Fridays Fiasco.

Today has been interesting.
Probably a LOT more than you would guess.

Let me start with this, now I may or may not have told y'all, but I am on birth control. I used to have really bad cramps, starting taking birth control it worsened my asthma so I quit. Well my cramps have been getting bad again.
Not to mention I realized around noon that I am supposed to start my period today. But with the birth control I won't start it for another two weeks.

Hormone OVERLOAD.

Now back to my day:
I was conscious(ever so slightly) before 730. This is quite the accomplishment seeing as the night before last I didn't GET into bed until 230am. No idea when I actually fell asleep. Then I took my sleeping pill once I got home and walked over to a neighbors to say happy birthday. Such a great older gentleman.
Well I think I finally fell asleep around...1030-11ish.

My Gammy text and then called me this morning. We talked about how my parents used to be, how long they were together and after they split. It was very interesting.

I made a quick breakfast(reheated some oatmeal) and went to my patio. Well my new phone fell out of my pocket, the screen cracked and I just lost it. It was the straw that broke the camels back. I couldn't quit crying.

But on a happy note I bought roses! And will do a better post when I get home!!!

Colors.

Wednesday Short Story

Well technically it's Thursday but I won't tell if you don't.. ;)

•I am enjoying my promotion. Even with the stress
•I am so thankful to have firefighter friends I can take my extra food I will never eat too.
•loving my iPhone4.
•I'm immensely enjoying the start of the summer nights. I'm sitting on my balcony finishing up the rough-rough draft of my english paper. It feels fantastic(I'm wearing running shirts and a sweatshirt :] ).
•I'm buying furniture tomorrow(or Friday, probably tomorrow)!!!
•I've decided I am probably going to paint a three rooms of my apartment.
•I've decided that even though i have some amazing friends in Washington county, I need a few more in Benton county..
•lookie what I bought!!!

Mellows..The Rest of them...

aww the pictures. I really do think this the most pictures I've ever posted. but oh my gosh. DO THEY LOOK AMAZING!!! 

And yes that is a random photo of my breakfast the morning that I finished my BEER mellows. It is a long drown out process but it's worth it. My reviews of the 'mallows were amazing. I have definitely found my love of cooking and photography and decorating. Not gonna lie. I've been in an amazing mood lately. 

Oh and guess what!

I bought shower hooks!! I went from this...

to THIS!!!

I have TONS more to talk about(as always) but this is crazy long, so I'll leave you with your mouth watering. 

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Saturday Spot Light

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For our very first Saturday Spot Light, I would very happily like to present you with Linda Hicks owner of CatsPawPottery. She has a ton of beautiful pieces of pottery! Pieces for friends, special occasions, and your own home.

1. Where is your shop located?

 My shop-studio is located in my home. I don't have a retail shop. 

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2.How did you get started with esty/pottery?

 I have created pottery since 1992 . It was first a leather brown looking pottery only. It was western in style. That became boring and I started doing white clay with lots of color. 

3.What is your favorite item to make?

I guess that would be my lotus bowls.

 4.Now a bit personal! Tell us something about yourself. 

I am an artist and potter. I received my Art Education degree from the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley Colorado. I began creating these products in 1992. I have participated in Silver Dollar City's Fall Craft Show in Branson, Missouri and Joyce Meyer Ministries, in a Dream Center Christmas for inner city children. My greatest joy is creating these pieces of pottery.(and playing with my granddaughter whom I babysit a few days a week) Also, along with the creating of pottery, for 15 years,since 1992, I have been a professional social worker in the area of child welfare in the state of Kansas. I did adoptions, child abuse investigations, Family Preservation. I have since retired to a more quiet, less stressful state of life. Art and pottery are alot more fun.

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Another awesome tid bit about Miss Linda is that she give you color options, and is willing to try any suggestions on the pieces you want. I highly suggest you go check out her store!

Make sure to leave her some love!!


Have a FANTASTIC Saturday!!!

Mallows??

This gal made some marshmallows tonight.
Crown-Mellows. :)

The batter tasted amazing. But I forgot something... The light corn syrup. Although I have no good excuse I will say I was slightly flustered by a friend of a friend.

But hopefully they will still be amazing. I know that the Beer (you did read that correctly...BEER)-Mellows will be amazing. I offer a bit of advice, Heineken, is very carbonated. This beer I would suggest leaving out on the counter over night.

I'll be posting the recipe after I get my reviews on it. ;)

Oh another bit of advice:
             A fifth of Crown is exactly one cup. (according to my measure-rs though..)

Here are some pre-pictures for you!!

Lookie! My NEW: Bowl, Candy Thermometer, TWO 9x13 pans, and blender!! eek!!

Sugar and Crown

Bubbly...

yumm..

I am so very excited. Not to mention next they will be covered in chocolate and pretzels!! *swoon*


Well....
I think I owe you a bit of a recap of this week!

I will be switching from T-Mobile to Sprint and getting the iPhone 4. No 's', just 4. :)
My mommy and step-daddy will probably join my plan.
I've decided I would like a short term room mate. (I have got to get back on my feet, and being financially screwed over isn't a big help..)
I went in to work to day for a few hours to get some extra training in. I had a good time, and was able to get some work done on work for work and school work.


I forgot to take my sleeping pill again...and tan... Not happy about either of those things. I think I'm just going to have to buy tanning somewhere...

I lost three pounds!! Although after these marshmallows I'll probably gain it back. But I will be going grocery shopping...sometime soon(getting low on the grub), and I'll be getting much healthier choices. I love healthy.


I'm a healthy-eco gal.


I'm also a bee fanatic. HoneyBees are amazing. Don't forget that.(I'll give more details later)



Ugh, I HAVE to make myself get some sleep. Night!!

( By the way, I wrote this whole post sitting on my counter.. It's actually very relaxing. )

Fantastic Monday

This had definitely been one of the best Mondays I have had in a long time. :)

With a huge thanks to...I have no nickname for him yet, but it'll be good when I do. Anyways, he's one of my closest friends. We had a Skype Date. It was a lot of fun. He managed to keep a smile on my face all day long, and I'm pretty sure he didn't try.

The weather was amazing today! Maybe one or two little fluffy clouds! Nothing like yesterday with our on and off down pours.

And because I need to fine tune my outline for my English paper this is about as long as this post is going to be.

I hope you had a great MONDAY and a great night!!

Saturday Spotlight

I know I've mentioned it before but starting next Saturday you can expect to see some Spotlights!! It may be local shops, it may be other bloggers or even some great etsy shops. Either way, they are going to be a ton of fun!!

Have a great Weekend!!

Pardon my Emotions

I'm sure you greatly noticed how pathetic my last post was; but hey it happens.

As one of my best friends would say: I used my girl card.

(I'm still not entirely sure what that means..)

Anyways, as I'm sure you guess, I had to give my puppy doggy up. It is a hard but true fact. With my schedule being what it is, its not fair to her. She needs to be able to be a puppy dog and run and play and get all the love she can. So I gave her to a good friend of mine from high school. He has a ton of acres she can run and have fun on!
(I'll be honest, I did cry...a little...more than a little..)

Oh that "date" I was pretty excited about, pretty sure I was [in a sense] stood up. Yeah I give up on this guy. :/ I actually give up on all guys at this moment. My life will consist of focusing on school and work. And probably decorating my apartment.

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It's much more fun when they don't match.

The weight-loss challenge has been really fun. It's interesting to see how everyone is doing this and taking it so seriously. I'm proud of my co-workers, it's good to see that they do care about their health, and that we can work as a team. It's almost boosted morale, or maybe that's just spring... ;)

My sleeping pill helped a lot. I only woke up once, but was a little groggy this morning. Again though I have forgotten to take it. That will be happening soon. I'm hoping I can get on a sleep schedule, it would be a huge help. 

(I'm also going to invest in a LOT of lavender items! Shhh, don't tell ;]  )

Dolls,

I'm going to take my sleeping aid, and try to get some sleep. There's some chopping and snack packing I've got to do in the morning!!

Sweet Dreams!!

My Girl..

The hardest thing for me to do is let go of you..
But I know that you need more than I can give you right now.
You'll always be my baby and I will always love you.

Interesting Day

Well I can tell you my day did not end how I thought it would at the beginning!!

Here, let me give you a pretty fun play by play:
Um, I woke up a little late. Sleeping on a futon for more than...a night isn't very fun. Thank God it will be over soon.
I missed my first class, algebra, and worked on my part of my english paper. Then my computer crashed and did not save my paper. That was pretty fun. Not to mention the four cups of coffee I had didn't really help. (Yes, four cups of coffee, that was my breakfast.) I was a few minutes late to second class, English.
I have a very awesome insurance agent. He's very helpful and knowledgeable.
I was a few minutes early to third class and was able to go through all of my google reader. Love that thing. And even listened to a few songs on my "Reckless Kelly" Pandora station. Also love that. (I actually just shut my Animal Plant off on the tv to listen to some more music.)

Oh in Communication class we had a debate about whether or not the KKK should be able to adopt a stretch of highway. I was on the nay-sayers side, and won.  I was happy. It was also a LOT of fun!

I've also realized I am definitely a person who talks with their hands.

Then I had a doctors appointment! My new doc suggested I take some natural over the counter sleeping meds so that I don't get addicted and I am able to start sleeping. She also told me that if it doesn't help to give her a call and we'll figure something out... And I keep forgetting to take it... So that will NOT help me! oh goodness..

Oh! I also have plans for tomorrow night, I'm pretty excited. It's only taken forever for these plans to actually happen.

And to top it all off, my (possible) biological father contacted me again today. That tends to always make my day. But it was definitely different talking to him on the phone. He sounds so young! We're going to start some research on what we need to do for the DNA test. I'm really excited. :)

I'm really excited about whats to come.


I am also addicted to Instagram, the app for iphone!? it's great.


And before I forget! Tuesday I went to the 19th Washington Regional Gala. It was a LOT of fun! I did not realize I knew so many Foreigner songs! haha

Just Wanted to Say HI!

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Well I just wanted to say "hey"! And make sure you knew I hadn't forgotten about ya! I've got a few fun things to talk about! But I also have a paper that I have to write. :/ I'm a slacker. so with that being said I wanted to make sure you had some fun pictures to look til I had another chance to give you the awesome post you've been craving. ;) 

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Easter Recap

This is probably one of the best Easters I can remember. 

That's me and my mommy. We didn't have a single fight!! Aren't you proud? I sure am. :)  

It was fun. I even played my Spotify Playlist "Whatever I Want" and she really only said anything about it when the f-bomb was dropped. Other than that there were no complaints. I was proud of her. It probably helped that Prince was on the play list...

Well I went to church with mom and JimBo and one of his co-workers. Who is currently watching my puppy doggy...I miss her terribly!!! 

she got all camera shy..

I've still got to find a place for her. My schedule just isn't fair for her right now. I work too many hours and she needs love and I'm tearing up thinking about this again. I don't like it. And she doesn't deserve to be in a cage. FML. Sums it up right?? 

Yeah you know those people who their pet is like their child?? Yeah I'm one of those. I just don't buy her birthday presents, christmas or valentines presents. 

Lets see at moms we had a LOT of laughs. It was fun. Jimmy and his co-worker went fishing. I tried to nap, (very unsuccessfully thanks to my uncle, and his girlfriend, and the tv). 

Oh Monday at work, we started a weight-loss competition! So yes I slightly binged this weekend. I weighed in at 134, my goal is to tone down and not build too much muscle mass. This is gonna be tons of fun. 

(PS: you may see a few changes to my 101 >>>)

Happy Easter!!

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I hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter!! It's been pretty fun for me! This is the first time I have ever gotten tipsy with my mum. It was fun. Well I'm still a little giggly so it's still going on.

From a few of us at work. 

mine!!

Happy easter everyone!!! Have a wonderful weekend!

(Evil) Wednesday Short Story

• I haven't been able to stop crying for the past two hours. (great way to start off a post right??)
• I wish there were time machines.
• I don't want to be a big girl, hence the time machine comment.
• I hate feeling vulnerable. 
• I hate stress. 
• I hate a lot of things tonight. 
• I can not wait for the divorce to be final. And to have as much of Josh out of my life as possible. 
• My day was a great mix between awesome and beyond shitty. 
• I can't sleep anymore. 
• I have barely packed and am going to do what I usually do. Through everything together. 

To be honest the one thing I hate the most is that I have been crying for two hours, and even though I have some of the best friends out there, I don't have someone to call and just let my walls down with. Some one to call and beg to come hold me and tell me that everything is going to be okay. Someone to tell me that yes, I am a bit to hasty and jump to fast, but that's one of my great qualities and that I'm a fighter. Everything will be okay. 

I think that's the most my walls have ever really gone down on here. Or really anywhere. 

Lightning.

Today has been a great day!!

There were a few sprinkles this morning and as i'm working on my outline for my Fundamentals speech I notice the beautiful lightning out my window.

Today is just an over all inspiring day. See as I went to look for some cute lightning pictures, I came across this.

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How amazing are these?

And now the thunder is booming. I love thunder storms.
Completely helps that the first song my Spotify playlist goes to is Josh Abbott . I think it's a very fitting title. Not to mention lovey-dovey songs don't bother me anymore. I'm thankful to finally be over all that mess.

Oh yes! Inspiration!!
That ring up there?? Yeah IF I ever am engaged again I want to be proposed to while it's raining. I want to go outside and be proposed to in the rain. How cute is that?

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I really love the rain. I mean I am in love with listening to it. Haha, I might even do a little writing. 

Okay anyways. With it being April, I'm so excited for the rain! As of Thursday I'll have a patio to sit on. On it's so exciting. There's a few pieces of furniture from work I would love to have, but I've been advised to pay with cash. Which is a very good piece of advice, it just means I'll have to wait a little longer.  Camping chairs will do just fine anyways. :]  

Oh about my post from earlier today, yeah I want some land. The goal is to have it by the time I am 25. So that means buckling down and sticking to a budget I'm working on. Eek! Now I'm daydreaming haha!

Well I completely fell asleep writing this.

Sweet Dreams dears!

Inspiration

Okay this is going to be a pretty quick post, I've got to finish my outline for my speech(if you're lucky I'll post it, the topic is very interesting).

I have been inspired.

I know what I want:

To live off a dirt road, with a lot of land. There has to be a creek, at the least. I was going through my blog reader, catching up on a lot of post I haven't had the time to read and came across this. And it made me start thinking of Oregon, and my grandparents and all the land that they have. Not to mention the family cabin. Or my dad. He has a beautiful house and there is a lot of land around it. I miss it.

But that is my goal. I will have a beautiful house(even if I have to build it myself :] )and I will have a few acres. At least 20. It's going to be grand. Just you wait!!

...and back to my outline...