Fill in the Blank Friday!

Yay!!! It's Friday!! Which means nothing to me btw. When you work in a 24/7 operation TGIF means NOTHING!! But for those of you that is does, here are some cheerful blanks!

1.  Something that is very near and dear to my heart is,   marriage. No offense to my parents or grandparents, but my family doesn't have a good reputation when it comes to marriage. I am bound and determined to make mine work,  no matter what it takes! 

2.      Today.   is good cause to celebrate . Tonight is Relay for Life where we are going to celebrate LIFE after cancer and remember the ones we lost. Its a great time to fellowship and get together!

3.  The most fun I ever had was     its hard to say, but recently it was our Honeymoon and going to Disney World .

4.  True friends are   the ones where no topic is off-limits and you can always pick up where you left off even if there's a time lapse between visits  .

5. Something that makes me terribly happy is      Going anywhere out of town with Eric, either new or somewhere we have been before . I just like going places!

6. A good way to spend a sunny day is     with an ice drink out by a pool or lake. I wished I lived near a lake. 

7.  My favorite celebratory food is   cake! I love cake! Anything with cake is a good reason to celebrate. I can never pass up cake.

Blanks and picture from Lauren

I just got back from a cruise with my mom and sister. It was fun, but I did miss my husband! He told me on the way home that he had some surprises for me....that he moved some stuff around and got some things changed (he had a habit of doing things like this when he gets bored!) I came home and he had a bow on my car tire. He had when out and got me some much needed new tires (i was told i needed some about a month ago) and came in and he had gotten the carpets cleaned (which was much needed too!) and kept the house clean while I was gone! I knew I picked a good one! He even told me that he made the bed everyday and he enjoyed it!! He should have never told me that, because now I am going to hold him to that. Hehe! For now though I am up to my ears in my own laundry and  I have to go back to work on Saturday after being off for 10 days....Booo. Se what I mean....TGIF....I dont know what that means anymore. What I do know is that when all for you have to get up on Monday morning I get to stay in bed!! =)

Happy weekend!

Going on vacation.....if they let me on the boat!!

So I am excited about going on this cruise. But since last week things keep working against me. Started last week when I decided out of the blue to look for my passport...Its kinda gone all down hill from there.

• Last Tuesday....realized my passport was not where I usually keep it. Eric and I looked for 2 hrs tearing apart the house looking for it. No where to be found. I am usually smart about these things. I was sick to my stomach for 2 days coming to the realization that I wasn't going to find it. So I am going to show up tomorrow with my other documents and hope they let me on!!! Not to mention let me come back!!!
• I sick!!! Some kind of sinus junk....just what I need getting on a cramp boat breathing everyone else's air....yay. 
• I decided, like a dummy, to go to body pump after not going for 2 weeks. Now I am sore all over. 
• Knox chewed up my ipod holder and my headphones yesterday. I think he was jealous because I have gone for "walks" without him. 

I am still going though....passport or no passport. What stinks most about the whole passport thing is that I am going to have to pay to replace it. Booo! This is also the longest time I will have spent away from Eric without any contact. ;(

In other news I have decided to start training this summer for a half marathon. I know...who would have thought?? Just incase you dont know a half marathon is 13.1 miles. Its like me running from my house in Ellerslie to my mom's house on Moon Rd!!!! I am scared. Mostly of failing. But I have a knack of accomplishing things I want to do when I put my mind to it, even when people tell me I can't, or its hard, or stupid. I guess I just like proving people wrong. The only thing is it cost more money then I ever thought it would. Once you buy the shoes, the clothes, then pay for the races....it cost. Not to mention the training. A patient asked me a while back what I did for fun, or if I had any hobbies....the sad thing is I couldn't give her an answer!!! Sad! I realized outside of work I really didn't have anything to do!! I mean I paint, and sew, but not as a part of a group or anything. I just taught myself and when I feel up to it I do it. And Eric has his photography, which I can tell you, is way more expensive then some running shoes!
The half marathon I plan on running is the week before Thanksgiving and is called The Solider Marathon.   Not sure what exactly it benefits, but its kinda cool because you pick a fallen solider and run in honor of them. I have an idea who I am going to run in honor of, but I haven't asked yet. I want to run in honor of someone I have some kind of connection to. Anyways, I'm excited. I know its going to be hard, and its going to push me to physical and mental limits that I have never been to before. But if I could get through nursing school while planning a wedding, mentally I feel like I can do anything! Plus I feel like it will prepare me for other things I want in life.....
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Go and love on your mamma!!

Fill in the Blank Friday

This weeks blanks are health related. Kinda fitting since it is Nurses Appreciation Week :)

1.  On a scale from 1-10 the frequency with which I get sick is,   a one. Even as a child I was never really sick, I usually have one bad cold a year....infant last year I dont think I had something that lasted more then a day. Working in a hospital, even though i dont typically work with sick patients, I am constantly washing my hands....maybe that has something to do with it. 

2.   The last time I felt sick was   today.Of course days before I leave on vacation I get sick....could have been last week. 

3.  The worst part about being sick is     the lack of energy you have       because   I still have to what I would normally (Go to work, school when I was in school, clean house, whatever)

4. When I am sick I like to be taken care of by   Left to lay in bed. 

5. Something I do to keep myself healthy is    nothing really. I mean I wash my hands regularly just because of my job. Other then that I really dont take any supplements or anything....I should be taking a multivitamin though but they tend to make me sick more then do anything good for me. 

6. A secret remedy that I use when I'm sick is to    depends on the sickness. If I have a cold I drink hot tea with honey and lemon, nauseous I drink ginger ale or sprite. I also usually take something to help me sleep...sleep is very important. 

7.  One thing that always makes me feel better when I'm sick is   a sprite, chicken noodle soup and a movie. 

First 5K!! And other stuff....

That's right folks, you can now add runner to the adjectives to describe me! You can also add that to the list of things people told me I would never do. Don't you just love it when people tell you that you can't do something...OOO that just makes me want to do it more just to prove them wrong! I can't stand it.

Anyways.... I trained for 2 weeks....I know...it wasn't very long. Not to mention 5 of those days I was out of town and probably ate like I had never seen food before  And I am not going to sit here and say I ran the whole 3.2 miles....because I didn't. But I did run the first mile then I had to stop, run, stop, run till the end. I said to myself...."self, if you finish this in 45min you did darn good" HA!! I did better the THAT!! I finished in 41min!! Last in my age group, last in my group over all (my counter parts finished 10-15min before me) but I just dont care. I finished. Oh and there was a hill....it was a big hill. I have to hand it the Wynnton Methodist. This thing was well planed and organized. Totally thankful for the free food and drink afterward and the free goodies in my bag. Also thankfull to have great friends/coworkers cheering me on at the finish line. So lucky I have coworkers that I can also call friends.

Also want to take some time to mention the loss of Eric's PopPop. Although he was 84 you would have never guessed or known. He was active, he traveled, drove, volunteered, had a spotless house and a perfectly cut yard. He lived a  full life till the end. He left this world how we would all hope we would, and for that I can't be sad. He didn't have to suffer, or be dependent on anyone.  We all deserve that.

Thats all for now! Hope everyone has a good week!

Mud Mania- "It sounded like a good idea at the time!"

umm....yeah. My friend Leia and I were in the first mile of this GOD AWEFUL course when she asked "why are we doing this?" As I replied "it sounded like a good idea at the time!!"
Now you might be asking what is Mud Mania??? It is a 5k through mud..... Here is 30sec of what I went through Here!

oh and they forgot to mention the mile long river that came up to my waste that I would have to trek down going opposite of the very strong current.....yeah

This wasn't just any mud....this was the kind of mud that would suck your shoes right off your feet.

I also forgot to include the obsticles. Like the 10ft wall I had to scale, tires, cargo net you had to climb across....I forgot all the others. All I got to say it was HARD!!! I think it was the hardest physical thing I have ever done. I told my sister that I think i would have rather given birth unmedicated (which I plan on doing anyway....but thats another story)
This is the start!!

Were so excited.....we (I) had no idea what we were getting ourselves into....OMG....

It started out with this slide 

I go the the bottom of this slide where I managed to slam into someone....the 2 men twice my size slammed into me....it hurt....still feeling that one. 

Eventually we got to the river of death....I  am telling you is was horrible. What made it even worse was the water was soo muddy you couldn't even see your feet so you would randomly step on a tree (or atleast I hope it was a tree)or a sink hole and just fall. The only good thing about it was that is cooled us off. 

As my friend Pam said I think this is the only time I smiled the whole time...

After this I lost my group because I had to stop and attempt to get the inch of mud out of my shoe.....it did not work. I ended up finishing the race alone. But I FINISHED!!! No one thought I would....mostly myself...but I did. I finished last....but I finished my first 5 k ever!!! I dont have my official time, but I know it was atleast and 1:30min...who cares I finished!!

yep thats me....that small black dot...all alone!

Now dont get me wrong. I am glad I did it. I did have fun with friends. And look I didn't even get that dirty! (thanks the that darn river!) YAY for team building and stronger bonds! Love these girls!

Plus...

If this dude can do it I have no excuses!!! And neither do YOU!!

I will now prepare myself for next year

• all terrain water shoes are a must
• be prepared for the water
• keep up with the team 
• only one person down the slide at a time. 

pictures courtesy of Mud Mania on Facebook

random thoughts....I know....

I decided to go through our clothes yesterday....putting up all of the winter clothes, some of which I never even got to wear because it never got cold. I was kinda sad about that. 

That was not even what was on the floor, or the rest I pulled our of the closet. I went though and got a pile started of stuff I am giving away. I cant believe I still have clothes from high school. It kinda makes me sad that I have this many clothes that I cant even possibly wear all of them in one season, yet so many have much less. 

People have told me that they cant believe I went and saw the Hunger Games. Why would I want to watch kids kill kids....all I have to say is if you would have read the books you would understand its not like that

 It is based in the time after the United States has been destroyed and is now called Panam. They are divided into 13 districts, all have special industries that they are know for and have to supply the capitol with. They are poor and starving, while the capitol is thriving and rich.  The 13 district rebels and tries to over throw the capitol and the capitol in turn destroys the district so now there is only 12. As a result of the rebellion the capitol invented The Hunger Games where 2 kids from each district are given up to the capitol and made to fight to the death till 1 survives. Not to mention it is on live tv. Its kinda like their version of the olympics to the death. It is sick. But if you keep reading you will realize they know its ridiculous too and try to stop this. Its kinda like us trying to fight to keep the government from controlling us....thats what they are trying to do as well. And in Katniss' defense.....she didn't kill anyone that wasn't trying to kill her. Just saying. Not to mention the love triangle. And I have to throw in that I still Love my Harry Potter. I will get off my soap box now. 

I cooked everyday last week....go me!!!

Being an adult is not fun sometimes. I miss being 15, when I thought my life was stress full, but really was so simple.

I know I posted this on my facebook. But I was watching 16 and pregnant....this girl said she wanted to be a nurse so she could have a fancy car and a big, fancy house. Like I said, has she talked to a real nurse?? We are not rich, and most of us live in normal houses and drive normal cars, and are not rich by any means. I guess I should realize it was coming from a 16 year old mom. I hope she can do it though. 

I need a pair of running shoes since Know chewed up my other pair. 

I have a friend going on a mission trip to Hati and a leader from TA's that is moving them and their three children to Africa. What faith they have. I wish I could go and do something like that. To hear the calling and move to a different country to spread the word is amazing to me. What faith and guts and faith! SO excited for them. 

The next six weeks I am working nothing but 3 in a row shifts...I have no idea what I was thinking!

I am also working April 13....Friday the 13....Oh Lord!

Fill in the Blank Friday- even though its not Friday

I know today is not Friday....but who cares! 

And today's theme is....COLOR!  
Hope you'll play along!

1.  My favorite color is    orange  .

2.   My home decor color palette includes   a lot of red, orange, greens, yellows    .

3.  Other people always tell me I look good in the color     I dont get complemented on color, mainly just on the clothes themselves   .

4. The color I detest is    purple...I really have anything in that color

5. If you were to look in my closet most of the colors you'd see would be   neutrals, black, brown and some color. I like things that I can wear with different shoes 

6. A color that I simply cannot pull off no matter how hard I try is   most yellows and golds. they wash my currently pale skin out. 

7.  The color of my favorite dress is   black, with a floral bottom. I bought it about 2 years ago for my bridal shower. it is so comfortable.

Hope your weekend is wonderful

pictures and blanks courtesy of Lauren