McPharmacy

And you wonder why it takes so long to fill your prescription, because of people like this!!!




This may be a 6 min video but at work this interaction would take at least 15 minutes, and this type of thing occurs on a day to day basest

He was injured, injured bad

Ok, Yes out of pure laziness I have failed to post Halloween and Rafe's Birthday posts.

A friend posted the first video on Facebook(Thanks Rory), Then I looked up the rest of these Trigon commercials.... priceless!

Lazy Sunday

This was a few Sunday's ago! The same weekend I bought my camera. This is pretty much how our Sundays are:

1. I study, I study and then I study some more. This is me studying for med-chem.

2. Max watches movies/TV shows on Netflix, this is him watching The Sarah Conor Cronicles 3. Thunder and Lightning sit around hoping we will play with them, we usually do once I'm sick of studying

It's the Best Time of the Year!

I've said it once and I'll say it again, the BEST time of the year in New Mexico is the Fall! The smell of green chilis roasting and hot air balloons fills the Albuquerque air. This was our fourth Balloon Fiesta and it will never get old. It is so amazing having all the balloons filling up and taking off all round.Aren't we a cute bunch

The Bees had a baby!

It wouldn't be a fiesta without Darth

This was Rafe's first time at the balloon fiesta, and I think this picture is pretty self explanatory.

This is a French roaster for my Mom, who loves all things French and roasters

Holly

The Albuquerque sky

Max and Rafe

Becca getting on the bus

New Additions

We have made some additions to the Andersen home.
No, I'm not pregnant! But the second best thing...

1. We planted a tree, but not just any tree.

We planted a catalpa tree! I've wanted to plant a catalpa tree since the first time I saw them at them at the Salt Lake Temple.


{Salt Lake Catalpa + a very happy couple}

{The Andersen Catalpa}
Keep in mine it hasn't had over 100 years to grow

2. Max got this GT 1.0 Avalanche Mountain Bike.

Ever since Max's broken leg, almost a year ago, Max has had a hard time being able to exercise. Minimal walking/hiking will cause his ankle to balloon up. Bike riding has been a good alternative exercise for him. Albuquerque has a lot of bike paths. We have enjoyed several rides along the Bosque (Rio Grande River).

3. I got a Nikon D3000!

I've wanted a new camera ever since I'm purse
got stolen(with my camera in it) a year and half ago.
So I figured go big or go home. I don't have much photography talent, but I love taking pictures!


4. Lastly we installed a fan in our living room

{this fan is similar to the fan we got ours has a light}

My parents bought us a fan as a house warming gift. For the last month our living room has been with out light, because the previous owners took it.
I'm currently sitting under it's glorious breeze, it was in the nineties today.

Our Best Bites!

Sheena e-mail me a link to this website, she must be a really good friend(which she is) or I'm really predictable(which I am) but it is now my new favorite website. She sent me the link to the Chocolate Owls because I LOVE OWLS, but for the last hour(it's really slow at work and I don't have Internet at home) I've been looking through the site and it has a lot of good stuff! Thank You Sheen for sharing it with me!!!

two year anniversary

It was Max and my two year anniversary last Sunday, August 8th. I think I'm supposed to say, "I can't believe it's been two years" but I'm not. Maybe it's because Max and I argue like we have been married longer, or that we dated for about 4 years before getting married but, I can't believe it's only been two years.

I love being married! I love having a companion that is fully devoted to me and I to him. I love having Max to come home to, especially on a particular stressful day. And I love being able to be there for Max when he needs me. Being married definitely easy. I think as soon as you say "I do" life comes at you full force, at least it did for Max and I. With each bump in road Max and I hold on even tighter to each other and get though it.

Enough with the mushy stuff, how did we celebrate? Last year we did absolutely NOTHING to celebrate our anniversary, so this year we decided to go somewhere nice, The Melting Pot! We invited my parents to join us to celebrate their anniversary (Aug 18th). We had a nice three hour meal with good company!

{balloon bouquet center piece}

{cheese fondue}

{max and i along with some steam from the fondue pot}

{dad, mom, max, me and dessert}

{it didn't take us long to finish this}

{strawberry dipped in the turtle fondue: milk chocolate, caramel, pecans and flambe}

{pretty much!}

Our Future House

Yep its official this should be our house August 25 around 5pm! It's on the north westside of Albuquerque, about ten minutes from my parent's house.

{ladder not included,it belonged to the inspector}

{over sized door}

{entryway front room, kitchen/dinning area}

{we have to buy a fridge and a stove}

{one long staircase, max has a count down until i fall down these stairs}

{Bedroom #1}

{the view from bedroom #1 a pretty good view of the sandia mnts
behind the papers taped to the window}

{the door to the bedroom #2, we affectionately call the Winnie the Pooh, you'll see why next}

{how cute! i'll be studying in here, once the pooh comes down}

{master bedroom}

{master bath}

{i know what your are thinking, what a nice garbage can!
i love flag stone! we plan on putting in a pergola in}

{view from the master, the undeveloped land will be a park, we don't know when but it's coming
it's not much of a yard but give max and i a year}

What Are The Odds?

I'll tell you, one in 1,103,697 of finding this can in a 12 pack of Diet Cherry Vanilla Pepsi

Max and I purchased the 12 pack on the 4th of July at the Smith's where I work. We very rarely buy soda, the ONLY reason we decided to buy so was because it was on sale, 4 for $9.
We didn't think much of it, I decided to try a new flavor for no apparent reason. Over the next two weeks I had a can here and there. Last Saturday Max and I bought a watermelon but didn't have enough room in the fridge. Max began cleaning out the fridge making room, in the process Max started emptying the last 7 cans in the pack. The first six cans fit in the refrigerator door, the seventh can Max placed on the shelf. The next morning I grabbed the milk for my cereal, I noticed the can on the shelf was red, unlike the other silver cans but I didn't think much of it and ate my breakfast. After church we made lasagna, salad and garlic bread. Max asked me what I wanted to drink, "Diet Pepsi" Max grabs the lone red can off the shelf.
"Wait a minute!" he says
"What?"
again, "Wait a minute!"
"What?" I asked as I urgently walked into the kitchen, Max shows me the can! I could not believe it, neither one of us realized we purchased a promotional pack. We were both shocked!
I guess our bad luck(most on my post are about the bad news Max and I have) may have turned around!

Drug Of The Day: METRONIDAZOLE

For those of you who don't know we that well, I LOVE DRUGS! No I am not a drug addict, although I do frequent an ibuprofen for a headache. But I love to learn, talk and educate on drugs.

This is something I have wanted to do for a while, do a short post on a drug I find interesting or want to learn more about, to share with you and help me reinforce the information I'm learning! It's funny working in a retail pharmacy almost everyday there is at least one drug that 'stands out', a drug we see an odd increase in prescriptions for. Today we got prescription after prescription for metronidazole.

Generic Name: metronidazole Brand Name: Flagyl
Pharmacological Class: amebicide, antibiotic, antiprotozoal
Use: Treatment of susceptible anaerobic bacterial and protozoal infections
Dosage forms: Tablets, Extended Release Tablets, Capsules, Inject-able Solution, Vaginal gel and Topical: cream, lotion, gel.
Important Counseling Info: Alcoholic beverages should be avoided for at least 1 day to 3 days after discontinuing.

Why I choose this drug: It was fresh in my mind, due to the an increase number of scripts. A lot of drugs have an 'avoid alcohol warning' but this is no joke for metronidazole. Drinking alcohol in any quantity(even OTC cough syrups) while taking metronidazole will make one violently ill, with symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. This interaction with alcohol is the similar to a drug called Antabuse, which is used to treat alcoholism, because of the violent vomiting.

That is metronidazole in nut shell! I don't know how long I will keep this up, but I'm going to try while I'm on summer break. Feel free to ignore these post if you are not interested, but you might just learn something!

{all information came from my brain, AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill and Facts & Comparisons}