, I'm a city girl, what about it?]]> http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41328-Yeah-I-m-a-city-girl-what-about-it&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:02:57 GMT Today there was a Legislative Agenda conference at the Menger Hotel (right next to the Alamo to give you some perspective) and I had to be there by... Today there was a Legislative Agenda conference at the Menger Hotel (right next to the Alamo to give you some perspective) and I had to be there by 8:30am. My choices were: drive, bus, bike, walk.

I rode my fabulous new bike and it was so fun! and discovered that the Menger didn't have a bike rack. (they put it in with the checked luggage) Hilarious. All of my colleagues were 'shocked'. (even after I reminded them that I live about a mile from the hotel...)

I don't know if I posted here but it's an Electra Townie 3 (www.electra.com)

I can't wait for it to cool off a bit more so that I can do the 4 mile route to my 'real' office.

Jenn ]]> Grand Rounds DCJenn http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41328-Yeah-I-m-a-city-girl-what-about-it Netbooks http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41325-Netbooks&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:58:17 GMT Do you have one you like? Thanks. (This will be for DH, as a supplement to his desktop.) Do you have one you like? Thanks. (This will be for DH, as a supplement to his desktop.) ]]> Grand Rounds oceanchild http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41325-Netbooks Missing in Action.. http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41320-Missing-in-Action&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:05:21 GMT Sorry I have been missing in action. I have gotten quiet sick, and will remain not doing so well until after baby is born. I am back in Northern Cali... Sorry I have been missing in action. I have gotten quiet sick, and will remain not doing so well until after baby is born. I am back in Northern Cali with my sister and hubby is in southern cali in rotations and studying for boards. uuugghhh.. This has been un-fun. My new word. It so fits so many things.

How is everyone... ]]> Grand Rounds cylverdust http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41320-Missing-in-Action Calendar Thread http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41316-Calendar-Thread&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:03:40 GMT A while back there was a discussion regarding the virtues and draw backs of various on-line calendar programs. I'm attempting to locate it. Can someone help me? If not, would you all mind re-visiting this topic? I'm looking for something inexpensive, internet accessable, and that will print out well. Thanks! ]]> Grand Rounds MrsK http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41316-Calendar-Thread Night Shift is Over!!!! http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41313-Night-Shift-is-Over%21%21%21%21&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:36:27 GMT After four long weeks, and not too many fights, NIGHT SHIFT IS OFFICIALLY OVER!!! So glad to have the DH back in the bed After four long weeks, and not too many fights, NIGHT SHIFT IS OFFICIALLY OVER!!!

So glad to have the DH back in the bed ]]> Grand Rounds MelissaMac http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41313-Night-Shift-is-Over%21%21%21%21 Gaah http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41302-Gaah&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:11:04 GMT My mom is driving me. We are in tge slow lane. I feel like we will never get there. My mom is driving me. We are in tge slow lane. I feel like we will never get there. ]]> Grand Rounds PrincessFiona http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41302-Gaah Anyone take pilates? http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41297-Anyone-take-pilates&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:07:15 GMT Does anyone do pilates classes? I have been thinking about signing up. I never felt I was at the fitness level to try this until recently, as I... Does anyone do pilates classes? I have been thinking about signing up. I never felt I was at the fitness level to try this until recently, as I have been working out my upper body a lot this summer. What are the beginner classes like? My understanding is that beginners start out on the mat. I've taken yoga before--is it similar to yoga? ]]> Grand Rounds sunnysideup http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41297-Anyone-take-pilates Adventures in home-ownership http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41288-Adventures-in-home-ownership&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:08:40 GMT In case you renters need anything to make you feel better... We rented this house for a year to recover from our huge loss in Ohio. Finances are... In case you renters need anything to make you feel better...

We rented this house for a year to recover from our huge loss in Ohio. Finances are starting to balance out and DH has been assured that he will make partner on his anniversary date, so we decided to purchase the house a month ahead of schedule and take advantage of the great mortgage rates.

About a week later...our A/C goes out. I don't want to sound melodramatic - we actually have dual-zone A/C, and a home warranty. So, even though it went out during record heat indexes, not such a huge deal, right? Until the HVAC guy comes and misdiagnosis the problem. He then comes back and the part he needs is literally not available in any state throughout the Midwest. We've now been without our second, large A/C for two weeks. I've been on the phone with the home warranty company at least three times a day. Those calls are followed by calls to the HVAC company. Our smaller A/C cannot keep up with the heat, and now we're worried about putting too much strain on that.

Two days ago, the heat finally broke, so while I haven't been able to cook for a couple of weeks (I don't want to heat the house up too much - it's about 90 degrees in here during the day), we can finally open windows and get it to cool down. Last night, DD comes to find me to tell me that the dog, who has never had an accident, peed in the basement. I go down to investigate and find that I actually have a small flood going on in my basement. DH is of course at work. I have a neighbor come help me get everything cleaned up, carpet pulled back, and wet padding cut out and drug to the curb. Today, a plumber comes out to let me know that the leak was actually caused by me not turning the faucet off completely after filling the kiddie pool.

I am so tired and annoyed! I just want a boring day with no phone calls or service people in my home. Here's hoping that we have A/C by next week! ]]> Grand Rounds Deebs http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41288-Adventures-in-home-ownership Adventures in Apartment Renting http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41286-Adventures-in-Apartment-Renting&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:16:24 GMT When I got home from my trip to Dallas I find out that J has realized that the AC vent in our bedroom is leaking. Has he done anything about it? No.... When I got home from my trip to Dallas I find out that J has realized that the AC vent in our bedroom is leaking. Has he done anything about it? No. So today I pulled out the bed and turned in a maintenance form. The maintenance guy comes about an hour later. I have been pretty impressed how fast maintenance gets to things here when its important (when its not, they just never fix it). So he comes in, cleans it all up. While he is there, I figure I will get him on an unimportant thing, because, otherwise it will never get fixed. Our bathroom door is a PITA. It never shuts right. So I show the guy and he brings his electric saw like thing (I do not know those technical terms for tools) and starts shaving down the top of the door. ITS FANTASTIC. The door shuts. THEN as he starts to clean all the shavings with his super duper vacuum thingy the power blows. I had forgotten that I never use the bathroom outlets because my hairdryer blows it every time. So we flip the breaker and it comes back on. Then he uses another outlet... and yes again it blows. Now he is coming back on Monday to work on the breaker... Did I tell you I had to get a whole new toilet a month ago because the handle broke? My complex has got to wonder what I do to shit... or I just have the worst luck ever... Luckily I find this all hilarious. :rofl:I think the maintenance guy thought I was crazy because I was just laughing every time the power went out.

ETA (oh and to add to the adventure the cat HIDES in the bathroom, so I had to keep pulling him out of the bathroom so the guy could do the work and its me chasing the cat around the apt.) ]]> Grand Rounds L.Jane http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41286-Adventures-in-Apartment-Renting <![CDATA[I'm ready for Autumn]]> http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41285-I-m-ready-for-Autumn&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:15:56 GMT Anyone else ready? I don't care if it is still 100+ degrees outside, come September, I'm putting my fall decorations up and planning October trips to the corn maze.

I've already asked the barista at Starbucks when Pumpkin Spice Lattes are coming back--they said they have the cash register button back, so it will be soon. I'm going to keep bugging them until I get a specific day (it's worked the past 2 years...). Usually the first week of September.

It looks like fall in some places here...it is so dang hot some of the trees are turning brown and losing their leaves! "Texas Autumn." Someday I'll live in a place where the leaves actually change colors and just don't all fall off in late November. ]]> Grand Rounds SoonerTexan http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41285-I-m-ready-for-Autumn Pretty sure my butt is big enough already... http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41279-Pretty-sure-my-butt-is-big-enough-already&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:53:54 GMT But hey...whatever floats your boat...or your butt:twisted: ... But hey...whatever floats your boat...or your butt:twisted:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...s_Most_Popular ]]> Grand Rounds SoonerTexan http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41279-Pretty-sure-my-butt-is-big-enough-already T-Mobile/Phone ? http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41277-T-Mobile-Phone&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:35:14 GMT Does anyone know if I "accidentally" ruin my phone before my 2 year contract is up what my options are? I HATE my phone and I'm not eligible for an upgrade until next May! :) ]]> Grand Rounds SuzySunshine http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41277-T-Mobile-Phone Withdrawal http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41267-Withdrawal&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:27:31 GMT The spacebar on my laptop keyboard doesn't work and I haven't had time to get it repaired, so I have only been able to read and not post (unless at work). It has been awful.. I need to get it fixed! ]]> Grand Rounds Luanne123 http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41267-Withdrawal Texas Peeps... http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41266-Texas-Peeps&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:03:36 GMT Will anyone be available this weekend? Saturday for dinner? I just got back from the craziest camping trip in the history of Math family camping... Will anyone be available this weekend? Saturday for dinner? I just got back from the craziest camping trip in the history of Math family camping trips...oh...that's right....this was our FIRST camping trip...but it was crazy...as in....cows blocking the tiny winding roads up the rockies after dark, camping in the mountains in a partially renovated pop-up in a weird cold spell that included freezing rain, winds nearly knocking us over and ultimately...having to pack up in the middle of the night after huddling together under the blankets with our sweatshirts on and trying to use Amanda's blow dryer to warm up the tent! LOL Ahhh...another year, another adventure!

Kris ]]> Grand Rounds PrincessFiona http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41266-Texas-Peeps what does it all stand for? http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41263-what-does-it-all-stand-for&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:52:07 GMT so I am still fairly new to this site. Could someone please tell me what the MS-1 / DH ect all stand for? Thanks!:mrgreen: so I am still fairly new to this site. Could someone please tell me what the MS-1 / DH ect all stand for?
Thanks!:mrgreen: ]]> Grand Rounds thegirlnextdoor http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41263-what-does-it-all-stand-for Private forum access? http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41261-Private-forum-access&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:42:15 GMT How can I get access to the private forums, as I have reached 100 posts? Or is it 150 posts? Thanks! Sunny How can I get access to the private forums, as I have reached 100 posts? Or is it 150 posts?

Thanks!

Sunny ]]> Grand Rounds sunnysideup http://www.medicalspouse.com/forums/showthread.php?41261-Private-forum-access