Getting to know you...on Monday...LOL

1. If a person has a booger in their nose. and you can see it, do you tell them?

It depends on who it is...not some random person but friends and family yes ;)


2. What are you passionate about?
My friends and family and their wellbeing.


3. How long have you been blogging?
a year and 10 months...holy cow!!! LOL


4. What is your favorite "summer" drink?
This summer, it's beer, pretty much any flavor...LOL!!! My fave is Dos Equis!!!


5. What is your favorite type of music?
Mostly rock but I like pretty much everything with a few exceptions!


6. Something I do before I go to bed is......?
pee, brush my teeth, put on my pj's....LOL


7. My Summer vacation plans are...?
I don't have any...I'm in summer school & probably won't go until after I'm out but we did talk about going to Colorado for a week or so!


8. My favorite must have, can't live without, beauty product is?
mascara...I have long eyelashes so it's my fave!!!

Therapy

I'm having to post for a little therapy. I just read for my mental health class and I read the chapter on depression...it was a little depressing (no pun intended) so I decided to reiterate what a great life I have!!! I am so blessed by the people in my life. I have a great family, a super awesome husband and great friends. I am going to a birthday party tonight for one of my friends 21st birthday. (That does make me feel a little old but hey, she invited me so I'm gonna go and have a ball!!!) Anyway, tonight should be super fun although I may end up as the DD since I can't get drunk (I have to work at 9am)! It's all good though, we can have some fun even if I don't drink the night away. Plus, I have to study tomorrow too so I can't really be hungover. It's not a state I enjoy anyway so I'm going to avoid that! Thanks to all my friends and family for their support during this ordeal they call nursing school!!! Without support, I don't think I would have been able to do this and I still sometimes question my sanity!!! ;) I know that I've made the right choice, I just have to get through the schooling to get there. I hope you guys have a great rest of your week and a blessed and safe weekend!!! Toodles!!!!

Inspiration

Today has been an inspiring day so far! I have read some awesome blogs, gotten some awesome tips, and been inspired!! Although, just as I was typing that, our stupid air conditioner tripped the breaker!!! GEEZ!!! I thought it was blown though because for a minute, it wouldn't do anything...so I went to the bedroom and the fan was turned off, I forgot that the breaker that runs the ac runs my bedroom too!!! GRRR!!! Back to the breaker and it finally turned back on, thank goodness. It is supposed to get super hot the next few days and it's already really hot outside. So...now that ordeal is over, I can go back to being inspired! LOL!!! I'm really glad that I didn't have to call the hubby and tell him that the ac quit again!!! He's been replacing part after part trying to get the darn thing to work. Perhaps I should take him up on the installation of central heat and air. The only thing that holds me back is that I don't know if the wiring in our house can take it. I don't know that we have a big enough load...if that makes any sense. Our house isn't that old but it wasn't designed very well. It has maybe one plug in every room and only 4 breakers for the whole house. Granted, we don't have a huge house, we're close to 1200 sq feet, but 4 breakers?!?!? Really?!?!? I don't know, I'm kind of surprised that we even have 220. I'll bet that this house is not even close to up to code, I don't know. Luckily, we have several electricians in the family so if we were to need major work, we wouldn't be out as much as the average person would and for that I am extremely grateful!!! (This heat is inspiring me to move back to the mountains though! LOL)

I have to say that even though I gripe...a lot...I lead an amazingly blessed life. I have great friends and family and a superb husband. I am extremely grateful for him. I couldn't get by without him, I don't think and I don't like to think about that anyway. I shouldn't gripe so much, really! I am going to try to be more positive. Having a positive attitude can make an amazing change in your day, your brain is so much more powerful than you give it credit for!!! So, count your blessings today folks, I am off to study!!! Have a safe and blessed weekend!!!

Pizazz

My blog needs a little pizazz. I have all the basic stuff but have no idea how to dress it up like some of the really cool blogs I see out there. I finally got to do post-it-note Tuesday with Supah and that's pretty cool. Granted, I did that yesterday instead of Tuesday but I did it!!! I just want the cool backgrounds, buttons, all of that stuff because my blog seems very plain. So, if someone out there in the blogworld would tell me how to do this, I would be ever so grateful.

On that note, this is going to be a super short blog because I have a lot to do today, namely studying for my test Monday but there's always laundry and cleanup to do too!!! Have a great Thursday!!!

Post-It-Note Tuesday...on Wednesday because that's how I roll!!! ;)

Sunday getting to know you

1.  Have you ever snooped around someone else's house?
Most definitely, I usually start in the bathroom with their cabinets, I am super stealth and can open doors with no one hearing me! :)
 
2. Can guys and girls be friends?
Yes, I am married and have guy friends...why wouldn't they be able to? ;)
 
3. Can you curl your tongue?
As a matter of fact, I can, it's a dominant trait. :)
 
4. Have you ever stolen anything?
Besides my hubby's heart, nope :D
 
5. Would you rather talk on the phone or text?
It depends on the situation, I like to do both. 
 
6. Memorial Day plans?
Hanging here at my sister's house in Katy, nothing special I don't think, in fact, we may be driving home tomorrow.
 
7. What do you do to relax?
Read a book, read blogs, play video games, watch tv with the hubs...lots of stuff :)
 
8. Do you do anything to honor those that have died fighting for our freedom?
I usually post a thank you on my facebook and twitter but no specific ritual or anything.
 

Today is a new day!!!

Ok...sorry about such a short post yesterday. I had to catch up on my blogroll and it took several hours because I think it was at least a week's worth that I hadn't read. I'm trying to be good and read for my class so I've tried to stay off the computer as much as I can make myself, sometimes I'm successful, sometimes not. However, I am on vacation so I felt like I should catch up. I got a lot of good reading in and added a couple more blogs to my blogroll. I have to be careful because I tend to get completely sucked into the blogsphere to the point that I neglect what's going on around me. I'm getting better though. I try to get on every few days but that puts me really behind on my blogroll and I try to read them all! :)

Anyway, things are good here in Katy, Miss Deborah is growing by the second and is already very opinionated about her world at 2 weeks old. She is a very good baby though and doesn't really fuss unless she's hungry or wet. She is extremely active though and she and I have had several talks about her letting herself be a baby and stop trying to sit up!!! She's also very picky about the position of her head! I was trying to burp her this morning and she kept picking her head up and turning it to the side so I gave up and just held her head. I don't want to have to leave her but I know that I will have to. I will see her again in July for Joseph's first birthday so that will be fun, but she'll be a whole new baby since they change so much!!! 

I am not ready to go back to school...I am enjoying this break. However, I love my class and have learned so much about myself and the people around me, it's amazing. I have also learned to have more compassion towards people with mental illnesses and not to assume that it's something that they can just fix. They can be helped though, and the best way to help them is to teach them to help themselves whether that be through medicine, therapy or a combination. Learned behaviors can be unlearned but it may take a lifetime. Sometimes, the anxiety that underlies the behavior cannot be changed and the person is going to forever have those feelings, but they can learn to control them and how to live with them. People with mental illnesses who have a good support system tend to do better than those who don't. It's very sad to me that some people don't have a good support system although I can see how it would be frustrating to deal with someone with a mental illness on a daily basis, especially when they're in crisis. 

On a more positive note, it rained and stormed last night, which I love!!! I love thunder and lightning, they're my favorite weather, just not all the time or I would live in Washington or Oregon. I have to have a little sunshine. That's why I like the mountains, they have the perfect balance for me. It's cool, but sunny with some storms. 

I think we're gonna go to Galveston here in a little bit so I'm going to go get ready!!! Have a great Memorial weekend everyone!!! I hope yours is blessed and safe!!!