Friday

Yesterday was the last day for this semester, and I survived. Didn't think I would at times, but I did. And I passed with a B in my nursing class, and an A in the other.

I tried to go pick up my books for my Fall semester yesterday, but couldn't get to them cause it said I had no Financial Aid. Once again, I had to sit in the Fin Aid office forever and ever, just to talk to a kind hearted lady who straightened everything out for me.... should be able to get my books today.... (I'm such a nerd!)

What I want more than anything else is my Saunders book, so I can take it with me and study for the NCLEX starting now. Yes, I said starting now. It sure can't hurt, right?

I'll take it with me when we go to Kentucky week after next. We're going to visit relatives, and it's way up in the mountains..... I love it there!

Our garden is beginning to produce! Mostly tomatoes and cucumbers... both are great! And the cabbage is starting to plump up nicely! OH! We did get a few messes of green beans too.... so we're happy about that!

On the other end of the spectrum....

Work has been ok. I am doing things a bit differently, and doing things this way has allowed me to actually finish my work on time! Yea! And I am enjoying myself more. Other than the, you know... humdrum yukkies of whenever-I-pull-in-the-parking-lot, I-wanna-throw-up type of thing. It would be nice to be able to get completely out of the rut without counting on graduation to do so! Maybe being able to accomplish what I set out to do when I get to work is a way to do just that.

We'll see....

Took today off....

Left school after the test this AM, and took tonight off from work.
Family in dire need of some "together" time.....

Weehaa!!!

2 more weeks of clinical!

I started an IV today... that was fun, since I don't get too much practice where I work now, and I have DD's (16) curriculum planned for the year. We had a nice long talk about what happened the other day, and she really is worried about what has happened. God has definitely intervened in this one, cause I sure know I could never handle it alone.

Have a test in the AM, so I had better get busy and study some this evening between the texts from older children and phone calls from DH!


I love all of them, but I surely have no clue how I've made it this far! LOL!

Blessings!

14 July 2009

Good day today.

At school.....
None of the nurses were witches (at least not the ones I had), and I had good patients.

Finished my last day of my outside experience at the Health Department, and completed the paperwork.

Also finished an online test that I had to do, got a 96.7% on it.

Did my midterm for another class and got an A on that, so I am happy.

At home...

This afternoon, dd #4 came over with her Mr, his brother and their two children. DH cooked out, made some smashing BBQ on the grill, and the kids went swimming.  GS played with Grandma, and I enjoyed his little blonde hair and kisses, and peek-a-boo around the patio furniture. We shared popcicles till they came out our ears!
Grandpa had Little Princess, so she was quite content too! Smiling and giggling.... I had tons of homework due, but it never hurts to take a few minutes from your life and enjoy the "fruits" that God gives you.

And now, it's time to go to bed, for it all begins again tomorrow.

Goodnight and God bless.

July 13, 2009

Well now.... crisis after crisis seems to hit our family. But by the grace of God....... I needed Him so much today. My heart was broken in a million pieces.
I missed classes and cried the better part of the day.
Why? Because one of our daughter's is in need of serious prayer, and God knows it.
I must obey.
And obey, I will.
He listens to the tears of a Momma when she cries out to Him about one of the littles in her care.
He may not answer right away, or next week... maybe not even until next year or 10 yeas... but He will answer.
So pray, I must.

Some decisions have been made about the childrens schooling this coming year.
Abi, the social butterfly wants to go back to public school.
So we are going to allow it, but with one stipulation. Grades will be kept up and she is NOT attending school in this town. Her Dad will drive her back and forth to the next town over (about 5 miles away, I guess), and the oldest daughter is going to be homeschooled again. I am going ot order a preset curriculum for her, and while I will trust her to work independently for the better part of the day, I am also going to quiz her each day or every other.

I have to return to school again tomorrow. I took today off, a mental health day, one might say, and have to get back to the grind in the AM. That's ok though, cause I am taking the Lord with me, so it won't be bad.

The garden is looking great! Especially our tomato plants. We have three in the bed right outside the kitchen window, and they are HUGE! Toppling over huge..... with tons of green tomatoes all over them! We've gotten a few peppers so far, and the corn is doing alright, but our cabbage... well.... after that wild hail storm we got, it put holes in the leaves and the plants never did seem to quite recover from that.

It's time for me to go to bed, so I'm heading out. Tomorrow is going to be a long one! :)

~Blessings!~

July 8th, 2009

Nothing really exciting to report on the homefront.

Talked to son today about his wanting to move home. Told him no. We just aren't equipped to handle anything else right now. And guess what? He was NOT angry! Was NOT hateful... and was NOT upset!
Wow.

Finished off another week of clinical at the hospital. Why are the nurses on one floor so incredibly nice and another floor they are so incredibly catty and nasty? Even our instructor is highly upset. All we do (as RN students) are baths. That's it. Nothing else. And heaven forbid if someone is incontinent... they'll look for you in OTHER patient rooms to tell you that when you are finished, to go do such and such... because they "are messy." First of all... how incredibly unprofessional of them, and how humiliating to my patient! Even if she does use the room numbers.... So much for RN training, huh? (My new mantra.... 3 more weeks, 3 more weeks...) LOL!

Trying to study, but dd 14 y/o made an awesome supper, so I took a mini break. Still have a couple hours to go with autoimmune diseases and renal.
She baked some chicken, and made some carrots, and sliced up some homemade bread! Oh yum! :)
Now, the little precious pup is cleaning up the kitchen!

Better get back to the books!

~Blessings!~

6 July 2009

We saw the fireworks last night, it was a pretty good show I must say!

Now today, back to the ol grind of school ALL day Mon- Thurs, then work Thurs thru Sun.... thank goodness I only have another month like this! LOL!

DH is really in pain with this foot. He was tossing and turning last night quite alot. Couldn't get comfortable. I just peeked in at him, and he's apparently comfortable now.... for he has his foot propped up on my pillow! haha! Goofball!

I hope he is able to get his meds today, because I will not be able to get home before 7pm, and I know he'll need them before then!

He'll have our daughter drive him. She has her permit, so they should be ok. She needs to log the driving hours anyway!

Well, gotta run..... have a half an hour before I need to go!

Set my alarm for 5:30a, so I could have some extra time, and as usual, I'm behind! LOL!

~Blessings~

and a broken foot.....

I came home this AM as usual, nothing out of the ordinary, everything calm. So, same as every other morning, I sit down at my computer, check my email and eat some breakfast (dinner?).
As I had kicked off my shoes and was readying myself for bed, here come the dogs, wanting to go out, and I oblige. I figure surely my DH isn't far behind, since the dogs sleep in our room too.....
I wait.... no DH....... is he in the bathroom? I wait.... no DH.....

I hear a voice coming from the living room... "Ju? Ju? Will you c'mere?"

So I get up and go to the living room, to see my precious babydoll leaning on the TV stand, holding his left foot slightly in front of him, and he has an awful grimace of pain on his face.....

I help him to his chair and he tells me that Riley, our Great Dane, was "freaked" by the fireworks that folks in our neighborhood had last night, and ran out the back door, past my husband, knocking him down. He said it happened about 10:30 last night, and it is now, 8:30 in the morning!

He said he didn't want to tell me cause he knew what I'd make him do..... that's right, go to the hospital and get it checked. Which we did, and it is broken. In the words of the ER doc, my precious husband has an "acute left 5th metatarsal bone fracture"

We"ve just spent the past 3 hours in ER, 2 hours and 50 minutes were spent waiting.

I think... yes, I do think...... it's time to relax.

4th of July!!!

Happy birthday America!!!!
What a grand place to live!!!


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We had a pitch in last night at work, which was fun.. we all ate until we thought we would pop from gluttony! LOL!
I do love my co workers, and I do love my job, but I miss being at home so very much. Being at home for my children and grandchildren. DH and I discussed it, and after this year, we are both slowing down. Taking time to "smell the roses" per say. I have absolutely NO free time this summer, due to school, work and other obligations, and DH has been trying to work extra to keep the house going, prepare for winter, and work a bit of overtime himself to get us out of a financial bind we've gotten ourselves into....
One exciting breakthrough is that...... although the financial *crash* time is almost here, we have enough money to pay the bill that is owed and we won't be garnisheed! YIPEE!  God is soooo good.....

He does certainly provide us with what we need whenever the time arises, and we also have to trust in Him to provide understanding in yet another delimma. (We're full of 'em here!)

A friend of the family (friend... I use that term loosely) decided last night to verbally attack our daughter and son in law. Simply because our son in law did not agree with this person's political views.
I have personally been attacked twice by this person, and choose not to have any further dealings with him based on this fact, but now to have my child attacked too? I am angry to say the least, and wonder what kind of venom is going to be spewed forth this time? How long until he comes crawling back begging forgiveness and promising to never do it again this time? Will our daughter accept an apology (I don't think so)? Will this person MEAN it IF he does apologize?
Isn't there a verse, "For out of the mouth the heart speaketh?"

Here it is... I found it:
Mat 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Huh.

Guess now we know how he really feels (and has felt) about us all the while..... but that's ok.  We still have each other, and always will. We're a family. A true family.

And again..... as we celebrate the unity of America on this day (One nation, under GOD, indivisible).... we can also celebrate the unity of a family (One nation, under GOD, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the republic
for which it stands,
one nation
under God
indivisible
with liberty
and justice for all....

3 July 2009.

Well, the decision has been made about our son wanting to live here. The answer is no.
However, we are going to ask him to come here (maybe in a hotel) for a few days to a week to "get his feet wet" and to look for  a job. We will put out the offer for meals and maybe even laundry to wash their clothes for awhile.... and we will even help buy baby things, but they cannot stay here.
We have too much in our lives right now, too much with still raising 2 teenage girls and trying to keep our own lives on an even keel....
And as a few folks have said, "Not allowing him to live here will show IF he has changed like he said he has..."

We'll see....

June 2, 2009

I'm in a bit of a quandry here.... our 25 year old son wants to bring him and his pregnant girlfriend to this city, and stay with us until he finds work.

Here's my delimma...
He has virtually ignored me the past 10 years of his life, choosing to bad mouth me and talk horrid things behind my back, never once giving a second thought to a phone call or acknowledgement of a birthday, Mothers day or Christmas... even with a card.

He had moved in with us a few years ago, was fed, clothes were kept clean, we took him back and forth to work without a problem, and right before Thanksgiving, he left. Didn't even tell me he was leaving, actually. He just called his dad, who came and picked him up, and he left. It would have been my first holiday with him in 7 years.

Now, he called me the other night to tell me that I am going to be a Grandma again, sometime in January. He tells me that he cannot find work where he is, and he needs to work to support his family. He tells me that he has done alot of growing up the past few years, and he knows he has done many things wrong and hurt many people.
Then of course, pops off with the question..... can we stay with you til we get on our feet there?

What I'm seeing is 2 more mouths to feed, more laundry to do, an unmarried couple living in my house, and tension as we ask him NOT to have the video games set up all night and them staying up all night. Who will help with the housework?
I do not know this girl from Adam, been told she's quite the know-it-all, (but I don't know her, so I shouldn't say that). And if he cannot find a job, then we're supporting them. What if no job is found after the baby is born? Who's buying diapers? Who's buying clothes? and Formula?

I feel guilty because my Mom let me move back home several times until I got my mess together, and I'm sure I was never a joy to have around... but my Mom, being a Mom.. allowed me, and I was always welcome.

I'm not sure I want to.

I am back in school again, need to study. Need to have quiet time with my children I still have at home. Need to keep bills down. I need my homelife.

Do tell....... what would you do in a situation like this?

July 2nd, 2009

Gotta get up and ready for class this AM. I'm not staying through the entire day though, just don't feel good.  Had a wicked cold the past few days that's pretty much knocked the wind out of my sails.
DH came home from work last night, and snuggled in next to me, and I felt him touch my head to see if I was feverish. (Sweet man!)
I think I am on the downhill slide of it though, but another day of rest couldn't hurt....( at least before I go into work this evening.)