Confessions of a Med School Wife

Yes it is true... Chris is a slave to school..haha! So these past three weeks Chris has had a test EVERY week (compared to the every two to three weeks). Hence, since they are usually on Mondays, I have had to try and entertain myself the past three weekends. So Here are some things that I have done to try and keep myself busy:

• Watching a lot of girly TV shows and movies

• Cooking and Baking...tried a great new recipe for these Peanut Butter Rice Krispy Balls that Chris loved since they reminded him of a treat he would always buy in Chile on his Mission
• Going to the temple with my Sister-in-law, Kristy

• Having some fellow med-school wives over to hang out
• Made a lot of hand-outs and planned a bunch for Young Womens

• Added many blogs (especially Craft and Cooking ones) to my Google Reader after doing some blog hopping. From this I added a lot to my growing list of things I want to make!

• Followed through on some of those things.... (see below)
  

Made These Sock Monsters. They were lost of fun to make.. I wish I only had a sewing machine so that I could make them a WHOLE lot faster. I plan on making a lot more!

Here is a Felt Flower Headband I made for my niece Libby to wear when she has her blessing

Some more Headbands I made for a baby gift

This onesie and pants I used fusing to attach the cute paisley material on and then hand stitched around it. These are to match the head bands.

So hopefully Chris won't have to many more long stretches like this without a break... for his sanity and MINE!!

An update so you can keep up with the Jones'

Home

So I have been in the crafting mood lately, probably because of the hundreds of crafty-type blogs I follow. So I have been trying out some new recipes and made some Valentine decorations (since I had none). So here are some things I have made...

*made these yummy taquitos the other night...delish!

Also, we had a replay of our honeymoon this past week... and NOT in a good way. For those of you who don't know, on our honeymoon Chris got DEATHLY ill the 2nd night and eventually had to spend the night in the ER. Well Chris woke up at 4 am the other day to...without being to graphic... violently throw up! This continued about every half hour for up until about 2 pm. Luckily I was able to keep him somewhat hydrated and he finally broke his fever later in the day and was doing okay. It must have just been an awful 24 hour bug, but BOY it brought back some "wonderful" memories!

School
Chris has been working his tail end off in school. I believe this is going to be his hardest semester. He, along with his fellow peers, are trying to get used to being the guinea pigs for the administration, since this is the first year of his program. It is a bit frustrating at time, but he is hanging in there. He also was asked by the faculty to be the California Podiatric Medicine Association (CPMA) Chair person for his school. He gets to fly to Oakland this weekend to go to a conferences for it!

Work
My subbing had finally began to pick up in the Upland School District. Some weeks are better than others. I have done everything from 1st to 8th grade. It is always an adventure each day being in a different school, grade, and classroom. However, I have not had any terrible days and have actually really enjoyed many of my assignments. At times I miss my old class SOOO much!

Church
Chris and I are feeling settled into our new ward. We got to speak a few weeks ago, which always helps people get to know you better. I also just got called as the Young Womens 1st Counselor... so all you that have served in Young Womens PLEASE let me know so I can pick your brains for advice.

Family
We have got to spend a lot of great time with Chris' family lately. We have loved all the wonderful Sunday dinners at his parents' and Katie's house. We also have become an Aunt and Uncle AGAIN when Katie had her 4th child, Libby Jean. We have enjoyed being around Libby and getting practice with newborns...let's just say it is making us baby hungry! Also, I got to go see Maddie perform with her grandpa (my Father-in-law) at her school Talent Show. Here is a short clip below of their adorable song!

Bittersweet endings and being bit by the crafting bug

So yesterday was officially my last day of my college career!
WHOA! I finished my last day of student teaching and said goodbye to my cute 2nd graders (I am so sad, I forgot to take a picture with them).
But talk about bittersweet. I am excited to be done and finally be able to put my college education to use (...well, hopefully if I can get a teaching job) but at the same time I am not quite sure if I am ready for the real world, let alone if it is ready for ME! BYU has been sooo good to me, I could never imagine being anywhere else for college.
I don't think it all hit me until later today. First I spent the morning at the U of U to take a test to be able to teach in California. It was weird to contrast that campus with BYU. Now I don't mean to knock U of U (esp. since I have only been on the campus like three brief times), but I mean it just felt... for lack of a better word, messy. There was writing all over the bathroom stalls and posters and fliers plastered everywhere within the building.
Once I got back, Chris and I went to the spring Blue vs. White BYU football game. It was when I heard the fight song, that it hit me. I thought, I will never really hear this again... and I feel silly to admit, but I almost got a bit teary-eyed.
Anyway, earlier this week I was browsing different "arts and crafts" blogs and it really made me want to go and be creative. I had the excuse to do it because I wanted to get/make something for my mentor teacher. So I finally headed to the local craft store to get some necessary items. Lets just say that a hot glue gun and hodge-podge are necessary items for EVERY household. I especially love hodge-podge!

So I made her some magnets (basically like the ones I made before, shown in a much earlier post) with both just a cute design and then others that said teacher inspiring things like "love, teach, lead"... These are super easy and turn out great, this would be a wonderful idea for teacher gifts (which is way in the future for us) or for any other gift. Also, it was really easy to just put them back in the mesh type bag the magnets came in for the gift wrap. I also took a bottle that originally held crystal light packets and wrapped it in scrapbook paper and made it into a pencil/pen holder. This is also SUPER easy.
(sorry the pictures are so bad, our camera is pretty old).

~~Fun FHE~~

So tonight, amidst our busy schedules we squeezed in a very fun FHE.
We began with the usual song and then moved on to our lesson. Chris put
together a great lesson, we read the tributes to Pres.Hinkley in the
insert that came with the Ensign and then we wrote our own "tributes"
and expressed our feelings for our wonderful late prophet.

But
the best part was the ACTIVITY. I have been wanted to do this for
awhile, but we finally got around to doing it. I have had a set of oil
paints and some canvases forever and so finally tonight we got to use
them. Both of use created small "masterpieces" with the intent to put
them in our living room, hence the green and black to match our decor.

Here is Chris's Amazing Argyle! (he might add more, maybe even some pictures of us...)



Here is my Fantastic Fleur de Lis! (which is still need to cut out and place in a frame)

(One of my "inspirations"... Van Gogh, in the background)

if you have any great FHE ideas, let us KNOW!

I wish I had the time and supplies to be this crafty.

So I have been inspired by quite a few various valentine crafts, cards, etc. However, like the title says... I wish I only had the time and the money to get all the supplies to try these crafts out.
Here are some cute ideas I found:these paper cones would be great for giving small gifts....
this cards caption was "we make the perfect pear" cute huh?!?
ok this is actually meant to be a christmas wreath but I think it is much more fitting for v-day!


This was as creative I got this V-day... I saw the "wild thing.. I think i love you" on another card and it automatically reminded me of my favorite childhood book "where the wildthings are" so I meshed these two things together. I will probably give this to Chris as his V-day card, although he will probably see this, but oh well...its the thought that counts.
Tell what v-day crafts you love!!

'im stuck on you!'

So the other day I finally got an opportunity to get "crafty". Our Relief Society had an activity where we got to make our own refigerator magnets, which of course everyone needs! So here are a few that I made...they were super easy and way fun to make, I think I might have to make some more sometime... maybe for gifts!