Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Maynard

November 27, 2010 my cousin Jesse and his fiance Sara were married. Only in their middle twenties they already had a very long life together. A few months ago they celebrated their 11 year anniversary. It's hard enough to be married that long, let alone just be dating and still be just as in love as ever, if not more. They look so happy together which made me happy. I was a bridesmaid in their huge wedding. When I say huge I mean 10 bridesmaids, 10 groomsman, a flower girl and ring bearer, and two 2 year olds that just walked down the isle...or were supposed to...only one walked by himself. The little girl, lexy, had be carried by her mother, also in the wedding, because she was scared. It had a very good turn out and everyone looked amazing. It's so weird seeing them at the alter, actually getting married. I mean, it not weird at all for them to say they are getting married saying as though we all expected it years ago, but just to see my big cousin and the woman of his dreams getting married is a tearful event for anyone. I wish them the best of luck and congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Maynard.

my bestie's wedding!

November 12, 2010 Raven and Deric were married. I followed them to Chester for the ceremony and then to the covered bridge for more pictures. She looked absolutely beautiful! It's fun and very nerve wracking when your best friend gets married. You want everything to be perfect for them, just like you would your own wedding. You could tell they were both nervous and Deric had me a little worried but they both did great. I was so proud of both of them. The reception wasn't until later that night so i had a few hours to kill. I thought it'd be a good idea to get a nap in so I was fully rested for the evenning. Well it just so happens that i over slept and missed my hair appointment and to make things worse my boyfriend was mad at me. So great. In a paniced rush I ran out the door with Katie ,my DD, and tripped ina rut in my yard. Now mind you I had on about three inch heals and it was my bad ankle. Now I was in pain, crying, my make-up was running, and I was late, and being the Maid of Honor that wasn't good. Finally, we arrived. It turned out to be a pretty good night after all, ever though her cousin wanted to whoop my ass and I unintentionally made one of the bridesmaids mad. Oh well...they both got over it and we had fun, but you know what made it even more worthwhile? Raven and Deric are happy and now expecting their first child together. Now I get to be the spoiler and make this little chirpin evil and sent him/her home with Mr. & Mrs. Ruester!!! Congrats you two love birds!

My girls

So as you can tell all I do is hang out with Raven and Katie...and occasionally Deric. Now I'm in a habit of drinking wine...everynight.....and when they cant hang out then I drink it alone. Isn't that called problem drinking? Anyway, Katie and I went shopping last night to find a dress for Ravens wedding...i found is really sexy lepord print one...but it really wasn't wedding appropiate so I didnt get  it.....BUT I LOVED IT! I just love spending time with my girls. Sunday I finally got to spend the day with Chad...thank God. We live together but I still never get to see him...he works nights so he sleeps all day plus I have school and I work two jobs so I wouldn't see him durning the day anyway. Here is a picture of the dress Im wearing and couple randoms of everyone. hope you enjoy!!
My dress and me being Scary!!!

eatin my million dollar candy corn

So this weekend Katie and I went to Raven's new house and helped her clean and put stuff away. Katie cut her finger to the bone...so she says. I really dont think it was that bad but you know Katie. Oh, and Hank (ravens pitbull) tried to eat katie too! He totally didnt like her that night. Well last we went back to her house and before I got there they were eating some good food...well smart RayRay threw it out to the dog on accident...so I miss out on that. And then to top it off we were eating Candy Corn and Raven ate the all yellow winner!!! Now I know that it doesn't really mean you're a winner, but we had her beliving that was the million dollar piece and she ate it and that we hated her. It was a blast. I had so much fun! Tonight we've decided to be wine-o's and Jager bombers....I cant wait!!

Lawn mowers & BOOBIES

Sunday there was a benifit lawn mower poker run for Cody, a boy from Marissa with cancer. Ok...I know what you're thinking. How much fun could it be riding with people on goonmobiles and lawn mowers...believe it or not it was awesome! It was for a good cause, he's a great kid, and we all got to hang out and get wasted off our asses and just have fun. We all met at Road Ditch's trucking Co in Coulterville, went to Bucks Town Pub, Pistol City, Time Out, the VFW, and back to Ditch's. Cody is 16 and all day he kept saying he wanted to see boobies. So the cop and I decided to track down a whore that shows her boobs to everyone. We found her and within ten minutes he was walking out of the bar, red faced, googlie eyed over the boobs. It was so funny and it made his day. My boyfriend and I also let him drive our razor down to Sammy's trails and up and down the road. He really enjoyed that which made my day even better. He completely deserved to be spoiled that day..it was his day. And thankfully he said that was the most fun he'd had in a long time. Everyone keep Cody in your prayers..he needs them and God be with him!



Fred, Me, & Chad at Pistol City.                                 When Cody came out after seeing boobies!



Fred's mower...Overdrive (with a hoho) and                Road Ditch and Cody
Cruise Control (with a corona)



Heading out on the razor!!                                            Me and my baby....see our lovely roll over dent!

Oh English..

Well I just submitted my final draft for my song essay. I really dread talking in front of the class...not because of what Im talking about, but because I get nervous. =)  I have always hated giving speeches. It was bad enough in High School and I had known everyone in that class since I haf first started school, I dont know anyone in here but Raven! I still wouldn't want to stand up and talk in front of her though. But I know I have to and I know with God beside me I can do it. All things are possible with God. That doesn't mean Im perfect or I think Im perfect but I think that anyone can do anything (within limitation) if they have God on their side. I also know that this is not going to be as long as it's supposed to be but I have to cut it off. Oh and I think I might beat Katie Phelps ass... =) Just playin. Maybe. Bye!

Age Defying Secrets!!

So one day last week I was watching Dr. Oz on channel 5. He was talking about age defying secrets and home remedies. One of the things he said took the dry skin off your face and kept you collegen up so you dont get wrinkles is a mixture of honey and dry esspresso. I decided just to buy the stuff and try it one day. Well Katie came to my house the Sunday night and I made her, against her will, put it on her face. It's supposed to stay on for twenty minutes and after ten she was screamed that her face was itching. I made her keep it on anyway. I got off my couch when the time was up and casually stretched and she asked if I was washing it off and of couse I said no. She knew I was lying so she jumped up and chased me to the bathroom, but I locked her out. After a few minutes of her cussing me like a rabid dog I let her in. I washed mine off first and my skin felt really smooth. Well when she went to wash hers off it got in her eyes and I was pokin her arm and kickin her (softly) because she couldn't see me. Everytime I did something to her she would swing at me, always missing. She finally fell on the floor and laid there. It was sooo funny! But I helped her up and she got it all off her face, but it was all over my floor, my sink, my mirror, my walls, and somehow in my bathtub. Who knows...it's Katie! =)

Rest In Peace Christopher H

Saturday night at 6:30 Christopher Harthorn went missing. He was a fifteen year old mentally challenged boy from Marissa, Illinois. He was last seen riding his bicycle along Route 13. He always rode his bike. My friend Cassie lives a block from his house and he would ride for hours. Up and down the rode without a care in the world. He waved everytime he rode by, which was once about every two minutes. He has the mental capacity of a seven year old, suffered from bipolar disorder, and was manic depressive. It was very sad to hear that he was missing. Search groups formed immediately and went on all day and night. He had run away before but never for this long, but everyone knew he was ok. It was like you could just tell he was fine, but scared and he wanted to come home. Yesterday evenning there was an alert on the news that said a body was found in a pond in Marissa and was thought to be the body of the missing child. They later verified that saying that he was found by a farmer in his pond. His jeans were laying by the pond and his bike was in there with him. They are doing the autopsy today, but they feel there was no foul play involved. I feel quite differently. His father said that when he misses his medicine that he gets angry and very frightened. I dont see him riding his bike in the lake, especially with no pants on. I think something happened to that poor little kid that Saturday night and if it did I hope they find whomever it was that did it. Noone deserves to loose their life like that, especailly this friendly, helpless little boy. Rest In Peace Chris...You're Gone But Not Forgotten.


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Fun lab days with Speedy!

So when Raven and I get to school every Tuesday and Thursday the first place we go is the computer lab. and every Tuesday and Thursday morning the first person we see is.....guess.....SPEEDY! And I try to be nice and not say anything to him but the rocking back and forth and the squeaking chair and the laughing and the cough like he's trying to hide something just bugs me to NO END! I mean really..can 'what he's looking at' be that funny? For real? Because if it is I definately want to see it. Then again I think that if he thinks it's that funny I probably dont want my brain cells to fry anymore than they already are. And so I eventually lose my cool and tell him to shut it and stop rocking and this lasts for about 2 minutes and he looks at me all weird then he acts like noone is in there again. And he turns his computer like noone can see the screen, but the funny thing is I'M SITTING HERE WATCHING IT RIGHT NOW! He's not near as sneaky and what he thinks he is. Raven and Steve are in here along with two other people and we're all laughing at telling him to be quiet but does he listen...oh no. Not at all. So I know that everyone is writing about him but I dont care because maybe if the whole school is blogging about him and his porn habits they'll make him stop and I can take my quizzes and write my English 101 papers without hear a HAHAHA...SQUEAKY SQUEAK SQUEAK every five minutes.

Marley!

Raven and I were coming to school this morning and on County Road 18 (the shooting complex road) I saw something run across the road. Of course when I said something Raven didn't see it. We stopped in the middle of the road and got out and was trying to coax it over to us. Finally it hunched down and took a dead run for the car. In he went! We knew absolutely nothing about this dog other than it was a boy, very malnutrition, and could have anything in the world wrong with it but she still didn't get why I didn't want to get in the car with it! She eventually talked me into it and then we had a dog that had no place to go. We decided to turn around and take him back to her mom's until we got back from school. He was shaking and was terrified but he made the ride home. About half way there we realized there was something red on her pants, my shirt, and all over the middle console. Blood. His ear is cut open and there is no skin on one of the pads on his front paw. So then we have blood on us and she's half my size so now I have a shirt on that’s too small and a dog that her mom doesn't want her to have. Great! But we've decided since in the past 4 days she's rescued two animals, a kitten and now the dog, and we should just open the Johnson's Wisdom Humane Society!