My suckage at updating!

So I'm not as good at updating this as I thought I would be. It seems like I have to other many things to do and just forget..oh well. Maybe this will make up for it!

Much as happened since the last time I blogged. We married off my brother on May 2nd to Leslie Childress. She is such a sweet girl and is a great addition to the family. And to make it even better, they are expecting! Josh and Leslie will be parents in December. I will get to be an Auntie!! Not that I'm not one now because I'm an aunt to lil Miss Ally, but now I'll be a blood aunt! I can't wait! It will give me an excuse to go home more often now! :)

I decided in May that I would be going back to school. I applied to the graduate program at WKU and got accepted into the Nursing Administration Program. I will be graduating with my Master's of Science in Nursing Administration hopefully in May of 2012. It will take me 3 years of part-time study, but I want to have a life as well. This first semester I am taking 6 hours. I took 3 hours in June with my graduate statistics class which is online! Let me just say.. it was a doosey but I managed an A.

Jason and I have been to visit his parents in Lynchburg a few times and have a trip planned for next weekend there. I absolutely love going to the lake and just hanging out. It's so relaxing and just nice to not have to worry about anything. Hopefully it will warm up enough for us to get a swim in the neighbors pool! :)

Speaking of Jason, I have to say he is becoming the king of canning in the past two months. He has made blackberry jelly, hot pepper jelly, and has even pickled some peppers. This weekend is is making mint jelly..so I can't wait to try that. He's the super duper househusband I've always wanted...haha! J/K! He is a great cook though. Everyone says he needs to go to culinary school. He never ceases to amaze me by the things he comes up with to cook.

Work has been going well. We were really busy for a while and then got really slow. That's how it is in the baby business, it's either feast or famine. Thankfully it's picked up a bit now! Also, I just stay busy at work being involved in projects, meetings, and helping to make our unit a better place for our nurses to work. I guess this is why I wanted to pursue Nursing Administration. I've seen a different side of nursing being involved in more than just the patient care side and I think it will be something I will thoroughly enjoy!

I'm going to try to update more often! Until next time...

Spring has sprung...sometimes

Wow...it's been a few months since I've updated the blog. A lot has happened since the beginning of February. I am now MARRIED! That's right...Jason and I tied the knot on February 28th. I am now officially a Bechard (pronounced Beshard...it's french canadian). It was a beautiful ceremony despite the uncooperative weather (rain and snow). However, we did have a great turnout but not as many as we were first expecting since some people had to travel far and didn't want to get out in the weather. Jason's father did the ceremony and I couldn't have picked a better person to do it. It was a very simple ceremony and very moving, at least for me. After spending the night in Nashville (compliments of his parents) we headed out the next morning to Antigua, which is just north of South America in the Caribbean. It was absolutely breathtaking and was just what we needed. I am so happy we were able to go and see such beautiful water and countryside. If you haven't already, you should check out my pics on facebook.

I finally went to day shift at work after we got back from the honeymoon. I will have to say it did take a bit to get used to...especially having to wake up at 5:15 am. I have gotten more use to it now but it still is hard at times to get out of bed. I am now accustomed to going to bed between 10p-11p. Who would of ever have thought that?!?!?! LoL... I was a total night owl...and now I'm exhausted by 10. I do like working days better because the day goes by so much quicker and it is also so much busier too. I still am trying to get my ducks in a row and it gets very stressful at times...but things are going a bit smoother than when I first started out. I do need to learn to control my temper when I get upset though because of being stressed and all... sometimes I let loose without evening thinking and it ends up hurting feelings. I don't mean for it too..it's something I'm just trying to deal with and learn to control. Wish me luck and pray for me! I need all the help I can get! All in all though.. I'm really liking dayshift..which is very surprising! :)

And on to other great news.... My brother Josh is getting married in a few weeks. His wedding date is set for May 2nd. He is marrying Leslie Childress who is originally from Michigan but moved to Butler County from Florida. They met last year and have been together ever since. She is such a sweet girl and I really wish them the best. My parents won't know what to do which both kids being married...haha! Of course I've been out of the house since 2004 but now with Josh being gone too... I bet they'll go stir crazy..or really enjoy it!

I've decided to head back to school in the fall to get my Master's in Nursing Administration. I've thought long and hard about the different programs and have decided this will be the best route for me. I don't plan on staying in BG forever and I want something to fall back on since I don't want to do bedside nursing the rest of my life. I just now need to go talk to someone about it. So hopefully I'll get this ball rolling soon. I've got so much to do within the next 6 months with work, doing projects for work and trying to get my Clinical Ladder 4 at work (which means a 10% raise on the hour)... it can get overwhelming at times, but I hope to follow through with each.

The next few weeks involves us going to the hotrod games, the crawfish boil for Jason's work, hanging out with our Nashville friends (which if it hadn't have been for them...I would have never met Jason), Josh's wedding and then spending time with Jason's friend in Knoxville. We'll have busy weekends ahead after our busy weeks! Until next time...

After the Storm...

I hope everyone survived the ice storm! It did some damage to my tree in the front yard. The ice actually broke off a fourth of the tree and almost hit my Vue. My tree is divided into 4 parts, so one part broke off, which was made up of two huge limbs. Thank goodness it didn't do any damage though. Dad and Jason cleaned it up on Saturday, so now at least you can see my yard.

Last week my house was like a motel. Mom stayed with me 3 nights so she could go to work since they didn't have electricity back at home. Josh and his girlfriend Leslie have stayed here the weekend with me since they didn't have electricity either. Finally, mom and dad got electricity this morning around 4am. I'm so glad nothing happened to ours! We were very fortunate. The farm is a total wreck back in Butler County. There is tree limbs and trees down everywhere! It will take months for it to get all cleaned up. I'm just glad no one was hurt and there wasn't any bad damage!!

In spite of all the snow and ice, things have been really crazy for us. We finally got our wedding invitations addressed and will mail them out tomorrow! I still have a few things to buy and "thank you" cards to send out. I had another shower at work this week and a shower on Saturday morning with my church friends. We are so very fortunate to have great family, coworkers, and friends who are so generous. We still have 2 more wedding showers to go. One will be at Jason's work and one will be for my Butler County family. Only 26 more days to go! We are getting really excited and are counting down the days! What we are really looking forward to is the honeymoon! We are going to Antigua and can't wait to get to the beach!!!

Countdown...

Well it has been a over a month since I last wrote. The holidays were a busy time for us with having so many gatherings to go to (and Jason's birthday) plus my having to work throughout them as well. We had a wonderful time down in Murfreesboro and Nolensville with Jason's family and then back in Butler County with mine. I just enjoy spending time with everyone, it seems like I don't get to do it much now-a-days. The first weekend in January was our first wedding shower down in Murfreesboro, hosted by Chad and Holly. We had a great turn out and got alot of nice things. It was a co-ed shower, so Jason go to partake in it! I had bridal shower in Louisville this past weekend with my family up there and still have 3 more bridal showers to go...lol. One will be with my church family, one with my coworkers, and then one with my extended family in Butler County. I'm really looking forward to them!

The countdown to the wedding has begun! 40 days to go. Of course I've been counting down for months..lol. I have all of the big stuff bought and taken care of. Now, it's working on the little things that is driving me bonkers. I swear I never knew so much thought and preparation had to go into this. Poor Jason is having to listen to me talk about it all the time. He could really care less what I do, but I still want his opinion on things because it's his wedding too. He does have some really cool ideas for how to decorate for the reception..so I can't wait to see what the finished product looks like! Just think...red christmas lights..white tulle... candlelight..OHHH the excitement of it all! :)