Day 3: Your top 10 pet peeves

1. People who complain about things that can be changed, but are not willing to do something about it.
2. Teenage drivers on motorcycles
3. Pretentious individuals
4. Assumptions
5. Dis-respectfulness, especially to elders
6. The unwillingness to see an opinion from a different perspective
7. Credit
8. Internet attention whores
9. Know-it-alls
10. Fake friends

Day 2: Post your favorite song and write why you like it

Oh boy. This is a difficult one. I have so many favorite songs, where do I start?

I was born in the wrong decade. I love 70 and 80's music and really can't stand much of anything past the 90s. I am a rock gal. I love my hair bands, and tight pants, and awesome guitar riffs.

And I like this song because it makes me happy.

Day 1: Write about your best friend

This is a little difficult as I don't hold anyone currently in the "best friend" category. My husband automatically is, but outside of us .. there's not much else to fill that space. So, because of that I'll write about my hubby.

I love calling him that. It's a change change from "fella."

We met 4 years ago on the internet. Not through a dating site, but a common forum that we both frequently daily. I had the biggest crush on him, I couldn't even stand it. I'd see him online and I'd stalk his posts. Eventually we exchanged phone numbers and sent thousands of texts back and forth each month. He lived just over 4 hours away and one weekend I decided that I was going to drive up to Oklahoma and see if this crush is going to pan out. Long story short, it did and we've been inseparable ever since.

Growing up I never really had that one friend that finished my sentences or got my lame jokes. I thought I did, but looking back I wasn't being true to myself. I was being who I thought these people wanted me to be. I quickly discovered how awesome and awkward I really was and I just went with it. Today, people say that I'm harsh and sometimes mean. But that's just the sarcasm talking. I am one of those that needs to be around other sarcastic people. People that understand that sarcasm in and of itself is it's very own language. And a language I am more than fluent in.

[side note - As I am writing this I can hear one of our dogs snoring outside]

After I moved out of TN, it seems that no one really wanted to try to keep a relationship going. So I soon gave up. Who needs lame friends from high school anyway. Then I discovered just how wonderful the internet could be outside of AOL. I found internet forums that catered to things I was interested in and as such I found Gerald.

He gets my jokes. He watches the same TV shows. He allows me to be hormonal and myself. And he loves me for it.

One day I'd like that have that "best friend"outside of our marriage, but it's safe to say I'm ok with not having that right now.

April 30 Day Challenge

Truth be told, I got this off of tumblr. But since I want to start using this blog more often, I'm going to start it here.

Day 1: Write about your best friend

Day 2: Post your favorite song and write why you like it

Day 3: Your top 10 pet peeves

Day 4: What was the last movie you watched, write about it

Day 5: Someone you would switch lives with for a day and why

Day 6: A picture that makes you happy

Day 7: If you were stranded on an Island, who would be with you and which limited 10 items would you two have?

Day 8: Describe your perfect date

Day 9: A picture of you when you were still young. (ex. 2,3,4 etc.)

Day 10: Write the differences between you and your best friend

Day 11: Write a letter to your loved one (ex. crush, boyfriend etc.)

Day 12: What got you into this challenge?

Day 13: A picture of what you wore today

Day 14: A silly picture of you/ you & your friends

Day 15: Create an outfit at http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/app and printscreen it!

Day 16: A picture of your cellphone/iPod/camera. ** Or altogether!

Day 17: Last post you made on Tumblr that doesn’t involve a challenge?

Day 18: Write a letter to your followers

Day 19: A video you would usually watch on Youtube

Day 20: What did you eat today? Picture if you want*

Day 21: What do you look for in a guy/girl?

Day 22: A picture of what you wore today

Day 23: Post up all the sites you use. (ex. your Twitter link, Facebook, Formspring etc.)

Day 24: When you look outside step outside your front door of the house, what do you see? picture if you like **

Day 25: Recommend a few Tumblr’s and write why you recommended them.

Day 26: Your favorite quote

Day 27: Something that inspires you

Day 28: Write a letter to someone you’ve never talked to in a long time

Day 29: Things you’re looking forward to next week -month

Day 30: Create a collage of your pictures you take in 1 day and post them up.

Mmm. Lasagna.

So it seems I only feel like updating this old thing when things are not as I wish they were. It makes it seem like I'm not a happy individual. On the contrary, I'm an extraordinarily happy person, I just don't always show it. Things go wrong and for a few hours or more, I mope about them, then I get on with my life. No harm no foul.

This blog over the years (though I have many many posts hidden or removed from previous years) has served as a dumping grounds for all the things I probably should have said to all of the people who have let me down in some way or another. I deleted posts about men I dated. I deleted those about work frustrations, and I removed those few posts about friends that were never really friends. Life goes on, you know?

In other news, married life has been great so far. And simply because I have not changed my name yet. I had to wait for the marriage license to return before I could even begin attempting to change my name. I can't even change it on the utilities, which is odd to me as I never had to prove who I was when I started service? Who knows. They never had my name right to begin with, I'm starting to wonder if I even need to change it. Change it on the utility accounts, that is. Of course I'm going to actually change my name. I will be glad to be rid of the "family" last name. It makes me sound like a heartless person, but when you never had a relationship with someone, does that really make me the bad guy?

That's for another post. I need to go check on my delicious brownies anyway. Ciao!