The Yellow Pants...cont

Where was I?

So I turned some old work pants into skinny jeans by taking in the pant leg. Next I emptied a big plastic bin and filled it full of hot water and bleach.

This was after the first day. The pants started off as a really dark wash so it took a little bit longer.

For two days I let my pants sit in the bleach mix until they turned white (actually a soft yellow).

Bleached jeans

I used the ColoRit Color Formula to pick the perfect shade of yellow to color my jeans. I chose color #59 so I picked up some pink and yellow Rit at Wal-Mart.

I combined the whole bottle of yellow and half the bottle of pink to some hot water and dumped my wet white jeans into the bucket. For about 5 songs (15 mins) I stirred the jeans around in the orangeish mixture. The instuctions from the internet said to stir for 30 mins but the color of the water was starting to freak me out. I did not want orange jeans (I guess they would have made for a funky Halloween outfit). So after about 15 mins I pulled the jeans out of the water and rinsed them with hot water until they water ran off clear. Than I rinsed the jeans in cold water. Very quickly and gracefully I ran the pants up to the washing machine and washed them in cold water.

Before the wash

 

After a good wash and drying I had some new yellow pants.

Yes, they are a little baggy. That is a negative turnout of the project. I used jeans that had a lot of lycra in them. Well, I guess the bleach soak totally took out the stretch from the pants. They don't fit like they use to.

 

I will call them boyfriend jeans.

 

The color is also a lot brighter yellow than I wanted. I guess I should have soaked them for 5 more songs to get that pretty mustard yellow color.

 

Here's what I would do differently if I did the project again:

 

Zip up the zipper:

When I set the pants in the bleach I had the zipper all the way down on the pants. Well the zipper and the bleach made a nice little hole in the pants.

Who would'a thought?

 

Start with white jeans:

The bleaching process was such a hassle. I had to mix up a new batch of the bleach mixture three times. It got to be a little messy. I got bleach spots on my favorite pajama shirt. Starting with white jeans would have made the project really easy. The awful smell wasn't great either. 

 

Don't use lycra jeans:

Unless you want colored boyfriend jeans.

 

This turned out to be a really fun project. It was fun to see the progress.

 

Speaking of progress

I love them



The Yellow Pants

It's my second night on call with week. LUCKY ME! (but, not so lucky paycheck)

I completed another Pinterest pin!

I hemmed up a pair of old work jeans (ones that I wouldn't care if the project didn't turn out)

I will have to finish this later, I just got called into work.

WOO HOO!

Well, tonight is my first night on call. Of course I am wide awake since I slept as much as I could today to prepare for work tonight. Ah, the joys of night shift.

So, there is this little sight called Pinterest. Have you heard about it? Well, I am super obsessed. I have probably pinned a million projects. Thanks to my late nights I have started to complete some "pins". Here are the things I have been working on.

Polka Dot Shorts

Patterned pants have been all the rage, recently. When I was at Kohl's the other day I saw these adorable shorts:

LC Lauren Conrad Polka-Dot Denium Shorts

 

I looked at those and thought, "Hey, I can make those". So I went right over to Michaels and bought some paint and a paint brush. I started this project a couple weeks ago, but I just finished tonight and I am so happy with the turnout.

Skirt Extender

I saw this on Pinterest and thought, how smart. Some young womens leaders saw this site and thought it would be a great activity to do with their girls. It's truely brilliant. The skirts in the stores are getting shorter and shorter. This skirt extender allows me to wear my shorter skirts and dresses modestly.

 

I took an old slip and sewed some cheap muslin I found at Wal-Mart on the the bottom. My slip is a white version of this.

Picture

Colored Pants

Everyone has seen the bright colored jeans in the stores recently, right? Well have you ever thought of making them yourself? A friend in my nursing classes actually told me about this today. You bleach an old pair of jeans and then dye them the color of your choice.

 

isn't this brilliant?

 

This is my new project. Tomorrow I am heading to the dollar store to pick up a cheap bin to soak my jeans in and some dye to color my old jeans.

 

What color should I do?







OR             

any suggestions?

 

 

 

WICKED

That last post got a little emotional and embarrassing.

Now for a fun story.

Once upon a time, this little broadway musical came to Salt Lake City. This girl, wanted to go so bad but the tickets were too much for her. After all, she is her mothers daughter. She was determined to not give up, though. She was going to see this musical.

She heard about a drawing that was done at the theatre everyday before the show was performed. 20 tickets were given out to lucky participants of this drawing. The best part of this drawing was the tickets were only $25 if you won. $25!!!!! This girl, and her wallet, liked the sound of that. So, for three days she stood in the blazing sun with her fingers and toes crossed hoping her name would be drawn.

After the first day, she walked away a little sad not having won the drawing, but was determined not to give up. The second day, again, no dice. Although she did see a similarity to the names that were drawn from the cauldron. These lucky winners had folded there little papers. This girl walked away undefeated and with a plan for the next day: she was going to fold her paper.

The next day came. She arrived at the theatre with cash in hand and ready to win. She got her paper, filled out her information, and folded that little piece of paper like a beautiful fan. She kissed the paper for luck (not really) and dropped it into the cauldron.

Minutes later the drawing began. She stood amoungst a crowd of hopeful theatre goers with her hopes high (but still kinda low so she wouldn't be crushed). Five names were called, none of them hers. There were only 5 names left to be drawn. She was starting to feel a little let down. The next paper was drawn, the man gently pressed down the fan folds of the paper to read the name written. He took a deep breath to exclaim the name of the next winner of tickets. "JAMIE WARD!"

This girl recognized the name. It was hers. She politely pushed her way through the cheering crowd and walked up to the ticket both and asked, "two tickets please". She was so excited! She had won! She called her friend, Jena, and told her to drive up to SLC asap because they were going to see WICKED tonight.

the winning tickets

They drove to the theatre on cloud nine. As they entered the theatre they were directed to their seats by the usher. They entered the main level and continued to follow the usher to the front of the theatre until they reached their row of asigned seats on the 5th row. 5TH ROW! Oh boy, did these girls jump up to cloud ten.

The show was just as wonderful and spectacular as the girls had hoped and wished.

It was the most magically WICKED evening this girl had ever had.

So...
It is currently 6:15 am and I have been awake for three hours. Who knew working 12 hours in the middle of the night would mess up your internal sleep clock? Ha

I have been studying for my ACLS test today and thought it would be a good time to give an appropriate update (just for you, Adri).

In early June I left the Provo scene and moved up to South Jordan. I found a room for rent in this little community called Daybreak.

I love it. The air feels so much fresher here compared to Provo. The great part about living in Daybreak is I live just 15 minutes away from here:

 

 

I really meant here:

I feel so blessed to have been able to find a job at such a great hospital and to be living in a great place. As much fun as I make of Utah, I know I am where I am suppose to be and doing exactly what I am suppose to be doing.

 



 I am grateful for my blessings and the opportunities I have been given.

Dear Adri

As you requested.

Love,

Jamie

I'm a NURSE...someone pinch me

3 weeks ago I took the most important test of my life: the dreaded NCLEX! I drove up to Draper, Utah at 7 am saying a million prayers a minute. At 8 am I sat down at my cubicle in front of a computer that would determine my destiny. I had 6 hours to take anywhere from 75 to 265 questions. After 2 and a half hours my computer shut off around 93 questions. I walked away freaking out.

The next two days were the worst. I for sure thought I failed. I was ready to call my future manager at my new hospital job and say, " Sorry, I didn't pass". I was almost about to get out the study books and start studying for my next attempt.

Friday morning I woke up to this picture sent to my phone:

Oh my goodness, I passed!

To this day, I have no idea how I passed that exam. I am so glad that I did, though.

So, me, nurse Jamie (weird). Started my registered nurse position 2 weeks ago at Jordan Valley Medical Center on the Medical Surgical floor. 2 and a half weeks of working and I am still in love with my job. I love the patients, I love the walking, I love the hospital food. I absolutely love it all.

Since I can remember I have dreamed of being a nurse.

Three weeks ago, that dream came true. 

After two years of nursing school I was pinned and graduated with my ASN.

 Since my mom is a RN she was able to pin me at my pinning ceremony.

Jena and I showing off our new pins.

My second graduation!

Just a couple days after graduation Jena and I attended a Hurst Review in Salt Lake City for three days to prepare for our NCLEX exam. It was three days of thick southern accents and lots and lots of medical information. We had a hour break every day. There were so many awesome places to eat up in SLC, but we went to the same delicious place every day:

Yummy, Yummy Pei Wei

The next Friday David was making a big drive out to Rochester, NY to start his new job. I started with trip with him and we stayed in Denver to visit his family.

During our visit we went to the Denver Zoo.

The zoo was so cool. They had peacocks roaming around and a hippo you could ride.

I had just gotten a new camera lens for graduation so we tried it out with the animals. David got some awesome pictures.

I just love the zoo, and monkeys!

Pointe Pride!

Last night was The Pointe's end of the year recital. I choreographed two tap numbers for the show. It was a lot of fun. All of the girls did so great.

 Advanced tap girls

                                                                Progression tap girls

                                                                  Aren't they cute?

The Pointe Academy Staff