My Birthday

I have the best brother and sister ever!!!!

I was sitting at home on my birthday, last Thursday, when I saw a truck pull in from the flower shop that my sister, Laura works at. I thought that the delivery person had just gotten confused and was delivering the flowers for my mom, from dad at home.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that the flowers were for me and not mom! Thank you so much Laura - they are beautiful!

Later that day I got to work. When I arrived my boss (and aunt) said that something had come for me before I got there. I immediately recognized it as an arrangement from Laura's flower shop. My mind was feverishly working to figure out who they could be from, but I was drawing a blank.

So I pulled the brown bag off (it was a covering on top of the flowers) and took the card off. I immediately started crying when I saw who had sent me this beatiful bouquet of flowers - my brother, Andy, who most of you know, is in Virginia with the Army. I was so surprised that he would have come up with this idea! It means so much to me that he was thinking about me so far in advance (he told mom and dad that he had been planing this for months!). Thank you so much Andy! They are beautiful!

New Hair style!!

What do you think? I never would have ever thought that I could have hair this curly!! I am really happy with how it turned out, though.

Every morning after I get out of the shower my hair is always really curly, so I thought that I would just experiment a little bit and see what I could do with it. I got my hair cut into a few more layers so that the curls would hold better.

All I have to do is use some curl-holding mousse and scrunch up my hair a little bit and, wha-la! Curls!

Thank you!

The other day at school
Melissa and I walked into the main building at school to find a place to waste some time before class started.

As I walked through the front doors I saw a Marine standing just inside in his dress uniform. I have always felt that it is our duty to thank the servicemen and women of our wonderful country but have always been too much of a chicken to do so. Ever since Andy joined the Army I have felt even more grateful for their service because I know how difficult it is.

So, noticing that he was by himself I walked up to him and said, "I just wanted to thank you for serving our country. My brother is in the Army so I know that it is really difficult to be away from your family and friends. I just wanted you to know that I appreciate what you do."

In return he said that he appreciated my comment and told me, while looking me directly in the eye, "You're Welcome." I think it was the most sincere "you're welcome" that I have ever gotten. I hope that my simple comment made a difference in his day and maybe made him feel a little more appreciated!

7 Wierd things

Here is my 7 weird things:

7. I ALWAYS sing when in my car.

6. I love history and museums. My siblings hate them, but I take after my father and would much rather go there than shopping!

5. I work at a nursing home in the kitchen and I always end up talking to inanimate objects while I am working.

4. I prefer most anything vanilla over chocolate. I like chocolate candy bars, but prefer vanilla shakes, ice cream, or pudding.

3. I actually like to wash dishes!

2. I hate math but I am majoring in Accounting!

1. I can read Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics!

There you go - my list of 7. Hope you enjoyed them! If you haven't done this already I tag you!

I'm Cold Too!!

"My nose is even cold!"
"What are you looking at? I get cold too!"

My new coat

Alright - here you guys go - a new post! I am sorry that I am not as addicted as the rest of you are to blogging. Some days I don't even go on the computer!

I have gotten in one full week of school already! I have great profs this semester. They are all more than willing to continue to go over something if one person in the class doesn't understand. I am enjoying all of my classes so far - computer, accounting 2, and business math. I also love it that I get out of class at 4:00, so I can be home by 5:00 and actually be able to eat dinner with my parents!

I bought a new coat a couple weeks ago. I found it at Kohls - it was normally $160, but was on sale for $70! I really love it. It is a dark brown peacoat with a hood. I will post pictures of it this weekend, I promise!

Bumper Stickers

These are like the two bumper stickers I have on my car. Usually nobody really says anything to me about them, however someone did today.
I had my economics exam this morning and stopped at Meijer for white melting chocolate. I was walking up to my car when the lady in the car next to me gets out and says hi. So far this was not unusual - quite often people say hi to each other even when they don't know the other person. So, I unlock my car and go to get in when she says,
"I just wanted to tell you that my Boss is a Jewish Carpenter too, and my daughter is in the army. When I saw your bumper stickers my heart just soared!"
I thought that it was so cool that she took the time to stop wait for me to get back to my car to tell me that. I think that she had already been in the store and was leaving when she saw my car and decided to wait for me. People don't usually do things like that anymore these days. It made my day just a little bit better!

Cleo and the Christmas Tree

Mom took these pictures the other night when Cleo was being naughty. I know that is a surprising thought since Cleo is never naughty, but it did happen!
I just thought that she looked so cute under the tree!

Cleo's tube

 
 
 
These pictures are a little old. We had bought this at Walgreens for Cleo thinking that she would love it because it krinkles like a plastic bag every time it is touched. However...when we put it on the floor for her she refused to go in it!
Finally, when I came home from work This is how I found her - sleeping in it with only her head sticking out! Sadly, that is the only time she has been in it. It is now in the basement because she will not go in it anymore!

I think this is one of my better pictures, don't you?

 
This picture was taken just after I returned to my hospital room after my surgery. I was told that it might go on Mom's blog, but at that time I was still not fully awake and didn't really care what pictures she took or where they went!
It never did go one her blog, however I thought that you would all like to see the beautiful state that I was in after surgery! Oh, and don't ask about the towel on my head - I have no idea why it is there!

I am feeling a ton better today and am going to the doctor this afternoon. I will make sure to update tomorrow about what he has to say. I am also headed back to school on Wednesday. Hopefulling I can make it through the entire day - 7:45-5:30! I might be a little tired when I get home! It is great to be getting back into the swing of things again. Thank you all for your prayers, I really appreciate! I know that without them I would not have healed as quickly as I did.

Thanks mom!

Thank you mom for giving me this award!

I am FINALLY declaring a major!!!

Yes, you did read that correctly, I have finally decided on a major! I am going to major in Accounting. This may be surprising to some of you, however, I am taking an accounting class this semester and am really enjoying it. I will have two more years to go until I am finally done! By the time I graduate I will be a Super Senior! I am really relieved to have this done and not have to think about it anymore.

Our adventure!

I was supposed to have a business computer class at 12:45 today, however, my prof. wasn't there today, so
Melissa and I both had until 3:15, when our next class started, with nothing to do, so, we decided to walk to the Amway, and then through it. We got there and, being unsure of whether we could just walk in, we stood outside for a minute until another women walked in, and decided that we would just go in. So, we walked through, noting the beauty, and I also mentioned that it reminded me of the Titanic!
After walking through we still had a good few hours before class so we decided to go visit my Aunt Diane over at Varnum. So, we walked from the Amway to Varnum, and got the nickel tour of the 17th floor and her office space. We talked for a little while with her, then decided it was time to head back. So....we walked all the way back to school.
Now, normally this would not be bad or that difficult, however, when you have a HUGE backpack on your back that you have to carry the entire way, you start to get tired very quickly! Even so, it still would not be that bad but we also have a fairly large hill just before you reach school, so by the time you reach it your legs feel like they are about to give in and buckle beneath you! We were so glad to be able to sit down at the student lounge!
I would have to say that we got our exercise in today!!!

I have been tagged!

My mom has tagged me for a meme.

1)10 years ago: I was 11 years old, which would have put me in 5th or 6th grade, going to school, and not much else.

2)5 years ago: this would put me at 15. I would have been started drivers training, still going to school everyday, all day.

3)1 year ago: this would put me at 20 years old. I would be going to college on mondays and wednesdays, and working at the nursing home here in town. I also had just started on my insulin pump.

4)Yesterday: I went to school to try and take a test and I went to work

5)5 snacks I enjoy: Of course, chocolate, pringles (the cheesy kind), apples, triscuits, and cheese

6)5 things I would do if I suddenly had a million dollars: pay of my car, give some to church, take a vacation oversease, go visit Andy, and put some in savings.

7)5 locations I would like to run away to: Ireland (they have a GREAT accent!), Romania, Virginia, Massechutsets, and a lot of other places on the east coast!

8)5 bad habits I have: procrastination, poor eating habits, leaving all my stuff on the kitchen table, spending too much money on things that I don't really need, and not cleaning my room when I should.

9)5 things I like doing: reading, scrapbooking, listening to music, hanging out with friends, and watching movies.

10)5 t.v. shows I like: Dr. Who, Biggest Losser, CSI, The Office, and Dirty Jobs.

11)5 things I hate doing: cleaning Cleo's litter box, cleaning the toilet, going to school, waiting, and getting up at the crack of dawn.

12)5 biggest joys of the moment: talking to Andy on the phone, understanding that God is in control so I don't have to be, my family, knowing that God has my life all planned out, and Internet.

I am tagging anyone who hasn't yet done this!

Continuing drama!

So, I was hoping that I wouldn't have more to blog about this Professor of mine, but alas, I do. I gave her that copy of Andy's letter and she said that it was great.
Finally, I thought. At last she is happy. So...I decided to venture farther and said that I was wondering about coming in on Thursday to take the test that I am missing. She said that she would have to check the sylabis to see what her rules were.

At this point I am wondering why she can't remember her own rules, but I let it go and sit down. After class I go back up to her and she checks on her rules and proceeds to tell me that I am going to have to take the test after I return from SC!!! Here is exactly what she says in the sylabis:

"Any student who misses an exam because of an unavoidable circumstance will be allowed to make up that exam, provided the student supplies writtten evidence of the unavoidable nature of the incident that caused him or her to miss the exam."

Can you believe that? This woman is insaine! She is a really good teacher, as long as you don't have to miss any test in her class or have to go see your brother whom you haven't seen in 3 months!!

Sorry!!!!

I am so sorry that it has been so long since I posted last! I have not been on the computer for at least a week! I have been trying to get all my school work done so that we can leave o Saturday to go see Andy. I think that I have it mostly under control, but with classes like accounting and economics, I have a lot of work to do.

I have one professor, for accounting, who is a really great professor and she makes the class fun and the information easy to understand, but she has been a thorn in my side since the first day of class! I stayed after on the first day to tell her that I would be leaving on the 22nd to go see my brother graduate from boot camp, so I would be missing a week or so of class. She proceeded to tell me that it was fine, but she would need proof from me that we really are going to see him, that he really is in the army, and that he really does graduate on the 28th! I thought that she was joking! I thought, "Women! This is college, nnot middle school!" So....I brought in a bunch of stuff to show her that he really is in the army: a letter from him on the army stationary, a booklet that we got when he first enlisted, and a postcard that he sent to us with info on buying a dvd of boot camp and graduation.

I thought that she would be happy with this, but she wasn't. She told me that this was all wonderful stuff, but that she didn't want to read my personal mail so if I could kindly make a copy of the part where it says that we are going to see him with a date that we will be there, that would be great. So I made a copy of one of Andy's letters that says that graduation is officially on September 28. I sure hope that she is happy with that! None of my other professors made such a big stink over it!

So, that is what has been going on in my life lately!

Light's Out!!

Thursday I had to work, and the girl I was working with, Laura, and I were getting a little worried with the impending storm and all. We made it through dinner and we got the dining room all cleaned up and I started washing my dishes. About 6:15 it all went downhill -

The electricity went out. Let me say that the kitchen gets REALLY, really dark without any lights on at all! The generator quickly turned on, however, there is only so much stuff you can put on a generator. We had lights and water, but no dishwasher, air conditioning, or dishwasher! This ment a long night of silence, the complete eiry silence, doing thousands of dishes by hand, sweating up a storm in a really hot kitchen!

I was glad that I was working with Laura because we are both willing to help each other, so I brought all my dishes over to the cook's side and we washed cups, plates, bowls, trays, big brown buckets all by hand. We were just glad that I had washed the silverware already before the power went out!

It was one of those long nights, made even longer by the heat! I was just glad to get home and take a shower!

Cleo's Life!

 
 
This is her new favorite place to sleep! She gets herself wrapped up in the drapes as much as she can and then sleeps there for hours at a time. I think she likes it because it is soft and, if she is laying in just the right position, she can look out the front door at the same time! She is always finding new and exciting places to sleep! (it is her favorite past time, next to eating that is!)

Battle at Kruger

Mom found this video and we both thought that it is very interesting!


"This nature video show that a TEAM over 3 or 5 bullys can win anytime. When ever your hurting or need help in anyway friends and church members who are willing can help the lost in a world of hate and sin." This was one of the comments made about this video, which we also thought was cool.