that one lady

My mom is sassy, and I love her.

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."

I don't talk about my mother a lot because, if you know me, I'm usually always upset with her about something or another, & I'm pretty positive she is the reason that at the age of seventeen I already have five grey hairs. Even as I type this I've told her to hush at least twice because I cant concentrate on what I am writing & listen to her yap. But let me tell you something about this woman, She is the strongest lady I know. She has single-handedly gotten me through the roughest times of my life & she is my everything. She means everything to me & who I am, who I will become is all because of her. Every day I become more like her. I used to think of that as a curse, but it is a beautiful blessing.

Happy Birthday Mom

Thanksgiving

I am thankful for:

My wonderful, amazing, awesome, blog followers. Who always lift me up when I'm feeling blue. I don't think you understand how many times I get your comments & go to my friends or mom & say "Look what {insert name here} said on my blog today! Each & every one of you are appreciated greatly.

- My mother, who despite the fact that she makes me more angry than anyone on this planet. She gave me life, & continues to make it a great one. I love you.

- My best friends (especially you Rachel, I love you thank you for never giving up hope on me).

- Being a vegetarian

- My HARLEY!!! awww... I love my little doggie so so so much.

-My job, who has became more of a second family. I'm so blessed to have them!

- My amazing family & friends & support system that I am blessed to have!

- The ability to love & be there for someone who doesn't choose to do the same for us, & the strength to be able to want to do that for someone else.

- Freedom

Sunday was a Funday

Dear Mom,
Thank you for not being mad at me when I got a little cranky with you a couple of times today. & thank you for going & getting me a frosty, & letting me pick out what show we got to watch (CSI for the win!)

Dear Bryce,
Thank you for playing the guitar to me as I went to sleep at like 3 this morning, thank you for forcing me to finally go to sleep, thank you staying on web cam with me just cause I asked you not to leave me, thank you for being there when I woke up again, & thank you for saying I sleep cute. Thank you for spending your entire day off talking to me. You're silly but even though you are like 7000 miles away you still make me smile.

Dear Life,
I kinda like you right now. We've had some problems the last year, But the last few weeks you've had a million beautiful surprises for me & I'm starting to truly love you again. Just please keep this up, I beg of you!

I hope everyone else had a good Sunday as well!

Seventeen Forever

{four generations}

The only productive thing I did today was get my scanner working.

but I'm SO excited I finally did!

Sick Days!

I've been sick the last two days.

I THANKFULLY had the day off today unexceptedly!

At first it was great, for a little bit. An excuse to not have to clean my room or do chores around the house after my 8 to 8 shift Saturday.

My body felt like someone had used it for a punching bag, but I can deal with body soreness (I was a dancer for 14 years... nuff said),

I had a slight fever,

A little sinus headache but nothing some strong meds couldn't help with.

But my throat has gotten more & more sore (I CANT deal with throat soreness)!

This morning I woke up miserable!

& My momma brought my some ding dong's which made me feel better :)

{excuse my sick face, unbrushed hair, lack of make-up & bad quality (they were taken with my webcam)}

So I've been laying in bed for the last two days & as much as I enjoy being lazy, I wish it was at my own will.

& NOW my mother is going to watch "Eat, Pray, Love" WITHOUT ME!

kill me now

On another note,

This song has inspired me to learn to play the piano.

In other news, I hate being old.

{via}

Remember when your young & you cant wait to drive?

& then you start driving & realize it sucks!?

No,

don't get me wrong,

I love to drive.

I love the freedom & having my own car & ect.

But on mornings like this when its 7:30 & you're starving & you & your mom are arguing who's gonna get out of bed first to go get your morning biscuits & hash browns

That's when you wish you were ten all over again...

obnoxiously long post about my morning

That is Maggie there with Harley.

She was the owners of this houses dog, then they moved to Florida & couldn't take her with them. So, she kind of came with the house. I always joke that this is Maggie's house, we just live in it.

Anyways these two are so cute!

Except when they "play" (A.K.A. bark & chase each other loudly) while you are trying to watch a movie. -_-

But anyways,

this post is not about the cutie puppies.

I kind of love my mom.

I mean, don't get me wrong,

she drives me crazy worse than anyone!

I hate when she texts while I'm trying to have a conversation with her!

I hate how she texts when she is driving (a.k.a. tries to murder us)

I hate how she texts while we are watching a movie & then asks what happened in the last thirty minutes cause she wasn't paying attention.

wow.. textie textie text, I sound like I' m talking about my teenage daughter or something.. maybe we should switch roles.

ANYWAYS,

When she puts her phone down

like when... i dunno...

I come into her room at 2am crying my eyes out about how emotionally draining my life is (which... I actually cant remember a time when my life hasn't been emotionally draining in the last three years... It just seems to be getting worse with age :S)

She will hold me & tell me things that I not always believe is a hundred percent true but always makes me feel better.

So cheers to moms!

I salute you for turning my tears into smiles and for your hugs and forehead kisses!

As I always do when I stay up till 5am or beyond I went with my mom to go grab breakfast then she dropped me off at the house and ran to work.

This is one ritual I do enjoy & will miss whenever I'm old & move out :(

This is the view from my window this morning..

This day is suppose to promise a storm & there has been lightening all morning,

but I'm starting to see... sunshine... yuck hehe :)

So now that its more near not just 'early morning' hours but 'morning' hours, I think I may try to go to sleep. I do have work tonight.

I think I will fall asleep watching 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'.

I do adore this movie!

Every song is genius!

& If I do say so myself Dick Van Dyke is a hottie!

I would have SO married him!

& he has definitely aged well!

(p.s. & yes I'm one of those people that have the old 'Dick Van Dyke Show' on DVD. What can I say!)

{this is one of my favorite songs below! Ugh! LOVE!}

Up from the ashes grow the roses of success,

Brooke