Learning to sew

Not so much as learning but teaching myself. I've fixed my sons glasses strap, and altered my running arm band for my iPhone- today's task was to make a sweatshirt a bit smaller in the waist and arms. I did a good job! I turned it side out, the pinned the shape I wanted to sew. Sewed along the lines and cut off th excess material.

Here's the before-



And here's the after



It's still baggy, however it's taken in a bit so I don't look lik om drowning in my shirt! Lol. Not bad for a newbie! Mick is asking that I make her clothes. We'll give that a try after some more improved alterations.


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The after ride interviews!

Here's micks after interview!

Here is alex!

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Kids bike ride

So grandpa took the boogers on a mini bike ride today- five blocks. They had a blast!!!

Here's Mick on her ride

Here's Alex's ride

They had the time of their lives and went for two rounds!




-thoughts of the busy momma

QOTD

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a great truth.

-Thomas Mann

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Another week?

Hubby has been gone for a week playing army up north and thankfully he came home for a brief 24 hours to pick up his new shotgun- unfortuneately he has to go back again. I'm sad. To be totally honest it is nice having my room on the bed, however it's much better to get to share the bed and havsomeone to cuddle.

The kiddos had crazy hair day today at school- they have been planning their hair style for a week now and they were ready to go this morning.




This is my last free Saturday for the next 9 weeks- and I will enjoy it! A little bit of sleeping in climbing back on the running routine and hanging with the kids on Saturday. Sunday we have a birthday party. Monday I don't have school so that will become my cleaning day (Wednesdays were before that) and Tuesday at 7am we start with life span psych! Joy! (I hope you can read the sarcasm there).

Off to relax some more!



-thoughts of the busy momma

Today's Zen Quote

Technical skill is mastery of complexity while creativity is mastery
of simplicity.

-E. C. Zeeman

Last final of term 1

Today is the last final for my first term at WCU!! I'm so excited! I have found my groove and I am on my way to becoming a nurse. Here is a list of what I've learned in the last 10 weeks
-your children can be great study tools, teach them and you will learn yourself
-it's ok to be the draconian leader of your study group
-it takes a lot of work to learn new concepts
-non-pc stories are ok to use for examples as long as you rememer the story
-unfortuneately if on system in your body gets a glich, you can die
-learning about all the extremes in body mechanisms makes you a more paranoid mom, sometimes there is such a thing as too much info!

This has been a great term and I am so thankful for the great friends I've made and I really hope that we remain friends!




Here's my baby ready for his first feild trip!

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Term 1 is almost done!!!

So we took our physio final yesterday (after 6 days of me being study group task master) and gave our presentation today. My first class of my first term is done!! I'm excited and sad at the same time. I got an A though!!! Yayyy!!!

Speech class is Thursday and we take our final then. I can say I have gotten 100% on each speech- so an A is a given there. Then on Monday I start 9 weeks of biochem and lifespan psych HELL. I'm not worried about lifespan- however I'm scared of biochem. I have taken chem before- so we'll see how it goes.

On other notes- John has been gone with the military so we are all missing him. I'm sad and lonely and the kids are sad- though he will come home thursday night for a bit so we will get to see him thank goodness. Alex went on his first field trip today! How exciting!! He has been dying to go on a field trip! He was so excited this morning.

I think I'm getting sick. Thank you cortisol for depressing my immune sysytem!






-thoughts of the busy momma

It's been a while

It's been one heck of a long time since I've had a second to write anything- but here I am now. I'm one week away from finals and the 10 weeks have gone by so fast!!! Time does fly- fast! I've got the feeling I've been living in my physio book and I know the last two weeks have been spent doing study sessions and preparing for the moment of truth! I can't wait. Biochem and life span psych will consume my next 9 weeks and we'll see what comes after that. I'm supposed to have cultural pluralism and written comm two- but I am going to challenge that so we'll see if I pass.

The boogers are boogers and they are playing hard and growing tons!! Hubby is working nights now so we hardly see eachother- between living in my books and his nocturnal wandering- I only know he's there when I wake up and see him sleeping there. Just for a few months and then he'll be back to normal schedule.

Back to the books I go!



-the hubs and me


-my boy!!! The cutest little guy!




-my ultra gorgeous daughter



And me- after a long study day


-thoughts of the busy momma