chrisTmas!

 

FIRST I MUST APOLOGIZE. THIS IS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY WAY THE KEYBOARD WILL WORK. LOVELY. :) 

NOW ONTO THE BLOG:

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

AND I LOVE DECORATING. 

ABOVE IS OUR WOOD BURNING STOVE--- AMAZING. BUT SINCE WE USE IT ALMOST DAILY I CANT DO TOO MUCH DECORATING SINCE IT GETS SUPPPER HOT. 

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THE STOCKINGS WERE MADE LAST YEAR :) 

AND THE WREATH I MADE LAST WEEKEND!

THE NATIVITY IS FROM HONDURAS

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IM HOPING THE MASON JARS WITH GLASS ORNAMENTS WILL WORK OUT  ON THE 'MANTEL'/ STOVE PART. WE WILL SEE. IF NOT CANDLES WORK OUT WELL SINCE THEY MELT DURING WHEN WE HAVE A FIRE AND MAKE THE HOUSE SMELL YUMMY!

NOW ON TO THE FRONT PORCH...

IM KINDA LOVINGGGG THIS WREATH. 

1$ GLITTERY RIBBON. 

LEFTOVER RED & GREEN RIBBON SCRAPS

ORNAMENTS FROM... DOLLAR TREE!

WAAAALAH!

 

 AND FINALLY... PROBABLY MY FAVORITE ORNAMENT. 

RYAN GAVE IT TO ME THE CHRISTMAS AFTER WE WENT TO JAPAN--

ITS A CERAMIC CRANE- 

WHILE WE WERE IN JAPAN WE MADE PAPER ORAGAMI CRANES THAT SYMBOLIZE PEACE- AND WE HUNG THEM IN THE PEACE MEMORIAL IN HIROSHIMA. 

IT WAS A REALLY AMAZING MOMENT IN MY LIFE- AND I LOVE THIS REMINDER OF PEACE. 

IF YOU ARE AROUND MY HOME THIS WEEKEND- FEEL FREE TO STOP BY ON SUNDAY ANYTIME FROM 2:00-5:00

WE ARE HAVING A CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU!

LOVE & PEACE TO YOU ALL

SO CLOSE

IM SO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SEMESTER--- ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY!

MY COUNTDOWN:
1 PRESENTATION/POWERPOINT
1 PAPER ON AN OLD PERSON & EXERCISE
1 SOAP NOTE/DAY AT CLINICAL
CHARTING ON MY CLINICAL DAYS

MY BREAK CAN'T GET HERE SOON ENOUGH!

FOR NOW.... ITS A FIRE, CHRISTMAS TREE, PIZZA, SNOW OUTSIDE, AND BASKETBALL ON THE TV

saturday

i had big plans for today... i suppose the day is still young- but i have only done one thing on my list. 

paper. 

it was my priority for today though. 

no fun. 

thank goodness i just finished it. 

now on to laundry. grocery. running. and then. maybe. a little christmas decorating and crafting!

thankful

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. (Psalm 100:4) 

thankful for an amazing life. with two incredible families. 

thankful for my hilarious. loud. crazy. macminns. 

thankful for a bed to sleep on. laughter in the halls of their house. (wait. there are no halls. you get the drift)

thankful for food on the table. 

thankful for 2 brothers that take care of me. 

thankful for supportive. loving parents. 

thankful for far too many things to list. 

so happy to be at home in georgia. 

may you have a wonderful day. remembering the important things in life-- that most likely- are not things. 

love & peace

time

where does the time go?

i am not sure what i spend my days doing---

but they seem to slip away so quickly. 

i have become a master crocheter! 

i can whip up some goodies in no time.

we celebrated ryan's birthday (for 2 days)

i have also learned how to decorate a cake and ice cupcakes in record time!

i started reading  harry potter 7

and i have made some christmas decorations for the house.

ryan and i leave for my parents tomorrow morning-- and im pretty pumped. 

it will be great to be at their house, eat food, hang out, argue with my brothers, play some games, see my sweet cousin sister, see my awesome sister-in-laws, eat some more while we play more games, be loud, be obnoxious, sit around and do who knows what. 

its going to be a fun, quick 3 days. 

may your thanksgiving be wonderful, fun, and a time of reflection on all the important things in life.

cakes. crocheting. and a backache. OH my!

lets see. where to start. 

oh how about cake decorating class. 

yeah. its a class. 

at our church. 

and its AWESOME. 

a lady who used to teach those classes at a craft store- is now teaching us- for free!

it is so fun!

yesterday was week 2. 

not only did ryan and i spread the icing on the cake we decorated the top! 

i made the little bird.

ryan made the cloud rain on the bird. 

haha. 

i was pretty impressed with the outcome! 

next up. 

crocheting. 

learned a new stitch! thats going to def benefit mom! :) im working on her christmas present right now. 

im already done with all of my sister's! and my mother in-law!

there are perks to sitting at home all day not being able to do much!

which leads me to my shoulder

im supposed to still be in a sling- 

but i just wear it in public. at home i just take it easy. 

my PT is going well. 

i can almost lift my arm all the way up straight by my ear!!

almost is the key word there. 

im lifting a hefty ONE pound weight also!

i go to the doc today. let's hope its a good report!!

and my back-- well its because of the sling. 

the sling adds so much stress and tension on your upper back muscles. 

thus the major upper left back pain. 

so heat. and a massager are my new friends. 

oh and school. the only other thing i do.... 

its fine. ready for this semester to be over. 

let me get a countdown going for you: 

1 blog post (not a fun one. stupid school one)

1 group paper

1 group verbal presentation

1 exercise paper due

1 personal paper

& just completed a day early :) 1 verbal presentation

and 30 hours of clinical

thats all that separates me from christmas break :) 

almost. done.

oh my...

what's worse than having one arm in a sling?!?

ok. yeah- i know. a lot of things. 

but.... 

how about. 

one arm in a sling and a mysterious pulled muscle in the back. 

im talking really pulled. like any twisting movement or bending down takes my breath away. 

ummm. 

how does a girl with one arm do that?

overcompensating?

i dunno. 

but ibuprophen. heating pad. hot bath with bath salts (homemade in fact). 

none worked. 

i WOKE up with it killing me. 

what in the world did i do last night!

oh my. 

good thing im going to physical therapy in just a little bit. 

this is only a test....

ummm i got an email from my dear katie b that said... i can't comment on your blog.
just curious... is this the case for others?? i sure hope so.
i haven't had a comment in ages and was thinking people had given up on this blog!

today i... (updated!)

1. crocheted a scarf
colors dont really show here... but its kinda stringy? ...if you crochet- its just chains that are joined together at the top *around the neck* by a single crochet. seriously. took me 30 minutes. im crazy about it. i made another one today too. while i watched wheel of fortune.





















2. baked  a turkey. yes a whole one. and it turned out beautiful! ...not for us though. its for the community kitchen on saturday. we are making another one tomorrow!

3. did homework... wearing my new scarf. in my favorite coffee shop. 

 *dang. i got greasy hair. washing it is so hard... oh well. ill try again tonight! haha*

4. i made a loaf of bread. yes. homemade. it smells amazing

5. ryan cooked me an INCREDIBLE dinner. orange chicken & asian noodles.

it was a gooooood day. :)

until it started to rain and get cold. then. instantaneously... my shoulder start throbbing.
im like an old lady already.
to the hot shower i go.