Well, hello there strangers!
Happy New Year to you all! I hope you got a good start to your new year and all your resolutions. I personally did not make any new year resolutions, but am continuing my progress as a human being, which makes things…normal.
Lots of things have changed in my life and are continuing their transformation of my life. My school has continued, althrough I switched to part time, because there was just too much work for me to do more, on top of working and regular household upkeep. If you follow me on Twitter, you’d know that I have been dealing with a mouse issue. I went with the humane traps, they came back; I blocked off as many places I could find, they still came in. I brought my cats in from my mom’s house, they got one! The old fashion snap traps seem to be keeping them out of my cupboards and off my counters. My stove is completely ruined because of them getting into the insulation and leaving their nastiness all up in there. I can still use the stove top, but I cringe when I do. My water heater died and I had to get a new one, so once that is paid off, I plan to get a new stove. It might be the year to replace all of my appliances. The point, is that the mouse issue is being worked out and the number of mice has quickly decreased.
Another new thing in my life, I am happily committed in a loving relationship. We have been exclusive for almost 3 months now and are discussing moving in together. Financial reasons pushing us into the conversation, brought us to this decision, but we are excited about it, with normal concerns of course. He has a handsome German Shepard that I get along great with, and as I am writing this, he is laying next to me on the bed, snoring. I bought him some Angry Bird squeaky toys and he hasn’t stopped playing with them since he got them, almost a month ago.
The weather in Maine has been very mild. We have gotten some snow, but it has not stuck to the ground long enough to make much of a difference. There was a week in there so far that it got pretty messy, but we have about four or five days in a row that we will see forty degrees. That alone will melt the few inches we have on the ground. Most of the snow on the ground was fluffy, until it started melting. Now it is perfect snowman making snow. Clumpy, sticks together, it is the best snow for snowballs! I look forward to Spring, even though we still have a couple months to go.
Well, I am off to update my sites, do some school work, house work and run a few errands. I hope you all are having a safe and warm Winter. Leave a comment below telling me about how your new year started out.
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It’s been a while…
Hey everyone! I haven’t been on here since July and so much has happened. I’ve been busy with starting up my own business. Views by Bex, a photography and Social Media business that I am learning a lot from right now. And speaking of learning, I have enrolled and started college to get my associates in the Foundations of Business. I’m still working my full time job at a group home for people with mental retardation and/or mental illness and I’ll have been in this particular company for 3 years in February 2012. I’m sure I’ll be there until I make the transition to being able to support myself with Views by Bex.
Since my Florida trip I have been completely inspired by life and the Lord, Jesus Christ, which has made my life THAT much better. I’ve been more focused and making the necessary changes in my life to move up in the world and in self respect.
Another things keeping me busy is winterizing. Shrink wrapping my windows, putting plastic on the vents of my skirting, changing rooms around for optimal vent access and gerbil safety. The gerbils can’t be in direct draftiness, like the windows, and they can’t be close to the vent that blows heat up from the floor. I had to move the office/studio to where the bedroom use to be and I painted the new office. Well I still have a corner to finish, I ran out of paint and haven’t had time or money to go get more. Where the office is now it just makes sense, there’s a bathroom in there for changing if there’s a photo shoot here. This makes it so people won’t have to share a bathroom with my cat, Missy, and it separates my personal area with the business area. My Aunt and Uncle have a desk they are giving me, as soon as I find a truck and some muscles to move it. I’ll be able to concentrate better on school and my business when I finish getting the office back to normal.
The Holidays will no doubt be busy so I’m not 100% sure when I will make it back to posting on here or You Tube. Hopefully sooner than I think. I hope you all are having a fantastic end to your 2011.
What are you doing to get ready for Jack Frost? Leave a comment below with your answer.
Florida Sunshine
I’ve made it to Florida where I was greeted by my cousin Mitzi, who picked me up at the airport. We came back to her house, I got the grand tour, re-met her daughters and WENT TO CHURCH! I know that seems a little unlike me, but I had a good time, singing, praying. I use to go to church but easily got bored with what we have in Maine. Now if they had something like City of Life in Maine, I wouldn’t have stopped going. It was a powerful message that really hit home and I was actually getting emotional. So maybe this is a path I need to explore more. After church we came back to the house Mitzi and I got our chat on. We haven’t seen each other in a long time and that time was short and I was 16 and had a friend with me. I was in snobville at that point. So technically we were just getting to know each other. I went to bed around 11:30 and had no problems passing out. I didn’t sleep long, but when do I ever really?
On another good note, it’s so warm here, but yet I can wear almost anything I want because I don’t believe I’ve been in one place here that hasn’t been air conditioned. Totally love it. Cute shoe season all year long, now that is my dream come dream. That and an endless supply of cute shoes.
Today I don’t have too much planned. Look at the job market, housing. Call a few places. Call my Mom. For now it’s time to get int he shower, find my makeup (I lost half of it) and maybe even do a You Tube video. Everyone might get bored or sad watching all the Vidcon videos. That’s where I was suppose to be this weekend. I just couldn’t afford it this year and tickets were sold out by the time I could. I’ve had a hard time watching any of my You Tube subs just because of that. I got a little emotional about that one. I will miss all my YT friends though and I hope you all have a great time. Send me some shout outs. XOXO
What’s the funnest thing you’ve done so far this Summer? Leave your answers in the comment section.
Adult Dilemmas
On this day 5 years ago my Niece was born and changed all of our lives forever. Today we had a mini party for her at the house and it was kind of emotional for me. I’ll explain that later. I came late because I didn’t know she was going to be at my Mom’s house. It was a last minute thing and I was asleep when they called because of working the night before. She was opening the toys she had just unwrapped before I got there and the excitement of opening more was the last thing on her mind. She opened the things I got her and was happy about them, but it was hot and had already been a long day. She was in the 5 year old brat mode by that time but still I wanted 10 of her. It would be a miracle to have a child as cool as her.
And now the emotional part of it all. I have such a connection with her, it makes the choice I am about to make really hard. Financially I can’t live in Maine on my own anymore. I spend all Summer catching up with last Winter’s costs since that tree fell on my house and depleted my savings/backup money. Add the bad economy in a small town and low paying jobs to the mix and it’s disaster for a single person. Unless of course you’re male or a super strong lady. Or of course college educated, which I’m not. There’s no kind of assistance for people in my situation and I’ve been lucky enough to be blessed with special people around me that help me out.
This all leads me to the choices I have to make. Next week I am going down to Florida to stay with my cousin, look for a job and see if I can really take it in that area. Do I want to move? Absolutely not! Do I have to? Pretty much if I’m going to learn to survive on my own. It’s become really important to me over the years and possibly even held me back from forming a relationship, but I need to know I’ll be fine after my Parents are gone and if that special guy leaves one day. Is that neurotic?
What are some of the biggest choices you’ve had to make and what did you do? Leave your comment below.
Chores and more
I have a day off where I don’t have to do anything until this evening when I become a guest on the Monstah McNasty show. So what have I done today? Laundry, mopping, started watching Glee from the beginning. I also worked on my business website and paid bills. I meant to make it to the town office today but that didn’t happen. I was too into watching Glee. It’s so much better when you watch episdes back to back. You notice things that you usually don’t pick up on when you have a week between episodes.
I’m glad I could take the day off to breath and get things done. There’s only so much stress you can take when you’re surrounded by piles of laundry and house work that you’ve been meaning to get to, but get distracted by something else.
Looking around your pad, what are the things you’ve been meaning to get done? Leave a comment. 
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