tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48370745161240819512024-03-05T23:30:57.040-08:00Shih Tzus and SyringesA blog about nursing school, an adorable dog of the shih tzu nature, crafting for the sake of my sanity, my friends and family, living in the Des Moines area and how it all balances out my life.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-80522280492088691862013-09-17T11:17:00.002-07:002013-09-17T11:23:12.507-07:0010 Reasons I Need to start Blogging Again. I've been seriously MIA while I get my life's n order. But I think I've finally got some of it in order and I'm ready to play again. I've been thinking about blogging for the past month and today's the day. I've been reading blogs daily while on my hiatus and decided I need my outlet back.<br />
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Here are the 10 reasons I need to blog again:<br />
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10. I miss having a place to vent everyday<br />
9. I have adventures that need to be shared<br />
8. I moved halfway across the country to Colorado<br />
7. I obviously am at a new school<br />
6. I have two new jobs<br />
5. My boyfriend and I live in his parent's basement...<br />
4. I'm enjoying helping his mom decorate their massive house<br />
3. My boyfriend's niece doesn't hate me anymore<br />
2. My dog is still adorable<br />
1. The boyfriend is getting pretty good at building stuff and it's something that needs to be shared<br />
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It's going to take me a while to get back into the habit of posting but I'm ready for the challenge.<br />
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<img src="webkit-fake-url://BF2634FB-7601-4627-A3B4-E316036E579B/imagepng" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-7392825805794267932012-12-24T07:25:00.000-08:002012-12-24T20:39:08.616-08:00Road RageTurns out it’s Christmas Eve. Hooray!<br />
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I just got done working my 24hour weekend so I’m a zombie.<br />
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Iowa had a storm this week. Winter storm Draco was his name. Ankeny got 13.5 inches, Des Moines got 12 inches and the Quad Cities got like 8.<br />
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Anywho, it was bad. Like shut down all the highways because there were jackknifed semis everywhere kind of bad.<br />
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I was supposed to work Friday at 6:30am but the storm hit the Quad Cities where I was Thursday morning and the roads got TERRIBLE so I had to call-in.<br />
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Finally on Friday the <a href="http://www.511ia.org/">DOT website</a> said the roads were clearing up and there were no accidents so I decided to head back to Ankeny at 2:40pm.<br />
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The backroads getting the highway were rough, as I expected them to be, but I had no trouble.<br />
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As soon as I hit got on I80 in Davenport though, I was stuck in traffic.<br />
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I checked the DOT website again and they reported no accidents or reasons for the roads to be slow which pissed me off even more.<br />
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It took me 90 minutes to go 20 miles to discover a semi was having trouble getting up and off-ramp so everyone was slowing down to 10mph of some freaking reason.<br />
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I would get to drive like 40mph for a mile and then have to slam on my brakes because there was an accident from yesterday and everyone decided to slow down and look at it.<br />
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This went on for the whole trip.<br />
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It should have taken me 2.5 hours to get from Camanche to Des Moines…..it took me 5.5<br />
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The most frustrating part is the roads weren’t even bad!<br />
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The DOT site Des Moines roads were the best in the state and still covered but drivable so I new once I got past Newton, I would be in the home stretch. Wrong.<br />
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As soon as I got to Altoona, it was like driving on roads from a fresh snow storm, not roads from a storm that had happened almost two days ago.<br />
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I80 and I35 cross each in Des Moines and one would think with the busy holiday weekend and Des Moines being a busy epicenter of travel for the midwest, they would have the roads plowed but one would be wrong.<br />
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I was completely stopped on the interstate and when I was able to drive it was like off-roading. The roads were covered in at least two inches of packed snow/ice mixture but there were big patches missing which made giant potholes. Not optimal.<br />
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My car was shaking so violently my back door came unlatched some how and Carver of course decided to look out that particular window. So I’m screaming at him to get down so he doesn't open the door and fall out onto the interstate and trying to get him in the from seat all while driving through the mix-master of I80 and I35 and narrowly missing being hit by a semi. Good times.<br />
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I would normally take I35 North to my apartment but the exit was stand still and I could see and accident from I80 so I decided against it and took Ankeny Boulevard instead. Probably an equally bad idea but at least I eliminated semis, dark interstates and fast speed. Once I got to Des Moines it took me about an hour to get 30 miles to my apartment in Ankeny.<br />
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Ankeny’s roads were bad but since we got the most snow in the state I’m was as mad. I just wanted to be home. Door to door this trip which normally takes me 3 hours took me 6.5 hours.<br />
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I’m pissed at Polk county as a whole for their lack of effort on clearing the roads. I passed 4 plow trucks in Des Moines and not one of them was actually plowing. You'd think since the Governor works in this county we could get some shit done in a timely manner. He must be on vacation.<br />
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Our roads were much better by Sunday but I feel bad for the unsuspecting travelers that had to drive through Des Moines on our shitty roads this weekend. I hope they all made it to their destination, if not might I suggest they send their complaint letter to building with the big gold dome.<br />
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Safe travels and enjoy the holiday!<br />
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~MarissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-18873549573666153732012-12-17T22:23:00.000-08:002012-12-17T22:23:16.040-08:00Silence and Support<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today is a blogger day of silence for all those that have been affected by this tragedy. </div>
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God bless those that have been lost and those that will keep their memories in their hearts. </div>
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And God bless you all. Hold your loved ones close and tell them how much you love them. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-1004167581001578192012-12-12T09:34:00.000-08:002012-12-12T09:34:16.980-08:0012/12/12- The Day no more shits shall be givenToday at 11:44 I finished my last final of the semester. It was my only final of the semester because I had hell week last week and turned in 3 massive papers and projects. #nursingschoolsucks<br />
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Right now, at 11:30 I am waiting to see one of my nursing professors to find out my final grade.<br />
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I have to do this again tomorrow morning again at 10am.<br />
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What happened to posting them online so I can cry in the comfort of my apartment and start drinking immediately?<br />
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Now I’ll have to walk through the whole nursing department if I didn’t get the grade I need, drive home 20 minutes, stop at Fareway to get wine and start drinking then.<br />
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And do it all again tomorrow. They’re setting us up for disaster.<br />
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But I don’t care. I gave this semester my all. Maybe not that Chemistry class because even the teacher was confused but I gave it 85%. I did get an A+ in lab so that makes up for my lack of effort in lecture.<br />
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The semester is over and no one had to commit me.<br />
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Cheers to that.<br />
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I will be spending the rest of the day in front of the TV doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.<br />
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It will be glorious.<br />
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Everyone who is carpe diem-ing 12/12/12, enjoy your day. I have a date with Gossip Girl season 2.<br />
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See you all on the flip side.<br />
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~MarissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-3237411904677644242012-12-08T19:03:00.000-08:002012-12-08T19:03:19.698-08:00Migraine Inducing Centerpiece Anyone who knows me can verify that I love making projects from Pinterest. Well I like taking an idea from pinterest, researching at least 5 other versions of how it is made and a few other variations of it and THEN I make it.<br />
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And of course I can’t find either of the pins where I got my ideas from They are probably on some random board. I shouldn’t drink and pin.<br />
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Since I survived hell week and finished all my papers and projects in amazing fashion and only one all nighter this week I treated myself with new something for the apartment from TJ Maxx.<br />
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I got one of their AWESOME and massive glass pieces for $12.99 and knew I had three matching candles that were collecting dust and needed to be used pronto. I spent WAY too much on coffee beans that I’m using for decoration but they look great and support the candles perfectly.<br />
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One of the pinterest posts showed coffee beans and tea lights set on top and the author said the smell was amazing! Sounded good enough to me.<br />
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It looks perfect on my coffee table and I was enjoying it for a few hours but then I started to develop a headache because boy are those beans STRONG. Very strong. Actions had to be taken. <div>
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Hopefully the smell will fade a little, otherwise I’ll only take the foil off when we leave. But it looks pretty cute if you ask me! </div>
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Happy Saturday! I’m going to bed early to try and get my sleep schedule back to normal. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-60367815065654598222012-12-03T13:18:00.000-08:002012-12-03T13:18:15.527-08:00A Little Christmas Spirit <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love Christmas as much as the next person but one I do hate is spending a ton of money on decorations that sit in a box in a closet for 11 months. That’s valuable closet space around these parts.<br />
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My mom has 9 totes of Christmas decorations. I think we use two of them each year. The rest of them sit in the garage and wait to be put away because it’s too cold for us to sort through it and decide what to get rid of. It’s a tragic cycle. I’m trying to avoid it. She has some fantastic stuff but it’s from when we lived in Colorado and had a house twice the size of our current house and she used to go ALL out and even use special snowman dishes. She’s still a holiday baller but she doesn’t have room for it all.<br />
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Anyway back to me, I said I wasn’t going to decorate but the Christmas gene runs deep and I gave in. I’m keeping it simple. I really wanted to go buy a big tree but I’m going to way until next year. My Charlie Brown wannabe tree will do for now.<br />
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On the left is our ‘big’ tree. Good joke, right? On the right is my barbie tree. My mom has been buying me a barbie ornament since 1994 and this year we decided I should take the ornaments after her dog ripped the veil off bridal barbie. He’s an asshole.<br />
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I’m not sorry for the following pictures. I feed him, water him, buy him treats and toys, lets him outside and share more than of the bed than I should with him so he can sit through a few harmless picture. Not sorry in any way. He at another dog’s poo last week and then threw-up on my carpet and I had to clean it up, he had this coming. </div>
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For those of you who don’t live in Iowa, we have been experiencing some wicked fog lately. I had to stop in Iowa City on my way home from Des Moines for Thanksgiving break because it was so bad.<br />
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The weather lady in Des Moines said it would clear up my noon. Lies. I drove through fog on my way home at 8 that night. And today it is 70 degrees. There is no such thing as a winter or summer wardrobe in this state, it all stay out all year round because crap like this happens.<br /><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-84810674229360503572012-11-27T19:43:00.001-08:002012-11-27T19:43:25.144-08:00Exit 94I don’t know about you, but I am pretty damn happy right now. Why?<br />
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Not because of the ever growing pile of work I have to complete by next week. I don’t want to effing talk about that.<br />
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But we can talk about my new love. Exit 94. For the past 11 months that I have lived in Ankeny, I have had to drive through town 10 minutes to get to the highway. This is usually fine unless everyone is heading to work or school, coming home or if I’m late.<br />
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BUT NOW…. NO MORE! They have finally finished the new exit just a few blocks from my apartment! Apparently Santa was listening.<br />
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It’s shiny and new and I’ve been waiting for it so long I just can’t describe eke excitement about it. It’s the best damn thing. Now my friends have no excuse to not come and visit because it takes 10 less minutes to get here from Des Moines and you can take the highways from Ames.<br />
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I don’t want to tell you this new interchange has made my entire life better but it pretty much has. Did I mention the new gas station and other building that looks like it could be a fast food place? Seriously all we have up by my apartment is a Casey’s and the Fareway unless you drive like half a mile so this is huge for us.<br />
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The next two weeks are going to be hell for me but I promise I will return. Pinky promise. Until then take satisfaction in knowing each day my commute is glorious thanks to exit 94.<br />
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~MarissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-89808791915035242162012-11-18T19:59:00.002-08:002012-11-18T19:59:40.874-08:00I need to have a purpose<br />
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I love blogging. I love it as much as I love talking. And oh my Chod that’s a lot.<br />
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I am a talker. Ask any of my friends or anyone who has ever talked to me, I love to talk.<br />
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But on thing I will never be described as is quick on the draw. I am terrible with come backs. I think most of my surfing can be traced back to my lack of come back skills. “umm…..well you’re an a**hole”. Story of my life.<br />
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But lately I feel like my whole blog life is just link ups. It does not reflect my actual life. I want my blog to be an outlet. Sure I love link ups but they take away from homework time during the week. I want to start utilizing my blog to reflect on what I learn in nursing school and relate it to the real world….plus some fun stuff here and there. I hope everyone stays with me.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBrTbw8YXumHcyhDiPgAzAmDbuKB2T0uHCOxBGhlpGzHtdHMCP9Lwg-2ZLAiJTwgsaDJ9qaOEa-WH0k8BR5xZRaxlSzuHb6AUyGB1ZU03Fs7T_zBohG5NV07iZU4kHvegv5KmUNr5KEw/s1600/1101920427_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBrTbw8YXumHcyhDiPgAzAmDbuKB2T0uHCOxBGhlpGzHtdHMCP9Lwg-2ZLAiJTwgsaDJ9qaOEa-WH0k8BR5xZRaxlSzuHb6AUyGB1ZU03Fs7T_zBohG5NV07iZU4kHvegv5KmUNr5KEw/s320/1101920427_400.jpg" width="242" /></a>This week in my caring class we learning about the Pan Am 103 flight from London to New York which was overtaken and bombed in 1988 and how the citizens of Lockerbie, Scotland cared for each and every soul who departed after the plan crashed and claimed 270 lives (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103">Wikipideia</a>). It was an amazing story and I cried several times.<br />
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The people of Lockerbie had such compassion for these strangers, a great lesson for this soon-to-be nurse. I meet strangers everyday as a CNA and care for them for over 8 hours. In just 5 minutes when I first meet my patient I try to establish a relationship and do my best to make sure all my walls are down so my patients can trust me, not always an easy task. The people of Lockerbie placed flowers on caskets, washed ‘contaminated’ laundry and mailed it to the family members, and welcomed families from all over the world. After watching the love the people of Lockerbie showed all these strangers, I certainly want to visit Scotland as soon as possible.<br />
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During the video it was said several times how the people of the US would never have responded this if the situation had occurred in the US rather than Scotland. Perhaps in some parts of the country but I live in Iowa and we are nice here. Your friend’s parents make say please and thank you, your neighbor forces you to try her fresh baked cookies, we don’t have the real kind of road rage where people honk, we just smile and wave. Whenever someone is ill or a family member passes away, you can bet your ass the rest of the community already has a benefit and 27 casseroles ready for them. At least in my town we do. My town would wash the laundry. And pick flowers. And bake casseroles. Because we’re effing nice, we just don’t have sweet accents. So I’m a little ticked whats his face on that documentary had the nerve to say we wouldn’t.<br />
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Watching this movie in class made me want to share this with my 10 whole followers. Maybe someone cares what I have to say about what I’m paying 20k a year to learn about. If not, whatever. Btw, I might be one of the few people who actually talks in class because no one else does and I hate sitting in silence while the professor tries to force us all to talk. So yes, I raise my hand at least 15 times a class period and speak multiple times to a single topic. Judge away. I just want to talk. :)<br />
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Now if you’ll excuse me, this 10 page paper that isn’t going to write itself.<br />
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~Marissa<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-55041382248522312282012-11-15T23:00:00.002-08:002012-11-15T23:00:46.868-08:00I promise I’m still alive. I’m still here under a pile of text books, an organic biochemistry project, a nursing resolution, and 32 different photos of eggs, I promise. I’d like to give you some great reason as to why I haven’t been blogging…<br />
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It can all be traced back to nursing school. I’m exhausted, a major bitch, eat nothing but junk food and miss my old life. I do however dream about a life where I’m successful, that’s a good sign I hope.<br />
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Or maybe days like today at work when I didn’t get to sit or even post up against anything for over 6 hours. 6 hours of solid power walking from one end of the unit to another to help people go to the bathroom, turn patients, take vitals, check blood sugars, and admit patients. I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.<br />
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I have a good story to share about my GENIUS of a brother but that will have to wait until after class tomorrow when I am home in the comfort of my mom’s house with a beer in my hand.<br />
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~MarissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-75487133704740283162012-11-09T15:12:00.001-08:002012-11-09T20:18:37.614-08:00I LOVE FridaysMy Fridays are a joke. Once I leave my nursing 215 class at 10:50, I am pretty well checked out even though I still have to make it through Organic biochemistry for health professions.<br />
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Sean had THREE baskets of assorted clothes I had to deal with. Carver, who loves to dig in baskets, made the entire process much more difficult.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-21302345333403201142012-11-07T07:56:00.001-08:002012-11-07T07:58:49.236-08:00Oh How Pinteresting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yes it is! It is Wednesday already! Hooray! (I don’t pronounce it whore-a, I prefer who-ray!)</div>
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I seriously do not remember being on Pinterest that much this past week but my activity feed told me otherwise….I suppose I’ll go with it since I did also consume moderate amounts of alcohol on multiple occasions. But I’m linking up with <a href="http://www.thevintageapple.com/2012/11/oh-how-pinteresting.html">Michelle</a> for OHP regardless! </div>
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Check out these AWESOME wedding crafts from my friend <a href="http://katelynzim.blogspot.com/">Katelyn</a>!</div>
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Happy Wednesday!<br />
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~Marissa<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-52989001478502395552012-11-06T22:30:00.000-08:002012-11-06T22:31:24.675-08:004 More YearsWhat a night.<br />
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I’m Sorry if you don’t like my man Obama, I love him. He’s done a pretty damn good job so far.<br />
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Did I do homework? No.<br />
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Did I drink beer? Of course.<br />
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Did I cheers my roommate and cheer like my high school football team just got the ball every time Obama took control of a state or won an electoral vote a state? Yes.<br />
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Are we out of hard alcohol and beer in my apartment? No but we put a huge dent in the supply and will need to get more before our celebration tomorrow. DRINK ALL THE BEERS! 4 MORE YEARS! (I LIKE RYHMES!)<br />
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I talked with my blog friend and real life friend <a href="http://katelynzim.blogspot.com/2012/11/four-more-years.html">Katelyn</a> during the election results and boy were we a mess! Katelyn was crying WAY early! :)<br />
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I cannot describe how excited I am to see Obama win. I grew up an army child, I’m obviously a female who wants to make her own choices, and I am still in college so of course I wanted Obama to win! Plus my mom is a teacher and I plan on going into the health care field so I feel Obama is the best choice for our country in the education and medical field for the next four years( just my 22 year-old opinion though) .<br />
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I’m hope you’re as excited as I am or at least haven’t hated the last 4 years of your life. Mine have been pretty great!<br />
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No matter what, we can all be grateful that political ads, mail and phone calls are done! Yay!<br />
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Thank goodness for post-election Wednesday!<br />
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~MarissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-66250263969774962542012-11-05T19:43:00.003-08:002012-11-05T21:46:46.263-08:00Tell me about it Tuesday- Puerto Rico can suck itSorry I’ve been gone for a bit…It’s been a LONG, yucky weekend.<br />
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It’s time for TMAT! I’m linking up with <a href="http://newlywedmoments.blogspot.com/2012/11/link-party-blog-hop-tell-me-about-it.html">Emily</a>, <a href="http://www.heleneinbetween.com/2012/11/tell-me-about-it-tuesday.html">Helene</a>, and <a href="http://betwixtybetween.blogspot.com/2012/11/daylight-savings.html">Kathleen</a> and their co-host <a href="http://fontenblog.blogspot.com/">Sarah</a>!<br />
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So here’s the sitch-<br />
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Sean is on vacation in Puerto Rico for work at the owner’s R&R. Sounds relaxing right? He sounds like such a baller right? Technically Sean JUST got promoted and doesn’t start his new position until next week when he gets back but he still go to go on the trip because he earned it and has been working 7 days a week for months.<br />
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Regardless, Sean is in Puerto Rico and I’m in Iowa so PR can suck it because I can’t tell him to. I’m just a little bitter about it. I should have gotten to go but my college budget didn’t seem to have room for a plane ticket in it plus I can’t miss 3 days of nursing school and live to tell about it.<br />
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Did I mention this trip was totally free except the plane ticket?<br />
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And that I’ve been sick with a reaction to my flu shot all weekend? It looked like a breast cancer awareness softball was glued to my arm, no lie.<br />
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He keeps texting me what they are doing and asking me what he should wear. I replied “get so drunk you don’t care”. I’m good with advice.<br />
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He will be back on Wednesday and then the chaos of the new job will begin. Oh joy! :)<br />
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~MarissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-42577248695681156262012-11-01T07:55:00.000-07:002012-11-05T21:48:39.550-08:00It’s OK Thursday I had a long day yesterday and wasn’t able to post for OHP… :(<br />
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I had class, went to the art museum with Sean for a project due Friday, had to take my laptop in to be fixed, visit a friend in the hospital, thought I had to work, rushed home, rushed my homework to class before work and then got called off work!<br />
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That I worried my laptop would need surgery as if it was my dog or a family member. I have papers to write and social media to keep up with!<br />
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To hate shopping with Sean sometimes. He’s so picky and has to look at every item and stuck in this ‘I’m holding on to college but want some grown-up perks’ style mode that I HATE. He bought swim trunks with a pattern on them over a pair of solid ones on clearance for his work trip to Puerto Rico. I don’t get him<br />
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To question if our shopping roles are reserved in the relationship. He likes to wander and I wanted to get in and get out most of the time. Or maybe I can just tell when the store doesn’t have a good vibe and we need to move on?<br />
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To do a happy dance after finishing homework early<br />
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To be jealous my friend Callie got to take Jax out for Halloween and I was stuck quilt-eating mini twix bars and coors light. At least her candy was free. But I had beer. I guess it was a draw.<br />
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To want to sleep ALL the time. I’m in bed by 11 most nights and asleep by 12.<br />
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To miss my friends and having them nearby or in my apartment for late-night rants.<br />
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That I packed up my Halloween decorations tonight and replaced them with Thanksgiving decor.<br />
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To call my mom three times in one day and be counting down the hours until I’m home on Friday.<br />
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Yesterday I was at the State of Iowa NSA (Nursing Student Association) Convention all day from 6:45am until 5pm at the old Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium which is now the ‘Community Choice Community Credit Union Convention Center’. No one could think of a shorter name? Anyway it was bitter sweet for me because they converted the old auditorium into the MASSIVE convention center and I remember attending state wrestling in Vets my first year as a wrestling cheerleader before we were allowed to travel. My mom drove my friend and I out just to watch for a bit and shop. Ahh the memories. </div>
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Anyway, so at convention each school is allowed to bring as many members as they like and are allotted a certain number of delegates based on their schools attendance and membership. We are also encouraged to create resolutions that may help improve the health care field. As delegates, it is our job to make sure these resolutions are up to the highest standard at the state level and challenge not only each other but ask the author questions to make sure we all understand the resolution before voting on whether to pass the resolution to the house to be considered to nationals. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-37137963606108208372012-10-29T03:44:00.000-07:002012-10-29T03:44:01.150-07:00Five for Five<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1. Don’t buy anything I don’t need this week.</b><span style="font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> FAIL. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">2. Cut back on my sugar intake.</b><span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> I did pretty good at cutting back my sugar, until I went to Ames for the weekend and tailgated. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">3. Cut Carver’s hair. </b><span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Just did that today. I’m still not good at it. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">4. CLEAN my apartment.</b><span style="font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> Fail. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">5. Get my oil changed and low tired checked out. </b><span style="font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">CHECK! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>2. Take Carver for at least two long walks this week</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>3. Work on my many projects BEFORE they are due. NO PROCRASTINATING! </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>4. Take my laptop to the Apple store to see what is wrong with the battery. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: medium;"><b style="line-height: 24px;">5. Take at least one photo everyday. </b><span style="line-height: 24px;">I’m loving my photography class so I want to keep improving my skills. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">I’ll be spending my day in Hy-Vee Hall in Downtown Des Moines at the NSA conference with my entire nursing program and nursing students from all over the state. Should be a very educational day! Have a great Monday!</span></span><br />
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I’m linking up with <a href="http://www.frommygreydeskblog.com/">Lauren</a> for my FAVORITE day of the week. FRIDAY FRIDAY! </div>
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After classes I get to catch up on Grey’s, Vampire Diaries and Glee (it wasn’t on this week though) and just relax! I accomplished a lot with my crafts this week and posted a lot on here so I’m going to give myself a high five since Carver won’t. </div>
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1. I was a crafting fool this week!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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2. I have HOMEWORK to take photos of my favorite things!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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3. I voted!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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5. Boy do I love thirty one and any excuse to use my bags. I did a lot of reorganizing (not shown in this old photo) with some new bags and had tons of fun!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I know what I’m getting for Christmas from my mom and I am so excited! I don’t know specifics but let’s just say my bag collection is going to get much bigger. :) We are obsessed with bags and since my mom became a bag consultant our problem has only gotten worse. BUT I am SO organized. </div>
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I think I’m going to pack a little bag and take my dog to the park. Enjoy your Friday and the rest of your weekend if I don’t blog until Sunday or Monday. </div>
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For those of you that don’t know, I live with my boyfriend Sean and roommate Sophie who is a few years younger than me (although sometimes it feels like decades). S & S do their best to keep up with my crafts and go along with my projects but mostly just stay out of my way. Sean says it’s safer that way. He just makes sure I turn off the glue gun, cap the E6000 and turns off the scentsy because craft night usually involves wine and I go big. He’s a keeper. </div>
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I have been working for quite some time to get my apartment just how I want it and lately I have made some great headway so here’s an update from the <a href="http://shihtzusandsyringes.blogspot.com/2012/09/nursing-was-not-my-first-career-choice.html">move-in post</a>. **I’m showing you the organized portions of my apartment, there are other parts that are decorated but covered in Sean’s clothes, Sohpie’s bathroom things or the beds aren’t made and I didn’t want to mess with it to take a picture**</div>
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My Halloween display. I didn’t get too into halloween because we don’t have too much room to store stuff and I’d rather spend money on year-round decorations. I filled my <a href="http://shihtzusandsyringes.blogspot.com/2012/09/nursing-was-not-my-first-career-choice.html">hurricanes</a> with glitter balls and battery candles found at Michael’s and found a free printable online. Plus Sean’s niece makes everything cuter! </div>
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My bathroom <a href="http://shihtzusandsyringes.blogspot.com/2012/10/dollar-tree-tray-and-more.html">display</a> I finished yesterday! I think the tray gives the bathroom a touch of class! Plus something besides black, everyone keeps telling me I have too much black in the apartment so I’m working on finding some more color for it. </div>
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My new corner bookcase from LTD Commodities. It took forever to build and the instructions were pretty hard to follow (one piece may be backwards) but I really like it. Lots of glass pieces from Hobby Lobby and some cool looking soup cans to bring in some color. Got to love the Clearance section! We still need some artwork from the wall but I think we’re going to make something. </div>
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Our big family wall. It’s mostly Sean’s niece Ari but we have photos of family and friends up there too. We don’t have a hallway to make a gallery so this was as close as I could get. </div>
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Out little kitchen table display. Yes those are surround sound speakers, we we hook our iPods up to it when we have friend over and are playing games and have something different on the TV. The candy jar is usually empty. Having Reese’s pumpkins is a tradition in Sean’s family that I’m upholding but that jar is the devil. </div>
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My clearance bookshelf from Target. We had been looking for one of these for a while in case we ever want to move to electronics down from the TV nook, so I was excited to find this for $40! I just LOVE the red, black and grey on this bookshelf. I think it all pulled together really well. And of course, more Ari. </div>
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Those are my favorite spaces in the apartment. I’m working on a few other surfaces that have nothing on them but I don’t want to clutter the space of finish the whole space because then I’m sure Sean will tell me we have to move…I guess that’s some hidden fear of being an Army kid. :)<br />
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You may now return to your regularly scheduled Thursday!<br />
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~MarissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-91961464639001047262012-10-25T07:45:00.001-07:002012-10-25T07:49:17.069-07:00It’s OK Thursday Stealing another post idea from <a href="http://riccialexis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ricci</a>. I love how she has assigned blog days. It gives me goals throughout the week and frankly, I need as much structure in my life as I can get. This one comes from <a href="http://www.brunchwithamber.com/" target="_blank">Amber </a>and <a href="http://acompletewasteofmakeup.com/" target="_blank">Neely</a>.<br />
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To need a come to Jesus talk multiple times a week because I’m freaking out about nursing school</div>
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To worry that at least 12 of my classmates aren’t continuing on and the school isn’t even making even spots for us all to register</div>
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To panic about whether you made the right life choice</div>
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To try to figure out how you can make a living as a blogger, photographer, or anything else that doesn’t involve nursing school</div>
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To just need your mom </div>
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To wish your boyfriend could be your sugar daddy. Stupid student loans are preventing that. </div>
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To put off grooming your dog because you know as soon as you do it will be 40 and he will freeze and you’re using him as leverage against mother nature to keep the weather nice. Sorry Carver you’re staying shaggy until Mama N makes is cold on her own. </div>
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To be jealous Sean got to go to Mankato…I want to see new places!</div>
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To enjoy having the whole bed just to share with Carver</div>
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To not feel bad I dropped microbiology, that classes would have ruined my semester. </div>
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To love my photography class and our assignments to photograph something “creative”. So easy. </div>
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To wish I could stay home and craft all day. PLEASE?<br />
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That’s all I have. I’m okay with all of that. Have a an OK Thursday!<br />
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I love a good dollar store project. It gives me the warm and fuzzies knowing I turned something that costed me pocket change into home decor. I am a poor college student so I am all about dollar store crafts. I spotted my latest project on Pinterst but I did not pin it! :( Fail on my part. Luckily I’m a genius...and this a project even a 5 year old could figure out, minus the E6000. </div>
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1. Go to your local Dollar Tree and pick up two metal-like trays from the kitchen section (they also have a rectangle and oval shape) and one candlestick from their ‘craft' section. </div>
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2. Pull out your handy-dandy E-6000 if you have it. No? I bought mine at Hobby Lobby for $3.50 but it’s also available at Wal-Mart. I just avoid Wal-Mart whenever possible….they’re always super packed in the Des Moines area and I can’t handle the hostility, I have enough on my own. </div>
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3. Apply a thin line of E6000 to the bottom of the candlestick and place on the top of one tray, ensuring it is close to center but it doesn’t have to be perfect because no one can really see how centered it will truly me.<br />
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4. Wait 30 minutes or so until your candle stick can no longer be moved on the tray before moving on. It was quite warm in my apartment thanks to the surge in Iowa weather (80 in October!) and we had multiple fans going so I’m sure it set faster than it might in someone else’s house. </div>
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5. Next I applied more E6000 to the top the candlestick and placed the second tray on top. I got really OCD at this point and used two kabob skewers to ensure the sides were even and lined up. </div>
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6. Next I sat and readjusted this thing like 87 times before I got up and waked away. I had to or I would have ruined the whole darn thing. But now you just have to let it set up. It will be stuck pretty quickly but it takes 24 hours to be permanent.<br />
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<i>I used E6000 to glue a pickle jar to one of these beautiful black glass candle sticks I got at Hobby Lobby for 50% off. I spray painted the lid black after scrubbing the smell out of it for several days and glued a drawer pull to the lid. I added some lemon drops from the Dollar Store to it and some ribbon for decoration. We don’t go through pickles very fast here so the other two will have two wait. After making my <a href="http://shihtzusandsyringes.blogspot.com/2012/09/nursing-was-not-my-first-career-choice.html" target="_blank">hurricanes</a>, I have become obsessed with thrifty craft projects to decorate the apartment with. </i><br />
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I put it in our master bath right next to our shower to help give the bathroom more of the ‘spa feel on a budge’ I’m going for.<br />
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Of course as soon as I had the candlestick glued to the tray, my roommate Sophie suggested spray painting the trays a fun color. I don’t know if I would have painted it red since I already have so much read in there and black or grey seems boring so we’ll just keep it plain for now and maybe I’ll make a fun one for my mom’s bathroom.<br />
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I could spend hours and hundreds of dollars adding little touches. It’s my favorite part! The red glass pieces are from Hobby Lobby and the clear glass pieces I got from Dollar Tree today.<br />
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Happy Wednesday! I’m linking up with Jamie at <a href="http://www.littledaisymay.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">This Kind of Love</a> for What I’m Loving and Michelle a <a href="http://www.thevintageapple.com/" target="_blank">The Vintage Apple</a> for OHP.<br />
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<b>I am loving</b> that my Beesh Callie will be in Ames this weekend but sad I don’t get to go see her. :(<br />
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<b>I am loving </b>my new photography class. My assignment for the week: take a photo of something creative. Done. <br />
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<b>I am loving </b>that is is already Wednesday! Hurry up weekend!<br />
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<b>I am loving </b>that I can almost see a break from classes coming up! Only a few more weeks! I can make it!<br />
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I’m usually addicting to pinning wedding things even though I’m not engaged (like most women) but lately I’ve been pinning home decor and crafts…have no fear and back to my roots and working the wedding pins back in! I mean, It’ll happen eventually! </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-85714273267760750882012-10-22T13:20:00.003-07:002012-10-22T13:21:25.354-07:00Five for FiveI’m linking up with <a href="http://riccialexis.blogspot.com/2012/10/five-for-five_22.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcIaRA+%28a+beautiful+mess%29" target="_blank">Ricci </a>to make five goals each Monday and then the following Monday I’ll see how I did on those and make 5 new ones!<br />
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<b>1. Don’t buy anything I don’t need this week.</b> I need to cut back on the nice decorations for a while and focus on recycling some of my crafts and making cheap projects for a while. I’m really feeling the restrictions of a college budget right now.<br />
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<b>2. Cut back on my sugar intake.</b> I really like my dentist and his hygienist is my cousin’s beautiful fiancé who I love seeing, but I am really tired of visiting them to have cavities filled. The sugar has got to go.<br />
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<b>3. Cut Carver’s hair. </b>That boy is shaggy right now and the groomer is expensive and his favorite is back home in Camanche. Apparently dogs here in the Des Moines area get ‘pampered’ and go to spas or go to Petsmart where the groomers have a history of cutting off ears. Those are my only options? I’ll do it myself then. I have a grooming kit for him and Sean wants to go to Mankato for a week so I told him he could if he helped me tackle the Carver project.<br />
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<b>4. CLEAN my apartment.</b> It must be done. Not just straighten it. It needs to be ripped apart and put back together and since Sean will be gone, this weekend will be the perfect time to tackle this project!<br />
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<b>5. Get my oil changed and low tired checked out. </b>Since the <a href="http://shihtzusandsyringes.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-am-not-mechanic.html" target="_blank">oil incident</a>, my parents have been on my back about getting my car looked at and the tired fixed. Has to be done before something breaks and my budget goes with it.<br />
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I survived another week! Cheers to that! Too bad I have to work this weekend. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-41701660015113980012012-10-17T10:31:00.000-07:002012-10-17T10:31:23.715-07:00What I am Loving Wednesday!<span style="font-family: inherit;">I LOVE finding new theme days! They give me guidelines and goals to meet for the week. Otherwise I would probably just write about how much nursing school sucks. Because it really does. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today I decided to start linking up with </span><a href="http://littledaisymay.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jamie</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> on Wednesdays for <em>What I am Loving Wednesdays</em>! This means I'll either do a double post or two posts on Wednesdays. I like this idea!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's what I am loving on this dreary, rainy day in Iowa-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>I AM LOVING </strong>that I just finished that organic test. I don't know how I did because it was incredibly hard but I love that I am done with it and no longer have to worry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>I AM LOVING </strong>that I don't have to work tonight and get to catch up on homework, read ahead in my microbiology book, and do some extra studying. This in unheard of in nursing school!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>I AM LOVING </strong>that my baby brother turned 17 yesterday and didn't call to whine about not getting a present. I'm sure he got plenty from other people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>I AM LOVING </strong>that there is no NSA meeting tonight and I truly have the entire night to do whatever I want</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>I AM LOVING </strong>that it is chilly enough to wear my North Face jackets, I missed them so much! I am one of those weirdos that actually enjoys Iowa weather, snow and all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>I AM LOVING </strong>that Carver is finally accepting his Halloween costume and acting normal when I put it on him. He used to act like a statue and refuse to move when it was on. Resistance is useless little one! </span><br />
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<strong>I AM LOVING </strong>that Christmas is coming soon, I have already started buying for everyone! It's so much easier to make a list, stick to it and shop the sales! <br />
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<strong>I AM LOVING </strong>having a break between my two classes to blog!<br />
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Have a GREAT Wednesday!<br />
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~MarissaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648474251588390794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837074516124081951.post-21398712979205213162012-10-17T09:59:00.002-07:002012-10-17T10:31:48.714-07:00Oh How Pinteresting!!!It’s my favorite blog-day of the week! I love pinterest so of course I love any day where I get to check out other people’s pins! I will NEVER catch up to Katelyn’s Pinterst masterpiece but I still keep trying! I’m linking up with Michelle at <a href="http://www.thevintageapple.com/" target="_blank">The Vintage Apple</a> for OHP.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the process of making <a href="http://10dollardiy.blogspot.com/2012/07/10-diy-pedestal-jar.html" target="_blank">this</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hilarious! Funny <a href="http://thechive.com/2012/09/06/daily-afternoon-randomness-49-photos-129/" target="_blank">Site!</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a cute<a href="http://grandpins.com/popular/have-guests-write-an-encouragingfunny-message-on-a-diaper-at-baby-shower-for-mom-to-read-when-she-changes-the-little-one-this-is-a-great-idea/" target="_blank"> shower idea!</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hahaha Couldn't agree more!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophie and I are making <a href="http://lifeasathrifter.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-01-15T21:31:00-05:00&max-results=7&start=21&by-date=false" target="_blank">these</a> for the apt too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a neat<a href="http://www.bigredkitchen.com/2008/12/creativity-with-plastic-wrap-a-snowy-christmas-centerpiece/" target="_blank"> idea</a> and cool looking!</td></tr>
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I seriously LOVE OHP so much! I love sharing!!!<br />
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