Flashback Friday “Speaking of Trends…”

are sliders under shorts ever coming back? :)

Taste of Fall

I know this weather we have been experiencing may not be here to stay, but it has definitely gotten me in the mood for fall. During the busiest week of nursing school thus far (actually two weeks), I have wanted nothing more but to cozy up on the couch or shop- neither of which are productive. I will say though, these are simply urges that I have mostly been able to ignore and that I have done quite well at staying on task for school. I have aced two tests and yet to find out about my third test, but thought that two A’s was a good enough reason to treat myself to a break! One thing I love to do every year or season is browse for upcoming trends. It is interesting to me to see how things trickle down from the runway even to little ol’ College Station who is last to get word on what’s in. So trendsetter or not, here is what we can expect to see this season!

1. Pink

2.) Chained up pieces

3.) Asymmetrical/One shoulder

4.) Hats

5.) Fur

6.) Metallics/Shiny

7.) Biker/Leather

8.) Dark shades and Business look

9.) Yellow

10.) 80’s - Shoulder pads?!

Team Edward

Yes, I will admit it- I am a proud member of the Twilight Saga Fan Club. Which means like the rest of you fans out there, I have been looking forward to New Moon coming out this fall. When I heard you could buy tickets for the midnight showing NOW, I jumped on board. Only obstacle was convincing Forrest to come with me on a “school night.” Forrest is very stern in his decision to not make any big plans during the week especially ones that require him staying up until 2 in the morning. He likes his 8 hours of sleep before the work day.

Anyways, I bought two tickets today for the midnight show and called Forrest at work to tell him the good news. He was in a very important meeting (I forgot certain Thursdays during the month were big meeting days) but he answered quietly to make sure it wasn’t anything important. Ha well this was VERY important news to me but I didn’t think it qualified as “urgent” to him so I told him to call me back. Long story short, he called me back and I was able to persuade him to be my date for the big night! I know he is only doing this for me and for that reason, he completely made my day, even more so than the actual purchasing of the tickets.

Edward…Bella, HERE WE COME!

"To Bubba, Love A-A"

This past weekend was Nena's End of Summer Party but unfortuately I had to stay home to study for a couple of tests I had coming up. I sent my camera with Forrest and his mom took some pics for me. Which by the way, what is it with guys and taking pictures?? The weekend before last, Aaron was in town without Amberly for the game and he had to ask me to take pictures with his camera for her. I don't get it! Anyways, here are some from A-A giving Forrest the Bubba Hat at the party.

Smart Cookie

My little niece looks so smart in her new glasses!  Her ophthalmologist discovered that she is farsighted and has trouble focusing on close objects. He said this might contribute to one of her eyes drifting inward and that if she wore glasses, that problem would probably be fixed. So here she is in her new cute pink glasses! I believe she will need to wear them for a couple of months.

Flashback Friday "Some things never change"

Miss Sassy Pants...

...and her Country Boy!

Copy Cat

My friend, Ashley, has the most creative blogs and I cannot help but want to use some of her ideas! I enjoyed reading one of her recent posts titled "the always, the sometimes, and the never" and thought I might do some brainstorming about myself:

I always...
get up early enough to eat breakfast.
have my toenails painted.
can justify buying things on sale.
wash my face before going to sleep.
turn up a good song in the car.
compare myself to the class average.
ask around.
talk to my sister during my free time.
miss my mom.
enjoy simple evenings with Forrest.

I sometimes...
treat myself to starbucks.
bite my nails.
feel like I live in v-necks and tanks.
buy expensive beauty products just because.
am too picky when it comes to movies.
wait 'til last minute.
forget to use common sense.
talk to Rocky (Reagan).
wish I lived a little closer to my parents.
like the house to myself.

I never...
oversleep.
have my fingernails painted.
wear tennis shoes unless I am going to the gym.
leave the house without putting on mascara.
get tired of re-runs of friends.
miss class.
find it easy to make a big decision on my own.
forget my sister lives 1,500 miles away.
dread driving when it comes to taking trips home.
want the bed to myself.

Mom's Birthday!

This past weekend, I went to visit my mom to celebrate her birthday. We had so much fun just running around on Saturday, eating lunch at our favorite place- Panera Bread, doing a little shopping, and then later going out to dinner. That night after dinner, we rented a movie and I helped my mom in the kitchen. She was going to be attending a BBQ on Sunday thrown by her neighbors in honor of her birthday so she wanted to make her famous potato salad and special K dessert. Then on Sunday morning, we woke up and had breakfast at the Cracker Barrel before I headed back to C.S. to catch up on some reading for class on Monday. Even though I didn't get to spend much time with her on her actual birthday (Sunday),I was just glad I got to see her and spend some of the weekend with her. We LOVE our mother-daughter weekends!! Just wish Sister could have been there- but we talked and checked in with her on the phone most of the

time so she didn't feel left out! :)

Guess Who's Pregnant?!

Hope I didn't scare you into thinking it was ME! Because the truth is.....AMBERLY is pregnant with baby #3!!! Her due date is around end of April or beginning of May. She will be going to the doctor soon to give us more details! I will keep everyone posted.

First Day of Fall Semester

Well the fall semester has officially began. Today we had Nurs 313 Fundamentals which is where we will be learning a large chunk of our nursing skills. We will be applying these skills during our clinicals which will be once a week on Thursday after week 6. Until then, we will be having labs on Thursdays. So tomorrow will be lab, then simulation/lab again on Friday. Monday we will have Nurs 312 Pathophysiology and Nurs 322 Informatics. Tuesday we will begin Nurs 316 Pharmacology. I am pretty excited about all of the experience we are going to get this semester but not so much looking forward to reading all of those books! 5-8 chapters to read every night! :/

Las Vegas!!

This past week, Forrest took off work because I was on a school break so that we could go on a vacation. We had been contemplating on where to go and since neither one of us had been to Vegas, decided to go there for a few days. We stayed at the Mandalay Bay which was very nice and the travel agent said it had a great pool. Well, the pool WAS nice but apparently everyone else thought so too- it was SUPER crowded! The lawn chairs were about 6 in apart and the second we got up- people were asking us for our chairs! That was how most of Vegas was- very crowded and lots of tourists even during the week! I can't say we didn't have fun- we definitely had fun and enjoyed ourselves, but we probably won't go back anytime soon. To us, Vegas is a "see it once" kind of place. We were exhausted after three days and our dogs were barking BAD. I could not wait to come home and get a good pedicure.

On the brighter side, I will say that the frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity's was absolutely worth every $12 that it was. I could've had one every day I was there. I LOVED the Cirque du Soleil show- Mystere. It was very neat and a unique experience. The strip looked so neat at night and especially from Ghostbar at the Palms which was my favorite nightclub that we went to. My favorite hotel was the Venetian- it was so stunning and fun to walk through. The Mandalay Bay was better than Bellagio's buffet because the food was a little more normal and less experimental if that makes any sense. The NYNY rollarcoaster was so exciting but then again I haven't been on a rollar coaster in years.....a little jerky though I might add. The rides at the Stratosphere were VERY scary once you got up to the top. I chickened out of one of them...Forrest made me ride the rest. The Bellagio fountains blew me away! I knew they would be gorgeous, but I was absolutely mesmorized. O yes, one last thing- the taxi's were worth every penny. I am sure there were other things here and there, but for the most part these were my highlights!

The trip went like this:

Monday- walked about half the strip, got a frozen hot chocolate (fabulous), rode NYNY rollarcoaster, gambled a little at Bills, saw the fountains, went to Coyote Ugly, back to hotel casinos and bars, bed

Tuesday- Breakfast at Red White and Blue, day at the pool, stratosphere rides, walked other half of strip, margarita at Jimmy Buffets, back to hotel, then out for dinner at Gardunos at Palms (GOOD Mexican food), then to Playboy club, Ghostbar, and Moon, met some Canadian friends, then back to hotel - Foundation Room (had our own private room and felt a little cocky), then finally to bed!

Wednesday- SLEPT IN, walked all the way to Bellagio to try buffet (yes what were we thinking!), took taxi back to hotel to nap ha!, went to Bodies Exhibit at Luxor, dinner at Rhumba? I think was the name- it was brazillian BBQ, then to Treasure Island, watched Sirens of TI show outside hotel, then had great seats to Mystere, then called it a night! We were going to go downtown, but were too tired after the show.

Thursday- Flew back to Austin and drove into College Station! Phew that was a long blog! But here are some pics to make it even longer:

Reagan's Birthday Extravaganza!

Saturday was Reagan's big FIRST birthday party! It took place at the Sniders and she had tons of her best friends in attendance such as Maverick, Bradie, Cece, and several more. Since the theme was SWEETS we had plenty of candy, sugar cookies, colorful cupcakes, cake, and even cotton candy! Once it came time for her to blow out her candle, she dug right into her little smash cake and went to town! She received several goodies such as cute clothes, which she can never get enough of, a few good toys, a personalized story book from her Nonna, walking shoes from her Aunt Tricia, and Lovie blanket from me! All of Sister's hard work paid off- the party was a hit and we all had a blast celebrating her big day!