New Pictures!

Death Valley 2006.

Hooray for Scientific Advances in Corneal Reshaping!!!

Before Lasik

After Lasik

Today I went for my Custom View Wavefront Technology Lasik free consultation. I am a "perfect" candidate (the doctor's words, not mine) and plan on throwing away my old glasses by the end of May. Yippee! I have no idea what it means to open your eyes in the morning and actually be able to see across the room or past 10 inches in front of my face, but I will come the end of May! I am so excited!

Quote of the Day

"If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead." - Johnny Carson

What I Really Need for Camping This Weekend:

A WEARABLE SLEEPING BAG!!!
Who knew they made such a thing?

Why Do People Say the Things They Say? Part I

I was standing in the check-out line tonight at the hospital getting ready to buy my food. This lady, whom I have never before in my life seen nor met , came up behind me in line, looked at my tray, and said to me "Wow. You must be really hungry! Are you really going to eat all that?" (I had a half cup of mixed veggies, a 6 roll of sushi, green jello, and a small thing of milk on my tray). I said "Yeah" puzzedly, like who are you woman that I've never seen before who is asking about my food intake!?!?!? Then, to top it off, she said "I guess you're skinny, you can eat all that." After giving the woman my all time best 'confused' look, I picked up my tray and walked away.
Who was that woman? Part of the food police?

What in the world?!?!?!?!?

Congrats to Artie and Shannon!

My sister Keri just informed me that her best friends are going to have a new baby due in September. YAY! Maybe, just maybe, they will have a little girl named Lucy to be a little sister to A.J. (pictured to the left, age 20 months).
I am so happy for you guys!

Look! We're on the Internet!

I recently helped one of my nursing school classmates, Cheryl Mac, on her careplans. How did she repay me? A free photo shoot at the beach! Randy and I spent about an hour down by the Ventura Pier with her snapping away. I guess she liked what she shot, because Randy and I are now on her website http://www.pureimagephoto.com/ !!!! Enter the site and click on "engagements", then click on the middle thumbnail pic. Run your pointer over the numbers at the bottom of the screen to see more. SUPERSTAH!

Happy S.A.W. Day to My Beloved

Three years ago tonight, Randy and I had our first date. I made a dinner consisting of Shrimp Scampi and Asparagus and we washed it down with some good Wine. Ever since then and forevermore, on January 24th we have and will celebrate our S.A.W. Day. This year, however, the celebration has been rescheduled to Friday since he is out of town tonight. I went shopping though and the shrimp, asparagus, and wine are eagerly waiting for my love's return, as am I.

Weirdest Thing I Saw Today

Who knew cats could bark?!?
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/01/barkingcat.html

Kristi Bugg B.S., R.N. (to be in May), O.C.N. (2 years from now)

It's official! I got my first nursing job at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA. What a relief to know that I will be starting my dream career in oncology at such an awesome hospital.
FYI: O.C.N. means Oncology Certified Nurse

Indiana Pics

Ok, kids, I got the pictures of my recent trip to Indiana posted on Flickr. Enjoy!

A Little Hanky Panky Perhaps?!?

I got back from Indiana early this morning and went in to our computer room to change clothes. What did I find laying on the futon? A pair of women's unmentionables!!!!!
Randy denies any and all accusations against him. Should I believe him? Or was there some nasty, no taste (the undies were quite ugly looking) hussy in our apartment this week while I was gone?!?
Randy claims that he found them in the laundry room and thought they were mine. Whatever! For the record, I don't not have ANY underwear that looks like those! He wanted to put them back down in the laundry room, but could you imagine what would happen if he was busted doing so??? Panty pervert!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!

Any New Year's Resolutions?

How Do You Live Your Life?

How You Life Your Life

You are honest and direct. You tell it like it is. You tend to avoid confrontation and stay away from sticky situations. You prefer a variety of friends and tend to change friends quickly. You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren't attainable.

How Do You Live Your Life?

Sugar Fix

Ok...we have all of these baked goods. Are we (meaning me and Randy) really expected to eat all of them? Don't get me wrong- I love every single little morsel of their yummy goodness but if my hips get any bigger, I won't be able to blame their size on being "big boned" in that region!
What to do with all the yummy goodies? (ha ha- that sounds like the name of that Chinese restaurant in Venice Beach- "Yummy Goody". Never tried it out though).

On Break

After technically being on school break for 2 weeks now, I FINALLY feel as if I am relaxing. I have abso-freakin-lutely nothing to do today except watch Little House on the Prairie and eat Veggie Booty. YAY!!!! This is the life. Maybe I should just quit school and be a housewife. Enjoy myself and eat the Booty before we have kids and I begin the toughest job of my life- child rearing- for no pay whatsoever.
Hmmm...maybe not. I should just enjoy my two more weeks off (one of which will be spent in Indiana) before I have to go head first into school again. Then graduate, get a job, and go from there.
But for now, back to the Booty and Ma and Pa.
That sounds a little creepy, doesn't it?!?

Christmas pics

Check out our new online photo gallery. More to come later!

Merry Christmas Eve!

It's finally here! The best holiday of the year (in my opinion)! My favorite Christmas pasttime is watching the video of my dad's last 2 Christmases. They are funny, and I like to remember how my family once was. Even my great grandma is in the videos. My grandpa is healthy, and my grandma does a high school cheer complete with hand/arm motions. My family sings carols (well, we tried anyway) and is at their best in the videos. The sad part? The tape is in Indiana, where I'm not. I really need to make copies so that I can reminesce out here in California.
What kind of favorite Christmas memories/pasttimes do you people have?

Hurray!

It is official: I am done with NS30 and I have one more semester to go in nursing school! Woo hoo! After I took my final yesterday, I could literally feel the stress fall away from my shoulders, then tiredness overwhelmed me for 10-15 minutes. It was like a weight was lifted and I felt 10 pounds lighter. It's funny what stress can do to a person! Now if I could only find out a way to prevent the stress from coming back to reside on my shoulders January 9th. That would be no small feat!!!!
I'll be on my way to Kansas City tomorrow to be with my friend Angie. She's in nursing school too and takes her finall tomorrow. We'll probably go out and do some stress reducing activities the next few days- God knows that she needs it WAY more than I do.
So, that being said, I'm off and won't blog for a week or so. Don't miss me too much!

Trading Bibles for Porn in San Antonio

"Atheist group at UTSA encourages students to exchange religious materials"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10349028/