Hi Blog! Next week I only have time to write you once. Next week are somethings that are coming up.

Monday June 29 2015 I get my dental implant. I am so nervous about it. I will show you my before and after pictures when it’s all done. I wonder how long it will take. I am going to try to relax when they are working in there.

Tuesday June 30 2015 we are getting a new TV. We haven’t got a new TV in years! I get envious when we shop in the store and you see those TV’s with the vibrant colors. Our TV is dull in comparison to what they have now.

On Saturday July 4 2015 we will celebrate Independence Day. We will be hanging out at my aunt’s house. I think it will be fun and also they got a new place. Haven’t been there yet. I am excited to see it. Another thing my cousin Alice will there, she lives in Utah. We are good friends as well as cousins.

Next week I will be blogging about a new and awesome artist I found. I am excited to tell you about him. I love his music it’s so great and I can’t stop listening to him.

Don’t worry I will keep you updated on all the things that happen next week. Just going to be late.

That is my super hero name!

I was thinking lately that I am a great deflector from myself. This why I think that. I tend to deflect things about myself to others. I try to talk about you not me. I think that maybe you are more interesting than me. Or I just have real problem talking about myself.

I have met some of the most boring people in the world and still can have them talk about themselves. I ask questions and just let them take off. It’s really easy if you have kids or pets. Here why it’s easy:

So how many kids to do you have? How old are they? Really, what do they like to do?

How many pets do you have? Awe I bet she/he is spoiled. Does she/he like to play? How old are they?

See how easy to keep the conversation going. People who have none of those are also very easy. Here are some examples:

What do you like to do? What are your hobbies? Are you married? What does your husband/wife/girl/boyfriend do? What do you do for a living? You are single? That’s cool. What are some of your hobbies?

Easy, easy and easy! I have gotten pretty good at deflecting from myself. But there is a down side. Let’s say we are talking about something interesting and I want to interject. More often than not the person will just continue to talk about themselves. At those moments I just think “oh well, whatever.” It’s really my fault that I got them talking.

However I have met only a few people who are great deflectors as well. When two deflectors get together, not a lot of talking happens. It’s like a match to see who will win. When this happens it feels more like an interview then just a general conversation. Just to see who can get out of the other person more. Funny when that happens. But that it’s rare.

This happens every time, I talk with someone. It can be family, friends or strangers. I guess that I am a really good listener. That is a good trait to have.

Of course if you want to know more about me. You can just ask. I will be honest. But let’s talk about you….

Hey that is my name! Oh wait I am talking about myself.

Hi blog! So I was thinking maybe you need to know a little more about me. This is part one because I could go deeper into myself. But for now here are somethings you don’t know about me, Danielle.

I was named after my grandpa on my dad’s side and my grandma on my mom’s side. My grandpa’s name was Daniel. And my grandma name was Dolores which is my middle name. A lot people have trouble spelling both. Especially Dolores which is colors with ‘d’ and an ‘e’. And if you are European it’s colores with a ‘d’. Not hard. My first name a lot people have so much trouble spelling it. Here is what I have seen over my life: Danile Daniele Danille Danylle Danyle Danill. Also a lot of people when they first meet me call me Daniel. Not a boy add the ‘le’ at the end please. Especially at doctor’s offices. Another thing is I do not like to be called Dani or Danny. It’s Danielle.

My favorite color is blue. Like you didn’t know. Have you seen most of my titles? They tend to end up in blue accents or something. I also get my titles fonts from flamingtext.com. Check it out what you can do with those. They are fun.

I have an older sister her name is Christine but we call her Chrissy. In fact only family can call her that. She hates when other people call her that. I have an older brother Corey. We use to be close but not anymore. Well you know about that. We do not share the same dad. Technically they are my half siblings. My mom was married one time before my dad. My younger brother Adam and I are true siblings. Meaning we both share the same parents.

I have a security blanket. Yup I have still have it and sleep with it. I guess I am still somewhat a child inside. I don’t even care who knows this. My mom made the blanket for me when she found out she was pregnant with me. In fact she finished a day before she had me. So technically my blanket is a day older than me. But it’s still 32 years old. Been fixed many times but I just can’t get rid of it. Or even think of not having it there every night. I am very emotionally attached to it. When I was child I called it a dakee not sure how to spell it but that is what I still call it today. Also when I die it’s going to be cremated with me. Will have it for the rest of my life. My husband thinks it’s cute.

I love learning about American history. Especially about American Wars and presidents. What made these people want to be the United States of America? How did we get to this point now? So fascinating. I love watching documentaries on history, watch shows about it and read books.

I love music.

I love a lot of music and probably listen to music about eight hours a day during the week. The oldest artist I love is Gene Autry. I have seen all of his movies. I love the simplicity his of songs. Not as old as Gene Autry. I love Frank Sinatra. Put on any Frank, I will love it. His voice was so amazing. I love everything from pop to hard rock. I love EDM Electronic Dance Music but I hate Techno. What’s the difference? Techno or technology is when they take songs that are out there and remix them. EDM takes original songs and mix them. My favorite EDM band is Knife Party. I love so much music, my music library is huge!

I watch so many shows, I don’t even know how I keep them all straight. Ha! I am totally a TV junkie. I watch more shows then movies.

I have had a lot of physical pain in my life. I have bad teeth even though I take care of them. It’s genetics my mom has bad teeth. I have had retainers, braces and a night brace. Also had four teeth taken out before braces because the dentist said they didn’t fit in my mouth. I had four wisdom teeth taken out as well. I have had cavities, root canals to just pulling three teeth out.

I have arthritis in my fingers and my first finger on my right hand has it the worst. I have broken and dislocated that finger many times. At times it interferes with typing and doing crafts. But I do them anyways. I love making things and pain isn’t going to stop me.

When I was younger I had Scoliosis. That is when your spine looks like snake. It’s all curvy. When I was in the fifth grade I had two titanium bars attached to my spin. The only time I think about them if I have to travel on an airplane because I need a note from my doctor. And when I lie on the ground, I can feel them.

Also when I was younger I had terrible problems with my knees and feet. Before I was teen I had to wear special shoes to straighten out my feet because I walked like a penguin. I still sort of still walk like a penguin. My knees would just fall out of their joints. And it would be as simple as walking or going up the stairs and they would come out of the joint. So painful to put back in. But when I got older that all went away.

A little over a year I had carpel tunnel surgery done to my right arm. I have a nice scar on my hand. As you can see, you can hardly tell it’s there.  I am glad I got it done because my arm was painful and would fall asleep. It was so painful I couldn’t do anything that I liked to do.

I have plantar fasciitis in both of feet but it’s worse in my left foot. That is when your heel feels like someone is stabbing it with a sharp knife. Can be really painful.

I have asthma. It sucks! It’s really bad in the winter and I live in Wisconsin. Because of asthma I almost died twice. Once when I was working in a warehouse. I couldn’t breathe at all and almost passed out. Once when I was a young girl. I think I was playing outside. I couldn’t breathe and my lips turned blue. My brother Adam saved my life and told mom. I went to the emergency room both times.

One more painful thing is I broke my little toe on my right foot twice. Once when I was getting luggage out of the car. Yes that happened. Don’t ask how. Ha! And once when I was playing with Koko. He stepped on my foot really hard and broke it. Who knew playing with your dog could be dangerous.

I live with pain everyday but I learned how to manage it. I do not let pain stop me from doing anything, I like to do. Might take me longer to do things but I will live my life the way I want too even with pain.

Well that is all for now. I will have more for you later.

Yahoooo! June 6^th 2015 I hit a hundred and fifty days without soda! So proud of myself! I have gotten to the point where I don’t really think about it. The only time I do if Jeff brings up yummy drinks to make with soda in it. That is the only real time I think about soda. I don’t even dream about soda anymore.

For my hundred and fifty days without soda reward I decided to get a cross stitch project. Okay this is strange. Was searching the internet for a project and I really wanted to do a history cross switch. Maybe a landmark or maybe people. Wasn’t sure. For whatever reason there isn’t anything really out there for historical things. I am surprised.

Anyways I have done some Posy collection pieces for my dad because he is really into history like me. He got me into history. I was looking on their website and found one I totally love. But get this instead of ordering it online you actually have to call. What? That is so old school!

I haven’t got it yet but I will take a pic when I get it. It’s really cool it’s four versions of the American Flag. Starts out with the British flag and the last one is the flag we have now. It’s so neat! I can’t wait to stitch it.

I am so proud of myself for making it this far. Next fifty days please!