I sincerely apologize to all my fellow streamers that I have not been keeping in touch with of late. It has been a very hard and long ride here on the coaster. I have had a very winding track to go on and I am very glad that it has gone down to the slow end for a while, I hope.
Here is what has been going on. Hubby was in the hospotal for about a month on this last stint. He has had some serious problems with panic attacks and anxiety due to his spinal stenosis and the hole in his esophogus. He was in the psych ward at a very good hospital about an hour away and i was home with the kids alone and trying to hold down the fort.
He is home now and we are trying to adjust back.

I was in school the whole time he was gone and had just started the part of my LNA training where it the testing at the end of the in class book part and the start of the in the facility part. Just when he went in I started the part of my classss where i was in the Extended Care Facility with 8 other students doing the hands on care. We went into the hospital and shadowed the LNA's. After a week we then did all the care for many different residents three days out of a week.
I thought that having a class on saturday was going to be bad, but then i had to drive and hour on the highway at close to dawn for a few weeks to go and work my tail off mentally and physically. And we don't get paid ! I have never worked so hard bodily in my life. I felt just like jello when i came home at night! It was worth it though. I learned more in that month then i did in the 2 months of classwork put together. I have also never felt so needed and appriciated as i did when i walked into that hallway and went to work.
I am positive i am in the right line of work finally. I have found my calling.

I was surprized that I have an affinilty for the Alzeimers patients and hospice care. I think that I am changing my specialty focus.

I have also decided not to pursue my RN yet. I saw all the RNs just telling all the others what to do and doing all the paper work, they had little to none of the direct patient care. I really enjoy that part.So I will wait until I am unable to do the labor part and then do my RN an have whomever I am working for pay for it.

My teacher said that when we were done we would want to take some of the residents home and we would fall in love with them. I didn't think so, but true to her word there were a few of those old ladies i just wanted to smuggle out to my car and take them home with me to care for. They were so wonderful and i just loved them so much.

My LNA class had officially ended as of November 21st whem i took muy final exam and I passed! I now have my certificate and I have to take my state license exam on the 30th and then I should have my license by January!

I am so happy!

I want to go out and work right now! LOL

I am still gonna stay in college and finish my pre requisites part time anfd then take the bridge course for my LPN(Licsenced Practical Nurse) which is a National Licsence that i can use if we move back to Florida.

The kids are doing well considering.

They had a good halloween and we got some good pics for school picture day. They are looking forward to Christmas.So am I! All that time off of school to be with my family is so appealing after the last few months.Here is a slide show of some recent pics of my darlins.



Thanksgiving was quiet and we had a nice day.The day after Turkey day we went to my very best friends house for another dinner together and had a wonderful time.

I did manage in all the hectic mess of the last weeks to get out and have some time with my buds.
I so needed it!
My best bud Rhi has a sister who moved down south about a year ago and we all grew up together. She was able to come up for a weekend and we got together with some girls that I haven't seen since High School and we went to this dive bar and had a mini HS reunion. Some of us haven't seen hide nor hair of each other in almost 12 years. We drank, ate, talked, drank,danced, drank, caught up, drank, laughed, drank, played pool, drank... see a pattern here? LOL
I felt so bad cause my kids were all over having sleepovers at some of the members of my churches houses while i was out drinking! And to top it off i had to go to church and pick them up at 8 am! I crawled in my bed at close to 3 or 4 sometime.. I am not sure!LOL
I made it to church but unfortunaly for me I am theonly one of the group out that doesn't smoke and we were in this tiny bar..I was in the middle of the table of people..You get the picture? I had no voice and couldn't talk the next day! I was so sick for days with laryngitis. I deserved it I guess for my partying....LOL. What a blast though. I had so much fun. I needed it too. Here we are..But not me cause i was behind the camera....



As for christmas coming up, I managed to dupe my kids this year into thinking that Santa only lets you put 5 things on your list and that he is broke cause he has so many kids to buy for and I got the kids to make up this little list of the 5 things that are not clothes that they HAVE to have for gifts for under the tree.

My mom and I went to Target today and I knocked out the whole list in one trip! Woohoo I rock! And while they are at school next week when I have no classes I will be a wrappin freak.

I am typing this so late it is another day already. I am having one of those nights where my brain won't shut off. Oh well, i have been meaning to do this but haven't had the time.

I am glad I could catch you guys up on the coasters ride so you don't think I have forgetten ya'll!

I promise i will try harder to keep up with the coaster in the future.
RED

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Copy this entire thing and paste it into new post. Change all
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The theory is that you will learn A lot of little known facts about your web friends.
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1. NICKNAME? ~*~RED~*~

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Only my middle name, after my great-grandmother who I loved dearly. She was the brassiest person I have ever known. She had more balls then most men could ever claim and she had one heck of a sence of humor. I miss her sharp wit and huge hugs.

3.WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?
Last night when I woke up in bed with my daughters arms around me alseep. She started to talk in her sleep about the pony she was riding over the rainbows in heaven. She is the sweetest little dreamer my little Sunshine.

4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
No,It sucks.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Italian Roast Beef
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS
WITH YOURSELF?
I'm not sure, I am a loyal freind and will bend over backwards to make sure my freinds are happy
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL?
yeppers. @Blogstream,
the bipolarrollarcoaster.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
yep
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
I would love to, but a tandem jump with Jean! We both want to do it.
10. FAVORITE CEREAL?
Cocoa Krispies
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Nope, I wear Airwalks with funky socks. they have no laces. They are ugly, but SOOO comfy.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Yes. I have Jesus, I can do anything.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Half Baked Ben N Jerry's or All fruit strawberry sorbet
14. SHOE SIZE?
9 1/2 - 10 depends on the shoes.
15. RED OR PINK?
Pink, I have to much red in my hair,it clashes
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
Tummy ( or should I say Tummies? the upper and lower rolls. LOL)
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My church family in Florida, My freinds who don't live close, My brother, and my Papa and my great nana in heaven
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO POST THIS BACK TO YOU?
yes
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
dark grey sweats and eeyore slippers with floppy ears
20. LAST THING YOU ATE?
Stuffing/Cran sauce sandwich with mayo on wheat bread
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Carrie Underwoods new album, Some Hearts. I like *Before he cheats*, *Inside your heaven*, *Jesus take the wheel*, and *Don't forget to remember me* the best on the album.
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
One of those twisty ones that are all colors at once? If not a green one.
23. FAVORITE SMELL?
My grandmother Viola's applesauce simmering on the stove
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My bestest bud Rhianna, she wanted to make sure we were coming for dinner
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE
ATTRACTED TO?
Eyes, smile or buns depending on the person! LOL I got all three at once when I first saw My man
26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
yes, My mother sent it
27. FAVORITE DRINK?
FRESCA ! some times Redbull if I have an early class
28. FAVORITE SPORT?
couch surfing, lol
29. EYE COLOR? Blue
30. HAIR COLOR? Red
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No
32. FAVORITE FOOD? Dark Chocolate Truffles from Lindt
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
I don't mind scary movies but like happy endings better
34. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Pink with NHCTC on the front in grey and white letters
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Neither, Fall
36. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs
37. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Anything with dark chocolate or strawberries
38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Missa, she loves these things!
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
Just finished the Stephanie Plum mystery series by Janet Evanovitch and currently reading the *S* book in the Kinsey Malone mysteries by Sue Grafton, and as always daily my study Bible.
41. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
My mouse, lol I don't like things on my mousepad,it is distracting when I have to do my keyboarding class lessons.
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV?
Ugly Betty and my fave show...Grey's Anatomy. It was an extended show and it rocked
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? The kids sleeping peacefully in their OWN beds... not mine!
45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Everywhere. I am not in heaven and that is my home.
46. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Talking,duh!
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? New London, New Hampshire
48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Gail, my mother
49. FAVORITE WEBSITE? Blogstream or Myspace
50. WORST PET PEEVE? things not put where they belong..*there is a place for everything and everything has it's place*