College Graduate

Graduate!!! The last time I posted I was talking about the frights of becoming a college graduate and now with a week until my last class is over and have already walked in the Graduation Ceremony, its not so scary. I'm here, in the future. It feels almost as I thought it would. No decision in what direction my career path my go. I do know I'd like to do Human Resources but do I want to trying to find a job that will get me a shoe in or take the cop out and apply at a corporation that is thriving and work in insurance some more. I've been in insurance for years, why not continue. OR trying something I think I will enjoy (finally). Decisions decisions.

College Graduate?!?

May 18th I finally graduate from The University of Phoenix. I started in 2006 and 7 years later I get to walk across the stage and accept my diploma. I have worked so hard for this moment and I am SO excited! Currently I am in my third to last class and the next one I have to push until June due to being out of town too long during it and its an important class, so I will get to walk at graduation but will not be officially done until July and I'm ok with that because I will be DONE!!!! Until I decide to get my masters tehe..... I will be corny and get one of these for my vehicle....

Almost a College Graduate......

..........and I don't feel like I've learned anything. That depresses me, big time. I'll have a Bachelors in Business Management which I means I have a degree of common sense business practices and strong work ethics. Hmmm.... hope I can find a job that pays decent that won't require me to get a masters anytime soon, I'm kind of burnt out for a while. I'm sure I'll get an itch in a year or so and go back to school but once I'm done with this degree, I'm done for a while. Sad and thinking about having to pay for students loans for a degree for common sense business practices........

A Couple of Thoughts for the Night

Seems as though I write all my blog posts during class, I'm ok with that, there is usually a lot of wasted time in class. On that note, I've got 15 weeks and counting until I have accomplished something I've been yearning for since I graduated high school. After I've completed my Bachelors Degree in Business Management I will then move on and get my certification in Human Resources, I think that recruiting is my calling. I like people and people seem to like me :) So something that has been on my mind, I want another baby. Several people I know are pregnant and having babies and it makes me ache. To see the pregnancy pictures, the sonograms, and the newborn pictures makes my heart ache. I need another baby. I'm 30, I need to get a move on. I'm the only one holding myself back from it. I need to lose weight, I mean I can have a baby at the weight I'm at now but it would be a tough pregnancy and I don't want to put my body or the baby through that stress. I need to stay motivated and push through the agony I put myself through and just do it. Just 50 pounds or so and I could have a great pregnancy. I get so jealous seeing these other people pregnant and I have no one to be mad at other than myself. Better pay attention............

Peter Piper Pizza, Friends, and Messy Faces...

For the first time in six months I was able to finally take Jewels to story time at the library, little did we know and thanks to the lack of organization of the library's website calendar, there was no story time this week. I had texted one of my friends whom we used to go with when I was a SAHM and she met us there with her two little ones. After spending some time at the library we went to PPP for lunch and games!

Baked Sweet Potato Donuts.....

My sweet friend Jennifer is super mom, no joke, that girl is amazing! Today while i was at work, during break of course, I was surfing facebook. Jennifer posted a picture of the donuts she was making for her family. I wish I was half as fantastic as Jennifer is so I thought to myself "come on, you can do it too, why not?" So all afternoon all I could think about was Krispy Kreme donuts and how I wanted to make me some donuts that tasted as good as Jennifer's looked (those who know her know that anything that girl touches tastes like heaven). After a long day at work I came home, looked up a recipe for homemade donuts and contemplated my plan. All the recipes I found the dough had to rise for an hour, who has an hour? So I looked around pinterest until i found a recipe that didn't require a wait period, by the time I was done searching I could've had the dough made and resting but NO, I have to be difficult. I peeled and cooked the sweet potatoes then finally used my potato ricer to "finely mash the potatoes" - I've had the ricer for three years and didn't take it out of the box until tonight (because I swore I would someday make gnocchi HA). After mixing and rolling I finally popped those bad boys into the oven. 15 minutes later - this is what comes out. They tasted like a sweet potato, NOTHING resembling a donut.

Next time I want to try something because I'm craving it I'll either buy it or call Jennifer.......

New Years Resolutions

I know New Years Resolutions are supposed to be officially declared on New Years Day but I don't want to wait :) This year I am going to make resolutions that are attainable and stick to them. 1) I will focus on my relationship with God. 2)I will focus on strengthening my marriage, not that its bad but it could use some attention. 3)I will focus on myself - I want to be healthy, I want to "take care" of myself better, and I want to become a better mom and wife by taking care of ME. 4)I will strengthen friendships. 5)I will pay off debt. 6) I will save more money. 7) I will become more active in my community and in the church. 8) I will de-clutter my home. 9) I will organize my life - financially, my kitchen cabinets, my pantry, my craft room, my bedroom, etc. 10) I will give my family the life we deserve :) As I wrote these resolutions I started by writing I WANT instead of I WILL. Using the word want is like standing from afar and trying to reach for something that may never be able to be reached, using the word will is like saying I am already standing in front of it and can't wait to pounce! HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOD BLESS!!