It's pretty sad when 90 degrees can be considered a cool front. Sometimes it feel like it's never going to be cold again...and we're only 12 days into summer. yuck. The heat would be tolerable if we could have some breaks. Like, maybe 3 or 4 days of heavy rain. We would all greatly appreciate it. As all St. Louisans know, though, it's not really the heat, it's the humidity. An 85 degree day in St. Louis can be ten times worse than a 115 degree day in, say, Arizona. But enough complaining...that won't help anything. What we need is a state-wide rain dance.
I think picturless posts can be boring most of the time. But that's what I'm stuck with right now since I killed my poor BlackBerry...again. I am bad news for smart phones. The poor things don't stand a chance when I'm around. I can't help it, though. I try to be careful. I really do. I suppose I could use an actual camera to take pictures...imagine that...but that seems like a lot of work.
There really hasn't been a whole lot going on the past six months. I finished my first year of college, and am taking a year off to decide what i want to do with my life. Yep, still in that boat. All I know is that it will be something with agriculture...which field though, is still unknown.
Uh oh, my computer's about to die. And of course I picked the only booth at Bread Co. without an outlet.
Have a good week!
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Can't Hide It
Alright, so I've been feeling A LOT better the past couple days. Mom even let me out of the house yesterday. ;) It was only for about an hour, but hey, I'll take it. I got to drive for the first time today. That was pretty exciting. I thought I might of forgotten how to drive, but it's all good. Carter thought I'd abandoned him. But we talked it out, and things are good now.
So where did I go on my first official day of freedom? Yep, of course. I went to Walmart. I also put a check in the bank, and went to Bread Co. for a mango smoothie. I left the house around 11:30 full of energy. Came home at 2, and had to take a nap. My energy had vanished. Yep, still sick, I guess. I slept for almost 2 hours. Geez Louise. I cannot wait to be back to normal.
Actually, I can't wait to go back to school. I feel like my brain melted and spilled out over break. Especially since I was sick, and all I could do was watch TV and sleep. I need to use my brain again before it forgets how to work. I had to drop my Communications though, at least for now. Since Mono takes a long time to recover from, Mom and Dad are afraid of me getting too run down with school and work, so I had to cut back. And since that's the class that I don't absolutely have to have, it was the one to go. It's kind of sad though, I was really looking forward to that class. I was also going to take French 202, since all of my friends from 201 were going to be in it...but that's going to happen either. Oh well. I guess I'd rather not end up in the hospital.
Okay, I guess that's it. I'm watching a Simon Cowell biography, and it's quite fascinating. Enjoy the rest of the weekend! :)
So where did I go on my first official day of freedom? Yep, of course. I went to Walmart. I also put a check in the bank, and went to Bread Co. for a mango smoothie. I left the house around 11:30 full of energy. Came home at 2, and had to take a nap. My energy had vanished. Yep, still sick, I guess. I slept for almost 2 hours. Geez Louise. I cannot wait to be back to normal.
Actually, I can't wait to go back to school. I feel like my brain melted and spilled out over break. Especially since I was sick, and all I could do was watch TV and sleep. I need to use my brain again before it forgets how to work. I had to drop my Communications though, at least for now. Since Mono takes a long time to recover from, Mom and Dad are afraid of me getting too run down with school and work, so I had to cut back. And since that's the class that I don't absolutely have to have, it was the one to go. It's kind of sad though, I was really looking forward to that class. I was also going to take French 202, since all of my friends from 201 were going to be in it...but that's going to happen either. Oh well. I guess I'd rather not end up in the hospital.
Okay, I guess that's it. I'm watching a Simon Cowell biography, and it's quite fascinating. Enjoy the rest of the weekend! :)
Friday, January 13, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Too Good to Last
I guess I should've known the warm weather wouldn't stay. Yesterday, it was sunny with a high of 55. And today...
We only got about an inch, but since we do live in Missouri, no one knows how to drive in snow. Apparently, the highways are a mess and shut down. It took my sister two and a half hours to get to school today. We only live 15 minutes away. All the public schools around here are shut down. For an *inch* of snow. In these pictures you can still see grass.
I searched all over Facebook and found this:
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| i think i may need to wash my car. |
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| My backyard last year |
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| my backyard this year. |
yeah. Now you know why I feel a little...cramped here. Oh well.
I found out this morning that the company Hostess is filing for bankruptcy protection. It seems like our childhood keeps slipping away. remember VHS tapes? The 4 year old that I babysit saw one and had no idea what it was. I never thought things would make me feel old. Ya know what I mean? I remember before DVDs even existed.
Anyway, I'm feeling a lot better today, so I'm going to try to get something productive done today while I don't feel like passing out. Stay warm everyone!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Okay, Take....23!
Okay I'm a failure at blogging. I admit it. I try and try to keep up with it, but honestly, I think the reason I don't is because I just don't have enough exciting things going on in my life. It's pretty sad that the last interesting thing to write about was the World Series. I hope everyone had a good Christmas. We spent ours with Mom's extended family. It's been a while since we spent the Holidays with relatives, so it was...interesting. Overall, though, it was a good day.
The weather's been ridiculous! I wasn't complaining until it started making everyone sick. The entire winter so far has seen temperatures from 32-71. Insane. I'm fine with 70's in January, but it's the 70 one day, 45 the next, and 32 the next that's hard to deal with. And then just when everyone's starting to get used to the cold weather, the temperature shoots back up to 65. So far, we haven't gotten much snow. That's okay with me. After Christmas, snow just gets in the way.
The first semester of school went extremely...okay. I didn't flunk out of college, so it's all good right? My goal this semester is straight A's.
I have an entire month off for Break, and the first week all I did was sleep 'til noon and watch TV. Other than that I did absolutely nothing. By week two I had caught up on all my shows (and watched all of Season 4 of Jersey Shore). I was sick of watching TV. Week two was my busiest week. Emily (my best friend and other half) was in town for Christmas so we got to hang out for the first time in 5 months which was fabulous. I miss her so much. I basically spent the entire week in Lincoln County. Which makes it probably the best week so far. I ran things out to/picked things up from my grandma, and since Emily was staying out there, we hung out up there, and ended up going to my friend Jake's house to hang out.
New Year's Eve was pretty good. I drove out to Lincoln County to drop stuff off to my grandma. It was a gorgeous day (sunny and 65) so I kept driving...and driving...and driving...ended up making an hour and a half 100 mile circle through 3 counties. it was great. I needed to get out of the city, and people, and crowds, and just be alone for a while. In the country with country music. Talk about therapeutic.
I've been getting really bad headaches the past month or so (probably cause I lost my glasses and ran out of contacts...oops) so I really all I felt like doing was going home and going to bed early (suuuuper lame, I know). When I got home I took some Excedrin, and started feeling better. Jake had wanted to know if I wanted to go with him to his friend's for New Year's Eve. Since my headache was gone I didn't feel like being a loser anymore, so i drove out there again around 10:30 that night. Week two was a good week.
Week three started out pretty good. That Monday was Neener's 21 birthday. That Tuesday I started not feeling to hot when I was at work. I figured I was just getting a cold, so I didn't really pay attention to it. Wednesday I woke up with a really bad sore throat.
Again, I just figured it was a bad cold, 'cause i hadn't gotten strep in so long. I wasn't feeling very good, so that night Jake came over to keep me company. Thursday I woke up and could barely talk. My throat was so swollen, and it felt like i had swallowed glass. So Dad took me to the clinic at Walgreens for a strep test. That was negative, but the Nurse Practitioner said my throat looked so bad, she didn't understand how I didn't have strep. So she diagnosed it as tonsillitis, and put me on penicillin, and told me I wasn't allowed to work the rest of the week.
Well, my throat wasn't getting better. I took the medicine religiously, stayed in bed, drank lots of fluids, did everything I could do to get better. Sunday morning I woke up and literally felt like I was dying. My throat was so swollen, I was afraid it was going to cut of my air. That afternoon, Mom talked to the clinic, and they said it could be a virus, which means that the medicine won't help and I just have to wait and let it run its course. Mom talked to several other nurses, and eventually my doctor said it could be mono, and I needed to go in and get a blood test.
Guess what. Yep, I have mono. It's not extremely severe. Other than having a sore throat that feels like death, I don't have really anything else wrong with me. I'm really tired, and sleep a lot. Just things like going up the stairs, or taking a shower completely wear me out. There's a chance, though, that if I'm not significantly better by next week, I'll miss the first week of school. I really hope that doesn't happen. I'm doing everything I can to get better quickly. I'm staying in bed, not really moving a lot, drinking tons of fluids, still taking the penicillin (just so I don't get anything else on top of it), and sleeping A LOT, doing salt water gargles, and using this nasty throat spray, and just about anything else I can think of. I've been home in bed everyday since last Wednesday.
The one day I did manage to get out of the house (Saturday) I went to the mall with Becca and Kelsie. They had some shopping they needed to do then we went to Red Robin. Our server was...cranky. To put in nicely. I think she overheard us complaining about her, cause she came back to our table really nice and sweet. Obviously overdoing it. On the bright side we got free bread stuff, she gave us free drinks, and then this guy came out and gave us free fries.
The weather's been ridiculous! I wasn't complaining until it started making everyone sick. The entire winter so far has seen temperatures from 32-71. Insane. I'm fine with 70's in January, but it's the 70 one day, 45 the next, and 32 the next that's hard to deal with. And then just when everyone's starting to get used to the cold weather, the temperature shoots back up to 65. So far, we haven't gotten much snow. That's okay with me. After Christmas, snow just gets in the way.
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| the result of one of the "4 major snow storms" we were *supposed* to get in December |
The first semester of school went extremely...okay. I didn't flunk out of college, so it's all good right? My goal this semester is straight A's.
I have an entire month off for Break, and the first week all I did was sleep 'til noon and watch TV. Other than that I did absolutely nothing. By week two I had caught up on all my shows (and watched all of Season 4 of Jersey Shore). I was sick of watching TV. Week two was my busiest week. Emily (my best friend and other half) was in town for Christmas so we got to hang out for the first time in 5 months which was fabulous. I miss her so much. I basically spent the entire week in Lincoln County. Which makes it probably the best week so far. I ran things out to/picked things up from my grandma, and since Emily was staying out there, we hung out up there, and ended up going to my friend Jake's house to hang out.
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| my best friend and other half. I don't know what I'd do without her. |
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| we're also the world's biggest dorks |
New Year's Eve was pretty good. I drove out to Lincoln County to drop stuff off to my grandma. It was a gorgeous day (sunny and 65) so I kept driving...and driving...and driving...ended up making an hour and a half 100 mile circle through 3 counties. it was great. I needed to get out of the city, and people, and crowds, and just be alone for a while. In the country with country music. Talk about therapeutic.
I've been getting really bad headaches the past month or so (probably cause I lost my glasses and ran out of contacts...oops) so I really all I felt like doing was going home and going to bed early (suuuuper lame, I know). When I got home I took some Excedrin, and started feeling better. Jake had wanted to know if I wanted to go with him to his friend's for New Year's Eve. Since my headache was gone I didn't feel like being a loser anymore, so i drove out there again around 10:30 that night. Week two was a good week.
Week three started out pretty good. That Monday was Neener's 21 birthday. That Tuesday I started not feeling to hot when I was at work. I figured I was just getting a cold, so I didn't really pay attention to it. Wednesday I woke up with a really bad sore throat.
Again, I just figured it was a bad cold, 'cause i hadn't gotten strep in so long. I wasn't feeling very good, so that night Jake came over to keep me company. Thursday I woke up and could barely talk. My throat was so swollen, and it felt like i had swallowed glass. So Dad took me to the clinic at Walgreens for a strep test. That was negative, but the Nurse Practitioner said my throat looked so bad, she didn't understand how I didn't have strep. So she diagnosed it as tonsillitis, and put me on penicillin, and told me I wasn't allowed to work the rest of the week.
Well, my throat wasn't getting better. I took the medicine religiously, stayed in bed, drank lots of fluids, did everything I could do to get better. Sunday morning I woke up and literally felt like I was dying. My throat was so swollen, I was afraid it was going to cut of my air. That afternoon, Mom talked to the clinic, and they said it could be a virus, which means that the medicine won't help and I just have to wait and let it run its course. Mom talked to several other nurses, and eventually my doctor said it could be mono, and I needed to go in and get a blood test.
Guess what. Yep, I have mono. It's not extremely severe. Other than having a sore throat that feels like death, I don't have really anything else wrong with me. I'm really tired, and sleep a lot. Just things like going up the stairs, or taking a shower completely wear me out. There's a chance, though, that if I'm not significantly better by next week, I'll miss the first week of school. I really hope that doesn't happen. I'm doing everything I can to get better quickly. I'm staying in bed, not really moving a lot, drinking tons of fluids, still taking the penicillin (just so I don't get anything else on top of it), and sleeping A LOT, doing salt water gargles, and using this nasty throat spray, and just about anything else I can think of. I've been home in bed everyday since last Wednesday.
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| yay for nerds! |
I think that's about it for now. One of my resolutions is to actually keep up with this, and I promise I'll do better. Hope y'all have a good week!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Cardinal Nation!
5 minute countdown!! Scotty McCreery just sang the National Anthem. He was...amazing, as usual. Not gonna lie, you could see the poor kid's nerves all over his face, but once he started singing, you'd never know it. He sounded like he'd been doing it his whole life. Scotty was on The BULL this morning...which I missed. But I watched the interview a couple hours ago. If there's any Scotty McCreery fans reading, you can find the interview here.
I had a whole post I wrote last night, but for some reason my Blackberry wouldn't send it. Grr technology...Anyway it really wasn't anything important. I just needed something to do while I sat at QT waiting for my car to start. Because Saturn is dumb and fails at life. I didn't know until a couple years ago that QT is apparently a local thing. Basically QT (or Quick Trip) is the god of all gas stations. They're always clean, and the people are friendly, and the bathrooms don't creep you out to use.
I'm selling my iPad and buying a laptop. I love love love my iPad, but there's things I need for college that the iPad just can't do. Soooo if anyone's interested email me (my e-mail's over there --->) I haven't decided on a price yet, but it will be fairly cheap (less than half what I paid).
Okay, well some people are coming over to watch the game and I'm missing bits and pieces of it so I'm gonna go. GO CARDS!!
*****okay so I can't figure out how to get my email on here, and I don't feel like messing with it right now, so just ignore that ^^up there^^ ;)
I had a whole post I wrote last night, but for some reason my Blackberry wouldn't send it. Grr technology...Anyway it really wasn't anything important. I just needed something to do while I sat at QT waiting for my car to start. Because Saturn is dumb and fails at life. I didn't know until a couple years ago that QT is apparently a local thing. Basically QT (or Quick Trip) is the god of all gas stations. They're always clean, and the people are friendly, and the bathrooms don't creep you out to use.
I'm selling my iPad and buying a laptop. I love love love my iPad, but there's things I need for college that the iPad just can't do. Soooo if anyone's interested email me (my e-mail's over there --->) I haven't decided on a price yet, but it will be fairly cheap (less than half what I paid).
Okay, well some people are coming over to watch the game and I'm missing bits and pieces of it so I'm gonna go. GO CARDS!!
*****okay so I can't figure out how to get my email on here, and I don't feel like messing with it right now, so just ignore that ^^up there^^ ;)
Monday, October 17, 2011
Why is Everyone So Surprised?
WHO'S IN THE WORLD SERIES?? THAT'S RIGHT! We are! GO CARDS!! WOOOOOOOT!! And how much will the news (not STL) say about it? "sports blah blah 10min. of how the brewers gave it there best shot sports blah blah 10. minutes about Texas sports blah blah ohyeahbythewaythecardinalsareintheworldseries blah blah blah" Oh well...no big deal right? that we are the BEST team in the National League. Or that we have some of the best player in baseball. No big deal.
Hey, do ya'll know what this means? Scotty McCreery will be in St. Louis on Wednesday. :D He's singing at the first game. Cool. Beans.
Let's see...college news. I had my psych midterm 2 weeks ago and the grades just got posted last night. I sincerely thought I failed. I guessed on half of it. My teacher said his test are pass/fail kinda thing. You either get an A or an F. Since I guessed on most of it, I assumed I would be on the F-side of the scale. But what did I get? A 92% That's right! I guess I'm a good guesser. ;) So I am a happy camper today. This week is DEFINITELY starting our on the right foot. :)
Alright, time to go meet with my advisor about classes next semester. Have a good week!
Hey, do ya'll know what this means? Scotty McCreery will be in St. Louis on Wednesday. :D He's singing at the first game. Cool. Beans.
Let's see...college news. I had my psych midterm 2 weeks ago and the grades just got posted last night. I sincerely thought I failed. I guessed on half of it. My teacher said his test are pass/fail kinda thing. You either get an A or an F. Since I guessed on most of it, I assumed I would be on the F-side of the scale. But what did I get? A 92% That's right! I guess I'm a good guesser. ;) So I am a happy camper today. This week is DEFINITELY starting our on the right foot. :)
Alright, time to go meet with my advisor about classes next semester. Have a good week!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Quick Update
I'm pretty sure only in Missouri can you find 84 degree weather in October. I'm not exactly complaining. I know I'll miss the warm weather once there's 2 feet of snow on the ground, but I want my jeans and hoodies, and bonfire, and 50-degrees.
GO CARDS! They KICKED the Brewers' butts on Friday night! Only one game may stand between the Cardinals and the World Series. If they make it, they'll be playing Texas, which is completely fine with me. I was in Detroit a few years ago, and the city was cold and dirty. I didn't like anything about it (no offense to anyone from Detroit). Yeah, I know "who are you to be hating on other cities?" Well, St. Louis may be #1 in crime. And a bit rundown in areas. But hey, it's home. :)
I'm counting down they days 'til Christmas break (61 days!). I love school. I like learning, but I'm ready for break. An entire month. :)
I think that's actually about it for now. Not a lot going on besides school and work. Hopefully I'll have a more interesting post later this week. Have a good Sunday! :)
GO CARDS! They KICKED the Brewers' butts on Friday night! Only one game may stand between the Cardinals and the World Series. If they make it, they'll be playing Texas, which is completely fine with me. I was in Detroit a few years ago, and the city was cold and dirty. I didn't like anything about it (no offense to anyone from Detroit). Yeah, I know "who are you to be hating on other cities?" Well, St. Louis may be #1 in crime. And a bit rundown in areas. But hey, it's home. :)
I'm counting down they days 'til Christmas break (61 days!). I love school. I like learning, but I'm ready for break. An entire month. :)
I think that's actually about it for now. Not a lot going on besides school and work. Hopefully I'll have a more interesting post later this week. Have a good Sunday! :)
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| who needs mountains or oceans? ;) |
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The Things I Love...
* I love baseball GO CARDS!
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| so I can see my bestie's beautiful face even though she lives in Texas |
*I love my dog
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* I love this picture
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| Though I'm not a fan Illinois |
* I love crazy stories my family made up about the (former) neighbors
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| supposedly this is a meth lab. every night a little red light shined through the window...that could only mean one of two things... |
* I love going to haunted houses with my friends
*I love Chai tea
*I love Chevy trucks
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| the bigger the tires, the better :) |
Aaaaaaannnnnd one more of my (former) neck of the woods
awww what the heck...one more from the Midwest :) (this one's from Illinois)
Well that sums up my week. The picture with Mason and Remy is from when I went to a haunted house last weekend. So. Much. Fun. Because my parents aren't fans of Halloween, I've never been trick-or-treating, and before this had never been to a haunted house. This particular one is pretty popular in our area. Was it worth $25? Probably not, since I'm cheap. ;) But I had a good time. The highlight though was getting to meet my favorite people from my favorite radio station. :D And since I'm seriously thinking about going into radio broadcasting, it was pretty cool :) OH and I was on the radio...just an FYI :) :)
The Illinois pictures are from last Sunday. My grandparents decided they wanted to take us out to eat to this place we used to go to when I was younger. The Wittmond Hotel is a quaint old hotel-turned-restaurant. They serve food family-style, so there's no menu. You eat what they give you and you like it. Believe me it is GOOD. there's a set price per person and includes everything but drinks and dessert. It was the day before my brothers birthday and my grandparents had brought in a cake. The staff was completely cool with it, and even brought out a candle for it. Then they had the whole dining room sing happy birthday to the kid. teehee I'm just glad it wasn't me. *ahem embarrassment* I highly recommend you check them out if you're ever in the area. It's in Brussels in Calhoun County, IL (the directions are on the website).
That's about all I have for now. It's getting late (and by late I mean 10:30...college does strange things to you) and I still need to get some homework done. Goodnight peoples! :)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
You Know You're From Missouri When...
I love reading these. I wonder if they're meant to be stereotypical because I can relate to about 98% of them. By the way, sorry I haven't been around lately. The past two weeks of school were absolutely insane. Midterms started, and on top of that I'm sick. According to WebMD I have either a common cold, or scarlet fever. I guess we'll find out.
You Know You’re In Missouri When ….
You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
You failed world geography in school because you thought Cuba, Florida, Versailles, California, Nevada, Houston, Cabool, Louisiana, Springfield, and Mexico were cities in Missouri.
The phrase, "I'm going to the Lake this weekend," can mean only one thing.
Little smokies are something you serve on special occasions.
You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football.
You think Jesse James is a hero.
You think I-44 is spelled "foarty-foar.”
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Construction
You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm.
You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go to KU.
You know that Concordia is halfway between Kansas City and Columbia, and Columbia is halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City, and Warrenton outlet mall is halfway between Columbia and St. Louis.
You know that Harry S. Truman, Walt Disney and Mark Twain are all from Missouri.
You know what "cow tipping" or "Possum Kicking" is.
You think "frog gigging" should be an Olympic sport.
You think Imo's is larger than Pizza Hut.
You can tell the difference between a horse and a cow from a distance.
You don't put too much effort into hairstyles due to wind and weather.
There's a tornado warning and the whole town is outside watching for it.
The local gas station sells live bait.
Your radio buttons are preset buttons are country.
"Vacation" means driving to Silver Dollar City, Worlds of Fun or Six Flags.
Down south to you means Arkansas.
You know if another Missourian is from eastern, middle or western Missouri as soon as they open their mouth.
You know enough to get your driving done early on Sundays before the Sunday drivers come out.
Everyone in your family has been on a "Float trip."
You've never met any celebrities.
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You measure distance in minutes.
You know several people who have hit a deer.
Your school classes were canceled because of cold or heat in the same month.
You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
You know what and where "Party Cove" is.
You think Missouri is pronounced with an "ah" at the end.
You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
You carry jumper cables in your car and know that everyone else should.
You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
You think that deer season is a national holiday.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find 105 degrees F "a little warm".
***I found this entire list here.
You Know You’re In Missouri When ….
You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
You failed world geography in school because you thought Cuba, Florida, Versailles, California, Nevada, Houston, Cabool, Louisiana, Springfield, and Mexico were cities in Missouri.
The phrase, "I'm going to the Lake this weekend," can mean only one thing.
Little smokies are something you serve on special occasions.
You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football.
You think Jesse James is a hero.
You think I-44 is spelled "foarty-foar.”
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Construction
You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm.
You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go to KU.
You know that Concordia is halfway between Kansas City and Columbia, and Columbia is halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City, and Warrenton outlet mall is halfway between Columbia and St. Louis.
You know that Harry S. Truman, Walt Disney and Mark Twain are all from Missouri.
You know what "cow tipping" or "Possum Kicking" is.
You think "frog gigging" should be an Olympic sport.
You think Imo's is larger than Pizza Hut.
You can tell the difference between a horse and a cow from a distance.
You don't put too much effort into hairstyles due to wind and weather.
There's a tornado warning and the whole town is outside watching for it.
The local gas station sells live bait.
Your radio buttons are preset buttons are country.
"Vacation" means driving to Silver Dollar City, Worlds of Fun or Six Flags.
Down south to you means Arkansas.
You know if another Missourian is from eastern, middle or western Missouri as soon as they open their mouth.
You know enough to get your driving done early on Sundays before the Sunday drivers come out.
Everyone in your family has been on a "Float trip."
You've never met any celebrities.
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You measure distance in minutes.
You know several people who have hit a deer.
Your school classes were canceled because of cold or heat in the same month.
You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
You know what and where "Party Cove" is.
You think Missouri is pronounced with an "ah" at the end.
You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
You carry jumper cables in your car and know that everyone else should.
You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
You think that deer season is a national holiday.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find 105 degrees F "a little warm".
***I found this entire list here.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Where Were You the day the earth stood still?
I was 8 years old. I remember my mom waking me and my sister up to watch the news. I saw when the second tower was hit. At 8, I didn't really know what was going on, but I understood it was a terrorist attack. I also remember every gas station had huge lines at them, because everyone knew that gas prices would be affected. I remember were gas prices never went over a dollar. Since 9/11 I don't think gas prices were ever under $1. I remember everyone freaking out about how expensive gas prices were at $1.02 and $1.04. If only we could see ten years into the future at how much gas would cost. What we wouldn't give to go back to $1.50/gallon. Heck, I'd settle for $2.50.
As tragic and horrible as that day was (and I'm not trying to betlittle or minimize anyone's pain or heartache from that day) it could've been so much worse. Today my heart and my prayers go out to the family and friends of the victims of 9/11. Though it's a day linked to death and pain, and terror, I pray that we remember that God is the Great Healer. The Fixer. I pray He brings this country to its knees.
Never forget
As tragic and horrible as that day was (and I'm not trying to betlittle or minimize anyone's pain or heartache from that day) it could've been so much worse. Today my heart and my prayers go out to the family and friends of the victims of 9/11. Though it's a day linked to death and pain, and terror, I pray that we remember that God is the Great Healer. The Fixer. I pray He brings this country to its knees.
Never forget
Friday, September 9, 2011
COLLEGE 101
Summer is officially over...at least in Missouri it is. Last Saturday the high was 104, Monday the high was 70. We've been consistently having lows in the 50's. Perfect. I love this weather. I wouldn't mind if it was like this all year round. My friends don't get it. Like today, for example, I was sitting with one of my friends in the cafe at school. I mentioned that the only thing that would make the weather today more perfect is rain. She looked at me like I had 3 heads. It was overcast and 65 degrees. 5 minutes later it started raining. :) Add to that that I finish school at noon today. And I (for the most part) have my homework caught up.
Okay I really do like school. Unlike some people, I actually enjoy learning. Community College is like the meeting place for strange people. I'm not trying to be mean. I'm all for self-expression and stepping outside the box. But there's a line that should never EVER be crossed. That would be the decency line. It's a very fine line, I know, but it's was to avoid crossing it. All you have to do is THINK. Or even just look in a mirror before you walk out the door. I was walking into class today, and there was this girl in front of me. Talk about scarring. There's a trend (I guess..I don't keep up with fashion as much as I used to) right now of wearing tights (thinner than leggings) and like a tunic, or an over sized sweater, or whatever. It's cute, I don't mind it, all I ask is that your top is long enough that it COVERS your butt. Oh. My. Gosh. I would be mortified if I was her. she was wearing black/grey zebra striped tights, a black cami, black cardigan, and 5" black heels. It would've been cute if she was wearing a sweater-dress, or a longer shirt. But instead it just looked trashy.
Anyway, college is awesome. I like all my teachers. Well, except my math teacher. He's kind of older, and it's just hard listening to him talk. He talks really slow, and he makes a lot of careless mistakes. It's just hard to pay attention to him at 7am. My Psych teacher is an atheist so that's been...uhm interesting. Let's just say I can't wait 'til we get to the "ethics in psychology" chapter. I just have a few questions. Other than that, I'd say his class is most interesting. He's style of teaching is very conversational, and he has really good stories. His "real job" is working in a lab at UMSL on rats. The first day of school he basically told us whether or not Salvia is a good anti-depressant, and a week later said that if we have a certain Geno-type it's okay if we smoke pot cause it won't really mess anything up. And every class he manages to fit in some example dealing with rape or prostitution. Oh and he cusses. Really, it's more funny than offensive 'cause no one expects a teacher to cuss. But apparently it happens. Quite often. I guess since the only "college experience" I was exposed to in high school was a Baptist school. Things are slightly different at a public school.
I always new that college is very paper/writing heavy, but I wish I would've taken that more into consideration while I was still in high school. I have no idea how to write a paper. I mean, sure I've written papers before, but they were really more about just doing the paper without being graded on grammar or anything. I have my first paper for Comp I due in about a week, and I'm freaking out slightly. It's a narrative, and the topic can be anything we want. I hadn't even thought about the topic. Well, I have, but I couldn't think of anything. Today in class we had a Brainstorming Circle. I felt like a hippie. We all wrote our topic on a piece of paper then passed it to the next person. Our papers went around the circle and each person gave their feedback. It had to be positive, and our papers were anonymous so no one knew who had which topic. After about ten minutes of just sitting there I finally thought up a topic. As of now I'm going with the transition of moving from a small town to a city of 30,000 people. I might change it, I don't know. I got a lot of good feedback though. Obviously, since it had to be positive anyway. We'll see.
Speaking of papers, I really need to go do that. Or at least start it. I also have an outline due Monday, and a discussion/essay thing due Monday. And a Math test I need to study for. And a Col 101 quiz (actually 5 of them...oops) to take. And a synopsis for French that's due Tuesday. Oh my gosh. Welcome to college, right? Alright well hopefully I'll be back soon. It depends on how much time I have next week. ciao!
p.s. I keep meaning to take my camera with me so I can post pictures ('cause, let's be honest, picture-less blogs are BOOORING!), but at 6:30 in the morning, I'm just trying to remember to bring the right books. I'll work on it. ;) For now I'll leave you with these that I hijacked from Facebook.
---Grrr...nevermind. Apparently the internet gods want me to have a plain, boring, picture-less blog :( sorry folks! Maybe next time I'll try just taking my own photos instead of stealing them ;)
Okay I really do like school. Unlike some people, I actually enjoy learning. Community College is like the meeting place for strange people. I'm not trying to be mean. I'm all for self-expression and stepping outside the box. But there's a line that should never EVER be crossed. That would be the decency line. It's a very fine line, I know, but it's was to avoid crossing it. All you have to do is THINK. Or even just look in a mirror before you walk out the door. I was walking into class today, and there was this girl in front of me. Talk about scarring. There's a trend (I guess..I don't keep up with fashion as much as I used to) right now of wearing tights (thinner than leggings) and like a tunic, or an over sized sweater, or whatever. It's cute, I don't mind it, all I ask is that your top is long enough that it COVERS your butt. Oh. My. Gosh. I would be mortified if I was her. she was wearing black/grey zebra striped tights, a black cami, black cardigan, and 5" black heels. It would've been cute if she was wearing a sweater-dress, or a longer shirt. But instead it just looked trashy.
Anyway, college is awesome. I like all my teachers. Well, except my math teacher. He's kind of older, and it's just hard listening to him talk. He talks really slow, and he makes a lot of careless mistakes. It's just hard to pay attention to him at 7am. My Psych teacher is an atheist so that's been...uhm interesting. Let's just say I can't wait 'til we get to the "ethics in psychology" chapter. I just have a few questions. Other than that, I'd say his class is most interesting. He's style of teaching is very conversational, and he has really good stories. His "real job" is working in a lab at UMSL on rats. The first day of school he basically told us whether or not Salvia is a good anti-depressant, and a week later said that if we have a certain Geno-type it's okay if we smoke pot cause it won't really mess anything up. And every class he manages to fit in some example dealing with rape or prostitution. Oh and he cusses. Really, it's more funny than offensive 'cause no one expects a teacher to cuss. But apparently it happens. Quite often. I guess since the only "college experience" I was exposed to in high school was a Baptist school. Things are slightly different at a public school.
I always new that college is very paper/writing heavy, but I wish I would've taken that more into consideration while I was still in high school. I have no idea how to write a paper. I mean, sure I've written papers before, but they were really more about just doing the paper without being graded on grammar or anything. I have my first paper for Comp I due in about a week, and I'm freaking out slightly. It's a narrative, and the topic can be anything we want. I hadn't even thought about the topic. Well, I have, but I couldn't think of anything. Today in class we had a Brainstorming Circle. I felt like a hippie. We all wrote our topic on a piece of paper then passed it to the next person. Our papers went around the circle and each person gave their feedback. It had to be positive, and our papers were anonymous so no one knew who had which topic. After about ten minutes of just sitting there I finally thought up a topic. As of now I'm going with the transition of moving from a small town to a city of 30,000 people. I might change it, I don't know. I got a lot of good feedback though. Obviously, since it had to be positive anyway. We'll see.
Speaking of papers, I really need to go do that. Or at least start it. I also have an outline due Monday, and a discussion/essay thing due Monday. And a Math test I need to study for. And a Col 101 quiz (actually 5 of them...oops) to take. And a synopsis for French that's due Tuesday. Oh my gosh. Welcome to college, right? Alright well hopefully I'll be back soon. It depends on how much time I have next week. ciao!
p.s. I keep meaning to take my camera with me so I can post pictures ('cause, let's be honest, picture-less blogs are BOOORING!), but at 6:30 in the morning, I'm just trying to remember to bring the right books. I'll work on it. ;) For now I'll leave you with these that I hijacked from Facebook.
---Grrr...nevermind. Apparently the internet gods want me to have a plain, boring, picture-less blog :( sorry folks! Maybe next time I'll try just taking my own photos instead of stealing them ;)
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Hungry
Hungry I come to you
For I know you satisfy
I am empty but I know
your love does not run dry
So I wait for you
So I wait for you
(Chorus 2x)
Im falling on my knees
Offering all of me
Jesus your all this heart is living for
Broken I run to you
For your arms are open wide
I am weary but I know
Your love does not run dry
So I wait for you
So I wait for you
Chorus
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Meet Carter! :)
Where have I been? Working 30-40 hours a week so I could get my baby. :) He's a 2004 Saturn Ion. Anyone who's ever had a car knows how much I mean it when I say "I LOVE having my own car!" I got him just in time for school, too. :) Two days before to be exact. You know that feeling when things just feel ight? When God says, "This! Right here!". That's what my week has been like. First with this car, and now with school. Even though it is "just" Community College (like it makes a difference- school is school in my opinion) it just feels like that's where I'm supposed to be. I love my classes, and I actually *want* to do the homework (yikes! I'm turning even more into a nerd!), and my teachers are all awesome. My Psych teacher gives us texting breaks during class. Aweome. :)
Of course it's not all perfect. All of my assignments are online. The program they use requires Adobe, which as we all know isn't supported by Apple, which means I can't use my iPad. So, I'm trying to figure out what to do about that. I love my iPad, but I wish I would've thought things through more carefully before I bought it. Oh well, what's done is done.
In other news, we moved. I don't want to say finally, but it's feels good having that whole nightmare over with. I miss the country so much. I've only been out there twice since we left. Even though it was the "Meth Capital of America" hey, it's home. ;) But here, at least I can run without worrying about being abducted, or running into one of the 15 (or something like that) registerd sex-offenders that lived in my town. And concrete is much easier to run on that gravel. But I miss the space and privacy.
Let's see, what else? Oh, I pre-ordered Scotty McCreery's new album. ;) I'm so excited. I have so much respect for him, it's not even funny. His apparent love for Christ, and not being ashamed of it, or hiding it, or keeping it separate from his career is so incredible, and encouraging. You just don't see that very often anymore. :(
Celtic Thunder. Talk about changes. If anyone else is a Glee fan, then you've probably been watching The Glee Project, which means you probably know by now that CT's Damian McGinty has one a spot in the next season of Glee. Am I happy for him? Sure. It's what he wanted, and winning a spot on the most popular show on TV out of 40,000 people is quite and accomplishment. Unfortunately, that means he had to leave CT. You can read his blog post about it here.
And on that note, homework is calling my name. I couldn't believe how much homework I had the first week of school. But hey, it's college. College. Geez, I'm old. :p
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| yes. Carter the Car. ;) |
Of course it's not all perfect. All of my assignments are online. The program they use requires Adobe, which as we all know isn't supported by Apple, which means I can't use my iPad. So, I'm trying to figure out what to do about that. I love my iPad, but I wish I would've thought things through more carefully before I bought it. Oh well, what's done is done.
In other news, we moved. I don't want to say finally, but it's feels good having that whole nightmare over with. I miss the country so much. I've only been out there twice since we left. Even though it was the "Meth Capital of America" hey, it's home. ;) But here, at least I can run without worrying about being abducted, or running into one of the 15 (or something like that) registerd sex-offenders that lived in my town. And concrete is much easier to run on that gravel. But I miss the space and privacy.
Let's see, what else? Oh, I pre-ordered Scotty McCreery's new album. ;) I'm so excited. I have so much respect for him, it's not even funny. His apparent love for Christ, and not being ashamed of it, or hiding it, or keeping it separate from his career is so incredible, and encouraging. You just don't see that very often anymore. :(
Celtic Thunder. Talk about changes. If anyone else is a Glee fan, then you've probably been watching The Glee Project, which means you probably know by now that CT's Damian McGinty has one a spot in the next season of Glee. Am I happy for him? Sure. It's what he wanted, and winning a spot on the most popular show on TV out of 40,000 people is quite and accomplishment. Unfortunately, that means he had to leave CT. You can read his blog post about it here.
And on that note, homework is calling my name. I couldn't believe how much homework I had the first week of school. But hey, it's college. College. Geez, I'm old. :p
Monday, June 13, 2011
Growing Up Sucks
Here's a list of why growing up sucks:
~You have to give up once-in-a-lifetime chances to go to Europe because you need to buy a car for school
~You have to go to school
~Your parents decide move (because you're growing up) and therefore are stressed from their 50million things to do which forces you to figure all your college stuff out on your own (i.e. make phone calls, take assement tests, meet with a guidance counselor, and find your way around a huge school full of strangers
~you have to give up swimming, six flags, and road trips because you have to work so you can pay for the car you need to drive to school.
~you're expected to be mature and responsible when, really, all you want to do is curl on in your p.j.'s and watch Disney movies all day.
~you know longer have plain ol' drama. It's now drama times 10 and it could potentially effect the rest of your life.
okay, okay, there's some good things about growing up too...like:
-freedom
-money
-living on your own (eventually)
-not being under your parents authority
-traveling :D
-responsibility (yeah, it's a good thing, too...sometimes)
-voting--ha! yes I'm excited about being able to vote.
That's what I've been thinking about the past month. Along with graduation, parties, letting my best friend leave me all alone for two weeks. The same best friend moving to Texas at the end of July. Looking for a car (or truck...haven't decided. It's that inner conflict between responsibily and wanting to have fun).
oh! Funny story. About a month or so ago, a lady I go to church with asked if I could watch her kids during her neice's bat mitzvah. Well, I didn't know I'd be watching them at the temple. I was so out of place. Yeah, my little blonde-haired, blue-eyed, German self at a temple full of Jewish people. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. AWKWARD! Since no one knew me I was praying they wouldn't be like, "Oh, what's your name? Why are you here?" Melanie Bruns. If I was any more German, I'd have an accent. So anyway long story short, nobody asked, and all in all it wasn't too bad. It was a learning experience, I guess...
Not much else has been going on. My life gets pretty dull in the summer. I work all the time, so I don't ever have time to do anything. Let's see if I can keep up with this now. I missed it. I love yous!
peace&love
~You have to give up once-in-a-lifetime chances to go to Europe because you need to buy a car for school
~You have to go to school
~Your parents decide move (because you're growing up) and therefore are stressed from their 50million things to do which forces you to figure all your college stuff out on your own (i.e. make phone calls, take assement tests, meet with a guidance counselor, and find your way around a huge school full of strangers
~you have to give up swimming, six flags, and road trips because you have to work so you can pay for the car you need to drive to school.
~you're expected to be mature and responsible when, really, all you want to do is curl on in your p.j.'s and watch Disney movies all day.
~you know longer have plain ol' drama. It's now drama times 10 and it could potentially effect the rest of your life.
okay, okay, there's some good things about growing up too...like:
-freedom
-money
-living on your own (eventually)
-not being under your parents authority
-traveling :D
-responsibility (yeah, it's a good thing, too...sometimes)
-voting--ha! yes I'm excited about being able to vote.
That's what I've been thinking about the past month. Along with graduation, parties, letting my best friend leave me all alone for two weeks. The same best friend moving to Texas at the end of July. Looking for a car (or truck...haven't decided. It's that inner conflict between responsibily and wanting to have fun).
oh! Funny story. About a month or so ago, a lady I go to church with asked if I could watch her kids during her neice's bat mitzvah. Well, I didn't know I'd be watching them at the temple. I was so out of place. Yeah, my little blonde-haired, blue-eyed, German self at a temple full of Jewish people. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. AWKWARD! Since no one knew me I was praying they wouldn't be like, "Oh, what's your name? Why are you here?" Melanie Bruns. If I was any more German, I'd have an accent. So anyway long story short, nobody asked, and all in all it wasn't too bad. It was a learning experience, I guess...
Not much else has been going on. My life gets pretty dull in the summer. I work all the time, so I don't ever have time to do anything. Let's see if I can keep up with this now. I missed it. I love yous!
peace&love
Monday, May 2, 2011
*Breaking News*
I'm sure everyone knows by now that Osama Bin Laden has been killed. I hear he had been living in a mansion within a few miles of our Military Base in Pakistan. Ironic. I definitely don't wish death on anyone, however justice has been served here, and I am completely okay with that. My thoughts right now are with the families of the 9/11 victims. This heart-wrenching wound has been reopened, but hopefully they can sleep better knowing that the man behind the attack has finally got what's been coming to him.
Everyone is extremely worried about a terror attack soon out of retaliation. I think that's extremely possible, but I highly doubt it will be within the next few days, just because I think that's too obvious. Would they really be stupid enough to plan an attack when everyone is expecting it? Probably not. But that's just my opinion. What do I know?
I was thinking all day about whether I would say anything about this or not. I just didn't know if I wanted to bring up anything political, or just leave it alone to avoid conflict. But then I figured, so many people try to do that to be "politically correct". How is it PC to not have any opinion at all? We have the God-given right to Freedom of Speech, and we better start exercising it before it gets taken away. Regardless of my own opinions, our President did give a very good speech last night. No, I'm not going to vote for him in 2012, and no I don't agree with many of the choices he's made since he's been in office. However, at this moment in time he is the leader of my country which means he deserves and receives my respect. And it has nothing to do with him personally. Overall, the Obamas are a very likable family. They're your "average American family", if you will. You can tell that President and Mrs. Obama love each other heaps and bunches, and love their daughters and are raising them to the best of their ability. And that makes it hard, because I believe he is trying to be a good president. I can't imagine how overwhelmingly stressful his job is, and I sympathize with that. However, the basis of his beliefs and convictions are at the opposite end of the spectrum from mine, and for that, I cannot, with a clear conscience, support his healthcare bill, or many of his other ideas. Okay, maybe I shouldn't say "complete opposite sides" because I'm not a total Right Wing. I think I lean more towards the right side, but in all truth, I'm kind of in the middle. I agree and disagree with both sides. But like I said, either way he's my president, the leader of *my* country, the greatest country in the world, and it's my obligation to respect and serve him (without breaching my convictions) and he serves our country. The long and short of it is I just don't think he has the experience or knowledge it takes to lead this country in the state it's in right now.
Everyone is extremely worried about a terror attack soon out of retaliation. I think that's extremely possible, but I highly doubt it will be within the next few days, just because I think that's too obvious. Would they really be stupid enough to plan an attack when everyone is expecting it? Probably not. But that's just my opinion. What do I know?
I was thinking all day about whether I would say anything about this or not. I just didn't know if I wanted to bring up anything political, or just leave it alone to avoid conflict. But then I figured, so many people try to do that to be "politically correct". How is it PC to not have any opinion at all? We have the God-given right to Freedom of Speech, and we better start exercising it before it gets taken away. Regardless of my own opinions, our President did give a very good speech last night. No, I'm not going to vote for him in 2012, and no I don't agree with many of the choices he's made since he's been in office. However, at this moment in time he is the leader of my country which means he deserves and receives my respect. And it has nothing to do with him personally. Overall, the Obamas are a very likable family. They're your "average American family", if you will. You can tell that President and Mrs. Obama love each other heaps and bunches, and love their daughters and are raising them to the best of their ability. And that makes it hard, because I believe he is trying to be a good president. I can't imagine how overwhelmingly stressful his job is, and I sympathize with that. However, the basis of his beliefs and convictions are at the opposite end of the spectrum from mine, and for that, I cannot, with a clear conscience, support his healthcare bill, or many of his other ideas. Okay, maybe I shouldn't say "complete opposite sides" because I'm not a total Right Wing. I think I lean more towards the right side, but in all truth, I'm kind of in the middle. I agree and disagree with both sides. But like I said, either way he's my president, the leader of *my* country, the greatest country in the world, and it's my obligation to respect and serve him (without breaching my convictions) and he serves our country. The long and short of it is I just don't think he has the experience or knowledge it takes to lead this country in the state it's in right now.
What started nearly ten years ago didn't end last night. It started up more fighting, more threats, and more reasons to stand for what this country was founded on: 'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
All Mixed Up
Have you ever had those days where it just feels like a different day? Different days have different vibes. Well all day yesterday I thpught it was Saturday...which means that today obviously felt like a Sunday. Fortunately, *today* is Saturday and I still have another day of weekend left. :D
I've actually had a very packed weekend thus far (which is pretty dang exciting 'cause I've been living somewhat like an old lady lately). Friday night I went to a dance party/birthday party for a friend of a friend. I got home sometime between 1 and 2am (That's late for me since legally I can't drive past 1am...oops :p) Then I had to be at work this morning. After that, one of my friends wanted me to drive her out in the country (Livy lives in the suburbs and says she needs wide-open spaces...so I said I'd take her out on some of the back roads around my house). We decided to stop my town to walk around a little. We walked into a little Ice Cream shop 'cause ice cream sounded good, for some reason (generally I think the stuff is NASTY). Well, turns out this place doesn't except credit/debit, and neither of us had any cash. So we were just going to walk out and come back some other time when the lady gave us the cones and said, "Go ahead and take them. You can just come back up here and pay us whenever."
Say what? That is why I love living in a small town. I didn't know those people, and until today I didn't even know the place existed. Yet, they were like, "yeah, sure, no biggy, blah blah blah..." I'm going back up there with cash next week to pay them. It totally made my day. :)
Anyhoo, I had planned on writing a little more, but I'm so tired, it's not even funny. And I have Church in the morning so I don't even get to sleep in. Ah bien...c'est la vie
So, good night all! within the next few days I'm hoping to write up a movie review for "The King's Speech". GREAT movie. And I promise to start taking pictures of my life. I always hate reading blogs that don't have pictures...booooooring!! So I'll try to remember to take my camera with me and actually use it. ;)
peace&love
xo
I've actually had a very packed weekend thus far (which is pretty dang exciting 'cause I've been living somewhat like an old lady lately). Friday night I went to a dance party/birthday party for a friend of a friend. I got home sometime between 1 and 2am (That's late for me since legally I can't drive past 1am...oops :p) Then I had to be at work this morning. After that, one of my friends wanted me to drive her out in the country (Livy lives in the suburbs and says she needs wide-open spaces...so I said I'd take her out on some of the back roads around my house). We decided to stop my town to walk around a little. We walked into a little Ice Cream shop 'cause ice cream sounded good, for some reason (generally I think the stuff is NASTY). Well, turns out this place doesn't except credit/debit, and neither of us had any cash. So we were just going to walk out and come back some other time when the lady gave us the cones and said, "Go ahead and take them. You can just come back up here and pay us whenever."
Say what? That is why I love living in a small town. I didn't know those people, and until today I didn't even know the place existed. Yet, they were like, "yeah, sure, no biggy, blah blah blah..." I'm going back up there with cash next week to pay them. It totally made my day. :)
Anyhoo, I had planned on writing a little more, but I'm so tired, it's not even funny. And I have Church in the morning so I don't even get to sleep in. Ah bien...c'est la vie
So, good night all! within the next few days I'm hoping to write up a movie review for "The King's Speech". GREAT movie. And I promise to start taking pictures of my life. I always hate reading blogs that don't have pictures...booooooring!! So I'll try to remember to take my camera with me and actually use it. ;)
peace&love
xo
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Back!....again
Hello world. I'm back again...sorry for the unplanned absence. There has been so much going on in my life right the past few months...it's crazy. Have you ever had those situations that are just crappy all the way around, that somehow manage to turn into something really good? That's what I've been dealing with lately. And to be honest, a big paart of it has been no fun. at all. But what came from all of this is incredible. I'm not going to go into details right now, just cause it's really personal...but life is good now, and I'm hopefully going to be posting regularly...but that's what I always say, and it never quite seems to happen. Third time's the charm, right?
So, I'm graduating in 31 days. WHAT?! :D I can't believe how fast time flies when you get old. I remember two years ago when my sister graduated two years felt like an eternity. In some ways it feels like just that. 2009 seems so long ago. I lived a different life then, always trying to change to please the people I was around...my "friends". Then when I finally realized, hey, if they don't like who I am, they can find someone else to talk to...well, that's just what happened. Two years later, I see these people every week, but it's like I never knew them. And I'm okay with that...now.
41 days is the would-be day of my departure to Europe. I hadn't realized it was so soon. I have mixed feelings about that. Since we all know how I feel about travel, and the face that one of my best friends is going without me, it'll be hard watching them all board the plane sans moi. However...it's obvious that I wasn't supposed to go this year. :\
Apparently dear, old St. Louis has been the talk of several towns lately. Last week, we had a really bad storm go through that greater St. Louis area. A bad tornado came through and destroyed several houses, and did a lot of damage to Lambert. I live about an hour away from downtown STL, and during the whole storm, the sun was shining at my house. It's very rare that this part of the region gets a tornado that bad, and the fact that nobody died or was seriously injured is a miracle.
I'm sitting at Bread Co. (Panera to the rest of the world) "doing homework". I'll be honest, I have a hard time taking classes that won't benefit me somehow in life. Trigonometry is a great example of this. Now, I am by no means a 'good student'. I don't push myself...at all. I never saw the need since school just comes easy to me. my current GPA is 3.9. The only class I didn't have an A in was Chemistry (my grade was an 89). I'm not a over-achiever by any stretch of the imagination. However, I'm a perfectionist. I'm also very OCD. That 3.9 drives me crazy. Anyway, back to Trig. This class isn't hard. I understand that concepts. But because I don't see the point in taking it, I don't push myself to do a good job. I don't care about trig. I found out last week that I'm failing the class.
whoa. hold the phone. I've never failed a class EVER. Typo maybe?
Nope. It's true. My current grade is a 55%. Now, thankfully a big part of the problem is my homework. My teacher grades on completion, and doesn't take off points for late assignments. So, like any red-blooded American student, I'm very lax about turning stuff in. Now, that everything is caught up, my grade shoold go up to a C. The main problem is the quizzes. we don't have tests, so the quizzes are worth more than half of our grade. And they're short, so if you miss one problem, it costs you about 20 points. Normally, I wouldn't care. I mean, I'm NEVER going to use trig, and it's just one class. However, it's going to really drop my GPA. So, I don't know what I can do in two weeks to fix it...
Other than that, there's really not a whole lot going on in my life at the moment. I'm getting ready to apply at Community College. I'll probably do that next week. I'm so excited about college and just being out of homeschooling, I'm ready to not be around the same people with whom I have nothing in common. (yay for grammar nerd not ending a sentence with a preposition ;P) I guess that's all for now. Today is the perfect day to spend in Barnes and Noble with some chai tea from Starbucks :)
peace&love xo
So, I'm graduating in 31 days. WHAT?! :D I can't believe how fast time flies when you get old. I remember two years ago when my sister graduated two years felt like an eternity. In some ways it feels like just that. 2009 seems so long ago. I lived a different life then, always trying to change to please the people I was around...my "friends". Then when I finally realized, hey, if they don't like who I am, they can find someone else to talk to...well, that's just what happened. Two years later, I see these people every week, but it's like I never knew them. And I'm okay with that...now.
41 days is the would-be day of my departure to Europe. I hadn't realized it was so soon. I have mixed feelings about that. Since we all know how I feel about travel, and the face that one of my best friends is going without me, it'll be hard watching them all board the plane sans moi. However...it's obvious that I wasn't supposed to go this year. :\
Apparently dear, old St. Louis has been the talk of several towns lately. Last week, we had a really bad storm go through that greater St. Louis area. A bad tornado came through and destroyed several houses, and did a lot of damage to Lambert. I live about an hour away from downtown STL, and during the whole storm, the sun was shining at my house. It's very rare that this part of the region gets a tornado that bad, and the fact that nobody died or was seriously injured is a miracle.
I'm sitting at Bread Co. (Panera to the rest of the world) "doing homework". I'll be honest, I have a hard time taking classes that won't benefit me somehow in life. Trigonometry is a great example of this. Now, I am by no means a 'good student'. I don't push myself...at all. I never saw the need since school just comes easy to me. my current GPA is 3.9. The only class I didn't have an A in was Chemistry (my grade was an 89). I'm not a over-achiever by any stretch of the imagination. However, I'm a perfectionist. I'm also very OCD. That 3.9 drives me crazy. Anyway, back to Trig. This class isn't hard. I understand that concepts. But because I don't see the point in taking it, I don't push myself to do a good job. I don't care about trig. I found out last week that I'm failing the class.
whoa. hold the phone. I've never failed a class EVER. Typo maybe?
Nope. It's true. My current grade is a 55%. Now, thankfully a big part of the problem is my homework. My teacher grades on completion, and doesn't take off points for late assignments. So, like any red-blooded American student, I'm very lax about turning stuff in. Now, that everything is caught up, my grade shoold go up to a C. The main problem is the quizzes. we don't have tests, so the quizzes are worth more than half of our grade. And they're short, so if you miss one problem, it costs you about 20 points. Normally, I wouldn't care. I mean, I'm NEVER going to use trig, and it's just one class. However, it's going to really drop my GPA. So, I don't know what I can do in two weeks to fix it...
Other than that, there's really not a whole lot going on in my life at the moment. I'm getting ready to apply at Community College. I'll probably do that next week. I'm so excited about college and just being out of homeschooling, I'm ready to not be around the same people with whom I have nothing in common. (yay for grammar nerd not ending a sentence with a preposition ;P) I guess that's all for now. Today is the perfect day to spend in Barnes and Noble with some chai tea from Starbucks :)
peace&love xo
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Exfoliation
Hey all! This is just going to be a quick post on skin care. Specifically--exfoliation. Before about a month ago, I never really thought too much about exfoliation. I figured washing my face twice a day, moisturizing, and using acne treatment was enough. My when my skin wasn't getting any better I started looking for other things I could without having to see a dermatologist. Now, my skin has never really been that bad. But, I'm a perfectionist, and when my skin isn't perfect, it bugs me. Add stress in top of that, and my skin got even worse. So, I thought I'd look into exfoliation to see if that helped at all.
Exfoliation is getting rid of the dead skin on your face. You can either do this by hand with scuba, or by an actual exfoliator. Well, I didn't feel like spending $100+ on something for my face, and I didn't feeling like doing it by hand either, so I found another option. Use a battery-powered toothbrush. I got a Spinbrush for $3 at Walmart, and it works great. It's gentle enough to use every night. It works really well at loosening up my skin, and bring the dirt deep in my skin to the surface. Sounds gross, I know, but it's true. It only takes about five minutes every night. My skin had cleared up within a few days, and it's soo soft! Of course I still use my regular face soap, and acne treatment, but the real improvement came from the exfoliating. I just wanted to put that out there, so no one thinks that they have to spend $100 on like a Neutrosonic or something, when a $3 Spinbrush works just as well.
MY SKIN CARE ROUTINE
-I wash my face twice with homemade tee tree oil soap that we buy for about $7/bar. Yes I use it twice. The first time to get all the dirt and makeup off, and the second time to really deep clean my face.
-then I use Cetaphil cleanser. I put some on my face and some on the brush. I work in one section at a time, really focusing on cleaning that area?
-when I finish with that a use Cetaphil moisturizer. Doing this as soon as I finish exfoliating ensures that my face is really getting moisturized, not just the top layer. After it has time to soak in, I use my acne treatment. Right now I'm using Oil Free Stress Control Cleansing Pads by Neutrogena. They work really fast on my skin, and a $6 container lasts me about two months.
Alright well I think thats all for now. I hope all my fellow Missourians are staying warm in the 'blizzard' ;) peace and love! xo
Exfoliation is getting rid of the dead skin on your face. You can either do this by hand with scuba, or by an actual exfoliator. Well, I didn't feel like spending $100+ on something for my face, and I didn't feeling like doing it by hand either, so I found another option. Use a battery-powered toothbrush. I got a Spinbrush for $3 at Walmart, and it works great. It's gentle enough to use every night. It works really well at loosening up my skin, and bring the dirt deep in my skin to the surface. Sounds gross, I know, but it's true. It only takes about five minutes every night. My skin had cleared up within a few days, and it's soo soft! Of course I still use my regular face soap, and acne treatment, but the real improvement came from the exfoliating. I just wanted to put that out there, so no one thinks that they have to spend $100 on like a Neutrosonic or something, when a $3 Spinbrush works just as well.
MY SKIN CARE ROUTINE
-I wash my face twice with homemade tee tree oil soap that we buy for about $7/bar. Yes I use it twice. The first time to get all the dirt and makeup off, and the second time to really deep clean my face.
-then I use Cetaphil cleanser. I put some on my face and some on the brush. I work in one section at a time, really focusing on cleaning that area?
-when I finish with that a use Cetaphil moisturizer. Doing this as soon as I finish exfoliating ensures that my face is really getting moisturized, not just the top layer. After it has time to soak in, I use my acne treatment. Right now I'm using Oil Free Stress Control Cleansing Pads by Neutrogena. They work really fast on my skin, and a $6 container lasts me about two months.
Alright well I think thats all for now. I hope all my fellow Missourians are staying warm in the 'blizzard' ;) peace and love! xo
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Finally!!
I finally have my baby!!! I got my iPad this morning! He's 32gb. His name is Braedyn, and he's perfect! I'm so excited! I've been messing around with it all day trying to figure everything out. As of now, there's really nothing that I don't like about it. I've heard a lot of complaining about the typing, but I haven't had any more trouble with it than a regular keyboard. I'm going to be buying the Zagg keyboard/case for it though, just so it'll be easier for writing papers and whatnot. One thing I wasn't too happy about was that it didn't even come with anything as a means of protecting the screen. Regular iPods come with that sleeve thing to protect the screen. So I don't know if I'll be taking out of the house before my case thing comes.
I've been crazy busy the past few weeks. Sorry I haven't been around. Blogging is kind of my stress-reliever. Maybe that's why I've been so cranky lately. my boss thought would be a good idea to give me over thirty hours this week. It's not really a bad thing. I definitely need the money. I just don't have time to work full-time. I'm a student. I can't do it all. I need a vacation. Since I'm not going to Europe now, I'll have to settle for somewhere a teensy bit closer. Is Ireland closer than France? My mom keeps promising that we'll go to Ireland with the tax return. I have a feeling that's not going to happen. Which is fine. At this point I'd settle for a good massage, ya know?
I'm just rambling now. Sorry. I'm really out of it. I keep thing about the double I'm working tomorrow, and I'm really not looking forward to it. I haven't worked a double in almost a year. Anyhoo, I'm not going to make you suffer through my randomness anymore. Have a good week, my loves! Peace and love! xo
I've been crazy busy the past few weeks. Sorry I haven't been around. Blogging is kind of my stress-reliever. Maybe that's why I've been so cranky lately. my boss thought would be a good idea to give me over thirty hours this week. It's not really a bad thing. I definitely need the money. I just don't have time to work full-time. I'm a student. I can't do it all. I need a vacation. Since I'm not going to Europe now, I'll have to settle for somewhere a teensy bit closer. Is Ireland closer than France? My mom keeps promising that we'll go to Ireland with the tax return. I have a feeling that's not going to happen. Which is fine. At this point I'd settle for a good massage, ya know?
I'm just rambling now. Sorry. I'm really out of it. I keep thing about the double I'm working tomorrow, and I'm really not looking forward to it. I haven't worked a double in almost a year. Anyhoo, I'm not going to make you suffer through my randomness anymore. Have a good week, my loves! Peace and love! xo
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