The way to my heart

Oh man! Today I am so thankful for those around me who step up and joyfully help out! My kids had an unused snow day that was being well, used, today lol. Cory had to work, and Tuesdays are the day that I leave the house at 6:30 am and don't get home until close to 6 pm. I'm serious. I have two classes, one in Show Low and one in Holbrook. So naturally, I had to get a sitter.
Sitters are not always too hard to find. But a GREAT sitter, who goes the extra mile, actually plays with the kids, and doesn't sit on the computer all day?? Those are the ones that are hard to find.
When I came home today, my sitter was washing dishes...by hand! Since the dishwasher was full and running lol. And I wished that I could have paid her more $$ than I did. That right there just made me want to cry! I gave her a huge hug and a heartfelt thanks instead :) Thats right, the way to my heart these days is a clean kitchen...feel free to indulge in some lovin' of me and come pick a random day and do my dishes, Goodness knows that by tomorrow it will need to be cleaned all over again!

First exam grade is in.

After waiting all weekend to find out my grade that was supposed to be posted on Friday, I got my test score for my first microbiology exam. 85%....not bad, not fabulous, but I will take it...and I will work even harder next time!

I have a new love in my life!

Sooooo....guess who rode the bike (at the gym) 10 miles in 30 mins, me thats who! Then I hit the weights for my flabby arms. Although, I have to tell ya that I do see a difference in them since I started working out! And for the grand finale, well, I actually did sit ups. I thought I was going to die, naturally. I could hear my body protesting this particular physical activity. It went something like this: "What the heck is she doing? Have we EVER done this before?! She is trying to kill us! Oh, WHY did I eat that pizza last night?! Isn't she done yet??" <--And that was just during my FIRST set lol. Because then I did a second set, and the voices went silent and just groaned in agony :) They better get used to it because we will be doing it again sometime really soon!
I am so in love with working out at the gym! I just wish that I wasn't such a glutton and actually had some self control when it comes to what I put in my mouth. I know I would see greater results if this was in fact something I could master. I'm sleeping better...mostly. I feel happier, which was the whole goal from the start. And I think the best side benny is that I get some social interaction with other adults. Which btw is something I'm saving for another post, but for now I will say that I have always considered myself pretty introverted, antisocial...just all around not a talky people-y kinda person. And I had some very interesting opinions about just how wrong I was in this.

Handel: Messiah, Hallelujah (Sir Colin Davis, Tenebrae, LSO)

I did it!

I turned in my application for the nursing program this morning! I wanted to belt out a hallelujah chorus once I handed it over, it was inspected and stamped. What a relief! I refuse to dwell on whether or not I will get accepted. I have enough on my mind right now. I will receive a letter right around spring break time telling me I was accepted or placed on the alternate list. Its out of my hands for now, and thats just fine with me.

I'm a MeSs

Applications are due on Tuesday for the nursing program.
My application is all filled out, just needs to be notarized.
My HESI score is great at 90%.
My letters of reccommendation are fabulous.



....but I still can't pass the compass math assessment test!!! SOOOO, I'm freaking out big time. I can only take it three times and I have taken it twice. I feel so frustrated with this, its not even math that I will use in any way, shape or form in the nursing program. Seriously, its harder than the entire math section of the HESI...but its still a hurdle that I have to overcome.

And I'm very nervous to think that I may not, which means no nursing program for me this year, which means....I have to come up with a new plan of action :( I'm already crushed and I haven't even taken the test for the final time.
I'm being told that its all about the calculator that you use, so I borrowed a flipping $200 calculator and have been working to learn how to use it all day. I'm getting ready to take a practice test....I'll let you know :S

Kickin' style

The adventure of the day is going to be shoe shopping! With all 4 kids!

I've done my planning ahead of time since I have to be thrifty out of neccesity!

-Checked for local sales!

-Printed out coupon found online

- Made sure everyone is wearing hole free socks!(lets face it, its just mortifying IMO)

I actually like taking the kids shoe shopping. I point them in the right direction for their size and let them roam and try things on to their hearts content. Each child has a different method. Ethan looks for the flashiest ones and quickly snags them and begs to do the 'walk and turn'. Emily, a tween, already has an idea of what she wants and scans until she finds THE pair. If they don't have THE pair, then she begs to go somewhere that will have THE pair. Nataly is the most practical, trying them on, wiggling the toes, tying the shoe, and just making sure that it does not irritate in any way possible. Rylee is the diva, it takes her FOR.EV. ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR! to even pick out a pair that she likes enough to try on. Then she tries on just about every pair available in her size. And then! This is the part that makes me laugh the most....she begs to be able to buy all the shoes she has tried on and not discarded for one reason or another. I wish I could buy every single pair, she is so stinkin' cute!! (Its the brown eyes and freckles, they get me every time!). But Mrs. Money Bags I am not. so one(maybe two) pairs will have to suffice.

Then we get to do the walk and turn up and down the aisles...depending on how many other people are in the store. We check for pinching, rubbing, things of that sort thing.

Then finally barring any unforseen issues we check out. At the particular store we shop at, they sell many hats, bags, backpacks and such. So then they all give me the lookey eyes and try to convince me that they need a new something or other to match the new shoes...LOL. upon checking out, they change into the new footwear and we go have lunch somewhere.

Yeah, we are strange, but we like us that way!

I've just got nothin' to say. So why don't you check out a few of the blogs that I follow and see what they have to say! Just sayin' is all.