I'll admit I'm addicted to...

For some people they are addicted to texting, or to certain television shows. It's different for me. I don't care about my phone---I loose it half the time and TV can just get boring, but there is one thing I'm addicted to and that's facebook. When I do something stupid I think, "Oh that will be a great status," or, " I need to ask about that, I wonder if so and so is online." I love seeing that I have notifications...unless I find out they are stupid then I get mad. I also love when I have new friend requests-that just makes me happy. I guess the number one reason why I love Facebook is that I can talk to my friends that I don't get to see everyday, and I also get to talk to my family, especially Josh. I check my facebook at least one time a day usually more, but I stay on for about 45 minutes at a time. I mean a few minutes ago I knew I had to write some blogs to get a total of ten for January and I had it in my mind to go straight to Blogger. Well I must've taken a detour because I ended up on FB....how that happened I don't know. lol : )

I have a problem and I'll admit it....
My name is Marley and I'm addicted to Facebook.

Snow, Snow go away....

Personally I'm on the fence when it comes to snow days. Some days I'm just wishing for a day of sleeping in and no homework. But there's always a downside. I get confused and I usually always forget some kind of homework due. But I think the biggest reason that I don't really like snow days is we always have to make it up. I mean come on, we stayed in school till June last year-why would you want to do that again? For instance 2 days ago...our cancellation for school was stupid and pointless. The roads were clear by 10. A two hour delay would've been perfect...best of both worlds, I mean sleeping in and only 40 minute classes. So now every body's getting all excited again about the chance of snow but me personally this time around I'm not a big fan.

My Dogs ♥

So instead of blogging about dog advice, I'm just going to blog about my dogs for the heck of it. I have 3 dogs. Rocky is a black lab, probably about 7-8 years old. He is technically my brother's dog but I think he loves me more. Haha. Everybody thinks Rocky is a mean dog the first time they meet him because he is pretty big, but then they soon find out he is a total sweetheart. He loves to try and chase big flying birds, like hawks...bless his heart, I keep telling him someday he will catch one. ;)

Next we have Chipper. WE found Chip roaming around our neighbors house "crying" as a little puppy. Somebody just dropped him off and my neighbor was too elderly to take care of him so Dad brought him home. At that time I was in 5th grade and I had to stay after school for a play we were putting on. Mom was telling me that Daddy had brought home a new pet but wouldn't tell me what....at that point in my life I really wanted a rabbit so I was convinced that it was a rabbit. As we pulled up the driveway, I saw a brown dog get up from underneath the bench. At first glance I thought he was the ugliest dog ever until he wondered up to my door. Boy was I mistaken! He was precious!!!! He's a mutt but he's one of the sweetest dogs we have ever had. Chip loves squeaky toys and cat food. He's a "hefty" dog, but in his mind he's a lap dog. Chip loves to go walking at Panther Creek Park and he loves the back of a truck and car rides.

And last we have Jezebel....Jezzy for short. Jezzy is "my dog" because she is a big pain in the butt. Her birthday was just yesterday- we've had her for a full year. On the eve of the ice storm my Dad brought her home before the previous owners sold her to somebody else. She is part Cavalier King Charles Spaniel mixed with a Golden Retriever but she is all black and white. She is so full of energy and loves to play and chew on anything....oh and she is a major pig---so eats everything in sight! When she's not eating, getting into trouble, or annoying Chipper, she is on the couch snuggled up in your lap. She might be a pain but she is my baby girl! lol

Last night at church my friend Clint was talking about how he cried in Marley and Me. He was talking about how girls don't understand the relationship between a man and his dog. I object! I am an animal person---and I love my dogs so much. I bawled in Marley and Me, I guess he just doesn't understand my bond with all my dogs.

p.s.- I think this is the longest blog ever. : )

Trademarks

Many people I know have trademarks. For instance....

-My mom---DEFINATELY her laugh. You can be upstairs and hear her laugh all the way from downstairs...but I would miss it if it was gone. lol
-My best friend Katie- her dry humor. Katie is a very sarcastic person but she doesnt show it. She can be insulting you as a joke but she keeps a straightface so a lot of people hate her when they first meet her. lol
-My dog Rocky- his tail wag is a trademark. Everyone who comes to my house comments on how he wags his tail. He gets super excited and his tail looks like a helicopter. Everyone laughs and says that he's just about to take off.

Ugly Words

Here are some words that are awkward, weird, or just sound disgusting to me:

• tardy
• fuschia
• rural
• lard
• lichen
• fungus
• spore
• nostril
• chug(like as in chugging a drink)
• prickly

well there are just a few!

MLK Day

I had a great three day weekend, it was probably the best three day weekend of 2010. My Monday started as I was still awake at 12 with me talking to the guy I liked which was great...I just knew the rest of my day would be a good one. When I awoke, my Monday started out as any other, except for the fact that some stupid person scheduled an orthodontist appointment...yeah I know I'm stupid. Well anyways, my appointment was at 12:30 and they had to take off my bottom bracket, put a new one on to make sure it fit, take the new one off, put cement on it and put it back on- all which were very painful by the way. Well after gurgling all the cement and gauze out of my mouth I was headed for Evansville with my best friend Kim. We had a great time just hanging out and talking, mostly about boys. lol. I got a new purse which I love and a few new shirts so of course I was ecstatic. After the shopping was over we headed back home. At my church we have visitation where we go out and visit church or non church members and check on how they are doing. Me and Kim went and were out visiting with our youth minister and other youth. That was also fun driving around McLean County with a bunch of teenagers plus our youth minister. IT was fun to be around friends that you don't get to see every day.

Well that was my MLK day, by far the GREATEST MLK day ever.

Bad Ideas

I tend to have quite a few bad ideas. It's just in my DNA. So here we go listing some of my worst ideas....

• Bad idea number ten: Not studying for my past biology vocab test....I think I bombed that one.
• Bad idea number nine: Being told to mow the grass when the ground is wet. I live on a hill with fields surrounding my house. I got to close to a field and drifted into mud. I got hung up and ever since then I haven't been able to mow the yard.
• Bad idea number eight: Recently going sledding with my best friend Kim. We pulled a little Ethan Frome trick but we didn't get as "smashed" up as them, although we were very sore for the next few days.
• Bad idea number seven: Touching my aunt's electric fence....yeah not smart. I think I was "buzzing" for an hour. My hand had it's own pulse and yet at the same time I couldn't feel it at all.
• Bad idea number six: Cooking Rice Krispie Treats fro the first time. Don't just stick Rice Krispies and Marshmallows in a pan and turn the burner on....that's not the way it's done. My house smelt like burnt Rice Krispies for days.
• Bad idea number five: Telling your brother who you are crushing on now-a-days. He says he won't tell anyone but before you know it, every body "magically" finds out who I like.....hmmmm? Ironic is it not?
• Bad Idea number four-not listening to your mom when you were practing the trust fall back exercise. When your mom keeps telling you, "I'm not going to catch you....I'm not." you might want to take her word for it. hitting the linoleum kitchen floor just did not feel to well.
• Bad idea number three- walking on ice with shoe's without traction---falling on your butt infront of pretty much all my church is majorly embarassing.
• Bad idea number two- talking about people with your friends and the person your talking about is right behind ya.....well bless your heart.
• Bad idea number one-Almost killing your brother with your cooking. Just yesterday I was making hamburger helper. Of course you have to brown the ground beef first and so i was adding salt and pepper. But nobody told me that the pepper didn't have the little top with the holes so I just opened it and poured. Half the thing of pepper was in the pound of ground beef. Josh was so hungry he told me to go ahead and finish making it. It looked fine but I could only eat 2 bites. All you could taste was the pepper. Josh on the other hand ate 2 plates-along with 4 cups of coke. He made me feel better by telling me that it tasted like hot wings. Thanks josh : ) lol

Student of the Month

On the last day of my fall finals for 2009, I received an email from Mrs. Penny Courtney. It said congratulations, you have been selected as December student of the month. That just made my day...well it added to my euphoria.( Look Mrs. Matthews! I used a vocab word----YAY MAR!) I was selected for Student of the month at the end of my freshman year as well. During that luncheon, i didn't know who the other freshman so I was wondering who the guy would be this time around. A few days ago as they were saying the names of the students of the month for December I was anticipating the worst. Much to my surprise, one of my best friends, Nick Miller, was the male junior recipient. I was like, "Heck Yeah, this will be so much fun." And it was. Now as a junior I wasn't afraid to talk and i had a great time chatting with all the other recipients. Now I really want to go to Ritzy's and get my free scoop of ice cream---yum.

Goodbye 2009....Hello 2010

They were the best of times they were the worst of times....
2009 brought many good and bad things for my life...let's reminisce shall we? In 2009,I was a sophomore. Sophomore was boring and I hated it. Also, I went to 3 more states that I've never been to before during spring break. I went to Baltimore in the summer for a mission trip. I came back to school for my junior year but before it really got started, my grandfather died. But on the happy side my brother is at Western for his first year of college. Josh really enjoys it and he made the president's list(3.8 GPA) We are all very proud of him, even though I have missed him a lot. That pretty much sums up my 2009...I sure hope 2010's way better. I have a feeling it will.
Oh and by the way, this morning on E.N.L it's two-thousand and 10 not twenty-ten...just saying.
: )

Conditioner Crisis

On Christmas morning I was opening up my stocking box and pulled out Pantienne products that my mom had bought. I got gel, hair spray, and a bottle of shampoo...or so I thought. I spent the whole week using my new shampoo until I noticed my hair not shining like it usually does. So on Saturday night after washing my hair I picked up the bottle and starting reading it. Much to my surprise it was only conditioner. For the past week I had only been washing my hair with conditioner. I felt so stupid. I just knew I had to blog about this so I did...just something interesting that happened over my winter break. I guess some other things that happened were me and my cousin hanging out again. Me and Ash had a sleepover and went to the movies. We went and saw Avatar which is a great movie...I recommend it. Then me and Josh hung out which was very refreshing. Yep that's about it.
Interesting blog right?