Question?

Which bear is best?
False! Black bear.

Haha! For those of you watch the office you might find that funny. Either way I'm smiling. :-)

I am also posing the question how long can I go without blogging? Apparently quite awhile! So I am sorry fellow readers for the fail of monumental proportions! (maybe a slight exaggeration)

Tonight I wanted to write about how I actually really enjoy my job when I'm working with a pleasant and caring surgeon. Who actually wants to take care of and has sympathy and empathy for their patient. It's refreshing to see and know that there are still good people and doctors in the world:)

Well that's a quick thought since I am going to bed. And a little Christmas tree photo

Happy Halloween!

I wish I had some fun pictures to put up, but I dont. I didnt even help my sisters carve pumpkins this year. I didnt get dressed up and I'm working tonight. I guess I'm okay with that, although I do very much enjoy all those things. I did wear my pumpkin shirt to youth group yesterday and my I heart vampires shirt today. So at least I'm being festive. I have been enjoying looking at all the cute pictures on facebook :-)


So whats new you might ask?

in less than 2 weeks Jared and I will be in Honduras!! I cant believe its almost here. I am not packed or even really thinking about it, since its 2 weeks away. I'm kind of last minute about things anyway, I wont make a list, but I will probably overpack and then go back through and then not have enough(that is what I did in January). But I am looking forward to it, and I even got a new pair of Chacos! They are so cute and I got them for 20 dollars with free shipping from Zappos. That makes me happy!

In other recent purchases, I bought a new de-humidifier which is not as exciting as new sandals but its working well and my basement doesnt smell gross anyway.

I got my hair colored last week, its now dark brown and I love it! I also got a cut and my hair has since decided that it will curl again which I am definitely a fan of:-)
And on friday I went to JC Penney and found an adorable winter hat that has ears and a cat face and it was 40% off so I bought it and I figured since I was going to buy that I better look around... and I got two super cute flannel kind of shirts which were 17 dollars instead of 36, which is quite nice and I just love them!! I cant wait to wear them, maybe tomorrow even! But back to the story, I went up and go those 3 said items and then after paying, the cashier tells that I got 20 dollars of rewards cash or something like that, so since I dont really go to Penney's all that often, I went back and got another hat, also fuzzy and has ears. Its really fun! So now I have a wide array of winter hats rangeing from the regular to a cat, another ear hat, an owl, a sock monkey, and a super fuzzy kind of lumberjackish one! So whenever I'm hating my hair which could easily be tomorrow I'll be looking really cute regardless of my unruly curls!

Well I suppose that is about it for now, I have tomorrow off of work. Maybe if you are lucky enough /slash/ if I remember I'll take some pictures of my recent purchases:-)

Gnome names

I recently acquired a roaming gnome:) I think he may start taking trips with me, maybe even to Honduras! So I'm wondering if any of you have any name suggestions for him...
Please leave them below:-)

Also here is our first picture he made it to my moms house from the store, hehe!

Flawless

Bookclub was really fun:-) and flawless, meaning i got everything done and everything made in time (there may have been a little stress about that). I'll post a better update on Tuesday with pictures of the cuteness.

For now I leave you with a picture of my tired pups after being outside all day and seeing the visitors at my house.

silent much?

Well apparently I am quite often here on my blog...but here I am again:-)

I always have really good intentions of blogging often then I get distracted or the really great and fun thing or things I wanted to blog about are mysteriously absent.

But right now, I should be reading my book club book A Discovery of Witches as I have still have some 200 pages to go but here I sit. Don't get me wrong its a very good book so far but at this moment I dont really feel like reading. Plus I should be reading because said book club is at meeting at my house. I am really excited about that, I get to make lots of halloween goodies and it will be fun. Now that also means that I will have to do some major cleaning because believe it or not, sometimes I live kind of piggish, as in Its not always the most clean it could be. And my German Shepherd seems to be shedding and shedding and shedding some more. So I'll have to vacuum and probably vacuum again before anyone arrives at my house. But as I said I'm looking forward to it, and even for the occasin I am going to get my living room rug cleaned! YES! I've been meaning to do that for quite some time but since I'm having people over I figured I better get it done.

On another note, the twins did turn 13! And their birthday party was so much fun! :-) the pig was super tasty and I made some cheesy potatoes, also super good. We had cake and of course a root beer keg! Along with a bouncy house too! You only turn 13 once:) it was fun! and the twins just loved it! I'll try to post some pictures soon. Maybe I'll do a whole post of pictures of my summer.

And on another note, its October and its supposed to be 80 degrees this weekend, I kind of like that:-) YES!!!

Where has September gone?

I cannot believe today is the already the 21st! Oh my! And that in just a few short days, it will be the twins 13th birthday! That makes me feel super old!

In less than 2 months I'll be in Honduras and then it will be Thanksgiving and then Christmas. Yikes! time flies!

Alright enough of the time going so fast, I have to go give breaks here at work. But I've made it through 2 hours so that means 10 hours to go. I'll hopefully write again before the big day of a pig roast and root beer keg (the twins birthday party). Enjoy your Wednesday everyone:-D

Blogging from my phone..

So I'm just testing this out on my phone:)

But I forgot to write yesterday about youth group on Sunday. We had 40 kids come which was pretty awesome! As last spring when I started volunteering there were maybe 15. And this Sunday I'm going to be speaking which makes me nervous already! Hehe:) but I am excited to see how God will show himself to me and how it goes.

I am also really excited because I got to catch up and have a nice long phone conversation with a great friend :-) and that makes my heart happy!

Tonight we went out to dinner with one of my friends from springhill and she works at a small christian school in downtown Kalamazoo and the twins are going to be helping her every Friday! :-) so I am excited for them!

Well that's my little phone blog update :-)

And a picture or two from my phone, me today learning how to operate the toolcat! Pretty fun! The twins with their twin pack of peanut butter. And one of me feeding the giraffes at the zoo which I think I look pretty funny in!

Has this ever happened to you?

So yesterday at church, I was sitting there and I was late of course, lol.

But as our pastor was speaking it was as though he was speaking directly to me. The whole time! Sometimes its just a few times but I felt like the entire sermon was just for me. I love it when God does that:-) And after I wrote my last blog post, I was feeling nervous(probably still am) and thinking hmm, do I really want to do all that much more school and papers? But Pastor Zimmer was talking about doing what we were created to do, and I just know that I was created for more than just being a surgical tech. Maybe its not a doctor, but maybe it is or maybe I need to get a degree so I could maybe teach others about the human body who knows? But it was just reassuring to hear a sermon that was for me, or at least it felt like it. He also had all the kids in Sunday school draw pictures of what they wanted to be when they grow up. It made me cry, but in a good way and challenged us to think about what has made us give up on our dreams? Was it a certain person or circumstance?

So here are a few questions that he asked us which were quite thought provoking for me and maybe will be for you too.

When was the last time you did something for the first time?

What will you create for the Master?

What amyou called to do, what does it have to do with?

questions and answers

So recently I've been doing lots of thinking. About what you might ask? Well this post is all about it, so read on :-) and it is kind of a lot of thoughts all jumbled together, so I apologize if it doesnt make the most sense or read all that easy....

I was reading recently on a friends blog about doing what you love. And as I was reading it and thinking about it, I don't really feel like I am doing what I love. dont get me wrong, I very much enjoy my job but its not fulfilling in the way that I think it should be and it certainly doesnt have kingdom impact. The only time I really feel fulfilled doing my job is when I am in Honduras. Which I am happy to say I am going back in just a few short months, November!!! YES!! But I don't wake up everyday and want to go to work. I love my job but not all aspects of it, the politics of working for a big hospital can be draining, and I dont just love it and feel at peace when I am at work.

So knowing this, I have been praying about it and thinking about. And as weird as it might seem even watching the office one of the episodes involves Pam and she finds out about a scholarship for art/graphic design and gets really excited about it and talks about it to Jim who also is excited for her about the potential for her to do what she loves, but then seems defeated after talking to Roy and being talked out of it. And she tells Jim this and he just doesnt get it, why wouldn't she do it? and whats holding her back? I was thinking of all the excuses why I am not doing what I love and there really are not any good ones besides the fact that it will be lots of time and studying.

But as I have been thinking and talking and praying about this with some important people in my life, I have decided to go back to school. :-) I am kind of excited about this new chapter which will probably begin in January.

And so without further ramblings, I am going to go to medical school and become a doctor!

First I have a get a bachelors degree which will most likely be 2 years of schooling then another 4 of med school. But I have wanted to do this for years now but have always talked myself out of it. I went to school to be a surgical tech because I wanted to see if I liked the medical field and I have found not only that I like it but I love it. I do not however love surgery and the needless surgeries that people get also dont think that I hate surgery because I don't, there is definitely a need for it in very many cases but not always. I want to be a doctor that cares for her patients and doesn't just go the easy way out, like a quick fix of drugs, that the pharmaceutical company pushes to get one to prescribe. I know that the body is downright incredible and has amazing healing capacities and I want to work with the human body that God created so infinitely. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and I want to learn more about this and how to better help his people and one day my patients to better do this.

So for now those are my rambling thoughts on my big decision of going back to school:-)

a quick post

I havent posted in forever! And I dont have much time right now either. But here goes anyway, I got up super duper late today 8:07am in fact and I should leave my house at 7:50! yikes! when that happens its never a good thing! But I made it to work at 9:07am and that means I wasnt even tardy!

Last week, we had a couple of really fun days!~ We went to Silver Lake and rode the sand dunes in dune buggys! It was way fun~! then Jared and I went to the zoo on Wednesday. Which was super fun and I actually got to feed the giraffes! Loved it! And of course we used our super cool groupon which got us lunch and a ride on the Z&OO railroad. I'll post pictures soon, promise!

well I am currently at work drinking a caramel latte because I didnt have to get an iced coffee. and I should probably do something prodcutive like give some breaks to other people who may actually be working, hehe!

Have a fabulous Wednesday everyone, enjoy the very fallish weather! :-D

hello blogging world!

Well hello again fellow readers!

It has been far to long since I have decided to update and so my apologies are in order. I really enjoy reading others blogs and then never update my own. So alas, here I am.

Lets see what is new with me?

Starting the beginning of July I have been trying my best to eat more healthy unprocessed foods and mostly gluten free. The number one question I get is why? Are you allergic to gluten? No I am not, but I was feeling very crappy and sooo tired so often that I decided to give it a try. Plus my mom was going to and needed an accountability partner. So here I am, a month into it and I do feel much better. Plus I've been eating lots of fresh fruit and some veggies. And because of this we stopped in at The People's Food Co-op, and it is now probably one of my most favorite places to get some delightfully good food. There are these little cheesecakes that are made with raw ingredients and oh my are they delicious! :-) If I had taken a picture of one I would be posting it right now.

We went to Cedar Point with Cerissa, and it was so much fun. Despite the extremely warm temperatures! It was crazy hot but all of 4 us ladies enjoyed ourselves.

well I have more to write but I suppose I have things that need to be done.

quick pic

And one more picture because I thought it was fun:-)

Girls nights:-)

WE have had lots of fun this weekend:-) Last night, we watched Napoleon Dynamite and ate movie theater butter popcorn. And we even had some super tasty movie candy, you know the kind in the boxes. And before our movie we had tasty pizza, since it was Friday and it was pizza night.

THEN tonight we got all dressed up and cute:-) and went out to dinner, which was way fun. And quite tasty! I'm still full and its 10pm. My mom and I may still make some drinks because we have some delightful looking orange creamsicle stuff with the vodka already mixed in. Just add ice tastiness, if we do I'll be sure to post some pictures of the creations!

what I should be doing

I need to be looking at plane tickets for Honduras but I just dont want too. I think the longer I wait the more expensive they are going to be.. but yet here I sit reading blogs and updating mine.

Maybe cleaning or helping in a room since I am at work, but alas still sitting here.

I need to really and seriously clean my house this weekend but its going to be a girls weekend and cleaning doesnt sound nearly as fun.

But I suppose I should at least look at plane tickets.
Here I go.....

another

So I know it is downright crazy, but I'm posting again within 2 hours of my last (very small) post.

I was just reading on Rants from Mommyland blog and thought the pool rules were quite funny, and since I'll be spending some time at the pool, here they are:-)

HOT

Its HOT!!!

Thats all.

I will be in or near the pool all day today:-)

SUMMER!

So its finally summer! :-) And I seem to be a bit of a fail at keeping up on my blog.

Nothing exciting has been happening, I am currently working an overnight shift and already feel tired 2 hours in. 10 more to go....

I love the warm weather, except that even lately in the mornings when I have been walking with my mom, its been crazy hot. But I shouldn't complain because its summer and the pool is open and said pool actually made it to 80 degrees instead of the frigid temp of 60 degrees this past Monday.

There was a baby horse born at my moms farm a week or so ago. Its a colt and hes pretty darn cute:-) If I had access to pictures I would put one on here. We were kind of hoping for a filly, but I guess a boy is ok. Maybe next year;-) I have been working out at the barn lately as well, and am realizing just how nice that is. The horses don't talk back to you, and I find it strangely calming brushing and braiding manes(as long the horse decides not to be a beast example whipping their head around, stomping feet. etc...). And when I want to get a tan and earn money there is always poop that needs scooped, and I just listen to Pandora, usually a little todays country music or Kenny Chesney, which is quite fabulous.

Yesterday I helped the twins make some chore charts for the month. They have even gotten all their chores done 2 whole days in a row. I guess its pretty liberating putting a sticker next to the chore once completed. I guess I know the feeling because I love to cross something off my list of to dos once complete:-) Maybe it'll last for the twins, I guess we shall see how it goes.

I have to attend 2 weddings this month, which I guess could be good. I suppose I'm not the biggest fan of weddings. I mean they are pretty and all, but I guess I'm boring and would rather spend my Saturday by the pool getting a tan in my swimsuit than driving sometimes quite a long distance and wearing a dress.

But all in all I'm quite thrilled that summer seems to be here to stay:-) And there are leaves on the tree and I've been able to see the sun! The past week or so have made me realize why I might enjoy Michigan if only in the summer.

May!

Well it seems as though I've taken a mini hiatus from blogging. I just sometimes forget I have a blog, well maybe thats not entirely true.

What I want to do:
Go see some movies, one of those being Bridemaids. I think I will probably see that this weekend. I would also like to see Something Borrowed, even tho it might be lame and a super chick flick.
Go to Chicago and see the Body Worlds exhibit at the science and industry muesum. And since I'll be in Chicago, eat some SUPER delightful chicago style pizza.
Go on a trip, where? I'm not really sure of that yet...I'll keep you updated.
Start working out again, and stop being a fattie!
Get another Jeep, because I desperately miss mine!!!!! :-(


What I am doing this weekend:
Going to a Whitecaps game on Saturday with the youth group at church. I just started volunteering this past Sunday, and I love it! I am kind of excited about the game and of course the fireworks afterward!
Friday night is Pizza night! So excited, as I have worked the past two. And I just love pizza.
Sunday of course will be Church, and then I dont know. Last Sunday we went to Starbucks and got half off frappacinos(spelled wrong, sorry for those of you that love Starbucks) but it was so delightful, to bad that promo ended last Sunday.
And maybe watch something fun. Like Jimmy Fallon's Thank you notes, that he does every Friday night. Bob will DVR them and they are just soo darn funny! I really look forward to them now. If you havent seen them, you should probably youtube them. I'll bet they are on there, and they are funny!!! :-)

Well I have one more day of work for the week and then maybe just maybe I'll blog again!

Seriously?

Seriously Michigan?

I woke up this morning to ugly, nasty and most definitely disgusting snow! UGH! I already despise Michigan but really its April 18th for crying out loud! So lame!! It was almost nice that I could not really see it at first because I had vaseline in my eyes from sleeping (side note, I got my eyeliner re-tattooed on Saturday and have to keep them moisturized with the vaseline). But even so, this girl is not pleased. GAG! Here is a picture of where I would much rather be...

On a happier note since quite a few of the people whose blogs I read, have been writing about our book club book, Water for Elephants. I will just say that I loved it! :-) It was a fabulous book, and I am excited to see the movie despite the fact that it will be slightly lame because Robert Pattinson is playing the lead, and he just doesn't fit the character at all in my mind. And because in the book, Jacobs hair is red, and in the movie Robs is definitely not. Fail!

On a sad note, I am trading in my Jeep today :-( I love my Jeep and am really going to miss it!

But the happy part of that, is that I will be getting a Honda Fit, although I will admit it looks kind of ugly, 35 miles a gallon will be quite nice:-) And its going to be red, at least that will make it a little bit better and it has lots of space. So I could drive a dog or dogs somewhere or even go to the beach on a whim and not feel the effects on my wallet as much. :-D I think that will be a win!

And this weekend is Easter, Can I just say that I am SOOOO incredibly grateful that Jesus died on the cross for me! And then he rose from the dead. God is absolutely incredible and this week I will be thinking of just how thankful I am for that blessing, Jesus dieing for me, and that he is concerned about all areas of my life! :-) Even getting a new car (even if I don't like cars) and there being nasty snow on the ground.

last 11-11

Tonight marks my last 11a-11p shift, and I am excited! :-)

And one more 12 hour shift and then its the weekend and Ihave Friday off! And on Friday that means one week until I get my permanent eyeliner redone. Its shaping up to be a pretty fabulous week/weekend. My naughty dog, Hagrid, got a lion cut and looks cute, so he now has a few days in which he gets to live. (He lately has been peeing in my house, and its super annoying!)

Well, its about time to change and punch out!
Good night friends!

what to write?

I always have such great blog topics when I am not at a computer or have no access to internet. So currently, I feel like I have lots to write about but way to many thoughts and how I should present them to you my readers.

I suppose I could tell what I am thankful for at this moment:

Sun shining! :-)

Some new jewelry that is on its way here, from Silpada no less.

A job, even though last night I was ready to give my two weeks notice.

A wonderful family.

New unpainted doors. (they may get painted today even).

A house and a really comfy queen size bed.

3 cute dogs, who would probably like to go on a walk on this sunny somewhat warm day.

A new phone, yes an iphone. I really like it and the ability to play words with friends, lol. Although at the moment I am losing each of the games I am playing.

A gracious loving God, who wants my best and wants it first. Why is this so hard? This week as I get paid I am going to tithe, which I should have been doing anyway but it just seems so hard to do sometimes, when I really could use that money.(this should also have been written first, but the sun is out and shining because God created this wonderful day.)

A shamrock shake, that I will be enjoying this afternoon in honor of st. patricks day. (I have to work, so I won't get one tomorrow.)

An entire week off from working out:-) I did complete 90 days of p90x, which is pretty swell! I'm loving the results and am kind of excited to do one more round.

Well I suppose at the moment, that is all. Enjoy the sun if you are lucky enough to see it today!

Schedules..

I am pretty excited, about 2 weeks ago at work I asked if I could go down to 2 ten hour days and 1 twelve hour day, but they said no. So I was kind of mad about this, but today I got told I am able to do this and I am happy :-) And I will always get to leave at 9:30p instead of 11:30p. Which makes for a much nicer drive home.

Yesterday Jared and I went to look at new doors for my house, I'm pretty excited about them! :-)It is going to look sooo different, but soo good! And I rearranged my living room, with help from my mom. And that looks pretty fabulous as well! And I even vacuumed my house and wiped off the dusty counters, its pretty shocking that I am trying to not live like a pig ;-) hehe!

Sun!!!

Can I just say I love the sun?? Ahhh, just driving in it yesterday to work was fabulous. And I had a pretty good attitude most of the day as well. Notice I say most of the day, because something always happens and annoys me at work. I would like to only work in the operating room 1 or 2 days a week, please :-)

And it has now been a week since my power has been back on!! I was without it for about 3 days last week and it was no fun at all!! But everytime I have come home I have been so excited to turn on lights and have heat!! I love electricity. I dont think I would do very well without it, even though I sometimes say I could be Amish, I think not as I love my computer, heat, blogs, the internet, going to a drive-thru, not cooking pretty much ever. I guess I like how things are just fine. I will continue to enjoy and be thankful for all the many amenities I have.

I have one more 12 hour shift and then 4 days off of work!!!!! I am so excited, I wont probably do much but still I love a 4 day weekend! I need to go pick out new doors and doorknobs and get some paint for the basement floor so maybe that will occur this weekend, we shall see! I know painting will happen, only because Jared wants to get that done and anytime I have help with painting, I will take it!! I despise painting, so maybe I wont have to do much at all :-)

well I suppose thats its for now!

Happy March all!!! Hooray, we made it through February!!

Jesus loves me this I know..

For the Bible tells me so.

This song is such a good reminder of why we need to be in the Word. I have been doing my best to read at least one chapter in my Bible everyday. Even if its midnight or later when I get home from work. I can't pretend like I have such a busy life, when I really don't and in order to grow in the knowledge of God, I must be in the Word. God wants that from me and even for me! :-) He has such great things in his love letter to me, and how am I ever going to learn them if I don't read?

Happy Valentines Day:-)

Happy Valentines Day!

Not that this holiday is really all that exciting to me. I figured I would post something little on here. I did however wear red all day and I have on cute heart bracelets :-) So all is not lost, lol.

I'll be going out to dinner which will be nice. And I am currently typing on my computer at my house stealing internet from one of my unsuspecting neighbors, hehe!~ So Happy Valentines Day to them as well.

I kind of thought they were valentine-ish:-) And I just love sock monkeys!

We had book club this past weekend and it was very nice!

Church has been so great lately, if I had my notes and my Bible I would write some more about that. But I just love Northpointe. I am hopefully going to get involved with the youth group here soon, and I am really really looking forward to that! God is so good!

well i suppose that is it for now.

Firefly Lane

Yesterday I finally finished reading Firefly Lane. And it was really good, all except the end where I cried and cried. I really hate that, lol.

but if anyone wants to read a good book, you should probably read it:-)

SNOW!

I turned 25 and had a fabulous birthday! :-) I didnt do anything to exciting, but I was not at work so that is always a plus.

I am currently enjoying a snow day from work, lol. I was supposed to work but there is just to much snow for my liking. I got to go out to dinner with Jared on Monday, which was very nice. We went to Red Robin and then went home and started to watch Inception but I fell asleep, I don't know what it is lately but I cant stay awake during any movie watched at my house. Must be that I'm getting old, hehe. I am getting a manicure and pedicure on Friday from my momma, which I am soo looking foward too!! And from Jared I am getting my permanent eyeliner redone, I am so excited about that! hooray for great presents!!!

I cannot put down Firefly Lane, its quite good. :-) So I am looking forward to finishing the book and to book club as well. Although I have been told that it is a tearjerker at the end, that I am not looking forward too. ugh!

We got lots and lots of snow last night!!! it looks pretty, but I really hate snow and wish that I was somewhere warm and sunny. I am pretty sure I live in the wrong state. I stayed in GR because I didnt want to end up stranded on the side of the road. So I think here soon, I am going to venture out and go home...we'll see how it goes!

2 days until I turn 25 :-)

there are now 2 days until my Birthday! The big 25! :-)

Pretty excited!!!

And I have a four day weekend, and I was on call last night and didnt get called in! Even better!!! I honestly dont know if I would have heard my pager but it didnt go off, so I have nothing to worry about.

We are getting close to almost 2 months of P90x!!! Which is pretty darn fantastic! I need to start eating better. But I figure at least I'm working out right?

Almost the end of January!

How does a month go by so fast?

My birthday is on the 31st:-) And I am a pretty big fan of birthdays, especially mine. I am kind of freaked out about mine as I am going to be 25! But yet its exciting!

This month, I went to Honduras and experienced some beautiful weather, high 80's and came home to 5 degree weather. Seriously? I live in the wrong state! But since my family, home, and job are here I guess I better deal with it.

Lately I have been really wanting to read, read, read. And with all my friends blogging about Laura Ingalls Wilder, I may have to re-read the Little House on the Prairie books. :-) we shall see, I need to start reading my book club book first, which I have heard is quite good!

Well I think I may actually post this link on my facebook, so that I may get some readers! Happy reading of my thoughts. If I can ever figure this blog thing out, I may put up some Honduras pictures!