Mardi Gras is officially over here in our town.  School starts back tomorrow for me in which i need to buckle down and spend more time studying.  My list of things due and to do:

1 Paper in APA style for psychology

1 program in VB

7 quizzes in VB

1 short project for creation

Not a terribly long list…  Yet, there is plenty I need to get done and so little time.  I am hoping to spend a good deal this weekend and finish it all up.  Most of this is due at the end of March.

One class I failed to mention in there is Clay.  I actually completed the project on time in that class and am hoping to fire it soon.  Our next project is supposed to be a handmade vase without the use of a potter’s wheel.  I need to get online and research the type of vase I want to make and then get started early.  That is all for now.  Have a good day.

Anyways, I added some more to my clay project (sorry, I’m terribly bad about taking pictures, so none today).  Wednesday is our presentation day, so I go in long enough to unveil it to the rest of the class, get a review from their opinions, then prepare it to fire.  Personally, I can not wait to glaze it and fire it again.  I am hoping to give it a red or orange glaze when all is said and done.  Then again, I am not sure what all colours will be available for us to use.  Come Wednesday I will attempt to get pictures of my project so you can see the new addition.  If I had to describe it the addition?  I would say it looks as a handle with thick wings on it (though i put it there to support a heavier candle).  Thank you for your visit!

Have a great day!

 I’m totally enjoying my classes thus far.  I am taking two computer classes, an art class and psychology to raise my grade point average.  I will be applying for nursing I believe in March and will hopefully find out after grades are posted in May.  I will let you know once I find out those exact dates.  

 My art class, Introduction to Clay, is turning out to be very interesting.  So far our first project will be to produce nine or more large hollow balls and then use them to make something complex and interesting.  I’m thinking of creating a nice centerpiece for the table.

 That is all for now, have a great day!

Anyways, after eating five (OMG 5 pieces) of those bites (she had them in cupcake serving holders), I informed her it was a success.  I didn’t even feel guilty (though a bit now I do, lol).  My goal is still to lose two pounds by next week.  I’m using the wii fit to help me pace myself, I’m currently 2.2 pounds away from reaching my goal for the two weeks.

On a completely new note, I start school tomorrow (Wednesday).  The classes should be fairly simple and help increase my gpa.  This semester is the semester of getting into Nursing!  I must, MUST, get in this time.  I will be Tier 2 this time rather than the Tier 3 (noone who was Tier 3 got in; Tier 3 meaning those who entered the college with over 12 hours of transfer credits).  I will be very torn if I do not get in after this semester.  Not to mention, I do not think I can afford not to get in.  Anyways, we will see by the end of this semester what shall happen.  Have a great day my readers!

Very short post for today, I’m at work and need to blow through these reports and then hopefully put some time aside for Imber. ^.^  I’m pleased with the story so far.

Anyways, in an attempt (hopefully more than just an attempt but we will see) to do better for myself, I will begin working out using the nintendo wii and the wii fit plus game.  Today was officially my first day of “working out”.  I spent a total of twenty-one minutes on the board/ground.  I (sadly) sweated a great deal and hurt myself in the process.  My sweet and understanding wife is also helping me get into shape.  She started making really delicious/healthy meals for us. 

Last night was chicken in a tiny caserole dish.  She covered it with red and yellow bellpeppers, small carrot slices, cauliflower and mushrooms.  She then poured light italian dressing over it all and baked it for lord knows how long.  It was superb to say the least.  Tonight was baked pork chop covered with green and red bellpeppers and mushrooms, oh and I think lime juice.  Other veggies were steamed in light italian dressing.  Another great/healthy meal.

So what am I doing outside of that?  Nothing much, while at work I try to drink water mixed with a 3rd of minute maid lemonade or Hi C.  I know it is not that healthy however, regular water sucks to me and it has to be slightly better than me guzzling the free sodas I get.  Right?

Tonight will not be my only writing, I’m also working on updating with at least a new part to my wizard’s story.  I plan tonight to have that out, which leads me to something that tickles me pink.  Well I’m going to say “tickles me blue” I’d rather be blue than pink.  And that is, I have a comment!  *cheers*  Just the fact that someone was nice enough to stop by and be like “hey, I read this” makes me happy.  Anyways, I’m off to work on my story.

     For the first part of our trip we visited with my grandparents (four and a half hour trip), having family and friends come to us made it much more eventful and easy.  We gave my grandparents their gifts (lots of pictures of our daughter, on mugs, plates, in frames, etc) which they thoroughly enjoyed.  It was pretty cold while we were there, so most of our time was spent inside.  We did venture out to the local mall (it is going out of business), while at Waldenbooks (also going out of business) we came across some DnD stuff and bought it up.  I also visited the sound shop there in the mall and bought my grandfather a kit for this guitar.  It had strings, a tuner and a few other goodies for his new guitar.

Wednesday we left for Starkville, which took us three hours to get there.  We stayed with my wife’s parents for the duration, having family and friends come to visit us again.  It snowed on us and got devestatingly cold.  Now, while the snow did not stick, (*sad*) the lakes and ponds froze over.  With my shiney new camera, a kodak, from my wife I went about snapping pictures here and there.  The warning for the public was that the ice was *gasp* NOT frozen enough to be on.  But, you know me *devilish grin*….   Anyways, I managed to sink many a time over the week and was chased by many cracks on the ice as I made my daring moves on the ice in an attempt to prove them wrong. (They were right, for the most part, however I am a fat guy so in my defense they were wrong.)

We were able to visit a great deal of people.  Me and the wife got to hang out a good bit with Justin and Erin.  I’m really worried for them, but that is another matter and not for this site.  I met with our friend Kat (wife’s best friend) and her boytoy Richard.  We managed to get all our friends together and go bowling,  I snuck off and convinced the staff at the bowling alley to boost my wife’s score by four strikes (which they happily did).  And she ended up being the winner of our second bowl.  Though, for the record, I totally told her that I didn’t TELL them to change the score as she wondered.  I ASKED NICELY for them to change the scored. *evil grin*  So, Nyah nyah!  Hehe.  Work was pleasant coming back.  I have so many great feeds to read, and I can’t wait to delve into more Arrens and Aely works. 

I hope everyone out there had a pleasant week.

Today was pretty interesting for me.  My wife bought me a “castle creating set” from the local Hobby Lobby, apparently the manfacturer is some small company in Canada, anyways.  It has a big mould for creating bricks and archways with various pieces.  So…  Today I sat down and began fiddling with it, mixing the plaster with water (inhaling dust *cough cough* ick; OMS, I rubbed my eye with the dust…  ahhh it burns…)  >.>  So yeah, you get the idea (and realize how big a klutz I am in the progress).  With alot of help from my patient and very loving wife, I managed to create two sets of blocks and archways.  I have three more of those to make with the provided materials as well as additional materials to just craft nine sets of wall blocks.  After everything is set and popped out it will take one to two days (maybe more, since it is raining alot and humidity is sort of our thing around here) to dry.

At that point I will probably (beg my wife for money to get more plaster) craft more blocks and possibly invest in paints and clear coat.  Since we spend every weekend playing DnD (not counting me playing on Tami Moore’s personal webpage) we have been needing something to define the walls of our dungeons and town properly.  I plan to mass produce these blocks as much as possible and then when we have plenty of walls, start making little towns and buildings with them.  Maybe even a real big castle (oooo the possibilities).  Anyways, if I figure out how to post a picture on this from my blackberry then i will try and give you a look at the mess I’m making in my house. ^.^