Fresh Air

I figured something out today (ok, last night. It's way too early to think deeply. I planned  this bitches! BOOM!). Blogging just isn't as fun as it used to be. I was getting too caught up in all of it.  It being the numbers, readers, popularity, etc. I wasn't totally there but closer than what I want to be.

I wasn't blogging for me.

And I'm disappointed in myself.

Because it's not about a number. It's about writing for what I want to remember. How I felt at this time in my life. And hopefully I continue to write this blog as long as I can for years and years to come. If I get caught up in numbers though, I won't want to.

I know that my "number" (bahahaha...get it) isn't really important. Just because they follow my blog doesn't mean that they read my blog. And that's ok if they want to do. However, I believe that my readers are people who constantly comment and interact with me. And that's what matters. The relationships I make, not the quantity, the quality.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE having many many relationships, duh. Other wise I wouldn't be blogging of course!!! But I want them to be awesome relationships.

Basically what I learned is that it's not about the number! =))) It's about me and what I like. And people will like it or they won't.

I'm hoping they do though ;). Because although numbers aren't everything, it is exciting to watch it grow and meet new people!

Happy Monday y'all =)

Thankful

Happy Saturday! I get the pleasure of being off today and figured that since I'm already up I would write a post. I've been up since 645 and my daughter is at her dad's and I don't have to work. Somebody needs to figure out what the hell is wrong with me. I should enjoy sleeping in!

Anyway...I've wanted to do a Thankful post everyday this month but that idea just seemed a little overwhelming. Especially since I don't blog everyday. So I decided that I would do a weekly thankful list. Normally it will come out on Thursday but I didn't decide until after Thursay.

{Day One} Thursday Nov 1

I'm thankful for the little girl that calls me mama. She's so amazing and I just can't believe how beautiful she is. Childhood innocence is a wonderful thing and I enjoy watching the awe in everything she sees.

{Day Two} Friday Nov 2

I"m thankful for my momma and daddy. I wouldn't be anywhere without them. They have always been quite good examples of adults. They were never married but they don't mind being around each other. In fact my mom often celebrates holidays with my dad's family. They couldn't make me happier. 

{Day Three} Saturday Nov 3

I'm thankful for Boyfriend. He is good to us. It makes me happy knowing how much he loves Teagan. 

I wouldn't want it any other way. He takes her as his own. We have our moments but the good are always better than the rough ones. 

{Day Four} Sunday Nov 4 

I'm thankful for my Auntie. She's taught me so much about life and relationships. I love how close we are and I can't imagine it any other way. I love her so much and I don't ever want her to forget it.

{Day Five} Monday Nov 5 

I'm thankful for my little sisters. We haven't always been the closest and sometimes they irritate me, but they're mine. I love being an older sister. The relationship between me and my middle sister is fun. I wouldn't trade either of them for anything. 

{Day Six} Tuesday Nov 6

I"m thankful for my best friend with four legs. I love that little dog so much. She truly is my child. 

{Day Seven} Wednesday Nov 7

I'm thankful for my wife. I love that girl. I'm so glad we have become friends. She's amazing!

And there's the first week! They won't always be this sappy. lol. 

Have a great Saturday. Can't wait to read about what you did this weekend!

My First Friday Favs!

I really was going to write a post today. But I just feel like I"m pressed for time. I hate being pressed for time. I work a double today...to make up for the double I worked yesterday but my morning shift was a hole hour and fucking half long. I was peeved. I drove 20 minutes to get some extra hours and all I get was a damn hour and a half shift and another double today. I took a THREE HOUR break before they let me come back on yesterday. Well that shit's not gonna fly today kids. I'll be straight up with them. No way, no how. Anyway.... Here we go



Favorite Day Saturday takes the win this week. I'm off tomorrow and I have a Mary Kay cocktail party and a birthday party to attend. Boooyah! Except I have so much homework to get done I might not get to go. =(
Favorite Website I got off the Pinterest bandwagon for a minute but I found my way back. =)))) Feel free to follow me!
Favorite Candy So my momma went out and bought an 18 pack variety box of Twizzlers the day after Halloween!  They have been pretty awesome. Until now, pull and peel has been my favorite but now this takes the cake.

Omg are they yum! The red ones are my favorite.

Favorite Drink

Redbull. Hands down. Like I need to lay off the stuff because I've been drinking so much of it lately.

I go through spurts. And they're always on sale. Who can resist a good sale?? 

Unfortunately I don't have any wings! They lie. 

I do have good posts planned for next week. So come back k?!?
Have a great weekend kittens!

What Do I Need To Do??

Yep...November already. How freaking exciting is that?!? It means we're close to Turkey Day and to Black Friday! MMMMMMHHHHHMMMM. My favorite shopping day of them all. Yeah, I'm crazy. Ok, not that crazy but I do really like it. I'm all about cheap tv seasons, dvds, housewares, and toys for the little person.

Anyway...I got off on a little tangent. I'm gonna do my goals for the month. Ya know... things I should do but sure as hell don't. Yeah..."goals" are what we say for things I should accomplish but I won't. lol. It's not a to-do list, but a should do list. Is it sad I see it that way? Maybe a little. And I kiddddd! I really try and get them done.

Recap of October Goals

- Clean out my car - DONE! It was bad. 

ignore my gross trashcan. It's the outside one! 

- make the dr's appointments. - Half. I made one and it was a great decision. I'm not ready to talk about it

but this will come up eventually.

- get at least 3 people's Christmas gifts bought - Fail. I totally have ideas but I didn't buy anything =(

- be active - Fail. Yep....hmmph but like I said in this post I downloaded the couch to 5-k app and I'm going to start it!

- get eating out under control - Half. I have cooked a lot more than I usually do but I need to get better at it. With the spending freeze in tow I guess I don't have a choice. ;)

- Take Teag to a pumpkin patch - DONE. This post talks all about it. So much fun!

- Go to at least one spook house. Nope =( so sad about it. Boyfriend promised next year we would. We better

- Keep reading. - Fail. I have stopped my book because I couldn't get into it. But I've been dying to read lately. Maybe I'll get a book about Christmas or something.

- Buy myself something I want. I gave this one up because I was off for two weekends in a row. Took a toll on the bank account.

- Send wedding gifts. - Fail. I completely forgot :-/ Terrible I know.

- Start using my planner. - Fail. Oops.

Source: thepinkinkdoodle.blogspot.com via Heather on Pinterest

November Goals 

- Buy at least one gift a week for Christmas.

- Cook at home 3 times a week.

- Pay $20 off my credit card every week.

- Find an activity for the month of December to do with Teag. RAKS or something from My Holiday Board. on Pinterest. 

- Keep up with my school work. 

- Buy boyfriend's birthday present by November 30.

Look At This

Before we begin today...have you voted??? If not get your ass over to the polls and do the damn thing! It's your right as an American citizen and your vote does count! Rock your vote! We did!

So I have a sick kiddo today and she's hanging out with me instead of being at school. Which isn't a big deal. She was laying on her pallet on the floor and asked if the dog would lay with her. I  currently had the dog on my lap but I wanted to be nice so I said yes.

Warm and cozy laying on her momma. 

Well, it took ten minutes of coaxing and telling her to stay to lay with Teag. And she was mad at me.

purposely ignoring me because she's mad she had to lay there

She layed there and got ignored so I let her come back to my lap. And now we're cuddling again. Sweet story huh. lol.

I have a bit of writer's block going on right now and I haven't shared any pictures of Trixie in awhile so I thought why not. Here's what she's been up to lately.

If you follow me on instagram you might have seen some of these.

Her Halloween costume. Don't let it fool you, she's not a bad ass. 

This is the rub my belly position. All the time. And yes, that's my lap. 

Ears up!

She did that herself. Propped herself under my hoodie and stuck her nose out to watch tv. 

She was getting a lecture and her feelings were hurt. 

My room is clean now so ignore all that shit in the back please!

I love when she has chihuahua ears!

Resting and snuggled up so cute. I die.

Yeah, since I just made a whole post around pictures of my dog I guess I'll go now! 

After I started this I realized I have stuff that I could be posting about. But oh well! 

Currently

Monday...it's been easy because of the time change. But it's also a sad day. Boyfriend's dog passed away in the middle of the night. Keep him in your thoughts if you would. Unfortunately, this was the third dog this year that he's lost.

And let's go onward wit something not so sad...I did nothing this weekend! There's your weekend round up. I was off all weekend and it was my weekend with Teagan so we hung out. I actually did do something! Saturday afternoon I went to my dad's to celebrate my littlest sister's birthday. She's the big 14 now! Ugh I'm old. Blahhhhhh. It's always a good time over there and I really need to go see him more. =)

There's the weekend round up kids! Since this is short I thought I'd do a Currently post. I've wanted to this for awhile so this morning when I saw that Amanda at Pretty Little Endeavors had done a currently post I figured that it was a good time since I have NOTHING else to blog about. hahaha. Yeah, I do have something else to post about but I've already started them to post later this week! Go me right. We'll see if they actually get written and posted or not.

Anticipating...
Thanksgiving and Black Friday. You'd think that I could calm down but nope...as soon as November gets here these are on my mind until the day! I'm super excited for Thanksgiving because I'm not working for sure because I work at a place that believes in being closed on those two days. AMEN. I love spending it with my family and food going straight to my ass stuffing my face. Combining my two favorite things...family and food.  I'm already looking at ads, not spending money, paying my credit card bill every week just to shop good deals and Christmas presents. =)

Buying...
de nada. At least I'm trying. I bought some stuff for breakfast and drinks for boyfriend and I for lunch but I'm trying to not spend any money this weeks except for bills and gas. Trying not to take my car out too much either. Ahhh I hate saving money.

Needing...
to start my couch to 5-k program. Yep...I'm gonna do it. Stop drinking pop too. And redbull...=( story on that another day. And I'm needing to not spend any money until Friday.

Thinking...
about boyfriend and his dog. Makes my heart break. She stayed in the room we hang out in and now it's so lonely without her.
How I need to start buying christmas presents because I need to get started now. I know what I want for some people but not everybody.
I don't want to go to work.

Over It List

I know I know...lack of posts this week is disgusting. I hate it. I really wanted to post yesterday but I was called in to work a double and I really needed to. No time for a blog. Blah I know! But I'm here today. And I have oodles of things I want to write about for once. Too bad I'm only doing one post today. Guess that I'll draft some up for the week too!

This morning I was scrolling through my reader when I saw Miss Sami's post on Thursday. It's an Over It List. She took the idea from Blair at Blair's Head Band but I just had to recreate it. Here's what she has as the definition of and "Over It List." 

" What is an OIL, you ask? It is an itemized rundown of things that, upon seeing/hearing/tasting them, you want to scream, "I AM OVER IT. ENOUGH. WE ARE DONE HERE." Oversaturation and overkill are the name of the game" - Blair from Blair's Head Band

Let's Get Started 

{1} Taylor Swift

Seriously so tired of her "I'm a goody two shoes" act. Girl, you're 22, have more boyfriends

than fat kids love cake. You mean to tell me you aren't sleeping with them? 

PUHLEAASE! I was all pro-Taylor but I'm hopping off the train for a bit.

{2} Babuble/Bubble Necklaces

I just don't get it. 

{3} Zombies

Next please. I just don't understand all the fuss about them. Anybody care to fill me in?

{4} Chevron

That shit makes my head hurt and makes me feel like I'm gonna hurl all over everything.

It just is crazy. It was cute for a minute. Not so much anymore.

{5} J. Crew
Really? Why would you spend so much money to look like a little old lady?
I don't get it. I'll stick to younger-ish looking stores.

{6} Teen Mom
The original girls are done so the show needs to be done. I don't know how you can have
a "typical" teen mom when these girls get paid a shit ton of money to be on this show. Let it go.

{7} Cray
Really? Just say the word. The whole damn word. It's not that long.
Thanks Jay-Z and Kanye. Except people don't get what it's really referring to.

{8} Reality Contest Shows
American Idol, X-Factor, The Voice, SYTYCD, Dancing With The Stars...etc. Please.
I prefer real entertainment!

{9} Chambray
It's denim. Light colored, softer denim. Just admit it.

{10} YOLO 

 

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Now, if you dig any of this, it's cool. Buttttttt I'm so ready to say buh-bye to it. We can still be friends =)

Have a great weekend kittens!