November looks like...

Here's a picture I snapped while Chase and I went hiking yesterday. It was such a beautiful evening with the last rays of sunlight softly filtering through the bare trees. Of course as soon as we got half a mile from the parking lot, I was called in to the [veterinary] necrospy lab. Although it's really disgusting sometimes, I've really enjoyed my time in Pathology. I can't believe it's almost over! It's been such a great reveiew of all the stuff I learned during the first two years of schoool :)

Holidaty Moose

Here's a recent design-a-moose ATC I did for a holiday moose themed swap. I scanned the other ones too, but my computer ate the file and I've already mailed them! In other news, you probably don't want to here about my adventures on the veterinary necropsy floor so I'll spare you from that. It's a macabre task, but I'm learning a lot!

Peace and love to you all! I'll try to put on a better update later! I have to work ICU tonight, and I've got a cold (BOOO).

WOYWW

Posting this Tuesday night instead since mornings are so crazy! Don't know what WOYWW is? Pop on over to the Stamping Ground blog and find out!



This week my desk is a proper mess. New things on my desk - family picture from my white coat ceremony (YEAH) and a new hot air balloon card that came in the mail (as a host gift). I finally, FINALLY got a card done that was 3 weeks overdue. It turned out ok so I hope its recipient likes it! I also finished another recipe card. Those little things are just too much fun to make!

Peace and love to all! God bless!

White Coat Ceremony

Over this past weekend, my darling husband got to present my white coat to me. White Coat Ceremony signifies the end of my class room learning...as one professor put it: "Now is the time you go from being a veterinary student to being a student of a veterinarian." Wednesday, the class of 2012 donned their white coats (or the appropriate attire for the block) and went in to their very first clinical rotation. My first rotation is pathology...the first day was entirely lecture, but we were done by 4. Today we practiced performing a diagnostic necropsy and examined deceased patients. It sounds like a rather macabre block to start on, but I chose it to be first because it's a great review of all species and organ systems...and what can go wrong in them! I've already learned a lot! The one part that I didn't like today...was learning that my boots LEAKED! NOT PLEASANT! So I exchanged them today for a bright pink pair that hopefully won't leak! I'm on call for ICU tonight... hopefully I won't get called :)


Here are some pictures from the weekend!

After the ceremony, my family all headed to Cooper's landing to have a Thai dinner while watching the sunset over the river. :) I'll have to get mom's pictures from her sometime.

Recent Scrapbooking

Lately I've been joining a church each month to scrapbook. Of course, I'm the only digital scrapbooker there and it sort of makes me giggle to see everyone toting in their growing collections of paper, gadgets, and whatnot...and then I just whip out my laptop. I look forward to it each month :) The conversation and company is good and creativity flows. So here are some layouts I've done recently. Ask me for more detailed credits if you want them (as usual it's almost all from the sweet shoppe).


Template by Cindy Schnieder, font by Darcy Baldwin, and kit is by Kristen Cronin-Barrow all over at the Sweet Shoppe.

Another Cindy Schnieder template, Darcy Baldwin Font, and kit by MLE Card and Clingerman (retired from Sweet Shoppe).

Take Flight collabe - Sweet Shoppe. Frames - Katie Pertiet

Font - Darcy Baldwin



Today was a pretty good day (ie..I was able to turn off the water works and have a normal day). I went to class, and paid attention well...ate lunch at school. I sprinted a mile (all I could fit in before sunrise), washed the linens on the guest bed, walked the dogs...and studied for the rest of the night :) And..as is my usual pre-test custom, I'm going to bed before 11 with the intention of waking up at 5:00 to study just a bit more. Mornings are acutally my prime study time ^_^ They are just so quiet and peaceful, and I enjoy drinking my coffee and watching the sun rise. LAST ROUND OF [multiple] FINALS EVER!!! I get to see my folks this weekend!!! Chase will present my white coat to me in just a few days!!! HAPPPPPYYYY!!!!!!


Thought of the day:

"Let all that you do be done in LOVE"
~1 Corinthians 16: 14

I'd love to hear what was on your mind today so leave a comment if you drop by :)

Peace and love to all of you, my dear friends.

God and the blubber bug

I don't know if any of you have experienced this, but today the "blubber bug" got me at bible study. During the prayer requests at the very end, we started all sharing that one person that is heavy on your heart to pray for. Probably 80% of the gals there had almost the same request. As I was talking about my person, I started crying and just couldn't stop even after someone brought me a tissue...and another girl started crying too. And I continued crying all the way home...and through my shower....and a long conversation with my mom. SO here it is. Is there a person in your life who doesn't believe in God? Every day, every moment we have is a gift ..not at all guaranteed. How do you know if when that person walks out the door..that you'll ever see them again? And the simple truth is...you might not see them again. So today my heart was broken for the unbelievers in my life and I couldn't stop crying. One girl mentioned how she lost her father unexpectedly, and how she regrets she never talked with him about Christ and what he believes. Anyway - pray for me that I may be bold for Christ. And if you have a person God's placed heavy on your heart, I'll pray for you too.




Peace and Love, y'all!

Fall Festival

Chase planned a trip to a nearby Pumpkin festival as a surpise this morning. There were tons of craft booths selling their wares and TONS of fair type food! Enjoy fall wherever you are!


FOUND ONE!!!!!! Yeah!!!

Awww... cute couple picture!

Potato tornado - an entire potato cut in a spiral and deep fried..then covered in seasoned salt! YUM!!!!!

And corn - grilled and then DIPPED in butter :)



Today when we got home, Chase got the fall decorations out of the closet. I gave Ruby a bath, and now we're sitting around watching TV (as soon as I finish this post, i'm going to start studying for last round of finals EVER).

Lately the parable of the ungrateful, unforgiving servant has been heavy on my mind... You know the one where the king forgave a servant a HUGE debt (Mat 18:21-35). Then the unforgiving servant went out and demanded another servant repay him a smaller debt. The unforgiving servant had the second servant put in jail. So the master placed the unforgiving servant in jail to be tortured until he could pay back his debt. Anyway, there was a debt I needed to forgive and let go, because I don't want to be like that servant. And with God's help, that chapter is finished and I'm moving on from it :) There's no day like today to forgive someone! Just remember this parable next time someone has wronged you or owes you :)


Peace and Love, y'all!

WOYWW...er T

Don't know what What's on Your Workspace Wendesday is? Check it out at Julia's blog.

I'm a day late, but here's my workspace!

I've been working on recipe cards lately so all my remaining scrapbooking supplies is out. :)

Storage Bin Exploration Week 1. Look I opened a bin for the snoopers! This one is full of scrap papers (lots of glittery, sparkly papers). Sorry I'm so late and probably won't make it to everyone this week ^_^ Finals are next week (LAST SET EVER, because clinical rotations start in 2 weeks and then it will only be 1 class/rotation at a time)


Peace and love to all!

Recipe card

Look! I made a recipe card :)

Now I have to go cook some stuff for tomorrow.

Peace y'all!

A New Home for Nestle

Chase and I decided to foster this little guy starting in late August. He had a series of potential owners turn him down...not beagle enough...not fuzzy enough...not as cute as his brothers. He's such a cute, sweet fellow I just couldn't figure out why nobody wanted him. Anyway, I sent out another email to all the veterinary students - this time with more of desperate undertone (because his running annoys my neighbors..the neighbors whose base vibrates my floors). Within the day, I recieved 3 emails from folks interested him. I interviewed the first one on Friday afternoon. This young man was looking for his first dog. It seemed like a good match to me :) Every vet student should have a pet during school! It's a large responsibility for a busy student, but getting to pet a LIVE animal everyday is worth it (especially for the poor first years who see only cadavers...).


I snapped this picture while we waited this morning for his new owner to pick him up this morning.

And here he is...with his new owner.



I'm so happy we were able to help such a cute little guy find a loving owner. Goodluck, Nestle, with your new home!

WOYWW

Happy WOYWW and welcome to my blog! I hope all who visit have a great day :)



So here it is - my desk, properly inhabited by my watercolors (my hubby and I have taken over the dining room table at present to use for studying). I've had that set of watercolors since 8th grade which means they are going on 11 years now! I'm hosting a Colorful Hot Air Ballon Swap at atcsforALL so there are lots of my hot air ballon ATCs around. The fall themed ATCs are finished and ready to mail for a Autumn Foliage Swap :) I just have to find the time to scan and secure them in an envelope.

My dear friend, Brooke, sent a belated birthday present: lots of seeds (and some make up samples, a book about dogs, and a calender with manicures pre-penciled in)! I'll have to figure out where I can plant some of them when the time is right. It was so much fun spreading them all out on the guest bed and looking at all the varieties! I wonder if the apartment manager would mind if I let a gourd vine grow up the deck...


In other new, tests last week went super-well :) and hopefully the one in 1.5 hours will too. It's over neurologic diseases of horses and dental issues (and aging a horse by its teeth). Although I don't want to be a horse vet, I still have to do my best on this test! So I'm off to study just a touch more. Post test edit: I did well enough - Equine med won't prevent me from entering clinical rotations! Heck yeah! I'm going to be Dr. Katie soon enough! Now if people would shut their traps about the test. I hate pre and post test chatter! *puts in head phones* Thank you Pandora for the escape!


Peace and love! Thank you for dropping by!

29:49 and Eagle Bluffs

I ran the Brighter Future for Thailand 5K this weekend. My time was 29:49 - my best yet (out of all 2 5Ks I've completed). After eating Thai food and resting a little, Chase and I headed to Eagle Bluffs.

Lately, the little details have been catching my attention :)

3 weeks of class remain before I start my clinical rotations. So far, I've been diligent with my studies during this block, but I feel my energy waning. Just a little longer!!! In other news, I've had chronic back pain on my right side just under my ribs. I think I'm going to get that checked out this week as that's where a kidney lives. It's probably just muscular pain, but it's always better to be safe than sorry : )

Edit: The doc said the pain was too low to be kidney so he ruled that out. Of all things, he said what I described was very characteristic of gall bladder pain. He said it won't go away with time if that's what it is, but if it's muscle related (not ruled out yet) it'll go away soon. So I went home with a script for a muscle relaxant and directions to take NSAIDS to help control the pain. I guess that will help me sleep too!

What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday

A blog I read participates in WOYWW so I figured I would post my workspace today :)

This is the guest bedroom/office/craft room. Chase has comandeered the bed as his biochem study area. So he moved all the craft supplies I had scattered on it to my craft desk. I, in turn, comandeered his computer desk. He never uses his desktop anyway... So when I went to bed, he got out the mini-table and there his lap top rests.

Here's a picture of my craft workspace. I absolutely adore the display case I bought from Walmart :) I have lots of the ATCs I've received from others in it. See the Totoro card? Santana made that for my birthday! I need to put some boxes away, but a las...studying is my first priority at the moment. I have a quiz in an hour, and a ophthamology midterm on Thursday. Wish me luck! Thank you Mimi for the new set of markers - They were just what I need for the latest swap I'm participating in: Illuminated Letters. I'll scan them and post them soon.

Peace and Love! Happy Wednesday


Post quiz edit: 1 hour for a 5 minute quiz... I would have rather slept in more. It's a dreary, rainy morning and it was hard to crawl out of bed. Not to mention I've been feeling really drained lately - I'm not sure if it's the near constant studying or if I'm fighting off illness. Regardless - sleep would have been appreciated :)

Post test edit: I did well on all tests last week. It's so rewarding to have hard work pay off in a tangible manner!