all moved!

well, i apologize for not writing for awhile.
we finally moved, i had my birthday, and i just found out we had internet a day ago.


well, first things first.
WE FINALLY MOVED!
yay! lol. and we dont have to pay all the bills until august, so we have a month to save up approx 800 dollars. oh yay..
our room is humungous, but awesomely cool cause we can pretty much (with some exceptions) decorate, paint, or have fun with it anyway we choose. :)
it took us about 3 days of none stop unpacking and sleeping, and going to work to get stuff even half organized.
we need a bookshelf if anyone knows of a cheap or free one is. lol.

also, i had my birthday, dalton took me to the zoo. :D
we saw 2 week old clouded leopard cubs, and polar bears!!
i felt like a little girl, dalton laughed at me cause i wanted to see all the animals all at once. lol.

lol. then we went home, and had cheesecake and hung out. :)
it was a really good birthday. :)


Dalton got me a Kindle, because he knows i love to read, it is soooo much cheaper. :D
and then i found out we had internet because you need internet to download the books.
go figure! lol. :)

Birthday.

As of now, i will be turning Nineteen in less than 10 days. :O?

i dont know how i feel about this, because one, im not going to feel any older.
and two, most people forget.
its kinda one of those times a year that most people are on vacation, or doing something. its at the end of june, so sure, yeah, everyone is out of school. but for practically my whole life my friends have been in europe, or japan, or at work, or something.
Dont get me wrong, they always wish me well and we usually have a get together, but its never been on that day.
not until dalton, and even then we went and saw his friends in oly. lol. of course they were my friends too, but its not the same when it isnt YOUR best friends. lol.

dont get me wrong, im not complaining, i just want a party or something. but i know it isnt going to happen. lol.
this year its on a tuesday.
but i know what dalton is getting me. and i know what tiff is getting me. and im supposed to have dinner with my mother at sakuras for both my stepfathers birthday and mine.
pretty much, all i really want this year. is all my friends. in one place, at one time, with me.
oh well, it'll happen someday. :)

moving.

oh how i dislike moving.

packing,
not knowing where anything is.
moving.
unpacking
not knowing where anything should go.
getting rid of things so you dont have to pack more.
buying things because you got rid of things.

fun, fun, fun, not.

i have only had to move a couple times in my life, and i dont enjoy it.
not usually.
and this time isnt really an exception.

we were told we were supposed to be able to move back in february, but it kept being pushed until this weekend. So, now we have come down to it. yay.
although it will give us privacy, we should have our own bathroom.
and it is a much smaller commute to work.

i have never seen this place, i have never been inside.
all i know is what street is on and how much my share of the rent is.
dalton asked me if there is anything i want to do to the room.
my thoughts, i havent seen the darn thing yet. how am i supposed to know?

the only thing i do know, and have wanted since the first notion was a reading corner.
you know the ones with little cubbies and pillows and little throw blankets for getting comfortable while you read, or play video games? lol.

but i also know before anything can happen to the room, we have to make sure there is enough room for all our stuff, i mean both dalton and i have made many trips to goodwill to give away things that either he felt i didnt need/wear, or we really didnt need. we just had it.
but it never seems to be enough, there are always too many things to move, not enough time, and the last thing you want to do for a couple days is come home and unpack.

but it is all necessary. if you dont do it you will never find anything.
you will always have boxes everywhere.
and your room, or your living space will never be "yours".
a house is not a home, unless you make it that way.

anyways, my coffee is getting cold so im going to wrap this up.

my point is. i dislike moving.

An Update of Life.

Well, lets see.

Dalton gets to go on a bmx trip with the mcneil team in june for a couple days, hopefully his new bars will have come in by then.
Then, in summer he gets to go to Woodward for two weeks for free, except plane ticket.
Which he is excited about. :)

His sister is expecting her Daughter, in august, names Alexis. She is very clear that her name is Alexis, not Lexi. :o

Luna starts puppy training today, at 2pm. That should be uh, interesting. (?)
Also, Luna keeps getting the hiccups. 

And oh! Dalton and i got a wii, along with Epic Mickey and Zelda. :D which i play EM all the time.
although i should be reading the book his mom is letting me borrow, because i have to give it back soon so her sister can read it.

We are supposed to move soon, but actually we were supposed to move about 3 months ago, but it keeps being pushed, we hope it no longer gets pushed.
Not knowing when we are going to move is preventing me from going and seeing my nilla bear. D:

Work at Petco, is going fairly well. I am getting alot of hours lately, and it seems like they are trusting me more with doing tasks, so im excited.
I am also trying to get my small animals certification, and my certification in Aquatics. :)

FMLP

Five Mile Lake Park.

Its this place that dalton and i found while driving around again. lol.

we typically dislike going to the same place to take pictures because they tend to turn out looking alike.
and where is the fun in that? lol.

if you would like to see all the pictures, they are up on my flicker.
but these are my favorites.

new camera, new park. new photos.

so, after much debating about what camera to get, we ended up just getting one from our friend tony.
what did we get?
This bad boy:

Canon G10

its pretty awesome, and today dalton and i decided to take it out on a test drive. we went to drive around to find a place, and we ended up at a little lake front park over in federal way.

i didnt get to test it out, but he had fun using the squirrels and i as models. lol.

 

my trip to walmart.

as any girl who lives/or is constantly with her man, will know.
they go through a lot of food and drinks.

needless to say, dalton is not an exception to the rule. lol.

so i went to walmart to pick up some pop and water for back home, when on my way in i got approached by a hispanic man asking for donations, now i normally donate something if i have money and i know what the cause is, but i honestly just had cards on me.
well, on my way in, he just kinda tried to talk to me, and i politley stated i didnt have any money and went on my way to buy what we needed.

well, of course like 15 minutes later, i went out the same door and he was talking to a family so i tried to skirt around them. but of course he stops talking to them, looks at me, and thrusts out his donation can. well, i figure i have already told him i didnt have any money, but i tell him again, not rudely, just letting him know.

but, he looks at me, looks at my cart and goes "well, how did you pay for those?"

now, im not one to judge, but im just saying. if you are going to ask for donations.
dont be rude to the person you are asking.

i told dalton, and he said that that same guy had done the same thing to him so it wasnt just me.

it doesnt make any sense to me, but that was my trip. lol.

ah, being in love.

i love love, im not going to lie.
i love everything about it. the feeling i get of blissful happiness.
the fact of knowing you have someone that you can trust, always.

the thing is that you dont really know true love until you are older.
it always seems to be that person you have known but never truley known until now.
no, that is not the case for everyone, but for alot of people.

i dont like me in this pic, but i love us.

take me for instance, or i should say dalton and i. :)
we both knew about each other in 6th grade, elementary school.
but we never talked, never saw each other, but i remembered him over the years.
sounds weird, yeah. i know.
but, he says he remembered me through the years too. 
we only knew scraps of information, not even useful stuff.
like, all i knew was that one day a friend of mine showed me a house near the school and said that he lived their.
the thing is, when i got in high school, two of my best friends (and i didnt even know it, but) were his best friends too.
when i found this out, i tried to meet him.

just to let you know, dalton is a very hard person to plan to meet without him knowing.
one day i was at my friend joshs' house, and he recieved a phone call, saying that dalton was going to come over.
did he, no.
then it happened again, and i finally just asked for daltons phone number.
the funny thing was that once i texted him, we hit it off, right off the bat.
next thing i knew, we had arranged a meeting.
which ended even better. it kind of has grown from there.
and it makes me happy.
so so very happy.
and im sorry to say that no we arent that perfect couple, we do argue.
we do disagree.
but at the end of the day, we help each other learn from our mistakes, and grow.

i think the thing that ends most faithful relationships is stress.
it can be really hard on people, even if you have help.

so, i would love to hear your love stories, no matter what the ending is.

and always remember that i love you for who you are, and so do all your friends and family.
and most importantly, the one you love should too.

time changes alot. but not everything.

Middle School

Met Chelsea, Jacob, and Mackenzie

And i am currently still friends with all three. 

Freshman Year

Met Tiffany, and joined Choir.

Tiffany and i are best friends, and i still love to sing. 

 

Sophomore Year - Before

 Got my first boyfriend.

He and i still keep in touch.

Junior Year

Cut my hair short, Moved to my dads, and Switched Schools.

learned that i dont like my hair short, that i dont like living with my dad, and that you shouldnt base anything off of what people tell you.

foss high school is a good school, just not well funded. 

Senior Year

Found Dalton, Graduated, Got a Job, Moved out, Got another job.

Learned how hard it is to be on your own. 

i am still in love with dalton.

2011

Got a puppy, transferred to another petco.

luna is a butt. <3 and i love working at the tac petco. :)

things change, and things stay the same.

go look through your old pictures. 

reminise. 

understanding.why.how.

understanding.

it seems like such a simple word, doesnt it?
but then, why do we have so much trouble understanding everything.
there is never truly a simple answer is there?

you get in arguments because you dont understand their side, the reason they dont understand yours, or the reason that they care enough to defend it.
im not trying to say anything about one thing or another.
just trying to  get my thoughts out.

i just think that it is a simple word that gets so complex.
i mean, think about it.
unless you truly have faith in not understanding everything, and never really being able too.
(then kudos to you, i envy you.)
its kind of hard to understand.

maybe that is why the little 3 year olds always ask "why"?
because they are just trying to understand the world they have yet to explore.

i understand if you have religion, because you can simply say because your god(s) wanted it that way, and that is how it is.
and im not saying i am or am not religious, because i try to keep my beliefs out of things.
but all i am saying is everything is a little hard to just explain.

why did he do that? i dont know, ask him.
why did you do that? i dont know, i felt like it.
why did you feel like it? i dont know?

i mean it can work on anything, you can (and most people do) push things that they dont know (or things they dont know how to explain very well) off on "i dont know"
its like saying, "well, i cant tell you why so either figure it out, or go ask someone else"
we all crave to understand and learn, but if its difficult to find out or if we simply dont want too then we just push it off.

i dont know about you guys, but i constantly think, "well, why would/did they do that?"
i dont know, i just ask the question, will i ever find out? sure, if i ask. but if im thinking that about a car that just cut me off, then no i dont think im going to pursue it.

i guess what i am trying to get at is that there are so many unanswered questions, that so many people just dont take the time to think about or learn about.
there are always exceptions to that rule, but if you think about it. actually, here is a question for you:


who are the most memorable people in history?
and have they ever answered a "why" question?

Albert Einstein?
Thomas Jefferson?

i realize this is kind of going in circles, i just wanted you to know and think about what i was thinking about.

Basically,

sometimes it is better to try to understand something yourself, than to push it off. 

just something to think about.

good night. <3

creepy trails.

today, i was walking these trails in auburn, there is an entrance right by the skate park Dalton goes too and usually its pretty peaceful.
well, apparently not this Wednesday evening. dun dun dun.

so, there i was, walking along just humming to my ipod. bikers, dog walkers, and other citizens were passing by minding their own business'. but then after this long stretch of just me walking, this guy comes walking along.

hands in his pockets, kinda looked like he would have mugged me or something if i hadn't pulled out my phone and started to fake text. :o
well, naturally after we passed each other, i glanced over my shoulder to find him staring back at me, while still managing to walk in the opposite direction.
well, of course i just turned my head and kept walking but i couldn't shake the feeling he was still looking at me, and so i checked again. and this time he was farther away, still looking. but this time he stopped and grabbed his crotch and shook..ew.
and every time i looked back after that he was watching, and doing something, and it was super creepy.
it wasn't that i wanted to look back, it was instinct. i didn't want him to come at me.

how did it end? i called Dalton, and when i looked back to see if he was still there, he had disappeared. which spooked me even more because then i was afraid to walk back in that direction.

needless to say, my wonderful boyfriend came and rescued me.
but, now im not allowed to walk those trails alone.
and they are really pretty! D:

tuesday bluesday. fooey.

today, actually started out pretty well.
woke up at 10 to a whining pup, took her out, and then went to get milk for waffles.
but of course by the time i came back he didnt want waffles anymore. (real shocker, not)
haha, went for my daily run.

blah blah blah, and then i went off to renew my ebt card.
for those who dont know what that is.
it is pretty much food stamps but good for any food in the store besides hot stuff.
and you can only get it if you make less than 1200 a month. (yes, i am a poor soul. ill live.)
basically, i went to dshs.
which, i must add is always a fun adventure, not. :)
waited for about an hour for them to call me back, then waited 2 hours for them to tell me i needed to get paperwork because they were having difficulties getting it over the phone. :D

dont get me wrong, im not complaining. i kind of expected this.
dealing with the state is usually frustrating. but most people learn this when they're 15.5.

anywho, i get the paperwork they ask for, and i go back  only to be told that no, that wasnt the right paperwork. although it was, it just didnt say PETCO on it (paystubs)
so i go back, and they tell me i need "verification of resignation"
(!!!! i have been trying to think of that word all day!)
by the way, macys will try to make your life hard if you have to deal with them after employment.
its not easy. i had to call a number, who gave me another number, that hung up on me.
then i called the first number and they told me the only thing i could do was have the lady that helped me at dshs call the number.

and THAT my friends is what im waiting on now. :D


oh, and then i went to work where my spaghetti o's congealed. and i found out they were 2 months past the due date. ew.

also, luna was trying to eat her food dish. there are chunks of plastic missing. yum?

goodnight. <3

the story of a frustratng pup.

EDIT: im sure all of you have been here, in some way or another. you are so excited about getting a puppy, or a doggy. but after you try to start training them, after you have already fallen in love with the little rascal..it can get so frustrating when they dont listen. when they dont want to come back to you.

getting this pup was no easy feat. after deciding to actually get a puppy, we (and by we i mean that i) searched online for about a month or so.
after finding the ad that had our perfect little pup in it for just 300 dollars, we found out she was all the way in ellensburg. :o
btw, that is a far drive.
we took turns driving there, and driving back. unfortunatley not everything can go as simply as you want it.
as we headed back west about an hour out from home, we blew our tire. how did we know?
Dalton simply asked "is the road supposed to be this bumpy?"
so luckily, my mommy had just gotten me AAA roadside assistance <3
but that was a fun adventure! and teaching her has been too!
she's stubborn and wickedly smart.

this is Luna:

she is adorable. AND SHE KNOWS IT. :o
she is an alaskan husky, and stubborn as a mule. 
she also thinks that if their is no treat in it for her, she doesnt need to do anything. ugh!
she learns quickly, but doesnt always stick to what she has learned. 
anyways, if you guys have any training tips or helpful hints.
please comment.

Passion.

Passion for something, inspires me.
it could be anything at all.
it could be for drawing, photography, or just plain having fun.

if you are passionate about something that usually means that when you do it, you are happy.
not necessarily if you mess up, or become frustrated, because that can happen to anyone with anything.

one thing that drew me to the guy i love, is his passion to biking.
i have said it before and i will say it again.
i LOVE the fact that he loves biking.

i honestly envy it.
i enjoy doing a lot of different things, but i can never really settle on one thing that i love doing.

photography, drawing, writing, you can even throw in playing World of Warcraft and Pokemon too.
but i dont feel like those are things that i love.

actually, that is a lie.
i do have one passion.
that is love.

i love to be in love.
the feeling is wonderful.

and i am, and have been for quite awhile now, been in love with this man, and what he does.

i know this may sound corny, and you might laugh at me but i must say that i am passionate about this man.


And while you all have your photography, and all that fun stuff i probably enjoy too. '
and while this post definitely started out one way, it is ending with this.

if you are passionate about something, stick with it.
if it makes you happy, keep doing it.
life isnt always about everyone else, and it is not always about yourself.

Welcome me to this new world?

i say welcome me, only because i am not very good at this. I have had a couple blogs before, and i have had followers but i end up giving up because i dont feel like i am as good as all the rest.
i learned over the past couple months that it isnt about being better than anyone else.
that this is something for ones self.
that this is something to respect, cherish, and depend on.
i figured out why blogs are so popular.
and do you want to know my answer?


it is because it lets us know that someone out there has the same feeling, problems, experiences, and tribulations that we do.
it lets us know that we are not alone.
aaaannnddd...it lets us have a good time enjoying other peoples happiness.

happiness spreads from one to another.
the only way to keep it going..
is to keep trying to be happy all the time.