Needing Some Home Improvement

This past week my kitchen faucet broke. I couldn't turn the hot water off. I need to buy a new faucet. I think I found a good website to find that and more! You can find everything from kitchen faucets to a swing set, to cookware with CNS stores.

We absolutely need a new swing set as well. I'm thinking this spring I'm going to have to buy a new one. Our last one rusted out and is no longer usable. It could be a birthday present idea for my girls. Lexi and Mikayla both have the same birthday on March 16.

I'm going to be doing a review on a product from this website within the next couple of weeks. I will see if the products are what I'm looking for and of the quality I would expect. Stay tuned!

Snowmageddon?

I don't know about that but it's coming down pretty hard at the moment. It's supposed to dump about 20 inches or more on us. At the rate it's coming down right now, it's highly likely. I need to get to work on my big senior paper. I am hoping to have some days off so I can get it all done. :) Enjoy this webcam brought to us by our local radio station Power 92.3. It shows the snow coming down in Peoria, IL. Just click the link below.

Snow Storm 2011

When You Really Put it Into Perspective

I'm proud of all I have accomplished. Put together my personal and some private struggles/battles, I have overcome a lot. My whole life from day one has honestly been a struggle. Things never came easy for me. I had to fight every step of the way to accomplish what I wanted. I have to study. I can't just walk into a class and pass without doing so. I may study really hard for a B where some else barely studies for an A. I'm a smart person, but I work for what I achieve.

I never thought I would make it to where I am today. I got married very young and well my life went a different way. I became a mom and at that point I never knew if I would do anything else with school. I did however. I did it more than I ever thought I would! I went back to school and got into the nursing school I wanted on the first try. During the middle of all that I was diagnosed with cancer while pregnant. I could have let the cancer get me down and say "well I tried". I doubt anyone would have argued with me. They would probably agree. I had already made those goals and had the dreams though so I did not let it stop me. I went back yet again, finished up all the required courses and then went on to nursing school. I have just this year left. I am a senior now in my first semester. I will have the summer off then begin my final semester. I'm looking forward to graduation day! I need to focus on NOW but it's hard. I managed to overcome all of the obstacles life has thrown at me. Believe me when I say there are so many.

The point of this post isn't so much to pat myself on the back but to say if I can do it, anyone can. If you are thinking of going back to school, DO IT. It is very rewarding. It is never bad to further educate yourself. No matter what you decide to do or how many classes you decide to take, the point is just getting yourself out there and showing yourself you can do it. It's something I will never regret. As for the pat on the back, maybe just a little bit.

Cheesing for the Camera

 

If you go back to the beginning of my blog, you'll see a sonogram of a 13 week old baby inside my tummy. Look at her now! Wow. Time does fly. :)

Back at it and a Long Week

Well last week I started classes again. I am now in my senior year of nursing school. It's so stressful. the first week is always hard because there is SO much information to absorb. The second week is when we start our first clinicals which is full of anxiety as well. This semester I will be doing a Community clinical and Thursday I will be working with heart patients. I am nervous but anxious to do it at the same time. I want to get started. I always question my abilities in the beginning. It will be nice once things starting running smoothly.

On top of this my daughter Lexi has been in the hospital. With school starting I have felt torn between family and school. Yes family wins but unfortunately in this first 2 weeks I cannot miss a lot of the important information that they give out. So Jason is there with her while I go to class. She is at the same place I go to school so that helps a bit. She has an intestinal blockage that has gotten severe and has now been in the hospital for 4 days. I am not sure if she'll get out today or not. To top it all off today is Angelina's birthday. There has been SO much stress around here lately. I hope Lexi will make some progress today and she will get out. I don't know if it will happen. Praying it does!