FUN FACTS ABOUT ME

First concert I ever went to was Marty Stewart.

I love dippin dots (and wonder how they are still ice cream of the future?)

I sliced my eye open on a table in the 1st grade and its the worst injury I have had.

I used to be a hippie, kind of. I bathed and didn't wear patchouli oil but I did make a lot of tie dye, my own jewelry and rarely cut my hair

I have a weird obsession with brushing my teeth

Varsity Blues or Home Alone is probably my most viewed movie

If people could see me roadtripping by myself I would probably be embarassed but they'd probably want to ride along

Last concert I went to was Rodney Atkins because I got in free

I have a scar on my leg from a freak party accident

I love all vegtables except onions

My 23rd birthday is in 33 days, I share a bday with my cousin, 2 of my friends mothers, a friends grandmother and Steve Martin. Papa, don't preach was the #1 song on my birthday.

One more Garth Brooks tour is my dream!

Led Zepplin is my favorite band, I have some of their lyrics tattooed on my foot.

I think brothers and sisters are the coolest things in the world! (permanent friends you don't have to work or try for who always stick up for you :)

Tom Petty was the best concert I have ever been too and the best birthday present I have ever received! And I overpaid for an organic concert tee because I was caught up in the moment and had a little buzz.

Iced tea is my coffee

Text forward

You know, you never talk to me, and then you just attack me out of the blue. Your just a filthy philistine.

This is a response I got from a good friend I haven't talked to in a while. His humor cracks me up.

THIS SAYS IT ALL

        “ If you’re at that place where you’re working hard but don’t feel like you know what you’re doing anymore, then you’re on to something."

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong
               

Dwell On Good Things!

These are a few things I have heard today that I am going to dwell on instead of the negative things that happen throughout the day!

Watch what you say, a little goes a long way! You Never know if you are going to ruin or make someone's day!

"You are one of the most intelligent, independent, and driven women that I know. Be happy and live for yourself." (in an email I received from Kat this morning)-friends are amazing!

"There is nothing prettier than a blonde in blue." - One of my insured's said this to me as I was helping him this morning :) proves a comment from a stranger can mean a lot.

BE HAPPY :) DWELL ON THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE, EVEN THE LITTLE ONES!

Greatest Things On Earth

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1. moms
2.giant pop ice
3.Brown Bag
4.sunglasses
5.yankees
6.110 slushies at timesaver
7.chelsea lately
8.BBQ's
9.Boland
10. Hair dresser friends
11.new people
12.boys
13.the little donkeys at cody park
14.MUSIC
15.BFF's
16.Sisters
17.Balloon animals
18.antiques
19.BEER
20.mexican food
21.Bloody Mary's
22.Random Sunday drinking
23.Keno
24.Netflix
25.Garth Brooks

Enjoy

Get so fixated on what you want, that you drown out any vibration or reverberation that has anything to do with what you do not want.

--- Abraham
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Also i love it when strangers smile at me

Brooks Believable!

If your paycheck depends on the weather and the clock
If your conversation calls for
A little more than a coffee pot
If you need to pour your heart out
And try to rectify some situation
That you're facing
Contact your American honky-tonk bar association
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Get by with a little help from my friends

Traveling cowboys...all they're good for is bad checks and vd

MEMORIAL WEEKEND!

Four day weekend here I come!

Just another day in paradise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let the beligerent drinking for absolutely no reason begin for several days in a row.

FRIDAY

Clam Chowder and Fridays don't go together! Clam Chowder sucks and Friday's rule!

You Can Feel Bad If It Makes You Feel Better

Instinct is everything. Overanalyzing is a sickness. Worry is wasteful. Even the happiest of people get a little bit down sometimes. But their secret? get over it , go on. I found myself ANGRY last week for the first time in months. It was an old familiar feeling that I did NOT like. It was strange how I remembered feeling like this in the past but never noticed it so strong. It had become a regular part of my life to be angry and violent. It was so normal I barely noticed it. This was honestly an eye opening experience for me, it was almost scary because the emotions were so strong. Once we can go without something for a period of time it becomes unfamiliar to us. This is a great thing to become unfamiliar with so I took my anger as a positive thing in a sense, it happened to let me realize how good I felt without it. As I said earlier the key was to get over it and go on. I realized that just wasn't me anymore and I needed to clear my mind and find out how to better the situation and clear it up before making it worse than it needed to be.

I also found myself feeling a little depressed which was also an old yet familiar feeling. But the difference this time was that I could feel me letting myself get that way. I knew I had to do something. It is such a slump once you get into it, and its a definite struggle getting back out. I tried several different things, changing my attitude, showing gratitude, out of sight out of mind, and focusing on the good things in my life. However, the past couple days it just kept finding a way to sneak back into my psychie. Finally I decided I was going to TAKE CONTROL. The answer for me was solitude. After a long walk, taking in the weather and thinking to myself, I starting feeling more and more motivated. I took this motivation to the studio where I did the workout I should be doing more often. Exercise was the answer to my problems, but for some reason I just didn't feel like going home or being with anyone else. Having this feeling but also no direction as to where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do I decided to take a drive out to the lake with no one but my ipod. This was such an amazing thing for me, I drove with no place to be and no one to meet. This was a new highly appreciated feeling that I will be incorporating into my life more often!

I am out of my slump and actually feel back to my old self. As I drove I thought of all of the GREAT people, friends and things I have in my life. WOW! I really do have it all. Thanks to all of you that help me be who I am everyday!

Listen Up!

Rule# 9
Listen to myself more!

I have always had a knack for listening to others, trying to look into their words as an outsider. I too always need another's opinion wether it be just a little reassuring remark that yes my outfit (that I would be wearing out regardless of what was said anyway) did look alright and no "you don't look fat in it". I think everyone will agree with me that it is human nature, we need someone behind us supporting our decisions to feel better about our choices. Sometimes I need to reevaluate my way of thinking and get an outside opinion, I ask "am I being ridiculous? Would you react this way? I am just taking it too seriously?" often enough I am just taking it too seriously and reading too deep into things. what can I say I am an overthinker! better than being and under I guess.

So my new rule comes into play in the sense of when I have a gut feeling, follow it. So far it's been 100%! Not in the sense of needing other opinions and help for things because sometimes we don't get a clear cut feeling. I am going to start listening to my initial feelings instead of trying to push things because they should be a good thing even if I don't understand why they aren't. If you don't feel it, you don't feel it!

Little bit of Inspiration

'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.'

I know I can....

Rule #8 ... Be a simple kind of.......woman?

Make things easier for myself! I will quit overanalyzing every detail of life. No body is too good... No task is too tall! If it's not going the way you want, then its not meant to be what you thought it could! Simple, move on! You and I will both be ok in the end, and in the after thought everything you overcooked while the fire was on in the kitchen will have been just another meal on life's plate. There is no time to be wasted at the dinner table. Live life simply...EAT IT UP!

Meow...

Rule #7... Let it be! No matter what happens, cope with it and let it roll off my feathers! get a good chuckle out of all my misfortunes!

This came to me after an interesting experience where I practically killed Brit's dryer last night, instead of flipping out we both laughed and today it coughed some more soap out of the lint trap and we are back to normal functioning!

This just in...

Rule # 6.......Don't call me Ma'am

I have severe anxiety about birthdays and getting older and I am only 22 so please...just DON'T!

Kitty Rules...tomar uno

I have decided to start making my own personal rules to live by...

as of 9:56 pm last night my first rule went into effect...

1)If you ignore me once, I ignore you FOREVER and follow up with stealing your entire compact disc collection...

things have just started escalating from that one simple thought and text message...

2)when wondering something just ask, with the exception of those times you are sitting at the table going is she pregnant? could she be pregnant? wonder if that's water in her glass? at this point in time ixnay this rule...its out the window

3) Don't contact me, I'll contact you (unless you are an attractive guy of course, because I will over analyze the shit out of when, where, why and the if's and uncomfortable after feelings of contacting you...)

4) use your wit to your advantage at any point, throw it out there in any given situation - never know when it might work for ya (ex. oh is it hot girls get in free night? worked again!2 out 3 isn't bad...saved me $10 so far) not that the guy actually thought I was attractive but it was witty and it worked! LOL

RULE #5........this maybe one of most importance so listen up, MC DONALDS AFTER 1 AM IS NO LONGER AN OPTION! not sure where or why in this world I thought my extremely friendly case of acid reflux would want to hang out with that ten piece nugget I slammed at 2Am today but I guess I just thought I'd give them one more shot at being besty's...turns out they still don't get along they let me know that about 6AM this morning while still partyin IN my throat, I finally had to kick them out about 7:30

a continuacion se.....

Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now--until it gets better right now!

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON

I find this as a fine title to live by! Don't let everything get to you. Even though I find it hard for myself to follow this and just let things happen b/c sometimes it doesn't seem like there could be a good enough reason for why things happen? I feel like for only being 22 I have experienced a lot in my life and faced many challenges that help me to grow each and everytime. Try to look back at past incidents and match them up to your place in the present to see if anything has been explained that you didn't understand the reason for at the time. I have found that I can see patterns in my life and become aware of things I need to work on and change; my weaknesses, my strengths, things I think are weaknesses that later turn up to be strengths to someone else. I can see so, so, so many things that I was frustrated with in my life and could not figure out why they were happening to me that I am now thankful for. They have got me to the place I am today and had they not been there I would not have the same life, I would not be the same person, I would not have grown from those experiences.

In saying that:

For everthing there is a time, a place and a reason!

CELEBRATE YOU

"from time to time, to remind ourselves to relax, to be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, and enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on earth."~ thich nhat hanh

positive thought

"and the day came when the risk

to remain tight in a bud was more

painful than the risk it took to blossom."~ anais nin

Important Tax Information Enclosed

I know that I am past due for a blog post but I have been stuck on a title! I text Traci yesterday, "would it be inappropriate if I wrote a blog titled 'My Vagina Hates Me'" Then I read it aloud and realized yeah it probably was. But I am going to make it my conversation piece anyway. Well, not my vagina but trying to name this stupid blog post. The contemplated title speaks for itself. As you all know my new years resolution was to "be a better person". in hopes of this I realized the number one thing to do and the first step was to BE HAPPY WITH MYSELF first. I have been doing so great and wouldn't you know the end of the beginning of the year has snuck right up on me and I am back to my oldself, letting the little things get me down, worrying, can't get the negative thoughts out of my head, tired, lazy. But however I decided that it is a good thing that I am aware of when I am doing it so I can try to fix it.

I just need to get focus back on my life and not the people or situations around me. (not that the people around me don't deserve focus; and not that I am going to ignore them...just can't let outside situations affect my way of thinking)

However I did notice a little spider vain this morning...not at all helping out my situation! AHHH ....so not looking forward to another birthday!

But on a lighter note I am looking forward to.....

#1. Jason Boland
#2. Searching for new life options
#3. Secret getaway 09
#4. Spring
#5. an apathetic weekend with my nephews!
#6. my lunch break in 30 minutes!
#7. my tax return