Goodbye 20s....very bittersweet

I am a BAAAAD blogger! It's been over a month since I last posted ANYTHING. THIS is one of the many reasons why I never blogged. In this past month, we have celebrated Christmas (ours was great), New Years (Mine was very low key. Sat at home with my favorite 5 year old.) and unfortunately on January 7th we lost my Grandpa. He made it a year longer than we expected. He was in congestive heart failure a year ago and in hospice care but his strong, stubborn will kept him going. He made it another year and had a great last year. He will be missed tremendously.

On January 19th I "celebrated" my 7 year anniversary at my job. It has been a fun, crazy, aggravating, obnoxious, educational ride. Thanks InteriorMall.com!

And today, January 29th I turn 30! It's funny how when you are young it feels like an eternity before you will ever hit certain age mile stones but when you finally get there you think, "Where did the time go?" My 20s were so much fun. I had a lot of heartache mixed in but all the laughter and joy surpasses all that. Thank you to everyone who shared the last decade with me and made it as fabulous as it was. I look forward to another, even more fabulous decade in my 30s.

Salt for wounds

Our nation is mourning. After the tragedy in Connecticut on Friday I don't know any parent that didn't go home and hug their child a little tighter and be thankful. We are all saddened and want nothing more than to honor those who's lives have been cut far too short but in the midst of all that we have the media discussing the sick bastard who did this heinous crime. He's dead. We need not know anything more. You will never learn of a motive, in fact there isn't one because NOTHING justifies something so terrible. We keep sensationalizing the people who do these things. We make movies about them and write books about what they did and in the end that's what they want. They know that they did something absolutely horrible and don't care they did it and they will forever be remembered by the world and for them that's all that matters. We need to stop talking about the shooter and stop plastering his picture across media outlets and make every focus be about the innocent lives that were lost. This isn't about gun control or mental health, it's about a society who feeds into and lives off every word the media gives. The best thing we can do to prevent something like this from happening again is stop talking about the shooter. Stop giving him a name or a face. Make it about those who lost their lives.
I understand that law enforcement has to do their job and carry out an investigation but don't leak details to the media. We don't need to know where he bought the guns or the events that lead up to the massacre. Keep that information to yourself and stop sensationalizing. The fact is, we will never understand these types of tragedies but we can do our best to keep them from happening again.
I also learned this morning that the self-righteous ass holes from Westboro Baptist Church are planning to picket the funerals. Really? As if those parents haven't been through enough you have to add salt to the wound and say that this is Gods work carried out. Seriously?! You cold hearted fuckers. The last time I checked God didn't say to kill innocent people, especially children. These crazy psychos shoot schools and movie theaters and shopping malls, why not Westboro church? If anyone needs to leave this planet it's those heartless people.

Landon's "New" Table

I have an end table that I purchased for $20.00 at Wal-Mart back in my college days that has moved with me numerous times. I recently acquired a "new" set of end tables with matching coffee table which I am about to refinish so I decided to move the table into Landon's room. As you can see, the table was nothing special to look at.

Like any 5 year old boy he loves superheros so his room is decorated as such. He wanted his walls painted "Hulk Smash green" so since I have some left over I decided to paint the table top the same color. He has a grayish silver metal frame castle bed that the table base actually matches so I decided to leave it the same color.
I sanded the top and painted it. Once dry I placed the Spiderman peel and stick wall stickers Landon wanted on top and then sprayed it with water base polyurethane. I used about 3 coats just to make sure it was covered well and VOILA!

Please excuse the mess in the floor. He's good at making a clean room messy in a matter of seconds.

Bodily functions. BAD!

I have been in my current relationship for a year and half. This is the longest relationship I have been in since I divorced by ex-husband, Baby Daddy back in 2008. The reason behind that divorce could make a pretty interesting Lifetime movie but enough about that, back to me and Daniel. He is a very nice, caring, all around good guy. He's not typically the kind of guy I find myself attracted to and I even thought that when we first got together but there was something about him that I obviously liked. We have lived together for quite awhile and honestly I am very thankful we have. You learn so much about a person when you live with them. With that being said, taking a crap in front of someone or farting relentlessly is something that does not help foster a close physical relationship. Now don't get me wrong, I understand those are normal bodily functions that everyone does but let's face it most bodily functions don't breed a sexual desire. I mean when was the last time you watched someone take a crap and say "As soon as you wipe, I want to throw you on the bed and have my way with you." or "That fart smells amazing let's go have sex!"? And once you get to a point in a relationship where you are no longer attracted to that person, whether they are a great person or not it's next to impossible to salvage.
I guess what I'm trying to say here is if you really want to keep a good sexual relationship going, don't do those things. Think about it, when you first meet someone you really try to watch all those things so that you don't do them in front of the other person and when is your sexual interests and lust at its highest? In the beginning before all the nasty, gross things start.
So ladies and gentlemen, the next time you find yourself in need of a gastric release choose your location and proximity wisely. Not only for your relationship needs but honestly, who wants to smell that?!

And away we go.....

So, my very first blog post....well at least for my own personal blog anyway. I have no expectations which means neither should anyone else. I've never been one to think that my life is interesting enough to warrant a blog. In fact I still don't but I have moments where I think 'hmm...I need to write that down or in VERY small occasions 'I need to share that with the world.'
Most of my social networking time is spent on Facebook but sometimes a thought requires more characters and pictures than a Facebook "Status" should actually allow. Plus, who really reads a Facebook status that is 2 pages long single spaced.
If you were to divide my life into percentages I would say it is 60% comical, 20% drama, 40% boring and 30% interesting on any given day. Yes, I am fully aware that comes to 150%. I may have been born and raised in Arkansas but I can do basic math. Despite what many non-Arkansans think. I have been given the impression that many believe we are lucky if we can wipe our own ass.
Speaking of ass, this blog will on occasion (often) have things said that aren't exactly all together kid friendly, hell some stuff isn't even adult friendly but I will always do my best to try and keep it somewhat censored.

About me: I am almost 30 years old. Man where have the years gone? I have an absolutely beautiful, fun, vivacious, too smart for his own good 5 year old son named Landon. He's definitely a chip off the old block. I'm a little scared for when he hits his teen years.
I work for an e-commerce interior design company called InteriorMall.com doing marketing and product development....aka I get to play on the internet all day. :)
My life is good. It has its ups and downs as everything in life does but over all it is pretty good and lucky you gets to hear all about it. Enjoy!