Checking in from Nursing School

Hi all you very cherished old friends in blog land!!!! I have been popping onto Blogger to keep up with you all as I crash in bed every night! You guys continue to relax me and I love hearing how everyone is. My appologies for not commenting because I am always so exhausted it is all I can do to scroll through and keep up!!! 

 I am writing a check in post again after another 5 months reprieve filled with Nursing School....studying, zoom and in person labs, in person clinicals at Pittsburgh Hospitals and a whole lot of tests!!!!!!! Right now I have an A in 130 Clinical, B in 130 Lecture, A in 130 Lab, A in 140 Pharmacology, and an A in Developmental Psychchology. This is all four weeks before finals so that could all change soon - HA HA HA!! School, for me, was such a great decision! It is awesome and I love every second!!! 

Cudos to all you nurses out there - I had NO idea how much work it is and how much perseverance it requires!! I can not wait to be an RN!! 

 Since I have not posted for few months I am going to give you a summary photo dump of how things are going when I am not in school, clinical or studying. I wish I could post more school pictures and things but it is against policy to take any pictures at clinical or school which makes total sense!! I will fill you in on my non-existant social life instead!! HA HA! 

 So, first off my parents (78 years years young) decided to get a puppy!!! I still think my little sister was the one that convinced them to get her but they swear that it was their idea! She is adorable!! Her name is Gracie and as you will see from the pictures she grew up fast and is the love of everyone that meets her - especially my nieces and nephew!!! The ifrst picture is the day she came with my Mom and Dad and the rest are the kid with her. LOVE LOVE

In May of 2021 my niece (and Godchild) made her confirmation and I was a super proud Aunt to be able to be her confirmation sponsor!!!

We did a family vacation to the beach with my sisters this year again. Stone Harbor wee missed you and we were soo happy to be back in July as a family! I went parasailing with my niece, we had family pics on the beach and watched the fireworks on the beach!!! I LOVE Stone Harbor, NJ!

Here are a few random niece and nephew pics...my nephew hated soccer and sister kept signing him up so he was soo excited when she finally DID NOT sign up ...we got him a retirement balloon and card!! HA HA! The last picture is my niece with my one and only great niece!!!!! She is adorable!!!

I attended the Harry Styles concert with my sister, niece and her friend here in Pitsburgh. It was a great concert and I was super excited to have company stay over at my house!!! I appreciated the invite so much and loved the music!!

I am happy to report that even after the company overnight, that cat that lived under the bed for over a year is still doing amazing! She is out and about all day and running and playing and even dropping a few pounds!!! She looks more comfortable each day...as you can see in the picture below!!! HA HA! All the cats are actually doing great!! They just lay around all day in the trees while mommy studies!! HA

Speaking of company, now that Steeler FOOTBALL season is here....I have company every home game and I love it!!! The family has attended every home game this year and we are having a great time!!!! I think it is my Mom's favorite thing to be in that stadium enjoying the electric atmosphere! We love Heinz Field and the Steelers!!

This is the sweetest picture I have seen lately...my best friend (the one that lived I Kauai that I went to visit) has recently moved back to Seattle. She had her baby girl yesterday!!!! Her name is Daniela Raquel!! So her daughter Nena is big sis!!!! She and baby are doing great and I am so happy for their family! Maybe after nursing school and NCLEX I can get a visit in!!!

I will leave you with a picture of me and my very best nursing school friend Shawne. We were in all our classes together last semester and this is a lovely photo in the parking garage before clinical!!! She is so supportive and such a great person!!!! I wish I could introduce you to everyone in school because it is a great group of people (young and old) helping and motivating each other to get through and succeed!!! Everyone just wants to see everyone succeed! It is truly awesome!!!

I hope you all have a fantastic day and I promise to do my best to geive more frequent updates!!! And picture dumps!!! HA HA!!! Love you all lots...thanks for the undying support and motivation!!!! You guys are all soooo awesome!!!!

Sunday Started the Summer Off Right

Sunday was a fantastic day at the lake over Memorial weekend!!

We got all the boats in and mother nature cooperated (it got pretty hot) and summer began!!!

Here are a couple of the girls on the paddle-board!

I love the boys faces and expressions in this picture...Ryan caught a really big bass and even surprised himself...HA! Brody is so amazed he is holding his head!!! Too funny!


Brody with one of his many fish...


The girls having fun on the floating mat!


A little paddle-board trip around the lake...


My "little brother" with his fish...he looks proud, hugh? LOL!


And my Dad with his...


The kids had a great time playing in the lake - it was the perfect start to summer!


That night we sang Happy Birthday to all the May birthdays...me included! Yippee! And enjoyed this delicious ice cream cake!


After cake it was off to start the first campfire of the summer...my favorite :-)


It was a fantastic start to the summer and a wonderful start to the Memorial Day weekend!

Do you enjoy fishing? What signifies the start of summer to you? Do you make and eat s-mores?? 

Hugs to everyone!!!

Happy Fathers Day

I am just a little late with this post for Fathers Day!  It is all good though because my Dad does not, to my knowledge, read my blog and I spent the weekend with him!!

First let me say I am the luckiest girl on the planet! I have an amazing father that instilled so many things in me like morals and ethics and also taught me useful life skills.  One of my favorites is "if it breaks, TRY to fix it". I can work with all kinds of tools, power and manual and I love to try to fix things in my home. Also, my car! If I can fix it, I will. Google and U-Tube help with this a lot too however, he gave me the courage and gumption to TRY!  He worked hard to provide for his family and was always there to help us and support us in whatever we needed! He never thought about himself, he ALWAYS put his families needs FIRST!!!! He was harsh and stern when he needed to be; back when parents were NOT your friends but your teachers! This was EXACTLY what I needed to make me who I am today!

Thanks Dad for all you are and all you have done for your family! I love you with all my heart!!

Saturday morning after my Zumba, pizza and movie night, I headed off to my parents house on a lake! Off to see Daddy for Fathers Day weekend and enjoy a little time in the sun! This is my overnight bags selfie as we got on the road...HA!!!

 It was beautiful weather all weekend and I was blessed to spend it with my parents and sister and a few nieces and nephews!

Here are a few of the water tubing pics from the weekend! We were having trouble with the new "couch" raft pictured below submarining under when it was pulled buy the boat so I just bought that ball that is attached between and it really seemed to help a lot!!!

 After we gave the kids their rides on the "couch" tube; we got out the real tube! We pulled this tube with the ski boat instead of the pontoon and me and my nieces had soooo much fun riding these!!!

 All in all, awesome weekend!!!! 

Awesome family!!! 

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO blessed!!! 

Happy Monday yinz!

Memorial Day - seriously?!?!?!??

WOWSA!!!!!!
I cant believe I never did my memorial day post!!
Wow!! I have been a crappy blogger!!!
Here they all - all the pics in their glory
I am having major issues with blogger today so I just going to throw them all up here and try to work from there - bear with me - thanks!!!!!!

Here is Waliacha (Walt) the lovvvvvveee of my life with his fish! He never fished before and he is so funny - he loves it now!!!!!!!!!!

This is my little brother Matt and his wife Sara with their new daughter Madelyn!! This is one of the first of many boat rides for Madelyn!

Kyleigh chillin' on the pontoon boat

Madelyn!

And another...

And another with Memaw...

Memaw and Kyleigh and Ali playing on the beach...notice no Ryan (he HATES the water)...hopefully this will change...

And another...

Waliacha dancing on the pontoon....not sure why but aint life grand when you are simply happy!!!!

Kyleigh on the boat again...

Poppy driving...

Ali swingin'

Uncle Matt and Madelyn

Steve, Susie and Kyleigh...jetskiing together!!!!

And another closer...