Poo Juice

There's not much new going on around here. I'm very excited since I have 4 days ahead of me with nothing to do but clean, work out and read. I do believe that this is a very justified break since today I got poo juice on my FACE. That's right...poo juice. One might ask what poo juice is. Well, I don't want to be too graphic, so if you have a sensitive stomach stop reading here....

Oh, so you think your stomach is made of steel, eh? After what happened to me today..I almost wish my face was made of steel too. Here's the story. I emptied my patients bedside commode that was filled with urine and poo into the toilet. During this lovely process...the juice from the poo splashed onto my cheek and wrists. So there you have it...poo juice...on my face. Yikes. Hope you weren't reading this over you lunch break!

Not So Young Anymore...

So, even though I am often accused of looking like I'm twenty (sometimes even 15)...I can tell I'm not so young anymore. Here's how...

1. This morning I tried yanking our covers up because they were all sliding on the floor. Since it was bright and early, I didn't warm up before executing this swift move. I therefore strained a muscle in my back...booo...I was excited about working out today, too! Guess I'll have to run instead of doing push-ups and pull-ups.

2. Yesterday when I was a at work, a pre-teenish girl asked me if I knew about some singer....I vaguely remembered the name because I had a seen his cd at Blockbuster. (Some, young whipper snapper with a picture in front of a bike) I also had great difficulty decoding everything she excitedly spattered out. This really made me feel old. I'm pretty sure the word "like" used to frequent my vocabulary far too often, but now that I'm an old fuddy-duddy...I really couldn't decipher her slurred, like filled sentences very well. "Like..he's Like the best singer from, like, The American Idol...like he's so great...I like have like "_________ fever." I had to say "what?" about a billion times before I could figure out what she was saying. That really made me feel old.

3. I was a part of my first work pot-luck. I enjoyed pot-lucks as a child because I could eat cookies and all the fatty foods I was never allowed to eat at home. Now, I search and search for the healthy and sensible food among all the junk. Well, unless I find pizza of course...then my self-control goes out the window (hmm...maybe I'm not so old after all...I'm still a sucker for cheese pizza...on Easter Sunday of all days...)

I Used To Say....

When I was a young know-it-all teen...I used to say I would NEVER do some of these things that I am about to list...I guess the old saying "never say never" is true!
I used to say I would not

1. Wear sweat pants out in public. As a young teen that had lots of time on primping...I couldn't understand why women would 'let themselves go' like that. HA...I now live in my sweat pants....but I usually do change into jeans when going out in public...not always though!

2. Give anyone an injection. I used to almost pass out when I saw someone else getting a shot...now I do it every day!

3. Gain the freshman 15...Let's see...I've gained it, lost it, gained it...lost it...You get the picture. What's a girl to do when she's a freshman three times??

4. Marry a principal....well, I never said I WOULDN'T....but if the idea had been suggested, I would have said "NO." Very emphatically. I love my principal hubby oodles and oodles and am so glad I said "yes!"

5. Own a yippy dog. "What's a yippy dog?" you ask. It's a dog that barks and barks and barks and barks. Maddie-poo is definitely yippy...It's not her fault that so many scary looking people walk by our house!

6. Dance like my mom. I guess genetics doomed me from birth though...there was no getting away from it!

So, It's Been A While....

The title of this blog is a statement I utter far too often. Lately I've had a hard time keeping up with the laundry in my hamper and the dishes in my sink. I'm REALLY behind on all of my phone calls and I just wrote my thank you notes for my birthday presents today...Yikes. I haven't even unpacked from my spring break trip yet. I feel completely and utterly exhausted...and also VERY unorganized. On the bright side, I've lost about 7 pounds and am almost back to my skinny highschool weight! SWEET! I'm not even dieting! The combination of not studying 7 hours a day and not being able to eat while I work has really paid off...(the exercising has helped too of course:). I write all this to say that I'm completely and utterly exhausted...and have not even FELT like blogging. I hope my few faithful readers won't write me off....and I hope my friends and family in far away places still know that I love them, even though I haven't been the best about calling lately.....So, I know it's been awhile...but I'll be back soon...writing my silly lists again..So, be ready to leave lots of comments!

Today Was the FIRST TIME I....

Today was the first time I've actually YELLED my heart out at a basketball game. Usually I show restraint and just politely clap...but I was sooo excited when the boys and girls of Norfolk Christian High school won state!! Way to go guys!!

Look What's FINALLY Done?!?

So, after a lot of mudding, sanding, painting and cleaning...our guest bedroom is FINALLY finished. This means that all you family members and friends that live far away should come visit now...."What?...You have kids?" Well, Joel and I MIGHT be willing to watch them for a night if you come stay in our little guest room...but you better hurry...that offer will only be good while we are childless! Not that you should hold your breath about the prospect of us having kids any time soon....but...you get the point! Come visit us!

House Envy

Do you ever struggle with house envy? I know I do. I am so GLAD that I have a house, but I still feel a tid bit of jealousy when I visit places of residences that I will only be able to live in when I dream at night. So, I've decided to focus on the things in my home that I absolutely love. The first thing is a vase I inherited through marriage from my mother-in-law. It is a glass vase. Last fall I cut some snowballs (that's what we called them in our family, I'm not sure what they are really called) from our yard and dried them. I then took some sea glass I found when Joel and I were in Boston and sprinkled it in the bottom. Lastly, I tied a ribbon I had received on a Christmas gift around the top. I now LOVE looking at this arrangement. It makes me happy...and I therefore have a little less house envy:)