Life's Moments

This weekend Bobby's aunt and cousin came from Florida for a visit. Saturday we went out to Leslie's house for an afternoon visit, Leslie and Jade made a very good dinner we had pork steak and some wonderful scalloped potatoes that were to die for!!!

Leslie has these tunnels and Reyna and Luis loved them! Even Bobby crawled through and the little kids thought that was the coolest!

( do you see Bobby's head poking out??)

It was great to see Gail and Luis this weekend. It was even better because it was my weekend off. The weather wasnt too bad, cool in the upper 50's but it was mostly sunny... I can handle that!

Tonight Bobby, Jade, Rocky and Lisa are at the Tigers game, and they super close...something like 5 rows up from the Tigers dugout!! How awesome is that?!?!?! Hopefully the Tigers win!

Im hopeful that this week goes by quick! Tomorrow I am meeting up with my study group at 11, and then Im working on school stuff. (yay! total sarcasam...) And Tuesday I work. Wednesday and Thursday I have finals all day. So send some good thoughts my way for finals week! :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

HaPpY wEdNeSdAy!!!!!!!

Its almost the weekend, yay! And its my weekend off so that makes it extra special! :)

How's your week been so far???

Mines going pretty good, just trying to study for a test I have Thursday and then finals next week. Yeppie! ( total sarcasm! )

Well Im gonna get back at it!

Today I went shopping for some spring/summer clothes. I feel a lot better about warm weather being here. I had no flip flops, and I needed some color...my t-shirts and summer tops went from white, to black, with a couple colors in between. I swear I have like 5 black and 5 white shirts. Talk about bland! hahah! SOO today I bought some very colorful cute shirts. I also got some khaki carpi's and a swim suit( with more coverage for when I am with the little kids, sometimes they pull at suits in the water and I really didn't want any problems. Its like a reflux or something with little kids, they grab onto whatever they can!)So the suit is a skirt and like a tanktop. Its pretty cute! I shopped at Old Navy, Charlotte Russe, and Target. My closet looks MUCH better. And I am more ready for 70+* weather. Today was wonderful by the way. Low 70's, and no humidity. I could have weather like that year round. It was great!!!

Tomorrow we're having a pot luck at work. I made some yummy chicken pot pie. Its all put together, I will just have to pop it in the oven tomorrow. Its super easy to make! And I can't wait! I love it when we have pot lucks at work!

Then I have class. . . . . . I just keep telling myself, only 2 more weeks.

Hope everyone had a lovely day!

The weather has been great! All weekend, it was warm and mostly sunny. Friday's temp was nearly 80 and today was in the 70's. It really starting to feel like spring, and I am lovin' it...and all I have to say is...Its about time!!!

Sunday after work ( that same guy from saturday still peed on the floor most of the day! ) I did go and see Bobby. It was very nice to see him. We watched the Red Wings WIN, went to Meijer, and ate dinner at a really yummy mexican resturant called, On the Border. I had a margarita and it was wonderful. I was even nice enough to bring some things home for him so he wouldn't have to lug EVERYTHING back home on Thursday. :) He has to be all moved out by Tuesday. And he has a lot of stuff there...

Today I spent the morning painting the lower portion of the dining room wall. Its a light copper color. It looks really nice against the terquoise. After that I ran a few errends and dropped off Bobby's belongings at his house and had a nice glass of iced tea with Lisa.

Tuesday I am on-call for work, and I am kind of looking forward to it...after this weekend, I could use a little break from the peeing man! ha!

And now.... I need to study...

What have I been up to???

Well..... on Friday I went to class for a while. I have about 2 weeks left so I feel like I have a lot to do in a little bit of time. Talk about pressure. HA! SO I got some things done, and I am almost finished with that class. Yahoo! Did I mention that Im graduating in May??? I can't remember if I did or not. The ceremony is May 7th to be exact. The only sucky thing is that I won't really be finished. See you can graduate if you are 9 credits or less from finishing. And I am taking 8 credits this spring/summer. So I made the cut. Which is kinda nice because then I won't have to wait around till the following May to graduate. So I am happy that things are falling into place so far. The only thing that hasn't worked out is my Anatomy/Physiology class. I took it as one class, and it was 5 credits and it included a lab. Well now the school offers it as 2 classes. Well guess what, no college/university will accept A&P as just one class, it has to be 2 classes. So guess what I will be taking this upcoming fall and winter........... yep, that's right I have to retake A&P. Lets just say I was WAY less then happy. I was in tears from my frustration.

Anyway back to Friday... after class I went to Rocky and Lisa's. Leslie was there with a horrible migraine. So I went there to help her with Reyna. It was sooooooooooo beautiful on Friday. The temp was closer to 80*! How awesome is that?!?! So after Reyna's nap, I took her to the park and we even got ice cream. Then I met Jade and he took her home. What else is Aunt Emmy for??? I play with her to make her tired and then I get her ice cream and send her home with Daddy!! :) I guess she went to bed pretty early though, so I must have done my job! I was just happy that I was able to help Leslie out. She was really sick and needed some extra help, which I was more then happy to do.

So today I worked. And everyone asks me if I like to work weekends....well I only have to work every other weekend, which is nice. And normally I dont mind because they are in general slower then during the week and you get a little extra pay. Well ...today was the exception. It was super busy. I looked at the clock and it was 9am and when I looked back up it was 2:30. I totally forgot about lunch, so I ate a poptart. Real healthy, I know. It was just that CRAZY! We had a patient that someone had to sit with.... I swear this man had ants in his pants. And he was really confused and not with it. He thought we were camping! ha! He ended up peeing all over the floor, TWICE and then fought with me because he wanted to get dressed because he was gonna walk to Ann Arbor......yah, he wasn't all there.

Its almost 7, and I am about ready to fall asleep. I could hardly keep my eyes open during dinner. I am thinking that I will be going to bed early tonight!

I work again tomorrow. And I'm hoping that that patient of mine clears a little and isn't as confused...meaning I really don't want him to pee all over the floor again.
After work, I going over to Wayne State to see Bobby for a little while. Hopefully the weather will be nice and we can walk around outside. PLUS I kinda wanna go to Old Navy, and there is one only about 15 minutes from him... Im in need of some summer flip flops and some new summer pants/skits.

Hope you're having a great weekend!

I've got some pictures to post!!!

Reyna from last friday...she was pooped out! It was soo nice outside that day and we enjoyed it!

Here's the pictures I promised of Raz:

I have pictures to post... really I do!

But I have a headache and I'm really not feeling up to messing with them.

So they will have to wait till another day.

I have things I need to do for school, but my bed is looking pretty darn good....

So be sure to check back tomorrow....

I got a nanny position!!

And there's a neat little story to go with it.. . . .

My cousin Mary Sue is friends with a woman who was looking for a nanny, her name is Tyra. Tyra went to high school with my sister Tarra. Small world huh???

Well Tyra and her hubby have 2 small kids, 3 and 17 months... and they are expecting another any day now. Tyra works out of her home and Im going to start going to their house the week of May 12th, in the mornings from 8 - noon, Monday thru Thursday.

Afterwards I will be going to my externship from 1-5 or there abouts. And then I will be working at the hospital on Fridays and every other weekend. Then after I am finished with my 12 weeks of externship I will spend a couple days of the week there for the entire day. The nice part is that all I have to worry about are the two older kids and we can do whatever, go to the zoo, the parks, whatever we feel like. The best part so far is that they live 4.8 miles from my house!!!!

Okay so I want some input ...please!

So who's got some nifty craft ideas for little kids...???

What are some "creative" snacks???

And for those of you in Michigan, where are some neat places to go with kids???

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

I had the day off today, which was wonderful! I went to bed pretty early the night before because I could not even stay awake. I was falling asleep at my desk...does that give you any idea of how tired I was??? It felt great to go to bed early and wake up relatively early and not have to go anywhere right away.
Today I went to Kohl's and bought some new pillows for my bed. They are sooo much better then my old ones. And I got a new set of sheets. I love sheets! They just feel so good at night when you are tired, and its all comfy. What do ya think? I only spent $33.00, and I got 2 standard pillows, 1 down feather pillow and a set of 350 count sheets. I thought that I made out pretty good!
This afternoon, I studied, I have a test tomorrow. And then a neighbor of mine, Tammy went with me to work with Raz. She has been around horses forever and she knows a lot, plus it helps that I trust her judgement. So we went and saw Raz. He was really pretty good. He's getting better, as I have said in past posts, he just needs some work and attention. Im going to go and work with him again tomorrow (depending on the weather) and I am going to take my camera to take pictures so you can finally see Raz. Sound good???

Ahh its been a busy week, and I am ready for the weekend. I have both Saturday and Sunday off!! YAY! But I think the weather is going to be crappy...rain. But I am still very ready for the weekend??

Do you have any weekend plans???

I dont even know where to being.........

Let me just say that since Saturday the weather has been AWESOME!!!!

This weekend, was great! I worked Saturday afterwards I went up to the horse barn and played around there for a bit. This gal that lives down the road owns/boards horses, so I went there and messed around for a while. When I finally got home and showered, I went to Bobby's and met up with some of our friends, Tom, Ashley, Dan, Lonni and Brian. We had a little cookout, and sat around and just relaxed. Simple but at the same time so nice!

Sunday Bobby and I got out and played tennis....it felt soooo good to be outside, moving around and being able to actually do something. When its so cold out I just can't get myself to do anything. After that, we hung out, took a nap, went and did some shopping. Bobby needed some new jeans and such, and we found some good deals at Kohls. :)

Today I worked and then went and saw Raz. I actually rode him tonight....very shocking. I was able to saddle him, and get a bit in his mouth... He bucked me off once, and to tell you the truth, I held on for dear life and it did scare the shit out of me at first, but I got right back on, so I thought that was pretty good. The rest of the time I rode him he actually did well. It was a little bumpy, not the smoothest ride but it was nice to see that he was able to do it. I think its just going to take some time. I think tomorrow night Im gonna try to go over there again and just brush him and lunge(sp) him. Anyway, tonight I got home around 8, ate dinner and showered. And not Im feeling sore... my legs and arms. Between playing some tennis and ridding Raz, I just feel sore and tired. I will be going to bed early tonight!

Thought for Thursday:

So here's my NEW project. . . .

A friend of my parents has pretty much "inherited" a neglected horse. His name is Raz, he's 11 years old. Raz hasn't been ridden in 5 years, maybe more. He used to be kept in a pasture with cattle...and had very little human contact. Raz gets spooked pretty easily, and Raz can be a spaz.

So whats my project??? I want to get this horse used to people, and I want to be able to ride him. No Im not buying this horse. But they guy that owns him told me that if I could tame him, I could ride him whenever.

I can't do it by myself. I have never brought a horse from being a jumpy. bucking. spooked. unsure of people horse to a nice. clam. relaxed. rideable(sp?) horse. So what am I going to do???? Well there's a couple ladies I know that are awesome with horses. One of them happens to be Bobby's neighbor, Anita. I called her tonight. And she didn't even hesitate. I asked if she would maybe be willing to come out and meet this horse just to tell me what she thought.
And she said "Of course I will!"
How awesome is that???

Im not sure what has turned this horse into what he is today. Part of the problem I think is just being lonesome. And the other I am not sure about, maybe he was abused, or just plain old neglected... hopefully with a little work, time and energy and with Anita's help... we can get him to a place where we can ride him. Only time will tell.

Nicole, I know you have worked with horses....anything you could fill me in on would be great! And if anyone else out there has some advice....let me know, I am all ears!