new tunes!

SO! 

I got tired of listening to the same ole' songs every time I got on my blog site, so I did us all a favor & changed it up. 

Some are old, some are new. 

Some you've probably heard, some you may not have heard. 

Glorious Day - Casting Crowns

Sing for Me - Yellowcard

Two Sparrows in a Hurricane - Tanya Tucker

Vicious Circles - Aaron Lewis

a little variety? Yes. Sure. Why not?!

...and this concludes my pointless yet informative blog entry for today! 

I'm off to shower numero two for the weekend, and after that - a Honduras meeting. 

Have a pleasant Sunday!

ps - 12daysofclassleftandicannotwait.

What have I enjoyed today? / Pioneer Woman Mention...

Thanks for asking!

Reasons that I've enjoyed today:

Today has been beautiful.

Come to think of it, the weather over the last few weeks has been beautiful.
I love weather, though.

I don't know many people who absolutely LOVE rain. Granted, I don't like the bottoms of my jeans to be soaking wet, and I'd prefer not to have to walk to class it in, but a good Sunday or Saturday rain? You can't beat it. Rain at night is also an instant lullaby for me.

The snow was so innocent & white, too. I hate ruining it by the touch of the soles of my shoes, or by the marks of a four wheeler tire, but it is irresistible. I love the crisp air, and the site of the snow falling all around me. I love how the snow seems to bring out ones inner child, especially around these parts. When it snows, you're whatever age you want to be. I love how it confines us to one area, and even when most people feel trapped while being confined - I temporarily enjoy it. Cabin fever will set in eventually, but around the time it does - the snow melts anyway.

I also love days like today. The days that make you wish the sun was never made to go down, and the wind was never meant to cease its breeze. I love these days when you can't imagine bad weather: snow, sleet, ice, hail, ran, tornados, thunder, lightening - because it all seems impossible that blue skies could fill with such darkness. I love days like to today because they're encouraging enough to remind me that a new time is near. This is only a season in this year.

Music adds instruments to my life story.

Seriously, it seems like no mattter WHAT is going on in a second of my life, there is a song about it.
The main ones singing about my life right now are Mumford & Sons. I loved their popular song, but once I heard them on the Grammy's, I decided that I ultimately loved their actual voice, and their instrumental diversity compared to many other recording artists. Yes, they may seem like a typical Alternative band, and I guess in some ways they are, but they don't fall into the same category to me as some artists do (Ex: Goo Goo Dolls, The Fray). Granted, this is solely my opinion, but they stand out. Some may say it's because they're just plain weird, but me? I say it's because they're different in an amazing way. It may be their English accents, but I read in an article about them that they "are making music that matters without taking themselves too seriously." (SN: If you're curious about what song I am LOVING right now, it's called "White Blank Page", and I more than likely have/will add it to my music queue at the bottom of my blog, so search & play it.)

Valentines Day is 364 days away.

I despise V-Day, and so thinking that it's that far away from now is comforting to me for some reason, and that's good for today to be a GREAT day.


UPDATE:

for all of you who know about The Pioneer Woman (and for those who don't, check her out! Amazing photographer, cook, and woman in general!) I thought I would share with you...

She hosts Pioneer Woman Photography Assignments randomly throughout the course of the year, and she always has a different theme. I got interested in them about a year ago, and I started entering soon after that. This week's topic was on "Love", and I entered this photo:

taken at Tyson & Brandi Smith's wedding, October 2010.

It just so happened to be mentioned today, and I am awestruck, thankful, and shocked! She is phenomenal, and to have a photo of mine catch her eye means the WORLD to me. I am so grateful, and I [not so secretly] wish I could hug her neck for that! 

If you want to see the entire group (AND I encourage you to check out the rest) Here is the link. 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day Ten!

first of all, am I boring ya'll to death? I am really loving having a blog topic everyday - just wondering if ya'll are sick of reading about it yet!

Day Ten: Things You're Afraid of...

- clowns

- coyotes

- sleeping in a room with doors open

- needles 

- having yellow teeth

- ocean water

i'm sure I could think of some more, but those are the main things!

30 Day Blog Challenge! Day: Two

DAY TWO: What is the meaning behind your blog name?

 I guess "technically" my blog name is a heart, but if you've been reading for awhile, you'd know that for the most of my "blog experimenting" it has been: 

"Foralways"

My best friend-boy and I used to come up with alternate words for "forever" when saying "I love you!" Once, I said "forever and always" and he came up with "foralways". The only other time i've ever seen this used was in a Nicholas Sparks Book that I read. It wasn't one word, it was spaced out into two. 

While he was in basic training in Parris Island, our letters never said "sincerely" or "talk to ya later" they were always signed "foralways... love" (and sometimes, of course "semper fi")

I was blogging way before the word had meaning to me, but I can't remember what I called my blog then! Ha! 

Now, it's just a heart, but I didn't change it for any specific reason. I just changed it because I wanted some change on my page. 

The quote under it speaks volumes to me. How many times have you not let someone know how much you truly cared for them? How many times do you look back years later & wish you HAD told them how much you loved them? I believe it leaves us a little hollow each time we don't mention to someone just what they mean to us - especially if you're not given another opportunity. It is a quote by Orlando Battista, a Canadian chemist and author. 

...................

Tomorrow's topic is "First Love", so it will be more detailed than today. As a matter of fact, many of the rest of the "topics" call for more detail! 

=) 

yep, 2 post.

 Thank you, Ashia for helping me with my new profile picture & header! :) I love it!

• it's almost spring break (9 days) 
• i'm exhausted from standing up at Eric Church for almost 6 hours!
• things are a lot different than I had initially planned, but that's how God works in mysterious ways.
• i deleted my last post, because the more I wrote, the more personal it became, and i don't know if i'm willing to type all of that to my blog just yet.
• today is one of those days where "it seems to be working out for everyone else". 
• i miss my best friend quite terribly.

happiness:

- seeing you happy.

- new blog layout.

- black dresses.

- Fireproof.

- pictures.

- Kelly's post today.

2 post day?

I'm excited to have linked up to Kelly's blog so that high school/college girls can connect. As she said, it sometimes seems like the "blog world" is for a bunch of mothers, but it's good to know that there are a few of us who AREN'T mothers yet that still find time to blog. :)

So, with that being said, I will tell a little more about myself.. and maybe later post a blog I have in mind.

As for now?

these are my parents!

this is my best friend, LCPL Brown.

my brother, (middle) & cousins!

my intermediate family!

my wonderful, wise Mimi!

my beautiful Nannie!

my sisters (aka - my softball team)

my bffmeg! 

best friend, Megan.

best friend/childhood friend, Hollie.

Hollie, "sister-in-law"-Hannah, & Megan :)

last but not least, Kendall.!

if you were left out, it was for no particular reason! I have the greatest people in my life. I don't know where I'd be without them!

you'd think that i'd learn the cost of love has paid that price long enough.

It's been a good weekend.

I tried uploading a video, but it was an epic failure. Ashia, maybe you can help me in that department sometime soon?

That's all.

happiness:
- baseball.
- more snow?
- chris young.
- roadtrips.
- lost on dirt roads.
- bracelets.

writer's block?

happiness:
- new purses.
- civil conversaton.
- feeling good about a test.
- chocolate pie (...bad for the diet)
- sarcasm.
- curly hair.
- "paperweight" - Joshua Radin Schuyler Fisk
- reuniting with the Twitter word; i feel refreshed.
- tanning bed.
- that text i anticipated.

a whole new world; a new fantastic point of view.

 There are really no words to describe the way that yesterdays post has made me feel. I almost feel like a totally made-over person. I feel as if I stood on top of the eiffel tower & spoke those words to the entire world. In the same sense, those words now hold me accountable to my actions that I plan to display in the future. Now, it may not seem as life-changing to you by reading it, but believe me..for those of you who have known the situation, it is pretty "life-changing". Hallelujah! I've seen the light!
 Can you tell that I am trying to be a better blogger? Okay, this could just be a phase, but I do want to make it a more habitual thing. I have even considering getting into the Not Me Monday and maybe whatever Kelly has going on over on her blog. It will give me a reason to blog about something meaningful interesting.
 In other news, I am doing a "Twitter Cleanse"! Isn't it terrible that it has come down to that? I mean, seriously, who drives themselves into a Twitter rehab? That is disgusting. I could be doing something so much more productive half the time, but instead i'm "tweeting" about what I SHOULD be doing! Horrible, I know. It really is tough though because most of my day-to-day, moment-by-moment thoughts are on Twitter (bless ya'lls hearts for following me; you've probably gotten to where you simply skim over my "tweets"). I don't know how long this "rehab" will last. I guess as long as it takes for me to get a  point across. ;-)
 Today was just an ordinary Monday. Monday's usually aren't horrible for me, but Tuesday? That's a different story. I highly dislike Tuesdays! Especially tomorrow, I have an economics test that I have to do good on!
 This is all for now, but I am working on a post that I hope ya'll will enjoy! Have a good week, and go see Dear John if you get an opportunity. (Read the book first, otherwise you will have no drive to do so after seeing the movie. I'm just saying.)

happiness:
-coffee.
-best friend talks.
-encouragement.
-a "loop" around town.
-the feeling of accomplishment.
-staying true to my own self.
-jergans lotion. (total bliss.)
-house shoes. (yes, hollie, I am an "old lady"! HUSH! :)

i'm afraid i'm losing it, what's it going to take to get through this..

It has been far from too long since my last blog. I read kelly's tips on how to be a "good blogger", and i completely failed that one. Oh well, I have to be inspired.

Clint comes home in 15 days. (I had my numbers messed up, due to being anxious, i believe (; ) I cannot express how happy i am. I have watched video after video of seeing someone see their soldier for the first time after awhile, and they always bring a tear to my eye. I am so proud of Clint, he encourages me so much. I can't help but smile when I think about him and how brave he is. It's been so hard being here for three months without him, its been a couple of confusing months for me - and I know that he would've given me great advice..not that i haven't gotten good advice already, but you know!
I'm not going to complain about being "confused" because I know what Clint has been enduring is far more exhausting than anything i've gone through. It's just time for him to come back.

In a month (+ a few days) i'll be 18. Eighteen. Woah. I'll graduate in May. Graduate. I'll be a Central Academy Alumni. Alumni. Okay.. i'm stopping.

ignore the first couple of seconds of this. Watch it, though. Story of my life.

thinks to myself - - what a wonderful world. <3

Spring Break has been here, and I haven't even thought about my blog. I've been reading others, but not taking heed to the fact that mine was ..being neglected! So, here goes.

Dear you,
i'm confused, unsure, and this is not enjoyable for me.
Please do me a favor & UN-confuse me.
Love,
Me

Thursday:
we had our play (may post pictures at a later date) - it went well, I guess. We all had a pretty good time, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. A lot of complaining went on about the practices & all the other things that come with doing a play, but I believe everyone was happy they had participated. Those are memories we'll always have together. After the play, we stayed at the camphouse in Shuqualak, that's always fun! It's good to get outta town, even if it's still CLOSE - - i'd rather not be TOO far from civilization.

Friday:
NO SCHOOL! It was rainy & gross. We woke up at about 9:00 (yes, believe it or not, no school & still got up fairly early to've stayed up until almost 3) and Hollie and I went to Columbus. We spent most of the day there, ate at the new McAlisters, shopped around, and came back to town. I watched my episode of Greys that I had missed Thursday, and then Shea came to get me. We rode around for the remainder of the day. (Still very nasty outside)

Saturday:
What DID I do Saturday? -- OH! I got up and went to Mimi's, had lunch with her & Mamma. We just lazied around her house for most of the day. Mr. Glenn's birthday was Saturday, so Mrs. Sandra was cooking supper for him. Shea asked me to come & eat, and of course I was excited. I always enjoy the time I have to spend with his family, they've found a special place in my heart -- and we haven't even been dating for very long. I get attached easily, ha ha. We ate pork chops, creamed potatoes, peas, salad, and german chocolate cake. MMMM. Yes, it was great! I got to meet his SWEET grandmother, Mrs. Hardy. We spent some time with them, and left at around 8:30.

Sunday:
Church day. After church, Hollie & I ate lunch (as usual - -would hate to ruin a "tradition") - - at Parade.. That girl LOVES Parade. No need to ask her where she wants to go, on Sundays after church, my vehicle is set on auto-pilot all the way to the Parade parking lot! We enjoyed catching up for awhile, and then she went home, as did I. Shea came over around 3:00, and we watched "The Valley of Light". It is an AMAZING Hallmark movie about a fisherman & a little boy. I enjoyed it, I didn't know he had seen it until halfway through:
"Do you like it?" -me.
"Yeah! I've seen it." -him.
..no kidding? Hmph. -- later, we rode around. Sunday afternoons are soo peaceful, calm, and worryless (if that's even a word). I love them!

Monday:
I cleaned my drawers out, made room for everything, and cleaned my closet (well, the shoes) out too. I always feel better after cleaning, it's just getting up the motivation to actually DO IT that's so hard! Shea came over later, and we just hung around the house with Mamma & Daddy. We watched American Idol. I was VERY impressed by: Danny, Michael, Scott, and Kris Allen. Scott stole my heart from the beginning, as did Danny. Michael's voice (in my opinion) is what country music NEEDS. Kris Allen -- he's just a cutie with a voice; and see ya later, Alexis Grace, I never liked ya anyway!

Tuesday:
I cannot remember Tuesday at all, during the day. I know that I cooked - - - BAKED, actually. Cooking (I guess) would be a "meal" , and baking (I GUESS) would be...desserts? Yeah, well anyway; I baked something like a blonde brownie (aka: blondies) They had: walnuts & white chocolate chips in them. You serve them warm with a maple syrup on top (but I just used caramel) - everyone in my family loved it. Here's what it looks like:

Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Shea told me he "could eat it for breakfast, lunch, and supper, so if this was all I learned to cook - - it would be OK! - - we may have to cut the door a little wider so I can fit in, but hey, whatever works!" (We'll talk about my cooking delima another time.) I know I drove my mother CRAZY in the kitchen, because she was trying to cook supper (and talk me through that) and I was baking -- trying to be conservative of bowls (because I know what it's like for someone to come in the kicthen and use ALL the bowls and expect ME to clean them!) Even though I was driving her bonkers, we enjoyed ourselves. I could get used to being in the kitchen with her.
I went to Hollie's house and helped her clean out her room around 10:45, I left at 12:15.

Wednesday:
Mom wakes me up at 9:00 to clean out one of our garage areas. My grandma Jessie, who died when I was younger, had SO many dishes, SO many knick-knacks, SO much STUFF in her house & most of it ended up in boxes in the garage. Me & Daddy went through a lot of it, and helped Mamma straighten up. I went to Factory Connection (got a cute skirt!), ran some errands for Mamma, and then chilled for the rest of the day. Megan came over & we made a CD. Then, of course, we had to ride around and listen to it! Shea came over, but he couldn't stay too long!

Today:
Today, me & Mamma set off to shop for the day. We had a good day! When I say good, I mean I got: new purse, new shoes (4 pair), 6 skirts, and 4 shirts, and a scarf - - amd some pretty GREAT deals on ALL of it. We spent all day shopping, then we came home and I started baking. Tonight I baked a little thing that i'm going to call "Headache". Not because it was complicated, but because if you ate enough (shoot, you could probably LOOK at it for longer than 10 minutes) you would have a headache - - - from ALL the CHOCOLATE! This one requires: brownie mix, cookie dough mix, chocolate chips, & heavy cream. This is what it looked like:

The family enjoyed this ALSO. Shea said, "I could eat the entire pan." So, 2 things down..Now I just need to start cooking REAL meals.

I guess everyone's got to start somewhere.!

What's next on my "baking agenda"? Hmm.. Maybe..

Chocolate Chip Pie. Yum?

I hope you all have a LOVELY rest-of-Spring-Break!

Other great news, I got the JOY o f seeing Ashia's "little peanut" today, (a sonogram, of course) and it just put a SMILE ON MY FACE! I cannot wait for that sweet baby to be here. (:

If any of you are looking for a good movie to watch, here's my suggestion:

- truly an amazing movie. As a matter of fact, I think i'll go watch it now. Here's the story of the movie. I figured a website could tell it better than me.

[p.s.]
As much as I obsessed, I almost forgot -- TWILIGHT IS COMING OUT TOMORROW AT 12:01!!!! So, yes, of course, as of now, Shea & I are planning to be there to get it, at 12:01. Oh the things he does to steal my heart. (:

& so, the lion fell in love with the lamb..

i promise there is a post coming...soon.

brief update..

i had every intention of writing a "good" post, until my nyquil set in. This stuff can seriously knock me off my feet! I was raring to go 20 minutes ago, and now i can barely sit up!
why nyquil? ..i've caught the: "croop", "crud", YUCK!

this weekend, nothing went on. We (Shea & I) stayed home due to the pink eye. He didn't have it, I did. Can you believe he didn't catch it after being around me while I had it for 3 days? He was a trooper through the whole deal. I figured i'd scare him with no makeup, but he never said anything except for, "you still look pretty.." that could've been a fib :) He'd let me fall asleep on his shoulder & never once wake me up by tickling me, which is what he usually finds QUITE hilarious. He was just the most precious thing, all weekend long. I am so thankful to have him in my life.

Next, this is Kendall's blog that she's started to keep everyone up-to-date about Caroline. I'm sure everyone reading my blog knows about the situation that Mr. Vance & Corrin are in with their precious daughter, but this will keep you up to date with the latest news. Please keep them in your prayers!

Exams are finishing up for the Junior class tomorrow! Yippah! I'm very excited about Spring Break!

"Before his second year of college, I was barely seventeen.
He was haulin' hay, an' I brought him a glass of tea.
To a farm boy from Mississippi, you were small town girl,
An' every young man's dream in cut-off jeans, with that Homecoming Queen smile.
I were makin' fun of his farmer's tan an' he was lettin' me.
An' fightin' bull in the July heat, tryin' to keep his cool.
An' the prairie wind sang while the dust devils danced.
It just got hotter as the summer passed.
An' that first kiss stole our breath away.
An' the breeze died down as our hearts surrendered.
The moonlight shattered as it crashed on the river.
We both knew we'd never be the same:'
Cause love changes everything."

but what he gave her came from the heart, a bond that could never be torn apart..

A blog needs to be written, i just don't have it in me.

Exams are next week, the play is next week, and after next thursday..freedom will be given to us. Freaking yay for Spring Break.

I'll let this post be an update, sorry for not feeling philosophical - - again, i know.

Marlee, baby - is feeling a little better. She's still on antibiotics (suffering from a kidney infection, nothing major..thankfully) She has been in better spirits for the last 2 or 3 days, but right now she's mad at Ruger. Ruger has a barking issue, you see. So, daddy bought a "trance-thing" (i'm not sure of the proper name for it) to see if this would cease it. It is in the form of a bird house (weird, huh?) and you just aim it towards the problem, and everytime it picks up a bark, it sends out a high-pitched noise that only dogs can hear. Daddy put it in, and when i went to feed him, he was in the corner of the pen. Daddy even said that our neighbors dog had shut up! ..Marlee is mad because she has to listen to the noise, and it's because of her crazy, barking cousin.

Frankie, darlin - is such a happy fishy! Many of you have been asking about him & he's grand! I changed his water saturday, and I put him in the new water, and he took a nap. I woke up this morning to find that (i believe) he's making a bubble nest. They look similar to this:

cool, huh? If it continues to build, i'll take a picture of his & post it sometime. I'm thinking that Frankie needs a Francis, SOON. I just don't have time to go get her. It's either softball or play practice. I want Francis to look like this:
white's pretty, don't you think?

"i haven't seen you hardly all week. I'm gonna tickle you til you scream."
- - ohh boy.

this song has been STUCK in my head all week, i don't know why.

Natalie Wood gave her heart to James Dean
The high school rebel and the teenage queen
Standin together in an angry world
One boy fightin for one girl
I wanna be loved like that,
I wanna be loved like that
A promise you can't take back
If you're gonna love me
I wanna be loved like that
Daddy never gave Momma a diamond ring
But Momma never wanted for anything
But what he gave her it came from the heart
In a bond that was never torn apart
An old man kneeling all alone
Plants his flowers in a garden of stone
For seven years now she's been gone
And his devotion is still goin strong.
I wanna be loved like that,
A promise you can't take back.
If you're gonna love me,
I wanna be loved like that.

& now that i've bored you to tears, goodnight.. pray for a more productive & intellectual post next time (:

p.s.

CONGRATULATIONS, Ashia & Ben! I have been wanting to post this, now i can! I'm soo soo happy for you! I know both of you will be fun, loving, great parents. I'm looking forward to meeting your little one! (: I love ya'll both.

let's see what life has to hold, down the road.

well, this has been brewing in my mind. Hopefully my mother won't kill me for it (:

i was reading throught the 1975 Viking annual last night when I began thinking more of my parents, rather than my life. It's so amazing to think (and this is where they may wanna shoot me) but..at one point, they were my age too. I know it's hard for me to believe ONLY because I wasn't there to witness them at that age. They suffered the same issues that I face now. The wisdom is there, as to what I should do next, but I believe they hold back sometimes in hopes that maybe the mistake I make will be one that makes me stronger. one signature said something about being home "on time", hmm..i've never missed a curfew! these are people that spent their time with my parents, they laughed, they made memories, some of them loved each other, some of them hated the other. Some of them ended up marrying each other & some moved away, and haven't been seen since graduation - - it's so surreal for me; To believe that my parents rode up & down the same roads that we do, sometimes talking about the same things we do now, basically, they grew up the same way we did.
We don't give them enough credit for the things they do for us, to protect us. We should realize that they have been there before we ever thought about being there, we should listen as they advise us on what to do, but no - some of us are too stubborn.
I cannot imagine my parents when they "dated" (courted, whatever they called it). That (in my world) never exsisted. You know, I've heard stories of that time in their life, but I just can't wrap my mind around it.
Men were completely different then, compared to now. Most ALL men then held the door, opened the door, walked you to your door, called you (now..we text! - for the most part), sent flowers for no apparent reason other than to let you know they were thinking about you, etc, etc. Nowadays, yes, there are still men around like that (and I would say BE THANKFUL if you have one that does all those things for you, because they're hard to find) but back then, it was second nature. It was the way it was supposed to be. We've strayed so far away from mannerism's in today's world that it's sad.
Anyway, onward to my observation.. I can't see my daddy leaving the table during an UNO game with Mamma & PawPaw because he was about to win, and didn't want to make PawPaw mad before he asked for my mothers hand in marriage. & I can only hear about him and Mamma washing the car when he popped the question.
It's not that I don't want to see it, or even that I'm trying to block it from my memory. Believe me, i'd love to have been a fly on the wall in that situation. I'd love to go back & spend a day in that era. The clothes, the vehicles, the past times, the school, the people, everything about it seems so much fun - compared to now. I'm sure i'll look back in 20 years and say the same thing about this time period, though, too. I guess what this whole post is about would be that - - it's just hard to imagine life for my parents without children.


They are so good to us, and we take it for granted each & everyday.

"And I go back to watchin summer fade to fall
Growin up too fast and I do recall
Wishin time would stop right in its tracks.."

i'm tangled up in you.

So, lately my blogs have been about what is perfect or imperfect in my life. I should start off by letting you know that in somewhat of a way, I have strayed from leaving the simple things out of my blog. I shouldn't. Those are the things that matter. Right? I'm not feeling very philosophical, so i'll share with you, my new addition. (:


Saturday night my little small dream came true! My first (of hopefully many) betta fishes (yes, they are called fishES not fish') was purchased.

Shea & I went to walmart at almost 9:30 to get it, and I was as happy as a kid who'd just told Santa what they wanted for Christmas. Shea said, "She has smoke comin off of her shoes while she was walking to the fish." - ha!

So, we walked to them, and as I looked, Shea picked one up. It was beautiful. A red one, but when the light hit it just right, it would turn blue. It had long, flowing fins, but to me he looked old. I've gotten to where I can tell, sort of. I've done so much research on these fish, ask anyone. I am really excited about this, and I hope to breed them sometime.
Anyway, he picked the fish up, and i told him that was a great one! I told him to let me check the other shelf, just to make sure. So, i walked to the other side of the aisle, and I spotted him. A yellow betta male, with a black face. He was darting around his "bowl", ful of energy & life.
You're thinking i'm crazy, huh? I am seriously to the point of obsession. I spent all of last week Googling these fish, to make sure that when I got one, it would have the proper care.
Now, i have one of my own to give a happy life to. So far, he seems pleased.

Frankie Earl

I got Marlee out Saturday, while I cleaned my truck out & Daddy tempored some knife blades. She was just as happy as a kid in the candy shop! She was struttin around like she owned the place. She's doing SO well with her retrieving (Thanks to Daddy!) and she loves attention.
I thought about putting her "Life is Good" collar on, but we're gonna save that for her first REAL dove hunt, or something else special like that!
After she'd been out for about an hour, I decided to take her riding. That's one other thing she tends to enjoy a whole lot. So, we rode out through the country before the rain set in. Once we got back, she was glad to hear "Kennel up!" I think she'd had enough for the day!



Mallard Marlee Made

So, there you have it, fellow bloggers. My little family!



Be sure to check out (& comment) Mrs. Kristie Boykin's blog about her journey with Cody & his Army experience. It's an amazing blog that will reach out & grab your heart.
Click to view it. -> www.kristieboykin.blogspot.com

i guess i don't realize how much my post are read.

oh well to those who are offended by it.

what in the world?
as if life hasn't been complicated enough lately, and you're gonna throw that in my face? Just bc every waking moment isnt spent with you DOES NOT mean we need to be offensive. You can get happy in the same pants you got mad in, because quite frankly, if i see this as a mistake, i will correct it on my own time.


my week?
it's friggin monday. I have a feeling this week is going to feel like a week of mondays, yay. Not.
test, test, test. Yuck, yuck, yuck!
i hate wishing my life away, but i seriously anticipate the weekends.


pointless post, just one to say i wrote.
tomorrow will be a busy day,
this week officially sucks,
and i despise mondays. period.

has he asked the president, i'm sure he has his number.

This weekend was good. Facebook pictures to prove. I'm not so sure I approve of the fighting.


I reeeeeally hate school, it disgust me to no end. Especially 5th & 6th period. The anger that comes over me by just being in your presence, good grief. UGH!


Ashia, I need a haircut. This week sometime if you can, just a trim, you know how that is for me. Just let me know when's a good time for you.


& so, the lion fell in love with the lamb.

my new favorite thing is to shoot stuff.

Christmas break.

Amazing.

It too bad that it's over, and now I'm sitting in class. Why is over? Why did those 2 weeks go by so fast, almost like it was a weekend? .. "All good things must end" that's what my Mamma said. & its the truth, it just sucks!

Hunting, no sucess. But I will tell a story. Let me start out by introducing the main character, Nemesis. For those of you who are unsure about what that means, check google for an exact definition, but.. Basically it's --something you cannot conquer. It consumes your thoughts. Nemesis is the name of the deer I've been huntin with Shea. I got a chance to shoot, Monday. It was about 375yds away, and Shea swears I hit it. We walked to where I shot him, and couldn't find a trace of blood or hair anywhere. We decided to let him lay (if I had hit him) and we decided to come back in the morning.
At 8, Shea calls to see if I'm awake, and he was at my house by 8:30, we headed out with Kellie (his dog) and Ruben (the other dog) and looked for it. Nothing.
We continued hunting the same deer, and Wednesday he walked out at the other end of the field. So, we decided to sneak to him. We walked about 350yds down the edge of a treeline, then crawled out to the edge of the green field. Shea could see him. I was behind Shea. I crawled out a little farther, and just as I eased my gun up to see him, he walked in the woods. No luck. We been hunting him all week. I guess that's why they call it hunting, and not killing.


Anyway, it was fun.


"What are you doing?"
"Pretendin to be a tree!"

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Oh boy. When have I been this happy? Other than now? When I'm with you, everything is fine. That look, after you say "I love you" when I respond, and you give me THAT look like, "are you sure?" Yes, I'm sure. I wouldn't tell you if I didn't. Let me guess, you think it's too soon for I love you? Well, good thing I didn't ask for your opinion! Maybe it is, but when you know, you know. Words about you should just flow out of my mouth, they really should. I just don't know where to begin. I feel like me when we're together, like I don't have to be someone else.

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I hate school.

blackberry blog.

So, this is so the thing to do while hunting now. The countdown for blackberry is over!! I have one now. Proud owner of a Curve!!! (:
How was your Christmas? Mine was wonderful.. Spent with my family, friends, wonderful boyfriend, and his family! It doesn't get much better than this.
Tonight, shea & I went to see Marley and Me, and yes, I cried. I don't normally cry, but I did. Thinking of my Marlee, and how little she used to be, and how almost every detail about the dog in the movie reminded me of her, it jus hit me that she isn't always gonna be here, an I need to value my time with her more than I do.
Megan is here, for the night. Who knows what's up tomorrow. Goodbight, all.!

it's just right for me..

Well, hollie lays beside me.
She got stuck here while we were doing our Algebra homework, and decided to stay.

Thanks be to God for keeping the ones i love safe tonight.
I'd hate for something to happen.

YOU made a dumb decision, by jus frolicking around like nothing was going on, but i'm glad your okay.

YOU are smart (: thank you for leaving & going somewhere else, that was a wise decision.

I'm ready for tomorrow, so i am about to get rid of today by sleeping.
Goodnight, all.