Hamming it up! ~ August 2011

My Palm Tree

So we decide the other night to invite a few friends over for a fire & a few drinks. I ended up working until 9 so hubby had to do all the prep work. Thanks Hubby!! Here are a few pics of our good times.






My  strong, unique, funny, & smart BFF Lisa



Son's GF



My nephew Zachary




Oldest boy- Berk




Grill Master




Me



some munchies before we put the ham on the Fire-pit Grill



my funny , hilarious, cool, clever, and witty friend Linda




My friends ~ they are a blessing
Me, Linda & Lisa



The original Grill Master checking on the Ham



The Ham on the fire-pit grill



sure looks good

too bad blogger doesn't offer scratch & sniff

the back garden

final check before we munch down

everyone anxiously waiting

tasty treats



College Life

College of  the North Atlantic Carbonear Campus

I started my first year of college last week.  I will be attending the local college here in Carbonear. I guess my first semester is going to be a lot of adjusting, meeting people and settling in. I am taking Community Studies (2yrs)  with my focus being on the Women's Issues portion of the Program.I think my biggest challenge will be getting into a routine of studying after being out of the school curriculum  for 21 years( something I didn't do much of in High school) . I have made so many new friends ~! There are 32 in our class I'm sure after the 2 yrs are up I will get to know each one more. The Sociology and Psychology courses so far seem to be very interesting and intimidating . I don't know whether to be excited or terrrified.I truly wasn't sure about going back to school. It seemed the God of Divine Intervention was stepping in wherever he could. I was a week behind the Registration deadline for applications (never had the money) Then my acceptance letter did not arrive when I knew others were out.Apparently I did not send in my ROC (thought it was to be passed in September...wrong!) Ok now its time to see a  counceller  to finalize my application (which goes to HRLE) for funding... she gone on holidays. After a little bit of panic her friendly staff help me out... So my application goes to HRLE... they have looked over my application and have decided to fund me but I have to pay x amount of dollars... now I knew I had to make a contribution but the quoted price ended up being abit more than I expected but here's the kicker I had one day to decided if I would accept the offer or not because you guessed it she was going on holidays. Every where  I turned it seemed the God of Divine Intervention was saying... "don't do this". But as my career counceller pointed out  " If you want something bad enough..fight for it" As you can guess I did accept the proposal and so far I am enjoying college life but that may change after my first exam. Lol!

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