Winter Storm

On January 26th, we started getting word that we would be having a winter storm coming. It started to sleet, so we closed the office early. I got to leave work at 3:30, went out to the car, and there was about 2 inches of thick ice on the cars. It took me 30 minutes to get the car defrosted and at the point where I could safely drive home. So I get home and am trying to get up the driveway. After 4 attempts, I call Jeremy and let him know that I can't get up into the garage, he said to just leave the car in the driveway and he would take care of it when he got home. So I put the car in park, turned it off and put the brake on. Well the car started sliding down the driveway. Well, I didn't think that was a good idea, so I turned the car back on, backed up out of the driveway and I actually made it up the driveway!!! I was supposed to go into work at 10 on tuesday. I got up about 7:45 for my conference call @ 8. I looked outside and the ground was everything was covered with snow! I couldn't believe it - it barely snows here. I decided since Jeremy was off work, that he might be able to take me to work. I woke him up abou 8:15 (on his day off) and asked him to take me to work. So he gets up, I get ready and we get in the car and start toward work. It takes us about 10 mins to get 2 miles, and we got a little stuck twice. I called my boss to let her know that I wouldn't be in. Jeremy turned around and we went back home and got to spend the day together trapped at the house!!!
This pic was taken on Tuesday before I left to attempt to go to work.

Today was a much better day, lots of snow piles everywhere. The snow reminds me of living in Colorado (although its nothing like what Colorado gets). I can't wait until the weather gets a little warmer, I'm ready for winter to be over!

I love babies

A few weeks ago, Jeremy and I went to one of his cousins kids birthday party and we got to see the new babies that were born just a few weeks prior. I, of course, held the babies pretty much the entire time I was there. Jeremy took a pic of me holding Abigail (right) and Amber holding Olivia (left)



After being around babies, I get baby fever. I am just amazed that these babies just slept the entire time we were they, and you could move them, and play with their hands and feet and they really didn't seem to mind it. I just love little babies!!!!!!

I'm a knitting fool!

I made another scarf - this one was for my mom. Her request was brown/tan/off white colors. I found the perfect yarn and the perfect pattern and finally got it done!! I think I am done with scarves for a while - unless I get more requests :-)

Let the fun begin

So last night was my first night of class - Human Physiology. I really think I'm going to enjoy this class, and I'm hoping to do really well - like get an "A" I really thought about it, and I just have a ton of stuff to do before May. My goal is to start my RN program in the fall, well I need to apply to the RN program by May 1st, take 3 supplemental NCLEX (nursing tests, 4 hours each) and finish my independent study of my Native American Indian class. I feel like this is going to be a rough 5 months, and the more I think about it, the more I get stressed and the more I procrastinate! I am the biggest procrastinator you will ever meet. I have made it my goal to do at least 1 independent study task every night until I get done, and hopefully I'll have all that completed before April! On top of all that I will need to start studying for those supplemental nursing tests. This will be a very interesting time for me, but as I know, I sometimes work very well under pressure. Just take this as a warning - if you don't see me for a few months, you'll know why. :-)

More Knitted Stuff

Since I have been off school for the semester - I have been a knitting fool. This is yet another project I completed for another friend that is having a baby. The socks are pretty easy, I can knit the pair in about 8 hours if that's all I do. The blanket is something I have worked on for a while, and just now got it finished!

Bowling etiquette

Jeremy and I went bowling a few weeks ago, per my request. I LOVE bowling! My mom was on a bowling league while we were growing up and we LOVED going and hanging out with her league while they bowled. We would occasionally go bowling with my mom, in which she would teach and instruct us of how to bowl. We always had a good time. My brother and I started going to midnight bowling after we moved to Colorado, and it seemed that became our past time for a while.

In my recent times of bowling - I have discovered that not everyone is aware of lane etiquette. With mine and Jeremy's most recent bowling trip, I became increasingly annoyed with the fact that parents don't/aren't teaching their kids lane etiquette. I am stoked to be bowling again - the first time in almost 4 months, well I get my ball, stand on the lane and am focused on where I am going to throw the ball, when all of a sudden, this crazy kid on the lane next to me comes flying out of no where and throws his ball down the lane.This continued for a while, and finally the parents said something to the kids after I made a big deal about it. So the etiquette of bowling is:
1. Don't hover around the balls/lane when it's not your turn
2. DON'T bowl when someone else is getting ready to bowl!!!!!!
If everyone were to follow these two simple rules, it would make everyone's bowling experience a plesant one.

This is another scarf I knitted for Aunt Mickey, I have 1 more scarf request to complete and I'll be done with scarfs for a while (I hope)