As of last Friday I started a new job...thus the new title. I am a Special Education Educational Assistant. I was SUPER excited about this job when I found out that I got...even before then the thought of the job made me excited. Well, now that I have started it, I am LOVING it.
I work with the GREATEST people and that fact alone makes the rumors of what could happen in the classroom makes it all worth while. I work with 2 other women. Now, we all know how 3 women couped up in a small space can be after about 8 hours, 5 days a week can be, but I think it is going to be the BEST year!
School starts in less than a week and all I can think is, "Where in the world did Summer go?" I had all these big plans and ideas that were to be completed and I wanted it to be a lazy kind of summer...but now it is gone.
That is okay though because Fall is right around the corner and I LOVE Fall! It is my favorite Season. The smell of cool mornings. The warm sweaters or long sleeve tees to keep you warm. The windows open and a nice, sometimes warm, sometimes cool breeze blowing through. Football on the TV (GO TITANS!). I can't wait! With Fall though Christmas isn't far behind...then there is all of the madness that follows that! (But I love that too!)
On the Update front...here are a few things:
*I am no longer watching my Niece and Nephew...they have home sitter...but it was planned to be this way from the beginning.
*We will no longer be having anything to do with my Father-in-law as the house he was renting/purchasing from us was trashed when we told him to get out. We are done...sad though that it had to come to that!
*We found out what my mystery illness is: Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome...look it up...crazy how everything matched. The Dr. I saw was awesome and he got it right after me only being in there for about 5 minutes. (BTW, if you are in the Nashville, TN area and are looking for a good G.I doc...Dr. Howard Mertz is GREAT...he was rated #1 by his peers in the Nashville area.)
Off to make my list for the day! Have a good one!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Tori Spelling and fake people
I have recently started a slight obsession with Tori Spelling. I watch her show and picked up 1 of her 2 books at the Library the other day. Now, I am not one for following stars and their everyday lives. I have never once watched any celebrity reality show until hers. Now, I think I am in love with her. Why? Well...here it goes.
When I watch the show I am constantly relieved that she is real...no matter if there is a a camera or not she appears to be herself all the time. I REALLY admire that in people. I know...I have often questioned am I me all the time...and this blog was meant to be the written out of the mental and physical acts that take me on my quest for self discovery. <-- That is NOT what I am talking about when I say being ones self.
In reading her book sTori Telling, I am amazed at how real she is and if further reiterates my feeling about people being themselves/real. She talks about her stupid mistakes and bad judgements. She pokes fun at her family and life in general. I feel like she is just about as real as it gets. And maybe, I can see some of me in her...or her in me...however that works out. Either way...I like her!
So...while recently discovering that being real is a quality that I desire in my friends, it made me reflect on those who I thought at one point or another were being themselves and later found out they were lying b****es. Yeah, kind of blunt, but I talking about keeping real.
I now that in certain circumstances we all take on diffrent personas. For example, I would bust out in church some of the language I might use while watching a UFC fight...but in both of those situations I am still me. I would, however, talk about the fight at church and church while watching the fight...if I wanted to. I guess I am relating the whole being fake to being two-faced. That is the best way to describe my feelings about people who portray one thing and then on another day portray something else.
As I have talked (written) before we have recently (in Dec. 08) moved from Franklin, KY. Franklin is a very Mayberry kind of town and I loved parts of it. When I started my blog I was still living there and was REALLY struggling with who I was...yes, it has gotten better...and here is why I think it has.
There was a very tight-knit group of women that I was involved with. We all went to the same church (that is how most of knew each other, while others had always lived there and they grew up together). We had monthly "Girls Nights In", we worked VBS and Sunday School together, we carpooled our kiddos to school, and just had a great time with each other. Then during or right before a retreat something changed. I don't know if it was that some new people had joined the group (which I was not opposed to, but they were not my style or I hadn't gotten the chance to really know them) or things were just in a normal mood of change, but things weren't right. Clique's started to break off (I am VERY anti-clique) and that is very normal as some liked doing things others didn't...the group got to be about 20-25 women.
This was also about the time where the true colors of some started to show. There were things that went on where best friends broke up while others began. Some were trying to fit in with the "popular (more well off $ wise, think they are better type)" while others were remaining who they were and were being seen as outcasts. It was freaking high school all over again! Stupid...I know. ANYWAYS... it was about that time that I started to re-evaluate those I was friends with and I why I was friends with them...2 GREAT friends emerged while the others seemed to become nothing more than acquaintances. Yeah...20-25 down to 2. Now that isn't to say there weren't some really great women in that group, but we were just different. I do, however, know that I could call on them and they would be there for me as best as possible.
So...this whole long story leads me to this... why are people so fake? Who are you trying to impress and why? My SIL (HI!) will tell you that I would be the first to tell you of a great purse find...not that it was a really Burberry and let you believe what you want, but that I got it at a yard sale for $2.50...yes, you read that right. I am trying to be me...stuff doesn't make me, people don't make me, money doesn't make...I make me. That doesn't mean I'm not constantly on a quest to find me, but (Kim are you reading) I think I am pretty darn awesome...if you don't like me...well...move on!
Fake people will find, in time, that they also have fake friends and lives. They will ultimately look back and see how unhappy they are. I don't want that! I want real people with real lives and real personalities. If you are real with me and I don't like it...I will either get over it or move on...and that is what I want people to do with me. DON'T change, DON'T conform....be you! Be who God made you to be...BUT if you aren't proud of who you are or too ashamed to let people see the real you...then is THAT who you really are?
Stop being fake!
When I watch the show I am constantly relieved that she is real...no matter if there is a a camera or not she appears to be herself all the time. I REALLY admire that in people. I know...I have often questioned am I me all the time...and this blog was meant to be the written out of the mental and physical acts that take me on my quest for self discovery. <-- That is NOT what I am talking about when I say being ones self.
In reading her book sTori Telling, I am amazed at how real she is and if further reiterates my feeling about people being themselves/real. She talks about her stupid mistakes and bad judgements. She pokes fun at her family and life in general. I feel like she is just about as real as it gets. And maybe, I can see some of me in her...or her in me...however that works out. Either way...I like her!
So...while recently discovering that being real is a quality that I desire in my friends, it made me reflect on those who I thought at one point or another were being themselves and later found out they were lying b****es. Yeah, kind of blunt, but I talking about keeping real.
I now that in certain circumstances we all take on diffrent personas. For example, I would bust out in church some of the language I might use while watching a UFC fight...but in both of those situations I am still me. I would, however, talk about the fight at church and church while watching the fight...if I wanted to. I guess I am relating the whole being fake to being two-faced. That is the best way to describe my feelings about people who portray one thing and then on another day portray something else.
As I have talked (written) before we have recently (in Dec. 08) moved from Franklin, KY. Franklin is a very Mayberry kind of town and I loved parts of it. When I started my blog I was still living there and was REALLY struggling with who I was...yes, it has gotten better...and here is why I think it has.
There was a very tight-knit group of women that I was involved with. We all went to the same church (that is how most of knew each other, while others had always lived there and they grew up together). We had monthly "Girls Nights In", we worked VBS and Sunday School together, we carpooled our kiddos to school, and just had a great time with each other. Then during or right before a retreat something changed. I don't know if it was that some new people had joined the group (which I was not opposed to, but they were not my style or I hadn't gotten the chance to really know them) or things were just in a normal mood of change, but things weren't right. Clique's started to break off (I am VERY anti-clique) and that is very normal as some liked doing things others didn't...the group got to be about 20-25 women.
This was also about the time where the true colors of some started to show. There were things that went on where best friends broke up while others began. Some were trying to fit in with the "popular (more well off $ wise, think they are better type)" while others were remaining who they were and were being seen as outcasts. It was freaking high school all over again! Stupid...I know. ANYWAYS... it was about that time that I started to re-evaluate those I was friends with and I why I was friends with them...2 GREAT friends emerged while the others seemed to become nothing more than acquaintances. Yeah...20-25 down to 2. Now that isn't to say there weren't some really great women in that group, but we were just different. I do, however, know that I could call on them and they would be there for me as best as possible.
So...this whole long story leads me to this... why are people so fake? Who are you trying to impress and why? My SIL (HI!) will tell you that I would be the first to tell you of a great purse find...not that it was a really Burberry and let you believe what you want, but that I got it at a yard sale for $2.50...yes, you read that right. I am trying to be me...stuff doesn't make me, people don't make me, money doesn't make...I make me. That doesn't mean I'm not constantly on a quest to find me, but (Kim are you reading) I think I am pretty darn awesome...if you don't like me...well...move on!
Fake people will find, in time, that they also have fake friends and lives. They will ultimately look back and see how unhappy they are. I don't want that! I want real people with real lives and real personalities. If you are real with me and I don't like it...I will either get over it or move on...and that is what I want people to do with me. DON'T change, DON'T conform....be you! Be who God made you to be...BUT if you aren't proud of who you are or too ashamed to let people see the real you...then is THAT who you really are?
Stop being fake!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Haircuts
Here are a few cuts that I like. I want my hair short...like a bob. The back needs to be flat...it can have layers,but I don't want poofiness (is that even a word?). It has to be easy in terms of fixing it. I don't mind a flat iron so that is cool with me if I have to use it a lot. I like the A-symmetrical cut where it is longer in the front and some volume on top in the back.
The idea here is I would like some input on what you think.
A.
Of course there is the Pickler haircut. SUPER cute.
The idea here is I would like some input on what you think.
A.
Of course there is the Pickler haircut. SUPER cute.B.
This one is REALLY cute and it is very NOT messy...which fits my personality.
Very sleek, but may lay REALLY flat on my head and I DON'T like that.
This one is REALLY cute and it is very NOT messy...which fits my personality.C.
Every week we watch SYTYCD and Randi's hair is sooooo cute. When I see her I always say, "I LOVE her haircut", well here it is! Mine is kinda like it now...but not really. I like the front length as it lets you curl if you want or pin it back.
Every week we watch SYTYCD and Randi's hair is sooooo cute. When I see her I always say, "I LOVE her haircut", well here it is! Mine is kinda like it now...but not really. I like the front length as it lets you curl if you want or pin it back.
D.
Hmmm...I like this one...REALLY cute, but I don't know how it would look with my face shape. I think it would require a blow out for the volume, but I like the volume.
Hmmm...I like this one...REALLY cute, but I don't know how it would look with my face shape. I think it would require a blow out for the volume, but I like the volume.What do you think? A, B, C, or D
Please feel free to comment if you like.
Long time...No write!
So...sorry to leave you all for so long. It has seemed that the last few weeks have been really crazy. Here is list of the things that have been happening:
*My hubby and I celebrate our 10 year Anniversary
*I have watched my niece and nephew for the last time
*We have had family and friends over for a get together
*I got accepted into the college I wanted
*Have filled out what seems like 100s of papers for various issues...FMLA, new doctors, school, work, etc.
*Taken care of my grandmother because my mom decided to get sick
*We got a puppy!
The list could go on, but I will stop boring you! :)
So...these things are upcoming:
*I start my new job in less than a week ****EXTREME EXCITEMENT****
*Doctors appointments...maybe he will figure out what is wrong with me...I actually have 2 appointments.
*My hubby and I's Birthdays are just around the corner (we will both be 30)
*My kiddos Birthdays are right around the corner too
*School officially starts August 3rd...where has the summer gone
*Auctioning off our house in Franklin...I really can't wait to be rid of that place!
To officially get this entry started let me stop listing stuff and get to the talking (writing) part of this thing.
With my new job and new school year starting I have a lot that needs to get done. I have to get the kiddos back on a regular schedule (and me too). I have to get all the clothing ready to make sure the kiddos have what they need...Goodwill here I come. I think we are pretty good on the school supplies thanks to Staples and their deals...oh that reminds me...I need to check their add for next week. I also need to get us all haircuts...hmm what should I do? I will maybe post some pics of what I might get done...C wants something new too. Have I mentioned I only have about 4 real days to get all of this done. Oh! and the kids still need new lunch boxes and C needs a new back pack.
I am super excited about my new job! I have met the people that I will be working with and I think this year is going to be great! :) I have all these dreams of what it will be like and I am also super excited that I will be making extra $ to help out with bills, savings, and just to have extra to spend on fun stuff!
I love my life! I have the best hubby and children...although they drive me CRAZY half the time. I am blessed to be doing what I LOVE to do...job wise. The rest of my family isn't too bad either. I have come to have some good friends...either old or new....and some that are trying but almost drive me crazy in the process...but you got to love them too!
We haven't been to Church much this summer....I have been sooooo lazy on that front...shame on me. :) Once school starts the habit will fall back in line...plus I know that the kiddos miss it...they have said so.
That is about all for now!
I'm off to find some haircuts I like. Have a good day! :)
*My hubby and I celebrate our 10 year Anniversary
*I have watched my niece and nephew for the last time
*We have had family and friends over for a get together
*I got accepted into the college I wanted
*Have filled out what seems like 100s of papers for various issues...FMLA, new doctors, school, work, etc.
*Taken care of my grandmother because my mom decided to get sick
*We got a puppy!
The list could go on, but I will stop boring you! :)
So...these things are upcoming:
*I start my new job in less than a week ****EXTREME EXCITEMENT****
*Doctors appointments...maybe he will figure out what is wrong with me...I actually have 2 appointments.
*My hubby and I's Birthdays are just around the corner (we will both be 30)
*My kiddos Birthdays are right around the corner too
*School officially starts August 3rd...where has the summer gone
*Auctioning off our house in Franklin...I really can't wait to be rid of that place!
To officially get this entry started let me stop listing stuff and get to the talking (writing) part of this thing.
With my new job and new school year starting I have a lot that needs to get done. I have to get the kiddos back on a regular schedule (and me too). I have to get all the clothing ready to make sure the kiddos have what they need...Goodwill here I come. I think we are pretty good on the school supplies thanks to Staples and their deals...oh that reminds me...I need to check their add for next week. I also need to get us all haircuts...hmm what should I do? I will maybe post some pics of what I might get done...C wants something new too. Have I mentioned I only have about 4 real days to get all of this done. Oh! and the kids still need new lunch boxes and C needs a new back pack.
I am super excited about my new job! I have met the people that I will be working with and I think this year is going to be great! :) I have all these dreams of what it will be like and I am also super excited that I will be making extra $ to help out with bills, savings, and just to have extra to spend on fun stuff!
I love my life! I have the best hubby and children...although they drive me CRAZY half the time. I am blessed to be doing what I LOVE to do...job wise. The rest of my family isn't too bad either. I have come to have some good friends...either old or new....and some that are trying but almost drive me crazy in the process...but you got to love them too!
We haven't been to Church much this summer....I have been sooooo lazy on that front...shame on me. :) Once school starts the habit will fall back in line...plus I know that the kiddos miss it...they have said so.
That is about all for now!
I'm off to find some haircuts I like. Have a good day! :)
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