Something to think about......

Hello All! I have successfully survived my first week of nursing school, which i will blog about.................later...i don't have much time now, but wanted to post this!

If any of you know me well you know my absolute favorite hobby in the WHOLE world is reading!! I ALWAYS have a book with me, like at church, look in the car there will be a book there. Well, if any of you know about nursing school, it's not easy. PLUS i'm in a tuition benefit program where I can't get less than a B and the school where I go if you get under a C it is failing, so needless to say I'm going to have my work cut out for me. Plus i kinda sorta have a goal of getting all A's, but we'll see how that one works out... anyways i said all that to say, before school started i read furiously to get all the reading (for fun not for school) in that I could, cuz I knew once school started the only reading I'd get in for 2 years (just about, lol) will be for school, but I still panic (not quite, but you get the point) at the thought of being somewhere without a book in case i have spare time and don't feel like dragging out my 3 inch thick "Fundamentals of Nursing" textbook. You never know when you might have 2 spare minutes! lol...so i dug out a book from my bookshelf entitled "That Book of Perfectly Useless information" written, or compiled i guess, by Mitchell Symons. It has tons of little lists and stuff of information. Well, i was reading through it the other night and came across 2 different things, something to think about, and something to laugh about (hopefully) and thought those would be great blog material so here they are! Let me know what you think!

First, "The Spooky Lincoln-Kennedy Coincidences".
Lincoln was elected president in 1860, having been elected to Congress in 1846; Kennedy was elected president in 1960, having been elected to Congress in 1946.
Both presidents were directly concerned with civil rights for black people.
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy; Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.
Both wives had lost children while living at the White House.
Both assassinations took place on a Friday, and both presidents were warned that they might be assissnated but both refused to change their schedules.
Lincoln was shot in a theater by a man who then hid in a warehouse; Kennedy was shot from a warehouse by a man who then hid in a theater.
Kennedy was riding in a Lincoln when he was shot.
Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was a southerner in his twenties; Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was a southerner in his twenties.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Booth and Oswald were both shot before they could be tried.
Lincoln was succeeded by his vice president, Andrew Johnson, who was born in 1808; Kennedy was succeeded by his vice president, Lyndon Johnson who was born in 1908.
Lincoln and Kennedy each had 7 letters in their names; John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each had 15 letters in their names; Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson both had 13 letters in their names.

So, what do you think, is it all a huge coincidence? Of course, i have no way of knowing if all this is true, i could research, but who has time for that? I would assume since it is published in a book of information it would be true, because if not, the validity of the whole book would be questioned. Who knows? Weird though huh?

Well I won't leave you on that note, the other item, something to laugh about.

"Unintentionally Funny (Actual) Newspaper Headings" (I am not going to include every one that was in the book, just the ones i found funny)

Cause of AIDS found - Scientists
Lawyers give poor free legal advice
Man found beaten, robbed by police
Juvenile court to try shooting defendent
Squad helps dog bite victim
Drunk gets 9 months in violin case
Doctor testifies in horse suit
Thugs eat, then rob proprietor
Grandmother of eight makes hole in one
Farmer bill dies in House
Defendant's speech ends in long sentance
New vaccine may contain rabies
Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years
Hospital sued by seven foot doctors
Kicking baby considered to be healthy
Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted
Cemetery allows people to be buried by their dogs
Miners refuse to work after death
Genetic Engineering splits scientists
Stolen painting found by tree
Man held over giant L.A. brush fire
Kids make nutricious snacks
Dentist receives plaque
Man robs, then kills himself
Police search for witnesses to assault.

Well, that's it, some of those it might take a while to get. In fact, I just got one as I was reading them while typing them up tonight. My fav has to be "Kids make nutricious snacks". LOL

Well, hopefully I've made you laugh at least once, if so my goal is complete. and hopefully i've made you think a little too, Let me know what you think about these. What was your favorite headline? Thanks Mitchell Symons for entertainment tonight.

Hopefully I will post tomorrow or Monday about before another school week starts and I get too busy. Have a good Sunday.

Sedona's B-day, My B-day, Zoo, Orientation, Etc.

Well, it has been a while since I updated, and I really have no excuse except I haven't felt like it, oh yeah, and I've been busy! lol... Well, let's see, I left you all at Sedona's Birthday, Well I included the few pics I took at her party, but I took them after the party, mom took some pics of the party, which i think are on the computer somewhere, if i find them i'll upload them later, it was a nice party overall i guess, Sedona got lotsa gifts, most she liked but a few she didn't like, and she let it known she didn't like them by loudly proclaiming, "I don't like this!!!" embarrassing... least it was only family there.. Our family and Bill's family... We got Sedona a Baby Elmo she has been wanting for like a year (well a long time) from Walmart, a girls scooter, cuz we "donated" my old one to Cam, and Sedona didn't have one, and a little picture viewer thing that talks, you know, the old things that you hold it up to your eyes, pull the lever thing & look at pics, anyways yeah...lol...

Ok, My Birthday, the day of my birthday we didn't do anything for my birthday. Me and mom got up early and went in to Jess's house, and then went to the zoo with Jess & the kids (which I'll write about later). Then after we got home we got ready for church (camp), we did celebrate on Saturday though (day after my b-day), We all (mom dad me Jess Bill Kids Tonya Craig) went to LaRosa's for lunch (my choice) then came back to our house for ice cream cake (i have pics of this somewhere on this computer too, maybe I'll hunt them down! lol) i got a card from my parents with 50 bucks and a card from Bill & Jess. Tonya & Craig still had to buy something, and Jess and Bill's present was ordered. I got Tonya & Craig's gift (card with 2o dollar Cato gift card inside) Sunday at camp. I spent it today by the way on a shirt & shoes. Jess & Bill ordered me a TCCNHS (The Christ College of Nursing & Health Sciences) hoody that i had wanted, but it was too big so they're exchanging it. Mom and dad also ordered me a cedar chest which I got Tuesday, it's really nice. I took of pic of the chest but it's still on my camera. Umm ok yeah that's all about my b-day it was pretty nice overall I guess, rather spread out! lol..

The zoo.. well like i said before we went on my birthday, a Friday. We got there at a lil after 11 to find out all the zoo lots were taken and we had to park in the overflow lot, fun stuff, so we parked loaded up the kids, and carried our many coolers with our picnic lunch. Come to find out it was half price day! So the zoo was packed with people, for that reason, plus it was the last opportunity before school started for many. So there was WAY too many people for our liking, the kids didn't mind though. The picnic area was across the zoo from where we were so we, like other people, ate our lunch on a patio of a restauraunt. Oh, yeah you know how the zoo always has lots of peacocks walking around? Well, they had BABIES! little babies and medium size and big babies. They were SO cute! lol, and the kids were fascinated. Brice loved watching them and pointing "Look" and Cam, well he tried to catch him one. lol... after that, we didn the typical things i guess. Cat house, monkeys, Oh, Sedona had to go into the "spider house" aka bug building... yeah those things were SOO gross, and of course she had to ask me what EVERY SINGLE bug was...lol thank God for name tags! umm, the kids road the carousel, oh, when we were walking up to it it was empty but the gate was open and there was a huge line of people waiting to get on, well all Sedona saw was the open gate and ran in and was choosing her animal "i want to ride the shark" well mom keeps telling me to get her but "ain't no way" i'm letting them think she's mine! (embarrassing) so Jess ended up getting her...after all she is her kid.. we rode the train, and Sedona had to have a stuffed peacock from the gift shop... I have pics from the zoo and etc below

Even though I didn't include it in title our church camp, Comargo, was last week. We went every night except Saturday. It was good, good services etc. the speakers were John Parker & Archie Atwell...the services always went LONG but otherwise good, going every night got tiring but it was sad to see camp end. I'm excited about next year though, sounds like a good line up of speakers.

Well, much to my chagrin Orientation week finally arrived! It started, however, with a riverboat cruise on Wednesday, I picked up my friend Lalia, from GBS and we rode together. The ride went pretty well, we had to sit at our advisor's table, which i LOVE my advisor he is SO funny and cool... lol.. I did meet a few people however in my group which was nice, one girl is going to GBS as well as Christ College, so that was cool, we hung out the rest of the ride, because i couldn't find Lalia! lol... Thursday started real orienation I picked up Lalia at GBS and headed over to Christ College, it started at 9. Well I sorta parked inthe wrong garage, i parked in this creepy patient garage, orientation went better than i expected though. wasn't that boring or scary. went over to wendy's at the hospital for lunch, where we saw Stephanie J. in her nursing attire... yeah pretty much all, except the parking situation is really confusing... yeah i'll figure it out sometime hopefully probably by graduation! lol... I spent Thursday night & Tonya & Craig's apartment so i wouldn't have to get up so early on Friday! Friday, Lalia drove us. and my brother in law Bill stopped by GBS on his way to work (at Christ Hospital) to show us where to park and etc. that was nice and helped! lol, thanks big brother! Orientation was from 8 am to 11:30 am on friday was was SOOO boring!!! lol... after that we stopped by GBS to get my stuff and so lalia could get lunch and we headed to Eastgate. We stopped by post office then headed to mall. i got lunch in food court and she ate her late tray food from school. Then we headed to the lovely uniform store so she could get her nursing supplies from school. A guy from our class was in there as well, so we talked to him.... then off to walmart then back to mall just to walk around..that was fun.. next time we need to bring cameras..lol.. well that's pretty much it... today was pretty normal i guess. dad was gone at a transmission seminar... umm yeah...

I though I should post before school starts and life gets extra busy! Our classes start Monday but I don't have Mon. classes so I start Tuesday. If you think about it pray for me, nursing school is going to be a lot different than GBS, I'm worried about clinicals!

Well, i better go, it's late and i have to get stuff done....

if i find those pics I'll post them.

Me N Cam after Sedona's Party

Me N Sedona after her party- she's trying not to smile, can you tell?

Awww..you gotta love Brice, even when he isn't smiling!

Cam on his scooter which used to be mine...

Sedona on her new scooter.

In Walmart one tuesday, Cam got in the Mustang but the steering wheel was broke so Sedona shared her Viper with him!

On the way to zoo, my "seat partner" Brice

Cam, excited about the zoo...

Eatin lunch...

Jess feedin Brice.

On the train, yeah he's excited...

isn't this just ADORABLE?

I rode the train with Sedona...

On the way home, I almost didn't include these pics, but decided to, the zoo tired out the kids...

Again....

She might look asleep but she was really playing possum, as soon as i took this pic she opened her eyes and giggled...goes to show appearances may be deceiving...

Jess crochetin..

Mom driving...

I took this as we crossed the river..

Sedona actually took this... maybe she'll be a photographer...or maybe a author she talks in story form a lot like "she did this.." or you know... i think in story form sometimes.....lol

Just me, tired after a long day, and 19!!!

Well that's all for now....

Happy 5th Birthday, Sedona!!!

It's hard to believe that Sedona, the girl who made me an aunt for the first time, is already 5 years old. Time sure does fly by! I decided to do a birthday post for her, with lotsa pics from over the past 5 years. I'll never forget when I heard Sedona had been born. I was spending a few weeks (it was summer obviously) with my sister, Tonya, in North Carolina. I was sleeping and Tonya came and woke me up around 4 am, I'm not sure the exact time! She told me mom had just called and Jess had had Sedona. Me and Tonya were supposed to get up around 7 that day anyway to babysit, but needless to say, neither one of us could go back to sleep after that. So, I didn't get to see Sedona till she was about a week old, but since she was so little when she was born (about 5 pounds 11 ounces, but she dropped to 5 lb 5 oz) she was still tiny. I dug up all the below pics from my pictures and mom's albums, I know there is a ton, but you know how it is with first babies, tons of pictures, there was soo many pictures I passed up, but hope you enjoy these!

Sedona, Newborn

Sedona, Newborn

Pastor Eisenhart came to visit the newest member of his congregation!

This picture is actually supposed to go further down. Me with Sedona when she was about 3 months old or so.

Me getting acquainted with Sedona

Papa Kearns getting to know his newest Great-granddaughter!

4 Generations of Girls! Sedona with Great Mama Kearns holding her and Mama Hoschar and Mommy Jess behind.

Admiring their 1st Grandchild!

Having fun at Mama's house (in my room)

Such a happy girl!

Adorable pic :)

Enjoyin Birthday cake at her 1st birthday party!

At Mama's house, surrounded by animals!

At Mama's house, with Bubby (me) and our new (at the time) puppy, Opie!

Havin fun again...

At Great Mama and Papa Kearns' house in West Virginia meeting her 3rd cousin, Maddy!

Cute, but solemn in a dress Mama made her...

They were moving and had a giant box in the living room, so hence this pic

Meeting her newest baby brother Brice (sorry i don't have a pic of her with Cam as a baby)

Sedona, now...

Well, hope you have enjoyed this post! Sedona's party is tonight, her theme this year is princess', which is surprising cuz Sedona has never been a girly girl her other party themes have been more boyish, but finally she has started to like pink and girly things including princess'! I will post pics of the party later. So more to come....

Vacation, Walmart, Jess' Birthday, & lotsa pics!!

Well it's been a while since I've posted, basically my only excuse is I haven't felt like it.. my last few posts haven't gotten many if any comments so therefore i haven't felt like blogging.. well anyways..vacation..i wasn't gonna post pics then i decided to post a few.. we went 2 gatliburg/pigeon forge..mom dad & me...it was ok...wasn't my best vaca but wasn't worst... it was pretty fun.... we didn't take many pics so thats why theres not many here..we stayed in a cabin up on top of the mountain... the car almost overheated the first time we went up..and the driveway was SOO scary!! lol.. highlights: i had upstairs to myself w/ kingsize bed, bathroom with whirlpool tub/jacuzzi like thing, and pool table room (even tho i don't know how to play)..so ya..acutally my room was open and had this window thing that overlooked the downstairs (which i posted pics of) but oh well.. on the way down there we ate at cracker barrel and moms baked potato was like a foot long no joke, it was HILARIOUS, but my camera was in the car so i didn't get a pic :( .... umm we went putt putt a few times, went to dollywood, saw Miss V and her family at Dollywood that was cool, mom and dad saw a mama bear & 3 babies on our road but i didn't see them unfortunately, went shopping etc. it was pretty fun..we came home Friday..

Nothing much exciting has been goin on since.. i got some of my nursing books, so i'm excited but scared too...since one of them is like 3 inches thick and almost 2000 pages (no exaggeration) i've got my work cut out for me... the books that i've looked through look pretty interesting though, thankfully...

Tuesday was our (mom and mine) shopping day with my sis, Jess and her 3 kids... i think i've said this b4 i usually take 1 or some or all of the kids with me and we go "have fun" while they're shopping... you know do the things kids like look at fish, play in toys, fight over lil cd machine thingy that plays samples, watch the "puters" aka tvs (sedona doesn't know they're really called tvs)...so yeah.. tuesday,Cam wanted to look at lawn mowers, so we did then they HAD to go outside in the garden section.. they wanted to sit in the swing, but sadly walmart removed it so they had to settle for rocking chairs & lounge chair thingys.... then we went back inside and Cam played on a pink barbie (or princess i forget which) scooter...lol..then they played on the lil 4wheeler thing.. lol yeah i have pics of all these things..

Wednesday was my sister, Jessica's birthday so Thursday my bro in law, Bill dropped the kids (all 3) off at our house in the morning so he and Jess could go shoppin have the day alone w/o the 3 kiddies..so that was an interesting, fun filled, yet tiring day... that night we all met (mom, dad, me, 3 kids, bill, jess, bill's parents) (tonya & craig are in mexico and weren't there) at a restaurant close to us (Lake Manor) for supper ... after we ate i took Sedona & Cam out on the porch and got several cute pics of them with the giant wood bear and otherwise and then i got some in the gazebo they had there...

i took lotsa pics but i only have a few on here since they take up room & time... i have them all on my facebook so if you wanna see more go look there... i would put more pics of vaca, but mom had forbidden me to put pics of her on here... :)..so yeah enjoy the pics..if you like them let me know via commentz :) hope yaal have a good Sunday!

The Windows in my room in our cabin in TN

Part of the living room in our cabin in TN

I took this from the window thingy in my room (in cabin) see dad on the couch..lol..btw in case you were wondering we rented the cabin, it's not ours..lol

Another view of living room.. the lil hallway leads to mom and dads room and the stairs leads to the upstairs & my room

The window thingy of my room from the downstairs..the cabin also had a kitchen but i didn't post a pic cuz a kitchen is a kitchen..i didn't take any pics of the outside..mom and dad did..but oh well...

Mornin we left (Friday) me & mom

Gettin ready one mornin...

In WalMart, the kids tryin out the rocking chairs...

She's SO adorable!! or at least i think so, maybe i'm prejudiced...

And of course Cam is a lil cutie too!

I thought these pics of her were SO cute i put them all on here...

On the lounge chairs...they asked me if i had one, i told them no and sedona told cam they have them at the beach...

Cam on the pink scooter

I love this pic of Cam on the 4wheeler... :) ..

Outside the restauraunt (Thursday) I LOVE the way cam is standin!... and the stickin the tongue thing out was Sedona's idea, but Cam copies everything she does..and i thought it looked cute so yeah...

They both were bosed this way till Sedona ran off, but i like this pic of Cam anyways...

And of course I had to get my pic with the bear...

In the gazebo, .. btw..i told her to put her arm around him she never would have on her own...

Yet, another pic of Sedona lookin adorable...she's so pretty... and i can't believe she's gonna be in kindergarten this year!!! Where does the time go???

Well that's all for this time, hope you've enjoyed!