Job, House, Valentines

I got a job finally! I'm so excited. I start Monday. Its at Nashville Skin and Cancer and I really hope it was what I am looking for. It will be normal hours so I wont have to work weekends or holidays. It also just four days a week instead of five. I also heard my brother got a new job the same day as me and never called like me like mom said he was supposed to. But Congrats to him too.

So I have been awfully sick for about a week now with a nasty stomach something. But Adam wants to make steak for us tonight, so it will be my attempt to eat something other than bread and soup. Last night when he came home he brought me the prettiest flowers and a stuffed animal dog that Izzie wanted really bad. Today he brought me a nice watch since I didn't have any nice ones to wear. It was a great grab though because the Macy's right next to us is going out of business so everything is 60% off. We looked at some other jewelry but besides a nice watch I don't really need or wear anything else. There was a time when I was obsessed with jewelry but that's when I made it. The only pieces of jewelry I would want down the line would be some diamond stubs and a plain wedding band to wear at work since my ring likes to poke through gloves. We also got cards for each other which is my favorite thing to get. We always mark the date in them and save them. I'd rather have a card than anything. After reading Nicole's blog on Valentines Day, its funny how different we are. I don't think I would make Adam take back a piece of jewelry he picked out for me :). I think its nice to pick out a nice gift for the one you love every once in awhile. By the way Nicole, Adam loved his Valentines card from Charles hah. And Adam when you read this I LOVE YOU MY STUDMUFFIN!

On to something else. Look our house is finally coming along. About three days ago its was a slab of rocks and now look its growing. Its finally starting to feel real. It looks so small compared to the bigger houses surrounding us but it will be our comfy cozy home. Of course here our the pictures.

The picture below is from the 11th.

The picture below is from today!

6 months and Izzie is 2!

Hello!

Well several people have told me I need to post a blog, so here I am.

Saturday was indeed Jan 31st, therefore Adam and I have been married 6 months. I cant believe how time has flown. We decided to go to the Melting Pot. It was so amazing. For those of you who dont know it is a fondue restaurant. We had a four course dinner with a cheese, salad, entree, and then chocolate fondue. You would think that we wouldnt be able to make it to the fourth course but we sure did. I wish we could go there more often but it was way expensive. Our waiter told us we got the most prized booth in the restaurant and sometimes it even goes on a wait list. It was a pretty romantic and seclusive booth. Adam even had a single rose waiting on the table for me, so sweet.

Then Sunday was Izzie's second birthday. I cant believe shes growing up haha. What is that like 14 years in dog time. Shes going to be older than me soon. She did get spoiled with some presents and treats. I think shes a happy puppy.

Our house is supposed to get started building this week. They started some other houses last week so its nice to finally see some stuff comming up. I am becomming so anxious.

Thats about all thats going on right now!

Holidays and Birthdays

Hello! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We had a great holiday season and enjoyed being with family. We are so thankful for all of our family and friends. We are blessed. Christmas Eve I got off a couple hours early from work so we did our own little Christmas that evening. We spent Christmas Day between both families and had tons of fun visiting with them. That weekend we spent the night at my parents and enjoyed our time with Charlie and Nicole. Then Matthew, Adams nephew, had his birthday party, so we saw the movie Bedtime Stories with them. It was a really cute movie. I would recommend it. We also later on saw the movie Seven Pounds and it was good but I couldnt ever watch it again because it was depressing haha. Well, the before we new it, it was New Years Eve. Adam and I went out to eat then just went back home to celebrate. We stayed up but barley haha. That day was also one year ago that he proposed so it was special. Now this weekend is Kelly, my sister in laws, birthday. So it seems to just keep going and going haha.
Ohh and we finally saw Twilight. I was pleasently suprised how much I enjoyed it. That will definatly be a purchased video later on.
Theres not to much else going on right now. They are going to be start building our house this month so we are starting to get more excited. I just cant wait. I have a job interview this Wed. for a job I think I would really enjoy so Im really hoping I get it. Wish me luck. I hope everyones year is off to a great start!

Merry Christmas

Hello All!
This week has been a busy one. I was off for six days in a row and I feel like I never sat down. I had to finish all of my Christmas shopping, then I spent hours baking and its was crazy. I ended up making all of the receipes that I mentioned in my previous blog. The peppermint bark turned out great and was the easiest to make but the first attemp I was melting chocolate in my bowl and I smelt something burning. Well I opened it up and my plastic bowl, my only bowl, melted. CRAZY!!! So then your supposed to chop up peppermints for mix in the chocolate and so I was using the food processer. So it worked the first time but the second time I think I broke it. So I ended up chopping each individual peppermint by hand. Thats commitment. I also dont think my coca cola cake turned out very good. And my caramel brownies were a little bit runnier than usual. I think its because I added to much caramel. But hey I tried and thats all that matters. I just dont think I will be baking for a bit, it wears you out hah.
Friday night we went to McEwen and stayed the night with Adams parents. By the way Aurora, they appreciated you card. Neways we played game and Saturday we went to the Stuart family christmas and had a good time. Then that evening we had Christmas with just his parents and brothers family. It was really nice.
Monday it was back to work and today I worked. Adam and I are going to be doing our Christmas tonight where I have to read Adam the night before christmas or his mom will hurt me haha. then tommorrow we go to McEwen for his moms side of the family Christmas and then to Clarksville for my family. Busy Busy but I know were not the only ones and im grateful to have family close by. Charlie and Nicole got in today and im so estatic to see them. I hope everyones Christmas is filled with as much love as mine is.

Odds and Ends

Hello! I realized I havent written on this blog in awhile. So its a Sunday and Im working :(. Im very tired because I didnt go to sleep at a decent hour and the typical head cold is making me tired. I keep thinking I get to sleep in, in the morning but then I remember that I have to take CPR in the morning. But after Tuesday I have 6 days off to catch up on everything.

I stayed up late talking to Charlie. It was good to talk to him because he made me feel not so alone on the whole job situation. It was like I finally found someone who understood. But today is going pretty well, I have this kid I would just love to take home with me. SO CUTE. And I think Adam is going to come eat with me, so that will be nice.

We went to Clarksville yesterday to visit. It was nice to see everyone. Thier Christmas tree is so pretty. Were going to have to go look for one that is bigger after Christmas when they are on sale.

So I just thought I would share some thoughts about grocery shopping. Its really a love hate relationship. I hate going but I like it at the same time haha. I really love the clipping coupons part, I love getting a deal. Recently, we signed up for this online system called the grocery game. Its at the grocerygame.com. It bascically looks at the grocery stores around you and compares them with the coupons that are circulating and finds you bottom out prices in the store. So it allows you to stock pile items when they are at the lowest price theyll be in a 6 week period. It also finds deals that are free are even earn you a little change. I have enjoyed doing this and looking at the savings each week. We have also been able to stock pile on items which is good for storage purposes. It is time consuming at first but then you get the hang of it. Its funny when I try and let Adam take over because we spend twice as long at the store trying to find items haha. But its sweet he tries.

At the store this week I bought a bunch of stuff to start my baking projects for the holiday. Im going to make caramel brownies which are Adams favorites. Im going to make a coca cola cake. And while watching Talk of the Town I got some good peppermint recipes. I will be attempting to make made from scratch peppermint cookies and peppermint bark, one with white and one with milk chocolate. I wanted to do dark chocolate but I didnt see any dark baking chips. Oh well. I need to do a bunch of wrapping and sorting. I also need to start addressing my Christmas cards to night. If you want one let me know.

I guess I will go. Have a good day.

Go Gators

Yeah! All of my finals are done. Well at least I hope so. In my assessment class I have to videotape myself doing an assessment. So we have to wait until the teacher grades all of them to get our grade. If we dont do all of the requirements we have one chance to make it up. So hopefully I met them all because I sure dont want to do it over. It takes almost one hour to do and I think I redid mine 3 times, so you can only imagine the time it takes.

We had a good weekend. We were both estatic that the Gators beat Alabama on Sat. It was a really good game. This means they go to the championship which is great. We were both pretty nervous about that game. We ate at Chilis with one of Adams friends later and Im pretty sure I got food posioning. I was sick all night long and still feel pretty puny. Adam just got a stomach ache, not nearly all the yuckiness I went through.

Not much else exciting happened this week. It will be nice hopefully not having to worry about school for the next few weeks. I will leave you with a picture of Superman.

Monday....

Well, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Adam and I had a great time in SC. Its nice to see all of the family. It was sad Charlie and Nicole could'nt be there with us though. I cant believe its December. One of the toughest things Adam and I had to deal with thus far is what we could afford to spend on people. We both want to spoil our friends and families but thats just not the practical thing to do when your first married. I think Adam has had the hardest time with this because we see so much stuff thats reminds us of our family and stuff we would like to get them.
My job search is getting frustrating. Ive applied to several and havent heard anything yet. I have been applying to clinic jobs but still at Vanderbilt Childrens. I believe I would be able to lower my stress levels by working in a clinic and having more normal hours. I want to be able to have my weekends back to spend time with my husband since that is the only time we really get to see eachother. Also I learned by being in the critical care unit that its not somthing I want to be around every day. It gets hard seeing kids like that after a while and that kind of stuff sticks in your head. I do absolutely love working with children though and want to continue doing that in a diffrent capacity. I am grateful also to have amazing coworkers. I am thankful to have a job though and that I am helping people get better.
I also am considering changing my masters program from nurse practicioner to nursing management. It wouldnt require any more time but I think would be less stressful in the long run. I havent totally made up my mind yet though. I am just searching for ways to lower my stress levels since I have had trouble with that lately.
I had to do some online shopping today because Adam always insist on going to the malls with me when Im going. So this seemed to be the only ways to get him some things. I took part in free shipping since it was cyber monday and also got some discounts.
Hope everyone has a Happy Monday!