Cutting expenses...literally

Well we all know the economic status of our country and if you haven't heard from my husbands blog....the restaurant that he works at is closing its doors. This means that my husband is out of a job. We are continuing to pray that God will open a door where he wants Shaun to work at for the next year. 

As college students, we are always trying to save money every place that we can. A few months ago Shaun decided that he was going to buy an electric hair shaver. He was tired of spending $15 per haircut just for them to shave his head all one length, when he could buy a decent trimmer for $25. Well I am proud to say that I have cut his hair 3 times now and each time I am getting better and better. I was really hesitant in the beginning because I do not have a steady hand, but I just got done cutting his hair for the third time and I must say I did a pretty great job ;)  

So if any of you are looking to cut costs somewhere, this is a great way to do it! Now just in case you are all wondering.... I have NO plans for Shaun to start cutting my hair in the near future! I still plan on spending a small handful of money to get my hair done. :-)

Spring Break '09 - MY LAST SPRING BREAK!

Last week was my spring break. It went by so fast! I thought I was going to get so much done, but in the end it just flew right by. 

The first weekend of my break, Shaun and I went on Vacation. We went on a 4 day adventure with the Palmer Family to San Diego. We stayed at one of their favorite resorts, Paradise Point (which was also our honeymoon location). We left on Thursday and met up with the family.  We all stayed in beautiful rooms with a beach front view! We spent the weekend going shopping, enjoying the weather, walking on the beach, riding bikes and going out to restaurants.

My favorite part was waking up in the morning to see the gorgeous view out our window and then taking a morning walk with my hubby around the island! 

It was such a relaxing weekend. Shaun and I have been extremely busy with our school this past semester. It was nice to get away from our busy lives of work and school. 

We also enjoyed being back at the same place where we had our honeymoon. It brought back all of the memories of that exciting time! We can not believe that it has almost been 2 years since we were married! Time sure does fly when you are having fun...

We got back from San Diego and my boss at Fox Sports Grill needed me to work because it was the first week of March Madness and we were short staffed. I spent the rest of my week off working at the Grill. It wasn't my favorite way to spend the rest of week off, but I didn't mind. 

Well I am back in class. This morning I started a new semester. This next 16 weeks I will be in a Labor & Delivery and Pediatrics Rotation. I get to spend Mondays in a peds clinical and Wednesdays delivering babies. I am so excited for this semester!  I think this is going to be my favorite semester!

Oh and I just realized that this past spring break was my last college spring break EVER! In just less than a year I will officially be Natalie Palmer - Graduate Nurse and if all goes well and I pass the NCLEX exam (my licensure exam) I will be Natalie Palmer RN! Woohoo!

Babysitting

Shaun and I got the chance to babysit our little nephew this past friday night while his parents went to a Chris Tomlin concert. We played with him for a while, fed him, and put him to bed. It was fun.  We pretty much think we have the cutest nephew! He is such a good baby. He also has some wonderful parents. We love them a lot! 

Here are some pictures of our night...

His smile is so cute!