The Home Stretch!

Boy - have I missed writing to you guys!! These last few weeks have just been a bit....brutal - to say the least. My little girl (20yrs old :p) as some of you might know is a diabetic and she got really ill (like ICU for 4 days kind of ill) Anyhow she's home and better and I am so relieved - I feel like I can breathe again. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Between her and finishing projects for school I haven't been able to do much of anything else and I think it's taking its toll. It has made me into a bit of a Crabby Patty :( A thousand sorrys to everyone around me.

But the great, awesome, famtabulous news is that ALL my projects are done!! I am in the last lap of this race. All I need to do is study for a course final which I take on Thursday and I am done with tests!! I finished my workbook last week so I will have NO MORE HOMEWORK. I am so happy I can cry :_D Seriously, no wonder I didn't want to apply myself this much in high school - mind you the grades are beyond great but my mind is mush. And thank goodness I am married or I would not have had a personal life. Now I have a greater appreciation for smart people. Well....only a little cuz some smart people don't have to work this hard. After this week it is all about doing services and working on my

case studies (we have clients we work on and put together a portfolio with before and after pictures - it is a cool project and you have something to take on job interviews)

So this is my desk - it is a crazy mess!! I have three cups (1 of tea and 2 of coffee)just to keep me sustained. I got an Ikea catalog so I can do my spa room project (we have to create a room and do a cost breakdown of everything we will need to open up our own place) It is much more fun if you are a creative person (which I am not-I tend to over think things). I named my spa Libellula Spa, which I guess means Dragonfly. You know I just had to :D The hardest project is the 3 cover letters and resumes - just because of trying to word things right. But the most interesting project by far was the product comparison - mine was between Olay ProX and DDF - I can't tell you which product to stay away from (I don't want to sued like Oprah) but I am confidently sticking with my DDF products and the cost points were not that far off. *INFO DDF is sold at SMI so come see us*

This coming week is also my first time doing the state board mock tests - which is a requirement for school so we are prepared for the real deal - most schools don't do this but again I'm at a superb school *portfolios, resumes and mock boards are about securing my future AGAIN this is a superb school!* So I am getting my Bridgette head ready - her hair can't touch her face so I gelled it and braided it - hopefully it will hold. The dog was tripping out she didn't know what to make of a head without a body :D I bought and filled all my containers. I will be running through the simulation later on today because I don't want to be unprepared and aparently I'm some kind of overachiever :D

Even though I have enjoyed my projects I can not wait to get my life back  - I have soaps to make, gardens to plant, blogs to read, movies to watch, recipes to try, bracelets to create and a home to decorate and I can not wait to share it all with you guys.

Happy Rosh Hashanah

May all your good deeds be recognized and

may your name be inscribed in the book of life.

Happy Rosh Hashanah.

Leap Year to Zombieland

 

This 2009 movie staring the insane Woody Harrelson was surprisingly good. If you like "Sean of the Dead" -which is great -then you will like this cleaver movie. It is a dark (very dark) comedy and I don't recommend it for 16 and under but for those of you of age it is going to knock your knickers off! It can be a bit predictable - like Woody eventually getting his Twinkie but that is ok you will be laughing too hard to really care. There is also a cameo from a comedy great but I won't tell you who .. it's a surprise. Moral of this movie is to start your cardio now - trust me :p

 

 

Now I really do love Amy Adams. I think she is just the cutest. Hello! Enchanted and Julie/Julia! This movie is a full out chick flick .. expect your man not to be sitting next to you. It is sooo predictable it is ridiculous but I didn't mind it toooo much. So go get your 1/2 gallon of ice cream and fluff up your pillows because that is what us women do when we watch a girl movie (I was eating a DQ blizzard) and shut off your cellphone so you can really enjoy this movie. Oh and her costumes are just perfect!! *Sigh* Beware though ~ the scenery is so wonderful that you will be wanting to travel to Ireland. Moral of this story is sometimes in life you get exactly what you wanted but only to realize that it isn't want you needed.

Shabbat Shalom

Here I am sending an angel ahead of you to keep you on the road and to bring you into the place that I have prepared. Watch yourself because of him and obey his voice. Do not behave rebelliously against him, for he will not pardon your transgresion; because my name is within him. However, if you strictly obey his voice and really do all that I shall speak then I shall certainly be hostile to your enemies and harass those who harass you.

Deu 23:20-22

Woohoo - I Didn't Streak!!

I did both body treatments (which included applying self-tanner) and microderm and I did not streak!! :D You have nooo idea how excited I am. There is nothing worse than going to work two toned on your body or red hickey marks on your face to put you in a foul mood. I would have been crushed if I did and would have cried like a sissy. But I braced myself and trucked through my fears (and I have several) and came out victorious. Thank you Jesus! It was his voice of encouragment that kept me focused. May he always be near by. So that wraps up week 8 and I have 4 weeks of Module 2 left and I am completing my projects and finishing up my workbook and feeling a tad bit confident - that is ... until I remember that when I turn in my projects I also will be taking my final exam aaannnd now I am back in anxiety-land :I So for better or for worse in 4 weeks I will be able to get a personal life - ahh I almost forgot what that was. I can do my bracelets, sew, start my garden, decorate for Ol' Hallows Eve, and watch Eclipes (gee wiz by that time it will be on Netflix!). But until then the nose is in the books :D

Need To Watch

I have two movies to review today and they could not be any more different from one another but both are worth the 2 hours to watch.

 "The Losers" 2010 is about a group of elite ops who get framed for a mission gone bad. This reminds me of the A-Team and it is funny. And already a few spots in the movie have become our little tag lines.

"Fireproof"2008 is about a firefighter whose marriage is in trouble. This is the Kirk Cameron I always knew he could be - very dramatic. The argument scenes with his wife - I was like wooow. I didn't care for the wife much *sorry* but the other firefighters were funny. A must watch if you are dating or married*your relationship doesn't need to be in trouble for you to remember how fragile the heart is. PS also loving the house décor :p

School This Week ....

... went by pretty quick. I am off and running with my case studies. I felt very confident working on them. I have noticed that somewhere within the first 1/2 of the service I stand up and finishing working. I thought it was weird - I didn't do it in Module 1 - I'm not too sure why I do it *scratching my head* I found it tons easier to work this way - I felt much more in control of my environment and didn't get tired in the least bit. I heard that the European eastheticians work standing up - so maybe I'll tell people that I work in the Eurpean style : D

I also got to do services on someone special to me - which made me a bit nervous but I got a chance to use a super cool "Black Onyx Collegen Mask" - it had a thin rubber feel to it and it was cool to the touch - I guess it is to be used for irritated or dry skin - which we are in the dessert skin here is dry and the people are irritated *hee hee - just kidding*- but afterwards her skin looked AMAZING!

She looked alittle bit like Hannibal Lector - which was a bit uneasy - for me, not her - she really enjoyed it.

Ms Cunningham - my progressively forward thinking teacher - got these new shoes called "Vibram 5 Fingers" which look like a cross between surfing shoes and gloves. She says they are very comfortable (and if you are in Phoenix - she bought hers at REI) Ms Fran thinks they look like gecko feet :p I guess you can buy them with different sole thickness, colors and styles.

Well gotta go - I have 200 things to do before school starts and I am feeling a touch overwhelmed but the sooner I start ... the sooner I finish. Yea ... that's comforting :p