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Writing our 'Story' and Rants : Love the one your with, small town blues, and tell the truth

Rare that I would blanket so many topics into one entry, but a mind exploration for all three being so heavy on my heart right now. I was told today the divorce rate here is 70 percent. Now, whether or not that is true, or if that even makes up the right percentage the reality is the same. Some people I wonder if they quit because it's too hard, or they don't get exactly what they want or expect like how it is in the early stages of a relationship before someone yanks your chain or leads you on, whatever you want to tell people to justify that your spouse is wrong and you aren't right. No, you are both at fault. One lie folks, can turn into many more, and it hurts when someone who loves you so much is the last to know. How I know, I don't. I do have friends who I knew who used me as their scape goat to be with someone else by saying they were hanging out with me so the other person wouldn't know. Catch a clue. That isn't right or classy. Just be honest. Yes, lov...

Being a Spectator @ Tahoe Tough Mudder

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I joined my friends this past weekend to go up to the north end of Tahoe area to watch them do the Tahoe tough mudder challenge. Back in February, they signed up for this hefty event that takes almost 3 hours or more to complete. My friend and I left on Saturday morning, went to a delicious restaurant called : Caliente and hung out on the beach. I was so full I thought I would just find some random person to give my leftover lunch to, no such luck! After a couple hours in the sun and enjoying the blissful backdrop of the mountains and refreshing cool sierra water, we checked into the Tahoe Biltmore Hotel. We later met the rest of the group for dinner and pool time. Their little son swam while I held their young toddler hoping he would nap for a bit. We decided on heading to a local pizza joint so they could carb up for the next day. After short chit chats, and finding stuff on TV, Tara and I headed to bed. She woke up the next morning around 630am, had cereal, a bar, some blue...

Almost Stranded at the Drive in: Great Nite, Crazy Adventure

Last nite I went to the drive in with my friend Krysta, it was my first time going. It's off Bradshaw not super far at all. The place is called West Wind 6 Theater. Had I known the lines were going to be crazy long I would have said," lets leave early!"  There are 8 large outdoor screens and a ton of different movies showing at once. We went to see Guardians of the Galaxy which was hilarious and entertaining. All you have to do is pay regular movie price, mussle on through the lines and head to the front windows pay and they give you a receipt with a radio channel to tune into to hear the movie. We opted for a double fearure but it was rather late by that point and since she forgot to keep restarting hear car to hear the tunes it for some reason would not start up again. Having been super rude to her friend from work, I was bummed was trumping girls night, turns out he jumped her car and helped us out. Goes to show, not all guys are trying to 'get with you' and as...

Learning to crochet and misc thoughts

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A couple weeks ago, a coworker taught myself and a friend how to crochet. We used a half hour from our mornings before officially starting work to learn. He took time out of his day to teach us, which was super nice. I started with learning how to tie a knot. Okay so you are suppose to learn this when you are five. Well it's not really that type of knot, it seems. Take the yarn and pull both ends but don't wrap around and pull like you would your shoe making bunny ears. Easy as cake after he showed me at least 7 times and I myself tried and practiced for... yes 15 times for something very easy. Next, we learned how to do the chain. I was planning on making a scarf with my yellow yarn and was determined to learn, so I watched youtube videos, threw my yarn at the wall and then maybe cursed a little and kept trying. the chain had to yarn over(take yarn over hook facing away from you) and pull through that main knot you made when you started. Keep doing this route, till you have a ...