WINTER APPROACHING....

Winter is approaching fast, and it gives me another excuse to talk about things that make me happy. a.k.a. things that I'm grateful for. It seriously makes me so happy to wake up to the beautiful weather, and puts me in a great mood every day. There are a couple things about winter that DONT make me happy like snowbirds, stores being crazy busy for 2 months straight, and the fact that it gets dark earlier (which makes me scared to drive, and makes me sleep in late and be late for work) BUTits worth it to put up with a few things i don't like, to be able to enjoy the MANY things I LOVE about winter.

10 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT WINTER

1. the wonderful temperature (not super hot, but never colder than 40 degrees usually and being able to go outside for longer than 1 minutes before melting)
2. drinking hot cocoa with marshmallows (in our SANTA mugs)
3. spending time with family I dont usually get to see, during the holidays
4. buying and wrapping presents
5. christmas music/ christmas concerts
6. christmas specials on t.v.
7. being able to wear sweaters & long sleeved t-shirts
8. paid days off at work for the holidays (3 paid holidays crammed so close together, YAY!)
9. seeing your breath outside,early in the morning
10. cozying up under a warm blanket

HUMP DAY HUMOR

I was browsing random funny pictures online the other day, for one of my other blog postings, and I decided to start another weekly edition to my blog: HUMP DAY HUMOR..... some much needed humor in the middle of the week to get you through to the end of the week.

Another reason I decided to add another weekly edition is becuase im not creative enough to think of something to blog about every day, so it's just another excuse to blog more often than i should....Here's my first posting of HUMP DAY HUMOR.....

HAPPY MONDAY

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." -Anatole France

Happy Monday, here's to starting the week off right, and having a great rest of the week, and enjoying all the season premiers starting this week.

RANDOM SATURDAY BLOGGING

I know its kind of pointless to post so many blogs so often, since I don't have a ton of readers/commenters on my blogs, but what can i say, I'm addicted.

The reason for todays new blog, is that i'm just bored at home on Saturday without a car and unable to walk.....so im stuck sitting...except for the few times i hobble over to the fridge...Its a really good thing my apartment is small and easy to get around by hobbling, because I refuse to wear the stupid boot my doctor gave me, cause its heavy and annoying and makes my foot hurt even worse.

Lately, this is my guilty pleasure that is gonna really do me in for good. I tried them once a couple weeks ago, and now I CANT STOP EATING THEM. I eat them WAY too often. And, not the chocolate ones, only the orange ones. I better stop soon cause they're so bad for you, and the weight is probably just piling on by the second. They taste SOOOOOOO good though.

About 3 weeks ago, I was at the mall, and and someone came up to me and gave me their weight loss business card. That REALLY made my day :(. I'm already really self-concious about the weight i'm gaining in my belly. Soooooo, I decided it was about time to start shaping up and eating better.

THIS was SUPPOSED to be my before picture for my "diet". That lasted about one minute. I really just enjoy eating junk food and drinking soda WAY too much lately, even more than i enjoy being skinny. I've taken a hiatus from eating the hostess cupcakes for a couple days now though, and im gonna try making some of THESE delicious cupcakes.

HAPPY FRIDAY

YAY!!!!! Friday is finally here. I am SOOO sleepy today, i feel like im gonna fall asleep at my desk. I'm REALLY looking forward to this weekend to relax and SLEEP IN!! Waking up at 5 every morning to drive Devin to work is starting to take its toll on me. Im one of those people who HAVE to have at LEAST 8 hours of sleep a night, or I just can't function.

On a happier note, YAY FOR SUMMER COMING TO AN END!!!! It's SOOOOOOOOOOOO NICE to wake up to cool weather. It's been a LONG time since that has happened. I know summer isnt COMPLETELY over, but theres finally an end in sight. yay. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the fall, and everything associated with it. I don't love the snowbirds and how crazy busy it's going to be at every single store in the month of november & december though. And, I'm really looking forward to wearing sweaters, and drinking hot cocoa.

Here's a funny picture to brighten up your FRIDAY......

Boot Girl

Yesterday.....

TYRA

So, I watched the first episode of ANTM Cycle 9 last night. I told myself I wouldnt watch it this time, and tried to remind myself how stupid i know it is, and that it will make me angry, and that I'll be ok if i dont watch it. But, I didnt listen to my inner voice, and I watched the first episode. Once I watch the first episode, there's absoluely NO TURNING BACK. I really dont know why i keep watching the show, cause tyra banks is a clown, and she disgusts me.

I guess its like a train wreck, where its horrifying and scary but you just cant stop watching. And, that makes me pretty pathetic since i know I'll watch every episode this season. If only they had a different host, and had different producers. Oh well....what can i really expect with reality tv on WB.

I'm not ready to make my prediction as to who the winner will be, I have to see at least one more episode before i can make a fair prediction. P.S. my husband is going to REALLY look forward to wednesdays for the next few months. P.P.S. This was the ugliest picture i could find of Tyra on google, but im sure there are ALOT more pictures out there, and ALOT of UGLIER pictures out there, but this is the best one i could find.

My Foot

I went to the doctor yesterday, and his prognosis was that i have a stress fracture on the bone that connects my toes to my foot(on the left). So, now lucky me gets to wear a huge boot that goes almost all the way up to my knee. It makes it look way worse than it really is. I had no idea i would have to wear a huge boot like this. I thought he would cast it and maybe have me wear a little shoe size boot. I feel like a serious retard wearing this thing.

Also, I have a serious PROBLEM with wearing closed toed shoes. Im so claustrophobic, my feet are claustrophobic. When I was a kid, I'd walk around barefoot ALL the time, even during the summer. Now, I only own 2 pairs of closed toed shoes. So, its pretty much torture to have to wear this thing for 3 weeks.

And I have this weird nervous OCD habit of wiggling and flexing my toes back and forth over and over. And, since my foot/toes are broken I can't stop trying to wiggle my toes regardless of if their broken or not. And, a couple of the toes move when i try and wiggle them, but two of my toes won't move. It drives me crazy, cause i just want to be able to move my toes again.

So, this morning, knowing I would have to go to work looking like a retard, I actually put my contacts in, and took time styling my hair and doing my makeup, so that hopefully it would MAYBE make me feel better about myself, and maybe a little less like a retard. (go ahead, laugh.) Well, hopefully this ugly thing makes my foot feel better soon.

Taking it one day at a time

I was gonna post about how bitter i was about everything going wrong for me last week...but then i realized that there are a lot of things still going right for me, and alot of things to be grateful for. And alot of people have it way worse, so i shouldnt complain., for this week, Im posting extra words of wisdom to start out my week..... so i can try and focus on being grateful for things instead of angry at what isnt going right.

The good news is that devin hasnt lost his job yet since he got our brand new car in an accident last friday...and it happened right outside his work (hes a bus driver) and his 2 bosses walked over to see what was going on as it happened.

And the other good news is that my insurance company pays for the body shop putting parts directly from the dealer(new parts) for the damage on the car.

The other good news is that my husband didnt get hurt. The other good news is that we have money in our savings to help pay for it all.

The other good news is that we finally have a fridge full of food for once. Its been a long time since we had a fridge full of food. (not because we couldnt afford it, but because we've been busy taking care of other things, and because we were lazy.

So far thist week, the only things that have gone wrong is me losing my phone...(which will cost alot to replace if i dont find it) Hopefully i do find it. And, the other thing is my foot is probably broken and i dont have insurance to fix it. All i did to hurt it, was walk in flats that dont support my feet. My foot bothers me every once in a while since i injured it badly when i was 12, and never got it in a cast and just kept walking on it. It never bothers me this badly though, and never for this long. Its pretty swollen, and i cant move it or put any weight on it. But neways, this week im gonna try and forget about everything going wrong, and just be happy for all my blessings.

Martin Luther King, Jr.:
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

Germaine Greer:
Security is when everything is settled. When nothing can happen to you. Security is the denial of life.

Dorothy Thomspon:
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.

Edna St. Vincent Millay:
My candle burns at both its ends.

It will not last the night;
But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends --
It gives a lovely light.

Friedrich Nietzsche:
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

John Lennon:
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Joni Mitchell:
I've looked at life from both sides now

From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all.

BLOG I DESIGNED

Check out my friends new blog i designed......

http://cepearson.blogspot.com

EXPERT ADVICE

Feel free to pass this on to your friends & their husbands.

WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT NOT TO SAY
This is a hormone guide for men to follow when their wife or girlfriend is having that "special time"of the month.
It was way too funny not to post.

DANGEROUS: What's for dinner?

SAFER: Can I help you with dinner?

SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?

ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

DANGEROUS: Are you wearing that?

SAFER: Gee, you look good in brown.

SAFEST: WOW! Look at you!

ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about?

SAFER: What did I do wrong?

SAFEST: Here's fifty dollars.

ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

DANGEROUS: Should you be eating that?

SAFER: You know, there are a lot of apples left.

SAFEST: Can I get you a glass of wine with that?

ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

DANGEROUS: What did you do all day?

SAFER: I hope you didn't overdo it today.

SAFEST: I've always loved you in that robe!

ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

13 Things PMS Stands For:

1. Pass My Shotgun

2. Psychotic Mood Shift

3. Perpetual Munching Spree

4. Puffy Mid-Section

5. People Make me Sick

6. Provide Me with Sweets

7. Pardon My Sobbing

8. Pimples May Surface

9. Pass My Sweat pants

10. Pissy Mood Syndrome

11. Plainly; Men Suck

12. Pack My StuffAnd my Favorite...

13. Potential Murder Suspect

Pass this onto your men for warning...and remember: Money talks....but chocolate sings!

NEW SONGS I LOVE

I really love music and singing, and most of all I love finding new songs that i havent heard before that i love. Even more, I love blogging about songs that i love. ;)

Here are two songs that I've recently found by stalking peoples blogs and listening to their playlists. Their pretty dang good songs. Not everyone has the same taste in music as I do, but if you do, you'll love them too.

"Wild Horses" -Natasha Bedingfield
http://home.stny.rr.com/hlmusic/WildHorses.mp3

"It's good to be in love" -Frou Frou
http://jean.marc.bertrand.free.fr/blog/special/itsgoodtobeinlove.mp3

my apartment

WELCOME TO MY APARTMENT

Here's some pictures of my apartment for fun. My apartment doesn't have anything super crafty or anything, and i'm definitely not a guru at interior design, but we like it pretty well.



THE LIVING ROOM







THE KITCHEN






THE BATHROOM

WELKER WISDOME

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

-Robert Frost

I hope these words of wisdom help start my week out on the right foot, cause I've had a rotten day.
(p.s. I promise the rest of my postings won't be this negative. I told myself i wouldn't rant on my blog, but today I have to. From here on out, the rest of my blogs will be happy again.)

On a scale from 1 to 10, my day started out probably as a 4. It started as a 4, then later became a 1. Yesterday, my brand new car lock got stuck, and the passenger door wouldn't shut. We tried calling the dealer service place, and it was closed. We couldn't really wait till the next day to get it fixed either. The passenger door not closing is a pretty big problem. And, we have coverage to get a free rental car for when it getting fixed, but their rental shop was closed too. First we tried going to a shop to see if it was a quick fix. We spent a half hour waiting for them to even tell us they couldn't fix it.

THEN, we tried the rental place next to the shop, but they said they couldn't pick us up from the dealer. By then, i was pretty upset already that my brand new car was having problems, and that they weren't open to fix it. The fact that I was WAY overheated and the rental car place couldn't help us, and we called around and couldn't find another rental car place didn't help at ALL. And i HATE wasting my day on things i shouldn't have to do in the first place. So,we decided to drive down to the dealership and ask them to help us, and they were pretty rude, and didn't really help us either. But, after calling around more, we finally found a rental place that was open, and could pick us up. They were closing in 15 minutes, so we barely made it. We ended up having to pay for the rental though.

TODAY though, which is what REALLY made my day bad, devin was driving home from work in the morning, and HIS car died and we had to tow it to a shop. And its probably not a small problem, and will cost more than the car is worth. We're probably gonna have to get another new car. Everything sure does always happen to you at once....well hopefully the rest of the week goes better from here on out. Cars are the devil.

PICS FROM MY LABOR DAY TRIP

These pictures are a little belated...but here's the pictures from our camping trip on Labor Day weekend with our friends Brittnie and Josh Fraughton.

DOUBLE DOSING

Since yesterday was monday, but wasn't the beginning of the work week for me, here's another quote to start my work week off right: I thought this one was really cute....

"A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." -Tenneva Jordan

Welker Words of Wisdome

Here's my quote for Monday:

"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."
-Winston Churchill

"If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig."
-Woodrow Wilson

Labor Day Weekend

We're off to go camping. Hopefully we don't get rained on. We probably will though, cause i just checked the weather forecast and its supposed to rain. it could be fun camping in the rain though.Yay for 3 day weekends!!!!