A New Season

How things change. SO. FAST.

I am thinking of it as a new season in my life. An opportunity to grow up a little more.

I am doing the very thing I said I would never do. Moving back in with my parents. After realizing how homesick I really was and a roommate who needed to move back to her homeland of New Mexico, I decided to make the move. My ultimate goal is to save enough money to have a hefty down payment on a house in the next year. Am I forever settled in Springfield, MO? No and No. BUT I feel like this is what the adult Whitney would do and I'm trying to tap into those tendencies a little more. I hate living in an apartment. Every single thing about it sucks. Big time. So this new season is filled with promise for a different attitude and a new direction in life. I'm OK with it.

Also, I discovered a new thing from iTunes called Home Share. You can link up to other computers on your same wireless network and import their music into your library. How freaking fantastic is that? SO my iPod ADD is at an all time high right now because of the tidal wave of new music that just showed itself to my iTunes library. Aaaaah. Music is the answer to everything.

Spring is almost here!

California=3 weeks away!

Day 4.

Today is Day FOUR of the big Facebook-free Lenten adventure. I sort of don't even care about it anymore. It seems stupid that I cared so much on day one. I can and will survive without it. I will probably be a better person in the end for doing it. I have bigger and better things to worry about.

In other news: I leave for California 4 weeks from tomorrow (Monday). That means I have 4 weeks to get toned, firmed, and tanned. Can I do it? YES I CAN! I'm way excited to be somewhere in which the sun actually shines and the temperature gets above 4o degrees. Bring on spring break!! :)

Day One.

It's the first day of my Facebook-less life. I have thought about that stupid website more than I would like to admit. I have a grand trip to California planned during this Lent. What is the best part of any beach vacation? The sand? The surf? The sun? NOOO. Uploading pictures on Facebook immediately afterwards! DUH!

I realized that I won't be able to do this. And that is the saddest part of this whole thing. Really. I'm pathetic. I know

There's no going back now.

Bookmark is deleted.

Google Chrome Thumbnail is removed.

Email notifications are turned off.

Facebook has no control over my life for the next 40 days.

Take THAT Facebook!

Potty Training

I feel like I have been thrust into the world of having a terrible two year old...except my two year old is furry, whiney, and craps on the floor. This durn puppy is probably the cutest thing I have ever owned, yet also the most frustrating. She has entered the world of "terrible twos" for puppies and she is only 13 weeks old. She absolutely does not understand how to crap outside. Peeing outside? No problemo. Pooing outside? Absolutely no way no how. Oh and if its cold or windy or snowy, you might as well just give up now. I have never met a more stubborn puppy in my life. She is a mini-Mariah Carey (subtract the boobs). Diva of all divas. I have been forced to research new and different ideas for housetraining a puppy, because I refuse to clean up crap off my carpet for the next 15 years.

Option 1: Dog litter- Yes it exists. Weird? Absolutely.

Option 2: WixDog Indoor Puppy Training-Here is the description from their website:

Wizdog is a new revolutionary house training system for dogs. Consisting of a durable plastic pan and fitted grate, liquid waste dispenses through the grate onto newspaper or a pee pad, separated from your dog's paws - No more wet paw tracks throughout your house! Solid waste stays on top of the grate, so you never have to touch it. Just flip the grate, and it's gone. That's it!

I'm gonna say that's a big fat NO to the WizDog. And that diagram? WTF?

Option 3: Newspaper. Cheap. Easy. It's a winner.

So, now I'm off to paper train a puppy that is 50% outside trained. It proves to be comical if nothing else. I leave you with this face. If it doesn't melt your heart...I'm sorry.

40 Days without Facebook?

Lent starts in 4 days. I am not Catholic...nor have I ever been. I am a Christian, however. A Christian who has never successfully given something up for Lent. I'm thinking I will give up Facebook.

Hi. My name is Whitney and I'm addicted to Facebook.

If there was a Facebook Addicts Anonymous group, I would be the first one to join. I spend way too much time on the mostly useless social networking tool. I don't even do Farmville or Farkle or any of those other stupid Facebook applications. I'm just an addict. I think it will probably be the hardest thing I've ever done. That's ridiculous. I think I'm going to take the plunge though. Plunge back to 7th grade when you ACTUALLY had to CALL someone when you wanted to talk to them. Back to high school when instant messenger was the main means of online communication. Back to a life without FACEBOOK. Dun dun duuuuun. We shall see.