tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10296919641892585152024-02-19T09:19:03.788-08:00Actually, AshlieAshliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-51437460808159953232011-12-02T09:44:00.001-08:002012-06-24T19:41:48.515-07:00In need of kitty litter training advice.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My boyfriend and I have had our 3 yr. old cat now for a almost three weeks.<br />
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We love her. She is beautiful, sweet, fun and loving. I want to keep her forever.<br />
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However, we are all of a sudden within the past couple of days having problems with her peeing on our furniture. She has officially peed on our couch and bed twice.<br />
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She won't go on the couch if we put tin foil on it, but who wants to always have tin foil on their couch and not be able to sit on it?<br />
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Scrubbing the couch after these accidents and trying to get the strong pee stain out is not picnic either.<br />
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It's like having a child that pees the bed. We love her, but it's hard not to get frustrated with her and wonder why all of a sudden she is doing this.<br />
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I talked to the breeder and we found out that she has done this before. This is something I would have liked to have been told when I asked if there was anything I needed to know about her. Now I am attached to her and want to keep her and have to make a decision to see if we can break her of this habit.<br />
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We don't want to have to deal with this forever.<br />
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We took her to the vet and he said this could be a fixation with urinating on soft or squishy surfaces and she may never be broken of the habit. If this is the case, we may have to take her back. We can't have her peeing all over everything all the time.<br />
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She was supposed to bring me joy. I understand animals are not perfect. I know they can have accidents, but if we can't prevent her from going on our furniture, that's not a good thing.<br />
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The vet said there is a slight chance she had some white blood cells that could mean she has a bladder infection. We bought her medicine for this, and have only given it to her one day so far.<br />
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So I guess there is a chance that we just need more time for it to work in her system, and then maybe she will stop going on the furniture.<br />
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But we have to keep our bedroom door shut now.<br />
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It's probably for the best since my b/f is has pet allergies, and even though he doesn't have a reaction to her, we read that it is best to keep them out of the bedroom.<br />
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But it's different that she literally can't go in there because if she does she will pee on the bed.<br />
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I was so upset at the idea of possibly have to return her that I felt sick last night and couldn't sleep.<br />
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I am waiting to hear back from the breeder to see if there is honestly a chance that she might be able to be broken of this habit, but from everything we have read about this on the internet, it doesn't seem likely to happen.<br />
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Next time we might have to consider getting a kitten who can be shaped to fit into our lifestyle.<br />
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I wanted to get her a month sooner when she was supposed to be available for us to bring her home, but they waited to schedule her spay, therein causing us to have to wait a month for her hormone levels to drop so my b/f wouldn't have an allergic reaction to her.<br />
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We got her so close to Thanksgiving, that there is a chance the stress from driving her back and fourth from Pittsburg, to my mom's to our apt, then back to my moms and back home again over Thanksgiving break, she may have become so stressed that it has caused her to have this problem.<br />
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I just don't get why she didn't do it when we first brought her home?<br />
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My b/f believes it is because she is more comfortable here now, but I don't know if people really can pin point why cats do this.<br />
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It could be a bladder infection, it could be stress, it could be a soft material fixation. Either way, our cat is urinating in our house and I thought this was something that wouldn't happen if she was supposed to have been litter trained and spayed.<br />
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I had heard many stories about how hard it is to have an older cat adjust to a new living situation, but I just thought that mean they wouldn't be very friendly at first, not that they would have potty problems.<br />
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We have tried to spray a "No-Stress" spray which is the generic for a more expensive brand called "Rescue Remedy" where the natural herbal scents are supposed to be calming for cats and prevent them from wanting to go outside of the litter box, but we have sprayed it multiple times everyday and she has had accidents since. We also used it in her carrier on the ride home after Thanksgiving weekend, and she cried the entire two hour car ride.<br />
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That was the worst car ride we have had with her. She was much better the day we brought her home. Maybe she was in shock then?<br />
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Tomorrow we are going to the pet store to buy a spray that is supposed to keep them off furniture, which might prevent her from getting on it to have an accident in the first place. The only thing is, I don't think these are accidents. I think she is doing it on purpose.<br />
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She doesn't act mad at us. She follows us around the house, plays with us, eats well, and sits on our lap. She is always purring and lays around like she isn't stressed at all. So, I'm not sure what the culprit might be.<br />
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There is also another spray we are going to try before we would consider giving her back, and it is supposed to put attracting scent pheromones around her litter box to make her want to use it.<br />
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But besides that, we are not sure what else we can do if she simply likes going on squishy surfaces like our bed and couch. We might have to consider getting a couch cover, and some stronger cleaner.<br />
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The smell of cat pee is not easily removed. So if anyone has any good cleaning products that they have tried and liked, please let me know.<br />
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If anyone has heard of this happening before, or has any experience with it, let me know what the result was.<br />
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If you were in our situation, what would you do?<br />
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I love her so much and the thought of having to take her back makes me sick and breaks my heart, but I don't know if we can break her of this habit and we are not willing to live with an animal that we paid a lot of money for because of her hyper allergenic problems, only to have her ruin our furniture.<br />
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Maybe writing my research paper will get my mind of this for a while.<br />
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I have a paper I have to finish tonight, a final exam to write and finish tomorrow, and then sunday through tuesday I am studying for my last finals. I can't wait to go home and see my friends over x-mas break, but I am hoping I will not have to return our cat at that time.<br />
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If you click on the comment button below, you can leave me a message.<br />
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I would really appreciate any help I can get with this situation.<br />
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Giving her back is our last resort.<br />
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Before I started this school year, I thought I was going to graduate in the spring.<br />
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I met with my advisor a few weeks ago to make sure I was on track to graduate and had all of my classes planned out.<br />
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Unfortunately, two of the classes I had been planning to take my senior are no longer being taught because one professor quit, and the other is so ill they can't teach right now.<br />
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So, I may not be able to graduate by Spring after all.<br />
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I can't tell you how bummed I am about this. I am 26. I'm ready to be done. I want my degree. I want a big girl job, I want to be able to enjoy my life and not feel guilty when I am not using every moment I am not in class spent on reading, studying or doing homework. I want to be able to come home from work, and just relax, watch a show on hulu, talk with my b/f, hang out with friends or family, and not feel that guilt feeling in my gut that I should be home working on something for school.<br />
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Most people in my classes are much younger than me but for a couple of older adult students.<br />
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I'm just at a different place in my life than most of them.<br />
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I'm not a big drinker or anything, but some of them are not even old enough to drink!<br />
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They just make me feel old and out of touch. Many of them are so fresh out of High School that I feel so rusty is so many subjects. It's really frustrating.<br />
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The people who sit around me have an influence on me too, and I hate that.<br />
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In almost all of my classes you get participation points for giving answers and opinions in class, but I only seem able to do it if the people around me do it too.<br />
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I need to be more brave and care about myself because 1) those people won't matter after my class is over, or I'm out of school. 2) My grade is more important to my future than what some random strangers think about me that I will never speak to again once we no longer have classes together. But yet, I care.<br />
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I want to sound smart when I answer a question in class, and sometimes I am afraid to speak because I will be wrong, and that's mostly in my spanish class because I should have studied more over the summer.<br />
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I guess that's the thing that's really bothering me now. I wish I would have applied myself more when I was younger.<br />
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I have this habit of memorizing things in the short term and forgetting them later. Not very helpful once you get to College.<br />
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But all I can do now is study as hard as I can to make up for lost time.<br />
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So for finals next week and completing my papers this week, I am scheduling a plan of attack. After this post, I spend the rest of the night working on my research paper, and maybe throw a few spanish flash cards in there in between. Tomorrow, I will finish my research paper and take it to the writing center for editing before I turn it in. If I get far enough tonight, I might even take my paper in tomorrow for editing. Why not right?<br />
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Thursday I have a presentation for my research paper, so that's why I want to be done if possible by then. I was given an extension so I can use some alternate research that I had trouble locating before that I find pertinent to my topic. I am writing about Virginia Woolf and <u>Three Guineas. </u> I have to say it's hard to feel motivated today when I only got 4 hours of sleep last night.<br />
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It takes me to be extremely tired in the morning to be willing to skip a day of washing my hair. I'll get to that more in a future post. Possibly after finals.<br />
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My weekend will be spent reading over old material, studying flash cards, and preparing writing my essays. Then my long awaited x-mas break. I can't wait!<br />
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It will be so nice to finally spend some guilt free time with my friends and family!<br />
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There is a chance I may go to a study abroad seminar next week to see if I can complete my remaining english credits through a study abroad program.<br />
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No better way to be brave than to travel all by myself. Not sure what my options are, but I should find out next week!<br />
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I hope you are keeping up with your healthy living! I am putting Yoga on my to do list today to keep my work out going and get some much need stress relief!<br />
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Today is the day after, the day after Thanksgiving. I have been too busy spending time with family and friends to write a Thanksgiving post, so I have a minute before I begin working on my Virginia Woolf research paper that I should have written about two weeks ago.<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I blogged about my goals for studying and living a healthy lifestyle. Here's how I am doing.<br />
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-Would it be cliché if I said I will do better tomorrow? Ha.<br />
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-I have been studying for thins earlier. (Better grades are my reward!) ((Of course they are!))<br />
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-I still resort to cleaning my entire apartment before sitting down to study or start working on homework or my reading. (So that's the key to having a clean apt.?)<br />
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-My new cat has forced me to keep up on the dishes more because she has jumped up on the counter and cats will basically become ill if they have any people food at all.<br />
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-I am still in my pajamas and it's 11:16a.m. Hmm I never rush getting ready on the weekends because I have to rush every morning to get ready for school.<br />
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I will give myself a NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.<br />
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Goals? Well, I only have two weeks left in Fall quarter, so I will set new goals to start now, and take with me into Winter quarter. They are....<br />
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1. Complete homework assignments as soon as I get home from school.<br />
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Consequence of not doing so- Staying up too late, being too tired to remember what I read for complete my homework well, causing in lower grades and having trouble concentrating in my classes the next day because I stayed up too late getting things done the night before.<br />
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This is the biggest habit I need to break!<br />
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-So far this work, I only worked out three days. I was hoping for 5 days, but that is still far better than I have been doing, which is one day if I'm lucky.<br />
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-I actually brought work out clothes home with me this time which makes it much easier to work out. However I forgot my shoes and socks. (Yes I have work out socks.)<br />
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Goal: Always write a list of things to bring home with me so I have everything with me. Pack using the list, and include work out clothes so I can keep up when I come home for the weekends.<br />
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Consequence: I will not feel as good if I stop working out, and the hard work I have been doing will go down the drain. (Oh and my body gets stiff when I don't work out.)<br />
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-Keep up with the 5 days a week goal.<br />
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This week I:<br />
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-Did the Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30 2x.<br />
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-Improvised when I forgot the DVD at home and did a dance work out instead. (I sweat way more!)<br />
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-Found out I did well on my last spanish test because I studied more than last time. (Imagine that!)<br />
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-Kept my weight right where I want it to be.<br />
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Goal: Tone more by sticking to the 5x a week work outs.<br />
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Overall, I get a big NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. However, I am making big progress. I worked out the morning of Thanksgiving because I knew I would eat a ton.<br />
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I was given advice that sharing my goals on my blog would be a way to hold myself accountable and have to stick to them. So I'm going to give this a try. I have to say that it has made me want to work out more this week. Now if I could only start all of my assignments sooner. This research paper I have to complete by tuesday is stressing me out! Sigh.<br />
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Now, I have to start writing my research paper and work on my final project for my spanish class. I can't wait for Christmas break!<br />
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P.S. I enjoy writing my blog to be read by others. SO please don't be shy, leave me a comment! What are your goals for the rest of the month? Next few months? Share your work out stories and goals. I would love to hear what helps you stay on track!<br />
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P.P.S. I am looking to change my blog name. Any suggestions?<br />
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http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/features/top-10-heartburn-foods?page=3</div>Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-33555541174502770212011-11-20T18:51:00.001-08:002012-08-29T11:18:18.797-07:00The healthy life.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So far this school year, I have hardly been exercising.<br />
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For those of you who know me and know of my thin frame, you may be thinking, "Oh big deal, you're skinny! You don't need to exercise!" </div>
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Well let me just tell you, that is simply not true. </div>
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Being "thin" does not make me in shape. I would rather be physically fit and weigh more, (muscle weighs more than fat, in case you didn't know) than just skinny. </div>
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If being thin implied that me or other "thin" people are automatically in good physical condition, then why do I feel like I'm dying when I attempt to run one mile?</div>
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Why am I out of breath when I walk up the stairs at my school to the 4th floor?</div>
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Why can't I easily touch my toes and do certain yoga poses?</div>
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Because being thin doesn't just make you in shape. Just like everyone else, even thin people have to work to be in good physical condition. </div>
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It's about balancing your lifestyle.</div>
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You need at least 8 or 9 hours of sleep every night, a well-balanced diet, and plenty for exercise.</div>
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Easier said than done right? </div>
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So what are some of my personal excuses for not following this seemingly easy enough lifestyle?</div>
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-I always feel like I have too much studying to do and can't take time away from my school work.<br />
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-I shower in the morning and get all dolled up for school and don't want to have to shower and get ready all over again later.<br />
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- I procrastinate too long during the day, causing me to stay up late at night completing homework assignments and studying. </div>
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Sure, you can say, yeah, well plenty of college students do that, so what?</div>
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Well, then I just feel exhausted the next day, leaving me even less motivation "tomorrow" to work out, and spend more time cooking a healthier meal. </div>
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When I'm tired, I am far less likely to want to take the time to cook up some great healthy meal.</div>
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But can't healthy meals also be quick? Yes, it's all about finding the right recipes. </div>
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I bought a Vegan and Vegetarian cookbook for quick meals on a College budget from Amazon. </div>
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My b/f and I try to cook healthy as much as possible. But eating healthy is not all one needs to do be in good health.</div>
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Because this just isn't some petty desire to be pretty.</div>
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Being healthy is a lifestyle choice. It goes far beyond looks. Taking care of your body will help you live longer, and feel better. </div>
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So if we know that exercising and eating right will help us live longer, and feel better, which I am sure we all want, why don't we all take the time to do it?</div>
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-Well, it's takes time and money for one, and discipline and dedication.</div>
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You have to have self control when you're at the grocery store. I'm not going to lie, I just bought thanksgiving sugar cookies the last time I was at the store. I'm not saying you can never indulge, but I am saying that sugar turns into fat, and rots your teeth. </div>
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You are what you eat. If you eat healthy, you will be healthy. If you eat junk food, how well do you think your body is going to respond to processed foods filled with chemicals and preservatives? Not as great as it would respond if you were buying fresh healthy food. </div>
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I do eat seafood, but I am not a big fan of red and white meat. I will on rare occasion eat a hot dog or a cheeseburger. Yes, I know. A hot dog? Yes, I have watched videos. I know what's in there. Like I said, it's an every now and then thing. But mostly, I eat turkey bacon, turkey hotdogs, or meat alternatives in general. (As in, it's not really meat). </div>
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On occasion I will eat meat with my b/f because he cannot live on a vegetarian diet alone. So we compromise. </div>
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Yesterday I started Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30. I have completed two days of her work out. </div>
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I am definitely sore today, but I pushed through the second work out.</div>
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See? I had to push through it. Being thin for me actually means I have wimpy muscles. I admire women with more defined physics. That is my goal. Physical fitness and health, not being super thin. </div>
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I want to do it the healthy way. I love food, I could never be one to deprive myself of it to be thin. You just have to choose the right choices. Eating small meals a day actually helps you have a faster metabolism anyways. So don't ever skip meals to help lose weight. It will only backfire.</div>
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For me, the key is finding healthy food and exercises you love. Ask yourself this. Why would it be good for YOU to work out? What's in it for you? </div>
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-I feel better about my body when I exercise.</div>
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-Exercising is something fun to do with a friend or significant other.</div>
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Those are just some of my reasons for staying fit. </div>
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Some tips I have for making exercise more fun.</div>
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I buy multiple dvds to switch up my work outs so I don't get bored and stop working out. I do Yoga, Pilates, Kick boxing, Cardio, Dance, Abs, kettle bell, weights, exercise ball exercises, and more. </div>
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Let friends motivate you. When I worked out with a friend, I went to the gym more often. Get a running buddy if love to run. Find a friend to take a Zumba class with you. (I love Zumba!)</div>
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I just sent back to pairs of Nike shoes to find out I just don't like the cut of their shoe. I have a pair of K-Swiss shoes now. (The picture is above.) I love my K-Swiss shoes. For running (when I do actually run) I have a pair of Aasics. It's important to get fitted and try on many shoes to find the best one for you and the activity you like to do. </div>
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Just ask yourself to do 10 min one day, then slowly progress. Whenever I tell myself I'm going to only do 10 min of Pilates, I end up doing more. </div>
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I love getting fitness tips and workouts from the magazines I subscribe to. My favorites are Self, and Fitness. </div>
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I plan to blog through my progress of the Ripped in 30 and work out 5 days a week at the min. 6 at the max. I need a day for rest for my muscles to recoup. </div>
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But always listen to your body. If something hurts, don't do it. Now, that doesn't mean exercise isn't hard work. Sometimes you have to push through a hard work out, but pains and strains should be avoided. If you injure yourself, it will only put you back. So always be careful. Make sure you are doing the work outs correctly.</div>
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If I am feeling too sore one day, I might to pilates or Yoga instead.<br />
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I figure, what better way to keep off those holiday pounds than to exercise through the holidays? </div>
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I challenge you who are able to work out along with me. Do 5 days a week of your favorite work out and share it with me. Let's motivate each other!</div>
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This weekend my significant other and I ventured to the city of Pittsburg for the long awaited pick-up of our new three year old retired breeder girl Enya. </div>
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She was born at Keitta Siberians, and was kept to breed because she was so pretty and met the quality of her breed. </div>
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I am not sure exactly why the decided to retire her, but after all of my searching through multiple websites from other breeders across the U.S. we found her for the right price, the right distance (driving distance) and just the kind of cat I have always wanted.</div>
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She is a Neva Masquerade, meaning dark face, ears paws and tail and a cream to white body. Not to mention the prettiest light blue eyes. I took a picture of her enormous paws. Since she is only three, she will not be full grown until she is 5, so my guess is she has some growing to do to match to size of her paws, or Siberians just have really big paws for their bodies! </div>
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To make the car ride not so long and tedious for both us and the cat, we stayed the night at my mom's house friday, drove to Pittsburg Saturday, drove back to my mom's Saturday night, and then went home Sunday.<div>
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Enya spent the first night at my mom's hiding under our bed. She eventually laid on the couch next to my mom and even laid in our laps and let us pet her.</div>
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After we brought her back to our apartment, she immediately found all of the places should could hide even though I left her carrier for her int he spare bedroom. </div>
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I know we have to be patient with her, but I look forward to the day that she doesn't want to hide anymore.</div>
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My step-dad kindly re-carpeted a big cat-tree that my mom's friend so kindly gave to us for FREE! Yay! But sadly it was too big to bring home with us. I really think once we get it here it will give her a place to go so she won't feel she has to hide under the furniture all of the time.</div>
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Sometimes I lure her out by petting her, sometimes by cat-nip flavored cat treats. But as I sit typing this, she sits under the recliner. Sigh.</div>
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Are you saying that my kitty isn't going to sit on my lap while I do homework and try and catch my fingers while I type on my computer and act like Simon the cat right now? Darn.</div>
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Anyways, we are still getting our new kitty acclimated to our apartment. She hasn't met our Betta Chance yet. </div>
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Chance was named b/c there is a "Chance" he will survive with Enya here. Chance lives in a little Betta tank with a lid, a lid that is not taped down, but still. There is always that chance.</div>
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If anyone has ever brought a new pet home and had to get them acclimated, please share your stories with me and any tips you have for making them feel more at home....sooner. :) </div>
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Can you believe it is almost Thanksgiving? Agh Thanksgiving. Yum. :)</div>
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Since last year, I have been researching Siberian Cats. They are the closest thing to a "Hyperallergenic" cat that exists. My boyfriend is allergic to cats, so after deciding that a pet would tide me over for a while (no babies for a few years) we decided a cat would make it easier to find new apartments than a dog.<br />
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All cats produce a protein called the FEL d1, and this is found in their saliva. When they groom themselves, the protein gets on the cats fur. So what people are really allergic to, is the saliva.<br />
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Siberians are shown to produce the lowest amounts of this protein, that allows many allergy sufferers to be able to live with a cat.<br />
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Some breeders test the amounts of protein their cats produce, but I have read that this is an uncomfortable process, so they breeder we are using does not put their cats through this process. They are allergy sufferers and can live with the Siberians they breed, and have had success placing their cats in homes with other allergy sufferers.<br />
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We also had to do an "allergy test" where they sent us a shirt covered in cat hair (though the Siberian only sheds twice a year, winter coat and summer coat) so that my b/f could wear the shirt for 24 hours and see if he had a reaction. The cat hair was not only from the cat we were adopting, but from many of the cats they have in their home that they breed.<br />
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He had no reaction to the hairy shirt (kind of gross I know) so we proceeded with our deposit holding Enya (our future kitty) to be ours.<br />
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I first began checking out breeders all over the United States last year. After reading some horror stories about people who send a downpayment for a cat or kitten, went to the airport only to have their future kitty never arrive, my b/f and I decided we did not want to have to ship an animal. Not only is it risky to do so, but it is stressful to the animal as well.<br />
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So, I began looking as locally as possible. And if you do your research, you learn that Siberian kittens are very expensive. Show and breeder quality kittens are the most expensive.<br />
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Though I was originally set on getting a kitten, I decided it would be in our best interest financially to adopt a retired breeder. (a mama or daddy cat) After so many litters, or so many years, or if there are any complications in breeding, breeders retire their adult cats.<br />
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Not only did we want to find a breeder within driving distance, but one that had a retired cat available, and one that we liked. We read bios of breeders, and looked through their pictures to see if we liked the breeder and the look of their cats. It was quite a process believe it or not.<br />
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I finally found a cat on this site that I absolutely fell in love with!<br />
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She was "mothering" other cats at the cattery.<br />
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The communication was quite a process. The breeders were very busy and could not always get back to us right away, but we worked well together in the end, and I would go to them again. We are finally on the countdown to getting Enya. We will pick her up in Pittsburg this coming saturday! I am so excited that I feel like we are adopting a child! </div>
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We spent our first year in a long distance relationship, only see each other on most weekends. Then I changed colleges, which was a huge pain in the @#$! Left all of my friends and family to move out here in the middle of nowhere and have to deal with transferring credits and petitioning classes, and missing my friends and not really having any friends here.</div>
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When I lived at home I had a 21 year old cat, Smokie. I have had a cat my entire life. It's not that I'm not a dog person. I have had many dogs growing up too. I just actually think cats are more affectionate, despite the cliche of cats being all independent. My cat slept with me every night, and was my best friend like a dog is to most people. She died a few weeks ago at the ripe old age of 21. </div>
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So needless to say, I was pretty sad after loosing my kitty that I had for 21 years, and I was ready to get Enya.<br />
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We made arrangements last weekend to pick up Enya, and I couldn't be more excited! I have some more pictures of her from when she was a kitten. She was so adorable! </div>
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We are stocking up on kitty supplies and preparing for her arrival next sunday. So far we have a litter box, food dish and water bowl, cat toys, scratching post, kitty bed, cat brush, dental toy, cat wipes, pooper scooper and food for her first week with us. Now all we need is some kitty litter and the cat! :)</div>
</div>Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-70799165796719660582011-11-01T13:11:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.968-07:00Happy November!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I survived Halloween without eating too much candy! Hooray! I hope you did the same!<br />
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I have been pretty busy the past few weeks writing papers and studying for midterms. I really hope this is my last fall quarter. Unfortunately, I have discovered today that even after the spring quarter, I may have 2 classes I need to take before I graduate. I am not sure how or when I will get these in, but I have a wonderful advisor and professor helping me out! They are the best!<br />
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My boyfriend and I also had the joy of watching his mom's dog these past two weeks while they were on vacation. I figure it's best not to mention going on vacation until you are back. Safety first!<br />
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Here are a couple of adorable pictures of the little havanese (well, actually he's big for his breed).<br />
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What is that you see? Stuffed animals? They are called squisables. If you know a young one that would love a cute fat furry toy, (or like me you want one for yourself) you can find them here: http://www.squishable.com/<br />
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If you go there today there is a coupon code from their fb page for getting 300,000 likes! (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">YAY300000FANS) </span>That is the coupon code. </div>
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I know, sorry. He thinks I am a complete dork for wanting to own stuffed animals at 26 yrs. old. My best friend has them too. Therefore, there are at least 2 twenty-somethings in the world who don't think it's crazy to own a stuffed animal at our age. :)</div>
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It was so nice to have a pet for a while. As I have mentioned before, we are getting a retried Siberian cat soon. How soon, I cannot say yet. We are STILL waiting to hear back from the breeders. They are not great at returning phone calls or e-mails. Sigh. I just want my kitty already! Geesh! lol</div>
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I plan to blog about her soon and post pictures. But after this post, I must do my spanish homework.</div>
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My days of procrastinating and staying up until midnight every night finishing my homework are over. </div>
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You may be wondering, then why are you blogging right now instead of studying? Well, good quesiton. I had a stressful day after finding out I have two classes that may cause me not to be able to graduate this spring, so I like to write to relieve stress. Sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses, or blog. :) </div>
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I did start a schedule today that literally runs about every 15 min to every half an hour depending on my schedule each day, so that I can start keeping track of how I spend my time. </div>
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I actually made it to my first 8:00a.m. class early for the first time since the first week of school! Yay me! However, I learned that I could get there a <i>little</i> bit earlier than I did today too. </div>
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Hey, learning not to procrastinate and to be on time is a process. One day at a time.</div>
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For Halloween, we went to a party that some of his classmates threw. </div>
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I had known for a while that I wanted to be the Black Swan this year, so when I went to Icing at the mall and they had a buy one get one sale on the halloween clothing, I got a black tutu with free black wings, black feather eyelashes and black gloves for free (which I forgot to wear). </div>
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My b/f was hoping we could go as a couple thing, but I didn't know what we would be, and that was a really cheap costume! Sorry babe!</div>
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So...we put our thinking caps on and tried to come up with something for him that we could do for cheap and preferably with something we already had.</div>
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1.Wrap yourself in toilet paper and go as a mummy.</div>
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The funny thing is, two days before I went costume shopping with my neighbor so she could pick up some things, and I desperately tried to get him to change his mind and buy a real costume. No luck. He was happy with his choice. (well my idea) And guess what?<br />
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This past weekend Ross made plans to spend time with his buddies in Columbus.</div>
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I had every intention of staying home by myself and catching up on all of my reading for my classes, but an opening to get back in to be a patient with my lifetime/childhood family Dr. opened up on friday, and I immediately packed up and skipped my friday class so I could make it home in time for my app.</div>
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I was seeing a Dr. out here where we live so I would have someone to go to while we lived out here for a year just in case I needed anything, but I really didn't like her. I was so lucky to become a patient again with my wonderful family Dr. who I have been going to since I was about 6 yrs. old! My whole family has been going to her for years and she is wonderful!</div>
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So my best friend was super excited that we would get to see each other this weekend instead of having to wait for when I was planning on coming home next weekend for my grandparents 60th Anniversary!</div>
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I had tons of homework and reading to do, and I planned on studying hard, but I of course wanted to see my bf, and she was going to the mall, and I needed to return a sweater, so why not go with, right?</div>
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Saturday my mom hosted our family's Ladies Chat that we have every couple of months with cousins, aunts, mothers, daughters, etc. It's so much fun!</div>
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We eat great food that normally goes with the theme of whatever time of the year it is, and play two rounds of LRC (Left, right, center)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello, delicious food that made my belly full and happy!</td></tr>
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How adorable is my cousin? Her two sisters are just as beautiful! </div>
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I of course ended up buying my assigned reading on audible.com to catch myself up on the two hour drive home. </div>
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Virginia Woolf, you can be a bit dry.</div>
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My spanish homework was completed by 11:30p.m.</div>
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I am going home again next weekend. Maybe this time I will aim to get as much homework done before I go home for the weekend? Let's hope! </div>
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I do believe that dark chocolate Snickers bar I ate an hour ago made me catch my second wind. :)</div>
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I know I didn't have time to hang out with many ppl this weekend, but my school reading load is insane right now! Hopefully next weekend I will have more time to see people! </div>
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Saturday evening I will be busy with my grandparents' anniversary party, but maybe earlier in the day someone will be up for a trip to the mall so I can use my AE gift card?!</div>
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Hope everyone had a great weekend, and feel refreshed for a new week!<br />
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p.s. Friends, family and whoever else reads this...<br />
I completely won't think you are a creeper for reading my blog.<br />
That's why I post a link on facebook and Twitter! :)<br />
Don't be afraid to leave me a comment, I would love it actually!<br />
All you have to do is click below where it says "Post a comment"!<br />
I would love to get a "hey, good to see you this weekend!" or "hey brat, we better hang out next time!" lol ;) Seriously, I know you read it! It's okay! If you read this far, you might as well give me a shout out! :)</div>
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Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-90919896007970615402011-10-06T13:28:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:19.005-07:00These shoes weren't made for walking.For the past couple of weeks, I have spent precious time away from my assigned reading for my two English classes, and working on my spanish homework and studying by spending hours online trying to find the perfect pair of training shoes.<br />
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-Something I can wear inside my apt. only! I don't want to work out on my carpet in dirty street shoes! Yuck!<br />
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So in one of my recent posts, I showed you that I bought these shoes...<br />
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I liked the blue, and the dark gray would look alright with the mostly dark work out clothes that I usually wear. (Love my V.S. yoga pants!)</div>
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However, when I lunged to the side, I received a giant uncomfortable sharp pinch from the top part above my ankle! I couldn't make it through a 10 min work out!</div>
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I bought them from Dicks Sporting Goods online, and if I am going to pay $90.00 for a pair of shoes, they better NOT hurt my feet! Am I right?</div>
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So after checking out tons of shoe sites, I went back to Nike because they were the only ones that had shoes that were supposed to be made for moving around in full motion. (Hence the fact that the shoes above were the motion fit, but yet they hurt my feet when I was in motion...not cool!)</div>
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So I tried again with a pair that a woman in my class wore one day and told me she wears them to Zumba and all around, and they are super comfortable.</div>
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The downfall was, I love the color blue, and they only offered purple and pink. </div>
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Many people think I am some kind of super girlie girl, but I'm really not. I will take anything in blue over pink and purple any day!</div>
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However, these were on sale for $50.00 on the Nike website, and they even offered free shipping. They arrived on my doorstep today.</div>
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I read comments by users saying that they were great for cardio work outs. One buyer even mentioned that she worked out to Jillian Michaels Dvd's, which is exactly what I want them for! </div>
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But alas, they had the same pinch problem by the top of the tongue, and the tongue part was uncomfortable all the way down. I'm going to attempt to wear them once to work out inside and see if I can get used to them or something, but they are even more uncomfortable than my last pair.</div>
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<br />Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-46355865665955650072011-09-27T20:25:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.875-07:00Hi Procrastination, It's me Ashlie!This was my first weekend after a short week of my new classes. I'm taking a class on Virginia Wolfe, Spanish 104, and British Literature. Seeing as I spent the majority of my first week of classes going over the syllabus and taking notes, I was still in a very relaxed state of mind and didn't feel a strong desire to start my reading and homework on Friday night. But instead, Ross and I hung out with our upstairs neighbors. Yeah for making friends! We went out to the local bar, and surrounded ourselves with drunk college students for a few hours. Still a good time though. They are good people. I seriously hope we can hang out with them more often! :)<br />
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Saturday came and I swore all day long I would get around to reading. I did go out to lunch with my other neighbor who lives in our apartment building, and once again, it was super nice to have someone to meet out for lunch. I love Ross, but a girl needs girlfriends, and mine are little too far away to meet me for coffee.<br />
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But then, I got on facebook, checked my twitter account, read my email, looked at the new straps on the Sseko designs website, (if you have never heard of it, pleaes check it out! http://www.ssekodesigns.com/)<br />
I know this is bad that I am encouraging you to procrastinate from whatever it is that you are supposed to be doing at this time, but I love sites that are for great causes! It makes my heart melt, and my throat get that chocked up feeling.<br />
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Kind things and good deeds touch me. I am a sap for happy stories and people going out of their way to be kind to one another.<br />
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While getting the link for the Sseko website, I stumbled across their blog, (http://ssekodesigns.blogspot.com/)<br />
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I am a happy contributer to Sseko Designs. You can buy one pair of handmade sandals and get as many different colors and styles of straps to match any outfit you wear. There are many different ways you can tie your straps that are offered on their website and on you tube and even other blogs.<br />
http://www.ssekodesigns.com/blog/<br />
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Which lead me to this blog...http://31bits.com/necklaces/cat_2.html<br />
It's a compnay that support women in Uganda who make jewelry which is then sold here. If you are interested in helping or hearing more about this organization, please check out the website!<br />
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While attending Kent State University, I bought a similar product called bead for life. It's nice to be able to contribute to a good cause and get something cute out of it too that will remind you of people who are less fortunate than you and make you appreciate what you have more. Each time I wear the jewelry, I think of the women who made them.<br />
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When all my searching these great sites was said and done, saturday was done. Then sunday came. Not only did I swear I would work out now that I bought these great new motion fit shoes by Nike, that will never touch the pavement and be my 100% indoor work out shoes, I have yet to cut off the tag, and tie them on my feet. I am going to a wedding this saturday, and it is already tuesday. Have I worked out yet in my great new kicks? No. I am a bad procrastinator.<br />
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So as you can imagine, Sunday went like most of saturday. I caught up on my favorite shows on Hulu and Project Free TV.com. I am embarrassed but will admit that my favorite shows right now are,<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Vampire Diaries</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Dancing with the Stars </span></div>
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Monday came. I went to Spanish class and thank God I had stayed at school after class on Friday and finished my homework there, or I would have been up late on sunday. After class, I worked on my spanish homework again, went home and...got online. Do you see a trend here? Evil internet. My weekend routine repeats. Finally, at 7:00p.m. Ross and I decide to go to the library. We stay till 11:00. I have ALMOST all of my reading done, but I feel like I could fall asleep. I am thinking...</div>
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Needless to say, I'm tired. It's now 11:09p.m. and I have class tomorrow morning. Time for bed. You would never believe I actually came to bed tonight at 9:00p.m. My computer is my best friend and my worst enemy. It is a love-hate relationship. I especially hate it when iphoto decides to forget that I just uploaded pictures and can't find them, and when picnik on blogger replaces old edited pictures with my most recent one. I love to blog, but sometimes it leaves me yelling at my computer screen wondering why it is acting so evil at the moment.</div>
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I love you apple, but you need to get a few things figured out. A Mac is still better than a Windows. By far! </div>
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Well, I'm officially super tired. I will however actually get enough sleep tonight before my class tomorrow! Yay! Then when I get home, I will beat this procrastination bug! I will NOT turn on my lap top. I will open my book, and read for class first. Then I have to open my lap top because my other readings are online. The evil procrastination of getting on anything but my class website is not allowed! </div>
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p.s. Please don't feel like you are being a creeper by reading my blog. I post it on FB and Twitter so people CAN read it! A friend of mine blogs, and I read her blog and comment all the time. Don't be afraid to leave me comments. I do all of this writing, and take the time to take pictures and post them, so please, I welcome your thoughts and comments! But, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. I try to be a positive person, and I prefer only positive feedback. If you don't like the blog, you surely don't have to read it. No hard feelings. Everyone enjoys to read different things. But please, don't be afraid to shout me a hello! I would make me feel great to know that I have readers! I would love to interact with my readers too! SO leave me a comment! </div>
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Ross and I are finally in our new place, so I will give you a sneak peek. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bedroom with our new comforter! It looks more mature<br />
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I was so excited about having a new place, that I picked up some new decor.</div>
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I love owls! <3</td></tr>
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This weekend while I was home visiting with family and friends, I decided to pick up a couple of things to get myself ready for Fall and back to school. Fall is officially my favorite season! </div>
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Last weekend was also a trip home to visit a dear friend of mine who is losing her battle to lung cancer. My friend Megan sells Premiere Jewelry and decided to donate 100% of the money she would have earned to help pay to bring Marsha's daughter home to see her before her time here on Earth is over. Meg has such a big heart! It was so nice to see Marsha. She has made such a big impact on my life. It's so sad when you have to watch the kindest people in the world suffer. I dedicate this blog to Marsha. </div>
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Marsha, you meant the world to me, and I am better for having known you. I hope you look down on me from Heaven, and continue to help lead me in the right direction in life from up there. Love you!</div>
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If anyone would like to make a donation to bring home Marsha's daughter MJ from California to try and see her mom one last time. Please leave a comment on this blog, and I will get in touch with you. We are working to contact the Make a Wish foundation who help adults who are short on time get special last wishes granted. We are hoping they might help her daughter and two grandchildren fly home to see her. The rest of the money donated will be going to helping her and her husband pay for certain medical bills from the process of her Chemo and Radiation. Please keep her and her loved ones in your prayers. She is one special woman for sure!<br />
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Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-82978522828784874202011-09-05T17:40:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.988-07:00Climb every mountain.I figured since fall is rolling around, it's time to write my post from my hiking trip with Ross in WV.<br />
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Ross and I took a trip this summer to Sand Stone Falls to see the waterfalls and hike a mountain.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view of the woods and mountain was beautiful.</td></tr>
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Once we arrived in Sand Stone Falls,<br />
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On the 4th of July, Ross and I left our friends and family in Ohio behind, and headed back to West Virginia.<br />
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We stopped in Huntington before heading to our summer apartment to visit with an old college roommate of Ross's and his girlfriend.<br />
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His friend works in the athletic facility at Marshall University. We had planned to stopping to see them at some point in the summer, but I also wanted to see the Marshall memorial dedicated the those who lost their lives in a plane crash many years ago. Almost the entire football team was on board, as well as many other important members of the team and the town. It was a devastating incident, and We are Marshall, the movie was created in honor of those people.<br />
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Ever since I saw the movie and cried my eyes out, I wanted to see the fountain which is dedicated to those who lost their life that day, and is turned off on that day once a year for a moment of silence for them.<br />
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After the tour we went out to eat at a popular little place around the corner from the school. They had some great food!<br />
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Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-39335362581095675212011-07-10T08:59:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.824-07:00Visit home. Part 2.Dad's birthday and Cooking out.Saturday Ross and I went to my dad's house to celebrate his birthday. We made tacos and ate outside. The weather was beautiful!<br />
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We went to see Transformers 3 in 3D later and it was my first 3D movie. It was really cool, but I was so dizzy afterwards and decided that I'll stick to 2D for future films. We checked out a new church the next morning with Ross' mom and I am really beginning to notice that many 20 somethings are not going to church anymore. Ross and I have been the only 20 somethings at so many churches lately. Maybe it's just a summer thing. We headed home Monday and stopped in Huntington on the way home to visit a college friend of Ross' and got to see Marshall University. That post will be coming soon. More pictures to follow!<br />
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The hills of West Virginia make for a long, windy, hilly trip home. The view is beautiful, but kind of scary turning with a giant drop a foot away from your car.<br />
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I've never really been afraid of heights before, but going over bridges with miles of space below you, yikes!<br />
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First, we got to go home and stay at my Mom's house. We surprised her by coming home a day early.<br />
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My uncle was in town from Texas and we got to meet his girlfriend who cooked an amazing authentic Mexican dinner for us. We had a little get together with other family and friends and had a nice time visiting. </div>
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Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-7412929766657452262011-07-02T08:55:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.971-07:00Brownie 'n Berries Dessert Pizza<a href="http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/brownie-n-berries-dessert-pizza/c7d4b6b3-7d76-4387-b2cc-2e72327c45b4/?p=1">Brownie 'n Berries Dessert Pizza</a>Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-32737528044726405772011-06-26T20:30:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.786-07:00Week 2 in WV. An embarrassing moment and a scary experience.This is the end of my second week in West Virginia. This has been quite a crazy week, once again.<br />
Here are some of my experiences here, and what it has been like adjusting to living in West Virginia for the summer. I'm telling it all with the good the bad, the embarrassing, and the scary.<br />
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After much begging, my landlord finally sprayed pesticides after I had a close encounter with my first and (we will just go ahead and say only) black widow experience. I went to get the mail a couple of days ago, reached my hand in the mail box, and saw a black spider. I thought I would be brave and try and kill it myself, so after the little bugger continued to thread itself down through a hole outside of the mail box where I was unable to smash it, I asked one of the young men for assistance who my landlord had hired to power was some of her property. (She owns a few houses around us and behind her house). It turns out, the black spider, was a black widow. The young man killed it for me, but I was so freaked out, I went and had my car washed and swept out just in case (the mailbox is in the driveway, just a little to close to my car).<br />
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I decided I needed to get out of the apartment for a while. Ross works all day and I am stuck in the house working on my Art History 2 summer class and mostly surfing the web. I am enjoying not having to work right now, and I should be studying spanish a little bit more before my spanish 4 class next fall, but I am just so in need of a break from school, it's hard to always study all the time. I haven't had a semester off of school in over two years now. This is my second year taking two summer classes in a row, so I'm feeling a bit burnt out from school, and trying to work would only burn me out even more. Not to mention, I feel really guilty lying to someone to get a job here when I will only be here for a couple more weeks. Anyways, I decided to go to T.J. Max and check out their deals. I'm not sure I have ever mentioned this before, but am quite accident prone. I'm not sure if I have terrible depth perception, or don't always pay attention to things, but I seem to get hurt a lot. Normally though, I do this in the privacy of my own home. But this must have been my lucky day. I'll just blame it on being shaken up from sticking my hand in a mail box with a black widow inside. I saw a really cute pair of shoes...see below.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I looked around and there wasn't a place to sit down and try them on in that aisle, so I just took off my sandal crocks, and slipped on the first pair and fell in love with them, then as I attempted to put on the second shoe while balancing on one foot, I lost my balance, the heel of the shoe got caught in the cuff of my cropped jeans, and I literally fell right over in the store on my side, and it hurt. Of course there had to be a woman standing right next to me when this happened. She was really nice and asked me if I was okay, and I told here my ego hurt more than anythings else. Ha! Another woman who was in the next aisle over popped around the corner and asked "Did you just fall?" She seemed legitimately concerned, but once again I was beat red and felt like an idiot. "Yea, I'm fine," I said rolling my eyes at myself. Really? Did I just fall over trying on a pair of heels right in the middle of a store? I am awesome! Ha. "They look really cute on you though," the lady next to me said. "Yea, they do!," the other woman said. If the were just a bit cheaper, I would have gotten them just for spite of the fact I suffered embarrassment over putting them on. Instead, I decided I would take it as a warning and put them back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's really nowhere to wear heels in West Virginia anyways, and when I go back to our small town, I can't wear heels when I walk around campus with a heavy book bag. I hardly ever go out anywhere, so why do I need to have heels? I guess I'll stick to flats and flip flops for now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> On a more positive and lighter note, Ross and I went and checked out the local WV tourist stop called Tamarack. It's a place full of locally handmade items such as knitted scarfs, woodwork, homemade jams, wine, and other food, blown glass items, figures made out of coal, food, live music, jewelry, and other homemade knick knacks. It's a bit overpriced, but I did get two postcards, a birthday card for my dad, and a blown glass ring holder that is really pretty. The shop is right there and you can watch them make the blown glass. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div>After dinner, Ross and I went for a bike ride on the bike path in our neighborhood before sunset. I decided that for now on, it might be best it we ride our bikes a bit earlier in the day. That's the one thing I miss about our small town back in Ohio, it's safer. There may not be as much to do, but we can ride our bikes out at night without coming in contact with some suspicious characters. It's give and take, and it really makes us think about where we want to live one day. The more there is to do in a place, the less safe it seems to be. I'm sure there are places that are more of a happy medium. </div><div><br />
</div><div> On the best note of all, I am doing really well on keeping up with my exercising and eating healthier, as well as recycling. You don't have to wait until the new year to start doing the things you have been meaning to improve on. It helps that we actually have recycling available to us in this apartment though. The one thing I still miss, is having a washer and dryer. We really thought we would be sharing a washer and dryer with the person who lives in the top part of the house above us, but apparentally only she gets to use it, and we have to go to a laundry mat. Let's just say, going there is a very humbling experience, and it makes you count your blessings more. I know there are people who have much less, but it rather sucks paying to do your laundry, it's not cheap! Having one parking spot and two cars, and all of the other issues we have, makes us wish we had better options for staying somewhere else this summer. But the truth of the matter is, we just didn't have a lot of options. Not many places will let you sign a lease just for a summer, and if we had stayed in a hotel, we wouldn't have had a kitchen, and could have had a lot more noise to deal with when random people would come and go in the middle of the night. The best part is, we only have to be here for less than two months now. I'm so looking forward to going home next weekend for the 4th of July. I'm only sad that my best friend will be driving right past me to go on vacation next weekend. But I will get to see my dad on his birthday weekend, so that's pretty nice too. </div><div><br />
</div><div> For now, my next feat will be passing my two summer classes, starting my first novel, studying up on my spanish, working out, eating healthy, recycling, and spending some quality time with my boo. A.k.a. Ross. I'm really hoping I can get more practice with our new camera while we are here too and take some great pics of some of the sights! My next feat with also be finding a new furry friend for us to either adopt or purchase at the end of the summer. We have decided on getting a Siberian cat/kitten at the end of the summer when we move into our 3rd apartment back at school where we are allowed to have a pet. Trust me, if I could have one here, I would get it now! In the meantime, I have to keep doing my research and seeing if I can find a retired breeder, or a mix that Ross won't be allergic too. The adventure continues. Until next time!<br />
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XOXO</div><div>~Ashlie~</div>Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-8261657073481621162011-06-18T20:26:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.979-07:00West Virginia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ross and I have officially arrived in West Virginia for the summer. Things to note.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-We only have one parking space (which we didn't know about) and luckily, the neighbor next door is a lawyer who is renovating his house is allowing Ross to park in the driveway! Thanks nice landlord.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-speaking of land lords, can I just say that having ours live right behind us is like living with my mom again? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-On the bright side, we live within walking distance of the city we live in, and Ross's sister and brother in law came to visit yesterday and we checked out some cool local bars and walked home just before the rain came. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-We also live super close to the library and a YMCA! So I can stay smart and stay in shape ;)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-Our apartment looks very modern. I love modern so this is good. The only thing is we are renting out the basement of a house, so we deal with ...spiders! eek! You would never believe I used to work at a summer camp. ha.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-We get to recycle here which is so awesome because we only had a dumpster at our last apartment and it left us feeling super wasteful! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-This apartment came fully furnished so we didn't have to move anything but our clothes and whatever else we needed (like make-up). However the landlord is VERY specific about what she decides to put in the house, and it's hard not having control over where you are living. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-We have a cleaning lady, which is nice not to have to clean, but also weird having a complete stranger who we are not even allowed to meet come through where we are living with our personal belongings here. (apparently she is shy, and we are not allowed to be here while she is here.) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-We got to go see a huge bridge in another town that is taller than two statues of Liberties standing on top of one another. We drove over the bridge and got to walk down wooden steps that led to an amazing outlook over mountains and a river where people were white water rafting at the time. It was really cool and beautiful!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-I have been so busy with my summer class and going places and seeing people that I haven't continued with my ripped in 30 which I plan to pick up this week now that I am caught up with all of my school work. (Moving put a damper on things) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-The bachelorette and the Secret life of the American Teenager are my new summer guilty pleasure shows. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-Ross and I got to stay at Glade Springs, which is a really new resort in WV where he had a convention for work. I got to go horseback riding and it was so much fun, though my pictures didn't turn out well because I gave my camera to a young girl working at the barn and she was moving the camera while taking the pictures. A little bit of camera shake going on there. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> I originally had no desire to post any before pictures, especially since I didn't have any make-up before my work out. But then, Jillian suggested that I should take before pictures, because I am not going to believe my after. The only full body picture I managed to take of myself yesterday was by setting the timer on my camera, and my fish tank was in the way. (I was going to take the tank over to a friend's house for the summer, but that didn't work out, so it was still sitting by the door at the time). Anyway, with the fish tank moved, I used the timer on my camera to try and take some better pictures today. Once again, no make-up on, and they are not the prettiest pictures ever of me, but are before pictures ever good? Not really, so I'll post them anyways! I wasn't sure how I felt about anyone seeing me in my work out clothes, but a sports bra actually covers more than a bikini, so what they hey! Not to mention, I know I don't have a vast amount of readers right now, so most likely just friends and family will read this anyways. Maybe I'll get some more followers eventually when I have time to comment on other people's blogs and get some comments sent my way? </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> Anyways, after the first ten minutes were past during my week 1 workout. I took a couple drink breaks, a bathroom break, and soon it was taking me longer than 20 min to get this work out done that was supposed to be only 20 min, though the dvd case says 24. The actually workout ran for just a little over 30 min. Which is good, because I have read that to simply maintain your body weight, you are supposed to work out for 30 min everyday, however this is supposed to be getting me ripped, so hopefully I can do that but only working out for 30 min a day, and not an hour which is recommended to lose weight. I'm not trying to drop any pounds, I am trying to tone my muscles and improve my health. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Last night I didn't feel too sore, only a tiny bit, but when I woke up this morning, I could definitely feel it. I know that I will be more sore as I work out more this week, so I am not taking my day off yet. I have 4 days to study before my final exam, so I have no excuse to not workout today. As a matter of fact, I plan on doing just that after this post. I was told by a medic once who worked in Iraq, that it is best to give your body a little time in the morning before you start working out. Most people are more prone to injuries when they first wake up. So, I always try and give myself a little time to loosen up and not be so stiff, which would in turn make it easier to injure myself. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> I can work out 5-6 days a week, and depending on how I feel the rest of week one, I plan on taking it slowly at first since I don't work out on a regular basis, and I don't want to push myself to hard and risk an injury. I would rather make it all the way through. I am also following along with the modified version since I am a beginner. My goal is to get through this DVD in 30 days. I am also following Jillian's meal plan which anyone can download for free off of her website. JillianMichaels.com</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: lime;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> I have read some reviews on the DVD, and the biggest complaint is how tough it is. But come one people, she is from the Biggest Loser! It's her job to be tough and whip people into shape! I want to do it! I have watched the show with my parents, and wished she would put out a DVD for people like me who just want to be more defined. When I'm doing her work out, she reminds us that if, 300lb people can do it, so can we! It's so true! She is very motivational. I am going to see if I can check out her new book from the library this summer. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">I finally finished my 15 page paper tonight! Yay! Now I have another chick lit fiction story to write for my final exam in my fiction writing class, then I have to study for my final exam in spanish 103. Then, I have a quiz due on monday for my summer classes! I am taking two online summer courses through Kent State. I'm taking Art History 2, which starts monday, though I have to listen to the lecture online and take my quiz by monday (it's not like I have final exams to complete on top of this or anything) and then submit an online discussion for Art History by wednesday, which is the day of my final exam in Spanish. Not to mention, I am moving to West Virginia on sunday and I have to pack up and clean my entire apartment this weekend. (It's not like I have final exams to complete and a summer class quiz to prepare for or anything). Are you noticing a pattern here? Taking classes for two different colleges at the same time is a little challenging. But I'll get it all done. I always do. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">In the mean time I'm sleeping out on the futon in front of the air conditioner since it doesn't reach the bedroom and it gets mighty stuffy in there at night. Ross is already living in West Virginia and we are keeping in touch via text message, web cam, and cell phone. Kind of reminds me last year, (see </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">-I won't hear the cars thudding over the rail road tracks every </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">time they drive by.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">-I won't have to hear the immature college &/or high school students driving by honking every time they pass the bar I live across from (really? every day you have to do this?) I want to yell out at them "Shut up!" But I don't. </span></div>
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Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-42241159159875007962011-06-01T17:52:00.000-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.838-07:00Photographing the alphabetMy first assignment in my photography class was to go around and find objects that formed letters of the alphabet and photograph them at different times of the day, including sunrise, midday and sunset, as well as some time in between. They had to be made from 1-3 ft, 3-5ft. or 15-100 ft. We were not allowed to have more than five with only one surface, some with 2 objects to make a letter, some with three, and 4 plus if possible (backgrounds and objects in background count as other surfaces in photos).<br />
The photographs had to be in focus and exposed properly. These are my photographs from the class.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midday 2 objects 15-100ft.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 objects (ground and hose) 1-3 ft. Sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midday 2 objects (brick and tube) 1-3 ft.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 objects (shadow, handle, siding) Midday 1-3ft.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 objects (grass, mulch, bricks) sunrise 1-3 ft.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 surfaces, deck, water, rail. sunrise 1-3 ft. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stones, pavement, rocks, implied lines. sunrise 1-3ft.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 surfaces (grass, wood, fence, mulch) sunset 1-3ft.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-44545133241141628332011-05-27T20:09:00.001-07:002012-08-29T11:18:18.854-07:00Let the moving process begin<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For all of the readers who have been following my blog for updates on my brother, there is an update in the green section below. However, before his accident, I blogged about my life, and I have decided to continue on. I will still post random updates about him whenever I have something to say, but I will continue to blog my "journey" on here again. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This blog is about what has been going on lately with Ross and I finishing this school year, and getting ready to move to West Virginia. While at home, my family asked about my reasoning for wanting to give up meat, and though I have not done so completely quite yet, I explained my reasoning for slowly doing so below. I hope you enjoy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Ross and I are packing up all of the non essentials for my remaining two-three weeks of living in this apartment. (I have dreamed of this day, well the one when I wouldn't be living in this memorable first apartment any longer!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-I did my worst ever on my spanish oral quiz. Thank you photography class for taking all the time out of my life this quarter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Wait, I want to only write positive things, so thank you for that quiz being over! ;)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-We are going out to dinner tonight whenever Ross finishes moving things to our storage unit. (Yes all of our things not going to West Virginia for the summer, which is pretty much everything besides make-up, school books and clothes, are going in a storage unit.) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-I am officially taking a study break. This quarter, like the rest, has been full of hard work. I still want to make the Dean's list, not gonna lie. It will be my third time, and I can still pull it off if I study hard enough for my spanish final!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-am helping a friend make plans for where to get hair, nails, etc. done the day before and of her wedding and rehearsal. (boy prices for all that stuff is ridiculous!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Ross and I tried out a new Japanese steak house and got sushi. Yum! California is one of my favorites!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Then we went to Wal-Mart (we don't have a target near us) and I stocked up on vegetarian meals for while Ross is away. He is a meat eater, but I prefer to not eat meat as much as I can help it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so...a little explanation on that...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(You can skip this part if you care less about my specific detailed reasons for slowly giving up meat)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">-It's more of a taste, texture and smell thing than it is a save the environment and those poor furry friends sort of thing, thought I am way pro earth friendly everything possible, and I am way pro furry friends. However, lately in the past year, I become nauseous when I smell meat, and I don't like the taste of most eat, or the texture of it. I have pretty much never eaten steak through out my childhood. I couldn't stand how it seemed that you could chew and chew on a piece of steak, but it would never break down. Gross. But I always ate chicken. Now, when Ross cooks chicken on the George Forman, I get sick to my stomach. I just can't stand the smell and I literally have to open a window, spray room spray, and go into another room. I know, dramatic right? :( I honestly just can't help it. I pretty much feel the same way about pork. I used to always be able to eat breakfast sausage, but ever since I bit into what I thought was a bone in a Mcdonalds sausage egg McMuffin, I pretty much avoid them. I started getting Jimmy Dean's breakfast sandwiches, the sausage ones, sometimes the bacon, but the sausage began to give me that same, "yuck I can't eat this" feeling, and the bacon tasted so processed. (probably because it was lol) So I tried some other brands, before realizing, I am really starting to not like meat anymore, at all. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">However, today while grocery shopping, I came across the Morning Star section, with "no meat, meat". Sausage that isn't really sausage in little breakfast sandwiches, (Score!) Buffalo chicken that isn't really chicken...(What is it then?) Spinach lasagna and some other pastas with no meat. While Ross is gone, I plan to eat all the vegetarian meals I can eat! I know to most people it seems ridiculous, or childish, but I am guessing that as an adult, they wouldn't eat something they knew they didn't like either. I eat pretty healthy on a regular basis, I am going to start incorporating exercise into my daily routine, and there are other ways to get the protein and vitamins I need. Ways like, taking multivitamins, fish oil, protein bars and shakes, nuts, and all kinds of food that doesn't contain meat, but has protein and vitamins. It may seem like a silly life change, but it's one I am still figuring out. Ross doesn't want to give up meat, so when my parents give us meat for free, I don't refuse it, and every know and then I eat whatever he wants, but sometimes I just can't do it, so I make myself something else. It's not a big deal, and we adjust to it just fine. Everyone has to find what works for them. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Also, I have always been a seafood lover, but I never really eat fish except for salmon, and tonight, I realized I can only consume a small amount of shrimp before I get the same reaction I have to meat. Shrimp is a lot like meat, and many vegetarians don't eat seafood either. I am more of a shellfish eater I guess than all seafood, though I like scallops too. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Ross is<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> going to Put In Bay for a bachelor party, leaving me all to my lonesome, which means, he won't be distracting me with Dexter, trying to tempt me away from my studies.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-I have to get together all of my pictures for my final photography assignment of portraits. I went home last weekend to photograph "family" pictures of my family and a friend of mine who has the cutest little boy. I got to see so many people last weekend while I was home and it was sooo nice!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes...(And if you are a reader who likes updates about my brother)...</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-This blog is pretty much all about me, so if you are one of the readers who follows to hear news about my brother....here is some updates.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-He is staying with my Dad right now.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-He is still in his neck brace and not enjoying it.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-He has learned he is getting more aches and pains from the accident everyday and it's not fun. (for any of us.)</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-He is still in a lot of pain.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-He is going stir crazy but it worries the heck of my parents and I to let him go places with broken ribs and a broken vertebrae. I understand his desire to get out of the house, but being safe is the first priority. However, I did let some old friends take him to Target to get some new sunglasses. His eyes are extra sensitive to light now for some reason since the accident. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the good side...</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-He is lucky to be alive, lucky to have so many family and friends who care, love and are good to him.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-He is talking to me more.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-I am hoping this will change his life for the better, some day.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-am excited to be going to West Virginia for the summer and getting out of Ada finally! Wooohooo!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-hope this nasty weather stays away and never comes back! (I bought a radio today since we have no cable and I want to be safe when Ross is gone.)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Can't wait to ride my new bike more! (Ross and I both got new bikes recently, and are going to be taking them to WV for the summer! Thanks Dad for the birthday gift!)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Am so ready to be done with school, this quarter in particular, though graduating finally would be great too!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Can't wait for the stress of finals to pass, and final projects!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Already miss my friends from home even though I haven't moved yet.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Can't wait to move into our new apartment next year!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Wonder if we will ever get a cat or a dog next year?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">(Siberian kitten or Havanese puppy?) Or dog or cat? Boy or girl?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-need to start studying tomorrow until everything is finished!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-wish I could go party and hang out with my friends this weekend, but I know I have too much stuff to get done! Boo! </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Wish I could have that "college experience" more and not have to study ALL the time! :(</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Hope I make the dean's list again this quarter! </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Want to do really well on all my final projects and exams!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Am about to go to bed and spend just a little bit more time with Ross before he leaves for the weekend! </span></span><br />
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</span>Ashliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029691964189258515.post-91066228883040449552011-05-27T14:10:00.001-07:002012-08-29T11:18:19.010-07:00Let the moving process begin.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Today...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Ross and I are packing up all of the non essentials for my remaining two-three weeks of living in this apartment. (I have dreamed of this day, well the one when I wouldn't be living in this memorable first apartment any longer!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-I did my worst ever on my spanish oral quiz. Thank you photography class for taking all the time out of my life this quarter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Wait, I want to only write positive things, so thank you for that quiz being over! ;)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-We are going out to dinner tonight whenever Ross finishes moving things to our storage unit. (Yes all of our things not going to West Virginia for the summer, which is pretty much everything besides make-up, school books and clothes, are going in a storage unit.) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-I am officially taking a study break. This quarter, like the rest, has been full of hard work. I still want to make the Dean's list, not gonna lie. It will be my third time, and I can still pull it off if I study hard enough for my spanish final!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This weekend...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Ross is<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> going to Put In Bay for a bachelor party, leaving me all to my lonesome, which means, he won't be distracting me with Dexter, trying to tempt me away from my studies.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-I have to get together all of my pictures for my final photography assignment of portraits. I went home last weekend to photograph "family" pictures of my family and a friend of mine who has the cutest little boy. I got to see so many people last weekend while I was home and it was sooo nice!</span></span></span></span><br />
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