Explosions, Christmas, and hospitals galore

Things have been even crazier than the normal level of crazy in my life. Christmas was wonderful, batteries exploded when I was getting ready for church on the 22nd (Smokey figured out what the gun shot sounds were- fortunately I shoved him out of the way before the second or third exploded, so I didn’t have to clean battery gunk off of him), my partner (not minion, the one after) had to quit because he has cancer (it doesn’t look promising), Grandma was in the hospital on the 26th and just released yesterday, and I had an ACLS class on the 23rd, so I had to finish wrapping gifts on Christmas morning. The wrapping gifts part wasn’t so bad (Smokey helped!), but my family was very impatient. Our last couple of shifts have been stupidly busy. I’m hoping today will not follow suit. Kirst and I did get to go the Silver Dollar City before Christmas! The shiws were so much fun!!!!!!!
I stitched while waiting for the show to start!!!!!  Daisy and her siblings turned one year old on Saturday. They are quite proud of themselves, even if they don’t know what they did! I’ll try to post pictures of various things soon. I’m gonna finish my lunch real fast in case we get a call. Just wanted to let youns know that I am still alive, hope you had an amazing Christmas, and wishing you a wonderful new year!
~ Emmy

A New Start!

I was hoping to finish my other project first, but it is in time out right now. Plus, I desperately want to stitch something halfway Christmasey!!!!

Happy Stitching!

Emmy

Stitching Update!

 I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Smokey and the pups were a bit miffed since we traveled to see family, but they didn't object when I gave them treats after I got home! I had a nice time with the family.

 There isn't too terribly much to report. Work is work. I love working w/ my new partner. Our supervisor has been on light duty for a long time now; he broke his hand while skydiving. Other than that, not too terribly much going on.

School is beginning to wrap up. One more quiz, then the final!

 I'd say the most exciting thing to report, is some stitching progress! The grass on the left side is a bit off. The sheep has one extra column of stitches in between it and the Grace, but this is my third or fourth time restitching that, so it an extra column it shall be!

 I hope all of you have a wonderful night tonight, and a blessed Sunday!

 Happy Stitching!

Emmy

Dear Zitzilla

Dear Zitzilla,
 Thank you so much for arriving during the holidays. I was genuinely concerned that I would not have the largest zit at the family gatherings. As you can imagine, that was a rather large source of stress. I was so thrilled when I could tell that you was making your arrival a few days ago. I was downright emotional when you made your appearance a couple of days ago. And I must say; you wisely chose a prominent position on a not often thought of area: my chin. There you sit, in all your glory, proud as a war hero that has returned triumphant from battle. Thank you so much for coming; I am certain to be the envy of all that I meet!
 Sincerely,
 Your Ever Grateful Admirer

Smokey the Hero

I thought that Smokey had just noticed various items stored under the couch while we napped on the floor this morning.  I reassured him, and encouraged him and his warmth to return to his perch on my stomach. Later, I was somewhat upset when he sensed my resolve to return to the Land of the Awake and Productive and chose that moment to snuggle down on my chest and turn into the world’s cutest cuddle bug. But when he suddenly aborted his mission of distraction and went on high alert, I knew something was afoot. And then, when he valiantly charged the giant, human-eating spider, I behaved as any weak, defenseless human would. I promptly panicked and searched for the nearest shoe while Smokey gallantly danced in a circle with the spider, swords clashing and insults hurling. My knight in shining fur fought fearlessly until he had successfully chased the dragon-spider back to its cave under the couch. My dauntless hero didn’t even have a whisker out of place, while I am certain that the spider now needs therapy after it’s harrowing experience.

My hero, prior to the spider’s invasion

“Do not fear my poor, defenseless, human maiden. I am here to protect you.”

November Sunsets

 The sunsets here lately have been absolutely gorgeous! Here are a few pictures of sunsets over the past few weeks:

Hope you have a great day!

~ Emmy

Slouchy Sock Day

 Well, today has been a good day. Except, it appears that today must be slouchy sock day. At school, my socks kept slouching down and trying to slide off in my shoes. Now, at work, my knee highs are trying to do the same thing, regardless of whether I am wearing my boots or not. Now what is up with that?

 School has been going well, just busy. We will have our last Lab Practical next Monday, a lecture quiz sometime after that, and our final on the 11th. This semester has flown by! I am sad to see this class end since I have greatly enjoyed it, but I am thankful to be one step closer to my end goal!  My brain feels happy now that it is getting new knowledge (and being reminded of the old) on a regular basis.

  Sadly, there has not been much time for stitching. There has been even less time for stitching than there has been for posting! ;) Hopefully, that will change soon. Or, I'll better manage my time and be able to post somewhat regularly. Seeing how I have said this before, it would be best for us to hope, but not hold our collective breath on it!

 And to end on a cute note:

 Happy Stitching!
Emmy

Yay for stitching!!!!!!

Good morning!I got some of the leaves filled in!!!!!!! It felt so good to pull thread through fabric again!!!! I hope all of you have a wonderful day. I get to clock out in 3 minutes!

Happy Stitching!

Emmy

A rainy Wednesday

Whelp, still not too terribly much to report. Life is kind of same-o same- o right now. School is going good. Mom is feeling better, Dad is still sick. Smokey is still ornery as ever. I think I might try to squeeze in a bit of stitching this evening. I’m at work, so we will see how well that goes!

Although I do disagree with the boring part!

Good night, sleep tight, and may your needle fly until we meet again!

Emmy

Its been a while!

 Much has happened. Too much to write in a "quick" post before what will hopefully be bedtime (I'm at work, so we shall see). So, to summarize:

 Class is going well. Miss Fluffykins has proven most valuable. Since she is a more difficult specimen, once we are able to easily identify stuff on her, it makes it much easier when we are tested using "better" cats. That said, I greatly look forward to when I won't have to dissect a cat any longer. It is still rather sad business. I am enjoying the class though! It is making a lot of things click. And, on Halloween, we were assigned a partner and drew an A&P themed pumpkin for extra credit.

Not the best work for two adults, but good enough for government work!  This was the first break we have had where I had 3 days off of school with everything we've covered so far already tested on. I haven't been able to figure out what I'm suppose to be doing with myself!

 Work has been work. Today was the first shift w/ my new full time partner! I haven't figured out a nickname for him yet. Its nice working with somebody that I feel safe with.

Mom's knee is coming along okayish. I don't remeber if I already said this or not, but they took 85-90% of her meniscus out. She has done one day of physical therapy and actually enjoyed it. I'm not sure if she will make it to her next appointment though. She is under the weather right now.

Dad and Kirst are both well. As are the pups and Smokey.

Daisy being surprisingly still.

Banjo loves crunchy leaves!

Banjo is so small compared to Bear (the gentle giant)'s hugeness!

FAll

Aunt Kirstie has Smokey very, very, spoiled. 

What do you think of my look?

 Fall foliage is very pretty on my way to class.

We had snow and ice towards the end of October. Not only is Walmart jumping the gun on holidays and seasonal decor, but so is Missouri weather! 

There isn't really much else to report. Tomorrow morning will have me rushing home (hopefully  on time) to shower and then run to class. After class, there will be boring errands. 

I hope all of you are doing well!

~ Emmy

Fall mood swings

Case in point: yesterday started out in the 40s and had a high of 56. Today is suppose to be 69 (they had been saying 70s, but it must have dropped). Granted, this is not as big of a swing as the past few weeks, but every time I get excited about over-sized sweatshirts and hoodies, summer reappears! Found this gem on Pinterest. It fits so well! Granted, pretty much all of the awkward yeti comics* do!
 Have a great day!
Emmy

* http://theawkwardyeti.com/ 

Only a biology instructor...

Only a biology instructor would be on his way to work, see a dying deer, and think, "Hmmm, I should toss that in the back of my truck and bring him for my morning A&P 2 class to dissect." And so it went. My instructor was sad that the trooper would not let him put the buck down (he would have used an arrow to do less damage to the lungs), but was nonetheless determined to bring Mr. Bucky to school. He ended up showing up about 12 minutes late and surprised us by being glad that we had not already gotten the cats out. He asked how we felt about doing an outside dissection, and stated that he had a deer we could dissect. The only police officer in class asked if he hit a deer on his way in. The instructor said that he had found it on his way. Poor Mr. Bucky was still alive with most, if not all four, of his legs broken, and coyote damage to his back end (poor guy had been being eaten alive).  The instructor took a vote; none of us was feeling it with the cats today, plus he offered a bonus 5 points towards our next exam, so it was pretty much unanimous. He designated an area for us to meet at and then we followed him out a ways onto more wooded school property (different departments watch the populations of various animals and have game cameras scattered over this area- my instructor was a bit disappointed, they had been watching this guy). And then he went through it piece by piece. Well, the parts that were not too damaged.  It was a lot like a medical school class of centuries gone by, only with a deer instead of a stolen human corpse, and the instructor doing the work of the barber-surgeon and talking about what we saw instead of reading a book written in Latin. And it took like 40 minutes instead of 4 days. But still, some similarities existed! He also took the back straps and was quite excited when he found some empty doughnut boxes in his truck left over from one of his son's practices to put them in. This dissection went a lot quicker than the cats do. Probably because the structures are big enough to easily see! All I can say is, only a biology instructor!
 I'm at work now. I should be making flash cards to study with before next week's quiz and exam, but writing to youns is a lot more fun! I don't really have any news on the stitching front, except I am really, really itching to start doing some fall stitching! Are any of youns ready for fall stitching?
I did fix the annoying curtains from covering half of the window while open:

IV tourniquets are so versatile!

I also fixed my nail file. Then, I ran out of stuff to fix. :)

Here's some pictures of Smokey wanting to play a game with Kirst and me. We had to set up a board just for him! Not surprisingly, the power pieces were his favorites. Well, that, and Captain Hook and Maleficent. He would push Captain Hook along the board and knock Maleficent (my playing piece) down.

And here are some pictures of the sunset last night:

Technically, this was to the east- the color always starts over there, and then moves to the west.

 There really isn't too terribly much else to report. Mom had surgery on her knee last week. They took 80-85% of her meniscus out. She is doing well, but her recovery has been slightly slower than the surgeon had indicated. What have youns been up to lately?

 Happy stitching!

 Emmy

Slothilda has my motto

for this morning! Thankfully I still made it to class on time! We are currently waiting out in the hallway while our instructor sets up our quiz. 

 Wish me luck!

 Emmy

Stinketh

So, I had to go straight to church from work because we ended up getting a late call. The bad part is that I didn't get to take a shower first. Anyway, all I could think of was when Lazarus had died and Martha said "he stinketh."
 "Jesus said, Take ye away from the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith until him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days." John 11:39.

So, I ended up sitting in church thinking, "Lord, I stinketh." Hey, at least he accepts the stinky people as well as the freshly bathed ones! (Although I do feel much better after my shower!)
 Happy Sunday!
 Emmy (who no longer stinketh)

My life in pictures the past few days

Hopefully the new boots arrive soon...

 Best buddy ever!

 Making sure the clothes basket is safe

 Making sure the single socks are safe.

 All is safe! Now for  the lookout post and nap post tests!

Why did Emmy put the frozen water chunk thingie in here??? Wait a minute, it floats?!?!

I hope youns have had a wonderful week and that next week goes even better!

Happy Stitching!

Emmy