Making progress

In preparation for Logan, we needed to do some re-arranging of rooms. We are making the scrapbooking room the spare room and the guest room will now be Logans room. I spent a good part of yesterday packing my scrapbooking stuff in boxes to make room for a bed and to also make the room look presentable. I had some mixed emotions, on one hand I was happy the room was getting cleared out but was sad because I haven't scrapbooked in years and I really started to get a desire to do it again.
Once things were boxed up, Jeremy moved them out. The majorty of what is left to do is his responsibility because it involves moving furniture. One thing I have to do is call Habitat and see if they will come pick up this dresser set that I've had for ages. I thought about selling it, but decided I didn't want to deal with it. So off to donation it goes.
The pictures I posted are of the room just about clean. Soon, it will contain a bed and our guests will have a nice place to sleep (aka my mom and sister when they come visit for Logans birth)

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Cuteness

Skittles likes to climb/hide in anything - boxes, bags, etc. You name it, she likes to explore it.

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The civic is bad luck

 

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The pictures you are seeing are a result of a sideswipe that happened on the 7th of this month. I was leaving the yarn store and turned right, into the right lane, and next thing I new, this man in a big white truck, turned left into the right lane (where I was at) and side swiped me. He pulled into the nearest parking lot, got out and asked me how the heck that happened. I looked at him and said, "I don't know, you were the one that hit me" I immediately got back in my car and called Jeremy to tell him what happened and that I would be late picking him up. He asked if I called the cops, and I told him not yet. He told me to call them. I called the cops and they told me they would get someone here as soon as they were available. I sat in my car and waited, meanwhile the guy that hit me paced back and forth the side of my car. I was annoyed and freaked out, so I called Jeremy back and asked him to get a ride over to where I was because this guy was creeping me out!! A few minutes later, he showed up. They guy that hit my car walked over to the tag agency for whatever reason. He finally came back out when Jeremy showed up. The cop showed up and started to ask what happened. The guy that hit me started to tell his side of the story and then looked at me to finish it. I politely told me side and the cop said he had to look at the damage on the cars to make a decision about liability. (well duh - it was clearly this other guys fault) As he finishes looking at both cars, the cop said he could either file a report or we could settle without one. The guy offered to pay for the damage, but Jeremy said we wanted a report too. The guy looked at the cop and asked, "well looking at this, whose fault do you think this is?" the cop said, "Yours" (while looking at the guy) so the guy politely offered to settle out of insurance.

2 days later we got some more snow and bad weather. Jeremy called me around noon to tell me that my car is bad luck, he got rear ended! He was stopped at a stop light, waiting to turn left, when this lady ran right into him. He said she wasn't paying attention and going to fast for the condition. He wasn't going to call the police, he said he was just going to get her drivers license and insurance information, but she didn't have any of that on her. So, he called the police! She was adamant that she had valid insurance and DL. The cop verified her DL, and gave Jeremy his name and phone number and said if he had problems obtaining her insurance information, to call him and they would arrest her. 

So fast forward to today, we are getting the side view mirror fixed. The guy is paying for the damage and paying the body shop directly. We also had an estimate for the bumper, which when you look at it, there is one tiny dent and nothing else. Apparently the bumper was knocked loose, and the estimate is only an estimate and they won't know the amount of damage until they take the bumper off. Jeremy called the lady on Wednesday and left a message and then called again yesterday. She still hasn't called back. Next step - calling the cops to have her arrested! Joy, can't wait to see how this plays out.

Bedroom Makeover

Sometime last year, I told Jeremy that I would like to get a new comforter for the bedroom. The one we currently had, was given to us by his grandma and made for a queen bed - ours is a king. It never properly fit. Also, our room walls were blue and I was really getting tired of the blue walls. We took our gift cards we got for Christmas 2009 and months later went to Kohls and found a new bedding set. A little bit later, we went to Lowe's and picked out paint samples. Months and months went by and the new bedding just sat in our bedroom along with the 4 paint samples we picked out. Fast forward to earlier in January. I told Jeremy that I would like to get our bedroom cleaned out and re-organized and painted and have our new bedding put up. He was going to be on vacation from the 29th until the 4th of February. I made the executive decision that we would plan to re-do our bedroom that weekend he was off. Earlier that week I painted samples on the wall and didn't like any of them (neither did Jeremy). One day during lunch, I made the trip to Home Depot and found 3 more paint samples (neutral, but light colors) and came home and painted them on the wall. I liked all 3 of them as did Jeremy, so he chose the darker of the 3 colors (just to make sure it would cover the blue in the least amount of coats). Saturday after we ate a late breakfast, we got to cleaning the room and it took us many hours. The bed, dresser and the big armoire got moved to the center of the room. Anything else that could be moved out, was moved out. After we were done with that, we went to home depot and bought the primer and 2 gallons of paint and then went to hang out with some friends.
The next morning, Jeremy taped off everything while I made breakfast. We then started priming and let it dry and then painted. It only took us 1 gallon of the paint to cover the walls. Oh, we also had the primer tinted. (which I highly recommend for big projects like that)
Here are some before and after pictures of our bedroom.

The final 3 paint samples, as well as a few samples for Logan's room (none of which we are using)

Main wall that our bed is on

Another view of the room

And another view

Primer and paint in the works

Skittles is supervising - I think the paint is done (end of Sunday)

Main wall in bedroom that our bed is on

Room is organized and new bedding is on!!!

Nice and clean!

Jeremy's dresser

I am so happy with the final outcome. Jeremy was kind of shocked that I picked such a generic color of paint, but I am really happy with it. I am glad the blue is gone, our room has been blue since we moved into our house (6 years ago). The other thing I like about this color is we can change out the bedding every few years (if we choose) and not have to worry about finding something to match the paint. We can now pick something different and continue to accent with other colors. I think I am going to get brown or red curtains for the window to help add a splash of color. Also, I have a wall saying that will go on the wall in about 3 weeks (the instructions said to wait about 3 weeks before applying to freshly painted walls) I also plan on adding some pictures to make the room a little more homey!
What do you think of the new room?!?

I did it!

Last Thursday, I braved the icy roads and headed to take my NCLEX exam. My test time was 8am and got there almost on time. 3 1/2 hours and approx 160 questions later - my test shut off. I walked out of the testing center, got in my car and bawled my eyes out! I was so nervous and relieved. I went in with the expectation that I would get 265 questions and it would take me quite a few hours. The waiting game was the hardest part - they said test results are available about 48 hours after you take the test. Saturday morning, I woke up and was prepared to pay the $8 to the pearsonvue testing center to view my exam results. Before I did that, I check the board of nursing website to see if I had a valid RN license - and I DID! I screamed out to Jeremy that I passed and started crying. WHY? No clue, but I was just relived. I am so happy that I don't have to go through that process again and am really happy that now I can focus on getting the house in order and ready for Logan. I called my mom and other family members and they were really happy for me. No one knew when I was scheduled to take the exam, and I'm glad I did it that way. I felt a lot less pressure and was very calm and at ease when I took my test. I'm just so happy I passed and am officially an RN!

The animals think they are humans!!

My sweet animals think they are humans. Sasha loves to lay on the couch, we noticed her lying in the above position and thought it was funny. This morning, I was getting ready to leave and saw Skittles laying on the bed, in my spot, almost like a human.
I love my animals!!

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I must be crazy

Recently, one of my friends started couponing. Well, i got interested and now I do it too. I have subscribed to the Sunday paper, and I cut out coupons when I get them. There is also a reall cool site I follow called: www.couponcloset.net The lady in charge of the site posts deals for the week. She does Homeland, CVS, and Walgreens. She will post the sales and what coupons to use with each purchase amd tells you what the final price will be. So far I get away from the store really cheap. I've been saving my reciepts to really see how much I am saving.

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