Yesterday I got an email from one of the many web sites I subscribe to that really struck a nerve and for lack of a better word PISSED me off! The subject line read "February Must Read Books". If you know me, you know I'm a sucker for a good book! Like any unsuspecting book worn would do, I opened the email only to be appalled at what I saw.
The first book that was suggested was "Marry Him: The Case for Settling For Mr. Right Now". As a single girl fast approaching my mid 20s, I will admit that at this point in my life I'm not in any hurry to get married. I don't have an overwhelming need to wear the white dress and all the insanity that comes with a wedding (someday... just a looooong time from now). I will also tell you the number one question I get from certain family members: "Are you dating anyone?" This simple question will make any happily single girl cringe. Heads up nosy people: We HATE this question!! Ask about work, school, anything but that!
I'm rambling: back to the book! Settle for Mr. Right Now?!?! Are you kidding me? What moron decided this is a good idea? I'm sorry but no girl wants to marry a guy she looks at and thinks "oh he'll do, let's get hitched!" She wants the guy that gives her butterflies & makes her feel special. Every girl wants the fairy tale. We want Richard Gere climbing the fire escape, Patrick Swayze dancing in the middle of the country club, or Patrick Dempsey following us home on a lawn mower (can you tell I'm obsessed with 80s movies?)! We want the fairy tale and we all damn well deserve it!
Let me ask you this: What guy settles for miss right now? Can you think of any guy you know who proposed to his girlfriend because she would make an "ok wife and mother"? I didn't think so! A guy goes for the girl he has to work to get, not the one who makes it easy. It's a girl's job to be choosy and only say yes when we find our version of prince charming. If we have to kiss a few frogs along the road to happily ever after, so be it. So to the author of "Marry Him", you've got it all wrong. The perfect guy is out there for every girl. If you settle for Mr. right now, you may pass up Mr. Right!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
oh say can you see...
In the days after Super Bowl 45, the biggest thing making headlines isn't who won the game (GO PACK), the score or the halftime show. It's the fact that Christina Aguilera flubbed the words to the national anthem. It seems that no one will let this go! Give the poor girl a break.If you were singing the national anthem in front of millions you KNOW you'd be a nervous wreck and there'd be a chance you might slip up too!
But that's not what bothers me about the thing. Everyone is so quick to judge the fact that she forgot the lyrics, but how many people actually know the words themselves? I do. In high school, I was given the opportunity to attend Arkansas Girls State. What's that you might ask? I'll be glad to tell you! Girls State is a program put on by the American Legion to given high school students going into their senior year of high school a chance to see how government works on a state level. For one week, girls from across the state encroached on Harding University in Searcy for Girls State to learn about state and local government. If you leave there at the end of the week only learning one thing, it's our National Anthem. You sang it 3-6 times a day, everyday! Not only did we learn the standard verse that's always sung, but we sang a second verse that 7 years later I could probably still sing (but please don't ask me to).
I'm proud of the time I spent at Girls State as a delegate and as a counselor. I'm proud of knowing that I can sing our national anthem from memory at any given moment. Knowing the lyrics of our national anthem is part of having pride in our country and shows respect to where we've been, where we are, and where we're going as a country. It honors the men and women who fought to protect our freedom and gave us the opportunity to live where we do and have the freedom we have.
So I'm issuing a challenge to all of you who read this: Learn the lyrics to our National Anthem! You'll be proud of yourself (and I'll be proud of you too!) and you'll impress all your friends at the next sporting event you attend when you can sing along!
But that's not what bothers me about the thing. Everyone is so quick to judge the fact that she forgot the lyrics, but how many people actually know the words themselves? I do. In high school, I was given the opportunity to attend Arkansas Girls State. What's that you might ask? I'll be glad to tell you! Girls State is a program put on by the American Legion to given high school students going into their senior year of high school a chance to see how government works on a state level. For one week, girls from across the state encroached on Harding University in Searcy for Girls State to learn about state and local government. If you leave there at the end of the week only learning one thing, it's our National Anthem. You sang it 3-6 times a day, everyday! Not only did we learn the standard verse that's always sung, but we sang a second verse that 7 years later I could probably still sing (but please don't ask me to).
I'm proud of the time I spent at Girls State as a delegate and as a counselor. I'm proud of knowing that I can sing our national anthem from memory at any given moment. Knowing the lyrics of our national anthem is part of having pride in our country and shows respect to where we've been, where we are, and where we're going as a country. It honors the men and women who fought to protect our freedom and gave us the opportunity to live where we do and have the freedom we have.
So I'm issuing a challenge to all of you who read this: Learn the lyrics to our National Anthem! You'll be proud of yourself (and I'll be proud of you too!) and you'll impress all your friends at the next sporting event you attend when you can sing along!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
time for school...
I've had Pressly for 7 months now and I'm noticing a few changes in her behavior. She's calmed down a lot since she had her surgery last month but I'm now seeing that she's a lot more aggressive at times. She's started snapping at me when I do something she doesn't like. (Trying to put on a collar now requires 3 sets of hands!) She;s figuring out how to wiggle the hate loose to get out of the bathroom while I'm gone and she's become so bold as to jump over the gate! These new issues along with the fact that she still chews constantly and we're still having "accidents" only means one thing: Time for obedience school!
I'm hoping to start a class at some point this month and start getting her under control. I'll document our progress once we start the process and Pressly may even write a guest blog or 2. (Don't judge me, it's cute!)
Wish us luck!
I'm hoping to start a class at some point this month and start getting her under control. I'll document our progress once we start the process and Pressly may even write a guest blog or 2. (Don't judge me, it's cute!)
Wish us luck!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
new space, new energy
So now that January is half way over, that only means one thing: moving time! I've been dreading the actual process of moving for about a month now. I'm not one that enjoys the chaos and mayhem that comes with packing your life away in boxes. Nevertheless, I decided last weekend it was time to bite the bullet and get it over with. I spent a week packing & schlepping small things that would fit in my land rover over to the new place and Saturday with the help of my mom, an amazing aunt and my grandfather, we got all my furniture moved!
The rest of this week I'm moving the rest of my small things, my clothes (which if you've seen the 3 closets in my old place, you know is quite the challenge!), and cleaning in preparation for turning in my keys. Every time I move, I feel like it's the start of a new chapter. With my last move, I was going out on my own, living by myself for the 1st time in a new place. It was my chance to prove I could be self reliant and I think I've done just that. This time, I feel move confident in living on my own, not as scared as I was last time to be by myself. I'm also becoming obsessed with decorating since I have so much space to fill in the new apartment!
I think the biggest accomplishment it this whole thing is me buying my first piece of furniture. I was so proud last Thursday when I went into a showroom, looked around and saw a couch I loved and bought it with my own money and without anyone's opinion. I'm so excited to buy the last few pieces I need to make my new apartment feel like a home!
The rest of this week I'm moving the rest of my small things, my clothes (which if you've seen the 3 closets in my old place, you know is quite the challenge!), and cleaning in preparation for turning in my keys. Every time I move, I feel like it's the start of a new chapter. With my last move, I was going out on my own, living by myself for the 1st time in a new place. It was my chance to prove I could be self reliant and I think I've done just that. This time, I feel move confident in living on my own, not as scared as I was last time to be by myself. I'm also becoming obsessed with decorating since I have so much space to fill in the new apartment!
I think the biggest accomplishment it this whole thing is me buying my first piece of furniture. I was so proud last Thursday when I went into a showroom, looked around and saw a couch I loved and bought it with my own money and without anyone's opinion. I'm so excited to buy the last few pieces I need to make my new apartment feel like a home!
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