My Valentine's Weekend!!

Hello One and All!!
For the record, I just want to say I hate(with a passion)Valentine's day. It's nothing personal. I just feel like it a commerical holiday. I am sure there is a wonderful beautiful story of the origins of V-day, but it wont change my mind. In high school up a group of friends of mine, including Christine, made I Hate Valentine's Day tshirts. I have wore that tshirt ever year since we made them. And that was my sophomore year of high school. BUT I do have to say that I had a wonderful weekend. And I just cant wait to tell you about it.

Friday:
After I got off work at my big kid job, I went to church. You see I was volunteered, by my lovely mother, to be in charge of child care for church. The church had a couple's dinner for valentine's day and child care was provided. I was in charge of care for 22 kids ranging in age from 4 months to 3rd grade. Well, needless I say, it was a large age gap. Haha. We ended up doing centers and I rotated rooms every 30 minutes. I had some wonderful help from my friends. I wouldnt have been able to done it without them. After that adventure, the teens and my helpers and I decided to go bowling. We went to Southern Lanes, and they were full. SO we went to Crescent Bowling, and they were full as well. So, what does a bunch of youth group kids do when they can't go bowling? They go back to the church building! Haha. We played cards, basketball, and hide-and-go seek in the dark until 2 am. I would just like to point out, you know you are a good kid when you are hanging out with your youth group at the church building until 2am on a Friday night playing hide-and-go seek. Haha. My friends Emily and Bethany spent the night. (Im going to blog about Emily here soon....get excited)

Saturday:
We woke up(way earlier than I wanted to mind you) and took Emily to her car. I came back home Bethany and I hung out for a while and talked, then we went to Shoney's for brunch, ran a few errands, and then came home. When I got home, Ainsley(who is Elisa Beth's daughter) was spending the day with my mom. Ainsley and I hung out for a little bit and then my 3 precious nephews came up for a little bit. I played with them for a while but then I went to Nashville. I am a season ticket holder at TPAC. My friend Anna and I have tickets together, but she was sick :( But Emily went in her place so I didnt have to go by myself. We went to see Drowsy Chaperon which I had never heard of before, but let me tell you, I adored it. I loved it. I laughed until I cried. It was amazing.

Sunday:
I went to church. I am going to blog about my church later, but let me tell you. I love my church so much. After church I went to eat with my parents for Valentine's day at a Mexican Restaurant in Scottsville. Then I met up with my friend Jessica(who is Bethany's sister). We went to the rodeo. It was my first time ever going to the rodeo and I loved it!! After the rodeo we went to Walmart to kill time before church. Sunday night, we went to church and after church a group of us went bowling. It was a lot of fun. I came in 2nd to last both times, but nevertheless it was loads of fun.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!
God Bless and Love you!

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Wordless Wednesday: Some of my last pictures at Disney.

Christine, Amy, and Sonja came to visit me my last week at Disney. :)

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Nursing is scary(and disgusting) business.

Dont get me wrong, I am so excited about becoming a Nurse. I am over-filled with joy that I get to care for people for a living. However, when I care for someone, it means their life is in my hands! Do you know how scary that is? If you are a mom or soon-to-be mom, then you do. If I pull the iv too soon, or read the wrong chart, or misread the blood pressure....I could kill someone. Thats scary stuff. Nursing isnt very clean. End of story. Haha. Ill leave all that out, but lets just say today we did full baths. Haha. Ok, so I am nervous and excited. I realize that as a Nurse, I get to have an impact on each and every person I come in contact with. We all have this opportunity, but I get to have it while caring for someone. I can't tell you how blessed I feel to have this opportunity in my life. I wanted to share something that our instructor shared with us today:

You are what people see when they arrive here.
Yours are the eyes they look into when they’re frightened and lonely.
Yours are the voices people hear when they ride the elevators and when they try to sleep and when they try to forget their problems. You are what they hear on their way to appointments that could affect their destinies and what they hear after they leave those appointments.
Yours are the comments people hear when I think they can’t.
Yours is the intelligence and caring that people hope they’ll find here. If you’re noisy, so is the medical center. If you’re rude, so is the medical center. And if you’re wonderful – so is the medical center.

No visitors, no patients can ever know the real you, the you that you know is there — unless you let them see it. All they can know is what they see and hear and experience.

Now someone please try and tell me that isnt powerful and intimidating all at the same time. Do any of you have good or bad experiences with Nurses? Id like to know.

Love yall. God Bless.

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Chuck

Ok. I know Im suppose to do a "Not Me Monday" but that's just not for me. INSTEAD.... I want to introduce you to the man I am going to marry(He just doesnt know it yet....might need to work on that). This is Zachary Levi. Not only is he precious, but he's a Christian too. I think that is so impressive. Here's an article on him. Ok that's my spill. Ps if you look him, check out his smirk. Gets me everytime. Haha.


http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tv/features/19756-the-life-and-faith-of-zac-levi


PS I want poll question: Who is your celebrity crush?

God Bless! Love yall.

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