Christmas time.......

Well today I went and bought a tree since I was feeling better.....when I got home Chris helped get it out of the car (which has sap and pine needles all over the trunk now lol)...we then put it in the stand and Chris (with very little coercing) helped decorate it with lights and bulbs :) and this is the result I think it looks awesome :)

Final drive back from cali......

After I graduated Chris and I did our final drive back from California to Denver, we decided to take a different route this time so that he could visit his friends that lived in Arizona. While we were in Arizona the only thing that Chris wanted to do is to get his pic taken with a big cactus lol so we definitely made sure that happened....he was so happy it was cute. After we left Phoenix we took a drive through Sedona....cause Chris and I have always wanted to see it.....it was stinking cold there but pretty with all the red rocks :) While we were in Phoenix Chris got to sit on his friends motorcycle....he was so cute lol

Graduation.......

On December 11th 2008 was my pinning ceremony/graduation from the nursing program. The past two years (that I was in the program) have been especially hard for me........mostly due to the fact that I had to be away from my hubby for most of that time only being able to come home in between the semester. Nursing school is very stressful and hard enough with out adding new stressful events to it. Well I finally got through it there were lots of tears throughout the last two years, whether it was due to stress of classes and 50% finals lol or cause I missed my hubby and wanted to come home. I made lots of friends during school most of who I hope we can stay in touch with for a long time. I will miss them alot. I feel like the last two years have flown by especially this last semester, at times (99.9%) I feel that I did was go to class, clinic, and then study, which in reality that is all that I did.....you have no life during nursing school so you have to make your own fun which we did....you can see some of the fun we had in the slideshow I will put up. If I had it all to do over again, yes there would be some things that I would do different but I wouldn't have given up this experience for anything.....many of you that know me now that I have wanted to be a nurse forever (alot to do with my mom).....all I need is my state license but I am finally a nurse!!!!!!

First snow of the winter......

So when I woke up on Saturday and found that there was snow on the ground....I was so excited I love snow and I was totally happy that it snowed while I was out here :) So I snapped some pics enjoy.....

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving....I am thankful that I get to be in Denver with my hubby for Thanksgiving :) Chris and I are gonna just have a small little Thanksgiving here with one of his friends and his bro.....if I take any pics I will probably post them :)

So here I am...........

Ok so it is Monday the week of Thanksgiving......I took my 4th exam in my critical care nursing class and got a "B" on it which it totally acceptable to me this semester....I have learned to chill a bit and to accept B's :) So after I took the test I proceeded to drive up to Sacramento so that I can catch a flight out to Denver where I get to spend this lovely Thanksgiving week. I am so excited to be going home for a week and getting to see Chris and my friends that are there. I get to do alot of fun stuff this week...although I do need to study some also cause as soon as I get back next week I have a test in leadership and then the next week is finals week....and then GRADUATION!!!!!! if you cant tell I am very excited about that I am so ready to be done :)

Ok so the pic really doesnt have any purpose to my blog but I think it is hilarious so hopefully whoever actually reads my blog will get a chuckle lolol :)

Last week rotation.......

sorry it has been along time since I posted anything.....it has been insanely busy with school :) Finals are fastly approaching getting alittle worried about them. This week is my last week in my ICU rotation...surprisingly I actually like my ICU rotation I didnt think I was gonna like it when the rotation started, all those tubes and lines going to the patient and the patients are really sick. But I do enjoy it. Like last Friday we had to call a code blue on my patient and I got to do chest compressions and push medication during the code.....it was very busy in the room is the easy way to put it :) I might actually wanna work as an ICU nurse after I get alittle experience first.....well I will try to be better about posting.

Baby Boards.....

Well today at 1pm I have to go and take my baby boards (practice nclex exam) for school. Only that it is worth 19% of my grade in the class so to get an "A" I would have to get 72% or higher, which may seem like a low percentage to achieve but with this type of a test getting that high of a percentage it very hard to do.....these questions are very hard.....I am very worried about taking the test today, I have been doing tons of practice questions and as soon as my coffee is done brewing I will be doing some more this morning :) I so look forward to the day after my pinning ceramony when I can burn my nursing school uniform into a little pile of ashes, good thing my apt in Denver has a fireplace lololol

This test is just one of the many things I have to do to finially become a nurse...........

Sara had her baby :)

On 9/24/08 my friend Sara had her baby and I got to go and see him (I am very baby hungry right now) lol I was so happy that they let me hold him, so I had her hubby take a couple of pics. The baby is so stinking adorable, I am so happy for them :)

Denver or Bust......

So this Friday I get to go back home to Denver for a visit. I am so excited to get to hang out with my hubby I have missed him terribly, so much that I have contemplated leaving the nursing program. But we talked about it and decided that it was time for me to make a trip out so I can get my hubby fix :)

Test results......

So I finally got my test scores from my test on Monday....I am relieved to say that I did alot better than I was expecting. I got a B on the test which is really good since alot of the class didnt pass it although I honestly thought that I was gonna be one of those who didnt pass. After my class I talked with my teacher about the way I was studying to see if I could do anything different or better she said that how I was studying was really good, although I might be going more into detail than need, which I tend to do cause I never know what I need to know for testing purposes. I will be very glad when school is over and done with I am so done with school.

First test jitters........

So on Monday the 15th I had my first test in my Critical care nursing class, I dont know if it was having the summer off or what but that seemed like the hardest test I have taken since I started the nursing program. Which has me worried since I didnt feel like I did very well on it :( I am still awaiting the grades to be posted so I will let you all know when I know what I got. I will be so happy when the next 12 weeks are over and I can go home.....unfortunetly the next 12 weeks will be even more stressful...so please excuse any future rants about school. Ranting is such a good stress reliever :)

4th semester of nursing school.......

So on Monday I started the 4th semester of my nursing program which happens to be my last and I am already stressed out lol. There is so much to do and they expect you to know so much it is very stressful. I have been in Bakersfield since Sunday night and I have only been home to my apt to sleep and I dont even get to sleep till like 11pm every night and I am up by 5-6am every morning. I seriously think that I should start injecting myself with caffeine lolol......this pic is totally how I feel and this semester is only gonna get worse :( I will keep you all posted :)

Chris' new gift.......

Chris has needed a new computer for a while so he finally purchased one. We had to wait two weeks for it to be delivered....it came in a huge box and the tower is alot bigger than either one of us had expected lol it is huge :) I took some pics of Chris hooking it up he was so happy that he got his new computer I was happy for him he deserves it. I had fun with the packing peanuts lol I was putting them on his head :)

Happy Birthday to me .......

Well today is my birthday and I am turning 28 :( man do i feel old. Today Chris and I are pretty much relaxing and chillin and cleaning the apartment. Funny thing about getting older birthdays seem to loose the "we have to do something big feel" lol......I did get to do some fun stuff though. Yesterday Chris and I went to the movies for my birthday we saw Mamma Mia I loved it although I dont think Chris felt the same was consifering it was a chick flick and a musical lolol :) I got a new camera for my b-day it is really nice I like it. I have already used it :) I didnt get a birthday cake but Chris did something cute he put a candle in a cookie for me to blow out :)

Lucky Us.......

So last night Chris and I were watching The Dog Whisperer when it started to rain....we were both excited cause it hasn't rained as much as it did last summer.....so about 30 later we look out the window and notice that there is a little river by my car in the parking lot so Chris goes outside to see how high the little river is.....he came back inside to inform me that the parking lot is flooded and there are cars that are halfway under the water of course I didnt believe him so I want out to look (it was still downpouring at this time) and he was not lying :( We walked around our building it was flooded everywhere and it was bad so I snapped some pics......as it turns out where our cars were parked was the only place that was not flooded...... boy was I lucky cause you know that some of the cars that were halfway under that the water was going under the doors, alarms were going off cause of the water also, cars were smoking that were trying to drive through the water....ok I am sorry if I saw the parking lot under water would you really try to drive through it???

Bad fix....

So you all know that we had a pipe break in the wall of our closet...well after it taking a week to get fixed completely with the drywall having to dry and to repaint I am less than impressed at how it looks now that it is done :( ......it is not a very good job but i made sure to take pics cause I dont wanna get charged for it when we move......

Breaking Dawn.....

So yesterday was August 2nd and I went to go and get my copy of Breaking Dawn I am totally thrilled to start reading it....unfortunately I once I start reading it I will not be able to put it down...so I need to make sure that I dont have anything planned for a bit before I start reading it.....I was also thrilled to find out that it is the thickest one out of the series YIPEE!!!!!!!


I was also very happy to notice when I went to get my book that there was a huge difference in the type of people buying the book.....I am always worried that it is gonna be me and then a huge bunch of kids lol.....but it is amazing how many adults like these books also. Stephanie Meyers is an awesome writer :)

Suprise Swimming Pool

So I was hanging up clothes in the closet last night and the carpet felt wet, so I asked Chris if he had walked in the closet after his shower...he said no....so then I started investigating and I realized that the carpet was sopping wet. So this morning when we woke up I called the maintenance men to come figure out where the water was coming from. They ended up cutting a big hole in our wall to find out where it was coming from. After I emptied our closet out I noticed that the water was coming from a pipe in the wall by the ceiling...the wall was all wet where the water had dripped.

Yellowstone and Montana Trip...

This past week Chris and I went on a trip with his parents we went to Yellowstone and up to Missoula Montana to visit his family. I had never been to Yellowstone before and when Chris suggested that we go with his parents I said ok....It was alot of fun lol the geysers were awesome the pools were so many different colors. We stayed at the Old Faithful Inn it was like staying in a log cabin, other than the light switches in the rooms there was no electricity...the rooms only had a sink in it so we had to go to the community bathroom and showers when we needed to use it....it was alittle annoying when you had to go in the middle of the night :) But right outside our window was Old Faithful :) We only spent one day at the park but we walk many trails and saw many awesome things....as the day was ending I was getting sad cause I hadn't seen any bison yet and as we were coming around a corner we saw one on the side of the road. Later on one of the trails there was a bison like ten feet away from up it was kinda scary.

When we were in Montana we went out to dinner to some cool places. We went to Garnet ghost town it was really cool cause you can go into the buildings unlike Bodie where everything was behind plexi-glass. We also went to Fort Missoula but it really sucked it was really stupid and boring. We ended up staying up an extra day cause one of Chris' relatives flew in and we went up to his house to have pizza and stuff.

Here is a link to a online scrapbook I made of the trip......
http://www.scrapblog.com/38EFBC45-D1A3/437905C3-D400

Rocky Mountain National Park......

On Monday Chris and I went to Rocky Mountain National Park with the in-laws :) We took the scenic route through Estes Park and that we took another scenic route on Trailridge road through the park.....is was really pretty the road took you all the way up to 12,161 feet, there aren't even any trees up there cause it is too high....Chris and I got winded alot on our little hike due to the low oxygen level :( but it was fun. We saw little glaciers on our little hike as well. The drive took a really long time though I dont think any of us was expecting that...on our way out of the park we saw a whole bunch of people parked on the side of the road so we figured that there were probably deer there so we stopped to look.....well it wasnt deer there were some moose standing in the water eating grass so I snatched a pic of one. We were all tired by the end of the drive we just went to Hooters for some buffalo wings and then off to bed.

Here is a online scrapbook of our trip to Rocky Mountain National Park.....
http://www.scrapblog.com/38EFBC45-D1A3/00893547-A4DD

4th of July BBQ

Yesterday Chris and I had a BBQ for the 4th of July. It was fun a couple of our friends came over and we went to the store and got food and beer :) We had jalapeno poppers that our friend made, we had kabobs and corn on the cob....the kabobs were huge and tasted really yummy. We played some card games, Chris friend Travis showed him some wrestling moves also ( it was hilarious ), hung out at the hot tub (where our friend accidentally picked up somebody elses shirt ) We had a blast even though alot of people that we invited didnt show up.

Bunny :)

Right before we left for New Orleans Chris and I looked out of the window and sow a bunny rabbit just chilling on the grass outside our apartment :) Dont ask me where it came from in the middle of Denver lol I thought it was cute so I snapped a pic.