So I've been lazy...

I haven't posted in a few days. I apologize. I've been busy with work and stuff around the house.

I brought Kyle to the doctor on Thursday... He made a jump from the 20th percentile in weight to the 65th. I told his doctor back in February that I thought he had just lost weight from being sick with that stomach bug so much... Oh well, it's all good now.

We're having a cookout today. I invited most of the neighbors over, but we all work such opposite schedules that I wasn't able to give them all enough notice. Note to self: Next time make printed invites and leave them at their doors or mailboxes! Of course Dorsann came up with an excuse two days ago as to why she might not make it. Really upset me... She knew about it before anyone else did and now this. Oh well, we'll just have a good time without her.

Other than that, not much going on. School's going good. I need to get to work on one of my assignments this morning since I won't have all day to do it.

I'm playing with Outlook right now. Gary set my Gmail account up in it for me and I'm getting my calendar all set up. I'm having fun, I haven't used it since I worked at Darton.

Well, I need to get going... Got a lot to do today.

I'm excited!

Gary's birthday present will be delivered today! I got him a new laptop bag. It's ACU fabric and really nice from what I can tell. I hope he likes it...

He got up early with me this morning. I'm getting very irritated with him... He keeps knocking me offline. It's like he thinks he knows everything about everything and I know nothing. I can't stand him when he gets like this... It's not like he acts this way all the time, just every once in a great while, but it's enough to make me want to rip his head off...

I need to do my schoolwork, but since he keeps knocking me offline, it's not exactly easy to do... I'm just hoping that he gets this fixed before he heads off to work.

Yay... Internet's back!

Kyle has a doctor's appointment today... I'm calling in to work here in just a bit. It's stupid to have to do that seeing as how I asked for today off, but I don't even really care anymore... I'm just thankful to be taking an extra day off. I'm wondering if the poor kid is going to get another prescription for his allergies. I hope not... I'd like to be told that he'll get past whatever this is that keeps bothering him.

Micheal is going to hang out at daycare today. He really needs to learn to behave when he's over there. His attitude is actually worse when he's there than when he's at home. At least when I'm there to witness it...

We're getting cable installed between 3:00 and 5:00 today. I wish I could say that I was excited about that, but I truly am not. I am going to miss my DVR. I just feel like making cutbacks right now is the responsible thing to do.

Well, I need to get going and rush Gary out of here to work...

Saving money...

I just called to set up Comcast service and I'll be calling tomorrow night to cancel my Dish. I'm a little sad, I will no longer have a DVR, but we'll be saving $45 each month. I also called AT&T to see about downgrading my service to save money... I ended up upgrading and saving about $10 a month. This is an amazing day.

I just need to get to cleaning... That's something I haven't done yet. I just really dread it. I got out to do a little in the yard between the rain.

Well, I need to get back to cleaning... Talk to you all later!

Pictures I promised...

So I don't have a lot to upload right now, but I feel guilty for not posting anything new lately. I have a few new photos that I have come to love and figured I would post them really quick for you guys...

Here's one that Gary took of Micheal and I shortly after I got home from work yesterday:

A close-up of me and my new hair:
Kyle after eating a chocolate doughnut:
Micheal wearing his big-boy boxers:
Well, I need to be getting ready for bed soon... Talk to you tomorrow.

Today...

I am bringing the kids to daycare in a little while... After that, I'm not sure what I'll be up to. Relaxing and cleaning is my hope. I have been on the go for so long that I would like to just relax today. I might get some flowers and mulch and play in the yard a bit if it doesn't rain. That's debatable though. I really need to buckle down with school for the next two days. I don't know what I'll be doing... Rest is in the top 10 though, I know that.

I'm enjoying my coffee and considering the fact that I should really wake Gary up now. Poor guy didn't really get the chance to rest. He's been as busy or busier than me. I think yesterday he spent trying to make the stubborn baby walk though, which is a chore, but not backbreaking labor. Maybe I'll go wake him up now...

Talk to you all in a bit. I promise to get some pictures uploaded today...

I forgot...

In my last post, I forgot about organic makeup with 100% post-consumer recycled packaging. I love the stuff. The greatest thing is that it's made by Physician's Formula, so it doesn't make my face break out, and it has sunscreen in it! SPF 30, I believe. I know it kept me from getting burnt yesterday at the race, and that's all that matters.

Speaking of the race... I loved it! I had a lot of fun, but at the same time I am so disappointed. Gary made me bring the baby camera instead of my Canon. I took lots of pictures, and then... My memory card lost them all! I was nearly in tears. I don't know what happened. The Scottish band, with the cute little girls holding the terriers... Gone. The Camaro Pace Car... Gone. They picture of the guy I want to set a friend up with... Gone. The picture of my Brickyard Bucks... Still there, but the Brickyard Bucks are now gone. I am so beyond tears right now. I'm mad at the memory card. I wrote an email to Eye Fi demanding an explanation. We had to bring the little camera so we could use that memory card so that we would have Geo-Tagged images automatically uploaded to all of my online accounts. Well, it doesn't work if the stupid memory card is on the fritz!

I'm supposed to get a picture of me out on the track itself... Which was, by the way, one of the coolest things I've ever done! I felt so proud going out there and holding my point on one of the stars... I'm a dork, I know. It was cool though. I was surrounded by all of these servicemen and women and their spouses, it reminded me of when Gary was in the Marine Corps, only 10 times better, because I was able to participate in a nationally televised event! I'll have to see if I can find it online and I'll post some video footage if I do...

Well, I will chat at you later. Enjoy your Memorial Day and remember those who made it all possible with their sacrifices for our great country!

Organic...

I'm looking around and feel pretty decent about myself right now... At least on the organic side. Their is a lot more that I could be and should be doing, but I'm getting there. I've started buying organic cotton or bamboo clothes for me and the kids. I'm buying natural cleaners now. I look in my bathroom and I have organic shampoo, bodywash, and toothpaste. My kitchen has some organic foods, but I am growing my own organic veggie garden.

When I'm not buying organic, I do at least weigh my options. Like buying items from post-consumer materials, or not buying new items at all if I can help it. Also, most importantly to me, buying products that are made in the USA when I do need to buy something.

I've gone pretty far on my organic journey, but I still have quite a way to go. I'm thankful that I had the few eye-openers that I did and that I am making this step for my family. I can't wait to see how it works out for my kids. I'm hoping that they can go out into the world and make a huge difference, but I am happy with the small changes that I know they will make.

I'm going to try to post some pictures tonight, but don't quote me on that... It's been a while since I uploaded them, so please forgive me!

Talk to you all later, I need to get ready for work...

Demanding an explanation...

I woke up this morning and my toothbrush was in the trash. I am pretty angry about this. I'm going to have to go in to work early , buy a toothbrush and toothpaste, and brush my teeth in the bathroom at work. I don't even know why it's in the trash. Gary had to have thrown it away last night after I went to bed. I just used it last night after dinner. I am absolutely irritated.

I forgot to post yesterday, not there was much of anything to report. My in-laws backed out of watching the kids on race day, so I may not be able to go... I am really upset with them about that. They decided that having time with each other was more important than spending time with their grandkids. This is the one time we've asked them to watch them. Forget them, they'll never be asked to again. I'm sick of how they treat the boys. They did offer to pay someone to watch the kids... Then they said that they found someone else to watch them... No thanks, I am not up for letting a stranger watch my kids, that's just not going to happen. I've been searching for someone that I can trust to watch the boys, but no luck so far. I don't want to have to miss this, but I'm not seeing another choice. I don't know...

Well, time to get ready for work... And to ask the husband why on earth he threw my toothbrush in the trash!

So tired...

I slept last night, and fell asleep almost as soon as I hit the bed, so someone please explain why I feel so tired??? I have to do my schoolwork, but it looks like that will be waiting until lunch time because I can't concentrate on it. I miss my Critical Thinking and Environmental Science classes... They were so much more challenging... They at least help my attention for more than two minutes.

I have to go in to work again... My next day off is Sunday. Yay me. I keep putting resumes out there, I have to find another job soon... I need to find something that will work with my schedule. If anyone hears of anything, please let me know. I need a Monday through Friday with major holidays off. Is that possible???

Well, I'm off to hunt down some coffee...

Getting ready for work...

I just spent a chunk of my morning on Facebook. Not good. It's getting addicting. I found some friends from high school on there and I've been writing them. Turns out I have a high school reunion coming up. I'm trying to get more info about it. I guess for now I'll just have to deal with what I have though... A phone number to contact the class president. We never got along very well, so it should be very interesting!

Well, this is going to be a short one, I need to go to work... Talk to you all later.

I love my husband!

As I type this, my wonderful husband is on his way to Walmart to get cinnamon rolls for me! I love the cinnamon rolls, and one thing that he doesn't know is that I have them almost every day that I work. I eat six, Megan eats two. On days that he gets them for me, I cut back to five, and he has three. If I could just cut them out all together, maybe I could lose that weight that's been bothering me... But who wants to stop eating cinnamon rolls? Certainly not me.

Micheal has decided that both underwear and the potty are evil now. He is sitting on the toilet screaming at the top of his lungs. Kyle is in the kitchen doing his "I'm such a little angel" act. I'm typing away...

Dorsann and I are going to embark on a mission today. I'm going to Kohl's to use my 30% discount that they sent me. This is so awesome. I just can't decide what to buy with it! I could use a dress for church. The boys could use new clothes. We could all use stuff... So much to choose from.

Well, I must go for now... Getting the paper so I can clip coupons!!!

Bored... Gary has drill.

I'm sitting at home with the kids today. Gary has drill wheich means that I thankfully have the weekend off. I'm quite thrilled, don't get me wrong, I'm just also very bored. The weather is crappy, it can't decide if it wants to rain or not, so it's like the kids and I can go to the park or anything.

Micheal's doing a lot better with potty training today. He didn't have an accident yesterday, he just decided that underwear are evil and ran around naked all day. Today he's excited and happy about his underwear and he's told me twice that he had to go potty. And he just farted. He giggled because it's not as muffled without a diaper. Silly kid.

Kyle is being Kyle. He refuses to walk, but gladly crawls anywhere... And he's climbing! The kid climbed into a chair and attempted to climb the bookshelf last night. Thankfully I caught him right before he really got started. Why do I have a feeling that he's going to be the same daredevil that his brother has always been???

Other than that, there's not much to report. I went across the street last night and showed my wedding photography to my neighbors and they hired me to photograph their wedding in October. I have another one in August for a friend from work. I think I'm back to doing weddings now whether I want to or not.

Well, I'm going to get off here... Talk to you all later.

They cannot kill Izzie and George!

I just finished watching Grey's. I was watching last night, but had the worst migraine and had to go to bed. I am so mad right now... The last episode I cried through, and this one I'm just angry with the writers. They can't kill Izzie off. I don't care so much about George, but Izzie? No. She's been through so much and has so much left to do...

Anyhow... Maybe I shouldn't worry so much about what's on TV, but I love that show.

I have to call around at 8:00 to try and get Gary into a dentist. He woke up in pain this morning and is going to need a filling. I have no sympathy for him, he's gone over four years since his last trip to the dentist, so this is all his fault.

Today starts Micheal's first day of stubborn mommy potty training. He's been using the potty for a long time now, he just needs added incentive. As soon as he gets home, he's getting his underwear on and I'm going to remind him every thirty minutes to go. My hope is that for the next week to only let him wear them when he's sleeping and when we go out. Naive, I know.

Well, I need to get going. Gotta get all that work done today that I didn't do yesterday... And reclean the kitchen, my husband doesn't seem to be able to clean up after he cooks.

Can't get motivated...

I can't seem to get motivated today. I brought Micheal to school and he cried and cried. Afterwards I went shopping for a few things around the house. I have cleaned up the yard... After last night's storm it was in bad shape. I haven't done anything in the house yet though. I just can't seem to get motivated enough to do anything inside. I have thrown out some papers that were lying around the living room, but that's about it. I still have a ton to get done, and I need to do it now. I have at least gotten a little school work done, but not much else.

Well, I'm off to try to get some cleaning done... After that I'll need to get my photography stuff together and go across the street to show my work to the neighbors, I'm supposed to be shooting their wedding in October so it would be nice to at least show them my work.

My day off...

Today starts my four day weekend! Nothing really planned. I'm bringing Micheal to school, coming back home and cleaning... Clean, clean, clean.Cleaning the kitchen, the living room, the boys' room, the play room, my bedroom, my bathroom, then doing laundry and dishes. I'm trying to find something that I'll want to cook tonight that's not very hard while I'm at it. Also need to do some school work. I'm going to try to complete most of next week's work while I'm home over the next few days.

Tomorrow starts me getting strict with Micheal's potty training. He's got to start going on the potty. We had hoped that he would be done with this by now, but he keeps having setbacks. I'm going to try putting him in underwear tomorrow when he gets home from school, and keep him in underwear throughout the weekend and see how it goes. It would be nice to have diapers be a thing of the past.

We went out with some Slavic officers last night. It was pretty cool, I enjoyed myself. I miss going out to dinner with people that Gary used to work with... It used to be a ball. They invited us to tag along again tonight, but I don't think we can find a sitter.

Well, I need to get going. This house obviously doesn't clean itself... Does anyone know when I can upgrade to one that does?

Life keeps going on...

Okay, so we found out that even though Gary was told he would be going to school in August (August 2- October 23 to be exact) that he won't be. They didn't have any openings. Now, he'll either be leaving in July or January. If he leaves in July, he'll come back in November. If he leaves in January, I don't know when he'll come back. I do know that I'll only have a few months with him before he deploys though, so I don't like that option.

In case you're wondering, there are three different schools he can go to: One in Vermont (12 weeks), one in Georgia (20 or so weeks), and one in California (I don't know how many weeks). Vermont is full until who knows when, so Georgia is the one that he can leave for in July. They filled out his paperwork, sent it in, and we're now just waiting to find out. I'd kind of just like to get this over with already. I'm irritated at the fact that just when I get my head wrapped around something, it all gets changed. I should be used to that, it's what always happens.

On another note, Gary and I are going to dinner with some people from his work tonight. I'm a little scared... I don't do fancy restaurants very well and from what I hear, that's where we're going. Should be exciting for me. I do love getting out of the house and not having to bring the kiddos, so that's one cool thing... I'm just nervous.

Upside to the day: After 5:00, I don't have to step foot into Walmart until Monday! Four whole days off, can you believe it?

Well, I have got to run... Talk to you all later!

Grrr...

I was docked 5 points from an assignment because I didn't post it as an attachment. He didn't say to, but he didn't say not to either. I should have known better. I think from here on out, I'll post them each way. My new teacher is really irritating me. It would be different if he let anyone know what was expected of him, but he doesn't. And he's now picking me out in the main forums to question more thoroughly on the subjects of discussion. It's frustrating. We're in week two... Six and a half weeks left, that time should fly right on by...

Work is work... It was pretty good yesterday and the day before. Chris wasn't there. She'll be in today, so we'll see how it goes. Tomorrow is my last day until Monday... I'm quite thrilled about that. Four days to try to relax.

Oh, Gary's school dates are going to change. We don't know when he'll be leaving now, they'll let him know in the next 30 days. He won't be going to the same school that they were talking about, and he will for sure be leaving for school sometime this year. So that's a little frustrating, but we'll get through it, we always do...

I need to get going, my coffee is getting cold while I type. Talk to you all later.

Gary got a new laptop...

So for Mother's Day, my husband got a new laptop. Sounds wierd, right? People at work were like, "Surely he's getting it for you..." and I told them no, it was for him, they just didn't believe me. Anybody that knows my husband would have known it was definitely for him. I'm happy, that means he'll be leaving mine alone now, so it was a Mother's Day present to me as well!

I do have to say that it is pretty cool... I've played with it, installed a few programs for him, and I'm happy for him. The greatest thing is that I actually picked it out for him. I got online myself yesterday and did the research, made a list of five different laptops and told him that he could bring home one of those, but nothing else. He picked the second cheapest one on the list. It has a 400 GB hard drive, facial recognition software through it's webcam, and it's bluetooth compatible. Like I said, pretty cool.

Well, I need to go, I have an early day today...

Micheal just did the cutest thing...

So, the boys are eating breakfast and I'm in the living room doing schoolwork. All of a sudden I hear, "Mom! MOM!!!!" and I look up and say "Yes Micheal?" to which he replies "Kyle want a nana..."

I say, "Does Kyle want a nana or do you?" and he looks at me, with a irritated face, and repeats "Kyle want a nana!"

I gave one to Micheal first, because I assumed he actually wanted it for him... I was wrong. "KYLE want a NANA!" is what he screamed at me next. So I gave it to Kyle, who was very happy to finally get it (he loves any food that is waved in front of his face), and they both say "Thank you."

That was my Mother's Day present from Micheal. A small conversation that I'm very thankful for.

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there! 

I passed!!!

I finally got my feedback and final grades for my other class and am happy to announce that I passed! I spoke with my academic counselor and while I admitted that it was not my best work in either class, he told me that he paired me with two harder classes this time because he wanted to see how well I worked under pressure (because I plan to go all the way to at least my Masters in Psychology). He wanted me to realize that it's going to be hard work, so that if I changed my mind, at least I would do it before I got too far into it. While I have a small amount of appreciation for his logic, I was rather upset. I have been working my butt off, but I have a great sense of accomplishment right now to go along with it.

Right now I'm taking two classes that are fairly easy... As Jarrod (my academic counselor) put it, they are about 25% of the work and effort of the classes that I just went through. My next block is going to be one easy and one hard one. But, here's the exciting thing: I finally get to take a PSYCHOLOGY class on my next block! Imagine that, a PSYCHOLOGY major taking a PSYCHOLOGY class! I'm really thrilled, it's just that I'll have taken six classes before I finally get to one that is within my major.

So, the idea is to ace these next two classes, get straight A's on everything in them, bring my GPA way up, and get into my next block. And then, a year from now, I'll have a degree... Then, in a year and a half to two years later, another degree. Then, another degree. Oh yeah, and then I'll transfer colleges and get another degree. I can't get the Ph. D. that I want at the University of Phoenix, so I'll have to find another college by the time I get to that level, but I've got a little while right now...

Well, I need to go... The husband's looking at me like I've lost my mind as I clackity-clack away on the keyboard. Talk to you all soon...

Micheal's 3 Year Appointment...

He's doing great. He's in the 75th percentile for his height, 50th for his weight. He's back to gaining weight decently, thankfully. He's on track for everything except for his speech and Dr. Hoffman thinks that once he starts talking that he'll really blossom. He says that Micheal appears to be very intelligent and that as outgoing as he is, he'll do great once we figure out whats going on with the speech. I can't wait for that to happen.

Here's the only thing that bothers me... I thought he must have fell today at preschool. I called back up to ask them and they said no. I pointed out the spot that he has on his elbow to Dr. Hoffman (I thought it might be another rash since they said he hadn't fell) and he says it looks like a burn. So now I'm worried. He said it could be from friction, but it looks like it's from heat. I called the school back again, but they haven't returned my call. I'm more than a little concerned. What do you guys think it could be? When I started getting upset, Dr. Hoffman told me that it was more than likely a carpet burn and that they probably didn't notice it because Micheal didn't complain about it when it first happened.

Well, I need to get back to cleaning...

I'm back with pictures!

I figured out what the problem was... I have to load these one at at time, file sizes are too large.

Here we are going to the school:

Here he is at the school, waiting the other students to arrive:
Walking with his teacher to meet the other students:
Waiting for the bus with Lily, his friend from daycare:

With his little hands in his pockets:

Yay! He made it on! Here he is clapping:

He didn't cry until he realized that no one else was getting on the bus with him... He has done good since though, until his bus driver decided that she didn't need to pick him up yesterday. That was an ordeal that involved me calling and yelling at about 10 different people until I finally got the situation resolved. I don't think she'll be doing that again though!

I'm watching Grey's right now and crying like a baby! I love this show and I can't believe what they did... Izzie and Alex deserved to get married. Now I just want to know what happens with Meredith and Derrick.

On another note, I still have not received my grade for Environmental Science. I'm getting extremely nervous, but am still convinced that I will pass. I feel like I did pretty good, I just wish that she would post the grades so that I can move on...

Well, I'm going to get going now. Got a lot to do around here today.

Got one grade back!

I got my Critical Thinking Final back last night! I recieved a 250/250, so I had an A+ on the final and definitely passed my class!

I'm going to finally post those pictures that I promised of Micheal! Sorry it has taken so long, I just have been so busy the past few days...

On his way to school:

I'll post more later today, it doesn't want to load them now and I have to go wake Gary up now...

Argh!

My grades are still not posted. I'm going nuts! I keep going on and checking to see if they have graded my finals yet, but nothing yet... I'm beginning to get very frustrated.

I am convinced that Micheal's teacher is not the brightest woman on earth. I returned his permission slip for his field trip yesterday, in his backpack, and she called and left a message telling me how important it was to return that permission slip to the school. I just called and left her a message telling her if she had checked his backpack that she would have found it. I'm just slightly irritated.

Well, I need to go... I'll try to post pictures of Micheal's first day of school and his birthday later today.

Grades not posted...

I check every few hours to see if my final frades for my classes have posted. Nothing yet. I'm getting extremely frustrated. I'm hoping that I did great on my finals, but as time goes by, I can't help but to get nervous. I'm in my new classes and already turning in assignments, I'm doing everything I can to be sure to have at least a B when I get out of them.

Anyhow... Micheal did great for his first day of school yesterday. They bragged on how wonderful he did. He gets a paper sent home with him telling what he did for the day and all that good stuff. He went to the potty all by himself also. I thought that was amazing. We had his little party at daycare after his nap. That went really well. All the kids love him over there. He was getting hugs and they all told him how much they missed him. It was really sweet.

I almost forgot one of the coolest things about yesterday. I got a picnic table. I put the whole thing together all by myself. It was my project for while he was at school. I'll post a picture of it later. I need to put a finish on it at some point so that it doesn't rot in the yard.

Well, I need to go. Almost time to wake everyone up.

Happy Birthday Micheal!

Three years ago today one of the best things that ever happened to me came into this world. Micheal Lee Crull was born at 6:45 p.m., he was 21.5 inches long and 8 pounds and 1 ounce! I got up and went to the hospital at 5:00 that morning to be induced, only to be told to go home, that there was no room at the hospital. We went down and hung out around the hospital, walked around the block a few times, and when I walked back in, having contractions (which I had been having for two months, just not regularly) they finally admitted me. They kept me in an observation room for several hours, but they weren't happy with my contractions, so they decided to go ahead and start pitocin around 2:00 that afternoon. From there, I went through labor very fast. I was drug free for a long time, even with the pitocin... I was hoping for a drug free labor, but it didn't happen. At about 5:50, the nurse came in to check me, she announced that I was almost ready and that she was going to have the doctor come break my water in 5 minutes. As soon as she got out the door, my water broke. That next contraction was so painful that I begged for my epidural. The anaesthesiologist made it in at about 6:15... As soon as he left out, my midwife came in. She asked me how I was feeling now... I lifted my foot and announced that I could see my toes moving, but I couldn't feel them, she said that was a good thing and told me to let her know when I started feeling that urge... At 6:41 I knew what she was talking about, and at 6:45 Micheal was here (we'll leave out the part where around 6:43 I turned to ask Gary if he was okay, he was a little pale)...

Well, my baby turns three today. I can't believe that it's been three years already. We had his birthday party yesterday. He'll be starting school today, that's one thing I'm still not sure I'm ready for, but I'm going to try to do my best.

Here are a few photos of yesterday...

Me waking Micheal up through photography:

Micheal's "choo-choo" cake:
Enjoying his new basketball goal:
Blowing out the candle:
Yummy cake:
Introducing the Escalade:

Making their escape:
Well, I need to go... Gotta get the big kid up, then gotta get the actual kiddos up.

So tired...

I stayed out late with my neighbor last night. We were shopping, and we got a late start because she worked late. I didn't get home until almost midnight. I really want to go back to sleep... I did at least get everything for Micheal's birthday though, so that's the upside.

Psychology. That's what I'm going back to school for. Thanks Jen for the comment, I didn't realize that I had never said it. I want to be a school psychologist.

As far as my school goes, all I have to do today is touch up my papers and turn them in... I really hope I do well, I can't afford not to... I don't want to repeat any classes.

I got Micheal's cake before I left work yesterday... It looks great. I can't wait for him to see it. I also got the little basketball goal for him last night. It was the last one that the Avon Walmart had, and we didn't have any left in our store. I feel like there's something I forgot, but I hope not, because I do not intend to leave the house today.

Well, I've got to go... I'll post pictures of everything tonight.

Almost done...

I finished one final last night. I have to go over it when I get home from work today and tinker with it a little, but I'm pretty proud of myself. The other should be a breeze to get through. I may need a new notebook by the time I'm done with it though! I have at least gotten most of the way through it, it mostly just needs the same tinkering that the other one needs. The good news is that I have until tomorrow night.

I need to get new notebooks for my new block when I go out with Dorsann tonight. Yay... new classes start on Monday. Why does it seem that I do not get a break? It's okay, I'd rather not take one, I want to finish school. I need my associates degree ASAP so that I can put that on my resume. After I'm done with that, I'm going to continue to work hard on my bachelors. Then my masters. After that, my Ph.D., then I might be done... I've got six to eight years ahead of me though (depending on how well I do and if I can handle doubling my courseload, maybe less) and I can't wait to finish!

Well, I need to get ready for work now... I will chat at you all later!

10 years ago...

We lost my dad 10 years ago today... This isn't going to be a long post, I just want to do something to remember him...

Me, Lennie, and my dad:

Some other old pictures that I found...

Saved from the dump...

As most of you already know, I have been on a bit of a "green" kick for a while now. I was driving around, after having one awful morning, and doing some retail therapy. Well, retail therapy is not very green. Not green that is unless you're shopping used or you shop behind the store, i.e. the dumpster. I am not a dumpster diver, not by any means. Would not have even gone back there if I hadn't had items that our garbage truck refused to pick up. But I saw this beautiful, perfect, garden bench waiting to go to the dump while I was back there and I just couldn't fathom the idea of it. So I put the perfect bench (whose only crime was having one slightly bent leg) into the van and brought it to it's new home. I LOVE it!

Here is a photo of the new bench:

Now how could they throw that out??? All I know is that it's going to be my new vacation spot. My place to relax. I just need a little table next to it, and I happen to know that I can buy one at Walmart for $15!

Well, I need to get back to my Environmental Science final... Putting the finishing touches on that paper now...