For those of you that have followed me recently on facebook, you will know that all I've talked about is Diamond Candles.
If you don't know what Diamond Candles are, then I'll quickly explain! [: A Diamond Candle is made out of soy. They smell so good. Almost real in fact. Each candle comes with a ring in it. It can be priced anywhere from $10 to $5,000. That's the best part. The candles only cost 24.95 + s&h. I received mine almost 2 or 3 days after I ordered! How awesome right? They are a truly amazing company.
When I received my amazing box at my door step, I jumped for joy!
I brought it into my dining room:
Literally. As soon as I opened the box, I
could smell nothing but amazingness.
So I opened up each one slowly.
look how awesome they are packed!
and voila!
The blue one is called Sunwashed.
The Vanilla one is called Cupcake
The green one is called Apple Slice.
The gold is where the rings are.
They're nicely packaged. They're covered in a Wax, then a foil, then a plastic bag.
I didn't show that for whatever reason, but...
There is my ring! :D
I'm in love.
No, My ring isn't real, but it still is sooo pretty!
for some people, all they have is their blood family.
they don't really have friends.
and if they do, they don't keep them close enough to feel like family.
for me though, sometimes my friends are my family.
we don't fight as often, and when we sit down for dinner, we all enjoy and talk.
it's just weird how quick families can fall apart.
generally at the blink of an eye.
here i am, preaching about this, when i've only got the child part of my little family started.
we're just waiting for our other half. lol.
but, i guess what i'm trying to say is,
i'm glad for the blood family i have and the friend family.
i have plenty of friends i call sisters.
and that call my mom, mom.
it's pretty awesome if you ask me.
i like knowing that i can choose my family..
but i think it could also be known as yet another mother's day, but for all of us single mothers out there. i can't tell you how many people have told me that they're proud of me for playing mommy AND daddy. so does that mean that i can celebrate it too? even if it means *I* treat *NOAH* to something instead? i guess i never realized it, but for years, my mom played mommy and daddy too, but i never once thought.. "why don't i have a daddy?" i didn't care. i was perfectly content with my mom. maybe noah is too. at least for now..
but anyways, back to what i was saying.. would it be wrong for me to celebrate father's day as single mother's day? i mean, wouldn't it be okay to silently celebrate it? it's kind of like valentines day is singles awareness day, so father's day is single mother's awareness day and mother's day is single father's awareness day. lol. hmm... i guess until this year, i never thought of it like that.
sorry this is one big bowl of jumbled ramble.
who knows. all i know is i would LOVE your input on this.
i thought i'd do an update.
i haven't posted in here for about a week.
okay well really, about four days. but still.
lots has been on my mind.
i've been caught up in the thought of how ridiculous some people are.
for instance, right now, i am NOT looking for a relationship, i'm letting THAT relationship LOOK FOR ME! but what keeps finding me is the ones who AREN'T looking for a relationship, and they are looking for sex. well, let me just clear the books for all of you, i am not going to have sex until i am married. i know, i've already had a kid before marriage, blah blah blah.. but let's face it.. sex becomes a relationship ruiner in most cases. in fact, i can't think of one relationship that i've had that it hasn't ruined. i want to make sure that my relationship is based off of HOW WE FEEL about each other. it's just not fair. i've cried over too many guys who only wanted me for one thing. plus, i'm not having another baby til i'm married. sorry but raising one on my own is hard enough. idk how people who are single moms raise two or more. MORE power to them for sure!
i guess what i'm trying to say is.. i'm sick of kissing all the frogs... i'm definitely ready for my prince [:
[and yes, i know that noah is my baby prince, but i'm waiting for the other prince to come along]
It all started with two girls, one from Zionsville.
Named Eden.
The other from Noblesville.
Named Hope.
They both chose to go to Vincennes University, in Southern Indiana. Hope remembers seeing Eden around and thinking "That girl seems really kick ass!" Then seeing her again, and the girl stopping her to say "Hey, I like your dress." But they never said much after that. Until a day where a huge group of mutual friends were sitting at a table, and Eden and Hope happened to sit next to each other.
Eden looked at Hope and said, "Hi, I'm Eden, and I'm retarded."
And so began a beautiful friendship.
Hope invited Eden to a party at the fraternity house she was going to that evening, and Eden accepted! So Hope and Eden went back to their dorm rooms in Vanderburgh Hall and changed. When the two girls went out into the lobby to meet, they took one look at each other and laughed. They were both in MATCHING outfits. The girls went on a long walk to the fraternity house, and they started dancing to Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko all the way down the street, and being loud and fun.
Well, they didn't end up partying together that night, but over time, Hope and Eden became so close they became each other's other half. They began calling each other half, they also had crazy nicknames for each other like, Weirdy Butt McGhee and Butt Munch McGhee. They figured if they were halves, they made a whole. Which ended up as them becoming, EDOPE, fo sho!
Eden needed a ride home for Fall Break, and since Hope lived close to Eden, they ended up meeting Eden's mom Angela at M-Plan. Which, coincidentally, BOTH Hope's mom, Nancy, and Angela WORKED THERE AT THE SAME TIME!!!! Crazy right? Well, then Eden went to Hope's around the time fall break was ending, and they hung out and had their first sleep over.
Then they went back to Vincennes together. That's about the time that Eden decided to invite Hope on Spring Break. Hope accepted, of course.
Eden had a Nintendo, and they played Donkey Kong. A LOT. They were pros. They're favorite character? Rhiney! He was the coolest Rhiney in the History of Rhineys!
Thanksgiving break was simple, Hope and Eden spent it together, and then Michael, [Hope's boyfriend at the time] came the night before they were to head back to Vincennes, and well, he was talking a lot so they hit him in the face with Turkey. So he was dubbed "Turkeyface" [clever, right?!]
Winter break, well they spent almost the whole break together. It was truly amazing. They had a Black and White themed New Years party where Hope's long time High School best friend, Ali, decided to take "water shots." So she was dubbed "Alephedora Watershots."
[Edope, before the festivities began]
[Edope, at midnight]
[Alephedora Watershots]
That break, they also got a couple matching shirts while shopping with their moms at different times! They didn't even mean too. But then the girls went shopping together and they both got POKEMON shirts. Hope got a Pikachu one, and Eden got a Charmander one! Heck yahhhh!!!
After Christmas break, the two girls started to fall for two guys that were at the fraternity house a lot. One lived there the other visited. Eden started to date Ryan, and Hope started to date Kenny. Thus became the most awesome group ever. They always played beer pong together and everything. Shortly after the four started dating, Edope went on spring break to Jekyll Island, Georgia! Edope had a blast, they played the Juno soundtrack OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
[Edope on their 8 am flight to Baltimore!]
[stitch and woobie on their flight with Edope]
[Edope matching as usual]
[Edope sunburnt]
Not too long after that vacation ended, Hope, Eden, Ryan, Michael, and Langdon went on a camping trip... A camping trip of dooooom!
[look how excited she is!]
[she's clearly excited too]
They were excited to see that the camping trip ended, and then came the end of the school year, and they were apart for months. Hope would come and visit Vincennes every now and then, but they were still apart, until the end of July/early August when Edope reunited at Warped Tour.
They ended up rooming together that year in Vanderburgh. Although, they did not stay in the room together often, they were room mates. They formed an awesome BAND! Where they only wrote one song! But it was funny. They very few adventures that year, as they were very busy.
Hope eventually moved away from Vincennes, and though, Eden and Ryan had moved up to Indy too, they just had a few misunderstandings and didn't hang out.
Hope ended up having a little baby boy on October 14, 2009, named Noah. Eden and Ryan came to visit as a surprise to Hope, and she was very excited to see two of her absolute favorites!
Eden and Ryan ended up moving back to Vincennes, just as Eden and Hope got closer again. So they continued their Edope-ness from afar. They always have reunions now.
And, Eden, well she's the father to mister noey bean!
Edope has a reunion tomorrow, June 10, 2011, to go see THE BLACK KEYS! They are both very excited to get their stalk on! Be prepared for some fun awesome pictures. And because I know you're about to ask, THEY WILL BE MATCHING! <3
Eden is getting married next year to Ryan, and Hope is very excited for the both of them. Hope is the Maid-Of-Hotness in the wedding! How exciting!
I haven't done this in a long time, but I think this will be my last post like this, mostly because I keep forgetting to put this up, but I plan on setting up a three time a week thing JUST like this only it'll be different questions for each day that I do them! So here's to my last 5 things post! Thanks to all that have actually paid attention to this.
- what are [five] things you are grateful for? [one] my son definitely. [two] the people i have in my life [three] God [four] having a roof over my head [five] being alive to see another day...
- what are [five] of your strongest strengths or positive traits? [one] my big heart! [two] forgiveness [three] love [four] strength [five] caring [:
- who are [five] people that love you most? [one] God [two] Noah [three] Mom [four] Family [five] closest friends. [:
- what are [five] things you're looking forward to in the next [five] days? [one] hearing back from paradise bakery [two] THE BLACK KEYS. [three] edope, fo sho reunion day [four] church [five] hopefully getting the job so i can start school at qc school of wedding and event planning [:
this song reminds me of my first dance recital ever. in seventh grade. hip hop. at curtain call dance academy. ohhhh man. i wish i could do this again!! if i could be on stage every day. i totally would do it!
pros:
* you're not the center of attention.
* people mainly ignore you.
* you don't have to worry about being hit on constantly.
* people could care less about have to say.
* you don't have to worry about having a boyfriend to TRY to be pretty for.
* you also don't have to worry about having a boyfriend to do something potentially embarrassing in front of.
cons:
- you're not the center of attention [except people make YOU the center OF attention with their JOKES]
- people mainly ignore you [until you do exactly what you want i.e. sing on stage or tell a joke because you'll be laughed at.]
- you don't have to worry about being hit on constantly [except by the creepy drunk guys at the bar/party]
- you don't have to worry about a boyfriend to TRY to be pretty for
- you also don't have to worry about having a boyfriend to do something potentially embarrassing in front of [they usually think that's cute.. except when you do it.]
Honestly, I feel for this family! That is so scary. To think your child is safe in a different state, then, you come to find out your child is MISSING?! I can't even begin to understand how they feel right now. But, you know what scares me most? I lived three hours away from home a few years back, and I can't tell you how many times that I WALKED HOME ALONE, I guess I can say I'm very lucky. But, I am just hoping and praying that this girl can be returned back to her family safe and sound. Or that she is found alive and soon! This is truly scary. Life can be so normal one second and the next......... your entire world is changed! If Noah ever went missing.. I would be on a day and night search and never sleep until my baby was found. Or they would have to lock me in the loony bin because I would lose my mind. Either way, this right here.. is real life.. and all we can do is try and help look for this young woman and pray for the family! Lord, please please please bring this woman home safe and sound!!
this song reminds me of my mom and i's first trip to st. pete beach together. i LOVED this song so much when it came out, and every time it would come on, we would turn up the radio. .......for the first day we were there..... then we tried to avoid it because it's all we heard. over and over and over. sometimes it was on three different radio stations at the same time! haha. but now, when i hear it, i just giggle because we had so much fun that whole vacation!
So, as most of you know, Father's Day is coming up. It's a holiday I haven't celebrated full on since the year I graduated high school. Things got weird with my, i guess you can call him, step dad the year after that.
My church is having a father-daughter dance this year, and honestly, inviting him made me feel really stupid. I'm just glad he gracefully declined.. even if he did give me a stupid look when I did ask. I made a joke saying, "I'll just dress Noah up to make him look like a daughter for you." It took less awkwardness out of the whole thing, but deep down it kind of sucked. I mean.. I never once had a real date to a dance, and being turned down by someone you USED to call "daddy" only made me feel more stupid as a human. My real dad, yeah, long story short.. he basically doesn't even know I exist.
Ugh. I just wan to know if there is a such thing as a good man out there, and if there are any.. why can't a normal good one find me? blehhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, for those of you that do have dads.. please recognize them on father's day. Let them know how much you love them, and let them know that no matter what, you'll always be their baby girl/boy. Treat them to a special dinner or go play sports with them. Whatever. Just honor them! Rock relationship or not, let them know you care!
And if you're wondering, yes, I'll go to the dance, and I'll dance with Noah, because I play the role of mommy AND daddy here! [:
this song reminds me of one of the first girls who ever showed me what it was like to be a best friend or to have one. and we hadn't seen each other in eight years, but i had asked about her to a friend of mine who knew her too, a lot, and she i guess had been doing well from what i knew. i had been thinking about her a lot for like a week straight. wanting to go down and say hi to her and her dad since it had been a while.. then one day, i get a call from our mutual friend. saying "are you sitting down?" and i said, "laying down.. why?" and he said, "rene' passed away this weekend!" it didn't hit me until a month after the funeral, even seeing her i couldn't believe she was really gone.. but this song helped me through the whole thing. ]:
this song makes me sad because all of the things they show in here are all true events. and just the way they end the scene.. it's SO powerful and really sad!! but i'm glad our world isn't like this anymore... just need to work on all of the hate we have going on right now!!
It's a busy weekend, no doubt about it. I've got tons going on.
Today, Noah and I hung out with my friend Taryn at our neighborhood pool. We had so much fun!! Noah got a tiny bit of sun.. I think his sun block wore off or something. The only tan I need to work on right now is MY LEGS!! ugh. They are sooo ghostly white. haha.
First off being, school. I'm going to get up early and be at school, only to leave from there and go pick up my bestie!! Who, by the way, I haven't spent a ton of time with since she moved to an extremely small town far far away from me :/ Gretchen and I go way back. Basically, we met one day, and the next we had friendship necklaces, and we were having marker fights. 8th grade we had EVERY class together.. pretty much anyways. Only one semester where we didn't. Which.. was weird. But we have been through everything together. Between, solo and ensemble, to me moving far away, to break ups, to make ups, to growing up.. it's been a CRAZY almost 10 years.. I remember when we were awkward seventh graders... I'm going to break her HOT BOX virginity!! I'm sooo excited!
[[GB - i, for real, can't believe we met at 13, and now you're turning 23. I remember all the crazy things we used to do. Staying up until 7 am. Realizing it's daylight, going to bed, waking up at 5 in afternoon, and doing it all over again. Rolling chairs with lap fulls of snacks. Fireworks listening to Fall Out Boy. Writing letters, spending weeks on end together, big fights turning into long talks, texting, talking on the phone for hours.... both of us going through big changes in our lives, growing up, but still when we get together, we're those awkward 7th graders, who now wear make up and better clothes! I love you lady! and I'm glad I can still say you're my best friend after 10 years!]]
Then, Sunday is going to be one of the best days [minus hopey and gretchy day] I get to go to my first baby nieces BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG fifth birthday party!!!! I can't wait!! I, for real, remember the day she was born. April and I were KNOWN to sleep in, and I was sleeping in the day it happened.. I got two calls from Jhordan's phone.. And I just ignored it.. Not even thinking.. Then, I went to my cousin's to stay the night. And that night, I got a call from my mom saying, Abigail Elise had been born!!! I COULDN'T believe my baby niece was here! And now.. SHE'S GOING TO BE FIVE!! ahhh!!
[[Abi - awntopey is very proud of the lady you have become. From the first time I ever held you, to now, I just can't believe how grown up you are! I know right now you don't understand much of why I'm so excited to have seen you grow, but one day you will! I remember all of the silly things we used to do together. I just want you to know that i love you so much! Even though baby Noah and I don't see you every day, we both love you very much! I'm glad to say I have the coolest and most beautiful nieces ever! Happy birthday babygirl! Love always, awntopey]]
[[baybiicakels - Honey, I'm glad that we're best friends and that no matter what you consider me family! We've been through a crazy ton of things together. I love everything that has gone on. We have a very strong bond. It's something not many friends have. We met online by accident. Thank Sarah B. for that! lol. And Spanish! joined.at.the.hip. I'm proud of the mommy you've become!! Keep up the awesome work with your precious ladies and my beauitful nieceybutts!! I love them both as if they were my own. Just like you with Noah. I can't wait to see you graduate and to be your guinea pig for school!! I lAve you Great Big Bunches Baybay!!]]
Then, is my bestie JACKIE's baby shower for Baby Jaxon!! My very first NEPHEW!!! I am sooo stoked!! I can't wait to see my fave "crazypregnantlady", as she calls herself!! [and of course, my kicking little nephew in the belly!! Jackie and I have had a crazy ride of a friendship. We met at VU. We became room mates, and we partied together a lot. Then we came back home, went to school at Kayes for a while, and then, I had a baby, she got married, and NOW SHE'S HAVING THE BABY!! yayyy!!! aklgja;klja;dflkjad <<< excitement!!
[[Lexxtacyyy!! My oh my, you have grown up a ton in the past year. Or three. You and I have been through crazy things, like, switching out room mates to become room mates, 350, all the crazy stuff that we used to do 350 style, boy drama, drama that our 'friends' caused to make us not talk to each other ever, to stupid schools, me having aldergator, getting into better schools, you getting married, and being my fave preggers lady!! i am sooo excited to have watched you bloom into the woman you are today! I can't wait to see how awesome of a mother you are going to be to that amazing little boy! Jaxon is going to have a wonderful cousin/big brother to have as a body guard!! I love you like crazy woman!! And I'm extremely proud of you!!]]
After her baby shower, Noah and I will be heading off to church. It'll be a pretty chill night after that, but I'm excited for the busy weekend I have planned!!
I'm glad to say God has blessed me with the best friends a woman could as for.
Honestly, this song makes me happy because it reminds me of how much fun I used to have all the time driving around with friends listening to this song. Plus, it's Cassie Steele, what's NOT to love about it?! I love her voice, it's soooo different from most singers. It's verrrry unique. I think everything about her is unique!
I've decided to let me getting the job at Paradise Bakery be the sign that it's time to start school at QC School of Event Planning. I would love for it to happen to be honest. I get my next and LAST refund from Regency in 3 weeks, so I might have a paycheck, PLUS a big check on top of that. So I will be good to go! Let's just see how this works out.
But, what I've been thinking about is, combining all of my skills into one. So, I could do hair and event planning! I would love it. Since I've got Mommy & Me with April, I can test it all out with our group! I can't wait to see where this goes! Hopefully far though.
Sometimes I wonder if I'd be taking on too much, but then I think about it, and the Wedding/Event Planning courses are all independent and I can take as MUCH time as I need!! So we will see!!
those of you that truly know me, i love all songs. but this song i can't stand. not only her voice.. but the LYRICS. come on now.. if you're going to make a song.. make real lyrics.. ugh.. she's pretty.. but shouldn't be making music... even the acoustic song sucks... ugh.
okay.. well yeah.. no one will watch this one most likely but here yah go..
my all time favorite song would have to be: 2,000 Light Years Away - Green Day. a friend of mine had let me borrow a Green Day cd, and I instantly fell in love with that song. I thought the lyrics were cute and it was a punk song. it make it the most kick butt song I've ever heard. To this day - I can still listen to that song over and over and over! This will be one of the FOUR Green Day songs that will be featured in my imaginary wedding that I don't plan on ever having! HAHA. :D I guess I should add in for you all that DON'T know me - Green Day IS my FAVORITE BAND! <3
so, today i kind of wanted some feed back on the whole five things post.
and i got ZERO.
so -
that's fine.
but -
i challenge you to the next thing i have in mind..
give me more ideas for music to add to my playlist.
i like that my page has it's originality and that hardly anyone has
a playlist. and i'd like to kind of keep it that way. i think
it helps the three people that view my blog get to know me more. :D
soo -
lemme know some suggestions of YOURfavorite songs!
i'm posting this one earlier in the day! yay!! going to blog again tonight though!
- what are [five] things you are grateful for? [one] my son definitely. [two] the people i have in my life [three] God [four] having a roof over my head [five] being alive to see another day... even if i possibly have an ear infection! [:
- what are [five] of your strongest strengths or positive traits? [one] i challenge you to fill these in for me. i hate always talking about myself, so i want YOU to do it instead! [two] [three] [four] [five]
- who are [five] people that love you most? [one] God [two] Noah [three] Mom [four] Family [five] closest friends.
- what are [five] things you're looking forward to in the next [five] days? [one] sprinkler park with kadence, bean, and kristin! [two] filling out a job application. [three] gretchy's bday party with brittany! [four] my beautiful niece's fifth birthday party! [five] my BFF's baby shower for her amazing son jaxon!!! <3 [:
so - today i sat down and really, i mean REALLY looked at my progress for school, and i about hit the floor when i saw how behind i was. Obviously, i want to graduate and i am going to do everything in my power to finish school, but something i was thinking about last night [and looked up] was wedding planning. how awesome would that be?! i've half thought about doing that while i'm going to regency. idk how long it would take to graduate with it - but i think it would be a TON of fun. idk i'm going to think about it more and look into it a LOT more before i make a real decision. maybe i could put them together or something?! i don't know. i'm just thinking about it. i think i would enjoy that because i love putting together events and why not put them together for PEOPLE. i don't know. lol and i know i've said "i dont know" a million times but i'm still figuring it out.
anyways -
i've been offered by a million of my friends for help on their hair or for manis and pedis.
so thank you to all of you that have offered!!
you'll BE the reason i graduate!!!!
