I am thankful I am not cooking this Thanksgiving ;)

So I'm Single Now

Dating at 31 is not so bad. There's a lot of honesty, which makes it easier to weed out the creepy guys. But if you find a good one, it's a lot of fun.

Family Pictures 2009

We had a family photo shoot at the end of September before the weather turned. A very wonderful girl in my old ward did them and charged me a pittance for an entire disc all retouched and making us look our best. Here's a small sample...

Blah. Blah de blah blah blah. Consider yourselves updated.

A quick update...

My classes are awesome. Even the ones I thought would suck are awesome. And as a bonus I got into the ASL class that I absolutely have to have this quarter in order for the rest of my master plan to fall into place.

But I'm unbelievably busy. So, not that the blog's been such a huge priority anyway, but it's getting pushed even further back on the list of stuff that has to get done.

And so it begins

Soooo, school officially starts for me tomorrow. I spent all weekend out at campus taking 'Orientation' for 1 credit. It was lame but at the same time I got to know the campus a lot better by virtue of the fact that I was there for 10 hours a day for 3 days. I'm glad it's over and I'm on my way to the real stuff.

I have to give a HUGE SHOUT OUT to Marilyn who has so graciously agreed to screw up her own schedule to watch my kids while I go to school everyday. I have never been a fan of day care and she is TOTALLY SAVING MY BEHIND. Thankyouthankyouthankyou from the very bottom of my heart, Mar!

I miss my kids.

Mommy goes to college

I'm going back to school to finish my degree. When I was in high school I did Running Start which allowed me to complete my first two years of college while I completed my last two years of high school. Bully for me. The problem was, once I graduated from high school it was time to pick a major. I floundered around for a good year before I finally used my wedding as an excuse to quit. And I was okay with quitting. All I ever really wanted to do was be a wife and a mother. (Really don't want to hear why I'm wrong for wanting that.)

Well, things change. And not always how you think they will.

Fast forward 11+ years and I now have a direction along with three undeniable incentives to finish. I will be pursuing a degree in Speech Pathology from EWU (in conjunction with WSU). I have a year of pre-req's to finish (part time) and then it's a two year program (full time). I also have to get a Master's if I want to actually BE a Speech Pathologist, and lo and behold, EWU also has a Master's program. (Yeah, I know you look more well rounded if you get the master's elsewhere, but I'm living with my parents for free and I can't beat that at this point in life.)

Caden will be 12 when I finish school and start a job. BUT, it will be a job that has GREAT starting salary, is in high demand, and if I can swing working in a school system, I'll have the same hours as my kids as well as summers off. Bonus, I can also pick up side jobs. Plus I LOVE communication courses: they've always been my favorites and this is just the other side of it; communication disorders. AND I get to learn sign language - how cool is that?!

So (gulp) here's to the next five years of college for me!

It's a mini-rant

Are the people shopping on Etsy actually shopping or just looking for stuff they can make themselves?

Because, COME ON PEOPLE. My horses are NOT overpriced. You're not going to find the them anywhere else that look the same because they're oneofakinds.

Sometimes I'm tempted to just shut the whole thing down.

Wahoo!

It's official: I'm an Eastern Eagle!

I called the office of admissions today to find out if I'd been accepted or not and they said that as of today I was officially a student. So congratulations to me!

Now I'm just anxiously awaiting the Communication Disorders department's decision about whether they'll allow me to start on MONDAY (yikes! - this program runs on semesters instead of quarters like the rest of the school) and take the pre-req's concurrently or if I need to do the pre-req's and start the program next fall. There's only 2 pre-reqs that I need, but the program only accepts new students fall quarters, which would mean a year of classes that I don't really need. I'm not holding my breath, but I am crossing my fingers. If you have a second, send up a silent prayer that they'll let me in and hopefully shave that extra year off of my education!