Daybook

Outside My Window...dark-and cold

I am thinking...that I need to watch a few episodes of DS9

I am thankful for...My family

 

From the kitchen...my Dr. Pepper is calling my name.

I am wearing...pajama pants and a wife-beater. 

I am creating...a blog post.

I am going...to work tomorrow.

I am reading... Dexter.

I am hearing...the fan on my computer, and the waterfall in the fish tank.  I can hear all 3 of the different fans in the house, Coco is snoring, and Gator is begging.

Around the house...Christmas Tree lights on, cat's on the back of the couch.

Some of my favorite things...Quiet time, and Star Trek

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: go to work, maybe get my toes done-I have a gift certificate. 

"Day Book"

I never understood why it was called "Day Book".  In  a mom community I belong to they had a section, and these were the comments we would answer/finish.  I always thought they were interesting, so I brought it over here.  It had been a while (I know I did one a few days ago), so I decided to do it again.   

 

 

Outside My Window...dark-and cold

I am thinking...that I really need to go to bed

I am thankful for...Dr. Pepper

From the kitchen...darkness

I am wearing...pajama pants and a long sleeved t-shirt.  Probably a few scraps of yarn.

I am creating...bad habits, and Christmas Presents.  But mostly probably bad habits.

I am going...to bed, or crazy...either one, they are interchangable.

I am reading...nothing. I am not currently reading anything (other than what I type)  Oh wait!  I did read text messages from my friend at work.

I am hearing...the fan on my computer, and the waterfall in the fish tank

Around the house...Christmas Tree has lights on it, fish tank light is still on, cat's on the back of the couch, sicky kid in one room, and a sicky hubby in an other.  I hear various children in various stages of congestion.

Some of my favorite things...A finished project. :-)

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Get my family back to healthy, put a face on the camel, and start a Hello Kitty!

Guess what? Camel Butt!!

For this Christmas I decided to make all the girls something.  So far I have made Zsusanna a blanket and I have just finished a camel for Sabrina.  Sabrina is the one who introduced the hump day Geico commercial to our family.  Im not sure if that is a blessing or a curse.  It has brought *most of us joy most of the time.   But no matter what un-enjoyment it has brought some, to see my children get a good belly laugh is worth it. 

Im not completely done.  I still want to make it a fez and either a bow tie (cause The Doctor says 'bow ties are cool') or a scarf.  Peoblem is u want the scarf to say hump day. Im not sure I have time for that.  So fez and bow tie FTW! (Thats for the win for you none interwebz/gaming speaking people.)

This is the last hump day before Christmas.  So have a happy hump day people!!! 

"day book"

It's been a while since I've done one of these, so I'm gonna do a quick one here tonight.  (OOOOH! bonus post!)

Outside My Window...dark.

I am thinking...that my feet hurt really bad

I am thankful for...my family and friends

From the kitchen...darkness

I am wearing...pajama pants and a wife beater

I am creating...a blog entry

I am going...to bed

I am reading...nothing.  I am not currently reading anything

I am hearing...the fan in the girls room, and the one in my room.

Around the house...Christmas Tree has lights on it, and I'm in the darkness.

One of my favorite things...Sleep

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Enjoy my next 2 days off, go to work, work on my Christmas presents.

Doubles Suck

In my endeavor to finish nursing school, I had to change my work schedule a few times.  This last time I changed it to work 3-11 and doubles (7-3 3-11) on Sundays.  In order to maintain my full time status (which they keep trying to tell me I don't have.) and work 40 hours a week, I needed to work a double once a week.  So, I did it; and I hate it. 
I've been trying for a little over a month now to get back on a regular schedule because I'm done with school (WOO HOO!) and I need to be home.   For some reason they don't seem to understand the concept.  Truth be told, I'm kinda just riding out the wave of stupidity, to see where it ends. 

Hopefully there will be unicorns farting bubbles, and lots of rainbows.

 

 

However, I believe that there will just be me, working the floor, 8 hours at a time.  The possibility of working a regular shift on the weekend is awesome.  What would I do with that free time?  Maybe I could spend time with my kids?  Maybe I could crochet a little more?  Maybe I could watch more Star Trek!!  Yes, definately Star Trek! :D

 

But, until that happens, I'll be here, winding down at 1am, playing bejeweled until I fall asleep, wishing I could be back on a normal schedule.  Ahhh, the life.

 

I do have to say, that being on 3-11 shift has brought 1 extremely awesome thing that I really don't want to lose.  It has brought "cuddle time" with my 8 year old.  Every morning for 15 minutes we cuddle and talk about the day, what is going to happen, if she has a test, is it early release day, what's for lunch, things like that.  I look forward to cuddle time every morning; and I hate the prospect of losing it. 

Well, hello there!

It's been a while.  Seriously, nursing school does that to people.  Makes them disappear off the face of the Earth, makes them forget the date, the day of the week and maybe even the year.  It causes caffiene addiction, and loss of sleep.  Most of all, it creates awesome friendships.  But...it has taken me away from here. 

So, here I am....  A graduate nurse.   (I'm the one wearing glasses.)

Me and my Nursing School Bestie Melissa!

 

There aren't too many pictures of myself that I like, and this is one of the few.  It's an awesome feeling completing something that takes so much out of you.  The feeling that you are done, and can reconnect with the important things in life, like family.  Seriously, when did I get a 17 year old?  When did I get a 7th grader, and why does she have boobs?  (how much crap am I gonna get in trouble for saying my kid has boobs? When the NSA lets me know, I'll let you guys know.)

 

So, today I attempted another frugality item.  (Because now I actually have the time too!)  Homemade granola bars.  They are kinda like no bake cookies in bar form.  (Hmmmm.)  I needed to find a recipe for my oldest with peanut allergies.  She's not to the point where we can't have it in the house, but if she touches it, she blows up like a balloon.  My 15 year old has an oatmeal allergy, but I havn't figured a way around that yet. (It's my first day people-sheesh.) She's vegetarian, and a picky eater.  Not a great combo for a house of flesh consumers.  (Sounds kinda gross if I put it that way).  So, I'm still on the lookout on how to make a granola bar without oatmeal.  (I've read about puffed rice.)  Right now, my concoction is in the fridge 'harding' up.   They tasted pretty yummy before I put them in, but I'm curious as to what they are going to taste like when they are done.  I made small batches, just to make sure if they completely sucked, I could throw them out without feeling horrible about wasting food.  I made a small batch of peanut butter, and then a small batch of (off brand) chocolate hazelnut spread.  I thought I had honey, but when I came home from the store, I found that we were out, (very odd) so I used some of my homemade pancake syrup to sweeten it.  So, I made a very basic mixture of oatmeal, almonds, peanut butter (or hazelnut stuff), and sweetener.  Mixed it together, pressed it down, and now we wait.

 

Now that I have so much time on my hands, I begin planning my garden!  Oh, how I have missed gardening.  But that is a different post.  I just wanted to get my feet wet again with my blog.  Let you know that I have not forgotten about here.  Just had to be pushed to the wayside.

'till next time....

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