My Little Homecoming Sweetie

Jessica was voted onto the Homecoming Court. She wanted me to do her makeup since I'm the makeup Diva (its what I make her call me when we play makeup). She didn't tell me she had made homecoming court until bedtime on Sunday night. We didn't have time to find a dress to wear but some of my classmates brought dresses for me to let Jessica try on. We had about 10 dresses to choose from... I love my nursing classmates!

Jessica and her nana... yeah they look alike :)

Jessica her her boyfriend Matt.



My hubby escorted Jessica. They read her introduction and it was soooo sweet. She thanked my hubby for being the father figure in her life. She also thanked me for everything I've done. For her favorite things to do she put spending time with her family and hanging out with Darcy and "the brothers"

My baby is growing up!

I can feel it...

Its gonna be one of those day... you know that kind I'm talking about. The kind where you get easily annoyed by everyone and everything. Its not even 8:30am yet and I'm already annoyed! ahahah My kids were perfect this morning so I can't blame it on them. I can blame it on telemarketers, complainers and ignorant people. Maybe I should go back to bed before I hurt someone's feelings.

Home Alone

Today my kids were supposed to be out of school but due to them missing a day b/c of the weather they had to make it up today :(

I'll spend the day studying and finishing up my paperwork from clinicals.

I have my first test on Wednesday... I'm trying to start this semester off right. Last semester took me by surprise and I'm not going to let that happen again!

Clinicals

I don't know how much I'm allowed to say here but I had my first real hospital clinicals yesterday... I was in the nursery! I liked it but I don't know if its for me... It was kinda slow. Maybe the NICU might be more my speed.

I was dying!

I can't remember if I've posted about my *issues* here or not... but I have some gastric issues. I've been dealing with it for several years now but recently I've been experiencing a change in my symptoms. Now instead of what the doctor calls "dumping syndrome" I've been experiencing horrible pressure in my upper abdomen. I've been doing alka seltzer for the pain (cause it makes me burp) but it doesn't really help. I've had to drink it as many as 3x a day. These symptoms have been going on for about 3 weeks now. The *episode's* last for about 20 minutes. The pain is really severe (like get naked kinda pain). Last night I had an episode that wouldn't let up. It kept getting worse and worse so finally after about 40 minutes of experiencing the WORST.PAIN.IN.MY.LIFE. I decided it was time to call a professional... Jessica's grandmother (she's a nurse). She said GO TO THE ER! During this episode I was in so much pain that I couldn't even talk (imagine that)! I cried, threw up and basically locked myself in the bathroom to suffer. I gave in and decided it was time to go to the ER (jessica had to get me dressed) and off we went. Well we got about 10 minutes down the road and the pain was gone. We came back home and I've made myself an appointment for next monday. I think its safe to say that I scared my hubby and Jessica.... but I'm okay!

No Snow...

Just Ice and I'm not happy!

Blizzard of 2011

We're bracing ourselves for a "Winter Storm" here in central Alabama.... LOL I'm really looking forward to the snow but I don't get my hopes up anymore. We're prepared: 2 1/2 loaves of bread, 2 gallons of milk, 1 gallon of chocolate milk, 1 gallon of OJ, lots of juice, sandwich meat, cereal and some charcoal to grill our hamburgers with if it gets really bad :) LOL

We spent most of the day yesterday cleaning the house - like really cleaning! I have this funny little thing I do when there's any hint of unusual weather... I clean!! I want the house to be perfect so we can function if things get bad. I've been doing laundry for 2 straight days - non stop! hahaha

We've put plastic over some of the windows upstairs and taped off some down stairs. We've got the portable propane heater ready. Cell phones charged, laptops charged and camera's charged. The lanterns are ready. The cars are backed into the driveway so we can get out easier. We even let the cats come inside (not one of my ideas - trust me).

So how do you prepare?

Overdue Thanksgiving Pics

We were walking through one of the fields in Cades Cove... My boys were tired of walking and we were in the middle of a breakdown when these deer came out of the words and walked right by us! There are 3 in this picture and one of them is a big buck. They actually got pretty close to us! The kids loved it!

My granny jean with her great grandkids...
Gah Gah and Papa with their grandkids

We took our kids to the Ripley's Aquarium and it was worth every pennny. They loved it!!!

But they didn't like having to stop and take pictures :)

Looking back...

I was looking back to see what my past resolutions were and I stumbled on my first day of college :) Jan 8 2009. I also read where my plan was to finish my basics by Fall of 2010 and start the nursing part shortly after... I finished in Spring 2010 and started the nursing program in Fall of 2010! I'll graduate in May 2012!

My New Years Resolution

So I've watched enough talk shows over my break to know how I'm supposed to set up my resolutions. HA! I should look back and see what years past resolutions were... although it might discourage me to see that I failed at keeping those too :) Sometimes I just forget what I said I was gonna do! Okay so here's mine...

1. Lose 10 lbs by Valentines Day, 10 more St. Patty's Day, 10 more by Easter, 10 more by Memorial Day, 10 more by 4th of July, 10 more by Birthday (8/13), 10 more by Halloween, 10 more by Thanksgiving and then just keep it off till the 2012 :)
*Now I realize that at some point its going to be harder to lose the weight but I think if I can see laid out like this then maybe it will help me stay motivated... kinda like a game.

2. Stay disciplined with my school work (use my time more wisely)

3. Scream less at my kids (just being honest)

4. Manage our money better

5. Have more date nights with my hubby

6. Study the bible

Big Dorks

Did you notice the flowers behind my hubby's ears??? Jessica thought that was cute.

On a serious note... I'm so glad he and Jessica have such a great relationship.

Our little trip to Elamville

We went down to Elamville for New Years. We've always talked about camping out but this time we actually did it. Our kids love to camp out in the back yard... thats the only place they've camped out :) We set up our tents behind grandmaws house in the field. We build a fire and roasted marshmellows and weenie's. The kids had a blast. Jessica and I came inside around 2am... I had to pee and she was miserable (good excuse). The kids stayed out all night with Matthew and his dad.

Here's Darcy roasting Marshmellows. She loved every bit of it!

Entertainment is hard to come by in Elamville so Jessica and I put on a freshing peppermint mask and took goofy pictures.

My parents got the kids little DVD players for Christmas... they didn't use them in the car but as soon as we got there (it was late) they wanted to watch their movies :) For some reason this picture makes me warm and fuzzy :)

This was actually taken before we left... Its Jacob

Here's Jeremiah acting like a doggy.

My boys have definitely got their own personalities... along with likes and dislikes. Used to you could buy them the same thing and they'd be happy... not anymore. They're so different. One likes orange the other like green. One likes Batman the other likes spiderman . I love my little boys. I can't imagine my life without my twins.