Shots and after-season goodies!

Today has been a day. I woke up to my mom informing me that the second dose of my shots were due. Of course, I knew this but the last time I took the HPV shot I had some realy bad side effects and I've been scared to go back. Anyways I got my not-so-happy booty up out of bed and headed to get some food at Steak-n-shake with my mom. I really wanted an orange milkshake. Halfway there I realize I smell something kind of like the burning of breaks and you can tell its us. Then, I let down my window and on the passengers side of the vehicle you can hear metal. I was like this is not good, is it the break pad, the roder, the tire itself. I called my dad and he met us at steak-n-shake and we find out its the tire rod itself breaking. Lovely!! So we ate and took her vehicle home. I had to be at the health department by 3:30 and it was already 3:00 when I pulled in the drive. I had to fly to get there. We walked in the door at 3:31. They ended up not giving me the HPV shot this time because they wanted me to take it by itself. So between now and April I will have to have my last dose of that shot. They did on the other hand fuss with me and insist that I get two more shots on top of my Hepatitis shot. So I also had to get the Flu shot and the Swine Flu Shot. :(

After the shot visit, we had to go get a mirror from Rose's that we had gotten my niece for Christmas because my sister accidently broke it on the ride back to NC and she knew her daughter would be highly upset when she got back from visiting her father in Fl. While we was in there, my mom wanted to see if she could find some more stocking holders because with the two new additions this year, we were down two stoking holders and just hung two of the stockings on the China cabinet in the dining room. We was in heaven. Everything was 50%off and some we learned at the counter were 75% off. We got some train stocking holders for $1.25 each. They were simply adorable and then my mom was like I wonder if they have any big stockings because the kids could really use some new ones and one of them was using my old one. The kids usually have a really big stocking. So we looked and found some really cute big ones and ended up getting four. We payed a dollor for them. After we left the thought crossed our minds that both my brother and sister are planning on trying for more kids this year, so we probably should have gotten more than that, but we will get them pretty pink or blue baby stockings if we have any new additions. We also go some tins for our baked goods next year for $0.38. And we got the cutest rug with a cat and a dog on it that said "Santa Stop Here"!! I sadly didnt get to take any pictures of it because my mom came straight home and boxxed it up. :(

Calling all Fashionistas!!!

Well life has gotten really exciting!!!

Christmas was wonderful. My brother and sister and their fiances came down. All the kids were here. It was wonderful. I would share the recipes I used, but I believe everybody already has seen most of the recipes I used because I borrowed them from all of you and they were YUMMY!!! I was a happy girl. I got lots of shoes. I got some shoes to work out in, some everyday tennis shoes, some ed hardy shoes and some boots. I was excited with all of them shoe boxxes and then I got lots of clothes also :) I recieved a webcam and a cute purse which I will have to take a pic of for you. I also finally got my dad and brother to help me do some work on my car. I now have black angel eye projector headlights and a working radio again. My bestfriends got me some really good presents also. My bestie got me with a gag gift. I guess I need to explain.lol. All my soccer team friends have crazy names. Well they arent really crazy, but we have nicknames for them, like there is a Chava that we call Java, a Sebastian that we call a crab because of the little mermaid, theres a guy that looks just like corbin bleu, and theres one with the last name moo. Needless to say she had a bunch of little gifts individually wrapped for me. The first one I unwrapped was a cow, the second was a crab, and the third was a big thing of coffee in none other than the "Lively Columbian" blend because a few of them including the crab are columbian. lol. You got to love friends. Then she gave me a really cute wine glass with my initials and polka dots and I was soo happy. My other bestie got me the apples to apples game and some little things, but she knew I really wanted that game and between that, my new electronic life, and my never have I ever games that I got for Christmas, my family played their hearts out over the weekend. We also went to the movies on Christmas night in hopes to see the Squekual, but we ended up seeing the new Sherlock Holmes movie instead. The gus really enjoyed it, I was into it, but it just wasnt the best movie. Oh well, the family time and popcorn was great..lol

Now that everyone is gone though, things are settling back down or could they possibly be gearing back up. I reieved a letter from my old modeling agency and they want me to come in a few weeks for an audition with some higher up agencies. I at fist was scared and trying to talk myself out of it, but some wonderful friends gave me some rather good encouragement and I think it's worth a try, scared or not. They have scholarships and prizes and even jobs that I am auditioning for and its better to give it a shot than to wonder what if. So I'm going for it and I know my nerves are going to be going crazy, but I audtioned once before knowing nothing, I've had schooling in it and everything now so I believe I am better off than I was. I'm so nervous. Now I have to get some cute pictures done in the next few weeks. I'm probably taking some tomorrow with one of my other besties and then this weekend a friend of mine is a photographer and she is going to let me do as many outfit changes as want for $15/hour.

So this is where I need all of you fashionistas, what should I wear for all my photo shoots and what should I wear for my audition? I would love to hear everybodys feedback and you can even show me your ideas on polyvore if you would like.

Hair loss :(

I need some advice. For the past few months when I get out of the shower or get done washing my hair I have realized that I am losig a lot of hair. Lately it's gotten really bad. Hair comes out by the handfuls. I'm 18 and I do not believe this is supposed to be happening to me. Does anybody have any idea of why this is happening to me or what I can do to make it better?

Sorry for the 3rd post today!

Oh my goodness, I just discovered the Bible in a Year. I really need that. One of my New Year's resolutions is to have a better relationship with God and to read the bible everyday and to actually learn how to pray. I feel I do it sooo wrong :( I don't know, I guess I'm an overachiever and I believe everything I do is wrong. It sucks being a poor eighteen year old college student or I would be able to start that book on January first. I will get it one day. It's a promise!

As 2009 comes to a close...

As 2009 comes to a close:

This has been a big year for me. I learned a lot about myself this year and learned how to live.

Things I've done in 2009:
1. I've learned to live without my niece and nephew by my side 24/7. Since I was 9 they have been a major part of my life and most people thought they were my very own kids. In January, they moved with my sister to NC and I have not seen them much this year. It hurts and not a day goes by that I don't miss them, but I'm so happy that my sister has finally settled down and they get to experience actually having a mother.
2. I turned 18. They say this is the age of living, the age of freedom, and the day you really become alive. I didn't notice any changes the day I turned 18, but now looking back, so much has changed. I know I am no longer a child. I've grown up in so many ways. Looking back, I don't even feel like the same person.
3. I graduated highschool. Getting to that point was so hard. Dealing with medical problems that no one understood and fighting to graduate becuase of the same exact fact...NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!!! The life I live everyday is soo hard. Which leads me to this..
4. I've learned to just deal with it. No, the pain is still sometimes unbareable and sometimes I still can't get out of bed, but before I was embarrassed to sit at school or hang with friends because of what I've learned to laugh and call "the bears". My tummy makes obnoxious noises and growls all day. If it gets started, it's not stopping that day and though it's soo embarrassing, I've just learned to look around, laugh, and ask "did you hear that?" followed by a laugh and "It's them bears."
5. I got a new car. Hmm..well apparently I thought I was getting a really good car for graduation, but as we were signing papers for the car, the lay who owned it decided she wanted to take it to get the transmission fixxed before signing it over because something was tapping. This resulted in me waiting from the week of graduation until the first week in July for me to get my car. The result, a 95 mustang convertable whos transmission still slips and it's gear shift is messed up(meaning my park is my reverse and reverse is my drive.) Over the few months I have had it my radio has died, thank goodness I have my old one to soon get put in..hmm it's beed dead since August. My dad promised to fix it over Christmas break. Also, my drivers window motor has decided to play against me also. I have to physically press the button and pull or push the window in whichever direction I would like. Oh well, that too shall be fixxed soon. Hopefully I also get my headlights I've had since summer put in finally ( Black Halogen Headlights). He promised to also put those in during the break. I did make the car prettyful by adding pink all over it :)
6. Over the summer, I learned a lot about living. Thats all I need to say on that subject.
7. I lost friends and gained friends. I lost friends and gained them back. After graduation, you learn who your real friends are.
8. I started college. I passed all my classes in my first semester and made a lot of wonderful new friends who have touched my heart and become my life in soo many different ways. I will hate to see many of them go, some of which I will not see in the New Year and others who I will only get a short time with in 2010. I guess we better live it up right.
9. I've had my share of partying and there will be plenty more to come next year.
10. I even threw up for the first time from drinking, not the funnest thing in the world, but yet a college experience.
11. I've road with the top down in 30 or lower degree weather at 5 in the morning after hiking through mud in heels through the woods with friends.
12. I've hiked through the woods drunk, hmm not fun when everybody you are with has been drinking.
13. This year I've started REALLY wearing makeup. No, I do not mean I cake it on. I just mean, before I only put on a teeny bit or sometimes even none, but this year I've learned that I feel more grown and myself with it and I usually do not leave the house without it.
14. This year I have learned that both my brother and my sister will be getting married.
15. This year we have 2 Christmas trees instead of one.
16. This year my baby niece, Kadance, started school..hmm don't I feel OLD!!
17. My family has also increased this year. We gained Cannon and Kherington who are both beautiful babies. And also of course Bryan and his littler girl, Haley (sp?) and Joyce and her littler girl, Vianne.

This year has been an amazing year and I would not have it any other way!

Things I wish to do in 2010:
1. Live!
2. Laugh...
3. LOVE!!!!!
4. I hope within the next few months I get the courage to say words that are in my heart that need to come out before it's too late.
5. I hope to have a job.
6. I hope to visit Miami atleat once.
7. I hope to do good on the Spanish placement test so I can take some spanish medical classes.
8. I hope to experience a good spring break with wonderful friends, followed by a wonderful summer.
9. I hope to make many more new friends and not to lose any.
10. I hope to do good in classes in the next few semesters.
11. I hope that even as the people I love leave me that we continue to be friends and stay close.
12. I also hope I do not lose my chance.
13. I hope to see wonderful marriages and growing families within my family.
14. I hope that I meet a good guy or get the one thats already in front of me.
15. Lastly, I hope that 2010 is another year without regrets and another year lived to the fullest!!!

I wish everyone Happy Holidays, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year :)

Getting to know your blogger friends:Christmas edition!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper..I use bags also, but I love to wrap the kids' presents just to see their faces when they open them up. It's priceless. I know I enjoyed the wrapped ones as a kid..oh wow that was just a few years ago. Hey who am I kidding, I still enjoy tearing paper off a present :)

2. Real tree or Artificial? hmm, at this moment we have one of both. Growing up we always had an artificial that was a pain in the booty to get up, but the past few years my daddy's friend has given us a real tree.

3. When do you put up the tree? around thanksgiving, either before or the weekend after.

4. When do you take the tree down? usually before new years.

5. Do you like eggnog? never had it..yes I'm missing out :(

6. Favorite gift received as a child? I always loved my dollhouses.

7. Hardest person to buy for? my brother. He only wears American Eagle and we all know they only have so much stuff at one time and if he goes out and buys it all, then what do we buy for him..hmm.
also my father because all he does is work and he has every tool known to man. Im so tired of buying shoes for him.

8. Easiest person to buy for? my mom or my sister. They both like what I like :)

9. Do you have a nativity scene? yes :)

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? mail, I hope to next year start sending christmas cards. I wanted to start this year, but it's been so hectic with my moms surgery.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? hmmm, idk. I usually like all my gifts. I'm not picky.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? thats a toughy. I dont believe I can pick just one.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? i shop throughout the year!

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? yup :)

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? mama's dressing and a honey baked ham from heavenly ham that my moms old boss always gives us :)

16. Lights on the tree? colored

17. Favorite Christmas song? all i want for christmas or this christmas

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? we travel one hour on christmas eve to my grandparents and come back the same night to get ready for christmas on christmas at our house

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? sadly not without singing a song :)

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? angel

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?we open presents at my grandparents on christmas eve and at our house on christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? rude people and crowded places. I dont do well with crowds.


23. Favorite ornament, theme, or color? I love cartoon ornaments or hand painted balls :)

24. Favorite for Christmas Dinner? mama's dressing


25. What do you want to do for Christmas this year? spend time with family and friends.

26. Favorite Christmas tradition growing up? my grannys on the day before christmas eve, my grandparents on christmas eve, and my house on christmas day.

27. Favorite tradition now? we dont go to my grannys anymore since she has passed because that side of the family stopped having christmas, but we still go to my granparents and still have christmas at my house

28. Favorite Christmas Memory? prank gifts at my grannys

You're at the top of my wish list.

I feel like I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off. My life is amazingly very good right now and I really don't want to mess it up. My family is doing wonderful. I have three wonderful best friend. Yes, they are all jealous of each other and don't really like the other one, but this is my life and they get along in order to be my best friends. I guess when people are sooo much alike it is very hard to get along. Anyways, I passed all my classes. I didn't make the exact grades I wanted to, but I passed them. I mad an A in both Medical Terminology and FYE, a B in Anatomy and Physiology, and a C in both English(don't ask me how that one happened, actually we didnt have many grades in the class and the teacher was a lot harder on me because she worked with my mother at the college before she moved to Virginia. I take her online.) and then a C in Algebra. I completely bombed that final and passed most of my tests :( But I can deal with this. I just know I have to do better next semester. During this semester I hve met some really wonferful people and made lots of new friends.
Now on to why I am losing my mind. It's so cliche to say, "well the reason I'm losing my mind is because of a boy", but it's very true. I'm very attracted to a friend of mine and he is attracted to me. He goes to school here but is from another state. We are distant from the whole relationship thing because we know he goes back at the end of next semester and we will probably never see each other ever again. It sucks so much. I promised myself I wouldnt develope feelings of him, but guess what, I have and it sucks. His actions make me believe he has done the same thing. We put distance between us the past few weeks and tried not to text or talk. Due to me hanging with his friend and my friends hanging with his friends, I did see him the other night and when he walked in the room I'm sure I had a huge smile on my face and that you could see it in my eyes. He came straight to me and gave me a hug. I felt like the luckiest girl in the world, but we went back to not talking because we both had a thought in our head that if we stopped talking maybe our feelings would start growing. He got home Friday and withing thirty minutes he had imed me. I felt soo special. Last night I posted a status comment saying that I wanted a certain type of boy for Christmas and well he liked it, so I think he knows that he is the boy at the top of my list. Hmmm, Oh wat do I do? I guess I'm just going to sit here and let it run its course and if feelings increase we will have no choice but to deal with them. Ugh, he makes me smile and makes my heart race :)

Love is in the air ths Christmas season!

If you're a friend of mine on facebook, you probably already know the news, but for some of you who are not, I recieved a wonderful text from my brother last night on the way home from doing some stocking stuffer shopping. The text read "We got engaged today." Thats right both my brother and my sister are now officially engaged. Due to the fact that my brother had already planned on marrying his new fiance within the next couple of months and giving her a ring as soon as she got to NC from Guam they will actually be the first to get married(well technically it's both my brother's and sister's second go around of getting married). Due to the fact that it is against my brothers fiances beliefs for two people of the same immediate family to get married within the same year, they will be married by January. My sister will probably be married by summer. Neither want a big wedding. I pray that both of them have wonderful marriages and nothing like what they have both experienced in the past.

My sister got married when she was 16 and was divorced by the time she was twenty. She had two children within those years and was in a horrible relationship with her ex-husband. We kept trying to get her out of it and through love she always went back. The final draw was when my mom went up to the state where she moved to live with her ex husband and she went into labor with her son and while she was in the hospital her ex took the older child. That began a terrible divorce and I feel sorry for both of her children to have to deal with this. I was six when my sister got married and she kept me after school. I saw lots of fights and intervened lots. I'm so glad she is out of that. Due to the way that relationship went, ever steady boyfriend she dated after that always had the same characteristics. What triggered her to date these people, I do not know, but it was always the same types of guys. I do not understand if she would not allow her children around these guys, why would she submit her own self to these guys. Anyways, this guy I pray to God is different. I pray he treats her right. And I definately pray he treats my babies right, because for the longest they were like mine. There is stuff we do not like about him, but I assume there is flaws in everyone. Hopefully within these next few months we get past the flaws and my sister is sure this is what she wants. She loves him very much and as I've stated before, I hope he is the right guy for her.

My brother's ex-wife lived with us for a while during the time they were dating because her family kicked her out. They apparently did not like my brother. He went into the air force to make a life for them and before he left for basic training found out she was expecting his baby. When he came back after basic training and his other training they had a small wedding and moved off to live in Minot, North Dakota. She did not like being far from home and after the baby was born they moved back here. I'm sure you are wondering how he did this without actually coming out of the air force. Well, his bosses knew how much he loved the air force and his job and they saw some of the fights and knew that in order to make his marriage work, the only thing for him to do was to come home. They swapped him from active duty to air force reserves and they moved back here so she could be with her family and friends. Without going into strong detail of what all happened, the marriage failed and my brother ended up very hurt. He sees his daughter ever now and then, but definately not as much as he would like and that hurts him a lot. I also wish that his new future wife treats him wonderfully and makes him happy.

Finals

In a few hours I will take my last final for this semester. I am so scared and nervous, but also excited all at the same time. I have recieved two of my grades so far and have passed both classes, one with an A and one with a C. I am still waiting on reports back for my other classes. I'm not excited about that C at all because it is in English and English is not a bad subject for me, but for some reason I just could not make my teacher happy, needless to say I have signed up for the 2nd part of my class with a different teacher next semester. Anyways wish me luck on my test this afternoon and pray that as the rest of my grades come in that they are passing grades :)

Advice on cakes

Everyone is always telling my friend and me that we make really good cakes and we should sale them, so after a lot of thought, we have decided to do just that.

So those of you who sale cakes, how much do you charge? And those of you who buy cakes, how much do you pay? What's a good price for a good cake?

Also in your honest opinion what kind of cakes do you think would sale best? What are your favorites?

And lastly, are there any more tips you would like to offer?

Christmas Traditions!

Jules over at Chic & Pink got me in a lovely Christmas mood. Feel free to answer these questions and let her know about your list.

Traditions
1. Usually around Thanksgiving time we go into the attack and pull down our very dreadful to put up Christmas tree, but the past few years my daddys friend has given us a real tree from his lot. :) Oh how I love that soo much!
2. My mom and me and whoever else would like to join usually decorate the tree.
3. When my Granny was alive we would spend the day before Christmas eve at her house opening presents, but after she died that side of the family stopped wanting to have Christmas and now we rarely see any of them.
4. On Christmas Eve, we head to my Grandparents in Thomasville, Ga, about an hour from my house and have supper and yummy desserts followed by the swapping of presents. We each draw a name in like October of somebody outside of our immediate family and thats who we buy for, but everybody buys for the little ones. The we all load up our vehicles and head home to crawl in bed and try our hardest to fall asleep due to the anticipation of Christmas. Us grownups stay awake for just a little while longer until its not possible to hold our eyes open anymore :)
5. On Christmas morning, the first person to wake up wakes the rest and we all run to go see what Santa brought for the kids.


Songs
1. My new fav. this year is Taylor Swifts- Christmas Must Be Something More
2. Christmas shoes has always been a fav. of my mom and I.
3. All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey


We always play all the original songs and anything that comes on the country channels.

Movies
1. Earnest saves Christmas used to be one of my dads favs.
2. Elf is a fav. of the kids when they are with me.
3. Home Alone ( my family has home aloned me out over the years)
4. Jingle all the way
5. Jack Frost

I also love anything off of the Lifetime channels, ABC, and hallmark during the holidays! I just love Christmas time and all the good movies it brings.



Treats
1. Peanut Butter balls
2. Chocolate covered pretzels
3. Divinity
4. Candied Pecans


We make yummy candy tins an give them as gifts on Christmas Eve.

Decorations
1. I love to collect ornaments. Currently on my moms tree I have Dora and friends, Elmo, My little Pony, Carebears, Chucky and Angelica from the Rugrats, and there is no telling what other characters. My mom gets ornaments from her work and most of the time they are collector editions and very beuatiful. She has three different white house ornaments and ornaments from over seas. She has many beautiful one of a kind ornaments and I wish I have half of what she has one day. We literally left a lot off the Christmas tree this year because we had so much, but a lot of them she was ready to box up and keep because they had gotten old.
2. We have santa, a teddy bear, marching men, and many other figuries outsife along with Christmas lights and bows.
3. We have all kinds of what-nots throughout the house, stockings with all our names on them, and a wreath on the front door.


I JUST LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!