Wordless Wednesday: Transformation

With EVERYTHING I own in the living room...

With NOTHING in it preparing for carpet...

TaDa!! Brand New Carpet!!

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Monday Meme-Mandology

I know I have been skimping a little, but I am currently up to my eyeballs in home renovation. Hopefully things will go back to normal around here soon!

FOOD-OLOGY

What is your salad dressing of choice?
Ranch

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
Texas Roadhouse

What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of?
banana cheerios

What are your pizza toppings of choice?
sausage

TECHNOLOGY

How many television sets are in your house?
3

What color cell phone do you have?
silver

BIOLOGY

Are you right-handed or left-handed?
right

Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
umm no

What is the last heavy item you lifted?
a ton of stuff, I've been renovating. ugh.

Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
no

BULL-ONY-OLOGY

If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
I don't think so

If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
hmm. I guess I wouldn't

Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
well maybe

DUMBOLOGY

How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
a shitton. and that is a lot.

Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
eh, I'm a good girl

Last person you talked to?
my dad.

Last person you hugged?
my dad.

FAVORITOLOGY

Season?
Summer

Holiday?
Fourth of July

Day of the week?
Friday

Month?
June

CURRENTOLOGY

Missing someone?
sure

Mood?
worn out.

What are you listening to?
Daisy of Love

Worrying about?
getting everything done

RANDOMOLOGY

First place you went to this morning?
church

What's the last movie you saw?
Baby Mama

Do you smile often?
all the time

QUESTIONS

Do you always answer your phone?
no

It's four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it?
gab

If you could change your eye color what would it be?
blue

What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic?
i dont even know where a sonic is

Do you own a digital camera?
yes

Have you ever had a pet fish?
several. my step mom used to replace them when they died. I was twelve :)

Favorite Christmas song?
Silver Bells

What's on your wish list for your birthday?
a new bed

Can you do push ups?
sure

Can you do a chin up?
eh

Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
both

Do you have any saved texts?
no

Ever been in a car wreck?
yes

Do you have an accent?
according to Fab

What is the last song that made you cry?
i can't remember

Plans tonight?
sleeping on the couch. My bed is in the garage.

Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?
not rock bottom, but close

Name 3 things you bought in the last week.
paint, drinks, cabinet pulls

Have you ever been given roses?
yes

Current worry?
having enough time to get everything done this week.

Current hate right now?
carpet padding.

Met someone who changed your life?
yes

How did you bring in the New Year?
with friends in Newton

What song represents you?
My Life Would Suck Without You

What were you doing 12 AM last night?
Watching fights with C

What's the best thing that happened to you lately?
I got a cool scholarship that will pay for my masters degree :)

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
somewhere warm

What book are you reading right now?
Tuesdays With Morrie for school

Wordless Wednesday: Sharing Boyfriends

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Monday Meme: Random

Who was your last text message from?
Fabbie

Do you and this person have a good relationship?
of course. She is my BGFF. Best German Friend Forever :)

Have you ever gotten butterflies from someone?
I love that feeling.

If the last person you kissed saw you kissing someone else right now, what would their reaction be?
I would hope he would punch him, but I have no real reason to believe that

Where were you at 7:17PM last night?
recital

Besides this, what are you doing right now?
eating supper

Will you be up before 7AM tomorrow?
yes. I will! maybe...

What is something you disliked about your day?
Painting the bathroom.

What are you listening to?
HOUSE

Did you wake up in the middle of the night last night?
I don't think so

Is it easy for someone to make you smile/laugh?
sure. I like to think that I am a happy person.

Did you have a dream last night?
a very weird dream. let's say Charleston, older man, position analysis, car trouble...

Did you get anything off your chest today?
no. I thought about what I would like to put there. Would it be a bad idea to get a discount boob job?

What are you thinking about right now?
finding a birth control pill that aids in weight loss... well, you asked!

Last place you hugged someone and who?
last night with my girlies

Is there anything stressing you out currently?
yes. I've decided to ride it out a little longer, then make a quick decision.

Do you remember what you were like a year ago?
a lot like this, I think

Who are you missing the most right now?
hmm. Actually, I'm kinda digging being by myself today

Who was the first person you talked to today?
Andy

What are you NOT looking forward to?
the end of school

Are you a forgiving person?
I believe so.

Do you wish on 11:11?
I take every opportunity to wish

Do you hate the last girl you had a conversation with?
no. I love my mom.

If your ex called you right now, would you answer?
depends on which one

What is something that you're looking forward to?
SUMMER

Do you have any plans for tomorrow?
work

Do you wish you were with someone somewhere else right now?
I wish I was with Hugh Jackman on a nude beach :)

Do you have an older brother?
no

Think back to the last person you held hands with, would you kiss them?
Tatie Tot? of course :)

Are you wearing socks?
nope

Is it cute when a boy/girl calls you baby?
I love it

Have you ever kissed anyone whose name started with a D or T?
Yes. T.

Relationship status: Single? Taken? Complicated?
Single and ready to mingle

Is it easy for others to make you feel awkward?
no

When someone says "we need to talk", what goes through your head?
oh shit

Do you need to say anything to someone?
maybe

Do you know anyone named Trevor?
A former student that thinks I'm a cougar.

How many people of the opostie sex do you trust?
a handful

Are you friends with someone who's older than you?
i am

In the past week, have you felt stupid?
a couple times

Were you happy when you woke up today?
i was. It is nice to just wake up with no alarm or reason

Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machines?
occasionally

Are there any stressful situations in your life?
Yes. But I think I am making it stressful.

It Always Come Back to This

No one in the world has ever, or will ever, love me as much as my grandmother. This is sometimes a depressing thought, to know that the greatest love of my life is gone. Usually, however, I know how blessed I was and am to have such an awesome woman in my life. She died nearly ten years ago, and I miss her every single day of my life.

Yesterday, I went to a funeral. I hate funerals. I realize it is stupid to say that. After all, even my BBFF the funeral director doesn't have love for funerals. But the first funeral I ever really remember going to was for Grandma Bonnie. She did not look natural or any of the things they tell you. She looked empty. And from that day on, I have never approached another casket. I hope to keep that record. Because every time I even think about it, I relive that day.

It was July 17th, 2000, the first day of the Richland County Fair. I had to work at Spieth's that day, and I was very busy as it was Pageant night and we all had our barking orders. I went to pick up our lunch at Taco Bell, and I saw Grandma Bonnie driving. She greeted me with a warm smile and wave. Had I known that would be the last time I would see her alive, I would have jumped the curb and told her everything she meant to me. But very few people get that chance.

I went about my day, argued with her on the phone about eating before or after the pageant, and, of course, lost. After work, I buzzed over to her house for one of her lovingly dry hamburgers and oven baked onion rings. This moment would change my life forever.

There was an ambulance in the drive. Grandma was on the floor. I ran to her and threw myself on top of her. I begged her to come back to me. I told her how much I loved her. The EMT's made me leave so they could continue to try to help her.

As they loaded her in the ambulance my uncle, a police officer, arrived to drive Adam and I to the hospital. She died not long after we arrived at the hospital, but truly she was gone before she ever left the house. Her heart skipped a beat, as it had done so many times before, but this time it never recovered its rhythm.

This was the first, and I pray the last, nervous breakdown I experienced. I cried uncontrollably and asked anyone and everyone who would listen if she knew that I loved her. I couldn't breathe. I could not imagine my life without her. She was my rock. I couldn't go on without her.

My parents have been divorced for as long as I remember. Luckily for me, they have always gotten along. Far from fighting each other for our affection, they were overly accommodating. Both wanted to support me, but neither wanted to push the other out. I had never felt more alone in my life.

Sometimes, the universe aligns in ways that cannot be explained in any way other than divine intervention. As I was literally breaking down in the hallway on the first floor, another tragedy was happening upstairs. My theater family was attending to an injured friend. Just when I needed someone to hold me up, emotionally and physically, they were there for me.

I was blessed to have my theater family in my life on that day, and I have been blessed to experience many things, laughter and tears, with them since then. I lost the most important woman in my life, but gained a bond that has given me strength to face many adversities.

My only hope is that someday, someone in the world can love me one millionth as much as she did, and that I can find this love to give in return.

Come Hell or High Water!!

It is time for another installment of German Stories. Woohoo. I know you are excited.

This one happened last spring, and as the sun begins to shine more and the weather begins to warm, I remember our first voyage together onto the open water.

I ALSO think of this story in the midst of tornadoes and tree huggers.

Don't We Look Like We are Having Fun!

Anyway, it was early spring and F and I decided that we would take out a friend's paddle boat for a little exercise and fresh air. We boarded the paddle boat and decided we would paddle with the current as a warm up and then against the current on the way back. Seems logical.

Well, peddling this little boat turned out to be a little more than we bargained for.

We (I should say I) peddled for a while before realizing that we were traveling at a speed that was far beyond our peddling ability. Not only that, but we were really far away from where we started. REALLY far away.

F immediately thinks we are going to die. Logically, I begin frantically peddling. F begins trying to light her cigarette.

"Quit peddling, damn it, and help me light this cigarette!"

As soon as I quit peddling to shield F's cigarette, I realized our problem. There were wind advisories out all over our area. It was officially the windiest day of the year.

I was sure I was going to have to swim for it. F was trying to figure out how to protect her "handy" from the water. Her plan was just to wait it out and eventually we would end up at the beginning. Only problem was we were not peddling along the lazy river at Holiday World.

I called the friend that had lent us the boat and asked "hypothetically" if we were being blown around the lake with no possible hope of survival what one would "hypothetically" do in this situation. After laughing at me, she sent her husband.

"Can you go find the girls. They are lost on the lake and can't peddle back."

He laughed more than his fair share too, I'm sure, but regardless, the coastguard was on the way.

Eventually, with a great effort on my part and a not so great effort on the part of my dear friend, F, we managed to steer our vessel into an inlet. Safe at least from the billowing wind, we manage to move our boat next to the shore and a tree. F grabs the tree and holds on for dear life. Come Hell of High Water, we were getting back on shore!

Finally, the coastguard found us significantly past where we anticipated being and helped us to shore. Our legs were jelly from the peddling and our appearance disheveled by the blasting gusts, but at least we were on dry land.

This summer, my mom bought a pontoon boat. With a motor. And I will NOT let F drive!

Wordless Wednesday: Queen of the Grill

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Monday Meme: 8 Things

8 Things I am Looking Forward To:
1. Summer
2. Seeing Topol
3. Summer
4. Possible Wicked
5. Summer
6. Hanging out on the boat
7. Summer!
8. Opening the Pool

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Slept in
2. Had Lunch with C
3. Played Putt-Putt golf
4. Got TWO hole in ones
5. Had Dairy Dee Ice Cream
6. Graded papers
7. Grilled chicken for my supper this week
8. Watched tv with Fab

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
1. Skip the last 3 weeks of school
2. Be finished with my masters
3. pay off all my bills
4. Lose weight by eating oreos
5. Have my home remodeling done
6. pay someone to clean my house
7. Quit worrying
8. Finish grading all my papers.

8 Shows I Watch:
1. HOUSE
2. The Office
3. Law and Order
4. NCIS
5. ANY...
6. ...VH1...
7. ......Reality...
8. .........Show ;)