Had my yearly eval today...

and I got a raise! Yipee!
Talked to my boss also about school hours and she's gonna fix it for me to not have to come in till 10p on Thursday nights, so I don't do something stupid with my lack of sleep. If not, I would be up at 6a, school from 9a- 4p, then be to work 6p-6a. I cannot feasibly do that. Just can't. So my boss is helping me out. Cool.

I'm going to use PTO hours to make up the difference when I don't get a full week, so that'll help too.

Last night was a busy one, of course I was on a hall I'm not used to, so that made a difference, but I muddled through alright, I think.
Had to call the doc about midnight for one of my patients who isn't doing well. He seems like a nice man, but his family needs to be locked up somewhere! Haha! (Sorry, couldn't help that one...) And I am surely glad I'm NOT on that hall again this evening! *Blech!* Back to what I'm used to tonight!

We called about our friend, and apparently she's in ICU, has a left side stroke and is unable to talk and can only move two fingers on her right hand. *sigh* Some of the gals went to see her today, and I sent my love.
Just kind of makes you think, doesn't it?

Had my 1st test of the semester today....

and I got an 85%!!!!
YEEHAA!
I know that may not be a great score, but for me, it's fantastic!
My husband gave the ok today for me to go out and get a digital voice recorder for my class> I have tried our recorders here at home, and they pick up so much background noise, that I can't even hear words, just intelligible static....
So a gal today, sitting right next to me, had this digital recorder, and it played perfect! So I told DH about it, and he said, "Go get one!" So I did.
Can't wait for class, so I can record and actually HEAR a lecture!

Then we get home, and a young girl from my work called me to tell me that one of our friends and a CNA from our weekend shift, had a massive stroke last night and is in ICU.
Please pray for her, if you feel so inclined.
Thank you.....

June 16, 2009

Good morning!
 Here at Hatfield House, we are enjoying a beautiful crisp summer morning complete with birds singing and a lovely sunrise! :)
I have to go and do clinicals today for school, so I won't get to enjoy it, but that's ok. I just want to finish up school this year and be done! (For now... I'm beginning to think that's my job in life... is to be a career student! LOL!)
Dennis and I are having some pretty severe financial problems, but I'm sure we'll come out of it somehow, somewhere. If my Financial Aid would come in, we might be able to catch up a little.. but I don't foresee that until after the "crash" date.
Just have to be patient, I guess, right?
DH made an awesome chocolate cake last night! Sooooo chocolately... "death by chocolate" would be appropriate, I think! He is such an awesome cook! (Wish he would do it more! Haha!)
Anyway, we planted some white runners yesterday, so we can have a late crop. That's cool. And we've already got one bag of greens frozen and ready!

I plan on moving some shelves into the spare basement room, and organizing my pantry for all my "canning" supplies and goods, and our excess, so I can get to them easier. But DH says that has to wait until he can paint the walls with waterproofing paint...... I teased him the other day and said, "But you've been "painting" that wall for about 10 years now! Guess I should've just hushed up, cause that didn't go over too well.... LOL! I'll tell him that I'm going to do it... that'll set his wheels in motion! It always does!
Well, it's shower time, so I guess I had better get moving, so I'm not late this AM.
~Blessings!~

June 14, 2009

Just returned from a delicious breakfast with my husband, my dearest friend of all time.
How blessed am I to have him? He is wonderful as a provider, helper, comforter, and soul mate.
I know if I am lonely, I can just reach out and he is there. If I am scared, he uplifts me, if ill, he takes care of me.
He has helped me to raise our children with an iron fist and a gentle hand, one in the same. Wonderful children, who have grown up to be wonderful adults (well... mostly! Haha!)
He tends our garden and usually doesn't complain when I need help in the kitchen....
I am proud to call you, my husband, my love, my best friend....
Thank you for always being there, Dennis...
even if we don't speak, as long as I am in the same room with you, I feel a comfort and a love that I would have never known otherwise.
Now I truly understand the meaning of happiness.
And it is... being married to you.
I love you.

June 9th, 2009

Wow. Summer already> Where did Spring go? Not that I'm complaining, by any means... it's just... well..... fast!

The garden is doing quite well. No complaints from this end! It did come out from the hailstorm without too much damage, so I am happy there. The tomatoes are doing wonderfully, and so are the radishes and greens! I need to trim the greens and get  a batch frozen, so they can grow more....

Haven't been doing much in the way of sewing or embroidery, but I am in school again, and go to clinical 3 days a week and class on the 4th day, then work 3 12 hour shifts in there too. I'm kept pretty busy.... but it'll be far worth it in 6 months when I graduate and am able to get my RN degree behind my name! :)

The children are doing well. The girls are coming around as far as helping. Of course, we have to tell them to every time we want them to do something, but it's a plus to not have to say it over and over....

Well, I had better go. DH is home and I'd like to visit before bed time!

G'nite!

June 3, 2009

Life at Hatfield House is never dull....

Logan has went to Colorado for the summer, (and maybe more), I have been battling the never ending battle with Financial Aid at school, putting foods up has begun, and teenage girls in the house for the summer.... nah... never dull....

Logan is having a blast there with his Mom and brother. I think this may just be the break that our daughter needs and that Logan needs. They need each other, and the timing is perfect... but we shall see....

Financial Aid has become the proverbial thorn in my side.  It's an ongoing battle to try and get all this paperwork figured out! I thought it to be finally complete, and today, I get my deferrment for my school loans in the mail, stating that I had to "sign here and fill out this section..." All this would have been done if they had left it alone in the first place and let me fill it out and fax it the way the loan place told me to do.... now I have to sign here and fill out there, and take it back to them... again.

I put up 24 pints of strawberry jam today.

Then with supper tonight, we ate almost 1 pint with our warm biscuits! Yummy!

The girls are home for the summer. They don't really want to help with the housework or with cooking, but I figure it don't hurt em none....

We had a dickens of a hail storm here yesterday. HAIL! In June.. in Indiana! Geezy Petes!

I took a video of that... let's see if I can get that up here.

Hailstorm on June 2nd

New things around here include teaching the girls how to shoot. I want them to learn. Dad knows how, I know how, and it's time they learned how. As much as we're out and about, you just never know what you'll encounter! (I'm sure I'll be flamed for that one...yes, it's legal WHERE we were shooting, yes, the gun is legal, and yes, both parents are legal. Oh.. and the gun that is being shot is mine...)

Before anyone questions... no, we DO NOT condone violence, and we DO expect safety, which is why we are TEACHING the girls....

Target practice

The garden is coming along nicely (except for the hail storm damage), and the laundry is done yet one more time.....

So life is good.....

~Blessings~