Sunday Musings

Happy Sunday everyone, and a happy one it is over here. I have nothing I have to do all day today...I havent had a day like this in so long! Although my sister will be moving back home tomorrow (she graduates from hair school tomorrow, so proud of her!) so I have to move out all my crap that has migrated its way into her room since Michael has moved in. I want her to feel like she has a place here and that she is being welcomed home, I am so excited to have her back!!!

School is going well...I had a hugemungo test on Monday and got a 98, yippie!! (I earned that 98, I studied my flippin butt off!). I also had a huge paper that was due last Wednesday in the midst of studying for the exam...I managed to get it done, all 86 pages of the darn thing! I better get a good grade on that, it was hard work!

In better news, my birthday is coming up this week (Wednesday!). Too bad I have to spend it in a 13 hour clinical day :o( I think we are going out to dinner afterwards with my parents, sister, 'brothers' and my aunt and possibly my cousins. My michael has to work so I wont be seeing him, total bummer, plus I work the next day, so who knows when we will celebrate but thats ok. Its so funny how the dynamics of birthdays change from when your little to when your older. I could care less about gifts, its more about just spending time with people and having fun, and even if that doesnt happen, no big deal, i still turn a year older ya know? This year I will be 25...25 is a good year for me...I will finally be a nurse, a wife, a resident in another state, and a homeowner. Wow, thats a lot! We are planning on 26 being a year thats just as exciting! ;o)

Someone sent me this little video clip, and I just think its the funniest thing ever. You have to watch the whole thing, this dog is so smart!! Enjoy!

Laughing Babies

Someone sent me this clip in my e-mail the other day, and I thought it was too cute not to share! I love the sound of babies laughing, its the sweetest thing ever!

Fall seems to be *trying* to get in the air, however summer just wont leave! Gotta love southern california!! Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back at Starbucks (which I may have already mentioned in my love for Starbucks post), however its still too hot to drink one!! Possibly this morning, seeing as its 5:25 am and I am getting ready to leave for clinical, the weather will permit for one. We shall see. I cant wait to drag out my pumpkin and maple candles, and actually USE my comfy fall blankets, I wont hold my breath though, it may not be til December at this rate.

School is back in full gear, an exam this coming monday that I am super nervous about, a paper due, you know, the usual. 3 and a half months left, and I will be a nurse. It is so crazy to even fathom that in my mind...at times I feel so lost, and at other times so confident and on top of it. Lets hope today is an on top of it day, because I cant afford to do anything wrong and jeapordize my graduating. Graduation is officially set, December 19th. I wont even know what to do with myself after that day!!

We are toying with the idea of staying here and moving to Arizona after the wedding. Still unsure about it, but its a thought. I think its pretty crazy to plan a wedding a state away, plus I have a job as a nurse basically the day I graduate if I wanted it at the hospital I work at now. Which of course is not where I will stay, but it would be a great place to work at to pull a lot of over time shifts. We'll see what happens, I will keep you posted!

Anyway, off to Starbucks, happy hump day!!

Slacker

I feel like I havent blogged in forever, I miss you little blog.

Hm, lets see, whats new.

*started school August 20th. It is so weird to be in my last semester of nursing school, to be planning my graduation, and actually see a light at the end of the tunnel that I never thought I would see! I am so excited to be done and move on, I cant even begin to explain how much strain being in school has put on my life, my relationship, my WEDDING PLANNIN, geez!!

*speaking of wedding planning, nothing really new on that front. Have an appointment with a florist tomorrow, I am excited because she comes highly recommended and is super sweet. I am very picky when it comes to the flowers I want (and dont want) so we'll see how it goes. Also found a bakery that can make a huge cake for 250 guests without breaking the bank! (hard to do in southern california). My beloved wedding planning is on hold for now, but thats ok...come January I will be back with a vegence!

*the weather here is out of control...over 105 for the last 5 days. Not to mention I had to work one of those days for 12 hours, with NO AC the entire day. The generator went out at the hospital, it was a nightmare!

*have been quite obsessed with Starbucks these days, late night study sessions have been the norm the last week or so. So excited that pumpkin spiced lattes are back, however its been too damn hot here to enjoy one! These days its a Venti non-fat caramel machiato, upside down please with 2 splendas. Its so funny how our generation has become the "starbucks generation," like seriously, do we NEED to pay $4 for a cup of COFFEE people? No, but we do, I am just as guilty. I could probably pay for my wedding if I just cut Starbucks out of my weekly guilty pleasures (which have been daily this week). But, its the one thing I really enjoy, even as silly as it may be to spend so much on it. How sad, I dont shop for scrapbook supplies anymore, but have no problem shelling out $30 a week on coffee drinks. Hey now that I am going to be a nurse, I can hook us all up to IV drips in the flavors of our choice!!

*been babysitting a lot lately, bringing in lots of extra cashola. I decided we are starting to save money each week for Christmas this year, just a little cash set aside each week so that Christmas doesnt deplete our wedding savings. We will cut out eating out and put it towards Christmas and moving to arizona. (but no, I will not be cutting out my starbucks addiction).

*arizona. We are still up in the air. We are going to move there at the first of the year, and see how we like it, and what opportunities come up as far as jobs and houses. Who knows, maybe we will find ourselves back in California, only time will tell. I am open for anything, especially if it means being able to start a family sooner with my soon to be hubby.

*thats all...hope everyone has a fab week, its a short one with the holiday today!

Um...yea. Today I went to a bridal show, and some how won $2,000. Holy cow, I never win anything!!!!! I am so stinkin excited I dont even know what to do with myself!!!!!

I start back to school in the morning, so if I am MIA til December 20th, thats why. I am starting to count the minutes til I am a nurse, I cant wait!!

Have a great week everyone!

Why do I find this so funny??

Tag.

Your it.

I was tagged by Nichole awhile ago, just havent gotten around to it ;o)

Never in my life have I: met anyone that makes me as happy as my hunnie

High school was : over rated and 7 years ago! (holy canoli I am old!)

When I'm nervous : I bite my nails

My hair : needs to be done!

When I was 5 : I became a big sister!!

When I turn my head left : I see my sister and my cousin Michelle, I love them!

By this time next year : I will be a NURSE, living in Arizona, and MARRIED!!!!!! (and hopefully starting our family) omg so weird!!

My favorite aunt is : Baby (yes, I have an aunt named Baby, really.)

You know I like you if : I talk to you?

My ideal breakfast is : cereal or oatmeal and fruit of some kind

My Favorite blonde is : Katie

My favorite brunette is : Michael

The animal I would like to see flying besides birds : Monkeys?

I shouldn't have been : so lazy all summer, I did NONE of my summer reading!

Last night I: went tanning, oh how I love tanning.

A better name for me would be : I like Alex.

I've been told I look like : a pregnant woman, hence the reason I am busting my butt at the gym these days (this was not recently, but a long time ago when I was heavier, someone really did ask me that, I was mortified!!)

Happy Friday everyone, have a great weekend!! :o)

Long time no blog

Ok so I haven't updated this in forEVER!! I guess I have been MIA ;o)

First things first...new baby in the family as of yesterday at 3:30, Jackson Robert Young, yippie!! My cousin Jason is going to be the best daddy ever, he waited so long for this little guy!! This is NOT the most attractive picture, but I think its funny how his eye one eye is open, plus its the picture of his big debut. Welcome Jack, we love you!!

Michael and I got back from Arizona this past week, we had a blast. We did a lot of house shopping, its just amazing what you can afford. We looked in Queen Creek, an area thats just starting to develop, and found homes that were like 3000+ sq ft for under $250,000!!! If you arent from cali, that may sound crazy, but us cali folks know that is a bargain!!! We went to a Diamondback game while we were there, its a really cool stadium, its air conditioned!! Much fancier than Dodger stadium, but still not the same! It was nice to get to see the family and just relax for a few days, now its back to life and reality!

Wedding planning is coming along great, am sending out save the dates this week so I am working on all the addresses we need, which right now is for 300 guests!! I am hoping that number goes down seeing as a lot of them are on the east coast and will most likely not be able to make it. We are planning wedding #2 for September or October of 2008 in New York to celebrate with all of them, I think I might just turn into a bridezilla between now and then with all this planning! No, really though it has been really enjoyable, and things are coming along nicely. Here is a list of things that have been done.

Ceremony/Reception location booked

Photographer booked- check her out. www.chelseaelizabeth.com, I LOVE her!!!

DJ booked- he rocks!

Caterer booked- we decided to resist the oh so yummy, dried out, over rated wedding chicken and switch things up. We are going with good ole' southern style BBQ at our wedding, and we are SO excited about it, this food is seriously so yummy, and totally within our budget!!

Coordinator booked- Zipora is great, I met with her and felt like we were friends instantly. I wasnt going to have one, but after meeting her, and realizing that in 5 months we will be living in Arizona, I needed someone to be able to do things for me in cali should they come up, and someone to make sure the day runs smoothly, with a possibility of 250 guests, things can get crazy I am sure!

Dress- I found THE one! I cant post it here because Michael reads this, but I found it this weekend while shopping in Arizona and I am so excited!! The best part, I can order it online for almost half the price!!

Bridesmaids dresses- not ordered, but picked out, they are super cute!

Officiant- check!

Things left to do: cake tasting (I have about 10 bakeries that I have contacted, we are so excited about this!), florist (I know everything that I want so its just finding someone that can do it within my budget), book rooms at the hotel by my venue, book honeymoon (we are going to Riviera Maya in Mexico, I cant freakin wait!), book day of transportation, and book hair and makeup. All of these things are not urgent or pressing, so I have time :o) I am trying to get a bulk of it out of the way before this semester starts again on August 20th, because after that, life is going to get crazy again!

Speaking of school, I go back August 20th, have 8 weeks of school, and 8 weeks of preceptorship, and I am a NURSE!! Holy Crap that is crazy to think about, school has gone by faster than anything in my life!!!!!!!! I am so excited to go back, I miss my friends at school and I miss being in school, it kept me busy and I was always learning.

Summer has gone by so fast, I cant believe its almost 3 months I have been off, I guess work has kept me busy. I really love this new job, its a really great learning experience and I know it will look great on my resume.

Its baby season I guess, I just remembered that the lady I babysat for is having her baby girl today via c-section, baby Hanna is going to be the most loved, spoiled little girl ever!

Thats all my randomness for now, hope everyone has a great week!!

Where the heck have I been?

I think sometimes I forget that I have a blog, today I remembered and here I am :o)

Last couple weeks have been kinda crazy, starting this new job (still training), not wanting to work at this new job actually (but in need of the money). Oh well, such is life!

Had a fun night last night, went to a fireworks show with Michael and my sister and her friends showed up too. Too bad all of simi valley was there and it took us 25 minutes to drive 2 miles home!!

I have been busy with wedding planning these days, meeting with 3 vendors today actually, 2 photographers and 1 DJ. I am excited because Michael is going and my sister is coming too (MAYBE even my mom, shes off today). I LOVE one of these photographers and want to book her like yesterday, but I wanted Michael to see her work and I also wanted to have him meet another one to have someone to compare her too.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

We did it!

We put the money down for our wedding...its official!!!!

July 12, 2008........only a year to go!!

Plumper?

Is that a word?!?!?!?!?

Tonight over dinner (which happened to be yummy italian food) my dad tells me I am plumper than I used to be. Gee, thanks dad.

I had cancel gym membership on my to-do list for tomorrow for money purposes since my little accident, looks like I am going to work OT to pay for that membership because I do NOT want to be called plump, especially by my dad!!

Apparently...

I need to go back to drivers ed and learn how to parallel park.

I attempted to do it the other day and conviniently smashed the front end of a really nice, brand new Infinity. I left a note (like a good, moral person should) and found out it was a guy I work with at this new job, even worse. I decided to pay out of pocket for the expenses and it is going to be around $1200...plus $60/day for a rental car for him, AND it will take EIGHT flippin days to fix!!! Ugh, how could it take EIGHT days to fix a dang dent??? (well its a pretty deep dent, but still!). Lovely. The whole reason I got this summer job was to pay off my existing debt, not to create more! The worst part about it...the reason I was there the morning I hit his car was for a class that ended up being cancelled!!! I wish someone would have called me to let me know, I wouldnt be in this stupid mess!!

And the frosting on the cupcake (I like cupcakes better than cake), I got a parking ticket today because I didnt think I needed a new parking pass for summer session. I am just a genious huh?

Needless to say, I am not buying a lotto ticket today!

I <3 this girl

Ok so I admit, this is not the most flattering picture of myself, in fact its really quite horrible, but this picture really captures the relationship me and my sister have...I just wished we didnt live so far apart and were able to be together more often. In all her crazy, loud, hilarious, randomness...I just love this girl.

Its getting hot in here....

Dang it was like 100 yesterday I think!! Today it has cooled some and we are heading to the BEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o) I feel like I havent been to the beach in forever and Michael and I want to take advantage of it before we move away from it all when we go to Arizona. We are going to Ventura, our favorite place next to Santa Monica, and renting bikes to ride around for the day and having lunch on this pier. I cant wait! :o)

A few random things going on with me...

*School is over for the semester as of MONDAY and I cant wait! Aside from a 6 week class I am taking in the summer, I am so stoked to have some 'me' time and not dedicating all my time to others.

*I won another scholarship, $1000 and I get it in a couple of weeks, yippie for putting it towards my credit card bill!!!

*I started a new job and am no longer babysitting. I am working in the ICU at the hospital as a monitor tech and unit secretary, just in 1 day I have seen so much and I am so excited about it. They are also floating me to the ER which will be exciting too!

*We decided to push the house buying date to July, that way it will be done around January/March and I dont have to worry about having an offer letter before I even finish nursing school

*Michael is in the managment training program at Claim Jumper restaraunt and I couldnt be happier for him, he loves it and is such a hard worker! I owe him so much for all he has done for me since being in school, really you have no idea, its crazy!

*Michaels step dad is having surgery on the 18th of this month for his back, if you could just say a little prayer for him, he is really nervous about it! (boys are such babies at times!)

Thats all for now! Off to the beach :o)

I love Conan!

awwwwwwwww

Erins wedding :o)

quickie house update: so they didnt accept our offer, but after thinking about it long and hard, we realized it is for the best. We could get the house, but we would have to move in December 30th, which means we have to work our loan 60 days prior to then and we just dont think we will be in a situation that will get us a decent loan with an affordable intrest rate. So while I am sorta bummed (I was sooo looking forward to picking out all the fun stuff for the house!!) we are fine with it because we are going back in June and we know they will have the same houses (they have 350 left to build) for the same prices, and it will give us more of a cushion as far as the move in date...so while I am sorta sad, I am ok with it too :o)

So...

We put in an offer, yippie!!

We asked for a lot that faces a green belt, we asked for a years paid HOA, and we asked for the company to cover all closing costs. We find out on Monday or Tuesday of this week. We are SO excited, nevous, anxious, scared, etc etc...

Cross your fingers for us!!

Tomorrow is the big day!

So Michael and I are leaving for Arizona tonight after I finish with clinical to :::hopefully::: put the money down to start the build for our new house!! I say hopefully because we want to take a good look at all the models again to make sure we are making the right decision, and then we also need to take a really good look at the lots that are available and pick the one that works best for us. The model that we are most likely going with (the largest one) has a lot open right now on a greenbelt (so rather than facing other houses it overlooks this grassy park like area, which would be so nice because there isnt much green in arizona, especially in summer!) and we really love the idea of the greenbelt, plus this lot is about 20 feet away from a 'tot lot' which is an area for kids to play and I think it will be great for when we have kids in the next couple of years. It is all so sureal to me, that we are going to have our own home, be living together, be married in a little over a year, I will be an RN...this year is going to fly by it seems!! I am just so thankful to have Michael in my life and so blessed that we have this opportunity!! (even if it does mean moving away from the beach!).

Erins WEDDING is tomorrow, yippie!!!!!! This wedding is going to be a blast...her family is a crack up and I am so excited for her.

School is stupid right now. Thats the only word I can use. I have never seen such disorganization and lack of communication, EVER! I cant wait for the summer to get here, and more importantly for December to get here so I can graduate and be done!

Hope everyone has a rockin weekend planned!! I will update with pics and the house info when I get back!

Finally!!

Its about dang time that this freako got voted off American Idol. I am sorry, I have always been a fan in this show and I do believe that people can improve...however him being around this long was just a plain joke in my book! Now the competition can begin...the next 6 weeks should be really interesting, I cant wait!!

On a different note...Michael and I got all of our paperwork faxed in today for our house...it was SO weird to sign some of the papers. Its not official until next Saturday, but its still so weird to me that we are going through the motions of having our own HOME! Its so exciting :o)

School is dragging right now...I cant wait for summer! Every day it seems like its something, and most of the time I feel like I am wasting my brain! I cant wait for next semester to start in August...it will be my final semester there and I will have my degree in December!

Nothing exciting going on, nothing new, I miss my sister, I miss my friends, I miss my LIFE...but other than that nothing exciting to report!

Long week!!

Ok so I am SSSOOOOOOO glad that this week has officially come to an end!! I had something going on every single day of the week, between school, clinicals, a nursing convention, and more clinicals...I was soooo excited to get home tonight and be able to take my shoes off for the long haul. I have tomorrow off, and then next week is just as crazy, so I plan on enjoying every second of tomorrow!

Going to Arizona in TWO weeks!!!!!!! Shyza! (love that new word). I cant believe Erins wedding is so soon...and even more so I cant believe Michael and I are putting money down on a home!!! Its soo crazy to me, so overwhelming, so scary, but so exciting at the same time. I cannot wait to have a home of my own to share with my soon-to-be-hubby!!

School is going pretty good, I am finally done with Psych and am seriously psyched about it, lol. I couldnt handle it there anymore, it really was a real life looney bin!! Not my cup of tea, thats for sure. I finish this semester May 14th...have 3 whole months off...go back in August and graduate in December!!! I cant believe I am almost done with my 3rd semester and will just have one more to go, time has flown by so fast, its amazing to me.

Last but not least...if you havent tried this makeup (bare essentuals), run out and get it!! Its such a nice makeup, I LOVE it. I have been using it for a week and have been really pleased with it, its so easy to use, really light on your skin, and doesnt make you break out!! I am so happy I finally bought it, I dont think I will ever use anything else again!

Thats all for now...off to watch a movie and wait for my hunnie to get home!! :o)