Great day!

I had a great Thursday. I went walking with my neighbor Kim this morning. Having a walking buddy is a good way to stay consistent because if it were up to just me to walk in the morning, I would get too lazy. :/ Then Abby and I went grocery shopping in the afternoon. At Fresh N Easy they are giving away a FREE turkey with $30 purchase!!! I have never seen my Fresh N Easy store so busy before! It was not in my weekly ad, but thanks to Cents'Able Shoppin! I am always up to date on the latest and greatest deals. :) I am not in charge of the turkey for Thanksgiving (still don't know what we're going to make/bring...) but I've never made one, so this one will be good practice for me. At night, we went on a walk as a family (including Jasper) to Petsmart to get him new dog toys, Subway for dinner, Sprouts to pick up the salmon that's on sale this week and since Papa Murphy's was right next door, got a dessert pizza mmmm. The dessert pizza was a splurge but I walked a total of 4 miles today, so I think I walked off enough calories to indulge a little. ;) Going on a walk with my little family was so fun. It totally made my day! I love quality time spent together! Here are some pics from the week :)

Jasper is so good around Abigail :) Such a lover and protector.

Abby getting the hang of sitting up! Big girl!

Abigail all bundled up before our walk tonight. I love that the weather is cooling down!

 

So I've been looking into different RN to BSN programs online today. Trying to find an inexpensive, accredited school. My co-worker Christina told me about University of Texes- Arlington. I looked the school up and you can get your BSN in 13 month for only $9,000! Still a TON of money, but very good in comparison to other schools. If anyone reading this knows of any schools I should look into, please let me know! I hate how going to school is so expensive! I'm appreciating my parents so much more now that I'm starting to realize all the sacrifices they made for me (including paying for my associate nursing education so I wouldn't have any student loans when I got out of school). My hospital does offer tuition reimbursement, so I called them today to get more information about it and I found out the wait list in about 2 YEARS! :( By the time my name finally rolls around, I will hopefully already be done with my BSN. I was talking with Kim today on how she was able to get her master's degree with 2 little ones at home. She said as soon as her husband got home, he took the kids and made her go into another room and study/do homework. I know I'm going to have to become really disciplined... working full-time, going to school full-time and taking care of Abby. Oh my. I'm getting exhausted just thinking about it... 2013 is probably going to be my busiest year yet!