More Grandkid Pictures

Rebecca likes to pretend she's a teenager talking on my phone, while Nic thinks she's just funny:

Nic also likes to play with Rebecca's stuffed cat (look at those sweet sunburned cheeks):

He was really proud of his sunburned neck and shoulders:

And Rebecca's just a little bathing beauty:

Nic is almost always happy. He's so cute when he smiles:

He likes to work puzzles on the computer. He worked one of a butterfly and one of a cat:

Good thing I put the toy box up against Shelly's bed when she sleeps:

Billy looks so sweet and peaceful when he sleeps:

Until Shelly comes in:

Doug brought the kids up for supper the other day. He had to work that night so he decided to take a nap, but the kids had other plans:

Billy loves his little sister. He drags her with him everywhere he goes:

Rambling On

Another weekend behind me. Work was good last night. It's amazing how one night can be so busy and wild and the next night be slow and boring. One month from today I start my classes back at Walters State. I'll be glad to get back in school. As long as I'm in school I'm closer to getting out. It's gonna be hard the next 9 months. I'll have only 1 day each week that I'm not working or going to school. And that day will be spent sleeping after working. I hope my grandkids don't forget what I look like. Although that may be a blessing for them. :) Seriously, I don't think they care what I look like, as long as I'm Nana or MeMe or whoever. I believe they are about the only people who love me unconditionly. I'm taking the last week of August and the first week of September off from work. I don't know what days I'll be doing my clinicals at whatever hospital so I don't know what I can work. I wish I could be at the same hospital I work because I know my way around there. When I get out of school, I'm gonna get on everybody's nerves at work. I'm going to wear my cap at least 2 weeks. Nobody hardly ever wears a cap anymore, including me. But when I get that black stripe, I'm gonna flaunt it. I've worked too hard for it. I get excited just thinking about it. The only problem with being an RN is that I like to work the floor with the nursing assistants and do real hands on stuff with the patient. Seems like you get to know them better. They will be giving me a team of patients every night to do nursing stuff with. They won't pay an RN to work the floor. Oh well, I guess I'll quit rambling and go to bed. Need to catch some zzzzzzzz's. Maybe one of these days, I'll have something worthwhile to post. LOVE YOU ALL!!

Scholorship

Yeah!!!! I was wondering how I was going to pay my bills for the next 9 months while I'm in school. When I'm in school, I only work 3 days every 2 weeks. I had applied for a scholorship through the place I work (Covenant Health) but thought I had blown it on the interview. They hit you with questions you're not expecting and it really puts you on the spot. I felt like I was being interogoted with 3 women sitting behind a table and me sitting in a lone chair in front of them. Today I got the letter that said I had been chosen to receive the scholorship! This is great! I can still apply for Fort Sanders to do tuition reimbursement but this will help me get the books I need and pay the fees that the reimbursement doesn't cover. So I should have enough left over to pay some of my bills.
I know everybody that applied for this scholorship deserved it. But I'm just so happy I got it! Ain't God good?

School's Out, Teacher Let The Monkeys Out

YEAH!!! I took my final today. I thought I already had a B in the class. But when I got to school, I found out that one of the tests was just to test my math skills and didn't count toward my final grade. Well!! I was worried silly. I didn't study much for the final because I thought I had it in the bag and my score was really 92 points below the amount I had figured. (Our grades were based on a 730 point score.) But thank God I made it! I was wondering if I could even pull off a C for the class. But the test wasn't that hard and I made a B anyway. So now I get to take a few weeks off and not have to study. So now I'll take care of Doug. He has been so good while I've been in school. He leaves me alone to study and cooks my supper for me. So tonight I cooked his supper and fixed his medicine for the next week. (He takes a bunch of medicine, but not as much as he used to take.)
My son and his wife and Billy and Shelly have gone to Myrtle Beach along with 14 other people, big and little. He's called twice (he just got there Saturday). Seems as though the kids can't get enough of the ocean. They love it. So maybe when they get back, Billy won't be so afraid of the pool.
I thought I had Doug's motorcycle sold but the guy hasn't called me back yet.
:( Doug isn't able to ride it anymore. Maybe he's just waiting until Friday when I go back to work to find out what the payoff is on it. (He's a nurse where I work) But if he doesn't buy it, that's okay. He needs to get something he really wants or else he won't be happy with it. The main problem is, you can buy a brand new one cheaper than what my payoff is. But we've put good saddle bags on it, a windshield, and have a brand new set of footboards for it that we haven't even put on it yet. I'll just keep paying on it and when I get out of school and get my raise, I'll pay it off so I won't have to worry about it. It doesn't even have 300 miles on it. Oh well...
Think I'll go now and burn my books. LOL Can't do that cause I'll need them later on too. Especially before I take state boards. Talk about scary! That will be the end of me! Have a great day and don't do anything I wouldn't do. LOL

Becca Went to Church

Rebecca got to come up and spend the night last night and go to church! She really enjoyed it. Only bad part was, I had to work last night. But I stayed up with her until she left for Sunday School. I didn't wake up til almost 4:30. I called her mom and asked her if she could stay til after church and she said no that she had to come home then. So I didn't get to spend much time with her. We had pancakes for breakfast and I asked her if she wanted to say grace. She said ok and she said the sweetest prayer. I can tell she's been praying. She said she's still praying for her mom and I am too. She goes to spend a week with her dad tomorrow and I know that she'll be in a Christian environment. They go to church, pray together and teach her alot about the Lord. I want her to be with her mom but I want her to be exposed to church as much as possible. Soon I'll be having my weekends straightened back out and she can spend every other weekend and go to church. Nic will be coming too. So he'll be in church every other Sunday anyway. We will only have them once a month because I'm not going to stop keeping Billy and Shelly either just to please certain people. Tomorrow is Doug's birthday. I'm going to sneak up to Sears and buy him a new riding lawn mower. Ours is torn up. He has no idea. He'll be so surprised. There is a guy at work who will probably be buying Doug's bike. I was really wanting to let Bucky buy it but this guy has the cash and I need it bad! Especially if I get Doug that mower. Well, that's all I have for tonight. Have a good one!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!

Today was the last day of class. We took our test in psyche and I passed! Now I have to go back Tuesday to take my final. But guess what? I only have to make a 6.5 on my final to have a B average for the semester! I think I can pull that one off. If I made a 73 I would have an A average. I really don't see that happening. It's going to cover OB, Reproduction, Pediatrics, and Psyche. That's alot of stuff to study for. I remember some of it but I don't know what will be on the test. So...we'll see. Anyway, I'm going to relax the rest of the day and not study at all. I have to go back to work tomorrow so I'm taking some time off. Might even take a nap.
I got a really cute picture of Shelly when she was up here that I'd like to share with you. She was loving on my mean old Troy and when I snapped the picture, she was giving him a kiss. I love it!

Poor Little Frog

Anybody who reads my blog knows about the frog. He had gotten to be quite the pet around here. One time I was trying to see if he was down in the dirt in the flower box so I stuck my finger down in it. Needless to say, he didn't like that idea so he bit my finger. Thank goodness frogs don't have teeth. But it scared the heck out of me. Well, my mom was over here yesterday and when she was leaving, she called to me to come out in the driveway with her. When I got there she asked me if that was my frog. Doug had run over him with the van. The only part that was messed up was one side of his head. Poor little frog. I gave him a proper burial wrapped in paper towels and buried him in the garbage can. So I guess I won't have a pet frog any more. Oh well, something else will come along and get my attention. I wish the hummingbirds would come around. We've only seen 2 this year. We put up feeders and it seems like they don't want to eat now. I think they are the cutest little things. One year all we had to do was go out the front door and we'd see about a dozen out there. I guess I'll have to adopt a fly. They never go away. Everybody join with me and say: "POOR LITTLE FROG!!" Then we'll all gang up on Doug for killing him. :)