My Mommy's Advice

Sitting here on my couch at the ripe old of age of 21, I have realized that my momma is right and pretty much always has been. My mommy and I haven't always seen eye to eye, but in the end I know she has always had my best interests at heart. I can't even count the times that my momma has given me advice on something and then a short while down the road, I realized she was exactly right......

I finally have come to a point in my life where I finally feel a lot more grown up than I ever have. Not so long ago, I wasn't so grown up... And I didn't take my momma's advice so seriously. I never beleived it before when people said momma knows best. However, now I am a firm believer. There have been many times that I have listened half heartedly to the advice, what i then considered, in true teenager fashion, to be her nagging at me. Oh how I wish that I could go back and take all of her advice.

Oh the crappy experiences that she could have saved me from. When your momma says a boy is going to be a dud, she is probably right. I learned that lesson early obviously.. Her advice helped lead me toward Mr. Right. Ahhhhhhh. I will never forget the time that she tried to steer me away from being on Team A in eighth grade. I mean anyone who knew went to Bagley KNEW without a doubt that team B was ALWAYS the team to be on... However, I had this WONDERFUL bossy little friend that decided that her and I should be different than everyone else and be on team A.... WORST IDEA EVER in the whole small world of middle school life. Looking back on it, it was not that terrible. But after a week, I knew that this was the worst decision I could have ever made. I mean there were some great teachers on team A, it was not the cool place to be. However, if I had just listened to my lovely mother who all but signed me up for team b against desperate pleas, I would have been saved from a less than positive influence on my life.

Which leads me to another thing my mommy could have saved me from.... Bad Freindships... I have experienced a lot of these in my day.... Mommy could have saved me from a lot of hurt feelings and disappointments. Most people reading this blog already know about less than fabulous first year of college with a girl whom I thought would be my best friend for the rest of my life. My mom begged me to really think about this and not get all caught up in the whole going to college with my best friend, however I chose to not listen to her. That choice cost me dearly. I lost a lot of things during that year my faith in people, my faith in realtionships, some sanity, a few random monetary things, and most importantly the joy of what should have been one of the best years of my life.... For those of you who don't know, I moved to college with this girl and we rented a 2 bedroom 1 bath apartment near campus together, which is mistake number 1. TWO GIRLS CANNOT SHARE ONE BATHROOM. It just does not work. Things got bad about 2 weeks in. I met someone new, who has become my true best friend for my entire life.... My roommate/previous bff stopped speaking soon after. We rarely spoke for months after that, and the tension built for months.. Until April 2009.. I came home from spending the weekend with my new friend, and the everything hit the fan. Things were taken that were mine. Momma's and police got involved. Things occured that I care to never speak of again.. It was really a terrible situation for everyone invovled. However, I could have been saved once agian if I'd listened to my momma....

My momma could have saved me from soooooo many trials growing up. But now that I am (mostly) grown, I can predict my mommas advice in my head, though I still need to hear it.... Now after all these years, I have finally learned Mommy knows best...

Too Many Thoughts for One Title.......

There have been a lot of things on my mind lately.

1. Parents who make a difference between their children. This is one of the most ridiculous things that I have ever experienced in my entire life. In our house, everything was always fair between my sister and I. There were never moments when my parents done things for one of us where the other felt that it was "truly" unfair. There are a set of parents that I know that make a difference between their children. There is a "shrine" to one of their children, and absolutely nothing to celebrate the achievements of the other child. This really annoys me.

2. Ungrateful people. OH MY GAH. If someone busts their ass for you on a daily basis stop being so dang ungrateful! I am sure Sherika can guess who that is... This person is ridiculous. You could give and give and give to her and it would mean absolutely nothing to her. she is so ungrateful and selfish.

3. People who broadcast everything on facebook, including but not limited their intensive partying. If you wanna get smashed EVERY weekend, thats fine, but dont be stupid and put a billion pictures of it on facebook. Hello, no one is going to hire the girl that has facebook pictures of her holding five bottles of alcohol in a certain profession where image matters.

4. Being downright mean. Why on earth would you want to go around treating other people like crap? Who do you think you are????????????  I mean really. I just don't understand.

5. The end of the world. This whole end of the world thing is getting really old! To all these people who are claiming to be children of god saying that they know when the world will end are full of it. In the bible, it states that no man shall no when the end of the world is coming. So therefore, if that is written in the bible, then god did not make you special and tell you the secret.

6. People who abuse government assistance. I won't say anything about this so that I don't offend anyone.

Thank you! That is all. :)

Disappointed by People in General Lately

Lately, I have been getting super annoyed with people who are part of my life and also those who aren't. I will start with those who are or previously were involved in my life.


 I have/had this friend who I feel did me wrong and all but abandoned me in what was almost one of the most difficult times in my life. As some people know, Corey was enlisted in the Marine Corp and was set to leave on March 21st. Well, some medical issues happened and he ended up not being able to leave. Well, Corey and I are pretty much inseparable. It was going to be VERY hard for me to be away from him for 3 months, not to mention that he would not really ever be coming back  home, and I would not be able to see him much for the next year and a half. Last December, this friend, suddenly became very distant. We were best friends up until this point. We text everyday, talked on the phone often, and spent a lot of time together when I was home. I would text her and get very short awkward replies. I would ask her to hang out and she would not respond or bail on me at the last minute. If you know me, then you know that is my BIGGEST pet peeve EVER! I constantly say, "If I tell you I am going to do something, then I am going to do it." After a while, this got old, so I quit trying to hang out with her. Eventually I quit texting her at all. I essential gave up. I admit. I did not ask her why she had treated me this way. Not to defend that, but if you are truly best friends with someone and you really care about them, then you would not treat them that way at all. Nonetheless, I should have tried to figure out the problem. So the months went on, and I continued nursing school, one of the most stressful things I have ever done in my life. I tried to spend as much time with Corey as possible. Well the months passed, and a couple of weeks before he was supposed to leave, he found out that he was going to be able to. Instead of waiting another year to leave, he decided just to let it go and get a job. I text her at this point, and I let her know. We made other small talk and eventually stopped texting. Almost a month later, she text me AGAIN asking when he was leaving? I was like. Okay maybe she forgot. Well we again talked a while, and then we stopped texting. Well, last week she text me and asked me AGAIN! At this point, I was pissed. If she didn't care anymore than that, then I felt I had no use to try to explain to her or even rekindle the friendship. I responded shortly after hour of receiving the message. I simply said he's not. I was done with this completely. It really bothers me, well honestly hurts my feelings that things turned out this way, because I considered her one of my closest friends. I mean I was raised with if your friends with someone, you are friends with them ALL the time, not when its only convenient for  you....

I have also been disappointed with people lately. All around me it seems that people are just being down right mean and nasty to each other. Some peoples blogs are prime examples of this. I wish things weren't this way, but it seems to be getting progressively worse.

So happy to be this blessed.......

As I set on my couch today surrounded by photos myself and Corey, I realized how blessed I really am. The first word that comes to my mind when I think of him is luck, but then I realize this could not possibly be luck. Corey is an amazing guy or man, which he would rather preferred to be called. He would do anything in the entire world for me and Midas. I mean how often do we truly realize how great we have it in life?  Honestly I am one of the worst people to focus on the negative. But that is all slowly changing, my goal for this year is to become a more positive and grateful person. I have decided to start that with appreciating the amazing love that I have been blessed with.

In 6 years, Corey and I have been through a lot. We have grown and changed (mostly) together, because I am the first to admit that I am one of the most stubborn people EVER. There were times where we both wondered if this was really worth it. I don't believe in pretending or being fake, so I am not going to pretend it was a bed of roses, because sometimes it wasn't.... I never imagined that the curly headed boy, who asked me to be his girlfriend on September 14, 2005, would up end up being my other half. It still amazes me to this day. It is incredible to me that I found Corey at such a  young age. I am so incredibly happy that we didn't give up on us. I have a picture from a year ago with a quote from a song, My Best Friend by Tim Mcgraw that is the quote that we live by. It says, "life with you makes perfect sense, your my best friend." Corey is my best friend. He is who I turn to when everything is falling apart. He is there for me all the time. I truly believe that is what makes us work. We are truly ourselves together. There is no bull with us.... We are both very unique. Corey is laid back and chill. I am high strung, critical, and bossy. He mellows me out and I rile him up. We in a sense complete each other. I don't know where I would be without him. He has made me who I am today.

I am so thankful to be blessed with my love. I am so glad that I get to spend the rest of my life with one of the most amazing people I know. So my goal is appreciate him today and everyday.

Who pays $100 for a dog bed?

This is the question that I asked myself standing in the isle at Petco looking for my 100 lb. puppy a new dog bed, so that he will stop fighting us all night like to get up into our bed. Corey and I looked at the not so large selection of dog beds that would even fit our dog, there were about 3.

One of which was on sale for 39.99, which is a HUGE deal if your dog requires the XXL dog bed. The problem with this budget friendly bed was that you could push down on it and it had absolutely NO padding. Great Danes are prone to bone disorders, so we knew that Midas was going to need something a little better. Plus he already has one thinner bed that has lead in search of a new one.

The other bed was an ok looking 59.99 dog. It was a little better than the first, however it was quite girly looking and an odd shape. This bed does not works because Midas is well, not a girl. And he likes to lay how he likes to lay and this bed would just not accommodate that.

The third and final bed cost the low low price of 99.99. As I initially read this price I was thinking HELL no. I am not spending $100 on a freaking bed for our dog  to sleep on. That is just crazy. Then I began going through my head thinking of all the things we could do with $100. However, this bed was like 30 times nicer than the other two beds, and it honestly looked like a Midas bed. I mean the dog has expensive taste. He likes the most expensive food, the most expensive bones, and he's just done right expensive himself. But this bed was probably the fluffiest bed in the entire store...


Corey and I then pulled all of these massive dog beds out into the isle and sampling them. We spent a good 20 minutes, in true Douthitt fashion, sampling each of these beds and talking about which one would work best for our little boy. I hope it is obvious that we love this dog as if it were our child. And of course, I am sure everyone could guess which bed won. That freaking $100 dog bed. So needless to say we trudged up to the front with that darn thing. All the way home I kept thinking  this was the most ridiculous purchase ever. However that all ended one we put that bed down besides ours that night, and he climbed right on it and slept the entire night without trying to get in our bed.... BEST PURCHASE EVER! Needless to say, I told y'all this entire story so that I could show you a picture of Midas living the good life on his new bed.

P.S. Ignore the little doggie bone stain, I ALREADY have to wash this dang bed.

Houses, boredom, and spending too much money

So now that it's summer, I have began filling my days with absolutely nothing productive. Most of these non productive things include spending a ridiculous amount of money on activities to keep me from being bored and spending a ridiculous amount of  time on the internet. However 2 of my attempts to keep myself unbored were actually quite a success. 

   One of which was purchasing the $8 presidente margarita at chilli's. It was AMAZING! And it's really not that bad of a deal, because you get 4 fabulous margaritas out of it. I recommend it to any fellow margarita lovers that might read this blog! 

   The 2nd thing that was not a waste of money were the gel nails that I got yesterday. After going all semester to clinical and not being able to do anything nice with my nails, I decided that I should get my nails done. And let me tell you gel nails are wayyyyyyyy better than any fake nails I have ever had... They are way less painful and they look just as nice. and the best part is they aren't FAKE like so many things in our currently oh so fake world.

On to my next topic. HOUSES. As the title of my blog says, I am ready to grow up and so is Corey. Lately, we have been talking about buying a house, obviously later. But none the less, we are both oh so excited about doing this grown up thing. I'm seriously already obsessed with looking at houses online, and it will be at least a year till we buy.. I'm crazy, but I am completely ok with this.