check this out!!!!! am i the only one completely flabberghasted by this?!?

http://search.stores.ebay.com/AuctionDrop_19013_W0QQfciZ0QQfclZ3QQfsnZAuctionDropQQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQfsubZ0QQftsZ2QQsaselZ78755068QQsofpZ0

if this doesn't scream "jojo needs a grandchild", i don't know what does!!!



you tell me what these scream....

We got a new camera since our other one broke. Here are pictures from our Thanksgiving! Enjoy!

so today has been quite a day! first we met with susan to list our house on the market. we now have a FOR SALE sign in our front yard! it's cool!!! then, susan and i went to look at a few houses. i found one that i LOVE and am hoping that robert will like it too when he sees it this weekend. then, after the houses, i went to pick up amelia. went straight to erin's house to hang out for a while. while on our way back from me showing her the house i like (it's really close to her house), i told her that we needed to stop and get a pregnancy test for her. she told me she wasn't pregnant but i made her do it anyway. we got back to her house and WHAM! erin's having another baby!!!!!!! my best friend is having a 3rd baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

man -- today has been quite a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOO HOOO!!! Alright, well, i never thought i'd say this, but i am actually excited about going back to school! i registered for my classes today and actually got the ones i wanted! so for the spring 07 semester i will be taking chemistry for the first half and anatomy & phisiology 1 for the second half. both classes have the same schedule: Tuesday and Thursday from 8 - 3.30. it's early, but it's only 2 days a week! i am so excited! i can't wait to get started!!!!!

....just remind me of this excitement half way through the semester!!

so it's my excitement of the day/week!!!!!

robert and i decided that we need to cut back on a few bills. so cable, being pretty superfluous in itself, was the first to go. now, for those of you who know me, know my attachment to the TLC channel. so i was dreading 11am today when the cable guy was going to be here. so, the doorbell rings. i answer it. it's the dreaded cable guy. i tell him how upset i am at losing my channel. he goes and takes both my cable boxes and puts them in his truck. he comes back into my house for me to sign the paperwork and as i'm signing he says, "oh, by the way, i didn't really feel like climbing up to put the filter on the cable line so you still have channels 2 - 78 for the basic cable price." WHAT!?!??!?! i freaked out! THAT MEANS I STILL HAVE TLC!!!!!!!!! i was so excited!!!!

(yeah, you can tell i don't have much going on!)

so robert has been in the cleaning/organizing mode for the past 2 days. so in the spirit of helping my husband, i decided to go through and sort out pictures from ones i wanted to keep and ones that needed to be chucked. i found a bunch of pictures from my summer in Moldova (2003). here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure!!!

Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

today has been awesome!! i had the ultimate (almost) girls day!!! erin and i had plans to go get her hair done - completely! - and i invited elissa to come with us! on the way there, elissa decided she wanted to get her hair cut too. (this is what makes it "almost" the ultimate day - i am the only one who didn't get a haircut. and those of you who know me, know my hair-cutting obsession!!!!) anyway, so while erin was getting herself sexified, elissa and i went to a different salon that had a walk-in available. well, elissa got 9 inches chopped off and donated it to Locks of Love. HOLY CRAP! it was awesome!!!! and what's really cool is that she didn't have to pay for it! because she donated it, the cut was free! so if there's anyone out there in cyberspace who's been considering donating to LOL, maybe that will help convince you! anyway, after the two of them got all sexified, we went window shopping at the new shopping plaza in snellville. it was great! just walking around, having girl talk, laughing at crazy stuff, and not thinking about our respective husbands at home doing who-knows-what! everyone needs a day like today!!!!!

i thought this afternoon couldn't be topped. i was wrong. when i got home, my wonderful, fabulous husband had spent the entire 7 hours i was gone cleaning the house!!!! minus a few minutes here and there to play on the computer. but my house is clean and that feels fabulous!!!!!!!!

anyway - i'm out for now. 7 hours of girl time is enough to exhaust even the strongest shopper! :-)

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happy birthday, jonah!!

just a few pictures to brighten your day!!!

okay, so i'm out looking for jobs again. yet again i am in the frustrating place of having (ahem) some college and no place to use it. here are my requirements for jobs:

1. something useful and that i will feel fulfilled
2. something that will make me feel productive when i come home
3. something that will give me some money

now, yes, i am still planning on going to school. i am actually really excited about it. however, i need a part time deal until i can get into a nursing job. i have figured out through my long years of 'searching' that desk jobs are not for me!

so, help me out blogging world! i need some serious help!!!!

...practicing on amelia raymer.

pretty cool pictures that are probably copywrited somewhere.


Create Your Own!

so, for those of you who don't know already, i have decided that i am going to nursing school. a lot of prayer, thought, and conversation has gone into this. believe me, it wasn't a quick decision, although it may seem like it. if all goes according to plan, i will begin school in january to get my pre-requisites for applying to the nursing program. once that happens, i'll only need 35 hours to get my RN (well, the diploma in order to take the certification test).

there are a lot of emotions going on in me about this new venture. i'm terrified to go back to school: i am by no means a student! but i am absolutely ecstatic about this whole prospect. i fell like for the first time in a long time i am actually moving forward in A direction rather than just standing still. and being a RN provides so many possibilities for a lot of what i want to do with my life. the demand for nurses is so high - that provides job security. the hours (shifts) make for a great environment to raise children. and the pay is not so bad either!

i have never thought of myself as a nurse - quite the opposite, in fact. but i see so much potential in this new journey and more than that, i see a great opportunity for ministry. i am excited about that!!!

oh, and by the way, my goal right now is to work either in the NICU or in Labor & Delivery.

now, on to the new adventure!!!!

yeah...somehow, i think not!!

alright. so it's been a while since i last posted. SO MUCH has happened...and is happening. let's see what i can fill you in on with the few minutes i have to myself.

i went to baltimore to keep my cousins for officers' councils. that week was quite challenging, but it was good to be with them. the last night of my stay there, i got a call from robert saying that his dad was back in ICU. i made new flight arrangements to get to augusta asap, which was a good thing b/c as soon as i got here, i had to help my mother-in-law make the decision to put my father-in-law on DNR (do not resusititate) status. he is home now under hospice care and will stay that way. we have a bed in the living room and i have spent the last week caring for my father-in-law as a nurse. i have been stretched to limits that i didn't even know i could be stretched to. i have done things that i never thought i would. but in the middle of all this i have seen myself learn to do new things and have begun to think about a new direction for my life. i have never thought about myself as a nurse. but with this week and all the things that i have had to do, nursing may be an option for me to look into. i really enjoy what i am doing here and i dont' know if it's because of the fact that i'm taking care of my family or if it is what i am doing. i have been praying for direction if this is what God wants for me. so we'll see....

on top of that, my dog got hit by a car and died today. that was really hard to go through - especially since i am not with him. he was staying with erin and he ran out into the road. she took him to a vet and there wasn't much they could do so they had to put him to sleep. that was so hard for me.

so, all this to say, if you are reading this, pray for our family. we've had stuff going on that has been so tough to deal with in such a short amount of time.

in the middle of all this, we have been blessed to have some family time. today we carved pumpkins with jonah, which was awesome!! i am particularly impressed with our "snelson" pumpkin!

also, CONGRATULATIONS to sarah and jeff!!! i hate that i missed the wedding, but i'm so glad that you finally get to be together!!!!!

before i sign off, i thought i'd add some pictures to show you all what we've been up to. enjoy!

alright, on to more nursing.....

one year ago today!!!!!

(and for the record, i still fit in my dress!!!)

"Congratulations! Today is your day! You're off to great places! You're off and away! And will you succeed? Yes! You will indeed! 98 3/4% guaranteed!"

from Dr. Suess's "Oh, The Places You'll Go!"

so i am still in the "no work" phase of my life. that is for various reasons that i won't get into completely, but it leaves the snelson family with challenges to face. which of course makes me feel guilty and somewhat responsible for hardships that we are facing, but i won't get into that either.

on to the meat of this blog! this past week has been eventful to say the least. lots of things happening.

amber's 3rd birthday was yesterday. i can't believe she's 3! i can't believe it was 3 years ago....WOW!!!

we also had some other things going on the presented challenges of their own. i never thought that this would happen to me, or if it did i would be absolutley devastated. but it didn't turn out that way. yes, i have my disappointments, but i've walked away from this experience with more of a hope than anything else.

going back to the beginning of this entry, having no job leaves me at home all day. at first, this left me feeling somewhat lost and without any kind of purpose. i stayed in bed until noon or after and ended up laying around all day. but this past week i've been getting up early...before robert leaves for work - those of you who know me well, don't freak out! and in doing this, and a few other things new to me, i've found that i'm not as lost as i once thought.

in short, it seems that the lord is teaching me brand new things that i never thought i would learn. the difference? allowing yourself to be taught makes all the difference. if you keep yourself so closed up and not open to what you could be learning from the lord, you're not going to learn it. but as soon as you allow yourself to open up, "oh, the places you'll go!"

well, it's the end of an era. after 2 years, 2 moves, 2 TMI's....Fred has finally moved to that fishbowl in the sky. yesterday i cleaned his tank, like normal, b ut about 2 hours later, found him floating, lifeless, at the top of his tank. (i think i got the wrong kind of water conditioner.)

let's take a moment to pay tribute to him:

- he was a great fish, even though he killed all his tankmates
- he was a resilient fish: he lasted this long with me!
- he was a friendly fish: everytime i went to feed him, he came straight to the top of the tank for his food!
- he was a smart fish: refer to the previous line
- he was a pretty fish

well, so long, fred. i'll miss you.


Fred. (ca 2004 - 2006)

and the new name is MAX! cliched, yes. but appropriate, nonetheless. we were also thinking about hershey, wesley, chester, zach, and nestle.

enjoy!

alright. so we are going one more time! here is the newest addition to the snelson household. we haven't come up with a name for him yet. still working on that. any ideas??

oh yeah, i forgot. he's a dachshund/chihuahua mix. so he's small, but silly.