One Holiday Down . . . One More To Go

Thanksgiving Day 2013 has came and went for another year.

There was just the four of us for Thanksgiving Day we had a roasting chicken, mashed potatoes, and peas. The meal was delicious like it always is.  

I am thankful this year for my family . . . they are the most important people in my life, without them, I am nobody.  We are so very glad that Grandma has significantly improved health-wise--we can sit down and visit with her like we did before she got sick in March and we almost lost her about 3 times.  She lights up each and every time we go in to see her and is looking forward to our upcoming Christmas Gathering we are going to have with her in about two weeks.  We were able to have Grandma's Christmas Tree put up in her room at Fulton Manor--we are going to put that up tomorrow--Nov. 30, 2013 before we have our Thanksgiving meal with my cousin John and his wife Robin.  She was so glad to hear she could have her tree, she was proud of that tree when she bought it a few years ago at Wal-Mart--we had to track down a stand for it because the stand to it was not in the box--we had an extra stand at home that will work just fine for her tree.  

My coursework for Medical Billing Specialist is progressing and I am learning more than I thought I would and sometime in 2014 I am going to enroll in Blackstone Career Institute's Program--it is more in depth than what I am taking now and I will be able to use the Computer Software that is specific for Medical Coding and build a portfolio that I can show to prospective clients that I can do the coding and I will be competitive with running the business from home--I am looking forward to the Blackstone Program it is much more in depth and I can build on what I have already learned through Stratford Career Institute.  I have decided to go through the textbooks and type up my own notes that I can use for future reference and those notes have helped me as I prepare to take the exams--study my notes and take the exams and double-check in the textbooks to make sure I do not miss anything--the coursework for both Stratford and Blackstone is through correspondence,  I work on it at home at my own pace when I am not at work.

My job at Wauseon Public Library is still quite fun--I look forward to going into work each and every day, my colleagues are like my second family and I like my colleagues--we get along well, which makes the work day go by much faster than if we did not get along.   

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