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Friday, February 12, 2010
It's A Celebration!
I passed my test! I am officially an RN!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
A Little Distraction
Most of you knew that today I was taking the exam for my RN License. It has a bad reputation for being one of the hardest tests. ever. And it was exactly that. I have a hard time listening to teachers and review courses (and my mom) when they say not to study the day before a big standardized exam. I become like a studying addict, thinking if I could study a little more then everything will be alright. I stopped studying around 5 pm yesterday and promised P I wouldn't pick up any review materials today (the exam day). Well, seeing how my test was not until 1 pm, it took every bit of me not to pick up that last review sheet. I decided I needed a little distraction.
I have been making beaded jewelry for a long time now, but it wasn't until Nursing School when I really found a love for it. It quickly became the perfect distraction from school and studying. I toy around with the idea of opening an etsy store of my own (for those unfamiliar, etsy.com if a place where thousands sell handmade items online), but for now I just make pieces for friends and family, and of course, myself. I was able to mindlessly and quickly pass time this morning while making 3 different pairs of earrings.
I snapped a few photos of Lucy "helping" me.
Although her idea of "helping" quickly turned to this:
1.25 hours and 75 questions later, the fate of my RN license is now out of my hands. I will find out tomorrow and I hope to bring good news.
I have been making beaded jewelry for a long time now, but it wasn't until Nursing School when I really found a love for it. It quickly became the perfect distraction from school and studying. I toy around with the idea of opening an etsy store of my own (for those unfamiliar, etsy.com if a place where thousands sell handmade items online), but for now I just make pieces for friends and family, and of course, myself. I was able to mindlessly and quickly pass time this morning while making 3 different pairs of earrings.
I snapped a few photos of Lucy "helping" me.
Although her idea of "helping" quickly turned to this:
1.25 hours and 75 questions later, the fate of my RN license is now out of my hands. I will find out tomorrow and I hope to bring good news.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Do You Dare?
In my quest to become a more frequent blogger I have decided to partake in a cooking/baking challenge. This will serve many purposes: (1) I will update this blog more often, (2) I will be forced to expand my kitchen skills, (3) P & I will have delicious new recipes to eat, (4) You will all take pity on my poor quality photos and help me convince P that I desperately need a new camera.
This challenge is hosted by http://thedaringkitchen.com/ which has nearly 4000 other members completing the same recipes monthly. Previous dishes include: Nanaimo Bars, Satay, Beef Wellington, Gingerbread Houses, Sushi, Cannoli, Chicken Pho, French Macarons, Indian Dosas, and Vols-au-vent. I am not sure what I just got myself into and hopefully there will be more successes than failures, but I am very excited to share this experience with you all.
I found a couple of older photos of P & I's quality kitchen skills to share with you.
P attempting to "soften" the sound of his homemade peanut butter with a towel. Oh the joys of apartment living.
Crock-pot chicken. It was moist and yummy, but the fact that we had to pan sear the chicken before putting it in the pot annoyed me. I am a firm believer that crock-pot recipes should be that and nothing more.
Signing up for the daring kitchen was very easy, although there is a waiting period before you are able to join in the fun. My first secret recipe will be announced February 17th by the Daring Cooks and I will have one month to complete the challenge. You will have to wait until March 14th (the designated reveal date) to see if it was a kitchen disaster or a recipe keeper. Time to get out the old camera and its charger...it will make its permanent home in our kitchen. So have I persuaded you to join the fun?
This challenge is hosted by http://thedaringkitchen.com/ which has nearly 4000 other members completing the same recipes monthly. Previous dishes include: Nanaimo Bars, Satay, Beef Wellington, Gingerbread Houses, Sushi, Cannoli, Chicken Pho, French Macarons, Indian Dosas, and Vols-au-vent. I am not sure what I just got myself into and hopefully there will be more successes than failures, but I am very excited to share this experience with you all.
I found a couple of older photos of P & I's quality kitchen skills to share with you.
P attempting to "soften" the sound of his homemade peanut butter with a towel. Oh the joys of apartment living.
Crock-pot chicken. It was moist and yummy, but the fact that we had to pan sear the chicken before putting it in the pot annoyed me. I am a firm believer that crock-pot recipes should be that and nothing more.
Signing up for the daring kitchen was very easy, although there is a waiting period before you are able to join in the fun. My first secret recipe will be announced February 17th by the Daring Cooks and I will have one month to complete the challenge. You will have to wait until March 14th (the designated reveal date) to see if it was a kitchen disaster or a recipe keeper. Time to get out the old camera and its charger...it will make its permanent home in our kitchen. So have I persuaded you to join the fun?
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
8 Months
I cannot believe it has been 8 months since I last posted on this blog. 8 months! No surely not 8 months. Oh wait yes 8 months. Oh boy...I'm getting married in 8 months and the last 8 months flew by. (Panicking begins NOW!)
Our engagement photos surfaced the internet last week and I contemplated either writing an email to our parents or posting on this blog (this blog that I'm not even sure they look at anymore). So because I love our parents dearly and wanted them to see the pictures right away I chose the email route...but I loved the email so much I wanted to go ahead and post it anyways. :)
Without further ado...
After eating some delicious made-by-erin Lasagna (I know WOW right!) and watching a couple of favorite shows I decided it was time for bed...until Patrick told me to check my facebook. He knew I had become quite addicted at looking at the new updates. (I know this doesn't make much sense to some, but I am trying to paint the whole picture). I sadly had become obsessed at when Lindsey (our photographer) was going to surprise us with a couple of preview shots of our engagement shoot and ladies and gentlemen, tonight was the night. I knew right away that the only reason Patrick would say a sentence like that was because the pictures were here.
I am still trying to figure out how to show the non-facebook members these amazing preview shots (Lindsey shared 16 on facebook...mind you she told us she took WELL beyond 500 photos). I am able to share the one I made my "profile" picture.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.
This was taken at The Cellon Oak Park. It is located in the very NW part of Gainesville (I would barely consider it in Gainesville, but Mapquest says otherwise). It is Florida largest Oak Tree. Which I think is very cool.
Enjoy! and stay tuned for more, when I figure out how to show them to you all.
And there you have it...the end of the email. I hope you all enjoyed it and I hope I can find the inspiration to post more often.
I want to wish two of my greatest friends Julianne and Alyssa a very Happy Birthday today. They have recently started a blog of their own. (and so far are really good at the whole posting thing) Check them out: http://twoeatphilly.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Good News!
Hello everybody! The good news today is our official wedding date...
10-02-10
We are so excited to begin the planning journey (but even more excited that we have 16 whole months to complete the task).
On May 16th, 2009 our best friends Mike & Katie tied the knot. Their wedding was absolutely amazing. Patrick and I couldn't stop saying how excited we are about our wedding.
Here is a fabulous photo of Mike and Katie after the ceremony in the limo on the way to the reception... time for some celebration champagne.
I was lucky enough to be a part of their wedding day as one of Katie's Bridesmaids. Here I am with some of the best friends a girl could ask for: Julianne, Alyssa, Katie, & myself (aka JAKE).
Patrick also had a special part in the wedding as one of Mike's Groomsmen. We were honored to play the parts.
While we are on the topic of weddings... Patrick's Grama and Bill tied the knot on May 30th, 2009. I will leave you with two photos of Patrick and I from that weekend. Enjoy :)
10-02-10
We are so excited to begin the planning journey (but even more excited that we have 16 whole months to complete the task).
On May 16th, 2009 our best friends Mike & Katie tied the knot. Their wedding was absolutely amazing. Patrick and I couldn't stop saying how excited we are about our wedding.
Here is a fabulous photo of Mike and Katie after the ceremony in the limo on the way to the reception... time for some celebration champagne.
I was lucky enough to be a part of their wedding day as one of Katie's Bridesmaids. Here I am with some of the best friends a girl could ask for: Julianne, Alyssa, Katie, & myself (aka JAKE).
Patrick also had a special part in the wedding as one of Mike's Groomsmen. We were honored to play the parts.
While we are on the topic of weddings... Patrick's Grama and Bill tied the knot on May 30th, 2009. I will leave you with two photos of Patrick and I from that weekend. Enjoy :)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Officially on Spring Break!
Today could not have come any faster. I am so happy to be still considered an "undergrad" only for the pure joy of still having a "spring break." I will be flying to Memphis to be with Patrick for 10 days! This will be the longest I have stayed in Memphis. I am so excited.
I wanted to share with everyone so exciting news. But of course I must share the story leading up to it....
Thursdays are my long days. I am in school from 8 am until 7 pm. This morning I had my last exam before spring break and after that my mind was shot. I stayed up until the wee hours cramming every last bit of information I could the night before. So during my 4 pm class (6 hours later), the last class until I was officially on spring break, I would say my attention span was completely gone. I was looking at one of my favorite blogs thekitchn.com and to my excitement I came across a photo of my brother's in one of the articles! You can find it here:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/conscientious-cook/put-down-that-winter-tomato-it-was-picked-by-a-slave-078029
Not only was it in thekitchn.com blog I did some further investigation and found out it's actually in the March addition of Gourmet Magazine! Gourmet Magazine!
http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/03/politics-of-the-plate-the-price-of-tomatoes
Unfortunately they spelled his name wrong. But that did not stop me from being the most excited, proud sister ever. I hope you all take time to find these articles, the stories are actually quite amazing. I am so happy Scott is able to get the attention he deserves.
I will end with one of Scott's photos from his trip to Tanzania, Africa this past summer.
I wanted to share with everyone so exciting news. But of course I must share the story leading up to it....
Thursdays are my long days. I am in school from 8 am until 7 pm. This morning I had my last exam before spring break and after that my mind was shot. I stayed up until the wee hours cramming every last bit of information I could the night before. So during my 4 pm class (6 hours later), the last class until I was officially on spring break, I would say my attention span was completely gone. I was looking at one of my favorite blogs thekitchn.com and to my excitement I came across a photo of my brother's in one of the articles! You can find it here:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/conscientious-cook/put-down-that-winter-tomato-it-was-picked-by-a-slave-078029
Not only was it in thekitchn.com blog I did some further investigation and found out it's actually in the March addition of Gourmet Magazine! Gourmet Magazine!
http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/03/politics-of-the-plate-the-price-of-tomatoes
Unfortunately they spelled his name wrong. But that did not stop me from being the most excited, proud sister ever. I hope you all take time to find these articles, the stories are actually quite amazing. I am so happy Scott is able to get the attention he deserves.
I will end with one of Scott's photos from his trip to Tanzania, Africa this past summer.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
OR Nursing
This semester I am in the medical-surgical I & II (that's why it's considered "accelerated") clinical rotations. It has been a way better semester in the hospital. Especially today. Today I got to experience life as an OR nurse. But even more exciting I got to see a total hip replacement! Wow!
I was thinking to myself this morning on my way over to Tampa that if the charge nurse (the nurse in charge of all the other nurse's) gives me a chance on what type of surgery I wanted to see I was going to pick an orthopedic case because of Patrick's desire to be a Orthopedic surgeon. (I honestly had no desire coming in to be a OR nurse and I knew it would be one of my only chances to see a bit of what Patrick might be facing) So I got my pick and a total hip replacement it was. I won't go into the details...don't worry Cori.
But I do have one little funny story to tell. Just as the surgeons were making their first set of cuts a phone started to ring on the desk opposite the table. It was the surgeon resident's phone and he asked the OR nurse to pick it up because it was his wife. (This triggered a flash forward to my future with Patrick). She just wanted to know if he had given the dog his medicine that morning. So even in the midst of cuts and flesh...life does go on and I will remember this story next time Patrick's at work (however, maybe only with emergencies).
Spring Break is right around the corner and I will be flying up to Memphis to spend 10 days with Patrick! We are very excited to take our video chat study session to face to face study sessions.
Thank you guys for all your cards, phone calls, emails, etc. Your support means everything to me right now.
I decided to dig up a picture from highschool during my trip to Honduras because today reminded me of just how cute Patrick looks in scrubs!
I was thinking to myself this morning on my way over to Tampa that if the charge nurse (the nurse in charge of all the other nurse's) gives me a chance on what type of surgery I wanted to see I was going to pick an orthopedic case because of Patrick's desire to be a Orthopedic surgeon. (I honestly had no desire coming in to be a OR nurse and I knew it would be one of my only chances to see a bit of what Patrick might be facing) So I got my pick and a total hip replacement it was. I won't go into the details...don't worry Cori.
But I do have one little funny story to tell. Just as the surgeons were making their first set of cuts a phone started to ring on the desk opposite the table. It was the surgeon resident's phone and he asked the OR nurse to pick it up because it was his wife. (This triggered a flash forward to my future with Patrick). She just wanted to know if he had given the dog his medicine that morning. So even in the midst of cuts and flesh...life does go on and I will remember this story next time Patrick's at work (however, maybe only with emergencies).
Spring Break is right around the corner and I will be flying up to Memphis to spend 10 days with Patrick! We are very excited to take our video chat study session to face to face study sessions.
Thank you guys for all your cards, phone calls, emails, etc. Your support means everything to me right now.
I decided to dig up a picture from highschool during my trip to Honduras because today reminded me of just how cute Patrick looks in scrubs!
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