Wacky Wednesday.....

Here it is Wednesday.

A better day for me because A.) I to go back to sleep after kiddos went to school B.) I had no school C.) there is nothing I HAVE to do today except work tonight 4-9 D.) I get to blog and share with you my wackiness and obviously if you are here....reading, you {heart}me or I just make you smile....OR you stalk me and wanna know my business. All of which are perfectly fine because I lay it out there for you.

So for all of you out there just hanging on, grab the rope, grab some coffee..tea...soda...whatever and relax. It really is true that "you are only as happy as you make up your mind to be"...or something like that. I tend to forget that in the drama of my life. It may sound like BS but it really is true. If you want to be miserable with things then you will, if you choose to let them go and move on then you will....I just have the damnedest time letting go of things. So often you hear my moan and groan, but I am venting most of the time.

So here is my Wacky Wandom (Random with a W...duh) Wednesday Wlog..you got the blog part right? ;O) In list form....my favorite

1. This sweet little girl came home from school yesterday and was squealing, hoping around like a banchee all excited about something. Come to find out she gets to take drivers ed NEXT FLIPPIN' SEMESTER!!!! Pause here. Had to take a deep breath after I typed that. That means my. baby. girl. will. be. driving. in. 1 1/2 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deep breath. We'll just let that soak in for a while. LMOA! 2. Speaking of kiddos....ummm Bai DRIVING!!! I had to send a note for her to school to ride a different bus and thought again, as I always do when I write a note to the school, that this is so strange. I feel like I'm not old enough to be sending an official letter to the school. Isn't that the weirdest?

3. Must say I loved, LOVED, L-O-V-E-D the movie Wal-E! Totally made me giggle, loved the story of love, recycling, becoming an inactive chubby society with our laziness.....sigh...a really good movie.

4. I am so thankful for many, many things. but I am really REALLY thankful for the gas prices coming down. I filled my car for less that $25 and it lasted all week. Our budget totally needs that...especially before the holidays!

5. Speaking of budgets....I can't seem to follow one. LOL! I bought an Emily Falconbridge camera strap. Couldn't help myself....well I could but chose not to. It's so beautiful and the ribbon is from her trip to Thialand....sigh....cannot wait. Won't share any more, I'll post a picture when it comes in.

6. For anyone of the people in my small world who may misunderstand my complaining about nursing school, I just want to clear up a couple of things. First I CHOSE to go to through Heartland's program for a number of reason. And while it might not be the best program and it might not be picture-perfectly flow together----I will make the most of it, I will go that extra bit needed to become the kick-ace nurse that I know I will be! I will become stronger with this journey of not being hand-held and having to self-teach more....even when I bitch about it. So thank you to those whom I lean on when the pressure gets tough and for those understanding my venting.

7. 3Q's and a T (3 Questions and a truth) and you all better answer in the comment section! LOL! 1. What is your favorite animal? 2. What are you thankful for? 3. Who is the best kind of listener for you...one who just listens, or one who listens and adds opinions? TRUTH: I totally get freaked out walking up my stairs at night in the dark and end up sprinting up the last half...always picture someone coming up behind me in the dark. Weird huh? Think I watch too many scary movies!!! LOL!

Alright...enough of me....let's hear from you.
I'm off to stalk some blogs.
Hugs and happies.
m

......the sun will come out...

tomorrow!
Come back tomorrow for a Wacky Wednesday blog!
Hugs.
m

Manic Monday

I had a brilliant weekend.
I chose to do very little of what I 'needed' to do and instead did more of what I 'wanted to do.
Again, I had a brilliant weekend.
However, like when you go out partying and are drinking, having a flippin' blast with uninhibited fun...eventually after too much, you end up throwing up. (Not that this has every happened to me, cough, cough...well at least not in the last 10 years!)
Today is my throwing up day.
My list is full.
My stress is high.
BUT!!!! My weekend was brilliant!
I created cool things...and even a couple of presents.
I read.
I slept in.
I wasted time.
I stalked blog...yes...YOU!!! Even if I didn't comment I was there!
I went to the Guns and Hoses hockey game (local game between fire department and police departments. Good times.

Bailey with her bf. They really are a cute little couple. I know this picture is out of focus but it totally made me LOL! She is so ornery...gets it from her daddy!
Mason cheering for our good friend Mike Fry (he was one of my paramedic partners and works for the fire dept)

An exciting game....in kind of a slow motion way. LOL! Definitely not professional players. But fun! AND the Hoses won. WHOOOT WHOOOT! In OT no less!

Me and my man before he shaved his choom (that is Michelle-speak for a chin with a broom looking growth of hair off of it). THANK YOU, THANK YOU Shawn for trimming that off.

Me and Lisa with her new smarty pants glasses. And I am thinking (and have been, when I see certain pictures of myself) that my glasses are too big for my face. Not that I can do anything about if for another year...but I wonder what made me pick these big bad boys....hmmmm, probably because Shawn or Bailey wasn't there to help me. LOL!

And Shannon, I know you won't like this one but it made me happy seeing your picture on my camera....Lisa took this of you and you were "what the heck are you doing". LOL! I miss ya and hope you are having a fabulous week! AND I really like the haircut on ya!

A shout out to Leah.....cannot tell you (again and again and again) how much I love your photography. I have a couple of questions for you about resizing a picture. Let me know the best way to send you message...ie blog comment, email, facebook, etc ;O) Hugs to you girlie.

Another shout out to Donna. Sweet sweet Donna B, I'm taking a big sip of coffee and wishing you were my neighbor to share real live moments with you. Are you going to the Donna D Inspired next year????

And my last shout out is to RILEY.....girl....call or text me so we can have lunch. Love your new blog...you are such a cutie-patootie!

I should go now.

Need to make drug cards and a concept map for tomorrow's clinical.

Hugs and happies.

m

Lazy Day

A lazy day.
This is good.
I need a lazy day.
Although I have this feeling that there are things that need to be done....OK, there ARE things that need to get done. But I am having a lazy day.
Actually it is 2:33PM and I am still in my PJ's. Not even kiddin'.
I have scrapbooked a bit (for all of my crafty friends).
Creating is sooooo my therapy.
I really do need to make more time for it.
Put this layout together yesterday. Like the picture above because it has some creating goodies like ink, adhesive, my craft mat, stamps....the stuff that makes me happy. The picture blow is the layout. Simple, quick and fun.A bad picture of this layout but it really did turn out cute. I love the story captured....even if it is just a snippet of it. You probably can't read the journaling but Bai had gotten in this habit of calling me 'dawg'. Like 'dawg, can you hand me that" or 'thanks dawg". She always said it with a smile and in joking but it was getting to the point I didn't like. So I asked her to stop. When she continued I went old school parenting and she ended up having to write 'I won't call my mom dawg' 100 times. She didn't like it, and Shawn thought it was stupid but you know what.....she hasn't called me dawg since. And she even told all her friends about it, which means it meant something to her. LOL!

Sharing Bai's new haircut......before.

.....after.This was HUGE for her. She is getting used to it. Looks better without the flips...more edgy. She loves the new bangs and how the hair feels in a pony tail. She also loves not dealing with all the hair. Last pic to share ....cause I am on a Bailey kick. LOL

Shawn and Bai.

Don't you love how they make a heart in this pic? LOVE THAT!!!!!!! Off to go be lazy...and I am totally lying.

I'm off to flip the laundry and work on some homework.

BUT first, I am going to check out Riley's new blog....love that girl! She is such a beautiful thing inside and out!

AND I am creating something fun and spectacular tonight!

Hugs and happies,

m

I Made it Back

Hey....
Made it back but seem to be having computer problems.
Wanted to post pictures of Bai's new cut but can't.
Grrrr.
Off to find a computer guy/girl.
Hugs.
m

Heyyyyyy....Michelle is in da house!

...and I am supposed to be studying!!! BUT literally, I have been studying for the past 2 hours and I need a break!
Besides, I have to update my blog. I am so sick of "update blog" being on my list EVERY SINGLE DAY! LMAO!!!! So for this week I am able to cross it off. WHOOOO HOOOO!

As always I have so much to share and not enough time. Here in no particular order are some tidbits of my life:

1. School is moving along. I have just decided to get through the hoops day by day and week by week. The nursing program I am in is horrible. I am not just saying that to complain...those of us who are left in the program ALL feel the same way. Such a shame because the resources are there for it to be an excellent program. Sigh.....4 more weeks and then I have a break. My little light at the end of the tunnel.

2. Carving pumpkins this year.... didn't gag at the pumpkin guts, yeah me! Bai (obsessed with new bf) carved "D+B" into her pumpkin and Mason did a "regular pumpkin face". Shawn helped with the pumpkin art and knife usage and I took pictures. (note: the red in Mason's hair is not a new color...it is a temp color for red ribbon week "crazy hair" day.) 3. My lovely little girl....turning into such a composed young woman......sigh (again). She is half way through her freshman year and is doing great. Volleyball just finished so she gets a breather from such a long day. I am so very proud of who she is. Really and truly she is such a beautiful person on the outside and inside.

4. Winter is on it's way again. We had a warm front come through and that was soooo nice. Now - cold and not so nice. I've really, REALLY got to get our winter stuff out!

5. Got a new sassy haircut. Not really a new one because I had this cut last year, but I didn't have the straightener in it. After the first day I looked like a frizzy head girl trying to do a sassy haircut. Didn't work. Ended up with pony 9.5 days out of 10. BUT now.....ummm, sassy! LOL!

6. A quick attempt at some Moore jump pictures. YES, that is my big ol belly hanging out. Kept trying to tuck in my shirt but it kept coming out. I'm chunky and proud of it! Just kidding but seriously......giggle, giggle. I LOVE these jump pictures (although one of these people ain't like the others).

7. Finished a scrapbook page the other night. It has been a loooooong while. LOVED IT! Totally made me happy to create it. I mean really and truly happy. Cannot wait til the Nov 22nd crop I signed up for.

8. Loved this picture of the tree in our yard. So pretty against the blue sky.

9. Shawn goes back to work tomorrow. He went to the doctor this week and has been released. Pathology came back and the tumor was not cancerous. BIG SIGH! He is doing great. I might have mentioned a time or two...I love that man <3

That's all for the updates.

See you on Wednesday (or maybe, just maybe before)

Hugs and happies.

m