Yep, been awhile since I posted! Been super busy here in the Lou. Been doing alot of "chunk'n" as I, mom and Grandma now like to call it. Chunk'n = being productive, getting things done in such a fashion that you do a chunk ( a few items on your list either that same day or close time frame) and then proudly mark it off your list. You look at your list to find that HOORAY a chunk has been marked off and you go on to the next chunk, thus chunk'n. That probably makes no sense to anyone, but trust me, there has been alot of chunk'n happening here in the Lou. Mom and I have been spending alot of time at my Grandma Honey's helping her with work and other odds n ends. When I come home, I love to try and help family with projects and help chunk things off of thier list. I have also been working on my hospice "take home" training. It hasn't been all chunk'n though! On July 13th, Cory, Dad and I trooped at a Toy Show. It was a blast. Follow the link for some pics!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2039065&l=f87f8&id=71902931
We also found time to float down the Meramec. It was a blast. We tipped a couple times as did Mom and Dad when they went thru rapids and got taken out by a tree. The pups were good for the most part. They moved from side to side in the canoe causing Cory and I to have to lean for balance. What an oblique workout! They nearly tipped us a few times and one time, they knocked me right out of my seat! Luna also discovered that she likes water but she is unsure about swimming. About 5 miles into our 9 mile float, she started whoa whoaing like mad. First of all she wanted her canoe to be in the lead. As long as whichever canoe she was in was in lead, she was ok...for awhile. Then she decided I want out of the canoe so WHOA WHOA WHOA. But when she was out, she wanted back in! Such an indecisive pup. Heres are some pics of the float. It really was alot of fun!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2039069&l=4391a&id=71902931
Now we are down to our last week here. Sadly it will go by fast because we have alot of things planned. To start off the week, I am meeting with my wonderful lil cousin Brittany to discuss college stuff and on Monday, we will be trooping at a minor league baseball game in Illinois!
Once again, the picture folders have piled up and I still have yet to put up the pics of our trip to Florida. ;) Hope all is well with everyone! Im off to bed!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
A week's worth of updates
Hello family and friends!
We have been very busy this past week. As you all know I have an obsession with taking pictures and so my albums have once again piled up. So I will be posting a few links at the end of the blog. This past week I have been busy working on a secret project for my Mom's birthday which was July 5th. Happy birthday Mom! I still have a bit to finish but maybe after it is complete and she has recieved it, I will post pics of it :) I have been attempting to study my NCLEX book even though I dont take my license exam for 3 semesters. Better to start early. However, I am finding it difficult to actually focus and make myself do a certain amount of chapters a week. I am very behind on the schedule I had set myself :( Having summer off and knowing that it isnt actually due for points and a grade means that I keep putting it off. I am doing it, just very slowly. So I am trying to work on that ;) Rather than study, I would much rather be reading as I finished my 9o Minutes in Heaven book and I am now reading For One more Day by Mitch Albom. This is a story of a man who tries to attempt suicide by jumping off of a water tower because he feels his life is worthless. He finds himself not dead when he wakes up, and his mother that died years ago is now again alive, or so it seems. It is a story asking one question "if you had one more day with a loved one, what would you say and what would you do?" This is by the same author of the book Tuesdays with Morrie which was a story about a man with cancer and how he felt about his impending death. VERY GOOD BOOK. So anyway, I have been reading alot, rather than studying ;) Cory and I also made a trip to Lubbock last week and that was fun. I got to do some shopping!
CORYS GRAD SCHOOL update: While in Lubbock, we went to Texas Tech and left a note for Cory's professor he will be working with for his masters. She is proving rather difficult to get in touch with this summer. She called and left a voicemail about 2 weeks ago saying she was very confident about the project he will be working on and that she is looking forward to working with him. However she has been out of town at conferences and Cory has been unable to get any material and have a focused discussion with her about his particular focus so he has of yet been unable to start his thesis :( He has done everything he can, email, call, and coming by Texas Tech so we are waiting for her to get back in touch so that he can start. As soon as we hear from her, he will get rolling. Also, there is a good chance that Cory will be recieving a second scholarship from the Potawatomi tribe. He has a smidge of this indian tribe in his blood (hes registered with them as well as other members of his family) and because of this, he can get up to $1500 a semester as a full time student. This tribes casinos in OK are doing so well that they are giving out an abundant amount in scholarships. If this goes through, then he will have his semester pretty much paid for and the $1500 he is goin to make as a TA will be income :) So that is happy!
UPDATE PARA MI!- I visited with the volunteer coordinator of Hospice Care of the Southwest yesterday and I have my training to work on while I am in STL. I am looking forward to volunteering. Because I am a nursing student, I will be able to go with other nurses and provide direct patient care and see what it is really like to be a hospice nurse. Not only is this goin to be a great opportunity to spread God's love, but a great learning experience as well. Now for my big news.......On August 4.......I am becoming a metal mouth. For years I have been wanting to straighten my teeth and have my baby canine fixed. My left canine is a baby tooth that never came through all the way and my adult is in the roof of my mouth. If that is fixed and pulled down, that will fill in my gap and straighten my top teeth, so I will be getting braces. If I am goin to fix the top, why not the whole thing. While the child part of me totally wanted the super metal changing color braces, the adult part of me went with the clear braces so that perhaps I wont look 15. I love the orthodontist. Dr Spartman is a very funny, laughs alot, and is an all around goofball so I think he will be a great doctor to work with. Hes also an aggie ;) Yesterday I did the diagnostics with all the yucky tasting molds I had to do plus xrays. So while I am very nervous about doing this, I am also looking forward to having straight teeth. No one really knows it but it is the one thing about myself that I am self consious about. No one has ever made fun of me or said anything negative about my smile. So I am not doing it because of anyone else, but for myself. It will just make me feel better and more confident if I had the straight teeth that I so badly want!
Now to a couple sites of pictures and a video and then Im out! Got alot to do today as we are prepping for our 3 week trip to STL.
Here are some random photos taken over the past few weeks. Very random ;)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2038228&l=0ed2d&id=71902931
June has a major fear of fireworks and around the 4th she becomes very paranoid and as I like to call it, schizophrenic. Poor june bug. She has some very serious high anxiety when fireworks are goin off. So we talked to the vet and got some PromAce for her. It is a relaxant for dogs for anxiety and is often used for small procedures such as nail clipping or for dogs that dont handle roadtrips very well. So when they gave it to us, they told us it would either make her more worked up or make her less aware of the fireworks and pretty much just chill (its different for every dog). Well, we gave it to her on the 3rd so we would know how doped she would be for the 4th and I thought I had killed her. She became so dopey that she couldnt keep her eyes open and couldnt walk. Her muscles were so relaxed that she couldnt focus her eyes and her eyes did a sort of reverse cross eyes. I felt so bad for her. On the 4th, she only got a 1/2 a pill. The following video is quite sad but also hysterical. You can hear me crying cuz I was laughing so hard. Luna thought June was dead and was whoa whoaing her little heart out. Poor Luna moon thought her best friend was dead. Like I said, sad but her face and the sounds coming out of her puppy lips were awesome.
Here are some photos from the Red, White and Moo!! This was a small town 4th of July gathering sponsored by the local dairy. For $1, you could get a tasty cheeseburger, ice cream and chips. Free milk and free cheese for all! We got to see how they milk cows and got to tour a dairy farm. I LOVE living in a small town :D
Red, white and Moo Part 1
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2038232&l=51520&id=71902931
Red, White and Moo Part two
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2038234&l=26841&id=71902931
Now I must go get to work on my mom's secret bday gift :D Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July.
PS: Luna said "WHOOOOA WHOOOAAAAA WHOOOOOOA WOW WOW WHOOA" which translates to "HI JASMINE!!!!!!!" =)
We have been very busy this past week. As you all know I have an obsession with taking pictures and so my albums have once again piled up. So I will be posting a few links at the end of the blog. This past week I have been busy working on a secret project for my Mom's birthday which was July 5th. Happy birthday Mom! I still have a bit to finish but maybe after it is complete and she has recieved it, I will post pics of it :) I have been attempting to study my NCLEX book even though I dont take my license exam for 3 semesters. Better to start early. However, I am finding it difficult to actually focus and make myself do a certain amount of chapters a week. I am very behind on the schedule I had set myself :( Having summer off and knowing that it isnt actually due for points and a grade means that I keep putting it off. I am doing it, just very slowly. So I am trying to work on that ;) Rather than study, I would much rather be reading as I finished my 9o Minutes in Heaven book and I am now reading For One more Day by Mitch Albom. This is a story of a man who tries to attempt suicide by jumping off of a water tower because he feels his life is worthless. He finds himself not dead when he wakes up, and his mother that died years ago is now again alive, or so it seems. It is a story asking one question "if you had one more day with a loved one, what would you say and what would you do?" This is by the same author of the book Tuesdays with Morrie which was a story about a man with cancer and how he felt about his impending death. VERY GOOD BOOK. So anyway, I have been reading alot, rather than studying ;) Cory and I also made a trip to Lubbock last week and that was fun. I got to do some shopping!
CORYS GRAD SCHOOL update: While in Lubbock, we went to Texas Tech and left a note for Cory's professor he will be working with for his masters. She is proving rather difficult to get in touch with this summer. She called and left a voicemail about 2 weeks ago saying she was very confident about the project he will be working on and that she is looking forward to working with him. However she has been out of town at conferences and Cory has been unable to get any material and have a focused discussion with her about his particular focus so he has of yet been unable to start his thesis :( He has done everything he can, email, call, and coming by Texas Tech so we are waiting for her to get back in touch so that he can start. As soon as we hear from her, he will get rolling. Also, there is a good chance that Cory will be recieving a second scholarship from the Potawatomi tribe. He has a smidge of this indian tribe in his blood (hes registered with them as well as other members of his family) and because of this, he can get up to $1500 a semester as a full time student. This tribes casinos in OK are doing so well that they are giving out an abundant amount in scholarships. If this goes through, then he will have his semester pretty much paid for and the $1500 he is goin to make as a TA will be income :) So that is happy!
UPDATE PARA MI!- I visited with the volunteer coordinator of Hospice Care of the Southwest yesterday and I have my training to work on while I am in STL. I am looking forward to volunteering. Because I am a nursing student, I will be able to go with other nurses and provide direct patient care and see what it is really like to be a hospice nurse. Not only is this goin to be a great opportunity to spread God's love, but a great learning experience as well. Now for my big news.......On August 4.......I am becoming a metal mouth. For years I have been wanting to straighten my teeth and have my baby canine fixed. My left canine is a baby tooth that never came through all the way and my adult is in the roof of my mouth. If that is fixed and pulled down, that will fill in my gap and straighten my top teeth, so I will be getting braces. If I am goin to fix the top, why not the whole thing. While the child part of me totally wanted the super metal changing color braces, the adult part of me went with the clear braces so that perhaps I wont look 15. I love the orthodontist. Dr Spartman is a very funny, laughs alot, and is an all around goofball so I think he will be a great doctor to work with. Hes also an aggie ;) Yesterday I did the diagnostics with all the yucky tasting molds I had to do plus xrays. So while I am very nervous about doing this, I am also looking forward to having straight teeth. No one really knows it but it is the one thing about myself that I am self consious about. No one has ever made fun of me or said anything negative about my smile. So I am not doing it because of anyone else, but for myself. It will just make me feel better and more confident if I had the straight teeth that I so badly want!
Now to a couple sites of pictures and a video and then Im out! Got alot to do today as we are prepping for our 3 week trip to STL.
Here are some random photos taken over the past few weeks. Very random ;)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2038228&l=0ed2d&id=71902931
June has a major fear of fireworks and around the 4th she becomes very paranoid and as I like to call it, schizophrenic. Poor june bug. She has some very serious high anxiety when fireworks are goin off. So we talked to the vet and got some PromAce for her. It is a relaxant for dogs for anxiety and is often used for small procedures such as nail clipping or for dogs that dont handle roadtrips very well. So when they gave it to us, they told us it would either make her more worked up or make her less aware of the fireworks and pretty much just chill (its different for every dog). Well, we gave it to her on the 3rd so we would know how doped she would be for the 4th and I thought I had killed her. She became so dopey that she couldnt keep her eyes open and couldnt walk. Her muscles were so relaxed that she couldnt focus her eyes and her eyes did a sort of reverse cross eyes. I felt so bad for her. On the 4th, she only got a 1/2 a pill. The following video is quite sad but also hysterical. You can hear me crying cuz I was laughing so hard. Luna thought June was dead and was whoa whoaing her little heart out. Poor Luna moon thought her best friend was dead. Like I said, sad but her face and the sounds coming out of her puppy lips were awesome.
Here are some photos from the Red, White and Moo!! This was a small town 4th of July gathering sponsored by the local dairy. For $1, you could get a tasty cheeseburger, ice cream and chips. Free milk and free cheese for all! We got to see how they milk cows and got to tour a dairy farm. I LOVE living in a small town :D
Red, white and Moo Part 1
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2038232&l=51520&id=71902931
Red, White and Moo Part two
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2038234&l=26841&id=71902931
Now I must go get to work on my mom's secret bday gift :D Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July.
PS: Luna said "WHOOOOA WHOOOAAAAA WHOOOOOOA WOW WOW WHOOA" which translates to "HI JASMINE!!!!!!!" =)
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