Just had to share

Day 30 of Nutrisystem:
I bounded over the first hurtle in weight loss, the first 10 pounds!! I am now down 11.2!
Nutrisystem works, and works well if anyone out there is considering a weight loss program.

Newest Creation

I made this shawl on Tuesday. I was sad and bored and created this:

And the blinded thing on the left is our newest family member, Charlotte Jane (as in Charlotte Bronte who wrote Jane Eyre, one of my absolute favorites). She is pure white and Maya is pure black, we like chess. hehe

Green Tip #1

This is possibly the easiest tip of all:
Buy organic foods, clothing, make-up, cleaning supplies whenever possible. This requires no extra effort, just reach for the organic container instead of the other when shopping.

Organic is better for your body and it is better for the Earth because dangerous chemicals are not being released into groundwater or the atmosphere to keep little crawly things off your apples and such.

I recently found organic sheets (available at Target stores) and have since been sleeping MUCH more soundly without toxins leaching into my skin. I have psoriasis to begin with so my skin is already sensitive to contact with chemicals.

Greenie

I had a lightbulb go off today. I realize that a lot of people ( I hope) want to live a more "green" lifestyle but are afraid to make a change, afraid to upset the balance of their life. Thus I vow to post a way to live greener in an easy, non-life altering way at least once a week. For those 4 of you who read my blog I hope that you consider taking a few steps towards living sustainably, or at least pass on the knowledge to someone else!! =)
Also, note for my bro: you asked where other people are hiding on the internet, my question is why are you hiding me? I noticed you posted links to everyone elses blog but mine on the family site. Are you afraid that I will offend someone?? Couldn't possibly be more offensive than a certain "marry-in" hehe, you know who you are. Just wondering, there is no need for a link, if people want to know about me they can ask, obviously no one is interested in my life. Me being the token heathen in the family and all. =) Probably best to not tell them where I am hiding, I want to continue to get invited to family functions...

Goodbye

A very close of friend of mine's husband passed away this morning. I wish her comfort and peace during this difficult time.
Let us not forget our own mortality, live each day as if it could be your last. Follow your dreams and don't be afraid to strive to better yourself.

Goodbye Ed, I am thankful I knew you.

7 and Sears

I am down 7 pounds (who-hoo!!) and I got a job at Sears, just part time to help get some of my student loans paid back, before I start racking up more that is.
I decided to get a second bachelors degree at ASU, I am going to study geological science. 8 Career tests can't be wrong can they? Thankfully I am currently taking a geology course and one day in class a light bulb went off and I thought " this stuff fascinates me, I can see myself doing this for a living". Geology is a booming career field right now and it is also very diverse. I am excited. I would go straight into a masters program but I don't have the background in earth science that they require.
We are now just waiting to see if we are still in fact going to Phoenix. Adam's orders were changed and he will be going to some training exercise thing for 6 weeks after he finishes his masters. Which means he misses his report date in Arizona. Hopefully they will just delay his report date, but hey its the Air Force they can mess with us all they want and we have to grin and bear it. Well maybe not grin but at least bear it! My fingers are crossed that we will still be going home.

Navy?

OK all three of you who read this blog, lately there have been rumblings in my house about what Nicole (me...I certainly hope you know that...) should do after graduation. Law school has been thrown out the window, mostly because the idea just makes my skin crawl now. Law school would be fun, and I know I would be successful, but being a lawyer is a whole different ball game, one I don't wanna play.
So anyway.... these are some things that my hubby and I have been tossing around PLEASE give feedback; not having any friends here sucks because there is no one to talk to. Adam just says "do what makes you happy" well thanks hunny, but LOTS of things could potentially make me happy. So here is the list (not in any sort of order):
1.) Go to graduate school (application has been submitted, won't get a decision for a couple weeks at least). Which is a full time commitment, no job.
2) Go to polytechnic school part time to study Ecological Reconstruction and work part time (did I mention we need moo-lah?)
3) Go to ASU and study Ecology and Evolution, which will lead to a masters program eventually (unless I suck at it) part time and work part time
4) do any of the above three AND join the Navy Reserves (which would give me money and the freedom to keep going to school but is an eight year commitment, however I could go in as an officer and would want to work in intelligence, which is what my current BA has prepared me for).

So, please give some feedback! Thanks much!