25 Things About Me

So, there's this thing going around Facebook called "25 Things." I was recently tagged in one, so I figured I may as well do it too. It was actually quite hard thinking of 25 things about me, but I did it! So here it is.

1. I do my hair naked. I don't know why, maybe because I feel like I don't have time to get dressed right out of the shower fearing that my hair will not turn out right (even though it never really does turn out right) so I never do. I just get out of the shower and go straight to the blow dryer.
2. I want to get a house with lots of land so that I can run a no-kill animal shelter. I want to run a safe-haven for all of the helpless animals that get abused, ditched, whatever it may be. This has been a lifelong dream of mine.

3. I would do ANYTHING for any member of my family. Cousins, grandparents, siblings, you name it. I love them all to death and if they're in need of anything, I'll be there for them.

4. I can be very organized, but that takes a lot of time for me. If I were to start out completely new with new things in a new place (EVERYTHING has to be new...clothes, furniture, appliances, etc.) than I would be organized and keep it organized. I love to be organized, but most of the time, I'm not. My place is a mess nearly all the time.


5. I'm a packrat. I always have been. If it weren't for me being so disorganized and messy, I would have every movie ticket stub that I've ever been to. It's funny because every once in a while I'll come across say a fortune from a fortune cookie that I had gotten four years prior, I'll remember the exact situation in which I got it, and then I'll put it in a place and think "Okay, this will be my new place for fortunes from fortune cookies." Then, the next time I get a fortune, I'll forget where I put the last one and have to make a new place.


6. I'm lazy. Flat out lazy. It's very possible for me to not be lazy, but not at the moment. I have no appointments or deadlines; therefore, I work at my own speed, which is that of a tortoise. If I had a paper to write by tomorrow and a job to be at by 6:00, I'd do it all and dust and vacuum on top of my finishing my math homework. Oh, and that essay would be A+ work with 750 extra words. The more I have to do, the more I get done.


7. I have recently become addicted to Coke Zero. Before college, I never drank coke or carbonated drinks or anything like that. It was usually just water and powerade. When I got to college, I started to drink coke more and more. Now, I have 5+ cokes a day. Ah, that's soo unhealthy.
8. Jonas and Keegan are my angels. They are both sent from God. They're both my saving grace. I'd be lost without them.
9. If I could finish just ONE thing by the end of the year, I'd want it to be my book. I've slowly (but surely) been working on it since as long as I can remember. I keep starting and restarting. So I've got about 25 different beginnings. I don't know why I can't just stick with one, finish it, and then revise. I wish I was more patient.


10. I love dimples. They're one of my favorite features on people. I have dimples, but they're very very faint. Of all my siblings, I'm the only one without predominant dimples, and I hate it. I wish mine were more noticeable. It's definitely the first thing I notice on people.11. The thing I miss the most about my past is soccer. It was my life, I breathed soccer. I hate that I can't/don't play anymore. I wish I could still get out there and play.

12. I think there's nothing more refreshing than going out for a good run. There's something about the way it feels...the steady beat of my feet hitting the ground, the way my lungs are working overtime to keep up with my body, the breeze in my face. I really don't know. I just love it. Although nowadays, I'm sure my heart would explode, my lungs would collapse, and my legs would turn to lava. Hmph.
13. I have recently become addicted to blogging. I am constantly trying to think of new things to write about in here. I'm pretty sure nobody even reads it, yet I continue to write in it.

14. I'm a homebody. Anybody who knows me probably knows this. I think it really started junior year in high school. I would've much rather stayed at home then go out, which is weird because before that I hated being at home. In college is when it really got worse. I often times wouldn't leave my room for weeks. I'd order in and invite people over. And now, I rarely leave. I've got everything I need right here, so why go out?15. There are certain shows that I HAVE to watch throughout the week. I literally would drive myself crazy wondering "What happened?!?" if I don't watch it. Right now, those shows are Desperate Housewives, Lost and ... guilty... A Double Shot at Love. Although, the last show ends next week, so what am I supposed to watch on Tuesday nights now? Haha...kidding.

16. I've always wanted to travel. Actually, before I met Jonas, I had planned on never getting married, writing, and traveling. I would live off of the money I'd earn writing. I would really love to visit as many countries as possible. Get to know the culture, help out a little, anything. I just love that there are different cultures out there. In America.. I don't know how to explain it, other than it being of no culture really. Maybe it's because I'm American, but I just find it boring what we do (nothing out of the ordinary). I want to experience life as others do.

17. I love antiques. Maybe not necessarily antiques, but anything old. Or anything that looks old. For instance, I love glass jars. But I love glass jars with scrapes, burns, etc. I think it adds character to it.18. I knit, but I only know how to knit scarves and blankets. Basically, I can't to anything other than knit in a straight row, although I'd really like to learn how to knit even a hat, a sweater would be super cool too.
19. I love sharpies. I love to draw with sharpies and write with sharpies. I could probably do that all day.20. I'm pretty good at solving sudoku puzzles. A very successful businessman with very smart friends once said, "I really don't want to give her a big head, but Sam is the best at solving sudoku puzzles of anyone I've ever seen." :) I'm one of the people that does the New York Times in pen.21. I don't understand most peoples sense of humor. I can't joke with strangers. Well, I can dish it I just can't take it. For instance, I walked in to purchase something the other day, and the clerk kept making jokes with me. I eventually got pretty frustrated because I could never tell when he was serious or kidding so I finally said "Don't joke with me anymore. I don't know you, certainly not well enough to know your sense of humor. So quit it."22. I have a major blushing problem. I just can't help it. I very rarely even get embarrassed. It really sucks because I do get embarrassed when I blush, making me blush even more. I hate it when all attention is on me, so my face turns bright red. Whenever something unexpected happens, my face turns bright red. If I were the last student to walk into a classroom full of kids already seated, my face would turn bright red. I hate it!

23. I'm a movie fanatic. I'd rather watch a movie than a tv show any day. I could watch movies all day long. Give me a tv, dvdplayer/vcr, and some Ben and Jerry's ice cream, and I'm golden.24. I miss a lot of things. I miss my old friends that were so dear to me, I would give anything to rekindle my relationship with them and make it like old times. I miss my house in Loomis, California and running around our acres of land. We had a creek, hundreds of trees; it was every kids dream and I would pay big money to get that house back and raise my kids there. I miss seeing my family every day (for those of you that are sick of your family.. cling tight to them. Tell them you love them.. once you don't have them anymore, you'd give anything just to have more time with them).

25. I'm scared to try new foods. I don't know why, I just stick with what I know and like. I sometimes wish I wasn't so scared, there's so much out there that I haven't had the pleasure of trying yet. That's something I need to work on because I sure do love food.


Rule #46. Show respect for military personnel.

They're BA-ACK!

I'm going to take you back to my first post on the blog. We had a major flea problem. Well guess what? That's right. They're back. SHOOT! Last time, we had to buy over $200.00 worth of supplies to kill the fleas AND replace all of the carpet. It was not a good experience. We finished it all within weeks of Keegan's birth.

My first sign should've been all of the bites on my legs. I ignored it, thinking it was because I had been spending so much time outside with Keegan. That wasn't it at all.

I'm dreading the next few weeks. Fleas are a huge pain in the rear. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I should do about them? Even Keegan has a couple of bites. I really don't want to get rid of the cats, we need a better solution! Help!

Rule #45. Show respect for police officers and firefighters.

The Cats Are WHERE??

So as we're going into our bedroom at the end of the night last night, Jonas yells in to me "How long has Bo been sleeping in my underwear??" And I was like, "Huh?!" So I go in there and sure enough.. Bo had been sleeping in Jonas's underwear drawer.


After taking that picture, I go to wake him up and he does, but crawls further into the dresser. That's when I discover that Bo wasn't the only one sleeping in the underwear drawer.

In an attempt to get them out, I slowly open the drawer and I hear a thud. Bo had fallen to the bottom...and STILL didn't want to come out.




Rule #44. Show respect for teachers.

Avery and Keegan

It feels like it's been forever since I've written in here (even though I only have 2 followers, so I don't think I was missed that much, lol).

Anyway. Keegan and Avery are SUPER cute together!

Miss Avery has just turned 7 months old. She's already crawling and has 8 teeth! Isn't that amazing? And she can say "Bye Bye!" I think she has really helped with Keegan's advancement. Since he met her and started hanging out with her more, he can now sit up and hold his own bottle. He's just four months old! :) These two make me smile all the time. We can't help anything like teeth, Keegan is still toothless! But I feel like he'll get one on the bottom soon!

On this day (not really sure what day...maybe Monday) Keegan got a taste of my chocolate pudding. He really really wanted it, but he still isn't very good at eating with a spoon, so eventually, I just let him have at it. EVERY infant needs to at least once eat with his or her hands.

He even had chocolate on his toe! I don't know how... but yesterday we found him trying to eat his big toe!


Rule #40. Never refuse homemade brownies.
Rule #41. Don't postpone joy.
Rule #42. Write "thank you" notes promptly.
Rule #43. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

Camo Pictures

Here are the pictures that we took of Keegan and Avery in their camo outfits. They're super cute, but we're gonna have to try it again when Keegan is able to sit up and respond better to Avery.

Keegan then had to turn in for the night, so little Avster was the center of attention. How cute is she?!!

Keegan had a short-lived nap and woke up just before Kalie and I left to get the food. Here are the men (Jonas and David) with the kids. Precious! They love spending time with the kids considering they have to work all the time and don't get to hang out with them much!

"Time"

Since nothing really exciting happened yesterday for my to write about, I'm just going to put in my blog for the first time ever something that I've written. It's neither a poem nor a short story, which is what I usually write. This one is just a passage. I wrote it in December of 2003, so I was 14 years old and a freshman in high school.

Time

Time makes you realize things that are and things that have never been. I've come to the conclusion that time is just a way to kill, a natural way of murder. When I say "I don't like right now," I'm not saying "I want to get older," I'm not saying "I want to go back," I just want things to get better. I want to see a change..a difference..nothing emotionally is based on time, not love or pride or regret - those come when it's destined to happen. Dwelling on the past, and looking to the future - those have been my downfalls. So why bother with either? Why bother with any? Let's just live plain and simple; no complications, no dates, no appointments. Just live for pure emotion and don't worry about anything, 'cuz in the end it will figure itself out and time will get stuck in there just to piss you off, so ignore it.


^^I look back at it now and wonder what the heck was going through my head at that time?? But that's the beauty of it. That's art. I could have changed it around a little bit before putting it on my blog, just so it would make sense. But that would change my 14 year old mind and like I said, I don't want to go back. I don't want to ruin it's authenticity.

Today I'm going apartment shopping with Kalie and the children. I'm hoping to find a good one - it's evident that we need to move! I think we're just going to pay the [way too huge of a] fee and break the lease. It'll make us break even come May, our scheduled "end of lease" date, and be well worth it in the long haul.

Jonas's Days Off

Well, Jonas was working night shift this week, from 7:00pm to 7:00am. He had yesterday and today off. Yesterday we went and teased myself by looking at cars.


It's a 2007 Jeep Liberty with only about 20,000 miles on it. It's in great condition. Unfortunately, we need to be smart and save for Keegan's future instead of getting something that we don't necessarily need. But it's a beautiful car, in my eyes. Is it not?

After test driving it and keeping it overnight (devilish, isn't it?), we sadly returned it today, acting like they were asking too much for it (even though they totally weren't haha). We also started looking at new apartments today. We realized that we are paying way too much for ours. After meeting Kalie and David and seeing their apartment and finding out the cost of that, we are furious with ours. What a rip off!!


The worst part is that we signed a six month lease. We're so angry with what we're paying, we want to move out a-sap. Any suggestions???

We didn't end up going to the boardwalk yesterday, but Kalie, Avery, and David came over for dinner. I just discovered that Kalie has a blog - check it out! Even though just the other day she and I were talking about how dumb we think it is to dress your children in matching outfits, we dressed Keegan and Avery in camo outfits and took some pictures. I'll post them as soon as Kalie does - my camera was dead.

Jonas has to go back to work tomorrow morning. Working on a Sunday. Hmph. I'm going to use tomorrow as a day to catch up on my duties. It's way overdue.

Rule #39. Take lots of snapshots.

The Forgotten Rules!!

Whoops! I just realized that I haven't been keeping of with Life's Little Instructions! I'll update now for every day that I've missed, sorry!

21. Learn three clean jokes.
22. Wear polished shoes.
23. Floss your teeth.
24. Drink champagne for no reason at all.
25. Ask for a raise when you feel you've earned it.
26. If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.
27. Return all things you borrow.
28. Teach some kind of class.
29. Be a student in some kind of class.
30. Never buy a house without a fireplace.
31. Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yards.
32. Once in your life own a convertible.
33. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
34. Learn to identify the music of Chopin, Mozart, and Beethoven.
35. Plant a tree on your birthday.
36. Donate two pints of blood every year.
37. Make new friends but cherish the old ones.
38. Keep secrets.