ITS FALL!

October Already?!?! 

My last blog was all about wishing the cold crisp days would come... and they did! :)

I cant believe this amazing month is here so soon!  

This weekend I think David and I will go to a pumpkin patch and get a big fat pumpkin :)  

The best part of carving the pumpkin is roasting the seeds!  yummmm... another plus is that David hates them so I get them all to myself! :)  

There is so many GREAT things that are happening this month!

1. Someone VERY special to me is making a BIG change in her life and taking a new step forward! I cant express how excited I am for her and her family and how proud EVERYONE is that she is making this decision and sticking to it! :)  Good luck tomorrow love you!!!

2. MARCHING BAND... ohmygoodness... I cant believe it has been 5 years since I stepped foot on a football field and performed my heart out!  On the 16th the Oak Creek Marching Knights are going to state... and Nicole, Michelle, Allison and I are all going to cheer our Alma mater and hope they kick some West and North butt :)

3. Football... I just LOVE my PACKERS and I love to cheer them on... plus the NFL now has WOMEN jerseys... so exciting... I will be getting on sooner or later :)

**But I would LOVE a Driver jersey... he is so damn amazing and sexy :) **

heat advisory

when I think of summer... I think of

..... heat ... humidity ... and sweat .... 

Today there is yet again another heat advisory.. it is 90 out but the heat index is saying 99.. ewww..
This summer has been all three of those nasty words, and it is so draining.  I don't know if it is just me but I feel like this summer has been one of the worst in a long time.  I don't want to go outside during the day.. I will just be crabby and sweaty.  Just by walking a couple of blocks to my car I am drenched in sweat and cant get my ac quick enough! I am so done with all this heat!

fall.. fall.. fall.. fall.. fall.. I cant wait for FALL!  :) Every day I tell David that it cant come quick enough!! I cant wait for the changing trees.. carving pumpkins.. all the colorful foods.. badger games.. and the cold days snuggling under blankets drinking hot coco!!! 

bradford beach!

Living in Madison for the past year has been amazing!   Seeing the capitol every day, living right off of a lake, and walking down state street have all been beautiful.

But I miss my Milwaukee!

going downtown to the beach, going out to the bars and 

just the over all feel of Milwaukee. 

time apart.

Country Fest.

David left me Wensday afternoon to go on a 4 day camping trip to listen to country music. drink beer. and eat.... no girls allowed! On one hand I am very excited for him to be out with the boys: having fun and being crazy. On the other I am jealous that I could not go and scared to be in the apartment alone for 3 of those 5 nights. Ever since the break in during Christmas break I always wonder if that person will ever come back and try again... crazy how something like that can change your life even if you were not there at the time. Thankfully everything went fine and I was able to fall asleep every night (but not without the living-room light on)

Today I get to pick up the love of my life and Iam SO excited to see him!!! I feel so much at ease when he is around. All I have to do is call his name and he will be right there at my side.

I love it and I could not live without it!

Oh the little things

So.. I'm sitting at my computer doing random stuff... and what do I hear a WOODPECKER outside my window! I have never heard one while living (or visiting) in Madison let alone in downtown Madison!

Oh the little things that remind me to just sit back and listen to all the amazing things God has given us! It is crazy all the things that we miss in our busy lives...

Dont Settle for Less in Life

I really hate when you start a new job... your loving it and then after a few months you still don't feel like you are apart of the "team". I have three jobs (well really 2.5) and one of those jobs are just not working out. I have been working at a doggie day care since January. After not getting many hours and being paid on the lower end I have decided to look for a new job and move on.

It stinks because I LOVE working with all the dogs. The people (all 6 of them) on the other hand are not much of a joy to be around (especially my manager). When I work with her I feel like all she does is talk AT me and not to me. She talks to the dogs and the other co-workers completely different then she does to me. I wouldn't even call it talking more like "barking" (lol) accompanied with the roll of her eyes. Yesterday I worked in the morning with her and I cant do it anymore. I should not dread going into work...So instead of just dealing with it I have put in resumes in a few places and I hope one of them sticks! :)

What makes all of this so irritating/confusing is that in all of my jobs I have never been treated like this. I have always gotten along with my co-workers. I think I am an asset to any team and I guess I don't understand why that is not being seen here... oh well, time to get over it and keep moving on!

change happends...

“None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change our lives.” Kathleen Noris

This quote is exactly how I have been feeling the past couple of days.... This past Friday I had to take the TEAS test (like a ACT) to get into the nursing program at MATC Madison. The test had four parts.. English, Math, Science and Reading. Now, I graduated in 05' and I had to recall all the things I learned from 5 to 9 years ago!

Holy man...
I didn't get much sleep at all the night before and on top of that I'm not a very good test taker. All I kept thinking is... why do I need to know how to cross multiply or divide factions (with no calculator) to get into the nursing program. Ugh.. well with little sleep I drove 45 minuets to Fort Atkinson and sat in a room for 3 hours looking at a computer screen taking this exam. After the 3 hours we would find out right away if we passed or failed.... well I failed (technically I didn't fail but I didn't get the percentages that were set by the school). I drove back home in tears taking to my boyfriend and mom about what I needed to do next. If I still wanted to get into the program I would have to wait another semester take the test again and IF I passed it I would have to petition to hopefully get in for the spring semester.. and that is not even a guarantee I would get in right away....

So... with much thought I have decided to let go of the nursing idea and move on the next... I have decided to be a surgical tech... and after thinking about it I am SO much more excited about this path then the nursing one. I think I have just spent so much time and energy trying to get into the nursing program I never really took a step back and thought about ALL my options.

In a way I think this was God's wake up call for me to really evaluate what I would be most happy doing for the rest of my life... and being able to help the doctors while they do surgery sounds VERY exciting. He works in mysterious ways and you just have to open your heart and mind to see where he wants you to go... :