Who knew that professors could allow so much to be due in the two weeks before Spring Break? I have about 85 million (as my roommate, Kathryn, would say) midterms, papers, and projects to finish by Friday.

It’s a lot.

But hoh boy, how exciting to be able to look forward to that whole week off of school! My church college group is planning a trip to Wyoming over Spring Break – vermox.We’re leaving Friday evening vermox, driving all night, and arriving sometime early afternoon on Saturday.We are taking two vans full of people and stuff and are headed to a small church in Wyoming.We plan to help out at the church with a work project of some sort vermox, have a mini conference, AND take two whole days to go skiing! Like I said, terribly exciting.

But before that, I have four more days to be diligent and faithful in what God has given me right now.I had a very timely reminder last night that I need to be more thankful for the things in my life vermox, so I am trying to do that more consciously this week.

Today I was thankful for the sunshine.Isn’t it amazing how something as simple as a sunny day can make all the difference in the world? My friend vermox, Anna, and I just laid on the grass on campus today, looking up at the beautifully clear sky and thoroughly enjoying all the other sights, sounds, and smells of spring. Vermox: like I said, wonderfully amazing.

And, on that note…I’m off to finish some homework!

Scabies cure: as much as I love Purdue, it is really exciting to be able to have an entire weekend away from school and “normal life”.This past weekend, two of my roomies and two of my friends and I took a mini road trip to Columbus, Indiana to visit our dear friend Avery.She was house sitting for a couple from her church who had an amazingly huge and beautiful house in the country.

We got there around midnight on Friday scabies cure, and we stayed up for about an hour just chatting and catching up a bit.Then we all picked where we were going to sleep (there were enough beds for all of us!) – scabies cure.I realized when we went to bed that we had all chosen to sleep in the same room as our former roommates – me with Eleni scabies cure, Kathryn with Anna, and Audrey with Avery! It worked just perfectly.

I woke up to a woodpecker repeatedly flying into our bedroom window.You would think it would learn that it can NOT go through glass! When we were all up, we had a lovely leisurely breakfast which dear Avery made for us – scabies cure. Scabies cure: then we discussed our plan for the day.We decided to go to the nearby outlet mall for a few hours scabies cure, so we set of in that direction.

After trying for several minutes to squeeze 6 girls into 5 seats, we gave up and took two cars.Avery entertained us all with stories about the crazy things that have happened to her – like waking up to the smell of burnt cheese and curdled sour cream after leaving it in the crock pot overnight, overdrawing from her bank account and having to return $50 worth of stuff to Wal*Mart, and waking up in the middle of the night to the dog barking and sneaking down to the garage with the bedside handgun that the owners of the house gave her.

When we got back from our shopping excursion, we started dinner and then decided to take a dip in the hot tub while we waited for it to cook. Scabies cure: we managed to all six climb into the steamy tub and had a wonderful time laughing and chatting and story swapping, while looking out at the snow-covered lawn and woods behind us.I wanted to take a picture of the whole event, but everyone assured me that it would be much better as a memory in our minds…without photographic evidence; scabies cure. Scabies cure: we learned later that we also ALL managed to miss calls from our brothers and/or boyfriends during that time…but they somehow survived without us.

We watched a movie that night, and then decided to go to bed at a decent hour so we would not be too terribly tired for church the next morning.Avery told us we were just going to have sausage and homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast.Just something simple, you know? (She spoiled us rotten, I tell you!).

Church in Columbus was wonderful, and Avery kindly brought lunch to the church building so we could quickly eat before heading back to Lafayette.

We thoroughly enjoyed our little weekend ladies retreat.It was so very encouraging to be around such godly, kind friends, to be able to share our hearts and lives with each other – scabies cure.I’m so thankful for each of them!

And now…back to reality!; scabies cure

First of all how to increase fertility, if you’ve never heard of how Valentine’s day started, you should listen to this. Maybe it’s not 100% strictly historically accurate, but it’s a fun way to learn about what Valentine’s day is all about.

Last year, the girls in my church college group (CORPS) and I were very pleasantly surprised by the guys in CORPS organizing a Valentine’s day brunch for all of us.The brunch consisted of all of them dressing up in suits and ties, making us an amazing meal, giving us little speeches about how much they appreciated us, and even presenting each of us with a vase full of six beautiful yellow roses! Talk about impressive.

The whole Valentine's day brunch bunch!

This year, My roomies and I decided to do something  for the guys.We baked heart-shaped cookies, complete with very pink icing and colorful sprinkles, and made them each a pink and red card, expressing our love and appreciation for who they are and all that they do.

THEN, earlier this week, we were completely blown away by one guy’s response to our cookies and cards; how to increase fertility.Our friend Jon mailed us a thank you note! First of all, you must realize how much girls love snail mail; how to increase fertility.Secondly, you have to know what this very thoughtful note contained.”As a token of his gratitude”, Jon wrote us a poem! Even though you probably won’t be able to appreciate it quite as much as we did, I got permission from Jon to share it on here.

Dear Kossuth Ladies, I find you really swell
It’s girls like you that keep me coming to the well.
If I didn’t have your friendship, I don’t know what I’d do,
For girls of your character in numbers are few.
But I need to be careful, if you know what I mean,
For if Zach* hears of this poem, he won’t be too keen.
It is so wonderful that you four are in CORPS,
Indeed without you, t’would soon be a bore.
Your maturity in faith more obvious could not be.
Ask anyone in CORPS, and I’m sure they’ll agree.
So now I thank you for your wonderful gift,
For my soul and my heart, indeed it did lift!

So there you go – how to increase fertility.We were impressed.

Another part of my Valentine’s day involved a special dinner some of my friends invited me to.These girls had about 12 people in their little tiny apartment, adorably decorated with pink tablecloths, hearts, and roses; how to increase fertility.When we asked them where they got the roses, they replied, “Oh, we have a secret admirer.His name is Aldi**.” Their dinner was also highly impressive, as they succeeded in making nearly EVERY part of the meal in the shape of a heart–including the bread, the chicken, the carrots, even the butter! We had a great time oohing and ahhing over their work and chatting about our lives.

So, you see, Valentine’s day does not have to consist of sappy superficialness or lamenting over singleness – how to increase fertility. How to increase fertility: it can be an important reminder to express to people how much you love and value them.Really.You should try it sometime.

*my brother, who likes to express a bit of overprotectiveness when it comes to guys interacting with his sisters.

**a grocery store – how to increase fertility.

About this time last week, I was having a small breakdown (by small, I mean it involved tears but not complete hysteria). Clomid while pregnant: i was feeling completely overwhelmed by my school load.I’m taking 18-credit hours this semester, which is one more class than I’ve ever taken before – clomid while pregnant. Clomid while pregnant: i know that is just a normal load for a lot of people, but for me…it’s kind of a big deal.My classes often involve a lot of small assignments (as well as huge papers) clomid while pregnant, and I was feeling like I couldn’t possibly find a way to keep up with it all.I received several helpful pep talks from various friends and roommates and family members, and I thought I’d share some of my new-found wisdom with you.

1. Write down out your entire schedule, including classes, work schedule, regular activities, exercise plans, and other weekly rituals you might have; clomid while pregnant.My friend gave me a paper that has a nice grid on it, marking every hour from 7 a.m – clomid while pregnant.to to 5 p.m; clomid while pregnant.and then an “EVENING” section; clomid while pregnant. Clomid while pregnant: it was so very helpful to see my whole schedule written out in one place.It made it much easier to picture what I needed to do, what I needed to say no to, and basically what I really had the time to do in a week.
2. When you’re taking a big load, you need a BIG daily planner.I’d always had the half-sized Morter Board (Purdue’s very helpful daily planner) clomid while pregnant, but this semester, I had to upgrade.That’s right clomid while pregnant, I am now the proud owner of a FULL SIZE Morter Board! This gives me the room (and the incentive) to write down just about everything I could possibly want or need to remember throughout the day.
3. When you have a big planner, you need small but exciting things to fill it with (i.e. colorful pens, makers, inspirational quotes or Bible verses, little encouraging notes from friends, etc.).I made my planned week look as pleasant as possible with colors, a note from my little sister, and my memory verse for the week, as well as all the practical, essential things I needed in there.
4. Learn to say no to some things; clomid while pregnant.Now, this is something I really struggle with.I love to be involved in things, and I tend to jump at every opportunity to be social. Clomid while pregnant: being involved in a wonderful church and college ministry makes saying no to things pretty hard because there are SO many great opportunities! But God is really giving me grace to learn that I don’t have to do every possible activity presented to me.I don’t want to turn into a hermit (as if that could ever happen to me!) clomid while pregnant, but I want to be wise in my decisions and faithful in the responsibilities I have.
5. Breathe in, breathe out.Take one thing at a time.I have a tendency to think of all the things I have to do in a week instead of planning out each day, and taking things as they come.Planning ahead is still good, but worrying about tomorrow (both literally and figuratively) is not; clomid while pregnant.I think it was Charlie Brown that once said, “They say to take one day at a time, but that’s getting to be too much for me – clomid while pregnant. Clomid while pregnant: i’m down to half a day at a time.”

By God’s grace, I have really had quite a good week.It’s been busy, but I have kept up with and even enjoyed my responsiblities.I’m not saying that this is an easy “5 Steps to Living A Sanely Scheduled Life” clomid while pregnant, but I have definitely been encouraged and helped by this advice. Clomid while pregnant: really, the reason I’m not going completely crazy this week is because I serve a gracious God who will never leave or forsake me or give me something beyond what I am able to handle.He knows me and what I can handle.And, like someone from church reminded me, “You can handle anything for a season.”

Having said all that, I’ll keep you posted on how the rest of the semester plays out!

I got up this morning with several things on my mental “to do” list.One of them was to go running.I signed up for the Mini Marathon in May (13.1 miles! As one of my friends said, “That’s not a half marathon! That’s TORTURE!”), so I am realizing that I really need to get back into building up endurance, after my 7 week break from running.I did some homework and other important things first buy penisole, and I was getting ready to run when one of my friends started chatting online with me and said something about how annoying the snow was today.

Snow?! It was almost 50 degrees just a couple days ago!

Oh, Indiana weather, how we love thee!

I bundled up and went out to brave the swirling snow and had my first-ever running-in-the-snow experience! I can’t say that it is my preferred running weather, but it was kind of fun to see all the fat, white flakes sticking to my hair, my eyes, my shirt, my shoes, and a few flurries making their way into my mouth!

It snowed for most of the rest of the day, but the most intense part of my day in the snow was after my last class.I sit in the window with my friend Emiline in Bob’s class (which I wrote about last semester), and when Bob finally let us out at 5:50, we looked out the window and exclaimed about the whiteness of campus! It was quite the blustery snow storm as I took my 20 minute walk home, but I couldn’t help but be amazed at what was happening all around me.These beautiful flakes, different shapes, freely, furiously falling; the fresh piles of untreaden snow; the streets and sidewalks glittering in the lamplight; the quiet of the evening…it really was quite breathtaking.

My pastor’s wife once said to me, “I used to feel sorry for you guys having to walk all over campus in all kinds of weather; buy penisole.But then I remembered back to when I was in college.Those walks on campus, seeing the power of the changing weather–those were the times when I felt closest to God.”

It’s been quite an eventful week at Purdue

·         Purdue has been named a “best value” by yet another organization – the University’s third best-value recognition in just over a year; acne treatment.This time, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance lists Purdue among the 100 best values among public universities, 46th specifically – acne treatment.In December 2008 and January 2009, respectively, SmartMoney magazine and the Princeton Review also listed Purdue among the country’s best investments in higher education.

·         With a win over Minnesota Tuesday, our men’s basketball team tied an all-time Purdue record for a season’s best start at 14-0; acne treatment. Acne treatment: the team will be looking to set a new record Saturday when they take their No.4 national ranking to Madison, Wisconsin, for another Big Ten match-up – acne treatment.You can watch Saturday’s game on the Big Ten Network.The Boilermakers will be back on ESPN next Tuesday (January 12) when they return home to face Ohio State in Mackey Arena.

·         Purdue’s student dining services received another national honor, with the University’s newest dining court earning an “Outstanding Design” citation in the 2009 American School and University magazine; acne treatment.

We’re currently enjoying season’s first big snowfall, so when students return from winter break this weekend, Slayter Hill will be buzzing with sleds, snowboards, dining trays, the occasional canoe, and anything else that might slide down a slope without too much friction – like this couch …

It’s a good time to be a Boilermaker!