REASONS I KNOW I’M HAPPY

I was bored at work today and was thinking about if I go back to school what it is EXACTLY I want to do.  I have 2 years under my belt including some criminal justice and basic prerequisites.  I was going to go starting in January but I couldn’t decide on what I want to do.  I would LOVE to finish what I started and pick back up with criminal justice to work with troubled youth, but I start thinking about the future and I’m not sure if I can seem myself with that forever.  I do know what ever I decide to do is to work with people directly.  Weather it’s some type of a counselor or  physiologist with youth or adults, I know this the way I need to go.  I feel that I can succeed in this because I know what it takes to be happy for myself.  I know everybody is going to need different things in order to be happy but I don’t think you can offer any kind advice unless you know it works. 

 

REASONS I KNOW I’M HAPPY:

 

I know that I’m happy because I filter out the bad that comes in my life and let the good strain though.  I allow myself time for me. I allow myself 2 days a week devoted to being with my friends.  I devote 3 days to my husband and being at home with him and 2 days to either being with my husband and my friends at once or family.  Family fits in above all this though!!  I’m fairly confident in myself which I know many women lack.  I know  what I need to fix or work on, a.k.a.: my weight.  However I have also allowed myself to be at the weight I am, so if I’m not going to work on it I need to feel confident to be happy.  I have amazing friends, all of which every time I see I get hugs from and I LOVE it.  I feel like I can tell ALL my friends just about ANYTHING ‘cause the are absolutely ASWOME!!  I love my girl time I have Emmy and or Barbs once a week, it makes me feel important!  My husband lets me spend as much of his money as I want as long as the bills get paid!   He wants me to be as happy as I can and I know it.  I guess what I’m trying to say is that confidence makes people happy.  They more you have, the less you have to worry about and the more time you have to be happy.    

 

This brings me to having children.   

I would love to possibly have 1 or 2 sometime in the next 5 to 10 years.  I want to wait as long as I can.  I feel the older you are the wiser you are therefore the longer I wait the more I will have to offer my future children.  I feel that you should have as little problems in your life as possible to show your children confidence at their early age.  This should some questions up for the many people that keep asking me about kids!!!   

 

Anyways I guess this whole blog is basically what was flowing through my head today while I was at the coffee stand. 

Rambling about the weekend

My weekend was amazing.  I went to dinner with a good friend on Friday and drank way, way, way, too much.  CRYSTAL ROCKS!  Saturday I didn’t feel all that great so I didn’t really do a whole lot of anything.  Sunday was Easter and it was simply wonderful.  Lots of Vodka Cranberries, good laughs with the fam, watching the kidos doing Easter things, and participating in a scavenger hunt. 

 

Today I bought a new purse that is magnificent.  And worked outside in the yard.  I work Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and my plans for the evenings are still to be determined.     

Short break before shopping again!!

Gosh today has been busy.  I ran out to the coffee stand to pick up my pay check.  Took it to the bank then I drove to Wall Mart to meet my mom, then to Old Navy to get a shirt to wear to dinner tonight.  I just got home and I’m about to leave again to take my Mail Tribune pay check to the bank and Nick’s pay check.  Then to Costco to get some shit, then the grocery store to get food because I have been putting off shopping for over a week now and I think Nick’s about to starve to death.  Then back home to put everything away and get ready for dinner with Crystal.  I’m super excited to end my busy day with her ‘cause I have not seen her in FOREVER!!  It will be a great night I’m sure. 

 

Nick will be leaving tomorrow morning to leave to Sutherlin with his Dad to pick up our little baby goats and will be back on Sunday so I’ll have the house ALL TO MYSELF!!!  It’s been a LONG time since Nick has gone someplace over night.  Any suggestions on what I should do?????  Hope everybody has a good weekend and enjoys the above 80 degree weather today and has a GREAT EASTER as well!

I hope for no procrastination

 

Yesterday was a successful day.  Nick had taken the day off so we could get our fence up for our baby goats that we are getting Saturday.  We got laying boxes for our hens and put them in their coop and rearranged in there so they had more room to walk around and installed a door for easy access for us to get their eggs.  The weather had been nice so Gretel has been laying an egg every day now for the past few days.  We made 2 burn piles to burn all the leaves from fall.  One of our damn neighbors called the health inspector because our fires were putting off too much smoke.  The guy that came out was nice and didn’t even ask for a permit that we didn’t have.  He only just asked us to put some wood on the fire so it would burn hotter and eliminate most of the smoke.  We found a whole patio made out of brick about 1 inch under the dirt that covered a large area near a tree that must be around 50 years old.  We started to dig them up so we can make a patio in a different location with the old red bricks.

 

Today I plan to continue cleaning inside and outside.  What fun! ;-(

 

Back from Reno

 

I didn’t realize how much Nick and I needed some “us” time.  Everything is wonderful between us but I guess we get so excited to spend time with our friends when it’s the weekend that we forget we need to spend time together.  We Drank lot’s of alcohol, gamboled, laughed with family, and laughed A LOT with just each other.  I know this is cheesy but it was almost magical when we laughed in sync with one another.  It felt like 5 years ago again when were first dating.  We could not stop laughing with/at each other.  Our trip to Reno confirmed with me that Nick is more than amazing!  So basically to sum it up our trip to Reno was a blast! 

I’ve failed myself, with cleaning!

I have been having a hard time concentration on cleaning my house and packing for Reno.  I made a promise last night to myself that I would spend the evening cleaning really hard when I got off work today so we would not have to come home to a messy house but I think I’ve failed myself miserably.  Don’t get me wrong, I have cleaned.  I cleaned all Nick’s greasy hand prints off all the white doors and cabinets, I have done a lot of laundry (still have a lot to go), and I have packed some stuff.  We need to do dishes, vacuum, and  some of the other escentials, but I guess my plan now is to wake up early to do so. 

 

Wish us (Nick and I) luck that we will win million, or thousand so we can pay off any debt that me may have! 

Please learn from my mistake.

I have 30 more minutes until I go to my last class (many of you know what this is) and only $130.00 away to having my $3000.00 paid off for all this shit.  I’m so glad it’s just about over.  I’m getting really excited and I can feel the weight that has been on my should for almost a years now starting to lift up, its almost off!!  I think the amount of money I have paid for my mistake is enough for me to not do what I did to cause all this EVER AGAIN!  I do wish that many of my friends could have felt my burden for the past year as well so they could learn from it too, but I guess this is a decision and a mistake they will have to make and learn from on their own. 

Spring is here!!!

Dan and Zara bought Nick and I little baby ducky yesterday so we spent many minutes admiring the cute little guy.  His name is Co jack-Bill, or just Bill for short.  He is dark brown and fuzzy with an unstable awkward balance as he wakes around on his large webbed feet.  

 

Last night was warm and we enjoyed the company of good friends for several hours over barbequed hamburgers and veggies.  We had a fire going in the outside fireplace, and a tropical wind blew softly throughout the evening.  The small groups of people transfer back and fourth from the kitchen to the back patio constantly changing the group and conversations.  It was a long enjoyable evening. 

 

This morning was amazing.  I laid in bed with the window wide open and listed to the Spring rain pour down, it was so peaceful.  It was a good way to start a Sunday. 

Just a simple day…

I just got back from having a margarita with my mother and 2 of her friends. One of which I have not seen in many many years, and it was oh so great to see him again! I was pleasantly surprised to see Crystal with them when I walked in and that made me instantly happy as I’m always excited to see her beautiful face. On my way home I stopped at Human Bean to grab a 20oz. iced mocha to pep me up for a nice evening out later on tonight with Barb and the crew! As of right now I’m working on my monster shopping list from hell that I will be trying to tackle tomorrow since tomorrow is payday for both Nick and I. I guess the list is not that big to possibly the ordinary person but to me it is. I’m the type to “shop as you need it” kind of person so I’m at the store frequently throughout the week buying a few items at a time. I have been slacking on that for the past month so I have many places I need to go and many things to get.

This is my list so far…:

 

 

Costco

Bottled water

Milk (2pk)

Lemon pepper (grinder)

Zip locks (Large and small)

Light bulbs

 Target

Mascara

Cover up (liquid, Neutrogena)

Head N Shoulders

Eye liner

Finger nail brush cleaner

Hair Rube bands

 

Cover up

Toilet cleaner

409

Face wash

Hair gel (straight)

BBQ cleaner

Clear nail polish

Bar soap

Body wash

Deodorant (me and Nick)

Vacuum filter

Laundry detergent

Food 4 Less

Bread 2 loafs

Concentrated orange juice

Large onion

Tomatoes (2)

Avocados (2)

Tin foil

Cling wrap

Cucumber (2)

Dry tortellini

Pepperoni

Salami

Hamburger

Steak (2, 4pks)

Pork chops (2, 4pks)

Chicken legs (1 large pk)

 

Grange Co-Op

Chick scratch

Chicken scratch

Garden hose

 

I have not even started much on the food part of this list!

I guess it will be a long day, but I will be rewarded with dinner with some good friends that evening!

 

 

 

 

Reno here we come!

Next Friday Nick and I are off to Reno, a much needed trip.  Nothing special, just something fun for us to do.  We will probably leave early, maybe around 7:00am putting us there around noon or 1:00pm.  I can’t wait.  Reno is nothing special, actually I think it’s very trashy but it’s a LOT closer than Vegas and cheaper! Maybe we will win thousands, I hope.