Whoa, been over a month since I blogged. Its been a crazy past month and I have about a billion pictures to prove it ;) As everyone knows, I am overly obsessed with pictures. I think after I graduate from nursing school, I would really like to take some classes on photography and get a really spiffy camera and follow in the footsteps of my Uncle Tim ;) I love taking pictures so much and of course, they are nowhere near professional level at this point, but it is something I am considering pursuing in the future.
Anyway, I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and a VERY happy new year! I believe I left off with deer hunting and finals last post. It was such a relief to be done for a short while. To celebrate, a couple of my girlfriends got together at my house and we had a cookie party! It was so much fun =)
Cookie Party 2008!
Here are some photos of my Christmas Decor. I post these for my Mom and Grandma ;) Since we all love to decorate!
Christmas Decor 2008
We had a great Christmas! This was our first Christmas with the Farleys/Hedricks. It was their turn ;) Here are some pics of Christmas in Texas
Christmas in Texas: Volume 1
Christmas in Texas: Volume 2
I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas. We did!
I will be posting more pics tomorrow as I am trying to get caught up and this 4 day weekend is a great time to do this. Have a great weekend everyone!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, December 11, 2008
A kill, a troop and Thanksgiving
I am sitting in Cory's lab while he blows stuff up and burns and nuc's things. As much as he tries to explain it to me, I still don't get it ;) So I am waiting for him to finish his research for today so I can go shopping! I decided I would use the time to blog, post pics and then work on Christmas cards. So, lets post some pics, shall we?
Last weekend, Cory took me hunting in Quitique. It was going to be my first attempt to go deer hunting...ever. We got to Quitique Friday night where Cory and his dad gave me a crash course on how to shoot a rifle. I didn't get a chance to practice. So they showed me in a magazine where to line the cross hairs and then quizzed me on a whole bunch of pics of deer. Saturday morning, 630 am, we head out to the fields to find the mule-y deer are already out and about! They hadn't been coming out til about 7. So we go head out to the field and wait for the sunrise. When I took my first shot, I pulled the trigger to quickly and must have jerked the gun enough to make the bullet go high or low. I have decided that muleys are stupid because instead of running like any white tailed deer in thier right mind would do, this muley looked around and said "what the heck was that!?" He then proceeded over a hill where I couldnt see him in the scope anymore. He was only a spike so I am sorta thankful I missed. ;) The second one came, he was a spike and a fork. This time, on my second time ever shooting a rifle, (the first being moments before!), I got my first deer :) It was sad but exciting at the same time. =) Cory got a 5 point also this weekend. We are going back tomarrow to process both the deer ourselves so that will be an experience. Here are the pics to go with my first deer hunting experience. About halfway through there is a picture with a caption that says "enter at your own risk" because there are some pics of us skinning and quartering it. So if you dont want to see that, I am warning you not to go past that. ;) Like I said, Enter at Your Own Risk!
Deer Hunting 2008
For Thanksgiving, my parents came to town! YAY!!!!!!!!! It was so much fun =). It was great to have Thanksgiving at my house and it was our very first time to cook Thanksgiving dinner. Cory was in charge of the ham and the turkey. Mom and I did sides. Dad poured the wine ;) Thanks dad! Here are some pics of us prepping with our Christmas decor followed by the actual pics of the visits. I will take pics of all the decor and post those later. So here ya go!
Thanksgiving 2008 Part 1
Thanksgiving 2008 Part 2
We also trooped while my parents were here! We rang the Salvation Army bells at Walmart and made $301.54 in three hours. It was a blast!! Here are some pics !
Salvation Army Bell Troop 2008
I hope everyone's Christmas shopping is going smoothly. I'm anxiously awaiting Cory to finish so I can go shop. I did bring my Christmas cards so I may get to work on this now...take care everyone!
Last weekend, Cory took me hunting in Quitique. It was going to be my first attempt to go deer hunting...ever. We got to Quitique Friday night where Cory and his dad gave me a crash course on how to shoot a rifle. I didn't get a chance to practice. So they showed me in a magazine where to line the cross hairs and then quizzed me on a whole bunch of pics of deer. Saturday morning, 630 am, we head out to the fields to find the mule-y deer are already out and about! They hadn't been coming out til about 7. So we go head out to the field and wait for the sunrise. When I took my first shot, I pulled the trigger to quickly and must have jerked the gun enough to make the bullet go high or low. I have decided that muleys are stupid because instead of running like any white tailed deer in thier right mind would do, this muley looked around and said "what the heck was that!?" He then proceeded over a hill where I couldnt see him in the scope anymore. He was only a spike so I am sorta thankful I missed. ;) The second one came, he was a spike and a fork. This time, on my second time ever shooting a rifle, (the first being moments before!), I got my first deer :) It was sad but exciting at the same time. =) Cory got a 5 point also this weekend. We are going back tomarrow to process both the deer ourselves so that will be an experience. Here are the pics to go with my first deer hunting experience. About halfway through there is a picture with a caption that says "enter at your own risk" because there are some pics of us skinning and quartering it. So if you dont want to see that, I am warning you not to go past that. ;) Like I said, Enter at Your Own Risk!
Deer Hunting 2008
For Thanksgiving, my parents came to town! YAY!!!!!!!!! It was so much fun =). It was great to have Thanksgiving at my house and it was our very first time to cook Thanksgiving dinner. Cory was in charge of the ham and the turkey. Mom and I did sides. Dad poured the wine ;) Thanks dad! Here are some pics of us prepping with our Christmas decor followed by the actual pics of the visits. I will take pics of all the decor and post those later. So here ya go!
Thanksgiving 2008 Part 1
Thanksgiving 2008 Part 2
We also trooped while my parents were here! We rang the Salvation Army bells at Walmart and made $301.54 in three hours. It was a blast!! Here are some pics !
Salvation Army Bell Troop 2008
I hope everyone's Christmas shopping is going smoothly. I'm anxiously awaiting Cory to finish so I can go shop. I did bring my Christmas cards so I may get to work on this now...take care everyone!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
In brokenness comes beauty...
OH MY GOODNESS!!! WE SURVIVED! WE ARE DONE!!!
Yesterday marked the end of them semester for both of us. WHOOO! Sorry I have not blogged in the past month, but it has been quite hectic here. And I have forgotten what it feels like to not do homework...awwwww...feels great ;) So let me feel you in!
My past 4 weeks are what college kids like to call "heck week." (I will use nice words! lol) I have been on the go nonstop for the past few weeks with papers, exams, homeworks...more papers...The week before Thanksgiving, I wrote 4 papers! PHEW! One of them was a 14 page literature review for my research class about hospice nurse burnout titled: Palliative Care Burnout: A Literature Review on Risk Factors and Coping Strategies. I am actually quite proud of that one! And it is something I hope I can change or impact in the future because palliative care is my passion. And after writing this paper, I found it is just as important to care for the caregivers. OH I LOVE NURSING! I also wrote a 9 page evidence based practice paper for my OB/pedi class titled Evidence Based Practice: Grief Reactions of Women Experiencing an Elective Abortion. I chose this topic because although I do not believe in abortion, I most likely will take care of a patient that has had one and one thing about nursing, is that we are to remain unbiased in our care for our patients, regardless of our beliefs vs. theirs. We cannot let that step in our way of quality care so I thought it would be an interesting topic to cover.
So, last week I had a clinical exam on Tuesday and an ERI (national online exam) on Wednesday. And what a week that turned out to be. On Monday, my friend Hilary and I went out to lunch and then to the library to study. The instructors didnt give us any pointers or hints so we had no idea what to study for this exam. A clinical exam consist of 5 case studies. Basically, you are given a scenario and then you may have 10-15 questions off that one scenario. One question may be short and simple, another question may require two pages of handwritten material. Its basically a "show what you know" type exam. The slot to take this exam was FOUR hours. Hilary and I were pretty much feeling ill, "how can we write FOUR hours of material?" On top of that, we didn't know what topics to study. In the past semesters, they told us the topics. Our friend Christina joined us and we decided that dehydration and respiratory problems were the most frequently seen issues on the pedi floor so we studied that for about 3 hours! I told Hilary if these are the topics for pedi that I would build a church or an alter! Time goes fast when you study. That night I got home and I was so broken. I was so tired, worn out, exhausted and feeling really low. I was pretty much ready to give up nursing school because nursing school really sucks the life out of you. I do not have any idea how people can go to med school. So I was feeling extremely broken on Monday. While studying Monday with Hilary, there was alot of prayer between the two of us and we went to the Word often during our studying. I think that was God nudging me, but I failed to notice and became very broken.
On the way to my exam, I was listening to a new MercyMe cd that I have been listening to over and over again. But God said "HELLO!" with this song. I listened to it then God said "uh rewind that and listen to that song again, You need to hear that. Listen to the words." So I rewind it and listen to it and whoa...
It's been one of those days where everything just feels so far away
Hope don't be a stranger, won't you help me make it through the day?
Then a voice comes,calling out to me, you are never alone cuz I am with you
And I will always be, I will hold you, cuz you belong to me, You are never alone
Cuz I will be with you, for all eternity
Someone tell me how I stumble into doubting all the time.
Some days I am all together and other days I stand here asking why...
WOW! That was definatly me on Monday and Tuesday before the exam. So I went in, took the exam and afterwards, I built an alter ;) The pedi topics were dehydration and respiratory! YAY! And the OB topics went wonderful also. I came out of that exam, 4 hours later, (yes I wrote the whole four hours!), feeling great. I felt like I actually did really well. On the way home, I was rejoicing that it went so well. Then the Lord said..."um excuse me, got another song for you to listen to..." This song came on and blew me away. I tried to find an official MercyMe video of it, but no can do so here is a version of the song being signed to. Here is the song and the words...The last line hit me hard.
Undone
No apologies, for who I'm meant to be. The only thing that matters is I am free.
When I am overwhelmed, holding pieces of my heart.
WHen I feel my world start to fall apart...
To the cross I run, holding high my chains undone, Now I am finally free,
Free to be what I've become...Undone.
Even in defeat, the face of tragedy, still you have to say that I found victory.
In brokeness comes beautfy, divine fragility.
Reminding me of nailed scarred hands, reaching out to me...to the cross I run...
WOW!!! Even in this video, I was so the guy in the middle. I was so broken on Monday. And the Lord said "HELLO TRUST ME!!! Cast your anxieties on me!" That last line hit me hard "In brokness comes beauty, divine fragility." - I learned to trust in the Lord through my brokenness. "Reminding me of nail scarred hands, reaching out to me"- God is always pursuing us. ALWAYS. I should be running to the Cross in all that I do and all that I am.
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SO! On Wednesday, I had to take the ERI. The ERI is a national exam that has random questions on it, some of which we may not have even covered over the semester. It is one of the hardest exams I have ever taken. We have to take one each semester and they are usually about 15% of our grade. EVERY semester I have gotten 1 point away from the national average, which is really pretty discouraging. Wednesday mornin before the exam, I decided to go to the Word and read Psalm 42 and 43 about Hope, because I decided I needed to find hope in the Lord. It was wierd. There was like a calming effect on me before the exam. When I got to school to take the exam, Kathy (my ob instructor) informed me that I recieved a 99% on my paper about grief reactions to abortion, so that was super encouraging! I then proceeded to the exam. I cast my anxieties on the Lord and took the exam. What happen next was REALLY wierd. It was like a conversation with God. We took the exam together. This may sound crazy, but it was pretty cool. I do not know how to explain it. It was just like we conversed over the questions and I felt pretty confident with each answer. Strange, considering the ERI usually FREAKS me out and always discourages me. So at the end of the 2 hour exam, before I submitted, I prayed to God and said, "I am trusting you. Whatever score I get, I am ok with it because I know you are here." Screen pops up...SIX FREAKIN POINTS ABOVE the national average! HOLY COWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!1 WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the Lord said "see, you trust in me, I take care of you." WHOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I was blown away and pretty freaking excited. That brought my grade up to an 82% in the class! WOW! I went home with such a greatful heart!!!
So this Monday, I had my final. I told the Lord I am trusting in Him and again, my anxieties were all cast on him. Phew, what a relief. I spent all day Sunday studying and felt pretty good, even though I was nervous, for the final. When I got to the final, I looked at question 1 and said "uh Lord, you there? Remember, I already confressed i cant do this alone" He said "Im here" but it wasnt the whole conversation again, it was just like Him reminding me He was there...it was so strange. Got my results last night and I made an 82% on the final. YAY!!! The Lord taught me an important life lesson in these past two weeks and I wanted to share with you all. Here is one more video/song by MercyMe that sums up what I am feeling right now. I do feel God had a plan for Cory and I to attend that MercyMe concert last month, He knew those cd's were going to come in handy. I love how the Lord works!!
Yesterday marked the end of them semester for both of us. WHOOO! Sorry I have not blogged in the past month, but it has been quite hectic here. And I have forgotten what it feels like to not do homework...awwwww...feels great ;) So let me feel you in!
My past 4 weeks are what college kids like to call "heck week." (I will use nice words! lol) I have been on the go nonstop for the past few weeks with papers, exams, homeworks...more papers...The week before Thanksgiving, I wrote 4 papers! PHEW! One of them was a 14 page literature review for my research class about hospice nurse burnout titled: Palliative Care Burnout: A Literature Review on Risk Factors and Coping Strategies. I am actually quite proud of that one! And it is something I hope I can change or impact in the future because palliative care is my passion. And after writing this paper, I found it is just as important to care for the caregivers. OH I LOVE NURSING! I also wrote a 9 page evidence based practice paper for my OB/pedi class titled Evidence Based Practice: Grief Reactions of Women Experiencing an Elective Abortion. I chose this topic because although I do not believe in abortion, I most likely will take care of a patient that has had one and one thing about nursing, is that we are to remain unbiased in our care for our patients, regardless of our beliefs vs. theirs. We cannot let that step in our way of quality care so I thought it would be an interesting topic to cover.
So, last week I had a clinical exam on Tuesday and an ERI (national online exam) on Wednesday. And what a week that turned out to be. On Monday, my friend Hilary and I went out to lunch and then to the library to study. The instructors didnt give us any pointers or hints so we had no idea what to study for this exam. A clinical exam consist of 5 case studies. Basically, you are given a scenario and then you may have 10-15 questions off that one scenario. One question may be short and simple, another question may require two pages of handwritten material. Its basically a "show what you know" type exam. The slot to take this exam was FOUR hours. Hilary and I were pretty much feeling ill, "how can we write FOUR hours of material?" On top of that, we didn't know what topics to study. In the past semesters, they told us the topics. Our friend Christina joined us and we decided that dehydration and respiratory problems were the most frequently seen issues on the pedi floor so we studied that for about 3 hours! I told Hilary if these are the topics for pedi that I would build a church or an alter! Time goes fast when you study. That night I got home and I was so broken. I was so tired, worn out, exhausted and feeling really low. I was pretty much ready to give up nursing school because nursing school really sucks the life out of you. I do not have any idea how people can go to med school. So I was feeling extremely broken on Monday. While studying Monday with Hilary, there was alot of prayer between the two of us and we went to the Word often during our studying. I think that was God nudging me, but I failed to notice and became very broken.
On the way to my exam, I was listening to a new MercyMe cd that I have been listening to over and over again. But God said "HELLO!" with this song. I listened to it then God said "uh rewind that and listen to that song again, You need to hear that. Listen to the words." So I rewind it and listen to it and whoa...
It's been one of those days where everything just feels so far away
Hope don't be a stranger, won't you help me make it through the day?
Then a voice comes,calling out to me, you are never alone cuz I am with you
And I will always be, I will hold you, cuz you belong to me, You are never alone
Cuz I will be with you, for all eternity
Someone tell me how I stumble into doubting all the time.
Some days I am all together and other days I stand here asking why...
WOW! That was definatly me on Monday and Tuesday before the exam. So I went in, took the exam and afterwards, I built an alter ;) The pedi topics were dehydration and respiratory! YAY! And the OB topics went wonderful also. I came out of that exam, 4 hours later, (yes I wrote the whole four hours!), feeling great. I felt like I actually did really well. On the way home, I was rejoicing that it went so well. Then the Lord said..."um excuse me, got another song for you to listen to..." This song came on and blew me away. I tried to find an official MercyMe video of it, but no can do so here is a version of the song being signed to. Here is the song and the words...The last line hit me hard.
Undone
No apologies, for who I'm meant to be. The only thing that matters is I am free.
When I am overwhelmed, holding pieces of my heart.
WHen I feel my world start to fall apart...
To the cross I run, holding high my chains undone, Now I am finally free,
Free to be what I've become...Undone.
Even in defeat, the face of tragedy, still you have to say that I found victory.
In brokeness comes beautfy, divine fragility.
Reminding me of nailed scarred hands, reaching out to me...to the cross I run...
WOW!!! Even in this video, I was so the guy in the middle. I was so broken on Monday. And the Lord said "HELLO TRUST ME!!! Cast your anxieties on me!" That last line hit me hard "In brokness comes beauty, divine fragility." - I learned to trust in the Lord through my brokenness. "Reminding me of nail scarred hands, reaching out to me"- God is always pursuing us. ALWAYS. I should be running to the Cross in all that I do and all that I am.
*****************************************************
SO! On Wednesday, I had to take the ERI. The ERI is a national exam that has random questions on it, some of which we may not have even covered over the semester. It is one of the hardest exams I have ever taken. We have to take one each semester and they are usually about 15% of our grade. EVERY semester I have gotten 1 point away from the national average, which is really pretty discouraging. Wednesday mornin before the exam, I decided to go to the Word and read Psalm 42 and 43 about Hope, because I decided I needed to find hope in the Lord. It was wierd. There was like a calming effect on me before the exam. When I got to school to take the exam, Kathy (my ob instructor) informed me that I recieved a 99% on my paper about grief reactions to abortion, so that was super encouraging! I then proceeded to the exam. I cast my anxieties on the Lord and took the exam. What happen next was REALLY wierd. It was like a conversation with God. We took the exam together. This may sound crazy, but it was pretty cool. I do not know how to explain it. It was just like we conversed over the questions and I felt pretty confident with each answer. Strange, considering the ERI usually FREAKS me out and always discourages me. So at the end of the 2 hour exam, before I submitted, I prayed to God and said, "I am trusting you. Whatever score I get, I am ok with it because I know you are here." Screen pops up...SIX FREAKIN POINTS ABOVE the national average! HOLY COWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!1 WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the Lord said "see, you trust in me, I take care of you." WHOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I was blown away and pretty freaking excited. That brought my grade up to an 82% in the class! WOW! I went home with such a greatful heart!!!
So this Monday, I had my final. I told the Lord I am trusting in Him and again, my anxieties were all cast on him. Phew, what a relief. I spent all day Sunday studying and felt pretty good, even though I was nervous, for the final. When I got to the final, I looked at question 1 and said "uh Lord, you there? Remember, I already confressed i cant do this alone" He said "Im here" but it wasnt the whole conversation again, it was just like Him reminding me He was there...it was so strange. Got my results last night and I made an 82% on the final. YAY!!! The Lord taught me an important life lesson in these past two weeks and I wanted to share with you all. Here is one more video/song by MercyMe that sums up what I am feeling right now. I do feel God had a plan for Cory and I to attend that MercyMe concert last month, He knew those cd's were going to come in handy. I love how the Lord works!!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Big news and a Farley Family update!
These past few weeks have proved difficult to find time to post and sadly, its probably going to be that way for the next few weeks until finals are over. I am going crazy and overwhelmed but I will get there. BIG NEWS!!!! All of you are probably asking yourself "are they pregnant?" Heck no, not yet! Not until school is done. I think its funny anytime I have said I have "big news" since I got married everyone thinks Im pregnant ;) Well, we arent. Cory has big news though. Last week, we found out that if Cory stays one extra semester, he can get a PhD. SOOOO we are here in good ol' Texas a lil bit longer! Cory will graduate with his PhD in May 2010 and I will still be graduating December 2009. How exciting!! I am so proud of my hubby :D
Well, Halloween was alot of fun. We trooped in our front yard! Here are some pics of our puh-kins and Halloween night :D
Halloween 2008
Friday was Cory's birthday!!! We celebrated by going out to dinner and having a pleasant, homework free, movie night at home, snuggling on the couch. It was very nice :) Cory picked out a PS2 game, Battlefront 2, a Star Wars game, for his birthday. Last night, at the Mercyme concert, we got him a few hymnal cd's as well. Here are a few pics of his surprise that was waiting at home for him...
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE PWEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!! (<--that's for the Holmes) LOL.
Cory's bday!
Last nite, Cory and I volunteered at the Compassion booth at the MercyMe concert at the First Baptist Church in Lubbock. After attending thier concert and working for them, I am falling more in love with them. They are one of my top bands already but are quickly moving to the tippity top. Last nights concert was much more of a worship gathering than a concert. It was SO awesome. I LOVED how they closed the concert. Here are a couple clips and some pics from last nite. Enjoy!
Compassion and Mercyme Nov 08
Here is a video of "so long self." What a great concert!
How about a lil audience interaction? "oo oo you know its gonna be alright!"
Mercyme did a great job of turning a concert into a worship service. Here is the AMAZING way they closed thier performance. Simply, WOW.
Have a great week everyone and "oo oo you know its gonna be alright!!!"
Well, Halloween was alot of fun. We trooped in our front yard! Here are some pics of our puh-kins and Halloween night :D
Halloween 2008
Friday was Cory's birthday!!! We celebrated by going out to dinner and having a pleasant, homework free, movie night at home, snuggling on the couch. It was very nice :) Cory picked out a PS2 game, Battlefront 2, a Star Wars game, for his birthday. Last night, at the Mercyme concert, we got him a few hymnal cd's as well. Here are a few pics of his surprise that was waiting at home for him...
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE PWEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!! (<--that's for the Holmes) LOL.
Cory's bday!
Last nite, Cory and I volunteered at the Compassion booth at the MercyMe concert at the First Baptist Church in Lubbock. After attending thier concert and working for them, I am falling more in love with them. They are one of my top bands already but are quickly moving to the tippity top. Last nights concert was much more of a worship gathering than a concert. It was SO awesome. I LOVED how they closed the concert. Here are a couple clips and some pics from last nite. Enjoy!
Compassion and Mercyme Nov 08
Here is a video of "so long self." What a great concert!
How about a lil audience interaction? "oo oo you know its gonna be alright!"
Mercyme did a great job of turning a concert into a worship service. Here is the AMAZING way they closed thier performance. Simply, WOW.
Have a great week everyone and "oo oo you know its gonna be alright!!!"
Friday, October 24, 2008
Where did October go??
Oh man, been awhile since I blogged. School has been crazy busy along with all the stuff we are involved in. I cant believe October is nearly over. So lets update you all!
Thanks to those that contributed to the heart walk! The ticker became unavailable last Wednesday so I would like to thank Mimi and Papa, Grandma Honey and Grandpa and my parents for dontating to the heart walk! We reached our goal of $200. yay! Here are some pictures from the Heart Walk =)
Amarillo Heart Walk
We have been very busy this month. Cory has been busy with class, TA-ing and working on projects. Clinicals have been crazy for me and this semester has proven not only the most difficult, but the most work. We have alot of assignments that arent really due, however, its a wise choice to do them because if there is a pop quiz, you get to use your assignments for the quiz. Those assignments takes several hours, plus prepwork for clinicals, paperwork for clinicals, and studying. (thats just one class!) So my blogging has slowed down, but I am trying to catch you all up. I am currently bouncing back and forth between my research homework and the blog ;)
Well, its now Saturday morning and I started blogging yesterday lol. I am telling ya, there is just not enough time in the world! Now I am cooking breakfast and working on homework and writing on the blog. Lets see what other pictures I can upload...
Random pics from October
And here are some pretties to look at. I like to call it God's artwork :)
God's artwork
In other news, I finally met my hospice patients! I am officially volunteering for Hospice Care of the Southwest and met my patients last Thursday. I am so excited. They were all very sweet. This week, I am going to make Halloween cookies and get some candy and make a lil Halloween goody bag for all my hospice patients and thier roommates. I am going to go see them either Thursday or Friday. I am looking forward to it!
I am also a part of WTNSA, the WT chapter of the National Student Nurse's Association. My friend Carolyn and I took on the responsibility of making a HUGE nursing banquet happen next year around April. I have no idea what I am getting into but if I can plan a wedding, certainly I can handle a Nursing school banquet ;) On Novemeber 1st, I will be working a WT football game for Nurses night. We are having a tailgate and raffling off a saddle. We are working on getting mic time during half time. Should be alot of fun.
Cory and I are also going to be working a Compassion booth once again, this time at a MercyMe concert on November 8. Looking forward to that! I LOVE MercyMe =)
I have much more to fill you in on, but I gotta get to studying. I just finished my prep work for clinicals (this blog has been in the making for a day and half now lol). I have a huge test on Monday and need to get to work on it. I will try to post more on Monday so I can catch everyone up on Farley Life. =) Have a great weekend everyone!
Thanks to those that contributed to the heart walk! The ticker became unavailable last Wednesday so I would like to thank Mimi and Papa, Grandma Honey and Grandpa and my parents for dontating to the heart walk! We reached our goal of $200. yay! Here are some pictures from the Heart Walk =)
Amarillo Heart Walk
We have been very busy this month. Cory has been busy with class, TA-ing and working on projects. Clinicals have been crazy for me and this semester has proven not only the most difficult, but the most work. We have alot of assignments that arent really due, however, its a wise choice to do them because if there is a pop quiz, you get to use your assignments for the quiz. Those assignments takes several hours, plus prepwork for clinicals, paperwork for clinicals, and studying. (thats just one class!) So my blogging has slowed down, but I am trying to catch you all up. I am currently bouncing back and forth between my research homework and the blog ;)
Well, its now Saturday morning and I started blogging yesterday lol. I am telling ya, there is just not enough time in the world! Now I am cooking breakfast and working on homework and writing on the blog. Lets see what other pictures I can upload...
Random pics from October
And here are some pretties to look at. I like to call it God's artwork :)
God's artwork
In other news, I finally met my hospice patients! I am officially volunteering for Hospice Care of the Southwest and met my patients last Thursday. I am so excited. They were all very sweet. This week, I am going to make Halloween cookies and get some candy and make a lil Halloween goody bag for all my hospice patients and thier roommates. I am going to go see them either Thursday or Friday. I am looking forward to it!
I am also a part of WTNSA, the WT chapter of the National Student Nurse's Association. My friend Carolyn and I took on the responsibility of making a HUGE nursing banquet happen next year around April. I have no idea what I am getting into but if I can plan a wedding, certainly I can handle a Nursing school banquet ;) On Novemeber 1st, I will be working a WT football game for Nurses night. We are having a tailgate and raffling off a saddle. We are working on getting mic time during half time. Should be alot of fun.
Cory and I are also going to be working a Compassion booth once again, this time at a MercyMe concert on November 8. Looking forward to that! I LOVE MercyMe =)
I have much more to fill you in on, but I gotta get to studying. I just finished my prep work for clinicals (this blog has been in the making for a day and half now lol). I have a huge test on Monday and need to get to work on it. I will try to post more on Monday so I can catch everyone up on Farley Life. =) Have a great weekend everyone!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Help us fight Heart Disease and Stroke!
Hey folks!
Hope everyone had a great week. I plan to blog about the past week here in a couple days, but I wanted to hop on and post a special request. Cory and I are walking in the Amarillo Heart Walk on October 18. Many of you may have recieved my email from the American Heart Association but I wanted to post it here as well.
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Dear Friends and Family,
Everyone knows someone affected by heart disease or stroke. For those we love, we will be walking in this year’s Start! Heart Walk. In particular, Lil Papa who passed away October 2, 2007 from a heart attack and Cory's mother, Debby Hardy, who passed away from a brain aneurysm May 4, 2007. We are walking in thier honor. We have set a personal goal to raise funds for the American Heart Association and need your help to reach our donation goal. We are raising critical dollars for heart disease and stroke research and education.
You can help us reach our goal by making a donation online. Click on the icon below and you will be taken to our personal donation page where you can make a secure online credit card donation. The American Heart Association's online fundraising website has a minimum donation amount of $25.00. If you prefer to donate less, you can do so by sending a check directly to me. Please notify me by email or by posting a comment on the blog if this is what you are doing and I will make give you my address in privacy. Even $5 can make a difference!
Your donation will help fight our nation’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers—heart disease and stroke. You are making a difference. Thank you for your support.
Love,
Team Farley
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Hope everyone had a great week. I plan to blog about the past week here in a couple days, but I wanted to hop on and post a special request. Cory and I are walking in the Amarillo Heart Walk on October 18. Many of you may have recieved my email from the American Heart Association but I wanted to post it here as well.
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Dear Friends and Family,
Everyone knows someone affected by heart disease or stroke. For those we love, we will be walking in this year’s Start! Heart Walk. In particular, Lil Papa who passed away October 2, 2007 from a heart attack and Cory's mother, Debby Hardy, who passed away from a brain aneurysm May 4, 2007. We are walking in thier honor. We have set a personal goal to raise funds for the American Heart Association and need your help to reach our donation goal. We are raising critical dollars for heart disease and stroke research and education.
You can help us reach our goal by making a donation online. Click on the icon below and you will be taken to our personal donation page where you can make a secure online credit card donation. The American Heart Association's online fundraising website has a minimum donation amount of $25.00. If you prefer to donate less, you can do so by sending a check directly to me. Please notify me by email or by posting a comment on the blog if this is what you are doing and I will make give you my address in privacy. Even $5 can make a difference!
Your donation will help fight our nation’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers—heart disease and stroke. You are making a difference. Thank you for your support.
Love,
Team Farley
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Blogging on drugs!
There is much to blog about this week! And Im blogging on vicoden (which I will get into later) so this should be interesting...lol
First things first....RODEO! Last weekend Cory and I went to the rodeo with Cory's family and it was awesome :D My camera had a difficult time taking the pics because the lighting wasn't so bueno but I still got some ;) Check it out!
Amarillo Rodeo 2008
Here are some videos from the rodeo as well. We had such a blast!
Here is a video of what we like to call Redneck Child Abuse ;)
Barrel Racing
I didnt get video of the bulls, but I got some video of the bucking horses.
There ya have it, Amarillo Rodeo 08.
This week I did clinicals in the Newborn Nursery, which was pretty exciting. I got to give vaccinations to the infants, bathe them, assess them...one doc even let me in on watching a circumcision...Poor little boys! OW! We had to blog this week about circumcision because evidently it is a controversial subject and I didn't realize that. As nurses, we have to educate the parents on the pros and cons, remain unbias no matter what we believe, and allow the parents to make the best decision for thier infant. Pretty interesting subject. So clinicals went well this week =)
Thursday, I had oral surgery :( And that is why I am on vicoden at the moment. I had the baby canine (on the left side of my mouth) removed. The doc then opened the roof of my mouth, exposed the adult canine that is in the roof of my mouth, put a bracket on it with a chain, and closed it back up. Dont worry, I was totally knocked out for all of this! Larry (dad in law) was with me cuz Cory had class and he came and picked me up from the inlaws house after class. Larry took me straight to the orthodontist after the surgery was done (Im totally dead to myself while all this happening, I vaguely remember walking in to the orthodontist). Dr. Sparkman then took the chain and hooked it to the braces wire...he pulled the chain also but I was so numb that I really dont have a clue what he was doing lol. From there, Larry got me to the couch at thier house where I proceeded to pass out with guaze hanging out of my lips ;) When we got home, I took vicoden and passed out cuz it HURTS! Friday proved difficult. Vicoden makes me a happy girl ;) so I chose not to take it all day Friday because I had homework due at noon and also at midnight. I cant think straight on pain meds lol so I didnt take anything yesterday until last nite. Ask Cory, boy was I crabby. I was hurting soooooo bad :( But as soon as the hmwk was done, I took one! I dont have anything due until Monday so I am taking the vicoden over the weekend and attempting to do hmwk. Its just going really really slow ;) Here is a picture (its blurry) of the roof of my mouth. You can see the chain and where they took the tooth out (the baby tooth is gone)but the roof of my mouth is also incredibly swollen :(
Totally not pleasant >< But one day it will be worth it...
Thats about it...the dogs had a good week too...Here they are playing tug of war, which is a rare event in our house...usually its keep away! Have a great weekend!
First things first....RODEO! Last weekend Cory and I went to the rodeo with Cory's family and it was awesome :D My camera had a difficult time taking the pics because the lighting wasn't so bueno but I still got some ;) Check it out!
Amarillo Rodeo 2008
Here are some videos from the rodeo as well. We had such a blast!
Here is a video of what we like to call Redneck Child Abuse ;)
Barrel Racing
I didnt get video of the bulls, but I got some video of the bucking horses.
There ya have it, Amarillo Rodeo 08.
This week I did clinicals in the Newborn Nursery, which was pretty exciting. I got to give vaccinations to the infants, bathe them, assess them...one doc even let me in on watching a circumcision...Poor little boys! OW! We had to blog this week about circumcision because evidently it is a controversial subject and I didn't realize that. As nurses, we have to educate the parents on the pros and cons, remain unbias no matter what we believe, and allow the parents to make the best decision for thier infant. Pretty interesting subject. So clinicals went well this week =)
Thursday, I had oral surgery :( And that is why I am on vicoden at the moment. I had the baby canine (on the left side of my mouth) removed. The doc then opened the roof of my mouth, exposed the adult canine that is in the roof of my mouth, put a bracket on it with a chain, and closed it back up. Dont worry, I was totally knocked out for all of this! Larry (dad in law) was with me cuz Cory had class and he came and picked me up from the inlaws house after class. Larry took me straight to the orthodontist after the surgery was done (Im totally dead to myself while all this happening, I vaguely remember walking in to the orthodontist). Dr. Sparkman then took the chain and hooked it to the braces wire...he pulled the chain also but I was so numb that I really dont have a clue what he was doing lol. From there, Larry got me to the couch at thier house where I proceeded to pass out with guaze hanging out of my lips ;) When we got home, I took vicoden and passed out cuz it HURTS! Friday proved difficult. Vicoden makes me a happy girl ;) so I chose not to take it all day Friday because I had homework due at noon and also at midnight. I cant think straight on pain meds lol so I didnt take anything yesterday until last nite. Ask Cory, boy was I crabby. I was hurting soooooo bad :( But as soon as the hmwk was done, I took one! I dont have anything due until Monday so I am taking the vicoden over the weekend and attempting to do hmwk. Its just going really really slow ;) Here is a picture (its blurry) of the roof of my mouth. You can see the chain and where they took the tooth out (the baby tooth is gone)but the roof of my mouth is also incredibly swollen :(
Totally not pleasant >< But one day it will be worth it...
Thats about it...the dogs had a good week too...Here they are playing tug of war, which is a rare event in our house...usually its keep away! Have a great weekend!
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