Meaningful Touches.

Guess from the list below what the optimal number of meaningful touches per day is.

a. One....a hug a day, keeps the blues away.
b. Two....a kiss in the morning, a kiss at night...it keeps us from having a fight.
c. Three..(I can't think of a stupid rhyme for this one)
d. Four...Now I implore...is it really just four?
e. Five...Five it's what keeps us alive.
f. Eight...Now that would be just GREAT.

*if you you guessed f you are correct! Do you remember any time in your life where you did not get enough meaningful touches a day? (ex..I'm talking about hugs, pats on the shoulder, kiss on the cheek) I remember in my early college days I would go MONTHS without a hug. I was in a new state, with no family and all my friends were brand new. I didn't really notice how much I missed hugs until I went home fulfilled my "eight meaningful touches" quota each day. Many female college student suffer from depression....do you think this could have to do with the fact that they are not getting enough meaningful touches? I know hugs always brighten my day...what do you think?

What Should We Bring Back from the 80's??

Here's a few things that I hate...that I will probably watch my future daughter drool over someday.

1. Neon Slouch Socks
2. Scrunchies...with lots of extra material.
3. Zoobas...
4. Big, Big hair.
5. Safety pinned pant legs.
6. Neon shirts, neon shoes..neon anything.
7. Poodle perm hair
8. Shoulder pads
9. High waist jeans (although express sells those now?? I say "yuck"
10.Those shirts that change different colors when they were put next to higher temperatures..hyper color shirts??
Gosh..I'm glad we don't wear this stuff anymore....

A FEW Things I Couldn't Live Without

1. Target.
2. Diet Coke with Lime (I even registered for it for my wedding at Bed, Bath and Beyond..I thought it would be a funny joke...the lady behind the counter looked at me like I was psycho)
3. iPod
4. Internet (although I'd probably get a lot more accomplished during the day without it)
5. Hoodie sweat shirts (especially gray ones!)
6. A Fan...I'm all about the white noise when I sleep.
7. facebook (I know, it goes along with the internet, but it's different)
8. jeans
9. ankle socks that fit snuggly
10. blankets...I love em....use them ALL the time.

Tell me a few things you just couldn't live without...I'm interested to know...

Things people say at the gym...

so...this is a collection of things people decided to say to me at the gym...Mind you...I don't know most of these people!

1. Are you trying to show me up?!? (I was doing lat pull downs next to another guy doing the same thing...apparently I was lifting a lot of weight)

2. You're raising hell in here! (I was just in a hurry!)

3. Have you lost weight? (This is a person who saw me every day at the gym...I lost 1 or 2 lbs. over the weekend...it freaked me out that he could tell)

4. Do you use those foam rollers to get rid of cellulite?!?

5. After backing me into a corner...."YOU REALLY NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH YOUR LIFE (I was in school..taking microbiology at the time and applying for nursing school)

6. Did you know you are my fantasy?!? (ahhh..still very creeped out by that)

7. After being hit on by a very old man with funny sweat pants and steele toed boots I said "no offense...but you could be my grandpa" His reply "Trust moi-I'm better then your grandpa"

8. What gym stories do you have?

Decisions.

Decisions.
1. I can't make them unless it involves food.
2. I wish someone else could just decide for me.
3. I've changed my mind on what I want to do with my life at least 4 times in the last 6 years.
4. Before I changed my mind 4 times.....I just couldn't decide on anything to decide about.
5. I wish I had a little gnome that whispered in my ear and told me which wedding chapel to decide on.

Acronyms...I love 'em

Nursing...it's what I'm gonna do for the rest of my life!! I made an acronym...I thought it would be a list with a twist!

Needed
Urgent
Rewarding
Sometimes makes me sick to my stomach
Interesting
Never thought I would be a nurse
Get to change people's lives every day.

Minnesota...I'll always have a special space in my heart for my native state!

Mmmmm...hot dish.
Icy
No bugs the size of TX.
No confederate flags in sight...I don't think I knew what a confederate flag looked like until I dated a southern boy.
Extra sour kraut on my bratwurst (definitely don't miss this part of MN)
Sure..ya betcha
Oooofta!!
Toboggans...we sled on them...not wear them on our head.
Always severely cold in the winter.

Stupid Things People Say and Do

This is a list of things that people have said in conversation....and it makes me wonder...why would you ever say something like that?

1. I asked a fellow nursing student why he wanted to be a nurse. His reply which REALLY made me wonder was "I had a testicle removed and the nurses really helped me through it." I was looking for something like "I really like to help people" His answer was definitely one that I was not expecting.

2. You're engaged? I hope you're not getting married until AFTER nursing school is over. (my instructor) Again...not a reply I was hoping for.

3. Wow..you have pretty blue eyes...are you high? (I know I mentioned this in one of my earlier blogs...but again...why would anyone say that?

4. After offering and serving a meal to a guest they started looking in my cupboards "for something else" Ooooohhh...that still get's on my nerves when I think about it.

5. You're getting married in 4 months?!? What is the hurry.....is there a little bump on the way?

People...they need to think before they talk....