one with the clay.....or something....

So I (Kyle) thought it would be fun to take a ceramics class. turns out I really suck. Anyway, here are some of my creations. I've never blogged before so hopefully all 30 something pictures are going to show up haha. If it works out like I think there will even be captions. Anyway, if you know any really ecsentric person that wants to buy these for like $50 a piece let me know.....otherwise there are going to be someones crappy Christmas presents. Sucks for you guys!!! So let me know what you think and maybe you'll end up with something to decorate the bottom of your trashcan....or don't say anything and you'll get nothing muahahahaha!!!

here is the famous headless bird

leaves or something....

looks like an egg with a plant on it....eggplant?

its like a little basket for tiny things!

these are all future mugs

another famous piece - the headless snowman. on of my favorites. what do you think of my nice painting?

I call it "cup a la bird crap"

Ha! its twisted, take that teacher!

my goblet of doom

this one is super sweet

super comfy and ergonoic....ergomomic...ergoooo...whatever its cool

these were made only with coils of clay. some i smoothed out afterwards.

vases that are supposed to be 8 inches tall...I thought 3 and six inches sounded better.

some tall 6 inch vases

more vases

check out the size of that handle

kiwano fruit turned into a bookstop...well it will be if they dont fall apart before they get fired. lol

headless bird got some color!

these things smell like an old firepit

A Day in the Life of Wicket

After a long night's rest, Wicket awakes ready to start another exciting day.

He always begins his day with a good hearty breakfast of kibbles and bits.

After which he goes out for a morning stroll.

He doesn't stay out too long before he heads back to his nice warm house.

Once inside, it is nap time for the kitty.

After his nap he is very ready for lunch.
(below is a video of Wicket enjoying his lunch)



After lunch it is time for a little lovin'


Then it is play time.

All of the playing tired him out so it is nap time again.

The end of another nap means the start of some more lovin'


Next it is time to play more.

Now that Wicket has finished his day, it is back to bed.

Let's Talk About the Weather

I feel all grown up now since I am excited to write to you all about the weather over here. Well, I am either all grown up or just so bored that talking about the weather sounds fun. This summer has been really nice. There were only about 4 days when the temp got above 90, it was usually in the 80's or upper 70's. As nice as that has been, I really wanted to talk about my drives home from Lewiston when it is raining. When it rains in Lewiston, the clouds are so low that they sit on top of the Lewiston hill. As I drive up the road on the hill, I can see the clouds sitting on the road in front of me. Then, I am driving inside of the cloud. It is quite a feeling to see the cloud that you are going to drive through. On cloud I drove through was such a dark and heavy cloud that when I was in it, the fog was so thick I could only see one dashed line in front of my car and I could only see the dash when it was very close to my car. It is fun driving through clouds because once you are through the cloud, it is always clear on the other side, well or there is another cloud sitting on the road a ways in front of you and you get to drive through another cloud. The sight of the clouds sitting on the wheat fields is so cool. If I think about it, I will take a camera with me next time the weather is going to be like that.

Work Work Work...

Well, I thought I would update you all on how work has been going.

As you know, I work 12 hr days. This has been really nice because it means that I get long weekends sometimes. For example two weeks ago I had a 5 day weekend and next week I have a 6 day weekend. It is nice to have so many days off to relax, do chores, and have fun.

As you also know, I am supposed to be working in pediatrics. However, kids just are not sick right now. I have worked a total of 3 days in pediatrics since I have started work. I have spent a lot of time working in the nursery though and also in OB. This has been nice. I hope though that I get to spend more time in peds soon. The time that I have spent in peds I have loved. The last day I worked there, I got to start an IV on a 1 year old. I did it on the first try with no problems. That is pretty hard to do since kids veins are a lot smaller than adults, and kids dont like to hold still when you come toward them with a needle.

Overall, I am very pleased with my job and am glad that I have a job that I am excited to go to work , even when I wake up at 5:00 am to get ready.

Back to School

School started up again today. I am so glad that I didn't have to go back to school. Kyle on the other hand now has classes all day and homework all night. He had to put away his video games and open up his text books instead. He says that the classes here are more difficult than those at WWCC. This semester, Kyle has 5 classes and they are all very time consuming. He goes to class all day and then comes home and locks himself in the office to study until dinner. He then comes out, eats, and goes back to study more. He keeps saying that he can hardly wait to be done with school (2.5-3 more years) so that he can wake up, go to work, come home, and have his evenings to have fun instead of doing homework. I have to admit that I can hardly wait for him to be done too so that I can see my husband again.

Welcome Home Wicket

Wicket is finally home. He stayed with my dad and Sara while Kyle and I moved over here and got settled down. Then the week that we were going to come get him, he wobbled right in front of a car and got ran over. He fractured his pelvis and had to stay in the kitty hospital for a couple of weeks. But now he is out of the hospital and is at his new home. He can't walk yet, but is still getting around the house about as good as before the accident. He still shakes and whines and sleeps a lot. I think over all, he has adjusted well to his new home and will be as good as new soon (well as good as a wobbly Wicket could ever be).

Sorry I don't have any pictures of our new place yet but I lost the cord to download pics off of my camera.

I'm a real nurse now!

After 2 years of hard classwork, tests and stress I graduated from nursing school; but that didn't mean that I was done studying or being stressed. I continued studying everyday until I took my boards last Wednesday. I also continued to stress and everyday that my test got closer I got more stressed. So I just took my test on Wednesday that says if my past 2 years of hard work was worth it and that I get to be a nurse. I then had to wait two days before my results posted online. That meant two more days being stressed wondering if I put the right answer on enough questions to pass. Thoughts kept running through my head about well, maybe I should have given that medication instead or maybe I should have done this first rather than what I said I would do first. AAAAH I wanted to scream. Then finally Friday came and I could check on the internet and see if I am good enough to be a nurse. I waited patiently as the page loaded and....I DID IT!!! I passed the test and am now officially a Registered Nurse. :) That is very good since I start work Monday as an RN in pediatrics. I guess all of my hard work did pay off, and maybe now I can relax a little bit.