Blog #6

 I Love This Quote!!

My life philosophy grows and changes as I do as a spiritual being living a human experience.  I develop and shape my personal philosophy throughout my whole life.  As for me at this stage of my life I can’t say it totally for sure that my personal philosophy has been complete and well- shaped.  I think that God is still busy trying to weave my personal destiny which I am soon to discover.

I can say that I think that life as person who always moves forward is full of happiness and love.  I live with life full of love, hope, and passion in my everyday life.  I also think that I need to have fun and laugh with a person that surrounds me.   Being a mother, I think that I need to cherish every moment like it was my last.  My children are growing up every day and I don’t want to miss the opportunity to participate along with them.   There have been days that stress gets the best of me and then I stop and ask myself if my stress is really worth this negative that I bring upon my own family.  There is a time to have fun and go on outing. Then there is time to stay home to complete tasks that need to be done.  I have hopes and dreams that make my soul survive this world I live upon.  I hope that I can be successful for my children and able to provide for them so they can lead into a healthy family environment.

I can’t hope for anything if I don’t believe in future success.  I work very hard for what I have and want in my life.  Money doesn’t just grow on trees you have to get out into the world and make it.   I am optimistic and always hope for a better future.  I try every day to better myself in my own job, being a wife, and a mother.  Sometimes I trip up and fall down but I get back up with my head held high thinking of a new idea.

If I didn’t feel loved then I wouldn’t be able to love so passionately.  I think you have to be in the moment and cherish every part of life that God has to offer.   Often I fell that I get cot up in that moment that was in the past and then realized that it should not mater about the past it is the future that we need to look at and live it.  There are a lot of things I am passionate about but my number one is to care for my children and husband that I love.

My life philosophy will not totally be complete and well-shaped! All I really know is that if you give love, passionate to others, hope, dream, laugh and have fun with the ones you care for then life on earth has been filled and those moments will never be forgotten.

Blog #5

The cultural event that I have attended was the Watershed Festival in Quincy, Washington. It is country music that is sung by the top 21 country music singers.  This is a whole weekend of camping, meeting new people and just to kick back and relax to the fabulous country music.  Well the relax part is non-existent at the Amphitheatre. This was an experience that only the wives went to on a girl’s weekend. None of us had never ever been to this festival and we didn’t know what we were facing when we were going there.  We drove over on a Thursday night and thought that if we made it there by midnight that the gates were going to be closed. But nope they were open all hours of the weekend.  It was insane how many people where pilling in and setting up their camps with flashlights, phone lights, car lights, and I even seen lighters flickering so they could set up.  I couldn’t believe my eyes, hundreds of vehicles pilling about two feet from each other.  There was blaring music, people partying, huge racked from everyone setting up their camps.  Not to mention that the tents were only wide enough for a people to walk single file though all of the tents and vehicles.  It was crazy and I never would have expected to be that close to my neighbors.  I was thinking that, wow I am going to really get to know my neighbors and if someone farted everyone is going to smell it.  I remember getting all of our stuff set up and it was around 1 in the morning.  I was just lying on my air mattress thinking to myself, I am not going to get any sleep through this weekend.  I tried to close my eyes to fall asleep and I just couldn’t drown out the sound.  Yep it was an all nighter that night; we sat up and just watched everyone in amazement. The music singers that were in the lineup for the weekend where Miranda Lambert, Trace Akins, Keith Ruben, Toby Keith, Brake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Thompson Square and lots more. It was amazing how 25,000+ people can fit in the amphitheater area.  When I was down at the theatre I looked as far as I could see and it seemed like there were millions of people everywhere.  The music was as great as if it was a CD or radio playing.  It was gorgeous when you looked at the theater and you could see the gorge behind it.  There were all sorts of people not just country lovers.  There were rap dressers, gothic looking dressers, and hip-hop dressers.  Everyone was very nice and down to earth.  The weather was very hot and the only showers was took were in our bathing suits down at the river.  It was hilarious how many people bath in the river/lake to cool down and soap up.  We brought down our shampoo and conditioners, shavers, and lotion.  The water was disgusting but after sweeting all day the nice cool water made you feel fabulously clean.  I will never remember all of the smells that you can smell in just one weekend at the gorge!  I smelt the BBQ’s going with the smells of stakes, and chicken.  One neighbor was cooking spaghetti and another cooking rotten fish or something.  The smell of the dirt, dust and perfume up my nostrils all at once. Or my coffee that I made from the battery charger and coffee pot off my car.  Which everyone that walked by thought I was a genius. I could go on and on with my experiences but I what to save some excitement for if you ever went there. It was an experience that I would go back to every year and experience it again and again.  But next time I have learned what to bring and not to bring.  What to expect even though there was never a dull moment.  It was a blast, got to meet new friends and listened to my favorite music.  I would encourage everyone to at least experience the weekend at the Watershed Festival at least once in their life.

Blog#4

“A daughter may outgrow your lap but she’ll never outgrow your heart.”

The person I admire the most is my amazing father.  My brother and I were raised by my father after my mother had left us when I was six months old.  My father has been there with us though thick and thin.  I give all the credit in the world to my father for being a single man and raising two children on his own.  I could not even imagine raising children all on your own, but my father did and did it fabulously.  I am who I am because of him, and never would I regret any part of my life living under his roof.

My father would say things that didn’t really mean a hole lot back then.  I will never forget something he say to my brother and I every night before bed.  He said “Good night, love you, and see you in the morning.”  Those words have stuck with me still to this day.  I say the same thing to my children every night as I tuck them into bed.  Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with my father, and the breath of kindness when he said that to us each and every night.

My father always had great joy and commitment to take us to our sports, out of town games or just from academic success.  He would be that father on the side lines always cheering.  He was never disappointed if we didn’t succeed at other levels or if we lost.  He was there and kept encouraging us to do better.  I never knew the love of a parent until I became a parent myself.  My father always said being a father is the most important role that he has ever played and that if he didn’t do it well, no other things he did really didn’t matter.  He didn’t tell me how to live; he watched my mistakes but he was always there to pick me back up and just my pants.

I admire my father for being there for us and standing up like a father should.  He took care of us the best he knew how.  Now I sit back and watch my father with my own children.   I think about how special and blessed I am to have a father like him.   He loves my children just as much as he loves my brother and me.  I just think about if I could be half the person my father is I would be blessed.  There is a quote that I heard that has stuck with me ever since I have had it.  (I am mot ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much. – Hedy Lamarr)

Blog #3

My favorite activity would have to be camping in our Montana mountains.  There is just something about camping that refreshes my mind and soul.  Life pauses and stress levels drop making it a fantastic time for my body to take a break.  The achievement of finding the right camping spot for every activity that our family enjoys and the feeling of trying to make your home away from home.  It gives me more opportunity to shut off life with electronics and the crazy, hectic situations that life seems to provide.  All of that anxiety just seems to go away knowing you are in the Montana mountains.  This place and clarity allows me to really see how amazing nature really is  and how being outside is a stress reliever.

It is that moment when I enter my destination and I open the door on my car.  The smell of fresh clean air, flowers, rain, and the life of nature.  The sounds of birds chirping, rivers flowing and no sounds of electronics.  When I step out and take a look around, it does not matter what season it is, but it is gorgeous.  The colors are all earth tones and it just calms my soul.

I have been camping since I was a little girl.  Back then it was way different then now days.  I remember when I camped in a tent with the sleeping bags in the hard ground.  We didn’t have the grills to cook on or campers to sleep in.  I didn’t have all of the games that you buy at the store to play with, you build forts out of sticks.  When I go camping it usually is everyone in my family that goes.  It is a way to make fabulous memories whether it was one night or two weeks.

When my family and I go camping we love that exercise and to explore the surroundings of the wild mountains.  We bring up our four wheelers and motorcycles and ride them hours.  At night we bring out the drums and sing old campfire songs until we all pass out from all the activity we did that day.  We go fishing, hiking, riding, and depending on weather we go boating.

I could go on and on about why camping is my favorite activity and how fabulous it is for your mind and soul.

 

Blog #2

My top ten most important memories I have are….

1. My Father                           6. Dancing (Drill Team)

2. Getting Married                  7. Moving out of the nest!

3. Motherhood                        8. Visiting Hawaii and Mexico

4. Best Friends                       9.  Shooting my first buck

5. Family Time                       10. The Ice Cream Parlor

The one that holds dearest to my heart would be motherhood.  I remember from when I was little, I always wanted children.  I loved watching children when I was a child myself.  As I grow up, having children myself wasn’t such a big deal when I was in High School. Until I found out I was pregnant for the first time, I was devastated!!  I thought that my whole life was going to fall apart.  I had plans to go to College in Arizona, to be a Cosmetologist.  Well, I was not going to go down there in 100+ heat, by myself and not have the support.  I remember the very first time I had felt the butterfly feeling in my stomach and it really hit my heart that I was going to be a “MOTHER”.  As the 8 months creped by, like it was the feeling of ten years in an 8 month period, it seemed like forever!   I was getting so excited to be able to see, hear and hold my baby for the very first time.  I remembered that feeling, but that feeling was nothing till when I actually go to see my little baby boy!   Tears of joy and excitement, being scared and overwhelmed with responsibility.  I felt the same with my second and third child.  It is the best feeling in the world to be a mother.

Being a mother is very rewarding and challenging at times but most heart filling.  It is a learning process not only for me but for my husband as well.  Being a mother doesn’t come with a book, or manual with instructions; sometimes I wished they did.  The joys of having children are to be able to see all of their firsts, their smiles and things they say.  I love to celebrated their birthdays, and enjoying the Holidays.  As they get older, to encourage them in sports;  sometimes I am not the best model for coaching by yelling at the referee.  Motherhood has its disadvantages, like if they are sick or hurt, if they are constantly fighting and won’t stop. When they grow up to fast and I don’t understand their development and how to deal with attitudes.

I believe I have changed for the better but some days I question my ability.  My dedication of being a mother is the number one thing in my life.  The responsibility of being a mother is defiantly multi-tasking.  I think about everything that needs to get done or do and my list is like million miles long; but some how I managed to accomplish it all.  Motherhood is the most rewarding gift that “God” could ever give me!

Writing Essay! I totally forgot!

I just finished writing my first Essay tonight, and I can’t believe how much I have to say about my experiences in my life about literacy!! It is a touchy subject for me with looking back on my life experiences and how I forgot my feelings in this subject.

Blog #1

My most interesting film I have seen would be all the Twilight Saga Movies!  I know what a lot of you are probably thinking because I thought the same thing. Then the second Twilight came out that’s all I heard about and of course I was the person who rolled her eyes and walked away. Everyone encouraged me to watch the three that came out on DVD. I watched the first movie and I could take it or leave it, until I watched Eclipse and I was addicted. 

There were a lot of things I could relate to these movies in my life.  I am a person that loves suspense, nonfiction, heart filled, and movies that people fight for what you believe in.  These movies made me want to be a vampire or ware wolf.  They both are so cool in the positive ways and it makes you want to be right by them the whole way through the movies. They are incredibly strong and fast, they see life to the fullest and they would do anything to help or save their family or friends.  The battles that they fight is all about their belief in what is right and to protect their loved ones.  I will fight battles to protect my family, friends and beliefs. In the movies a vampire or ware wolf will imprint on someone and it will be for eternity. My husband and I have been together for fourteen years and counting.  I believe that I have found my soul mate and hope to die at a very old age together.  The love between the characters, is a inspiration of how relationships could be, and how to see the world around us.   

This was definitely a movie that engaged me the whole time and I was very hard to what for the next one to come out in Theaters.  It was a fabulous movie if you love the suspense. 

Can you say multitasking!

I am hoping I will be able to keep up with everything in this semester. We all live our own crazy lives and some how things always work out. I would love to share a couple quotes that I just learned from work yesterday. I hope you enjoy it to and some how relate it in your day to day lives as an inspiration too!

” Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.”

By: James Bryant Conant

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

By: Thomas Edison

Wow!!! I really do learn things everday!!

I really don’t know if this is going to work but I will attempt it anyways!!!  And I really don’t know what to say at this point but to finish completing this “BLOG” and the rest of the steps to finish!!