The Parenting Pod Logo

I am so pleased and I'll tell you why! I am a member at a website called, The Parenting Pod. It is a new site and the administrators held a contest because they needed an original piece of art for their logo. Any member could submit their artwork and then they would choose one of them to be the official logo for The Parenting Pod. The logo would be used on the site as well as on various gear such as shirts, mugs and mousepads. I'm so excited because they chose my logo!!! That's MY original piece of artwork up there!! And they truly have put it on all kinds of Pod gear and opened up a Pod Shop!

Today I got my shirt and it's just SO cool to see something that I drew on an official shirt!


I told my family that with my birthday coming up, they could just go to that Pod Shop and pick anything they like! I need a hat and a mug and a hoody and and and..... LOL

See ya next time! :o)

Five Smoke Free Months!!

This past weekend I celebrated five smoke free months!!

I've heard that butterflies are free and I feel wonderfully free too!

Free from coughing.

Free from wheezing.

Free from smelling of smoke.

Free from making sure I have a supply of smokes in the house.

Free from standing outside in the cold or heat to smoke because the building is a no smoking zone.

Free from emptying ashtrays.

Free from chest pain.

This is the healthiest thing I've ever done for myself. If I can do it, you can too!!

See ya next time!

A Deck for Mom

Mom's back steps were falling apart. They had no railing on the platform and no railing on the stairs themselves. The bottom step was broken. This week with Steve on vacation and with Michael to help, Mom got a new back deck. They are such a great team. They put this together much faster than they anticipated and Mom is just pleased as punch!! And I'm really proud of my guys!!


See ya next time! :o)

Two Months Smoke Free!!

Today is my two month Smober-versary!!! As a PH Butt Kicker, I get to add another flower to my signature. Each flower represents one month of saying N.O.P.E!! Not One Puff Ever!! I thought flowers would be a great choice since I no longer smell like smoke. :) I feel wonderful and proud of myself. I've been working out or walking 5-6 days a week and I never could have done that when I was smoking.

Today my QuitKeeper says:

I have been quit for 2 Months, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 37 seconds (61 days). I have saved $154.05 by not smoking 1,232 cigarettes. I have saved 4 Days, 6 hours and 40 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 5/25/2008 7:00 AM

I'm just so thrilled!!! I feel very comfortable and in control. I don't ever want to go back to being a smoker again!! :)

See ya next time! :o)

Resume from Hell

OMG ---- This is the resume from Hell. The teacher in me just cringes at the spacing, spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation mistakes in this resume. Seriously, holy shit!! This makes my teeth itch!!! Read on, if you can:

JOB HISTORY


U.s XPRESS
4080 Jenkins RD Chattanooga TN,37421
phone (1800)251-6291
start date 07/11/07
Ending date N/A
job duty;OTR driver

Covenant transport
400 Birmingham ChattanoogaTN,37421
phone (1423)821-1212
start date 09/06/06
Ending date 06/28/07
job duty; OTR driver

BTITTHAVEN of KEYSVILLE
HWY 15 and 40 east Keysville VA,23947
phone (434) 736-8406
supervisor;Freida Penczer
start date 07/03/05
Ending date 07/06/06
job duty C.N.A, feeding,bathing ,dressing,assist walking, vitals of the elderly

BostonCommons
1146 N.main street Southboston VA,24592
phone (1434)572-4959
supervisorRodney Wilborn
start date 11/28/03
Ending date 08/29/04
job duty C.N.A over seeing residents,vitals bloodsugar"s,feeding bathing and taking
residents to Doctor APPT.


Halifax Reginal hospital
22Hunred wilborn avenue southboston VA,24592
supervisor( human recoursis) worked on 2floor med surgical
phone(434)517-3100
start date 09/04
Ending date 02/05
job duty C.N.A vitals,blood sugar"s,feeding help R.N admitt patient,urine collection,bathi

South hill community hospital
133Buena vista circle Southhill VA,23970
phone(434)447-3151
supervisor Debra Dean Webster
start date 02/28/03
Ending date 05/17/03
job duty C.N.A vitals,feeding bathing,walking,urine collection,dressing patient

Peidmont geriactric hospital
HWY360 and 460 Burkeville VA,33922
phone (434)767-4401
supervisor(human recoursis) worked on 2 floor 2 East Admitting floor
statr date 03/10/01
Ending date 02/27/03

To whom it my concern
I am appling for a phlebotomy position
in one of your blood banck"s location"S
however American RED CROSS is a large organization
I would like to apply for a R.P.T position
avaliable in a location nearest to my residents
however I would be willing to travel to Lynchburg VA
or one of your nearest locations to me
sincerly Michelle
R.P.T C.N.A


EDUCATION
Grammer schcool
Greibling elementry
K-8th grade
Howell township N.J

Freehold township High schcool
freehold N.J
9th- 12th grade

Longbranch vocatinal shcool
Long branch N.J
attended 09/90
obtain C.N.A certificat
still holding

SVCC
Keysville VA
attented 01/06
obtain R.P.T (phlebotomy certificate)
R.P.T from American medical association

SVCC
Blackstone VA
attented 07/06
obtain class A CDL licence



LITTLE ABOUT ME

My name is Michelle .. I relocated to Virginia in November of 2000
With the passion of the my love for the country living.I am a kined caring loving person
with great morals.I have a passion for the medical feild and that is what lead me too
pursue my R.P.T to advance a little up the ladder from an C.N.A.. I love to work with
others who like to play on the same team..I am a hadworker and like woking with others
who are in need of help. My patients from the past would say I am a good lisiner
caretaker and kined.. I am very perfessional in the work place and as well have a great
sence of humor .. I take my job serious and others that I may be working with..
I alway"s put my patients and co-worker"s feeling"s in perspective.. my
co-workers and patients from the past would say that I am very nice to work with and caring..

Can you imagine giving this person a needle to jab innocent people with?????? SHEESH!!!

See ya next time! :o)

What the Hell????

As you know, I quit smoking on May 25th. It's been going really well. :)

My plan was to start walking around the neighborhood, both as a distraction to lighting up and as more movement to hopefully ward off some of the expected weight gain. What has happened to me is kinda blowing my mind. I've never been a sporty, athletic person. I've never, ever liked exercise. I'm mostly a couch potato so I figured any small amount of extra movement (like walking) would be good. I started walking when when I started my quit. I started with a 1/2 mile, then1 mile, then a mile and a half.

The next thing I knew I was buying a workout DVD because I couldn't walk on rainy days and I MISSED IT. WTH????? LOL So not only am I DOING it.....I'm LOVING it!!! WTH??????? I mean it's great but I just don't get it. I keep waiting for the "newness" and "excitement" to wear off, for the honeymoon period to be over .... and I thought it would happen a hell of a lot sooner than this. LOL

Steve said to me yesterday, "I'm so proud of you. You are really doing this. And it doesn't seem like a chore for you." Yeah.....WTH??????????

I'm doing the Walk Away The Pounds DVD. I got it at Walmart for 14 bucks and it included three different workouts AND the weighted balls. I did the 1 mile walk and now I'm doing the 2 mile walk...with weights!! So far, I have not gained any weight so my plan is working. I'm working out or walking 5-6 days a week.

The other day I was stressing BAD and craving BAD....but something odd happened. I wanted EITHER a smoke ....OR a workout. Like either one would help me feel better. WTH???? LOL I'm surprised and a little confused but happy. Go figure. LOL

See ya next time! :o)

Future Plans

Some of you know that Michael graduated this year and has been considering the Marines. He was to audition for the Marine band and then it was postponed. Some of you also know that I have been very torn because I want this great opportunity for him and yet I'm SO not ready to let him go. But I have been very supportive and kinda just cried by myself at the thought that he'd be leaving in the fall if all went as planned with the Marines. Okay that was the background.

Lately, he has been floundering on the decision about the Marines. And now since the postponement of his audition he is really not sure that this is what he wants to do. He doesn't want to go to college either. He's been stressed about making a decision to do something. And even though I would miss him so terribly, I have been trying to push him towards sticking with the Marine plan because I didn't want the decision to be made out of summer time laziness.

Steve and I finally spoke with him this morning and it turns out that he is just not ready to leave home yet. He just turned 18 and he's not ready. Well, I can't tell you how wonderful that makes me feel. I'M not ready yet either! LOL I was just going along because I thought that's what he wanted and maybe he did at one point but he's unsure now and just wants to stay here with us for awhile.


When we told him he could stay as long as he wants and he didn't have to be out because he was 18, it looked like we just took a ton of weight off of him. It feels like a ton of weight off of me too. Steve also joked that if he was still here when he was 30, we'd have to talk. LOL He has a job interview tomorrow and we will talk more about him paying some sort of rent/food/board kind of deal later after he gets it. (more for responsibility than anything else) and he can at least take a breath and work for awhile while deciding what to do with the rest of this life. After the talk he said, Mom I wanted to stay but I didn't know if you guys wanted me to stay. I hugged him and said, Are you kidding!!??? LOL

So, I can't tell you how happy I am that he is staying. I surely wasn't ready for Kristi to go (what a shocker it was when she left ...I'm 18 and I'm outta here.) and I wasn't ready for Mikey to go either.

I'm a happy mama hen. I get to keep middle chick in the nest for a little bit longer.

See ya next time! :o)