Is it May yet?

looking forward to the day that my kids realize I am going to school to better "our" future. It makes it so hard when they don't understand :( I'm not wishing my life away, but we are all ready for May!

This was my facebook post for the day. There are days when the kids have a hard time understand that I have to study. They also don't understand that I am going back to school for our future. These days are hard on me as a single mom. I know one day they will understand, but it breaks my heart that they don't understand.

Tomorrow is our last class before Spring Break. This semester seems like it is flying by! Just a couple more months!

Girl Scout Cookies are in full swing

Girl Scout COOKIES are in full swing. We sit up a trunk sale at the local grocery store parking lot. Morgan enjoys selling cookies...just hope she doesn't get burnt out before all the cookies are gone. Last year we dat up about everyday but this year we are only sitting up on the weekends. Here are some pictures from the trunk sale.

The Band Perry Concert

Tonight Morgan & I headed to Diddle Arena for the Band Perry concert. We went to Shoguns to eat before the concert. I didn't get any pictures at Shogun, but here are a few from the concert. Overall it was a fun night...we just wish Spencer would have went with us.

Day 3 of clinicals...only 1 more to go before graduation :(

Today was my 3rd day of clinicals for the semester. We only have 4 clinicals this semester because we will start practicum after Spring Break. Today I got to go to the ER for the 1st time. The girls that had went the last 2 weeks said it was boring & a long day for them...so I was a little worried. When I got down there it was a little slow going & I thought...this is going to be a long day. But, by 10:00 it was really busy & stayed that way the rest of the day. I got to see a lot of different things. This is not somewhere I would want to be everyday, but I did enjoy the fast pace & all the different cases that came in.

I have had a lot of people ask me where I plan to work when I graduate....well I am really not sure. When I started the nursing program my goal was to someday work weekends at the NICU in a bigger city. I wanted to start out in Labor & Delivery and when my kids got a little older try to branch out to bigger things. Well, the only problem with that is most hospitals in the area consider OB a speciality field & you can't work on a speciality unit until you have so many years experience after you graduate. So I am still up in the air about where I want to work & what field I would like to go into. I am not a huge fan of medical surgery, but everyone tells me this is where I will get the most experience right after graduation. I know for sure I do not want to work surgery! I guess everything else is still up in the air...but I have 3 more months of school!

Well today was our 1st test of the semseter. I felt really good about the material because we had spent hours & hours studying. I know I had put in over 40 hours the last week. So I was pretty confident with the information....which is usually a bad thing when it comes to nursing test.

So this is my FB post after the test..."Thank you nursing school for making me feel like a complete idiot!" So, but that post I guess you know I didn't pass my test. I failed it by 1 point/question...and what makes all that worse is I knew the answer to 1 of the questions I missed but the way they had it worded messed me up....tricky, tricky, tricky...gets me every time.

So after the test we had to sit through 7 hours of lecture....seriously, I just failed a test & I have to concentrate and listen to you teach me something new for 7 hours????? Anyways, class was horrible & this is my FB post when I got home this afternoon...."Ever had a class that makes you just wanna come home and beat your head into a wall until you have brain damage? Well I think that pretty much sums up my day ;)"

Kids are staying with Nanny & Pa tonight because I have clinicals tomorrow. I finally got all my homework done, so I think I will try to get some rest.

I am doing better with this blogging thing....let's see how long it last :)

Happy Valentine's Day

This morning I "revealed" the kids special Valentine's present. Morgan was over excited & Spencer was just ready to go back to bed.

I spent the morning studying for our 1st test tomorrow. I took a break to go to the kids Valentine's Parties at school.

Weekend of studying....

The kids went and spent the weekend with "Meme" while I spent the weekend studying. We have our 1st test of the semester on Tuesday. We studying for 4 hours Friday, 5 hours Saturday & 4 hours today. Hope all the studying pays off Tuesday.

Today Morgan & I played "Just Dance" on the Wii. Needless to say it wasn't a "pretty" site, but Spencer did snap a few pictures.

I can't wait until in the morning to give the kids their "suprise" Valentine's present. Check back tomorrow for the reveal. Hope everyone had a great weekend & enjoyed this beautiful weather we have had.

Another snow day for the kids...but a study day for me.

This snow is the biggest we have had so far this season. This morning before the kids left hey wanted to take the dog out to play in the snow. Peanut loved it even though his legs were froze when we came back inside. Here are a few pictures

After they left to go to Nanny & Pa's (where they could sled all day) I had to start studying. I will be so glad when school is over and don't have to study all the time. I spent 5 hours going over 1 section for the test. I relistened to the lecture & read the chapters in the book. I am almost done with that section. All I have left to do is rewrite my notes. Then I have 3 more sections to do. Maybe I will get it all accomplished before the test on Tuesday. We have a full weekend of study group so I would like to have most of it finished before Saturday. Right now I am waiting on the kiddo's to get home & I will start back on the studying tonight after they go to bed. Hope everyone has a great "snow day". I am looking forward to the 50 degree weather they are talking about the next 4 days :) Sunshine makes me happy!!!

"You know you love someone when you want them to be happy even if their happiness means that you're not part of it"

I won't go into further detail about the meaning or emotion behind this quote at the present time....but maybe someday I will explain!

Another "SNOWY" day

Today I had clinicals for school. I was a little nervous about hitting the road because they were giving a snow to move in at dinner, but I headed to clinicals anyway. At lunch I went out to grab a bite to eat & on the way back the roads were starting to get white. I do NOT like driving in the snow, so I was starting to get nervous. Luckily our teacher let us leave early. When I left the hospital the roads were starting to get covered. I live 15 miles from the local hospital but was able to take the parkway home. When I reached the county line the roads were solid white. As I made my way into town all the roads were snow covered. I was really getting nervous by this point. I live up a big hill, so I decided instead of trying to make it up the hill I would go in the back way. By the time I pulled into my driveway I was a nervous wreck, but GLAD to be home. If the instructor would have waited any longer to let us go I may not have been able to get home. I am so ready for this snow to go away & ready for some warmer weather. The kids will be going to school all summer long. They have already taken 3 days of their spring break. We have 5-6 inches at my house right now & they have already canceled the kids school for tomorrow. This has been an interesting winter to say the least.

Wishing I would have done better....

Ok so this whole blog thing didn't go the way I had hoped for. I get on her almost every day and read other blogs...but for some reason I don't ever post. I'm not why?...can I not put into words what I have on my mind or do I just not want to? I'm not really sure, but now I wish i would have done better....

I am in my last semester on nursing school and will graduate college in 3 months (God willing)...and I think back to when the journey began almost 5 years ago. I wish I would have wrote more about my daily struggles & the things I have overcome in the last 5 years. I have grown & changed a lot...even in the last couple of weeks...so with that being said...my goal is to blog at least every other day about something....so next time I sit here and look back I will have it in writing what was going on in my life...so here it goes.....

Today was another snow day for the kids so that just made my morning more hectic because I still had to go to class. When I went outside I thought how in the world am I going to get to class when my driveway is a solid sheet of ice??? What a way to start the day. Today was going to be a good day though...I have been looking forward to today @ 8:00a.m. all week because Sugarland tickets for the Indy State Fair would go on sale for Sugarpass members (and I am one) So I get the kids off to Nanny & Pa's and I head to school. The roads in my town weren't bad and all & the parkway to school was clear. As I was making my way down my usual route to school the roads were covered. I really figured the roads there would be better than at home because it is a bigger town...anyways they were not. I am not a fan of driving on slick roads, but I did very well today. I went slow & made it safely. When I turned into the parking lot at school it was a solid sheet of ice & I was freeking out. I actually posted this on twitter "Seriously WKU...no delay? The parking lot is a solid sheet of ice! Nice call!" So as I sit in the parking lot I am anxiously waiting for 8 am to arrive so I can order my tickets before heading off to class.

After refreshing for computer for 7 minutes straight...the link was finally available to buy tickets to the Indy show....so I click the button to buy...it then takes me to a screen that has 3 different choices for presale tickets. So I was trying to figure out which tickets I wanted...I just wanted closer then we were last year (21 rows from the stage). There is a GA ticket, a floor seat ticket or a lower bowl ticket. I decide floor seats is what we want so I click on it & it pops up "Row 12 center stage". My heart started beating REALLY fast as I started to get excited...I added the 4 tickets to my cart & hit checkout, but when I did it said the seats were no longer available...WHAT??? Are you kidding me???? I just lost my seats 12 rows from the stage :( So I go back through the whole process again & this time I get seats in "Row 19 center stage"...OK I can live with that...It still trumps our seats from last year. So I add the seats to the cart & checkout, but I didn't get to excited until it said "Order confirmation". So we will be going to see Sugarland again in August. This will be my 3rd time, but also a 2nd annual "Girls Night". I am so excited and have something to look forward to after graduation. So now that I have the tickets taken care of I better head to class.

So class starts and the teachers tells us we will finish up the powerpoint from last week & then we are free to leave. WHAT??? We don't get out of class until 3:45 & are suppose to have another lecture this afternoon that we will be tested over next week! Well, the teacher that was supposed to teach the lecture couldn't make it in today so she has taped it and put it on Blackboard. Ok thats fine but why couldn't someone sent us an email this morning telling us that. I drove 30 miles for 2 hours of lecture that I could have listened to on the computer?!?!?! Oh well, its probably better that I was in class anyway because I have a hard time motivating myself to listen to the lectures at home. Anyway I am off my high horse now. I got to come home and take a nap, so now it is time to listen to lecture.

I will leave you with a few pictures from the last couple of months since I haven't been doing a good job blogging. I hope I can keep my goal of at least every other day so I can look back on the "little things"




A few other things before I go. I have ordered the kids a "special surprise" for Valentine's Day, so stay tuned for the reveal & pictures. Also I went out on a limb last week & got all my hair cut off...it hasn't been this short in 5-6 years but I am "loving" it. Here is a picture I snapped with my phone right after I had it done.

Well thats it for now, but I will be back soon!

WKU Dance Clinic

This is the 2nd year our Girl Scout Troop has done the dance clinic. This year no one was interested in doing it except Missy's kids & Morgan, so we decided to take them. They love doing this every year. Here are a few pictures.

Girl Scout Sleepover 1-8-11

Our county had a sleep-over for all 6 Girl Scout troops. The girls & leaders had a great time. Here are a few picture from the sleepover.

First they had pizza for supper.

Then all the girl's made a t-shirt & everyone signed it.

Some of the leaders

Morgan & me

Christmas morning

The kids go to their daddy's on Christmas Day after they open their Santa gifts. Here are a few pictures from Christmas morning at home.


Morgan & Spencer

Morgan & Peanut

Spencer & Peanut

4 Christmas Celebrations in 1 day

Christmas Eve is always full of celebrations for us because the kids go to their dad's Christmas Day. Here are a few pictures

Christmas @ Grandma Ruby's

Christmas @ Dad's

Christmas @ Grandma Lowe's & Papa John's

Christmas @ home

Christmas at Mom's & Predator's Game

(Note this is a late entry...just posting a few pictures & a brief description...for the kids & I)

Christmas at Mom's & Shannon's--2010

Buddy--"The Elf on the Shelf"
We will have one of these at home next year.  This elf reports to Santa every night after the kids go to sleep to let him know if they are behaving or not.

Morgan with her American Girl Doll Girl Scout uniform

Spencer and his new Wii game

The boys playing the new Wii game

Morgan's American Girl Closet full of clothes

Morgan & Julie

After celebrating Christmas with Mom, Shannon and all the kids we loaded up and headed to Smashville (Nashville) to the Predators hockey game.  This was the first time the kids and I had been to a hockey game.  It was a neat/great experience.  The kids LOVED downtown Nashville.

Morgan & Julie

Meme & Spencer

Morgan, Spencer & Ransome