Nannying.

I nanny the cutest kids in the world over the summer. (: I’m not even being vain, because they aren’t my kids!!

Their names are Amira (2) and Abby (1.) Their baby sister (Allison) was born last Wednesday, so I’ve been helping out a lot more lately! The mother (Alexis, have you noticed all the “A” names?! Isn’t that adorable? :]) had a c-section, so she’s not able to pick up the kids! Plus, she has a blood disorder which drains her energy, and she needs to sleep a lot….

So, today I took them to “Tots Time” at the pool! That’s when this local pool opens up only the little kids area for an hour and a half, to let the kids play before naptime! It’s one of the greatest ideas, in my opinion, for moms of little kids! I took Abby and Amira, and they just love it! When I took them the first time, they’d play in the 5-inch deep water and pretend to ride this frog and whale playthings. They’d stick their hands in the fountains, splash, and blow bubbles, but that was it! By now, they’re going down all the slides, I hold them on their bellies as they kick around the water, they explore the entire area themselves, they play catch with the other little kids, they teach their toys to swim, and so much more! Before, they lasted maybe 45 minutes top. Today, I couldn’t get them to leave after the Tots time ended!

If you need a way to get your kids to nap for awhile, swimming is definitely the answer! It completely wipes them out, and they’ll fall asleep on the ride home! (:

Tomorrow, I’ll be leaving on a vacation to Branson, so I won’t get to see the girls for a week, and I’m so sad! =/ Sure, the days get long and tiring when I babysit in the morning, then go to work in the afternoon, but it’s days like today that make me just soo happy that they chose me to help nanny and I accepted. The girls are darlings, and I just can’t wait to have my own. (:

I hope everyone is doing well!

Facebook.

What else is there to say?

I’m pretty sure I am one of the many, many people addicted to Facebook. I first signed up back in my freshman year of high school. The main reason was because I wanted to keep in contact with all of my grade school friends :)! However, my interest in facebook dropped, and I ended up just getting on like once a month or so. In fact, senior year of high school I maybe got on 3 times total? I told myself I would never be one of those people who just stayed on facebook for hours and hours and hours every day!

Oh boy, was I ever wrong. College completely changed me in the facebook regard. At first I was fine, I’d get on once a day or every other day for ten minutes to catch up on notifications or upload pictures. However, at New Year’s time, I thought it would be a *great idea* to say that my New Year’s Resolution was to spend -MORE TIME- on facebook! (HAha, two of my friends did the opposite and said less time….)

That’s when the addiction hit me…I started “facebook creeping.” It’s amazing how I’ll be clicking through people and get to albums of people I don’t know, look through their wedding album, and feel like I had attended. I’ve actually referenced some of the albums at times, saying “oh, at this one wedding…” then catch myself. Haha, I thought this was so creepy and weird (which is probably still is) until I was talking to a co-worker today who does the exact same thing. Also, some of my friends and I were looking at a wedding album of people we don’t know one night a few weeks ago.

It’s amazing how much fb-photo-stalking as risen in popularity in the last few years.

I was also talking to my aunt the other day, and she got talking about fb and how her kids don’t have it, and she would never get it. She started talking about privacy things, and how you only friend the people you really know, and all these different things.

Well, first off, I never think about the privacy settings or anything like that. I mean, I have over 600 friends, which isn’t very much at all for fb, but it’s just people I’ve gone to school with, family, friends, and I KNOW everyone on my friend list! I would never give a second thought about what I put on fb, because it’s who I am and I don’t see why I should censor myself around anyone that I would friend (or not friend, considering how I have no idea what my privacy settings are….) It’s the internet, it’s not really a private place. When I talk about private things, I’ll actually talk to the person. =)

Facebook vs. Myspace? I had myspace for maybe a week tops, just to find new music and bands that I would like, because I was going through a music rut. I firmly believe that fb is wayy better, by the way. People in my area don’t really use myspace, and fb is so user friendly, and I love the photo tagging and albums and all that, the “setup” I should say. :]

Why should you join facebook? To keep in contact. Literally all of my friends have facebook, and it’s a great way of communication. I know my one friend’s cell phone doesn’t work at home unless she climbs to the top of this hill. But she has internet in her home, so it’s easy to speak to her through it. 🙂 Like I mentioned, I love going through albums. I also love going through our actual family photoalbums, so it’s no wonder that fb albums bring me joy!

Honestly, what is the harm in joining? If you don’t like it…just don’t log in ever again(!)

And those are some of my thoughts on facebook.

Till next time!

MiLKy♥

Piep Piep Piep!!

Alright, so I just found this video on Youtube, and just had to share it. :)!

I took German in High School, and whenever I hear a German song, it makes me so happy. xD Not to mention the bunny is darling…

Haha, in the case that I just wated 3:40 minutes of your time (or less if you stopped it ;P) I apologize. 🙂 I found the song very catchy, and it’s been stuck in my head for awhile now. (How about that cultural experience, though?! Haha.)

Thanks for reading! (:

Things that make me happy:

Do you ever wish you had a shortcut on learning what makes people smile, laugh, or just in general be happy? Sometimes I wish people walked about with notebooks that were all about them, and you could read it and learn the (exaggerating here!) everything there is to know about them! Their likes, dislikes, guilty pleasures, habits, hobbies, etc.

So, I decided to share a part of my “notebook” today with the world. 🙂 It not only helps you get to know the person you’re reading about, but it helps me ponder about my life a bit. 😛

~ I love my family. I wouldn’t be the girl that I am today without them. I don’t know what I would do without any one of them, and it really saddens me to know that day will come when I lose one of them.

~ I love my high school. Now, this may be weird since I’ve already gone to college for a year, but looking back, my high school did everything that my  family hadn’t in shaping me into who I am. I enjoyed every second of my time there, and I’m tempted to become a teacher just so I can go back! It’s safe to say that my daughters will have no choice where they’re going. 🙂 I can’t even imagine how I would have survived a public school. All Catholic Girls’ schools are not like the movies or anything, they’re better and every girl should go to one. Haha, there’s so much I could write about that place…

~ I like the smell of freshly mowed grass. Now, just to warn you, I like the smells of many things…like a vanilla cupcake scented candle for example. However, I’ve decided to narrow it down and just mention the big one. I always volunteer to cut the grass (I love that part, too!) because it smells so nice. Like pure summer. :]

~ I like fun socks. I have a pretty nice collection. I tend to wear fun colored ankle socks all the time (that never seem to match…) but I have so many goofy ankle socks and toe socks to keep me happy for the rest of my life. 🙂

~ I like flowers. You know how people sometimes say it’s so cheesy for a guy to get a girl flowers? Well, they are definitely one thing that make me VERY happy. The smell…the look…the beauty…the gesture in general.

~ I like Scooby Doo Macaroni and Cheese. Seriously…what’s not to love?! It tastes wayyy better than normal macaroni, and is in fun shapes! My little brother and I make it all the time for lunch and night snacks :)! If anything…I just wish they gave more noodles in one box =(!

~ I like smiles and laughs. When someone else smiles or laughs, it pulls me in like glue (okay, well, glue doesn’t really pull, so maybe a magnet?) Even if I didn’t hear the joke or don’t know why they’re smiling, I find myself smiling and laughing.

Well, I have to get running now, off to werk. 🙂 I hope to continue this list later, as it is making me happy. (:

Regards from The Middle of Nowhere,

MiLKy (:

A Beginning! :)

Hi everyone!

So I just migrated over to wordpress from blogger! I saw a different blog while following some links, and just loved the layout!

Who am I?

~ Well, you’ll learn that over time as you read my blog! I have no idea how to describe myself (as you can see, the “about me” section is not very well done at all…) But just for a little hint, I’m posting a picture! This is my current fb profile picture, and I’m not so sure about the quality(sorry!):

Me! ^.^

What am I blogging about?!

~ Well, as of right now, I have three main areas that I’m hoping to blog about! Number one is my artwork! =) It sucks. I just started using my wacom pad a little while ago, but I’d like to start practicing this summer! Number two is my warcraft 3 adventures! Now, I know not many people of the world play wc3, but I hope to one day make audios and commentate, so writing about it is good practice :)! Thirdly, my life in general! This summer has been extremely insane and crazy, but I want to remember it later in my life!

Let’s get a little sample of what my blogging will be like?

~Sorry, no can do! I have no idea what any of my posts will be like, so I can’t really hint! 🙂 I hope to draw something soon to show everyone, just a little stick figure or somethin’!

Ah, but I do have one piece of *breaking news!* I babysit two girls (a 2 year old and 3 year old) 5 days a week and the mother has been expecting a third girl for awhile now! The other two were adopted, so this has been an exciting time for them. Well…the baby was born today!!! 🙂 WoOo~!~ *dancedance* so.os

And that’s all for tonight! Hope to be back tomorrow!

xOxO,
GossipGi—MiLKy(=

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