Gradjiated

I DID IT!!!

This arrived in the mail yesterday...

I'm not going to lie until I got the email saying they were going to be printing this, I almost didn't believe I was really done! I was worried that I had missed a class or something didn't add up right, you know, just somehow it almost didn't seem possible that I was actually a college graduate. Well, now I have proof (as the diploma states).

None of this would have been possible, or at least wouldn't have happened so fast if it hadn't been for my parents-in-law, especially my mother-in-law. She was definitely the biggest factor in all of this!

THANK YOU!!

Thank you to everyone else for you support and help along the way! I definitely couldn't have done this by myself.

Ahh......*big sigh of relief*....a tear or two of joy.....

we're definitely celebrating again tonight! :)

First Painting Project

Among our many wedding gifts were two framed pictures of fish...At first I have to admit I thought it was really weird. I had no idea where I would put them. Over the last couple of years I just decided I would put them up in our bathroom. I liked this idea, for some reason they just seem to "fit" there. But as I've started putting pictures up in our apartment I realized I really didn't like the white frames on the white wall. I felt it detracted from the overall look of the pictures and the room.

Since we had also recently made some clay imprints of Lucy's feet and hands, I decided Lucy and I should have fun painting. I was a little worried it would become a big mess so we prepped by putting newspaper all over the kitchen floor, Lucy got to wear an old T-shirt of mine, and I made sure that there was a wet washcloth handy--just in case of emergencies.

This is how our project began

If the walls weren't white I think I would like these pictures as they are,Fir

but we will most likely have white walls for the next few years so they needed a little something more.

She even got to pick out the color she was going to use...

I was amazed she didn't react more aversely to having paint on her...she usually doesn't like things that stick to her hands or skin. I think the fact that she was the one putting it there might have made a difference, or maybe it was just the fact that we were both painting things..who knows?

She got a little more excited when she realized what was happening!

This is really all she got on herself--besides an accidental swipe on her face (couldn't get a picture because she was about to rub it all in her eyes). Not surprisingly I got a lot more on myself, or should I say she got a lot more on me. I had paint all over my arms and legs and I'm pretty sure I ended up with stuff on my face too!

Here it is all finished! What do you think?

On the right it reads, 30 DEC...

I know it's a little hard to make out but this was my first try at something like this

so I'm not too worried about it :)

So what do you think? I'm having some second thoughts about the yellow one, I think the blue is fun because there's a stronger contrast in colors, but the yellow doesn't look as good as I wanted it to. I'm thinking of redoing the white with orange and making the spots more rounded...I haven't quite decided yet and it all depends on if I ever get around to feeling up to redoing it. And if it bugs me enough :)

Lamest Blogger EVER!

Okay so I know I've been MIA the last couple of months. I really want to put up some video's but it's a rather difficult process so I'm just going to put a couple of pictures from the last little while. And whenever I get around to spending the time to convert the videos I'll post them.

Anyways, so life the last little while. Well I finally graduated!! YAY me! :) I finished my classes (independent study) the day before Thanksgiving break. It was a very busy semester, if you want to know how much time I was spending on the computer or with my classes the following story should give you an idea -- Lucy and I were playing and having fun, when I realized I really needed to get back to my studying, I went over to the computer, opened it and Lucy fell on the floor crying... A little dramatic? Maybe, but she got the point across. I needed to spend more time with her. Well, now she gets to be with me ALL day :) It's good most days and other days let's just say I'm not the only one needing a break.

Hahaha!

Thanksgiving break was great! One of Devin's uncle's and fam came to stay here and so we got to see a lot of them. Have I ever mentioned how much Lucy loves boys? or should I say male gender? Haha. Devin's cousin Travis who is just a couple years younger than me was Lucy's favorite person over the break. I don't know what it was but she spent lots of time like this...

Being goofy and sitting with Travis. She warmed right up to Uncle Jim (that is his head in the picture above). I felt so bad for Aunt Karen, Lucy just wouldn't go to her! She let her touch her a few times, but that was it. Thanksgiving day was great! The food was wonderful and I ate WAY too much of it...but at the time I was on a gain weight diet prescribed by my midwife...apparently I wasn't gaining enough weight the first few months. No worries, I have successfully gained plenty...I won't tell you how much, but lets just say the holidays did wonders :D haha.

Not having school after Thanksgiving break was a little weird. I felt like I was on an extended holiday, and I probably treated it a little too much like one. I was not very productive or motivated to do much else other than be with Lucy and get our apartment in order. Devin on the other hand went back to school and finished the semester off beautifully! When Christmas break rolled around he was very excited (to say the least). I've got to go but I will leave you with one more picture of Lucy and I will hopefully write more soon :)

Lucy modeling The Green Scarf (my sisters christmas present to her boyfriend)

and holding her favorite doll!