carpal tunnel and rosetta stone

my life has been fairly monotonous lately. i go to work and make/dip waffle cones. i help some customers here and there and then i go home. not that i'm complaining or anything. it's so much better than sitting at home. one thing that i must add here is that i need a different TYPE of job. i am so tired of being in customer/food service i could throw up. most of the receptionist type jobs here require you to be bilingual. maybe i should learn spanish? i need to get my hands on rosetta stone and learn spanish. i think i'm determined enough to get a better job. i know i have so much more potential than food service, i just can't escape. i'm stuck guys. beyond the work topic, the weather has been glorious. cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon. this next week we are looking upon close to 90 degrees everyday. welcome to texas where it's hot and there is not a drop of water whatsoever. but i do love it here, so again, i'm not complaining.

one thing that i am legitimately allowed to complain on is my carpal tunnel. i have been wearing my brace. it's not helping. as dumb as it sounds, i think it is acting up from scooping ice cream. ice cream is hard to scoop. today, during dinner preparation, i was cutting chicken with a heavy duty scissors. all of a sudden all the feeling in my right thumb went out. thank you carpal tunnel . you add a lot of joys to my life. my thumb still has no feeling. it's really annoying.



all those years of typing and piano and texting have quite apparently caught up with me. not fun by any means.

on another note, my cat is getting FAT. she's eating like a boy going through puberty. i guess that's a good thing. i know she is healthy and finally enjoying her living environment.

she is definitely my blue eyed baby. i'd be sad if she ever ran away or was killed. she's my love. she waits up every night for me to go to sleep. she knows that i will always care for her and be her mom. she is in much better hands now. her original owner is a jerk. she's a lover, that's for sure.

alright, well it's late. i must go to sleep soon. waffle cones in the morning. much love to everyone. hope everything is splendid with all of you.

Man

Within the next year Brendan is probably going to enlist in the United States Navy. I am nervous and excited and proud. I think that the military would be really good for Brendan. He's been talking about it a lot the past 3 days. He seems very content in the fact that it's what he would like to do. He is looking at the career aspect of the Navy. He is very smart. I think he'd be great. In whatever career he decides to pursue. I am happy for him. But I can't even lie, it's something that has been sitting in the back of my mind as uncomfortable. He's excited so I am excited. We're a partnership and if that's what he would like to do, he may. He's a grown man.

Much love everyone.

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commence

Hello readers. After much debate, I decided to write another blog post. It's not going to be anything special. But I do feel like typing so congratulations, you get something to read. Friday was my niece's birthday. It was really fun. I haven't been able to celebrate a birthday with a child since we went to Flint a few months back. Birthdays are such a blessing for kids. Kind of a hassle for parents, but that's what you have to do when you're a grown up. The look of pure joy on their faces is priceless. Sheer joy is the only way to express how a child feels on their birthday. When those dollar bills peek out of a card, or that wrapped present comes out of the oven [Yes, that's where we stored our presents yesterday], their eyes light up. It was fun to be a part of a child's birthday again.

Good news on the home front here. About 2 months back, we had our 2 four wheelers that were parked up against the house stolen. We hadn't heard a word about them until yesterday. My sister got a call from a detective yesterday. She said that they had found one of the quads. Needless to say, my sister was jumping up and down in sheer joy. Kind of like a kid on their birthday. They found the quad in Red Sands [a place to ride four wheelers, and drive jeeps and 4X4 trucks]. They ran the VIN number on the quad and it came up as ours. Whoever took those four wheelers was dumb enough to leave the VIN number on them. Idiot thieves. That's a good thing for us. Hopefully we'll be able to pick up the quad on Monday or Tuesday. The sheriff took down some names of people that were standing around the quad at Red Sands. Hopefully we can catch them. We will prosecute. Nevertheless, we are just excited that one of our quads was found.

Well everyone, a pretty meaningless entry. I'm going to be a couch potato and watch Grey's Anatomy in my room. I love you and miss you all.

Peace and blessings.

didyouknow.org

I have the slightest addiction to looking up interesting/silly/strange/weird facts about random things on the internet...here's a collection of fun ones that I have found...sorry about this quirky entry to my blog. I'm bored okay?

• In Denmark there are twice as many pigs as people
• The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car
• Sharks are immune to all known diseases
• The harmonica is the world's best selling instrument
• On average, you breathe 23,000 times a day
• Unless food is mixed with saliva you cannot taste it
• Every person has a unique tongue print
• Wine is sold in tinted bottles because wine spoils when exposed to light
• The Bible is still the world's best selling book
• 2 billion people still cannot read
• 80% of millionaires drive used cars
• If California was a country, it would be the 5th largest economy in the world
• In the US there are more television sets than telephones
• India is the world's largest democracy with more than 600 million voters
• More than 100 million people hold hunting licenses
  
• A badminton shuttle easily travels 112 mph
• Half the world's population is under the age of 25

Hope everyone gained a little fast fact knowledge from me tonight. It was thrilling. Goodnight.

Simplification

Recently, I acquired an ipod from Brendan. For goodness sakes, what a great gift. Makes my life so much easier. My CD collection was far too extensive and it was very overwhelming. The ipod fixes all those things. Tonight I'm ripping a good portion of my CDs to the computer and then keeping them on the external hard drive and when I want them on my ipod i'll put them there. I have a lot of CDs and this whole ripping process is overwhelming. And I have no idea what to do with my CDs after I'm done with them. They're just taking up space. My sister said she'd look through them and take some of them for herself. The rest I might send to friends in MI. I have no idea. But all I know is that...

It's out with the













and in with the










hooray! couldn't be more excited!

Waffle Cones and Mix Ins - For Reals?

So I most definitely love working here...





















From the waffle cones, to the dipping, to the mixing and fluffing and the singing. It's generally a wonderful place to work. It's nice to have a fun environment to work in. Where the ice cream is delicious and fresh. [and I get to sample the ice cream on those tiny spoons everyday.] I'm generally a very outgoing, energetic, customer-service oriented person and it's totally the place for me right now. I love my job. [and the tips are a pretty cool perk too.] Wow. I haven't been able to say that since February?

Speaking of my last job, I miss Wendy's a lot. That was a fun job too. But ice cream is SO much better than fast food. I don't come home smelling like fried food anymore. Hooray!

Instead, I smell like waffle cones and it's delicious.
Most definitely my new perfume.
Hey, Brendan likes it so what can I complain about?

Speaking of Brendan. I will tell you this. I am totally and absolutely in love with him. Developing such a partnership is sure a challenge, but it's fun. I cannot wait to spend my entire life with him. He is phenomenal. He is the most level headed being on this planet. And I'm SO grateful to have such a man in my life.

To quote my nephew. "for reals."

I love my niece and nephew. I don't know what my day would be without them. They provide lots of fun moments and someday I will have children of my own and that's so exciting for me. Having kids around is challenging though. They make you think, and ask you questions all day. And they tell the honest truth when they're questioned. That's the beauty of children. They're honest. And they have no perception of time...oh what it would be like relive my childhood. I was a handful I'm sure. Can you believe we were all that annoying and strange when we were little?

Texas is wonderful and I don't see myself leaving anytime soon. Nothing beats the desert. Even the sand blows like snow on the roads. But I don't have to worry about crashing my car in the sand. Unless of course it were to drift into sand dunes on the road. That would be a bit terrifying. [There I go on some sporadic topic that you probably don't even care about.]

Tonight, Brendan and I took the family up to the scenic drive above the wonderful city of EP. You can see for miles up there. The mountains are truly a sight for me everyday. I'm not used to seeing them yet. They make me smile and appreciate the beauty of mother nature. Truly a blessing.

To close things up, as always, I hope everything is well in Michigan. Missing you all immensely. But I'm also enjoying myself immensely. It's definitely bedtime for me. I like this whole "get back in a schedule" thing. It makes me feel good about myself.

Goodnight friends and family.
LOVE YOU ALL.