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12.02.2010

My Writing

Reverb10: Writing
What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?
(Author: Leo Babauta)


Truthfully, I believe I'm my biggest hindrance to my writing. I have all these great ideas in my head, but when it comes to writing them down...I get distracted.


Typically it takes me about a day to write one post... simply due to the fact that I'm trying to do an gazillion other things at the same time. It starts small, first I'll leave the dashboard screen to go edit my photos to be uploaded, then I'll see something that reminds me I need to check __fill in the blank____ on Amazon.com, from their I'll start browsing their book section, then my phone will let me know I have a new email, and I'll go check that; effectively forgetting I was even writing a blog post. 


By the time I happen to click on the tab, housing my draft...the idea, the passion, the thought..is long gone, and I'm left trying to put the pieces of that post back together again.


When I am able to learn to focus...or the internet dies, one or the other, I'm 85% I would be a better writer. 

10.25.2010

miscellany monday

[1] I seriously thought I was first hand ...listener.... to a mid air plane crash this morning. It was just thunder after all. But scare the bahgeebas out of Pompei and he hopped straight up onto the bed, and on top of me. What's funny is Bubbles didn't even blink an eye, and she's the dog that freaks OUT over thunderstorms. Come to think of it she probably thought it was a crash too...
[2] Three page paper on the "The Case Against Perfection" by Micheal J. Sanders is due tomorrow. Just writing an analysis of the paper and weather or not his method of writing is effect for the audience its aimed at. Fun times I tell you.
[3] Another bird flew into my house on Thursday; this one however, was much smarter than our last little visitor, and calmly walked around the house, with my roommate close behind. We eventually closed it in the dogs room, and shooed it out of the window. 
[4] Congrats to my friends Ben and Vanessa we went down for their wedding this weekend. Another one of "my crowd" getting married. Its a little scary!  Had a blast hanging with friends and such like. The weather was perfect for their wedding and the impromptu soccer game afterwards. :) 
[6] Now that its 12AM and I still haven't finished/started my paper..I think I will eat a Twix Ice Cream bar and go to bed. I'm ready for school to be over, I'm at the point where I don't care anymore I really don't. I'm ready for it to stop already. But alas in a few weeks I add another class to my already CRAZY schedule. *soobs*
Miscellany Monday @ lowercase letters

10.07.2010

Thoughtless Thursday

Yay for another Thoughtless Thursday! I love any excuse to be random!
  • Funny thing, when you start living in th moment, looking for the good in each day and letting God handle the nitty gritty details, life suddenly becomes a whole lot brighter! I'll admit, that I'm human and I did let all my "situations" weigh me down, its really hard not too, but you know, these things will happen whether I'm sitting on my couch griping on Twitter, or if I'm out enjoying the sunshine. So I'm striving to do the latter.  
  • Companies website is down. Again. And I'm way outta my league. #okLordhelp! 
  • Packed my lunch to day!! I haven't done that in eons, when we were held hostage at my job and forced to work through our lunch breaks. #dontmissthosedays  
    On the menu? Spaghetti and Arizona Tea. :) 
  • Also been drinking water daily! Yay me!
Me holding a smart water bottle in the mirror
  • Have to skip class tonight in order to do my studio photography assignment. #somethingsnotrightaboutthispicture  
  • English Paper Outline due today. Our next assignment we have to right in class. By Hand. 6 PARAGRAPHS!! Do you know how long its been since I wrote anything longer than a shopping list or school notes by hand?! What is this some kind of torture!?! I was planning on bringing my laptop, until one of my classmates asked "CAn we bring our laptops?" Apparently not. 
  • In a moment I use my break and write it up real quick. 
  • There is cackling come from down the hall....#ihavestrangecoworkers 
  • University where I work, is (finally) searching for a new president (not that I care) but writing up this information for our newsletter, makes me realize what a big opportunity this is for someone, I mean if they pay the Chief of Police a ton, who knows what the President makes!! Granted the choosing process is rigorous, but they did a good job picking our new Chief, so I'm sure who ever makes the cut will be good. 
  • If you are not following me twitter you need to do so. Right Now. 24/7 of randomness what more could you ask for!? 
    • Sample Tweetage:
      • If you would ever like to be overwhelmed. Please feel free to take a look at my calender! 
      • Never due today what you can put off until tomorrow. So I think I'll just grocery shop tomorrow!
      • 'scuse me while I remove my dogs whine box. NO. Texas you are NOT going outside, I don't care if you run back & forth a million times.
      • I have decided. I'm going to have six kids at once and then get a TV show ok!? Oh wait. Someone already tried that. 
      • Call me closed minded. Whatever. The whole sister wives thing is strange.
  • Um...The end! 




10.04.2010

miscellany Monday

Miscellany Monday @ lowercase letters
{1} It was cold this morning. Like my neighbors/friend/roommates sister called to let us know that fact, which of course I'd already discovered as I ran the dogs out for the morning potty break. Yep! According to the radio it was 46 this morning. And as I look at my computer it says its.....gee only 54!! 


{2} Oh this weather fills me with nostalgia. I'll admit, there are times when I miss my family deeply. The way we were before, together in one house, busy, but still close to each other. Now its like we're in two different worlds. Its not bad, but I miss the carefree feeling. Amazing what three little years will change! 


{3} While I'm not a fan of fall weather at.all. I am a fan of fall food, and clothes! Hence my sudden obsession for new boots. I practically live in boots during the fall/winter. For now I have three pairs in my collection. 


{4} Speaking  of boots... I went with boots #1 cause the other boots I really wanted (#4) were out of stock, and I can't remember what was up with boots #2. But rest assured, if I stick to my budget this month, I will reward my self with another pair! 


{5} I've also revamped (as in re-formatted not redid) my 101 N 1001 list. I'm up to 30 out of 101 pretty good. But defiantly need to step it up! This week I'm working on my daily water intake and perhaps, getting up earlier than I normally do. *gulp* 


{6} New recipes for this month will be "Baked Potato Soup" and "Spinach and Artichoke Dip". Both are favorites of mine at O'Charley's and Applebees, and I'm dying to see if I can recreate a version that I like! Adding to my list of things I can make as well. And checking off another part of my 101-N-1001! 


{7} I haz cute puppies.


{8} Bad news is...looks like I"m headed to court after all for my citations. oh wait. I didn't tell you about those did I? Oops! Well a little thing really, expired tag and no proof of insurance. Cause in my home-state, they never asked for proof of insurance, so we never knew to carry it. But I got two of them in like three weeks. #notcool But it was recommended that I show them I have (will) taken care of my tag ($60 for a STICKER!!!!! AH) and did have insurance at the date of the accident/ticket and PERHAPS i can get off with just paying the court fees ($96.50 seriously!?!)

{9} What a horrible football weekend this was!!! What a stupid loss for the Vols!! Then my Titans failed me as well. I give up.


9.28.2010

Post It Note Tuesday










Only Parent Chronicles


                  

9.16.2010

Has This Ever Happened to you?


Just another Thoughtless Thursday


Let’s play a little game called: “Have You Ever!”

Let’s set the scene. Its 7:08AM Thursday morning, your snuggled under a mountain of blankets, one dog curled up on against my side, one dog somewhere else on the bed, and another dog at the foot of the bed, hoping you won’t know that he’s violated his “NO BED” rule. The alarm clock starts chiming (believe me when I say those chimes could wake the dead) and you absent mindedly smack the large snooze button. You pick up your phone to see what the “real” time is (as your alarm clock is about 45 minutes fast) and your eyes resume there previo………

The alarm chimes again, and this time dog #3 hops of the bed and whines at the door, despite encouraging him to come back and lay on his bed, he is insistent and you stumble out of bed, to take him outside. You watch in alarm as he seems to have a bad case of diarrhea, and your mind explodes with questions. What in the world? Where is he going to stay while at work? Should I live him alone? What about class? Nah I should keep him with me, he obviously can hold it a little bit, but what if that’s too long? Should I feed him? OH man I know why he’s like this! (I have a neighbor who throws out her chips/bread/whatever for the birds. I hate to break it too her that no bird is scarfing down that food!)

You come back inside, and watch as your dog gulps down the bowl of water in the kitchen, your brain coming a little more awake with each passing moment. Unfortunately its not awake enough to keep you out of your bed for just a few. Minutes. More. Once the alarm goes off for a third time, you realize that this is pointless and climb out of bed, and start getting dressed. You glance at the clock (7:28am!?!) you know you have to leave the house at 7:30am so you are jolted out of your morning stupor and start prying the other two dogs out of bed, (I swear its like having kids sometimes) and send them outside, your roommate finally gets out of the bathroom, and you dash in to grab your hair supplies. This is one time you’ll be doing your hair at the locker room at work. Again.  Dogs come inside, dogs get arranged around the house, with the “sick” one in the kitchen (easy clean up) and the other two in the rest of the house, water, here, food there.

You remember you need to get gas, and beat yourself up for not doing that yesterday. You head for your car….*Snap* you forgot my USB drive for school, grab that, ok purse..where’s your purse? Oh in the car. Dumb (insert name). Dash outside. Wait no purse. Oh, you must have taken it inside anyway!  (Note this house is very organized so it’s not hard to find things. Most of the time) Run into your bedroom and check the places you normal store  your bag, hmmm not there, what not there either? Must be out in the Living Room, though you don’t remember seeing it, psht. you don’t remember bringing it in the house period! Its gotta be here somewhere, check Kitchen chairs, table,  sink, Nothing. Desk, under the desk, dog room, roommates room…NOTHING. Begin feeling a slight sense of panic, as you realize the possibility of it being stolen, is very high. It has happened to you before, but you’re normally conscious of those things… surely not God! Deep breaths, glance at the time 7:50am?? You are so late. Email boss from phone as you dash back out too the car to look, check in the trunk, stranger things have happened…nothing. Walk back towards the house and suddenly realize…you know EXACTLY where your purse is. At work. Outside. Behind a wall.

Panic for real now, and scramble to check your bank account, as you rush to your parent’s house to borrow some money for gas.

You Head for work, rushing as much as your $3 worth of gasoline, praying the entire time, that by some miracle your purse is still outside; simultaneously thanking God it didn’t rain last night, and you had the presence of mind to take your cell phone with you! (Did I mention said cell phone now works?)

As you pull into your parking garage, you let out a happy scream as you see your black purse still sitting in the bushes were you left it, as you jump out to grab it you notice your co-worker waiting to pull in, snickering at you. You don’t care however, and are just overjoyed to have your belongings back with you.

The End.

Things like this don’t happen to anyone else but me do they? Please tell me it doesn’t!!?

A little background:
Well due to the accident, my father had an appointment made with the insurance company, to get an estimate done. However I didn’t find out that was going to happen yesterday (Wednesday) until late Tuesday evening. So we came up with the plan to have my mom take me to work, and get all that done, and pick me up. She got a little turned around downtown, so I stood outside of the parking garage trying to “walk her” through the streets, and back out of the area she was in. While this was going on, I set my purse down behind a concrete wall, so it wouldn’t be readily seen. My mom came; I walked towards the car got in, and drove away. I am sooo incredibly thankful that everything was still in there, especially since theft is high at the university. Oh yes, and good news! THE CELL PHONE IS ALIVE!!! The rice bath worked, and you would never know it had a problem! $200 that stays in my bank account!!! :)


This week Meme’s (I seem to be doing just a few a week, gotta study ya know) is brought you by Murdocks Mama 

Just Thursday!

Outside my window……well since I don’t have a window, I don’t really know, but outside my door my co-workers are walking around.
The time is…….11:25AM
Today I feel……Tired. Despite getting 7.5 hours of sleep last night (according to my SleepBot App)
I am thinking..…..my office feels like a cave. We have to keep my office door closed, since it houses the fire suppression system *don’t ask* and since there is no windows its weird in here. I was also thinking something else but I forgot.
At the moment, I am thankful..……….That my purse wasn’t stolen, and that my phone is working!!!
I am going…to classes after work
I am wearing………Work Uniform and Coat. Yes Coat.
I wish…………I could go back to bed
I am reading…… “The Geography of Bliss”
I am working on………Weekly Newsletter for company
I am hoping……Next week goes ok
I am hearing………The hum of the huge A/C system
I bet you didn't know..…I set up a Tumblr site for my daily photos
One of my favorite……???
I confess………I’m really not looking forward to next week.

Weekend Plans.. 
[Thursday]  -Work – Run Home – Class #1 – Class #2
[Friday] Class and more Class grocery shop
[Saturday] – Work at Church in preparation for event next week, nap
[Sunday] – Church, nap, prep for coming week.

Well I'm off 1.5 hours to get home, get Pompeii, clean up the mess he left while I was gone, decide if I should take him into public like this, and leave for classes. Speaking of class, I leave you with Assignment #2 for my Photography II class. 





8.29.2010

Getting To Know You

Getting to know YOU



1. If you accidently knick a car in a parking lot..Do you leave a note or do you get the heck out of there?

Ok so what happened was, two of my co-workers were standing behind my car, as I was trying to pull out one day. They saw me and didn't move. So in an effort to avoid hitting them, I cut it close and BUMPED. As in my car touched her car, another co-workers car. I was rolling, so I knew there wasn't any damage. I get back on Monday and my email is blown up with "pictures of the incident" and other things such as, I didn't want to turn in a report too you. What!? Say WHAT!? Anyway its all kind of blown over, since there really wasn't any scratches to the car.

2. Love your body or plastic surgery?

There is no way I'm going to let some man mess up what God has already done for me. End of story.

3. What about your favorite blog(s) continues to drive you back?

Oh geez. I follow over 500 blogs, there is no way I could pick out one favorite.

4. What percent of your blog is fake just to make your life seem more interesting than it really is?

There are days,when I really wish it was made up. And other days I wish I could make up something that was more interesting. But I don't. Takes too much brain juice to do all that.

5. If you had to give up one type of meat for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Cow - I say cow because I'm including well...most of it except for the steak parts. Tongue, Veal...etc..
I saw a tongue in Wal-Mart the other day. So.GROSS. You could like see the little like taste bud things and the muscle that was holding the tougue in th...*gags*

6. How often to you eat out?

1-2 times weekly. And by eat out I mean fast food.

7. Skinny jeans or boot cut jeans?

Neither

8. If you caught your spouse cheating would you forgive, divorce, or plan your kill?


Um.......knee jerk reaction would be divorce, but it would depend on the guy I suppose.


8.26.2010

Thoughtless Thursday

First Thoughtless Thought:
"Man my stomach hurts.. maybe if I don't move...oh ow."


Second Thoughtless Thought:
"Hmm...so now the pressure for another car is on...the rents have said the "lease" on their vehicle is up and I need to start looking at places for loans. Whoa well when did this happen? Last time I checked you guys were completely against me having a loan. But if you say so, who am I stop me from checking into other vehicles?" 


Third Thoughtless Thought: 



I LIKE:
I totally need more shoes for school. Did I mention I like shoes?
Jubilee - Who's Who by SKECHERS at Zappos.com

Jubilee - Who's Who by
SKECHERS
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Fourth Thoughtless Thought
"Its funny, how when you're "sick" its hard to think past the next, second or minute. I mean I want to be interested in things other people are saying, but I just can't find it within me to care at the moment."


Fifth Thoughtless Thought
"Random photo of myself and a co-worker at our annual Christmas party. Its almost the season to start flat ironing my hair again...."

Sixth Thoughtless Thought 
- Hmm I don't feel as bad as I did earlier




8.16.2010

miscellany monday

Miscellany Monday @ lowercase letters
{Pompei - Guide Dog in Training 2010}
Oh camera. *sigh* 
I really don't know what to say about it.
We've been estranged from each other lo these many weeks, it feels like. 
I feel that my creative juices have been sucked out of me.
I have not touched it in about two weeks.
I am not looking forward to another photography class after last semester.
It was brutal. 
I had a extremely hard time, as I'm a visual learner, and we were only given written assignment, no examples or anything of what he wanted to us to do...which made it difficult for me to wrap my brain around what he wanted us to produce. 
I was really ready to give up photography. 
I still sometimes wonder if its really something I'm GOOD at...
Or if people are just saying that because they don't know "good" photography.
{Photography Class Assignment 2010}
Yet I've seen some pretty bad photographers out still clicking away and making a living doing it.
So compared to them..I'm pretty good.
I want more equipment for sure..but don't have the money.
I would love a 50-mm or a 28-75mm for my Sony.
No Flashes though...I hate flash. I'm sure I'll need it one day.
I'd also love to sell my Canon, but at the same time am loathe to part with it.
Funny as I don't really like the colors produced with that camera.
Its become an integral part of my life.
No really.
I just like having two cameras truthfully.
But I need the money....
{Hiking Trip 2010}
If I keep pursuing this, I'd stick to kids, animals and events.
Those are my elements.
I dislike posing people for portraits.
Its soo awkward.
They expect you to know what to do, when in truth I just really want them to do their own thing and let me take the photos.
Mabye Journalistic photography.
Maybe I'll just forget this and go into dog training full time.
{Ira Service Dog in Training - 2009}
I don't know.
I am so confused about this right now.
*sigh*
{Eden Service Dog in Training - 2009}
2 weeks, 1 day and 3 hours until school starts.
I don't know I just made that up.
I have an appointment with my adviser on Friday.
Did you know this semester starts on a Saturday!??

The End.

8.04.2010

A Wee bit of Me


Blog Meme this week, is brought to you by myleighashley.com


{one} what website do you spend the most time on?
.Probably would be Google Reader, as I normally have least 150 blogs to go through DAILY. I have to find so sort of WiFi if I'm out of town or I'd never get through all them if I don't do it daily. ...though I do have to admit that I'll only read the most recent and just "mark as read" everything else. Hey you try reading through 300 constantly updating blogs and we'll see what YOU do. ::grins::

{two} what's the furthest you've ever travelled?
 New York City. I don't like traveling, truthfully and don't plan on going out of the country if I can help it...though its not without its appeal...
{three} what's your guilty pleasure tv show?


{four} if you had to give up one favorite food, what would be the hardest?
Ice Cream. I make specific trips to the grocery store if my ice cream is out of stock.


{five} if you could become any fictional character, who would you be?
Oh my word...I have no clue!


{six} what's your favorite season of the year?
SUMMER! Heat, Sweat, Bugs and ALL. I have to many dogs, and have had to potty train too many puppies in the winter time, to even slightly think of enjoying any other season. Plus I HATE giving up my flip-flops. *sigh*


{seven} what's your biggest phobia?
Elevators. I guess that would make me slightly claustrophobic, but I cannot ride one of those small boxes by myself. I have tried, a couple of times, and I had to run out before the doors closed. I am throughly freaked out by the thought of getting stuck with No way out.


{eight} would you rather swim in a pool or the ocean?
If I knew how to swim, I would MUCH rather been a pool.


{nine} what did you eat for breakfast today?
Nothing.


{ten} if you could only listen to one song for the next month, which song would it be?
Everything by Micheal  Buble'  - And yes I'd probably never listen too it again afterwards.