I know I don't know how to tag even when I've been tagged by others...

8 Shows I watch:

Heroes
30 Rock
M*A*S*H
Biography
Biggest Loser
House
Food Network
Discovery

8 things I did yesterday:

Went to the mall
Wrapped presents
Bickered with my dad
Talked to Lisa
Finally ate Christmas Eve Dinner with the grown-ups
Watched the Dark Knight
Got crushed by an overly enthusiastic puppy
Watched Martha Stewart with my mom at 12 AM


8 places I like to eat:

RA
Olive Garden
Outback
Black Angus
IHOP
Macaroni Grill
Cracker Barrel
My mom's house


8 things I am looking forward to:

My shower in AZ
Seeing my friends from high school
Sleep
Being with my family
New dress pants for work
Reading (like always)
My big, comfy bed-no more air mattresses for me!
Going back to work

8 things on my wish list:

(these are in no particular order)
A puppy I can name Atticus
A trip to Ireland
A house closer to work
A husband
No more lesson plans
A trip to Australia
Money to go on my trips
A bigger kitchen


8 people I tag:


Lisa
Jay
Jennie Dean
Drina
Tanya
Nichol
Amber S
Auds S

I know what I want to say

I want to say
Merry Christmas!
That is all...

I know that someday my family will actually update their blogs

I know that someday my family will update their blogs...eventually. I know that they will realize that my niece and nephew aren't 4 months old anymore. They will realize that there are people in the world who check their blog sites in the hopes that something new will be there...or that all three of their children are listed in the "Friends and Family" section, not just the two. I'm not going to hold my breath because I know that someday these things will change but I don't want to pass out or die before then...someday...someday...someday things will change.

I know that I have changed...

I know that I have changed a lot since I was in college...or even high school for that matter. I used to be so naive about so many things. I used to try to help everyone and end up hurting myself most of all. Actually, that may not have changed at all. I know that I used to be carefree. College was a time for friends, a time to study hard and play a little harder. A time for making friends that last. Sadly, I have also learned that those friends fade into memories after you part. Faded photographs of once shiny memories and experiences.

It's interesting how often I take those faded photographs out and look at them. Remembering all of the great times I had with friends that no longer are active members in my life.

Or, when you think that you have totally forgotten a person, you suddenly remember everything about them and all you want to do is talk to them, see them, to know how their life has turned out. And then I wonder, how often do I cross their thoughts? Do they look at their time with me as a time of regret? That I have done something, anything, to offend them and they prefer not to remember me at all?

It is memories like that that pain me the most. I have learned a lot in my most recent friendships. I have grown as a person in ways that I would have never imagined. I can look back on the faded photographs with nothing but love for all who inhabit them. My one wish is that I could talk to those people, laugh and cry over our pasts together. Comment on the present and once again share our hopes for the future.

These last couple of days I have been walking down Memory Lane more and more. I find myself wondering if I have been forgiven for the wrongs I have done. Wondering if I could still be friends with people I don't talk to anymore.

I guess my question is...Can I?

I know that people in Arizona are strange

I guess I should never be surprised at the little conversations I have sometimes...
Background information...
I was wearing a knee length skirt, argyle sweater-vest, white collared shirt and stiletto knee-high boots today...got that? Good

Me- Hello. How are you today?
Random boy leaning against a car by my apt stairs-Good. And you?
Me- I'm doing well, thank you.
Random Boy- I can see that.
Me- (smile and start walking up the stairs)
Random Boy- (stumbling over himself) I mean, no disrespect or anything...um...
Me- (one last smile and before I reach the top of the stairs)

Boys are odd creatures.

I know that posts of pictures are super fun!

The cutest babies on the face of the Earth! Courtney and Nathan...

They like carrots...hee hee hee


Scotte and I at Sea World

The hat I should have bought

Yes, I am petting this dolphin

And this Budweiser Clydesdale...

Jay's eating my birthday ribs...

Lisa and Jay made baseball tee's for my 25th birthday!

BBQing in the rain

I know that I've been busy...

So, it's been a while since my last post. Lots of things have happened. Let me list them for you...since I know you've been DYING to read about it...

1. I spent a blissful month on the east coast taking care of my adorable niece and nephew. I would go to bed around midnight, get up to feed a baby at 3, 6 and then 9. (they were eating every 3 hours for the most part) Then of course there was the laundry, cleaning the house and...the bottles. So many bottles...you'd wash them all and it seemed that 20 minutes later, you'd have to wash all 16 bottles again. Of course they were worth it.
2. I planted a vegetable garden. I will never see the fruits of my labor because the garden is in PA..."that's not fair"...that's what you're thinking. I agree but it was fun. Sweating, digging in the dirt and dealing with TONS of gnats...it was worth it.
3. I learned to feed 2 babies and play with the dog at the same time. What can I say...I've got talent :)
4. I survived my first summer without work...barely. I think I read 100 books in 3 weeks. Maybe more...I can't be too sure.
5. I've acquired a new pet...or 3. I have adequately mourned Wadsworth the hamster. He died in May and Lisa, Kellen and I buried him in Kellen's mom's backyard. It was a beautiful funeral and Lisa made sure to give him a headstone as well. When I got back from the NJ/PA area, I went to the pet store and purchased Wadsworth the Second and his brother. I presented the brother to Lisa for her birthday with the promise of free room and board for the duration of his life. He hasn't died yet...She named him Winston. So we have Winston and Wadsworth. Then came Weston. He ran away from his home in Queen Creek and ended up in a friends house. She was terrified of him so he ended up in my house. We love him...stink and all.
6. School has started again and this year is easier than last in the aspect of teaching. I now know what I'm doing so that's good. The kids will be the death of me. This I can already tell.

And that's my life so far...see you next time...

Oh yeah...and i turned 25.