An actual good day

Last Saturday I hung out with my mom. When it’s just my mom and I we get along great. Add my siblings and their families, I don’t exist.

My mom has been asking me to go and see Magic Mike XXL the sequel to Magic Mike. I had no interest in seeing this movie. I didn’t watch the first one till Friday. Magic Mike is an hour and fifty minutes. I could only watch fifty minutes. It was awful! So I wasn’t that excited to see its sequel.

Before the movie mom and I went to Walgreens. I needed to pick up something and my mom needed to get some prescriptions. The pharmacist on duty was flirting with me. He smiled and waved at me more than once while I was there. I never know what to do in those situations. I always feel awkward. So what I normally do is two things. One laugh like a moron or two smile back and do this shy thing like scrunch up my shoulders. I did the second one.

The reason we went to see my parents is my dad needed help putting up a screen door. It was my idea to go and see Magic Mike XXL with my mom. So she would stop asking me. While we went to the movie. Jeff and dad put up the screen door.

We watched the movie and I have to say it was so funny! So much better than the first one. It was sexual but funny. Basically male stripper movie. I liked it! And so did my mom. I am glad I went to see it. A couple things why I liked the movie no woman nudity. Almost every movie out there has some boobs in it. I didn’t see any boobs in this movie. Second I really like the dancing it was choreographically done well.

After the movie mom and I went underwear shopping. Everyone needs underwear. When we got there my mom found a ton of things to try one. I got what I wanted and had to wait an hour for her to try on things. It was funny to see the men in shop with their wives. They would walk around awkwardly. One guy approached me and asked if he knew me. I said no. I have never seen this man in my life. He even asked his wife and she said this “Don’t bother people. Leave everyone alone and wait for me.” Really put him in his place. I was laughing at that.

After the underwear shop we went shoe shopping. My mom has an obsession with shoes. She has a lot of shoes. I swear she has over twenty pairs of shoes and she added one on Saturday. I only have four pairs of shoes. I really dislike shoe shopping.

Then we went out to eat with guys. We had pizza it was good. The service wasn’t the greatest but free pizza. Can’t turn that down.

It was a good day.

That was interesting!

My cousin Alice lives in Utah. I am sure I have said that before. She came to Wisconsin for Fourth of July and was staying here for a couple of weeks. She is a teacher and gets summers off. For the Fourth we got to see her whole family. Her husband, their little boy Ellis and her. Also funny her son is named Ellis and her name is Alice. She told us that she didn’t get it till he turned one and went to the doctor’s office that her name and her son’s name sound the same. That made me laugh when she told us that. How can you not get it for that long! Ha!

When Alice comes to Wisconsin I try to have lunch with her. I only get to see her maybe a couple times a year. I love my cousin Alice because she is much like me. This time it was pretty strange and funny at the same time. Alice’s parents live about forty five minutes away from us. Good thing driving there is pretty.

Here is what it looks like driving over there:

We agreed to meet at a Mexican restaurant and Jeff and I have never been to that one before. We drive over there and get there first. The place isn’t as big as we thought. We get in there and be seated. The man who was working kept staring at us and asking us if we wanted to order. I think he was being impolite. After about twenty minutes of waiting my cousin calls and says she totally forgot. Also that her mom took the car with the car seat in it. She felt so bad!

We agreed to come over to her parent’s house and hang for a bit. When the man came over we just told him that we would pay for our drinks. He was not very happy and gave us attitude. Hey wasn’t our fault that my cousin forgot. We are never going there again.

When we got to her parent’s house all she could do was apologized. I know she felt bad and I forgave her. But first we had to give her shit about it. Ha! But it was fine. We talked and Ellis really likes me. He is two and he can’t say my name yet. I know my name is hard for kids to say. Funny! But he wanted to show me everything and he was showing me his dance moves. He was being really silly. He is such a happy kid!

In fact I only see Ellis a couple of times a year obviously but he takes to me more than my niece and nephews. That is sort of sad to think about. We always have a lot fun together though.

We went to a restaurant which made me sick later. It wasn’t very good food and I think I got food poisoning from their meat. It was a rough night for me.

Anyways we always have something to talk about with Alice. And of course we can’t forget the very cute Ellis.

Today is 200 days without soda! So proud of myself!

When we go grocery shopping or go out to eat I look at soda like this:

I think of soda of just a pile of sugar I don’t want. Even in the store I am thinking ‘no thanks’. My husband still buys it and even in our fridge, I am still thinking ‘nope’. My new thing is I like to drink cold unsweetened tea. I still get a little caffeine without the sugar. Okay yes tea tastes nothing like soda. But I prefer it over soda.

The only time I am having trouble with is when we go out to a fast food restaurant. I have no problem when we go to a sit down restaurant and order water or coffee. However fast food rarely has anything else but soda. We went to Culver’s recently and all they had was tea. Their tea wasn’t that good. I was a disappointed because so far I have seen at least lemonade at fast food restaurant but Culver’s the only option was tea or water.

Fourth of July happened and there was tons of soda. Then we hanged out with my cousin Alice. Soda at her mom’s house and even offered me one. No tendency to drink it at all.

I can say with confidence that I am beating my addiction to soda.

For 200 days without soda reward I am going to read Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch the trilogy. There was a short series on TV that I watched. And I love it! So I want to read the books then I am going to watch the short series again.

Really?

We didn’t get the house. It was sad at first then it wasn’t. I know Jeff was really excited to work on the house. He’d been planning and planning for weeks to make everything we wanted in the house. I was a excited for the finished product.

The reason why we didn’t the house is because we have decent credit. Not horrible but not great either. We had to get a loan from the government to get the house. And if anyone knows the government they aren’t the greatest to work with. We had to get what is called FHA loan from them and they are picky! The reason we couldn’t get a loan was because the septic tank is too close to the house. It would cost a lot to fix it and we just didn’t have the money to do that.

S we got our money back from the deal and we do not get that house. Now that it is all done. I feel better about it. It was sad but not anymore. Yes we still have to rent this house and it’s not our house but there is always other houses to consider in the future. Also gives a chance to get our credit to decent to good which will help with the loans we get in the future.

Another thing and we should have known. Jeff and I do not work the greatest together. It’s funny to say that but Jeff is a like his mom BOSSY! He is so bossy! And I won’t stand for it either. Ha! I will tell him and get mad. So in that regard maybe it’s a good thing we didn’t that house. Because we know how it will go. I will eventually refuse to work with him being that way. We laugh about that now because we know.

Anyways no house for us now. Just going to stay here. Who knows what the future holds.

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.