Day 1 of the EMS Today conference

Well, we arrived safely in DC.  Our hotel room is pretty nice we stayed at the District Hotel on Rhode Island.  It is pretty close to the convention center and was a good price.  We got checked into the EMS Conference today and got our badges, then headed to Phillips, an all you can eat seafood buffet. and OH MY was it good!!!  I stuffed myself with crab legs because they were so good!!

Tomorrow is the cook off that Double D and his team are competing in....wish them luck!  I'll post more pics from the conference for you all tomorrow, but for now I will leave you with this appetizing picture!!!

JEMS Conference 2013 (upcoming)

EMSToday JEMS conference 2013

        The EMSToday JEMS conference is coming up, which means its getting closer to my 1 year anniversary for this blog!! I started this blog a few weeks after last years conference, which was my first JEMS conference.   This year's JEMS conference is being held in Washington D.C. on March 7-9.  We won't be surprising Double D like we did last year (it probably wouldn't work 2 years in a row anyway lol).  Instead, we will be making the trip with him.  It will be an educational field trip for Widget, since we will be taking in some museums during our stay there, and she gets excused from classes for those days(she's cyber schooled).

       Double D and his team are also participating in the JEMS cook off.  They won the first year but came in Second last year.  I helped with the idea for the recipe this year, so I'm sure they will win!! ;)  The cook off happens on Friday of the conference, so if any of you go, you can smell all the yummy food cooking! Spectators can't sample the food, unfortunately, so you just get hungry sitting there LOL.

       During the conference I will try to blog a couple times while I am there.  If you can make it, please try.  The tickets I believe are $25, and you can register using the above link.

       Double D is working on a new logo for me, to put on my blog, and I'll be getting a hoodie, or t-shirt made up with it on it.  I can't wait!! He made a rough draft so far and just has to clean it up and then I can get it transferred into a digital image.  I am hoping to have it done by the time the JEMS conference is here, but that is so close so I'm not sure it will happen.  I still would need to get it copyrighted since it would be Double D's original artwork.

       I am looking forward to it to see what new ideas and equipment will be introduced to make Double D's job a little bit easier.  And help me understand even more about the job that he loves.  If you've never been to an EMS conference, whether it be JEMS, or just a local one, try to go to one with your spouse.  You can learn so much about what they do and the tools they use.  Don't be afraid to ask your spouse questions about something you aren't sure of after visiting an exhibitors booth.  I'm sure they will be happy that you are asking and are interested in what they do.

Happy New Year!!

With a  year ahead of us, I like to reflect on the past year accomplishments, sadness, great events, and whatever comes to mind.  And also see what the new year has in store.  

With reflecting on 2012, some good things that happened:

Surprising Double D in Baltimore at the JEMS conference

Starting this blog (thanks everyone for coming back to read it! :) )

Saw dolphins swimming at Virginia Beach for the first time

Swam in the ocean for the first time

A friend adopted a new baby

Visited some great places, a battlefield, railroads, amusement parks, etc

Bought my first NEW car (not just new to me!)

Saw some Elk up close

Caught and ate fresh bluecrab (yum!)

and some sadness....

We lost a wonderful Grandmother, although she is in a better place, and joined her equally wonderful husband of 70 years, she will be missed.

Multiple parents going into the hospital, with 2 still there.

What 2013 will hold for me/us......

JEMS conference in Washington DC in March

20 year class reunion for me (yikes! that means I'm getting old!!  lol)

Possibly moving away from the city

Our Parents that are still in the hospital, coming home

Start some sort of Web Design class

Take a few day trips

Hopefully all of you will have a GREAT 2013 and have some good things happen.  Some bad things are ok, as its what rounds us but as long as the good things outweigh the bad, its a good year and Life Is Good!!!

HAPPY 2013!!!!!!!!