Look How Cute!

Zoey will be 1 year old in 2 weeks!!

Timmy is growing up so big and handsome!!! 

Beautiful Family!

...More Blizzard

So this is what it's looking like around here today. The snow is very wet and heavy so it's weighing the trees down pretty bad. So far, the tops of 2 of our big, old pines have fallen out. Plus, it is still lightly snowing. 

I just heard our county mentioned on a report by the Weather Channel and they say we have over 70% of the population out of power... we're so glad to be part of the 30%!!!

Some people see all this and think "how p

Our Hurricane Sandy Blizzard

The East Coast "Superstorm" hit western Maryland yesterday and hasn't let up very much since then. It rained all morning yesterday and started to snow around 2:00 in the afternoon. At 2:30 I thought it would be neat to take a picture every hour and watch the accumulation. 

(hover over the 6:30 and 9:30 pictures)

2:30 p.m. 

3:30 p.m. 

4:30 p.m. 

5:30 p.m. 

6:30 p.m. 

7:30 p.m. 

8:30 p.m. 

9:30 p.m. 

10:30 p.m. 

11:30 p.m. 

12:30 a.m.

1:30 a.m. 

(this morning - no, I didn't say up all night... I just woke up periodically to snap a quick picture)

4:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m. today

We're not getting precipitation quite as fast today, so I'm only taking a picture every 2 or 3 hours. 

Unfortunately, our snow plow truck is in the garage, so apart from what we can move with shovels, we're snowed in. Dad is staying home today because he can't get his truck out. My classes for Monday and today were cancelled yesterday and my classes for tomorrow were cancelled earlier this afternoon. So I've ended up with lots of extra study time! 

The other good thing is that our little neighborhood seems to be the only one for miles with electricity. Everyone else in our church (most of whom live in other counties) is experiencing power outages, so we're blessed and praying that it continues to hold out. Our power blinked a couple times yesterday and we loose internet occasionally, but no long term outages so  far!

A Real Leader

ΦΘΚ

A couple weeks ago, I was invited to Phi Theta Kappa. 

-PTK is a national honor society for 2-year colleges. 

-Phi Theta Kappa are Greek letters (as shown in the title line) that stand for wisdom, aspiration, and purity. 

I don't know why, but I've always wanted to be in Phi Theta Kappa, so I was really excited to get the invitation! 

There was a ceremony at the college Thursday night where the new Phi Theta Kappa students were inducted into the society. About 13 students showed up, but there are really 23 members of our chapter (Alpha Omicron Phi). 

This is my official certificate...

No Pay For Congress

The “No Budget, No Pay Act” would require members of Congress to forgo pay for every day after October 1 that they don’t adopt a budget and pass all of its spending bills.  Once members approved a spending plan and appropriated the money, they would start receiving paychecks again but couldn’t collect any retroactive pay.  The premise is simple: don’t do your job and you don’t get paid.

Simple enough? That's the way it is for regular citizens.
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Follow this link to Patriot Voices to tell you Senators what you think.
If you don't.... how are they suppose to know??

Vote No

If this [treaty] were to pass, CRPD would become the law of the land under the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause, and would trump state laws, and could be used as precedent by state and federal judges. This treaty would give the government, acting under U.N. instructions, the ability to determine for all children with disabilities what is best for them. It also would give the U.N. discretion over decisions about how we educate our special needs kids, and could potentially eliminate parental rights for the education of children with disabilities.

Go to Patriot Voices to see how to send a letter to the editor, to your senator, and to your friends and family. Also sign the petition, adding your voice to the Patriots! The motto at Patriot Voices is that you, as one voice, may be ignored, but one voice combine with a million cannot go unheard! 

Pictures by the Lake

Sunday was mom's birthday and what did she want? 

She wanted to takes pictures of the 5 of us!!

It was a little sunnier than we thought so some were kinda squinting in a few of them ... and it was windy. 

We found this really beautiful spot by the lake ... the scenery was gorgeous. I loved it.

 Mom even got her turn on the other side of the lens :)

Chemistry

Reading the chemistry review chapter in my anatomy and physiology brought back memories of my high school chemistry course. I loved chemistry ... and this video is probably one of the reasons why!! 

Learn the periodic table of elements the fun way!! IF you can!!!!

Aristotle's version, perhaps, is easier, yes?!

Got Chemistry down?
Good!
Next time we'll do math! 

Yeah!

I've been accepted at Allegany College of Maryland for the clinical phase of my nursing training!!!! 

One step closer! 

Beginning at ACM will actually mark the halfway point for me!

3rd Semester

I started my 2 Anatomy and Physiology classes at Garrett this week - A&P I, A&P I Lab, A&P II, and A&P II Lab. 

I was suppose to have this wonderful lady for my teacher for all of the above...

...Unfortunately, she will be unable to teach this semester and has turned her classes over other faculty science teachers. 

Kelley Flaherty will be teaching both lecture and lab for A&P I. 

This is "Dr. D." (Colonel James Damato), who was my microbiology professor last semester, is teaching my A&P II lecture. He is not, however, teaching lab for this course...

My lab instructor is: 

"Amo" (Anthony M. Oliverio). He was my lab instructor for my general bio class last fall during my first semester. He's great... despite the fact that he likes reptiles around his neck! 

I'm glad these are going to be my only classes because I think I'll have enough with just them! 

I will miss Mrs. Deniker very very much though :( 

Olympic Spirit

I'm not much into sports ...

 I'm not very athletic myself and, besides baseball, I don't understand a lot of other sports (especially football). 

But for some reason I'm really into the Olympics this year 

... I thinks it's partly because I'm super patriotic and I just like cheering for all things red-white-and-blue! 

These are my Olympic finger nails (don't look too close... they're not that good):

And...

 First you see my right foot (hover to see what it says): 

...and then put that with my left foot and think creatively: 

Oh, and this is my laptop screen: 

...and these (and a few others are my screen savers): 

       

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My all-time favorite Olympian is gymnast Shawn Johnson - 2008 Olympic gold- and silver-medalist.

...so I've been keeping up the U.S.A gymnasts pretty closely. They've become known as the "Fierce Five" after winning the team gold medal in London. 

Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Kyla Ross

Gabby Douglas also won the women's all-around, securing the title of best female Olympic gymnast.

...interestingly, if you unscramble Gabby's last name (Douglas), it can spell "USA gold"!!!

Shawn Johnson and Gabby Douglas where both coached by Liang Chow: 

 

Also, Aly Raisman won gold in floor finals and bronze in beam finals. She tied for 3rd in the all-around but missed the bronze there as the tie-breaker landed her in 4th. She also tied for 3rd in beam finals but this time the tie-breaker came out in her favor. 

   

...and McKayla Maroney took Silver on vault finals: 

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It's also kinda neat that the worlds most-decorated, greatest-ever Olympian (Michael Phelps) is from my state's capitol (Baltimore, MD).

... and that the youngest U.S. gold medalist is also from MD. 

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