Guess What?!

In lab today we inserted catheters into dummy's! We irrigated bladders! We irrigated wounds! We packed wounds! YIPEE! It was an exciting day in the lab!

Luckily, we finished up early and I got home right before the kids nap time! That means I got to nap too! Well, sorta, Elijah decided to wake up after only 40 minutes and poop his pants, on my bed!!!! So, nap time was short, way too short considering I work tonight, all night. Hopefully I will be able to get home and sleep an hour before the kids are up for the day because mothering two busy little boys all day after an exhausting week and no sleep the night before can be frustrating. But, its been done before, so I will survive, even if I do break down in tears a few times during the day.

G'night All!

Cabin Fever

I know I promised to post Part 2 of "Are you being poisoned" and I will, just not till this weekend, I'm still working on it.

Wow, I am so exhausted! This week has taken its toll on me and its not even quite Thursday yet.
I have been doing my best to get to bed early- that usually ends up being about 1 am for me! I like to take my shower, dry my hair, and straighten it before I go to bed so that I don't have to wake up early and do it (or more often risk not getting it done when I over sleep until 30 minutes before I have to be at class which is becoming a terrible habit!). But before I do any of that I have been trying to get back into my workout/ weight loss routine. I was doing really well for a while there. I had lost worked off 18 lbs since I started getting serious about it in the end of October. Since this semester started January 25th though I had completely quit working out and stopped eating well/ eating more than I need to. Well, its been about a month of that now and I have gained 5 lbs back! I am so disappointed in myself! So, this week I have worked out every night and have been eating like I should. I just need to work my butt off to get homework done and make time to workout rather than just resigning myself to the "I don't have time now" attitude. That's not going to get me anywhere but fat!

The kids have really been wearing me down. I get home from school every day and am immediately bombarded with clinging, and whining, and crying, and trouble making, and fit-throwing, and injurious to one another kiddo's. Its got to be cabin fever. It SUCKS! Really I wish I could take the kids out- anywhere, for a change of scenery but Rich always has to take the car, and it has the car seats in it, so we are stuck at home to suffer (and drive one another crazy!) together.
Do they offer immunizations against cabin fever?! I think we will each take a dose or two, please!

The weather had better start shaping up in March! I keep checking the 7 day forecasts longing, hoping, to see 50's and 60's in the near future but instead am brought to sobbing and tears daily with 20's for highs and -6's for lows!
I am already making plans for my garden! I am going to start placing orders this weekend for my heirloom seeds and plants! Yes, you read that right: heirloom! I am going to collect and save seeds from this year for next year! Why would I want to buy seeds every year when I can use ones from the year before?! I am so excited! Seriously, whenever I start thinking about my garden I feel like I need to jump out of my skin with excitement! Here is Elijah helping me pick out watermelons and tomatoes!


Can you tell he is just as excited as me?!

Here are a few more random pics from this week before I drag myself from Blogosphere for the night.

Here is the Master of Silly Faces himself!

He calls this one his "serious kiss" face:

See this cute 'lil guy sporting his Baltic Amber teething necklace and Bummis diaper cover?


He's a tough MAN!

Are you getting poisoned every time you take a bite? Part 1

While cooking isn't one of my passions, providing and cooking meals for my family that are truly healthy and nutritious is. Do you really know what is in your food? Most likely there are more things in your food than you could ever even imagine, let alone pronounce! Grab something, anything, from your cupboard, look at the ingredient list! Why in the world would there need to be 50 different ingredients in one simple can of cream of mushroom soup?! What the heck is all that stuff? Do you have any idea? Do you even care? Most people don't know or care! if it is on the shelf, getting sold, then consumed by millions of people across America everyday that it must be safe right?!? Watch this video then take a moment to think again about what you put into your body and your family's body everyday and tell me your thoughts- anything you think about this (I'm a comment whore! I love getting comments on my blog! lol!)
In a few days I will post Part 2 of " Are you getting poisoned every time you take a bite?"

Should I be embarrassed?!

I got this in the mail today

Honestly, I 'm disappointed in myself- I SHOULD have had a 4.0 but one freaking A- brought me down to a 3.93!!! :(

Too High

So, maybe my resolution about blogging everyday was just a little unrealistic! I think I will have to aim for once or twice a week- that is a little more achievable I think!

The past week was crazy busy! I barely had time to catch my breath! There is just so much "extra" stuff I have been having to do for clinicals outside of class time- like many hours long orientation into the hospital where we are doing our clinicals, computer training for the hospital, Mandatory Reporter Class, BLS (Basic Life Support) for Health Care Providers that lasted until 10pm yesterday. . . A million other things! I have been away from home and the kids much more than with them! So, on top of still being sick, the kiddo's have been having a very difficult time adjusting to seeing their mama so little. I have been having a difficult time adjusting to being away from them so much! It breaks my heart!

Today I got a MUCH needed day off from classes! Although most of the day was spent running odd errands and taking Mr. Miserable Sam to see his pediatrician (he is fine, just suffering from a nasty 2 week cold that's running around town), I feel refreshed and ready for my 8am-2pm shift at school then I have to be at work at 10pm-7am! Yay! NOT!

I seriously cannot believe it is February already! My 25th birthday is in 8 days! Wowza! I'm getting old LOL! Only next month we will be able to celebrate the Fist Day of Spring!!!!! YAHOOOOOO!!!

Here are some pic's of our week:

A self-portrait from silly Eli!
Snuggling in my bed after bath time!


Just bein' silly!
Intently studying pictures in one of my text books of some nasty pressure ulcers!

Loving on his new Thomas blanket!
Look closely- he found a blue permanent marker and decided his Engines all needed a make-over!
Sam's new best friend: Yoda!

Just some cuteness!
And silliness for good measure!
GOODNIGHT EVERYONE!!!

Made it!

No, they didn't cancel classes. It was only a blizzard. . . 50 mile hour winds. . . White out conditions. . . 6 foot high drifts across the roads. . . Nah, that's no reason to cancel school or start 2 hours late- this is IOWA!!!!

Thanks to my bro' Jake driving me, I made it to school! "Busting" through the drifts, sliding around a bit, me, white knuckles hanging on for dear life, completely freaked out. . .
We made it!!!

Wow, first day of class. . . All I can say is I am completely overwhelmed and already in a state of panic!

Some hours later I got home from class to Mr. Sicky #2 needing his mama. Elijah was on the mend today but here is poor Sam, fever of 101.8 and completely miserable!

Whoh!

Wow! I can't believe how easy it is to get behind on here! SOOOO SORRY!!!

The few days I didn't post were crazy, in an odd sort of way. I had to work Thursday night so I was pretty much useless Friday. The weekend was, well just a weekend, and I'm not really in the mood to go into details and I'm pretty sure I would bore your eyes out anyway! LOL!

I START CLINICALS TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!
Or at least I am supposed to but alas, apparently someone, somewhere, thought since we melted an inch or two off the 43 inches of snow we have gotten over the course of this winter, we needed a few more. :( Currently, it is VERY windy and snow is falling heavily. :( :( :(

Out my front window right now:


Soooooo. . . .

I will have to make sure and see if classes are canceled, late-start, or on time before I head out the door. In a way I really hope they are not canceled because I have been waiting for this day for quite a few years now. In another way, I hope they are canceled because Elijah was one sick cookie today. He had a temp all day and was lethargic and refused to eat and drink anything but maybe 4 teeny tiny sips of water and maybe a whole 6 individual Life cereal pieces all day! Poor cookie!
I have been feeling sickly all this evening too and am fairly certain I have a fever now. :(

Here is Mr. Sicky. He passed out in the recliner tonight.


The poor thing looks really pale doesn't he? Hopefully we all will be back to our normal selves tomorrow!

Wordless Wednesday: Oh the fun a chair can bring!

My silly boy!

Yesterday I made French Toast for lunch. While I was cooking the first piece a little bit of the butter around the edges of the pan burnt a little. Elijah ran into the kitchen from the living room. Sniffing the air he asks
"Mama! What's that holible smwell?!"
I about peed my pants I was laughing so hard!

Last night I washed my bed sheet and had it hanging on the recliner to dry over night. When he saw it this morning he insisted we build a "fowt" with it, over an upside down laundry basket and a chair, then while he was under it he told me I had to look at him under the sheet and through the holes in the basket, just so!
What a riot!
I love this kid!

Art Day!

So, today Elijah was in one of his "artsy" moods, actually he always loves doing something with his hands. He found tubes of blue and green finger paint and went to work. Really, he can't stand wet, gooey stuff on his fingers so he uses one of my pastry brush thingies as a paint brush.

He used up all of the finger paint so I let him use two bingo dabber things! LOL!
He worked on all those for nearly 2 hours!

Since he obliterated the Play-Doh he got with his kit for Christmas he helped me make some homemade play dough! He requested yellow, so we added yellow food coloring. It was a lot of fun to make and was really easy! It really reminded me of my childhood because my mom used to make it for us!


Sam made his own master piece with his favorite medium: FOOD!!!


Don't let this face fool you. . .

. . .he's one of those insane artists!

Resolutions

I have never been big into New Year's Resolutions. I can't say I have ever really officially made one. Well, this year I made two!

Resolution #1
FOLD AND PUT AWAY the laundry IMMEDIATELY after taking it off the rack in the living room/ clothesline outside. We have a dryer- brand new, only used for a few months at our old apartment but since our house has no hookups or whatever and no one seems kind enough to get around to fixing that for me I have to dry the clothes by hanging them on a wooden rack in the living room and on the line outside when its warm (another reason why CAN'T WAIT for spring!). It has been slightly frustrating this winter because it takes 8 or so hours, give or take a few depending on what it is, to dry one load of clothes rather than the 45 minutes or whatever in a dryer!
Anyway, back to Resolution #1. I DESPISE folding clothes! So, I used to let loads upon loads of clean clothes pile up in my living room so when I finally got around to folding them (or should I say IF?!) it would take at least a few hours to complete! Daunting task! So, this year I told myself that I am never living like that again! As soon as I take the clothes off the rack I fold them and put them away! I have been doing really well so far but it should get challenging once school starts (my online class starts today!!!)

Resolution #2
This resolution only sprouted suddenly into my head a few minutes ago so I'm already a little behind. I'm going to write here once everyday the rest of 2010!!! You think I can do it? This one should be much more challenging because its easier to ignore my blog than it is to ignore Mount Washmore in my living room!

You all better hold me to these! I'm counting on you!

10 Things I Love

I LOVE . . .

1 . . . my quiet time after the kids are in bed- that's when I get to focus on cleaning the house, working out, entering into more giveaways, writing blog entries, catching up on Facebook! And rarely in that order!

2 . . . laying in bed every morning, all snug and warm, nursing my baby Sam. It feels so good to have those few moments, only once a day now, just holding and nurturing him as a baby still!

3 . . The way every night Elijah has to run straight for my bed after his shower, still nakey and dripping wet, to snuggle under the covers to warm up and dry off.

4 . . . watching my family gobble up a nutritious, homemade meal, knowing there is no MSG or any other nastiness in it.

5 . . . the way my kids exclaim "Yummy!!!" was they munch on raw organic broccoli, celery, and carrots! I wonder who they learned this from? *blush* ME!!! *blush*

6 . . how good I feel after a torturous workout!

7 . . . how my boys only want Mama when they are upset or hurt even though I can be so impatient and cross with them at times. They overlook my every fault.

8 . . . the thought that in just a few short months it will be spring!

9 . . .using the onions I grew in my garden last year in every thing I cook! However, my supply is running very low :(

10 . . . living where we live. It may not be perfect, but the location is like NONE other! We are only approximately 5 miles from school (maybe less?) and town, yet we are out in the country! We have a HUGE yard and garden, lots of privacy, lots of room for the kids (and hopefully more chickens this spring) to run wild!

Almost over

My winter break from school is nearly at its end :( My online class starts Monday and my clinicals start one week from Monday (the 25th). I purchased most of my books about a week ago- I still have two more that I need to get but even without those my total was nearly $1,100!!!! Here they are


WOW!!! Right?! Just looking at that stack of fat books scares the crap out of me! I highly doubt I am going to have time for ANYTHING once I'm forced to get into them.

I went in for my pre-clinical physical yesterday, got a tetanus shot (they weren't kidding when they said my arm would hurt for a few days!!! OUCH!!!), and the Tb skin test which I go in tomorrow to have read. So far everything has checked out good there. All I have left to do now is take my CPR for health care professionals on the 21st, and the Mandatory Reporting of Child and Adult Abuse class on the 26th.

I never thought this month would go by so quickly but it really has! I am nervous about starting clinicals but also have a sense of "finally!!!!" since I have had to hold back for so long.

Well, I have a silly 2 year old to get to bed so I better get to it!

Have a great night everyone!

Bad Mama

Is it terrible that I am so sick of the crying and screaming and whining right now that I just want to stop being a mommy?! I just want a few seconds of piece and relaxation. I just want to be able to go to the bathroom without a nosy toddler following me, jabbering non-stop.

I love my kids but right now I could really use a break from them, but seeing as I have nothing to offer anyone and no one is willing to watch them simply for the sake of their mothers sanity I guess I'm stuck where I'm at.

I know its just the lack of sleep talking here (and my 2 year old's lack of sleep!) but I'm still as frustrated as crap with both my kids, the mess and clutter all over the house, and especially with myself for being such a bad mommy that I feel this way.