My brother in-law Jon was out of town and so my bored sister Ruthie came over for a sleepover! She brought along with her, her baby french bull dog Ernie. If any of y'all read her blog, http://ruthiehart.blogspot.com/, you are very familiar with Ernie Hart.
Ruthie had to work the next day, so my mom and I were hosting Doggy Daycare for Ernie all day. His day started out by running errands with my mom. He seemed to love Lowes and the Pool Store. When he got home we tried to get him to go swimming... that didn't work so well.
Ernie didn't leave my mom's side and continued to make us laugh all day! I would say it was a successful day!
Wednesday May 25th marked a bittersweet day for a lot of people, including me. Oprah aired her very last talk show. We all knew this was coming and the countdown had started but I felt like it came so soon. Ever since I can remember, my mom watched Oprah every day. And once a year during “Oprah’s favorite things” my mom had a party and invited all of her girlfriends over to watch. I always knew who she was and I always knew she did good things, but it wasn’t until I got a little older that I fully understood the impact she had on people’s lives. Whether she was giving away a car, interviewing a drug addict, or congratulating a celebrity on their movie, Oprah remained positive and nonjudgmental every step of the way.
Her last week began with a surprise extravaganza that was planned for her and it was hosted in the United Center where the Chicago Bulls play. There were over 10,000 people there! It started out with Tom Hanks, then Tom Cruise, then Dakota Fanning, then Beyonce… I cannot even name every celebrity and supporter that attended the event. On day 2 the surprises continued. There was Michael Jordan, Josh Groban, Jerry Seinfeld, Will Smith, and Usher (plus many many more). Every person shared a story of how Oprah has touched him or her and how her legacy will live on. It was very emotional and seeing Oprah cry, made me cry.
On her very last episode, Oprah sat with her audience and thanked each person who has every watched her show. She explained how even through the darkness of her childhood and past, she knew that she was meant for greatness and she knew she had a higher calling in life. She proceeded to explain how every one has a calling in life and never stop searching for that calling. It was very inspiring, especially for me, a college student searching for a higher calling everyday. I sat with my dad and watched Oprah and her closing remarks and we both agreed that we had lumps in our throats and tears in our eyes.
I HATE GOOD BYES! But Oprah said this is not good-bye, she said: I’ll be seeing you.
I got done with school on May 10, and I moved home that day. When I got home I knew it would be enjoyable because I had a couple weeks off before I started working on May 30th. Little did I know? HOW BORED I AM!! I am not the type of person who likes to sleep till noon and lay around watching TV all day. I like being busy. These past few weeks I have been so bored! All my friends and boyfriend have been busy with work and such, and so I have been stir crazy. Luckily I start work soon! Some things I have done to fill my time:
1- Organize my room
2- Clean out my closet
3- Go shopping with my mom
4- Watch a LOT of Real Housewives Episodes
5- Organize my room… Again.
I know I should not be complaining and I probably sound like a freak for being bored. I guess I am not meant to have time off. If anyone else is bored out there, this video ALWAYS helps!
Right now I have blonde-ish hair. My natural hair color is a light brown color. For some reason my eye brows are SUPER light and very scarce. I feel like they don't match my hair or skin tone. So I went on a search for a brown high lighter or some kind of product that could fix my proble,. At HEB I found Color Stay Brow Enhancer by Revlon. It was on sale, so I decided to buy it. It is a pencil type product with the color you choose. I got light brown. I went home and Amalia and I decided to play with it. I put it on, evened out my eye browns, and I loved the results! Here is a before and after picture to see what I am talking about:
Before & After
It made my eye brows look more defined and clean. I am using it everyday now! Any blondes or girls with eye brow issues, I definitely recommend this product.
For the past 3 or 4 years, every summer I have had at least one job lined up. Whether it was working at a smoothie shop, nannying, or teaching swim lessons... I knew that if I wanted "extras" or "fun money", I had to earn it myself.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe teenagers when I hear, "I can't find a job, the economy is SO bad." No... Not true. Lower your standards, maybe you can't get your dream job, but YES there is a job out there. My best friend Amalia had a job lined up for the summer and it unexpectedly fell through, so she went out and literally in ONE day had a job at Palm Beach Tan.
Maybe it is just me, but if I wasn't working, I would be poor and BORED out of my mind.
Yes... I do realize I have taken a little time off... Ok.. A LOT! Since I have been gone a lot has happened!
I took my finals, finished my LAST semester at Blinn College with a 3.2 GPA :-), moved myself home from College Station, and then... became VERY sick. It has been a lot!
I got home and immediately came down with a fever. Along with a fever came sore throat and nausea. I was 100% sure that it was strep since my boyfriend Cole had strep the week before. So I went to the doctor and the bad news came... It was not strep. It was canker sores in the back of my throat. This is something I am pretty familiar with.
My dad always gets canker sores from stress and he passed that down to my sister Cori, my brother James, and me. I have had to change tooth pastes to a preventative tooth paste that could hopefully reduce my chances of getting a painful canker sore. I have never gotten one in my throat, but my dad says it is very normal. OW! It is so painful and scary that it caused a bad fever and nausea.
Finally one week later, I am feeling a lot better. The canker sores are still there but not hurting as bad (I know this is so nasty!)
Today, I am heading to James Todd's basketball tournament in San Marcos for the night. Go Dawgs!
More and regular blog posts to come!!
WOW! Today is my official last day of my freshman year classes. Tomorrow my finals start! Which is why I couldn't post yesterday... too busy preparing!!
For my Tuned in Tuesday, I want to share a song that gets me pumped up and makes me want to dance. It is called Get on the Floor by Jennifer Lopez ft. Paul Wall. I am a huge fan of her and wish I had her body and her dance moves. She is HOTT! The other night after watching the music video I was trying to practice and do some of the moves... I am not even close to being good....
The other night, I turned on TLC, (one of my favorite channels), Extreme Couponing was on. It is a show that follows diferent people every week and watches their crazy couponing tactics. People spend up to 60 hours a week clipping coupons and planning for their trips to the store. A lady bought $600 worth of grocereis and after her coupons were scanned her total was reduced to $6. How is this possible?!?!
Every Sunday, I will skim the paper for coupons and if there is a good one for toilet paper or deodorant, then I will use it. But I have NO idea how people can get over $500 off a bill with coupons. One man on the show explained how he was $17,000 in debt, so he and his wife decided to start clipping coupons. A few years later, they are debt free! My friends and I were thinking about starting to do this. Hopefully I will get good enough to be on the show.... OR NOT!
One of my guilty pleasures is reality TV. A few of my favorites are Real Housewives of every city, Teen Mom/16 and Pregnant, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and Say Yes to the Dress. I just got finished watching Teen Mom 2 with Chelsea, Jenelle, Kailyn, and Leah. At the end of the season, their drama seemed to simmer down and we got to enjoy a peaceful and loving moment between Leah and her boyfriend/baby daddy Corey. With their twin daughters, family, and friends we witnessed Leah and Corey getting married. They seemed perfect for each other.
Yesterday I was reading US Weekly and it had an article about Leah and Corey filing for divorce already. It showed the court documents! Tabloids are hard to believe so I got online and did some research. According to Starcasm.net, it is confirmed that they are divorcing http://starcasm.net/archives/95347.
Who knows what will happen? And I am sure people are thinking... Who cares?! Well when you are a reality TV junkie, things like this interest me. So maybe I sound dumb, but I wish them both the best.
