my first tag

Thanks for the tag Katie. The rules: Go to your picture files. Pick the 4th file, and the fourth picture in it. Tell a little bit about the picture. Tag 4 friends.



So this picture is from Camp LoMia this summer. I got to be a cabin mom for the first year cabin, which is the 12 year olds. Oh man did I ever have fun. First of all notice how the two bunks are pushed together in the picture. This is really how they slept...five to a "bed." (Yes I am in the pic, but did have my own bed)

The first night they had a hard time getting to sleep because they would not turn off their flashlights and so thought they were being attacked by everything that could fly.

The second night was the snipe hunt and the older girls went way overboard and all of them came back to the cabin in tears...no hysterics is more accurate.

The next day was filled with exhaustion-induced balling session. Finally I pulled out the benadryl that night and we all got some great sleep.

After the girls were broken into the camp groove I had one of the funnest weeks of my life. These girls were like little stand up comics. I seriously laughed...and laughed...and laughed. It was a blast!!! Our last night there, we were told to finally go to sleep at 2 am because the men at the other end of camp were kept awake by our roaring laughter. I will never forget that year at Girls Camp.

Tag: Stacie, Liz, Katie R, and Kiri

Our Weekend Visitor

Well this past weekend my friend Donna went out of town after recently bringing home a five week old Labrador puppy. So being the responsible pet owners that we are, we had little Bella stay with us. Well it is quite interesting having both carpet and a six week old puppy in the same house. During the day it was fun. She and Dexter played and I luckily averted almost every accident. But night time was a whole different story...
The difficulty came when we could not let her roam the house unattended, nor could we restrict her only to the tile because of the incessant puppy cries. And so the solution was for me, Dexter, and Bella to sleep all together, curled up by the stove on our tiled kitchen floor. We also ended up all sleeping in the tiled bathroom. Plus we played a lot of ball at 3 am. At the time I was so sleep deprived I didn't enjoy it, but looking back it was pretty funny. This week I have actually found myself missing little Bella.

Per Aubrey's Request

Well I don't know if Stephanie would ever, EVER let me film her exercising in her chair...but I imagine she would probably look a little like this...but skinnier and a lot cuter, oh yeah and not a guy.

Hitting the books again...with a study budy

I have started studying for the final board exam for my job...yeah!!!! My exam date is December 5th. This time around will not be as intense as the last. This exam covers only about two-thirds the amount of information as the last one and one section of it I've previously studied. Another bonus is that I am already familiar with the complex medical vocabulary that I need to know. This should significantly cut my study time, as I won't be thumbing through the ten pound medical dictionary every three words.

I am not sure what it is about the place I have chosen to study, but Dexter thinks he should be in my lap every time I get my books out, which is not really like him. So I had to make a place right next to me so that I could get to studying. I think its cute.

Well wish me luck and I will hopefully we'll be celebrating in December!

Our Apologies

Sorry to any fan out there who may be hoping for a Monday video post. We were at Steven's mom's for dinner and didn't have time. We have an idea in the works...so until next time!

Scared

This is the result of last night's video production. Dexter sought shelter after hearing all the commotion. The funny thing is that this cat carrier originally was in the garage. Because he wouldn't come out of it and afraid he would suffer heat stroke in our sweltering garage, the carrier traveled from room to room with us all night...poor dog.

Revenge