Pintrest Project

As most of you are probably aware, the latest craze going around is Pintrest. For those of you not aware, it's this online pinboard that allows you to find really neat things. Wedding ideas, crafts, quotes, pictures, recipes and what not, it's got it all. Once you get started on it, it's very easy to spend a few hours going through different stuff.

So here's my first project that I did thanks to Pintrest. It's a button bowl. Very simple to do.

Things you'll need:

-balloon

-glue

-buttons

What you do:

Glue buttons to the balloon. Wait for glue to dry. Pop the balloon. EASY!

What you get:

- A crafty button bowl. Mine is currently being used on my dresser to hold my earrings.

I'll take it!

So this first semester of radiation therapy school is over! WhoooooooHoooooo I remember the first day of orientation and thinking that I had a loooong ways til December and a LOT of driving to do. Now all of a sudden I've got one semester down and just two more to go. I had a wonderful semester- loved my clinical rotation, didn't mind the drive, and even managed to pass rad. physics with a high B. But here's one of the highlights of this semester-

At the beginning of the semester, our program director announced that she was going to raise/collect money for a scholarship in her fathers name. There would be two awarded to therapy students, and one to a dosimetry student. They wouldn't be a lot of money, but anything is better than nothing. There were a few stipulations to be able to qualify for this scholarship however.

-Be a non-smoker (since her father died of lung cancer)

-Volunteer 20 hours during the semester

-Write a 1 page paper about why you need the scholarship

-Have a 3.5 GPA for the 1st semester

Not too bad stipulations, so I thought I'd give it a try. Well after my 20 hours were completed along with my paper, all I had to do was pray for a 3.5 GPA. A few not so good test grades and lots of praying and breath-holding later... my overall GPA was 3.56 for the semester. Now it was just up to the committee to determine who would be awarded the scholarships. I guess it wasn't that hard of a decision to make seeings how I was the ONLY one who applied for the scholarship! So not only was I awarded one scholarship, but BOTH of them. I'm one happy girl!

Happy Birthday to my favorite set of twins!

(After Michael and myself of course)

Hard to believe they're turning two! I still remember vividly driving on 40 up to the mountains when I got a phone call from their mother informing me she was pregnant. Can't wait to see you guys again!

Cooking with Megan

So for those of you who think that all I can cook is pasta and chicken (cough*Jessi*cough), I'm here to show you that I've added something else to my list.

Actually, there is nothing to this except gathering the ingredients and putting it together, but the finished product is exquisite and looks pretty too. I had this as an appetizer at a restaurant with a few friends and really enjoyed it, so I did my best to re-create it. Not exactly what we had, but it's still good!

Here's what you need:

-Avocado

-Tomatoes

-Onions

-Feta Cheese

-Olive Oil

Here's what you do:

Dice the tomatoes and onions. Add an equal amount of feta cheese to the mix. Mix in a small amount of olive oil. Put this inside the avocado. Dig in and enjoy!

October Loving

Fall is my all time favorite season of the year. Beautiful fall leaves, cooler weather, pumpkin carving, hot chocolate, and the list goes on... I just throughly enjoy the month of October.

One weekend this month, my Aunt and I went on a quick get away to visit our good buddy JH up in Roanoak, VA. We had a blast just hanging out with good ole Johnny Boy and seeing some of the parkway in the Fall while doing a quick "hike".

But another great reason to love October is Halloween. I mean, how many days do adults get to play dress up and it be acceptable? I love seeing all the different costumes people come up with. Some people get really into it and I usually get a good laugh at how far some take it. This year, thanks to my wonderful friend Stacy, I had a great costume idea. Or at least I thought so. See if you can tell what I am... (ps. I'm on the left)

Did you figure it out???

I'm a mail-order bride. It was suppose to be even better because a friend of mine was suppose to dress as a mailman and go with me. However, as what happens most times with men, I was let down and it never happened. Oh well, nice thought. This was my Saturday night costume. On Monday night at work, I dressed up again. This time it was just a simple store bought costume of a cave woman. I had a blast all weekend dressing up.

So, I'll leave you guys with a few fun facts about Halloween. Hope everyone is enjoying fall as much as I am!

• Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
• Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
• Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!
• Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes.
• Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
• The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
• Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
• Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1.
• Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
• Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees.

Came across this today and thought I'd share.

Makes perfect sense to me....

Breat Cancer Awareness

October is a very popular month. Not only do the leaves start to turn beautiful colors and the temperature lowers to a very relaxing degree, but children and adults also take one day in October to dress up and look silly and have an excuse to do so.... Halloween! As good as these things are, October is also breast cancer awareness month. So, for all my friends out there with breasts (men too! That's right, I've seen a case of male breast cancer) take the time to go have a mammogram done, or simply continue to perform self exams if you're under the age of 50 and breast cancer doesn't run in your family.

I'm not sure if any of you are aware of the pink glove dance video that went around a few years ago, but basically it involved all aspects of hospital workers putting on pink gloves and dancing for breast cancer awareness. Well apparently since then, there's been a contest to see which hospital can produce the best pink glove dance video. The winner gets an amount of money that they donate to a charity of their choosing I believe. Guess which hospital decided to partake in this contest?! The one I'm stationed at for clinicals, which meant I got to partake! So if you've got a few minutes, click here and go "like" the video. You have to have a facebook account and sign in first, but make sure you like them if you go vote.

Here's the video for your viewing pleasure. In case you're looking for me, you're not going to see my face unfortunately. However, you will see my watch and hands on the clip of all the hands on the table. And also, when the patient is on the table covered by hands. My hands are covering her and you can see my white scrub top on the left side of her. There's my ten seconds of stardom, hope you enjoy! Don't forget to go vote!!