28 Jan 2009
by Brittneyin Uncategorized Tags: 2009, Baking, TV: American Idol, TV: Bones, TV: Lie To Me, TV: Lost, TV: Supernatural, Weather, X
Ah, I’m so happy that my shows are back on. LOST, American Idol, Supernatural and Bones are enough to make me giddy. Lie To Me is actually pretty good too. Unfortunately, it’s on at the same time as LOST, so that kind of complicates things. Obviously, one cannot watch LOST while doing other things because you’re likely to miss something otherwise. I love it, though. I’m confused most of the time, but still I love it.
Something I do not love is that fact that we got seven inches of snow overnight. I look outside and cringe. Snow is just … ew. School was canceled around here, and the local schools are already on two hour delays. We’re having a plow come tomorrow to dig out our driveway because right now, none of us are going anywhere.
I can’t believe it’s nearly February. Spring shall be upon us before long. I’m looking forward to that after facing the wretched snow. I think the idea of spring also lifts my mom’s spirit. Bart said around Christmas time that he thought his house would be ready for my mom, Allyson, Blaine and Tori to move back in with him. If it’s true, I can totally see my mom hiring some moving services and getting out of her dinky little apartment. Of course, I don’t think the size of the apartment is the problem – though Allyson and Blaine would probably say is it, but I think money is short for everyone, and I know not having to pay rent would probably help my mom out a lot.
So, I spent my evening making peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. I’m not even going to lie. They were pretty fantastic if I do say so myself. Yum yum. I’m probably going to go into sugar overload now, but I can’t help the fact that I’m totally craving another mug of hot cocoa topped with whipped cream. ‘Tis cold! Brr.
26 Jan 2009
by Brittneyin Uncategorized Tags: 2009, Family: Mom, fan fiction: horizons, fan fiction: ivo, fan fiction: wide awake, friends: becca, Gifts, writing: aftertaste, writing: hanfic, writing: hgc
- How is it possible that it’s nearly February already? That’s just crazy.
- Yesterday, I had the bizarre experience of chatting with my mom on Google Chat. She’s switching over to using gmail, and she wanted my help figuring some stuff out, so we were chatting about it. Very, very weird. My mom isn’t especially technically savvy, so it was a bit of a mind boggling experience. Apparently, she’s into texting now too. My sister says that they probably have more convos through texts than they do when they’re in the same how. Sad.
- I think I posted about my brother getting expelled last semester, but luckily still getting to go to school after it was over and getting credit for the work he did. Well, he went back to school earlier this month. It’s so weird that he’s 15 now. Next year he’ll be in high school. When he and my mom had to go meet with the principal, they asked him what he wanted to go when he got older. He said he wanted to be a mechanic. I can see Blaine doing something like that. I think it really depends on how serious he is about it. He does have some trouble learning, but I think a lot of that stems from the fact he’s never been very good at reading. But I can see him taking the same route as Allyson did when she was in high school, and going to vocational schools and colleges part of the day or something. I worry about him sometimes, but I’d really like to see him be able to do something like that so he can do what he wants to with his life. It’s just frustrating because I feel like he was never properly taught at school, and as much as we all try to help him learn, we’re clearly not teachers, so we’re basically at a loss.
- I got the cutest gift from my friend Becca. She went to Hawaii, and I told her I was totally jealous. She told me she’d send me a coconot. I thought she was just joking, but when she got back from Hawaii, she said she was sending me something. Today, I got a vanilla scented candle in the shape of a flower inside a coconut half and a necklace. I love them both, and I’ll take pictures as soon as I locate the camera.
- I’m trying to get back into writing. I’ve been pretty slack about it since November. I started a Twilight fic in December, but with the holidays and all of that jazz, I kind of put it on hold. I still need to sort out some stuff anyway. But to get back into Hanfic, I signed up for the Hanfic Genre Challenge. I’m writing a Mystery/Detective story. I’m resurrecting an idea my sister and I had years and years ago. Luckily, I saved the notes on the story. We never got far with it, and what we did have was terrible, so I’m obviously scrapping all of that and starting new, but the premise is still pretty much the same. I’m excited about it. I’ve been trying to outline things a bit, but it’s kind of hard to do without actually writing it because I’m sort of playing around with the idea of telling parts of the story out of sequence. I think it will be okay, though. If I had more time I’d probably actually just write the scenes straight through and then split them up into where the go in the chapters, but I have to have 6 chapters posted by February 22, so I think I’ll just make due with winging it. But I am really excited about it and ready to get going. Plus, it looks like there are quite a few people participating and the genres are all really cool, so I think it will be fun.
- I’m not sure if I’ve gushed over my favorite Twilight fanfics, but my two favorites have been Wide Awake and Innocent, Vigilant, Ordinary. They were both totally different, but absolutely amazing. So amazing that a soon as there is an update, I am there reading it regardless of all else in the world. I think I might have found a new third fave. The other night I started reading Horizons, and I was worried because it is very sad, but it is so good. I read it over the course of two days. I only stopped reading out of the necessity of sleep. Then I got to the last chapter posted and wanted to cry because there wasn’t more. So if you read Twilight fan fiction and haven’t checked out any of those, you should definitely do so. Immediately. They can all by found on fanfiction.net.
12 Jan 2009
by Brittneyin Uncategorized Tags: 2009, Friends, movie: half-blood prince, movie: new moon, traveling, Vacation, Work, X
I can’t believe it’s already the eleventh of January. That just seems insane. If this is any indication at all, then 2009 is going to fly by just as quickly as 2008. Oddly, I tend to make my way through the year by marking important dates, like birthdays, holiday, and, more often than not, by movie or book release dates. Last year seemed to just be full of exciting dates.
This year my big one is the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but that’s not until July. There’s also the possibility of New Moon coming out before the end of the year. So, those will probably be my two big events this year unless I happen to get caught up in obsessing over something else.
This year, though, it would be nice if I could do something different from other years. I mentioned to my best friend, Nikki, a while back that maybe I could come and visit her since it’s been so long since we’ve seen each other, and any other time we have, she’s come to visit me. Of course, heading out to Fresno, California is a somewhat daunting idea, but on the same token, I’m not at all opposed to getting myself some chic Delsey luggage, packing up and heading out to see my best friend.
Of course, that really all depends on my financial situation. I haven’t worked in about three weeks, so things don’t actually look too promising right now. I really need to see if I can find something a little more steady, but I have a feeling that might be kind of difficult, considering most places have probably just gotten rid of any of the seasonal help, and if they were looking to hire, they would probably keep those people instead of hiring someone new. It’s frustrating, but I’ll have to see if I can figure something out.
08 Jan 2009
by Brittneyin Uncategorized Tags: Dentist, Health, Sleep, X
Ugh, I feel so tired, and I really have no idea why. I slept a decent amount of time. Although, I did have to wake up and take something to help with the stupid toothache I had around six or so this morning. That wasn’t fun, dragging my half-awake self into the kitchen, but it was that or lying in bed feeling the horrible ache in my tooth. I have a feeling I’m going to have to pay a visit to the dentist soon. The tooth that’s bothering me is one that I had to have work done on last year. I’m kind of thinking that if I have the option of getting work done on it or getting it pulled, I’m going to go with the latter. It’s just not worth it. It’s not like it’s my front tooth or something like that.
But back to my original whining, I’m very tired. I decided to go out and get the mail, hoping the brisk winter air might pull me out of my funk, but not even the snowflakes falling on my face and neck could help. I suspect if I were to switch off my table lamp and lie in bed, I’d be out in no time. I don’t know why I’m so tired though. I’ve been trying to get my sleep back on a normal schedule, but that hasn’t been going so well, so it’s not like I’m running on a lack of sleep. Bleh. I also feel like I’m starting to come down with a cold, which I have no idea how I might have got. Going out for the mail today was probably my biggest venture outdoors in days. Maybe I’ve been cooped up too long. Maybe that’s what’s wrong. Hmm.
06 Jan 2009
by Brittneyin Uncategorized Tags: Education, X
College is frustrating. I should know. It took me what felt like forever to finally graduate. Now my younger sister is making her way through college, and I know she finds it just as frustrating as I did at times. When she had my niece, she decided she wanted to go to college to become a nurse. She even went to vocational school to get a jump start on her education. Unfortunately, after High School, life just seems to get harder. It’s difficult to arrange a schedule – especially if you’re trying to work to pay bills and make your way through school, which is why Saint Xavier University’s School of Nursing is an excellent solution for people like my sister. They offer classes online, which makes for a flexible schedule. They offer a Master of Science in Nursing – Clinical Nurse Leader degree, and with over 3,500 graduations to date, it’s definitely a route worth considering. With the online MS nursing degree, it’s possible to go into various different areas of the profession ranging from general practice to teaching to research. I can’t see why someone with a busy home life who is looking to get a degree in nursing wouldn’t want to find out more.
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