Week 26: Recovering
6 years ago
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
2008 in Review
I'm going with my parents and the kids to the cabin on December 26th so I thought I'd recap 2008 before I go...
January - In January we realized Justin can't see and needed glasses! We got him in and got him glasses and we saw what a handsome, grown up little boy he became!
February - In February we moved into our new home! And Justin turned 4!
March - In March we celebrated Kevin's birthday...he turned 29! And EASTER!
April - In April we celebrated 8 years of marriage. And Jayden learned to sit up!
In May we celebrated Mother's Day. And I got caught in a hailstorm.
In June I turned 27 and Jayden and I went on a women's retreat with South Stake! On the way up there we stopped to do the Trail of 100 Giants with friends!
For the fourth of July I caught all the kids looking at the camera! What a feat that is!! Jacob also went to the pancake breakfast the scouts held for a fundraiser and as you can see from the picture, he began his descent into "I'm too cool for pictures" mode.
August was spent vacationing with friends at the cabin!
In August school started for Jacob and Justin, and Dawn!
In September Jayden started to walk! And Justin realized, school is HARD!
January - In January we realized Justin can't see and needed glasses! We got him in and got him glasses and we saw what a handsome, grown up little boy he became!
February - In February we moved into our new home! And Justin turned 4!
March - In March we celebrated Kevin's birthday...he turned 29! And EASTER!
April - In April we celebrated 8 years of marriage. And Jayden learned to sit up!
In May we celebrated Mother's Day. And I got caught in a hailstorm.
In June I turned 27 and Jayden and I went on a women's retreat with South Stake! On the way up there we stopped to do the Trail of 100 Giants with friends!
For the fourth of July I caught all the kids looking at the camera! What a feat that is!! Jacob also went to the pancake breakfast the scouts held for a fundraiser and as you can see from the picture, he began his descent into "I'm too cool for pictures" mode.
August was spent vacationing with friends at the cabin!
In August school started for Jacob and Justin, and Dawn!
In September Jayden started to walk! And Justin realized, school is HARD!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Jacob's Christmas Concert
Surprisingly, for the first time in all the years we've had a child in public school - there was a CHRISTMAS program. No, not a HOLIDAY program, or WINTER program, a CHRISTMAS program. They sang/played Christmas songs and I was SHOCKED! On one hand I silently said, "Good for you, school! For recognizing your Christian majority!" and silently did think, just a little, "Happy Holidays, Happy Hannukah, and Happy Kwanza! To all the families of our school district whose holiday is going unnoticed..." I had to reconcile myself with a little PC'ness. I mean, I really do feel a little bad that a Jewish kid in the school may have felt slighted by all the Christmas stuff, yk? Anyhow, back on topic. Jacob played the flutaphone. Wanna hear?????
It was cute! Next year he wants to join the Orchestra and play in the percussion section - the DRUMS! LOL
Jacob and his friend, Michael.
It was cute! Next year he wants to join the Orchestra and play in the percussion section - the DRUMS! LOL
Jacob and his friend, Michael.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Brrrr - SO COLD!
One of the things I love about Bakersfield is the fact it DOESN'T snow here. Well it has...about every 10 years we get a little snow, but usually hoodies are appropriate winter attire. Tonight it is COLD and there is a SLIGHT chance of snow. We'll see how that pans out.
So, how are the kids doing?
Jakey is getting so stinking tall! He's gonna be taller than me by the time he's 10 or 11! Oh and he's not "Jakey" for sure anymore. He is "Jake" or "Jacob" and he is SO cool. Recently he got in trouble in the afterschool program for telling a girl that she was too young to have a boyfriend. They are in the 3rd grade! He's right! The teeny-bopper in charge of his group felt it wasn't any of his business and he should have left the girl alone rather than lecturing her. I get the sense that THAT right there is what is wrong with society today...too many people think it isn't any of their business when someone is messing up. What 3rd grader needs a boyfriend? Yikes! Jakey (Jake or Jacob) assures me he does NOT have a girlfriend but that he is going to convert and marry some chick from High School Musical. So, how does he know she isn't already LDS? Cause mom, she wears "tank tops" and her shorts go above her knees. LOL! He's observant!
Justin is LOVING school. One day I needed to get gas before going to drop Justin off and instead of turning left at the end of our street to go towards the school, I turned right to get gas. Oh boy! You'd have thought I was kidnapping Justin! I had to get him out and drag him in the store too because I have been taking out cash because for some reason gas is cheaper with cash in town, rather than by credit/debit. I was worried the store owner was going to call the police with the scene Justin was causing screaming, "take me to school! I don't want to go with you ANYWHERE! I want to go to school NOW!"
Jayden is growing up so fast! Her vocabulary is growing and growing and tonight she has proclaimed me "bad bad" because I was playing around on the computer rather than nursing her. Luckily right now she's enjoying her time with Daddy while he puts her to sleep. He is her favorite person right now, I think he sneaks her junk food...LOL When you say, "I love you!" to Jayden she says, "I love Daddy!" back to you.
Anyhow, I just thought I'd update, and share some funny kids stories because I feel like my poor blog is so neglected right now. Well I hear Justin talking to Jacob in the dark and I *need* them to sleep because Jakey (see I can't keep my fingers from typing it!) and I are supposed to go for a run tomorrow morning. We'll see, cause it's COLD out!
So, how are the kids doing?
Jakey is getting so stinking tall! He's gonna be taller than me by the time he's 10 or 11! Oh and he's not "Jakey" for sure anymore. He is "Jake" or "Jacob" and he is SO cool. Recently he got in trouble in the afterschool program for telling a girl that she was too young to have a boyfriend. They are in the 3rd grade! He's right! The teeny-bopper in charge of his group felt it wasn't any of his business and he should have left the girl alone rather than lecturing her. I get the sense that THAT right there is what is wrong with society today...too many people think it isn't any of their business when someone is messing up. What 3rd grader needs a boyfriend? Yikes! Jakey (Jake or Jacob) assures me he does NOT have a girlfriend but that he is going to convert and marry some chick from High School Musical. So, how does he know she isn't already LDS? Cause mom, she wears "tank tops" and her shorts go above her knees. LOL! He's observant!
Justin is LOVING school. One day I needed to get gas before going to drop Justin off and instead of turning left at the end of our street to go towards the school, I turned right to get gas. Oh boy! You'd have thought I was kidnapping Justin! I had to get him out and drag him in the store too because I have been taking out cash because for some reason gas is cheaper with cash in town, rather than by credit/debit. I was worried the store owner was going to call the police with the scene Justin was causing screaming, "take me to school! I don't want to go with you ANYWHERE! I want to go to school NOW!"
Jayden is growing up so fast! Her vocabulary is growing and growing and tonight she has proclaimed me "bad bad" because I was playing around on the computer rather than nursing her. Luckily right now she's enjoying her time with Daddy while he puts her to sleep. He is her favorite person right now, I think he sneaks her junk food...LOL When you say, "I love you!" to Jayden she says, "I love Daddy!" back to you.
Anyhow, I just thought I'd update, and share some funny kids stories because I feel like my poor blog is so neglected right now. Well I hear Justin talking to Jacob in the dark and I *need* them to sleep because Jakey (see I can't keep my fingers from typing it!) and I are supposed to go for a run tomorrow morning. We'll see, cause it's COLD out!
Straight A's
I got my English grade finally and it's an A! I'm very happy about this because I worked SO incredibly hard on that research paper! My teacher and I did not see eye to eye on ANY issues this semester so I was very worried that I wouldn't get a fair grade but that just goes to show you that someone can hold beliefs and not grade papers by them.
Well, I need to go run a few errands, so I'll be back! :)
Well, I need to go run a few errands, so I'll be back! :)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Linda!
I keep trying to comment on your blog and blogger totally won't let me! I've tried every post you've made, tried just clicking on the title of your most recent post, etc. nothing is working on my end! Anyhow, I just wanted to tell you that your newest granddaughter is just beautiful and that is an amazing picture of her with her mommy! Anyhow, hopefully I can figure that all out...what's up with blogger not letting me comment?! LOL Oh well, in the meantime you get your very own post over here at my blog! :)
Monday, December 15, 2008
It's going around...
You might be asking yourself...Dawn has all this free time with school being out for winter, so where is she? Why isn't she blogging or commenting on blogs? The answer comes from a simple equation...
3 kids + 2 adults + the stomach flu + ONE BATHROOM = Well certainly not much blogging.
Luckily I think it's a 24 hour thing. Doesn't make me feel much better about it though. Bleh. Be back when I feel a bit better.
3 kids + 2 adults + the stomach flu + ONE BATHROOM = Well certainly not much blogging.
Luckily I think it's a 24 hour thing. Doesn't make me feel much better about it though. Bleh. Be back when I feel a bit better.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
D Parnell, CNA <----how I chart now :)
Oh yeah. I passed! :)
When we got there Friday morning I was about ready to pass out I was so danged nervous! I didn't eat in the morning because my stomach was so yucky and by mid-afternoon I thought I was gonna pass out!
Angela was a little late getting me so we weren't able to stop at Starbucks, I have a thing for their Pumpkin Spice Steamer (Steamer=steamed milk, no coffee in this drink, oh and it's AWESOME.) So off we went to school...ready to take our test!
We got there and 25 of us were waiting for our testers to come and introduce themselves. Our lecture instructor, Jan, came and tried to calm us all down and go over some last minute things with us. Finally, the testers from Los Angeles, for the Red Cross, showed up and we were on our way!
They had us come up one by one with all of our documents and checked us in for the test. The lady who took my information saw that I was born in Torrance, CA and she is from there! I think later on, I got better marks from her from being from Torrance...LOL!
One lady in our class, a little older than most of us (50's), had a very old social security card and they weren't able to read her number clearly and so she was not able to test. I felt terrible for her, she was so upset, she quickly left.
Then, SURPRISINGLY, they started from the END of the alphabet with skills! I'm kinda middle-ish, but I got to go with the first group. We went to the skills lab and prepared to test on our skills first. I got paired with a girl from my class named Peggy.
First, I got the lady from Torrance, and I went first, while Peggy was my patient. I drew respirations. Resps are EASY, count how many times someone breaths in ONE minute. I've got that under control! Too bad Peggy was VERY nervous and was shaking in the bed while I was trying to watch her breath! LOL She was trying to calm herself and so her breathing was so slow I had to say I would report an abnormal vital sign to the nurse because her breathing is just too slow! The lady from Torrance also passed me off on handwashing...which I was worried about because I'm short and have a hard time reaching without letting my uniform touch the sink. Peggy measured my height (thank goodness she didn't draw weight!) and we were off to the next station.
Second, we were tested by an older woman on personal care. I ran for the wristband and peggy had to go first. She drew brush the resident's teeth and so she had to pretend to brush my teeth. Then, the lady took out all of the oral care related skills and only four were left for me to choose from. The one I really didn't want was perineal care (brief changing) because it's awkward to simulate on a classmate! LOL I drew nail care. Whew! I washed Peggy's hands and pretended to clean under her nails and trim them (pretend) and the lady kept interrupting me to ask me questions, snapped at me when I responded and overall I started to feel like I was a complete idiot and not ready for this at all!
The third round Peggy beat me to the bracelet so I chose first. I drew change resident to the side lying position. Yay! LOL So I rolled Peggy onto her side and stuck some pillows behind her and between her legs and viola! Done! At one point my tester got really upset and ran out of the room and yelled for me to go stand against a wall, come to find out she was getting a parking ticket while I was testing...LOL! Overall, I felt confident in my skill. Peggy drew range of motion exercises and she did a great job.
The older lady gave us our scores and surprisingly she wrote the NICEST things on my test papers! After all the yelling, being sharp and critical, and all of that, she was NICE! LOL I passed with no problems and got my card for the skills part of the test.
I took my registration papers back to the classroom and took the written exam. I think I missed four because that's how many times I saw her mark my paper, but they don't tell you, it's just pass or fail. I was the first in my class to get my certificate because it took me very little time to do the test.
I waited for Jennifer and Angela to be done. Jennifer's last name starts with a V so she was in my group but Angela's last name starts with an A and she was doing her skills. Jennifer and I went and ate some lunch and when we came back Angela had been given her certificate and we were all OFFICIAL CNA'S!
So it's official, I passed the class! Got my certification! Now to get to work! But I think I've got that one covered... :)
When we got there Friday morning I was about ready to pass out I was so danged nervous! I didn't eat in the morning because my stomach was so yucky and by mid-afternoon I thought I was gonna pass out!
Angela was a little late getting me so we weren't able to stop at Starbucks, I have a thing for their Pumpkin Spice Steamer (Steamer=steamed milk, no coffee in this drink, oh and it's AWESOME.) So off we went to school...ready to take our test!
We got there and 25 of us were waiting for our testers to come and introduce themselves. Our lecture instructor, Jan, came and tried to calm us all down and go over some last minute things with us. Finally, the testers from Los Angeles, for the Red Cross, showed up and we were on our way!
They had us come up one by one with all of our documents and checked us in for the test. The lady who took my information saw that I was born in Torrance, CA and she is from there! I think later on, I got better marks from her from being from Torrance...LOL!
One lady in our class, a little older than most of us (50's), had a very old social security card and they weren't able to read her number clearly and so she was not able to test. I felt terrible for her, she was so upset, she quickly left.
Then, SURPRISINGLY, they started from the END of the alphabet with skills! I'm kinda middle-ish, but I got to go with the first group. We went to the skills lab and prepared to test on our skills first. I got paired with a girl from my class named Peggy.
First, I got the lady from Torrance, and I went first, while Peggy was my patient. I drew respirations. Resps are EASY, count how many times someone breaths in ONE minute. I've got that under control! Too bad Peggy was VERY nervous and was shaking in the bed while I was trying to watch her breath! LOL She was trying to calm herself and so her breathing was so slow I had to say I would report an abnormal vital sign to the nurse because her breathing is just too slow! The lady from Torrance also passed me off on handwashing...which I was worried about because I'm short and have a hard time reaching without letting my uniform touch the sink. Peggy measured my height (thank goodness she didn't draw weight!) and we were off to the next station.
Second, we were tested by an older woman on personal care. I ran for the wristband and peggy had to go first. She drew brush the resident's teeth and so she had to pretend to brush my teeth. Then, the lady took out all of the oral care related skills and only four were left for me to choose from. The one I really didn't want was perineal care (brief changing) because it's awkward to simulate on a classmate! LOL I drew nail care. Whew! I washed Peggy's hands and pretended to clean under her nails and trim them (pretend) and the lady kept interrupting me to ask me questions, snapped at me when I responded and overall I started to feel like I was a complete idiot and not ready for this at all!
The third round Peggy beat me to the bracelet so I chose first. I drew change resident to the side lying position. Yay! LOL So I rolled Peggy onto her side and stuck some pillows behind her and between her legs and viola! Done! At one point my tester got really upset and ran out of the room and yelled for me to go stand against a wall, come to find out she was getting a parking ticket while I was testing...LOL! Overall, I felt confident in my skill. Peggy drew range of motion exercises and she did a great job.
The older lady gave us our scores and surprisingly she wrote the NICEST things on my test papers! After all the yelling, being sharp and critical, and all of that, she was NICE! LOL I passed with no problems and got my card for the skills part of the test.
I took my registration papers back to the classroom and took the written exam. I think I missed four because that's how many times I saw her mark my paper, but they don't tell you, it's just pass or fail. I was the first in my class to get my certificate because it took me very little time to do the test.
I waited for Jennifer and Angela to be done. Jennifer's last name starts with a V so she was in my group but Angela's last name starts with an A and she was doing her skills. Jennifer and I went and ate some lunch and when we came back Angela had been given her certificate and we were all OFFICIAL CNA'S!
So it's official, I passed the class! Got my certification! Now to get to work! But I think I've got that one covered... :)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Done!
I took all my finals and now I await my final scores.
In health I got the 100% I mentioned before, and I got an A in the class.
In English I got 85% on the final and I am still waiting for my research paper grade but my essay 3 grade was an A so I'm hoping for an A or B in the class.
In CNA class we took a test for extra credit that I got 23 points of extra credit on. I had a 93% in the class and could miss about 10 questions on the final and still get my 93%...the final seemed fairly easy so I'm pretty sure I got an A in the class but our grades aren't posted yet.
Tomorrow is the state certification test for CNA class. I sure hope I get my certificate! I need to study a bit tonight for it.
Anyhow, tonight is the RS Christmas dinner so I need to run and clean up around here, shower and get dressed, and study a bit but I'll be back tomorrow with HOPEFULLY good news!
In health I got the 100% I mentioned before, and I got an A in the class.
In English I got 85% on the final and I am still waiting for my research paper grade but my essay 3 grade was an A so I'm hoping for an A or B in the class.
In CNA class we took a test for extra credit that I got 23 points of extra credit on. I had a 93% in the class and could miss about 10 questions on the final and still get my 93%...the final seemed fairly easy so I'm pretty sure I got an A in the class but our grades aren't posted yet.
Tomorrow is the state certification test for CNA class. I sure hope I get my certificate! I need to study a bit tonight for it.
Anyhow, tonight is the RS Christmas dinner so I need to run and clean up around here, shower and get dressed, and study a bit but I'll be back tomorrow with HOPEFULLY good news!
Monday, December 08, 2008
One A Down, Two To Go!
I just finished taking my online health final - 100% And even though it was open book, I BARELY opened my book. :) Really a lot of it is stuff we learned in CNA class, like about valves of the heart and stuff. So good stuff :) All done with that, now onto English and CNA which are on the same day.
Some pictures in the meantime...
Angela, Me, and Jennifer, enjoying the R-Ranch this past weekend...
Our CNA class dinner...
The lady in the red is our instructor, sitting across from me. Everyone else is a student.
Some pictures in the meantime...
Angela, Me, and Jennifer, enjoying the R-Ranch this past weekend...
Our CNA class dinner...
The lady in the red is our instructor, sitting across from me. Everyone else is a student.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
I'm Baaaaccck...
We had a blast! Here is me, Angela, and Jennifer, with our bingo cards spelling out CNA, which we will all be this time next week! :)
I have more pics but I've gotta work on my house, my final paper, study for finals, and my state testing...I'll probably be scarce this week...fingers crossed for good grades! :)
I have more pics but I've gotta work on my house, my final paper, study for finals, and my state testing...I'll probably be scarce this week...fingers crossed for good grades! :)
Thursday, December 04, 2008
See Y'all Later!
I am about to head to bed, I have to be up at 4:30 am to get ready for clinic and finish getting ready for the cabin. I have clinicals at 6:15 am in Shafter, our VERY LAST ONE! And then we're supposed to go out to dinner with our group, but we'll see...and then we girls are off to the mountains for fun and relaxing and studying before finals week begins! Later all! See ya Sunday! (Don't worry, I packed the camera!)
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
How I feel
How I feel about Twilight...
How I feel about school right now...
And how I feel about the election...
How I feel about school right now...
And how I feel about the election...
End of the Year Resolutions
Rather than getting all caught up in making promises to myself, I've decided to resolve to do a few things by the end of this year! (And usually I'm such a procrastinator!)
1. Finish that dang English Research Paper and stop worrying about the grade I'm gonna get on it!
2. Wean Jayden. It's just time.
3. Clear out the drawers and closets of clothes we don't wear!
4. Change my blog background to something other than Thanksgiving!
5. Give the Ward Relief Society Newsletter an overhaul.
6. Read a book just for the fun of it!
7. Finish Christmas shopping, well for that matter - START Christmas shopping.
8. Bake something...from scratch.
9. Spend more time with my family.
Ok, so now, hold me accountable...
I suppose I could knock one or two things off that list as it's 8:41 am and Jayden is STILL asleep. Thank you Tule Fog from preventing daylight from entering my house!
1. Finish that dang English Research Paper and stop worrying about the grade I'm gonna get on it!
2. Wean Jayden. It's just time.
3. Clear out the drawers and closets of clothes we don't wear!
4. Change my blog background to something other than Thanksgiving!
5. Give the Ward Relief Society Newsletter an overhaul.
6. Read a book just for the fun of it!
7. Finish Christmas shopping, well for that matter - START Christmas shopping.
8. Bake something...from scratch.
9. Spend more time with my family.
Ok, so now, hold me accountable...
I suppose I could knock one or two things off that list as it's 8:41 am and Jayden is STILL asleep. Thank you Tule Fog from preventing daylight from entering my house!
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