One amazing artist!!!

I have a very dear friend. She is very talented and makes amazing jewelry!! I love her jewelry and own a few pieces myself.

She has an Etsy store online. Etsy is kind of like Ebay only it's for artists.

Here is the link for her store: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6944534.

Please visit her store and have a look! You will not be disappointed!

Thanks!

Princess Allie's first day of school!

Well I talked to Allie this evening after her first day of school.  I asked her how she liked it and she said that it was really good!  She liked the other kids and the teacher.  When I asked if she was excited to go back tomorrow she said, very excited, "I get to go back tomano?".  When I told her yes she was extremely excited!!  Then she said "Mom-mom I have to get off the phone now.  I'm tired and I need to go to bed and get some sleep for tomano!".  

I love you Princess Allie and I'm so happy you love school!  

Allie goes to school!

My granddaughter, Allie, is now 5 years old. It's hard to believe that she's 5 already! She's grown up so fast! She is a beautiful little girl!

It seems like just yesterday that my daughter told me she was pregnant. Then Allie was born. She captured my heart in the first few minutes of her life. My daughter wanted me to be the first person, other than Allie's daddy, to meet her. I remember my daughter calling me into the room and saying "Mommy - I want you to meet Allie Elizabeth Johnson! Your granddaughter!". I asked if I could hold her and my daughter said "Of course - you'd better! She's your granddaughter and you need to spoil her!". And spoil her I have ever since!

Allie is starting school tomorrow (Monday). Allie is going to pre-school! She will be starting kindergarten in September. In the county that Allie lives in they suggest pre-school for all kids. Allie just moved in December to her new house so pre-school it is!

Allie is both excited and nervous. I'd expect both out of her in her new endeavor!

Good luck Princess Allie!!! Mom-mom loves you!!!

EMT-B - Finally!

I did it!!!! I passed all portions of the Maryland State EMT-B written and practical exams! I am soooo excited!! I am also relieved that it's finally over! Now the fun begins!

I hadn't even been an EMT-B for 24 hours and I had to utilize the skills that I learned. I was watching my grandchildren today. Zachy is almost 2 years old and he is all boy! I call him my bruiser! He is very active and loves to run around like all little boys do. He was running one way and I was walking the other way to go get him when he ran into me and bounced off of me and his head hit the corner of a table. I tried to catch him but I wasn't fast enough. I immediately picked him up and he buried his head in my shoulder and cried. He cried for all of 15 seconds and looked up at me. When he looked up I noticed blood above his right eyebrow. I said to him "Gee - you're bleeding!". He looked at me and laughed! So I took him into the kitchen and cleaned the cut and held pressure on it to stop the bleeding. It stopped bleeding fairly quickly and then I put ice on it. Zachy put up with this for all of 10 seconds and then he was back to running around and laughing - normal Zachy! His momma came home about 30 minutes later. He was fine before she came home but I guess he was going to get all he could out of this one and started crying as soon as he saw her. Of course he got sympathy from Momma! Then Dada got home about 10 minutes later and he did the same thing with him! He milked it for all it was worth! LOL

In the end Zachy, Mom-mom, Momma and Dada were all fine!

Wings clipped - temporarily!

Ok - so I've had to postpone the fly along for Monday, December 15th. When I made the arrangements for it I wasn't taking into consideration that this is the same week that I have my Maryland State Written and Practical exams for EMT-B. This is a highly stressful time because of these tests. I need all the time I can get to tie up loose ends with my EMT-B class and to study for the state exams.

I can't believe that the last 4 months have all come down to this! I can't believe that I made it through the class!!! I have an all skills practice on Sunday and then the written exam on Wednesday and the practical on Sunday, December 20th. I've got to pass!!!

I will be doing a fly along in January or February after things have calmed down.

I'm flying high now!!!

Ok - it's official!!! I will be doing a fly along on our helicopter on December 15th!!! I can't wait!!! I will be flying along on a medical helicopter!!! It will be soooo much fun!!!

I also get to bring along a camera. The only thing I can't take pictures of is the actual patient. As the flight nurse says - "Everything else is fair game!".

Of course I will be posting pictures after my fly along!

What have I gotten myself into this time?????

I went to my friend L.'s housewarming party Saturday night. I had an excellent time! I've know L. for a long time. We've worked jobs together (in fact we work together now) and I also belong to the same firehouse that she belongs to. We are good friends. She had some of her other friends there also and we all hit it off!!! We are planning to have get togethers at least once a month. We all agree that we want more friends but have the same thing in common - we can't find people to be friends with in our area that we really trust or want to be friends with. This group of 5 women are good people. (Nothing like the Fabs though!!!) It will be fun.

We were discussing what we wanted to do with our lives. We are all also in EMS/Fire Dept. so we were sharing war stories and what we wanted to do to further our careers. My friend L. said that in August she wants to take Firefighter 1 at the Fire Academy. We were enjoying a bottle of wine (I only had one glass - I swear!!! LOL) She asked me if I would take Firefighter 1 with her. So between sips of wine and before I knew it the words "Sure I will! It will be fun!" came out of MY mouth!

What have I gotten myself into this time?? Am I crazy??? I always said that I didn't want anything to do with the firefighting side of the firehouse. Now I'm taking Firefighter 1????

I was discussing this with one of the support instructors in my EMT class. He said that I will be fine. He suggested that the only thing I need to do before I start is to work on my upper body strength.

So - I guess it's official - I'm taking Fire 1 and will be a firefighter also!!!