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Respect: 

To treat people in the manner in which you expect to be treated. To show consideration for another person's feelings and interests. An attitude demonstrating that you value another person. You should treat your friends with respect. When I started this blog I didnt plan on devoting many of my posts to rants about things in my life that piss me off. However, today I am posting about something that I not only want but need in life. Yup you guessed it, respect. Too many times people brush off considerations for others and think of only themselves. There are so many kinds of respect and I dont plan on covering all of them. What I do want to discuss is self-respect and respect in relationships.  Too many times I sit down at work or walk down the street and I hear people complaining about how ugly they are or how no one likes them. GROW UP. If you think your ugly then yeah you are. If you are confident and think that you are beautiful then that will show and you will be. Respect yourself enough to be confident in who you are and what you look like! Im not going to sit here and give you a motivational talk about how you need to look into your heart and realize how amazing you are. Im in a bad mood and I would rather tell you to get over it than coddle you. If you havent realized your amazing yet then nothing I say is going to help you. If you spend your days lamenting over the fact that you cant make friends and that no one likes you well then odds are its your own fault. Get up off of your butt and go make some friends. Dont spend all day complaining, ask someone how their day is going. Take the time to think of someone other than your self. There is a fine line between respecting yourself and being full of yourself. A decent amount of self absorption is healthy but dont let that cup overflow. If you can respect yourself and be confident then that is going to spread to others and in turn they are going to respect you too.

Which brings us to the next area of respect that is driving me insane. Respect in relationships. Take a second to talk to someone that you love and ask them whats going on in their life. When they start to talk actually LISTEN. Dont just nod along all the while thinking about what story from this week you want to share with them about your life. People are important, we all need friends, lovers and even people we hate. Thats what really makes our lives worth while. If you make plans with someone, stick to them. Nothing makes me angrier than when someone tells me they are going to do something and then they blow you off. Have enough respect to at least let them know whats going on. Most people are going to understand that your lame excuse is really just that, a lame excuse but they are going to also realize that you need some time by yourself. Everyone ditches others, its just the way that we do it that makes all the difference. Respect someone enough to tell them the truth, Im going to be more understanding if you just tell me straight to my face. It saves time, energy and chocolate. Chocolate only because its what we eat when someone makes us angry. Girls, respect your girlfriends, dont ditch them for your new boytoy. Dedicate at least one day every week to at least one of your gals, paint each others toenails and sip wine. Spend an afternoon taking pictures of each other in your best model poses. Take some time to talk about anything other than boys! This is going to only strengthen your relationship and make you respect each other more. 

Girl friends and Boy friends, spend an entire day together doing as many random things that you can think of, or just have a regular boring day. Work on your homework together, go to the library. Just spending that time in companionable silence is such a respect builder. You dont have to plan a fancy date just to hang out. Most couples are happy being in the same room, no need to go over the top. Respect each other enough to just be yourself, dont gussy up and act macho. You are together because you are attracted to the REAL person behind the dating mask. Go for a walk, throw a snowball, share a milkshake, talk on the phone until your falling asleep, take random funny face pictures do something that lets the other know that you respect them enough to be yourself.

Kids, respect your family. Call your mom or dad tomorrow and tell them that you love them. Call them to not ask for anything, call just to see how they are. This is going to make your entire relationship stronger and open the door to more of these happy chats. It doesnt have to be a long call, a 5 minute phone call can warm up your parents heart just as easily as an hour long call. If you dont want to call a parent then call a brother or a sister, maybe an aunt or uncle. You have people that love you, now show them the respect they deserve by giving them a little of your time. 

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I havent posted in a while and I feel bad, But, I have an excuse! My computer charger decided to stop working and I havent been able to charge my laptop in ages! So here is an update from my life since last post. I have been working nonstop at a call center, thats been lots of fun, I wish I could share stories but thats against policy...Lets just say its a riot and that drunk dialers are my favorite! One momentous occasion occurred this week for me. I had a piece of my body removed...well that just sounds gross. I went to the Emergency Room a couple of times with some horrible pain and found out what was going on.

4 AM in the Emergency Room 

 I had my Gal Bladder removed because it decided to quit working and was thinking about rupturing. This didnt sound very pleasant, so my surgeon and I worked together to get the damn thing out. By working together I mean I slept and he worked. It turned out to be a relatively quick procedure and I was out and on my way within hours. Apparently in my anesthesia induced brain though I told every single worker in the hospital that my surgeon looked like John Stamos, which he did. After telling all of them that I fell asleep for 30 seconds woke back up and told them all again. The 5th time around my nurse patted my head and told me to go back to sleep. The only reason I know this happened is because the nurse told me later....Im so cool.

He looked just like this! Hottest surgeon ever!!!

Right before surgery, had to wear my glasses because they dont let you wear contacts.

They dont let you wear your piercings during surgery either which resulted in my nose ring closing. So I am one piercing less, lucky for me it takes a couple of days before my belly button and lip even think about closing on me! The surgery resulted in me gaining 4 brand new scars on my belly. yay...but they are really small and surgery these days leaves you with far less pain and scar tissue so Im actually really thankful! 

I had the one with the 4 little cuts. 

I am almost done with my recovery and have started limiting my pain pill intake and started to move around and eat real food again. For the first couple days I was like a child! Couldnt eat anything and had to get help walking around and getting up! My family is so amazing for holding my hand through all of this! My triplet Derrick even came by the house from Oregon the night before the surgery and helped me around the house the first day after the surgery. He was awesome!

an hour after the surgery, I was still super high from pills. 

I have to go back to work tomorrow which kind of sucks but Im glad to get my life back to normal sort of! I still have about a week before Im fully recovered but I dont anticipate it really being an issue. Love you all! Thanks for the support!!!

i'd rather have a penis

In honor of the horrible week that every woman goes through each month I am dedicating this post to all of the women going through the hormonal disaster called their period.  There are all kinds of names and phrases for it but whatever you wanna name it, just know we all understand.

Here is a brief list of names.
TOM (time of the month) The curse, Shark Week,  Aunt Flo came to town and she is ragging on my ass, The rag, Riding the cotton pony, Crimson tide, Flag of Japan, The red sea, Busted Lip, Mother Nature, Mr. Rose, Crime Scene in my pants, Dexter (named after the show about a serial killer obsessed with blood) Cherry pie festival, Communists in the fun house, Reboot as in reboot of the reproductive system, Ovum independence day, Miss Scarlett, The red badge of Courage, Menstro Monster, Punched with the red fist club, closed for Maintenance, Out of Commission, The British are coming, Saving Private Ryan because its a scene of carnage and suffering and The great leaky week.

Period humor

One day a man wanted his wife to run to the store to pick up some cigarettes. Gritting her teeth his wife drove to the store. Their finances had been lacking lately and she wanted to save a little money, so when she got there she asked the clerk to help her find the cheapest cigarettes possible. When she returned home she had loose tobacco and rolling papers. Her husband asked her why she hadn't picked up prerolled cigs. She told him that it would be far cheaper if he just made his own. The next week his wife asked her husband to run to the store to pick up some tampons. Grinning her husband jumped in the car and drove to the store. When he returned home he handed his wife a bag of cotton balls and some string. "Well honey," he said. "its gonna be a lot cheaper if you just make your own."

When I was in 5th grade and my sister in fourth, my Mother thought it would be a good idea to kill two birds with one stone and speak to both of us about the the curse that we should come to expect.

She didn't want to scare us as her mother did her and her sisters, so, she tried to spin it by adding that our breasts would blossom at the same time. My little sister was silent and listened while I asked all the questions I could think of.

After my Mother answered every question I had, my sister examined my mother and me for a moment and said... "I'd rather have a penis."

How many women with PMS does it take to screw in a light bulb? One.

ONE!! And do you know WHY it only takes ONE? Because no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb. They don't even know the bulb is BURNED OUT. They would sit in this house in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it OUT.

And once they figured it out they wouldn't be able to find the light bulbs despite the fact that they've been in the SAME CUPBOARD for the past SEVENTEEN YEARS.

But if they did, by some miracle, find the light bulbs, TWO DAYS LATER the chair that they dragged from two rooms over to stand on to change the STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!!!!! AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE CRUMPLED WRAPPER THE STUPID LIGHT BULBS CAME IN. WHY??? BECAUSE NO ONE IN THIS HOUSE EVER CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!!!! IT'S A WONDER WE HAVEN'T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE 12 FEET DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. THE HOUSE!! THE HOUSE!!! IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS...

The 10 Definitive Signs of PMS are:

1. Everyone around you has an attitude problem.
2. You're adding chocolate chips to your cheese omelet.
3. The dryer has shrunk every last pair of your jeans.
4. Your husband is suddenly agreeing to everything you say.
5. You're using your cellular phone to dial up every bumper sticker that says, 'How's my driving? Call 1 800 ****"**.'
6. Everyone's head looks like an invitation to batting practice.
7. You're convinced there's a God and he's male.
8. You're counting down the days until menopause.
9. You're sure that everyone is scheming to drive you crazy.
10. The ibuprofen bottle is empty and you bought it yesterday.

Quick question? How many of you have a little brother that you caught dissecting a pad or a tampon when they were younger? I know a guy that used the tampon tubes as telescopes!

Here is a link to a funny article that a woman wrote about her period. I laughed my ass off when I read it. ENJOY!!!

Whats happening to my body article

Click on the flowchart to make it larger!

Heres some videos!

But all fun and jokes aside, your period is an important thing and I'm sure we all thank goodness it arrives on time every month! Whether you are sexually active or not that period is a happy thing! Well unless you want children, in that case your SOL. Cramps suck, so if your a guy give your sweetie a cuddle session and buy her some chocolate, or midol. Really they are like the same thing. Periods suck but with the proper treatment your period may not be as bad. Good luck with your very own Shark week ladies!!!

pickles, a purple gorilla & an orange headless cat

I suppose its time for a random post about my life rather than all of these blog posts as a part of the photo challenge and such shenanigans. So to get you caught up and just in case you don't want to read all of this I am a taboo champion, I got a new job and I have a puppy. Two of those are important things and one is just a fantasy. A lame and pathetic fantasy but come on, if your reading this then you obviously know me well enough to know that, that is my description. Lame, pathetic and really, really cool. Did I mention pretty? I'm kinda-ish sure I'm pretty too. Hmm people tell me to be confident so lets go with gorgeous not just pretty. I am gorgeous, see a definitive statement. I can be confident. But I digress. 

My new job that I started is a riot. So entertaining, full of fun and exciting things. Okay, that was a lie. I get to sit in a classroom for the next 7 weeks learning about how to take a phone call. Instead of paying attention I just sketch in my notebook. I have close to 10 pages of amazing doodles and sketches that look like an 8 year old drew them. I am skilled, its true. Good news though, I received a nickname at work "Professor." Don't ask me where that came from because I don't know...At least the people I work with are fun! I learned today that mixing Jager and pickle juice is supposed to be some delicious drink. Sounds disgusting to me but I guess I will have to try it before I judge. 

My other big news was that I got a new puppy. She is a mini Dachshund, red in color and about 13 weeks old right now. She has razor sharp teeth, kind of like needles and she has a fondness for biting my nose. Its sweet really in a painful and rude sort of way. She has latched onto my nose ring several times hitting a nerve and sending me into a little bit of a faint a couple of times in the early morning hours. Its endearing in a sarcastic way. But really I love her! She is so cute and probably one of the best cuddlers I have ever met. Her other incredibly annoying biting habit is when she latches on to my shoelaces or pant legs and goes to town. She has untied and mangled many a pair of my pants and shoes. Her name is Daisy May. I named her Daisy, Megan added the May. It has caught on and now her full name is Daisy May. She joins the ranks of our other two Dachshunds, Doxi and Dora( full name Adorabelle,) cliche and probably nauseating as those names are we always stick with D names. Anyway, Daisy is still young and learning not to eat everything so we got her a couple of toys, her favorites so far: a purple gorilla and an orange headless cat. When she isn't eating shoes, books, barbies, my feet, my pants, my socks, my nintendo controllers, cords, walls, doors, pencils, belts, carpet, or pillows then she is chewing on her toys.  

I take her everywhere with me but work! she rides on my shoulders in the car! 

 I suppose thats all you need to know to be caught up on me, well except for the taboo skills and champion title I have acquired, but thats a story for another time...

day 12: c2

DAY 12

Today I am posting on the word "hands." About a year ago I was sitting in the car holding hands with my two cousins, this was before the new baby was born. I whipped out my cell phone and took a picture of our hands together and it has been a picture that I have always cherished!

day 11: c2

DAY 11

Something Old! Today I will be posting a picture from my past! I am grateful to by best friend and twin Colt. So I am posting a picture from our childhood! I think we were 3 years old in this photo!

SOOO CUTE!!! Matching outfits and everything.

day 10:c 2

DAY 10

Nature is the word of gratitude for today. I decided to not go with the obvious photo on this one so the nature that I am thankful for is a Human's Nature. Our natural environment is that of the office or work space. All we do it seems is go to work and come home in an endless cycle. The deer have the forest, the bees have the flowers and we have cubicles. 

So here is the wild cubicle jungle

and here is me goofing off at work with my android name tag!