Nellisms & Life

I need to come up with better titles!!!! I always have these GREEEEAAAAT titles then I sit down to write a post and it all flies right out of my head!!!!! NO COMMENTS FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY!!!!! SO – I’m assuming all you people’s had a wonderful Christmas!! I know that Matthew and I did! God and our parents were really good to us this year. And NATHANIEL!!! I know all of you ladies would love the pill box he got me!!! ROFL!!!! It’s hilarious!!!! Than also got me a very very very very very very very ( get the point) over coat !!! I love it because it’s versatile, dressy enough for church, not so dressy I couldn’t wear it out. My mother in law got me PICTURES !!! Which I was in desperate need of! My walls have been barren for many years. There’s this really nice set of 2, they are still shots in black and white. And a tiger stripe picture thats cream and brown. And my FAVORITE!!!! A very cuddly blanket. Black and white on one side and black on the other… Oh it’s SO soft!! Mom got me a suit!! woo hoo! So so so so so so Cute!! I need red or purple or silver shoes to give it some funk!! It’s very classy. And some other gifts…. I don’t want to tell ALL of them!!! My husband, for all his comments about himself is a very good shopper!!!! I love everything I received and I HOPE everyone likes the presents I gave.

A BIG present, well it’s not really a present but since we found out on Christmas day I’m considering it as one. Matthew and I are moving into another apartment!!!!! It is HUGE!!!! It’s actually a old Victorian house that an elderly couple lives in and the house is too large for the 2 of them. So they completely remodeled the upstairs to an apartment. The living room in quite large. And we have a spare bedroom also large. And what we will use a our room is all the way in the back. It’s very long and large enough that I can fit my bed frame and dresser and 2 nightstands in. Plus 2 recliners and all Matt’s xboxs, playstations etc… It has 1 and a 1/2 bathrooms. A very open kitchen. 2 private entrances. My very own washer and dryer!!! Hallelujah! We move in February. I am so looking forward to having the space and having privacy and no extremely loud rap music on SATURDAY MORNING!!!!! Although this saturday I have to be at work at EIGHT IN THE MORNING!!!! Bleck. I am so excited. I know it was God that gave us this. We have been searching for a new place for some time and all the sudden this kinda fell in our laps. Also kudos to Patricia for all her help. =)

Anyways….. I can’t believe it’s ONLY 5:30 in the evening I’m ready to go to bed RIGHT NOW!!!!! Of course last night we were up late, (not too late). I actually went to bed around 10, however I could not fall asleep. I’m certain it was all the sugar I ate!!! I woke up 7 times last night. Also I think it had something to do with the fact that I had to get up a 7 in the morning and I kept dreaming that my alarm wouldn’t go off!!! I fell asleep around 2 I think. I had nothing to worry about I got to work 15 minutes early!!!! There was absolutely NO traffic!! It only took 45 minutes to get there!!!! yay!!! I’m not necessarily fond of working on Saturdays. BUT my boss said she would give me Wednesdays off since I can’t miss church so thats kinda good. Although I do hope I get at least one Sat. off every once in a while. I can’t figure out if I like getting there early and getting off at normal times or if like going in late and getting off later…. hmmmm.

Today was very exciting!!! I took a FMX all by myself!! And I got them all right! One was a little bit cone cut and one had some overapping… but since the xray after those got what I needed I didn’t have to take ANY of them over!!! All of my patients were very kind and patient with me today. I told them I was in training, and I was surprised at how nice they were. And my last 2 told me I had nothing to worry about. ” I was very gentle, and kind, and efficient. ” Aaaw. =) =) =)!!! I think I’m harder on myself than anyone else is.

ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS HOW I’M GONNA DECORATE MY NEW PAD!!!!! WOO HOO!!!! I’m totally liking all these colors. Black, brown, cream, emerald, crimson,and a deep purple. I’m seeing…. Asian themes and jungles. I LOOOOVE the hear, see, speak no evil monkeys!!!! And elephants…. I know I’m weird. I also LOVE the still shots in black and white and sepia… AND the very colorful cafe scenes in like Venice… Oh, oh oh oh oh AND at HomeGoods they have these amazing rugs!!! I took pictures of them on my phone. One is a crimson and cream tiger striped rug. The other is Black and a dark gold rug. Also a leapord print!! The outside has a very thin stripe, then a THICK black stripe, then another thin stripe and the leapord print in the middle!!! OOOOOH! I stood and drooled for several minutes… well more like THIRTY! OOOO MY WORD and there was this chase lounge… O WOW it was incredible! I have GOT to have a area rug because the living room is SO LARGE.. it will look weird. I actually will have room for my couch and a chair or 2 and hopefully in the future a coffee table! Something to put my wedding pictures on. And in our room, I either want a LARGE area rug like in the middle of the room or a fuzzy white sheep or bear rug. OHMYWORD I just remembered I can ALSO have my hope chest in my room!! Oh you guys have NO IDEA how excited I am!! Lol my poor brain. I also really like the fact that the washer and dryer is downstairs. So if I have people over and I don’t want to disturb my color co ordinated piles of clothing I can leave them out and not worry about anyone seeing them. yay yay yay!!! Ok well I have to go download music for my ipod!

And go to bed. <<<< BIG YAWN >>>>

P.S. I forgot !!!! Mom2 got K.P a LOT of toys!!! A kitty club house that she LOVES and balls with bells in them. A furry ball. A food dish. Poor kp, we’ve sprayed her with a water bottle so much she wasn’t sure if she could play with it.  =( Now she can climb and claw and romp to her little hearts delight. She is our kid.

Well I am officially registered for my first class in online college. I’m very excited!!! I think I will be good at online schooling because I was home schooled and it is very similar except it’s online and not video. The plus side of this is I can actually talk to my teachers and other students!! It’s like a chat room. So my first class was a toss up between medical law and bio-ethics or contemporary issues in Psychology.  I chose the Psychology class because it still is within my field and I didn’t want my first class to be about LAW!!! hah! I start on Jan. 7, 2009.  There are definitely scams online and lot of stuff that you should not trust. However I think God ordered my steps  to this school . I was online and took a survey and then a assessment test which I passed. And then I got a phone call from this school saying “hey you passed this assessment test and we would like to offer you a free scholarship to attend our school online. I was of course VERY skeptical!!! I spoke to my mom about it and she said if at any time they ask you for CC information or personal information then hang up. But they never did! I had like 4 phone interviews on why I wanted a degree, why I chose now to go back to school, why this and why that!! It was exhausting but I passed all of them and now I am about to start !!!  I told my mom it could be a total fluke! Or it could be a blessing from the Lord!!! And as it turns out they are a real school,  with the highest level of accreditation. My first class is a trial class, to see if I like the atmosphere and if after this class if it’s working for me and I still want to pursue this field. It is free. Then if I decide I do want to continue then I am set up with a financial adviser that will show me my options as far as grants and loans. That part is scary but I’ve talked to several people that have gone through this program and there student loan payments are very VERY low!!! So hopefully this will be a new adventure for me! I’m hoping I like and enjoy this so I can continue.  I know that online school is very convenient!!!  Haha, me in psychology !!! lol that is funny!  At the same time it is a total answer to prayer because I have wanted to go back to school and have not had the chance to yet. Now I have the opportunity to get my bachelors in the medical field. Nutritional Science to be exact. Yay!! Anatomy, Physiology, Biology, all that stuff has always SO interested me!!!  What better to study than something that interests you?? Plus I know for a fact that the nutritional science stuff works!! It’s worked on me!!!  I’ve lost 24 pounds since I went to see one!!!  Eating right and knowing what certain foods and chemicals do to your system is amazing! I never would have thought it was real, but now I know for myself!!  I will be finding out in depth what foods do, what affects they have, what helps, whats bad, what causes issues with the body, how your body reacts to certain things. It’s all very interesting!  I can’t wait!

Ok so it’s late and I CAN”T SLEEP!!!!! First off I haven’t had the BEST two days and now I’m laying in bed singing this song in my brain and I can’t remember who sings it!!!! And it’s driving me crazy because I’ve tried to find it online only a million times and I CAN’T FIND IT !!!! I’m having a grandma Layne moment!!!  Our choir in Texarkana used to sing it. Well we only did it like once because of SEVERE COMPLICATIONS!!!! However it was beautiful so I know other people had to have done it and maybe one of you musical peoples out there know who actually recorded this song!! I though the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir did it….. But I have just look at ALL of their CDs online and did not see it!!! I may mess up a few words so bear with me….  It’s slow and it sounds like Brooklyn even if it’s not them !!!

VERSE —- Humming …. I don’t know the first part… Should I give into sin or allow for defeat and then I wonder how can He forgive .. though I’m faithless He loves endlessly and at that moment His grace is sufficient for me.

CHORUS – Redeemed redeemed I’ve been bought with a price. Redeemed by the blood of His sacrifice. He has ransomed this captive set this prisoner free. I will sing His praises forever. I am redeemed.

The only way to stop singing this song ENDLESSLY is to hear it!!! Somebody PLEASE HAVE COMPASSION ON ME!!!! My brain hurts !!!

Now that I have pounded my frustrations out on this poor keyboard I am going to try to go back to sleep.

Good night to all and to all a good night!

Now I got all ya’lls attention from my title let me rephrase… I LOVE this time of year but it’s very difficult to eat RIGHT!!!! AAAAH!!! Every where I look there’s fresh baked cookies and pies and cakes and CARBS!!!!! And if you don’t know me I have a enormous sweet tooth!!! I”ve been doing very well with my choices and stuff. But I have to confess. I”m struggling!!! Amanda made chocolate chip cookies tonight! Last night we had dinner at Sis. Gloria’s house, she made the most delicious enchiladas and a chocolate cake that looked sooo sooo soo good!!! I have to figure out the ratio of sugar to stevia or xylatol. And I need to find out what other kind of flour I can use to bake with. I did however find a good recipe for BAKED Jalepeno Peppers. I haven’t tried it yet. However, it sounds delish! Poppers are like one of my favorite snacks but with it being fried… I can’t have them. So I”ll let you know how it is. I did do a really good dish that has become one of my favorite meals. Chicken, Artichokes, and portabella mushrooms. It is SO good. I cook the chicken in olive oil with seasonings. Salt, pepper, accent, oregano, basil, italian seasonings. Just until it’s white. Then I through the sliced mushrooms in there with the chicken. i cook them until they are almost tender. Then in another bowl I put milk, cream, butter, sherry, and 2 Tbs. of rye flour. Then in a pan I layer the artichokes, chicken and portabellas and pour the sauce on top. Bake it and it’s done. It’s delicious!!!! I made it for our youth leaders and they really enjoyed it also. It’s supposed to go with pasta but I do brown rice pasta with it. It tastes just as good. SO thats my new favorite dish. And since my mom had 2 of the same cookbooks I’m getting a lot of new really awesome recipes!!! yay!!! I absolutely love to cook. And I found a “cooking buddy”.

Also I am about to start online school for a degree in Nutritional Science. I’m very excited and it seems like an awesome opportunity! It will take 4 years but I’m hoping that it goes by fast. I can get a job at a hospital, or clinic. And the range of jobs is incredible. Especially knowing how much eating the right foods and feeling so much better by this has helped me, it excites me to be able to help other people. Plus I think it will really help me in my cooking. I could run a restaurant!!! Or a kitchen. It’s all very interesting!!

The other night we had our Christmas Banquet. It was hilarious!!! You can read more about it and see pictures on my moms blog. Mom, Patricia and I tried to do a accapella version of How Majestic Is Your Name. And then suck in helium and sing it again. However we didn’t quite make it through because I was laughing so hard I couldn’t keep the helium in!!!!!! And the n I took the helium and said “Is it working” And it was a high squeaky voice and the whole church lost it!!! Hah! Actually I could only hear my dad!! When he gets really tickled I get really tickled!!! haha. It was a good time had by all! I love fellowshipping with my church they are a fun group of people.

We had a great time during Thanksgiving!!!! We started out at Mom and Dad Silveira’s house. The food was so good!!! It was a smaller gathering of people. Mom, Dad, Grams, Mins, Matt, and me. But it was still lots and lots of fun!!!! Then Uncle Leon and his girlfriend came. It was fun!!! Grams always makes me laugh! You never really have to wonder what she’s thinking because she just tells you. HAH! Then we went over to my parents and it was LOUD!!!! Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Scott, Teresa and their kids, Chanessa and her 4 kids, Gary, Patricia, Josh. whew. Nathaniel had dissapeared by the time we showed up. It was a blast. However the dressing was … a little hard. I was so full from the first dinner I only had a piece of coconut cream pie. I really enjoy having both sets of parents in the same city. It makes the holidays easier. I can’t wait till Christmas!! I really do LOVE this time of year. It is my favorite season. People are nicer, friendlier and more open. For the most part. I did have a lady flip me off over a parking spot the other day!!!! But most people are great. I also love al l the really good shopping deals!! However I am not a big fan of shopping. I know I am a really weird freak of nature. I don’t go shopping just to go shopping. I go if I have money and if there is something that I need. But during the holiday season I do get a shopping bug. But it lasts for like a day. So when it hits me I take advantage of it. The other day I got my Dad, brother, father in law, and brothers gifts at the same shop and it only took like an hour to get all of them!!!! Yay!! I think that my mom is the absolute hardest person to shop for though! I have no idea what to get the woman who has almost everything! So I never get her just ONE gift. Dads easy, Than is easy, Dad2 is easy. Matt is kinda easy. But he likes a lot of different stuff and styles so I’m not always sure he will like what I get. My taste in mens clothes is a bit more wild than his. hah. Mom2 is somewhat simple, but she told us what she wanted so thats not really a surprise!!! Although I haven’t got hers yet. Then Mins’ is the most picky person I know!!! HAHA!!! So I have’n't gotten her gift yet either. I so enjoy buying for other people. I don’t really enjoy buying for myself as much. Matt summed it up pretty well. I would almost enjoy Christmas better if I could buy for everyone else and not for me. Which is true. If only I was a millionare!!!

So I know I don’t blog near as much as I should. I guess. My new years resolution is to blog more, but we’re not there yet! Hehe…