Here it is.. What I'm Loving Wednesday.

I'm loving.....
   sidewalk chalk. I just got some for E and he has been outside with it for almost 2 hours. I was able to clean the whole house and still know exactly where he was.
I'm loving.....
 The next two weeks of my life. VBS then Youth camp.
I'm loving.....
 Pinterest. I have so many things I can now do for our new home. (whenever we get one)
I'm loving....
 My awesome husband for spending a whole day making an airplane cockpit for my preschoolers.
I'm loving....
 My youth girls. It's our last night tonight doing our 7 week Wild About You bible study. I feel like everyone has opened up and learned so much.
I'm loving....
 Beth Moore bible studies. Just started on the new one today :)

VBS

HOORAY! It's that time of year again. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL! We get to do the Aviation Wonders this year. It's the first time in a couple of years that our little church plant is doing the same as all the other baptist churches. We usually get to use the year before's vbs.

The exciting thing is I am teaching the preschoolers. LOVE IT! I get to really see if this is what I'm called to do before I really start back to school. I have always loved Elementary Education but being in charge of over 25 small children just scares me. I've always been afraid that I would get so exhausted as a teacher that I wouldn't want to come home and help my own children. But I feel like that is what I would really enjoy. Since I am teaching our youth girls I have come to realize that teaching is fun for me. I am comfortable with these girls and feel like I can handle them. Yes, there are only 15 of them but they are teenage girls. I love being with them and when I move I will definitely miss them so much.

Anyway, this week will really show me which grade level I need to go into. I used to always teach the preschool and kindergarten VBS but I haven't since I had Eason. So hopefully the Lord will show me what he wants me to do. I am leaving it up to him and I will be trying to listen to him and I am making sure that each day I will be spending time with my wonderful Maker. Hopefully, I can keep it up. I'm never good at keeping up with this but I know this is one thing I need to do.

Also, keep us in your prayers as we still try to find a home. Because we have to be out of our place on July 2!!!! And we still have no place to go :)

I'm Frustrated.

I am questioning God. I know I shouldn't but I don't understand him. Which I guess is alright. I don't know why he would let me go to one semester of school and then want us to move to a place where I can't continue. I know we are supposed to go. I love the kids that we will have at the village and I already love the environment and adults we will be helping. I feel comfortable and at peace with that. I just don't know what to do with school. I love nursing but I would have to wait till Aug. 2013 to start completely over my semester I took wouldn't even count, because the schools down there don't take transfers not just one school but ALL 3 of the schools within a reasonable driving distance. AAAHHHH!!! It's so frustrating... I can finish my Elementary Ed. degree easy. I just don't know what I'm supposed to do. I have been on my knees almost the whole morning. Keep praying for me as I struggle with decisions about our future. Never knew it would be this hard.

GRILLING OUT TONIGHT and I'm so excited! Veggie burgers, corn on the cob, and grilled zucchini. YAY! Then we will watch We Bought a Zoo. I hope this movie is as good as everyone else says. Friday Family Night

Recipes from last night

Last night we had a HUGE, healthy dinner :) Here's my recipes:

Chicken Stir-fry:
I cut up chicken tenderloins into small pieces and marinated it for a couple hours in teriyaki sauce.
Then you whip out your skillet and cook it until most of the teriyaki sauce is soaked up and the chicken is finished. Then I put it aside in a separate pan. I had some frozen asparagus stir-fry. ( you can get it at walmart for $1.50) I just threw that in the skillet and cooked it until it was really tender, I still had some teriyaki sauce left in the pan so the veggies got to soak that up :).
Then I took a bag of the Uncle Ben's Whole grain brown rice that cooks in 90 secs. and put it in the microwave, When it was finished I just mixed all of it together in a big pan. EASY! It was also only about 4 Points Plus per cup. YAY weight watchers!

Dessert was delicious. I used a recipe I found on pinterest for miniature peach cobbler. I substituted the butter for I can't believe it's not butter light and I put fresh blueberries in it instead of peaches. You put them in a muffin pan so you have a controlled portion. It was great and Hubby loved it after his long day of work :)

Here's the link to the cobbler recipe! Try it out!

Moving...

Since I last posted a lot has changed. I finished my first semester of nursing school with a 3.75. YAY I am very proud. BUT.... Now We are moving. I am having to put school off for another year, I am trying to transfer to another college but right now we are not 100% sure where we are moving.

Mark got a promotion and is now a campus director for TWO campuses. We are so excited but nervous because we now have to purchase our first house. We found one in Louisville, MS, about 4 hours south of where we are now which needs a little bit of work but is VERY cheap. We are excited to be able to fix it up and make is OURS. Hopefully, they will accept our offer and we will be moving the middle of July, just in time for our 2 year anniversary.

Also, I loved nursing school but the stress of everything made me very sick. I was physically and mentally sick of everything that I was having to do. I loved learning and being back in school and getting to go to the hospital for clinicals but I am thinking maybe I should just finish my education degree. I don't know if I could handle the kind of stress I had in clinicals my whole life. I do love working with the children and I think the hours would be great but I'm not sure if that is what I'm supposed to do. I was in education for a two years so I just have my last 2 years to go. I just don't know what to do?? It would be easier for me to go to school for education because it is mainly online and I can start back in Aug. and will have a set schedule unlike nursing where I didnt know if I was going to have class until the day before. SO STRESSFUL.

Anyway, I can't wait to find out about this house. I have already picked out my paint and carpet and new tile. It's exciting!

What? It's only Thursday!

WHAT A WEEK!!  And I still have one more day....I have been a full time nursing student for just about a week and my brain is completely fried. I feel like I have so much to do and if I let up just a little bit I will get behind, which is why I haven't posted in a while. I have 6 nursing teachers. They have all had turns talking and passing out papers this week. I have gotten at least 3 different calendars all with different things on them, its unbelievable. I knew it was going to be alot but Boy did I underestimate that. HA
Anyway I am still super excited, Monday and Wed. I have my nursing classes that are 2 1/2 hours long each day. We have 3 books that we have to read at least 2 chapters in each book, for each time we meet. I also have math and human development on these days and Friday.  My human development teacher is AWFUL, she thinks that, that is our only class. It's the first week of school and I have already read the first 2 chapters in that book, written a journal entry, and taken a quiz. She's killing me. My math teacher seems pretty cool though. I hate math but she has made it very understandable and begging us to ask questions so she can explain stuff further. She is also really young, like I'm pretty sure she is only 2 years older than me. She understands NO ONE wants to be in there and does weird things to keep us awake. So I think I can deal with her.
Not only do I have class those 3 days, I have Nursing Lab on Tuesdays and Thurs. These are not really included in your schedule when you sign up so I had no clue I would be there all day those 2 days also. I thought maybe every Tues. or Thurs. for an hour but, NO. I was there from 8-3 on Tues. and 9-2 today. I will be there next Tues. from 8-3 and I also have to find a time between now and next week to go in to lab and practice making beds. Tomorrow after class, I'm gonna try to go practice. I also have a Dr. Appt. in somerville to figure out what is really  wrong with my stomach. The Dr. I went to keeps telling me it's a bug to just wait it out but I have been waiting for over 2 months. So I'm getting a second opinion. I really have to go and get all my shots for clinicals too. (Sounds like I'm a dog)

Now let's talk about this bed thing. I knew making a bed for a hospital was different from making my bed at home but geezzz... You tuck this thing here, you pull this there, you roll the patient to one side, and pull this stuff out and MITER IT. Really I had no clue what that word was, sounds like a bug to me. but it's how you fold it. It's ridiculous. They are so particular about how this is supposed to be done and we have to make the bed with someone lying in it. I understand why but seriously... I hope I pass my checkoff on this... That would be so embarrassing.

I also have a checkoff on bed baths. I really didn't think I would be this freaked out about giving baths but after I watched a video and had to practice it on a person. I was kind of grossed out. Not to be mean but I don't know how I feel about rubbing all over someone I don't know. Like washing their (uh-hmm). I can see why this is needed, and it's actually good for us to get to know our patients and see what kind of problems they have or could have. Im just scared to death to do it on a real live patient. SO... I asked Mark if I could practice on him tonight. He got all excited and I had to tell him, It's just for practice and will not lead to ANYTHING because IM EXHAUSTED! (sorry if that grossed you out)
After just one week Im so tired... I hope I get the hang of this soon. :)