Disappointments...

Lately I've had a lot of disappointments...socially speaking. I haven't written a blog in forever and when I do it has to be about crap like this.
On a lighter note- I got a job. I like it. :)

oh look, a whole pile of stones for you to throw...

I believe in having a healthy balance as far as EVERY aspect of my life is concerned. Lately I feel so jumbled up; like I'm not balanced out or something. Before you read on, give me a moment to lock myself into a secure (window free) room...as to be safe from the stones that are about to be thrown. Church takes up a lot of my time. Sundays are completely taken over by church. Thursday nights, too. Everything I plan to do, or my family plans to do with me, revolves around my church activities. There is no balance there.
I don't think that I should just stop going altogether...but there needs to be some sort of balance. Jesus isn't going to hate me if I miss church to do other things. No one can ever convince me of that. As far as "letting people down" I don't do anything to please other people. Anyone who knows me, knows that.
I know that some people wont "get" what I'm saying; and others will find it hard to understand...But this is what I know is true...Please give me space and respect as I find my perfect balance between everything that is in my life right now...
Please note: if you cannot be respectful while I make some major decisions, I will simply ignore you. It's easy to do. No more phone calls, no more texts, no more emails, or FB...And when it comes to my home- harassing me there isn't wise either. If you want to be my friend, that's cool...but if you are going to criticize me- walk.

it's not about being jealous...

I'm sure that if you have read my previous blogs you have gathered that I'm single...So, I can not be 100% on what I'm about to say...However, at the moment this is how I feel, and how I have felt on the subject for a number of years.
On T.V. and in all the tabloids we keep hearing about how different celebs have been cheated on or have been cheating on their significant others... It's particularly bad when they are the cheaters- like they forgot about the paparazzi or something? Come on people, you practically have to invite them to all the major holidays, and events...and when you basically need to set a place at your family Thanksgiving for a gossip columnist you are asking for it when your dirty laundry gets aired....

And it's their families who get hurt...Showing that they truly only care for themselves and not others...
A few months ago Tiger Woods was in the news- and all his mistresses have come out with the facts of all his affairs. Who gets hurt? His wife and family...
I was reading in Cosmo (Yep, I read that dirty stuff...) about Leann Rimes, and how she cheated on her husband with a co-star (whom was also married) and now they are together. As I was watching her on T.V. as she was singing I said to myself, "Shut your mouth you man stealing _____." (Oh yeah, that blank did get filled in, too!)
Maybe it's because I am a total redneck- but for one thing if I was Tiger's wife, after the first girl, I would have been doing some major butt kicking. No, it's not lady like, but you know what? Sometimes those types of women need to be put in their place. And you can't say it isn't their fault, or that they didn't know what they were doing...It's Tiger Woods, and they knew exactly what they were doing.
And poor Brandi. (Eddie Cibrian's ex-wife.) That lady was so embarrassed by her husbands secret relationship with Leann Rimes, that she couldn't even go to the supermarket because of what the tabloids were publishing... However, after the first time she heard there could be something going on, if I was her, Ms. Rimes wouldn't have been concerned with her & Eddie's movie Northern Lights, because if she kissed my husband I would have knocked out her lights. Total K.O. in one shot...
And it's not about being a jealous person...it's about having no morals and being so uncaring about someone you are supposedly in love with. It disgusts me...however, if more wives would stand up for themselves as far as their husbands are concerned more of those types of women would learn to back off just a little...Because you see I don't have time to compete with home wreckers and prostitutes...My theory is: if a guy wants to pick up trash and still be with me, then he better become a garbage man.
What I'm saying is that, Mr. Woods would have had a rude awakening when he tried his key in the front door...the locks would have been changed. And Ms. Rimes wouldn't have made it to the CMT awards she would have been watching it from her private hospital bed...Don't get me wrong, I would have still put Eddie out of the house, just like his wife did eventually do...I'm saying it would have happened A LOT sooner is all...
And kudos to Faith Hill when she yelled at that fan a couple years ago for groping her husband. She was 100% in the right! That woman was lucky she didn't pull a Loretta Lynn and came down off the stage...that's what this ol' gal would have done.
Sorry, this turned into more of a rant than anything else...It just is something I cannot stand...grrr!!!

this & that

This: Today, my sister and I went to Traverse City to do some shopping. Right now her car is in the shop and so she has a rental car. It's a 2010 Dodge Nitro.
It is similar to the one in the photo

We had the seats folded down because we were already planning on buying a grill for her dad's (my step-dad's) birthday/father's day present. However, she had a softball bat in the back, and it was rolling around with every curve and smashing into the sides of the car. After 15 minutes of listening to it slam around, Stef grabs her lunch box and slides it back, so as to block in the bat. Unfortunately, the only thing that happened was more noise. Now the bat & the lunch box were sliding back and fourth. After 30 minutes (total) of driving it went from a little annoying to insanely annoying. So, we are going through these curves and Brittany (that's me) gets the bright idea to unbuckle and grab the bat to hopefully settle it down. I'm kneeling on the center console, reaching for the bat when Stef takes a sharp curve and I fall onto her. Dangerous. I'm practically on her lap. Although we did not crash both of us found the experience to be slightly if not incredibly disturbing.
We made it to T.C. without any great complications, and hit a few stores... Lowes, Sam's Club, Pet Smart, Tractor Supply and we also went to the mall. I spent around $30 total: bought a couple t-shirts and lunch for myself.
Not so exciting....
That: So last night I was continuing my quest of online dating...Note: this could seriously take me forever. It is a good thing I'm not overly serious about it or I may end up crushed. :/
Anyway, I'm looking at user names, ages, and if interested the picture. I had just gotten out of the shower and hadn't put my glasses back on yet.... I'm scrolling...scrolling...scrolling....I see a name, and I look twice....What it said was "SensualSilver" what I read was "SensualStalker" and I thought to myself, "Way to be honest." lol Then once I figured out what it really said I kept thinking Centrum Silver; you know- like the multi-vitamin for older adults. I wasn't sure if the guy was looking for a girlfriend or a grandmother- or both rolled into one. :( I should have messaged him and recommended a cougar dating site. haha
This is turning out to be a disaster, but at least I have something to blog about.

kamakaze kitty

I'm a 24 year old college student, and I have a year left of school before I graduate. Therefore, I try to save money where I can, so I still live at home. With that being said, my mother works for a vet, and I'm sure you can guess that we have a ton of animals. Here is the run down- we have two Great Danes, 5 indoor cats, and two goldfish; we also have a horse, and 35 chickens. Spring time is the time for new baby kittens- and this year we are fostering four of them. That makes 9 cats! We first received 3 kittens that happened to be from the same litter, and two of them have been adopted. That leaves one from their litter (whom this blog is about) and also another tiny little guy we are bottle feeding. I'm sure you can imagine that with so many animals we have animal hair in the house, so we have to vacuum a lot! Which leads me to my story...
The kitten we have left, from the litter of 3, has only had me run the vacuum one time while he has been upstairs. Today was his second experience with the big evil monster that probably could eat a tiny little guy like him. The last time he just hid under the sofa, so I didn't worry much and just turned it on and begin to do some work...
As I was vacuuming behind the sofa to my horror I saw the kitten fly up over a chair, onto the railing, and plummet all the way to the basement.

He landed on his feet, and just kind of laid there looking up. I was pretty worried! So I went down and picked him up- he didn't resist me or cry so I figured he might be okay, but wanted to watch him walk around. I put him down and I noticed he was limping some. So I called my mom and she thought I should bring him down. I got his carrier and put him in the car. He hates the car. He cried the whole way to the vet, luckily it doesn't take too long to get there. After he got all checked out the prognosis was good. :)
Poor little kitty, next time I vacuum I'm going to make sure he is in the basement before I turn it on!!! He really could have hurt himself.

dating part 2

So, I am continuing in my pursuit of the opposite sex via Zoosk. I casually browse all sorts of guys, and re-visit the cute ones regularly because I enjoy looking at attractive men. (However, there doesn't seem to be too many.) I think that attractive men are going extinct, at least in Michigan. :)
Anyway, I see a tiny picture of a perspective guy....so I click his profile, and not paying attention to the picture I start reading everything he wrote. Some of it sounds appealing, but not all of it does....anyway, I figured, "what's the harm in looking at his pictures?" So I click one to enlarge it; and to my horror I realize it's a guy I went to High School with. I'm sure that if you are unfamiliar with how Zoosk works, you will be thinking, "What's the big deal? It isn't like you sent him a wink or anything, right?" Well, I didn't send him a wink, but when you look at a person's profile, it sends them a notification. So he will be seeing that I looked at his profile....Awkward, especially when our moms are friends with each other, and we have known each other since like the 1st grade. :(
More awkward when he happens to have turned out to be gorgeous. :(
Next time I have vowed to be more careful as I continue my quest to meet a guy...

adventures in online dating

So, I broke down and got a Zoosk profile. Have you seen the commercials for Zoosk? I laugh every time... Anyway- if you are not familiar with it, what you do is create a profile, and then you can browse through other people, men in my case. Anyway, it goes by your area code and you can look at men up to 100 miles away.
On some of the profiles these guys have picked different questions that you can answer, called ice breakers. I haven't actually answered any but if I did, this is how some of them might go:

Guy #1: What makes you laugh?
Me: Your picture.
NEXT
Guy #2: What turns you off?
Me: Atheists.
NEXT
Guy #3: How do you feel about open relationships?
Me: Bad idea.
NEXT
Guy #4: Have you ever been in a food fight? What was/would be your food-weapon of choice?
Me: If it was with you, potato gun.
...
And after what seems like 5 million men- nothing. This might be hopeless.