Thanks Pintrest

I went home for the holiday and thought it would be great if we made some wreaths from pintrest. I always get these "great" craft ideas that turn in to month long disasters. For those of you that helped with the paper pomander balls.....you remember! After two trips to the store and 6 hours later they were done! It was fun and they turned out pretty great!!








Hope everyone had a safe an happy holiday!!

Lessons

Lessons I’ve learned

· Do not be in a rush to get to where you want to be. Enjoy where you are now, you will get there when it is time.
· You can talk to your mom about anything and she will always know the right answer
· Your parents will catch you sneaking out, drinking, or doing whatever it is you are not suppose to be doing
· Family comes first and no one’s family is perfect.
· Forgiveness is difficult but it is a necessary for survival of friendships, families, and relationships
· People do mean things
· Be happy with who you are
· Always exercise, even 2 weeks off makes it hard to start again
· Full time grad school is no joke
· You always miss people when they pass away. It doesn’t always hurt, and you cry less and less, but you will always miss them.
· Cats will wake up in the middle of the night and knock everything off any counter and dresser, they will also expect you to wake up at 4 am and play. They do not care if you have to work in the morning.
· People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone ~Audrey Hepburn
· Never give up hope. Even doctors don’t know what will happen; I see miracles all of the time!!
· Life always brings unexpected surprises just when it is needed!!
· My husband is my best friend
· Lists ard and goals are necessary for survival, crossing them off as they get done is the best part
· Not everyone that is your life has good intentions so tread cautiously with the information you give them.
· Be grateful for every day!!
· Never pierce your belly button with a safety pin because your mom will make you take it out and get a tetanus shot
· If your friends are coloring your hair fire engine red, make sure you have enough bottles of color and the supply shop is not closed the next day
· If you are driving your husband’s car do not knock the mirror off with the garbage can or accidently leave it on and drain the battery
· Always drive slow through a subdivision with children
· You cannot save every one or everything. Just because you feel bad for the kitten on the side of the road does not mean you can keep it!
· If you have a bad feeling about something, you are probably right

Advanced Nursing Practice

Well I am in full swing of Sat,Sun,Mon schedule. That means I am off for four days in a row. People that work M-F can't say that. It's not so bad. The weekends are pretty calm. Today is my "Sunday" I have been working on homework. What gets me though the day? Hot Tamales!!

This weeks updates:
Beth Zakrzewski is getting married in 8 days!!

Jimmy Bukur is getting married in almost 3 weeks!! Mallory will be home!!


I have my first midterm next week. :(

Maybe I should skip the homework and go get a tan with this dude in the WalMart parking lot??


Happy Weekend!!
Meg

I LOVE FALL!!

I am having a bit of a post blow up today. It is so hard to get caught up when you have not posted for a month. So here is my last October 1st post!! My sister in law Beth is getting married in Jamaica in 13 days. My sister in law Katy is about 13 weeks pregnant and she gets to find out what she is having next month. Very exciting. That is it on the news front for our family for October.

I had a girls night at Circle Center Mall and Kilroy's last Wednesday!!
Here is a pic and my 2 friends Ally and Ellen:



Couples bowling night!! My high score was 63!! Go me!! Good thing I am a nurse and not a professional bowler!!

Project Fall!!

Hello October!! Even though I am working full time and going to school full time I thought it would be great to take on some projects for all of the baby showers I have coming up. I think everyone loves a homemade gift and my grandma gave me the creative gene, so why not? Well I went home with 16 burp cloths cut out and thought my mom and I could play dual of the sewing machines and tackle burp cloth mania together. I will admit it seemed like another paper pomander idea (for those of you that do not know I thought it would be so great and cost effective if I made 36 tissue paper pomander balls for my wedding each one took about 4 hours mom, Adam, and Mal all pitched in and constantly reminded me of how much fun it was to make them).
The burp cloth fiasco turned out to be super easy and fun! I even bought some more material for my next batch. I am starting getting more creative with the headbands I have been making. Here are the pictures of the adventure:

Next batch:

Here are some of the newer headbands I have been making

This one was for one of my friends little girls for a wedding!!

I ran across this when searching for inspiration. Thought this baby and her headband were so cute!!

September, where did you go?

September has come and gone now FALL has officially arrived. I am begining the intense part of the semester. Adam is busy working and winterizing the house. We are going to plant some bulbs for spring bloom! Here is a recap of September:

Val, Noelle, and I took a trip to Stoney Creek Farms in Noblesville to see if the Pumpkin Patch was open. We met a friendly turkey.






First Bears game of the season at our house!! Look at the little cheerleader Noelle!


Happy Birthday to me! A trip home with a steak dinner, and a cake from Strongbow!! What a wonderful weekend visit with my family!! We were just missing my Marshmellow!!





Being a cat is a very difficult. You have to lay in the sun and nap all day!!



Blast from the Past picture circa 1990, Hobart, IN 113 South California Street!!
Goodbye September 2011.....Hello October!!

You have to try the new Salted Carmel White Mocha from Starbucks!! It is very FaLl!!

~Meg

Labor Day Weekend 2011

We rented a house in New Buffalo MI with 7 other couples. We had a blast, we played cards, dice, tag (yes tag), ping pong, bags, and laughed so hard we cried!! Here are the pictures of the house and the group!!

First let me say we had so much fun over Labor Day weekend. I am so lucky Adam has so many wonderful friends and that their wives are awesome!! Everyone gets along so well. I could not ask for a better group of friends. I can not wait to do this every year!! Thank you to Jeff and Chris H. who organized and booked the house!! Thank you to everyone else for making it an amazing weekend!!


mmmmmm Girl Scout Cookies Val, Meg, and Tiffany







Meg, Val, Sarah









Have a great week everyone & Happy Fall!!!

Back to school

Well I am officially in my late 20's. Thank you to everyone that helped make my birthday special. I really appreciate the birthday cards and wishes. Thank you to my sister and dad who sent me a beautiful bouquet of flowers!! That just made my day. Well the first official week of grad school has slapped me in the face. I seem to be keeping up so far. However, I have not had any papers due yet.

I have still managed to find some down time and work on a few things. I have decided to make some headbands and burp cloths for all of the baby showers I have coming up. The flower part for the headband was easy the actual headband not so much. The burp cloth has been very difficult because one of the fabrics is very stretchy. With a little practice I will figure it out. Here are some pictures of my trial runs!! I think Grandma would be proud! I sure do miss her especially for things like this.

This is the headband I made for Noelle and the pretty flowers I got for my birthday from my sis and dad!

August

Well August has flown by!! It is hard to believe I will be turning 25 for the 3rd year in a row!! I had a long week of classes for work for a promotion called "Partner" and my PNP orientation.

The big events for August: Mallory moved to Texas and Beth Zakrzewski's bachelorette party is tomorrow.

I realized that I may be in over my head going to school full time and working full time. But I am going to just see how it goes. The amount of reading I have to do is inhumane and the amount of papers and discussion board postings is also pretty crazy!! Every second of my free time for the next two years will be doing homework.

Here is a picture of the required books for one semester of graduate school. (This does not include there recommended texts, just the required) Also one of my first assignments is to read the Introduction and Preface to the book (who actually reads that) and write about it.

I finally made it home for a night to visit with my dad. Who I have not seen since the new year. Way too long!! I am going to have to go home more often to eat like this!!


Here is a picture of the project I have been working on with my 2 weeks school free time. I am trying to make some rosette headbands and burp cloths. I will have plenty of practice for my sister Katy's baby shower by then!! Especially since I know she is having a girl (this is not confirmed by anyone but me and her husband).

Last but not least, here is your funny picture for the day. Please have a sense of humor and an open mind.


Have a great and safe weekend everyone!! Pictures from the party coming soon!

Red, Red, Wine 08/04/2011

My good friend Miranda turned 30 this year so our other friend Lauren organized a fabulous 30th birthday party which included a limo and a tour of some awesome Indiana wineries!! I really have met a great group of friends in Indy!! I am so thankful for each and every one of them.

From Left to right Mom, Ashley, Miranda, Meg,Lauren





Our limo driver Paul and the Birthday Girl!!


First stop Easley Winery in Indianapolis, IN



Limo Ride to Bloomington's Oliver Wineary.





Last stop Mallow Run Winery in Greenwood, IN




Last but not least Kara brought Flying cupcakes!! MMMM





What a wonderful day with wonderful friends!!