Random Thoughts by Pina

So...it has been a while since I wrote a blog. I have been lurking around other blogs and I feel guilty for not posting! I know TONS of people read this so I decided to finally write about my summer. I really thought I would have vast amounts of free time this summer and I would be able to hang out with friends and relax. I did get to relax, but working 5 days a week during the whole summer made it kind of hard to see people. I still got to see people who I neglect during the semester but definitely not as much as I thought I would. At the end of each day I was tired! June started off nicely, I started working at the assessment office at my school during the last week in May. Originally I committed to working for 3 weeks because someone was going on paternity leave (yes I said paternity). I was planning on taking the CNA test. I ended up working there the whole summer and I am actually going to take the CNA test next weekend. I AM NERVOUS! I was very grateful for the job. We managed to...

sometimes...I am really serious...      Sometimes I look like sarah palin...I was a bride's maid in my dear friend Erica's wedding...

For mother's day this year, my husband and I decided to gift my mother-in-law with a night at her house. We would provide the food and we would just hang out. My mother-in-law LOVES to have people over to her house and it doesn't happen very often because she lives about 1 hour from all of her kids. Recently I made a Mexican casserole made out of mostly leftovers. I just threw a bunch of crap together and it was very delicious (I am pretty confident in my cooking skills :). While we were eating I asked my husband what he wanted me to make for dinner and he said he wanted the leftover Mexican casserole .  So today I tried to recreate the yummy dish...except using all fresh ingredients, instead of leftovers...I really have no idea how is is going to turn out. I couldn't remember everything I put in the last one. I also made a peanut butter cream pie with an Oreo cookie crust. I got the recipe from pioneer woman and it looks sooooo good. I am sad because my camera batte...

Couscous...is my new true love...

study group today! I am so excited to get this final over and done with so I can enjoy life with my husband again...haha...it sounds like I have such a hard life. I dont, I am just being dramatic :) Seriously though, it is hard to be stuck inside the house on such a beautiful day. Everyone else is outside getting a tan...I want a tan!! I start work this week. I am going to work at Butte's assessment office again for like a month and then hopefully I will be able to get a job as a CNA. They told me at the assessment office that if I cant find a job as a CNA then I can continue to work for them throughout the summer. I feel so lucky...so many people out there cant find work...I am blessed. God is so good and ever since Sean and I both started back at school full time He has provided perfectly for us (not that He didnt provide for us before, it is just different now because we work less but still can afford everything we need and then some). We havent had to take out any new student l...

I got sick this week. Sean had a sore throat and cough and I caught a much more severe version of it. This always happens. I guess my immune system is just weaker than his. So I feel alright now, except my ears are plugged and I have no sense of smell (which effects my sense of taste). Today is the last day of clinicals and we are supposed to bring food for the nurses. I made some spanish rice and I cannot smell it. And when I try to taste it all I can taste is spice. I asked Sean to taste it and he said that it tastes tomatoey (I know tomatoey is not a word!). I hope it tastes alright... I am really excited for the semester to be over. I have totally lost all my motivation to study which sucks because I have a 100 question final worth 200 points on tuesday. I just need to be more disciplined...and I need my ears to be unplugged...that would help :) Btw...have I mentioned that I love this man very much! He is amazing.

So, I made my version of chicken tortilla soup today and I thought it turned out pretty yummy. Then I overheard my teenage brother in law and his friend talking while they ate it...this is what he said, "oooh man, this is so good, it is like taco bell soup!"  Is that a compliment?