It's Not Easy

Finally got my very own, personally created playlist up!  It took awhile to figure out exactly how to do it, and maybe once I get a better website the music quality will be a little better, but for now, enjoy the music!

Oops, I Did It Again!

Ok, I found this hilarious picture online.  I didn't know how to incorporate this into my blog, so i am just giving it its own article.  So funny! I guess this answers once and for all the great question if Scotts wear anything under their kilts!

I've Got the Power!

We finally have electricity again in our house. So when Jon gets off of work tonight, and after I cook chicken Parmesan for everybody, we will move all our stuff home! Also, I was expecting to have to do 2 more shifts at Justice, but I was able to work it out so that is over! I start at DEB tomorrow, and I am going to drive there myself. Scary. However, not thinking about either of those today! Today is my relax and stress free day. I just finished a new book, and I am about to start another one. Well, that's all folks!

Smile At The Birdie!

Spent about an hour tonight trying to get my blog just the way I wanted it! Let me know what you think of the new design!

Let the Good Times Roll

today was kind of a lousy day at work. We have managers from the other stores without power working at our store so they don't lose their benefits. So my manager was more than happy to visit with her old boss in the back eating pretzels and leave me alone on the floor. She also spent most of the rest of the time helping her daughter shop in our store. Whatever. Only 1 more shift there. Also, I found out that I don't get paid for the days we were out during the hurricane, because I am not full time management staff. Boo. Then we went to grammie and pops where we are still doing hurricane pick up. We still don't have any power. The whole feeling of excitement of camping in the living is slowly wearing off, but i have to remind myself to be grateful. After all there are lots of people who have no where else to go and have no power or hot water. The high school are being opened by the state for people who can't shower at home. Just bring back the torture of the locker room for people of all ages to enjoy. Good ole high school memories!

Like a Vacation, But not...

Night two of camping out at the 'rents! My whole family spent a long time cleaning Grammie and Pop's yard, and then Mom and Dad's yard today. Thankfully, some people with chain saws showed up to help. Then we went to see the Planet of the Apes movie. It was ok. Not my favorite of the summer though. Anyway, I found out that since the mall was closed during all my shifts yesterday and today, I get paid even though I wasn't there! How great is that! It's kind of like a paid vacation. But I have to say, I hope we get to go on a real vacation soon! Carnaval Cruise anyone?

Hurricane Irene, Part 2

Everyone is doing ok. Grammie and Pop have a tree down in their back yard. Mom and Dad have 4 trees down on the edges of their backyard. Jon and I lost power. However, we are camping out in mom and dad's dining room tonight in hopes that the power will be restored tomorrow, and not in 2 weeks as predicted. All of Main Street in Niantic has lost electricity, and since it has so many shops, homes, and businesses, we can only hope that we will have power again soon. Thankfully, no one in our area was killed. There are lots of trees down and lots of debris to be cleaned up. It was a little scary this morning to look out of our windows and see the ocean coming up over the train tracks (which is a good 10 or 11 ft. above the usual sea level). We grabbed some clothes and necessities and drove to my parents as quickly as possible as we already didn't have power and were afraid to become stranded in our apartment if the road was to flood. However, I may have been a little over concerned, and everything is returning to normal. All we have left is a strong breeze. Good bye, Irene!
P.S. Will post some pics when time allows.

I...Can't...Resist...

Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like...

Bee Honest, Buzzz

Today, there was a girl at work. I thought she was just another customer, but little did I realize that she would teach me something. This girl came in with her mom and grandmother. She was a little louder than most of the other kids that come into the store. There was something a little different about her. After observing her and her family for a little while I realized that she must have a higher functioning autism. I was busy at the cash wrap, and didn't notice her again til she and her family were ready to cash out. She walked up to one of my coworkers. My coworker has been through a rough time lately.
The little girl walked up to her and said, "Are you ok? You look sad!"
My coworker said, "I am ok, just a little tired".
The little girl repeated, "Why are you sad?"
"My best friend left for college today, and I won't get to see her for a long time. I miss her."
The little girl replied, "I am sorry you are sad. I hope you feel better".
I had been feeling sorry for this little girl, but now I realized that she didn't have any problems. She was perfect just the way she was.

21 Years

I about 2 weeks, I will finally be 21. I am very excited as this means I get to sit at the bar in a restaurant, and won't have to wait in line forever anymore! I still won't drink. Drinking has never really been appealing to me. I feel like you wouldn't be yourself, if you are drunk. But, I guess that that is something that everyone has to decide for themselves. Anyway, there's lots of interesting things I have learned all my life and I thought I would share them.
-A Free gift, is not really free.
-You cannot use a restroom in a dunkin donuts without making a purchase.
-Playdough tastes really gross.
-If you ask for something for long enough, odds are you will get it.
-The best stuff in a store is on sale...if you wait long enough.
-Shepherds way out in england or somewhere near there stick lights on their sheep and make youtube videos.
-The Force does not exist, even if sliding doors open whenever you want them to.
-Bigfoot is not real, but the chupacabra is!

AHHHHH!

I have a ton of stuff going on right now. Obviously, everyone is a little stressed by all the hurricane drama going on right now. However, I am also starting a new job, pushing myself to drive, and dealing with back to school at work. Back to school is a whole lot a pain in the butt when you work retail. There are crazed mothers, screaming children, bored dads, and random grandparents who complain about how much everything costs. I have had some really weird experience with customers the past few days. For example, the little girl who was screaming at her mother "I am not fat! Stop making me upset!". Or the crazy shopping lady (you know who you are, DEBBIE!) who kept opening the curtain while her little girl was changing to get my opinion on the outfit. (How am I supposed to give an opinion on an outfit, when all your daughter is wearing a SHIRT!) That was awkward for everyone! Then there was the slightly scary older lady who wanted me to smell her ARMS (?? WHAAAT?) because she bought new perfume. I am 2nd guessing myself about leaving my job. I am kind of scared I am jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Oh well. We shall see. Jon says I need to stop worrying. I am trying. I was going to be working 80 hrs. in 11 days without a break, but I am thankful the mall will be closed tomorrow so I don't have to go in to work. And the best part is I still get paid. When I get my paychecks from justice, I am going to go get a mani/pedi and it won't come out of my spending money! YAY!

Hurricane Preparation List

Here is my list of things to bring to my mom's house for the hurricane!
-Computers (3) w/ their chargers
-Phones (2) w/their chargers
-Portable DVD player w/charger
-Food/Paper Utensils
-Flashlights
-Garbage Bags
-3 outfits/PJ's/unmentionables :)
-Toiletries
-Board Games
-Movies
-Bedding
-Fans
-Photo Albums
-Valuables
(The last 2 are in case we need to evacuate)
I am going to feed my fish before we leave tonight, and hopefully we should be able to get back to our house in the next 3 days. I really really hope we don't have to evacuate or lose power!!!!

A Penny Saved is A Penny Earned

These are the purchases I am most proud of this week.
-Feather Hair Extensions-$6-Justice-with employee discount
-Cheese Its-3 for $6-Stop and Shop-stop and shop rewards program
-brown suede boots-$6-Justice-employee discount
-2 tops-$30-American Eagle-clearance rack
-2 sweaters-$16.99 each-JCPenny-2 $10 off $25 coupons
-4 belts-$8-Claire's-clearance rack
-1 peasant top-$6-Rue 21-clearance rack
-3 bras-$15 (for all 3)- vanity fair outlet-clearance rack

Hurricane Irene

We are expecting hurricane irene tonight. It is a little bit difficult to not allow myself to be somewhat scared. I may have went a little nuts at the grocery store, buying a hundred dollars worth of food that can be cooked over a camp stove. We are going to have a hurricane party at mom's and Jon and I are going to spend the night on an air mattress on the living room floor. We have lots of board games and candles. The governor declared a state of emergency yesterday. I don't know why yesterday, since nothing was going on yesterday. Hopefully we won't have to evacuate. I think we should all go to coco key if we do have to. i don't know if we will have electricity. Governor Malloy says we might not have power for 2 weeks. I don't like him very much. He has changed way to much stuff since he became governor. If it weren't for him, I would have had an awesome job at a tooth whitening place. But he outlawed tooth whitening except for by dentists. Also, he is taxing EVERYTHING. I am waiting for the Breathing Tax. Anyway, I am getting off topic. Hopefully, our water won't be cut off either. I will post next whenever I am able.

Summer Lovin' Had Me Some Fun

The summer has gone by entirely too quickly. I was thinking back over the summer and wondering to myself what was the best thing we did. We had some beach days, went to lake compounce, swam in Mom and Dad's pool, and went to a couple fairs. But the best thing of all that we did was go to subfest. There was tons of great food and rides. We saw some really cool acts: an elephant show, a tiger show, and some acrobats. The games were lots of fun too. We won lots of prizes because a lot of the people that were running the games were stoned. One of them invited Josh, Jon, and I to go clubbing with him, but we declined :). Jon and I even got to ride and elephant. It was amazing. But, the best thing of all was the firework show. We found a deserted place behind the ticket booth and lay down in the grass. Hidden from the rest of the fairgoers, it felt like we were the only people. The ground shook beneath us as each firework exploded. As we lay there in the cool grass, with my head resting on Jon's arm, watching the colorful fireworks, it was a perfect summer moment.

It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To

Sometimes life takes you down roads you would never expect. My first idea for a career came to me when i was around 6. i wanted to be a missionary/nurse to Africa. I stuck with that idea for a few years, and when I became involved with music i wanted to become an opera singer. Not much of a job market for that so my parents steered me towards picking another career. Finally, when it became time to pick major for collage, I picked one off of the internet. It was called commerical writing and since i had just won an award for a patriotic paper and another for a play I wrote, it seemed fitting. Unfortunately, I hated most of the core classes for that major, so I was going to become an elementary education major. Of course, then came that whole pcc blow up thing. i moved back home and decided to do online school. I couldn't decide which major, and my parents told me I had a month to decide. I finally decided on Business. i passed all the classes i took, but i have no clue what I was doing in most of them. So now I have 59 credits and no degree. About $4,000 down the hole and nothing to show for it. Working part time for $9.50 and making less than $10,000 a year. Now, most people would be ready to write off my education as a loss. But I wouldn't. I learned that you can't pick what you want to do with your life over night. I learned that maybe you should go with your dream instead of going with what is practical. And the best thing that came out of all of it, is I met my husband. AFter all, if i hadnot gone to college, i would never have met him. About a year and a half ago, I realized what I wanted to do with my life. it's not something that came to me over night. Through a culmination of all my life experiences, i have realized the thing I want to do the most, is be a wife and mom. And I don't need a degree to do that. Now, i am not going to let my 59 credits go to waste. I am planning on finishing some kind of degree. But now i realize that there is no burning desire for some kind of great career in the working world, because the career i want, is going to be right here in my home with my husband and kids. So, for now, I will finish my school. I will continue in my little job biding my time. Because this is only temporary. Eventually, the day will come when i will be ready to start the job i was put on this earth to do: being a mom. So make all the little housewife/soccer mom jokes you want. There's nothing more that I want to be than somebody's mommy and Jon's wife.

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving has become my personal shame. I have my license after a 3 year struggle starting my senior year in high school and finally ending in the old saybrook dmv, May 18, 2011. When everybody joked about how old i was and didn't have a licese, I would laugh along with everyone else, but inwardly looked forward to the day when they wouldn't be able to make fun of me anymore. But, it gets worse. After finally getting my license, I have been to afraid to actually drive on my own. I still have to bum a ride of my grandparents or mom or dad. I am really tired of having to ask. Its embarrassing to be almost 21 and still having to be chauffered around like a little kid. Not to mention, having to deal with the inconvience to everyone around me. I drove once by myself. it was only about half a mile but it was the longest one in my life. I felt terrified as if a familiar road that I had driven on with someone in the car with me had suddenly transformed into a huge mountain. However, I am finally done with it. Jon is going to have to start carpooling with his millstone buddies. Septembe 2, when i start my new job at DEB, I will be driving myself to my job in my truck. So wish me luck. I have to push myself to do this until i will finally be independent and able to go whereever I want, when I want. When I started driving school (way back in high school with the unfortunate Mr. Click), my mom taught me "THE Driving Song". it goes: you start to live when you learn to drive, you start to have fun where you used to have none. Make your life complete take the driver seat.." and I can never remember the end. She likes to sing it in order to allegedly "Motivate me to drive". I think she likes to sing the song too. September 2 opens a whole new world for me, and shuts the door on a lot of "Driving Miss Graci" jokes.

Did I Ask If Your Grandmother Rides a Bicycle

"Did I ask if your grandmother rides a bicycle." Random phrase? Nope. It is actually a translation of an old french saying which basically means mind your own business. That being said i am going to bring up a topic that kind of pisses me off but I now feel at liberty to discuss with the world in general. Actually there are a few and they all revolve around the same topic: my marriage to Jon. First of all, before we were married there was a lot of people who I could really have used support from who thought it was there place to tell me, I was too young to be married. Yes, I will admit that I was/am young. However, if that is my decision, support me as I will support you in your life decisons. As I like to say: Boo to haters. Secondly, someone accussed me of just getting married so we could have (should I say the taboo word?) sex. Number 1: You don't have to be married to do that Number 2: It's none of your business Number 3: That's why you didn't get invited to the wedding. Not that I believe in sex before marriage, but what kind of Christian woman walks up to a young engaged woman and tells her in all seriousness that she shouldn't be getting married and that she is only getting married for sex. Guess we know why she got married!!! Anyway, my 3rd issue is people assume that we were getting married because I was pregnant. (If we were only getting married in order to have sex, how could I already be preggo?) I was not nor have ever been pregnant and do not intend to find myself that way for quite some time. I was considering a florist for the wedding when she asked a friend of mine who worked with her if we were getting married because "he had knocked me up". We did not ever call that florist back. Seriously, if people have nothing better to do than pick apart at my marriage they really need to get a life. This is my statement about my marriage: I have never loved anyone the way I love Jon. He is everything to me. I married him because I love him. He is my best friend and my soulmate. He makes me a better person than I could be on my own. He is my other half. Marrying him was the best thing I ever did and I wouldn't change a thing about our relationship. I love my hubby.

P.S. i hope noone is offended that i talked about intimate issues. However, this has been something I want to address for a really long time now, and can now freely express my thoughts without fear of negative recriminations from outside sources.

Walk Down Memory Lane

Today, I took about an hour and read my entire old blog. It was a little bit emotional. I didn't realize that I had started blogging when I was 16 (holy cow, 5 years ago). There was a lot of things I hadn't thought of in a while. Most of the time i don't think about my life in France. But once in a while, certain things remind me of my time there. My old blog made me think of a lot of good and some kind of hard memories. Anyway, i looked at a lot of my high school outfits and thought, What the Heck am I wearing that for? Also, the words "Amazing" and "Fabulous" seemed to pop up a lot. I kind of wish I had kept up blogging. Oh wait, now I remember why I stopped. Thanks PCC. But I definately wish I had picked it back up sooner. So much has happened since I graduated high school. I feel kind of oldish after spending time with high school graci. she seemed like she had a more optimistic outlook on life than I do. Actually, in comparison to h.s. me, 2o year old me seems a little on the bitter side. Ideally, it would be a mix of both: Happy outlook but not taking crap from anyone. I am really glad I took the time to read my old blog. Hopefully, sweet dreams tonight :)

I Cannot Ride your Emotional Rollercoaster Any More

The dreaded meeting with my boss is finally over, and I have to say it was a lot better than I thought it would. My boss thought i was leaving because a coworker of mine was leaving but it was a lot more than that. however, i couldn't tell my boss that. I don't want her to scream at me. I will tell her the real reasons i am leaving on my last day. of course, i didn't lie to her about why i was really leaving. i just gave partial insignificant and slightly exaggerated reasons. Basically the reason i am leaving is i cannot stand the way she favorizes a coworker who is terrible at her job, but because she is a family friend, my boss will do anything to cover her butt. in addition, i will not be treated like crap any more. You love me one second, you hate me the next, and somehow no matter what the problem is, you mange to make it all about you. So I am finishing up my 2 weeks, (working 60 hrs. in the next 8 days with no days off, booo), and moving on. i already have new job lined up at DEB, which is another clothing store. I am so tired of being stressed about my job. When I walked into the store, I get a tightening feeling in my chest, like i can't breathe. I cry sometimes before I get to work because i cant stand having to go. I get nightmares on the nights before i have to work. For pete's sake: Justice is a little girls clothing store! why has it come to this? Anyway, I couldn't be happier to get off this crazy ride and get on with my life. So long angry people!

I am a Cat Lover and I Like To Run!

http://youtu.be/mTTwcCVajAc
This is my favorite youtube video in a long time. I think that i have watched it about a half dozen times. Even better, some genius has taken this video and turned the whole thing into a song. Beware, if you watch this. The tune is absolutely addicting. i find myself singing it at work, in the shower, while i am cleaing my house, even while i am trying to fall asleep at night. It's a great song though! Apparently, it is an app for I-Phones. I hope they come out with an Android alternative sometime soon. Unfortunately, nothing is avaliable at this time. For you I-Phone users the app is called songify, and you can record phrases and turn them into songs! Here is the debbie the cat lady video turned into a song.
http://youtu.be/sP4NMoJcFd4.

Enjoy!

Note To Haters

There are a lot of nice people in the world. There are unfortunately about just as many jerks in the world. If you are a jerk, and want to say nasty things on here, do your best to rein your nasty comments in, because if I don't think it is an appropriate comment, I will delete it. It is nothing personal. Nasty comment will be deleted. End of story! Not that I am anticipating any problems, but i just thought it would be fair to warn people so no one will be complaining about there comment being gone later. It is bad enough to have to put up with all kinds of nasty people in life. I have to put up with angry customers, careless people in the Ocean State Job Lots who run over my foot with their shopping cart, and people I am just not allowed to speak my mind to because of either their relationship to me or because of their position. So on my blog, no nasty mouthing!

Tomorrow is a Big Day

Tomorrow is kind of a big day for me. Last week i gave my boss my 2 weeks notice. It appartently came a big surprise to her. She left me a voicemail last Thursday asking my why i was leaving. I meant to get back to her, but it was one of those things that you dread and put off, and now suddenly, it's five days later, i am going back to work and i still haven't called her back. So tomorrow should be an interesting day at the workplace. i am almost at a point where i am dreading to go in, but I am almost looking forward to seeing what will happen just to have it over and done. So after 10 months at justice, I am moving on to DEB. I am sad to leave justice. it is a great job. I really enjoy working there. Unfortunately, not everyone there feels the same way. So tonight, I am trying not to think about it. Watching lots of episodes of house, facebooking, checking my email, and still thinking about it. Well, tomorrow it will all be over. Bumbumbum!!!

Hello, Dolly!

After almost 3 years of silence on the blogosphere, I have decided to recommence blogging. I realized the other day, that I have been married almost a year and i don't have half as many pictures or updates as I should. This year has been so special in my life and I don't want to ever forget anything. I am starting this blog as sort of a online journal so that I would be able to remember all of the special things going on in my life.