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Silvia Decker tagged me.

What I was doing 10 years ago: I was finishing my first year of college at Hobe Sound Bible College and getting ready to start school at Palm Beach Community College. I was work at Jupiter Medical Center and being a nanny for one of the doctors.

Five things on my to do list today:
1. Go to work.
2. Check to see if grass is growing.
3. Water the lawn in necessary.
4. Do a load of laundry.
5. Go to church.

Snacks that I enjoy:
snicker doodles
granola bars
strawberries

What would do if I were a billionaire:Pay off my school loans, car loan and mortgage first. Then invest money for the future. Give some to charity. And do everything in the world not to let it change my life.

Three of my bad habits:
1. Over analyzing everything.
2. Way to opinionated.
3. Not taking enough time off for myself.

Places I have lived:
Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada
Hobe Sound, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Buffalo, New York
Ormond Beach, Florida
Naples, Florida
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Easley, South Carolina
Eureka, California
Flint, Michigan
Aberdeen, North Carolina

Five jobs I have had:
1. CNA- Jupiter Medical Center
2. Nanny- Dr Collins
3. Student Health Liaison- FSU Health Center
4. Speech Language Pathologist, CFY- Avante at Ormond Beach
5. Traveling Speech Language Pathologist- TheraTech Staffing
6. Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist- Pediatric Developmental Therapies

I'm tagging: Bek Boissevain, Aimee Stetler, Karen Boissevain, Jaime Schultz, Andrew Graham.

Another Weekend Goes By

So this is what I have been doing for the past week. The grass seed was put down last Monday and we have had to water every day since then. If I am not watering the grass, then I am watering the new shrubs that I planted. I have 3 hoses going at one time around the property. I am also remembering how impatient that I am watching the grass grow. The booklet tells me that it maybe more then a month before I see anything, but that does not stop me from checking each and everyday. In a month, I might be crazy.

Dad sent a package up this past weekend, and in it was a raincoat for Mikki. Mikki has one other shirt to wear when it is cold, but she does not seem to enjoy them very well. She hates the rain more though so maybe it will work. The funny part, was that after I put it on, she would not move or anything, just stared at me.

On Sunday night it decided to rain, which I was happy about because of needing the soil to be wet. So we put Mikki's coat on and went out. It definitely kept her drive, but she was not impressed. She kept trying to shake it off.

Sunday after noon we decided to go to the Horticultural park at Sandhills Community College. It was very pretty and some of the flowers are finally in bloom. Here are some of the plants that we saw. Plus one of mom and Mikki, even though we were not supposed to have a dog in the park. Ooops!!!

More Planting

This is my favorite spot right now. We took out three dying plants and put in these shrubs. We did this of course on the day that it decided to rain for the most part. Lets just say, that by the end of the day, we had mud absolutely everywhere. It really helps with the curb appeal of the house.

These plants are supposed to eventually grow to look like the other six that are down the line. We pulled two miniatures plants and three flowering plants to put these in. The flowering plants got transported to the backyard to see if they will continue to grow. I know that not all the wood chips are down, but we went through eight bags and I will need to go and get more at some point. After the grueling day working outside, we decided to splurge and drive to Durham for dinner. We had to go to the mall anyways, so we went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Of course, it was great. At some point this week, the new grass seed will be going in, so look for pictures.

Needles

Well this has been a difficult week. Work is going really good and I am enjoying the kids and my co-workers, for the most part. You cannot get along with everyone in the world, I have found. I decided that I was tired of being sick, I got sick over Easter for the seventh time since moving to North Carolina, and went to the doctor. I decided to go to an Allergist, since most of the trouble started after having an allergy attack. He decided on my first visit to start some of the testing. If you have never had allergy testing done, well let me tell you what it was like. I had to lie on my stomach for 30 minutes while they stuck these little needles into my back, a total of 60. What is even better, is that in two months, I get to go back for 100 more needle pricks. If you start to have a reaction, you start to itch, which you cannot do. I thought I would go crazy not being able to scratch my back. I did react to quite a bit actually, so much that the doctor looked at the results and said, "You are going to have a rough 6 months." I ended up getting a steroid shot before leaving his office the other day and some allergy medicine at home. After the next battery of testing, we are going to make the decision whether or not I have to start receiving allergy shots. Which by the way, I am not to keen on. He said that I reacted to some bad enough, that it would be the best choice for me. The pollen is really bad here right now, there is pretty much a blanket of pollen on everything.
Well, on to other things. We are still working on the lawn and landscaping. The grass seed will be going in sometime next week, which I decided to hire out to someone. I just did not know if I could handle the equipment and everything. We changed some of the plants that are in the front and have some more to get done at some point. We have had a lot of rain lately, which is a good thing since we were in a drought, the water levels are now almost back to normal.
Well, now I have to go and clean the entire house top to bottom, doctor's orders.