well, this is quite the question.  i realize that women are targeted nowadays for their buying power, money, skills, brains, sex appeal, etc., etc., but i think its still a man's world.  women have caught up so much, but men are still very powerful (our president may be black, but he's still male).  women have, are, and will continue to make great

~i love the song "blurry" by puddle of mud.  although the song isn't the most feel-good song in the world, i just love the lyrics:

Everything's so blurry
and everyone's so fake
and everybody's empty
and everything is so messed up
pre-occupied without you
I cannot live at all
My whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl

You could be my someone
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there are a million possible answers i could give to this question, but i have 2 that are probably my most hated:

the sound of styrofoam.  it literally gives me the willies and causes shivers to go down my spine and makes me cringe.

the sound of cracking bones....like when people crack their knuckles, backs, knees, elbows, necks, etc., etc.  it ( Read more... )

carpooling; remembering to use a resuable bag when i shop (i keep one in my car, but i forget to bring it in! fail on my part...); remembering to shut the tv, lights, etc. off when i leave a room; trying not to charge my phone so often (and remembering to not leave it plugged in all night); unplugging appliances when they're not in use, etc., etc.

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i love this question!  not to brag, but i've been fortunate enough to go to some amazing places while vacationing with my family.  one of my favorite views is the island of burano and the view from assisi, italy.  i love the grand tetons in wyoming and i love urban places like new york city and boston and london.  i think europe has some of the ( Read more... )

time to update! i've been seriously neglecting this thing lately...

i have both good and bad news to share:

~from april 3-5 i visited hope in north adams.  i found out the day before that my car needed some serious work (brakes, new rotars, etc.) and that it probably wouldn't be the best idea to take it all the way out to north adams.  i had the ( Read more... )

in general, i least look forward to tuesdays and thursdays because i dread my accounting class.  i hate mondays (who doesn't?) because the weekend is over and a long work and/or school week has officially begun.  i look forward to thursday afternoons (i'm off from work) and, of course, look forward to fridays.  saturdays are pretty good, and ( Read more... )

i cannot wait for friday!  i'm finally visiting hope (haven't visited since november) and i am super excited.  hopefully this week will go by quickly because i just want to get awayyy!  so far, this week is turning out better than last week (last week SUCKED for many different reasons).  i  really can't wait for the weekend :D