It Finally Happened!

I can hardly believe it!! After 3 1/2 years of applying to the local nursing program I finally got in!! I begin nursing school on January 17th! I have waited almost 4 years to get in and it is still hard for me to believe it's finally going to happen. Two years from today I will be an official RN working in labor and delivery! Best part is, my clinical instructor for the frist semester is my boss here at the hospital. She is so nice and easy to get along with. I am excited in so many ways I can't begin to express it! YAY!!!!!!!!

Project #2

It has been some time now since my last post so I figured I had better say something. I have finally moved all my stuff into John's place, but some things are still not in their proper places. John and I still have to clean his old room and make room for my books on his bookshelf, which is basically all that is left. After that just another round of vacuuming and some more cleaning and we are good to go.

When I decided we needed to paint the bedroom (hee hee, notice I said when "I" decided "we" needed to) it turned into quite an undertaking but it was much easier than my second undertaking. I decided I hated the pattern on our dining room chairs and wanted to re-upholster them to something I liked a little better. I went to pick out the pattern and that turned into being more difficult than I had imagined it to be. I had to get the right kind of fabric and they only had grandma patterns in the fabric type I needed, so I had to settle on one I liked best. It has some grapes and some fruit and vines....kinda wine country.....so, I thought it would work. My mom and dad have been so generous and helpful throughout this move, and like so many other things, they bought the fabric for the chairs. I brought the fabric home to show John, and boy, his face was so hysterical. He HATED the pattern. He could not hide his look of disgust if he tried. Since John is who he is though, I have since put the pattern on 1 and 1/2 out of the 6 chairs. It has turned into a nightmare of a project. The seat bottom is easy, but the backs of the chairs are not easy and I can't do the corners very well, so the corners are too thick and won't fit back chair. I have since stalled on finishing the project and promise I will get back to it soon.

The best part of the story, however, was my first attempt at using a staple gun. Now, contrary to what it may seem, I have never done any kind of painting or re-upholstering in my life. These are all new skills I am learning to perfect. The first time I used the staple gun, I did not know which way the staples came out and stapled the wrong way. Luckily, the staple missed my face and flew up into the air behind me, and we have yet to find the missing staple. John was so mad at me he didn't talk to me for almost 15 minutes!! That is the longest he has ever gone without saying something to me. Finally, he asked me, "How in the hell did you face the staple gun in the wrong direction? You are not stupid, but that had to be one of the stupidest things I have ever seen!". By this point, I was in hysterics about the whole thing, and I still have no idea why I faced it the wrong way. Oh well, guess it was just a blonde moment!

Sadly, John leaves for Chicago on Sunday for work and will be gone all week, but at least I'll have time to hopefully get around to cleaning up his room and getting that all done. Note to John, if there is anything you do not want me to find, then you better hide it between now and Sunday :)

For now, I think that is all I have to report. Oh yeah, I get to go see Barenaked Ladies tomorrow night in SF. I am excited about that. We also get to go get a Christmas tree this weekend before he leaves. I can hardly wiat for both of those events! So. Exciting.

Sound Advice

So, the big move went well. We finally finished painting the bedroom, and I must say, I am pretty happy with the outcome. It is actually a lot of work to paint a room. First, you have to tape everything, and then do a couple of coats, and since I wanted to colorwash the wall, we had to do three coats over a period of 4 days. We have finally finished though and now we can move the last of the furniture in. We do not yet have internet access, so I have been without a computer for almost a week now. It is actually pretty sucky when you don't have a computer with internet access easily available to you. For now, here is some sound advice from my hero, Michael Scott.....

The Big Day

Yay, what a great day!! I got my car back looking more beautiful than ever and I get to move in with John. Lots of work ahead of us, but I can't be happier. Sucks I have to work all weekend but at least I have today and Monday off.

All About Me

So, I said I would tell people a little bit about myself when I first started this site, so I figure I may as well get started. Here are a 100 little tid-bits about me:

1. I have several nicknames - Krissy, Blondie, Krisser and my favorite, Krisitine (Kris-ee-teen)
2. My parents wanted to name me Amber Adams, but thought that sounded like a stripper's
name, so I became Kristine Amber Adams
3. I swam for 11 years - which included 2 national meets, 1 Western All Star team and 1 year
at a Division 1 college. My events were the 100 Fly and 100/200 Backstroke
4. My favorite color is purple, but blue is right up there too
5. I have not acheived one of the goals I set for myself when I was 16 -- I did not graduate
from college, I was not marreid at 24 and I did not have my first child at 26 and second at
28
6. I regret not sticking out college and graduating more than anything else in my life
7. I am happy I finally figured out what I want to do with my life, which I think, is very
important
8. I am moving in with my boyfriend in two days. I can't be happier with this decision!
9. I had a root canal when I was 4 after I hit my two front teeth on a coffee table
10. I had braces twice...plus headgear and rubber bands
11. I still wear my retainers about once a week when I go to bed
12. When I was a kid, my family would go to Disneyland twice a year
13. I have been to Hawaii three times (Oahu, Maui, and Kauai)
14. I can remember the license plate of every car my family has owned since I was 5 years old.
Plus, that of some friends, family and ex-boyfriends. Scary, I know, but for some reason I
just remember license plates
15. I can also remember all of the phone numbers of the houses I have lived in. Yes, those of
old friends from elementary school too
16. I have natural curly hair, that I staighten every day
17. I had natural pin straight hair until I turned 12 and hit puberty....then it went curly!
18. My favorite book is The Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
19. My favorite book series is Harry Potter
20. I am a Harry Potter finatic
21. I even entered a Harry Potter trivia contest at the fair
22. I hate speaking in public
23. I DO NOT like to be the center of attention.
24. I have never smoked a cigarette...not even touched one!
25. My favorite number is 11
26. I was born in CA and have lived in CA my entire life...I am a true CA girl!
27. I dye..correction...highlight, my hair blonde
28. I have been to at least 100 concerts
29. I have seen Metallica 6 times!
30. I learned the words to a song just to be friends with my current best friend...this is not
psycho, I just wanted to have something in common with her.
31. I was "Queen" of the Nerd Herd in elementary school
32. I write left handed, but I bat and golf right handed
33. I have never broke a bone
34. I have never had a bloody nose...I've been hit hard in the nose too, but still, no blood
35. I can pop my left shoulder out of joint
36. I can crack my big toes as many times as I want to consecutively
37. I have worn Victoria's Secret Vanilla Lace Lotion since 9th grade
38. My favorite scent in the whole world is Vanilla
39. My favorite ice cream is Vanilla....except at Christmas time when Peppermint Stick is back
40. I have been lucky enough to experience true love twice in my life
41. I have only had my heart broken once....not a fun experience!
42. I was the only girl on a boy's baseball team when I was young
43. I do NOT like chocolate!
44. My parents have yet to surprise me with a Christmas gift...I am great at figuring out what
each present is. Drives my mom nuts and I don't even snoop.
45. I love to untie knots and unravel messes
46. I hate taking out the trash more than any other chore...in my opinion it's the man's job
47. I am terrified of spiders
48. I own six pairs of black high heels
49. I wear a size 7 shoe
50. I am 5'7" tall
51. I really wanted to be 5'11" but fell quite a bit short of that
52. I am very opinionated
53. I once shook a co-workers soda that she asked me to get for her because she was not nice to
me...it made me laugh when it exploded on her when she opened it. I kinda feel bad about it
now
54. I am actually a really nice person and have never done anything else like the above prank
55. I love my boxer puppy Chloe
56. I had my first kiss in 9th grade
57. My all time favorite movie is Parenthood
58. My all time favorite song is by Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
59. I love all types of music, except country!
60. I was born in South Lake Tahoe but didn't learn to ski until I was 16
61. I have green eyes
62. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a detective...I still think that would be awesome
63. Even though I am pushing 30, I don't feel a day over 18
64. I hate talking on the phone...I am the text message queen
65. I have an oral fixatoin and always have to be chewing gum
66. I only like to use fine point blue inked pens
67. My money always has to be faced in the same direction and in proper order
68. I won the school talent show playing "Memory" from Cats on the piano, which, I taught
myself because my teacher said it was too hard a piece for me to play
69. I scored a 99 on my drivers test in a stick shift
70. I have never "dreamed" about my wedding day...in fact, I would rather elpoe
71. I want to go to Tahiti more than anywhere else in the world
72. I think Tijuana smells like hot dogs
73. Every purse I own is by Coach
74. I have a huge fear of getting my teeth, or just one tooth, knocked out
75. I have never been in a fist fight
76. One of my boobs is bigger than the other one
77. I have the best family anyone could ask for
78. I have the most amazing boyfriend
79. I always repeat everything I say out loud to myself in a quiet whisper
80. I talk to myself constantly, this does not mean I am weird
81. I am addicted to fantasy football
82. My favorite season is fall
83. My favorite month is October
84. I was in a spelling bee in 4th grade and got out on the word "annihilate"....I have never
forgotten how to spell that word
85. I cut at least one class every day my senior year of high school
86. I am not allergic to anything
87. I have had pneumonia twice
88. I love to play boardgames
89. I am actually really good at poker
90. I once beat up my brother and my dad when they plotted to take my Naughty By Nature
tape
91. I was a total tom boy growing up
92. I didn't wear make up until I was 25 and I didn't get my first purse until I was 26
93. I love to sleep in, especially when it is raining out and I get to listen to it fall on the roof
94. I love the smell of candles after they have been blown out
95. My favorite store is Costco
96. I love any artwork by MC Escher
97. I have absolutely no artistic ability whatsoever
98. My favorite food is shushi
99. At 28 years old, I can still do a back walkover
100. I got an eagle on a par 4 when I played golf with my brother and three other guy friends.
They still deny it to this day...I have since retired from golf!

Results Of Measures 85 and 86

I am very happpy Measure 85 did not pass and our daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, mothers and girlfriends can choose to be safe when making a difficult decision. I am sad measure 86 did not pass. I guess the smokers decided they did not want to pay more to smoke their cancer sticks. Well, to them, I will be seeing you regularly in the future when you attempt to save your life with chemo or try to catch your breath as fluid continues to build up in your lungs because the alveoli are shot and can no longer do their job, or when you are fighting for your life from heart disease, aneurysms, bronchitis, emphysema, stroke, and/or severe cases of pneumonia and asthma. But enjoy them now, while you are young and healthy, or to help you stay skinny to impress that cute guy, or relieve that stressful moment because you have not learned to handle stress appropriately, or just because it feels so good when you are drunk or done eating. Now that I have vented a little bit, let me just state that it is the younger people who smoke that make me so mad. They know the effects of smoking, yet still choose to do it. It is just so frustrating to watch, especially when they have kids around them. Don't people understand that they are not just hurting themselves, but their children also? Sadly, our society is just so self absorbed they can't even put their children's needs above their own.

Measures 85 and 86

I am going to attempt to write something about voting today, and my opinions on a couple of the measures. Please know up front, however, I am not a person knowledgable about politics. I actually don't trust policiticans at all and am neither a strong democrat or republican. I like beliefs from both sides and, of course, have my own opinion on every matter. I vote for what I think will benefit the general public the most...specifically, the middle class.

Measure 85 (Waiting period and parental notification before termination of minor's pregnancy)
I know this is a huge debate for religious people/non-religious people as to when the baby becomes a baby, but coming from a strictly medical and anatomical point of view please vote NO on this measure. Girls, specifically minors, who do not want to tell their parents they are pregnant, will go to almost all measures to not have their parents find out about the pregnancy. Living in CA, it will be easy for girls to cross the border to Mexico and have an abortion done, or go to some quack "doctor" who does not know what they are doing to have the procedure done. If worse comes to worse they may even attempt to try it themselves, but if you know anything about anatomy, the uterus in most females is tipped and can not be done with a straight object. Chances are if they try it themselves they will puncture the uterus and cause potential harm to themselves including possible death. Please keep our girls safe from these potential horrific outcomes and let them have the right to choose to tell their families or not. Let's hope they have supportive parents who will stand by them in their difficult time.

Measure 86 (Tax on cigarettes...additional $2.60 per pack)
This is a definite yes vote in my opinion. Working in a hospital, I can not tell you how many uninsured people we help and of which, are smokers with many complicatoins from smoking. Everyone knows the dangers of smoking, yet they still choose to do it. The least that can come of it is to support hospitals and anti-smoking groups who have to pay millions upon millions of dollars for these smokers, many of whom are not insured! In the long run, hurt the smokers where it counts right now...in the pocket book. Let them suffer the consequences later in life from smoking, which I can promise you, will not be pleasant for anyone in thier life.

Purple It Is

I have been trying to come up with colors to paint our new bedroom. It is much easier said than done, however. John says he doesn't care, he just doesn't want purple. Using the red duvet as the accent color in the room, all the paint sites I have been visiting tell me the main color of the room should be purple. It looks as though John is going to have to deal with a purple room. Before he reads this though and learns that he will be living in a purple bedroom, let me just state that only one, two at most, of the walls will be purple, but most likely only one. Second, the purple is not a lavender or bright, true purple, it is a muted purple with a gray undertone. Third, I am planning to attempt to use the faux technique of "colorwashing" on the wall so it will not be a solid purple. Lastly, I am not sure if I even want to paint the whole wall or just the bottom third, then put some kind of crown molding up as the divide and paint the rest of the wall the cream color the other walls are going to be. Like I said, it is becoming far more complicated then I thought it would be. The funniest part about this whole thing is that this is just a rented condo. I can only imagine how difficult it is to actually design a whole house that you own.

I Take Pleasure In Other People's Pain

I know I am not the only one to feel this way, but when someone hurts themselves, I can't help but laugh. At first, I try to conceal my laughter, but once I find out they are okay and it's just temporary pain, I can't help but bust up laughing. I used to think there was something wrong with me, but I have since learned that a lot of people laugh at others misfortunes. I know I get laughed at when I hurt myself. I was sent this video via e-mail a little while ago, and it made me laugh the first time I saw it, but I was told to watch it a few times and after about three views I was practically rolling on the floor. Her noises are just too funny.....

Missing My Baby Already

Halloween is now over and I guess it's time to start getting ready for Christmas. Sadly, I always look over Thanksgiving because I don't have to do much to prepare for that holiday. Usually my mom cooks and I just hang out and wait for the food. John wanted us to host Thanksgiving dinner at our "new" place this year, but I have never cooked a turkey or any of the traditional Thanksgiving fixings and I don't have the right dishes to make the dinner. I promised him Thanksgiving will be at our place next year. I took my car in on Monday to get it fixed and they are going to have my baby for two weeks at a reasonable rate of $4678.39 before possible framework damage!! I don't know what I am going to do without my car for two weeks. Stupid me, when I changed insurance companies two months ago, I declined to pay for rental every month because I had never used it in all the years I have been driving. Now, I need it! I suppose that is the way it always works out. So I guess I have to rely on people driving me around, which I HATE more than anything. I get to use one of my parents cars for work and John gets the honors the rest of the time. I guess it's good for him though since he hates my driving anyway.*

*John, "I don't hate your driving, I hate everyone's driving"
*Kristine, "Well, don't I fall under the everyone category?"
*John, "Well, yes, but don't take it personally."