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Before I hit the 2 month mark of not posting, lets throw up a post!


It's a Friday nite, and about 10:30 PM, so lets throw up yet another depressing I hate the world post!


Apparently it's the week for things to go...weird. Yeah weird. Let's go with the word weird. It's not like they went wrong, or right. They went weird. Apparently I lost some friends, and it made me feel like I did something wrong, but I know I didn't. I also gained some friends. I've learned to be myself more and more recently, and it's played well in my favor.


The friends that I've lost...well when I'm around these people I'm pretty sure we got along. I know I'm sarcastic at times. Well, whatever I guess I just need to let it go. People have issues, not me. I need to really remember that. Well, wait that's not totally true either. I totally have my issues. However, most people don't even know about those issues. I keep them to myself.


I can't decide what I want to do with my "big" blog. Do I want to continue it? Or should I just quit and start doing things for fun again? I can't figure it all out. Some of the friends I've made blogging are cool. Some of them, I could just go on in my life without them. Yes, that seems mean. Really, really mean. But, it's true.


I think that's all for right now, because I don't know what to say. I feel like I already went thru a re-evaluation of life and all this just 2 months ago. Now I find myself here again, and going thru it with friends. Fun times. Fun, Fun times!

Positive Social Media

In the last 5 days, I put up 2 positive posts on my social media outlets. What happened to those things?  Well they both turned negative.

Tell me how this is right?  This is why I hate social media. People take the wrong thing out of what I post. I don't really understand why people do this. People make it all about them a lot of the time. We'll if you want to make it about you put something on your page. This is my page.  It's about me.

Don't come to my page and offend me about something positive in my life. I don't want nor need that in my life.

I'm in charge of me. You're in charge of you.

There's a reason why I keep my friend circles small. People annoy me. Some people just can't take care of issues themselves. This last year I've made a ton of friends. I've grown a lot.  It's made me realize that I can't take care of everyone's problems. We are in our 30 ' s now for the most part.  It's time to handle life.  If you don't start now...you will never do it.

I AM Happy.

This blog, makes me come off as seeming like an unhappy person. I really am happy. I just have interactions with people, that leave me wanting to vent. Without ruining my marriage, complaining about every little thing.


Since this is my space, I'm going to do it here. It's not meant to offend anyone, or call out anyone specifically. Most things I "whine" about a LOT of people do, not one person.


I can go about my life, and laugh my life away. I just want to be happy, and not feel like I'm trying to impress the rest of the world. Things have been really hard friendship wise, and getting people to understand me. I'm not a grumpy person. Just don't continually bug me. Get your life together! Get your priorities straight. PLEASE!!


Don't ask me to do everything. I will burn out. I will burn out with blogging, I will burn out on volunteering, I will burn out on our friendship. That would just SUCK! :)

Hi

I am a say what I feel type of person. Sorry if that offends you.


I'm reading over an old blog that I used to actively keep up, before I moved over to here. WOW! I used to write well! I used to write a LOT. Blogging has turned into a terrible chore. Absolutely terrible.


I must revert back to the "good" blogging, and get my "new" friends learn the real me. I'm not some sugar coated nice person...that can occasionally be funny. Really I have a lot of pent up aggression.


Now here's the kicker. The same thing I complained about almost THREE!! years ago, people are still doing to me. Why does it get me so upset? Why do I still keep wasting my time doing it? It's not just one or two people, it's quite a bit. Maybe it's a couple people more than others, but I give advice non stop to most people and they keep asking for it, but they never give a damn to listen to me. I'm done doing it. I have my own life to live.


So from now on, when I meet up with friends, it'll simply be talking about positive things. Talking about only positive things going on in their life. Any thing negative I will tune out. If their grandma died, sure we can talk about it. I just don't want people bringing me down in my life anymore, and I don't want to be getting upset at people, and complaining passively agressively on twitter. So this is my action i'm taking on it.


My friends will understand.


Maybe they will understand my orneriness a little better. It's mostly cause I can't handle myself. I will stand up to people, and tell them NO! Don't talk to me about that.

Just Stop

There are few things that bother me.  I'm sure I've posted about them before, but right now I want to talk about them.

1- People's annoying need to be right. I leave a bucket somewhere full of drinks for a luncheon. It wasn't where someone else wanted them. She moved the bucket literally 3 inches. It was in the middle of a huge room. How big of a difference is that 3 inches going to make? Honestly?  All that it's going to do is eat at my insides. Some people have issues when they feel like their wrong about something.  That's just one example. There's lots more.

2- Be respectful to everyone. We are for the most part equal. Every one you would interact with on a day to day basis is most likely the same as you. Just because they might not be as skinny as you or do their makeup the way that the world thinks...is no reason to treat them differently. If you want to treat them differently do it in a positive light. Don't look down on them. Don't boss them around. Don't think less of them. Chances are, they're so much better than you'll ever be and are probably a lot happier because they didn't spend 2 hrs caking their face in makeup or ignoring their kids working out for 4 hrs a day to weigh 115 lbs when they're 5 ft 9.

Am I bitter?  No!  Do I think I can change the world with 1 blog post? Absolutely not!  I just think people are rude. I want to be respected. I deserve to be respected. I teach my children to respect all people no matter what. I was always taught to respect my elders. I wasn't taught to respect those younger than me that may be more successful than me. However lots of people younger than me are more successful than I am. I admire those people and long to have successes of my own one day.  Successful people need to have respect for the people that help them get them where they are.

I don't want to be yelled at, talked down to, or have anything expected of me if that person talking to me isn't willing to do it themselves. Don't dish it out, if you can't eat off that plate.

I am a sensitive person when it comes to getting my feelings hurt, but I can also be rude to people at times. I don't like fake people. Don't be nice to me, because you think you have an image to uphold. You don't. If you don't like me, I don't care. I probably don't like you either!   I'm a pretty good judge of character and know pretty fast if we will be friends or not.

All of this being said, I know that I can be a hurtful person in my words as well. It is something I have been working on for 2014. Know though,  if you're continually acting a fool, you're setting yourself up and there's only so much I can take.  Be true to who you are. Take care of your body. Take care of your brains. It's all you got. I've been so sick in the last 3 months it's really opened me up to this.  Take care of it now. Get good habits now. Eat healthy now. Teach your kids young. I'm not an advocate for exercise or healthy eating. I'm just saying... take care of yourself. You're the only you, that you get.

...more to come. It's just 230 in the morning and I'm tired. And brain dead. I gotta take care me brain!

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My Thoughts.

I neglect this blog too much. It's very apparent that I definitely need an outlet to express my feelings. In the past those feelings will just come out, and I don't put a "filter on it".

I don't know that I necessarily need to do that on my blog, but knowing that feelings could get hurt, could the wrong people get a hold of my thoughts and take them the wrong way, I should put a filter on it. Think of Beyonce's tune, "Single Ladies" Put a Ring on it...then think of me singing, "put a filter on it." Whatcha think? :)

I can't figure out what I want to do. Should I continue blogging? I've made some decent money blogging recently. Gotten some perks, free stuff etc. Made a few friends. Are they fake? Are they real? That's left to be undetermined so far. One blog, I thought was gonna be awesome, and I got a ton of followers, and things were going great. Thought I was gonna have help. Then I didn't. I'm 98% sure I'm just gonna shut it down. If I can change the name on it, I will just change the direction of it, and make it something for me.

I started into this blogging world as a way for me to have something to do. I don't know what I thought my expectations were. I had no idea how big things were. There are so many things. So many people. So many people think that they are a blogger. It's kind of funny. Some people are too into it, and it make me sick. Those people make a butt load of money for just saying a company's name, and it's not fair. They just got lucky. Those people are not nice to the tiny little bloggers like me. It's all clique-y and that's lame. Makes me feel like I'm in high school.

I just want to be everyone's friend. I don't want people to feel left out. I've been one to feel left out for years. Is it how I dress? Is it cause I don't wear 10 lbs of make up? Is it cause I'm fat? Or is it cause I don't wear a tacky scarf or funky ugly headwrap? I don't want to change who I am to fit in. I don't need the newest fashions or things to fit in. I do however, need people to be nice to me AND everyone. People should stop excluding others.

I know I have friends who are friends with others, and when they are around certain people, they'll ignore me. Makes me sad/upset. I don't understand why I'm still friends with them, and put forth effort in that but I do.

Sorry my thoughts are sporadic, but I have so many. I enjoy what the last year of being in this blogging world has given me. I'm toying with the idea of giving up a lot of it. I feel like I'm in it for the wrong reasons. I have put in SOOO many hours of learning so many logistics of blogging that I feel like I HAVE TO stay in it. I know more about social media than a normal person should. I know more dos and don'ts for blogging than I should. I do more don'ts than dos. Out of pure laziness. I need to be better about that.

For now, I have a lot of Companies that emailed me and asked me to review their services/products so I will finish them out, but that may be it for a while. I don't know. I feel like I'm going a little crazy doing too many things. I love the money, but know that there has to be another way. Focus more on content, and maybe do ad's or find a service/product that I can do. I'm terrible at stuff.

My purple Cricut died again. I Love my cricuts. I'm really missing having my big Cricut though. I have 2 brand new large 12x24 mats and haven't been able to use it but once, cause my machine is just terrible. It's purple with pretty designs on it. My "contact" at cricut says he can't help me til February. Argh. I do LOVE my Cricut Mini though. That machine has seen so much use. I've used the crap out of 4 of the mats. I was using glue-dots to make the paper stick it was so bad. I'm almost all done with a 5th mat. The Mini is my 3rd machine. I've had it almost a year now, and I've never used that many mat's. I've had a cricut since 2007 or 2008, I think. I think it's because of the Cricut Craft room, and having access to so many images. Definitely a lot better than having to get all those cartridges! I just want my big Cricut so I can cut bigger things!! I need to organize my craft room. One day. One day. I really want a peg board to hang things up.

I'd like to post more things on here, but I never really know what to say...I do have some sites that have prompts, so maybe i'll start there.

Til then, later gators! ;)

People Change

A year ago, I was different than I am now.


I know that I had an experience from one person (or 5), that made me question my character and who I was in my life. It wasn't exactly ME who needed to change. It was who, I was hanging out with that I needed to change. I tried not to let these peoples actions hurt my feelings. Tried to say that it was their loss and all that. For the most part I was able to!


Sometimes you have to be willing to make a change in what you want in life. I wanted to (after that point), live a more positive life. Make a more positive input on other's lives, or not be apart of it all. I don't have time, patience or a desire for negativity. Now that certain people are out, more happy is in, and that's better for me. If you're a full grown adult, but act like you can't do anything for yourself, and have someone else basically run your life. People that lie, or hang out with liars suck. If you don't have decent standards or if any of the above apply to you. I'm not the friend for you. Sorry.


On another note.


A year ago, I was shy, a little introverted and didn't know too much about blogging, or anything that the blogging world had to offer. Seriously. Now I've jumped in, head first and know so much. I'm excited to learn about all their is to offer! I don't know that I've ever been so excited to learn things. I've earned money, I've gotten free product & I've made awesome friends. A year ago, I would've never walked up to someone and said...Hey, I'm Aimee! I still won't wear a name tag... but at least now I'll go somewhere alone, and talk to stranger.


However, the BEST part about this last year is that I have found myself. Again. I know that I used to say I did things, cause it was the "cool" thing to do at the time. Like, I used to say I was a scrapbooker, cause it was the cool thing to do. Well, then someone gave me a bunch of scrapbooking supplies, so I figured it out. Then that became my thing. That was like 14 years ago. Then I started college, and working full time etc...and met my husband, and somewhere in the interim became someone else.


I don't think I like who I was in that time. It's been about 8-10 years. In that time I've gone thru some enormous trials. Well, I'd like to say that I'm in the clear of them, but I know better. I'm not. However, since I feel that I've found more of myself again, I know that I can get thru them just a little easier.


I need to try and remember to only do things because I want to. Only get things cause I need them. (Save money) I have so many things in my house, that I don't need these days, but once upon a time, I thought I needed/wanted and it's just taking up space.


At the same time, I need to remember to take chances. Don't hold back too much. I may never know what's out there if I don't look around the corner.


I think that I like this person that I've become. Or re-become. However you want to look at it. Now if I could just be as skinny as I was in high school. HaHa. This post could probably go in a million different ways, and be a million posts long. But that's the basics of it. Hmmpf. End of Story for today. Only the people that know me, understand me. I totally feel like I'm different than I was a year ago. I know so much more about so many things, and have this strong desire to know so much more. I had a swift kick in the pants to change a year ago. Even though I did nothing wrong...it was the other "parties" I just knew that I needed different surroundings. I got it! Woot!!

FaceBook Tips

I run a few blogs, that have Facebook Pages. I thought that I was doing a decent job at running them, BUT apparently I wasn't. I used to get about 4 blog views from each post I would put on Facebook. Then I took a Class from a local Connective Circle Class, and my views increased 1200%. Yes, 1200%. Not to Mention my Reach, and the likes/comments all the interaction that I received. I took some notes in the class, and learned a few other things on my own, and I will try and share them here. If you have any other tips, please let me know!.


Some of these may seem kind of obvious but some people, may not know:

• Claim Your FB Page- Name it.  Make sure it's not just a #.  Make sure the website has your actual name in it.
• Link blog to your personal profile.  That's one way to let people know you now have a blog, and if they're your friends, they'll like your FB page!
• On FB Page About Me section, add about 2 sentences.
• It takes about 30 days to increase engagement. Main Goal is to Drive Traffic to Blog.  2nd Goal is to Gain Credibility.

Some Companies Look at the amount of Facebook Fans that you have.  Some Look at twitter, some look at Pinterest, some look at analytics.  Some look at a combo of all them.  

Post often on your Facebook Page to keep up your engagement on the page.  

• Ask engaging questions. 
• Reply to Comments
• Tag relevant people.  Like companies, famous people (actors, musicians etc)
• Share Post/picture 2-3 times but no more than 3 times.

Add Photos to FB Page.  A Facebook page, with just text, and no pictures is really boring.  Gotta have some color in there!  Just like your blog posts, it can't all be text.  People like to see pictures.  So, do the same in your Facebook Posts.

A few rules when posting links to your FB Page.

• Put the link directly in the post, don't say link in comments.
• Don't use an auto poster.  Actually take the time to post it, and add a little snippet of what the post is about.
• Use a bit.ly link.
• Networked blogs, bloglovin, instagram, hoot suite, if you auto post from them, it'll lower your #'s.
• Good times to post are 8-9AM, 2-3 PM, & 7-8 PM.
• No #ad hashtags.  Your account could get flagged, and FB is shutting down 50K accounts daily.

You can't handle a lot of new fans at once, so don't try to grow too fast.  Engagement is more important than unlikes.  A typical engagement average is 10% to 5,000+ likes.  So don't get too discouraged, when you think your engagement isn't high enough.

Facebook uses an Algorithm called Edge Rank.  Your fans will have 30-60 days to interact with you.  If they don't interact with your page, they won't see your posts after that 60 days.  There's a chance that they will see it, if they are on FB on their home page at the exact time you post something.

You can learn more about Edge Rank, HERE.

To see your Edge Rank, you can visit an Edge Rank Checker, HERE.

The point of having a Facebook Page for your blog, is to grow your social.  You want to increase views to your blog, and interact with your readers more.  More interaction, means more views!

If you have friends, who have FB pages, remember to go like their FB Pages, and help them out.  It's all part of community.  Help each other out.  Be professional though.  Don't talk about what you're doing later, or inside jokes.  Always use proper english, as well.  I try to always like my friends Posts, and occasionally comment.  I just don't want to be annoying.  :)  It really helps!  Share their posts every once in a while.  Especially a big important one!  

While you're on track for Facebook, go like my Facebook page!  HERE!  I implemented these tips in one day, and my reach on FB, increased to over 500 (from under 100) and my blog views increased 1200%.   I'd love to help you, if you need help.  Just message me! :)  Good Luck!

We are Different

This is a post about the fact that we are all different, and that we all need to accept that. This is about acceptance. Acceptance People. Accept other people and their differences! Have I always been perfect about this?! NO! Will I always be Perfect about this? NO! Can I always try to be as good as I can be? YES! I'm so tired of people being so critical of other people, and constantly bashing other people. Especially when it comes to family. Yes, we all have different tastes of what we like and don't like. SO! Who cares? I'm so sick and tired of people constantly attacking me for how I live my life. I keep my mouth shut on what you're doing, so why constantly attack me? Why constantly avoid me and my family? I always thought it was family first no matter what, and just feel completely ignored by certain family members most of the time, or constantly treated poorly by family members. I've never done wrong to any of my family members to have them treat me the way that they do. I try my very best, and am kind. Yet still whenever I leave their homes, I leave in tears. Or phone calls (or lack thereof) End in tears. Or text messages...you know the ones that I start, cause they don't care to text me, I always end up in tears, because they are just so rude! What is the point of being rude? Does it really make you feel better about yourself? I would walk around with a horrible feeling all day if I spoke that way to someone. I accidentally honked at a mom at the school parking lot last week, and I had horrible guilt for it, even though I apologized for it 3 times!! That's what a conscience is called. Do people not normally have those anymore? I used to think these people were so nice. But I guess I'm just wrong now. I almost felt like I needed to remind certain family members of our address, since they seem to have forgotten it. Then I thought, no never mind, if they want to be rude, I don't want them in my home anyways. Only thing they're missing out on, is that my kids are going to have no idea who they are. That's their loss I guess. I just don't understand, why people can't think before they speak. Why can't they have a little respect? Just wondering?! Is it that hard? I may add more to this subject, cause its really tender in my soul right now. But seriously. Can't we all just be nice to each other? If only *I* could solve the world's problems right? HAHA

Me? Unreasonable?

*Warning*
Due to my super crappy last few days, some of this post may be very Vague. Since its my blog, I'll do what I want, I suppose. Again, Sorry...
I hate to be disrespected. Disrespect me, once-whatever. Disrespect me, and I'm going to stand up for myself. And if you've never heard me (in real person not over chat, email whatever) stand up for myself, then brace yourself for when that day happens. If that day ever happens.
I feel like I was terribly disrespected today. By so many people in so many ways. Then this large man, who doesn't know me at all, tries to tell me that I AM BEING UNREASONABLE!?!?! Excuse me homeboy?! You don't even know me! So bite the wall! If you had any idea who I was, what I go thru day to day or anything then You'd shut your trap. I let this dude have it. He could've squashed me like a bug. I'm 5 foot 3, maybe 4...he was at least a foot taller than me, and had at least 150 lbs on me. Basically twice my size! So mad. A situation prior to him joining this little conversation he wasn't invited to-didn't help. But don't tell me who or what I am.
I don't mean being disrespectful, by not saying you're welcome when someone says Thank you. That's just one of my dumb pet peeves. I mean disrespectful, but actually not respecting someone's wishes, or desires in the day/life etc. Or someone's belongings. Like seriously. Don't you think that this world, would be such a happier place if we just respected each other?
Don't ever Assume ANYTHING of me. My 8th grade English teacher (I loved her), taught me how to spell the word Assume by remembering this little phrase, "When you ASSUME, you make an Ass out of U and ME." I know, I know but really, its true. That was 17 years ago, and I still remember it. Think about it, next time you assume something of someone.
I'm a really reasonable person. I just like some things certain ways, and I will tell you that. However I am always willing to compromise unless it puts me in danger, or my family. Or if I feel its just the wrong thing to do. I want people to respect me. So deal with it. :)
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

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Wal-Mart

I have like this immense Love/Hate relationship with Wal-Mart. They just built the 5th walmart, within 4 miles of my House. I know right?! Not that many people live here! Geez! This one is about 1.5 miles away from my house. It is fairly nice. Can't complain too much...Right? WRONG!
Okay, well every time I've gone to this Wal-Mart, its been super fast, cause I've just gotten no more than 5 items. Well tonite, I had some big things to get. I also needed to get foods for the weekend. Except for meat. People, don't buy fresh meat from Wal-Mart.
This Wal-Mart, is totally not crowded at all. Everyone is super friendly. Except for the checker I had tonite. I've worked at Wal-Mart before, I've had friends and family work at Wal-Mart before. I read their policies online regarding coupons online. I was told I needed to lay my coupons out on my items before she could scan my items. Ummm No I don't. I had sat in line for 10 minutes, already, while this lady tried to ring up someone in front of me's groceries... Seriously.
Watching her, just made me so sleepy. She would pick up each item, look at it and THEN look for the barcode! Her IPH is going to be SOOOO Low. She definitely needs some more training. If I didn't have big items I would've gone to the self checkout line. Seriously.
I hope my milk didn't go bad while I waited in line. I am glad I didn't have IceCream otherwise that might've melted. I texted my husband 8:21 that I was in checkout, and got groceries all loaded up and was pulling away at 8:51. No joke here.
My other gripe about Wal-Mart, is they change the layouts of all their stores. Why can't they just all by the same. I walked all over looking for Dog Food. I think it should be relatively close to human food. Just Sayin! In other stores its on the completely opposite side of the store, like by the garden center. The new one by me, its in the center, sorta by electronics. Like, it doesn't even make sense?
I dunno. I made it out alive, obviously, but when people go shopping, they don't wanna hang out there. Its a get in, get out thing! Target is more for browsing. OR the mall. When you go to Wal-Mart, you know what you want! I wish the Target by us, had a grocery. You lucky peoples that live by a super target! :) My total bill tonite was like $140.00. They treat all the customers the same, wether you spend $1.00 or $1,000+. CRAPPY!!!

What's Up?

Howdy y'all?!
Things have been incredibly crazy. I finally got a bit of unwind time last nite and one of my favorite food restaurants. Peruvian food just makes my heart happy. Yes, Yes. Hanging out with a friend and getting some adult time totally helps too!
My last 10 days has been crazy. Filled with Hospitals, YES hospitals. Lack of sleep, and busy doing reviews. Also, what has been taking up a lot of time, is PERFECT weather! I love to be outside when the weather is nice. I'd like to get back on track with some updates, and setting up some schedule for this blog and definitely Aim's Creations.
I've been contemplating starting a Reviews Blog, or a giveaways blog. So many companies have been reaching out to blogs to promote their items. I know what you're thinking....Another Blog? Well, yeah. I Just want to do something that gives me a little confidence boost, and I'm not feeling that from my Aim's Creations Blog yet. I know that everyone loves giveaways, so that people will visit for a giveaway! :)
Woot Woot! You know I'll share when I get there. :)

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Parenting

You know all those things you say to your parents when you're a kid... I'll never make my kids do that when I'm a mom. I'll never let my kids watch that kind of movie or tv show. Or listen to that kind of music. I'll never let my kid talk to me that way when I'm a parent. All those types of examples, I'm sure you get the point...
Well...I've let my kids be pretty independent. I let them watch almost any movie and tv show. No violence or extreme swearing. I do monitor them. Its pretty much taught them whats right and wrong faster than what I learned. Music, isn't really a problem. They listen to what we listen to. Husband, is pretty respectful about his music around the kids. He can listen to some pretty rowdy stuff sometimes.
Now behavior...My baby (she's 6) can have some attitude! Sometimes our roles reverse, and she becomes the boss. Then I end up running to my room in tears. Seriously. I just get overwhelmed. I'm working on that though. Its been a struggle. For all of us. I know that its our fault for giving her too much freedom starting when she was young. I'm just glad that we don't have other issues.
I've seen some kids in stores talk to their parents incredibly rude and I can't believe their parents are okay with it, and just keep the conversation going! Seriously! That's when the conversation is over in our house! Gotta remember who the parent is and who the child is. Luckily my youngest and I have come to terms with our issues, and understand each other for the most part. Usually she just thinks i'm not giving her enough attention, or she's way too tired. Or both!

Monday, Monday

So Monday, Monday.
I'm not a complete fan of Mondays. I don't know completely why. Its not like I have to be at work at 8AM following a fantastic weekend. I did have a fantastic weekend. I didn't want it to end. Today though, its just been a blah day.
I did get my feelings hurt by a few people. I did try to get over it fast. APparently it leaked over onto today. Blah.
I belong to these yard sales group on Facebook. I think its a totally awesome idea. I love it! However, some people are just crappy. They have their favorite people to sell to etc. However, I know that they saw my name, and my interest. Why just pass on over me? I think its rude. I'd never do that to someone. It happened twice to me today. What does it make me do? LEAVE the stupid group.
I can sell and buy crap other places. I bet these people don't even live in the designated area!
I tried to do this about 2 years ago, but apparently I need to be a little more forceful with it. Deleting fake people out of my life. I don't want people being nice to me, because they have to be. Be nice to me because you want to. If you don't want to, then don't!
I hate how all these stupid blogs are so random. I need to get on a track when I blog. This can be so lame. One day, One day.
That is all my venting for today. I'm still working on ME. Being ME. I don't want to be somebody else. I just want to be me. I'm still trying to discover who I am. I'm guessing people don't like that. Whatever. Their loss. :)

Blog Title...

I don't know what to call this blog post. I don't even know what to blog about. I just feel like blogging!
This weekend has been pretty good. Relaxed big time. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. I really want to go to the beach. It snowed, and its Spring. Thats not exactly fair! But it is normal. I know, lame. But that's Utah for you!
Tried to figure out what was going on with the washer. On some cycles it makes a weird noise. Couldn't figure it out. Its not like its not still working, but who knows what that noise could lead to, and I don't want to be without a washer (or a dryer, EVER), so it'd be nice to figure it out. Meh.
Came to the realization we've lived in SL County now for 4 years, and in the last 4 years I've been the happiest I've ever been since living in Utah. Lived in our current place for just about 2 years. Also, it was almost 3 years ago that we had Bai's cancer scare. Eek! Bailey's Bean
I have all these ideas that I want to do with so many things, but I can't keep on top of things that I NEED to do. I need to take my own advice that I have given to other people. PRIORITIZE!! Make lists, and prioritize the things that need to be done. I totally slacked off on laundry the past 2 weeks, and I hadn't vacuumed in an embarrassingly long time. Those things are now fixed as of today, but still. I really need to get on a cleaning schedule. I've just never been good at that.
I owed my husband 160$ by the end of this month. Well I'm at 130$ that i've given him. I just need 30 more. I wonder if I just go pull the money out of the bank and hand it to him, if he'd even notice. HAHA. I'm honest... but still. What if?! Before you get all weird, I really wanted something. He said he'd pay for half, but I'd half to earn the other half by either "working" for it, or selling things. I had things I could sell. An old laptop, an old ipod (that was basically brand new), so that's what I did. Also sold some clothes. I just have no energy to waste effort (or energy) on flaky people!! I hate giving out my address then having them not show. However, they then have my address, and know I had/have things for sale. Not very comforting, know what I mean?
Okay, done with the ranting post, just wanted to do a post today... Thanks for paying attention. I guess. :)

Why?

Do you ever find yourself asking Why?
I think I ask it like every 5 seconds! Mostly to my kids, but sometimes its to myself.
Why did I agree to do this, or that? Why did I think that was an okay shirt to wear? Why did I just let the hair stylist give me that haircut? Etc...
I'm talking about the choices we make in our daily lives though. I was thinking today...in deep thoughts. Why did I choose to get back into blogging? Why am I more into getting into the blogging networks and learning all these things? Why do I want to succeed so much in it?
Why am I on twitter? Why am I on pinterest? Why am I doing all these things?! And all those other social things, like wanelo.com and the like.
They have no real importance in my life...I won't die if I don't have them. Sure I enjoy all these things and they're fun. I just want to know why I've chosen to do all these things. I know i'm probably sounding weird for all this...but I just really want to know WHY? HAHA.
Why do I watch the shows I watch? Is it because everyone else is, so I feel the need to watch them? Or do I actually enjoy them? Same with music. I know that when I was younger, I used to do things cause everyone else was. Now that I'm older, and trying to teach my kids to be themselves, I find myself asking, am I doing this because I want to or because everyone else is, so I need to fit in?
I am only saying this, because I've found myself watching a whole season of a show cause someone said it was awesome, and I heard LOTS of people talking about it. So I wasted lots and lots of hours watching it, but not fully paying attention. I don't know. Its just me I guess. So my goal, starting today, is to be myself, and make my own decisions. Do things that I want to do, and not do it because lots of the world is doing it.
I want to enjoy who I am and what I do. I feel like I can't do that when I'm filling up my life with other things that are taking up my precious time, that I'm not taking anywhere with me in my life's future. I realize now I'm just rambling, and wasting my time. I don't hate myself, I just want to be a good person. :)

Wednesday Update.

That's how I was feeling this morning, when I was abruptly awoken by my husband saying he needed a ride to work. Usually those things are planned ahead. See, he usually rides a motorcycle to work. He knew I needed the car today. Otherwise he probably would've just taken it. I loathe mornings. Besides snakes, they are my 2nd worst enemy. Seriously. Hate them!!!
So, he had to try and get me up for about 15 minutes. I wasn't budging for anything. It just wasn't going to happen. I didn't want to. I thought maybe if I just fell back asleep, he'd get the hint that I wanted him to take the day off? HAHA. He's very dedicated to his job. That wouldn't happen. I'm very grateful for that.
The drive was very uneventful TO his work. Like always. Unless its bad weather. Then its terrible. Maybe this year we'll get a 2nd car. I'm so tired of this 1 car family business. Sure the motorcycle has helped...but seriously. Argh.
So on my 15-20 minute drive home, it was going pretty smoothly. I am not one of those drivers that thinks they have to change lanes to get going faster and weave in an out. I just stay in the same lane, unless the car in front of me is going way under the speed limit. Which sometimes happens on the major road we were driving home on this morning. I got behind one car, and it was going pretty steadily with the flow of traffic, not slower than the speed limit, and we were going thru every green light. So I was content. I followed them for about 5-7 miles. Maybe longer? It was one of the larger SUV's that's on the road today. It had been kinda doing a little weaving/swerving back and forth. But the road isn't exactly straight, so I didn't really make a big deal about it. Maybe I should've and gotten out of the way and moved into another lane.
After going thru a major intersection, and with cars waiting at a red light at the other side this car when "BAM" straight into a median! It paused for about 5 seconds then kept going. Seriously. I thought it would've stopped on the side of the road, checked out the damage it'd done. It went on for about another 3 miles, then finally stopped at the Wal-Mart. Right after it hit and didn't stop, I did make a phone call to report it. Not to make a police report...just to have the driver checked on. I don't know what was going on, or if anything was. But I sure don't want them to hurt anyone else. They were very lucky I was alert and was back far enough, and not one of those crazy drivers that follows so closely!! They're also lucky they didn't hit car or cars (or heaven forbid, people) and just hit a median.
On my way home tonite after picking up my husband 9 hrs later after the incident, I looked at hte median, and man is that thing alllll shredded. I can't believe the damage that was done! We were going about 30-35 miles an hour. The speed limit is 55 miles an hour there, but we hadn't gotten quite up to that speed yet. Thankfully.
People!!!! Drive safe! Don't drive distracted, Don't drive tired, Don't drive drunk or drugged! Please :)

Google Reader

Hi friends!

I'm sure you all have heard that Google Reader is going away soon. Well in a few months. They've been making this threat for a couple of years but now, its supposedly really happening! Sad Day. I've gone and checked out a few alternatives that I've heard about, since I'm not about to just give up on a feeder just yet! I need to have my blogs! LOL.
Feedly is an app that I've used on my iphone/ipod/ipad. I really liked how it color coded my different sections that I've organized all my blogs into. I love being organized. I know I'm not organized in all aspects of my life, but in the areas I am organized in, I am very particular about them. :) They also have a web application that you can use too. I have yet to check that out. Maybe tomorrow!
The next one I've found is on the web. Its called BlogLovin. Found at: BlogLovin. I had to reorganize the way that my blogs had already been set up. I follow hundreds of blogs (NO JUDGING!!). I've been a blogger and a blog reader since 2006. So, I had a lot in there. :)
When you sign up for these accounts, and I recommend you try both of them to find out which one fits your needs better. Go into your google reader FIRST! EDIT, your blogs that you read. Go thru and delete what you don't read, delete what you people don't blog on anymore, and delete those pesky annoying blogs, that you just don't want to see in your feed anymore! :) I say that, because it'll take time when you go to input your information into those two accounts. This was my main mistake in doing so. I got a little too excited to get in there and get going.
It took me an hour or so to edit my google reader. But it was so worth it to delete the hundreds of blogs, that people have turned private or just all around stopped blogging on. The fast way to do it, is to go to Google Reader, then to Settings, then to Subscriptions and you can unsubscribe to multiple ones at once, instead of just individually. You can check the box next to all the ones you want to unsubscribe, then hit unsubscribe at the top.
Hope I have helped you in some sort of way. I know its not a big tip or anything, but if I could help you...that makes me HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!! :)

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