Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday Thirteen

1.  I have been enjoying some down time these days.  I have loved hanging out on the couch and watching movies with the kids... even when I know that I really should be doing other things, like cleaning ;)

2.  I've been a crafting fool!  I am happy to say that I am almost done with all of the homemade gift making.  I have some cute gifts to pass out this year :)

3. Apparently there are going to be some apartments going in by my house.  We are not happy about it.  May mean we are going to be putting our house on the market way before we had planned.... hmm.  Not sure I am ready for that.

4. I am so shocked at how little my kids are asking for this Christmas.  They both looked through the toy catalogs and said they don't really see anything they wanted.  Good and bad all at the same time.

5. This is the first year that Mykenzie is going into the holiday's as a non-believer.  She cornered me a couple of months ago and I had to tell her the truth.  She is doing pretty good at keeping it a secret and playing along for her sister though.  My little girl is growing up.

6.  I have to send my computer away to be fixed.  I have had the box to mail it for 2 months.  I hate to say goodbye even for a couple of weeks.  I am going to have to suck it up.

7.  I am debating on getting the girls pictures taken at portrait innovations.  It is hard to go to a place like that after having the fabulous Kate Crafton  take pics for 2 years.  I have waited to long to ask her do them now though.  I suck.

8.  I am thinking I need to start going back to church.  Kaylee asked me the other day when Jesus' birthday is....  crap.  That is not cool.

9.  The Thanksgiving leftovers are officially gone.  I'm glad I made the second dinner so we could enjoy them for a few more days.

10.  I'm in the mood for a good book.  I could use some suggestions.

11.  I am a total zumba slacker!  I haven't been to a class since the first week of October.  Yikes!  Now I am debating on if I should go ahead and go or just wait for Christmas to be done with.  I think I better go.

12.  Something I never thought I'd be excited about a couple of years ago...  I am so looking forward to a basketball game on Thursday!  Cavs vs the Heat.  Go Cavs!

13.  Most people only do a Tuesday Twelve, I decided to be a rebel and go with thirteen.
This week for my lucky #13 I am just going to say, I love my life. I love my family. I love my friends.  Thank you all so much for making me feel so blessed

Makin' it Monday

Crafting has been a big part of my days for the past month.  I would love to make it a priority in my life not just around the holidays but all year long.  I got my first set of these last year as a gift in an exchange I took part in.  I made my first set this year at our annual craft day.  I have recently made 5 more sets for gifts, most of which were already given out so I'm not spoiling anything. They are so cute (way cuter than the ones I got as a gift)  I love having them in my house and my kids love getting to change the numbers everyday.  

This set was my favorite!  I love how the snowman looks like he is peeking around the 3!  My sister got this set for Christmas :)

Week in Review

Whew!  What a week.  We left around 1 on Tuesday and drove to Ohio to have a family Thanksgiving with Travis' dad.  Luckily since Travis had to be back to work by Friday everyone agreed to celebrate a day early.  His brother and sister and their families came to his dad Anthony's house and we hung out and had a great dinner.  It was nice since we have never been home for Thanksgiving.  My sister and kiddos came over earlier in the day so I got to spend a couple of hours with them too.  Crazy how much the kids change in just a couple of months.

We ended up leaving to come home around noon on Thanksgiving day, and got a few funny looks at subway and mcdonalds when we stopped for food.  Luckily we weren't the only ones there.

Black Friday shopping overnight didn't work out this year so we went during the day instead.  I have to say we got everything we went out for!  I was shocked that we were able to find the things on the lists.  I love that I have someone who wants to brave the madness with me!  We have a great time.  Thanks to her hubby for watching my kiddos while we went since Travis had to work.  I think I owe you for that one :)

Today, I decided that because we had Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday, in Ohio... and I couldn't have leftovers, that I needed to have another Thanksgiving.  I made a turkey breast and all the fixin's again so we could have a bit more.  I really needed my leftovers! lol

Now that Thanksgiving is over the Christmas season is in full swing. Ready or not here it comes!

Tuesday Twelve

1.  31 days till Christmas!  I am no where near ready, as far as gift buying.  I'm getting there... slowly.

2.  Thanksgiving is in 2 days!  I so ready to eat all the yummy goodness that comes along with this holiday!  Our trip to Ohio this year also makes it so that said yummy goodness wont be cooked by me! Yay!

3.  The Ohio for Thanksgiving trip has both stressed me out and made me happy.  I am glad we are going for a couple of reasons.  Beyond seeing family... the fact that I can had deliver some Christmas gifts rather than having to ship so many this year!

4.  Very excited that I still get to black friday shop this year!  Not sure what time I will be getting home from Ohio but I know that I will be out all night Thursday shopping with my girl!

5.  Thankful that I have a wonderful friend to watch my dog while we are gone :)

6.  Found out yesterday that Mykenzie has her first dance coming up in a couple of weeks.  She is so excited.  Guess we better start dress shopping.

7.  Have I mentioned how much I love looking at all of my Christmas decorations?  Seriously. L O V E

8.  Mykenzie had her first basketball game this past Saturday.  Her team won, 28-10.  Wow!  I was impressed.  Especially since the coach doesn't seem to know what he is doing.  Mykenzie still has a lot to learn but she did good.  I am proud of her for stepping out of her comfort zone and trying something new.  I think she is going to love it once she gets better.

9.  The decision has been made that Kaylee will start playing basketball next year too.  This way if she decides to do it at Mykenzie's age she will know how to play like all the other kids seem too

10.  I am tired of school projects.  Seriously.  Mykenzie has yet another one due next week.  5th grade sucks.

11.  It has been in the 70's here the past few days.  It is both fantastic and strange all at the same time.  Weird to have a Christmas tree up with the windows open.

12.  Finally, this Thursday being Thanksgiving and all, I am feeling so thankful.  I have so many things to be thankful for.  I am such a lucky girl.  I have a fantastic life.  I have the best husband, great girls, fabulous friends, a house I couldn't have pictured living in 10 years ago, a running car, the fact that said best husband works so hard to take care of us allowing me to stay home for the past 10 years, and a supportive family.  I am seriously blessed.

Friends

My daughter had a book about how to make friends.  I got rid of it because I didn't think she really needed it.  She has a couple of really good friends and then many friends with some acquaintances along the way.  This is pretty much how I have been my whole life.  Now as I get older I find that my list of really good friends has grown as have my number of acquaintances, with a smaller number of friends in the middle.  I am so blessed to have so many really great friends in my life.  Sometimes I think I have more than I can handle.  I am lucky.  Recent events in my life have caused me to lose some people I used to hang out with.  I realize though that my friends will always be my friends, if I lost some they never really friends to begin with, just acquaintances. Just people I have met along the way, hung out with from time to time, had some good times with but never really clicked with and felt the desire to hang out with one on one.  Or, people who have burned me too many times to forgive and forget.

I have the great friends in Ohio, Columbia and Charleston South Carolina, as well as here in Tennessee.  How have I been blessed to have so many people I consider to be best friends?  These people I know would be there for me no matter what.

The funny thing about 3 of my good Tennessee friends is, I never thought I'd be friends with any of them.  By first impressions, I didn't think we had anything in common.  I thought basically that they were too good for me and wouldn't want to hang out.  Instead of making snap decisions that because they dressed well, or were cute and outgoing that they were automatically bitches and hated all people who weren't like them, I got to know them.  I found out that they were nothing like my own insecurities were telling me they were.  In fact they are really fantastic people.  How did I become friends with them?  Simple.  I was nice.  I hung out and had fun.  I didn't judge.  I didn't assume.  I never talked about them behind their backs.  I didn't search for that one flaw to hold over their head.  I didn't think they were out to get me every time they said something to tease me.  I didn't play the victim.  I wasn't two faced.  I didn't try to start trouble.  I didn't try to turn anyone against them.  I didn't cry myself to sleep because I wasn't invited to every thing they ever did with any of their friends.  I just accepted and loved them for who they are, the same way the do for me.

This folks is how you get friends.... and keep them.

I know it is crazy to think that if you are genuine, and if you aren't constantly looking for the flaws in people to make yourself feel better about who you are as a person.... you can actually have good friends.

I am so happy to have the people in my life that are here now.  And I am so happy the people that used to be in my life and constantly bring me down are gone.  These people who are so insecure with who they are as a person that every little thing that the people around them do is examined to figure out how it is a personal attack on them.

I am still bitter.  I am still angry.  I am still hurt.  I am still sad.

More for what these people have cost me.  Not that they are gone, but that they weren't gone without a price.

Luckily the people that really matter to me know that I care.  Know that I still want to be a part of their lives.

I think it is strange.  I am still so confused to see how some people's minds work.  I just think, wow, how sad is it that you spend your days like this?  How do you get out of bed in the morning?  Have you considered medication?  Do you not want to be happy?  Well, I guess that you can just be miserable on your own.  Glad it isn't going to effect me again.

 Change isn't really a change if you don't actually change the way you act, think, and treat people.

To my great friends: Thank you to all of the beautiful, wonderful women who are in my life and make it better everyday!  I love you all and feel so blessed to know each of you.

 To my friends:  I love you all and know as time goes on we will become even closer and will be great friends.

To my acquaintances:  I hope to get to know you all better!  I'd love to add you to my great friends list :)

To all the rest:  There were fun times.  I don't discount that.  Sadly there was too much drama, too much backstabbing, too much hatred being spewed behind my back.  It just went too far.  It is beyond repair.  Thanks for the good times.  I wish you happiness in your lives; however,  I don't regret my decision to remove you from mine.

Three Days

Three DAYS!

It took three days to put up all of my Christmas decorations.  Now I wasn't continuously putting them up for 3 days,  I had other things I had to do but geeze!  I didn't think I was ever going to get done.  Travis still has the outside to do but it inside is done and it is so pretty!  I LOVE my house at Christmas.  I love how cozy it feels.  I love the white lights everywhere.  I love looking at so many pretty things.  I love fires burning in the fireplace while we curl up on the couch in our cozy sweaters.  Christmas is the best time of the year!

Surrender with me

I have tried to ignore it.

I have tried to deny it.

I have tried to reject it.

I have tried to completely tune it out.

It hasn't worked.

I can no longer ignore, deny, reject or tune it out.

I am surrendering.

I am embracing the facts.

Christmas is coming!

That's right folks it will be here in just, drum roll please, 44 days!

Do you remember a couple of years ago?  Go back and look.  It is recorded in this blog.  I used to start counting down in August!  Now here we are weeks from Thanksgiving and my countdown has just begun.  I don't know why I resisted it so much this year.  I guess life has just been so crazy the past several months that I feel like time is moving too fast?  I am done now and I am seriously surrendering to the Christmas season.  After hosting a fabulous craft day this past weekend with some of the best ladies I know making Christmas gifts and crafts, I am officially in the mood.  So without further ado, I am putting up my Christmas decorations this weekend!  Yay me!  I am so excited suddenly to bust out my Christmas lights and have my entire house glowing with white lights.  I love fall, love it.  Here in Tennessee we don't seem to get much of one so may as well just jump head first into the Christmas season.  Bring on the Christmas TV specials, the 24 hour a day Christmas music on the radio, the lights, the decorations, the cookies, the smells, and most importantly the wonderful feeling that the Christmas season always puts in my heart.  I have surrendered to the Christmas season and am left wondering why I fought it so hard to begin with.  Won't you surrender with me?

Dusting off the old blog

Wow!  I can't believe I went from blogging daily to never blogging!

So much has happened.  I am not going to be a nurse... no idea what I am going to do with my life, and quite frankly it makes me sick to think about it so, yeah, moving on..

Mykenzie, despite having a rocky start to 5th grade has come back strong.  She got all A's except one on her report card.  She was the ONLY kid in her class that did not have a single check in her whole class for the first 9 weeks of school and got to attend a party for it.  She got good citizen for the first 9 weeks, and this is the first year it wasn't given by the luck of the draw.  Her teacher picks the students she wants to have it, not draw a name out of a hat, like her teachers of the past.  She gets to have pizza with her teacher at Cici's for her good behavior.  Her class voted for her to represent them in the student council (and she did not ask for it, they just picked her).  At the conference with her teacher, she told me that Mykenzie is liked a lot by everyone in the class.  That she is really smart but doesn't act like she is better than everyone else "like most kids like her seem to do"   Can we say proud mommy?

In other Mykenzie news, she is starting to play basketball.  She tried out for the school team.  We thought in the 5th grade they would teach them fundamentals... um no.  These girls already know how to play the game well.  Soooo, she didn't make the team, but we put her in a private league so she can learn the game.  Her first practice is this Thursday.  She seems to be excited.  I really hope she enjoys it.

Kaylee is doing really well in school too.   She just read Olivia Starts A Band pretty much all by herself. I had to help with maybe 5 words.  I am so excited!  She is reading much better than Mykenzie was at this age.  She is little miss popularity, and can't seem to walk down the hall without stopping to give several hugs along the way.  If we could get the whining under control I would be even more happy :)

While our kids seem to rule our (well my) schedule these days, Travis and I are making time to enjoy ourselves too.  We have been going out with friends often, both separately and together.  I think we are both enjoying some new freedoms. 

We got to take a walk through our past last month.  We took a vacation to Charleston, SC.  I love, love, love it there.  I forgot how much I loved it.  We started with a quick trip through our old neighborhood in Columbia to show Kaylee her first house.  While in Charleston we detoured to Summerville and showed Mykenzie her first home, my oh my we have come a long way in 10 years :)  We enjoyed the beach, the cobblestone streets, and good times with old friends while we were there.  We wont be waiting so long before visiting again.  

In my absence from blogging we have had some really hard times to get through, but we did.  We have had some wonderful things happen.  We have made some fantastic memories.  We have laughed and had fun with our fabulous friends.  We have tried new things, and pushed ourselves out of our comfort zones.  We have lived our lives and are thriving.  We are healthy.  We are happy.  Life. Is. Good.

Out of school and still stressed!

I have been out of school for a couple of weeks now and my 4.0 stands.  I ended up with a 98% in my A&P class.  I had my nursing orientation on Friday and am having a small panic attack about my career choice yet again.  It is going be challenging for sure.  Funny thing is that my A&P II professor is also going into nursing.  So he will be my teacher this summer and fellow classmate this fall.  It is bizarre.  He is a retired oral surgeon so as my wise and hysterical friend Amber pointed out he will be going into the patients room saying.. "Hi I am Dr. Hudson, and I will be your nurse today."  Weird right?

Anyhow, moving on.  The girls last day of school is Thursday and it is just a half day.  We are going to have to do a lot of fun stuff in June cause once July hits I will no longer be able to do anything fun with them.  I found out that they go back to school on Aug 9th and I am not done with my summer class till Aug 5th :(

Mykenzie's room is coming together!  We, well I, have been busting my butt in there trying to get it redone.   It is no longer pink.  Now it is a purplish grey, more grey than purple.  Black and hot pink accents throughout.  She got a new dresser, and a desk from someone else that I am repurposing.  It had a hutch and a drawer, now it has no hutch and 3 drawers (or it will by the end of the day tomorrow since I still have to poly the drawers)  I still need to get a bookshelf for in there as well.   I have a couple of things to make for on her wall, hopefully that will be taken care of this week.

My bedroom has been painted.  The color is not what I was going for but I am going with it cause it took me forever to paint it.  I got new furniture at Ikea last weekend but we haven't put it together yet, I had some other things I wanted to do first.

We have scrapped the outdoor renovations for right now.  We are however, getting a backsplash for our kitchen, finally.  I have to go pick out the tile tomorrow.

I still have so much to accomplish but I don't know if it will all happen before I have to go back to school or not.
*Laundry room
~cabinets need bought and hung
~clothes bar needs hung
~touch up paint that we messed up hauling the newish old washer out of there

*Kenzie's room
~ message board built
~ posters bought and framed
~ bookshelf bought and put together

*Our room
~ put new furniture together/ get old out and sold
there is much more, but I am not going to rush it, this room is on the back burner currently and again

I bought a new chair at Ikea for Travis in the loft which of course required the room being shuffled around but we did that yesterday so at least that is done.... I should go hang the curtains then it will really be done.

Our master bath is FINALLY done!  We painted a while ago and I have been adding accessories ect.  I was just missing some pics which I ended up getting at Ikea so they are hung and it is done.  It looks soooo much better.  I am really happy with it!

I need to repaint and poly my pantry shelves before I go back to school as well.  It must happen, they are driving me nuts!

Let's see what else is going on.... Well obviously I went to Ikea!  Chandra and I drove down last weekend, left Friday morning and came home Sunday afternoon.  It was FANTASTIC!  We shopped and hung out.  It was a perfect little get away, especially after we shopped HARD Friday and Saturday and then went to the hotel Sat. night got in pjs at 6 crawled into our comfy beds, ordered room service and chatted and watched HGTV!  Bliss!

Kaylee got Good Citizen at school finally!  She is crazy excited!  She ran around the house screaming!  The ceremony is on Thursday morning.  The girls GS ceremony is Monday night.  Kaylee is bridging to Brownies, though she wont be recognized as a brownie by GS she will be by our troop and they can just suck it.  She is really excited about that too.  This will end our stressful year and next year we will start fresh with Sylvia and I as the leaders so hopefully it goes as smoothly as we have envisioned.

I made a MAJOR mistake in life recently.  I realized the other day that I double booked myself to be in 2 separate states at the same time!  Go ahead and say it, I am a tool.  I was supposed to be going with GS to Gatlinburg the weekend of June 25th.  I have been planning the trip, doing fundraisers for it ect.  Then I plan our trip to Ohio with us leaving the SAME weekend! UGG!  We can't move the trip because Travis' brothers are coming in from Arizona and Virginia and his mom is coming up from Florida.  We can't push it back a couple of days because we are already leaving to come home on the 5th and I start back to school on the 6th!  I feel like such an ass and feel so badly that I have done this.  The old, organized, less stressed me never would have done something so stupid.  Geeze!

Anyhoo, as you can see with the 7 million projects I am trying to accomplish at the same time I am still stretching myself pretty thin.  I am really hoping to knock a lot of it out by the end of next weekend since it is memorial day weekend, then we can relax and have a fun month before I head back to school.... It could happen.

Life is good

Update time:

School is almost over, well for me anyhow.
* I have not had to attend my English class for 2 weeks now and don't have to return, though I do have to finish writing my research paper.

* I only have 1 class period of my dosage calculations class and then the final exam.  I am really happy to be finished with this class, but not nearly as happy as I am to say that...

* I only have 1 class period left of my A&P class!!!!!  OMG I am sooo happy!  I have class Tuesday, a lab exam Thursday and my final the follow Thursday.

That is the good news.  The bad news is I have a lot of information to cram into my head before all those exams!  Crap! it will be fine.  It really will.

I am officially taking A&P II in the summer.  I tried to avoid it.  I did not study for the Hesi (nursing entrance exam) on purpose...  Still after all of my efforts I still managed to be 1 of the 80 out of 650 that got picked to be in the nursing program in the fall.  So back to my original plan.  Putting on my big girl panties and taking this 4 week class.  It will be fine.  It is going to kick my butt and I am freaking out about it but it will be fine.  It is what it is.  It will be good prep if nothing else.

I am excited and freaked out about the nursing program all at the same time.  I wish I had someone I know that made it in too, but like my wise husband said, I would have been stupid to turn down the opportunity when it was offered cause it may not be offered again.  Damn it!  I hate when he is right.
It will kick my butt, however I will be so glad I did it in the end and it will all just be a memory.  

On to other news about me.  Yeah I am way too stressed out to worry about my weight currently.  School will be over soon and I will deal with it then.  My 5 week bit was a pipe dream.  How about I shoot for July instead?  I am going to do it though, I really am :)

The girls are doing good.  Mykenzie is ready for school to be over.  Kaylee just goes day by day.  She has made a new friend with the neighbor and is having so much fun running outside everyday to play with him.   Mykenzie has recently been granted a little freedom and can roam a little around the neighborhood with her friend....  hopefully she doesn't abuse it and lose it.  She is feeling like such a big girl and is certainly doing a lot of changing these days.  Hard to believe she will be 10 in two months!

The hubs is on a get things done kick.  He decided that after five and a half years of contemplating it, we should actually get a fence put up.  They are coming next week at some point to do it.  We are also either going to build a patio off the deck or cover the deck...  decisions decisions.  Maybe I will deal with estimates for those things when I am done with classes.

We have been busy with life, school, work, girl scouts, house crap ect.  It's a crazy life... but it's our life.  Sorry J&K lovers but I just had to throw that in LOL!

Today it starts

It is April 7th I have until May 14, that is just over 5 weeks.  I am going to lose 10 pounds in 5weeks.  It is a must.  This is getting crazy.  I weigh more than I have ever weighed in my life and it is sickening.  I have no clothes that fit, every pair of capri's that I own wont even go over my fat ass.
 So here is the plan...

I will lose 10 pounds in 5 weeks the date isn't really anything special, just want to lose it and that seemed reasonable...

I weighed 148 pounds when I went to the doctor on Monday which is obviously unacceptable at 5ft 2.  This puts my BMI at 27.1= overweight

BMI Categories:

• Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
• Overweight = 25-29.9
• Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

My home scale this morning said I weigh 144.4 

I will be using my home scale to keep track as that is what I have access to.  So the goal is to weigh 134.4 pounds or less on May 14th

This is a lofty goal considering how busy I am going to be over this next month with school, girl scouts and life in general but I am determined.   I am NOT going to go out and buy a new wardrobe to accommodate a fat ass.  And since I have no summer clothes that will fit me as of now I have to lose or I will be roasting this summer ;)  

In my fantasy world I would weigh 125 but lets just keep it realistic for now. 

Wish me luck!

Oh the things that you can do!

I am on spring break this week!!!!  I am overwhelmed by the amount of things that I must do while home this week.  It just started and I am already feeling like it is almost over.  I have errands to run, cleaning ( a LOT of cleaning), garage sale pricing, girl scout business to handle, did I mention cleaning, a book to read and paper to right, studying, oh yeah and my nursing entrance exam is tomorrow.....  good thing I decided I am not trying to get into the program for the fall any more since I have yet to try and study for it.  It will all get done though, I am sure of it.  Words can not express how happy I am to have this week off.  It came at the perfect time!

The weather here has taken a turn for the better!  It has been beautiful here the past couple of days.  Now that I said that it is sure to snow tomorrow.   I haven't really done anything to enjoy it cause there was too much going on this weekend but hopefully it sticks around.

Mamma Mia! was Friday night.  I had so much fun!!  I really love going to the theater, which I have always known but never really took advantage of it as an adult.  I guess that was one good thing from taking that class with the crazy lady last semester.  I am already trying to see what I can go see next :)  The show was really good, sadly I forgot my camera so I don't have any pics of me and the girls who went :(  We all had a good time though.

Yesterday Mykenzie and I went on a special Junior girl scouts only trip to Build a Bear.  The girls all had a really good time and spent way too much money.  The stuff there is just so darn cute though!  Mykenzie has been like 4 or 5 times now and poor Kaylee had never been.  So when we got home and she cried cause she wanted to go (even though I did buy her an outfit for one of her bears) poor kiddo.  So um, Kaylee and I will be headed to Build a Bear next weekend while Mykenzie stays home with daddy.  She is just so cute and pityful it is hard to say no to her.  Plus I am a total bad mom for never taking her before now.  I have a feeling that is going to be an expensive day.....

Mykenize had her second report this year due today.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that she does well on the oral presentation.  I did not make her study this person like I did her last so she doesn't know about him as well as she did the last report.  Glad it is done though.  One less thing hanging over our heads to do.   Now if I could just get rid of this sickness I have been carrying around for a month!  

Tuesday Twelve

1.  I feel like I have no life outside of school anymore, even though I do... It just isn't what it used to be.
2.  Speaking of school I am rocking it!  I currently have A's in all of my classes
3.  I am the ONLY person with an A in my anatomy and physiology class
4.  When I was taking my lab exam (muscles) today I had the song Imma be (Black Eyed Peas) in my head except I was singing Imma be rockin this test.  Yes I am queer but I was rocking the test! LMAO can't wait to get it back and see my score!
5.  Girl Scout Cookie season is OVER!  I am soooo happy and I am not even the cookie mom.  I still have some to mail (It will happen on Friday) though
6.  knock on wood, but my kids have been playing soooo much better together lately.  They still fight but it has been better, or I have gotten better at ignoring it.
7.  Travis is out of town.... again.  Some weeks we forget what he looks like.  Life is easier when he is here
8.  My house is TRASHED and I don't care.  That is a lie, I do care but I don't have the time to do it and when I finally have a few minutes I don't have the desire to clean it.
9.  Thursday is my last day of class and then we are on SPRING BREAK baby!!  I am super excited to have the week "off" from school.  I still have school work I plan to do during the week but I will be getting the prior mentioned trashed house cleaned as well.
10.  Lunch with friends is the highlight of my week, most weeks and I am so lucky to have such wonderful friend to be able to do that with.  My friends are awesome!
11.  Mama Mia is FRIDAY!  I can't wait!  We have been planning this since October, I can't believe it is finally here!  Now I just have to find something to wear.... tomorrow (fingers crossed)
12.  I am so blessed in so many ways.  I sometimes forget to let the little stuff roll off my back (that is easier to do when I remember my pills)  I have a fantastic life, husband and kids, sure there are things I would like to change but overall I've got it pretty dang good :)

Our son that never was and never will be

What do you think? Could this be a child of ours? The morphing of faces is kinda neat but was so slow!

Freezing Friday!

Another snow day for the girls today but this time it actually makes sense.  It is coming down pretty good and everything is covered.  We spent the morning at the doctors office for Kaylee.  Poor kiddo has a pretty bad ear infection that came on kind of suddenly last night and she was in a lot of pain and a 102.5 temp.  She has had her first dose of antibiotics now so hopefully they will kick in soon.  She had such a rough night that she fell asleep on the table at the doctor's office while we were waiting (and we weren't waiting that long).

Mykenzie was happy not to have school today but she is bummed because she was supposed to go on a Junior's only girl scout field trip to build a bear tomorrow that we had to postpone because of the weather.  She has been saving her allowance so she could buy her bear clothes and stuff and has been really excited about going.  She will just have to wait now.

(just incase you were wonder this is for 2 classes)
I am totally stressing about my upcoming week.  I have my first lab exam in A&P on tuesday and a lecture exam on thursday.  The body has way to many fossa, foramen, fissures, ect in it.  I hope I can remember it all!  I am most worried about the lab exam.  I stayed for a few hours after class yesterday to use the skeletons and stuff to make more sense of it all rather than just looking at the book and that helped me feel a lot better.  I still have TONS of studying to do though.

My exam for entrance to the nursing program is on March 9th.  OMG that is coming up so soon.  Needless to say the next month and a half are going to be basically me studying in every spare second.  yikes!

Back to the grindstone...  at least we have the view of the beautiful snow falling and a toasty fire blazing to get us through this freezing cold, sick, studying day :)

Jacy Bolin?

Time to hear that called daily again during roll.  The spring semester began Thursday and has left me feeling like I am so far behind already.  I am writing this while taking a break from the past 3 hours of working on reading/ studying Anatomy and Physiology.  Tuesday night I got an email from my professor telling me that we would be having a test on Chapters 1-4 in a week (class hadn't even started yet)  fast forward to Thursday during class and that man was go go go.  Oh yeah and he informed us we will have a test on Chapter 6 on Tuesday, this tuesday.  It isn't like 1. the material is easy or 2. that the chapters are small.  they are long chapter with SO MUCH information!  I knew this class was going to kick my ass.  I guess I am going to have to live and breath A&P for the next 5 months.  Pray for me, I need all the help I can get.

I am taking a second English class and Dosage Calculations too.  I haven't had the dosage class yet it wont start till the 25th since it is a Monday class and it is MLK day this Monday.

The next few months are going to be crazy.  Is it sad I am already looking forward to May 6th, AKA finals?

Seriously pray for me

2010

Another new year has begun.  Time to reflect on the past year and look to what the future will hold in the new.  Looking back at my new years resolutions I made in 2009 pretty much ended up being a bust.  It feels like it was a month ago I made them and felt like I had all the time in the world to accomplish them, yeah, not so much.  Starting in 2010 I have only a few resolutions I want to make

* Study and do well on the Hesi Exam
* Get a 4.0 in the spring semester
* Figure out what I am going to do with my life if I don't get into the nursing program
* Stress less~ after 29 years I am finally beginning to learn what matters in life and to let things go that don't ~ still a work in progress but I plan to do even better this year.
* Get my organization back.  I have lost it over the past 2 years and I miss it very much.
* Once again getting my scrapbooking caught up
* Oh and what the heck, lets add losing 15 pounds to the list as well, what would a resolutions list be without that one!
* Get my scrap/craft area organized and set up better
* Re-do my laundry room
* Finish loft decor

Christmas Craftyness!

Part of Mykenzie's teacher gift

Back of Clipboard for M's teacher

Floating glass frame (given to my FIL)

Ornament for part of M's teacher's gift

A and B frames for Abby and Brielle

Kaylee's teacher's gift

Back of K's teacher's clipboard

Polk a dot ornaments for Mykenzie Kaylee, Lily, and K's teacher

Bath Salts from Craft Day with moms group

My first adventure in jewelry making thanks to Moms craft day

Pendants from craft day

Tree of life pendant from craft day... yep I am shocked I made that too

One of 2 buckets I made this one held M's teacher's gifts

Floating glass frame

Christmas floating glass frame for Aimee

Floating glass for Mom

One for me too

Photo blocks for Aimee

Ornaments cuter in real life~damn flash

Ornaments

My B ornament

My Believe ornament

Home floating glass for Aimee

Ornaments for Mom

Ornaments for FIL

Ornaments for Aimee's family

Ornaments for Dad and Jen

BTW....

Oh by the way Blog world... I got my grades back this past week and I got a 4.0! Yay me! Now onto my hard classes starting Jan 14th!