My life.

The other morning I went on Facebook to see the top news like most people do everyday and a puppy caught my eye. The Thumb Animal Shelter had just posted a picture of this beagle with huge floppy ears. Immediately I jumped in my car since there location is literally about ten minutes away or less. He was on the approved list of dogs my mom would allow one day since ours had died. Max was his name with a perfect blend of colors brown, black and white. Even though his owners said his parents are both beagles I have doubt in my mind. There has to be a bit of basset hound in him, everyone agrees with me. After calling Max, Bentley, Cooper, Chase, and Marley we finally agreed on Oakley for his new name. Max is just original, I wanted something different. His previous owners also claimed that he was ninety-five percent house broken, I'm thinking its more like eighty-five percent, which is still pretty awesome.

Oakley is in the stage where he thinks he can hump everything that is in his path or chew it up. Kleenex, paper towel, pictures, blankets, you name it, Oakley chews it. My mom and I had to puppy proof our house after that and of course we missed a few spots like under her bed. His nose leads him in too everything possible. I am also covered in scratches, cuts, bruises, since it seems he never runs out of energy to stop ruff housing with me.

Besides the whining, messes, and all the things that make Oakley a pain, there are some bonuses. He is a great cuddlier, adorable, and loving. The saying a dog is a mans best friend is an understatement, dogs can be any ones best friend. I don't know what I would do without him at the moment he keeps me smiling.

My life.

Thanksgiving was a good time as always except this time we had two turkeys, smoked and baked. Lots of home made food, playing card games, and hunting made it a fun filled holiday. Once again I seen nothing out in the woods, but the weather was perfect. I didn't freeze. Unfortunately I was only able to go hunting a couple times. Deer season is our busiest season of the year at work. Customers are constantly bringing in meat to be processed into sausage, pepper sticks, and anything else that looks appetizing. Even people from Detroit drive all the way up here just to get our meat, we are definitely the best around.

Besides spending most of my break working and managing all my homework I squeezed in helping my sister at her house. We had to put up her snowman decorated tree while making a turkey soup with all the left overs. My boss and I also rescued a kitten from behind our local restaurant. He was a beautiful, very fluffy, dusty looking type of kitten.

On top of all that I went to get my first smart phone. I have had my old school flip phone for as long as I can remember. It was extremely hard to give it up for this new phone called an Alcatel that is smarter than me. After I finally accepted the change they started to close up for the weekend as I was walking out the door. While I was driving down the road my phone randomly turned off. I figured I just had to plug it in, but nothing seemed to be working. Just my luck. Mental breakdown definitely happened, there was no way I was waiting until Monday to get a new phone. Thankfully I pulled the right strings, with the right connections, to get a lady to go in and fix it. I'm still undecided on keeping it.

My Life.

While watching Grant this weekend, I watched the new movie "Brave".  If you enjoy a good cartoon every now and then, surely you will enjoy this one. I also was blessed to have to watch two boys running around instead of just one. They were way too loud, very crazy, and making a mess, but I didn't want to be a mean babysitter which made it hard to lay down the law. When I did finally manage to yell, the one boy actually listened while Grant cried making it even harder for me to be mean. After time-out they silently played the Wii all night, key word silent. My headache finally started to disappear giving me time to work on a Birthday card made with actual candy. It took forever since it is enormous, but when it was finished I was very proud of myself and of course my friend who helped me through all the chaos.

When I wasn't babysitting or working I was helping my family prepare for our Thanksgiving party. For the past couple of years its a tradition to have it at our place. They just had to put up our Christmas tree even though with out the snow it just didn't seem appropriate. All the money they put into for ornaments, bulbs, and anything else you can imagine I suppose deserves to be exposed for at least a month. Besides that we did a lot of the typical stuff everyone loves to do on the weekend like dusting, baking, and vacuuming.

I also managed to squeeze in all of my homework that seems to never disappear. I would love at least one weekend where nothing was due. Even for our break most teachers decided to cram us with tasks like we didn't have family that would also like our attention. I guess enduring a lot of obstacles is just a part of life.

My Life.

I had my belly button pierced over the weekend, it is sore yet very cute. The pain is only suppose to last about a week hopefully. Infection should be easy to prevent, I am constantly cleaning it. After that driving all the way to Auburn Hills to talk to my ex boyfriend was interesting. He wants me to put our short breakup in the past already, which is extremely hard for me to do since I am a huge grudge holder. But that's just one of my many flaws I would like to shake some day. His new apartment is actually nice and clean for all guys living there plus he finally has a decent job working at a car dealership. I hope he sticks with it and goes back to school during his spare time.

After many weeks of having no cable in my room, I finally found out why it wasn't working. My mom accidentally knocked it out of the back of her TV, too bad we didn't find that out before I bought a new remote control. My brother Jay also moved out for the hundredth time, but I feel like just maybe this time it is permanent. If he stays with my dad hopefully he will get his head on straight, work when he is suppose to, and actually go to the marines.

Hunting season is finally here. In the past I have shot a couple nice bucks, but I'm ready for the monster buck to walk out in front of me. The alarm clock ringing in my ear at five o'clock in the morning is holding me back though, it is so hard to create ambition that early. On top of that when I finally get out to my blind, sit there with my body going numb, I see nothing. That really is irritating, even a squirrel would make me happy at this point.

My Life.

This was definitely one of the worst weekends, I have never cried so much. The puffy bags I have received over the past few days are just another bonus to how I feel. My boyfriend and I broke up. It was my first relationship and as of right now my last. If my sister Jenny wasn't there for me with no doubt in my mind, it would of been even worse. She ended up pouring us glasses of wine, renting movies, and painting my nails. Jenny vowed to never paint my nails again, I couldn't sit still. Too many thoughts were going through my head, but she still gave me every drop of patience she could manage. When she gave up her Halloween plans and decided to stay home on a Saturday night just for me I cried even more, I couldn't control my emotions. I wasn't sure if it was the bottle of wine I slammed instead of sipped, the chick flick that made me think of relationships, or just the fact that she really would do anything for me.
 I feel like I lost the urge to party, even though my friends offered to take me to the club or any place that I wanted to go to. The sad part is the closest party this weekend was almost walking distance, yet I still said no maybe next weekend. For me that's far from normal I was the one known to be always up for a good time, yet this weekend made me feel the exact opposite. After replying "no" all day, my ex-boyfriend text-ed me saying anything from I love you too I want you back. I honestly don't have a clue anymore, there are so many feelings pounding in my heart, but it feels like my head. My migraine could use some pain relievers while I could use the common sense I feel that I am currently lacking.

My life.

My boyfriends car is finally fixed. I was surprised to find him in my drive way the other day, but it was nice. I usually have to drive at least a half an hour to get to him, causing me to become sick of it. Plus watching all my money go into my tank for gas is hard to cope with. I made him come with me to babysit though, he was beyond thrilled ha ha. It was convenient for me to finish my homework while he kept Grant entertained with the Wii. They played a lot of Mario or in Grants' term "armio". I think my boyfriend riled him up more than necessary. He didn't fall asleep until eleven thirty, pushing midnight. We also went to the local library, it saved me a whole fourteen dollars. That is a lot to spend on a book since I am still on a college budget. The books for a psychology assignment. After I read it, it would just sit on my shelf and collect dust so it would of been pointless to buy it anyway. I also found out when I picked Grant up from day care that he had a blonde haired girl that caught his eye. I wonder if at age four we all had crushes and started kissing. I told him he had the case of the cooties that he was always telling me about when I mentioned girls in general. We also rented "That's My Boy" which was hilarious if you like non stop raunchy
 humor that Adam Sandler is known for in his films.

Other than babysitting I would have to say this was one of my most chilled out weekends in a while compared to last weeks stressful one. I ignored many phone calls plus texts, and relaxed. Catching up on my homework was the only stressful part since I am a huge procrastinator.

My life

Stress. One of the main components we all experience on a weekly sometimes daily basis, depending on our situations. My situation this week was definitely classified as daily stress. Everybody wants my advice, opinion, and time lately. I feel so smothered. College on top of all of this is an over load, my nerves are shot. I just want to scream.

Besides all the stress my weekend wasn't completely bad. I played a lot of Wii with my friends and family. Everybody loves to Just Dance and of course play the classic Donkey Kong all night, plus I kicked my boyfriend's butt at euchre (:


On top of all this one of my best friends, Kayla, now works with me at my job. Its been pretty good so far, I like training her. We bump heads occasionally, but I told her she has to understand its' my job to tell her what to do. Kayla and I go to the same church too. This weekend at our church there was a bazaar. I never understood why it was called that until I had to partake at the event. People were lined up at the door before we even opened. To top it off my family and I made cupcakes, cookies, pies, cakes, chocolate covered pretzels, and caramel apples. It took forever, baking is definitely not going to be in my near future plans.

I also almost went to a haunted house but it turns out my boyfriend is just as freaked out by them as I am. I had to give him crap for the rest of the weekend. He explained why so I would stop, but I couldn't help myself. Jokes just kept flying out of my mouth, that's just the type of person I am. Then, unfortunately he snapped, long story short, no more jokes. Next weekend we compromised for a flashlight corn maze.