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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Ideas for our Uninspired Laundry Room

We're in a self-imposed no-project zone right now, as our house is totally livable and my student loans are oppressively earning interest. (I'm about 50% through paying off my highest interest loan, if you're curious.)

When I went to orientation my first week of Physical Therapy school, I vividly remember someone from financial aid getting up to say that nobody ever complains about their student loans once they graduate and start working. I now understand that this is the case because said graduates are busy working a second job, doing paperwork to qualify for government assistance repayment programs, and heartily recommending to hapless underclassmen that they consider public universities. Much too busy to call financial aid and mention their distaste for the excessive cost of education. OR the fact that after earning a doctorate degree, if they want to pay off loans on a 10 year standard repayment plan, after monthly student loan payments they'll make approximately the same amount as the tech who helps them lift patients and went to 4 years of high school.

Okay, rant over.

Anyway. My laundry room looks like this:

Or from closer up, like this:

And I need something to think about while I drive from my first job to my second job as I try to avoid thinking about milkshakes. Something that is not the actual mound of laundry waiting for me at home ... the one that I can't remember whether it is clean or dirty but took my scrub pants from this morning because the seemed clean, and they are for sure not the ones I wore on Tuesday when I stepped in a lake of urine. Again: I am underpaid.

Here's a color scheme I am drawn to. If you're ever looking for color inspiration, check out Design Seeds (link below) for some quick ideas! I could imagine either color 2 of 3 as a cabinet color. Maybe 2, with 1 on the walls and 5 or a lighter 3 on the ceiling?

Color Scheme from Design Seeds

Love the vintage style of the sink and faucet in this room. And hello, are you carrara marble??

Pinned Here

This room is too bland for me color-wise, but I love the sink, the extra-tall cabinet uppers in this laundry room, the few open shelves and the folding counter on top of the machines. Maybe if I put a plant in the laundry room Millie will refrain from burrowing around in it like a pig.

from Style at Home

Here's a clever idea: pullout drawers for each family member's clean and folded clothes. They can take the drawer with them to their room to put away their own clothes. I don't mind doing laundry (gathering, sorting, and washing), but I dislike the folding part and DESPISE the putting away part. It's almost as bad as making the bed. I will know I am an actual adult when in my morning stupor, I will not only have the foresight to eat a breakfast that is not a cheese stick or a cheese cake, but will also make my bed even when I am not expecting company that I may need to impress.

From Family Brings Joy

Obviously this picture is a kitchen, but I love the apron front farmhouse sink and the tall faucet for easy bucket clearance. I am also a huge fan of the hardware on these shaker style cabinets! I think I am leaning "modern farmhouse" for my style inspiration here. Is that a style? It is now.

Pinned here

I don't know if laundry rooms end up with pendant lights, but I like this one dropped over a sink.

For sale Here

****I feel compelled to confess that I had a milkshake today, and am typing this from my unmade bed while eating a dish of ice cream after having a supper of Fritos and Mounds. Not every day is like this. But today is. And my gym friend is pregnant and unable to exceed a heart rate of 140 bpm, so ... maybe I'll plan another room tomorrow.

Check out my powder room inspiration here.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Graduation

Now that I have about 1100 pages of review material to commit to memory before boards in July, I'm noticing that almost everything else on my to do list is becoming more appealing. Digital scrapbooking. Running. Laundry. Updating my blog with graduation pictures.

It was really a great weekend -- beautiful weather, family out, and an end to 20 years of being a student.

Also, Jon finished up our deck in time for all the photographing!

Looks nice, right? And check out that mulch work in the back... yes, we have been busy. Got to keep the neighbors talking. Noticed that you seem to have 7 people living in your house lately. Saw you hauling cement chunks around your yard. What's that you're planning with the pile of cedar?

The weekend went by so quickly, and it still feels like in a few days I'll have to go back to class. For now though, I'm generally spending my days in sweatpants, studying lots of Neuro, watching One Tree Hill, making to do lists, and drinking smoothies. Some things never change.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Heather Vroom, SPT

My first clinical rotation has been part vacation, part work. Lake Havasu City is hot during the day and at night usually cools off to somewhere in the 90's. I've been working at the hospital, which is close enough to walk to. Usually we're in the inpatient rehab section with patients who have had strokes or had joints replaced. It's been surprising to me to realize how much I've already learned in classes, and also how much I've already forgotten. Although things are a little tense with my supervising therapist, the whole experience makes me look forward to graduation and getting a job! No homework! No stress! Free time!

Regarding free time: if living in a hotel for three weeks sounds cool to you, let me burst your bubble. It's not that cool. Turns out that the pool gets hot from all the daytime sun, the exercise room is actually outdoors in a tent (did I mention it's usually around 110?) and all the machines are broken, and the meager continental breakfast begins after I leave for work. Furthermore, I am never eating another microwave meal as long as I live.

During my first two weeks here, another student from California (Mark) was with the same therapist as I was, so we hung out a lot. There are some cool places down by the lake, and of course the London Bridge. One day we rented a jetski, but I think my favorite was when we drove out of the city and around the south end of the lake. The water looks like it doesn't belong against the red desert surrounding it, and the lake just glittered with the sun going down over it. When it got dark, STARS! incredible.

Anyway, third week = drag. All of our patients went home, so they closed down the rehab unit. Mark is gone, so there's nobody to joke around with at work. And I have to walk everywhere. Sometimes at night I realize I haven't talked for a few hours. I feel compelled to leave the TV's turned on so there is noise. I went running a few times, which was no fun due to all the heat and no grass. I'm really looking forward to coming home :)

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Rush

Right in time for the end-of-semester rush.

(thanks postsecret)

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Gene Pool Pride

I have the cutest nephew :) I am so proud that we share part of a gene pool.
Mom, Dad, and Reindeer are coming to visit for Christmas, and I am getting really excited to see them!!

The end of the semester comes so quickly! I am still adjusting to the fact that I am no longer a college student and I already am nearly finished with a semester here! Seven more. I have a few cool human tricks to try on everyone when I come home for Christmas :)

Besides spending so much time learning about the human body, (have a muscle? I know what nerve makes it work), I have been shuttling back and forth from here to home to see people, go to a wedding, or avoid doing homework for one weekend.

I am also part of a leadership club here that connects me with several different volunteer opportunities and encourages us to get involved in the community. This weekend I am helping distribute 5000 frozen turkeys to different families in the city. I personally will only be responsible for 5 of them ... thankfully.

Monday, October 05, 2009

I live in Nebraska?

Here I am with my roommates after our professionalism ceremony, where we took oaths about health care and recieved white coats (which we will never wear, except possibly for halloween).

This program is unlike any other part of my educational experience in that it is both very hard and very rewarding. My concept of "getting good grades" has been severely altered to accomodate for my performance on our first round of tests. Percentages and letter grades are just plain depressing -- it is much nicer to think of each class as a simple PASS or FAIL. I am passing.

It's hard to believe that I will be taking midterms next week already, although I'm excited that this semester seems to be going quickly. (Especially since there are 7.5 more of them to come). One of my most interesting classes is Anatomy lab, where we dissect cadavers. Last week involved a bone saw and safety glasses since we were looking at the lungs and heart. Don't smoke; the surgeon general was right.

Omaha doesn't feel like home, but it is beginning to feel less foreign; I've found a carpool, a church, and the fastest way to the mall.

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Begin Again

I'm a freshman for the third time of my life! So far my next 3 years as a Physical Therapy student promise to be challenging yet rewarding (and expensive). There are so many new things to adjust to: new campus and classmates, new car and computer, new roommates and apartment, new church, and the new concept of accumulating knowledge without a shelf-life.

Among all these new things, there is of course the old constant of ...enjoying... a long distance relationship. Good thing home isn't too far away :). I have the feeling that this Labor Day weekend is going to be a good one!

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