Shaylie Jade

Story time: This is Shaylie, she’s been in my life about two years. How I got her was quite the miracle. (Maybe that’s not the correct word for it) I saw some photos of her as a completed baby on the Instagram of  @little_leela I immediately fell in love with her. I’ve never really fallen in love with any other reborns, even most that I have ever had in my collection. I would always ogle over every photo that was posted of her, to me she was perfect! Then one day when I was babysitting, I saw that she was for sale, but I think she was pending at the time. I was disappointed, but I just thought it wasn’t meant to be. Then a few days later I saw she was back up for sale! I thought about it for an hour or so before taking the leap. I was making small payments every other week. I was waiting for a check, so I could finally pay her off. I remember that she wanted her to be paid in full by a certain date. The check still wasn’t to me. I was freaking out, big time!!! Then it finally came a couple weeks before the money was due. Whew! I really think that she’s my forever baby 😍 She is a Saskia by Bonnie Brown, I believe she was in the first kit batch made. I don’t have her documentation, but it’s not too big of a deal! 

What’s Wrong With You??? :)

Did you see what I did there? I asked something rude, but I added a smiley face, so that means that it’s not offensive. That’s something that has been happening a lot to me the past 5 years. As some of you may know, I have nerve damage and lumbar spondylosis. Which pretty much means that I’m in pain 99.999% of the time.  It’s pretty expensive too, I got dropped from Insurance a few months back. Which makes it all the more expensive. I have to pay $75 just to step foot in the office.

Speaking of my Neurologist, we have some big plans when I get back on insurance. We are going to schedule an MRI, then go to a surgeon to get a second opinion. I saw a surgeon about 4 years ago, but they didn’t want to do surgery. Now I’m pretty sure my back is doing worse. Plus, I’m getting weaker so something has to be done. The pain is starting to become unbearable.

That’s just part of “What’s Wrong With Me???? :)”

4 years into the Future

It’s the middle of 2019, it’s been 4 years since my last blog entry. I have been through a lot of changes since then.  I was let go of my job, December 24, 2015. Yes, I was let go on Christmas Eve. Doesn’t that just Suck! I was let go due to having a disability, lumbar spondylosis and neuropathy.

Since then it’s been hardship after hardship.  I bought a house only a few months before being let go. Soooo, yeah, my house was foreclosed on. My mom and I got an apartment together and lived together for about a year. We chose not to renew our lease because rent was going up another $100-$200.  My mom moved in with her boyfriend, I got a little on bedroom house to rent. While all this was happening my body has increasingly gotten weaker. I needed to find an apartment that was handicapped accessible. Luckily, I was able to find something realitively quick! They work with people who are like me and need extra help.

While all this was going on my mental health has taken quite the dive. I am on medication and go to a behavioral health therapist. We are working on coping and trying to find something that makes some money while I wait on disability. I’ve been diagnosed with stress and anxiety. I’m losing my vision do to this. I have seen an eye and retina specialist, we know my eye pressure and optic nerves are still doing great. I started going back to church 6 months ago and doing volunteer work once a week. That’s helped me mentally, I think.

Last year in May I started to sell Scentsy. It was great meeting new people and being excited by something. Unfortunately, this might be my last month because I haven’t been able to hit my numbers the past few months. It’s tearing me up inside! I like being an Independent Scentsy Consultant, it was awesome to have a little extra money for groceries and toiletries. I don’t know what to do. I’ve tried really hard to become the best Scentsy Consultant I could be, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough.

I’m also getting my reborn business back up and running, I even re opened my Etsy store a couple weeks ago. I currently have one reborn on there, and I’m working on two more.

Job Search and Subscription boxes

Hi guys,

I know that it has been a long while since I've written.  I hope to have a new job soon, I've been sending my resume out frequently.  I've only had one phone interview so far, I'm hoping that they call this week for an in person interview.

If you've been following my YouTube channel, you'll notice that I've been doing a lot of unboxing as of late.  I've mainly been doing Loot Crate and Nerd Block.  I only have a couple of Loot Crate's left, I'm thinking of getting the 1 Up box instead.  All of these are gaming, nerdy, and geeky things. Which  I love!!!  I've always been a closet nerd, at least I thought I was being secretive, so these products are wonderful for me.   Here's an example of one of my unboxings!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and Christmas too!!!!

Christmas 2013 (Re written)

Happy New Year everybody! I can't believe that it's already 2014, what a year it was!  That's not the focus of this journal, but I will make one for it really soon.

I hope everybody had a joyous holiday season.  I had to work for Christmas. It was the busiest day I've ever worked, but looking back it was really neat to meet my residents families.  

I celebrated Christmas with my mom, sister and brother in law on Christmas Eve.  We had a lot of fun playing games, eating, and opening up presents.  I ended up getting some random clips through out the night.   Enjoy! 

( I made a mistake in editing, so here's the updated version of the Christmas video.)

Vine

Since I've gotten my iPhone a month or so ago, I've been enjoying new apps.  One of those have been Vine.  I've heard of it before, but I never thought that it would be something that I would actually use.   A friend shared a Vine video from a "Best of Vines" Facebook page, then I was hooked.  I probably spent over an hour watching videos and literally laughing my ass off.


I initially thought that Vine would be stupid home video's, but now I know that its much more. I downloaded it a month or so ago, and I must say that I quite enjoy watching and creating videos/ vines.  You can search me on vine, my username is Kaelancer.

Here is a YouTube compilation video.

Snow?

Yes, this past week we had snow here in Kansas, it wasn't a blizzard or anything like that.  It did stick for a few hours.  I did make a couple short video's on my iPad.  I must say that I'm impressed that my voice sounds female in these.  (I think that I usually sound like a 40 year old man!)




I'll post a larger update in the very near future!

August 3rd

Hey, guys!


I know it's been about a month since I've updated.  I've had a lot of things come up this month.

First of all, I've been having some back problems.  I went to the clinic and got some pain pills and muscle relaxer.  I'm feeling quite a bit better, but I still have to do physical therapy.  I'm hoping to start PT this week.  I go back to the doctor at the end of this month, hopefully I'll get some good news.

Second,  I've started my illustrating class.  It's been enjoyable, they've had us do most of our work in Adobe Illustrator, which I need more practice in.  The only badish thing is that I'm not sure that I like my teacher, sometimes he's nice and other times he can be a dick.    Oh, and I also got to use my drawing tablet in last nights assignment.  Below is a sample of what I've been working on.


I've also came up with an idea for my other blog,  "kids of the past."  So, I'm hoping to get that blog updated as well.

My car

Oh, I'm just so frustrated with my car.  It's a 2001 Chevy Malibu and just isn't starting anymore.

A little bit of back story:  I  bought it about 3 years ago for 3,000 for Credit King.  It started out great, then about 6mos later it started to think that I was stealing the car. It was really annoying then my grandpa showed me how to trick it into letting me start it.   Now that battery is draining and nobody knows what's causing it.  This has happened 3 times the past two months.  It's getting very annoying.

My grandpa and uncle have worked so hard on it and spent a lot of money that now it feels like it's a money pit.  It just doesn't make sense to me to put any more money into it.  I'd really like to just sell it or scrap it to get some more money to put down on a new(er) car.  I'm not sure what to do.  What would you do?

April 15- April 21

April 15-  (Monday) Today I was in the dish room.  I basically did the same thing that I did last friday.  We did try out a new menu today at lunch.  It was very chaotic! We really do need a couple more people in the kitchen at lunch time.  I also stabbed my hand, I didn't realize I did it until later.
I made a 3D model of my template I made in my last assignment.  It was a lot harder than I expected, but I was the second person to hand it in.  Go figure!  Today was a very boring day.

April 16- (Tuesday)  Today I was the dietary aide in the main dining room, nothing out of the ordinary happened.  My residents were awesome!
After getting home from work I watched a really low budget movie about Slender Man.  It was corny, the acting was horrible, but it was still very creepy.  It's on YouTube, I'll post the video down below in this post.  I also had to reformat my homework from last night and answer a couple of questions.  So yeah, it has been a real productive day!

April 17- (Wednesday) Today was crazy at work.  I had to set up two parties and help at the main dining room at lunch.  The person doing dishes was in a bad mood.  I, personally, don't think that he likes being a hostess.  I got off at 3:30 and got home a little before 4.  I only had two critiques to write tonight for homework, it didn't take me very long.  I also heard that Even Stevens is going to be on the Disney Channel tonight at midnight.  I'm going to check it out!
UPDATE: Even Stevens was on, but at 11pm;  I only caught the last 3 minutes :(  I'll try to catch it next   week!

April 18- (Thursday)  Today was my Saturday.  I did accomplish getting very little done around the house and ran a few errands.  I don't have any homework due tonight, so I spent most of the night updating my DeviantArt account.
Well, I don't know if this is TMI.  I got myself measured for a bra, and I'm a 38 DD. (HOLY COW)  I knew they were large, but not that big.
I'm a former CPST, I'm going to renew my certification soon.  I acquired a new demo seat.  It's an Evenflo Discovery 5 and has a recall.  I'm going to use it for demonstrations and for display, so no real child will be riding in it.  I do have a little car seat addiction/ problem, lol!

April 19-  (Friday)  Today I went to Target and bought a new bra.  I still need to get a few more, since all my other ones are a cup size too small, lol.  I also browsed  the book section there.  This is probably going to sound really dumb, but I really want to read the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series.
I also had to do some designing for class, I had a lot of fun with it.  My project is coming along nicely.  Maybe I'll start posting my progress on it.  On a side note:  I need to get Microsoft Office for my iMac, it is a necessity for school.  (I do have it on my Acer)

April 20- (Saturday)  Work went really well today.  I stayed caught up on dishes and the nurses were in good moods.  I hope tomorrow goes just as smooth.
I took a hilarious video of my mom tonight.  I uploaded it to YouTube, I'll be sure to embed it below.  My moms boyfriend made us a good and healthy dinner.  We had beef and mushrooms, fresh green beans, and cucumber salad.
A family friend is having a baby shower in a couple of weeks, I looked up her registry, and she registered for size 7 diapers.  She said that she wasn't paying attention, and said that it was just to tell people that she needed diaper.  Well, being the troll I am, I bought the size 7 Pampers.  You can only get them at Babies 'R Us, so I made a special trip after work.  :)

April 21-  (Sunday)  Once again work went really smoothly, that rarely happens to have the whole weekend go like that.
My birthday is April 26, but we kinda celebrated today.  We went shopping at ross, I got a few clothes. Then we went to IHop for lunch.  Just a great day!!!

Videos of the Week

April 9th- April 14th

April 9th-  I had of work today.  I actually did get some things done.  I finished making a diaper cake for a friend of my sister.  It turned out really nice.  As some of you know I live in Kansas and the weather is being crazy! The day started out really nice, it got up to 75 degrees.  Then in the evening it is icing and freezing outside!  Tomorrow I go back to work for the week.

April 10th-  Today I was the "kitchen helper" at work.  Nothing real exciting happened.  Despite the very icy, the roads were pretty much clear, so I wasn't late to work.
My dad died almost 3 years ago, my mom and I spent most of the evening looking for one of the emblems of his race car.  We are finally getting him a tombstone.  Today was just a boring day.  I'm hoping tomorrow is more eventful.  :)

April 11th-  Today I got up at 3:45am to get ready for work.  I actually had a great day.  My residents were all in great moods.  We exchanged stories, laughed, joked, and smiled.
I started week 4 in my concept development class,  I'm not sure I understand my assignment that is due tomorrow.
My sister came over tonight.  We went through some old photographs, and the memories flooded back. Especially our birthdays and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Now I'm getting ready to fall asleep.

April 12th-  Today I worked in the dish room for most of my 8 hours.  During lunchtime I was a hostess, which I like doing.  It's fun to interact with the residents without interruptions.  I even got one resident who was crying to cheer up.  I don't like seeing her so upset. :(
I had homework tonight, for concept development.  We had to draw up a template for a counter top, POP, display.  I never done anything like that before,  I'm nervous that I did it wrong.  I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

April 13th-  Happy Saturday!  This is my weekend off,  I honestly didn't do much.  I woke up at 5:30am because I forgot to turn off my darn alarm clock.  Then at about 8am I went back to sleep until 11:30 am, oops!  Since I basically had a lazy day, I played Super Mario 64 DS.  I really do enjoy that game even though I'm horrible at it.
I forgot to upload part of my homework last night, so I did achieve doing that.  I'm attending the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, online division.  I was tired of basically living paycheck to paycheck.  I'd like to be successful and be able to retire when the time comes.

April 14th-  I have to go back to work tomorrow.  Today I went shopping in Maize, KS.  I went to Target and Michaels.  I bought a dress at Target.  I don't normally wear dresses, but it was so cute.  I do need to purchase a black bra if I'm going to wear it in public, my white bra shows through.  (TMI, possibly?)  I just bought some random art supplies at Michaels, and I managed to spend a little under $6!
OMG!  I just downloaded Slender Man on my iPad,  he caught me before I got the first page.  I nearly pissed my pants, and promptly deleted it!  I'm a wuss, I admit it.

THE WEEK IN PICTURES

Where I'm going with this blog

I'm not going to pretend that I have a huge following on the Internet.  This is going to be a weekly blog that I'm going to do my best to update every week.  It's  going to be like a week in my life.  I'll do my best to make it a weekly tradition, so I won't forget or skip.

I do have another blog,  kidsofthepast.blogspot.com , which focuses more on stuff that I liked when I was a child.  That one doesn't get updated quite as often, just when I find or remember something nostalgic.

This Saturday will be my first real blog post!