Because I've been tagged numerous time!! Here it is::

A-Age: 22

B-Bed Size: QUEEN

C-Chore I dislike the most: ALL OF THEM!!!

D-Dogs name: outside- Boxers- Rocky & Mollie. Inside- Lilo and Lilly

E-Essential start of my day begins with: Turning the alarm off.

F-Favorite Color: PINK

G-Gold or Silver: SILVER, WHITE GOLD

H-Height: 5'6 ISH

I-Instrument I play: NONE

J-Job Title: RN

K-Kids: JUST FURRY ONES!!! :)

L-Living Arrangements: IN A HOUSE.

M-Mom's Name: CINDY

N-Nicknames: HAI-HAI, DARLIN', HAILEY-RAE

O-Over Night Hospital Stay other than child birth: WRECK. (NO CHILDBIRTH HERE)

P-Pet Peeve: SELFISHNESS, PEOPLE TREATING LIFE AS A COMPETITION.

Q-Quote from movie: FROM WALK THE LINE- Jerry Lee Lewis: We're all going to hell for the songs we sing!
June Carter: And what about me, Jerry Lee; am I going to hell too?
Jerry Lee Lewis: No, June, you're beautiful.

SWEET HOME ALABAMA-
Earl Smooter: You can't ride two horses with one ass, sugarbean

JAKE- HONEY JUST CAUSE I TALK SLOW DOESN'T MEAN I'M STUPID.

R-Right or Left handed: RIGHT

S-Siblings: ONE SISTER.

T-Time I Wake Up: IF I HAVE TO WORK- 4:30. IF NOT- WHENEVER

U-Underwear: YEP

V-Veggies I dislike: BRUSSEL SPROUTS (AGREE)

W-What make me run late: COLE.. HE'S ALWAYS READY UNTIL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THEN ITS I GOTTA DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS.

X-X Rays: ALL KINDS. AND CT'S AND MRI'S

Y-Yummy Foods I Make: CHICKEN CASSEROLE, CHICKEN FETTUCCINE ALFREDO, HASH BROWN CASSEROLE, RED VELVET CAKE. CINNAMON ROLL CAKE

Z-Zoo Animals: GIRAFFE'S (THEIR NECKS AMAZE ME!)


Now I tag 3 of my friends: I TAG WHOEVER IS READING THIS WHO HASN'T ALREADY DONE THIS QUIZ IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS :o)

It's Official!!

Praise the Lord, I passed Nclex and am now officially an RN!!!!!!! I thought this day would never come!! A BIG thanks to everyone who said prayers for me throughout the past two years. God is Good and I could've never gotten this far on my own.

Maybe now I will be able to blog more since I won't be studying anymore (WOW- that sounds weird)!!

LoVe YoU!

"When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever." Proverbs 10:25

More PiNnInG & gRaDuAtIoN

Here are a few more pictures from Pinning and Graduation!

The first is of Me & Haley! We were the "Ha(i)ley's from McMinnville." We definitely spent a lot of time together over the past two years carpooling back and forth to Lebanon, and Clinicals.
AND!!! We both got jobs at CRMC and in the SAME UNIT!!!



Here are a few of our decorated graduation hats (Monica decorated them- Thanks again!)

Cole said he felt like he graduated too! LOL!! He's been really good & understanding throughout this whole journey. It's been a long journey, too!

Me & my best friend Jarrod. He and Stacey came to pinning. She was supposed to be in the picture, but she jumped out at the last second!!


I still just can't believe its over! I thought things would slow down once I graduated and I actually think it has been right the opposite. I've been crazy busy since I finished school, I hope it slows down soon.


UPDATE ON MY MOM- She is doing much better since her knee replacement surgery. Her therapy is helping, but knee replacements usually have long recovery times associated with them, so please keep her in your prayers.

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!! PiNnInG & BsN gRaDuAtIoN!!!

May 1 was my Nursing School Pinning Ceremony. I thought this day would NEVER come!! It was such a great feeling knowing that all my hard work over the past few years had finally paid off. Many of my friends and family came to the ceremony, which meant a lot to me.

I will start my job as a Registered Nurse Intern at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on June 1 in the Nuero-Muscular Stepdown unit. I'm very excited to start working! I'll be even more glad when my state boards are over, which should be sometime this summer.

I have more pictures from pinning and graduation, but blogger will only hold so many! :) I will post more in a different blog!

Thank you to everyone who prayed and supported me during school. Keep sending those prayers up though- as I still have to pass the Nclex!

Everyone please keep me in your thoughts and prayers this week as I am finishing up finals for my Bachelor or Science in Nursing Degree. I have many important finals this week that I must finish before I can breathe a sigh of relief that this crazy journey-called nursing school- is over!! So I would definitely appreciate prayers for strength and knowledge to get through them all...

THANK YOU!!! Now back to studying. :-(

The Traveling Patriot

The Traveling Patriot

I got this from Tara's blog and I love it!! I had to share!!!!

This is one of those emails you want to share with EVERYONE! Feel free to copy and paste and share!


I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. 'I'm glad I have a good book to read Perhaps I will get a short nap,' I thought.

Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation. 'Where are you headed?' I asked the soldier
seated nearest to me.

'Petawawa. We'll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we're being deployed to Afghanistan .'

After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack lunches were available for five dollars. It would be several hours before we reached the east, and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time..

As I reached for my wallet, I overheard soldier ask his buddy if he planned to buy lunch. 'No, that seems like a lot of money for just a sack lunch. Probably wouldn't be worth five bucks. I'll wait till we get to base '

His friend agreed.

I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar bill.. 'Take a lunch to all those soldiers.' She grabbed
my arms and squeezed tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. 'My son was a soldier in Iraq ; it's almost like you are doing it for him.'

Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, 'Which do you like best - beef or chicken?'

'Chicken,' I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went to the front of plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from first class. 'This is your thanks.'

After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane, heading for the rest room. A man stopped me 'I saw what you did I want to be part of it. Here, take this.' He handed me twenty-five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming down the aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not looking for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my side of the plane. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his hand, and said, 'I want to shake your hand.'

Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain's hand.

With a booming voice he said, 'I was a soldier and I was a military pilot. Once, someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness I never forgot..' I was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers.

Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs.

A man who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm.

When we landed I gathered my belongings and started to deplane.

Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word. Another twenty-five dollars!

Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip to the base. I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. 'It will take you some time to reach the base. It will be about time for a sandwich. God Bless You.'

Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow travelers. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals.

It seemed so little...

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of up to and including their life.'

That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.'

May God give you the strength and courage to pass this along