Posts Tagged ‘Engineering’

Goals for the Year 2010

January 2nd, 2010

I normally don’t do resolutions, but I do always  have goals for the year or things that I intend to complete. So here they are in all their glory, and I organized them by my most popular topics.

SCHOOL:

  1. Register, Take, and Pass the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
  2. Get through Winter Quarter
  3. Get through Spring Quarter
  4. Do all the required hoop jumping, and successfully GRADUATE in June!
  5. Find sweet job between now and graduation.

HOUSE:

  1. Finish the bedroom: paint ceiling, add flooring, finish drywall, add crown molding
  2. Make utility room more functional: get other dryer working, add wall, close in dryer & washer, add storage
  3. Finish bathroom: find-purchase-install flooring, paint, add tile (remove junk that’s there now)
  4. Build porch swing for side porch
  5. Fence: move fence back, paint fence, add in front flower bed, install privacy fence where  needed
  6. Vegetable Garden: remove gravel, add “good” soil, plant
  7. Detached Garage: power wash, seal, paint, install flooring, add fridge & stove, put up for rent
  8. House warming party in March!!

BUSINESS:

  1. Do more on foot marketing at local businesses
  2. Promote, promote, promote
  3. Get website up and running tomorrow (woohoo!)

OTHER GOALS:

  1. Run Half-Marathon
  2. Run Marathon
  3. Go to Gatlinburg, TN for the first time for vacation with Steve and camp-depends on the season haha
  4. Go on a cruise/long vacation
  5. Learn to sew

Whew! That about covers it. I think all are reasonable, and they’re all things I was planning to do since about November.

Spring Quarter 2009 is Finished!

June 13th, 2009

I couldn’t be more relieved! Fall quarter always seems to drag a bit, but you have the entire Christmas break to look forward to! Winter is freezing outside, so being cooped inside doing schoolwork isn’t that bad. Then spring quarter rolls around. By the end of it flowers are blooming, and the weather is nice enough to sit outside. Clubs and organizations are having cookouts to raise money, and it’s not the easiest environment to keep on studying.

It’s finished though! Here’s to a weekend of semi-relaxing because on Monday I open up shop!

Women in Engineering

June 4th, 2009

One of the fantastic opportunities available to female students (males are included, too, though!) is the Society of Women Engineers. This organization is a national organization with chapters available in most all universities. From the chapter I’m with:

SWE is a non-profit educational service organization dedicated to making known the need for women engineers and encouraging young women to consider an engineering education.

One of the great things that many chapters do is try to inform and recruit younger girls (usually starting from 3rd grade) on up to take math classes and motivate them to pursue a career in engineering.

Engineering is not for everyone, but if you notice your child does have a strong background in the math in sciences, please help to nurture that. If there’s a university nearby, see what programs (many of them free!) they offer children. If only I had known when I was younger, but at least now I know for my future children.