Four Months...

First off I'd like to say that April is a very important month to me. It's Sexual Assault Awareness Month. So for many obvious reasons this means a lot to me and I'd like to thank everyone out there who puts in the time an effort to help fight for the cause.

Now with that said, I posted this a few months back (actually in April) but somehow it was deleted and only that first portion was saved. I'm going to keep that first paragraph there because it is important to me that that statement remain. Instead of redoing the month of April and then making one for May, June, and July, I have decided to make a group post combining all four months into one which will help me catch back up.

So, here goes...


ACCOMPLISHMENTS APRIL-JULY 2011

• Got myself a job at Radioshack
• Sold my first 3 cell phones
• Took my car in to get fixed
• Received closure over certain issues I've been dealing with
• Made new friends and reconnected with old ones
• I'm blonde again!

GRIEVANCES APRIL - JULY 2011

• Still haven't gotten my car back
• Need to sell more cell phones and service plans
• Haven't yet squashed all bull shit with family
• Not posting enough on my blog
• Still haven't received closure from a broken friendship

PLAYLIST APRIL - JULY 2011
I have discovered so much new music in the past four months that instead of writing down each individual song I'm going to simply write down the artist.

• Trace Adkins
• Jason Aldean
• Jason Derulo
• Katy Perry
• Blake Shelton
• Kelly Rowland
• Montgomery Gentry
• Prince

BIRTHDAYS APRIL - JULY 2011

• Erica, April
• Carolyn, April (Death in May)
• Mommy, June
• Jeffrey, July
• Aunt Dawn, July
• Dad, July
• Grammy, July
• Sean, July

(If I left you out of the birthday list, I apologize, I'm trying to remember for the past four months so forgive me.)

PHOTO MEMORIES APRIL - JULY 2011

Day One... (Favorite)

This is one of those questions that people ask you all the time and is the hardest one to answer. What is your favorite movie? I have a million favorite movies but I have decided that the only way to properly answer this question is by choosing the movie I watch the most and can watch over and over and over again without getting tired of it. That movie is 'That Old Feeling.' It's a romantic comedy which is so not my kind of movie but I think it's great. I saw it for the first time years ago and instantly fell in love with it. Bette Midler stars in it which of course makes it instantly wonderful. It's hilarious, has a happy ending, and is an all around feel good movie.

Never iron a four-leaf clover... you don't want to press your luck... (March)

Shows watched in March 2011

• E.R.
• Law and Order SVU
• Boy Meets World

 Movies watched in March 2011

• No Escape
• Bullworth
• Ransom
• White Men Can't Jump
• Simply Irresistible
• Working Girl
• Patriot Games
• Cop Out
• Easy A

Playlist of March 2011

• Lonely and Gone - Montgomery Gentry
• What was I thinkin' - Dierks Bentley
• Trying to Survive - by Montgomery Gentry
• Clouds - Montgomery Gentry
• Country Boy - Aaron Lewis
• Deify - Disturbed
• Overburdened - Disturbed
• Bad for Good - Montgomery Gentry

Birthdays of March 2011

• Ashley - 21 March 5
• Kristen - 21 March 9
• Uncle Woody March 10
• Me - 24 March 13
• Papa March 15

Accomplishments of March 2011

• 97% on my Police Report Writing midterm
• Made a plan to eat healthy (or at least try to)
• Finally got my hair cut... to most this might seem like a minor thing, but for me it was an accomplishment since I hadn't had it cut in over a year and some of the money came out of my own pocket
• Didn't lose my temper a single time this month
• Gained more clarity about certain situations
• Have learned to live with what I got not what I want
• Turning 24

Grievances of March 2011

• Death of Grandma (March 3rd)
• The flushing of my cell phone
• No family reconciliation
• Found out I'm possibly diabetic (so pre-diabetic)
• Still haven't finished moving. Holy Hell.

Books

The Green Mile (All six volumes) - Stephen King
One for the money - Janet Evanovich
Running Man - Stephen King
Roadwork - Stephen King
Two for the dough - Janet Evanovich

Photo Memories of March 2011

R.I.P. Grandma

Amazing birthday card Aunt Dawn made for me...

The one surviving item of my poor flushed phone...

Margaritaville blender we used for my birthday to make pina coladas...

I'm no longer blonde... and it's really weird...

My birthday soda from my dad...

"Spring is natures way of saying...

...Let's party!"

Robin Williams

It's difficult to know where you're going, if you don't know where you came from...



Took this picture from National Geo's website. Absolutely amazing.









I've decided to make a blog based on the months occurrences. This way I won't ever forget the big things that happened nor will I forget the little things that made me smile.

Playlist of January 2011

• Gone by Montgomery Gentry
• What do you think about that by Montgomery Gentry
• Roll with me by Montgomery Gentry
• Fray by Staind
• Need you now (remix) by Lady Antebellum
• My kinda party by Jason Aldean
• Quicksand by Bethany Joy Galeotti
• The more I drink by Blake Shelton
• I shall believe by Sheryl Crow

Accomplishments of  January 2011

• Letting go
• Moving
• Starting a new semester with high hopes and good intentions
• Started an exercise routine that I plan on keeping
• Finally received closure

Grievances of January 2011 to forever be let go

• Family troubles
• People talking in circles without any truth
• Bad Karma
• All the petty things
• My home that I have lived in for 7yrs (but will start a new with better memories)

Plans for February 2011

• Make new memories everywhere I go
• Cleanse my soul
• Continue taking daily pictures to capture those important moments in life
• Make money
• Get good grades
• Celebrate some friends birthdays
• Get a new tattoo
• Celebrate Valentines Day with those I love most
• Remember the loss of a loved one (R.I.P. Uncle Larry 2/13)
• Keep my head held high
• Continue living life

To read a poem in January...

...is as lovely as to go for a walk in June

New Beginning...

My Year in 2010

I'm not really one for making resolutions because for me they don't tend to stick. I'm a very cynical person who likes to go against the grain and social rules as much as possible so bear with me and my bitchiness. There are a lot of things that I would like to change, call them resolutions if you'd like, but I call them life decisions in order to better myself. They are as follows...

• Get my ass in shape
• Graduate with my A.S. degree in AJ
• Move on to obtaining my Bachelors in AJ or Law
• Remove all of the poisonous people from my life who only cause me pain and large amounts of drama and stress
• Not have a kidney stone ever again
• Help my parents in every way I can (especially to not lose the house)
• Get a job that actualy pays decent money
• Apply at SJPD
• Respect myself and not let others attempt to bring me down
• Work on my anger issues
• Go to the Garlic festival in Gilroy
• Travel on a train for the first time
• Reinstate Scary Movie Night
• Learn Spanish again before it completely vacates my brain
• Appreciate the things I have in life
• Live, Laugh, Love

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year...

...It is that we should have a new soul.