My Final Blog

This is my final blog for this semester. I cannot believe how time has flow by, and that I have almost written 40 blogs just this month and it is only the 7th!! It truly is kind of bittersweet, because unlike high school, I may never see these people in class or my professors ever again? I have taken a lot from this semester. I am a writing nazi now, and I just cannot stop. I may have carpel tunnel from this semesters! Not really. But I really have enjoyed my first semester of college, and I have very good grades and I think I am becoming a better student, and I can only pray and work hard to keep that up. If the next few years fly by as fast as this semester did, then I am going to be 50 before I know it. I just think about the future, hoping I stick with my intended major, and if I do then I wonder what life will be like for me ten years down the road. I hope that college continues to make me a more well rounded person, and I hope to learn more and more about myself and who I am, and what I can be to the community. I think college is a good place for growing up, and if you allow it, college will make you a better person. And that's what I hope for. I have met some really cool people this semester, and I hope to keep in contact with those people, and in the future meet more people that will be life long friends. I hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas, or Hanukka whatever you may celebrate, and if I never see you again a good life! :)

My Main Goal for this Season

Every time when Christmas season rolls around, I promise myself I will make time to volunteer at the Salvation Army. I have wanted to volunteer for a very long time. Not to put volunteer work on my resume, but just maybe be there to talk to someone who is lonely during the Christmas season. In high school, we had a similar opportunity to make a difference in our community with a day called Spiritual Emphasis Day. On spiritual emphasis day, we would go out into the community, either in Montgomery, or sometimes even as far as Enterprise and the whole school would just do small deeds for organizations or just normal people around the house. I enjoyed this day because you were surrounded by a whole group of people who's main goal was to help out another person, and enjoy themselves while doing it. Last year, my group went to..I cannot remember the name, but it was a home for children with severe handicaps, and we just sat around and had school with them, played games, and spent quality time with them. It opens your eyes to see a larger world and different aspects of people so you aren't so oblivious to the problems around you. We also helped around the school, hanging decorations for the holidays, and wrapping gifts. Spiritual emphasis day is probably the best idea ACA has ever had, and I pray everyone continues getting a good experience out of it. But I do pray as well that I will make time to go to the Salvation army and volunteer, either hanging out with everyone, or passing out Christmas dinner, hopefully putting a smile on one persons face.

My Christmas List

For some reason this year, and I think a lot of people can agree with me, I am just absolutely broke. My favorite part of Christmas is getting others gifts and seeing the joy on their faces when they open them! I am just really pushed for money this year, so I am trying to find work wherever I can. I have been picking up hours at work, babysitting as much as possible, and working over at my nanny's house for a few bucks. I got paid last week, and had just enough money for my car payment and to put a little gas in my car, so that did me no good. I did babysit, and I have a bit of money from working at my nan's that I have saved up, but it is not enough to cover the gifts I plan to give to everyone. Everyone keeps saying, oh don't get me anything, but I do want to get people things because that is the joy of Christmas. For my mom and Terry, we came up with the idea of getting them gift cards for a dinner and movie. They don't get to go out alone much, so this is a good opportunity to do something nice for them. For Chelsea, I will probably just go find a shirt for her to wear or something, maybe a scarf for St. Louis? For Mallory, well I pay for her tanning, so I will probably just get her something nice a small :) And I am not sure what I will get Meghan since she is in Alaska..and Nan, I can just get Nan a nick nack and she will be satisfied! And I think for Dillon, I will get him the raybans he has been wanting, but that is going to have to wait another pay check! I pray I can pull this Christmas off!

Dachshunds

Ever since I was a little girl, my family's choice of pet has been a dog. And ever since I can remember we have had Dachshunds. From what I can remember, we have had..Red, Lindsey, Allie, Willie, Cricket, Duke, Daisy, Sadie, and Oliver...so a total of nine dachshunds since I was born! Red was oldddd, and as you can tell by his name he was a red, or tan colored dachshund. He was the most phenomenal dog in the world. He ruled the house, but did not demand much attention. Unfortunately, he had back problems and had to be put asleep when he was a bit older. Allie and Willie were gifts my dad brought home to us for making good grades. They, by far, were the worst dogs ever. My dad is an electrician, and I think he bought them while he was away, but kept them in his car for a good week before coming home? So strange. But those dogs were impossible. They would run away every chance they got, and just had no home training. Eventually, they were given away to two sets of old couples. Cricket, oh Cricket. She was the best, but most strange dog in the world. If Cricket was a human, she would definitely be an outcast. We had other dogs the same time we had Cricket, and she was just so needy so we gave her away to an old lady, and now she's an only child that smokes and watches tv all day. We still hear from here from time to time. We still have Duke, Daisy, Sadie, and Oliver. We got Duke first, and he is definitely the man of the house. He is the most precious dog, and he likes to be in command. Duke usually whines to get what he wants. Then we got Daisy, a companion for Duke. I hate Daisy. She is just an annoying dog that wants to be right on your face. Her and Duke have had three litters of puppies together, and on the last litter we kept one and named her Sadie. Sadie is my dog and she is just sooo precious. She loves just about everyone, and we call her a little squirrel. Now Oliver...he is strange and annoying. He is my sisters dog, and he, like Cricket, is an outcast. He loves to chew things, and bark like a mad man! But I don't know what life would be like without them!

So fired up

I was late getting to class, so I was shocked when I walked into an empty room. I chatted with Mrs. Simms for a few minutes, and then left to head back home. I got home, started laundry, and sat down to get ready to finish my blogs. Dillon called me on his way to school to take his psychology final. All was fine, and I started to tell him my plans for today, and he just had to make a smart comment that really made me mad. I got quiet, and told him I did not appreciate what he said, and he just got so angry at me. He thought I was insane for getting upset with what he said, and immediately wanted to get off the phone. I just do not go with that, so I told him absolutely not I told him exactly how I felt. I do not want him to be messed up for his exam though, so I texted him and apologized and told him I loved him and hoped he does well, but he still is under my skin. I just needed to write this to vent because he really got me fueled inside to where I could not even think about what to write for a blog! My heart is beating fast and I feel like I want to cry but of course I won't, and I will just let it blow over, but man he made me very upset! I am going to take a few more deep breathes and hope that will calm me down to where I can start back up with the rest of these blogs! UGH

Last Blog for the Night!

My shoulder where it feels like a pinched nerve is still killing me. I think after a night at work, working for nanny all day around the house, and whipping out tons of blogs it is definitely getting bad. I am not sure though if I should go to the doctor and see if there is something wrong with it. *Side note: Inception comes out on Blu Ray soon! Such a good movie* Anyway, I have a friend who said she had a pinched nerve this past summer, and it got so bad that she went to Primed and they put her in a sling for a week or so. I do not know if I should go or what. And I definitely would feel stupid wearing a sling around class and work. I am just going to let it work out if it will, and do something about it if it gets super bad. My parents are watching a show were this guy got arrested and he swallowed heroin as well as being extremely intoxicated. How crazy. My mom is crazy about the heater and refuses to turn it on until there are icicles hanging from the ceiling, so I have been sitting her for about two hours and my hands are about to fall off from typing so much in the freezing cold. So I have to go now and finish my final draft of my final paper in this composition class which is absolutely exciting!! I need to get off here now and get started because eight o'clock comes wayyyy too early and I guess I will just finish up my blogs tomorrow in class :) I am so very close!! 

Things I wish I had Given More Time

When I look back on my life, and high school and middle school there are some things I wish I would have spent more time on. One being middle school and high school in general. I wish I would have taken my studies more seriously, and actually tried to learn. One thing I am regretting from my past school years are my study habits. Although I have been on the ball this semester, I am hoping my bad study habits do not catch up with me and I begin to slack. I need to make sure that I keep very good grades because I want to get into nursing school, and you have to have the best of the best grades in order to make it in to nursing school. Also in middle school I took German for one year. I wish I would had studied and learned more while in that class, and maybe I would have been more interesting in furthering my career in German, and then I would know a foreign language which would be fantastic. I still know a tiny bit of German, but I wish I would have the opportunity again to learn German. One other thing I did in middle school that I wish I would have taken more seriously was Guitar. I was in guitar for three years, and I was never really that good, but I honestly did not care much about it so I did not try. I learned also how to play the banjo. I wish I would have taken that more seriously, and maybe today I would be able to play the guitar and actually have a hobby or talent. Maybe that is one thing I can try to get back into one of the two things!

I hate disappointing friends

Recently I have been so bogged down with class, work, and having enough money to do gifts for everyone for Christmas that everything else just gets put aside. I try to be the best friend that I can be, and I am always here to listen, but I do not have a lot of free time for my friends and they sometimes feel that. I have one friend who is trying to do a book study over a women's christian book, and her first one was supposed to be this Thursday. I think I was supposed to be there, and she was expecting me as her support, but I failed to ask off of work to make sure I made it to her book study. I had to ask of the days before though so I could have time off work to study for my finals, otherwise I would try and get my schedule switched, not to mention I need to work to have enough money for Christmas. I feel really awful about disappointing her, and she does an extra good job making me feel worse about it, but I try to stay positive and not get mad at her for being a little over dramatic about it. And that is horrible I say that, but you all know the time when you know people are upset with you and text "Alright. It's fine." I do not do well with people being disappointed in me, and it really eats away at me. I try not to think about it all the time, because she gets upset with me quite a bit, which I do not like at all. But I mean you can only apologize so much and feel bad so much. And that never solves the problem, so I need not to worry about it so much. I hope she will forgive me soon, and know I did not intentionally forget to ask off. :/ I hope this blows over soon.

I am 18 and still afraid of the dark

Every since I was little, I have always either slept in the same room as someone or had to keep the television on all night while I sleep. All of my friends and all of my family hate sleeping with me because I keep the tv on during the night. Over the past years, I have kept the tube set on nick @ night, only because they usually do not play scary commercials. I formed an adoration for George Lopez and Rosanne. Recently, I have started turning the television volume down, and just leave the it on for the light incase I wake up and need to go to the bathroom or something! But just in the past few weeks my television broke, so I started having to watch movies to fall asleep to. In the list there was Hancock, Cars, and Wedding Crashers. They all played nonstop for about three weeks, until my whole tv broke to where I couldnt even watch the movies. When the movies quit working, I just left my computer screen on, which was my tv, for the light. But, I have in the past few days learned that I sleep better without any noise or light on. I have to talk myself to sleep because for some reason I still get scared. I do not get scared about monsters or ghost or anything, but I freak myself out thinking there is going to be someone in my closet or under my bed. Or that people are going to break into the house and rob us blind! I do not need to think about that, but I do. So I am trying to work myself out of that so I can be a big girl and not be afraid of the dark!!

Our Vacation

I know it is strange to think of a summer vacation during Christmas time, but our summer vacation is definitely my favorite time! Every year my family gets together for a summer visit. For years now, we have been going to Destin, Florida for a good week and just spend time away from work and chaos on the beach. We usually stay at a place called Summer Breeze. Unlike a lot of families, when we go to the beach we try and stay around the pool and at the beach as much as possible. We usually do not go out for lunch or dinner but maybe once. The best thing is to switch between the beach and the pool, get a toasty tan, eat a fresh sandwich for lunch, then eat grilled food for dinner! Another thing I love about the beach is that you get such a good nights sleep, because the sun makes you sooooo tired. I usually get a good sleep even though I usually get stuck on the pull out bed which is only like and inch thick! That is probably the worst thing of the whole trip. My family loves each other very much, but I think after a week together in the same room we get testy with each other and there are usually a good bit of fights! But we always make up and are over it in a few minutes. My cousins and I usually go for walks down the street and get a good cup of ice cream and buy cheap souvenirs to take back home with us. I look forward to this trip every year!!

When I lost Terry's blanket

Terry, my stepfather, has always been very picky about his things. He is the type of man who never liked us borrowing other peoples clothes just for the fact that they are other peoples clothes. And he definitely does not like people messing with his things. When I was in high school, I was on the track team. Track is one of the sports that catch a cold season, and a cold track meet is the worst thing in the world because they last forever. That Christmas, mom had made terry this really cool Auburn fleecy blanket that would cover a queen sized bed. I had a track meet one morning, and everyone on the track team had a cool blanket to use during cold seasons..and I thought well I want one too. So I looked around the house, and all I saw was living room blankets that would look ridiculous anywhere else but the living room. And then I went into my parents room and saw Terry's blanket. I thought about it, and I took it. When I went to the track meet, a laid it out to sit on since it was so big and was enjoying the day. I had to go do one of my events, and was gone for a good bit. As events got finished, people started to leave. And when I got finished with my event, I came back to find that the blanket was no longer there. My stomach dropped. It seemed crazy and people did not understand why I asked around so much for this blanket, but they just did not understand the wrath of Terry. I never found the blanket, and got a lot of crap for it..Mom made him a new one, and he still gets testy when I bring it in the living room to use on cold nights!

Thinking about my old home

From the time I was born, until about seven years ago, I lived in a tiny three bedroom home on Asbury Lane. It was the coziest home, thinking back. There were only three small rooms, one in which I shared with my oldest sister Chelsea, one for my twins sisters, and another for my parents. We only had one and a half baths, so six people used one shower to get ready in the morning. And this bathroom was sooo small! It literally had enough room for one sink, on toilet, a shower, and room to do a small spin. Our living room was so tiny, smaller than most the rooms and it even had a door on it! The kitchen, dining room, and computer room was literally one room. There was only one hallway in the entire home. The kitchen floor was a horrible vinyl flooring that probably was there for years and years. The best part about the house was the attic fan. We would just open the windows and doors, turn on the attic fan and the entire house would feel glorious! I have a step brother and sister, who would come to visit every summer, not to mention my cousins used to practically live with us they were over so much. We somehow managed to squeeze everyone in the one small house. In my room, we had a bunk bed with a hug futon on the bottom, and a twin bed on top. In my twin sister's room, we managed to put a bunk bed with two twin beds, a bed under the bunk beds, and then another bed against the wall. We just put everyone wherever they would go! It was honestly the best place to grow up though. The whole neighborhood was just filled with kids who were always outside playing. I had a fantastic childhood on Asbury Lane, and I sometimes drive by just to see what it looks like.

Someone I would love to see in jail

When I saw this writing prompt, the first person, well group of people that came to my head to be in jail are women who murder their helpless children. Every single time I see these horrible stories on the news, it just makes me sick to my stomach to think those children had a way out, if their ruthless parents would have just spoken up. Throughout my whole life I have heard stories, and stories of mothers running their car with buckled children into lakes, or drowning them in their own bath water. The fact that these mothers are supposed to be the voice for their children, and they give birth to them knowing that they are to protect them from the world. The kids fear the world, only to be sent to heaven by their own mothers. I could not imagine the fear in those children's minds when their last screams are for their mother who are allowing them to leave the world because they were in the way of an affair, or took up too much of their time. And those mothers should be ashamed of themselves for thinking there were no alternate options for those children. Only if they would have spoken up, and reached out to the help that is available to them those children would still be fulfilling their lives today. There are so many women in the world that are unable to have children, and want nothing more to be those children's savior, if only their mother's would do a selfless act. I hope those women sit in jail for the rest of their lives and hate themselves for what they did to precious souls.

A memory from past Christmas

A few years ago, when I was about ten or so, my whole family was over at my nanny's house spending time together and getting ready for Christmas. For the holidays, my family loves cooking really big dinners and everyone sit around the table enjoying everyone's company! Well we all had woken up early that morning at my nanny's; all my sisters and my cousins, to open presents for Christmas. It was just a glorious time, all of us in our Christmas pajamas, opening our gifts, so my parents wanted to put their new video camera to use and they filmed the whole opening of the presents! The day went on, and the cooking began. A huge turkey in the oven, gravy on the stove, and stuffing!! I love the stuffing in the turkey. Everyone had changed into their new clothes that they had received for Christmas, and we were all just playing around, relaxing until dinner. I got bored and decided to go get mom and Terry's new camera to film the lifeless turkey in the oven. I filmed each and every inch of the food we were going to enjoy later that night. We all sat down and enjoyed dinner together, and after we all were stuffed we sat in the living room and decided to watch the video of us opening Christmas presents earlier that morning, only to find that the tape was full of golden turkey. My parents got veryyyy upset with me, and my Christmas night ended in tears. I was so upset, I thought I had ruined the whole Christmas for everyone! I still remember that day vividly to this day!!!

My Boyfriend Talks Alot..But I still love him

Dillon and I have been dating for two years...and I still love to talk to him! He is definitely my best friend, but even he sometimes can talk a lot!! I usually call him every night on my way home from work, and if you know Dillon, he lovesss to talk. He will talk to anyone, about anything. And usually when I call him he wants to tell me what he has done the whole day, which I do not mind. But it is when I get home and I have a lot of things to do, I try to get off the phone with him, first just easing off the phone, and he does not budge!! He just goes on to new subjects and starts talking about all sorts of things! But he knows when I start to say "well...or butt..." he knows I am trying to get off the phone with him..ahhhh I love him!! But I think there are days too when I want to talk and talk, and never get off the phone with him. So it definitely goes both ways!! I think it is just when I have a set plan in my head, I cannot think of anything but to get done what I need to get done, and I admit that I am a VERY bad listener sometimes!! I definitely need to work on things like that because Dillon definitely can tell when I am not listening! But I still love him so very much and love time with my boy!! 

Good Morning!

I slept so well last night! But this morning I woke up to my mom letting the dogs out around 6:30 and realized that I had not set an alarm..so I set what I thought was an alarm for 7:30. Around 8 o'clock Dillon called me and I hopped out of bed to get in the shower! Luckily I had plenty of time to eat and have my coffee while watching the news. All the news could talk about was how absolutely freezing it was all around the country!! I did have enough time for coffee and news, but I did not have enough time to blow dry and straighten my hair, so I walked out of the house with cold, cold hair!! I made sure I wore warm pants and I put on two jackets. I usually park in the main parking lot up front to walk to the Taylor Center for class..but today I decided to park around the back and try walking from there and luckily I found a good parking spot and the walk was a lot better than the other walk!! So from now on I will try to park in that place. I think I just completely my final professor evaluation sheet for the semester! Ah finally..I absolutely hate, hate hose things. But we have to do them!! So now I am just hanging around in here waiting for my professor, and this will be the last time we are in this class for an actual class!!! I am absolutely ready to be finished with this semester :D

Off for the night

I had planned on staying up a little and working on getting these blogs out of the way, but I am going to have to go to bed because I feel absolutely horrible. I kept Xan man the other night, and went to bed late and woke up super early..then worked all day and had to babysit that night. After I finished babysitting I went over to Dillon's place and fell asleep there..but I did not sleep very well unfortunately..so I woke up a whole lot during the night, then ended up waking up early in the morning..I am wayyy behind on my sleep, and anyone who knows me knows that I do not do well without sleep because I have chronic mono and if I am going for a good while without proper sleep it is inevitable that I will get sick. I went with my mom to go see one of her friends and her new baby, and I felt fine then. But after we left..right after she changed one of the baby's disgusting diapers, I began to feel sick on my way to work. You know that watery feeling when you think you are about to get sick..well I had that feeling all night. I am not sure if I am coming down with something, or if I am just sleep deprived. But whatever it may be I am going to take a good dose of nyquil, spray some aroma therapy pillow spray, and get myself to sleeeeep! Because tomorrow will be here before I know it, unfortunately! Well I am not sad about a new day..but I do wish I could have just a fewwww more hours to sleep :) Lol

My Interviews with The Kids

Last night I babysat three kids named Sofie, Nate, and Zach. I had a strange idea to interview them all just to see what kind of answers they would come up with to simple questions. They really enjoyed the Q & A and played along very well! I started with the oldest, then went down because I knew the youngest would have a very hard time thinking on the fly without having the questions answered prior to their answering. Sofie, the oldest, is very smart and she knows a lot, so her answers were of scholar material and easily thought of. As I expected..her answers were copied by the younger two, the youngest copying worse than the middle. Zach, the middle child, who has actually stated while crying that he gets in trouble because he has the middle child syndrome, tried coming up with the most bizarre answers..maybe to stand out? I am not sure. When asked how many children they wanted..Sofie answered a reasonable amount..around 4, then Zach the middle child answered between 6 and 12 children..which is insane!! And Nate the youngest was absolutely opposed to getting married and having kids ever which I found quite humorous! When asked what their favorite animals were..Zach again said an outlandish answer, a gazelle...which I am all for having a gazelle as your favorite animal, but it is just very strange! lol. I wonder if I would have answered questions in the same way at their age! All so very interesting.

Nate

What is your name? Nathaniel Donte Izer

How old are you? 4

Where do you go to school? Memorial Presbyterian  

What grade are you in? k4

What is your favorite subject? centers

What is your favorite animal? dogs 

Who is your favorite person ever? "YOU!"

Who is your favorite babysitter?"YOU!"

What do you want to be when you grow up? A paleontologist

What is your favorite toy?Blue dog and blankie

What chore do you not like to do?Go in an airplane and sweeping the floor

What is your favorite holiday?Easter

What is your favorite sport? Soccer

What do you like to do for free time?Go outside and play

Do you want to get married when you grow up? No way!!

How many kids do you want to have?No wayyy

Whats your favorite color? Green

Is there anything else you’d like to tell me? I like corndogs, and I love my dog Langston  

Zach

What is your name?  Zachary Dominic Izer

How old are you? 7

Where do you go to school? Wilson Elementary

What grade are you in? first

What is your favorite subject? recess

What is your favorite animal? Gazelle

Who is your favorite person ever? My sister

Who is your favorite babysitter? I love them all

What do you want to be when you grow up? A paleontologist and architect and a teakwondo teacher

What is your favorite toy? Zhu Zhu pets

What chore do you not like to do? cleaning the play room

What is your favorite holiday? Valentines Day

What is your favorite sport? Teakwondo

What do you like to do for free time?  Play outside and draw

Do you want to get married when you grow up? I don't know

How many kids do you want to have? About six to twelve

Whats your favorite color? Purple

Is there anything else you’d like to tell me? I like to sleep, I love my teacher, and my kindergarden teacher, I play with my friends a lot.

Sofie

What is your name? Sofia Grace Izer

How old are you? 8

Where do you go to school? Wilson Elementary

What grade are you in? third

What is your favorite subject? Science

What is your favorite animal? Monkey 

Who is your favorite person ever? My mom

Who is your favorite babysitter? I love them all

What do you want to be when you grow up? Artist, Architect, or Fashion Designer

What is your favorite toy? Barbies dolls

What chore do you not like to do? cleaning the play room

What is your favorite holiday? Christmas

What is your favorite sport? softball

What do you like to do for free time?  draw or read

Do you want to get married when you grow up? Yes

How many kids do you want to have? between two and four

Whats your favorite color? Baby blue

Is there anything else you’d like to tell me? I think I am a very good Artist, and I am very smart.

My Child Interview Questions

What is your name? 

How old are you? 

Where do you go to school?  

What grade are you in?

What is your favorite subject?

What is your favorite animal? 

Who is your favorite person ever?

Who is your favorite babysitter?

What do you want to be when you grow up? 

What is your favorite toy? 

What chore do you not like to do? 

What is your favorite holiday? 

What is your favorite sport? 

What do you like to do for free time?  

Do you want to get married when you grow up? 

How many kids do you want to have? 

Whats your favorite color?

Is there anything else you’d like to tell me? 

I am using these questions to profile the three kids I babysit. Their ages range from like four to nine. Let's see what kind of answers I get!! Maybe a little insight to what I was like when I was younger

My Day So Far..

Yesterday, Friday, I got a lot of cleaning done around the house, and finally unpacked my stuff from tennessee...I know it has been like a week!! I was very happy to get all that done, and then I got a call that I had to pick up my nephew for my mom because she did not have the carseat..so that took an hour out of my day. We came back home and I only got to spend a few hours with Xan Man before I had to go to work..which was absolutely hectic!! Dillon had friends over after work so I just came home and spent time with my family. Xan always sleeps in my room when he is over, so I got absolutely no sleep last night..For some reason when he is over, I do not sleep well..and it doesnt help that I was freezing, and big guy kept coughing. He woke up at around 7:15 which is WAYYY too early!! Wow..and we played around and had breakfast until I got a call from work saying I had to come in because a cook quit. I had my whole Saturday planned off, and all the plans were ruined by work! Aghh..but I went because I know it would have been worse at work without me. I got there, and opened up the store..and I just got off about an hour ago. It was a verrrrrrrry long day, and now I am just blogging before I head to babysit until probably after 12. But I do need the money, so that's an upside. But I am so very worn out!! Not to mention I am completely freaked out by how my mother has turned into a psychotic Auburn fan!! It is frightening. But I think when I babysit tonight, I am going to interview the three little kids. I am very interested in their answers!

Is This MY Mom?

As I said in previous blogs, over the Thanksgiving holiday I went to Tennessee with Dillon to visit with his family. We were there on Thursday for Thanksgiving, and did not leave until that Sunday..So while I was in Tennessee, the infamous shopping day called Black Friday went down. I have horrible anxiety about large crowds and rushing, so I stay far far away from Black Friday, especially in somewhere I am not familiar with. So we spent the day at home and just hung around while everyone else was doing psycho shopping! My mother, a woman much like myself, who hates shopping as well as large crowds and inconvenience, was a wild woman on Black Friday. Not only did she go out shopping...she went out shopping THREE times!! Three times in one day. That is a record for the lady. I cannot tell you the last time she went shopping, except for groceries. Especially on Black Friday. She has not waited in long lines to catch deals since the Furbies came out!! But I got home on Sunday afternoon and the Christmas tree was up...and underneath the Christmas tree was a bundle of wrapped presents!!! I was in such shock!! Last year, around the 23rd of December, we were asking mom if she was ever going to get any gifts, and this year she is absolutely and completely done with my gifts and I didn't even make a list!! She did it all on her own! I am so proud, and I am even more excited that they are all surprises!!!

Armory

So I just got home from taking my nephew Xan on a trial run at the armory! Conveniently enough I saw Mrs. Simms there with her daughter. She is too cute and full of energy! I have been thinking about putting Xan in gymnastics for a while because Dillon did gymnastic and he was ripped! He regrets to this day ever quitting gymnastics because he said it helped him out in all other sports he participated in. Xan just turned two..which I know is kind of young, but he is a very smart kid with plenty of energy. I do not expect him to be on the bar or rings, but I think at his age it is a good thing to get him involved in so that he can be social with other kids his age other than daycare, and that he will learn to be patient and learn about waiting turns, and overall be a much more obedient child...with of course learning how to do a back handspring..lol. But he has always loved to bounce around on couches and beds, and he does an exceptional hand stand, and cartwheel! For a two year old at least. So anyway, I was very pleased with how he did and I think I will sign him up at the first of January!! He is such a sweet boyyy!

So glad this semester is almost over!

I cannot believe that this semester is almost over!! I am very happy, but it is amazing how fast time goes by. It seems like just yesterday I was starting my very first semester of college, and now it is coming up on final time. It is true when people say the older you get the faster time goes by, and now knowing that I wish I would have spent more time enjoying my earlier years..it is just going to start meshing together from this point on!! If it keeps going at this rate I will be done with college in what seems like no time! I will be very happy once I start my real job and start a serious path down the rest of my life! That is why college is soo soo important, and it kills me when people do not put any effort into school, and they do not realize that people look at your actual grades and not just the fact that you have a degree in whatever! I used to be this way in middle school and  high school but I have really grown up and realize how important it is to do well in college because it does depend on your sucess in the future! Very very important..but now I have to go to class to do some group work for our final in math so I will be on here later to finish writing my blogs!!

Hoarders..

I know mostly everyone has seen shows about hoarders on A & E..I think that is what channel it is on. But I watch that show and I think to myself that dang..some of these people have a real problem, but a lot of the time I feel as if some people are just flat out LAZY! I believe those people who have nonsense stacked high to the ceiling, and they feel as if there is some meaning to their madness, and if something were to be moved they would notice exactly what was missing..but the people whos houses are just absolutely digusting full of filth, I think those people are just lazy and that it got way too out of hand for them to even begin to do anything about it. I watched an episode the other day where a lady had her entire home filled with just boxes, some full of random stuff and some empty. Her poor husband had to sleep in his car because she had absolutely no room, and had taken up the whole house with stuff. As they began to empty the house, the lady showed real anxiety about silly things being thrown away. On the other hand the other lady's house was just full of filth. Her kitchen was absolutely disgusting and she had not opened her fridge in a good time. Her house had an awful stinch to it. But as the cleaning began, she went full force and showed no emotional attachment to letting things go. Well I cannot exactly feel how they feel, but thinking about it they must have to have a problem to let anything get that serious!

Taking care of my poor nanny

So I called my nanny the other day to talk to her, and she just sounded awful!!! She has some sort of cold, and the poor thing is just so conjested!! I have been over all day doing some chores for her, and taking care of the dogs while she sleeps. Not to mention she has emphasema which adds to her illness. Apparently she pulled a muscle in her side from coughing so much, so her whole house smells bengay...gross! But whenever she has to cough, she holds it in because if she holds it in coughing does not hurt her side so much..but because she is holding in her coughs her face turns completely red and she forgets to breathe, which makes the whole situation that much worse. She on medicine that is trying to do it's job by breaking up all the bad stuff, and she will not let it come out!! She is just so crazy, bless her heart. But she is from England and she keeps her house totally FREEZING!! I just cannot get away from the coldness anywhere!! Well I am almost finished with all the things I need to do around her house, and I need to get on these blogs!! Agh, but I hope my Nan gets to feeling better!

One chore I absolutely HATE

I usually do not mind doing chores around the house, and I usually do things for my mother without being asked. But one chore that I dread doing, and try to avoid by all means necessary. That chore is the dishwasher. There are just so many components to doing the dishwasher, and over the years I have learned to absolutely hate doing the dishwasher. The dishwasher is especially irritating in my house because we do enjoy cooking a lot, and we use tons of dishes..and there are a lot of people in the house to accumulate lots of dishes! It has become a little better since we got a new dishwasher that works better than the old one, but it still does not make the chore enjoyable. It is just so annoying..first you have to load the dishwasher, and I am kinda weird about other peoples dishes that have had food on them in the sink..you have to rinse those off, and just get nasty and wet and load the dishwasher..then it take whatever to wash and it is time to unload..this part is the worse. First, it is usually still hot, and steamy when you start to unload them all. And you just have tons of different dishes that go into different places. The dishes are not the worse..what is the worst of the worst is the silverware!! I HATE HATE putting up the silverware for some reason..probably because my family packs them in the dishwasher and there are sooo many of them! I wish we had a robot like the jettsons to do the dishes!

The Plans for Christmas

Christmas, as I have expressed in past blogs, is probably my most favorite time of the year, but this year is going to be kinda boring. The best thing about Christmas time is just all the time my family gets to spend together. I have a very large family, and usually everyone is together during the holidays. But everyone is starting to get older, and everyone has differen plans. My sister Meghan is in the air force, and she's stationed in Alaska and doesn't have the leave to come visit..minus one person..Chelsea my oldest sister is moving to Tuscaloosa with her boyfriend, and they are going to St. Louis to spend Christmas with his family..down another two...Mallory and Xan will still be here..and so will Nanny. But my aunt, uncles, and cousins from Florida and Georgia will just be staying home for the holidays and not visit..I do not know why though..and Dillon will be in Tennessee with his family, and Im torn because I want to go and see his family and spend time with him, but I also want to stay here to keep the rest of my family company, not to mention I was away from my family for Thanksgiving. So it has just got me really bummed out because I love spending time with my family...everyone is just so busy and has their own things to do!!

I love and want lots of children

Ever since I was a little girl I have always wanted and loved kids! While all my friends wanted to play school, I was constantly wanting to play house. I could not tell you how many babydolls I must have had when I was little. To this day, I absolutely love little babies and have always been really good with children. I want to have kids sooner than most people, at least by 23 I would not mind having at least one child! And I want to have around 4 or 3 kids, I think. I would love to be a stay at home mom when I get older. I scare my boyfriend when I talk about kids because he is the type that wants to wait until he is completely and totally in his career and have done everything he wants to do in life..as for me I would not mind getting married and having kids very young. I look at both cases..people say to wait to have kids to do whatever you want, and then I look at my mother and she is not even in her 50s, with four kids, and we are all grown and doing our own things. And now when she is a little older, her and my stepfather are able to do whatever they want with no worries, and I feel like they appreciate maybe trips, and all other things much better now that they are older. So I definitely think being a mother is going to be my greatest joy!

Grandmother kills her grandbaby

I was watching the news this morning, and there was a news story about a grandmother who was walking along and just threw her granddaughter over a ledge and killed her. Some people I just do not understand! On Monday night police believe Carmela Dela Rosa threw her two year old granddaughter over the side of a walkway connecting a parking deck to a local mall. The little girl was thrown six stories, and died later at the hospital. What is absolutely bizarre is that her daughter, the little girls mother, was right next to her when she pick her up and threw her over the edge. Carmela Dela Rosa is now charged with homicide and will not be back into court until late January..the police have no idea why Carmela would do such a thing, and I think that some people have the same thoughts. I could not imagine what impulse would make someone, who neighbors say kept her granddaughter plenty of times, throw a child over a six story drop. I hope they figure out what went on with her, but I cannot imagine how the family is feeling. They lost their daughter, and mother at the same time...and emotions must be flowing through them all.

I Dont Understand Why So Cold!!

This morning I woke up with a cold, on top of the cold I have already been experiencing. I am not sure exactly how cold it got outside last night, but what I do know is that it was 58 degrees upstairs this morning!! I mean ridiculous..I could not even move or a wiff of freezing air would swoop under my covers that I had manage to make a little warm. The source of the problem is my mother..she is CRAZY about turning on the heat. Even in the thick of winter, she refuses to turn on the heat. We do have a wood burning fireplace downstairs that we usually keep going while we are downstairs..but that does not come up to my bedroom. I mean it was absolutely freezing. Almost as cold as it was outside! I think a lot of people are like me..I wish and wish for cold weather and once it gets here im already sick of it! And I think thats what I am feeling right now. But I am just going to stack up on the blankets and continue taking my dayquil and nyquil!!! Ahh