California Women Veterans Leadership Conference

We are here!!  Yesterday was the first day of the conference.  The key note speaker was an F18 Fighter Pilot that got out of the military and became a new reporter!!  Here we are with her:

She was inspiring.  She made me think about where I place my energy and whether my priorities are right!

Since the school is paying for us to be here we have to bring back proof that we are doing conference stuff and not just hanging out in another city.  So, we took a photo with the conference poster:

I am enjoying being here  - we have met some wonderful and inspiring ladies.  I am excited about what we will be learning today!  I will keep you posted.  Thanks for stopping by!!

Military Appreciation Football Game

This past Saturday the FSU Seminoles played Bethune-Cookman and it was the Military Appreciation Football game! Due to student veteran status - and the fact that I am highly involved with the school and the collegiate veterans association - I was selected to go with some other students to the President's box during the game!  It was AWESOME!  Check out this view:

I could actually see the "noles" the band spells out before the game:

We got to walk on to the field b/w 1st and 2nd quarters!  And the half time show was GREAT!!  I was sick on Saturday so I was not vigilant about taking photos and the school has not posted any yet so sadly that is all I have!  It was a great game and awesome time in the President's box!!  Hope you enjoyed the videos!!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day.

Trip to Cali

I am on my way to California!  Actually, by the time you read this I will have been there for about 24 hours already!  I'm going to the California Department of Veteran Affairs Women Veterans Leadership Conference with another one of the girls that is highly active in the FSU Collegiate Veterans Association.  Early on Tuesday when I was packing I decided that I needed to make a journal for notes... so, I made this cover:

I also decorated the cover to my fitness journal:

Here is a sneak peak at the inside of it:

I have been inspired by Teresa at rightbrainplanner.com!  Go check her out - she is AWESOME!!  Ok that is all for now... "see" you soon with photos from Cali!  Thanks for stopping by!

Personal Symbol Sculpture

One of the art projects we did in class during symbols class was the creation of a personal symbol.  The first day we played with clay - we were told to let the clay tell us what it wanted to do and not go into the project with a preconceived idea of what our symbol should be.  Some people found it hard to do because they like pre-planned art and/or have a lot of experience with clay and can easily manipulate it. I had no problem because my clay skills are very minimal and I never plan my art - I whole heartily believe in just doing it and seeing what happens because just doing the art is therapeutic and I also think that what needs to come out will come out!  Trust the process!!  Anyways, on to the sculpture (we painted it on the second day) - here are some photos:

I see it as a creature which, oddly enough, is a male!  Its got big ole ears but no legs, arms, feet, hands.  It has a nose and horns but no eyes.  And that circle is on its tummy.  What does it mean?  I dunno but I surely had fun making it and hopefully you enjoyed seeing and hearing about it.  

Thanks for stopping by, have a nice day!