school

School has started, I am on my third week of classes. I didn't realize at the time that I was signing up for some difficult classes, chemistry with a lab, and algebra. Even though I am only taking 8 credits, I feel like I have a full load, chemistry lab is it's own class, however it is only 25% of my chemistry grade. It's been challenging to say the least. I forgot how difficult it is to find out what your instructors want out of you, so I have been giving as much as I can to both courses. Found out today that I am doing rather well! I've exceeded my expectations. Now to continue doing what I have been doing, and I better get A's out of both courses, high expectations? maybe, but it's what I expect, so hopefully it will pan out that way! School has left very little time for anything!! My Wonderful husband has washed the dishes the last couple of nights, this is a HUGE thing for me!! We have no dishwasher (hopefully soon, we will be getting one) I HATE washing the dishes by hand, but it has to be done, and he could care less how long they sit there in the sink. But with the week I've had, he's washed the dishes the last two nights, it's been wonderful, and I do my best to make sure he know's that I notice, and do appreciate it!! I'm finally not feeling so stressed out! this was a stressful week for me, I worked 3 12 hour shifts tues, wed, and thurs, and then school friday evening and saturday from 10a-445p, I get sunday off, then I'm back to work mon, tues, have a day off, and get to catch up on homework, then back at work on thursday, and then classes friday night and then again on saturday. It feels extremely overwelming, especially when I look at it like that. I am so grateful that I do not have children to look after, I don't know if I could do it. I'm sure I could, but it would be difficult to be there for my children, and put as much time and effort into schooling as I would like. I'm starting to see and realize that God really does have a plan for AJ and I (you know I always knew this in the back of my head, I'm just stubborn, and want what I want when I want it, whether it's what is best for me, or not) It's a good thing I'm not "in charge" of my life!! ;) I'm starting to accept the fact that I may be an "older" mom than I would have liked, however I know I will be a better mom! Than I would have been at any other time in my life! And if it is not meant for AJ and I to have children, then I know there is another reason why. Faith is a strong thing for me! it has too be.
Anyways, there may be little time for me to post. But I do love keeping up on everybody!!

The Table Cloth

Back in February this year a friend re-taught me how to crochet granny squares. I have been going crazy with making blankets and working on this table cloth. I decided when I started the table cloth, this was going to me MINE!!!! I knew it would take me awhile, and I'm tired of giving away my crafts to everyone. Now when I made the blankets (I really should just do a post on those ones alone) I made a whole bunch of squares and then crocheted them together. Well as you can see with the table cloth it is one Giant Granny square. Hmmmm now how do you make a square turn into a rectangle??? SO now that I am done with the width of the table cloth I am working on the length, and just moving across the rows back and forth in the same pattern. Wasn't sure how that would work, but it seems to be coming along just fine.
HOWEVER the next table cloth I do make I will make it similar to the blankets, small squares and then sew them together!! it would take me 20 minutes to crochet one side of this giant square!! yes I timed myself ;) but there is no way I'm taking out all my work and starting over!!! that's just crazy talk!! so the next one, and yes there will be a next one, won't drive me insane like this one. But I love it!!!



(see that tiny thread? honestly don't know how many I have gone through, but it's to the point I could only go around the square 3 1/2 times with one of those!)


(such a cute tiny square)




(TA DA, almost finished!!)

School???..........Seriously???

This blog is beginning to remind me of my journal; sporadically entering information about my life. :)

I am starting school August 27th!!! It's almost terrifying, mixed in with some excitement. It was 7 years ago that I went to American Institute of Health Technologies to become an MA (Medical Assistant), program was 8 months long, 5 months of it was classroom time, and the rest was my externship. 2001 was the last time I went to a "conventional" college, which was Treasure Valley Community College. So it's been awhile. However I finally know what I want to be when I "grow" up :) an RN!! I have the confidence in myself to know that I will be a great nurse, it's something that I was born to do. Still terrifies me a little bit, that failure aspect of it all, with the classes and so on. And then I remind myself that I'm 33, a confident woman, who loves being an MA but has surpassed the MA degree, and it's now time to move on. The freaky part about everything, which tells me the universe is saying "GO BACK TO SCHOOL". It was soooo easy!! the whole process. I kinda did it all with the attitude "well if it's meant to happen it will happen" so I did my part. Filled out my FAFSA, waited, got a reply from CWI, followed their steps, filled out the application, and so on. The next thing I know I'm taking my transcript from TVCC (Treasure Valley Community College) into CWI (College of Western Idaho) by the way, this was my first time ever being at the college!! I hand in my transcript, asked what was next, and the guy said "well lets get you your student ID" hmmm hadn't received the letter of acceptance yet, so I guess this means I'm accepted!? I say sure and the next thing I know he hands me my student ID #, I said ok, what's next? the next thing I know, I'm holding my student ID with my picture on it, and signing up for classes!! I walked into CWI for the first time, to just drop off my transcript, I walked out a CWI student already registered for classes!! freaky?? ya, it was weird. I've received my awards letter for student aide, so I'm set to go!! I go in a week before classes and get my books, which they will apply to my funds for school!! how cool is that? I am starting school August 27th, and it's not costing me a dime out of pocket. Well I do want to go shopping for school clothes :)
My schedule works out perfect so that I can work full time, and go to school (almost) full time (11 credits) with 2 days off a week :) Since I already work 3 12 hours shifts a week, its perfect! I have Chemistry Lab Friday nights, and on Saturday from 10am-7:45pm I will be at CWI for my chemistry, algebra, and English classes :)
Wish me luck, I will need it. Who knows when I'll be able to get back on here to post again, I need to make this a regular thing. But time is of the essence, and shortly I will have little of it. However I know it's worth it!!

We are absolutely loving our new home!!! I thought I would post some pictures :)







Family and friends over for our house warming party


Tyler and I playing with the dogs :)

New House...the beginning of another great chapter in our lives!

Hmmm, it's been awhile hasn't it? Well the holidays have come and gone, birthdays have come and gone.....and ALOT has happened in that time. Hence the reason it has been FOREVER since I've posted anything!!

We finally got the call in the middle of December that the banks accepted our offer!! We made an offer on this house the end of April last year!! We were SOOOO excited, so to make a very long story as short as possible. We were finally able to move into the house on January 29!! 9 months and 4 days after the auction!! and like I've said in the past it was definitely worth the wait! However we haven't necessarily been very healthy since we've moved in. AJ hurt his back while trying to get the kennel ready for the dogs (was not able to finish it) so he was laid up the first week we were here. Luckily the yard is fenced off good, so we can leave the dogs in the backyard and not worry about them (they probably have 1/4 acre to run around in!) the goal is to put them in the dog kennel when we are at work. And so I've been running my butt off, trying to get this and that, and get settled in, and so of course I ended up getting sick (does not help when I work 12 hour shift in an urgent care!!) so when my immune system is down, I don't have much of a defense system up against all the sick people we take care of! Things are coming along nicely now though!!

At first I thought the dogs would be out of control crazy maniacs when we first moved in. It's amazing, with all this extra room (we went from 700 sq ft house to 1742 sq ft, no fenced in back yard, to a fenced in 1/4 acre back yard, we have almost an acre). That the dogs are such nice calm dogs!! I'M LOVING IT!! They don't even hear me when I come home, they used to bark and jump all over me, now they don't bark when they see me they just come walking up to me to say hi, and then go back to what ever they are doing. So life is good, and it was worth the headache of getting the septic pumped and inspected, the well inspected, the water tested, dealing with a lazy phone company man, home inspection done to the house, scheduling different chain link fence guys to come out for bids to fence off the front of the house, fixing the siding on the house (before it was ours) I could go on and on. And most of those things happened while AJ was out of town! So trust me, I know what kind of house we bought! inside and out.

NOW it's time to begin our new lives in our new home!! I am finally finished with my Depo Lupron shots (my endometriosis treatment) no more menopause, well here shortly. I got my last shot on Jan 26th!!! so in a couple weeks, my hormones should start to come back. The only thing I can say about going through menopause at the age of 32-33 is, now I know what I am in for when I do finally go through it later in life. And it's not going to be that bad, I didn't have night sweats, hot flashes, if anything I was devoid of any emotion. If you can believe that! I had my Dr's appt yesterday and he said that we can start trying to get pregnant in 2 months!! I'm thinking now that we are in a bigger house, life is going to settle down into a nice comfortable routine, it should help the process of getting pregnant! AJ and I always said we would rather wait until we moved into our home before having children, and it seems to be working out that way.

I will try and do a better job at updating my blog, now that things are settling down it should be alot easier. And once I get more pictures of the house I will post those. I LOVE decorating this house!! oh and did I mention I have a jetted bathtub??? LOVING it!! so many different ways to relax here!!

Tyler and the "Johnny Jump Up"

Yes I know more Tyler stuff, I just can't help it, and yes this is already posted on my facebook account. However!.......I can't show anybody the video at work, because I can't access facebook from work (gee I wonder why?.....) so I decided to post it on my blog so I can show it off :) really it's just so I can show Tyler off to all my co-workers. I figure they get to talk about their kids, I'm gonna talk about my nephews and nieces :)

See Spot Walk October 2009

Last year AJ and I participated in "See Spot Walk" in Boise, you take your dog for a walk down town Boise and the money benefits the Humane Society. We had alot of fun last year, and decided to do it again this year. This year we went with our mom's, and had a team called, I know you'll be impressed, "The Fine Heidbrinks" yes clever I know ;) I don't even think our Mom's knew that we had a team name. Anywho it didn't rain on us, and the dogs did great!! no fights, which always amazes us when there are that many dogs together, and you don't see any dogs fighting, it's wonderful!!!

Belle so excited, she took me for a walk!! she did eventually calm down, it took awhile, but her nerves finally got the best of her, and she tired herself out!!

Scooby Doo, the best looking boxer there!!! he got lots of attention!!

AJ and I, man I look tired!! and I was tired!!! these shots that I am getting that get rid of my hormones, drain all energy that I have, especially when I first get the shot, thankfully it gets better towards the end of the month!! And yes I did make the hat that I am wearing, and the scarf that AJ is wearing. I made those last year, I knew they would come in handy one of these days :)

Scooby Doo and I after "See Spot Walk" I was freezing, it never got above 52 that day!!, so I had sweats on, two long sleeve shirts on, I'm laying on the heating pad, and I curled up next to Scooby so I could get warm. Apparently I fell asleep and so did Scooby, and AJ thought it would be wonderful to get a picture of the two of us!!

It's been awhile, I know.........life is still going........

*Lucky had his left eye removed on Sept 14, he is doing so good. He came home a happy dog, we didn't realize how much pain he was in before he had the surgery. The other dogs are starting to accept him in the pack, he's definitely a momma's boy :) I can't help it!!

*AJ and I have been trying to get pregnant for well over a year now. I had surgery on August 10th and apparently had ALOT of endometriosis all over, and I mean all over, when my doc says that's the worse case he's seen in years, it must've been bad, so he removed what he could, however I still had some on my bowels and bladder...............SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I started on a medication called Depo Lupron which gets rid of all the endometrium in my body, and I mean EVERYWHERE!! what the lovely drug does is basically put me into menopause, it takes away ALL of my hormones!!! and because it does that I now get to take a progesterone, they call it an "add back" it add's back a little bit of hormones to help with any bone loss (lovely huh???) side effects of the progesterone include weight gain, acne, and "female moodiness". So because of that I had some left over phentermine (weight loss pill, energy pill, legal "meth") and my doc said it was ok to take that with all the other stuff I am taking. My mood is pretty even, and by that I mean, I'm not crying one minute and yelling the next, I'm basically brutally honest, and I'm not taking anyones crap!! so much fun for the husband!!

*on Wednesday (tomorrow) it will be 19 weeks since the bank has had our offer!!! ummm enough said on that one :) still waiting, and we will continue to wait because it will be worth it in the end (as long as we end up in the house :) )

Just a little stress in our lives, but healthy stress, I will be pregnant in 8-9 months from now, which will be worth all this, by then we will be in our home!!! I have a great job, and enjoy going to work. I have an extremely patient and supportive husband! I love being married to my best friend, plus I think he's super sexy!!! and he's working, which is amazing especially right now in construction!! Things could be worse, and they really aren't that bad right now....sometimes I just have to remind myself :) OH and the 49ers are 2-0!!! woohoo!!! love football!!!