Yay me!

I just had to mention that I got my anatomy lab final score today and received 100% on it! I hope I can do almost that well on my actual class final. I have a test in chemistry tomorrow that I am going to study more for tonight when Cameron goes to bed. Most of my house is clean so I will feel like studying.

I have been getting the urge to scrapbook again. I can't wait for this semester to end so I can create something. The two girls that I study with also scrapbook....we may get together between semesters and do some scrapping. That would be great!

I signed up to do Shimelle's "Journal Your Christmas" class. I wanted to do it last year, but found out about it too late. So this year I signed up on November 30th. I haven't had a chance to actually start, but I am going to work on some of the journaling each night to catch up. It is a great way to capture what Christmas is to you.

Another post from me

I put up our other little tree tonight...you see, I am trying to get out of studying. Here is a little snippet of it.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Sometime last night it started to snow and it hasn't stopped since I got up at 7:00. It is now 12:00 and still going strong. I took some pics of Cameron and Lucy out playing...I was inside where it was warm looking through the window.
I don't quite know what they are searching for here...perhaps the grass.Here Lucy is waiting for a snowball to be thrown. She likes to run in the snow and try to catch what you throw her.I don't know if we are going anywhere today, but I wanted to head out to Modern Display to look at their trees. Perhaps we will venture out later. I should go dry my hair and start some studying. I have two tests this week...one in chemistry and one in anatomy.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at home in Utah this year by ourselves. It just isn't the same without extended family. Very few pictures were taken. I did manage to get one of Michael carving the bird and one of Cameron in his pilgrim hat he made using my cardstock and adhesives. I think he looks more like the Lucky Charms leprechaun.School is quickly coming to a close. I have my anatomy lab final on Tuesday so I have been studying for that. I am getting together with two friends that I have made in the class today for a little while to just refresh ourselves. We got together last Tuesday most of the day and went over things...I think I will do ok. I got my latest chemistry test back...I got a 86%. Not the greatest, but not terrible either. I do get to drop one test...I hope I get an A on the next one.

These next couple weeks are going to be full of studying. I have my last chemistry test on the 5th and my last anatomy test on the 6th. I don't really need to take the anatomy one since I can drop one test and so far I have gotten all A's on them so I will be studying a little harder for the chemistry one. My chemistry final is on Dec. 12th and my anatomy one is the 13th. I'm a little freaked out by the fact that they are only one day apart. I do have the opportunity to take the chemistry one on the 10, I may have to do that to give me a little more time to just concentrate on anatomy.

Our washer and dryer arrived yesterday! I was so happy and excited to do laundry. I did laundry from when they first arrived until around 8:30 last night. I am almost done. I have another load of blankets/throws to wash then pretty mcuh everything in my house has been through the new machines.

I AM STILL HERE!!

It has been too long since I have updated. I've been busy with school, work and home. Today was a great day! We ordered my new washer and dryer and it will be in my home on Friday! Here they are:Cameron had a great Halloween. He finally decided on being a Ninja. We had already bought stuff for him to be a vampire, but he changed his mind. I didn't care since we didn't spend too much on the vampire stuff. He was a pretty cute ninja.
It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is THIS week. Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday it was summer. However, I am pleased that this year is almost over because that means this semester of school is almost done. So far I am still getting an A in all of my classes. I have a chemistry test tomorrow and I don't understand one bit of it. I have a feeling that I will be turning in a blank test or close to it. However, we do have the advantage of dropping one test. I hope the next test isn't that difficult so I can drop this score. I don't see how people can take more than one class at a time. Last semester I took an online class along with my other one and that wasn't a big deal, but Chemistry and Anatomy together is whipping my butt. I have my last chem test on Dec. 5 and my last anat test on Dec. 6. The finals are one day apart too. YIKES!

Well, off to study. I need all the help I can get.

Parties

Well, Cameron's 8th birthday party went great. He had a great time playing with his friends and riding his scooter around instead of skates. We had 9 boys join us for the fun. I think they all had a great time except for when the games kept eating their tokens. Cameron received lots of fun toys and even some money. The cake was a Optimus Prime transformer cake...I do have a picture, just didn't post it. After the cake Cameron was put into a money machine. The machine blew fake dollars around and he had to try to catch as many as he could. He ended up getting $40 in play money that transfered to 40 tickets to purchase something from the toy area. He ended up getting a blow-up snake sword.




After the party we headed to Liberty Park in SLC for a Carquest Halloween function. We had a lot of fun visiting with everyone. For dinner we had "homemade" chili with sugar donuts. Has anyone ever heard of this combination before? We were told it is a small town Utah thing. You are supposed to dip the donuts in the chili. EEEWWW!

There was a three-legged race that Cameron and I competed in...that hurts! We were in the lead for awhile, but in the end we lost. There should have been a prize for 2nd place!

After the race it was time for the pumpkin carving contest. The knives that we had to use were crap. What do you expect for $5 from Wal-mart? The first one Michael used broke and the second one wasn't much better. Everyone carved some great pumpkins. Gary, the operations manager at Carquest was going to judge, but I had the idea to grab some people walking through the park and have them vote. They liked that idea, it sure made it easier to pick and not have someone mad that you didn't choose them.

Birthday and school

Things have been pretty busy around here with school and work.

Cameron celebrated his 8th birthday on Wednesday. Where does the time go? I started crying when I really thought about how old he is and how precious he is to our family. Despite the fact that Cameron had a busy day on his birthday I think he enjoyed it. The morning started out early with him opening gifts at 6:45 am before Michael had to leave for the rest of the week. I took Cameron to choir at 7:30 then he had school and daycare. I picked him up around 4:15 when I got off work so he could play with some of his new toys before he had to go to school with me at 6:30. Poor kid had to sit through 2 hours of Chemistry on his birthday. When we finally got home around 9:00 he played for a little while longer and then I brought out his surprise little birthday cake I bought. Michael was on the phone with him singing happy birthday before I called him over to see his cake and blow out some candles.

All Cameron had been asking for was a new skateboard and skate shoes. My parents bought him his new skateboard and Michael's mom bought him the shoes he wanted. I think he was happy. We bought him 2 video games, skating helmet and a few toys. He also got a Transformer video game from Michael's dad along with money and gifts cards from other family members.


We are having Cameron's birthday party with friends tomorrow at the Classic Skate Fun Center. He invited 11 boys from his class and so far only 6 have RSPV'd. I have always had kids show up that haven't called first so I made sure I had enough goody bags for everyone that we invited.

Well, my chemistry test that I was freaking out over was worth freaking out over. The entire class got to retake it since the average was a 50%. I was one of those that got the average. Scary! I have NEVER failed a test before this one. However, we got to take it home and do it and this time I only missed 1. So, I got a 96%. MUCH MUCH better. I have another test on Monday and I am totally stressing over it since I absolutely do not get one of the chapters that it is covering. I am getting together today with someone from class so we can try to understand it better. At least we can drop one test score...I would rather do good on all the tests, but I have a bad feeling about this one.

I actually had some time this morning to vacuum and dust my house. Now if only I could find time to clean the bathrooms.

Saucy!

Last Sunday we spent the day preparing applesauce. Michael had picked all the apples off our trees the weekend before and we really needed to do something with them so we made some sauce. I had gone to Bed, Bath & Beyond to purchase a food mill and then came home to start the process. The food mill did not work like it was supposed to so I ran back to the store and bought a food processor. This worked MUCH MUCH nicer and faster. I never thought I would own a food processor. We had gone 11 years without owning one, but now we have one we can use next year when we make more applesauce.

Most of the apples from the tree. We did give one bag away before this picture.The handy dandy Pampered Chef Apple/Peeler/Corer w/stand.The peeled apples undergoing their coring and chopping.Michael peeling more apples. Sure did make a mess of the kitchen!

14 quarts of applesauce ready to be eaten!

We ended up having another bag of apples to donate. We were tired of peeling, coring and chopping and processing the apples so we stopped.

I took my anatomy lab midterm on Tuesday and went to school on Friday to get my grade. I got a 97%! That means I missed two questions. I am pretty sure I know which ones I missed too. I took my Chemistry test last Wednesday and will not have the results of that one until Monday night. However, I don't even want to see what I got on that one. I am pretty sure I failed it. That was the hardest freaking test I have ever taken. I was there from the time it started until she told us to hand in our tests...there were 3 of us left at that point. I am never there a full 2 hours to take a test. There were 5 questions I flat out guessed on. If I only miss those 5 I will only have a 69%. There were only 26 questions on the test so that makes it tough to miss more than 2 and still get an A.

Well, off to study for an anatomy test that I get to take on Tuesday. I still need to read two of the chapters. YIKES!

Here I am

Not too often is there a picture of me on this blog. I just chopped my hair and had is colored yesterday. This isn't the greatest picture as I just took it with my computer, but hey, it's a picture.

I got my second chemistry test back and got a 95%. I have another test on Wednesday and seriously doubt I will get a good grade since I am totally NOT understanding this chapter. However, I am going to give myself some time to study it and see if I can start to get it.

I have my anatomy lab midterm on Tuesday and that has been consuming all of my time even my sleep. I woke up yesterday and the word lateralis came out of my mouth. I tried to figure out where that word came from and it wasn't until I was at the library with a study group and mentioned it did I realize that it is a muscle in the thigh called the vastus lateralis. Funny how your mind works when you sleep.

Well, off to do some studying. It is 3:20 and I haven't even cracked a book yet today. I just finished watching Grey's Anatomy online since our DVR didn't record it all for some reason. Really irked me when I sat down to watch it on Friday.

Forgot to post this

Michael's dad emailed us a picture of Michael and the pickup truck. This is the truck that Michael's dad just drove here to give us. I wish I could say it looks the same now, but it has aged since the picture and Michael has already started taking it apart to fix it up.

SNOW?

Who said it was winter? Last time I checked it was fall. Snow has been falling for about 2 hours now and it is starting to stick to my grass! Bring back the rain. It was cold as heck outside too.

UGH

I am SICK. Oh how I hate being sick! I started coming down with this illness on Monday and now it is in my sinuses. I hate it when I can't breathe. At least my throat isn't sore today. I stayed home from my strength training class yesterday. I was NOT feeling well at all. I hope I am feeling better soon. I have an anatomy lab midterm to study for. You just can't study when you don't feel good.

On a positive note, I got my first anatomy test score back and got 100%. I wish I could say that I didn't miss any, but that was my score with some bonus points added. I got a 89.7% without the bonus points. The average in the class was 79%. My instructor said the next test scores usually go WAY down. I hope mine doesn't plummet! I took my second Chemistry test on Wednesday. That one was a toughy. I will be getting the results back on Monday, let's hope I did as well on it as I did on the first one.

I am majorly stressing over the anatomy lab midterm. It isn't until October 9th, but it is going to be HARD. It is all fill in the blank. I have to know the name of every bone, bump on bones, impressions on bones, everything about freaking bones. Not to mention I have to know the names of the muscles...they have weird names. I hope there isn't too many things to locate on the cadaver. The muscles look so different on the cadaver than they do on the models in the class room. This Tuesday is open lab so my table is planning on going in the morning and in the evening to look at the cadaver and the models and try to get everything all memorized. My plan was to have a lot of it already memorized by the time we get together to make things easier, but with me feeling like crud I don't see that happening.

On Tuesday Halo 3 was released for xbox 360. Michael took the day off of work and Cameron stayed home from daycare so they could play all day. They played for 7 hours and beat the game. Luckily by the time I got home that night they were almost done and I didn't have to listen to it for too long. They had the game playing in surround sound so it sounded like bombs going off in the house. They were "lucky" enough, if you want to call it that, to be able to buy the Legendary edition of the game. You see, this Legendary edition comes with Master Chief's helmet. I wish I could say it was cheap, but is wasn't! Cameron has the helmet displayed proudly on his desk. If this thing were wearable I could see buying it, but it is just for display. Here is what it looks like:
Don't you wish you had one of these things taking up space in your home too?!

Today is a BLAH day. The wind is howling, the rain is coming down and all I want to do is sleep. However, I have to run to the post office to mail my parents birthday gifts, head to the bank and then run into the library to get some books that are on hold. I need to take some more Advil cold & sinus and get out into the cold to run my errands.

Yay me

I got my first Chemistry test back on Wednesday night. I got a 94! The two I missed were stupid mistakes that 55/68 students missed. Now, most professors I have had give those points if that many students miss the same question...not this one. Oh well, it is still an A even if it is an A-.

So, Tuesday when I took Cameron to daycare my car made a funny noise as I was pulling into the parking lot. I didn't know what it was, but I didn't worry too much. I then heard the same noise as I was pulling into my school parking lot. I called Michael to tell him what I heard so I wouldn't forget to tell him when he got home that evening. He said he would look at it. Ok, so then I left that campus to head to another, left that one to head back to the first after a class and when I was getting on the freeway I heard the noise, but this time while driving. I called Michael and told him, he told me to head home to get the truck to go to my last class, but since I was almost already to school I just told him I would go home after class.

Got home after school, Michael got home and he and the neighbor took a look. They thought that some half shaft was bad so Michael would replace it on Wednesday. The neighbor said that I could drive on it for probably a year without any problems. Flash forward to Wednesday afternoon. I was heading to lunch from work and my car starting shaking really bad and making that terrible noise. I pulled into the Subway parking lot and looked at my tire to make sure everything was ok. It was NOT! I could see a lug nut between the hubcap and tire. I was on the phone with Michael and he said that they didn't take that wheel off so it couldn't be mine. Well, I got the hubcap off and what did I see? Two out of five lug nuts holding my tire on and they weren't tight at all. My tire could have fallen off while I was driving. How scary is that?!?! Had my car towed home, Michael put new lug nuts on and drove it around because the neighbor said that the noise could have been from the loose tire all along. Yep, that is what it was. Had they taken that hubcap off the night before we might have found all of that out. Oh well.

Sorry for that long drawn out story, but you know, I was really writing it all out for myself anyway.

I have LOTS of studying to do today. I have a quiz on Tuesday in anatomy lab and a test on Thursday in anatomy. We are studying two different things in each class so I have to fill my head with MUCHO information.

Been a long time, but I am still here

Where has the time gone? I was talking with my dad today and he told me I haven't updated my blog in awhile. I knew exactly the last time I blogged because I looked it up last night. I just haven't had the time. However, I have had the time to read everyone else's blog.

Michael's dad drove down for a visit about 2 weeks ago. He brought us his old pick-up truck. This is the truck that Michael used to drive when I first met him. Kind of neat that we own it now. Michael has plans to fix it up and get it a new paint job. The truck is 30 years old. Michael took it for a safety inspection and emissions test the other day. It failed emissions, but they said it just needs a new carburetor. So, after Michael finds one he will replace it and do the test again.

Michael's mom and grandmother came down for a visit last weekend after Michael's dad left. It was great to see everyone again. Michael's mom and step-dad are planning on flying their plane down somewhere around the first week of October.

I started school on August 22nd, so that is why I haven't updated much. WHY OH WHY did I decide to take Chemistry AND Anatomy at the same time? I think I must have been on crack or something when I signed up. I am also taking a strength training class and actually enjoy it. Although, our goal is to increase our weight 5 pounds each week. Holy heck...that is TOUGH! I am going to be up to bench pressing 75 pounds next week. 70 pounds was hard enough today. My arms are quite sore today. I am sure I will be even more sore tomorrow.

I already have a Chemistry test on Monday. I also have a quiz in Anatomy on Tuesday. I guess that means I will be studying most of the weekend. I am pretty sure I will do okay on both, but so far the math in Chemistry has been tough. I took the required math before taking the class and got an A, but this is all story problems. I don't do well at them at all.

Ok, so I am off to study now. Sorry I don't have any pictures this post. They are in my camera which is downstairs.

Been a LONG time

I can't believe it has been over two weeks since I last posted. That also means that I haven't started running again either. I really need to get out there, but I really want it to cool off soon.

Let's see what has been up. I have been finishing up summer semester. Finally finished on Monday, Aug. 6th. I just got my grades yesterday. I got an A in Nutrition and an A- in Microbiology. I was so happy to get some sort of A in that darn class. It was a pretty hard class. However, it brought my GPA down to a 3.925 from a 4.0. I start Fall semester on the 22nd. I will be taking Chemistry, Anatomy and Strength Training. I don't need a PE credit, but I figured $100 to add another class was cheaper than getting a personal trainer at the gym.

Cameron started school on July 25th. He is in second grade and so far he likes it. I never did get a picture of him with his teacher this year like I have the past two years. As a matter of fact, I haven't even personally met her.

In the early morning hours on August 4th some people went around our town and flipped cars over. I saw a cop outside across the street and wondered what he was doing there. Then I looked out the window around one of our front porch pillars and saw the car of my neighbors son upside down on its roof. I saw online that 14 cars were flipped over or vandalized that morning. Most of the cars ended up on their sides. I snapped some pictures of the tow truck flipping it back over.
The day Cameron had been waiting for finally arrived on August 7th. He got his headgear. He was so happy when I picked him up from school to take him. However, once the doctor started fitting the bands on his teeth he wasn't quite as happy. One of his separator had fallen out some time before so his teeth had closed back up. Once they got it on it wasn't that big of a deal. He wanted to wear the headgear out of the office and even wear it to school. I talked him out of wearing it to school...thank goodness. That night he only had to wear it for 2 hours to start getting used to it. Tonight he is up to 14 hours. That is the minimum time he is supposed to wear it. He wore it to bed last night and didn't complain about not sleeping so I think this will be doable.
It has been nice having a few days off without worrying about studying. I actually have read one book and am almost done with another one since Monday. I miss reading! I will have to start reading text books soon enough so I want to catch up on my everyday reading. I am also catching up on some TV shows that I have TIVO'd.

Tomorrow Michael is heading down to Payson to be an inspector for the demolition derby. I think he will be gone most of the day. I have BIG plans for tomorrow too. I plan on cleaning the house REALLY good and watching some movies. Doesn't that sound like fun to you? If the cleaning sounds like so much fun that you don't want to miss out I would love some company. I will even supply the cleaning supplies!

Week 7, Day 2

Couldn't do it today. I tried, I got up, dressed, stretched, did my walk and started to run. I couldn't even go past 10 minutes. I think I was tired and hot. I saw the light at the end of the mile long road and said to myself that I would just run ONE mile today. Nope, couldn't even make it that far. I am going to try tonight if it cools down before it gets too dark. Perhaps running on daily fuels will help me. If not, I will repeat week 7.

Week 7, Day 1

Well, today I couldn't make it my full 25 minutes. I ran for 20 minutes and could barely lift my feet. I decided to walk the rest of the way so I wouldn't fall over and hurt myself. Hopefully Tuesday will be easier and I will make it. I don't really consider this a failure as I am at least out there doing something.

Today consists of lots of studying and pulling weeds. The weeds will have to wait until around 7:30-8:00 as it has been WAY too hot to go out during the daytime hours. Right now it is 76 degrees and it isn't even 7:00!

I know my posts have been pretty boring with no pictures but I haven't taken any lately. SORRY!

Week 6 DONE!

Another week closer to the end of my Couch to 5K plan. Todays run was tiring....25 minutes. Although I think my walk home was harder and longer. I never know where to run to and then turn around to head back. Today I went yet another different way and I don't think I liked it. I do like that with running you can just leave your house and go...however, I wish there was a trail close by that I could run on. Perhaps there is and I don't know it yet. Week 7 consists of 3 days of running 25 minutes. YUCK YUCK YUCK!!! I must say I am proud of myself for sticking to it. I hope I continue to run even after my 9 weeks are over.

I found this on two of my friends blogs, Nikki and Kim. So I decided to find out what flavor I was too.

You Are Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

You are kind, popular, and generous. You tend to be successful at anything you try. A social butterfly, you are great at entertaining a crowd. You are most compatible with strawberry ice cream.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?

A little update on Cameron and the orthodontist, he does have to get headgear. I can't believe how excited he was when the doctor told him the news. Right now he has spacers in place to get his teeth ready for the cementing of the bands on his molars. On August 7th we get to go in and get the goods. The orthodontist said it will be 1-1.5 years that he has to wear it. For right now he will only have to wear it while sleeping, but if it doesn't go as planned we will have to up the amount of time. He said he will not have to wear it to school...thank goodness!

Today's agenda:
Shower
WW weigh-in
Read last chapter in Nutrition
Take last chapter test
Take nutrition final
Start my research paper for nutrition
Study microbiology
Clean house

I can't believe I only have 2 weeks left of summer semester. I have 2 papers to write for nutrition and a final draft for my microbiology paper left to do. I must get crackin'! Fall semester starts on August 22nd. I am not looking forward to it at all. I am going to be busy and pulling my hair out trying to understand Chemistry. I will probably spend a LOT less time on the computer when that semester starts.

I had to go buy new scrubs yesterday. I put on one of my tops yesterday and it just looked and felt HUGE so I found one that I never wear because it was a little snug before and wore it. It was loose on me, but it looked good. Well, as good as scrubs can look anyway. I bought 4 new sets of them yesterday. I am going to be happy that I am no longer having to keep pulling my pants up and swimming in my shirts.

Well, off to start my day. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Week 6, Day 2

I survived another day on the Couch to 5K program. Friday is my last day of week 6 and it is 25 minutes of running. I managed to make my way through 20 minutes, what's another 5? I think I have decided to run in the Break Free run in September. I have a a little over 2 months until the actual day so I should be able to increase my speed too. I really need to head to the track and find out how long it takes me to run a mile.

Today I have a nail appointment and Cameron has an orthodontist appointment. We are going to see what treatment he needs. At our first visit for records he said he may need headgear. Cameron really wants it for some reason. I even showed him what it looks like and he still wanted it. If the DDS does decide he needs it we will most likely put the spacers in today and get his teeth ready for the bands they put on for the headgear. FUN FUN!

When we get home I just get to study and write a paper. Doesn't that sound like even more fun?!

Week 6, Day 1

Another day come and gone. Today was a bit hard. I think it was just the heat, it was probably 75 or a bit higher at 5:45 when I started. The runs were actually only 5 and 8 minutes so I can't complain about those.

Well today I have a few things to accomplish....nothing too fun or exciting.
Read a chapter in Nutrition
Take a chapter test
Study for Microbiology quiz
Plan menus
Grocery shop
Laundry

That's about it for today. No new pictures to share.