Merry Christmas!

Its hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner and the 2011 is coming to an end! By the end of 2012 I should be a registered nurse which absolutely crazy!!

Keep on Keepin' on

My Grandpa was none for his rhyming he is something he wrote after they had a major barn fire in the '60's. Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.

When disaster strikes at your house, it is more real to you than any atom bomb,

and you have a right to wonder what keeps you keeping on.

Here is where I claim to be something of a pro!

And these four things I know …

If you have friends and neighbors (and you have them if you are one);

and if your wife and kids still love you;

and if your faith in God above you is firm and strong;

and if your credit is good – that is all you need to keep you keeping on.

Someday you will find that the clouds will have a silver lining.

The day will be fair and the sun a shining.

And in your heart you will have a song,

because instead of sittin’ and quittin’, these things keep you keeping on!

Update!

(photo taken by moments by pam)

So its been awhile since I have posted, I guess working full-time and going to school part-time willdo that to a person!! My last post was one step past being absolutely depressing.

Here is some good news:

-My parents are back together
-We had a slight cancer scare but test results came back benign(insert wiping the sweat of forehead)
-I am on a much needed Christmas break :)
-Good friends of our's found out they are pregnant after trying for years
-I realized lastnight that at this time next year I should be done with school, never thought I would see the light at the end of the tunnel!!

Hope everyone is having a great start to the holiday season!!

sometimes i don't if i should cry or scream...

so to say this semester has been rough could be considered an understatement.

-they(the school) 'forgot' about the part-timer's when they put the fall schedule together. which means we are stuck taking the full-time schedule--not fun! the upside is i will be done with two of my classes the second week of Oct and my clinical will be done the first week of Nov which means i will have a llllloooonnngggggg much needed break
-working full-time and i have a full school load is going to send me to a facility with a padded room. upside i have the best husband who will do things around the house especially if he wants clean clothes :) no seriously he has been wonderful and i could not get through my crazy life without him(or my faith)
-my parents have been separated since i don't even know Mayish?? yes they still live in the same house and yes it has been difficult which could also be considered as an understatement. yes there are times when i just want to yell at both of them and say you are giving up on 30+ years of marriage. the hardest part is one does not want ti be divorced and the other one does--what do you say??

no pity party here just ready for the 3rd week of Oct!!!! and the 2nd week of Nov!!

i realize this is all in lower-case and it will stay that way :)

OBX II

This place is getting a lot of attention in the news right now because of Irene. I am so glad we made it there 2 weeks ago it is one of my favorite vacation spots and it had been about 10 years since I had been there (and Jeremy had never been there before). Praying for my family that lives on the east coast, including my brother and his family they live just outside of NYC in CT.

Riding the mine cart on the way up to mini golf.

If you look close you can see Jeremy and Damion resting after they ran up one of the dunes.

There were about 50+ Schriver's at OBX this week, this is my immediate family.

LOVE

OBX

We just got back from the outer banks, nc..........here are a few of my favorite photo's from the trip!

10 Cent Shrimp!
My oldest nephew with one of my niece's
My oldest niece with MJ


My brother's two daughters

Pinterest

Hi my name is Janelle and I am addicted to Pinterest. *applause*

WARNING: clicking on the following link my cause you to become addicted also.

http://pinterest.com/janellerenee01/pins/

If you do not what pinterest is I will try to explain: its like a virtual bulletin board for you save all the ideas you love that you see online. Example you see a recipe you love and want to try sometime just click on your pinit button and its saved to your pinterest board.

Also if you are nursing school this may not be a good thing to know about because instead of doing school work you might be pinning instead.........ok maybe that is what I do to procrastinate

Last day of classes for the summer semester!!!!!!!!!!!!!