Radiator

Nothing says Merry Christmas than the radiator going out on my car.  My fiance and his father are working on getting it working again.

Blanket 2

     Got the fabric that I need for Madison's blanket.  I'm so excited about getting started on it.  I also found some left over fabric from some other projects and I plan to use for a border around the blanket.

Blanket

I am excited to get paid this week because I get to go buy the materials I need to make my nieces blanket.  She is in love with the movie Frozen so I am going to be making a Frozen blanket for her.  I will post a picture when it is done.

Swap Meet

     Went to a swap meet in Sumter County today.  It was amazing.  There were vendors there that were selling all kinds of things (mostly car parts which made my fiancee happy lol).  I found a few vendors selling other items.  I found one vendor that was selling purses and wallets and I saw a purse I liked but did not get because my current purse is still good.  There was also a car show with all sorts of classic cars there.  The thing I like is that it is a monthly thing and if I have the day off next month I'm definitely going again.
    After that we found a restaurant by the Withlocochee river just over the county line from Sumter into Hernando County.  I believe it was called Ratz Cafe.  The food was amazing.  We found that the restaurant had a boat launch into the river and as long as we don't have a boat we can launch the canoe we have from there.
     So today was a very good day and I hope to have more to write about in the coming days.

Thought this looked pretty but I have no idea who the artist is so I could give them credit for it.

Places I would like to visit

I thought I would write a list of the places I would hope to visit someday.  Here they are:
Japan
Italy
Spain
England
Australia
Scotland
Ireland
Greenland
Iceland
Switzerland
France
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Arizona
Alaska

I probably will be coming back to this one periodically to update with new places I will want to visit.

Christmas

I was listening to my fiance talking about his day and I came to realize that people and Christmas have changed since I was little.  Everyone now is more concerned about getting the best of the best products and people are just plain greedy.  Everyone is beating people up over the last gaming system or TV that is on sale.  I find it utterly ridiculous the people are treating other people like garbage.  I think people have forgotten what Christmas is really about.  It's about spending time with family and having a relaxing and fun time together.  I can only hope that one of these years it will be that way again.  That was how I remembered Christmas when I was little.

Becoming a Wiccan

I have been thinking and researching for a long time on the Wicca religion.  I think this is the religion I want to be in.  But I also have some reservations because I fear that it might get my family mad at me.  This has been something I had been contemplating for a long time and just feel that this is the right thing for me.

Thanksgiving

I know this is a couple days late but I had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Unfortunately I had to work the night shift at my job but I was still able to make a good Thanksgiving out of it.  But I was able to have my real Thanksgiving dinner yesterday with my fiancee and his family.

Consignment store

I just visited my mom and found out that a new consignment store opened up near her.  My sister and I went there today and there was a lot of cool items there.  I found a wedding dress that I liked but it was 2 sizes too small.  I will have to go back there again and see if they have anything new there.

Finally got some sleep

     For the first time in a long time I finally got some good sleep.  When I got home yesterday, I went to bed and didn't wake up until this morning.  I was way more tired than I thought I was.  I really enjoyed my sleep and I feel more energized and ready for the day and rest of the week.

New glasses

     After I got off of work I took a couple hours nap and then got up to get ready for my eye doctor appointment.  I went to the eye doctor and found out that I need a new prescription.  I also found out that I need to get new frames too.  I'm getting Ray Ban frames with transition lenses.  I'm excited about getting my new glasses because I got them with my own insurance and I did not have to pay that much out of pocket for them.

TV shows

     I was watching the tv sitcom Mork and Mindy in honor of the death of Robin Williams when I had this occur to me.  Why don't we have anymore shows like this and for that matter cartoons like the cartoons I grew up watching.  I remember growing up and watching the Brady Bunch to 21 Jumpstreet because of the themes behind them.  I also remember getting up early for the Saturday morning cartoons.  I remember watching X-Men and wondering why people would treat other people differently because they weren't normal or watching the Flintstones or the Jetsons and laughing at the funny scenarios they got themselves into.
   I then look at the cartoons that are being made now and wonder where they get the ideas for these shows now.  Some of the cartoons just don't make any sense to me.  Maybe it's just because I'm not up with the times and that is what considered entertainment now.  I guess have cartoons that teach values and lessons are just really nonexistant anymore.  I guess what they say is true that violence sells.  I just feel that the generation now is missing out on some really good cartoons and tv shows that could teach them good morales and how to be a good person.
     I can just hope that this generation will hopefully at some point be able to find these gems that I grew up with enjoy them as much as I did.

Volunteered at Mom's school

   I went to my Mom's school today an volunteered a couple hours.  I did a lot of things for my Mom's class.  I first had to make some copies for her and then I leveled some books for her library.  They have this new leveling system that uses numbers and colors.  For example 3Y stands for 3 Yellow which is a lower level book.  I remember the leveling from the books was like a point system and when you read a book you went to a computer and typed in the book.  The computer looked in the system to see if there is a test for the book and if there is a test you took the test and if you passed the test you got the points for reading the book.
    After volunteering I went to Mom's house to use her washing machine because the one at the place I'm living at isn't working right now.  I enjoyed spending some time with my Mom.

First day of school

Today was the first day of school for not only my mother but also for my fiance too.  My mother is a first grade teacher and she had been busy pretty much all month trying to get her room together and ready for her students.  My mother enjoys being a teacher even though she has had some ups and downs the past couple of years with the new teaching curriculums  they have been implementing over the years.  My fiancee because he has decided to go back to school and pursue the career he has dreamed of doing.  I wish them all the luck I can give and hope they have a wonderful time teaching and learning as the year goes.

Tarpon Springs Aquarium

I had a great day today.  I  went to the Tarpon Springs Aquarium with my Mom's first grade class.  I have to say that it was a cute, small, and interesting aquarium, it didn't really have the space to handle 5 classes of 18 students there.  Granted they did have a lot of neat exhibits.  I got to pet a turtle, alligator, and an albino python.  I also got to feed a stingray.  I would love to go back to Tarpon Springs and just park for the day and walk around to all the little shops there.  I also got have some quality time with my mom.  We went to Dairy Queen and got some ice cream and just sat and chatted for a  while.  I enjoy having time like that with her.  I wish I could get more or I wish that she lived closer.

Had an awesome weekend

I had an awesome weekend.  I went with my fiance to Homassassa Springs Park and walked around for a while.  I took a took a ton of pictures of the animal exhibits.  I love doing stuff like that with him.  I'm glad that he and I have a lot in common. I never thought I would ever find anyone as amazing as him.

On Saturday I drove to my mom's place and got to hang out with her for a bit.  I miss having moments like that with her.  But I guess that comes with growing up and moving on with life.  You can't live with you mom forever.  But I enjoy spending time like that with her.

Today I did some much needed cleaning.  I am amazed at how productive I was this weekend but that I also had fun. 

Long road to a goal.

I just got word from a job I applied for with a Sheriff's office.  I got the job and I'm very excited.  I have a degree in Criminal Justice but haven't been able to use it because I couldn't find a job.  I graduated in 2007 and worked different jobs for a while.  When I graduated I became a substitute teacher and actually enjoyed being around kids and considered going and taking the IA test or going back to school and getting an Education degree.  Then I got a job working Loss Prevention is a retail store and that got me back on this type of job is what I wanted to do.  After doing this for 4 years I realized that I wanted to be able to grow and move up in a company.  It's hard now with so many companies down sizing jobs and taking away upper positions to save money.  So with the support of my family, fiance, and my fiances family I applied to the local sheriff's office for a dispatcher position.  After going through interviews, polygraph, fingerprinting, background check,  and observation.  I finally got word that I got the job and start training for it next month.  I just wanted to write this for anyone that feels that they will never get the job they want to not give up and to keep trying.  Yeah it might take a while but in the end you will find and get that job that you always wanted.

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