Fresh Start for 2021

2020 was such a roller coaster for me and ultimately, due to reasons I will not go into detail about, I ended up taking a LONG break from the blog (social media in general really), sweepstaking and I quit my job at the facility I had been working with since 2012.

I paused my story, so to say, and made the tough decision to completely change my narrative.

And change my narrative I did!

I have hired into a completely different job path as a Travel RN.  My first assignment is in California (35 hours from my home!).  I'm so excited to start this new journey - traveling to new places, the opportunity to change up what I'm doing frequently and meeting a ton of new people along the way.  This first assignment is going to be a busy one for me so I'm not sure if I will get back to posting regular blog postings or giveaways anytime soon but, I do plan on posting every once in awhile.  I have missed doing these postings more then I thought I would!

For this first assignment, I've decided to drive rather then fly and I've talked my daughter into taking this cross country road trip with me 😃 (I say talked her into it but really as soon as I told her my decision to drive there, she said I'm coming with lol)  It is going to be EPIC.  I will be posting lots of fun stuff about it on my social medias if anyone is interested in taking the journey with us -- I may post a travel blog posting about it on here.

2021 here I come!!

2019 Blog Survey Results

2019 Blog Survey Results

The survey was up from November 22, 2019 through December 31, 2019

There were a total of 58 Participants

2019 Blog Survey and Giveaway

Giveaway Ended 😉 Giveaway Winner is Christina O.!  Congratulations!
Survey will remain open till 12/31/19 😁

Survey now Closed!  Thank You for Completing the Survey!

Changing Direction

(above picture is an ad)

When I mentioned that I was thinking about starting this blog back up people told me to use it to make a niche for myself, as in, find something that I loved or was knowledgeable about and make the entire blog about that - "it's the only way you will get people to read your blog".

So that's what I did.  I took my work, Correctional Nursing and one of my favorite hobbies and combined them to start up.... And at first, I thought, this is great!  But then, after I made the first post on nursing, I found I didn't particularly enjoy writing it.  The same thoughts were there when writing the second post and, as I was writing up the third nursing post, I thought to myself, this is not as much fun as I want it to be.

A few days ago, I had someone assume that I was doing the blog for financial reasons (probably because of the ads and Amazon affiliate links), and I know I had no reason to justify what I was doing to them, but I was so taken aback that I did explain it; one, because seriously, the audacity of some people and two, because I am not doing it for financial reasons at all!  The links and ads are just there to justify the time I am/will be spending on the blog, which made me think, 'why am I limiting myself?'.  I am a very complicated and unique individual, I am not doing it for the fame or the money - it's supposed to be fun, therapeutic even, full of things I find interesting...

So with that in mind, I am writing up this post to let anyone whom has been reading through my posts that I am changing directions.  I will still inevitably write about nursing things but this blog is going to be an eclectic, organized chaos of whatever I want it to be with many, many fun giveaways - because that's what I like!

Nicole ;)

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Let's Give This Another Go :)

Seven years ago, I tried this whole blogging thing and I let it fizzle out for reasons I don't really remember... BUT I'M BACK NOW and I'm super excited to start this journey over again!! So, short and sweet, LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!!

Catching Up

Alright, after a short hiatus I am back! I have 2 new giveaways to put up over the next few days and a couple of blog posts coming your way soon!

FYI - My daughter decided to NOT participate in the Beauty Pageant :( She was scared of being on stage by herself... Oh well, beauty pageants aren't for everyone.

I am trying to gather together a series of blog posts with an 'ultimate' giveaway. I don't want to spoil the surprise BUT hopefully within the next 2 months or so 1 lucky winner and a friend will be Traveling!! :)

Keep on coming back for the updates!!

Testing the Blog

Alright....   Guess it's time to jump on the blogging bandwagon!  Blog name - check!  Blog URL - check!  Test Blog post - check!  Now what to do next???  lol  I will get the hang of this soon enough.....