Sabrina-It's all about them kangaroos mate!

Where would I like to travel to and why?

Ever since I was in elementary school I've always wanted to go to Australia. Which is a little odd since I used to absolutely hate heat. (Now I absolutley love it!).

I want to see the wildlife and get a change in atmosphere. Plus I absolutely LOVE the accents and have to admit I've always wanted an accent like their's!

Other than the scenery and language I really have no other reason that that's the place id choose to go out of all other places in the world.

Hopefully I could travel there one day and see if it's as wonderful as I expect it to be. Or if the heat and snakes make it an adventure I never would persue again! If that wojuld be the case then it would be off to Rome next!

Ryan- Same old, same old.

This week I spent a lot of my time worrying.

Bought a new car the past week, so I did a lot of running around to get the car somewhat fixed up.
I had to make sure i got my girlfriend to work.
I sat around waiting for phone calls for my work.

The weekend, i celebrated my birthday which was really nice- stress wasn't on my mind!


Sorry its a small post- just really wasn't much to my week!

Luce-Another day another dollar...

My week.

Odd that this week is the blog entry. Because the week after I see my SO SUCKS. I go into withdrawal mode and truly just crash into sadness.

Monday- After a 7 hour drive home with my kids trying to cheer me up...we got home and all fell asleep pretty early in exhaustion.

Tuesday-After getting the kids off to school...I spent the day in bed..pretty miserable. Went to work at night...

Wednesday-Spent the day getting my video application for Extreme Couponing. That was a neat experience. Very nervewracking...but got through it..and got to spend time with some great friends. Kids and I had a great night together as well.

Thursday-Cleaned the entire house and worked on my Coupon blog most of the day. Went to work at night.

Friday-Errands, errands, errands. Then work at night...

Today- Worked all day.

Trying to limit my time online....as hiding behind the computer screen is doing me no good for my depression...out there living and trying to put on the happy face.

Jamie - Something exciting.

Well, nothing really exciting has happened to me in the last week. I guess the only thing that could count is that my boyfriend's mom is starting to not be so uptight about him coming to visit here. So that's good. Yeah... don't really have much to say. Lame, I know.

Tiffinnie - An eventful week

Well this has been one of the most eventful weeks I've had in a long time.

Thursday last week I don't remember what I did (clearly uneventful)
Friday I went out with the lovely Monday blogger, Sabrina, and played pool with her and our friend Breauna and Sabrina's boyfriend... DOMINATED!
Saturday I went with my mom and hung out for a while... then tried to convince all the facebookers that a guy named Jesus (hey-zeus) was coming down from the sky on his giant raptor and we were all guna either get eaten by the raptor or be squished under its feet... or we all had really nice hiding spots and it couldnt find us to nom on us...
Sunday was my baby brother's first birthday, I gave him the beautiful Zero I made him and he smiled really big and took it from me and threw it on the ground... then I gave it back and he repeated this process... repeatedly O_O so I decided that he just liked to see me get annoyed and get the toy and give it back to him...

Monday I don't remember really... Tuesday I'm pretty sure I hung out with Sabrina all day, played pool (unsuccessfully...) and then sat in my room for hours going through old pictures and blabbering to keep myself awake... Wednesday (yesterday) I got to go see The Fray and freeze my butt off outside of Thundervalley Casino for the concert... but it was only about an hour or two long... I won a teeshirt from my favorite radio station last night at the concert from a wheel spin thing. That made me happy... and then heard this song (which i had listened to many many times but to hear it live gave me goosebumps all over)

and that leaves us at today, which I am spending working on another crochet project and getting this one finished before starting on more Zero projects because I have a high demand for them from people on facebook. I'll be posting my Etsy link as soon as I put some of the stuff I make up on there and you can get stuff I make on there. I make the Zero plushies before you buy them, but the scarves, hats, leg warmers, and whatnots (blankets/various other plushies) are all made on order. So as I finish a project I think I might add it to my blog so you guys can see the stuff I do ^_^ Hopefully I'll have a new thing to show you each week... Definitely going to try!

anyways that is my epic eventful week (yes, this stuff is much more than I normally do...) 

Krista - A-w-e-s-o-m-e-, Awesome, Awesome, Awesome - Totally!

This is actually a terrible day for me to post this, because the two things that I was most excited about this past weekend, I can't really post anything about them.

So I will go with a few short things that were pretty awesome.

1. My son is off the crutches! The ankle is still wrapped up but now he can walk like a normal person (and help around the house!).

2. I'm training a new person at work, and they seem to be getting it! This is more exciting that you possibly know.

3. I got to eat some shrimp this past weekend...I don't like seafood in general but I love shrimp.

4. I managed to cook a decent chicken and rice meal the other night!

5. Less than 30 days until I see the love of my life again!

6. School is out for summer and my son got an amazing final report card. He's moving on to third grade, yay!

I really wish I could share the other things but one of them has ended up not working out, and the other, I'm not ready to share with the world.

Stay tuned...

Sabrina-Four Locos

This week has been pretty awesome!

I don't think I can list just one exciting thing that has happened this past week.

Let's see..

Friday I went to the pool hall, which I hadn't been to in months, with some close friends and the boyfriend. It was awesome! I missed hanging with my friend, Tiff, and I missed playing pool! Going to definitely have to do that more! I feel a need to have a ladies night soon hopefully!

Saturday I went to an amazing BBQ at a friend's place. They just moved into a new apartment a few weeks ago and had a little BBQ with some close friends as a sort of house warming party. The food was absolutely delicious. Chicken, Tri-Tip, potato salad, watermelon, and so much more yummy food! We played some catch with the football and my friend got a new puppy! The puppy was absolutely so adorable! I was playing with him for most of the first half of the BBQ. The party ran pretty late and then a bunch of people decided to go to the casino afterwards.

THIS MORNING was absolutely terrific! I went to the gym real early with my gym buddy Breauna. We decided to try out a class our gym offered that we had never done before. It was the best workout ever! My muscles were screaming at me by the end and I so enjoyed myself! It is a barbell class that works out your entire  body! It was an hour long class and I was already thinking it was over half way through! Breauna was tired only 20 minutes into it! We did a million squats, lunges, press, lifts, and curls! I loved the class so much! I want to try and stick with it every week. This was seriously the highlight of my week! Finding a class so suitable for me made my week! Most of the woman in the class are so toned and fit, I want to get in there as well! I know I'm going to be sore these next few days, that's for damn sure!

Ryan- Useless Possesion

I'm Late, AGAIN.

I apologize, this past weekend was a long weekend/holiday here.. so Its been very hectic, and my life has been too.

Anyways- My useless possession(s)..

It's kinda hard for me to say.. because I love keeping things. I used to collect hockey cards, McDonalds toys, Coins and stamps lol.. yes i was a bit of a geek.

I guess my most useless possession would probably be my McDonalds toys I keep. All of them are opened, but I kept them all because I really just can't let go of them. I feel like they were such a huge part of my Childhood and I tend to use the excuse- "they will be worth money one day" lol. Some of the toys may be worth some money, but nothing major and most things need to be wrapped to have any sort of value.

My girlfriend always tells me to get rid of them, donate them... do something with them, but I just can't. Hell, i'll probably keep them for MY kids lol. Oh well, Its a big thing to me, so they will probably keep taking up space in my closet :)

Luce-Useless Item

This is a hard entry.

For me I could answer it two ways. I don't keep ANYTHING in my home unless I NEED it. I am very neat and picky...so my home is rid of anything that really isn't of use.

BUT.

Anything in material form honestly means nothing to me anymore. Through divorce I realized just how little anything in my life matters except for my children. My namebrand clothes, purses, furniture, cell phone, even laptop mean nothing in the whole scheme of things.

Anyway...back to try to answer the blog.

Useless item?

I can't think of one thing that I can place in that category...Forgive me..I am really struggling with this one LOL. If I think of one I will come back and edit...for now...

NOTHING. :)

Tiffinnie - Lacking in usefulness

Well about 6 months ago I would have said my wallet was useless... >_>
Judge me if you must but I've only used a wallet for about 6 months now and I take that damn thing everywhere with me because its got all my life in it (except my computer...)

This should be a little hard for me because I'm a packrat... I will keep everything and find a reason for it all!!!
<_< Why do I feel judged?
Paranoia? Nah I can feeeeel you all judging me when I say I collect things... like these two jars I have on the top of my bookshelf... One is a Seagram's 7 bottle and the other is a Georiga Moon (Moonshine) jar... yes, jar... and I don't know why I have them... but I do. and I'm keeping them

I got the moonshine from a guy my mom was dating for a while and the S7 from my mom's friend...
Yep I feel like you will read this and think "wow your moms friends all give you alcohol! how irresponsible of them!" and I'm pretty sure that I was 21 (or almost) when I got both things... I've kept the bottles of things I've emptied since I turned 21 and so far I've got those two and I'm still very slowly working on a giant vodka bottle with the rest of the family... Those bottles are technically completely useless right?

Krista - Who's a pretty, pretty princess?

Me!

This is the most useless object I own. It serves no purpose, just hangs on the wall in my bedroom. I know, completely inane.

Cute story behind it though, so I will share! October, 2009: My friend Tiffany called to see if I wanted to hit the last day of some local festival that was close to her apartment. So my son and I met up with Tiffany and her son to close out the festival. Of course there were rigged carnival games and my son begged me to play one, so I relented. He didn't win (seeing as how they are all rigged and whatnot) and he was so upset. He pouted and said to me "But Mommy, I wanted to win so I could get you the princess crown so you could be pretty...". The guy working the booth either had a heart and thought it was sweet, or else didn't care because it was towards the end of the whole deal, told my son to pick one out and give it to his mom. Needless to say, he was happy he could give me my princess crown and tell everyone how he "won" it for me.

So, there it is. My pretty, pretty princess crown. I'm 32 and have absolutely NO need for this thing whatsoever, but I treasure it. It's a happy memory!

Sabrina-Pack Rat

Humm.. Do I own a totally useless possession?

I don't think I own anything that isn't useless. Sure I have an small television sitting on my bedroom floor that has been there for about a year that I haven't even touched since I upgraded to a bigger TV. Yes I have a few different cell phones that I owned back when I was in junior high sitting in my nightstand along with all their chargers and other wires. Of course I have a billion little nick knacks like stickers and colored paper in a box under my bed. BUT as little as I use them (or don't) I know I may not have use for them now but could at a later date.

What happens when my television goes out? I have a small spare waiting for me.

And what happens when I pull out those old scrapbooks and decide to pick it up again? I have stickers and paper waiting for me.

Also, what would I do if my cell phone or a friend's took a dump on them and they didn't have money for a new one right away or insurance? I have spares.

So as much as I consider myself a slight pack rat, I don't think I have anything useless in my possession. Everything may not be used at this moment, but I know eventually it will be.

Ryan- We loved with a love that was more than love.

I'm a little late here, but I'm gonna get it done!

Define Love:

Well, for me love is a lot of different things. Love can be so many things.. and you can love so many things. There's different kinds of love. You can be IN love, you can love a child, a parent, a sibling.. and even friends.
Love is something that people NEED. We need it to survive. We rely on it to get through life. Everyone wants to meet their soulmate.. that one person who loves them through thick and thin. Parent's will say there's no love like a mother or fathers love- and in that case.. unless you are a parent, you can't define it until you feel it.

Love to me means caring about someone, no matter what. Not giving up on someone when they are down. Listening to someone when they need it, giving advice when they want it, making someone laugh when they need to be cheered up... being there for someone no matter when or for what. Helping someone better their life, help them make better choices and decisions.

Loving someone doesn't mean it has to be "unconditional love"... cuz quite honestly- I don't really think there is unconditional love. When someone hurts us or breaks our hearts... we don't want to push through it with that person. Loving someone means trusting them, being honest and loyal to them. Not giving up when things get tough.. but working on things. When you love someone, you give them a chance ...you do everything you can to make them happy. You don't expect someone to change for you- you learn to grow with them. You talk about things...always communicate.

Most of all...when you love someone- you not only love all the great things about them, but you love their flaws too... because that is what makes a person. If you truly love someone..you love the good and the bad. You love with all your heart and soul because being loved and loving someone is the best feeling in the world.

Luce-What is LOVE?

Love.

Ah. Love is something that can't be defined. As one ages even that definition that you have in your head...changes.

I have loved many times. In many forms and capacities.

I love my friends.

I love my family.

I love my SO.

I love my children. That to me is the absolute best love I have ever felt. They were formed under my heart and everything they do...everything they feel...I feel...everything about them is very important to me. Whatever decision I make, I think of them first. I have to.

Love.

Love for one's self is probably the one I have struggled with the most in my life. Placing importance on your own self...putting YOU first...BIG time. Big time hard to learn, then do.

Love.

I think I am STILL learning how to define it.

Tiffinnie - Accidentally in love

Defining love isn't something that will ever be simple black and white. Love is many things to many people and sometimes nothing to others. Love is an emotion, inconstant and frustrating at times... it brings out the best and worst in us, and for some people it does both at the same time.

For me, love is a thing I learned to shut off. I could, for the most part, ignore emotions... That only lasted for so long. Love is something I thought I would be better off avoiding to avoid getting hurt in any way... I pushed friends and family and significant others away from me thinking it would protect me... then I met the one that broke through.

Now I'm seeing love as the way he falls asleep and I can't stop watching the rise and fall of his chest as his breathing evens out, the way we just understand and support each other, the need to be tough because he can't sometimes and the way he can be tough for me when I'm weak.

The romantic side of love is easier for me to explain because its easier for me to isolate and observe... family love and friend love is something that is harder to pin down for me though...

No matter what side of love you look at, you'll always find the consistent "one is strong to hold up the other one when they are weak" aspect of things. You learn to put your feelings aside and become a sort of backbone for the one you care about.

Krista - Love is...

Love is...waking up every morning knowing this is my legacy. I may never be famous but the greatest thing I do in this world is raise my son. Love is singing him to sleep every night. Encouraging his dreams, sharing with him my stories about growing up, teaching him right from wrong, and how no matter how bad things seem, better days will come along. Love is remembering he is still learning how to be himself and (attempting to anyway) staying calm when he tests those boundaries. Love is knowing my greatest fears are for his safety rather than my own. Love is watching kids movies at the Saturday matinee and learning all the super heroes names rather than lounging in a bathtub reading some chick lit and then going to see the movie version of it on a Friday night. Love is being so tired and drained yet still putting on the smile when he comes to show me some new trick he's learned. Love is listening to his laughter as he tells yet another silly knock-knock joke. Love is staying up all night and comforting him when he's hurting, or scared, despite the fact that you have to wake up early the next morning and work. Love is teaching this kid to be an awesome person...


Love is also friendship. Friendships that stand the test of time. Through failed relationships and miles and miles of distance. Love is knowing that there might be easier options but realizing that the one that makes you happiest is the difficult choice. Love is companionship. Love is honesty. Love is swallowing your pride (as painful as that is when you're the headstrong one) and apologizing when you are wrong. Love is passion. Love is fun. Love is being content and realizing that the drama and highs and lows are NOT necessary to be fulfilled. Love is knowing that the simple things make you happy. Love is when you don't know how to cook, so you start trying to learn because you know that he would love it if you would, at least on occasion. Love is cleaning up after a group of boys that really should know better :) Love is insanely spending time in really cold weather and snow just to spend time with the one you love when you really should be home on a beach somewhere...(see below)

Love is a gift. One I don't give freely. Love is family. It's healing and comfort. When I'm having a really, really bad day, hearing "I love you" helps ease my troubles. Love is giving of yourself more than you ever imagined. Love is also pain. And hurt and disappointment, but we can't live without it. Love is the thing that keeps you fighting to live each day, and makes you want to be a better person. Love is compromise, but not compromising yourself, which can be too easily confused. Love means opening up yourself and sharing the most vulnerable places knowing it may come back to bite you, but giving yourself the chance to fall.

As I've gotten older, I've realized how some of my initial misconceptions of love had me thinking that love meant never giving up. But now, I see that sometimes giving up is the best thing you can do to prove you love yourself. Because loving you is just as terrifying and necessary as loving another person. Love is life. Having it and giving it makes everything worthwhile. And I hate sounding cheesy or cliche, so I really hope this doesn't come off that way. Love is the best thing on this earth...something not to be taken for granted. And I pray every day to remember this and to be thankful for the love I have and the love I am able to give.

Heather- oh boy, I get to do it ALLLLL over again... :/

I've been a slacker from hell lately, so to all my adoring fans (read: my mom) my bad. I'm trying to get on the ball, which is why I'm sitting in the damn library trying to post three entries before 3:30. I have an hour and a half. Go!

So my weekdays start with me waking up several times in the middle of the night. Then, I finally get up at 5. I get dressed, wash my face, brush my teeth, grab my stuff, and leave. I put on most of my makeup while I'm riding in the car with my mom. I'm at work no later than 8:20 so I can hurry up and clock in and get the hell out of there.

I leave work around 11 and either go drive around for a little bit, or go pick my mom up from work for her lunch break. After that, she goes back to work and I drive around some more. From now on, I'm probably going to hang out at the library until it's time to pick her up again since I have nothing better to do with my time. Lol. So I go get my mom and we drive home.

Once I'm home, I go straight to my room, set my stuff down and take off my awful scrub shirt. I take my bunny, Pancakes, outside for a little bit so we can have mommy-baby cuddle time and so I can put a bow on her! :) I try to keep her out for as long as I can, or until she tries to kill me. Then, I take the bow off if she hasn't already done it herself and put her back in the cage till it's closer to bedtime.

After that, I usually eat dinner and go get Pancakes again to take her outside for more cuddle time while I smoke. Usually, I let her run around on my bed while I watch a movie or read. Then, she goes insane and tries to kill me, so I put her up, go get my dog, Lilly, and put her on my bed since she's way too short to get up there by herself. That's about when it's finally bedtime so I can go to sleep and do it all over again.

Sabrina-The Unexplainable

How would you define love? 

The dictionary defines it as:  a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person..

But, Other than the dictionary's definition, there isn't a way to define LOVE to it's truest and deepest meaning. 

I'll explain it though as best as I can.

Love is..

..feeling for a person always the same way you have since those 'butterflies' at the beginning. 

..staring at them at random moments just to admire their beauty and perfection.

..knowing that they aren't perfect, but indeed perfect for you.

..knowing they are in love with you as equally as you are in love with them.

..rarely getting in arguments, and when you do you both laugh them off within minutes because they are just so silly and pointless. 

..being there for them no matter what.

..not being able to define love, besides with a dictionary definition, because there is no way that love has just a simple explanation. It's beyond comprehension. 

..knowing you would do anything in the world for that person.

..never having any doubts.

..being able to trust and be trusted.

..something that always remains true.

..friendship and constant affection.

..commitment.

..tackling obstacles together.

..growing together.

..not making the choice to love, since love is not a choice. You can't choose how much or if you love someone.

..wanting to be a better person for them.

..happiness.

..sharing similarities and embracing the differences.

..never being selfish, always wanting to do and give for that person, and them doing the same for you. Sharing.

..unconditional.

..respect.

..soft sweet kisses.

..being able to spend time with one another and do nothing in particular.

..rubbing my aching feet after a long days work.

..the willingness to forgive every mistake, knowing it won't be repeated.

..all or nothing.

..patient.

..strong when we are weak.

..

LOVE is the greatest thing in the world. It's above everything. Love is..LOVE. There is no simple explanation. 

Ryan- Christmas!

Well,

my favourite holiday celebration was one when i was little. I honestly can't remember the year... but back when I was little, ALL of my family(mom's side) would get together. My grandma's family is Italian- so theres crap loads of us, food and booze LOL. My family is all in the US, and my mom, aunt and grandparents are the only ones that are in Canada so we would alternate where we went each holiday. This particular christmas it was in Canada. My grandpa owns a community center..so everyone went there. Everyone got there at different times, so there was always food flowing in and lots of booze and drinks. Once everyone got there.. us kids (at the time) started a hockey game. My family is reallllllllyyyy big on sports! There was a big hall where we could play.. so my grandpa would get out a bunch of sticks for us and then we'd start. Little by little though, the adults would join..then before you knew it we had a serious hockey game goin on!! We would make teams up and play until dinner... then after dinner we would have "playoffs". Because my family is so big (there were usually about 35 of us) we would have a lot of teams going. It was great- it really brought everyone together for a lot of laughs and fun... thats probably the most memorable for me. It was so much fun and was probly the only time all of us kids didn't argue! LOL
We had a lot of good holiday's when i was growing up.. it kinda sucks now that all of us kids have grown up, because we all hardly see eachother. Unfortunately though, I guess that is how it goes sometimes!

Hope everyone has a Great Mother's Day today!!

Luce-Favorite Holiday

Favorite Holiday....


I would have to say mine is my birthday. I know a little self absorbed....but I do have a reason why. It was the one day a year my parents went out of their way to make it JUST for ME. A special cake, a special meal...always my favorite...noodles and my Mom's homemade sauce....the cake...angel food..with whipped cream and strawberries decorating the cake. It was a meal from heaven.

Each year I still feel like a "princess" if you will...on my special day. I LOVE June 29th. I have countdowns in my head for it.. LOL. Now that I am an adult nothing happens on that day...but I still have such a great feeling in my heart and mind about that day.

So there you have it...

MY favorite holiday.

Tiffinnie - Cinco de Mayo

Nope, I hate to break it to you all but I will not be posting about the 5th of May... I just thought it was cool that my day landed on a technical holiday type day given this weeks topic...

We're supposed to be talking about one of the best holiday celebrations we can remember and I honestly am having a hard time thinking about this... The only thing that is coming to mind is 2006 New Years...

My (now) ex boyfriend and my (now) step sister were both over at my house and we got bored and made a gingerbread house... we mixed the frosting stuff and it was too runny but being 15 years old, we all got impatient and pulled out a blow dryer... AJ (the ex) ended up holding the blow dryer as Laura (the step sister) and I put the house together in the middle of my livingroom floor in a huge cookie sheet... Then we spent the rest of the night forcing ourselves to stay awake, playing DDR, and prank calling people and just hanging out... OH YEA and we made gingerbread snowmen that were decorated as vampires with tophats on. If I find the pictures, I'll post them as an update.

Hope you all have a thrilling Cinco de Mayo... Happy birthday to Hank Green of the vlogbrothers (yea, I'm a nerdfighter.) and everyone be safe and have fun!

Krista - Holiday! Celebrate!

So I'm supposed to write about my favorite holiday celebration...and I'm going to be honest...I'm having a hard time choosing one. Holidays are kind of a big deal in my family, so each one has something special about it which makes it nearly impossible to pick just one.

So I'll just say that New Year's Eve always seems to be a good holiday for me. And it's not even my favorite one. And here's just a few examples of why I had so much fun.

New Year's Eve 1996, I was freezing in New Hampshire with Nicky and our friend Mike. We stayed up watching movies and talking all night long. Plus, I had just met this cute guy :)

1999, sitting on my friend Mark's couch, watching the clips from all of the world celebrations as everyone realized their fears about Y2K were ridiculous before heading out for drinks.

2000, Reema, Randa, Amber, Richie and I think Sarah was with us too(?) going to Remedy's for some karaoke and then going to Rack's to play pool and dance.

2004, My uncle flew into town to see my grandparents and my sister and I were both staying with them, so my mother took pity on us and got us a hotel room where my sister and I along with our kids held our own little party watching the new year's eve specials and beginning the tradition of Chinese food for dinner on New Year's Eve.

2007 - We stayed the night at my ex's parents house and had a huge firework display. His dad had gotten a shots recipe book and he and I spent most of the night trying to out drink one another...hence why we stayed the night at their house.

2009, Tiff and I went out and tore up the town...and Geoff admitted that he had made a mistake all those years before. We spent hours talking before I quite literally fell asleep on the phone with him.

2010, I spent it up north with Geoff and despite the freezing temperatures, we went out and had a few margaritas...enough so that I felt playful enough to grab a handful of snow and start a fight in the street with him. Then we stayed up until midnight watching Dick Clark's Rocking new Year's Eve...in which I totally enjoyed seeing NKOTB even if they were singing with Backstreet Boys!

I can't pick just one...each of those nights stands out as something special in my mind...being around people I loved and starting the year out with them...it doesn't seem like there is anything better in the world.

Heather- Best holiday.

Post 2! Remaining time: 1 hour and 15 minutes. I'm impressed.

I'm sitting here racking my brain, trying to figure out what my "best holiday ever" could possibly be. I'm not exactly the biggest fan of holidays. In fact, I try to avoid them the best I can. But if I had a gun to my head and HAD to choose, I'd have to go with my 17th birthday.

It was my senior year of high school and I was FINALLY turning seventeen...way after most of friends did. Lol. My friend Seth was in a band that coincidentally had a show, so he asked me to go. They were going to dedicate a song to me and Seth was going to get off-stage and hug me in front of everyone while I was wearing a bright pink Hollister shirt. The reason the hug was such a big deal was because Seth was the kind of guy who had long, rockstar hair, black nails, and a primarily black wardrobe. He was a rocker kind of guy and I...well, I didn't quite fall into one category, but I definitely wasn't a rocker girl. Probably more of a preppy gangster. Lmao.

So my best friend came to my school and picked me up so we could head out to the show. It was at this little place called The Pit. Well, my best friend and I picked up her boyfriend from his school and went out in search of this place. We drove all over Pasadena (where The Pit was) and found...NOTHING. I later found out we were on the wrong damn road. Lol. I kept trying to text Seth while we were driving around, but he was practicing and didn't get my texts till it was too late. :/

So you would imagine that my night would be totally ruined, right? Especially since he had just broken up with his girlfriend a little while before and we could finally start dating. I guess the show would have been our "coming out" party or whatever. Lol. Welllll, my amazing bestie decided we were going to go to WalMart. Sounds totally lame, right? She decided we were going to have a scavenger hunt for all kinds of crap around the store. The final task was to find the ugliest pair of old lady underwear possible and place them on her boyfriend Mark's head. I didn't end up winning, but seeing him with TWO pairs of awful underwear on his head in the middle of the store made it all pretty awesome. :)

Sabrina-Family Time Is The Best Of Times

     I can't just list one wonderful holiday celebration I have had. Any holiday I share with family is a holiday to remember.


     My family and I used to always cut down our Christmas trees. The last time we cut down our Christmas tree though would be around Christmas 2006, I think. My dad, brother, step mom, and I were roaming around on this steep hill looking at all the trees growing trying to find the perfect one. With my step mom right behind me I noticed a great tree up ahead. I turned to point it out just in time to see her tripping and falling down. I started to laugh until I realized she was really hurt. Turned out she hurt her ankle so badly she had to have surgery on it. Yikes! That was definitely a trip I will remember. We still make fun of her to this day and constantly tease her about walking up or down hills. We love her though!

     I believe it was Christmas of 2005 or possibly 2004 when I nearly lit our house on fire. It was a Christmas that was before my step mom, so it was just my brother, dad, and myself living at our house. Christmas was over, the  food was eaten, the presents opened, and the sky was turning dark. My dad ended up headed to bed early since he was really sick with the flu and my brother decided to stay the night at his friend's house. I was left alone and bored Christmas night. Deciding I had nothing better to do then go to bed, I turned to the fireplace with the fire still lit and chose to use the fire poker to whack the wood and put out the fire. I, on accident, closed the latch to the fire place. Next thing I know the fire alarm is going off. I got up from the fire place and couldn't even see through the room it was so full of smoke. I grabbed a stocking and started using it to fan the alarm so it wouldn't wake my dad. Too late. He runs out his room to see me in the hallway with a stocking fanning the fire alarm. He asks if I had just taken a shower since the alarm is right outside the bathroom and if the water is hot enough the steam makes the alarm go off. I was speechless and he noticed smoke right after he asks me about the shower. He runs into the living room and I guess ends up seeing that the latch is causing smoke to not ventilate and flames slowly rising up the wall out of the fireplace. So he opens the latch and all the windows and doors. There was so much smoke that we spent most of the night out in his car so the house could ventilate it all. thankfully we had just gotten a new DVD player to use in the car for long road trips that we got for Christmas just a few hours before. So my dad and I watched movies and napped. While watching the movies he started joking with me about the whole incident since everything was going to be OK. he said, "If you wanted to spend time with me you could have just asked". The only downside about the incident was that the wall had to be scrubbed and then painted over because it was so black. We had a few things on the mantel that had to be thrown away as well. This topic seems to come up around every Christmas holiday.  My dad teases me about how ridiculous I looked in the hallway fanning the fire alarm with a stocking. The family can't help but to laugh.

     These previous holidays may sound all but wonderful, but they will be in the family for lifetimes. Everything turned out OK in the end and it just shows how big of klutz' my family is and always will be. It's the family outings that will always be cherished, both the good and the bad ones. It shows that no matter the circumstances we will always make the best of things and that's what makes the holidays what they should be!

Ryan- ugh, stupid alarm!!

OK,

so...here is a day in the life of Ryan.
I will do weekdays- seem to be a bit more consistent.

Phone vibrates around 8 am : "you have a text message from: Karen" (my cousin)
" your getting Ty today right?" Reply: "yep"

-Fall back to sleep till alarm goes off at 10.

YES- 10:00 am I KNOW-people would kill to have my life, bla bla bla i hear it all the time.

Right now, i am currently watching my cousin's little guy Ty during the day (until july). My uncle is really sick (my cousin's dad) and he used to watch the little guy.. but both my cousin and her husband work full time, so they need someone to watch their youngest son during the days- yes i get paid lol.

10:20- get up, get dressed ..do all the usual morning stuff (brush teeth, wash face etc etc)
11:00am- Hop in the car and head to my cousins place
11:30-go to the bus stop and pick Ty up
11:45 make him lunch.. eh, and myself :P
12:20- he naps ...so i watch tv or i clean up around their house lol
1:45 ish- He wakes up.. usually hungry again so i make something small up
2:00- If its warm out..we'll go outside and play hockey
- last week we went for a LONG walk to the beach.. tired the kid right out LOL
3:30- Older kid comes home- he's 10. Usually sticks around for a bit then heads out to one of his friend's houses
5:00pm- head home!!
In the evening.. get home, make dinner (sometimes lol if michelle or my mom doesn't want to)...do some cleaning... do running around and make sure everything is taken care of.

10pm- have a shower/shave
11pm... lay in bed, check emails and play on the computer a bit...
watch tv till we get really tired, then head to bed!


There ya go... a week day in the life of ME! :)