Things According To Sarah

So long...

2011-01-21T22:18:00.000-08:00

This blog has been fun writing but it has been very inconsistent and really just a place for me to randomly comment on things in my life. I started a new blog with Jeremy and will be posting from there from now one. Hope to see you there.

-Sarah

www.co-powers.blogspot.com

Free Time...

2010-10-01T17:33:00.001-07:00

I have been sick this whole week and have had an interesting time finding things to do. And tonight I have finally ran out of things to do so I am blogging. I actually got quite a bit done...

1.

I watched Dexter Season Four. Wow, this was a good one. I already knew the ending so there was no shocker there but there were defiantly some intense moments. I now really wish I had Showtime....

2. When I could pull myself away from Dexter or other things I was watching and doing I was spending time with Jeremy. It's really nice to have someone around to take care of you if you need it.

3.

Jeremy got me into Fringe, which has slowly been bumping its way closer to the top of my favorites list the more I watched. I have no finished Season 1 and want Season 2 desperately.

4. Jer also made me watch Kick Ass, which was actually a pretty good move. My favorite was Hit Girl, she was wild.

5.

I had to re-load all my CDs onto my computer, this took a while but the worst part it that most of them are burnt CDs so NONE of them have the data connected to the songs so I have to search the lyrics and then enter the data.

6. I made homemade potato skins from Pioneer Woman's Cookbook. They were delicious but were a bit of work. If I make them again I would make a double batch.

7.

I made apple crisp, it is delicious.

This is what's left.

8. I painted my nails, which I do VERY rarely.

9.

I made a list of all my movies and put it onto my iPod so I will always have it with me.

10. I cleaned my apartment.

11. And I did my dishes (ran the dishwasher and everything) 5 times.

That's it. I am now working on organizing my music and watching TV. Fun times...

-Sarah

2010-07-21T14:54:00.000-07:00

This video is of a great friend of mine who I have known since I was a couple weeks old. She is so creative and I love her. I want to get this video as wide spread as possible so I am posting it. I hope you enjoy it.

New Scientology Commercial: "You"

2010-06-16T10:52:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time...

2010-06-03T16:14:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I wrote an entry, I have kind of been going back and forth between deleting this blog or not. I have decided not to. I will definitely be posting more often. See you soon.
-Sarah

Most exciting things happening in Feb!

2010-01-28T22:04:00.000-08:00

1. I turn 20! Ahh!
2. I get to babysit Mason for the first time, overnight!
3. I will be finding an appartment to move into and will be moving shortly!
4. The next Anita Blake book comes out.
5. I will be getting a large amount of cash! Yay!

what makes a bad influence a bad influence?

2010-01-25T22:50:00.000-08:00

I have a very strong opinion on drugs and alcohol and here it goes. If it's illegal you should not do it, period. And if it messes with your mind or health you should still not do it but if you are going to you should do so with caution. That said, I know everyone is different and I don't resent anyone for opposing these views.

I had to open with that so that you understand where I am coming from on this bad influence thing. I know when I was younger I was told to not be a bad influence on my little sister but now as life gets more serious I am actually wonder what makes someone a bad influence? Is it someone who pushes you to do those things? Or is it just merely someone who does those things around you? Or is it simply someone who you know doesn't oppose those things so its ok to do it around them?

Let me give you a couple examples. One of my best friends went to college with a similar moral code as me, she didn't drink, didn't do drugs, didn't hang around people who did. Now 1.5 years later does drink, did and sometimes still does do drugs, even got into some casual relationships with guys. Now from what she has told me she was never "pushed" into doing any of these things but just looking at who she hangs out with I can see that these friends of hers are doing the same things so I would definitely consider them a bad influence to her. But does that mean that if she had other friends she wouldn't have gotten into this stuff? I don't know.

My next example is another friend who shares my views on not doing illegal things but recently turned 21 so now it is not illegal for her to drink. Before she was 21 I had talked to her about excessive drinking and she agreed that people should not get drunk all the time. Now that she is 21 she gets drunk almost every week. Now here is where the question of bad influence comes in. Aside from on her 21st birthday she has never had a single drink while hanging out with me. But she has a friend who she pretty much spends all her time with when she is not hanging out with me or working and almost every time they get together they drink together. Now normally I would say that it is just as easily my friend influencing her but before my friend was 21 her friend (who is 20) was drinking just as much if not more then she is now. So, now that my friend is 21 not only does she drink all the time with this person but she is an accessory to a crime. This also makes me think that this person is a bad influence even is my friend is the one who suggests drinks some of the time.

So my question is, how do I help my friends? Can I? I know people have to make their own mistakes and learn from them but when drugs are involved I feel like not only is it a slippery slope to addiction but it threatening to the immediate health and as their friend I should help them.

Just as a note, I don't talk from some high moral ground. I have made plenty of mistakes and I am sure that I will make more.

-Sarah

Top 5 Things I am excited about this weekend!!

2010-01-01T17:39:00.000-08:00

Top 5 Things I am Excited About This Weekend:
1. Seeing Mason!
2. Seeing the rest of my family!
3. Hanging out with Krista and Maggie!
4. Making Pioneer Woman recipes!!!!
5. Eating yummy food!

Top 5 Dealbreakers...

2009-12-21T19:45:00.000-08:00

1. Drinks a lot.
2. Stops communicating when he's mad.
3. Doesn't get along with my family.
4. Makes fun of me all the time.
5. Won't compromise.

Top Five Hot Actors of All Time...

2009-12-20T18:36:00.000-08:00

1. Jared Padalecki, of course.
2. Jensen Ackles.
3. Misha Collins
4. Taylor Lautner
5. Chris Evans

-Sarah

Top 5 Things I Love About the Christmas Season!

2009-12-20T13:02:00.000-08:00

1. Spending time with my family!!!
2. The amazing food!
3. The music!
4. Christmas lights!
5. The presents, giving and getting!

Only 4 more days till Christmas!!!

-Sarah

It's been a while...

2009-12-18T22:01:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I have posted anything due to lack of internet access. I did figure out how to post from my BlackBerry so I should be posting more frequently.

Today I woke up and couldn't move my head to the right at all! It sucked Mark, at work, called me crook neck all morning because I had my head tilted to the left because it hurt so bad. It does still hurt a little bit but I have a Chiro appointment so no worries. On the upside, I got to see Mason, Jackie, and Brian tonight which was pretty awesome.

You wanna hear something random, the reason I decided to write an entry tonight was because I saw a add for organ donors and couldn't remember if my drivers license says I am one or not. I decided that I should make that known you know just in case. I also want to be cremated. Ha ha how's that for morbid! Ha!

Well, have a great day!

-Sarah

Took me long enough...

2009-09-22T17:55:00.000-07:00

So, sorry about my absence. I have been trying to get my life in order, like I said I needed to in my last post. I was also thinking of a new direction for this blog. I know it is kinda just a random venting terminal for me right now and that is great for me but because of that there tends to be like a month between every post (hopefully having the internet will help : / ). So just to warn you I recently watched High Fidelity and I loved the whole "top five" concept in that movie so I may through those in here occasionally.

I am trying to remember all the important things that have happened since I was on here last. Well first of all, I am now working for an Insurance Restoration Company and I love it. I never thought I would like doing collections but I was totally wrong, I think it has to do with the people that I am working with. I love being in the kind of atmosphere where you can talk to everyone about pretty much anything, its bada$$. The next biggest thing would be that I am moving out on my own for real for the first time soon. I am moving in with my friend Susan, and hopefully Miriam. My personal goal is November 1st but hopefully sooner. I think those are the only major things that have happened with me recently. Unless you count TV starting again hehe. So far I have that addiction under control, we will see how I do in the next couple of weeks. Well, I will be back. Hopefully not as long as last time.

-Sarah

PS.
Next Five Things to Look Forward to:
1. Brent and Jill's Wedding Reception.
2. Jackie's 10 Year High School Reunion Weekend.
3. Nae's 17th Birthday!
4. Mom's Birthday.
5. Moving into my house!

new view point.

2009-07-05T16:16:00.000-07:00

So today as was taking a bubble bath (i like those) I was thinking about this love story that I read on a blog* and my view point shifted.

A few months ago I wrote an entry about my first boyfriend and how I was planning on dating him when he moved back here in a while and how I was pretty much planning on dating him. Well, I ended up calling him and basically telling him that I was not going to wait for him but if we were both interested when he gets back then we could talk then. Well, at the time I didn't know this but I was not expecting him to be the one to get a girlfriend and was just making it so I could have my options open but not him (which isn't fair for him, I now know).

About a month ago Nick came home for a couple weeks and to make a long story short, he and my friend Susan started dating. This hurt a lot more then I thought it would, I was obviously not completely over him. It had been almost two years since we had broke up and I had dated another guy during that two years, it would make sense that I was over him. But of course I don't work like that.

It didn't take much time to get over it, I was even talking to Susan about him and their relationship. But I did pretty much lose hope on the whole guy thing, which I quickly realized was completely ridiculous. But then I started with the idea that I needed to look at all of my options and figure out my next step in that part of my life, I didn't have much luck there...

Then after reading this blog it hit me. I just need to work on figuring my life out in general and the whole guy thing will work it self out (to a degree). Also what I realized is that who ever "the guy" turns out to be will love me for me and we will be able to move our lives around each other in order to make it work! I also realized that as much as I like Nick, we were not meant to be, I mean we just don't work that well as a couple, but we are great friends.

I am really happy with where my life is headed and I hope for the best!

-Sarah

*(http://thepioneerwoman.com/category/black_heelstractor_wheels/the_night_i_met_marlboro_man)

Some risks are worth taking...

2009-06-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

So a few posts before this one I said that two of my best friends were leaving for the summer. Well I have been talking to both of them and it has been quite an experience for both of them. I just spent a week with Ry and let me tell you, she is different (in a good way). I feel like this last month has helped her grow into who she is and helped her be more confident. I also know Krista has gone through quite a bit. She is in a whole new country, which I can't even begin to imagine how hard that has got to be. Both of them have learned from these experiences and therefore have grown as people.

The reason I brought my friends up is because I about embark upon my own adventure. I have had several experiences already in my life from which I have learned a lot from and I hope that this is the same in that regard. I am going to be buying a house and running a daycare out of the basement. I have a lot to do and it is going to be hard work but I know I can do it. Not only can I do this but I can do well with it. My plan is to eventually get up to 12 kids and then work on getting a building for a daycare. (between then and now I would get certified and stuff for owning my own Out of Home Daycare). I am so excited but also a little freaked as to how much work I have left to do in a small amount of time but I know I can do it!!

Update...

2009-06-06T10:31:00.000-07:00

So I had this past week off, I did no work what so ever and it was really nice. I did do lots of things personally and just wanted to give you guys a quick update!

*I bought a Season Pass to Six Flags! Chrissy, Susan, and I went yesterday and had a blast! This is me eating a turkey leg while at Six Flags!

*The Church held a Murder Mystery Party which people dressed up and everything. It was a blast! I wore a flapper dress and everything. This is me in my attire with my friend, Erica!

*My friend Chrissy graduated from high school! That night Chrissy, Susan, and I found a place that has Karaoke and had a blast singing and getting hit on by our new friend Tom.

*I finished up babysitting Ayden, Bastian, and Sasha and moved into Jackie and Brian's to get ready to babysit Mason!

That is pretty much what has been happening! I have more exciting things coming up and will keep you posted! I hope all of your summers are going as well as mine is!

-Sarah

Kids do the darndest things!

2009-05-25T12:00:00.000-07:00

So the following video is of my cute cousin dancing! We were in Trader Joe's and the song changed and he just went crazy dancing!

Never thought I would feel like this...

2009-05-22T08:06:00.000-07:00

So next week is my last week with the three kids I have been watching for the past several months and I am going to miss them so much! I knew that I would be a little sad but I never expected to feel this sad! It sucks because Ayden (the 2.5 year old) just got to the point that when I get to his house he runs up to me and gives me a hug and now I am not going to be babysitting him anymore and that just sucks! Hell I mean I miss them when it is the weekend and I don't see them and now a few months, this is going to be bad!

There is an upside to this and that is the I get to spend two months with Mason! I am so excited about this! I also get to live with Jackie and Brian which is really cool too!

So i guess you gain some and you lose some. I have had a blast these past month and will really miss these kids but get a chance to make tons of memories with Mason!

-Sarah

Recent movies... good sh*t!

2009-05-15T16:36:00.000-07:00

So I recently went and saw a few movies and they were all great!

X-Men Origins: This was amazing! Hugh Jackman did an amazing job and looked good while doing it! I wish that Ryan Reynolds would have had a bigger part but thought he did a good job with what he had.

Star Trek: WOW! This was AWESOME! I did not have a single complaint and just freaking loved it! Everything was amazing from the acting to the storyline, everything was wonderful!

Terminator: WOW again! This was an awesome film which totally lived up to my expectations. I like Christian Bale a lot and think he is a great actor who's career is realy taking off. The other acting was great too! Again I had no complaints what so ever!

Angles and Demons: This was good. They changed somethings from the book to the movie but the changes were not major points so I am totally fine with it. I liked it.

Ghost of Girlfriends Past: This was a cute movie but it was predictable but I did think it had some hillarious parts and the acting was great!

I am so excited about the rest of the movies coming out this summer which are going to be AWESOME!

-Sarah

So long...

2009-05-08T10:44:00.000-07:00

So summer is approaching and tonight I am spending time with two of my close friends who are going to be hundreds of miles away for the summer. I am looking forward to tonight but not being able to hang out with them for a whole summer is going to be sad. I could go on and on about how lonely I am going to be but that is just not true. I love spending time with Ry and Krista but I do have plenty of other friends around to spend time with while they are gone. None the less I am going to miss them. I have been through a lot with these two people and want to show you some of the good times:

*This is the three of us pretty recently at my house.

*This is the three of us in high school on a school spirit day. (I have earlier pictures but not on my computer yet). Krista and I have actually been friends since 5th grade. We went through a lot of sh*t together and I know that if I ever needed anything that I could turn to her (I hope she feels the same way too).

*This is Me, Ry and my sister. Ryan is part of my family and is invited to things as such. She even came to my Grandparents house for Thanksgiving with me. I love her and don't know what I would do without her.

*This is my 18th Birthday party that Ryan surprised me with a bunch of my other friends from school. It was one of the best birthdays I have ever had.

Bottom line is that I am going to miss them but in the mean time I am going to have a blast with them.

-Sarah

Cooped up Kiddies = Craziness!

2009-05-06T10:56:00.000-07:00

So yesterday the people who I babysit for had most of their windows replaced therefore me and the three kids (2.5 yrs, 9 months, and 4 months) were cooped up in a room all day! It was not that fun. First of all, normally i keep them all seperate while they are sleeping (otherwise they wake eachother up) and I could not do that yesterday. Second, there was only space for two of them to sleep so I had to mock up a space for the two and a half year old, which was not really easy because he is used to sleeping in his bed. And then getting bottles and food was interesting because I couldn't bring all of them out with me so I had to be wicked fast. Probobly the worst thing was that the 2.5 year old couldn't go outside, which is sad because he loves to go run around in the backyard and chase bunnies and stuff.

All of that is over and the windows look great! But it was crazy while it was happening!

-Sarah

Family is Everything to Me...

2009-05-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

So I was going to move to Jefferson City in a month or so but I have decided agaist this and am actually going to be babysitting my year old cousin for two months while my uncle teaches summer school.

I am soooooo excited! You have no idea! So if I was going to choose one person that I love the most that I know it would be this kid! It has been like that since he was born! I don't want anyone to get the wrong ideal, I love my other family members a lot too (more then most people can fathem).

Family is a funny thing. I was recently asked what I would do if I fell in love with someone who lived thousands of miles away but he owned a company out there and couldn't move here. The question I was asked was "would I move out there to be with him if it meant leave your family?" I reponded "Absolutly not! If he was really the one I was going to be with we would work something out but it would not consist of me seeing my family any less." To most people they think that is a little crazy and several people have told me I should not give up my dreams because of my family. But what they don't understand is that litterally the most important thing to me is my family! I would not give them up for ANYTHING! I know a lot of people don't feel this way about their family, especially their parents or sibilings or extended family. This is just the way I am and I would not change it for the world! Maybe this means that I have just not met the write person yet or maybe it will change when I have my own kids but for right now I am totally fine with the way it is.

-Sarah

Babyland!!!

2009-04-21T10:18:00.000-07:00

So as I said in the pervious entry, right now I am babysitting for a living. I love it. When I started it, it was simply that I didn't have a job but needed to make some money. Now I have changed my mind about everything I thought I had figured out!

I wanted to go to school for five years, become an architech, get a great job, find a husband, have kids, be happy but not have all the crazy stress' of trying to make ends meet because I have a good high paying job. That is what I wanted.

Now that has changed. Now I want to go school for two years (get an assosiates degree), start my own daycare with a partner, find a husband, have kids, be happy and run my own bussiness which I know is crazy and nothing is for sure but that is what I want now. I am excited and can't wait till I am done with school and can get started! YAY!

-Sarah

Gum'o'meal... wonderful!

2009-04-21T10:11:00.000-07:00

So I am babysitting for a living right now. I babysit a 3 month old, 7 month old, and 2.5 year old. I freaking love it, but Bastian (7 months) is teething right now and therefore is in a lot of pain and was having a really hard time sleeping. Well that has been handled now.

Gum'o'meal is all natural and not only helps him with the pain but also puts him to sleep. He is doing so much better and I wanted to let people know about the wonders of it.

-Sarah

having no internet sucks!

2009-03-20T19:01:00.000-07:00

so I recently moved out of my parents house and now i don't have the internet anymore and it sucks! I watch a rediculous amount of TV shows and all of them i watch on the internet and now I am forced to go to Bread Company, McDonalds, etc. and watch my TV. It is very annoying. Just needed to vent about that!

Being an Adult Kind of Sucks!

2009-01-28T17:45:00.000-08:00

Ok so over the past month I have basically been contemplating my life, I am at a crutial time in my life and the decitions I am making could seriously f#ck my life up or make it the life I want. It is freaking stressfull trying to figure out what you are going to do! I do have freaking awesome family and friends who totally help me out when I need it and I love them to death for it! So here is my question, how do you know what you are doing is the right decision? I mean is there a way to tell and if not why the f#ck not?

I actually feel much better about my life in general than I did a week ago, I know the three basic directions I want to go and now I just have to decide on a plan which lets me do all three of them with out screwing anything else up in the mean time. Life is interesting now that I am a grown up and have to make real adult desicions.

-Sarah

Sickness = Sadness

2009-01-20T17:08:00.000-08:00

I am sick and it sucks! It started as a head cold, let me tell you about something about colds, I would rather stick my head in a toilet then have to deal with a headcold! Then this morning I have a freaking feaver (96 degrees). I have been in my bed all night and it sucks, I wish I could just get better and back to work! It did give me a chance to catch up on the things that I could do from my bed.

-Sarah

New Years Eve...

2009-01-01T13:09:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! All of you who don't have to work today, I envy you! I am working (kinda) but I have been up since nine and only went to bed at 5... I am a crazy person.

So I have this guy I am planning on dating when he moves back here (he currently lives out of state) but I dont know WTF to do because I have not talked to him in two months so I find myself wondering, should i continue to wait for him or not? And if I choose not to, is dating someone else cheating because I told him I would be here when he moved back? Do you see my delima? Right now I am desperatly trying to get ahold of him. I hate this complicated shit, why cant it be straight forward and real. URGGGG!!

Aside from that wondering last night I had a very good time last night dancing and hanging out with old friends and dennys! Fun times! Hope you all had fun too!

-Sarah

Just leave me the f*ck alone...

2008-12-21T12:00:00.000-08:00

Ok so I hate it when people are all like you can do what you want as long as it jives with what I want... that is a f*cking catch 22. I mean seriously if you are going to say "You can do what you want" then let me f*cking do what I want to f*cking do. gezzz!

For instance... I don't dress up... unless I am working and have to, it is a REALLY special occation, or I just feel like it (which is rare) but I have a lot of friends and family who pretty much always wear at least a pretty nice shirt (as in nicer than a t-shirt) and normally I dont care and neither do they that I pretty much always in a t-shirt but sometimes they make me feel like I should change which is really annoying...

Anyways I just think if you are going to say "You can do what you want" then you should just deal with it if you dont like what they chose to do.

-Sarah

How would you feel...

2008-12-16T17:07:00.001-08:00

Ok so yesterday on a truth telling thing on Facebook one of my friends put that she hates my favorite book series "Twilight" with the passion of a thousand burning suns. She had not before this explained to me that she felt this strongly about it.

I feel the complete oposite towards the book series... I have read the whole thing 4 times and am on my fifth. Now I didn't feel "hurt" persay but I have a similar situation with another one of my friends and the boy I like... she doesn't like him at all.

Here is my question, how would you feel if your best friend said that she "hates with the passion of a thousand burning suns" your favorite thing (wheather that be book or boy)?

-Sarah

Online Christmas Shopping...

2008-12-15T20:35:00.000-08:00

Ok so I did almost all of my Christmas shopping online and it was freaking awesome! I hope I never have to do any more shopping in an actual store ever again!!!

First of all you get pretty much everything cheaper online than you would in an actual store, second of all you don't have to freaking leave the house and third of all they deliver it straight to your door!

I hope everyone knows the joy of shopping online!

-Sarah

Lana should crawl under a rock and die...

2008-12-15T19:06:00.000-08:00

So I saw a preview for Smallville (which returns on January 15th) today and it shows Clark and Lana kissing... what the f*ck? I mean seriously I thought we closed that book last season! And now we are opening it back up? The preview kinda makes it seem like Lana pushes him away after they kiss, which I hope happens!

Here is the deal, Lana is a lot more of a bad ass now but she is not meant to be with Clark (that's Lois). Her and Oliver would actually be a good couple in my opinion. I guess I will see what happens!

-Sarah