Its chilly

I like chilly........
Makes me want to do things that I do not have time to do....like nap or rake leaves or.....curl up with a book.

This week is Hell week....and if I make it through I will feel better.  I have 3 major tests and a speech.  I constantly ask myself why?  Why do I put myself in the position to be so stressed out.  It does not make me happy.   School makes me happy....at least the end result will but I hate the stress it brings to me, J, the kids....my house.  Its hard to balance it all out.  There are so many other things I want to be doing.

Enough of my rant...
I have been doing alot and not blogging but some day I will catch it up.  We have managed a few fall crafts, a new couch, and some sick kids, cheerleading......but no time to blog about it.  Not today.  Today is Algebra and World Literature.  Not for you, for me. 
Ciao!

Last Day!

How the Pedigree BlogPaws Bloggers are stepping it up to Be the Change:


Special for BlogPaws West: For each blog that posts about the PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive through September 19th, PEDIGREE® will donate a bag of their new Healthy Longevity Food for Dogs to shelters nationwide.



How can you help feed shelter pets?

It’s simple: Write a post, help a dog. If you don't have a blog but want to help here is what you can do. We need you to spread the word! Feel free to use the Tweet button at the end of this post or use the Facebook button right next to it to share on your Facebook profile. Have a Stumbled account or Delicious feel free to use all forms of Social Media at your disposal. Send this post as an email to your friends and family, the further this message gets spread the more 20lbs bags of food we will be able to raise for shelter dogs.



How it Works:

Thursday, September 16 through Sunday, September 19, the Pedigree BlogPaws bloggers will host a Blog Hop, to help raise awareness for the “Write a post, help a dog” effort. we will be hosting a blog hop where you can add the url (that's the direct link) to your Write A Post Help a Dog so that they are all in one place and we can see just how big of an impact we can have in the lives of Shelter Dogs. Come back on September 16th and leave your link on the blog Two Little Cavaliers





The Facts:

Each year, more than 4 million dogs end up in shelters and breed rescue organizations. Pedigree created The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive to help shine a spotlight on the plight of these homeless dogs.



This year the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive is raising awareness for homeless dogs by donating a bowl of food to shelter dogs for everyone who becomes a “Fan” or “Likes” The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive on Facebook. So far more than 1 million bowls have been donated the goal is for Pedigree to be able to give a bowl of food to each and everyone of the 4 million dogs in shelters and rescues by the end of the year.

What could  be sweeter?

I am doing something new today.....joining a blog hop for pets and check out this cause!

The Facts:

Each year, more than 4 million dogs end up in shelters and breed rescue organizations. Pedigree created The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive to help shine a spotlight on the plight of these homeless dogs.

This year the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive is raising awareness for homeless dogs by donating a bowl of food to shelter dogs for everyone who becomes a “Fan” or “Likes” The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive on Facebook. So far more than 1 million bowls have been donated the goal is for Pedigree to be able to give a bowl of food to each and everyone of the 4 million dogs in shelters and rescues by the end of the year.


How the Pedigree BlogPaws Bloggers are stepping it up to Be the Change:

Special for BlogPaws West: For each blog that posts about the PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive through September 19th, PEDIGREE® will donate a bag of their new Healthy Longevity Food for Dogs to shelters nationwide.

How can you help feed shelter pets?

It’s simple: Write a post, help a dog to the tune of a 20lb bag of dog food!

Thursday, September 16 through Sunday, September 19, the Pedigree BlogPaws bloggers will host a Blog Hop, to help raise awareness for the “Write a post, help a dog” effort. we will be hosting a blog hop where you can add the url (that's the direct link) to your Write A Post Help a Dog so that they are all in one place and we can see just how big of an impact we can have in the lives of Shelter Dogs.


So since this is my first pet blog hop........let me introduce you to my pet.

Yep, thats her.  Miley the Greyhound.  She likes her space.  She likes her sleep.  She likes her marshmallows.

I have a little tail er tale to tell you.  Yesterday, Miley and I were spending a relaxing day at home.  I had no classes and I planned to lounge around in comfy clothes, pick up the house and study.  I stepped out on the porch to enjoy my morning cup of joe and noticed that all my roses are in bloom.  Since I rarely cut any, I thought it would be nice to put some in my fall vase. 

Proud of the domestic energy I had drummed up I promptly got a pair of scissors out and headed out doors.  Miley being interested in always being by myside.  This is no problem.  We live in a very rural area and she follows me everywhere.  She rarely leaves the yard and then it is only to go say hello to the neighbors.  She is quite the lazy greyhound and hardly ever musters up the energy to run anywhere......except for the food bowl. I started cutting roses, my girl by myside. When I turned around and she was gone. I did not panic because I figured she just went back inside or to relieve herself. .....but after a few minutes......I was like where the heck is she. She had like vanished......owners of greyhounds can sympathize with my panic here. Trying not to panic I circled my yard several times, whistling, and calling.....I talked to the neighbor......he had not seen her.  I thought okay.....haha she is hiding in the kids bed(which she loves to do).....Nope.

2 HOURS

after calling in reinforcements

after driving everywhere possible

after crying

The neighbor came over and said her daughter in law who lives down the road had her

at the same time

J called and said they had called him......Thanks to the tag

at the same time

J's SIL drove up with her in the car......literally in her lap

She had wondered off......gotten lost.....and ended up down the road

She had been sitting on the porch crying

Everyone knows she is ours and everyone around here is related so they all started calling around.....

They even fed her and watered her.......she would not stop crying though....

Until SIL Drove past and she lept in the car with her and hopped out at my house......I thought she was going to tackle me. 

She has not let me out of her sight since.....

Lesson learned. 

I still do not think she needs to be on the leash at ALL times.  She is great playing in the yard with all of us most evenings.  Or at night and morning when she has to pee!  But when I just go outside during the day.......to do whatever this is the time that she likes to wander.  No more. 

Miley I love you to dearly......

So I went......all ready to do my speech.  My 80 something year old professor who I swear has dementia walked into class and says " Well okay, so we got speechs due next week, lets talk a little more about to how to prepare"......There was a hush and a shhhh.......dont tell him mutter that rolled across the classroom.  I was the one in the class that desperately wanted to stand up and say " No, Mr. M.......today is the 9th, our speeches are due today"  ...........Oh but that classroom would have jumped me in the parking lot.  I almost cried. I spent the next few hours listening to him drone on (sounding very much like Charlie Brown's teacher) and copying my Biology notes. 

But enough about that......or this could be a very long post.

I really want to do some catching up. 

I had a birthday.....which I wrote about a little because I talked about doing a 32 before 32....which I still have not done. 

I made myself cupcakes

Cute little icecream cone cupcakes.  By the way.....they are so much better the second day when the cone gets soggy.  Just saying

Later that night........J and I would sit in the kitchen adding even more frosting to them.....because its fun and I had the fancy tips out. 

Oh and Miley ate 3......which I totally freaked about because it was chocolate........

Then a few of my friends showed up and made my weekend!  Love you girls!

We partyed like Rockstars......

J partied too. Excuse the pic......as was 3 sheets

good times....

Okay it has taken me approximately 8 hours to do this post because of some Greyhound drama.  So apparently this is all the catching up I can muster for the day. 

I assure you she is fast asleep beside my bed....and all is right with the world.

I am glad it is Friday....though not the day I wanted it to be.

Looking forward to a nice relaxing stay at home weekend.  Hopefully I will get to enjoy a glass of wine with Ky, and maybe get some studying done,

Ciao!

Apparently I can get nothing accomplished today.

Really I have tried.  No, not really........

See I have this speech tonight.  Its an informational speech for my Speech class.  It is on any topic we choose and it must be a minumum of5-6 minutes long.

Mine is 10.

This is all fine.  As much as I stressed about it all week, I managed to get it all finished, organized, and even memorized.  I am good at this type of stuff, I just put it off........er procrastinate.

Tonight I will be talking about the life of a Greyhound.  Hey I figured it is a subject I know and passionate about so should be easy.  The hard part is standing up and starting.  All planning and practice go out the door.  It is an almost paralyzing feeling.  Slowly the words come to me and I pull it out, usually with out saying the word um.......too many times. 

I have all day to myself.  Biology this morning and the rest of the day to just practice and study.  Well I have practiced and even recorded myself several times. 

I have got nothing else done. 

I changed out the laundry, ate, took a nap, cleaned out my google reader, posted, took shower, picked out my outfit, flat ironed my hair.........practiced again.

I have been home alone.  We arranged for the kids to go with J's mom and he is picking them up after work. So I had no interupptions.

I have so much other stuff to be studying for.  Huge biology test coming up......

My brain turned off, I can not physically take in anymore. 

My stomach hurts.........more and more the time draws near.  I know I will survive.  As my teacher says....." No one will die from public speaking"........

okay, well it just feels that way.  I feel sick

Lord help me to get in the car, drive safely to school, be the first to raise my hand and get the damn thing over with. 

Then I can sit there and watch my fellow students sweat. 

I have dreaded this class since I was 18.  I am 31 and assure that it is not any easier.  Yuck.....typing is making me sick......

Ciao!

I came across this today in my google reader and went on a search to find the original article.  You can read it HERE

Thought it was very interesting......and I added my own commentary

By 30, you should have:

1.One old boyfriend you can imagine going back to and one who reminds you of how far you’ve come.

This is very true....except for the going back part

2.A decent piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in your family.

Thank you very much.  Mine is turn of the century 1900's France

3.Something perfect to wear if the employer or man of your dreams wants to see you in an hour.

I suck at this one, I still prefer to dress very casual, hippy, etc.

4.A purse, a suitcase and an umbrella you’re not ashamed to be seen carrying.

Check.....of course I am not a purse girl.  I love my Kavu

5.A youth you’re content to move beyond.

I can move beyond it, problem is will anyone let me move beyound it?

6.A past juicy enough that you’re looking forward to retelling it in your old age.

haha.....definetly

7.The realization that you are actually going to have an old age—and some money set aside to help fund it.

8.An e-mail address, a voice mailbox and a bank account—all of which nobody has access to but you.

check

9.A résumé that is not even the slightest bit padded.

hmmmm

10.One friend who always makes you laugh and one who lets you cry.

check

11.A set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill and a black lace bra.

I got the bra!  I have never found that my life was uncomplete with out the screwdrivers or drill

12.Something ridiculously expensive that you bought for yourself, just because you deserve it.

Not sure about this

13.The belief that you deserve it.

14.A skin-care regimen, an exercise routine and a plan for dealing with those few other facets of life that don’t get better after 30.

Yeah , about this.....

15.A solid start on a satisfying career, a satisfying relationship and all those other facets of life that do get better.

Yes, okay....Im there

By 30, you should know:

1.How to fall in love without losing yourself.

Yeah got that, problem is letting the other person find me.

2.How you feel about having kids.

I feel I have them.....not sure about the future.

3.How to quit a job, break up with a man and confront a friend without ruining the friendship.

Check

4.When to try harder and when to walk away.

Check

5.How to kiss in a way that communicates perfectly what you would and wouldn’t like to happen next.

Check

6.The names of: the secretary of state, your great-grandmother and the best tailor in town.

Uh....Fail

7.How to live alone, even if you don’t like to.

Check

8.How to take control of your own birthday.

Check

9.That you can’t change the length of your calves, the width of your hips or the nature of your parents.

Check

10.That your childhood may not have been perfect, but it’s over.

Thank God

11.What you would and wouldn’t do for money or love.

Check

12.That nobody gets away with smoking, drinking, doing drugs or not flossing for very long.

Check

13.Who you can trust, who you can’t and why you shouldn’t take it personally.

Check

14.Not to apologize for something that isn’t your fault.

Check

15.Why they say life begins at 30.

I am betting on it!

I will add a few of my own.By the way I have known all these for awhile but it is amazing the people you meet that do not!

Know:

How to change the oil or at least pay attention to when it needs to be done and get it done.

Not to depend on a man to do the previously mentioned.

How to air up a tire

Know some basic decorating do's and don'ts

Know what looks good on you and what doesnt

Know who your friends are and know when it is TIME to see them

Have a understanding that people and life get busy and not to take it personally

Know how to clean your house sufficiently enough to have company within 15 min.

have some cooking skills that do not include the microwave

Have a list of dreams and aspirations and how to achieve them

know what you believe in and when to stand up for those beliefs

be able to listen to others even when you do not agree

know to not be judgemental

There are so many more I could add!

But

back to the grind.  I have been on the computer but no blog.  Priorites!  I am a little bit over my head with school work at the present time.  Be back soon!

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