Escape

Feeling the need to go somewhere, see something beautiful and just escape reality for awhile.

Anyone else ever have those thoughts?

Have a happy (and safe) St. Patrick's Day! 

HAHAHA

my nephew's iPod.  He entered his password wrong so many times that now he has to wait 42 years to try again...

WHAT IN THE WORLD?!

Happy Valentines Day

Even though I couldn't celebrate with Justin, I had a great Valentine's Day with this sweet girl

WW - My heart

How can you ever have a bad day when you have this little sweetie looking at you?

xoxo

Oh, it's a Tiara!!

My parents have always called me their little princess.  Even to this day they refer to me as "the princess".  


A friend of mine showed me this the other day and I literally could not stop laughing: 


The clip comes from The Big Bang Theory.  I have never seen the show but it looks like it is pretty funny.  Have you seen it? Thoughts? 

on another note: 

I have been eating really bad ever since Christmas. As a result I have gained some weight.

In an attempt to hold myself accountable, I am going to start showing what I eat on a daily basis. So this is what I had to eat yesterday:

Breakfast: Fiber One Bar and Skim Milk (not pictured)

Lunch: Lean Cuisine Flatbread, 1/2 a bag of Veggie Straws, Cherry Coke Zero and two Salt Water Taffies 

Dinner: Ginger Sesame Tuna Steak, Green Beans, Orange (from my wonderful Father in-law's orange tree in Florida), water

Dessert:  Two Frozens.  My Father in-law makes these every Christmas.  Not sure what they are made of but they are delish 

WW - Just Add Life

Living life happy and free
the way the Lord intended it to be 

*picture taken Christmas 2011 at Jacksonville Beach, FL

BIG NEWS!!

if you follow me on twitter or facebook you probably already know my big news....

but for the rest of you...

I passed NCLEX!! I am now officially a RN!!

first I was a CNA(certified nursing assistant)

then I was a nursing student

then I graduated from nursing school

now I need to find somewhere to put all of these books

oh, and find a job!

YAY!!!  

xoxo

new iphone

Justin got a new iphone and so last night we decided to give the camera a quick try.  My friends have taken AWESOME pictures with their iphones so I was so excited!  But we had a problem..... We could not figure out why the pictures were coming out all weird looking

Me: why does it look like I am surrounded by smoke?? What the heck is wrong with the camera?

Me: let's try a self portrait... maybe that will be better

Me: maybe not... still grainy... this iphone sucks

Me: Now it looks like we are surrounded by smoke again.... what the heck?!

Justin: oh, duh... I forgot to take the plastic cover off!

Well folks... we finally figured it out... finally got a decent picture... and we had a great date night! 

NCLEX tomorrow!

So today I called my mom and here is a recap of the convo:

Me: Mom, I'm freaking out!!

Mom: You're what?

Me: I'm FREAKING OUT!

Mom: You're still doing that? You were doing that a few days ago... aren't you tired of that by now? That's old news... why don't you try something different.

Me: Hahaha... I'll get to work on that.


**if you think of it, please think of me around 3pm tomorrow.  I am hoping that I relax enough to take this test, pass it, and finally become a RN!

Because of school, I have not been able to read for FUN for awhile...

The first book I grab?

I literally could not put it down.  In fact, I became so obsessed that as soon as I finished the first book I knew I had to start the next book that night or I would just DIE.

So I went out to not 1, not 2, but 5 different book stores before I could find the other books.  Folks, these books are FLYING off of the shelves and you better jump on the bandwagon!

It took me 3 days to finish the 3 books.  I am a pretty fast reader but even that is a little crazy for me.  

I am also so excited about the movie coming out.  One of my nephews has a friend in it the movie (an extra).  

Trailer incase you haven't seen it:

 

Have you read the Hunger Games? What did you think? 

I am also looking for some other good books to read... so feel free to recommend some below!

CRUISING

after graduation comes the celebration... right?

Gracie wanted to come... but she was not invited...


so we went on a cruise...17 of us total!

BEAUTIFUL

we were the ONLY ones on the dance floor this night... but we didn't care... 

Now can you guess where we went?

clear blue skies... clear blue water... and wonderful friends

xoxo

WW - Nursing School Graduation

So folks.. its official! I graduated from nursing school (with honors thankyouverymuch)


Here are some pictures from capping ceremony and graduation 

The capping ceremony is a tradition dating back to the 19th century.  Originally used to keep a nurse's hair in place, it is now used as an initiation of sorts into the field of nursing.  

with the hubby... 

thanks for all the support, love, and encouragement over the last few years!

my sweet mom who is so proud she has been telling EVERYONE how her daughter is now a nurse

my BF in nursing school who helped me tremendously

my in-laws, hubby and parents

Graduation on 12/16/11

eek... I did it! 

Thanks to my family that came out to support me!

I can't believe nursing school is over....

I officially sit for the NCLEX on 1/14/12 at 3pm.  So please please please say a little prayer for me that it turns out ok and I can officially become a RN!