Fun day

Today is a great day as I don't really have any pending homework to get done! I would like to start on my research for my paper. I am going to search for research articles on DVT treatments and see what the research says about which treatment may be best. We occasionally get patients on our unit with DVT's most get IV heparin but then some just get Lovenox or Fragmin. I thought it would be a topic that I would be interested in.

Camp Scrap was good! I got to meet new scrappers and meet some scrappers I have meet at the LSS but hadn't seen in awhile. I actually didn't get much scrapping done. I only got 3 LO's done! I also need to get pictures for them. I guess they aren't completed yet. I ended up winning a prize!!!!! I won a photo box with a bunch of different flowers! Too cool! I was in another room when they were announcing and I thought that I had heard my name so I came running! He He!!! I was talking with a girl that digital scrapbooks and getting tips from her at the time! One of the prizes that I entered my name into was for items to make a flip-flop album. You take a pair of flip flops and that is the front and back of the album and then you make an accordian with paper in the shape of the flip-flops and that is your album! I have been trying to find instrustions on the internet but I think I studied it enough that I might be able to make me one!

After I got home, I was went on ebay to look for software. I was looking up Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. The girl that I was talking to about digital scrapbooking was using Photoshop Elements 5.0 and she was showing us different stuff that we could do but I didn't have some of the features soooo she told me I should check ebay for it. I had never thought of checking ebay for software before but I found Photoshop Elements 5.0 for $34.95!!!! It was a buy me now option so I should get it sometime this week! I am excited about upgrading to 5.0!

I ended up sleeping till noon today but then didn't get to bed till 4am again! :-) I didn't have to wake up early for anything today so it was nice. I am going to do a little hanging out at Barnes and Noble today and maybe check out Hobby lobby and Michael's and see if there is anything worth using my coupon for. I also plan to do a little yardwork today and get my back patio looking better and get my furniture in better order back there so I can start enjoying it! I just might have to play the sims2 today with my newly upgraded video card! :-) I love days like this!

Finally . . . . .

A small break from the homework! I got all my stuff done for school at 3am and didn't go to bed till after 4am. I ended up sleeping through my alarm this morning! I did need the extra sleep as I have been going to bed around 5am and waking up around 9am this week!

Finally, I get to scrapbook today at Camp Scrap with my sister! I am looking forward to actually getting to scrapbook. In February, I had made some kits plus have my Scrap Jammie kits too that I can work on. I also need to work on my Remember me kit club from a local scrapbook store. I just need to find pictures! That is my downfall! I need to hurry up and get my errands done so I can print pictures. My pictures have been a mess since having the two computers. I need to put them in a shared folder so I can access them from either computer with my ultra cool network! :-)

I need to get ready for my scrappy day!

Good ending to a hectic day, week!

I got to my College Algebra class and didn't feel ready for this test! We went over questions of the homework and I had trouble with continuously compounding interest. I could set up the problem but I wasn't able to get the answer in the back of the book! So, I was reading in the textbook and found out that I was to be using the ex key on my calculator. I didn't have one! I told my teacher that I didn't think I had one. So she took a look at my calculator and she confirmed that I didn't have that key. She let me borrow her calculator for the test. :-)

She normally teaches the next lesson and then we take the test but she didn't have a lesson to teach today. I didn't feel ready and was going to review a few things when she was teaching. :-/ When she passed out the test, I felt like I should have studied more! I was able to answer the last few questions easily and had to think hard about the other stuff. I couldn't remember the formula for growth/decay and I did some problems by trial and error instead of working them out as I couldn't remember how to redo the formula to come up with the answer! I left there thinking I had flunked the test but I thought that with my homework points and having good scores on the first two test that I should still do fine in the class. She posted our scores on Blackboard tonight and I was shocked when I saw that I made an 89.7%!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it! I am sooo happy so maybe if I can do good on the next test and the final I can pull an A! That would be great!

The matter I had this week with turning in homework late when I thought I was turning in on time is all good! My instructor did email me back later in the afternoon and told me that she would wasn't going to give me any late penalties for it! Yay! I ended up with an A in that class!

I actually still have some more homework to do that is due at 0800. Then after this homework is done I get to relax a little this weekend! I deserve it!

Busy day, Busy week

I am soo glad that I took this week off from work. There would be no way that I would have been able to get all this school work done if I had worked this week! Phew!!! I can barely catch my breathe!!!! I am glad that my first class today only last 1 1/2 hours instead of 4 so I can work on my College Algebra and get prepared for my test this afternoon. I am not sure how well I am going to do on this test as I can't remember how I did the examples that I did! At least I have an 88% so hopefully it won't hurt that too bad! I also have two assignments due by 0800 Friday that I need to do today too. I am soo ready for a break! I think I will have to relax a little this weekend in between working on homework.

I am excited about tomorrow! My sister and I are going to Camp Scrap at her church. We will have 6 hours of scrapping! I have a bunch of kits made up but no pictures so I hope to be able to get some printed tomorrow before the crop.

I had better get back to that College Algebra! :-)

Too busy

I have been a little busy the past week and I am afraid that isn't going to end till the end of the semester! I finished up a 5 week class today and thought everything was due this morning at 8am but when I went to post everything, the link to turn things in was gone! I was able to submit my final but the journal I haven't been able to. I emailed the instructor but she hasn't gotten back with me!!!!! I am a little stressed by this! I have a few other assignments in another class and to catch up on my College Algebra as I have a test this Thursday over logs! Yuck!

One exciting thing that I am getting to do this week though is scrapbook! My sister and I are going to a crop this Friday at her church and I am excited! I had taken time to get some kits a few weeks ago and I need to find pictures to go with them. I also joined the "Remember me club" at a LSS and when I picked up my kit for this month, she told me that they were having a get together of how our albums look so far! I haven't even started my album yet! I think that is fun homework, just if I could work it in the unfun homework! :-)

I am going to get ready for my day and hope that I get an email from my instructor soon! :-/

Phew!!!

My instructor emailed the class today to let us know she made a mistake on the due dates! Our exam isn't due till next Tuesday! WooHoo!!! That means I can get some sleep before work today! Some other assignments that I did get done aren't due till next week either but I am glad that they are done! I have another exam to do in another class this week due Friday morning at 0800. I need to get some yardwork done but can't seem to get away from my homework to get it done! In one more week, I will be on vacation again because of school soo I will have some extra time to be able to get caught up and maybe work ahead if assignments are posted. :-)

I learned something about my network last night. I tried to open my document I have for the exam and it would let me read it but not ad to the document. I had it open on my desktop so it wouldn't let me make changes to it on my laptop. I will remember that! Saturday I had left a messge at Circuit city regarding my network as my computer keeps telling me that I can't get into files that I need to contact the administrator. I am the administrator!!! I don't know if these files just do this in a network but no one has called me back. That doesn't suprise me with the trouble I had though.

I love being a techno girl!

I just love my new desktop! My poor laptop is probably feeling left out but it needs a break every now and then. I just love the TV tuner in my desktop. I was doing homework last night while watching HGTV. I am sure it slows down the homework process but it makes it a little more fun!

I really enjoy watching HGTV and getting ideas for decorating. I will have to watch this channel more and by the time I graduate, maybe I will have it figured out how to decorate my house! I was amazed by the people that flipped houses and making a profit of $150,000!!!!! My Dad told me that isn't happening right now with the market. I think it would be fun to redo a house and I live in a house that needs some updating. :-)

I am afraid that my photoshop elements 3.0 isn't compatible with Vista. When I was loading it into my desktop, I got a message that something wouldn't load because it wasn't compatible with the operating system. It opens up and acts like it was going to work fine. I am wondering if that is why my photos won't load as I can get them to load in the picture gallery that comes with Vista. I went to the Adobe website and there is a patch for PSE 5.0 but not for the 3.0. *sigh* I might need to upgrade or just use it on my laptop. I have redownloaded Picasa and made some collage's! This collage is of Jasmine's 10th b-day!

I have been slaving away at my homework and finally got my annotated bibliography done, the discussion board done and working with finding my online exam answers. My book doesn't have an index so trying to remember where I read stuff has been a little challenging! I have to have this all done by Tuesday by 0800! No sleep for me! I had better get busy . . . .

Catching up

I have lots of catching up to do with homework this weekend. I thought that I had till April 16 to get assignments turned in for my Nursing in Ministry class and the instructor sent out a message that is was all due on April 10!!! I am also behind on my homework with College Algebra and Theories and Research. But before I know it, this semester is going to be over with! I can't wait. It has been a rough one!

I got new speakers for my desktop and I have been jammin' tonight! Mediacom is supposed to come out this afternoon and check the cable line in my bonus room. The TV reception isn't too bad but I was told by the firedog guy that I should be getting TV reception like I do on my TV. If the outlet was put in by someone other than the cable company, I will be out of luck!

I have been trying to load photos on my desktop and keep getting an error message before it finishes loading. I am not sure what is causing this! I even got my DVD I have photos backuped on and still no luck. ???? I hope I can figure this out so I can load photos!

Today is my last day of pet sitting which I will miss there cat Madison. She is sooo adorable and lovable! I won't miss the dog, Sam. If I have food in my hand, he will be happy to see me. If I don't, then I get growled at till he sees I am going to get his bowl to feed him. I finally started going out with his food and then I don't get growled at. The pictures is a collage of Madison and Sam.

Windows Vista

I have found Windows Vista to be kinda fun and frustrating at the same time. I have some programs that isn't compatible or part of it isn't compatible. Today I ran into a problem with the discussion board on blackboard for school. I had a discussion due at 8am and I was posting it at 0801 so I thought it was because it was a minute past it was due. I emailed the instructor and she told me she would reset it so I can do my posting. She emailed me back and said she would reset it. I still couldn't get it to work so I decided to turn on my laptop and use it to see if it worked. It did work with my laptop but not the desktop. I called the help desk at school and it is a Vista issue. I was stepped through how to get it to work so I can now post on the discussion board! I haven't finished loading programs so I hope that I don't run into anymore issues.

My network came in handy today and I got it to work! I am still having some problems understanding it. I had typed my discussion in Word first and was planning to copy and paste. Despite the issues I was having, I was excited to be able to bring this document up on my laptop and copy and paste it and not have to retype it! Networking is soooo cool!

I am pet sitting this week and loving it! I just love the cat Madison. Sooo adorable! I need to remember my camera to take pictures of Sam and Madison. I had better start getting ready for my errands I need to do before going to work!

Bonus room fun

I finally got the desktop all set up with the TV tuner and the networking my desktop and laptop together. He explained everything to me and let me ask questions and now that I am trying to use my network, I am having problems remembering everything and can't get my files to open. I just need to play with it some more!

I have had about 2 hours of sleep today and I have homework to get done but need to read. That doesn't go over well when you are sleepy! I will have to get some sleep and hopefully finish my homework!

The picture I have attached to this post is a picture of Macy Gray with her new look. I really like it! I can't get enough of her new CD Big!

New addictions

I really don't need any new addictions but with windows vista you have gadgets you can have on your desktop. One of the gadgets that I found when search gadgets was the iratemyday.com website. I have been having fun reading other peoples comments of there day and leaving comments. Then how much you use the website, you gain experience points and unlocks other stuff you can use to rate you day.

Jasmine's birthday party was fun and I will have to post pictures later! I am still working on getting programs installed and having some problems as some aren't compatiable with windows vista. That has been a pain! I just have to keep checking websites to be able to download various things to make them work. Some don't have stuff yet but I hope they will!

Crazy night and b-day party!!

Last night around 1am, I was still up trying to figure out Windows Vista and where things are and such. I decided to load the Sims2 on since I had an upgrade in the video card that supports the sims installed. The CD door wouldn't open when I pushed the button. I restarted the computer, nothing. I can't load my software! Since I have a service plan, I called the 24 hours Circuit City line. That guy was no help at all! He said even though I have a service plan, my computer is under warranty still with HP. I was trying to tell him that I don't see the DVD drive listed under computers. I thought he could help me get the computer to recognize it. He said that I needed to call HP as it was being recognized.

I call HP tech support and I am in India talking to a guy with an accent. I tell him what is going on and he tells me that it isn't being recognized by the computer. Finally! He stepped me thorough some things and it didn't work. He had me take the side panel off the tower and come to find out that the DVD drive wasn't even hooked-up! He stepped me through on how to reconnect and then it worked fine! Then under computers, it showed a DVD drive! I ended up staying up till 3am getting this squared away and I am tired today!

Today is my youngest niece's birthday party. We are going to firehouse pottery to paint! I am excited about the gift I got her cause I know she is going to love it! I got her a bratz doll that has magic hair that you can crimp, curl, glitter, color and some other things I can't remember! I need to remember my camera!

Tonight at work is going to be interesting since I haven't had that much sleep. I hope that I will be able to get a little nap in after the birthday party today.

Last day of vacation . . .

My vacation is coming to an end. I have enjoyed my 12 days off from work and a few days off from not having to do school stuff. I actually will have another vacation in April but for only 7 days. All this vacation is to help with my work and school schedule. I am so ready for this semester to be over!!!!

I got my desktop delivered today from Circuit City. I am not sure on how they schedule in-home set-ups but mine has been very bumpy! I was told a time of 4pm to 6pm. At 5:15 pm I got a phone call from firedog asking when we rescheduled my in-home set-up and I told him today at 4pm. He comes back with a shocked "Today?!" response and I said yes today. I told him that the computer is still in the store. I didn't go back over what was to be done and I should have. He gets here and sets my desktop up, gets my spy sweeper and virus software running and he thinks he is done. I said that the in-home was for networking my laptop with my desktop and also hooking up my TV tuner. He was unaware of this even though I had told him that when I rescheduled and I thought that it was stated that way in there computer system. I guess not. He didn't have the proper cables to hook up my TV tuner so he attempted to set-up my network and kept getting error messages on my laptop. The network and TV tuner isn't work yet. He is supposed to be back on Monday morning to finish this and go over things with my new system. It makes me wonder if this happens to other people that use there in-home service.

Another little snag that we hit is that my printer doesn't have updated drivers for Windows Vista. He told me that it can print but some of the features won't work. The printer is maybe 2 years old, works good but is an older model that is available today. He told me to keep checking HP's website to see if they have made a driver for Vista and my printer. I think this is HP's way of getting people to buy new printers. But currently, I still have XP on the laptop but I am supposed to be getting a Vista upgrade for it someday.

Today I was at Target and I ran into a cousin of mine that lives two hours away! At first I didn't think it could be her but she was in town for a few days. I had not seen her in a long time! It was nice to see her!

I am unsure how I am going to stay up all night tomorrow. I have been on a normal schedule while on vacation and haven't been able to stay awake! It will be interesting tomorrow night!

Too much school today

I don't like the days that I have to be at school for 8 hours! That is too long to be at school. If I don't get out of my first class early, then I don't get a break. So far we have been getting out early enough that I can leave for awhile and come back for my second class. I am glad that I only have to do this only once a month!

I have the first issue of digital scrapbooking magazine and can't wait till I have time to actually sit down with it at my computer! I might after class today depending if I can get this research critque done today.

I guess I should get ready for the day and print my notes for class. :-)

No new computer today

I guess there was some kind of mix up and my name wasn't on the firedog schedule today. I was told on Monday that my in-home setup would be Wednesday at 11 a.m. and finally after 2 phone calls and 4 hours and 20 minutes later, I finally get a call from the service guy I was told was going to be doing my setup today. He told me that my name wasn't on his list and he was sorry for the mix-up. He told me the soonest appointment would be Friday at 4pm so I took it! :-) I can't wait to get my new desktop set-up and have a computer network in my house with my laptop!

While I was waiting on a word from Circuit City, I called Wacom in regards to my pen tablet. The pen doesn't work anymore. I haven't had time to play with it much but my nieces wanted to draw with it when I had them on Monday and that was when we discovered it didn't work anymore. I was glad to find out from the company today that I have a year warranty from when I purchased it. I bought it in May 2006 so I am in the good! I even called the place that I bought it and they have it in the system and can reprint my receipt for me. Yay!

I guess know that I can stop waiting for the phone to ring, I can do some homework!

Good day for a new desktop!

Today has been a cloudy day and it just started raining. The firedog squad must be running behind from there first appointment as they aren't here just yet. It has given me some extra time to get the bonus room ready and I even mopped the kitchen floor! I hate mopping the kitchen floor! I might finish up with cleaning and organizing while they set my computer up.

Yesterday I woke up with the right side of my neck sore! It is a little better this morning but still sore but I woke up today with a sinus headache and the right side of my throat is sore. My nose has been driving me crazy! I took my temperature and it was 98.1 so I think I will live. Since I have been up moving around and have taken used my allergy eye drops and nasal spray, I am feeling a little better. I took my Claritin late in the day yesterday so it should be still working! I think part of my allergy problems are the house cleaning I have been doing. I have allergies no matter where I go! I wish that I could get my health insurance to pay for a housekeeper and keeping up with mowing and raking the leaves in my yard! After some bad allergy attacks with doing yard work, I now wear a mask while doing yard work and it helps!

I have Macy Gray's new CD!!!!! I usually go to Best Buy to get new CD's as they are cheaper but remembered that they didn't get Macy Gray's new album on the release date so I called. They didn't get Macy Gray's new album. I tried to ask them if they were going to be getting it soon and then my cell phone dropped the call! I went to Circuit City to see if they had it and they did!!!!! The guy that helped me find it handed it to me and I let out a sigh of relief and clinched it with my fingers. He asked me if I was having a hard time finding it and I told him that since she doesn't get played on the radio here that it is kinda hard to find her music. Circuit City Rocks!!! :-) I have been able to listen to her on my stereo that has better sound than my computer!

I guess I will finish straighten things up while I am waiting for the firedog squad.

Feel like creating . . . .

I have been wanting to create this week but haven't had the time with trying to get organized at home. I need to work on that when I get home to get ready for Circuit City! I went to the National Art shop and saw sooo many different things to create art with! Ahhhh, I think my scrapbooking has opened my eyes up to new possibilities that are out in this world and love the art world! The art of photography and graphic design appeal to me. The picture is what I have started so far but yet have had time to finish it.

I have also been wanting to create a banner for my blog also. I have gotten discouraged as I tried to switch my template to go with the blogger beta and every time I try to edit the HTML codes in beta, it tells me it can't read the code and then I remove my code to get my blog to work. I have placed the codes in several different places and get the same message. I am unsure on how to get a banner to work if I do stay with a beta template. I finally switched back so I can still have my additions that I have added to my blog. I find this rather frustrating. I am not going to give up on figuring this out but it is going to take me some time to have time to figure this out! :-)

Today is the official release of Macy Gray's album "Big"! I need to buy me an official copy! I have been listening to the album for a week now and love it! I just love her voice and style!

I had better get back to my studies and figure out what I need to accomplish this week.

In 24 hours . . . .

Circuit City should be at my house with my new desktop! I can't wait to finally have a working desktop. My desktop now is 7 years old and is unable to run a majority of the programs out today. It is super slow! I have plans to finally get my budget in order and have once spot for my files in one spot. Currently, my file get moved where ever the laptop is and I don't have a comfortable spot to sit - except the kitchen table but it is getting old having to clear the table off when I want to use it for its real purpose! Another bonus is that this new computer will have a TV tuner so I will be able to watch TV upstairs! This kills two birds with one stone. I might get a little more scrapbooking done! :-) I hope everything goes smoothly with the installation of everything.

Wild day

My nieces spent the night last night and then this morning my sister calls me at 8am and she has my nieces half-sister and she is bringing her to my house. When they all three get together, they can be kinda wild! It wasn't to bad. I took them to lunch and then we spent the afternoon at the park. I was hoping for more photo opportunities but I did get a few good ones.

Circuit City called me today to set up my in-home setup with my new computer. They will be here on Wednesday morning! I need to get my bonus room organized and get my desk cleared off. I didn't get that much done today with the girls here so I will be busy getting organized for the firedog crew and also working on some homework tomorrow.

I have been cleaning and cleaning which I have made great progress. I have a problem with my mail as going through and getting what looks like actual mail and then the junk mail goes to the side for when I have time to shred it. I need to just do this everyday when I get my mail and not when I have a pile of it to deal with. My shredder got over heated yesterday and wouldn't work. It can't even take all this junk mail! I need to work on this.

I also got registered for the Summer and Fall semester's at school. I will be only taking one class this summer which will be online and then also working on the correspondence courses for history and then political science. Then this summer I will have two classes. I have been told that the BSN class I am taking this Fall is a busy one and also has clinical hours that I will have to fit in somehow. I have often thought about fitting all these classes in the next two semesters and then graduate in December but I am afraid it would be too much. I hope spreading them out will help me and not feel as time compromised as I have felt this semester on getting work done.

I am going to relax the rest of the evening and then go full swing into my school work tomorrow! Ohhh, and tomorrow is my youngest niece's birthday and she will be 10! I need to go shopping for her a birthday gift!

Back to school

I just finished my third assignment that I had due while on spring break. I think that is crazy! I am ready for school to be over for the semester! Today I can register for the summer and fall! Getting myself closer and closer to graduation! :-) I am planning on taking one class this summer and I believe 2 in the fall. I need to review all this more in the morning and email my advisor.

I have been enjoying my time off from work and school. I have my nieces currently. The are looking all cute sleeping right now! I hope we are able to do some fun things Monday! I hope that the weather holds up and we get to go to the park and take pictures. Today my sister, mom, my nieces and I all went to see a movie this afternoon. We went and saw the Bridge to Terabithia. It was good but sad. I hope to be able to make it to the movie theater again before having to go back to work.

On Friday, I went to Circuit City and bought me my new desktop computer! I don't have it yet as I am having them set it up and get a network going in my home and to also hook up the TV tuner for me. I am sooo excited! I am looking forward to having a desktop that I can actually do stuff on. My desktop now can't run any of the programs they make now as it doesn't have much memory and only a 10 GB hard-drive. The new desktop will have 400 GB so I will be able to keep all my music and photos better on this computer. I also had a different video card placed in it too so I can start playing the sims again! Ohhh, I miss my sims but I haven't had the time to play them anyway.

The picture I added today was a picture I took of a tree that I thought was pretty with all the pink blooms! I have learned that it is a Magnolia tree. I have also been playing around with photoshop elements tonight and adding filters to some pictures I took yesterday. I love what you can do with pictures now!

I had better get some sleep so I can get up early as I know the girls will be doing!

A fun morning

I finally got some sleep last night and woke up around 8am this morning. I signed into my Rhapsody account to see what was new in music and noticed that they already have Macy Gray's new album for download!!!!! I made breakfast while signing and dancing to her new album! I have it on my mp3 player already too! That was a nice thing to wake up to today! Macy Gray is the bomb!!! :-)

I was still having problems loading my Napster songs onto my new mp3 player so I called Rhapsody since the songs have been imported into there player. He told me that he couldn't help me as it had to do with the license of the songs. I called Napster and they told me that I had to use there player to download my songs. I never was able to get Napster to recognize my new player even though it is a player listed as Napster compatiable. I found out that my player has two different modes and it was in the wrong mode for Napster. I changed the mode and finally Napster recognized my player. Now when I sign into Rhapsody, it still recognizes my player but won't show the songs I downloaded while in the Rhapsody mode but they will still play. I decided to do a test transfer of one of my imported songs in the play for sure mode in my player, and my Napster song tranferred! It all had to do with my mp3 player. I am glad to have this all figured out! I just have to decide which one I will keep, which I am thinking it will be Napster even though they don't have albums out a week before they are out!

Today I am planning to relax and do some things around the house. I am hoping to take all this recycling to the center today. I am hoping to clean out my garage and maybe get the shovel out and turn my garden to get ready for planting soon. I would also like to get my flower bed in the backyard ready to plant flowers there soon. I had these ugly bushes there climbing my house and my Dad took them out for me last year. I will have to plant flowers that will tolerate shade. I am excited about getting these things done today and hope the allergies don't bother me to bad. I will have to listen to my mp3 player as I do the yard work and cleaning of the garage!

Venting . . . . . .

I had a stressful afternoon with my first appointment! My first appointment was at 1450 which the receptionist told me I was 7 minutes late and they had to get approval from the doctor before being seen. I didn't even have to see the doctor but I said fine. I waited and waited and finally 40 minutes later I went and told them how long I had been waiting. They even have a sign that if you have been waiting over 30 minutes to tell the receptionist. People that came in after me were leaving!! She told me that the doctor hadn't responded to the approval but she had already checked me in. I went and sat back down. I thought I would be the next one called but NO!!! The med assistant came out and called someone else's name. I instantly jumped up and went to the receptionist again and was upset this time but quietly upset as to not cause a scene. She told me that he said he was going to call for me next and I told her he didn't. I went and sat back down. At this point I have been waiting 65 minutes! I call my hairdresser as it is time for that appointment and I am still in the waiting room. As I am telling her that I will be late, they call my name in an articulate tone. I didn't see that necessary! I kept quiet and had to wait about ten more minutes once I get back to the exam room. This has happened to me before when I am in there for an injection but why people that check in after me get called before me I am unsure why that happens. If I have an office appointment, I get in sooner. I was glad to get out of there today!!!!

I get to my hairdresser which was halfway across town and was 25 minutes late. She said she could still cut my hair but might not have time to style it. I was okay with that considering the circumstances. I am sooo glad that I was able to get my hair cut today! I had about 2 more inches cut off today which took my hair back to my shoulders. When I blow dry my hair, it has a natural flip to it and when it was a little bit longer it seemed to lay funny to me. Know it seems to lay better! Yay!

On an exciting note, there is only one more week till Macy Gray's new album comes out! I can't wait to hear it! :-)

I have blogged three times today which I believe is a record for me! I guess since I have been up since midnight, I just have had lots to say today.

Rain, Rain go away . . . .

I think we are starting with April showers sooner than expected! I checked the weather for the next 10 days and it show rain through next Monday! I really hope that does change so I can get my bike out and take pictures at the park.

I have been awake since midnight and never did get to bed. I should be able to sleep normal tonight as long as I don't fall asleep to early! I have two appointments today so I am planning to be lazy around the house till it is time for my first appointment. Hopefully my first appointment doesn't take to long as it is very close to my hair appointment that I thought was yesterday!

I sat in the tub for 45 minutes today and was reading the latest Creating Keepsakes magazine and was reading letters in regards to the digital kit that was available for download that I never did anything with. I need to find the booklet that was with that issue and see what I might be able to do with that digi kit. I even saw a link about a 4 week class on photoshop elements. I think I need to somehow fit that in my already busy schedule! I am sure I will learn things not only for digi scrapping that I would like to learn but also for editing photos too!

I am having 130 photos printed today of recent photos I have taken and I hope to be able to scrapbook some of them with the kits I have made or from my scrapjammies kits that I haven't used yet.

I am also going to try to give my blog a new look. This can be a pain because of the HTML codes that I ad. When you choose a new templete, it doesn't keep what you have added. I am going to start the process of making a Word document with my html codes so I can just copy and paste them back into a new templete and I hope to learn how to make a banner for my blog also. I have a few blogs saved that gives you tips on how to do this so hopefully in the next few days as time allows, I will have a new look here! :-)

Vacation and Spring break

I am glad to finally be on vacation from work and my kinda Spring Break. I have been working on homework that is due at 8am DURING spring break this morning. I also have homework due AGAIN DURING spring break on Friday! I find this frustrating.

Yesterday, I had an appointment with my hairdresser to get my hair done. I get there and my hairdresser isn't there and I was told that she hadn't been there all day. They called her and she was in Branson and she told me that she had me down for 4pm on Tuesday not Monday. When she gave me my appointment card, she wrote down Monday at 4pm. So we had a little mix up somehow. I guess I will be getting my hair done later today!

I ended up falling asleep last night at 7pm and woke up about midnight. I haven't been able to sleep since I had an extended nap. I guess since I am finally done with my homework, I should work on cleaning a little and maybe then taking a nap so I can stay up all day and get on a regular schedule.

It is thundering and lighting this morning. I hope it doesn't rain all day!

Better day

I still have ruffled feathers over school, but I am just going to do the best to get it all done so I can still enjoy my spring break. Anyway, enough about school.

I went out in my backyard and took the after pictures on how this tree looks. They had forgetten a rope in my back yard. The guy was coming over to my house to get payment this morning so he was able to get his rope. He told me that the tree wasn't easy to get down as it was a strong tree except for the weak spot that caused it to fall during the ice storm. They left the stump up higher than I thought they would. It comes up to my shoulders when I stand next to it. I still have a couple of trees that need trimming which I am still working on getting bids on. He gave me a bid today on them but it seemed pricey. I think I need to just get more estimates on that job before committing. I am still 3 weeks out on getting an estimate from a local company. I can tell with the whole tree down that I am going to have quite a bit more sun in my backyard.

I am still quite tired after yesterday and feel like a nap right now! I feel asleep with my laptop in my bed watching Grey's Anatomy season 2. I am totally in love with that show! I am understanding things better after watching season 1 and 2.

I came to the Mudhouse so I can work on homework, so I guess I should stop crusing the internet and get busy!

Ready for a break . . .

I am so ready for spring break but I am unsure why we were given one. The only class that I have that is acknowledging spring break is my college algebra class and I like that class! The other two classes, I could do without - esp. Theories and Research! I just finished an online test and didn't do very good at all. It was even open book! I noticed tonight how I have two discussion boards due while I am on spring break and reading I have to do to answer them. I also have a paper due the Monday after spring break. I have been up since 4am studying today and I am going to do my best tomorrow to get the reading done to at least one of my discussion boards questions that is due next week. I am really not liking school at this moment!!!

One good school thing that did happen today was that I got an 88.5% on my College Algebra test but I wasn't able to get all the homework done because of being to busy with my other classes. I didn't get that bad of a grade even with missing a few of the homework problems.

While I was in class tonight, the tree people dropped my tree. They called me on my cell phone to tell me that they were there. They weren't supposed to come till Saturday. They left my stump up way to high. The guy is supposed to stop by my house in the morning so I will have to ask him if there was a reason for that. My yard is a bigger mess now! I will have to take pictures in the morning and post them. I never want to experience an ice storm again!

I am going to get my grumpy self in bed and curl up with my cats. :-)

WOOHOO!!!! The tree is coming down!!!!

The tree in my backyard that split in half during the ice storm is finally going to be coming down! I am excited! :-) Since I had other bids I was able to do a little price war. He first was $100 over a bid I got so I told home I had a bid for less so then he went below that bid and I said he could do it then! It might be Saturday when all this takes place and then I can get my backyard back! I am curious on how the sun is going to hit my backyard now. Before I had quite a bit of shade because of this tree and now I won't have as much, but will have some.

Last night at work was CRAZY! I couldn't keep up with the request of my patients last night and was doing the best I could. Phew! I have to work again tonight plus be in charge. I am not as excited about being in charge. I hope my team has calmed down for me tonight!

Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

Girlfriend (Japanese Version) - Avril Lavigne

I am trying something new that I saw in my Rhapsody account regarding posting links to music. If you click on the title, it should take you to the song listed. I am curious if it works or not!

Leave me a comment to let me know if it works or not! All it does for me is take me to my account and start playing the song.

Not the weekend I had planned . . .

I haven't gotten anything accomplished that I had planned other then shopping!!! :-) I was hoping that with this four day weekend I would be able to get caught up with my homework but it didn't happen. I couldn't seem to stay awake! That happens occasionally with working the night shift. I even went to the Mudhouse tonight to do some homework and I just couldn't concentrate! So I have been working on my reading and answering the discussion board question and working on college algebra while watching the Amazing Race all-stars.

The fun shopping that I did was at Best Buy! I finally made a decision on a mp3 player and got a Sansa e200 series, 2gb with expandable memory. I love it! I guess it is also called the lil' monsta! I even got a 2 month free trial of Rhapsody-to-go. I have always been a Napster member and not sure if I will keep it or not. When I first attached my mp3 player to my laptop, it loaded 1.5GB of music that I don't listen too. I deleted all of them and put my own on. One of the songs that was on my player was Avril Lavigne new song Girlfriend but in Japanese! I had to keep it as it is fun! For some reason I can't get it to transfer my Napster songs, it gives me some subscription code error. I emailed tech support and hopefully they can help me! Since I bought this mainly to have a more compact player to workout with, I had better make it to the gym this week!

One thing I have started this weekend is some minor cleaning. I hope to start doing a little bit everyday to get better organized and have a clean house all the time! I have gotten my kitchen cleaned up but that is a daily battle! I also started organizing my bathroom counter so I don't have everything on the counter! I have a basket that I keep stuff in but it has gotten overfilled so it is time to start throwing stuff out that I either don't use or is old. I need to get my books out that have little tips on organizing.

I also have been working on organizing my scrapbooking stuff. I have page planners that I have put coordinating patterned paper and cardstock. I got CK Easy Patterns special issue and I am excited about using some of them with these page planners I have put together. And now that I have a Cricut, it will be easier to put titles on my pages! :-) I hope to get some of these put together soon!

I found a cool idea on how to store unmounted rubber stamps on Donna Downey's blog today! I need to do make me one!

In one more week is spring break from school and I am also on vacation from work! I am excited about that! I will be using this week to catch up on reading and whatever else I need to do for school. I also hope to start balancing my checkbook again. I quit in Jan. 2006 really because I was busy. I actually didn't mean to stop balancing my checkbook. I like to follow a budget so I hope to get back on track with that again. I also hope to do some relaxing too! I hope the weather stays warm and I might have to get my bike out!

In love with a bug!

I have been pondering on getting a Cricut for a little while now and finally took the plunge! I am soooo glad that I did! I am in love! :-) I had it at my kitchen table and now trying to find a place for it in my bonus room. I need to reorganize my scraproom so that will be a project I work on soon! I even went to Hobby Lobby today and they had one of the newer cartridges!! I can't wait to try it!

Also when I was at Hobby Lobby, I was noticing nice drawing tables that would be great for my scrapbooking projects! It would give me more room to work. I will have to see if any of them would work in my bonus room!

Later today I am getting me a new compact mp3 player! I am excited! I have been pondering them at Best Buy for awhile now. I was about to buy the small creative zen but then saw that the sandisk had the same features for the same price but had expandable memory! They didn't have that one in stock but it would be in tonight. I decided to go home and think about this first and glad that I did! I went to the website and compared the two and the sandisk is a better mp3 player! I have been wanting a more compact mp3 player to workout with. :-)

School this semester has been a little busier than I would like. I have decided that 13 hours is too much along with working full-time BUT I will graduate sooner! I only have 3 BSN and 4 prereq's which two I am taking by correspondence. I believe that my future semesters aren't going to be as bad. I just have to keep thinking that I really only have about 2 more months of this and then I will get a short break! Yeah!

I am going to turn some tunes on and then reorganize a little then hopefully get some rest! I have been a sleepy head today. I couldn't even stay awake at my allergy doctors today waiting to get my allergy shots! I don't understand why I am still awake actually. It has got to be the night shift gig that I have! :-)

Cats are funny!

I got up early and dropped Pandora and Chloe at the vets to get groomed. Felix acts up to bad at the vets so his attitude got him out of this one! I am going to bath him myself! Felix was just sitting in the hallway looking at me as I packed his friends in there carrier and left with them. Then I came home without any cats and he seemed okay that his friends weren't home. When I went to pick his friends up and got home with Pandora and Chloe, they got greeted with hissing! Then he followed Pandora around with his nose stuck in Pandora's fur just sniffing her! I wonder if he thought I brought new cats home but he got over it quickly! It made me laugh for a while!

I didn't have class on Thursday and I remembered that Sims2 Seasons was released this week. I made a trip to Best Buy to get me a copy! While I was standing in line, a lady behind me was also getting the new EP! We talked about the sims a little before making our purchases. I got it loaded last night and played a little and then today when I put the CD in, it wanted to install it again. I just got that fixed and now looking forward to learn about the new EP!

I also learned today that Norton antivirus won't let you remove the software from your computer. It kept asking me for a password when I try to remove it. So, I brought my laptop to Best Buy tonight and told them how I tried to reload my PC-cillin antivirus but I couldn't get Norton to stop running even after turning it off. I was told that was common for Norton to lock it on your computer but he had a program that would remove it so I could install the other antivirus. Crazy! I couldn't remember when I started my subscription with PC-cillin and it was March 28, 2006 so it expires soon! At least it is finally loaded.

Last weekend I had my nieces for the weekend and we had fun together! Jasmine even told me it was the best weekend ever! :-) I was stressed out over this paper I had to write and couldn't seem to concentrate with those cuties in the house. On Sunday morning, I told them that they had to get there stuff together as I had to write a paper that was due the next day and I was taking them to Grandma's. My Mom called and said she would pick them up to save me time. I spent 8 hours at the Mudhouse so I wouldn't stray from the computer and wrote my paper! Phew! I just hope that I did okay on it.

It is a little chilly here. It is a perfect night to curl up in my waterbed! :-)

2peas challenge and a few thoughts of the morning

I haven't done a challenge on 2peas in quite some time but decided that I would today! The challenge is: When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up????

I have always wanted to be a nurse! I obtained my LPN in 1996 and kept going to school for prereq's for RN school and graduated with my RN in 2001. I had always had a goal to get my bachelors so I am currently working on my BSN and should be done in Spring 2008! It is so close and I can't wait! Then after accomplishing my BSN, I would love to take classes in regards to photography and graphic design. I don't want to get another degree as those are getting expensive but taking a few classes to get a better feel for these things I would thing would be fun.

A few thoughts of the morning:

I am tired and have to be at school for 8 hours today. I really hope that my teacher in my first class lets us out early so I can have a little lunch, otherwise, I will be in class for the whole 8 hours. At least I only have to go to the first class once a month and the rest of the time it is online. I am not sure I could do this once a week!

I have been stressing over this paper that is due on Monday that I am having difficulty finding articles for. I hope that she sheds some light today in class and that it will help me in finding articles.

I ended up doing the exam online last night for my theories and research class and it ended up taking me to long! I finally went to bed about 0330. I am sure I will be able to sleep good tonight!

Oh, and the tree issues that I have from the ice storm are quite frustrating. I had some guy come out to my house yesterday and gave me an estimate of $1200!!!!!!! I told him that I wanted to get other estimates but I have only gotten one other company to call me back and I am on the list which I was told could be at least 6 weeks. The tree is big but that is crazy!!

I have been excited about getting to have my nieces this weekend but they have all these activities that I have to take them to. It might not leave us that much fun time after all. One of my nieces is in the orchestra at school and she decided to sign up for something this weekend. And these activities lap over so I think my Mom is going to help me pick up one while I stay with the other.

I am excited about having time to scrapbook which I might just have to stop whatever studying I have and scrapbook! My nieces would enjoy doing that too. I got a magazine the other day, "Easy Patterns for scrapbooking" and would like to give some of them a try! I have noticed articles in the Creating Keepsakes magazine that do this and now there is a whole magazine filled with them! So fun!

Ohhh, and I am excited about watching Grey's Anatomy tonight!

Okay, enough with the thoughts. I have got to get ready for school! :-)

Busy day

My day didn't quite go as planned yesterday. While I was at the Mudhouse yesterday afternoon, my allergies started bothering me even more and I couldn't stop sneezing. Despite all the sneezing, I was trying to at least get the research done for my paper I need to start writing and then the internet quite working. So I packed up and did a few errands I had to get done before going back home. I hate it when I get into these sneezing fits as I don't get anything done! I didn't get the cleaning, my research or any scrapbooking done as I had hoped. I had a meeting at work today so I didn't get ready in a slow matter since I actually had to be somewhere. I like it when I can get up have a little breakfast, take my shower and then do things around the house. I won't get to do this tomorrow either as I have class all day. Yuck!

I have to get this research done today so I can start reading my articles and tomorrow when I have class she is going to talk about the paper and what she expects. I was really hoping to have my paper written and then only have to make changes with whatever tips she gives in class. I have my cute nieces Friday, Saturday and Sunday so I want to be able to spend fun time with them but I will have to set aside time everyday to work on my paper. My nieces might have homework to do also. I am sure they will work with me.

I keep thinking about what my nieces and I can do while they are with me. I have never had them for this long but I am excited about it! I guess I have to take Jasmine to her basketball game Saturday morning. I haven't made it to any of her games so I will have to remember to bring my camera! We have to be there by 1045 in the morning. I have a hard time getting us all ready to get somewhere. Three girls and one bathroom doesn't work very well! I hope that the weather stays warm this weekend and we will have to go to the park. I will have to think of some other things that we can do!

Yesterday, the tree guy that called me back that didn't want to give me an estimate gave my name and number out to another guy. He called me this morning and I was wondering how he got my number. The other guy didn't ask me if it was okay to give my number out but this guy told me that he would give me an estimate so I told him I wasn't going to be home this afternoon and I would be tomorrow either so he was going to stop by and look at the situation and write me up an estimate and leave information regarding his company. After I got done on the south side of town today, I decided to stop by my house on the way to the Mudhouse to see if he had been by but I didn't see anything. I am anxious to see what the estimate is going to be. A house nearby me was having work done and I thought I would get the number off there truck but by the time I got done at my house, they had left. It looked like they only used trucks though so they might not be able to do my yard. I am ready for this tree situation to be over with!

I am going to work on getting some of this research done and review my college algebra for tomorrow. :-)

Spring!!!

We are finally having some spring like weather with the high in the 60's today! The warmer weather makes me happy!

This morning I started making more phone calls to tree people. I called 3 more today leaving messages with 2 and one actually answered there phone. She told me that it would be 6 weeks before they could give me an estimate. She also gave me a name of another guy that might be able to help me too so he called me today and I told him that I was looking for estimates at this time and would decide who to use when I got a few estimates. He told me that he only wanted serious people and I didn't sound serious since I wanted to get estimates. WHAT???? We talked a little more about the work I needed done and then told me, "I don't mean to be rude but I am going to have to turn this job down." All because I wanted to compare with other companies. The two people that have called me back won't do the work I have. I am unsure if the people I am waiting to call back will even do this job either. I am on a waiting list with one company that told me that it could be six weeks before they can get back with me. I am going to have to live with this tree a little bit longer.

Today on my goal of getting things clean has been slow but I did get all my towels clean and the rugs cleaned in my bathroom. My goal for tonight is to get my bathroom straightened up and my bedroom. Then a little scrapbooking! I am at the Mudhouse right now getting ready to do some research for the paper I have due next Monday. If I have trouble finding research articles, then I am going to go to the library at school and ask for help.

Today I went to one of the LSS and found all kinds of new cool pet papers and embellishments from ki memories! I am so excited to use it! I need to change the ink in my printer so I can print pictures at home. Since it has warmed up outside, it has been more comfortable in my little bonus room. Yay!

I believe the warmer weather my be stirring up my allergies though. I can't breathe and I am sneezing a little more than normal. Yuck!

Vacation!!!!!

I am soooo excited about being off from work for 7 days! I know it will go fast but it will be nice to hopefully get some rest. Plus I get to spend time with my nieces! They are soooo cute!!!!!

I had made some phone calls last Friday about getting this tree taken out of my yard that fell over in the ice storm but having some problems with this. The first person I called has never called me back. The second person I called finally called back later that evening and then proceeded to tell me that he wouldn't be able to help me if he can't get a truck in my backyard. He did give me a number to call of someone he recommends that specialize in backyards. I need to call them plus I found two others in the phone book today that I might call too. I am sure these people are busy and I hope that they can get to me soon!

I am hoping to get Pandora and Chloe into the vet this week to get groomed. It has been a year since Chloe has been groomed and made into a lion kitty. Her hair is back now and I have been able to keep the tangles out of it. This will be the first time that I have had them bath her and she didn't have tangled hair. I am sure they will be glad that they just have to bath her. I think the experience of a lion kitty was interesting but hope that I never have to do that to her again! I will have to tackle Felix myself as he acts up so bad at the vets! They would want to sedate him so I will just handle him myself. I don't like them to sedate my cats for just a bath.

I have too much homework to get done this week though. I have a test due by Thursday online and I still need to work on my College Algebra homework. I also have a paper due in one week that I need to figure out how to start. I need to find 5 research articles on a nursing theorist. Yuck is what I say to that! My theories and research class hasn't been one of my faves.

I really hope to take a little time out of each day while on vacation for cleaning, scrapbooking and school. I am not going to try to get everything done in one day but just little doses. Sometimes when I start cleaning though, I keep cleaning! I guess if that happens, that would be okay! I think I am going to work on my college algebra and enjoy my napster tunes while sipping on ginger peach tea! Yum!

Pending vacation

I am excited about Monday morning as I will be on vacation for seven days! I am so ready for a break and have enough time to spend on my school work. I am also going to straighten my house up a little more and hopefully find the floor in my extra bedroom where I tend to store stuff I am unsure where to put. I am also hoping to fit in some scrapbooking too! The weather is supposed to be warming up next week too. I am so ready for that!

At the later part of my vacation, I am going to have my neices for a couple of days too!!! I am so excited about having them! They haven't gotten to spend the night since November because of my work/school schedule. I am going to try to plan some fun stuff for us to do!

I have to work tonight but I am not in charge tonight. I hope it is a good night!

Surviving College Algebra

I had my first test yesterday and I felt pretty dumb! I don't understand the purpose of domain and range and the function of x. Why do I need to know these things? Ummmm . . . . . . I had quite a time with a few sections of the test but I finally asked a few questions and then a light bulb came on on how to do the function of x and the domain and range. I am sure me asking these questions helped my score and so instead of walking out of there felling dumb, I felt like I had a better chance on making a good score. She posted our grades fast! So, I ended up with an 84% so I am curious what I did wrong and hope that we get to see our test. I am happy with my grade but wish that I would have scored higher. I like having a bigger cushion if I get mind boggled on something later on.

Did anyone watch Grey's Anatomy last night? Oh my! I wasn't quite expecting the ending and can't wait to see the conclusion! I didn't understand the two people at the end when Meredith was awake and said, "Am I dead?" On one of the MB I read, they said who those two people are. I am anxiously awaiting my next DVD from netflix for season 2. I am trying to get caught up to date so I can understand things a little better. I can't wait till next weeks episode! They can't kill off Meredith, she is the whole reason for the show!

Macy Gray!!!

I LOVE Macy Gray! She is my friend on myspace and I learned last year that she was coming out with a new album in the Spring. I went to her website tonight and the release date is March 27! That is also Jasmine's 10th birthday. I can't wait!

I have always loved her style but then after getting to go see her LIVE in St. Louis in August 2005 I totally dig her style! She is awesome in concert and would love to see her live again! I even caught a bottled water that she threw into the audience and still have that bottle of water! :-) I am getting excited about the new album! I just wish my town would play her music on the radio but that doesn't stop me from being a HUGE fan! :-)

I have been sitting in the Mudhouse tonight studying my College Algebra and trying to stay awake! I got a few hours of sleep today but I keep wanting to just go home and lay down but I have been fighting the temptation. At least until I get all the homework done and then I am going to start reviewing each section on the parts that aren't as clear to me as other parts seem so simple.

I had better get back to the studying, had to take a little break!

Inspiration

I am sitting here in the Mudhouse working on my college algebra and getting inspired by the art on the wall. It is photography that has been taken in different parts of the world. Yum! I really think I want to pursue more in photography once I get done with my BSN. I am going to have to start saving for one of those cool digital SLR cameras. Ohhh, so exciting! I would love to travel and take pictures around the world!

Since getting back into scrapbooking the last couple of years has made me want to learn more about photography. One hobby can lead to another! I don't have the time to put into scrapbooking like I would like because of school and work but looking forward to when I graduate and I can do more of the things I want to do!

I also get inspired by some blogs regarding scrapbooking and photography . . . .

One that I really enjoy is rnjetta. She is an RN like me that enjoys scrapbooking. I find her layouts inspiring and glad that she removed the password protection on her blog so I can start reading it again!

I also get inspired by Elsie Flannigan which also lives in the same town I am in. I find this exciting because she will do classes at the LSS sometimes. She has been busy with traveling but I hope that she will be able to have some classes soon! I keep checking out the calendar at the LSS and hope I don't miss it!

I also love the multiple photo scrapbook blog. I have started a file on my computer of layouts I have seen on the web to hopefully scrap lift later.

My friends at scrapjammies also inspire me and they just started online crops with challenges. I didn't have the extra time to participate in the challenges but hope to be able to someday.

Here is a website of photographer Tara Whitney. I love her photos! She inspires me to learn more about photography. There are some other photographer blogs I had saved in my favorites before one of the computer crashes I had last year but can't find now.

I love sketches as it helps me figure out where to place things on a layout and pencil lines have sketches as does Becky Fleck's page maps.

I love freestyle book and the all about me book. I also have (somewhere!) Elsie's book of 52 challenges which I have somehow lost. I am not sure how I have misplaced it but I have. I hope I find it as I have it autographed! I also get inspiration from my Autumn Leaves calender and I am in a group on Yahoo! for calendar girls from 2 peas.

I am sure there is more that inspire me but this is what comes to mind at the moment!

I would like to make a scrapbook of my cats and how I came about getting each of them and there personalities. I got me some new pens today at Hobby Lobby with my 40% coupon that I would love to use! Maybe after I get my college algebra homework I will try to be inspired!

The Mudhouse is getting busy again. I am having trouble getting my homework done as I can't spread out on the small table I am sitting at. I believe I need to leave as I am not getting to much accomplished here! Just thinking about things that inspire me!

Crazy week

I was looking forward to Friday as I was going to relax and enjoy myself plus go to a crop with my sister. Jasmine is ill so she is staying home with her and my allergies are bothering me plus I have had about 6 hours of sleep in the last two days. We cancelled the crop. I thought about going by myself but realized how I wasn't prepared to go so I decided to just get some rest instead.

I am currently sitting in the Mudhouse relaxing a little and need to come up with a game plan for my next assignments at school. I have my first college algebra test next week and these chapters don't seem to hard. I am sure soon I will be wanting to go back to these first few chapters! I also have another paper due in two weeks. I need to start figuring out what I need to get done for it. I had a paper due this morning at 8am and I had to write my personal thoughts on a nursing theorists regarding a CD-ROM that was at the library. I had a hard time getting to the library with the hours I work. Of course, I get it done the night before it is due! I set my alarm for 3am to get up and write out my thoughts of the theorist I listened to. I never could get back to sleep after that. Crazy!

My yard is starting to look a lot better thanks to my Dad's help! I was going to take a picture of the brush pile today and last night while I was at class, the city was in my neighborhood and picked them up. I am glad that they are gone! My Dad also bent my gutter back in place so hopefully that will hold for a while. My next big thing is finding a tree guy to get rid of the tree in the backyard and to take care of my other big trees that have limbs partially broken. I never want to go through another ice storm! This has been a huge mess!! It is also interfering with my plans for my tax refund! :-)

I guess I should get to business and do some studying.

Good news!!!!!

I was worried about my Theories and Research class because I thought that the discussion board was due on Saturday morning. I even set my alarm to wake me up in the middle of the night to do the assignment as it was due at 0800. I got it done about 0430 and went back to bed. Then I got to thinking that it might had been due on Friday at 0800. When I looked at the syllabus it was due Friday at 0800!!!! I thought this wasn't a good way to start out my class! But today when she posted the grades for the discussion board I got all my points!!!! YAY!!!!! I have a theory review paper due on Friday at 0800 and I need to somehow get to the library as I am to watch a CD on nursing theorist. Working night shift and getting to the library is a challenge. I had brought my planner to work last night so on my break I could fill it in. I got interrupted as admitting needed the charge nurse. There is no rest for the charge nurse!

I was planning to only sleep a few hours after getting off from work this morning but I ended up sleeping until midnight! I was hoping to get to the Mudhouse to sit in a warm place to get my homework done. I feel tired still so maybe I can get some sleep and wake up early and get all this stuff done that is due for my college algebra class and maybe get to the library before going to work. I have a vacation coming up at work and it can't come soon enough!!!

I am excited about this Friday as my sister and I are going to a crop at one of the scrapbook stores! I can't wait! I seem to get more done when I am not at home. Part of that reason right now is it's too cold in my house! I wish my house had energy sufficent windows but the cold just radiated from them making my house have a coolness feel to it. I am ready for some warmer weather! I hope after class on Thursday that I can start planning on what I am going to do at the crop! :-)

Stress . . . .

Oh my! I miss the days when I wasn't charging as much as I am now. I cherish the days that I am not in charge anymore. I get called to the phone as someone seems to always want to talk to the charge nurse and I feel like my time is cut short with my patients sometimes. Our census was low this weekend which is unusual so I had to float staff to other floors and that seemed to send the day shift in a tizzy! I went by the numbers . . . . The day before I had enough staff and then the nursing supervisor pulled staff from my floor to help another floor and I had to hear about it yesterday morning too. I was frustrated when I got off from work today but glad that I don't have to come back tonight! :-)

Anyway, I need to get some sleep as I need to wake up early and get some studying done and work on my college algebra homework. :-) I thought a cute cat picture was in order!

Sneezy and cold day

I woke up with a stuffy nose this morning that quickly turned into an allergy attack! Finally, after my second dose of sudafed and a dose of claritin, the sneezing has slowed down. I hate day like this!

I had a dentist appointment this afternoon that I wasn't sure on how well it was going to go since I was sneezing. I was able to do okay and didn't sneeze when they were working on me. I learned that when they are spraying water in your mouth and you can't breathe through your nose, it isn't a good thing! I thought I was going to choke but she realized this in time and gave me the straw thing before that happened! I have a cool dentist and dental hygenist! :-) As long as they don't get the drill out, I don't mind visiting!

I got my taxes done today and getting a good return back this year. I am sure part of my return is going to go for tree removal. I do think one thing I would like is to get a desktop computer and sync my laptop and desktop. Then hopefully save the rest for homeowner mishaps that may come up! :-)

Maybe more later, but I need to get home to meet my sister. We are doing her taxes tonight!