I swear I am about to go insane. Plain nutty if you want to put it that way. For the life of me, I cannot seem to find a bag of pants that I was due to return to Le Chateau (a clothing store). WHERE DID IT GO????? I got the pants about 1.5 weeks ago, brought them home and just found that they didn’t quite look as good on because they were a bit too low in the crotch. Hate when that happens. So I put them in the bag and meant to return them. I got very busy at the time and then started that process of cleaning out my room and reorganizing everything. The last I saw of that bag was last Tuesday when I came home and left it in the kitchen. I had put some very important documents about which schools I need to go to for the Humane Society as well. And that is the last I remember of it!

ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!! I have searched everywhere, up and down, all around. I still can’t find the bag. Now, tomorrow I have to guess what time my presentation is supposed to be at some school in Mayland Heights. I only have 3 days left to bring the pants back for a return, after that I am screwed and they will become mine, and we aren’t talking cheap pants either! I don’t know what else to do-just pray that they will show up in a bag?? The thing is, I KNOW that the bag is in my house and I KNOW that one day I will find it in a place that I had looked before-but I sure as hell hope it will be in the next 3 days or else I will have lost my mind!! Do you know where it is???????

Yup-it happened. Back near the end of October, I was challenged to write a 50,000 word story (aka 175 page novel) about anything. ANYTHING?? I had never heard of NaNoWriMo until Russ mentioned it. Apparently it is REALLY huge for writers to submit their finished novels about anything to this site which tallies up the word count. How exciting! My problem was that I never got into the writing thing, nor did I have enough time or energy to sit there and come up with some great fictional novel. Then it came to me-one night out of nowhere, I decided to write something that I have always wanted to write. My life story-yup even at the ripe old age of 25, I DO have a life story! (more…)

I got the title of this thread from one of my favorite songs off the Celine Dion Christmas Album. She also sings another song called, “Don’t Save it all For Christmas Day”, which talks about doing things that you love with the people you love, all year round.

Days go by so fast that it is hard to sit back and realize that in less than one month, it will be Christmas time!! For me, this year has gone by quicker than last year-and I have this slight feeling that it will continue onwards in this direction. Being in school during the day and teaching at night makes everything for me fly right by. But some days you just need that special time with your loved one to just sit back and relax. For many hours no less (more…)

I received a wonderful email tonight-usually forwards are just junk, but this one has meaning. With me being a teacher and dealing with kids alot, this story reminded me of the power I have to influence peoples lives. This power of course can be yours, if only you are open to wanting to make a difference. (more…)

I have had an amazing discovery today. Sweet, tasty and creamy. Yes, a kiss. But not just any kind of kiss. This is the kind that is wrapped in gold and melts in your mouth. A Hershey kiss, no less. I am not usually into Hershey kisses at all-shocking, I know. Especially since I LOVE me some chocolate. We were in class today and my professor brought in a few bags of kisses. Some had the almond in the middle, another bag was of mint while the last one was caramel. I was only able to try the almond flavor one and the caramel one. I was a bit worried about the caramel kiss because I am also VERY picky and particular about my caramels and chocolate. I bit into that little bundle of gold (wrapper came off of course ) and OMG OMG OMG OMG-I blurted out loud. This is the BEST kiss I have ever experienced (from Hershey that is). The caramel is soft and light, not chewy. Mind you, I DO love chewy caramels, but when you bite into a Hershey Caramel, you get this smooth chocolate flavor in your mouth while the carmel oozes out.

There is ONE problem though, once you start, you can’t stop. Much like Pringles. So I went to London Drugs to purchase my own bag and they were so hard to find. On sale, so I got 2 bags and shared them with my family. PLEASE, do yourselves a favor and get a good kiss, don’t walk, RUN to your store and try the caramel kiss. I guarantee it will be an organic experience

This will be a short entry but something cute, at least that is what I thought today. At the humane society, there is an older lady who comes in every Tuesday to volunteer her time. She sits in the same room as the lady and myself and puts together a pile of envelopes to mail out. She is a funky lady, still paints her eye brows, dies her hair, but she is retired so she HAS to be over 65. There is alot of spunk in her eyes and a kick in her step. Since she has been retired she has spent a good chunk of her days volunteering with different organizations which I think is wonderful. (more…)

So much for that “fresh start” I was aiming for in my last blog. Yesterday started out really well. I went to the Humane Society with a new mind set and a handful of donations care of my mom. She was very touched by my story and wanted to help out. The day at the Humane Society was great this time around. I think that initial shock of seeing everything was hard on me, but now I have seen it and have to do something to help. I even got to spend the last hour or so of the day outside with the new dogs playing. Not too bad if you ask me. (more…)

I like the name of this title and was inspired to sit here at the University lab and write something up. My car is parked in a drop off passenger zone but I just needed to write, especially when I have an awesome title in my head!! This past month and week alone have been tricky in some cases. I am getting ready to finish up my last part of semester one at school and the final stages are getting busy. I don’t know some days if stress speaks for me or just plain being worn out does. When I am at school and teaching, I am happy. It is normal for me even though the early school times are just a nightmare! I haven’t adjusted yet, heres to hoping that one day I do! (more…)

I wish I would have written this entry yesterday. I was feeling really bad with all that had happened to me. My emotions were running high though I kept it all to myself. I don’t like getting emotional infront of people or talking too in depth about my experiences, especially if I know I am going to start bawling like a baby. But it needed to come out, I had witnessed so much in my two days that I couldn’t carry on through the day normally. I would drive to work with the images in my head, and close my eyes at night seeing things of the day pased. It was hard for me to sleep and harder to carry on the days with the new realizations I had made. All it took was for a small phone conversation with Russ and a “So how are things going over at the Humane Society?”, and I was in a bucket of tears. I couldn’t stop myself and just spilled out everything I had seen and all that had affected me. I was in complete anguish and just needed a release but wasn’t planning on it to come out over the phone. I am glad it did, but now you will probably end up reading the slightly less passionate entry about my experiences at the shelter.This will be a long one, but I encourage you to read it once and re read it again. Understand the message. (more…)

Ever have those days when you just sit back and say “Holy crap, was THAT ever a coincidence?” I have had that happen to me the past 2 days in a row! Yesterday I drove my car to the Humane Society (where I am placed to work for my degree), and went in to do my thing. Around lunchtime, my dad came to find me and told me that my tire was flat. I had no idea since my car drove around pretty easily that morning. He said that he had seen my tire look a little flatter the day before and forgot to mention it to me. Something told him to come and check on my car that morning, and good thing he did because he brought along with him a compressor to pump it up again. We had a great lunch in between that time and I was able to get to work just fine. (more…)