Well I'm still not sure what I'm going to do. But I do know this: Nothing is going to happen this year!
I do know this. School starts next week!! Ekk! I'm going to miss my free time and being able to lay by the pool. But it's a good thing, because I will be able to pack up the house! So that's a plus right?
Kenneth and I have gotten into a routine this summer and I'm hoping it will last. We pick out meals on Saturday, and then we grocery shop. I have all the staple items we need, so its mainly produce and things on sale that I can get cheap or free with my coupons. Meat comes from Food Lion or Sams Club so its frozen in the freezer just waiting to be thawed out. We normally plan 3 meals, of course this week we planned on 3 and made only 2. We ended up with so much left over! I like this routine, and HOPE we can keep it up when school starts back!
We will be moving in about 6 to 8 weeks, so I'm in the process of packing up some items, and limiting what I'm purchasing! That's the harder task. Our rent at this apartment has gone up to over the $900 mark, and we could make things work and pay that amount, but we are choosing to downsize and save up more for schooling and to put more into savings for our house. So just hope we can find an apartment we both like that is reasonable!! :)
It looks like for all the schools that might accept me, I have to take one more PSY class, so I will probably end up taking that online next spring. Then fingers crossed we will hear something by mid-year 2012. A lot longer than I wanted to wait, but sometimes things are out of your control. But I'm thankful, I get to go back to the wonderful group of kids we have at school! And what this year holds. The kids I started working with last year will graduate this year, so maybe its good how things work out!
I went shopping at Publix today. The sales they were having I wasn't that impressed with but they have a coupon for $1.00 kids deli meal, and that will be good for my lunches, and I can print as many as I want off and it doesn't expire until Sept 30!! :) But they also had pop-tarts on sale (BOGO from $1.99). My Publix allows competitor from Target, so I bought 6, used 2 - $2.00 off 3 and then 2 - $1.00 target coupons and ended up paying only TAX! I gave 3 to mommy and Kenneth and I are going to keep 3. Not a bad deal on pop tarts! I'm glad I didn't spend them a few weeks ago at Target when I wanted to!
Anyway, just wanted to give a very quick run down on whats happening. I'm going to run to Target to see what I can find, then to pick up a few things before the weekend, when Laura and Ben come down!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Nursing or Teaching..
That's my question on my mind.
I have been trying to get back into nursing school since I graduated from college. This means failed attempts at getting into Motlow, talking to people at Cumberland, Tennessee State, and here recently Memphis. I got everything ready for Memphis as of last Feb, but missed the TEAS test they require you to take by just a few points in science. So I planned on working on getting that score up and applying for the Spring semester. I finally managed to pass this test last Tuesday. I get a call on Wed. They say since I've been academically disqualified, I'm not allowed to be a candidate for the program. I start screaming at her! No where on the application does it state that. I write up a very nice email and send it to the dean. That's a no go. So now I'm back a square one.
I know I want to pick a major that I love. Public Health was literally something I picked one day flipping through the catalog. So I'm thinking go to school and become a teacher, or keep trying to do nursing. There is a college I can go to that my credits "expire" after 5 years, but we are talking 2013.. thats when we had planned on Kenneth starting law school. I could become a teacher. I would be happy with that. But all the pressure that is put on teachers I'm not sure I would enjoy that aspect of it. This is just a post about me rambling. Maybe I will have a clearer picture in the next few weeks.
I have been trying to get back into nursing school since I graduated from college. This means failed attempts at getting into Motlow, talking to people at Cumberland, Tennessee State, and here recently Memphis. I got everything ready for Memphis as of last Feb, but missed the TEAS test they require you to take by just a few points in science. So I planned on working on getting that score up and applying for the Spring semester. I finally managed to pass this test last Tuesday. I get a call on Wed. They say since I've been academically disqualified, I'm not allowed to be a candidate for the program. I start screaming at her! No where on the application does it state that. I write up a very nice email and send it to the dean. That's a no go. So now I'm back a square one.
I know I want to pick a major that I love. Public Health was literally something I picked one day flipping through the catalog. So I'm thinking go to school and become a teacher, or keep trying to do nursing. There is a college I can go to that my credits "expire" after 5 years, but we are talking 2013.. thats when we had planned on Kenneth starting law school. I could become a teacher. I would be happy with that. But all the pressure that is put on teachers I'm not sure I would enjoy that aspect of it. This is just a post about me rambling. Maybe I will have a clearer picture in the next few weeks.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Six Flags ATL
Kenneth and I love coasters! I mean we went to Disney World/Universal on our honeymoon, Busch Gardens for my spring break, and now for our summer break we decided to go to Six Flags. I have been to Six Flags before, but that was a long time ago. It was a lot of fun, and a much needed get away, it was just super crowded! Each ride had at least a 45 to an hour long wait, which means you got to ride about 5 to 6 rides in a day. Not like Disney or Universal! We could have paid more for a Fast Pass, but I didn't see the point in wasting 20 dollars on it for just one! Even though we didn't have to pay for parking (thanks to me for finding an awesome hotel within walking distance). It also decided to rain most days around 5 and the day that we were actually at the park, it was hailing and storming and the power actually went out!
We drove down Friday after my shift. Saturday we spent at the theme park. We rode the Georgia Scorcher, Batman, Superman (my favorite), a water ride (Thunder River), Great American Scream Machine (we got air on this ride!). Then on Sunday we did the water park (White Water). Kenneth has been bugging me forever to do a water park with him, so this was a great opportunity for us to do that! We were able to do a few more rides on this one, but we did have to leave early to go visit Mr. Coke, his uncle who is the VP for the coke division in the south. It was nice to visit with his family, I feel bad for forgetting that they lived in ATL but we are planning on going back, so we will stay with them next time! Then on Monday we went to IKEA, got some cinnamon rolls and just toured the place! I got a bamboo serving bowl and spoons, and a cheese grater. We plan on going back at the beginning of next year, when we are trying to furnish our new place. And that was our trip to ATL. Very short, but a good get-a-way.
Kenneth and I want to go back. We will probably do a city pass, now that I've heard about them again (thanks Powers!). There are many things on there now that I'm thinking about it, that I would like to do. The World of Coke sounds good, the Zoo since they have the baby pandas :), and the aquarium, since its the largest in the US. Would all be fun to do. But I'm really not sure when the next time we will be able to do any type of vacation.
Other than that life is unique. Its hard to believe that in a few days.. well 3ish weeks, Kenneth's sister will have been married a year, and we will have lived in this apartment for a year. In about 100 days we will be celebrating our one year, and probably moving out of here. The next 6 months are all going to be about some change, but its going to be an exciting few months.
We drove down Friday after my shift. Saturday we spent at the theme park. We rode the Georgia Scorcher, Batman, Superman (my favorite), a water ride (Thunder River), Great American Scream Machine (we got air on this ride!). Then on Sunday we did the water park (White Water). Kenneth has been bugging me forever to do a water park with him, so this was a great opportunity for us to do that! We were able to do a few more rides on this one, but we did have to leave early to go visit Mr. Coke, his uncle who is the VP for the coke division in the south. It was nice to visit with his family, I feel bad for forgetting that they lived in ATL but we are planning on going back, so we will stay with them next time! Then on Monday we went to IKEA, got some cinnamon rolls and just toured the place! I got a bamboo serving bowl and spoons, and a cheese grater. We plan on going back at the beginning of next year, when we are trying to furnish our new place. And that was our trip to ATL. Very short, but a good get-a-way.
Kenneth and I want to go back. We will probably do a city pass, now that I've heard about them again (thanks Powers!). There are many things on there now that I'm thinking about it, that I would like to do. The World of Coke sounds good, the Zoo since they have the baby pandas :), and the aquarium, since its the largest in the US. Would all be fun to do. But I'm really not sure when the next time we will be able to do any type of vacation.
Other than that life is unique. Its hard to believe that in a few days.. well 3ish weeks, Kenneth's sister will have been married a year, and we will have lived in this apartment for a year. In about 100 days we will be celebrating our one year, and probably moving out of here. The next 6 months are all going to be about some change, but its going to be an exciting few months.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Summer!!
Summer has officially begun! Well it did about a week ago, and boy is it great!! I'm sleeping in till 8:40. I set my alarm, so I don't sleep the day away. Kenneth gets up and makes me breakfast, he does his P90X and I take a shower (if I have Kroger work early), if I don't I head down to the pool to spend it with my sister and mom. Yesterday we had one of my sisters friends over and her baby. I got to take the baby (3 month old) up to the apartment and let him nap. It was so much fun! One more reason for us to get our schooling in order!
I just got 3 more swim suits for a grand total of $70! So I'm hoping they all fit me when they come in. There are some cute ones! This one from Victoria Secret in both colors and then another one at Target. The one at Target ended up costing me next to nothing thanks to coupons and sales! Originally 17.99, I got it for 4.58, used a 3.00 off, and got it for 1.58!! Now I'm just trying to find bottoms to match, but I do have black bottoms I can always wear, along with white ones, so we shall see! If you go to target, be on the look out for Clover colored swim suit bottoms. I would like the solid, but am not picky at this point. We are going to try super target on our way out of town and also the Memphis one.
We decided to scrap the Biltmore trip and go with a trip to Six Flags instead. So we are visiting the park along with the water park in 2 weeks!
Other than that, I'm just living life and trying to budget. We are officially down to one income for the next few months, and I'm not sure if we can afford it :) I might need to cut back on grocery shopping, which I could do, if we plan our meals by the month, and not by the week. All my Kroger paychecks go into our savings account, for school expenses, baby expenses, car expenses, things of that like.
Other than that I will try to get on here and blog more than I have. I've done really good about blogging with my savings blog, but this one, I just haven't had much to say. Hopefully summer and all the trips will come in with some interesting topics! And for now I'm signing off and studying. To Memphis we go tomorrow!
I just got 3 more swim suits for a grand total of $70! So I'm hoping they all fit me when they come in. There are some cute ones! This one from Victoria Secret in both colors and then another one at Target. The one at Target ended up costing me next to nothing thanks to coupons and sales! Originally 17.99, I got it for 4.58, used a 3.00 off, and got it for 1.58!! Now I'm just trying to find bottoms to match, but I do have black bottoms I can always wear, along with white ones, so we shall see! If you go to target, be on the look out for Clover colored swim suit bottoms. I would like the solid, but am not picky at this point. We are going to try super target on our way out of town and also the Memphis one.
We decided to scrap the Biltmore trip and go with a trip to Six Flags instead. So we are visiting the park along with the water park in 2 weeks!
Other than that, I'm just living life and trying to budget. We are officially down to one income for the next few months, and I'm not sure if we can afford it :) I might need to cut back on grocery shopping, which I could do, if we plan our meals by the month, and not by the week. All my Kroger paychecks go into our savings account, for school expenses, baby expenses, car expenses, things of that like.
Other than that I will try to get on here and blog more than I have. I've done really good about blogging with my savings blog, but this one, I just haven't had much to say. Hopefully summer and all the trips will come in with some interesting topics! And for now I'm signing off and studying. To Memphis we go tomorrow!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Life..
Well life has gotten crazy.. what else is new.
- School work is almost over with, thank goodness. I've had about all I can handle of these kids this year. Not to mention I will be able to go back to having one job, which I think will be good for a little while. I have many books to read, along with studying for my test, and some scrapbooking I want to get done before the spring gets here.
- I was in a wedding a few weekends ago for one of my friends from college. It was a lot of fun, but I don't think I can handle it again for quite a while. Not to mention I don't think I have recovered from the lack of sleep it put on me. I was running on about 7 hours of sleep over a 3 day time span!
- Then last weekend Kenneths family came up and us girls went shopping in Mt Juiliet at the shopping center there, while the boys golfed. Then we met up at Buffalo Wild Wings, one of our favorite eating out places! It was nice to see them again!
- This weekend, Kenneth is going to Memphis and I'm staying put! Mom and I are going to have a girls day! Since daddy and Christi are flying out to Kansas to pick up Christi's new car. She will come over here after work, and we'll watch movies, and eat sweets, then on Saturday we'll be by the pool!
- The following weekend, Kenneth and I along with Laura and Ben are going to go hiking at Fall Creek Falls. That should be interesting, considering I have never really hiked before in my life!
- Then the first weekend in June, its back to Memphis for some testing for me! Then maybe things will calm down again till at least the end of June, or early July.
I just saw that the Biltmore is having a 50 percent off sale. I might see if Kenneth wants to get a pass, and we head up there for a weekend getaway. It might be fun! And much needed!
So I'm off to take a nap for a bit, then to do some grocery shopping! Country Time Lemonade is on sale for $1.29.. its a great deal and we go through it fast!
- School work is almost over with, thank goodness. I've had about all I can handle of these kids this year. Not to mention I will be able to go back to having one job, which I think will be good for a little while. I have many books to read, along with studying for my test, and some scrapbooking I want to get done before the spring gets here.
- I was in a wedding a few weekends ago for one of my friends from college. It was a lot of fun, but I don't think I can handle it again for quite a while. Not to mention I don't think I have recovered from the lack of sleep it put on me. I was running on about 7 hours of sleep over a 3 day time span!
- Then last weekend Kenneths family came up and us girls went shopping in Mt Juiliet at the shopping center there, while the boys golfed. Then we met up at Buffalo Wild Wings, one of our favorite eating out places! It was nice to see them again!
- This weekend, Kenneth is going to Memphis and I'm staying put! Mom and I are going to have a girls day! Since daddy and Christi are flying out to Kansas to pick up Christi's new car. She will come over here after work, and we'll watch movies, and eat sweets, then on Saturday we'll be by the pool!
- The following weekend, Kenneth and I along with Laura and Ben are going to go hiking at Fall Creek Falls. That should be interesting, considering I have never really hiked before in my life!
- Then the first weekend in June, its back to Memphis for some testing for me! Then maybe things will calm down again till at least the end of June, or early July.
I just saw that the Biltmore is having a 50 percent off sale. I might see if Kenneth wants to get a pass, and we head up there for a weekend getaway. It might be fun! And much needed!
So I'm off to take a nap for a bit, then to do some grocery shopping! Country Time Lemonade is on sale for $1.29.. its a great deal and we go through it fast!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
I'm over April Showers!
So I'm very frustrated with Rutherford Co. I get up this morning and hear the rain pouring down. I knew that bad storms were coming and were expected, so I turned on the TV (we haven't invested in a weather radio yet), and within a matter of minutes, I'm hearing 105 mile wind shears near Sams Club.. that's like right behind our house. This is the point I start screaming at Kenneth to get up! I'm freaking out and Kenneth and I look outside and see the fountain going horizontal, not vertical. We loose service to the TV, love Direct TV, and it eventually passes. I keep watching and hear its heading to Lascassas, I'm am constantly texting my sisters by this point and have called my mom about 3 times.
The reason why I'm so mad at RCS, is because they didn't cancel schools! A flippin tornado went through Rutherford Co and they didn't bother cancelling or delaying school!! SERIOUSLY! I end up getting a shower and leaving for school. It takes me close to 35 to 40 minutes to get there. Normally a 12 minute drive. We get there and find out that at 7 am, they decided to have RCS a 1 hour delay and MCS closed.. ummm, sorry, our kids are at school at 7 am!
We did get to leave at 11:30, which was good. But the morning was enough to cause me to get so frustrated. I didn't want to be there and I wanted to be home! When I got home, I found out Toots roof has been damaged, Old Time Pottery roofs been blown off, and the stop lights at Cason Lane by the Walgreens and Sams Club were blown away.
I got a phone call from RCS going to Cheddars saying that they felt that when the storms were coming, there were kids on the buses already and they figured that it would be safer to get the children to the schools. UMM!! SERIOUSLY! You call off for snow, in advance, and you hold us a few weeks ago, when the high winds/tornado ran through Rock Springs, and yet, you feel that its safer for everyone to get on the bus in the middle of the storms.. people you arent thinking.
So thats my thought, I know, wordy and I haven't been on here all April. This two jobs things is starting to get to me.
The reason why I'm so mad at RCS, is because they didn't cancel schools! A flippin tornado went through Rutherford Co and they didn't bother cancelling or delaying school!! SERIOUSLY! I end up getting a shower and leaving for school. It takes me close to 35 to 40 minutes to get there. Normally a 12 minute drive. We get there and find out that at 7 am, they decided to have RCS a 1 hour delay and MCS closed.. ummm, sorry, our kids are at school at 7 am!
We did get to leave at 11:30, which was good. But the morning was enough to cause me to get so frustrated. I didn't want to be there and I wanted to be home! When I got home, I found out Toots roof has been damaged, Old Time Pottery roofs been blown off, and the stop lights at Cason Lane by the Walgreens and Sams Club were blown away.
I got a phone call from RCS going to Cheddars saying that they felt that when the storms were coming, there were kids on the buses already and they figured that it would be safer to get the children to the schools. UMM!! SERIOUSLY! You call off for snow, in advance, and you hold us a few weeks ago, when the high winds/tornado ran through Rock Springs, and yet, you feel that its safer for everyone to get on the bus in the middle of the storms.. people you arent thinking.
So thats my thought, I know, wordy and I haven't been on here all April. This two jobs things is starting to get to me.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Crockpot Lasagna And Other Things
Well I finally feel refreshed! Now, lets talk about that Crockpot Lasagna! I did tweak the recipe a little, and I will give you what it calls for, then tell you what I did.
Ingredients:
The spices: I don't like onions or garlic, so I used no garlic, and used the spice minced onion. The flake kind. I just sorta started adding it till it looked right and it tasted good. I also left out the salt. No need for extra sodium!
Also, I put the top layer as noodles! DON'T do that! They turned out much too dry. Try doing it this way: meat mixture, cottage cheese (half), cheese (half), noodles, rest of cottage cheese & some cheese, noodles, then meat mixture, and top it off with cheese. That's the way I'm going to do it next time.
Now, onto Busch Gardens! It was such a great trip! I loved seeing all the animals, and there were 3 rides that I could probably ride forever! All in all it was a good trip, and it was great to escape for a while with my husband.
We have 7 more weeks of school left. TCAP starts next Thursday. I really hope the kids are prepared for it.
And for now, I've got to get started on some cleaning and also get dinner ready. New recipe again tonight! Might try to blog about it on Wednesday, and its for pork tenderloin!
Ingredients:
Servings: 4-6
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 12 ounces cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 12 ounces lasagna noodles, uncooked
- 16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 4 1/4 hrs
- Brown ground beef, onion and garlic in frypan.
- Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, salt and oregano.
- Cook long enough to get it warm.
- Spoon a layer of meat sauce onto the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Add a double layer of uncooked lasagna noodles (break to fit) and top with cheeses.
- Repeat with sauce, noodles and cheeses until all are used up.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours.
The spices: I don't like onions or garlic, so I used no garlic, and used the spice minced onion. The flake kind. I just sorta started adding it till it looked right and it tasted good. I also left out the salt. No need for extra sodium!
Also, I put the top layer as noodles! DON'T do that! They turned out much too dry. Try doing it this way: meat mixture, cottage cheese (half), cheese (half), noodles, rest of cottage cheese & some cheese, noodles, then meat mixture, and top it off with cheese. That's the way I'm going to do it next time.
Now, onto Busch Gardens! It was such a great trip! I loved seeing all the animals, and there were 3 rides that I could probably ride forever! All in all it was a good trip, and it was great to escape for a while with my husband.
We have 7 more weeks of school left. TCAP starts next Thursday. I really hope the kids are prepared for it.
And for now, I've got to get started on some cleaning and also get dinner ready. New recipe again tonight! Might try to blog about it on Wednesday, and its for pork tenderloin!
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