"Tied together with a smile"

Today I am really happy. I don't know why.. but I do have a couple ideas

1. I have nothing at all to complain about in life! Seriously, God has been so good to me. I have so much to be thankful for. I was thinking about all the steps to get me to were I am and I can not help but seeing God holding my hand ( of course as I tried to struggle away from his good guidance). It is amazing... I am so thankful for everything I have been given, everyone in my life, and all the circumstances that got me where I am now!
2. It's getting cold. The two girls I carpool with are SO nice and are not going to make me drive in the ice and snow. I think they are more concerned about their lives ;) but then I will just get to drive in the Spring to school!
3. I am apparently a bully. YES you heard me, A BULLY. At my three month eval. with my boss he told me that the head of nursing had just came to talk to him and told him that CNA's have been complaining to her to about me bullying one of my co workers! He said he was really surprised because usually when I am there I make the whole atmosphere light hearted and I get along with everyone. In fact, the one particular co worker loves when I work because we always joke around!! ( Thats probably where the CNA's thought the whole bullying came from) When I was told that I was SO surprised. I could not believe it and I was so sad and confused how I got that rep!!!! So I worried about it all weekend and I just felt terrible. People told me not to worry.. but I could not rest until I had talked to this coworker. So Monday after school I went in to work to talk to her. She told me she was surprised with this and told me that I have never bulled her around!!!! So I talked to the head of nursing and cleared thing up and now I feel SO MUCH BETTER!

Anyway.. this week was pretty fun. I got used to being the only one in my house. It helped that I was not here most of the time and if I was I was so dead tired that I just feel asleep right away! Some really good friends came home for the holiday ( Brian, Shannon, and Phil! ) so I hung out with them a couple of nights!

Thanksgiving was.. ya.. has been better! Oh well.. it was still a nice break. Plus it is so much closer to being home with my family and my most precious little boys!!

hope you are all doing well!

I'm just sitting here

Hello Everyone!
I am sitting here all alone at my house... all the other girls when home for Thanksgiving already. It's good for me to be alone for a while. My life usually consists of constantly being around people, and I usually hate to be alone, especially at night. It is good though, because solitude is good! ( Don't worry, I am not asking for any pity!! )


Well, while I was sitting her I found something online... I know I have seen it before this summer but it is such an awesome thing I want all of you to look at it.. here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6Njr-qkq0
Seriously, it brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it.

Anyways, hope you all have a good day before thanksgiving! Love you all :)

Keep em chasing you!

Friday was amazing.
For class we have to observe 2 different physical therapist for 4 hours each. So I thought I would get it done in one shot and take all Friday to do that! So I observed the Sioux Center hospital's Physical Therapists . I love it because I knew a lot of what they were doing! I also got to see cleaning of a HUGE burn wound. I thought that would be the area of Physical therapy that I would not like, but I actually was really interested!! It was just so much fun and I can't wait to finally be licensed and get to practice on my own!!


This weekend was also really fun. I love my friends, they are the best! I love my little sister, Diane a whole lot and I am going to be SO sad when she leave in December!

Here are some random pictures of the weekend! I love you Diane!!!! We made some kind of food together but you can't see it because it fell off my fork!
Here are some of my good friends! We talked to James' grandma about the Bachelor's finale ( a TV show) and she told us.. " The one thing you girls got to do is keep those men chasing for you!" However, she said it was easier for her because it was right after the war and one guy would come to her house and right when they left another would be there! It was so very cute!

dreams

Last night I had the weirdest dream in the world. It seemed so real and it just made me SO happy. Even when I woke up for a few seconds I still thought it was real. Then reality set in and no.. life is still the same.

If only dreams came true.


Hope everyone is doing well!

Random

That is my life.

1. It is is now the season for one of the best things in the world! VASELINE ! I know many people may not agree, but my lips have been SO chapped the last few days. HOWEVER, if I put vaseline on right before bed..I wake up with really nice lips. So ya. moral of the story.. go out and buy yourself a jar of this amazing stuff!

2. I went and surprised my friend Shannon in Minneapolis this weekend! My friend Ashley and I left after I got off work on Friday and came home at 8 at night the next day! So the whole trip lasted 24 hours but it was worth it. It was Shannon's birthday on Thursday so we thought that she would like to see people she knew for her bday. She was really surprised and glad we came!

3. Today I got to go ice skating! Three of my friends came out and we got to skate for an hour, and I did not lose any of my skating skills! Then we decided that we where going to go to the UNited Reformed Church for evening church, thinking it started at 6:30 . However we made it at 6:28 and realized it really started at 6. WHOOPS. So we drove to a different church, which we realized also started at 6. So we just sat in the back and listened to the sermon ( which was done in about 10 mins after we came!!)

4. other than that, it has been a good weekend. Nice and relaxing :)

stay beautiful

where in the world did my cold come from?? I am so stuffed up and I can not breathe. So to solve this problem I went to the NEW SUPER WALMART. The whole town of Sioux Center and every other surrounding town are there right now. It is pretty crazy how big of a deal this Walmart is! I also ran into so many people I knew there, so I figure if I ever get lonely I can go to Walmart and not only get my groceries but find several of my friends there ;) .


Yesterday my friends and I got together in Sanborn and played a great game. It SHOCKS you if you are the loser.. aka you are the slowest to push the button on your hand/game piece. So my friends decided to try to shock different parts of their body.. like their teeth.. feet... necks.. and man was it funny. You could actually see their veins twitching because the current was so strong!

Well, my life is pretty exciting right now. It is at the point where I can't wake up in the morning because I am SO excited for the next day! I won't go into any deals might be boring .. but it is pretty exciting!


Also! People have said my new nephew looks like me!!! thats either a good or a bad thing.. :)


Hope you are all doing well.. :)

Check your pants!

As a lot of your know, I worked at the daycare all 4 years when I went to Dordt. I visit there sometimes ( not often enough! ) to see my babies. They have grown so much more than last time.. and it is really sad when I don't recognize them and they refuse to kiss me anymore because I am a scary stranger! However, I still have a good time with the kids :)

Well today, I was in the 3 year old's room and playing with this REALLY ADORABLE girl. Someone had a stinky pants while I was there so we all where saying " Check your pants!" as we peeked in their diapers to see if there was a surprise for us. However the little girls is way to smart and came behind me and attempted to pull my pants out and said " Check your pants!" It was SO cute and I just laughed and laughed!

In short, I miss those little kids and they made my day :)

What a week!

This was a REALLY GOOD WEEK!!
1st- My mom came to visit! I love my family and my mom and I am glad that she was able to come down and experience our ( Diane and my) lives first hand! I bet it was a little crazy for her... juggling Diane's schedule and my school/ work schedule, but we managed to spend a lot of time with her! Thanks mom for coming!!! I am glad she got to meet all my sweet friends and we got to all have a big supper together which was really fun!!


2nd- I am SO happy to be the auntie of Ethan Andrew!!!I think he is a REALLY cute baby. I thought my other nephew ( Sorry sammy) was kinda ugly when he was born... so I am not just saying that because he is my relation!

Other than that, I am just generally HAPPY with life! I love my friends... It is amazing how my prayers have been answered and the ones that have not been answered, I can see God working in much more amazing ways. Just like moving back to Iowa with most of my friends gone away.. now I have found so many new friends and making relationships with old friends even better!!

Here is the story of the day though...

There is a pop machine/ vending machine at my work that needs to be filled everyday. So i filled it yesterday then the put the key in my apron so I did not lose it on the way back to the kitchen. Then somehow I forgot to put it back in its drawer BECAUSE this morning it was not there!! I search and searched and could NOT FIND THE DUMB KEY ANYWHERE . I was freaking out.. and looked everywhere possible. Until I thought... I keep lots of junk in my apron pocket that I just dump it out at the end of the night so maybe I dumped the key with the rest of my junk! So I went to the dumpster.. yes.. the DUMPSTER and dug out my two trash bags from yesterday and put gloves on and started digging!! On the second bag ( OF GROSS ROTTING FOOD!) I spotted the KEY!!! I was SO excited and really really really relieved. Now I really make sure to put everything BACK right AWAY!!

So anyways.. thats about it for now. Hope you all have a GREAT WEEK!!!

Welcome ETHAN !!!

My sister Sarah just had my little nephew ETHAN ANDREW today at 8:22!! He is 18.5 inches and he is 5.14 oz! I can't wait to meet Ethan!!!