Day 13: If you could go back and tell your 15 year old self something, what would you say?
Here's a handful of things I'd say:
"Don't be such a dork."
"He is never gonna love you."
"Don't eat so much crap, it will make you fatter!"
"Smile more."
"Don't cut up, write on, or add stickers to pictures. You'll regret it someday. Also don't scribble out faces or write mean things in your yearbooks."
"Learn to do your hair and make up. Better yet, experiment the way other girls do even if it looks ridiculous."
"Don't be so insecure!"
"Find a way to go to prom, or at least homecoming."
"Don't be so standoffish. People will like you!"
"Don't be embarrassed by your love for NSYNC and Justin!"
"Appreciate your mom... and your brother."
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Blog Challenge Day Twelve
Day 12: Bullet your whole day
Okay here's a normal day, Mon-Sat. (Times are "ish")
8:30-9:00: Get out of bed, get dressed
9:00-10:30: Watch TV (DVR recordings or NetFlix)
10:30: Time for breakfast (oatmeal or cereal, eaten in front of TV, of course)
11:00: Gym time! Elliptical for 25 minutes, weights for about 45 and treadmill for 12.
12:30: Shower
1:00: Lunch (Lean Cuisine) and TV
1:30: Light housework (dishwasher, counters, laundry if necessary, etc)
2:00-4:00: Whatever I want. Usually scrapbooking/card making (while watching Netflix or listening to music)
If Clint is on nights:
4:00: Wake Clint up, start dinner.
5:00: Eat dinner
5:30: Clint leaves
5:30-7:00: I clean up, water yard
7:00-10:00: TV, internet, etc.
10:00: Bedtime, reading, internetting, etc till I fall asleep.
If Clint is on days:
4:00-6:00: More of whatever I want, eat a snack, etc.
6:00: Water yard if necessary
6:30: Get dinner prepped
6:45: Clint's home, start actually cooking
7:15: Dinner time. Watch Clint's shows till bedtime, unless I have two on at a time, then we watch mine. :)
9:00: Is usually bed time when he is home. He crashes out quick I read, internet, etc till I fall asleep
Yes I'm aware I watch too much TV. But at least I go to the gym.
I thought about bulletting paydays and Sundays but I'll spare you. :)
Okay here's a normal day, Mon-Sat. (Times are "ish")
8:30-9:00: Get out of bed, get dressed
9:00-10:30: Watch TV (DVR recordings or NetFlix)
10:30: Time for breakfast (oatmeal or cereal, eaten in front of TV, of course)
11:00: Gym time! Elliptical for 25 minutes, weights for about 45 and treadmill for 12.
12:30: Shower
1:00: Lunch (Lean Cuisine) and TV
1:30: Light housework (dishwasher, counters, laundry if necessary, etc)
2:00-4:00: Whatever I want. Usually scrapbooking/card making (while watching Netflix or listening to music)
If Clint is on nights:
4:00: Wake Clint up, start dinner.
5:00: Eat dinner
5:30: Clint leaves
5:30-7:00: I clean up, water yard
7:00-10:00: TV, internet, etc.
10:00: Bedtime, reading, internetting, etc till I fall asleep.
If Clint is on days:
4:00-6:00: More of whatever I want, eat a snack, etc.
6:00: Water yard if necessary
6:30: Get dinner prepped
6:45: Clint's home, start actually cooking
7:15: Dinner time. Watch Clint's shows till bedtime, unless I have two on at a time, then we watch mine. :)
9:00: Is usually bed time when he is home. He crashes out quick I read, internet, etc till I fall asleep
Yes I'm aware I watch too much TV. But at least I go to the gym.
I thought about bulletting paydays and Sundays but I'll spare you. :)
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Blog Challenge Day Eleven
Day 11: What is your favorite movie and why?
I don't have a lot of depth with these things. Pretty Woman is my favorite ever movie. It's been my favorite since I was about 10 years old. Why? Because "It's the best" I guess. :)
Other favorites include, but are not limited to:
*Beaches
*Grease
*Moulin Rouge
*The Object of My Affection
*Cruel Intentions
*Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
*Where the Heart Is
I don't have a lot of depth with these things. Pretty Woman is my favorite ever movie. It's been my favorite since I was about 10 years old. Why? Because "It's the best" I guess. :)
Other favorites include, but are not limited to:
*Beaches
*Grease
*Moulin Rouge
*The Object of My Affection
*Cruel Intentions
*Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
*Where the Heart Is
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Blog Challenge Day Ten
Day 10: Give a picture of 5 of your favorite famous people and explain why you like them.
1. Justin Timberlake
Because he is so hot and awesome and I've been in love with him since I was 14 and that kinda thing doesn't just go away!
2. Ellen DeGeneres
Because she is so funny and just a great person. She does so much good for people, and if all rich/famous people were so generous, I think the world would be a better place!
*The first two were easy, this is where it gets harder and probably a little less sincere*
3. Ryan Murphy
Because he created Glee AND Nip/Tuck!
4. Guiliana & Bill Rancic
Because they have been so open with their struggle to have a baby.
5. Taylor Swift
Because I'm still a teeny bopper at heart and I think she's awesomesauce. She writes her own music about her real life, and I think she's a good role model (except for that whole John Mayer thing.. what was she thinking?)
1. Justin Timberlake
Because he is so hot and awesome and I've been in love with him since I was 14 and that kinda thing doesn't just go away!
2. Ellen DeGeneres
Because she is so funny and just a great person. She does so much good for people, and if all rich/famous people were so generous, I think the world would be a better place!
*The first two were easy, this is where it gets harder and probably a little less sincere*
3. Ryan Murphy
Because he created Glee AND Nip/Tuck!
4. Guiliana & Bill Rancic
Because they have been so open with their struggle to have a baby.
5. Taylor Swift
Because I'm still a teeny bopper at heart and I think she's awesomesauce. She writes her own music about her real life, and I think she's a good role model (except for that whole John Mayer thing.. what was she thinking?)
Friday, October 14, 2011
Blog Challenge Day Nine
Day 09: Describe someone who fascinates you.
Hmmm... this is hard. I don't think I'm easily fascinated.
I'm gonna say... The Sister Wives family.
It's not a lifestyle that I could ever see myself in. But it's so interesting to watch them. How the sisterwives interact and seem to really love each other. How allllllll the kids really seem to get along and enjoy being part of a big family. I don't get what's so great about Kody, the dad, that all these women want to be married to him, though. He seems like a big kid and would, get on my nerves! I think it's kinda nice to see a polygamist family that's not like Warren Jeffs and his creepy stuff. The Brown family.. the wives.. have all chosen to live this lifestyle, and they take the good and the bad and make it work. And that's what all families are about, right? The children get to choose, when they're older, whether or not they want to live the polygamist lifestyle. Their parents aren't trying to force them to follow in their footsteps. It's just all very interesting to me.
Hmmm... this is hard. I don't think I'm easily fascinated.
I'm gonna say... The Sister Wives family.
It's not a lifestyle that I could ever see myself in. But it's so interesting to watch them. How the sisterwives interact and seem to really love each other. How allllllll the kids really seem to get along and enjoy being part of a big family. I don't get what's so great about Kody, the dad, that all these women want to be married to him, though. He seems like a big kid and would, get on my nerves! I think it's kinda nice to see a polygamist family that's not like Warren Jeffs and his creepy stuff. The Brown family.. the wives.. have all chosen to live this lifestyle, and they take the good and the bad and make it work. And that's what all families are about, right? The children get to choose, when they're older, whether or not they want to live the polygamist lifestyle. Their parents aren't trying to force them to follow in their footsteps. It's just all very interesting to me.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Blog Challenge Day Eight
Day 08: What is one of your favorite TV shows? Explain.
Seriously just one?! Wow. Okay, this is gonna be tough for me!
Well I have to go with my all time favorite that will surely be my favorite forever: FRIENDS!
Friends is an awesome show. The cast was amazing, it was well written and it was just so funny. It's the only show that no matter how many times I've seen an episode (and I've seen each episode dozens of times), it's STILL funny. Even when I know the line that's coming next, I laugh. And it's serious too! When Monica and Chandler couldn't get pregnant and decided to adopt and he describes Monica as "a mother without a baby," that part makes me cry every time. Each character is unique and adds something to the show. Ross being the dinosaur obsessed nerd. Phoebe the ditzy hippy. Rachel being spoiled and fashion obsessed. Monica the formerly fat neat freak. Chandler with the job that no one knows what he does. Joey the usually out of work actor who is good with the ladies. And then the recurring guest characters like Richard and Janice. Without each one of those characters, cast by the right actor, the show wouldn't have been what it became and it wouldn't have lasted near as long. It's just the best show ever, and I can't imagine I'll ever get tired of it!
Seriously just one?! Wow. Okay, this is gonna be tough for me!
Well I have to go with my all time favorite that will surely be my favorite forever: FRIENDS!
Friends is an awesome show. The cast was amazing, it was well written and it was just so funny. It's the only show that no matter how many times I've seen an episode (and I've seen each episode dozens of times), it's STILL funny. Even when I know the line that's coming next, I laugh. And it's serious too! When Monica and Chandler couldn't get pregnant and decided to adopt and he describes Monica as "a mother without a baby," that part makes me cry every time. Each character is unique and adds something to the show. Ross being the dinosaur obsessed nerd. Phoebe the ditzy hippy. Rachel being spoiled and fashion obsessed. Monica the formerly fat neat freak. Chandler with the job that no one knows what he does. Joey the usually out of work actor who is good with the ladies. And then the recurring guest characters like Richard and Janice. Without each one of those characters, cast by the right actor, the show wouldn't have been what it became and it wouldn't have lasted near as long. It's just the best show ever, and I can't imagine I'll ever get tired of it!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Blog Challenge Day Seven
Day 07: Describe your relationship with your parents/siblings.
First a little background:
My parents divorced when I was a baby and my mom moved us from Arkansas to Arizona. I have an older brother, Chris. My mom met my step dad when I was about 5 and they were long distance for many years, and finally married in 2005. My dad remarried also but it didn't last and he is married again. Neither of those women are like a mother to me.
I will start with my mom. We have always had a close relationship. I may have kept things from her growing up, but now I know that I can tell her anything. She will never judge or make me feel bad about things, she'll only give me the best advice she can. And she's usually right. She lives in Oregon and we don't get to see each other nearly often enough. Twice a year at the most. But we manage to maintain a solid relationship, and are awlays there for each other.
Chris is 3 years older than me. Growing up, we fought like crazy. But that's pretty normal for a brother-sister relationship, I think. I believe that moving as much as we did kept the three of us close as a family. Starting when I was 8, Chris became my after school babysitter. He was really my main male role model, which is kinda weird. But he is the only male I was aruond often. Growing up, we always covered for each other. I remember when I was about 11, he and I were fighting and I threw down the electric mixer in anger and I broke it. He came up with a lie to tell mom about how it broke. We really never tattled on each other. I don't think that's normal for a brother-sister relationship, but I'm glad it's how we were. Now that we're grown, we remain pretty close. It's tough because he lives in Arkansas and I haven't seen him since my wedding (June '09). He has a almost 6 year old daughter whom I haven't seen since she was 17 months old. I hate the distance. And we don't talk enough. But somehow we're still close.
Something I love about my family is that we communicate well. My mom can always be counted on to smooth things over. If I'm having some kind of issue with Chris, I just have to talk to her about it and she can help me see his point of view. And if it's necessary, she can talk to him and everything will be okay. We are a very emotional group, the three of us. I don't know if "emotional" is the right word, but we're not afraid to say/show how we're feeling. I think that's a good thing.
Then there's my dad. Well, we lived far from each other. Chris and I went to Arkansas for about two months every summer. I'm not gonna lie, I never really felt like I fit in in Arkansas, with my cousins and everyone there and all the outdoorsy stuff. It just wasn't me. I think it took a few years for me to warm up to my dad (I started going to Arkansas when I was about 5). I always spent a lot of time with his wife-at-the-time, Twyla. Now that I'm all grown up, I realize that we don't have a very close relationship. He doesn't know me like my mom does. But we have talked more often over the past couple years, and I feel like he is making more of an effort to keep in touch, which is nice. In the future I hope to be able to have more "real" talks with him, but for now we're good. :)
I feel like I should mention my step dad Keith, because he was a father figure to me. But like I said, they were long distance so he wasn't around every day. But we saw him once every other month or so, I'd say. He is a quiet man, doesn't show much emotion. But I know without a doubt that he would help us out whenever we needed it. He's a good man!
***This was my 100th blog post!***
First a little background:
My parents divorced when I was a baby and my mom moved us from Arkansas to Arizona. I have an older brother, Chris. My mom met my step dad when I was about 5 and they were long distance for many years, and finally married in 2005. My dad remarried also but it didn't last and he is married again. Neither of those women are like a mother to me.
I will start with my mom. We have always had a close relationship. I may have kept things from her growing up, but now I know that I can tell her anything. She will never judge or make me feel bad about things, she'll only give me the best advice she can. And she's usually right. She lives in Oregon and we don't get to see each other nearly often enough. Twice a year at the most. But we manage to maintain a solid relationship, and are awlays there for each other.
Chris is 3 years older than me. Growing up, we fought like crazy. But that's pretty normal for a brother-sister relationship, I think. I believe that moving as much as we did kept the three of us close as a family. Starting when I was 8, Chris became my after school babysitter. He was really my main male role model, which is kinda weird. But he is the only male I was aruond often. Growing up, we always covered for each other. I remember when I was about 11, he and I were fighting and I threw down the electric mixer in anger and I broke it. He came up with a lie to tell mom about how it broke. We really never tattled on each other. I don't think that's normal for a brother-sister relationship, but I'm glad it's how we were. Now that we're grown, we remain pretty close. It's tough because he lives in Arkansas and I haven't seen him since my wedding (June '09). He has a almost 6 year old daughter whom I haven't seen since she was 17 months old. I hate the distance. And we don't talk enough. But somehow we're still close.
Something I love about my family is that we communicate well. My mom can always be counted on to smooth things over. If I'm having some kind of issue with Chris, I just have to talk to her about it and she can help me see his point of view. And if it's necessary, she can talk to him and everything will be okay. We are a very emotional group, the three of us. I don't know if "emotional" is the right word, but we're not afraid to say/show how we're feeling. I think that's a good thing.
Then there's my dad. Well, we lived far from each other. Chris and I went to Arkansas for about two months every summer. I'm not gonna lie, I never really felt like I fit in in Arkansas, with my cousins and everyone there and all the outdoorsy stuff. It just wasn't me. I think it took a few years for me to warm up to my dad (I started going to Arkansas when I was about 5). I always spent a lot of time with his wife-at-the-time, Twyla. Now that I'm all grown up, I realize that we don't have a very close relationship. He doesn't know me like my mom does. But we have talked more often over the past couple years, and I feel like he is making more of an effort to keep in touch, which is nice. In the future I hope to be able to have more "real" talks with him, but for now we're good. :)
I feel like I should mention my step dad Keith, because he was a father figure to me. But like I said, they were long distance so he wasn't around every day. But we saw him once every other month or so, I'd say. He is a quiet man, doesn't show much emotion. But I know without a doubt that he would help us out whenever we needed it. He's a good man!
***This was my 100th blog post!***
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