Lazy Saturday

What a lazy Saturday.  We didn't really do a whole lot today, although Keely completely passed out at 7:40 which means something must have worn her out!  Grades were posted today and I found out I received all A's!  Hooray!  I think that means I can celebrate by eating way too much delicious dessert....ice cream anyone?  Two more classes and then I will officially be a UCF grad!  Less than 3 months until graduation!  It's so close I can almost reach it...but not quite.  Hopefully soon after I will start nursing school...I just have to get in somewhere first.   

I only wish I had more than 2 weeks of a break before classes start again.  One week has already flown by!  We've played in the baby pool, hung out with some awesome friends, gone to the zoo, eaten dinner out at Maggiano's, did a little shopping, and had all sorts of play time.  Hopefully this week we can take a few ridiculously long naps together.  In fact, I'm hoping that my Mother's Day gift tomorrow is a nice long nap.  For now, I'm going to relax with a book...and possibly fall asleep.  Happy Mother's Day!  I hope all the mommies get a day of relaxation because I think that's what we could all use most!

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It's been so long

Oh.  Hi There.  I missed you.  You are so sad and forlorn.  Online classes finally dragged me down to the point where I was doing nothing else.  But, on the bright side, you are still here even after all that time.  And now...now I wait for grades to be posted.  I think I got all A's...but you never really know until they post the dreaded grades.  So while we wait for those grades, lets catch up.  We have plans to go to Wildwood on May 24th for a few nights.  I don't think either of us could be more excited than we are.  The wee-one doesn't really know what's going on, but she already loves the beach and the outside so I'm sure she'll have a good time.  Now we are just praying for nice weather that week.  I have signed up for my last set of classes as an undergrad at UCF, so I will officially be a college graduate on August 7th....FINALLY.  My nursing school prerequisites are all registered for.  I am taking Anatomy and Physiology I this summer (at the same time as my other two classes....this should be fun!)  I am taking Anatomy and Physiology II and Chemistry this fall (I already took Chemistry, but I opted out of the lab, hindsight could have saved me on this one but alas).  Soon I will be sending out applications to school.  I am terrified that I won't get in anywhere, so I'm really crossing my fingers to get good grades in these courses.  And now, onto something more fun!

How pretty is that nail polish?  And it's only $0.99.  Less than a dollar for nail polish?  Indeed.  It's from this German brand called Essence that just recently was brought over to the U.S.  Right now I think the brand is only sold at Ulta, but I could be mistaken.  I'm in love though.  They have a ton of other products that are all really inexpensive.  Which I'm pretty sure is why I haven't made it over yet.  I'm pretty sure I'd want to buy every single color of pretty nail polish they have...and apparently that's unreasonable due to the fact that I very rarely paint my nails.

Anyways, hopefully I will be able to make some extra time for you my forgiving blog.  Since I have until the 17th for classes to start and all.   

Thoughts for the day...

Spoons, when in the hands of a tiny person, function as tiny catapults.  Suction bottom bowls, when stacked inside of a normal ceramic bowl, will create a suction so strong that it is irreversible. 

Spring Break!

As a student/mom I often feel like I get very little no time off.  Not to say that I want time off from certain responsibilities (I wish I had more time to give to Keely).  However, I don't really enjoy spending every second while Keely is sleeping and I am awake doing school work.  I feel like I miss out on doing some pretty awesome stuff when I'm stuck reading book...after book....after book... (you get the idea, I read many books) for school.  Of course I am gaining important knowledge and seeking enlightenment while reading.  This is not the point.  The point is that I really enjoy spending one on one time with Brandon.  I enjoy knitting.  I enjoy reading books that were written with only the purpose of entertainment in mind.  I enjoy going to movies and watching TV.  I enjoy playing outside with Keely.  I enjoy thrift store shopping in the city and eating cheese steaks.  And sometimes when I get so far into school that I feel like I'm drowning, I don't do the things that I enjoy which might actually help me feel like I can breathe again.  Thankfully, some genius person invented spring break.  One week to ease the perpetual headache.  One week to be stress free.  One week to spend time with my two favorites!  I'm so excited!  I spent yesterday with Keely, my nephew, and my mother-in-law.  I didn't ever think (not even once) about picking up a school book.  It was liberating!  In honor of spring-break, here's a list of things that I would like to do this week (or sometime in the not so distant future)!

I want to spend lots of time playing with this gorgeous little person.  She's my favorite.  :)

I plan to finish knitting a bow I've been working on.  I get a row in here and a row in there, but I really want to finish it this week!

 

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 It would be really awesome to make something/read something/see something relating to this movie.  It looks so gorgeous.

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We've wanted to take Keely to the zoo forever.  Hopefully it will stay nice outside all week and we can finally have our chance!  And a ridiculously cute photo op with a large cat wouldn't hurt either.  ;)

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We are also planning to see Alkaline Trio with our best friend and Keely's Godmommy Gab!  We're excited to have a night just to hang out with friends.  Hopefully I can relax knowing Keely is safe and sound with her grandparents.

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I could never spend too much time with the handsome man pictured here.  We can't wait to have a couple of days together that are not filled with him taking Keely out so that I can take a bunch of tests.

We may even get some shopping in and there have been whispers of a drive into Wildwood.  It's not open for season yet, but there's always some tasty restaurant open, and the Boardwalk is hauntingly beautiful when it's all deserted.  Needless to say, I am very excited at the prospect of my one week of freedom. 

Our 1st Molar!

Brandon's valentine surprise consisted of 20 lovingly folded hearts from rectangles of paper.  Each one had something I love about him.  I used pink yarn tied in a bow to hang them up all around or bedroom.  There are still about 15 hanging up because they look pretty and he doesn't want to take them all down.  :-D

In unrelated news, this last week was pretty miserable.  There was a day with a high fever.  A few days of one very miserable toddler.  And it's probably a good thing that we decided against selling Keely to the nice group of traveling gypsies since she finally broke her first molar!  She has nine teeth now. 

In totally unrelated news, I wish that the Skunkboy Creatures Etsy would have these again:

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Although...maybe at a time when my budget for ridiculously cute narwhal plushies is higher....like 70 bucks higher.  And on that note, I will say good night because I have a date with some very gossipy ladies on Wisteria Lane tonight.  ;)

V-Day

Valentine's Day is coming up in just a couple of days now.  Which means I have a ton of projects in my mind that I would like to do as surprises for Brandon, but of course I will probably fail at accomplishing most of these projects.  I'll let you know how it goes after Sunday.  We will, of course, be ordering pizza that night (we're suckers for tradition) and Brandon will be working all day anyway.  Our big plans are for later in the week.  Maggiano's is super delicious and it's been forever since I've been there so I'm super excited.  Now I just have to finish some pesky school work and begin trying to do something sweet to let my husband know that even if I don't spend money on him, I still love him.

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Watson Adventures

I just found out about these awesome scavenger hunts called Watson Adventures.  They have scavenger hunts throughout different cities and museums.  Some are to learn more about the area, while some are to solve a mystery.  I'm a total dork but just the idea of how much fun this seems like makes me giddy like a school girl.  So now, we are talking about either doing one of these overwhelmingly awesome scavenger hunts or going to a mystery dinner theater for my birthday.  Both sound awesome...it just depends on how lazy we're feeling.