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[red-winters]

I’m going to have very limited internet access the next few days and then we’ll be going out of town after that, so see you guys (probably) around February?

[petty-it-girl-in-pink]

One of the first toys I gave to Sky was this Red Bag. It is actually a watermelon shaped re-usable shopping bag. I thought this would be useful as a ball, because he was too small to play with an actual ball. So I decided to give it a try and started playing with it.

At first Sky was like: ‘What is this weird thing, that looks like a ball, but it’s so easy to bite.’

After coming carefully and slowly, but closer, and smelling it for a while, he realised it is pretty good for his baby teethes and he likes biting it. I let him play with it for a while and then took it from him, and throw it far away. Surprise, surprise, he stood up and ran for it. After the first shock, that he want to play with it, we kept throwing it back-and-forth and sometimes I did let him play with it for a while before getting him upset and taking it away from him.

Later on, I got a little tired of taking it away from him, mostly because he was starting to bite me with his baby teethes and it did hurt. So I went to sit down, while keeping an eye on him, and I let him bite it, and shake it, and be upset with it. He was super cute, while playing with it, especially when he took it in his mouth and shook it very hard. He was so small, but he seemed like he is in a middle of a very big job. I realised soon enough, that he was trying to open it. He was tearing it open with his teethes and dragging the bag, from the inside, out. I was so shocked, that he knew it can be opened, that when he was done with it, I took it, and put the bag back again.  Sky obviously got upset, and opened it again. Just like that, we had our first game. 

Ever since then he is still obsessed with opening it, once I close it for him. He loves shaking it very hard, and staring at it meanly, if I manage to close it in a way that he can’t open it so easily.

It is like a Rubik’s cube for dogs. Seriously, he loves this challenge.

Even thought he has around 10 toys, right now, he still cherishes his little red bag. He keeps going back to it, and biting on the plastic parts, or uncontrollably shaking it. He is so sweet when he is playing with it.

Sometimes, the things that are insignificant for us, mean the most for others.

I gave it to him, because I didn’t need it, but it became his favourite game. It’s such an amazing feeling to see, that something I didn’t need, can mean the world to him.

Life With Sky #2 – The Red Bag One of the first toys I gave to Sky was this Red Bag. It is actually a watermelon shaped re-usable shopping bag.

[karijay]

What Christmas looks like for this midwestern girl. A personal blog. #personalblog #personalblogger #personalblogpost

[kgonzalez1510-blog]

Ohio University

It honestly did not take me that long to decide on Ohio University when choosing a college in high school. I looked at a few schools including Bowling Green, University of Cincinnati, Miami University, and Ohio University. I didn’t really like BG because I felt like there was nothing to do on campus, and I did not really like the location. UC was my first school I visited and I thought I loved it, but in reality I think I just thought I loved it because it was the first school I saw. My top two schools was Ohio University and Miami. I loved both campuses because they were so similar, both were beautiful campuses with bricks everywhere. I felt right at home on these campuses, like I could see myself at either schools. I liked Miami a little more because it was closer to home though. Later in my senior year I found out I got deferred from Miami and I was really upset. After I found out I got deferred, I started to think about Ohio University and Cincinnati. It was weird that I liked both campuses because they are very opposite, one being in the city and the other being in a rural area. I then visited OU one more time and I realized I wanted to be here for the next four years. I am the first to go to college in my family so this was all my own decision. I am so glad I chose OU because I feel right at home, I love Court street and college green. I love the bricks and all of the friends it has given to me. First semester I was somewhat homesick but not near as much as I thought I would be. Now we only have three weeks left and I am sad I have to go back home. My freshman year of college went by so fast, but I am so grateful I chose this amazing school. 

[thtsmackedpoet]

Time to step it up

Time to step it up

Weekly Thoughts #115: Time to step it up (more…)

[lhouck-1510-blog]

Transitioning

After my first, almost, full year as a college student I have realized that even though we are out of high school and technically older, that does not necessarily mean people are more mature. College is interesting in the aspect that you are surrounded by new people who have never been without supervision; people either thrive and begin to find themselves or completely fall into the peer pressure of it all. Similarly, I have found it exceptionally challenging to find people I connect with more than the surface level on a daily basis. Learning from the first semester, I spent almost all my time focusing on building friendships with people I was forcing myself to feel like they would be my lifelong friends when in reality, I barely related to them at all.

Until recently, I realized that I was often putting so much more energy into forcing friendships than I was getting out of it. I was consumed with the thought that I had to spend my time surrounded by people to feel like I was making the most of my time and truly experiencing college. However, my mindset has transitioned completely to learn to enjoy the time I have by myself and to focus on growing as a person, mentally and emotionally. The year has been filled with transitions and challenges for me in many different aspects, but I believe focusing and working on my well-being has been more beneficial than anything. Learning to love the time I have to myself and find what truly makes me happy has helped me the most.

[kgonzalez1510-blog]

You could call me the crazy cat lady if you'd like, this is one out of the five cats we have at my house. Her name is Pantera, which means panther in Spanish. This cat is one of the most spoiled and know it all cats out there. She is almost two years old, loves being outside, and is always so energetic. This cat is also very lovable and always wants attention from everyone, except from other cats.

The second picture is her son Moki, a very cute and cuddly cat. They both love my room and my bed so much, and they are very sweet. Moki was my favorite cat because he slept with me every night and followed me everywhere when he was a kitten. Now he is older and is kind of rude, but I still love him.

 You’re probably wondering how we ended up with five cats in one household, well let me tell ya. It all started out two years ago when my brother brought a stray cat home from the streets. She is a long haired orange and white cat, we named her Coco. My mom didn’t want a cat at first, but she couldn’t just put her back on the streets so we kept her. A few months later we noticed her stomach getting bigger and bigger, we soon realized she was pregnant because we let her outside all the time. Coco had three kittens, one of them was Pantera, Cinnamon, and Snickers. We kept all three of them, but Snickers ran away a few months later. So then we only had three cats at this point. Then Pantera and Cinnamon soon had kittens of their own as well. Pantera had four kittens, and we kept one of them named Moki (second picture). Now we had four cats in the Gonzalez household. Later on, the same brother as before found ANOTHER stray kitten outside just crying on a car tire on the street. He brought this cat home and we kept her as well, her name is Bella and she looks identical to Pantera (the calico cat in the picture above). We had multiple litters after this, in fact we have two litters in our house right now. We are giving away all of them because there is literally twelve cats in my house right now. Long story short I love cats and I'm not sorry about it. 

[mintpetal]

Thoughts on the whole shebang

Gods above I hate 2016. I thought the worst part of this year would be when David Bowie passed on to the ethereal but NOPE. Along with all the constant CONSTANT talk about “the election this” “we’re all fucked that”, we also have the U.K. hitting the fan, the Middle East not getting any better, rampant Islamaphobia, and by Gods my period is late again.  Seems this year sucks pretty hard, huh? But there is a light ya know? We all know, deep inside, we’re gonna get through this one way or another. I dunno, maybe that’s just me speaking from a point in privilege (white, mostly female :p) but I genuinely think we’re gonna be okay. Focus on YOU. What YOU can do to make life better in general. For yourself. And if helping people makes life better for you than DO that thing. We cannot afford to be idle and wallow in grief and terror. We must show this world that WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF IT. WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF CHANGE. WE WILL NEVER COWER IN FEAR, AND WE WILL NEVER ALLOW OTHER PEOPLES NEGATIVE ACTIONS TO AFFECT US. Because we are human. And humans always find a way to survive and adapt.  Reality alters perception, alters reality. That’s all, folks~  -Nymh

[thtsmackedpoet]

How my life is going?

How my life is going?

Weekly Thoughts #113: How my life is going? I feel like I’m ditching my mental health. I need another appointment. I haven’t had one since January. Our schedules don’t align and it’s been too difficult to reschedule. I love going even though I’m hardly depressed. I felt a way about my writing. I have had little passion lately. I get off of work around 3, so I have the rest of my evening to…

[lhouck-1510-blog]

Pressure of College

College is open to so many different opportunities because you are surrounded by new people in a completely new environment and the expectations are at an all time high. Going in, you have infinite expectations from the lifelong friends you will make to all the professional experiences you will have for future jobs to all the memories you will make. Infinite opportunities. The highest of expectations. College has made me feel like I am never doing enough, that there is so much more out there for me to be doing even though I am already struggling to find the time to balance school work, build friendships, join clubs that interest me, and even find a job so I can have a little bit more money in my bank account. 

I continue to try to keep an open mind and try to take advantage of all the opportunities college has to offer has consumed my daily life as I feel like I am never doing enough. I am struggling to find the time and I am always left wanting to do more, even though I am completely drained by the end of the day. Additionally, I constantly compare myself to what everyone else is doing and accomplishing, making me feel like I should be traveling the world and fulfilling my life in the same way. Each day I remind myself to take a step back and realize how much I have accomplished in the past year and how much time I still have ahead of me to achieve all that I set my mind to.

[chelseeb00-blog]

2016

So, I thought having a blog would be something healthy to have, rather than posting my entire life on Twitter. Why not create a blog no one will read and post my entire life on here instead, right? 

I guess to just begin I’ll start off with a few key facts: 1) I just moved back home 2) I’m turning 21 within the next few weeks 3) I have no idea what the hell I’m doing with this Tumblr, but it’ll be fun.

Now that, that’s out of the way, you can all (aka no one) await my next post. 

XXXX

[kgonzalez1510-blog]

AGD

Since both of my parents didn't go to college, I honestly did not know much about greek life. Many of my friends in high school always made fun of sorority and frat life, so I felt kind of ashamed to want to be in one. I saw a lot of posts about sororities from people who graduated my high school who went to bigger schools, they would post pictures on Instagram of them and their sororities and it made me want to be in one. I saw them looking like they were having so much fun with their sisters, and I was very interested in it. I started to look into more of Greek Life here at OU online and I wanted to go through recruitment. I signed up in the summer for recruitment and I was really excited but nervous about it too. After I moved in and met some people on campus, I noticed that a lot of the girls I talked to weren’t planning on rushing (joining a sorority). 

I went through recruitment and I only knew  two girls that were also going through it. It was a stressful but really fun experience. I think everyone should go through it because I met so many great girls. I ended up getting a bid from Alpha Gamma Delta, and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. I have met some amazing friends and I can’t wait to grow closer to them. I’m living in the sorority house my sophomore and junior year and I can’t wait. Joining a sorority has to be one of the best decisions I have made for myself so far and I cannot wait to see what opportunities and experiences I will have in the next three years. 

[zac-sixpencemusic]

In Reflection

Reflecting on the created track, and the project overall I think my main undoing in creating a really high quality finish was time management and i think if i were to do the assignment again I would definitely create a weekly planner and break it down on a week per week basis. As far as the sounds i created for my track go I’m still quite happy with them and wouldn't change the sound of them too much. 

Looking forward I would like to experiment with creating lyrics for the entire track and i would like to use more recorded instruments to give the track a more personal feel/touch. 

[thtsmackedpoet]

Top 5 Favorite Snacks When Baked

Top 5 Favorite Snacks When Baked

Top 5 Favorite: Snacks when baked If you didn’t know I indulge, then the cats out the bag. The secret is out. Whatever. But this is my list of my favorite snacks for when I’m baked. Check out the affiliate links if interested. (more…)

[lhouck-1510-blog]

Summer Plans

As my summer starts in less than a week, with my last exam on Tuesday, I have realized I have so much to look forward to after a stressful couple weeks finishing out the semester. Next Wednesday I will be flying back down to Georgia where I will see my boyfriend’s final graduation, now from Infantry School. I am looking forward to the couple days I have down there before his flight to South Korea and my flight back home. Once I get home, I am working three to four days a week as a nanny to a family I could not be happier about. I am looking forward to spending my days at the pool or the kids’ practices, and making money while doing it. While my main focus this summer is to make money, I am planning to spend all my free time with my friends and family at home that I have missed this entire school year. In addition, I will be vacationing to Colorado with my family in July and if my boyfriend gets leave, he will hopefully join us as well. Then not even two weeks later, seven of my friends and I will be flying to Fort Lauderdale to enjoy the beach for about a week and I could not be more excited. I am happy that I have so much to look forward to already and I know there will be so much more planned once summer gets started.